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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1962
Page
3
The S. of Freedom notes nearly 98 percent of rural America enjoy low-cost power, with over a billion dollars repaid to the REA and another half billion in interest. Electric co-ops serve about 17 million people and underpin a large annual market for appliances and equipment.
Glenwood Ga. G C Barnhill 73 will enter college for the first time July 19. Retired rural letter carrier has made seven trips abroad in the last decade including a world cruise in 1956. He will arrive in Geneva Monday to finalize preparations for studying at the University of Geneva. His summer course acceptance is on file. He will hear lectures from officials of UN Europe HQ, International Red Cross and World Council of Churches. He calls the move the thrill of his life and romantic.
Taylor County tops Georgia in lint yield with 555 pounds per acre, while Burke leads total production at 28,890 bales. Burke harvested 35,180 acres at 366 pounds per acre, 12 pounds above the state average, followed by Sumter, Macon, Terrell, and Bleckley in yield per acre.
A home economics note discusses food budgeting and lists a simple Quick Casserole recipe using diced chicken or tuna, noodles, mushroom soup, milk, and broken potato chips. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. It cautions buying seasonal produce and avoiding ready made foods to save costs.
Georgia farmers borrowed $22.5 million from the Farmers Home Administration in fiscal 1962. National loans totaled $569 million, up 84 percent from two years earlier. Howard Bertsch said the funds helped farmers sustain and rebuild their operations.
Atlanta officials report two deaths in Georgia traffic crashes. Elizabeth Myers Brooks, 16, from Macon, was fatally injured in an auto-truck collision on Riverside Drive in Macon. Clyde Allen Lockhart, 19, of Montgomery Alabama, died in a two-car crash within Comer city limits.
A cemetery notice solicits donations to aid cleanup efforts at Trinity Free-Will Baptist Church. It requests contributions from friends and relatives of those buried there and names three contact individuals: Mrs. U. G. Wall Mrs. Dave Harbuck and Mrs. Cecil Gill.
A cemetery clean up day at Turner’s Chapel is set for July 14. Organizers invite community volunteers and appreciate cooperation from residents.
Cleanup day scheduled Tuesday at Mt. Nebo Primitive Baptist Cemetery near Charing. Volunteers are asked to bring necessary tools and participate in the work.
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