Swimming lessons and summer notices brighten small town life
A swimming instructor says swimming improves the figure while hippos are largely unchanged. A minister cautions against vacations from God. U S Bureau of Public Roads approves widening plans on Highway 19 through Butler and Taylor Counties. A swimming guard protects pool patrons. Mr T B Joiner visits with wife after hospitalization in Atlanta. Mrs Mintie Pope plans retirement from sales. Heat reaches 100 degrees in Middle Georgia, urging fans and air conditioning. Taylor Countians congratulate Mrs Samuel Stringfellow on winning a Ford car in a regional contest. A visit to Mr and Mrs Wallace Monk at their Reynolds home highlights new window shades and Monk's two strong gardening lines Leather Britches and Tomato growing.
Sunday Worship Schedule at Local Methodist Church
Sunday worship at the local Methodist Church features Ted Griner as pastor. 10 A M Sunday School 11 A M Morning Worship with the sermon When Money Is no Good. 7 15 P M Methodist Youth Fellowship 7 P M Evening Worship sermon He Saves the Best Till Last. All are invited to attend and hear Bro Gunner preach. The morning sermon is the second in a series on The Four Kinds of Lost People.
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Ted Griner
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Gunner
Miller's Service Station Closing Thanks Patrons
Card of thanks from Mack Miller thanking customers for nine and a half years of patronage after selling Miller's Service Station.
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Miller's
Mack Miller
More Courses For Georgia Schools Beginning in 1958
Georgia high schools will require chemistry publics two years of foreign language and more mathematics after 1958 under State Board of Education rules. An 18 unit graduation requirement will take effect in 1961 or earlier by local board choice, with boards to report program adoption and seek Education Department approval. The plan also creates three certification levels for teachers elementary middle and high school.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Board of Education
Department of Education
Revival at Mt. Pisgah Church Begins July 28
Revival services start Sunday morning July 28 at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church with guest minister Rev. George Duncan of Griffin assisting Pastor Rev. Z. L. Perdue. Two services daily at 11 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. No morning service Monday July 29. Public invited to attend each service.
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Mt. Pisgah
Baptist
George Duncan of
Griffin
Z. L. Perdue
Moon Reached by Radar Signals From Army at Ft Monmouth
Army and Navy report signals from the Fort Monmouth radar transmitter named Diana hit the moon and bounced back to earth. The echoes were received at the Navy’s minitrack test facility at Blossom Point Maryland, confirming lunar radar reflections.
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Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Army
Navy
Army Signal Corps
Blossom Point
Sunday business hours sparking town debate
Shanty Shoat argues that Sunday openings by shops have grown since WWII and that most remain open only as “necessary.” He questions responsibility for Sunday purchases and urges both customers and merchants to consider closing, noting some towns are better off and urging collective restraint.
Society Editor Vacation Notice
The society editor will be away for two weeks and readers are asked to send in news. Please submit items by Monday dates July 22 and July 29 to the Herald staff, offering contact details for those delivering notices.
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Herald
Talbotton Woman Wins 1957 Ford At Butler Fund Day
A Butler fundraising event by the Swimming Pool Committee drew 200 guests for a musical program an auction and a barbecue dinner. Mrs Samuel Stringfellow of Talbotton former Mary Kate Freeman Reynolds won the 1957 Ford after her ticket was drawn. She donated $50 to the pool fund and praised local support as about $3000 was raised. Col J J George Macon donated his auctioneering services. Wayne Cochran and his band provided music for a concluding dance at the Community House.
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Butler
Butler Choral Group
Col
J. J. George
Macon
Samuel Stringfellow
Talbotton
Stringfellow
Taylor County
Talbot County
Mary Kate Freeman
Reynolds
Wayne Cochran
Thomaston
Butler City Tax Appeal With 2 Percent Early Payment Discount
The city of Butler Georgia urges residents to pay their city taxes immediately as funds are exhausted. Tax rolls are ready for payment now with a 2 percent discount to save on borrowed money, and officials ask taxpayers to avoid Fall payments.
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Butler
iCity
Georgia
Mayor & Council
City of
Howard Charge Church Calendar Announcement
Rev Tegler Greer announces the Howard Charge calendar with services on the first Sunday at 10 00 A M and 11 30 A M, the second Sunday at 8 00 P M, the third Sunday at 10 00 A M, and the fourth Sunday at 8 00 P M Everyone is invited to attend all services at Bethel Charing Mauk Wesley Union and related locations.
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Tegler Greer
Howard Charge
The
Methodist Church
Sand Bethel Charing Howard
Howard Howard
Mauk Mauk
Wesley Union Wesley
State Board grants sick leave to Georgia teachers
The State Board of Education approved 1.5 million to fund annual sick leave for Georgia teachers, about 50 per educator, with unused funds redistributed among staff. Each teacher earns 1114 days of paid substitute time. The board also denied Tennille citizens' appeal to block a Washington County high school in Sandersville.
