Observations on Culture and Growth in Crawford County
A readable column surveys poetry, aging, schooling, and local progress. It notes public schools reopening, McGuffey Readers revival in Texas, a visit from Hon. E. T. Nottingham praising Flint River bridge work, and ongoing city expansion with water mains, a new brick store, and a proposed large cotton warehouse. It also highlights real estate deals, and vacations of local officials and clergy, inviting readers to enjoy the issue's related feature on Rev. H. C. Marx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuffey
State
Texas
Herald
E. T. Nottingham
Flint River
Highway 3
Nottingham
Carrie Walker
Macon
Roberta
Crawford
Rev Whitener Accepts Barnesville Nazarene Pastorate
The Church of the Nazarene in Barnesville invites Rev J C Whitener to become pastor, succeeding Rev Frank Bohler who leads a new church in Warner Robins. Whitener served Butler for three and a half years and will depart October 1 with his wife and son Lannie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
J. C. Whitener
Whitener
Barnesville
Frank Bohler
Warner Robins
Bohler
Butler Church of the Nazarene
Nazarene
Lannie
Butler High School Band Boosters Plan Active Year
The Butler School Band Boosters Club met Monday night in the high school lunch room to chart a program for the new school year. Principal A B Duncan and Band Director Virgil Metcalf led enrollment efforts inviting former members and new students from fifth grade up to join the beginners band class with parental accompanying. Mrs F E Posey will assist with enrollment as the club aims to make the band among the best in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler School Band Boosters
A. B. Duncan
Virgil Metcalf
F. E. Posey
Metcalf
Butler
Georgia Jayces to Make Perry Their State Headquarters
The Georgia Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to locate the state headquarters in Perry, accepting Perry Jaycees’ offer of a nearly free 900 square foot brick and concrete building on city property along U S 41 near Evergreen cemetery. The bid edged out Marietta Albany Milledgeville by a 74 to 34 vote of the state Jaycee board led by President Frank Satterfield after a brief campaign at Radium Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Perry
Perry Jaycees
U. S. 41
Evergreen Cemetery
State Jaycee Board
Marietta
Albany
Milledgeville
Frank Satterfield
Jaycee
Radium Springs
Boarde
Charter Granted to Muscogee County Temperance Alliance
Fort Columbus August 25 Superior Court Judge Hicks Fort grants a 35 year charter of incorporation to the Muscogee County Temperance Alliance Inc The group plans a monthly magazine Truth and Challenge edited by Rev Hugh Hayes The petition sought authority to open an alcoholism treatment facility but Rev Joe Holliday said no immediate plans exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Superior Court
Hicks Fort
Muscogee County Temperance Alliance, Inc
Truth and Challenge
Hugh Hayes
Joe Holliday
Lake Butler Inc Buys McCants Pond and Surrounding Lands
The sale of Mc Cants Mill Pond and adjacent acreage by W. Frank Gray Sr. to Garland T. Byrd of Reynolds and Pierce Howard of Atlanta, operating as Lake Butler Inc., will rename the lake Lake Butler. Located about three miles north of Butler on U S Highway 19, the 300 acre property will receive major improvements including a club house, swimming pool, landscaped grounds, and a large motel. Moss and stumps are being cleared to ready the lake for boating and skiing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Three
Gene Bone
A. D. Chapman
E. H. Dunn
W. S. Payne
Wm. Frank Gray, Sr
McCants
Garland T. Byrd
Reynolds
Pierce Howard
Atlanta
Gray
Lake Butler
Reynolds Hi School Opening Exercises Planned for Monday
Reynolds High School announces opening exercises starting Monday for 180 days of operation with hours from 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m. A reception will honor new staff including Mrs Winnie G Duncan Mrs Mildred Webb and Mrs Verna Fountain with a separate parent and friends reception at 9 00 a m in the school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Reynolds High School
Winnie G. Duncan
Mildred Webb
Verna Fountain
S. V. BE
Reynolds Church to Broadcast Devotional Hour on Fort Valley Radio
Reynolds Methodist Church will broadcast the devotional hour over Fort Valley Radio on Sunday September 2 9 and 23 from 11 a.m. to noon each date. Rev. Charles L Hillis pastor will deliver the message. The Reynolds church will originate the broadcast and include the entire service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Methodist Church
Fort Valley
Charles L. Hillis
Reynolds Church
Court Officials of This Circuit Welcome Visitors To Butler
The Herald joined Judge J. R. Thompson Hon J H Land Solicitor General and Hon R O Perkins court reporter on a Monday visit to counties in the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit before fall terms. Thompson seeks to replace Judge Fort not seeking reelection. Perkins recently toured Europe. Hubert Calhoun former Solicitor General also seeks an extra judgeship. Circuit includes Chattahoochee Harris Marion Muscogee Talbot and Taylor counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
J. R. Thompson
J. H. Land
R. O. Perkins
Thompson
Fort
Europe
Hubert Calhoun
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit
Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee
Talbot
Taylor Counties
Butler High School Opens 1956-57 Term Monday
Butler High School will open for the 1956-57 term Monday at 9 AM with Mr. A B Duncan supervising. The faculty includes music staff Bonnie Ruffin Ann Marshall Vergil Medcalf Malcom Marchman and others in high school and elementary departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler High School
A. B. Duncan
Bonnie Ruffin
Ann Marshall
Vergil Medcalf
Malcom Marchman
Edith Guy
Anne Spillers
Jerry Partain
Kittie McCants
M. G. Allman
Verna Griggs
Buford West
E. G. McCants
Myra Byrd
Imogene Garrett
Bessie Nelson
Winnie Breazeale
Mary McCarvey
Hazel Elliston
Reba Turner
Louise Parks
Ethel Harvey
Erma Barfield
Frances Jarrell
Rita P. Turner
Pauline Bembry
Georgie Kate Woodall
Julian Locke
Clara Mooreland
Marian Allman
Jewel
Mrs. Lizzie P. Melvin Dies in Columbus Home at 73
Mrs. Lizzie P. Melvin 73 widow of J. M. Melvin died Aug 20 at her Columbus home after an eight month illness. She lived in Columbus 14 years and leaves six daughters, a brother in Florida, two sisters in Georgia, 26 grandchildren. Funeral Aug 22 at New Life Church near Mauk with interment in Mauk cemetery. She was active in the Freewill Baptist church.
