Sidewalk Gleanings and Local Notes from Butler Area
Local column highlights a historic electric street car debut in Butler with No 444 and conductor A W Almgreen. It honors Ex Mayor J Robert Wilson for community service and recalls Butler's 43rd anniversary of a major fire, listing losses and victims, plus tribute to Walter E Steed’s multi office year.
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Butler
A. W. Almgreen
Almgreen
Masonic Lodge
S. S
Taylor County Bar Association
Methodist Church
Walter E. Steed
Steed
Summerour Graduates in Pharmacy College
Butler friends honor Tommy Summerour a Butler High School graduate and son of Mrs. A. E. Locke for earning a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the Southern College of Pharmacy Atlanta. He passed the State Board exam and joined Sam Huey Drug Company in Atlanta. Attending commencement March 25 were Mr and Mrs A E Locke Miss Dora Summerour Miss Dorris Callahan and Roy Callahan of Rupert.
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Butler
Tommy Summerour
Butler High School
A. E. Locke
Southern College of Pharmacy
Atlanta
State Board of Pharmacy
Sam Huey Drug Company
Tommy
Dora Summerour
Dorris Callahan
Roy Callahan
Rupert
North Georgia College
Dahlonega
Taylor County Farmers Learn of Co-Op Functions
The Taylor County Farmers Co-Operative held a county wide meeting at Butler High School auditorium. Assistant commissioner of agriculture J Holton spoke on farming. Edwin H. Bogart explained the non profit nature and benefits of membership. New members enrolled and more information offered at the Co-Op office.
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Taylor County
Taylor County Farmers Co- Operative
Butler High School
J. ©. Holton
Edwin H. Bogart
Co-Op
Negro Woman and Child Shot by Drunken Husband Charged
Sheriff Wright and deputies search for Cary Daniel a 23 year old Reynolds Negro man charged after a Saturday night shooting with a 20 gauge shotgun. He allegedly wounded his wife Letha Mae Daniel in the abdomen and their seven month old son, both taken to a Macon hospital in serious and less severe condition respectively. Daniel reportedly drank beer during the incident.
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Wright
Cary Daniel
Reynolds
Noted Taylor County Official and Elector Passes Away
The obituary outlines a career: judge of the Taylor county court, legislator as Representative and State Senator from 1898 to 1906, later Representative in 1925 and 1926, 12 years on the State Board of Education from 1910 to 1922, and a Presidential Elector in 1912 for the National Democratic ticket supporting Woodrow Wilson.
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Taylor County
State Board of Education
Woodrow Wilson
AU Revoir
D. E. Byrd Elected to State Legislature in Special Vote
D. E. Byrd a Taylor county farmer and respected citizen won the 770 vote tally against John Turk in a special election to fill a vacant State Legislature seat. The Logue's Thrift Store in Butler, owned by Neal Logue Company, opens tomorrow at 9 a.m. offering dry goods and ready to wear in a remodeled building adjoining Walker's Grocery and Market.
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D. E. Byrd
Logue
D. E
Dock) Byrd
Taylor County
Garland Byrd
State Veterans Department
Talmadge
Garland T. Byrd
Byrd
John Turk
Butler
Reynolds
Panhandle
Carsonville
Daviston
Howard
Austin
Cedar Creek
Potterville
Turk—Butler
Pahandle
Walker’s Grocery and Market
Logue’s Thrift Store
PTA Show Laff It Off To Benefit Home Ec Equipment
Rehearsals underway for the P T A staged talent show at Butler and Reynolds April 7 and 8. Miss Dorothy Clare Stemme directs about 60 cast members impersonating famous columnists and news figures in a ten scene vaudeville styled show. A baby contest with boy and girl winners will award silver prizes on stage.
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Dorothy Clare Stemme
Gene Autrey
Judy Canova
Rochester
Walter Winchell
Dorothy Dix
Popeye
Daisy Mae
Blondie
Baby Spargle
Maggie
Jiggs
Garland Byrd to Help in Georgia Payroll Purge
Reliable sources report a 10 percent layoff of state employees as part of a Talmadge era payroll purge. The plan targets politically objectionable staff, with supervision by George Stewart and Garland Byrd assisting non merit system cuts while the State Personnel Board handles merit agency retrenchment.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
George Stewart
State Senate
Garland Byrd
Taylor County
State Personnel Board
Central School District Seeks Teachers for Seven Grade Post
Want ads call for teachers at Central seven grade school in Butler Georgia. Apply to local trustees of Central School District Rt 2 Butler GA.
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Central
Central School District
Butler, Ga
Rt. 2
Talbotton Votes Bond Issues for Water System Upgrade
Talbotton residents approved a 157 to 10 referendum to issue 62 000 in revenue certificates and 30 000 in bonds for a 92 000 water works upgrade including a new tank, another well, fire plugs and larger mains. Construction should finish by early fall enabling industrial growth.
