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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
1
City and county health departments cooperate on insect control. Banks and post offices close Monday for Independence Day. Notices of residents visiting and local social happenings fill the Herald, including Walter J. Ley’s citrus inspection ties and Harvest Season social events.
Midway Baptist Church announces Sunday School at 10 30 a m with Supt James Spillers and preaching at 11 30 a m by the pastor J H Stanford. Text includes Exodus chapter 3 verse 1 and 2. An evening preaching and praise service follows with a cordial invitation to all residents to worship.
About 40 residents from Columbus and Phenix City were welcomed by county officials during a tour of Butler and Reynolds. The visitors praised local farmers efforts amid drought and boll weevils, admired peach orchards and roads, and commended sanitation, schools, and churches, noting Butler’s upcoming new Baptist church and favorable church life overall.
The Herald notes Dr Clark D Gill of Rochester Michigan owner of the Liddell Pharmacy at Fifth and Main is a surviving son of a once prominent family. He studied at Butler and the University of Georgia then moved to Detroit in 1941 and bought into the Rochester store about a year ago. He is married with ten children and active in community affairs.
Butler Methodist Church outlines a week of services for July 4 11. Church School at 10 a m led by James Bazemore Gen Supt with classes for all ages. Morning Worship at 11 a m sermon A God Who Cares by the pastor. Evening Worship 8 p m sermon Five Steps to Prayer. MYF 7 45 p m officers to be installed. Womans Society of Christian Service meets Monday 3 30 p m in the church annex. Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p m. All welcome to attend.
The semi annual Taylor Superior Court term convenes next Monday morning with Hon. T. Hicks Fort as judge and Russell C. Davison as solicitor general. Grand and traverse jurors listed include Henry Hobbs Clem Adams Sidney B. Austin P Montgomery J W Windham James Saunders and many others across the Chattahoochee circuit.
The Butler Vocational Ag department announces a weekly Tuesday canning day from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for receiving fruits and vegetables for freezing. Poor weather has limited activity this season. New equipment includes peach peeling and washing, blanching and cooling, and an exhaust tunnel to replace the old hot water path.
Tuesday is set for an annual Bethel Primitive Baptist cemetery cleaning day two miles south of Butler. Those with loved ones interred there are asked to bring tools to clean and beautify the cemetery and church grounds. Cemetery Committee respectfully notes the event.
A spirit of progress marks Butler with remodeling of the Baptist church at a cost over 40000, brick veneering, new Sunday school rooms, pulpit space, choir department, and a tall spire. Three storage warehouses rise near the square, a new high school building looms, and Mrs. Wright’s Cafe gains enhancements. Reverend James M. Carmichael leads progress with the pastor’s active involvement.
Taylor County leads the Third District in pine seedling planting with 2,069,000 seedlings, trailing Charlton County's 3,132,000. The county notes last year’s 2,092,000 exceeded this year by 23,000, reclaiming idle 2500 acres for productive use. Seedling orders begin July 1 through Forestry headquarters or County Agent Redfish or Soil Conservation Agent Dean.
Thaddeus Moody Peed four and a half years old died Friday morning at the local hospital after a serious illness described as Post Infections Encephalitis. He is survived by his parents and four sisters Pandra Janice Karen and Cathy. Funeral services were held Saturday at Bethel C M church with Rev Jerry Partain officiating and interment at Camp Ground cemetery Edwards Funeral Home handled arrangements.
The City of Butler operates a sanitary landfill trench 3 6 feet deep 10 20 feet wide and 150 feet long. Covered weekly with 2 feet of earth to deter rats and flies. Residents should inspect screens purchase metal garbage cans with lids and build a wire rack to protect cans from dogs. Spray around premises to control flies and mosquitoes. In rural areas remove manure weekly and contact Health Department for assistance. Lets all work together for a better cleaner healthier community.
The Civil Service Commission announces an examination for the fourth class postmaster at Rupert post office eight miles south of Butler on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Salary is 1914 dollars yearly. Applicants must reside in the local territory, aged 21 to 65, veterans eligible for waivers. Obtain forms at the Rupert post office or the Commission in Washington. Applications must be mailed or postmarked by July 20.
Dean Theatre will drop Sunday performances starting July 1 per manager LeRoy Gee. The venue will instead open Tuesday nights, previously a dark day, as repairs and improvements proceed toward early completion.
July 1 to 11 schedules for the Georgia Holiness Camp Meeting two miles off highway 19 between Butler and Thomaston. Established 1940 as Taylor County Holiness Camp, the gathering features Newton Hall dormitory facilities, meals at 1.50 per day, and free trailer space with utilities.Reservations to Mrs. J. W. Lancaster Fort Valley seek details.
Reynolds County citizens plan a Monday celebration led by the Reynolds Woman's Club. The event centers at the local Golf Course with a water carnival bathing beauty contest and a late afternoon dance in the high school gym. Judge A M Anderson of the Macon Circuit will give the keynote at 3 30 p m.
The 1954 55 pastor al assignments for the North Georgia Methodist Conference show few major changes. Rev D L Hagood of Rome will swap posts with Rev J Barton Sr of Dalton First Church. Two district superintendents return for a fifth year while Dr E G Mackay will again lead the Decatur Oxford District.
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