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Atlanta
State Board of Education
Georgia
Washington County
Sandersville
Tennille
Riverville Road
Mock Enemy Attack Drills Level Warner Robins Base
In an imaginary 1957 exercise Georgia’s military bases faced a simulated strike. Officials tallied 7,800 deaths and 6,500 injuries in Warner Robins plus broader losses across Macon and surrounding towns to illustrate potential consequences and reinforce preparedness.
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Warner Robins Base
Atlanta
Georgia
Chicago
Dillard
Rabun County
Brunswick
Adj
Charlie F. Camp
Macon
Warner Robins
Robins Air Force Base
Echeconnee Creek
Ocmulgee River
Warmer Robins
Macon Legion Post Tops Georgia in Membership
Joseph Neel Post 3 of Macon is the largest American Legion Post in Georgia with 2,366 members, surpassing Atlanta Post 1's 2,337. It marks the first time Post 1 has fallen from first place in final state membership standings.
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American Legion
Macon
Joseph Neel
Georgia
State Legion Headquarters
Atlanta
The
Legion
James M. Cox Dies in Ohio at 87 Leader of Dems
James M. Cox, Ohio’s first three term Democratic governor and 1920 presidential nominee, died Monday night at his home near Dayton. Born March 31, 1870, in Jacksonburg, he rose from newspaperman to publisher, congressman, governor, and national candidate, shaping reforms and world government advocacy.
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Dayton
Ohio
James M. Cox
Cox
New Dayton
Georgia
Florida
Jacksonburg
Miami River Valley
San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home Coming Day at Trinity Church Fourth Sunday in July
Home Coming Day will be observed at Trinity Freewill Baptist Church on the fourth Sunday in July with special singing by quartets trios and solos. Lunch will be served at noon and a revival begins Sunday night July 28 at 8 pm led by Pastor W J Childree.
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Trinity Church
Trinity Freewill Baptist Church
W. J. Childree
Columbus Boy Killed in Auto Crash Near Hamilton
Thos. R. Frazer, 16, of Columbus was killed when an auto carrying two Columbus youths spun on a curve north of Hamilton on U S Highway 27 and overturned several times. Driver J E Gates, 16, and Billy White, 16, were slightly injured. Gates is son of C E Gates. Frazer died from a fractured skull possibly a broken neck after being thrown through the windshield and striking a fence post.
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Hamilton
Thos. R. Frazer
John H. Frazer
Columbus
J. E. Gates
Billy White
H. A. White
Young Gates
C. E. Gates
Young Frazer
Troup Leads Valley Counties in Automobile Deaths and Injuries
Georgia Department of Public Safety reports 220 statewide traffic deaths in Q1. Troup County led the valley area with eight deaths and 22 injuries across 65 crashes, while Chattahoochee County had three mishaps with no injuries or deaths and Clay County reported two accidents with five injuries.
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Columbus
Georgia Department of Public Safety
Muscogee County
Troup
Chattahoochee County
Clay County
Revival Services At Mauk Church Begin Sunday
Mauk Methodist church announces a summer revival with Rev Tegler Greer preaching at 11 a.m and 8 p.m daily. The revival starts Sunday, runs through Friday July 21, and will be held at the Mauk church with two services each day.
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Mauk
Carelessness Cited in Georgia Lake Drownings
Mrs. J. F. Perdue head of the Red Cross swimming program in Macon warns hot day swimmers about the dangers of carelessness. She notes body temperature versus water temperature risks and stresses avoiding diving in unknown or unsupervised areas while advising beginners to take safety courses.
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J. 5. Perdue
Red Cross
Macon
State School Board Sets 500000 For Milledgeville Boys School
Gov Griffin announced plans to appropriate 500000 for new buildings and classrooms at the Boys Training School in Milledgeville. The funds would come from the 1 million dollars allotted to institutions. He noted Milledgeville had received 12 million of 15 million allocated to institutions over 15 years and said no construction had occurred at the school for 100 years.
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Atlanta
Griffin
Milledgeville
Upson County Citizen Sought for Murder of Wife and Unborn Child
Thomaston July 11 Sheriff says Herschel Mallory invited for the murder of his wife and unborn child. he may have fled the state. Clara Mallory mother of three children died at Upson County Hospital from two pistol wounds. medical examiner confirmed she was pregnant.
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Thomaston
Herschel Mallory
E. T. Bray
Mallory
Clara Mallory
Upson County
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U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
T. B. (Bailey) Joiner
Mintie Pope
Middle Georgia
Mt. Pisgah Church
U. S. Navy
Ford
Howard
Valley Counties
Mauk Church
Mariy Georgia
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