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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
1
A local Buter GA weeklies editorials note ministers influence, pig clubs set a wartime example, and 1942 bacon output. They urge leaders to avoid future conscriptions while praising peanut oil as a war substitute. An old maid jokes about wartime pay and marrying prospects. women ponder rayon hosiery and silk worms.
Friends report Alexander Merritt Burgin named captain in the United States Army. He is the son of Hon. and Mrs. Joe S. Buggin of Huguevilae and is stationed at Camp Hood Texas.
A fragmented remark questions why some resist equal rationing and challenges readers to name who resists being treated like any other American. The tone hints at social tension and invites reflection on public policy.
Grim determination drives farmers to meet the food emergency amid labor and tool shortages. They accept the challenge with confidence, pledging to satisfy all demands.
Edna Cain Daniel of the Quit man Free Press laments dull school lunches and long walks to school and notes a wistful wish to relive childhood days. The Dawson News quotes her reflecting on youth and memories of grandma’s house.
London reports say American officers curb romance by enforcing Army forms for marriage requests. Soldiers face long delays as requests pass through multiple stages, leading many to abandon plans to wed before approval.
Johnny Puchek, living on a western farm, was deemed essential in war production. He wakes at 5 a.m. to milk 22 cows, commutes 20 miles to Milwaukee to work as a molder on war contracts, returns home to milk again, then drives his tractor for plowing and planting until 10 or 11 p.m. His tractor even has headlights.
Dudley Glass recalls old time printers who built from hand setting to editor roles while rural editors struggle to print as printers join the draft. He notes editors must return to composing rooms, facing grease, ink, and mechanical failures, with humor on what it costs them.
The passage extols doing required tasks daily to build temperance self control diligence and strength of will. It argues that forced work yields cheerfulness contentment and many virtues that idleness never knows.
Adel News highlights the value of vision and fixed purpose, urging intense work and practical sense. It honors everyday heroes and heroines who endure heavy burdens without applause, asserting that success comes from perseverance and honesty.
A drip coffee maker technique uses a double glass bowl where water pours over grounds in the upper bowl. Remove the cloth filter, place grounds in the lower bowl, simmer gently, letting steam rise and condense back. five minutes yields good coffee using about half the usual amount.
An advocacy letter in The Madisonian argues Georgia railroad taxes should match those of citizens. It cites Hon. C. R. Mason and urges a statewide vote on the bill, listing counties that would benefit and asserting the road’s obligation to pay state and county taxes.
Christian Science Monitor notes Bishop Adna W. Leonard urged cheerful letters to soldiers overseas. He observed many letters from loved ones carried worry and loneliness, hindering a quick boy facing harsh duties. A hopeful message offers mental confidence and strength for battle.
A Washington correspondent reports the Senate backed Senator George of Georgia on creating a special committee for postwar policy and planning. The move aims to address forthcoming economic problems after the war, including massive unemployment and returning soldiers seeking work.
Eu gene Anderson in the Macon Telegraph recounts Wesleyan College's 1843 charter requiring a 21 member board with eleven traveling Methodist preachers. The list names J. O. Andrews J. W. Talley Lovie Pierce Geo F. Pierce A. T. Mann and others. The act was assented to December 19 1843.
A collage of tongue in cheek quotes from small papers the Dade County Times the Monroe Advertiser the Pelham Journal the Camilla Entee Dalton Citizen the Weekly Advertiser and the Brunswick News. The pieces lampoon money democracy cosmetics rationing and daily life with wry observations.
A compact tribute to the local weekly paper as a home journal for families. It frames the paper as a conduit for news, culture and commerce, linking birth and death, markets and memories in one enduring community record.
A nostalgic note questions horse meat hype while recalling long serving dairy cows and horses traded to butcher for meals, contrasting fond memory with practical meat use and past farm practices in the Commerce News.
The article surveys Taylor Mill near Reynolds in Taylor County. It notes Bibb Manufacturing Co ownership, the old Potterville origin, Civil War spared by Sherman, and current prosperity under U. S. Underwood. It describes the dammed Horse Creek, electric plant, and strong family ties with generations of mill workers and local farming.
General Douglas MacArthur reflects that while he is a soldier by profession, he is more proud to be a father. He says a soldier destroys to build, but a father builds and hopes his son remembers him for teaching the daily prayer Our Father in the home.
The Arlington Courier notes an odd automobile that struggles to function. Before the war and speed restrictions, reaching 60 mph required stopping and backing up. After a 35 mph limit, exceeding it meant getting out and pushing. With only one and a half gallons of gas, the vehicle won't even start.
A preacher argues that belief shapes conduct and warns that denying Jesus as God manifests the flesh is the spirit of antiChrist. He asserts Jesus is the unique divine Son, virgin birth, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, offering eternal life to believers.
Thomaston native Buford Turner, son of Thomaston and Upson county, has traveled from Thomaston to Alabama and California. He spent the last three months with Prof LeBanes and occasionally lands a solo part on the professor's program broadcast over the air.
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