The Ellaville Sun Friday, Sept. 10, 1937 No. 11 GAS STATION TO REPLACE OLD COURTHOUSE Work To Begin Within Next Two Weeks Schley county's "old" courthouse, one of the town's landmarks for more than three quarters of a century, will be razed soon to clear the site for a modern service station, it was learned Thursday. Work on tearing down the structure which residents recall was built before the War Between the States, will begin in about two weeks, it was said. A modern service station---the last word in buildings of that type---will be erected on the site for the American Oil Company, authoritative sources disclosed. An official announcement is expected within the next few weeks. The court house, property of Mrs. B.L. Bridges, ceased to be the seat of county government when the present court house was occupied in 1900. FIVE GENERATIONS AT FAMILY REUNION 83 Years To 18 Months Is Range Of Ages In Interesting Family Group Presence of Five generations of one family held high interest Sunday as the Larkin family gathered to pay tribute to Mrs. Susie Larkin on her 83rd birthday. The event was a joint celebration of the birthdays of Mrs. Larkin and Mr. E.M. Taylor, both of which fell on Monday and took place at the Taylor home on the Oglethorpe road near here. Eighty-four persons attended the celebration on which was featured by a barbecue. The five generations ranged from 83 year-old Mrs. Larkin, who remains remarkably active and cheerful, to an 18-month-old Wendall Larkin, blue eyed and fair haired. They were Mrs. Larkin; her son, Walter Larkin; his daughter, Mrs. T.W. Brown; her daughter, Mrs. J.E. Larkin; and the latter's small son Wendall Larkin. Mrs. Susie Larkin, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Larkin and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Robinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Larkin and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Taylor and family, Miss Willa Larkin, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Larkin and family, Mr and Mrs. Tom Brown and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Smith and children, Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Larkin, Atlanta. Mrs. Larkin's activities and health are little effected by her years. She retains a fine interest in household duties, explaining "I want to keep on doing so long as I can." And she is never ill. RETURN OF LASH IS ASKED BY WARDENS Rapid fire developments, agitated by rising sentiment against too numerous chain gang escapes, Thursday had brought county warden's instructions to "shoot to kill" all fleeing prisoners. Meanwhile, Governor Rivers, who declared open warfare on wardens effected by escapes, and the commission gave thought to the warden's request for restoration of the "lash" which has been forbidden since an executive order to former Governor Thomas Hardwick almost 14 years ago. Governor Rivers announced he would ask the legal department for a ruling on the legality of restoring the whipping post for unruly convicts. In the first eight months of 1937, officials claimed, there were more chain gang escapes than in the combined years of 1935 and 1936. RITES HELD FOR MRS. R.N. WILLIS Local Woman Dies Unexpectedly Funeral services for Mrs. R.A. Willis, who died unexpectedly early Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.C. Curlee, here, were conducted from County Line Church in Chattahoochee County Monday afternoon. Mrs. Willis, who reached her sixty-sixth birthday September 3, had been ill only three days and her condition had not been considered critical. She was well known in Ellaville, having made many friends while residing here. She had been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church for the past 36 years. Elder Hassell McCorkle and the Rev. R.C. Howard officiated at the funeral and burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. R.C. Curlee; two sisters, Mrs. O.E. Culpepper and Mrs. C.C. Grisson, both of Cusseta; one brother, J.T. Walker of Box Springs, Ga., three grandchildren, Martha Nell, Marjorie, and Bob Curlee. Nephews acted as pall bearers. They were: Walter and Grady Weed, of Columbus; Otis and Clyde Culpepper, Billie Grisson, all of Cusseta and Archie Walker of Live Oak, Fla. JERNIGAN LEASES GAS STATION HERE J.R. Jernigan, Poplar Ridge school bus driver, has leased the Standard Service Station, situated at Broad streets and the old Buena Vista highway. TEACHERS, STUDENTS SEE VACATION END Many Instructors Already Back At Posts; Collegians To Depart Shortly Vacation days are almost gone for Ellaville and Schley County teachers and college students. The advance guard of instructors already have left for their posts and remaining teachers and college group are making ready for early departures. Teachers include: Miss Frances Arrington and Milton Carter, Lumpkin; Miss Geraldine Arrington, Atlanta; Mrs. E.C. Mauldin, Homerville; Miss Ruth McNeal, Sylvester; Miss Virginia Rainey, Naylor; Miss Frances Rainey, Ideal; Miss Myrtle Mott, East Palatka, Fla.; Miss Martha Strange, Central, Taylor county; Mrs. Raymond Middleton, Miami, Fla.; Misses Mary Tondee and Mattie Lee Echols, Concord, Schley County; Miss Lucile Thompson, Ebenezer, Schley County. Georgia Southwestern College at nearby Americus continues the most popular college for local students, Mrs. E.R. Jordan, Ellaville is English instructor at the institution, leading the following group who plan to attend this fall: Misses Agnes Terry, Mauree Etheridge, Martha Snipes, Etna Cosper, Charles Wall and Felton Brooks. Miss Elizabeth Tondee, Lena Solley and Louise McNeal will go to Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville. Mrs. Ardith Johnson, Byron Hill and Harris Mannin(g?) plan to attend the University of Georgia at Athens. Truxton Stevens, Jr. will enter Riverside Academy of Gainesville, Ga., and Hollywood, Fla. Ross Wyrosdick, voted the most valuable athlete at Ellaville High School last year, left Wednesday to enroll at Oglethorpe University where he will be a candidate for the freshman football squad. SCHLEY SLANTS Ring Maw's.............. "Number please" "...........ring Maw's" ".........Thank you.......the number is 166." All telephone users probably recall such a conversation during the last several days. It is because an "ask-for-numbers" movement has been ordered by district headquarters of Georgia Continental Telephone Company. Miss Mattie Lee Rigsby explains. Few subscribers ever bothered to consult their directory for a number as they are forced to do when making calls in other places. Instead almost everyone announces to the operator that ".....Gimmie Jim's store, Daddy's office......" etc. The telephone company urges the cooperation of everyone in the campaign to encourage use of the directory. He Had A Word For It Wilson Avary, who won't be bothered with Ned in the First Reader for a full two years, is getting down his chemical symbols and formulas so they won't seem so strange when he reaches high school. Talking over the telephone Wednesday, he was asked what he was doing. "I'm cracking H2O......frozen." "What's that?" "Water," he replied, "don't you know?" Birthday Greetings Mrs. Henry Robinson and Eugene Jordan celebrated birthdays Wednesday. Next Wednesday, September 15, will be a birthday for Charles C. Wall. Top Cotton Guessers Harry Murray was the luckiest of more than 35 Ellaville fellows who took part Wednesday in a contest to guess the government's monthly cotton estimate. OUT OF THE PAST 25 Years Ago (1912) J.T. Royal sold the 50 acre Scarborough place to Harris Allmon for $60 an acre. Tom Hodges purchased the 200 acre home place of J.E. Willis for an unannounced price. Workmen wiring the H.J. Williams home found a hen egg buried between the sleepers. The egg probably had been there since the War Between the States, and while the shell was preserved, the contents hardly were fit for custard pie. 50 Years Ago (1887) The state tax levy for this year is three and seventy-five one hundredths of one per cent. Since cotton has commenced coming in, Ellaville presents quite a business-like appearance. "Personals" in the newspapers are good as far as they go and are read with interest by those who find pleasure in following up what the society column has to say, but if every young lass has to be called "pretty and accomplished" when she is without a single charm, the fatal and shoddy feature is obnoxious in the extreme to the average newspaper reader. end # 11