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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
8
The Georgia weekout reports the appointment of Laura W. Sherman as acting postmaster at Tennille. Also noted are deaths, honors, and local civic notices across the state including a Tennessee town, Atlanta figures, and remarks from various officials.
In Macon Georgia on June 22 farm workers in the peach belt completed loading 150 cars on Monday night and 109 cars since Saturday. Total shipments to date reach 488 cars.
A dry motorcade with representatives from every Georgia county will converge on Atlanta after Governor Rivers returns from California. The protest aims to press for enforcement of the state's dry laws and to demand that he be regarded as an honest man in leading the effort.
Vienna Ga June 21 Postmaster F A Adkins announced the post office will be advanced from third to second class rating on July 1. He said the move could lead to a new post office building within the next year if receipts warrant it.
Atlanta June 22 reports the State Supreme Court designated Chief Justice Richard B. Russell and Associate Justice Samuel C. Atkinson as official representatives at the unveiling of a memorial to the late Chief Justice Logan Bleckley in Clayton on Saturday July 3.
Griffin Georgia report states Harold Thompson 13, son of Mr and Mrs H H Thompson of Highland Mills, died from a bullet wound suffered in an accident. The playmate claimed the gun was unloaded and did not realize it was loaded.
Four armed suspects stopped a Richmond street car and two Virginia Electric Power Company cashiers in the West End before noon, escaping with 12 thousand 806 dollars and 23 cents, officials reported. The incident occurred on June 21 in Richmond, Virginia.
Thomas Williams aged 55 drowned in the Oemul River while attempting to cross in a boat near Hawkisville on Sunday. Witnesses said he could not swim and the body had not yet been recovered.
Atlanta June 22 Dr M D Collins state superintendent said libraries will be established in Georgia schools by the opening of fall terms this year A committee discussed arrangements for placing selected books in every county in Georgia.
Residents of St Simons Island Brunswick coastal resort planned to protest to federal officials the post office department change of the island name from St Simons to St Simon. The Brunswick News notes the reason for the change is unclear and has sparked local discontent.
Federal agents and local police hunted three notorious Indian fugitives Alfred Brady James Dal liver and Clarence Lee Shaffer on Tuesday near Atlanta. They were wanted for numerous holdups and the murder of a policeman driving a green sedan with Indiana license plates.
Vienna Ga June 21 A program celebrating Homecoming in Vienna has been planned for July 5 May or L N Mobley will be master of ceremonies at the program sponsored by the City Federation A barbecue dinner exhibits a ball game and a street dance are planned A country wide fashion show will be held under the direction of Mrs C C McKinley.
Gray Ga June 20 George Fowler driver of the car in which Iris Atchison Milledgeville was killed Thursday night is free on 500 bond charged with driving while drunk and speeding Sheriff J P Hawkins said he and Baldwin County Sheriff W J Harrison arrested Fowler Saturday at Milledgeville Fowler denied the charge Miss Atchison died en route to a Macon hospital Fowler received scratches about the leg Fred Thurmond Gray who rode with the couple was dismissed from Macon hospital The coupe overturned when lights of an approaching vehicle blinded Fowler
Atlanta reports a Washington conference between Senators Russell and George with President Roosevelt and Marion H. Allen yielding belief that Allen will be confirmed as collector of internal revenue for Georgia soon. The meeting also touched on not naming a successor to Allen as federal housing administrator.
Senator Walter F. George of Georgia said he will ask the Senate Finance Committee to recommend confirmation of Marion H. Allen as collector of internal revenue in Georgia and to name W. A. Sirman as federal housing director succeeding Allen. George criticized Allen’s opponents while noting he preferred R. Matheson for the post. He predicted a favorable report probably Monday, asserting the final issue demands his full effort.
Major John C. Carter was sworn in as acting director of the public safety department and began organizing a state highway patrol. He opened a temporary office in downtown Atlanta at Henry Grady Hotel and said applications must be filed by mail with forms available later in the week.
Americus Ga June 22 An investigation of road houses operating near Americus is under way by Sumter County board of commissioners The aim is to determine license and regulation requirements for these establishments A recommendation by the Sumter superior court grand jury brought the issue to attention and action on licensing is expected at the next commissioner meeting
Jeannette Wiley 21 of Cordele died in an Athens hospital one week after receiving her journalism degree from the University of Georgia. The Bessie Tift College graduate was among the top in her class and her father serves as Crisp County agent.
Elaborate plans are under way for the annual Pine Mountain Valley barbecue to be held Monday July 5. Dr Milton Jamison of Athens will deliver the address of the occasion. The Valley orchestra and trained community singers will render a program. A visitors nursery will be featured so children are cared for while adults enjoy the event. A Valley tour will be conducted to show visitors the full beauty of the community project.
Power Co resumed installing machinery and laying cable from Butler to the new dam two miles north. Governor Dorsey reappointed Walter E. Steed to the State Board of Education for a five year term beginning Sept 1, 1917. Taylor county sent its first quota of colored selectmen to Camp Gordon on Oct 7. Sheriff Beeland located Zach Smith, a fugitive in the 1914 Montfort killing, bringing him back to Butler. A reception committee will meet on arrival of Prof. Chas. R. Brown, the new school superintendent.
The message expresses gratitude for eminent visitors attending commencement activities, praising their selfless support and reflecting pride in hosting the gala event. It emphasizes sincere appreciation for the loving, sympathetic interest shown by attendees and hopes to leave them with fond memories of the evening.
A graduation keynote declares that the end of school restraints marks the start of real freedom. It reflects on personal responsibility, self discipline, and the need for sound judgment as graduates face independent life beyond college or home making. The speaker cites Richard Hovey poetry to frame the transition.
Retired state supreme court justice S P Gilbert announces his change of domicile from Columbus Muscogee County to Glynn County Georgia. He cites family losses and the sale of the family home as reasons and says no tax returns will be filed in Muscogee. He thanks Columbus residents for years of friendship and notes Sea Island as his new address.
Dawson Ga June 18 A Terrell county grand jury during the spring term urged the jail be kept in sanitary condition or that all prisoners be moved to another jail if immediate repairs cannot be done. This is the third such recommendation by the Terrell grand jury in as many sessions, highlighted as a key finding.
Hawkinsville Ga June 17 M Herschmann 41 prominent business man of this city died at his home yesterday after a lingering illness Born Baxter he married Fannie Bloomfield of Savannah For several years he resided in Hawkinsville where he owned and managed the United Department Store one of the largest in the city He was active in business and civic affairs and a member of Mt Hope Lodge No 9 F and A M and Shriner.
Miss Mary Beth Torrey of Hiberton Ga has been engaged by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for a five year term as a teacher in the Junior school for Missionary children to be opened in West Africa this autumn. The school will educate children of American Canadian and other foreign missions in a region with limited schooling. Torrey was born in Georgia and educated at Maryville College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, with studies at Columbia University and the University of Georgia.
A fragmentary passage reflects on paths of life and companionship. It speaks of meeting or parting, the unfixed course of men, and ends with a hopeful wish of luck from one heart to another, conveying timeless themes of unity and uncertainty.
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