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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
3
Advertisement promotes a July starting secretarial program with instruction in stenography banking and bookkeeping. It claims a two-for-one deal and suggests courses to equip individuals for work life. The message emphasizes July 1 and 4 starts.
An advertisement notes affordable beauty culture courses priced at one cent. It highlights Neate as a ment or instructor of the year, mentioning the college has eight years of establishment and offers training in beauty care.
Edgar B. Bruce 36 went on trial in Macon Ga on murder charges in the January 81 stabbing death of his mother in law Mrs Harriett Gambrell and the wounding of his wife who was seeking divorce Bruce, son of a former school superintendent of Bibb County, allegedly visited the Gambrell home to see his wife the night of the killing and confrontation.
J. D. Lee, formerly of the Ben nie Lichtenstein case, a Georgia convict, surrendered to Charles Shon psy and Arthur Powell at a swamp refuge where he had hidden since escaping the county chain gang. Lee, son of a former Congressman and a veteran with a good record, had been convicted in 1931 for Bennie Lichtenstein's murder, a well known Atlanta grocer.
Macon June 19. The death of Ben Hill Newby from rabies after extensive vaccine treatment astonished doctors. Dr. T S Sellers and Dr E J Sunkes reported the case as an unexplainable failure of the rabies vaccine despite three doses daily for fifteen days. The study will continue with Rockefeller Foundation help, while Georgia logged past rabies deaths and animal head analyses.
A statewide curriculum conference will be held in Macon from July 8, jointly sponsored by Mercer University and the Georgia State Department of Education. The event will study high school and elementary school curricula with leaders including Dr. Edwin S. Lide, Mrs. Margaret Boutelle, Miss Edna Simmons, Dr. L. P. Hollis, L. M. Lester, Dr. Edwin M. Highsmith, Dr. W. A. Sutton, BE. V. Welchell, J. L. Yaden, and Miss Mary Bacon Brooks.
Mrs R L Caldwell and daughter of Sanford Florida dined with Mrs E Locke Thursday. G D Locke A E Locke and Mrs J E Locke attended a Little Bethel singing. The Williams family mourns as Tommie Williams drowns near Hawkinsville. Rev J L Whitley preached at Mt Pisgah Sunday morning. J E and A E Locke aided Montezuma on Monday. Clyde Rayburn of Macon County visited their parents C M Bidir Sunday. Talmadge Kirksey and Miss Louise Weaver of Byromville married on June 13.
Herbert Eugene Brown son of Mrs Caroline Elder Brown of Barnesville is among outstanding students in America and his biography is listed in the 1986 37 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
This 1937 Sunday lesson surveys Genesis and Hebrews, tracing faith as a practical and divine trust. It links biblical figures Abraham Isaac Jacob Noah and Lot to the hall of fame in Hebrews and discusses faith as both reasoning and revelation, urging perseverance toward the eternal crown.
In Talbotton Georgia on June 20 Calvin Hodo a 47 year old Black man was struck and killed by a train on the A B and C tracks his mangled body found about 4 00 a m Sunday Will Smith located the body about a half mile from Talbotton station Hodo an employee of the Gibson McDonald Construction Company coroner evidence suggests he may have dozed on the tracks or been blinded by an oncoming headlight He was at the Talbotton station Saturday night to meet a train carrying a friend's body from Atlanta.
The text argues faith as a transformative, aspirational force rooted in Genesis and biblical history. It links faith to action, hope, and resilience, citing Joseph and Noah to show how belief shapes life, endurance, and ultimate reward, urging readers to exercise faith for eternal payoff.
J. A. Laffiteau a well known Savannahian plans to move this week to Ft Valley where he will operate a Western Auto Association store. He will be the owner and proprietor of the new outlet.
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