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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1961
Page
4
A collage of aphorisms tips and reminders encourages daily self improvement and civic life. Readers are urged to submit tips and local happenings while noting upcoming school term and farming season as Fall approaches.
A passage outlines the traits of a Christian gentleman including patience, constructive response under provocation, lack of envy, modesty, good manners, self control, charitable thoughts, and the aim to reflect Christ's love in heart and life as taught by L. Nelson Bell.
Cheraw South Carolina units of the elite Strategic Army Corps relaxed in the Carolina sandhills during a break in maneuvers. Reports of the worsening Berlin crisis were heard as the exercise, the broadest war games since World War II, paused for an administrative break with time for relaxation religious services and redeployment of troops.
An anonymous author writes to a draft board detailing long term ailments from flat feet to hearing loss, ulcers, heart issues, high blood pressure, and a lung condition. The letter, claiming illiteracy, emphasizes patriotism while noting family dependence and inability to work. The piece ends with a local board schedule and a registration reminder for 18th birthdays.
A short reflective piece by W. C. Woodall praises a cheerful one armed man who limps as he walks. The subject’s good nature and smiles inspire warmth and serve as a quiet sermon on resilience and kindness to others.
Mrs. Mary Vitange of Tifton will receive the master’s degree in education at the Georgia Southwestern College commencement on August 17. She is a teacher in the secretarial science department at ABAC.
Glenn McCullough recounts Jarrett Manor on U.S. 123 east of Toccoa as a frontier fort and later as an inn and plantation home. The site preserves graves, secret rooms and massive doors, plus artifacts from its Walton and Jarrett eras and Civil War era officers in hotel registers.
The Jarrett family site is now operated as a historical shrine by the Georgia Historical Commission. Miss Mabel Ramsey, a descendant, acts as hostess. Visitors may tour seven days a week for a small admission fee to support maintenance and improvements. The neighborhood service station dealer can help plan the best route from home.
W. F. Burkett, 44, was electrocuted Friday at a Homerville wood preserving plant when a short circuit in the electric welder caused his death. He died instantly at the scene.
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