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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1947
Page
6
Georgia forecasts a busy week with Governor Thompson delivering five speeches while a state wide optimistic view on the coal holiday is claimed. The report notes a $3,000,000 surplus, driver license sales, peach price dips, and Macon water works nearing completion.
James A. Lewis Jr. bought the interest of his brother in William Beach Hardware Company, a 110 year old Columbus firm established in 1837 and incorporated in 1903. The Lewis family has controlled the business since 1917, with J A Lewis Sr. then four sons, now led by J A Lewis Jr. and his sons.
Atlanta police questioned Jesse Barnett a 20 year old from Atlanta about possible ties to the murder of Mrs. Paul Refoule. Barnett, identified as the assailant who accosted Eldora Saylor and later robbed two women and a taxi driver, faced multiple charges and had a criminal history including auto theft and a Navy discharge.
Macon officials announce the Macon Telegraph Publishing Co has received a permit for a frequency modulation radio station with construction to begin soon. Peyton Anderson says equipment is already bought and work will start promptly. Labelle David crowned Miss Calhoun of 1947 will travel to Panama City for the Southeastern Beauty Pageant July 3 6. Rep Carl Vinson says the Milledgeville Naval Ordnance Plant will be leased to private industry in 1948 with Bibb Manufacturing among interested firms. The plant now employs 347 civilians and risks closure if not leased. Wm D James of Camden N J is named assistant manager of the Armstrong Cork Co Macon plant under construction slated to finish mid next year. The first witness in Atlanta before a congressional committee probing veteran discrimination at the Atlanta Ordnance Depot has been fired. D D Davis, a veteran employee, was dismissed by depot commander Col H L Campbell after testifying Friday.
Allan Matthews a young Georgia newspaperman and Marine buck private on Iwo Jima is acclaimed in Atlanta as author of the greatest World War II book. His graphic account The Assault covers the first 12 days of Iwo Jima with a preface by Bill Mauldin. The native of Macon wrote the draft in an Army hospital on Guam after being wounded.
Four youths aged 21 to 22 from Woodbury and Manchester were jailed in Macon on warrants after a Friday night assault on two girls aged 14 and 16 near Macon. Sheriff Julian Peacock said all four are charged with criminal attack and held without bond awaiting grand jury action, with potential Bibb Superior Court trial in September.
Cuthbert Georgia June 27 citizens and Randolph County dedicate the Patterson Hospital rebuilt in 18 months after a February 20 1946 fire. The 50 bed one story facility with fire protection sits on the old site. a gift from Dr J C Patterson. The board includes R F Burgin J M Reid Arthur Ward J P Gunnels Barney Nichols Col T T Molnar with architectural work by Dennis and Dennis of Macon and a $154000 contract to J S Curry of Albany.
Hamilton Holt of Macon Georgia industrialist was named to fill the unexpired term as Kiwanis International president after the death of J N Emerson of Pullman Washington. Holt will serve through the end of the 32nd annual convention and become the second two term president in Kiwanis history.
Police disclose a second autopsy shows Mrs. Jeanette Reyman was strangled with neck injuries and a collapsed lung. Earlier findings say she was raped and crushed with a blunt instrument. Investigators seek a heavy weapon and a heavyset man seen near the abandoned pickup in Atlanta.
Flames engulfed the Elberta Crate Company in Bainbridge Georgia destroying the plant valued at about one million dollars and leaving 550 workers jobless. Firefighters from Bainbridge Cairo and Donalsonville struggled through the blaze fed by a river water supply as the boiler room ignition ignited surrounding buildings. Only a tool shed commissary and saw mill survived. one employee A B Miller collapsed from heat and another possible casualty was reported. The firm operates plants in Mavon Tennil ie Arlington and Tallahassee Sumarta Florida.
Adel Georgia July 1 fire believed to have originated from defective wiring destroyed the Adel grammar school built in 1905 with 13 classrooms and an auditorium. Only brick walls remained. The structure cost about 39 000 for one fourth its value. Temporary quarters will be considered to cover the full term of school.
Frank Green, a Funston farmer near Moultrie, distributed 5000 cantaloupes as wholesale prices collapsed. He quipped about government potato practices, while noting markets are flooded and buyers offer only a penny per cantaloupe at the state farmers market.
More than 500 residents gather at First Methodist Church Thomaston for the Radio Bible Quiz broadcast dedicated to the five Thomaston girls who died in the Winecoff fire in Atlanta last December. The program features quiz experts from Atlanta and Thomaston church communities and honors the victims with a memory-filled dedication.
A Sales Management feature lauds an awakened South with a large labor pool capable of stable long term peace. It cites independence of mind rooted in Anglo-Saxon heritage and urges fair minded employers to back Americanism. Georgians James V. Carmichael Geo C Biggers L F Gordon quoted.
W A Sutton files for guardianship of Fred Taylor an Incompetent minor child of Henry Taylor. The hearing is set for 10 oclock A M on the first Monday in July. Date June 2 1947. J R Lunsford Ordinary.
Miss Mary Tom Gray applies for permanent Letters of Administration on J. T. Gray, deceased, in this county. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the clerk's office within the statutory time to show cause why administration should not be granted. Witness my hand and official signature dated June 5, 1947.
The Superior Court of Taylor County Georgia grants charter to Eastone Company Incorporated for thirty five years with perpetual succession. The firm will manufacture and sell building materials and may establish branches in Georgia or elsewhere. Principals include C M Williams W B Strickland and T R Hodgson with capital stock of 10000 dollars, authorized to increase to 50000.
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