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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1955
Page
8
Senator Walter George will speak to Atlanta's Old War Horse Lawyers Club Friday at 6 p m. The event caps a week of George Appreciation Day activities with a Gainesville luncheon by 15 service clubs.
From the Talbotton New Era Rev Harold Beaty says completion by Dec 1. Sanctuary renovation includes choir loft pulpit new lighting flooring pews and organ. Architect J K J Biggers Associates Columbus. contractor Weston Culpepper Columbus. Homecoming Dec 4 features Dr Ray Jordan Emory University homiletics professor and author. Old fashioned dinner after service.
Six Mercer University coeds in Macon Georgia are listed for membership in Cardinal Key national honorary leadership sorority. Members include Dee Brown of Macon Alice Tate of Elberton Nancy Bruner of Cedartown Connie Byrd honorary from Mercer faculty Carolyn Ricks Soperton Betty Beasley Dixie and Elizabeth Doss Decatur.
Department of Commerce reports retail sales in Fulton Chatham Richmond Bibb and Muscogee counties topped 100 million last year with Fulton near the billion dollar class. Readout cites Atlanta Savannah Augusta Macon Columbus as key cities in the five county gain.
Atlanta's Veterans Administration celebrated its 25th anniversary yesterday, reflecting on its milestone and role serving veterans in the region.
Butler High School prepares for its homecoming opener against Roberta teams as its boys captains Curtis Peebles and Jesse McCrary lead a drill heavy, no prior league loss in two seasons. Marching band from Thomaston Training School joins Mammoth Parade with a 10 minute program and majorettes Rosie Peebles Mary Hooten Gladys Hooten Annie Nell Grant Patricia MacDougald Helen Smith.
The 98 year old brick building once known as The Bridge House and The Opera House now operates as an auto parts store in Albany. In other news, Oscar Dunn of Culverton won the National 4-H Club field crop honors, the second Hancock county and third Georgian winner since 1952, earning a $300 college scholarship.
J W Cartwright of Warm Springs was moved from his home Sunday to a LaGrange hospital after a fall on a stove during a fainting spell. He is in critical condition and the incident is under medical care.
A Macon family tragedy ends with two year old Richard Blanken burned to death in his bed room on Sunday. His mother was rescued by a neighbor who pulled her from the back door of the home. In a separate matter Judge A M Anderson fined Reginald Trice seventy five dollars for contempt of court after he failed to appear for jury duty in Bible Superior Court on November 114.
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