Provo Sunday Herald | 1939-12-10 | Page 11

SECTION TWO PROVO (UTAH) , SUNDAY, HERALDg vSUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1931? page Timr T7 " - --. t.v (Ccntinue-3 From Pajt Ons) .block so that thousands of youths .would have a better chance. But while Aubrey Williams la well known as a name, few know him personally or appreciate his unique and colorful background. Tor example, the fact that he once was & lay preacher and later a tattle - scarred veteran of the famed French Foreign Leg-Ion, Is something- her fieldonr mentions. - UP THE HARD WAY Williams was born, on an Ala bama farm in-. 1890. His family was impoverished by the Civil war, and at. the-age of . 7 he went to work In a laundry for 51 a week. ;Tp to the age of 20 he had only 'one year of formal schooling; what education he had was. self-taught "or from-his mother, a deeply religious re-ligious woman." While his schooling was skimpy Williams had a wealth of practical practi-cal training. He worked as a salesman of all sorts of thing? from books to haberdashery. He was a window dresser, a sign-painter, sign-painter, livery stable hand, social worker and director of a Birmingham Birming-ham boys club which he helped organize. , In 1911. Williams decide to etudy for the ministry ancLentered MaryviHe College, - Tenn.,- paying his way by manual labor. A year later he transferred to the University Univer-sity of- Cincinnati, where he was when the World war broke out in Europe. The heroic stand of the "Old Contempt! Dies," first British expeditionary force that was practically prac-tically wiped out, stirred him profoundly--and he went to France 'with an ambulance unit. When the United States entered ;the conflict in 1917, Williams join- ea ine oreign legion and saw fierce shock-troop fighting. In one engagement, his company was cut in half in the first fifteen minutes of attack. When the First Division of the A. E. F. reached France, Williams trans ferred to it- Enlisting as a buck private, he came out a lieutenant. T PULPIT TO WPA I After the Armistice, Williams studied at the University of Bordeaux, Bor-deaux, then returned to Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, where he became a lay preacher. After several years in the ministry he turned to social work as secretary of the Wisconsin Wiscon-sin Conference of Social Work. In 1932 he become a field director direc-tor of the American' Public Welfare Wel-fare association, and was engaged in establishing relief organizations in the south when Hopkins com mandeered him to help get the first New Deal jobless aid program under way. . The following year, when the WPA was set up, Hopkins Hop-kins chose Williams as his second in command. It was in this post that Wil liams, "with the potent behind-he- scenes backing of Mrs. Roosevelt," conceived the NYA and sold the idea to the president. FDR agreed to establish the youth agency pro vided Williams ran it. "It's ' your baby," Roosevelt said. "It's up to you to show its worth." t So Williams handled NYA as well as the bulk of WPA adminis trative work. In fact, he was WPA's offcial "no" man to pork- hungry politicians which may explain some congressional bitterness bitter-ness toward him. He handled this tremendous load by working fifteen fif-teen hours a day, including: Sun day, and never taking a vacation. Dramatizing the Demons of Drink kA JUAN'S MAN I Among the New Dealers, there is none more determined In holding hold-ing his humanistic convictions. His eagerly , grim struggles . bred For Your Stoker Use ; ; Specially Prepared To Give - Perfect Service Washed - Blended and Waxed For Your Fireplace Use . . A eu Chemically-treated Fuel Made - specially For Fireplace Grates ' ! ' Radiant - Colorful - Cheerful MUTUAL COAL fi LUnOEfi GO; PHONE 357 v Y J Snakes in his sleeves, snakes in his boots, Old Joe Sharpe often went on toots. Along came the bishop, touting prohibition; Joe got wise, saved from perdition. That's the gist of prohibition dramas staged at the Pillar of Fire Church in Denver by Bishop Alma White, which rival ancient "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room" technique. Old Joe Sharpe, leading character of one of the dry dramas is seen above enacting his conviction, "They're cpming through the" floor." - e - . . : - in him a profound compassion for the underdog. He is as unswerv ing as Senator George Norris, his ideal. . ; . . . But although a two-fisted fight er for what he believes, there is nothing of the sour-puss about wniiams. Personally. - he is a man's man. " Slender and handsome, he is a natty dresser and has a passion for ritzy ties. Another strong love is good horses, He will get up early and drive miles to see a promising colt, j - And with his southern drawl, easy geniality and booming laugh, Williams is an Inimitable ' story teller.- He is in much demand as a speaker, but dislikes the chore of preparing written speeches so the press can have advance copies. Usually he puts this off to the last minute and tries to reach the platform . before the reporters xan grab him... Even when- he has a prepared speech he sometimes chucks it aside,- and talks extemporaneously. extem-poraneously. , . ' : v ..i This happened recently- at a gathering of national educators. The conference had heard speaker after "speaker for hours on end. FinallyWilliams was introduced. Looking-the weary audience over, he drawled, "You don't; want to hear me make a speech. You're tired and I'm tired from hearing too - many already. ' I'll just r tell . - - - . ' X TT T!T you a few stories so we can all relax before calling it a "day."' ' For fifteen .minutes .the. digni fied academicians rocked ; with laughter. ' Williams, one hobby and recreation recre-ation is farming. He lives on a little farm r on the outskirts ; of Washington and there . raises , all his . own vegetables and . poultry. In this, he has the . help of what he calls his "private youth movement," move-ment," four husky young -sons,-ranging from 13 to 17. Williams is proud of his farming farm-ing and loves to load down guests with produce and eggs. Once . a friend who listened to his agricultural agricul-tural .boasts disguised his voice and called up Williams. . . "This is the White House,":he said, "The president - would like to get some' of those fine eggs of yours. Send around a couple of dozen." Williams fell ' hook, ' line and sinker, and it took some time for the friend to explain that it was all a joke. . ,..