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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1951
Page
10
Readable items include a Moultrie boy charged with auto theft from his uncle. Other notes report hubbub in Columbus, a master of laws honor for George S. Wicker, and multiple local incidents across Georgia.
A 90 year old Lizella man died in Macon hospital hours after being struck by a car Sunday. The victim was Thomas H. Duncan. Deputy E. B. Liorens listed the driver as William G. McLendon, 21, of Camp Gordon. No charges yet against the soldier.
Col. Frank Mansfield Jr. died suddenly of a heart attack in Chicago on Thursday. He was married to the former Miss Golfo Mitchell of Columbus. His mother is Mrs. Alex Mitchell of Columbus, and he was the son of the late Col. F. S. Mansfield Sr. of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Harold A Miller Jr. of Decatur Georgia and his 9 year old daughter Kitty were found dead in a tourist cabin at Kadoka South Dakota. A coroner jury ruled death by gas poisoning as the gas water heater in the cabin had gone out according to Sheriff Harold Bradfield.
Mrs Theo Nakas of Macon wins first prize in the 11th annual National Sewing Contest at the Waldorf Astoria. Her White linen dress with diagonal wrap closing and buttoned cape was shown before leading fashion designers and writers. She learned embroidery in Yugoslavia and now runs a Macon restaurant with her husband.
Georgia citizens council promotes June and July as Vacation Safety for motorists. The campaign warns that traffic accidents kill many travelers and urges strict caution, especially on rural roads, to ensure safe, enjoyable trips and no vacation from highway dangers.
In the clinic scene a Butler student nurse Mary Jo Harvey of the September 1949 class shows how to take a patient’s blood pressure. The caption highlights clinical work available in the nursing program.
Augusta June 8 Three persons face trial on indictments of conspiracy to murder in the strangling of 7 year old Lois Janes Detained were Lovey Ivey 56 roving fish bait digger Mamie Price 52 grandmother of the slain girl and E H Price 35 of Macon her son Sheriff M G Whittle theorized the little girl was murdered with the intent of collecting insurance amounting to 4000 dollars
A magnet mailed from Schenectady New York was used to extract a car door lock cover swallowed by three year old Carol Morrison of Atlanta. Doctors had tried diets and drugs to no avail and existing magnets failed to attract the object before this method succeeded.
The Christian Science Lesson Sermon for Sunday proclaims God as the Preserver of Man. It cites Psalms on inheritance and trust and Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health asserting that God is the creator and divine principle sustaining mankind in perfection.
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