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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1958
Page
8
The state reports a 50 000 fire at three LaGrange stores and a 100 000 sawmill blaze near Milledgeville. Obituaries include Mrs Eula Riley in Houston County and C W Walton of Ft Valley. Lt Gov Vandiver launches governor bid in Dublin. Bond vote urged in Tifton. A 5 year old Atlanta boy dies in a shotgun incident. Georgia bank hours shift to five day weeks.
Georgia State College for Women announces four new faculty members approved by the Board of Regents. Ruth Sneed chairs home economics, R T Mathews Jr. teaches social science, Mary H Phillips teaches English, and Sarah Dawson heads voluntary religious activities. Dr. Sneed holds A B from Huntington College M S from Tennessee P S D from Teachers College Columbia and joins from Colorado State University after teaching in Kentucky Radford Alabama and Virginia.
Columbus July 2 The city commission orders barbers to raise candy-striped poles to at least ten feet above the sidewalk. Harold Rose a bookkeeper testified after colliding with a low hanging pole on Broadway causing twelve stitches and a near knockout.
Buena Vista Georgia. The new eight million dollar Martin Hospital at Ft. Benning was dedicated with a ceremonial key presented to Maj. J. I. Martin. The key was crafted in the FFA workshop in Buena Vista by Otis Beard the school agricultural advisor. A separate item notes a million dollar damage suit filed in Evanston Illinois against R. P. Sosseman for luring a mother from her children. Other items report J. L. Hunt to be installed as Perry postmaster July 11 and awards to Corrida Easler and Pat Hodges at Dalton High for American history proficiency. The Independence Day weekend saw a rising traffic death toll with highways busy. Albany reports a mile-high high school graduation launch by seven students assisted by advisers. J. F. Foster and wife reunite after a police confession spared him from the electric chair. Governor Griffin says the state government probe will weed out unconfirmed rumors. An out-of-state note: a Milwaukee man aged 182 marries a long-lost sweetheart after 52 years. A $100,000 jewel robbery occurred at a Pebble Beach California home. Glynn Peters, aged 31, one-legged foreigner in prison for fraud, received an artificial leg. A million-dollar Hollywood fire destroyed the world’s second-largest sound stage delaying a Sam Goldwyn project.
Greenville Georgia Judge Henry H. Revill famed Meriwether Vindicator publisher marks his 87th birthday Friday at his Greenville home. He has served public office a total of 112 years and was an early Court Reporter Emeritus. He once predicted Roosevelt as best president and remained linked to the late president.
In LaGrange Georgia a 19 month old boy died when his head became caught between a porch post and a swinging gate after an argument with his twin sister over candy. Det Lt Harvard Norred stated the boy was found hanging with the gate swung outward.
At the South Georgia Conference session, Rev. F. M. Gaines retires after 12 and a half years as General Manager of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate. Rev. C. H. Sewell succeeds him amid a report from T. W. Williams. A statement cited segregation stakes and support for Bill Bodenhamer. The remarks touched on government plans for water, irrigation, and farm ponds versus living quarters bathrooms.
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