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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1954
Page
5
Georgia ranked second in the nation for fertilizer use in 1953. Total consumption reached 1,427,000 tons, a record high since 1910–14, as cotton acreage remained extensive and diversification increased. County Agent Vernon Reddish notes gains from earlier decades and boll weevil impacts.
Dr J H Weinberger a leading Ft Valley horticulturist and longtime peach grower adviser moves to California. W E Prince succeeds him at Beltsville Md, taking over the plant industry duties at Ft Valley with Fresno work in grapes and peaches.
Bids for a large chapel and auditorium on Wesleyan College in Macon were received recently at the president D B J Martin's office. Architect W E Dunnody, designing the project, said bids from Macon and Atlanta firms were filed and recorded. The contract award will be decided midweek by a college building committee and the architect.
Mrs Josie S McGee aged 89 long time Roberta resident died at her home in Macon and was buried at Salem Primitive Baptist church. She was Salem church's oldest living member for 73 years and widow of J D McGee. Survived by three sons J D McGee Morgan Ga C E McGee Jacksonville Fla R E McGee Thomaston and three daughters Mae Macon Mrs C B Walton Roberta and Mrs J L Merritt Ft Valley with 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. The funeral drew many relatives and friends with pallbearers Davis Walton C E McGee Jr Charles McGee Joe McGee Dr J D McGee Dan McGee. Body lay in state from 2 30 pm until services.
In Phenix City the majority of gambling machinery is to be destroyed at the city dump. Sheriff H R Mathews Jr will oversee the destruction at 11 am. The 200 plus devices and parts, seized since the June 18 murder of A L Patterson, are worth about 125000 dollars. The confiscations involved National Guardsmen state investigators highway patrolmen and sheriff's deputies.
Cemetery committee calls on all who have loved ones buried at Union Old Campground to visit July 21 to clean and maintain graves or send helpers. Contributions toward the work are requested if attendance is not possible.
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