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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
5
A Butler High School student letter criticizes years of low school spirit and lax standards. The writer notes no end of year makeup tests and calls for fair diplomas based on effort. He praises Superintendent and faculty for raising standards and urges stronger athletics with more players and uniforms.
The Butler High School library catalog shows 2,073 books with more on the way. It highlights children's fiction non fiction agriculture and biography shelves plus a traveling library serving county schools and about 300 adults. The message invites everyone to read and support library services.
A school note outlines an ABCs theme for eighth grade led by Rachel Theus. Each letter presents a motto stressing persistence and effort.
Butler teams edged Marshallville 15 for boys and 9 1 for girls with numerous players listed including Hartman Howell Vining Millbrooks Watson Thompson Cooke Middlebrooks Rumph and Wright among scorers. Oscar Adams credited as scorer.
A vivid lunchtime panorama at B H S shows students, including Carolyn, Kathryn, Jim Nat, Raiford, and the Dorothys, wandering the halls and porch. Teachers like Mr Richardson enforce order as sports bustle outside with the Bull dogs striving to break through the line. Oscar and Mrs Chambers sip Coca Cola and debate issues, while eight graders linger, chasing spare moments amidst playful chaos.
A class scene features mock Q and A with an agriculture student listing hog varieties as big and little hogs sausage and backbone. A student jokes about worms in school apples and a witty reply from Doro thy Adams.
Here is another year of tree planting sales for pecan stock. The advertiser offers nursery stock from Monticello Nursery Co with Mahan Pecans and other pecan varieties from Wight Nurseries in Cairo Georgia. They promise large quantity pricing to small buyers and invite orders.
This piece argues self insight helps fix flaws by visualizing our true self and how others see us. It notes three self-images the present self the perceived others view and future possibilities. It suggests frankness honest friends and Burns quote to guide self assessment and growth.
A stream of lighthearted questions and anecdotes fills a local column. The text references names like Mrs Dunn Miss Thompson and Martha Jane, mentions a fiddle convention and Home Ec class remarks about seeds to prunes and aprons, and casual gossip about Ruth Jim and a BTU Christmas tree in a small community setting.
A school cheer style verse praising Butler High basketball players. It mentions Ike Clarke Spillers Hobbs Hartman Swain and notes the team’s fighting spirit, improving play, and fear of losses. The piece celebrates effort over flawless perfection and hints at eventual victory.
Mr Chambers allowed access to the auditorium to hear the president speak. Students report experiments in health about alcohol and basketball practice despite the cold. Seniors bake and sell candy cakes and pies at school, hoping for strong cooking talent among spring graduates. An American History class offering advice hints not to marry too young.
Local editors urge principals and superintendents to push a 100 percent Junior Red Cross membership in every school room. A Red Cross worker will visit around December 15 to issue cards stickers and buttons for each paid member, with rooms reaching full participation receiving a badge.
Large feed company seeks two men for steady, well paid work in this circulation area. Experience in farming or sales helpful. Must own a car. Pleasant, permanent positions. Send only name and address to Box 116.
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