The Ellaville Sun Friday, January 20, 1939 No. 29 THE STORK The stork filled basinets in 126 homes in Schley county during 1938 in one of his busiest years on record. Ordinary Tom Rainey said Thursday 55 white and 71 negro babies were listed in birth certificates filed during the year. May led white births with eight and October was second with seven; 14 negroes were born in March and seven in both May and December. Deaths were much less frequent, only 67 being recorded, 21 whites and 46 negroes. SCHLEY GIRLS SEEK 15TH STRAIGHT WIN Ellaville Clubs Move to Americus Tonight Schley county high school's unbeaten girl's basketball team seeks its 15th decision of a perfect season tonight, moving to Americus for a game with the strong high school team there. The boys' teams of both schools also clash. Ellaville faces Oglethorpe in a doubleheader here Tuesday. Ellaville's maiden's registered their 14th triumph here Tuesday night by routing Buena Vista, 31 to 16. Lillian Purvis paced the offense with 16 points. Wilson scored 13 for the losers. The local girls' 13th victory---recorded in the face of the Friday the 13th jinx---came the hard way. Ellaville emerged on the top end of a 23 to 21 count after a hot duel to the finish. Christine Allmon's 11 points led the pointmakers. Grant shot 11 for Oglethorpe. The boys' club divided their games during the past week, defeating Buena Vista, 30-23, but falling before Oglethorpe, 43 to 37. Derrick went on a jamboree to hoop 27 points and lead Oglethorpe. Roney Jordan dropped in 13 and David McCorkle 12, for Ellaville. Jordan also led the attack against Buena Vista, with 12, Junior Harden accounted for 11 points. LEE'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED HERE School Students Present Chapel Program Thursday Students of Ellaville consolidated school marked the birthday of Robet E. Lee, Confederate chieftain during the War Between the States, with a chapel program Thursday. The program, under direction of Miss Ruth Cheney, follows:: Dialogue---Ethel Johnson, Geraldine Williams; Short Talks on the Various Phases of Lee's Life---Christine Allmon; Lee's Service in the War---Wilma Adams; Lee as an Educator---Lewis DeVane; Lee's death and tributes to Lee---Mary Frances Perry; Poem, "The Sword of Lee"---C.T. Battle and Billy Johnson; Piano solo---Hilda Manning. SCHLEY SLANTS BURIAL INSURANCE PROMOTION STUNT An Ellaville negro died here recently. Through a coincidence, the agent for the company with which she held a burial insurance policy, arrived in town just in time to hear first word of her death. The insurance man went to the bank and got 150 one-dollar bills. Then he called at her house to ask if the report of her death was true. It was and a relative produced the policy. There was the formality of a death certificate, with the beneficiary expecting to wait the usual length of time before receiving the principal. But the agent dumped $150 in banknotes on the table as full payment. The astonished negroes are still talking about the unbelievable service. Said the insurance man when he returned to town: "That will do me more good than a full page ad in an Atlanta newspaper." WITH KINDEST REGARDS Birthday wishes to Mrs. Walter Strange, Jan 19; Mrs. Etta Royal, Jan. 24, and Mrs. H.J. Williams, Jan. 25. DECEMBER MOST POPULAR FOR MARRIAGES December is still the most popular month for marriages in Schley county. Ordinary Tom Rainey announced yesterday 81 marriage licenses were sold during the year, 58 to negroes and 23 to white couples. Seventeen of these were sold in December. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK A primary for nomination of Schley county officers for four-year terms was set for Feb. 13 by the county executive committee. Fire destroyed a large barn on the Lasco Harvey farm three miles east of Ellaville Thursday night, January 22. Loss of livestock and feed was heavy. Girls of Charles F. Crisp Institute gave a box supper to raise funds to buy a new basketball. Eight boxes were sold. Miss Addie Ree McCrory won the prize for the most attractive box. YOUTH IS THE SAME TODAY AND EVERY DAY by Charles Wall, Jr. We of the younger generation often here the phrase, "The young folks are going to the devil." But I would like to defend the youth of today and show the slow moving and thinking people exactly what the change is and how it came about. Times change and methods should change