Butler area notes new sewer plan posts and wedding progress
Taylor Mill Lake serves as a resort with skiing and observing. Honolulu Hawaii flowers arrive at the Dean Hotel. Eight Macon girls win Wesleyan College scholarships led by Virginia Whitehead. Butler votes three to one for a sewerage system, spurring plans for manufacturing jobs. Postage rate changes Aug 1 bring new stamps and cards. The Charlton Ogburn residence becomes a remodeled duplex owned by the Wilson sisters awaiting retirement from banking in Sheffield Alabama.
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Macon
Wesleyan College
Virginia Whitehead
G. T. Whitehead
Irene Peed
Miss Whitehead
Virginia
Butler
Charlton Ogburn
W. B. Wilson
Laslie
Helen
Willie B. Wilson
Revival Services at Horeb Baptist Church Begin July 20
Revival services at Horeb Baptist Church near Howard start Sunday July 20 and run through the following week. Rev. H. E. Whitley will preach at each service. Worship hours are 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horeb Baptist Church
Howard
H. E. Whitley
Middle Georgia prison site eyed by corrections board
Corrections Director Jack Forrester says the board discussed locating a new 1000 inmate prison in Middle Georgia to house misdemeanor prisoners from Reidsville. He cautions no money or site is set and notes potential labor uses with the State Forestry Department.
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Atlanta
Jack Forrester
Middle Georgia
Forrester
Reidsville
Board of Corrections
State Forestry Department
Pine Tree
Houston County
Pleasant Hill Revival Services Begin Sunday
Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist church announces revival services starting Sunday morning and running through Friday July 25 with two daily sermons at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Rev. T. G. Hamilton of Glennville GA will preach. Homecoming set for August 3. The church sits 15 miles south of Butler on Highway 19 near Taylor Schley line.
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Pleasant Hill Freewill
Pleasant Hill Church
Butler
Highway 19
Taylor-Schley County
Revival at Mauk Methodist Church Begins Sunday
The Mauk Methodist Church will hold a revival starting Sunday and continue through Friday. Two services daily at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Guest speaker Rev. Charles Hillis of Reynolds Methodist Church will assist Pastor Rev. Tiegler Greer. Attendees urged to join each service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauk Methodist Church
Charles Hillis
Reynolds Methodist Church
Tiegler Greer
Fickling Lodge 1129 to Meet Thursday Evening
The regular communication of Fickling Lodge 1129 will meet Thursday evening at 8 o clock at the Masonic Hall in Butler. All members are urged to attend and visiting brothers cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fickling Lodge 1129
Masonic Hall
Butler
Accord Reached on State Highway 103 Benning to Buena Vista
The settlement outlines abandonment of State Road 103 across Benning Reservation and relocation north of Cusseta to Buena Vista. The agreement specifies a Class 3 desirable road with 1,000 to 2,000 vehicles daily and an 8 inch top layer with 4 inch stabilized rock and 2 inch binder on the surface.
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Benning
Buena Vista
Atlanta
State Highway Department Highway Board
Marion and Chattahoochee
J. S. Call
Federal Bureau of Roads
Washington
FBR
State Highway Dept
Chattahoochee
Marion
Benning Reservation
Cusseta
Ft. Benning Reservation
Central of Georgia Railroad
Marker Placed for Gen. John B. Gordon at Beechwood Farm
The Georgia Historical Commission dedicates a marker on Reynolds Ft Valley Highway 96 noting Beechwood, Gen. John Brown Gordon home after the Civil War. Wording recalls Gordon as CSA leader, later lawyer and statesman who raised Texas ponies and cattle.
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Historical Commission
Ft Valley Road
Gordon-Carson
UDC
S. J. Tankersley
C. G. Elder
Georgia Historical Commission
Reynolds
Ft. Valley
Beechwood
John B. Gordon
John Brown Gordon
CSA
Texas
John D. Mitchell
Georgia
Gordon
United States Senate
Forrester Reluctant to Add 49th Star to Our National Flag
Washington reports Congressmen discuss adding a 49th star but will not rush changes to the Star Spangled Banner. Third District Rep E L Forrester chairs a judiciary subcommittee weighing measures to alter the anthem and even ban nonstandard performances. He says he is not disposed to interfere with singing the Star Spangled Banner.
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Forresters
Washington
Congress
E. L.forrester
Judiciary
Francis Key
Lucy Monroe
Forrester
Rep
B. L. Whitener
Five in One Atlanta Family Injured in Auto Wreck
An Atlanta family Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hogue and their three children Rickey Susan and Larry were admitted to Macon hospital after a car collision near Roberta on Saturday. State Patrolman C C Chapman charged Robert S Taylor 18 Vienna with failure to yield the right of way after Taylor turned left into Hogue's path.
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Macon
Atlanta
Ernest Hogue
Rickey
Susan
Larry
Macon Hospital
Roberta
Hogue
C. C. Chapman
Thomasson
Robert S. Taylor
Vienna
Taylor
Reynolds Summer School Term Begins Next Man
Reynolds High announces summer school opening next Monday July 21 at 8 am. Pupils to assemble in the library for assignments. E H Joiner principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds High
E. H. Joiner
Morgan Receives National Service Honor for Georgia ASC
James L. Morgan of Waynesboro Georgia was honored by the U S Department of Agriculture with a certificate of merit and a 300 cash award for leading the Georgia State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. The award noted his leadership and nationwide recognition by conservation and farm groups. Morgan was appointed chairman in July 1955. prior service was on Burke County committees.
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Morgan
ASC
Athens
Clyde R. Greene
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Southeast
Green
Georgia
Secretary of Agriculture
Burke
Soil Bank
Home Coming Day at Trinity Freewill Church
Trinity Freewill Baptist church plans a Fourth Sunday July homecoming with lunch at noon. The pastor W. J. Childree invites the community and especially singers to attend and share songs. Come praying for a great day in the Lord's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Freewill Church
Trinity Freewill Baptist Church
W. J. Childree
Four-Cent Postage Hike Takes Effect August First
Governor Griffin announced the 1958-59 budget totals 330,639,306, up six million from last year. He said stamp rate increases add 36 thousand dollars to the Revenue Department budget, and the postage rise will raise letter costs from 3 to 4 cents. He noted the Revenue Department bears the largest impact and could not estimate statewide costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Griffin
Revenue Department
Flint EMC to begin dividend payouts for 1943 and 1944
Flint Electric Membership Corporation member-owners will receive capital credit dividends totaling 88 752.93 within 10 days to two weeks, with checks mailing next week. The president Dr Floyd Tabor cites earnings over costs and REA-backed equity requirements as reasons for the payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Electric Membership Corporation
Flint Emc
Floyd Tabor
Perry
REA
Thurman Whitley
Reynolds
Whatley
Mr. Whatley
Tabor
Flint
Georgia
U. S
Ft. Valley
Enginneering
Warner Robins
James O. Mills
Rev J L Whitley to Preach at Works Camp
The Herald announces that Rev J L Whitley of Mauk will preach at the Public Works Camp near Butler Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitley
Works Camp
J. L. Whitley
Mauk
Public Works Camp
Butler
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Taylor Mill Lake
G. J. Hartman
Ted Griner
Buck Creek Methodist Church
Sylvania
Don Proctor
Griney
Proctor
Dean Hotel
Hawaii
Gussie Wilson
Anthemrium
Carl Hobbs
Post Office Department
Middle Gay
Pleasant Hill
Fickling Masonic Lodge
Taylor County
Austin Guinn
Third District
Clyde A. Bowden
Americus
Jack Grantham
James L. Morgan
Waynesboro
James L, Morgan
Flint Electric
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