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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
9
Official organ Taylor Co published weekly since 1879. Chas Benns Jr and O F Cox, publisher and editor, promote civic homilies and safety tips. Editorial tone urges calm planning and patience in world events while advising courteous driving and pedestrian safety.
The Banks County Journal voices a lighthearted opinion on men's and women's fashion noting that short trousers on a pretty girl please both young and old men, while long pants on a girl are deemed unflattering.
Dorothy Dix argues that occupational therapy replaces rest cures as the public learns the value of work to cure fatigue. Doctors now advise patients to stay active and productive instead of staying in bed, using work as a remedy for ailments.
Shed Carswell notes readers of the Thomaston Times can spot a four and a half year old The Times advertisement listing specials. Items include tender steak 20c per lb, Carnation or Pet milk 25c, Spam 25c, large oranges 19c, Dinty Moore beef stew 15c, baby foods four for 25c, coconuts 5c, pure lard four pounds 27c, Miracle Whip one quart 27c, Luzianne coffee 22c per pound.
The ODT urges all residents to vacation at home with plenty of amusements across the street. The bus station becomes a prime spot as crowds seek seats during the stay at home campaign. The piece likens it to a farmers campaign to plant no cotton, all planting it for a good price, expecting others won’t.
Lester R. Ruth reports Lula Hutchings a 76 year old Rockmart resident who still washes for clients at 3 a.m. by lantern light. She has outlived five husbands and her parents both long lived with her mother dying at 99 and father over 100.
A Commerce News item recalls the shirt-tail out fashion among boys, recounting a chase after a barefoot youth in overalls with a shirt-tail fluttering. The pursuit ends with the discovery the wearer is M% a sweet young woman rather than a boy, prompting retrospective regret about the potential shirt-tail tug.
A reflective column extols mercy and justice, praising simple love and sunshine in life. The writer recalls returning soldiers, their reunions, and a crutch bound veteran’s hopeful smile, urging readers to share joy and live warmly with others.
Ezra Pound, once hailed poet and controversial traitor for broadcasting fascist praise, has been seized in Italy and will stand trial after Indictment for treason since 1943. Idaho born, Pound left the United States in 1908 and supported Mussolini during World War II.
The Bainbridge Post-Searchlight criticizes low unemployment benefits and questions why fewer veterans seek schooling. It notes Georgia may have a higher share of unemployed veterans than the national rate and argues education is essential when Washington bears less than two percent of the 38,000 returning Georgia soldiers are pursuing schooling.
Taylor County Georgia Commissioners of Roads and Revenues set a county wide referendum for August 7 1945 to decide if beer and wine may be sold. Voters will see two ticket options For Sale of Beer and Wine in Taylor County and Against Sale of Beer and Wine in Taylor County.
The Butler Georgia city council orders all real estate and personal property owners within Butler to submit detailed tax returns by lot and block, itemized per property, using the city forms with oath. Returns due dates set as Sept 1 1945 for the current year and May 1 thereafter. property taxes due by Dec 1.
The Mayor may appoint tax assessors who must within 30 days review property tax returns. If a return is below a fair value, the assessor may raise it with five days notice. Delinquent returns may be doubled taxed when the owner fails to comply. The ordinance repeals conflicting ordinances and is dated July 2, 1945.
Taylor County votes to fill all school district trustee vacancies in every district on Friday July 20 1945. All qualified voters may participate and returns are to be filed with the County School Superintendent for consolidation at the next County Board meeting. Authorized by the Taylor County Board of Education June 5 1944. E H Dunn County School Superintendent.
creditors of the estate of C B Marshall are told to present demands to the executrix Blanche M Brunson, and all debts owed must be paid promptly. The notice is dated July 3, 1945, Reynolds Georgia.
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