with them. So, alas and alack, the changing times and conditions made YOUTH, we are afraid, a wee bit conscious of material needs. The world as a whole is moving at a faster pace which makes the young people all the more reckless to keep astep. Back in the yesterdays they were doing the same things we are doing today but only at a slower pace. Many of you remember when the Mason and Dixon line was a highway. Florida was just something in the Everglades. There was complaint that the ladies' clothes were too colorful. Hawks and eagles were drifting in the sun, where today transport planes climb to flight. Every hundred people had to share nine-tenths of a telephone. These were the days of the horse and buggy, and spelling bees at the school house. Those were the days when cider and doughnuts and popcorn were good for a winter evening. Those were what you have so often heard referred to as "The good ole days." To us, they were peaceful, but they were not to those who lived in them. My father hit the nail on the head one day when he took me aside and said, "Son, I courted in one county when I was a boy, but now it is possible for you to cover the whole state." That one contrast serves to describe the conditions better than any I have ever heard. All of the problems, and all of the worries, and all of the joys of those days, we have now, only the names are different. Only moving at a faster pace which makes us try to move at the same pace. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rose of near Ellaville announce the birth of a son Jan. 6. He weighed eight and a half pounds and has been named Charles Edward. LITTLE ROBERT B. STRANGE COMPLIMENTED WITH BIRTHDAY PARTY As a compliment to her small son, Burt, on his third birthday, Mrs. C.B. Strange entertained on Friday afternoon the 13th, with a party. In the living room where the guests were received, lovely white narcissi and red japonicas were used as decorations. Mrs. Strange was assisted in directing the games for the little folks by Miss Arbie Ann Strange. The dining room where the guests were invited for refreshments was lovely with pink Japonicas and paper white narcissi on the table and buffet. The table was overlaid with a lace cover and a cake iced in white with "Happy Birthday" in pink letters placed on a mirrored plateau surrounded by fern and white flowers was the centerpiece. Crystal candlesticks holding burning pink tapers flanked the centerpiece. Burt blew out the three burning candles on the cake. Delicious ice cream and angel food cake were served to the guests. Mrs. Strange was assisted in serving by Misses Lula Baisden and Mytrice Strange. Those enjoying the affair were Careene Hatcher, Ellaville; Billy Easterlin, Andersonville; Lettie Lee Williams, Aubrey and Lamar Greene, LaCross; Ann Roddenberry, Helen and Fanny Lester Arnold, Kenneth Dupree, Betty, Bobby and Arbie Ann Strange. Favors were pink and white candy hearts in cellophane bags. Mothers present were Mrs. Bill Easterlin, Andersonville; Madames Williams and Greene, LaCross and Mrs. Arnold. HOSPITAL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rooks of Birmingham, Ala., Misses Nan Black and Dora Young of Waterloo, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rooks of Andersonville and Mrs. Ernest Hutchings of Albany were among the out-of-town visitors of Mrs. Dora Young, whose condition remains unchanged at Boyette's clinic. Carolyn Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Hart, underwent a tonsil operation at Boyette's clinic Saturday morning. REYNOLDS COUPLE MARRIED HERE Miss Annie Marlin Hicks of Reynolds became the bride of E.B. Swearingen, also of Reynolds, at a ceremony performed by the Rev. Charles D. Carter at his home here last Saturday night. The couple left immediately for a trip to Florida. LOVELY DANCE ENJOYED BY YOUNGER SET Members of the younger set enjoyed a dance at the home of Miss Dorothy Lowry Saturday night. Punch and crackers were served throughout the evening. Among those invited were Misses Lorena Jordan, Juanita Cook, Elsie Rainey, Dyxie Standridge, Clara Mott, Helen Stevens, Hilda Manning, Marion Mott, Mary Frances Perry, Hilda Cosper; Junior McNeal, Bobby Rigsby, Edwards Murray, Finis Allmon, Jimmy Harden, David McCorkle, Charles Lumpkin, Carl Hobbs, Homer Moore, Woodrow Daniel, Roney Jordan, Julian Gill and Misses Carolyn Currie and Marjorie Lanier. end # 29