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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1944
Page
15
A week in Georgia reports activity across multiple counties and cities. Vocational training rankings, wartime bond sales, obituaries, sheriff updates, road and air service plans, school immunization notices, population figures, and local civic appointments appear among weekly items.
Cuthbert Georgia July 19 J E Edwards aged 80 and Mrs Edwards age 29 became parents of a 10 pound son at their home on the Cuthbert Lumpkin highway The child was born on the fathers 80th birthday The couple have six children together and Mr Edwards has nine more from a former marriage Both born and reared in Randolph county.
Seven city and county boards in Georgia will establish industrial schools for returned veterans and workers. Griffin Albany Augusta Rome Atlanta Macon Athens are to receive state funded operation with federal support. Trade and industrial courses will aid veterans demobilized war workers and service personnel under the G I Bill.
At the 41st annual Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association convention in Macon on July 25 delegates re elected W A Wilson of Abbeville as president Solon Ware of Woodbury as vice president and Nance Grant of Baldwin as secretary treasurer Re elected executive committee members were G T Saunders of Douglas J E Roberts of Atlanta and E L Jarlett of Tallapoosa The next convention site was Atlanta.
Mrs Wilson fills her kitchen with white marble space and a glass topped breakfast table. A four poster bedstead from her husband’s great grandfather sits in the back bedroom. Doulas Spink of Talbot County made two fine ladderback chairs in the same room. Robert Wilson calls Spink a true craftsman who turned out chairs with skill during slack milling.
Lt. Segars receives a $600 US bond windfall sent by Capt. Richardson after a Cairo delivery. The Atlanta native, recovering from battle injuries, plans to buy War Bonds with the money and send a gift to Richardson. Segars recounts wartime care, the German medic who aided him, and nurse Lt. Dorothy Hinson's account of Japanese prisoners.
More than 1,000 applications for veterans education benefits were received in the three weeks after the G I bill was signed. The Veterans Administration reported more than 4,000 written inquiries as well, said Brig. Gen. F. T. Hines, administrator of veterans affairs.
Taylor County farmers advance farm pond dams with AAA 1944 payments. Garvis Locke near Cross Roads lays iron drains and dirt for an acre pond near his barn. Writs by Watson, Purvis at Charling clear sites and build dams on small streams. James Childs of Atlanta improves a pond with a 30 foot spillway. Soil Conservation aids W A Jarrell of Five Points with a two acre site.
Albany Ga July 21 two army fliers and an aviation cadet were killed when two planes collided in the air about ten miles south of Albany Turner Field officials announced. Two other aviation cadets parachuted to the ground safely after the collision.
Hubert Calhoun formerly solicitor general of the Chatahoochee circuit has been promoted from captain to major in the army. He received his commission in 1942 and studied at the judge advocate general's school in Ann Arbor. Calhoun served in Texas then overseas in 1944 and is a Mercer University graduate who practiced law in Columbus before entering the military.
NBC heard a worldwide Atlantic broadcast alleging a long-range four-month motor transport plane, capable of about 10 000 miles, lies at a secret German base for Adolf Hitler. The report suggested Hitler may flee or prep for emergencies, noting the craft previously flew Germany to Japan non-stop.
Georgia releases a four billion dollar highway program with $1 15 million approved for immediate construction and $750 thousand for postwar projects while faced with a $427 thousand rejection. Gov Arnall, Highway Director Clay and Board Chairman Tate welcomed the news at a Chicago convention, then prepared to push funding from Georgia sources.
Moultrie Georgia July 24 How ard Sellers 13 son of Mr and Mrs C G Sellers died of tetanus poison at a local hospital after being bitten by a pet cat ten days earlier He showed no symptoms for a week then developed lockjaw and died.
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