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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
8
Georgia faces a bumper pecan crop this fall while a weekend crash toll rises with eleven dead and a bridge collapse near Athens injuring thirteen. Other items note H Walter Albrecht dies at 82 in Columbus, Meriwether to be a federal rural development pilot county, and a child’s graveside service for Deborah Blaxton in Vidalia.
Soil and water conservation in Taylor County centers on earth moving for ponds drainage and terracing. Farmers like Hugh Perkins Eli Gaultney Roswell Locke and J L Poole are building dams and ponds to meet standards and control runoff. The Marchman branch area will gain water for livestock and recreational use while reducing flood risks.
Pensacola August 21 Two Georgia men were elected to top posts in national drug groups. Dean M Chambers of Southern College of Pharmacy Atlanta was chosen president of the Third District of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy succeeding Dean Perry Foote of the University of Florida Pharmacy School. Homer Avera of Fort Valley was named district president of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy succeeding Dewey Johnson of Pensacola.
H J Hughes 26 of Columbus died in a hospital after a train auto crash at Thompson Road crossing. He suffered head injuries a fractured ankle and cuts. Officers report his car collided with a Central of Georgia freight train at the crossing.
An 18 year mail delay saw a handkerchief mailed in 1938 from Dawson Georgia reach Hartsboro Alabama 80 miles away with the cause of the slow delivery unknown. The report also notes Mercer University professor C B Kopp joining UGA Grady School as associate professor.
John S. Barrow announces lease of the Joe Harmon Place grocery and Gulf Fishing Station south of Butler in Butler Georgia. He moves his fruit stand to the new site offering peaches and other fruits while supplies last and invites public patronage.
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