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Lizzie P. Melvin
J. M. Melvin
Columbus
Melvin
Thomas R
Annie Hartman
A. B. Daniel
Juniper
Vetro Elliott
Geneva
A. H. Rowe
Mauk
C. V. Hancock
W. L. O’hearm
Maisell Poole
D. T. Rogers
Ft. Pierce
Fla
A. J. Wainwright
Butler
Annie Swenson
New Life
Freewill Baptist Church
Bibb County Sheriff Runoff Promises Heated Campaign
The Bibb County sheriff runoff race heats up as challenger W L Robertson and supporters press an NAACP linked race issue from the May 30 Democratic primary voter lean. Sheriff Wood denies injecting race, calls charges a monstrous lie and vows to meet race hatred head on.
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Macon
Bibb County
W. L. Robertson
Sheriff Wood
Robertson
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Wood
NAACP
Funeral Services For H B McDaniel At Crowell Church
Funeral services were held for Henry B. McDaniel 81 of Bibb county who died in a Macon hospital after a lingering illness. Rev Douglas Fullington officiated and burial followed in Crowell cemetery. He was born in Meriwether county to John and Mary McDaniel and had lived in Macon two years. Surviving are his wife Annie Peters three daughters six sons a step daughter a sister a brother and a half brother.
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Henry B. McDaniel
Bibb County
Macon
Douglas Fullington
Crowell Cemetery
McDaniel
Meriwether County
John McDaniel
Mary Gibson McDaniel
Annie Peters
Luna Hinton
Reynolds
Ethel Cochran
Eva Whittle
Thomaston
Will McDaniel
Jake McDaniel
Butler
Jesse McDaniel
Robert McDaniel
Paul McDaniel
W. L. McDaniel
ASC Committeemen To Be Chosen By County Farmers
County election board names community election chairmen for ASC Committees to take office Oct. 1. Ballot lists nominees for four districts Carsonville-Daviston Cedar Creek Austin Reynolds Potterville and more. Petition deadline Sept 3 allows additional nominees to be added by ten signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
FHA
Farm Bureau
Butler
James Childs
Carsonville
Daviston
Eli ‘Gaultney
Reynolds-Potterville
A. S. James
Cedar Creek-Austin
Andrew Whitley
Community Election Board
Robert Barrow
J. A. Brunson
Ernest Childre
W. J. Childree
A. J. Fountain Lewis Hartman
C. E. Marshall
Frank McInvale
Dan Payne Lewis Ruffin
Nixon Slate Proclaimed at GOP Convention in San Francisco
Clifford Tucker reports from Convention Hall as Eisenhower receives a unanimous nomination on a state roll call and Nixon is named again as running mate. Ohio first passes, Herter later promotes Nixon amid a large crowd while Halleck lists Eisenhower’s achievements.
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Clifford Tucker
The
Columbus
Enquirer
Convention Hall
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Nixon
Joe Martin
Martin
Alabama
Massachusetts
A. Herter
Nebraska
Joe Smith
Herter
Indiana
C. O. Vardaman
Pres. Eisenhower
United States
Rep. C. A. Halleck
Ohio
Halleck
House of Representatives
Mr Mody S Rogers Dies After Brief Illness at Chipley Home
Mr Mody S Rogers died at his Chipley area home after a brief illness on August 19. He was the son of Mr and Mrs R O Rogers Sr of Charing and is survived by his wife Ellie McLendon of Americus, a son Lawson Rogers, a sister Mrs John Cassidy of Tarpoon Spring Florida, and a brother R O Rogers Jr of Atlanta.
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Mody Rogers
R. O.rogers Sr
Charing
Chipley
Ellie McLendon
Americus
Lawson Rogers
John Cassidy
Tarpoon Spring
Fla
R.O. Rogers, Jr
Atlanta
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William Wadsworth
Annn Smith
Crawford County
Miss Smith
Georgia
Florida
H. C. Marx
Mississippi
Louisiana
Houston Home Journal
Juuge Hicks Fort
McCants Pond
Lake Butler, Inc
Famous Lake
Taylor
Columbus Home
Bibb
H. B. McDaniel
Crowell Church
Archie Barfield
D. W. Culverhouse
E. L. Davis
William Gee
H. G. Kirksey
Julian Mott
R. C. Peacock
Guy Peterman
George A. Trussell
E. G. Watson
Panhandle
Sam R. Bailey
C. F. Barfield
G. Elder Odell Hartley
T. J. Hartman Howard McRee
C. B. Montgomery Russell Montgomery Co
B. Shine James Young
Cedar Creek
Austin
H. C. Callahan Arthur Carpenter
C. E. Cooper Henry Carrington John Daniel J. H. Turner
B. L. Waller J. G. Waller
E. A. Welch William Woodall
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