The Ellaville Sun Friday, August 11, 1939 No. 6 GILL FACES SHORT BY FANS DEMAND A team of Fort Benning ring-men will oppose Ellaville here Thursday night, August 17, in a colorful program highlighted by a duel between "Possum" Gill and Walter Short, staged by popular demand of local fans. Gill held his 17th victory in 18 starts Thursday after soundly thrashing Kenneth Fordham in Albany's open-air arena Wednesday night. Short made his local debut here a week ago by flattening Sam Childress of Fort Benning in the first round. Aroused by Short's whirlwind conquest of the doughboy, Ellaville spectators appealed for a match between the two Schley countians. The card follows: "Red" Parks (183) vs. Ralph Brooks (181), Benning. Gill (127) vs. Short (126). Doc Roughton of Perry (144) vs. "Cotton" Webb, Benning. Buford Cannon of Fort Valley vs. Miller (134), Benning. Charlie Lumpkin (155) vs. Wellborn (154), Benning. Franklin Usry (162) vs Wages (160), Benning. C.H. Parks, Jr. (125) vs. "Flinger" Plummer (125), Benning. Billy Williams (138) vs. J.W. Taylor (137), Ellaville. Buddy Fulford (75) vs. James Roughton of Perry (78). Doc Roughton and Cannon are fighting as members of the Ellaville squad. MISS STRANGE IS LEESBURG TEACHER Miss Martha Strange of Ellaville has been elected a member of the Leesburg school faculty for 1939-40 session. Miss Strange will teach third grade. TRUCK FALL KILLS YOUTH David Sanders, 22, member of a Preston radio and stage band, died at Boyette's clinic here Sunday night at 9 o'clock of injuries suffered late in the afternoon when he fell from a moving truck between Lake Juniper and Buena Vista. Sander's side was crushed when he lost his balance and fell from the truck. The party was returning after presenting a concert at juniper during the afternoon. Funeral services were conducted from Preston Baptist church Tuesday morning. Surviving besides his widow are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sanders; six brothers, John Thomas Sanders, Albany; Edwin, Guy, Ernest, Richard, Eugene, all of Preston; two sisters, Misses Forest and Eleanor Sanders both of Preston, and his grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Sanders, Webster county. SCHLEY BOY JOINS A CAPPELLA CHOIR Hall Roddenberry, Jr., left last Friday for Chuns Cove Camp near Asheville, N.C., to become a member of the widely-known A Cappella boys' choir there for the summer. The choir is under direction of Coleman Cooper. Young Roddenberry, who will enter the seventh grade of Ellaville school next month, attracted wide attention this spring when he won a Columbus district voice contest in The Atlanta Journal School of the Air. FIRST COTTON BALE GINNED BY W.E. DOZIER FOR THIRD YEAR For the third successive year, W.E. Dozier Thursday produced Schley county's first cotton bale of the season. The bale was ginned early Thursday morning at the Americus Oil Company gin and weighed 518 pounds. Dozier's bale came a week earlier than his first a year ago, which was ginned August 13, The first in 1937 was ginned August 7. Fields throughout the county were dotted with open bolls yesterday and many farmers sent pickers to the fields. Numerous growers plan to gin bales within the next week. The cotton south, this year will pick and gin half a million fewer cotton bales this fall than in 1938, according to estimates of the crop by U.S. Department of Agriculture. The production last year was 11, 943,000 bales and the first estimate of the 1939 crop is placed at 11, 412,000 bales. SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan A FIVE YEAR OLD SOLVES A MYSTERY A five year old Ellaville boy brought one of the monster double popsicles at the drug store and came out with the idea of his young life. He divided it, eating half of it and resolving to save the other half until the next day. Reaching home, he placed the frozen stick on a corner pillar of the house where he and a little friend played each day. Next morning he rushed out for his popsickle. And found only the stick. He figured no particular detective genius was required to solve the mystery. It was obvious his little friend had beat him to it. So he charged over to the boy's home and accused him of the theft. When he had denied it, he threatened to give the accused a licking he would never forget. The quarrel lasted for several days, and the little boy's mother observed that their close friendship had been broken. She asked the trouble. He told her. Then his mother told him: The popsickle had melted. INVITATION TO HAPPINESS For passing along this mystery and it's solution, Miss Louise McNeal earned this week's award of two guest tickets to the Rylander theatre at Americus. Irene Dunne accepts Fred McMurray's "Invitation To Happiness" on Monday and Tuesday, and manager I.T. Taylor suggests that Miss McNeal be there for the occasion. Keep alert for something suitable for this column. You may win next week's passes. WITH KINDEST REGARDS Birthday greetings to Mary McMickle, 8th; H.N. Franklin, 9th; Mrs. M.C. Murray, 11th; Miss Elizabeth Fulford, and Dr. T.W. Wilson, 12th; Miss McLain Allen, 13th; Miss Laverne Franklin 15th; little Vernida Tidd (three candles), Mrs. Harvey Mathis, and T.H. Stevens, Jr. 17th; Mrs. Lula E. Kent, 18th. And congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Jordan who observed their 46th wedding anniversary, August 9th. HUGH BARWICK COMPLIMENTED WITH BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. B.F. Barwick entertained with one of the loveliest parties of the season, complementing Hugh Barwick, who celebrated his second birthday Sunday afternoon. Delicious ice cream and cake were served to Hugh Barwick, Ann Snider, Donald Snipes, Janice and Sidney Taylor, Betty, Gladys and George Taylor Snider, Frank, Betty and E. W. Ivy, Jr., Kathryn, Mildred, Harrold, Calvin, and Bobby Len Usrey and Carol Sue Barwick. HOSPITAL NOTES Ann Helms was removed to her home in Talbotton, Wednesday, after a tonsil operation at Boyette clinic. end # 6