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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
5
I. L. R. Adams as cashier swears the figures are true for the bank named, listing assets totaling 1 482 310 82 and deposits of 1 407 735 32. The document notes common stock par 15 000 and includes a sworn affirmation dated January 6 1949 in Georgia’s Taylor County.
The Macon County Unit of the National Guard invites men over seventeen to join near home, promising benefits and draft deferral for those who enlist before classified 1A. Lincoln M. Hicks commands the local unit meeting Mondays, while Armory funding and site inquiries are pursued by Montezuma officials with state support and a City Council resolution.
A pouch with about eighty thousand dollars from the Waukesha National Bank to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago disappeared in transit to a fast mail train. Postal Inspector E. J. Holmes said it was likely stolen after leaving the post office and before delivery to the railroad station.
City officials offered two to six acres for a military reservation as a goodwill gesture to the National Guard. The Montezuma unit, Co. B, was activated on May 24, 1948, with local funding remodeling a school basement for drills and an armory storage. Commanders include Lt. L. M. Hicks, Lt. H. T. Taylor, and Lt. B. A. Bickley.
The document states the state and county in Georgia with sworn affirmation. It notes January 11, 1949, as the date of certification and includes a declaration that the signer is not an officer or director of the bank.
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