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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
5
Georgia rural carriers urged to pay 1939 40 dues as state convention sets Savannah July 17 18 at Hotel DeSoto with special events dinners and tours. Walters president notes lodging rates at Portland Herman Hotel and invites members to attend with family and bring membership cards forauxiliary access.
Mrs A O Montgomery of Mauk dies June 1 1989. Delegates after May 30 district meet seek a Georgia headquarters hotel for the national Portland convention August 15 18. Efforts to secure reduced rates face peak tourist season and limited reservations. Herman Hotel Apartments 929 S Salmon St is named as the Georgia headquarters.
Macon Ga June 16 South Georgia Methodist Conference of Young People at Wesleyan Conservatory elected representatives for the conference board of education Billy Kirkland Columbus Edward Caruth Statesboro and ex officio member Jay Cumbas Columbus named new president Nominees include Jay Cumbas for jurisdictional board of education J F Wilson Macon for general board of education Carroll Tinsley Hazlehurst and Miss Lee Rees Savannah for general board of missions and conference board of missions Rev Silas Johnson Macon district superintendent announced they will have larger representation on boards under the united church program
The Ed Rivers Special train carrying hundreds of Georgians arrived in Washington for the World’s Fair. Notables greeted the party including Senator Walter George and Rep. Frank Whelchel. Mrs. Jill Taylor traveled on a stretcher, receiving comfort. Georgia press noted Governor and Mrs. George, Whitfield and stylistic attire, and Mrs. George’s Garden Party piece.
Athens Ga June 27 The annual training school for flock selecting and blood testing agents under the National Poultry Improvement Plan will be held at the University of Georgia Athens July 10 12 Attendance is free and applicants should file with Arthur Gannon Extension Poultryman University of Georgia Athens Others interested in blood testing and culling may file with Prof F B Mitchell head of poultry department University of Georgia Athens Classes begin 10 a m Monday July 10 with sessions Monday 10 12 30 and 2 5 80 Tuesday and Wednesday start 8 80 with lunch 12 30 2 p m No class Wednesday afternoon Exams for qualification will be held that afternoon Dr Hubert Bunyea will discuss pallorum blood testing and lecture on fowl pox hatchery sanitation and chick bronchitis He will be joined by D C Boughton A E Guinn C O Shivers R J Richardson J C Bell W A Lindy and others from the University of Georgia and related boards For further information contact Prof L E Mitchell Poultry Department University of Georgia Athens
Gainesville professor Dr. Pearce announced a new clue to Virginia Dare and the Roanoke Colony fate. A carved granite slab suggesting Elizabethean names could mark burial sites if authentic, following a quartz shard discovery far from Roanoke Island, shedding light on the vanished settlers.
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