16 Feb 1950
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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
1
Fort Valley prepares for the 35th annual Ham and Egg Show on March 9 and 10. The event highlights local agriculture, vendors, and community participation, drawing residents and visitors to the event weekend.
In Birmingham, a 70 year old paralyzed mother, Mrs Charles Giorlando, beat her hands to pulp while waiting 24 hours beside her dead daughter Mary Josephine 38. The body lay on the floor after a heart attack while the mother hoped for help. The Giorlando family, from Sicily, faced tragedy as the husband died 14 years ago.
A small plane crashed behind a Cochran farm house killing a man and a woman. Undertaker J. J. Fisher identified them as Ernest Minton and his wife of Kalamazoo Michigan, about 35 years old, from papers on their bodies. The craft was torn and did not burn, and the crash happened shortly after noon on the farm of Frank Cook.
W C Tucker reports a great day at the First Baptist church in Columbus as the new chapel was dedicated. A capacity audience attended the morning worship, with many seated in the vestibule. Dr Solon B Cousins preached the sermon and took part in the dedicatory program held in the chapel.
Mrs Helen Coleman Young of Midland died at a Columbus hospital less than 18 hours after her husband Dr S E Young perished from injuries sustained in a Saturday night automobile collision on the Warm Springs road six miles from Columbus. A 19 year old Columbus man Mobley Hode Jr. is held on an open charge in connection with the crash.
Ellaville resident Pelham, a noted pulpwood dealer, announces candidacy for Georgia Senate. Under the rotation plan Schley County will name the solon for the 1950 51 term, with Sumter and Macon counties composing the district.
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