Local Georgia Press Notes and Editorial Vignettes
The Taylor County Herald notes drive safety and work as joy, praises spreading sunshine in Georgia, and salutes Butler and Clayton tributes. Harold Clarke becomes youngest Georgia editor in Forsyth Monroe Advertiser move. A $100,000 gift funds Georgia Baptist Hospital outpatient addition amid statewide fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Advertiser
Forsyth
Harold Clarke
Georgia
J. H. Clarke
Louie D. Newton
Georgia Baptist Hospital Commission
Rich Foundation
Courtesy for Strangers Has Its Reward
A Canadian couple, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Long editors of the Lansing Ontario Enterprise, toured the southern United States on their honeymoon. They stopped in Butler Georgia on February 17 and were warmly hosted by the local Butler Herald staff, who shared newspaper-watching talks and hospitality despite a chilly night with a faulty gas heater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Florida
Butler
Herald Force
B. A. Long
Lansing
Ontario
Enterprise
The
Butler Herald
Governor Talmadge Evades The Tax Issue
Editor notes Gov Talmadge will not back a sales tax until every other revenue option is exhausted. The letter urges him to reveal non public details from his tax revision role and to state his stance on the Ku Klux Klan. It also questions recent legislation and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation oversight. Abbeville Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Herald
J. R. Ham
Abbeville
Butler
Taylor County
Butler Herald
Benns
Talmadge
Gov. Talmadge
Neill
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Thompson
Sims Garrett, Jr
George Hamilton
Hamilton
Card of Thanks for Mrs. J. R. Booth
The Booth family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during their mother Mrs. J. R. Booth illness and death. They offer blessings and thankfulness as their daily prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Booth
Byrd Seeks Reelection to Taylor County State Legislature
D. E. Byrd announces candidacy for re election to the State Legislature from Taylor County subject to Democratic Executive Committee rules. He pledges to oppose local legislation without grand jury support and to require majority votes in elections for local measures. He asks for voters support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Democratic Executive Committee
Grand
D. E. Byrd
John Turk Seeks Georgia House Seat in Taylor County Bid
John Turk of Taylor County announces his candidacy for Representative in the Georgia General Assembly. He cites his Taylor County origins, Reynolds High School and University of Georgia education, World War II service, mercantile business in Butler, and memberships in American Legion Post 124 and VFW Post 8802. He asks for votes in the Democratic State Primary on June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
General Assembly of Georgia
Democratic Executive Committee
T. G. Turk
Reynolds
Ouida Chapman Turk
Butler
Reynolds High School
University of Georgia
American Legion
Harley Riley Jr
VFW
Butler Baptist Church
John Turk
FDR Deathbed Doctor Hurt in Auto Collision
Four persons including an Atlanta doctor who attended Roosevelt’s deathbed were seriously injured in a Sunday auto crash. Dr Paullin and Mrs Paullin were hospitalized in Atlanta with facial lacerations and possible internal injuries while Mr and Mrs Pohl were treated in Macon for head injuries. The Paullins suffered facial fractures and a broken kneecap with other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDR
Macon
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Paullin
Pohl
Dr Paullin Called To Warm Springs In 1945
Dr Paullin was summoned to Warm Springs in 1945 as President Roosevelt suffered a fatal cerebral hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Paullin
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. Benns Jr
E. Cox
Bus
Mgr
Taylor CO
Methusiah
A. C. Jolly
Clarence “Billy” Powell
Marietta
Rabun Gap
Tybee Light
Clayton Tribune
Bro. L. P. Cross
the Tribune
Cross
North Georgia
George VI
England
Arthur H. Compton
E. V. Thurman
Cheney St
East Point
Judge L. C
Tiny’ Groves
Court OF Appeals
Aultman Self Service
Nolds, Geor
Fawr Jol
Ae Reller Mores
Lae Oe Yi LA Aia MS
del Se
DIXIE
Ikrisby
Aayern
Pt.jar
Cheuustins
Au UR Tra
NTT
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!