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Talbotton
Georgia
Henry Persons
Persons
Mrs. Robert Clements Buried in Buena Vista
Funeral for Mrs. R. E. Clements aged 94, longtime Marior County resident, was held Sunday at her daughter Mrs. J. G. Lowe home. Rev. J. W. Clark conducted the Baptist service. burial followed in the local cemetery. She was a Buena Vista Baptist Church elder.
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Buena Vista
R. E. Clements
Marior County
J. G. Lowe
J. W. Clark
Baptist Church
Clements
Marion County
For Sale: Four Room House and 28 Acres in Butler
Four room house and twenty eight acres of land for sale in the City of Butler near the local school. Cash price three thousand six hundred dollars. Contact Dewey Harmon Butler Georgia.
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City of
Butler
Price
Dewey Harmon
Georgia Voters Reject Proposed 46 Million Tax Increase
Georgia voters rejected a proposed 46 million tax plan to fund schools roads and health by a three to one margin. Counts from 150 of 159 counties and 777 of 1 737 precincts showed 181 900 against and 61 450 in favor with Gov. Herman Talmadge announcing a strict economy drive and refusal to take a stand.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Taylor County
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Hawkins Replaces Coleman as Taylor County Agent
Tom H. Hawkins fills the Taylor County County Agent post after R L Coleman resigns April 1 to join John Deere Plow Co. Hawkins, a Sumter County native and University of Georgia Agriculture graduate, is favored to win the May election for the full time position.
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Taylor County
Tom H. Hawkins
R. L. Coleman
John Deere Plow Co
Leavin
Moline
Ill
Hawkins
Sumter County
University of Georgia Agricultura College
Churches Next Sunday Worship at Howard Mauk
The Mauk church schedules preaching at 10 a m and Sunday School after with Mrs B Parker as superintendent The Howard church offers Sunday School at 10 30 a m and preaching at 11 30 a m and 8 p m The Fourth Quarterly Conference meets at Butler during revival from April 27 through May 6 with District Superintendent Bro Fain as visiting minister Easter prep urged The note ends with a Kagawa verse about contentment.
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Mauk
Christ
Kagawa
Hear Radcliff Gang at Cross Roads April 9th
Cross Roads hosts a program and Bar-B-Q on April 9 at 7 p m. The Cross Roads Community Club sponsors the event with plates priced at 55 cents and admission 25 and 50 cents.
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Radcliff Gang
Cross Roads
The
Cross Roads Community Club
Mrs Gladys Herring Shealy Dies At Reynolds
Mrs Gladys Herring Shealy dies after a long illness in Reynolds Georgia. She was a civic leader and devoted companion of Mayor E Theodore Shealy. Survived by husband Thomas Theodore Sonny Shealy and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Reynolds Methodist Church with burial in Hill Crest cemetery. Goddard Funeral Home in charge.
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Shealy
Reynolds
Thomas Theodore
Sonny) Shealy
Reynolds Methodist Church
David Lastinger
Park Smith
Wrightsville Methodist Church
Hill Crest
Robert Suggs
Odell Vaughan
J. J. Shealy
Leonard Cooper
James Shirley
H. T. Harris
Ottie Jonhson
H. K. Sealy
A. S. James
J. H. Brewer
J H. Windham
D. T. Montfort
R. L. Swearingen
Frank Sams
E. W. Hodges
C. P. Seay
Goddard Funeral Home
Card of Thanks from E. T. Shealy and Sonny
The family thanks friends for kindness during the illness of their wife and mother. They especially appreciate the thoughtful trays and the many floral tributes placed at her bier.
Preaching at Mt Pisgah Church Next Sunday
Mt Pisgah Baptist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 30 a m with Carroll Peacock as superintendent. Sermon at 11 30 a m from Luke 9 25. Evening service at 7 30 with song prayer and a message by Pastor J H Stanford. Bring a friend and pray for the services.
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Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Carroll Peacock
J. H. Stanford
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J. Robert Wilson
Suggs Motor Co
Citzens State Bank
Court House
G. W. Fountain
Taylor County Farmers Association
F. A. Peed
T. W. Rose
W. P. Henderson
J.W. Dawson
James Rogers
J. W. Riley
Masonic
K. of P
Lodges
S E. Bateman
L. O Davis
J. T. Haywood
W. W. Edwards
Laura Peed
C. A Windham
Mulkey
S. B Brown
Reinhart
B. W. Carter
T. C. Butler
Charlton Ogburn
Marion West
Wayne Riley
J. F. Peebles
Sealy Hotel
Grand Theatre
Harry’s
Marion Newsom
Summerour
PTA
Butler and Reynolds
Taylor
Robert Clements
Mr. Coleman
Howard-Mauk
E. T. Shealy
Sonny
Mt. Pisgah Church
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