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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1944
Page
4
Local editorial urges Pelham post office lobby to stay open after hours to serve late moviegoers and doves. It also promotes repurposing old service uniforms into spring suits and appeals for War Bond purchases and Red Cross contributions.
The Leesburg paper released a 32 page farm program edition last week alongside its usual home and state news. The note thanks Brother Crouch for the effort and congratulates the Lee County Journal on the milestone.
A call to greet returning service members with warmth and cheer. The piece urges rural life as a welcoming, attractive home with fields, orchards, gardens, and hospitality. It emphasizes the sacrifice of those who served and the obligation to receive them openly.
A reflective piece dismisses the idea that future ice cream could be made without dairy cream. It contrasts skeptical readers with the inevitability of human discontent and weather-driven life cycles, ending with a meditation on vanity and the human condition.
The passage warns that even defeated Germany could rebound to dominate Western Europe if not curbed. It argues Germany's destruction inflicted lasting harm on neighbors and could destabilize Europe, prompting new confrontations with the Soviet Union and western powers.
The column argues for Walter George's re election to the U S Senate over challenger John W Goolsby who has begun a campaign with a $500 stake Goolsby is described as new to Georgia politics and not well known in official references The piece lauds George as a strong senator with national stature and fiscal expertise and predicts his victory while noting Stephen Pace's secure re election in the Third District based on past strong showings
The author argues that about 98 percent of nervous behavior is selfishness. Individuals center themselves and expect the world to revolve around their small personalities.
The Wiregrass Farmer of Ashburn marks its 45th anniversary this week and installs new machinery to boost capacity after the war. Nora Lawrence Smith, daughter of the late Hon. Joe Lawrence, has led the paper for years after learning type setting as a teenager, long before linotype.
Rev. Pierce Harris counsels lovelorn couples amid wartime romance and war era rushing into marriage. He warns many seek certainty more than commitment, noting mismatched ages and cross national unions as couples chase emotion over prudence. He recalls a Sunday school digression equating matrimony with purgatory and stresses war time uncertainties delaying plans yet fueling impulsive unions.
Walton News lauds Caldwell for the Georgia Press column Cider from the Georgia Press noting its value to readers. The piece urges newspapers to maintain such cider mill content, praising the positive, morale-boosting effect and Caldwell’s thoughtful prose.
Notes on thoughts of Easter and spring activities like fishing baseball and gardening. The writer hopes next Sunday brings good weather so past summers straw remains fitting and the old winter lid has nearly worn away.
The passage warns that jealousy corrupts all levels of life from classrooms to global peace. It cites Cain and divine rebuke, noting that success comes from well doing and that envy is never justified.
Reader notes Pap Boswell hauling seed cane through town to plant near Paradise. He suggests rationing fears for coffee sugar next winter and compares squash growth to daily cutting, claiming one squash yields all summer for a family, though details on canning yield are missing.
An Elberton Star correspondent quotes an eastern frontier officer lamenting the war’s lack of parades and martial music. He says home newspapers carry single casualty stories, missing public rallies that could awaken sacrifice through cheers, songs, and parades.
A lyrical meditation on Easter describing spring's renewal and the promise of resurrection. The speaker celebrates Christ's rising with imagery of blooming flowers, birds, and Easter bells as heavenly music fills the earth.
Winder Georgia mourns the loss of Hon H. A. Jack Carthers and C. H. Cook editor of the Winder News. The notice extends sympathy to their families and notes their long acquaintance and high esteem in the community.
The metaphorical voyage begins as 1944 legislative, congressional, senatorial and state candidates embark. Some may face rough seas before leaving shore, with jest about Senator George and bets on who stays aboard.
Ralph McGill notes Mr Goolsby a carpet cleaning salesman from South Carolina and Georgia who entered the race against Senator Walter F. George after a humorous bout of the political bug. McGill describes the bite as irresistible and unpredictable with no clear date of onset.
A Georgia farmer faced soaring prices for bridles. He searched Dawson and Albany stores, found none at $5, bought in Leesburg for about $3.50 each. Prewar bridles cost around $1.25. Mule jewelry—bridle gear—has risen with prices.
A lighthearted note contrasts wild grass sprouting in a garden with a bald lawn that resists growth. It then jokes about daily hair removal on the face while hair on the head remains elusive.
A woman in the office sold a temperance book this morning. She recalls two passersby: one who offered to bail her out and urged letting the boys drink, another who gave a dollar praising her work. She decries a world lacking in kindness.
Thomaston Times notes a story of Joe Jimmerson USN on leave who misplaced about $75 and valuables Tuesday night. Two honest boys, Charles Brooks and Ovid Shepard, found the billfold and located Jimmerson, returning the property by Wednesday, reflecting well on youth training through Sunday School and scouts.
L P Whatley administrator of J M Whatley deceased petitions for discharge. Court cites all interested persons and creditors to show cause why administrator should not receive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in May 1944. Official J R Lunsford, Ordinary.
The Douglass place in Butler District Taylor County Georgia totaling 684 acres has been posted as required by law. All persons found hunting or fishing on the lands will be prosecuted. Mrs Ida Douglass F Hobbs.
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