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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1949
Page
3
Governor Talmadge will ask the January Legislature to create a constitutional highway board. The board would be named by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
H. F. Smisson of Peach county has been named Southwest District winner in this year’s five acre cotton contest after yielding 2.2 bales per acre.
Do than and Montezuma visitors fill weekends with family calls. Ideal High School beat Butler High 53 to 18 at the Ideal gym on November 18, with Lee Studdard as coach and W. S. Robinson as referee.
The U S Department of Agriculture leaflet outlines where how and when to plant tall fescue and seed production. Authors R Y Bailey and L B Scott lead the work noting Kentucky 31 fescue’s southeastern spread since 1890 with seed growth to 85000 pounds by 1948. Copies available from the Soil Conservation Service in Butler.
Georgia's State Baptist Convention reported a record budget of 1,167,400 dollars and approved a 72,500 dollar grant to Mercer University. About 1,000 messengers and 1,000 visitors attended the three day convention in Augusta, representing 629,491 Baptists in 2,567 churches. New enrollments rose in Sunday Schools and various church groups. Dr Spright Dowell was re elected president for a second year.
Miss Barbara Carpenter wife of Lee W Rabun Je of Stapleton Georgia. Judge Robert Carpenter furnishes the bridal escort. Her mother Mrs Helen W Carpenter was absent after a recent divorce from the county civil court judge.
Ralph Miller a 25 year old Macon resident was killed when a gun accidentally discharged during a hunting trip in Dawson County He was visiting his parents in Sasser and had gone deer hunting south of Albany with companions.
A compilation of numerous Georgia towns and communities listed by name, including Oak Hill, Norcross, Norman Park, Adairsville, Andersonville, Avondale Estates, Brooklet, Broxton, Clarkston, Clermont, Cobbtown, Comer, Danville, Dexter, Doraville, Enigma, Greenville, Kennesaw, Luthersville, Woodstock, Vidalia, and many more. The long roster features cities from Atlanta suburbs to rural communities, reflecting diverse locales and regional spread across the state.
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