Local notes and editorial briefs from Butler and wider Georgia
The Butler Herald reports its official status as Taylor County’s newer weekly, noting a 1500 weekly circulation and staff details. The piece collects short items from regional papers on health plans in Georgia counties, fraternal events, wit and marriage quips, cemetery wisdom, tax and debt talk, first car sale lore, and notices of 1956 graduates and academic leadership changes in Georgia and beyond.
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The
Herald
Taylor County
Colleges and Universities of
Georgia
First Prize to Macon Telegraph in NEA Better Newspaper Contest
The Macon Telegraph won first prize in the National Editorial Association Better Newspaper Contests 1956 in service to agriculture. Miss Susan Myrick accepted the award in Louisville at the NEA convention for publishing 51,758 square inches of farm news and features in the morning and Sunday editions.
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Louisville
Macon Telegraph
National Editorial Association
Susan Myrick
Brown Hotel
NEA
Telegraph
Sunday Telegraph
Statesboro
Bulloch Herald
Leodel Coleman
Bank President and Wife Repel Bandit in Stockbridge
Stockbridge Georgia June 11 a bank president and his wife a year after a prior holdup fired on a lone gunman outside the Citizens Bank cashier window after he demanded a filled bag. Mrs Loder fired four times and the husband fired five as the bandit escaped in a car with no money. The earlier robbery of May 4 1955 netted $4 500. Stockbridge lies about 25 miles southeast of Atlanta.
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Stockbridge
C. T. Loder
Citizen Bank
Citizens Bank
Atlanta
Mount Dora Topic reports awards to Dalton Citizen and News
The Mount Dora Topic notes the Dalton Citizen and News won the best news story award for newspapers over 2000 circulation. It cites 1728 entries from 45 states and Hawaii. Telegraph farm news last year would stretch 281 feet long if printed in one continuous sheet. The material comprised 7229 different articles and pictures.
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Mount Dora
Fla
Dalton Citizen and News
States
Hawaii
Farm News
The
Telegraph
Upatoi Twins Set Record for School Attendance
Columbus Georgia report notes Janet and James Rutland twins of Upatoi in Midland Elementary School achieved 14 years of perfect school attendance. The 13-year-olds completed seven years of perfect attendance and were officially commended by the Midland school faculty.
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Columbus
T. Co. Rutland
Upatoi
Midland
Janet
James
Midland School
Mrs L B Sears Ends 26 Year Dawson News Service
Lasser Georgia June 7 Mrs L B Sears marks 26 years of weekly country correspondence for The Dawson News and says she feels lost now that she has stopped writing for the paper.
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L. B. Sears
Dawson News
Lasser, Ga
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butler Herald
Butler
Taylor CO
A. C. Jolly
Raymond Duncan
Ellaville Sun
Walter Wilson
Greensboro Herald-Journal
Henry Ford
Grover C. Patten
Adel News
Valdosta State College
Henry King Stanford
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
Birmingham Southern College
New York University
Turkey
College of Pharmacy
Union
P. T. Barnum
Macon
Nation Methodist Conference
Upatois Twins
Southern Granite Company
John M. Heard, Jr
Kingsley
McKesson
Butler, Georgia
GMC
Byrd Pontiac Company
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