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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
1
Elizabeth McCants discusses postwar concerns in a town setting. Inflation fears rise after loss of OPA controls while racial tensions are cautioned against. She urges optimistic faith in common sense, cooperative leadership, and the nation’s ability to move from a dark valley to a brighter, lasting sunlight.
The Government has paid self employed veterans about 118 million dollars in readjustment allowances under the GI Bill of Rights to 360000 veterans. The payments cover September 1944 to June 30 1946 and support earnings differences up to 100 dollars monthly with varying eligibility based on service time. The VA says the majority of recipients are in agricultural work.
Attorney General Tom Clark said President Truman asked the Justice Department to use all resources to investigate the mass slayings of four African Americans near Monroe Georgia last Thursday. He urged citizens to reject mob rule and help authorities pursue justice against the criminals.
Mrs Helen Mankin won a key round in her bid for re election as representative from Georgia fifth district the State Democratic Executive Committee certified her and Judge J C Davis as Democratic nominees for the November general election The decision keeps the contest alive for a popular vote outcome with Mankin leading in Fulton county but trailing Davis in DeKalb and Rockdale counties.
Representatives from WSB and the Atlanta Journal’s radio station toured Providence Canyons in Stewart County to produce a 15 minute program. The broadcast directed by Mark Toulson will air on Saturday at 6 15 p m with a local spokesman highlighting the canyons as the south’s most phenomenal work of nature.
Local notice invites residents to contact Emory Harris Butler in Butler Georgia for urgent harrowing and plowing services or wood saws available immediately.
William B. Posey 69 of Butler died at his home Friday morning from a heart ailment after two years of declining health. He was born December 23, 1876 in Taylor county. Funeral services were Sunday at Turners Chapel with Rev. W. E. Hightower officiating. interment followed in Turners Chapel cemetery. He is survived by his wife, nine daughters including Bertha Moore and Annie Gassett, and two sons Elmire Posey and Henry Wacter.
Columbus Georgia July 28 Ground was broken on the site of the new 390000 church building to replace the auditorium destroyed by fire in 1942. Construction of the main structure will begin Monday with D A Turner and Maynard R Ashworth turning the first sod alongside Mrs L W Cunningham and C Ed Gates. The Rev W R Woodall delivered the invocation amid absence of Rev Mack Anthony. St Luke's, the oldest Methodist congregation in Columbus, was organized in 1829 and has seen five buildings on the same lot since 1837.
The Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association calls for a law to protect gasoline tax funds for roads only. At the Ansley hotel convention in Atlanta, resolutions backed Thomas G. Walters for reelection as national president, urged pooling with the Georgia Farm Bureau, sought 20 percent higher retirement annuities, and supported retirement after 30 years of service. Savannah was chosen as the 1947 meeting site. Officers were reelected.
Sunday August 11 will be observed as Home Coming Day at New Prospect Freewill Baptist Church near Reynolds. Everyone interested is invited to attend and bring a basket dinner.
A Senate House Conference Committee agreed on a five year non negotiable bond plan to cover terminal pay for service members and veterans. Bonds would fund premiums for National Service Life Insurance or convert to permanent policies with cash for small amounts. About 15 million veterans expected to apply.
Cairo July 29 Contracts will be let Aug 1 for 450 miles of additional REA lines in Grady Decatur and Thomas counties to serve 1500 more rural residents. Present lines total 423 miles serving 1625 consumers. Poles transformers and substation gear have been ordered amid material shortages, causing delays. Transformer delivery delays range from 40 to 60 weeks, delaying completion beyond a year.
Elizabeth Wells Foster, aged widow of Joseph W. Foster, died at home in Junction City on Sunday morning after about six weeks of ill health. Funeral services were held at Mauk Baptist Church with interment in Pine Level Cemetery. she leaves four daughters, three sons, a brother, sixteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Americus chosen site for 250 bed tubercular hospital, officials say the site is east of the Atlantic Highway near Lester and Jackson Streets, land owned by John Sheffield estate with option held by Americus Chamber of Commerce.
Ellaville Georgia mourns the passing of Rev C D Carter 74 retired minister and Schley county clerk for 30 years. Funeral services were held Friday morning July 26 at the Baptist Church with several ministers officiating Interment followed at the local cemetery Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are listed. Survivors include wife three sons a daughter two granddaughters a sister a half brother a half sister and many nieces and nephews. Born August 20 1872 in Schley county he moved to Ellaville in 1898 and served as pastor for over 35 years retiring due to ill health.
Messrs L. R. Adams, senator elect, and Garland Byrd, representative elect, chosen as Taylor county delegates to the State Democratic Convention in Macon next October. Alternates are M. R. Williamson and J. Ran Cooper.
Funeral services were arranged in Macon for 7 year old Robert Vought son of Mr and Mrs Johnnie Lamb who died from injuries after crashing through a glass door. He was playing in his aunt s home when the accident caused two severed arteries and he died shortly afterward.
Revival services will begin at Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church in Sedley county next Saturday night. Rev. J. F. Smith of Eastman will assist the pastor Rev. J. B Lumpkin at Sunday's service. Sunday will be observed as Home Coming Day at the church. A special invitation is extended everyone to attend.
All members of the 1946 graduating class of Butler High School who have not yet received their diplomas should call at the office of County School Superintendent E. H. Dunn for collection on Thursday.
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