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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
5
A reflective piece on Friendship Day in Georgia circles urging kindness and reconciliation. It emphasizes strengthening bonds, avoiding envy, and reaching out to friends, with notes on district conventions, the value of loving actions, and spreading goodwill among different age groups and communities.
The secretary's office reports about 100 percent dues in Banks Forsyth Towns Union White Franklin Green Hart Oglethorpe districts. District secretaries await convention results to publish standing. efforts to update membership rosters continue. Mrs N F Land asks non responders to return cards aiding widow's annuity legislation research while donations support the Walton Memorial Foundation estate purchase in Thomson.
A reflective piece urges attendees to perform small daily deeds to spread happiness. It cites spring beauty and birds as lessons in kindness and ends with a verse asserting true name endurance comes from being remembered in others’ hearts.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports prices likely to stay above last year for the next two months and total cash farm income from marketings and government payments should rise in May and June. Milk production per cow rose in April, with May 1 output only slightly below last year. Argentine cotton yield fell short of early predictions, at 244000 bales. A new 10 percent more efficient electric bulb was announced. The Georgia Forestry Association met in Athens with talks by E W Tinker, J F Kircher, T S Buie, and W S Brown.
The speaker notes that funds raised will determine foundation support, with unneeded amounts returned if targets aren’t met. Expenses for fundraising and ongoing work must be provided, and voluntary subscriptions may be offered for those wishing to contribute, though such extra amounts cannot be refunded as they will cover undertaking costs.
After thirty years and about six months in the rural delivery service, Bro. A. P. Coward on Route 2, Edison Ga, was forced to retire on April 22 due to ill health. Friends regret the need and wish him an early and full recovery. The Calhoun County News clipping from Edison carries the retirement notice and service details.
A P Cowart, rural carrier on Route 2, resigns for illness effective April 22 after over 30 years in service. Roy Sheppard named temporary carrier. vacancy to be filled by examination. Cowart at Fairview Sanitorium Athens undergoing treatment. friends wish for his speedy recovery.
In early days some states enacted laws barring manumission of slaves. Such statutes were not confined to the South but appeared in Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Instances also occurred of prohibiting freed Negroes from entering other states.
The Georgia Soil Conservation Service begins an erosion survey of the Lloyd Shoals Reservoir watershed eight miles east of Jackson. J. G. Liddell says the project links erosion to reservoir silting and informs soil conservation plans, with maps showing land use, soils, slopes, and infrastructure.
A meditation on resisting delay and unfinished tasks urging action now rather than letting today’s incompletions spill into tomorrow. The piece insists on the duty to complete essential work promptly and avoid perpetuating postponement.
Miss Sara Windham county health nurse urges Herald publication on hookworms. She explains how tiny worms live in intestines and cause blood loss and weakness, spreading via contaminated soil and lacking sanitation. Prevention rests on shoes, treatment of infected individuals, and improved sanitation.
Special excursion fares drop June 4 for travel to Dallas Fort Worth Galveston Houston and San Antonio with sleeping parlor and coach options. Tickets valid 80 days with stops and diverse routes. Nov 16 1987 end date. Exposition features new themes exhibits and a grand midway entertainment. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY.
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