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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
1
The piece urges immediate effort over idle dreams with a musing on productivity and habit breaking. It notes the Cochran Journal’s 50th anniversary on June 19 and touches on delivery advances and summer heat. Local editors and community life are highlighted along with political year preparations.
John Henry Adams 56 died suddenly June 18 in a Macon hospital. Funeral at Mabel White Baptist Church with Rev. James Waters officiating. Adams, civil service employee at Warner Robins AFB, moved to Macon 25 years ago from Thomaston. Survived by wife Katie Smith two sons Rev. M. D. Adams and Billy Adams, a daughter, six grandchildren, six brothers and two sisters.
The local ASC Office announces 1958 oat price support at 72 cents per bushel for No 1 or 2 oats and a tie for No 3 oats. Premiums of one cent for heavy oats and two cents for extra heavy oats. Loans available on farm and warehouse stored oats, maturing February 28 1959.
Nancy Childs daughter of Mr and Mrs P B Childs earned a place on the Dean's List for the spring quarter as announced by Mercer College of Liberal Arts dean Dr Malcolm Lester. Noted is that 25 Macon students achieved the honor.
The pool is open all day weather permitting from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Reopens at 8:30 p.m. Social functions can be scheduled by request. The message invites patronage to meet financial obligations and invites suggestions or complaints to MARION COCHRAN and the Swimming Pool Committee.
Butler voters approved a 51000 bond issue by a 3 to 1 margin, 147 to 40, to fund a sanitary sewerage system and disposal plant costing about 175000. Debt repaid in 30 years with revenue certificates, plant to serve about 80 percent of residents and to be built near the Central of Georgia Railway depot.
Georgia lieutenant governor candidate Garland T. Byrd will be the principal speaker at Butler Labor Day events September 1 sponsored by the Butler Swimming Pool Authority. The celebration will include a beauty contest parade and a chicken barbeque with plans to make it the biggest city event in years.
Harry B. Vickers of Meigs was named secretary and treasurer, W. C. Lovejoy Jr. of Decatur resigned as editor of the Cracker Postmaster, and Clyde Hollingsworth of Sylvania was chosen to succeed him at the three day Georgia Chapter convention in Savannah.
The Reynolds High School campus hosts a summer canning operation named the Canning Plant. It runs Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and urges patrons to have products ready by 3 p.m. The facility includes for No 2 and No 3 cans, food prep, freezer lockers, lye peeling peaches and pears, corn cutter, steam blanchers, and preserving equipment. Key staff include H B Parks of Reynolds and Harold J Ragan of Butler Voc Agri Leader.
Butler High School graduates from 1937 plan a Sunday reunion at the local school cafeteria. Each member brings a basket lunch to be served at noon. All class members and families are urged to attend.
Three candidates qualified for the State Senate 23rd District in Taylor Crawford and Peach counties. Hugh G. Cheek seeks re election with no opposition for the General Assembly. Candidates for the Senate race are B. H. Walker Reynolds or Butler? and R. C. Brooks Reynolds and William H. Neisler Butler. The local primary date is September 10.
W J Wallace 89 died at his Roberta home June 18 after several months illness. Funeral Thursday at Roberta Methodist Church with Rev C T Lawhorne officiating. Burial in Roberta Cemetery. Survivors include wife Jack three sons Ernest Wallace Roberta Emmett Wallace Macon Edwin Wallace Warner Robins two sisters Mrs A J Johnson Sr Culloden and Mrs J P Nelson Oglethorpe and several grandchildren.
Incumbent Macon County Representative J. L. Scouter was nominated for a third term in the Democratic primary. Lewis Williams won the Macon County Commission seat from Montezuma with 1,211 votes, defeating G. W. Riddle and R. R. Beeland. Marvis Chapman was elected unopposed as commissioner from Ideal.
The North Georgia Methodist Conference selected Dallas Methodist Church in the Rome district as church of the year. The church raised its budget from 13 242 to 16 553 dollars last year under Pastor Mariam Sherrill. A 4 church charge that sent out two missionaries received charge of the year honors.
Grand and traverse jurors were drawn May 23 to serve at the July term of Taylor County Superior Court. Names include John Mims J H Turner R F Maddox Elie Peterman J Hugh Windham Guy Hill George Brady Samuel McCrary Mrs R E Aultman L Whitley Grady Gassett L C Hartman Norman Adams L B Strickland Merlin Kirksey H S Gates B W Hinton Jason Albritton O C Keen Jr Leo Anglia Ed Swearingen Jim Simmons Harvey Callahan Robert Wilson Tellie Taunton Hubert Kendrick Willie Colney E E Locke R L Brown A B Floyd William Neisler J A Payne H D Harmon Blanford Jarrell Hubert Arnold Irwin Jones L P Anthony Solon Callahan Tracy Hinton J A Musslewhite Co L Hart E A Newsom H H Gholson J C Haywood James C Hinton Woodrow Amos Herman Hill Clifford Whatley Jr G B Culverhouse Dick Windham J R Wilson M E Haywood Bill Bazemore H L Bickley Kenneth Barrow Ww J Braddy Hubert Young Elbert Locke W H Trussell.
Grady Pittard of Winterville was elected new commander of the Georgia Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars at Brunswick. He succeeds Wiley Griffin Jr. of Bainbridge. Other officers include William Poole Jr. of Butler as senior vice commander Gene Brown of Alma as junior vice commander and Walter McMillan of Sandersville as judge advocate.
The Buena Vista public is invited to a city park Independence Day event featuring a band concert at 5 p.m. and Hon. Garland Byrd of Butler delivering the main address at 5:30 p.m. A popularity contest tops off activities with a chicken barbecue at 6:30 p.m. and a dance to follow from 9 p.m.
Descendants of Joe Locke John Locke and George Locke plan a reunion at the American Legion Home in Butler on Sunday July 6. All invited to gather by 11 a m with several years since the last reunion and eager participation expected.
The Taylor County Holiness Camp Meeting will open at the Camp Ground near Butler on July 8 and run through July 13. Rev J M Wood says for the 1958 session evangelists and song leaders including Dr B C Gamble of Atlanta Dr Herber Burge Herring Ill Don and Jean Rollins of Wilmore Ky will appear. Daily schedule includes 11 am and 8 pm preaching prayer at 7 am Bible study 9 30 am children's service 3 pm and youth service 7 15 pm Missionary Day is July 10 with a noted guest speaker. For details write J W Lancaster 324 Person St Ft Valley Ga.
Mr Bobby Parks, a local businessman, buys the Shell Oil Service Station and Shell Oil Wholesale Distributing Agency from Hamp E Childres in Butler. Childres remains active with Childres Motor Company selling Rambler vehicles. Parks hires Sonny Edwards as attendant and invites the public to visit, branding the business as Parks Shell Service Station.
Hamilton Methodist church hosts the sub district lay meeting tonight with supper at 7 p m at the Harris County Home Demonstration Club House. Cataula guest speaker Mrs Ralph Hobbs, known for PTA work, will be the first woman to address the group. Committees listed include nominators and project organizers. pastors and lay leaders in Columbus District urged to attend with their groups.
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