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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1956
Page
4
The Butler Herald notes official summer start and discusses re routing U S Highway 19 through Albany. It reports a state wide drive to raise 80000 for Boys Estate elementary school and marks the Sidney Lanier toll bridge opening near Brunswick. The column touches on humor, manners, and tomato market practices in Georgia.
A colored man was arrested in a small Georgia town after authorities charged him with speeding drunk driving and reckless operation through the business district. He was jailed after the incident in a two horse wagon.
Eu gene Anderson recalls finding relief at Indian Springs for neuri tis and arthritis with springs water. He notes trouble opening airtight bottles due to metal stoppers and laments the decline of cork stoppers, recalling cork trees near the Mediterranean and memories of cork in Middle Georgia.
In Parkville Michigan Samuel N Sheppard aged 93 and Annie Miller aged 81, both elders who previously outlived multiple spouses, wed after he said he wished to settle old bills first. The wedding marks a late-life union for two long widowed partners.
A poem describes a typographical error slipping through before presses run. The boss recoils in horror while a copy reader frets, yet the rest of the issue may be flawless once the error remains the visible flaw.
The Florida and California primaries show Adlai Stevenson winning both states while Kefauver claims talk of victory. The nomination remains undecided as many states vote at the convention and Stevenson is favored to secure the Democratic nomination. Public mood hints at a possible change in national leadership if a Democrat follows Eisenhower.
A collage of remarks and brief items: Olin Miller jokes about wedding gifts and broom usage. Georgia and Albany notes on law, jail hygiene, and morale. a 155 year old claimed in the Caucaus. brevity in journalism examples. a Georgia teacher from Thomaston earning a master’s degree after long trips to Atlanta and Athens. Etowah Mounds exhibit plan advances with a temporary museum near the site in Cartersville.
King cotton remains a dominant economic force across the United States. The 1955 U S cotton crop totaled 14 721 000 bales valued at 2 382 billion dollars with 1954 at 2 301 billion. Industry warns that repeatedly bumper crops may not continue and reversals could come.
Proposals outline Georgia receiving between 64.1 million and 84 million dollars over the next two years from the federal highway construction program. A separate anecdote features a father teaching his son about why the law limits a man to one wife, noting it protects those unable to defend themselves.
The article notes that ordinary citizens, though distant from Washington, are as affected by congressional actions as the informed. It highlights current Middle East tensions involving Egypt, Arabia, and Israel, warning the situation could escalate into war and draw in Moscow, England, France, and the United States.
Miss Mary Wagner of Peoria Illinois and Oak Hill near Peoria became the 800000th visitor to the Little White House at Warm Springs Georgia this week. Manager J E Smenner escorted her to the gift shop where she chose an imported plate with the Little White House image and a copy of Shoumatoff unfinished portrait of President Roosevelt.
The Georgia Factory for the Blind at Bainbridge reports employment reaching 95 percent as production and sales rise. Other items on the docket show general satisfactory progress across a range of initiatives.
Miss Callie Maney of Atlanta wins first prize in a nationwide contest for describing Why I Like Coets cotton facial squares. Her entry was selected from more than 100000 submissions. Geo H Murphey of New Jersey, president of Personal Products Corp. presented the Studebaker at her home.
The Woodmen of the World Memorial Hospital in San Antonio Texas established 1953 to honor the society war dead is discontinued in favor of a TB treatment plan. The official closing date was May 1 and the last patient departed last week signaling the end of the old facility.
In Ideal Georgia on June 18 Mrs Randall Jinks cares for seven children including three sets of twins. She washes weekly, owns three washing machines, and facilities at the family Macon county farm. The children include Carol 13, Larry and Harry 10, Connie and Bonnie nearly 5, Cathy and Curtis 9 months. Mr Jinks works hard at farming and helps at night.
The Albany Herald notes a provocative question about why some affluent locals avoid investing in slow earning enterprises like offices or shopping centers while readily backing high interest loan outfits or dry county whiskey ventures. It suggests a critique of risky, high return schemes favored by society figures.
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