The Ellaville Sun Friday, July 8, 1938 No. 2 ELSIE RAINEY REGAINS VOICE AFTER FOUR MONTHS' LOSS Elsie Rainey regained her voice, subdued to a whisper for four months, while asking a Washington, D.C. street car operator a question last week. Miss Rainey, who will be a high school senior here next fall, lost her voice in March while cheering at a high school basketball game. She went to Washington several weeks ago for medical attention. Four electrical treatments were attributed as the cause of her voice being regained. Several doctors in Georgia and members of her family had been alarmed over the long lapse of speech and some had expressed fear her voice might be permanently impaired. SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan WITH BEST WISHES Slices of our weekly birthday cakes go to: J.T. Phillips, July 3; Miss Elizabeth Tondee, July 7; Harold Raley, July 10; Marie Phillips, July 14; Mrs. C.B. Barnes, and Homer Jones, July 16; Juliette Strange, July 13; and Jimmie Hogg, July 8. A VALUED FRIEND GOES The Sun lost one of its best friends last Friday when Mrs. Simpson Jones, one of the county's most beloved women, died after a lingering illness. Entering her family's subscription to the paper several hours after the first issue appeared, she not only supported the publication, but spread much good will in its behalf. We ever felt grateful for her unusual interest. On May 20, Mrs. Jones received statewide publicity for her remarkable record of patronage of the Ellaville public school. The opening paragraph of the story, first appearing in this column, read, "The benediction at Monday evening's graduation program will end 37 years of uninterrupted patronage of the Ellaville school by Mrs. Simpson Jones. "Then the aged woman will have seen seven children and two grand children complete their school careers, having been a patroness of the local school every year she has lived in Schley County. She and her late husband moved here from Harris County 37 years ago and immediately entered a child in school. When the last of seven children finished, grandson, Walter Jones, Jr., enrolled. And Monday night her grand daughter, Miss Charlotte Jones will be graduated. THERE IS A SUPERSTITION Riding along the highways and byways these hot summer days one constantly sees butterbean and pea hulls scattered in the middle of the roads. Why? Just the most convenient method of disposal? Oh, no. There is a superstition that this keeps the vines bearing. OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago--1913 Mrs. D. Kleckley of Oglethorpe died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Williams Wednesday, July 9. She came here for a visit last week and underwent an operation on Saturday. Mrs. Ples DeVane died at her home in Columbus June 7. The former Miss Mary Myrick, she was born and reared in Hopewell community. Lightning struck a barn at the J.C. King farm July 4, killing two mules. SUNRISE PARAGRAPHS by Raymond Duncan A person is a blood relative, or half of the marital partnership, when he thumbs a stack of ten Sunday newspapers and tells you he only wants to read the section you are reading. An automobile is a contraption that gives 12 miles to the gallon when a man is filling an expense account and 20 when he is comparing mileage with the boys on the corner. A wife is a person who will change her outspoken opinion after finding it is shared by her husband. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere appreciation for the many acts of kindness shown us and floral offerings sent us by our many friends during the recent long illness and death of our mother and grandmother, Mrs. Simpson N. Jones. We also wish to thank Dr. L.S. Boyette and Mrs. Thomas Slappey, the nurse, for their services. The Jones Family. MURRAY'S POND IS SCENE OF DELIGHTFUL PICNIC JULY 4 Murray's Pond was the scene for a delightful picnic Monday. Among those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Murray, Edwards Murray, Miss Katherine Gilbert of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Williamson and daughter Mary Burnam, Mr. and Mrs. H.W, Hogg and sons, Dixon and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Hill, Mrs. R.E. Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Mauldin and daughter Joanna; Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Mauldin and son H.W., Jr., of Atlanta, Dr. and Mrs. T.W. Wilson and children, Tom and Susanne, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Rigsby, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Richardson, Ann Stevens, Mrs. M.C. Hill, Mrs. Marcus Perry, Major and Mrs. Harold Head, Betty Jean Head, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Harden, Miss Sarah Harden and Mrs. Ruth Walters of Atlanta. NINETY TOMORROW George W. Johnson of Schley County, who served as a guard at Andersonville prison during the War Between the States when he was a lad of 15, becomes 90 years old Saturday, July 9. Born in Sumter county in 1848, he moved to Andrew Chapel community of Schley County when a very young man. He now makes his home with his three children, a daughter, Mrs. W.T. Robinson, who lives in Macon County about a mile from the Schley County line; and two sons, Joe. E. Johnson of Lowe and P.H. (Plem) Johnson of Andrew Chapel. end #2