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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1956
Page
1
Lucy Larcom poem reflected with a civic note on Christmas lights and church efforts. The column praises WSCS church grounds upkeep at Methodist cemetery and the Butler Church receives a Steinway piano. It mentions a motorist aged 86 driving a 1923 Ford and a family linking to education abroad and military service.
Superior Court lists grand and traverse jurors drawn to serve during the January 1957 term. Names include Ed Swearingen W Gray J R Wilson Tellie Taunton James Saunders William Trussell Lawrence Cook and many others, with dozens of local residents named for juror duty.
Columbus Georgia reports David Miller named managing editor of the Enquirer by W C Tucker with Richard F Beckman as city editor to fill the vacancy caused by Miller's promotion. E R Reid moves from editor of the Ledger and Sunday Enquirer Sun to editor of the Enquirer after 17 years as managing editor.
Butler High School announces its first Homecoming celebration with a December 21 senior class barbecue supper and the crowning of Mr. and Miss BHS. A January 4 homecoming game against Reynolds will crown the couple again and invite alumni students and friends to attend.
Miss Angelo Hunt of Roberta representing F E M C was chosen Miss Georgia Rural Electrification 1956 at the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation annual banquet in Atlanta. She will compete for the national title in Chicago with a $1100 scholarship. The event also awarded Joe Goodroe $500 for top appliance sales. Dewey Anderson delivered the keynote on rural electrification progress and future challenges.
A fire Tuesday morning leveled the home of K. C. Mathews, a colored resident, in the northeastern part of town. The dwelling and all household effects were consumed. no injuries were reported. Cause remains undetermined.
Talbotton Georgia December 4 194? Mrs G L Carter ends 29 year tenure as Talbot County Board of Education superintendent after a 1944 appointment. Board chairman J H Woodall Sr honors her with a sterling silver pitcher and tray as colleagues note 12 and a half years of leadership. Talbot schools report an average daily attendance of 1861.
Hon Thelmon Jarrell chairman of the Taylor County Chapter Red Cross announces a Hungarian Relief Fund quota of 82 dollars for Taylor County. He urges local residents to contribute at his court house office to support ongoing aid of food and medical supplies to the Hungarian people.
The notice lists rotating services for Mauk Antioch and Midway Baptist Churches on the first through fourth Sundays. It details Sunday School times at 10 00 or 10 30 a m and worship at 11 00 11 30 a m and 7 00 p m, with Training Union at 6 00 p m on the fourth Sunday. Pastor E H Dunn invites all to attend.
The Butler Methodist Church presents a Sunday afternoon Christmas recital from 3 30 to 4 30 featuring Miss Cecile Glausier on organ, Miss Lola Harris Miss Mary Louise Rose and Miss Peggy Miller Wesleyan College students. Glausier plays Titcomb, Harris and Rose perform Cornelli Diggle Vierne and others, Miller sings Handel Niles and Yon. The public is invited.
The weekend toll in Georgia includes a Commerce mother and two children among 13 fatalities. An elderly woman died in a trailer fire. State Patrol reports three separate fatal incidents near Commerce Hawkinsville and Rutledge, totaling multiple injuries and fatalities.
The Old Wire Road in Taylor County ten miles north of town formed a stagecoach route from Augusta to Columbus via Macon, linking Washington to New Orleans. Telegraph lines, the era’s longest at the time, reached July 1848, with dispatches relayed from New Orleans along the road to the network. The line required constant repairs, often attached to live trees, and prominent figures such as Henry Clay LaFayette James Polk and others were hosted at inns along this historic corridor.
A large trailer truck owned by the Atlanta Transfer Co. overturned and burned 12 miles south of town on highway 19 early Tuesday. The driver escaped injury. the truck was empty and traveling north when he swerved to miss an oncoming car and ran off the road.
The annual piano recital planned for next Sunday is postponed to Sunday December 30 due to the Methodist church Christmas program on that date. The piano recital will be at 3 PM December 23 at the Baptist church by pupils of Mrs Ed wards with public invited. Junior Music Clubs resume work this month.
Mrs. Sara Jane Bazemore wife of Riley Bazemore died at her home in the city after months of illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Antioch Baptist church and cemetery with Rev. J. C. Whitener and Rev. J. M. Carmichael officiating. She was born in Talbot county and lived much of her life in Taylor County. Surviving: husband, one son William Bazemore, one brother Lewis Bradshaw Thomaston, two sisters Mrs. W. C. Byers Columbus and Mrs. W. W. Taylor Thomaston. Pasley Funeral Home Thomaston in charge. Pallbearers listed.
Columbus honors Judge Hicks Fort on his retirement after 14 years on the Chattahoochee Superior Court bench. A municipal proclamation names him as deeply involved in city affairs and commends his community contributions. A testimonial dinner Dec 13 at the Ralston Hotel, with Sen Elect Herman Talmadge as main speaker, attracts 300 seats.
Thomaston December 8 cornerstone for the new Morning Star Lodge No 27 Masonic Hall was laid with a box of items including current issues of the local newspaper coins a Bible a Masonic roster and lodge by laws placed in the walls L M Streetman is worshipful master and Harvey Stevens grand master attended to open the Grand Lodge obligations
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