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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1958
Page
5
The First Baptist Church of Buena Vista has adopted the Forward Program to improve church financing and revive stewardship. The plan aims to teach members better financial planning and will be carried out in the local church during the early fall.
A historical speech cites alarming fire statistics including 1400 home fires daily and 2,000,000 fires in 1957 with $1,275,000,000 in losses. It notes home deaths often come from smoke and sleeping while smoking, lists top fire causes and room locations for fires.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson cautioned farmers to avoid overexpansion in the 1958 fall hog crop and the 1959 spring crop. He noted the 1958 spring pig crop grew only two percent, while intent for fall is 14 percent higher, saying overproduction hurts prices and resource use.
A Department of Agriculture report received at the ASC office projects sustained high consumer demand for food through summer and fall 1960. Per person pork and top beef grades rise while veal and low beef grades fall. July 1 indicators show high production, with wheat consumption declining. Edible oils potatoes melons and fresh deciduous fruits expected to be more ample than in late 1959. Also, weekend Georgia traffic accidents claim five lives, including a woman and a boy, and a man drowns in Allatoona Lake.
The ASC County Committee, led by H A Sealy, reopened the sign up for ACP cost sharing assistance from August 15 through September 15. Farmers may file requests for approved practices including seeding winter cover crops small grains and winter legumes applying limestone to land and planting forest trees.
The 1959 wheat marketing quota referendum passed with 84.1 percent approval from 230 300 farmers across 38 states. Quotas become effective with at least two thirds approval and exemptions apply to smallholders and feed wheat participants. Georgia showed 97.8 percent support among 534 voters.
The August term of Peach Superior Court at Ft Valley opened last week with a grand jury urging installation of an air conditioning unit in the courthouse. Upatoj Primitive Baptist Church holds its annual session tonight through Sunday with nightly services at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. Eld W C Chandler of Savannah will deliver the message. The Ellaville Sun notes a birthday as life's clock striking, with intervals between chimes seeming shorter each year.
The 100th birth anniversary Theodore Roosevelt stamp goes on sale October 27 in Tucson during the American Forestry Association meeting. Designed by the Post Office Department to honor Roosevelt and forest conservation efforts, the issue salutes public and private agencies aiding progress. First day mailings will bear the Smokey Bear die and Keep America Green fire prevention programs.
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