Local Echoes and Editorial Jots From The Butler Herald
The Butler Herald notes upcoming overseas duty for Bishop Moore on February 14 and reflects on winter, Georgia’s hopes for peaches pecans and peanuts in 1956. It quotes Bulloch Herald aphorisms, jokes about Navy conceit, church support, political runnings, worry, and advice. It covers highway planning cautions, Eisenhower cabinet actions, school building bills, auto liability study, and Columbus civic notes. It ends with Rev. Paul Legare Alford leaving for Ecuador with wife and two daughters for jungle missionary work near Indian Aucas killings.
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Columbus Enquirer - Sun
Paul Legare Alford
Columbus
Ecuador
South America
Civilization
Sparta Ishmaelite notes career of Ham Fisher and political hints
The column recalls Ham Fisher the cartoonist’s suicide amid despondency and notes Swift Manufacturing Co. official Paul K. McKenney Jr. becomes Chamber of Commerce president for 1956. It also cites a Georgia prediction on Talmadge’s Senate bid and reports Perry religious growth with church buildings funded in 1955.
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Sparta Ishmaelite
Ham Fisher
Paul K. McKenney Jr
Swift Manufacturing Co
Columbus
Chamber of Commerce
M. S. Eddy
Chamber
Perry
Cooper Etheridge
The
Home Journal
Memorial Heights
Baptists
Fifty Years in Monroe With the Walton Tribune
Ernest Camp recalls fifty years in Monroe with the Walton Tribune from 1905 onward. He describes arriving to a lean period, enduring a harsh first winter, and his long commitment to serving the community through the paper and its editors and staff. He notes lodging at the Launius House and early years with his family in Monroe.
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Monroe
The
Walton Tribune
Ernest Camp
Eugene Smith
Smith
Georgia
Launius
Leila Launius
West Church Street
Ernest, Jr
Swainsboro
Knowland delays on Ike decision for Republican nominating race
Len Knowland a California Republican told friends he will wait patiently until February 15 for President Eisenhower to decide on seeking re election before revealing his own hopes for the Republican nomination.
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Washington
Len
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Break It Yourself Warns Against DIY Accidents
A survey shows the do it yourself trend raising disabling home accident rates. DIY work accounts for 14 percent of 5,000,000 yearly incidents with costs over a billion dollars. Homeowners should use safety devices on power tools and seek professional help when needed.
Quimby Melton Jr Addresses Georgia State College Women
Griffin Daily News editor Quimby Melton Jr. spoke to students at Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville last week. He serves on the college's board of regents and is president of the Georgia Press Association.
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Quimby Melton Jr
Griffin Daily News
Georgia State College For Women At
Milledgeville
Board of Regents
Georgia Press Association
College Saved by December Decision Cited by Herald
The Herald praises a December 13 decision saving Andrew College and thanks those responsible. The paper calls on the South Georgia Conference and its members to aid the college and realize its mission as a Christian institution.
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B. B. Thunadreburk
Andrew College
South Gorgia Conference
Pontiac Drives You Into a New Transmission Experience
A new transmission promises instant response and silky smooth gears with liquid link coupling to rear wheels. Test drive tomorrow to feel the engine’s full thrust and the smoothness of power delivery. See your Pontiac dealer soon for pricing and discover two wonderful features with optional extra cost.
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Pontiac
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Butler
Chas. Benns Jr
E. Cox
Bus
Mgr
Organ Taylor CO
Bulloch Herald
Navy
Philadelphia
Vienna
Ashburn
Roy Flyn
Grandma Moses
Gettysburg
Congress
Senate
Raymond Duncan
Ellaville
Columbus City
Board of Public Safety
Herman Talmadge
U. S. Senate
Talmadge
Sen. George
J. K. Hutchings
Towns County Herald
Hiawassee
E. F. Parrest
Reynolds, Ga
Star Chief
Compan Butler, Georgia
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