(Copyright, ,1939,, by,Unl;d . , Feature Syndicate, .- Inc.) .England consumes six bushels of i wneat i per head of population annually. MRS. MANILA BROWN, Reporter Phone 223-W Mrs. Bert Groesbeck was hostess to members of the Ladles' Literary Liter-ary club at: her home on Thursday Thurs-day evening. At .7:30 o'clock a tasty lunch was served after which Mrs. Arva Bone entertained with a;; piano selection, the evening's program featured a review of the book, "Christ In' Concrete" given in . fine manner by Mrs. Blanch Beal. A discussion of the book and author followed. Mrs. Jesse Dalton, club vice president, presided presid-ed and announced the, next .meeting .meet-ing for December 21, at the home of Mrs. Clara Sumsion, where the annual Christmas program and social will be held. Club members present at the meeting were Mrs. Bess Mendenhall, Mrs. Birdella .Bearnson, Mrs. Blanch Beal, Mrs. Arva Bone, Mrs. " Clara Sumsion, Mrs. Emma Jacobsen, Mrs. Hannah Han-nah Callister, Mrs. Hannah Clyde, Mrs. Helen Crandall, Mrs. Jessie Dalton, Mrs. Julia Sumsion, Mrs. Jf adge Thorn, Mrs. Mercedes Anderson, An-derson, Mrs. Rea Straw. Mrs. Man-ilia' Man-ilia' Brown and the hostess. Mrs. lone Olsen also attended as a special spe-cial guest. '".-' , -1 city have? just returned from an enjoyable two weeks vacation trip to the west coast. They spent Thanksgiving with their daughter, Mrs. Pearl Wilkinson and family at San Diego and also visited relatives rela-tives and friends at Loo Angeles, Fresno and San Francisco. Mrs. - Emma Rowland will be hostess to members of the Social Twelve'club at her home on Thursday, Thurs-day, Dec. 14. All are urged to be present at 8 o'clock. , , ! The Daughters of Utah Pioneers Camp Sprihgville will hold their regular, monthly -meeting on ' Dec. 14, at the home' of Mrs.'. Rebecca Reynolds. ; A fine program is arranged ar-ranged for' "the ; occasion and ' all members and those- eligible' are urged to be present. . : ? A large number of relatives- and friends ? came , from surrounding communities' and several states to attend funeral services for LaVar Anderson, well known . Springville man whose services- and burial were held on Thursday. -. i Lewis Phillipsv of this city is Mr. and Mrs. George Cox of this convalescing from a recent major operation performed at the rayson hospital. . Mr; and Mrs.y Stephen Johnson are spending the winter with their daughter, Miss Euphemia Johnson in California.- Mrs. Eldon Palfreyman was a guest at an enjoyable afternoon party Wednesday afternoon, -when Mrs. John Frost of Spanish Fork entertanied at a party at her home for members of the Letter Carriers auxiliary. The entertainment featured a book review, the exchange ex-change of gifts and a lunch. A large group attended from surrounding sur-rounding communities. Mr. arid Mrs. Woodrow Hatfield Hat-field of this city and. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hopla of MapletOn were among those from here who joined the H. D. club dancing party at the Utahna , Tuesday . evening ' and also enjoyed lunch at the George Higgins home. ' ' . r .' - i -' . Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oakley have returned from an extended business trip in the west and middle mid-dle western states. 1 , .- Miss Marjorie Clark, - daughter of Mr. , and Mrs. Will Clark, is convalescing at her home from a recent appendicitis operation which she underwent at the L.D.S. hospital. Miss Clark was taking nurses, training ", when she was taken ill. y v BCITlfi! WE: fin;r;- nil OVER liv iienkv T. ;onni:Li. , LONDON, Occ. 0 !:.': Admiralty Admiral-ty authoritloa assumed control ! all shipping within dcslgn:itc;l areas of British territorial wut-rs today in a form of maritime n.-tr-tial law intended to combat J he German submarine and mine menace men-ace In British ea lftne.i. It was understood ftn admiralty plan was nearing completion or a gigantic mine-sweeping campaign cam-paign which was expected to In -n the British IsIch from the danger of German unrestricted mine warfare. war-fare. ; " By its decree today the admiralty admir-alty took under naval Jurisdiction,' effective at once, the" waters .; 1-jacent 1-jacent to the Nore, in the Tharnen river estuary; Portsmouth, on the south coast, the western jlp-proachefl jlp-proachefl or Rosyth, in the Firth , of Forth of the Scottish cast coa-t, islands above Scotland. Navy commanders in chief ,ln these areas were given jurisdiction over all shipping. The order was described ns purely pure-ly . defensive, and unconnected with the. British blockade. Y A-Kiss For The Little Flower 5v NTION! v CZ1TRISTMAS '1 OFPENG THEN READ THIS -AND BUY!; ItJs trilp we havejyagons, Doll Buggies, Tricycles Scooters and Bicycles' that we carried over from last Christmas. . ' ' . . ' , WE HAVE REDUCED THE PRICE TO MOVE IT! 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