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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
11
The Butler Herald is issued as official Taylor County publication, edited by Chas Benns Jr and published by F Cox with business management. The paper appears every Thursday and notes that balanced budget discussions in Washington reflect lingering memories of past eras.
The Post Office Department doubles its schedule to twelve new commemorative stamps including Roosevelt Memorial Iwo Jima Navy Coast Guard and Texas Centennial issues with release dates from June to December First day covers and delivery details to be sent to Washington Hyde Park and Warm Springs according to the plan
A reflective note questions why a boy should be polite to his parents who themselves were impolite and why people should expect ongoing blessings from God if they do nothing for Him. The piece links manners, family respect, and divine favor in a moral everyday context.
A writer calls for a college to award honorary degrees to the thermometer and to lower the public’s temperature. The appeal targets law enforcement through to ordinary citizens, urging calmer civic discourse and less strain on authorities.
In food rationing the greatest inconvenience is lard unavailability. Meat shortages rise but real distress comes from lard missing from the local market. A group of local citizens is carrying their relief appeal directly to Washington.
Governor Arnall earns broad support for suspending income taxes up to 1500 dollars for service members. The move covers the period until the next legislative session, with expectations that the legislature will approve and extend it indefinitely.
Dawson notes that soft drink dealers receive only half of 1941 sugar quotas, prompting a return to homemade lemonade. Stores once offered self-serve lemonade from a bucket, a practice phased out by bottled drinks. now honey or syrup may be used to sweeten.
We congratulate Taylor county boys and girls from seventh grade through high school for their efforts in saving the peach crop from waste. Credit for picking packing and shipping will go to energetic school children. we hope they have time to rest and socialize before returning to school.
The 1943 Comspus Bureau report places Atlanta ninth in U S cities for homicides with 71 deaths, behind New York Chicago Detroit Baltimore Philadelphia Los Angeles Washington Houston and New Orleans. Columbus tops the nation. Atlanta under 100000 population records 25 homicides showing some improvement but still poor.
The Christian Science Monitor notes farm wives convert feed sacks into house dresses as burlap shortages push stock food bags toward prints and fashion. Brand names are hand painted to wash off, while farm women increasingly control stock food purchases to match their fabric designs.
Uncle John Holder recalls a message Thomas Edison sent to a youth gathering emphasizing single minded effort, resting only when necessary, and returning to work with renewed interest. He frames failures as finger posts guiding toward the right path and notes these principles have guided him over the years.
Monroe Advertiser editor J H Clarke discusses heavenly marriage and cites Poe and Forsyth divines on whether there will be wedding bells in heaven. He notes religious arguments about celestial matrimony and ponders the fate of married souls and angelic matrons.
The report notes two top Okinawa generals were killed as organized resistance ended. It highlights Okinawa as Japan’s largest captured land area and a springboard for potential land assaults on Japan proper. The text stresses a bitter, protracted struggle ahead if invasion proceeds.
The Ft Valley Leader-Tribune reports a sensational Waycross case where a judge refused a wife a divorce after she refused to move into a cabin near her husband’s work. The piece in a satirical tone notes the husband as head of the household and hints at ongoing questions about the ruling.
The San Francisco Conference ends with a charter for world security and peace. Fifty governments reached agreements reconciling views across language and race, offering a blueprint for a lasting international structure. President Truman will present the charter to the Senate for rapid ratification, backed by the American people.
J. D. Jones reflects in his Take It or Leave It column on how prewar Georgia farms produced abundant food, how Sherman’s destruction drained resources, and how the postwar shift to cotton impoverished soil and left barns empty. The piece ties past cycles to current rural condition.
A Reverend essay discusses aligning loyalties to avoid conflicts between personal, social, and church duties. It cites a preacher who left insurance to serve his true calling and warns that divided loyalties hinder good works. The piece closes with Carlyle’s insight on finding life’s true task and loyalty.
A subscriber requests changing the newspaper delivery address from the fourth house below the power house to the little cabin behind the CAA garage by the new house. The note specifies a location shift and describes landmarks to locate the new address.
The Tifton Gazette reports creation of an eye bank to provide hospitals and qualified surgeons with fresh preserved corneal tissue for grafts. It seeks to expand skills, establish salvaged eye sources, and eventually restore sight to many blind due to corneal damage.
E L Gammage of the Tri County News urges understanding of drunkenness as a social problem. He argues liquor use stems from life pressures and that indirect, pleasant social remedies reduce drinking more than direct scolding. He cites Americus barbershop incident and calls for community support.
A Negro girl who habitually buys the paper admits owing for a prior week. She explains delay was due to unable change and says it pays to be honest. The piece reflects on honesty as a guiding principle and cites Bulloch Times and Rev. Garrison on virtue and civic betterment.
The War Price and Rationing Board holds rationing currency for Greenberry Russell, Tommie Joyce, Willie Frank Walker, Katie Lee Turner, N. L. Hand, Mozelle Hill, Hugh H. Watson, Joyce Corbin, Tom Dent, Herschel Bloodworth, Willie Norman Mathis, Ida Sweet Drain, Tillie Lockhart, William Heath, and Louise Moore. They may call the office or send new addresses to receive the currency.
An election will be held Friday July 20 1945 in every Taylor County school district to fill all vacancies on local boards of trustees. All qualified voters may participate. Returns will be filed for consolidation by the County Board at its next regular meeting. Authorized by the Taylor County Board of Education.
The appraisers on application of Mrs Jennie Grey Ruffin Weaver widow of J M Weaver deceased file their return. All persons concerned are cited to show cause at the next regular July term of this court why the twelve months support should not be granted. This 4th day of June 1945 J R Lunsford Ordinary.
Citation in Taylor Superior Court requires Rosa Gertrude Edge to appear July 2 1945 to answer N P Edge's total divorce suit. Judgment by default possible. Witness Judge T Hicks Fort. Clerk Thelmon Jarrell. May 23 1945.
Cedelius Dixon sues Dorothy Dixon in the Superior Court of the county for a total divorce. Dorothy Dixon is cited to appear on July 2, 1945, to answer the plaintiff's complaint. The order is dated May 7, 1945.
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