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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
4
The Butler Herald notes Georgia as a grand park with wealth and beauty in mid crop season. It reflects on upcoming 1948 political maneuvers and cautions about a bad year for weak hearts, while commenting on schoolchildren and tourism trends.
Georgia friends recall Dr Will H Houghton former pastor of Baptist Tabernacle Atlanta from 1925 to 1930. He died Saturday a week ago in Los Angeles California, serving as President of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.
Seventy one people died in three weekend crashes in the United States and abroad. The latest disasters included an Army B-29 crash at Springfield Vermont on Sunday with 11 fatalities and a Junkers crash in Indo China on Saturday that killed 10 people, among them four children, leaving two critically hurt.
Gov M E Thompson completed a corner stone laying at a Barnesville veterans home. An overseer joked about his bricklaying skills, and the governor quipped he has been governor longer than he has been a brick layer.
The Tifton Gazette notes newspapers chase attention to a little Georgia girl who won the national spelling contest. The piece remarks on how strongly papers publicize good spellers and the editorial interest in publishing spelling news.
The University of Alabama notes with pride that Georgia’s current chief executive is an alumnus. A recent issue of the University of Alabama Alumni News features an interesting sketch of Gov Thompson.
The State Agricultural and Industrial Development Board through its Industrial News Letter notes increasing numbers of locally operated small industries in Georgia and warns new entrepreneurs that common failure pitfalls can be avoided by applying proven preventive practices learned from experience to ensure business success.
Adrian L. Anglin’s nomination as Lumpkin postmaster stirred statewide support from friends and family. The Anglin family, civic leaders and publishers of the Stewart-Webster Journal, have long served the community.
A Muscogee Superior Court judge argues against a Georgia plan requiring women to serve on juries, warning it harms motherhood and home life. He claims broader female jury service would increase delinquency and crime, urging priority of home life to sustain moral and social structure.
Health officers urge use of chemical weed killers to curb pollen as hay fever relief. Municipal codes lag but education of vacant lot owners expands adoption. Early adoption could lower pollen sources though costs remain high until production scales up.
Eugene Anderson tells of Bro Moncrief a faithful public servant and Christian gentleman who edited the Knoxville Journal He stayed loyal to Society Hill church near Byron and once published Fort Valley Leader while serving as Ft Valley postmaster The piece notes Knoxville Georgia as a ghost town with Crawford County’s court and community lasting through changes in ownership and locations
In Shellman friends celebrate Edwin Lay receiving a Buick Sedan from the government. The award honors his sacrificial Army service after sustaining injuries that led to amputations. He plans to use the car for educational purposes as he and his brothers Edwin Lay and "Snooks" Lay tour California and other stops.
The column notes Father’s Day is observed in many places with roots claimed from ancient Greece and China. It cites Spokane’s 1910 origin proposed by Mrs. John Bruce Dodd and recounts the 1910 U S observance as a tribute to fathers and family.
Thomaston Chapter of the D A R placed a bronze gravestone for Daniel Whatley near Reynolds Georgia. He died at age 112 years nine months and three days after eating undercooked peas. His death occurred while riding horseback, an accidental end noted in local history. Descendants remain prominent in the region and his stone was shipped in 1865 as the first heavy freight into Reynolds via the Central of Georgia Railroad.
Former Gov Ellis Arnall, University of the South class of 1928, returned to Sewanee Tennessee to receive an honorary doctor of civil law. He delivered a commencement address urging planning and work for freedom and a concrete policy for domestic and foreign affairs. Arnall plans to spend June and July at Sea Island with his wife while preparing his second book Free Men Shall Stand.
The poem extols June as a month of completion and realization, celebrated for beauty and abundance. It links June to brides, cap and gown, poets, and the year’s perfection, warning against wasteful vandalism while praising June’s bounty and loveliness.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced the end of household sugar rationing at midnight Wednesday night while keeping price controls. Institutional users like hotels and restaurants are exempt, but industrial users remain under rationing until Congress acts. All sugar controls end October 31 unless extended.
In a close knit town the country editor and village person share a warm friendship. News travels easily as courageous convictions are openly expressed with equal liberty. The editor's views rival the parson's Sunday announcements in attention.
Mercer University outlines a five year expansion under Dr Spright Dowell to include the Roberts School of Christianity building a new science hall a women’s residence hall a golf course swimming pool expanded library space for 50 000 more volumes and doubled dining facilities with ROTC units planned in the near future.
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