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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
4
A survey reports Georgia families hold 7 348 000 life insurance policies providing 5 581 000 000 in protection at the start of the year, up from 5 009 000 000 a year earlier. The piece also touches on alimony disputes, a court case involving Lolita Lebron, and social observations on marriage ages and expenses.
The piece notes Sunday as Father’s Day, first observed in Spokane in 1910 and nationally recognized since 1924. It mentions a disputed origin involving an angry mother and the choice of a commemorative flower, with carnations dismissed and a rose adopted after debate.
A new beef product mimics pork bacon in look smell and taste and hit Colorado markets in January. It is cured by a dry cure method and sold 55 cents a pound in slab and 75 cents for packer and sliced. The government bans the term bacon for cow meat and the product uses a different name.
The 1954 Father’s Day theme urges fathers to model discipline kindness and spiritual life for children. It stresses leadership in community involvement self reliance and preparation for the future to foster true good citizenship in a free society. The piece from the Tifton Gazette frames a father’s duties as foundational to family and civic life.
The passage, attributed to The Gillcrafter, reflects on life’s paradoxes. It notes that people face judgment in every phase from youth to old age, with rewards and faults shifting with wealth, religion, politics, and charity. It concludes that society labels men by contrasting traits.
A reprinted prayer for Doctor's Day appears in this notice. The verse seeks healing sight, a healing touch, wisdom, tenderness, and strength to follow Christ’s example in medical service. Its anonymous authorship links to church bulletins from Monticello Arkansas and Atlanta Georgia.
The Columbus Ledger Enquirer reflects that Albert L. Patterson died a martyr in Phenix City while campaigning for Alabama Attorney General on a pledge to clean the town. The paper condemns Phenix City as the killer, hoping the assassin is captured and punished by law.
Susie Cotney writes to praise or critique on Senator McCarthy and press coverage. She questions proof of charges against Communists, cites Capitol violence, and asks why Macon papers condemn McCarthy while praising other coverage. She defends the committee and asks for authorities behind editorials.
A cautious notice warns about drownings in inland lakes ponds and rivers as careless swimming leads to tragedy. Parents are urged to warn children and stress water safety during vacations and outdoor recreation.
William B. Dillingham of New York prepares a long seaward voyage in a French four door midget sedan. He estimates a 15000 mile route passing Algeria the Sahara Nigeria French Equatorial Africa Belgian Congo Kenya Tanganyika Northern and Southern Rhodesia Union of South Africa Southwest Africa Portuguese West Africa Spanish Guinea Gold Coast Liberia Sierra Leone Rio de Oro and Morocco.
Betty Barclay suggests a bright easy gelatin dessert for a club meet. Peach Delight uses orange gelatin peach juice diced peaches and whipped cream with almond flavor and yields six servings.
A reader named Mrs Comey writes to the Herald editor to dispute being labeled active in politics. She notes her disinterest in politics, reflects on postwar party dynamics, and argues for faith, patience, and unity under God amid national debates and war memories.
Cotton expert urges weekly field checks for boll weevils and bollworms after recent heat. If 10 percent of squares are punctured, apply four poison treatments at five day intervals to cover the pest life cycle. Watch for bollworm eggs. apply 10 percent DDT if present.
U S Senator Lester C Hunt of Wyoming, aged 61, died Saturday after firing a 22 caliber bullet into his brain at his Senate Office Building desk. Senators cited cancer of the kidney as a factor. Coroner MacDonald ruled death by own action. Hunt left three notes blaming despondency over illness, including one to his wife Emily who collapsed at the hospital.
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