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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1957
Page
4
A collage of quotes and remarks from Georgia papers notes social trends and humor. Items reference life in Butler and surrounding towns, inflation comparisons, public figures like Senator Russell, forestry acreage in Georgia, and light anecdotes from Greensboro Herald Journal Cartersville Chuckles Ellaville Sun and Christian Science Monitor.
The American Newspaper Publishers' Association said newsprint consumption for the first half of this year reached an all time high in the United States. June use also set a new peak with about 574,684 tons used in summer compared with 559,419 tons in June 1956.
The Albany Journal editorial urges a 180 degree policy shift from prudent spending to aggressive urban development. It calls for fire protection, road building, slum clearance, a civic center, and industrial land deeds, arguing progress requires bold action and an end to stagnation.
A South Georgia minister recalls a tale of a preacher with a testament in his coat pocket. His sons replace it with a battered deck of cards bound by a rubber band, causing a startled eruption as the minister begs deliverance from church duties and seeks five minutes with the culprit.
A conference seeks a standard bushel size for fair grain trade with weight rules varying by state. Louisiana uses 32 pounds while California favors 50 pounds. Congress may formalize any agreement. Georgia launches a 140 acre nursery near highway 15 South to boost seedling production to 250 million annually under Gov. Griffin. Chas. J. Block resigns from the State Board of Regents after serving as Education Committee chair. Hugh Park notes Stone Mountain purchase could reveal a solid gold rock tourism draw.
Dr George J Baines spoke at the Scientific Assembly of General Practice in St Louis Missouri asserting faith and hope complement medicine and therapy. He cited cases where determination and cheerfulness influenced recovery alongside treatment.
In this country private entertainment provides telephone service to one in three people. In Europe where state control is common the ratio is one phone for every 28 persons.
Gene Britton reports that each year President Eisenhower receives over a hundred threatening letters from Georgia. When a letter suggests danger, the United States Secret Service dispatches its expert team to assess the threat, usually determining within hours if the writer is a crackpot or a real menace to the President.
In August 1903 Herald notes adjournment of the legislature and our representative W. E. Steed returning home. It reports depot service by Mr. and Mrs. Causey, caterpillar crop presence, strong school prospects with 100 pupils, A. J. Kirksey buying lots in Reynolds, and mosquito concerns for Tybee visitors. also mentions Supt. Jessie Hall bringing his father Dr. J. W. Hall for health, Reynolds juniors beating Butler juniors, D. L. Downs seeking U. S. Army service, cotton market optimism, and references to Dr. Ed James Cox and Ohio politics along with Muscogee school board textbook contracts.
A Macon Telegraph report recalls Animal Adoption Day where forty two cats lingered unclaimed as dogs found homes. The piece notes sadness at their fate and quotes a global food production exchange advocating feeding people over weaponry.
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