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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
2
Reynolds County residents said to have visited family and friends across Macon Savannah Jacksonville Jefferson Thomaston and Waycross. A Boston fisherman reported four fish weighing forty two pounds caught off the Atlantic Coast in three hours.
Three women in Americus are invited to join Avon and start earning immediately. The opportunity promises good money by representing Avon products and building a home business.
The Gordon Carson Chapter UDC held its June meeting hosted by Mrs. S J Tankersley and Mrs. E B Swearingen at Mrs. Swearingen’s home. Officers reported for the year as the last gathering until September with three visitors present. Little Miss Tankersley performed piano pieces and was among the guests, as hostesses provided sandwiches cookies and punch.
Worship at Trinity Free-Will Baptist Church at 11 a m on the 2nd and 4th Sundays each month. Rev R B Mc Fadden of Macon delivers good old time Gospel messages. All are urged to attend.
OGLETHORPE The old jail in Oglethorpe Macon County will be demolished and replaced with a modern one story building designed to United States Department of Prisons recommendations. County attorney W T Roberts said plans and specifications have been submitted to the Board of Commissioners for demolition and construction. Architect is T Firth Lockwood of Columbus.
A Georgia couple aged 87 and 84 from Athens celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary by flying to Heidelberg Germany to visit their soldier son and tour 10 European countries. They had never flown before and were greeted in Frankfurt by Lt. Col. Glenn E. Fant, the U S Army in Europe public relations officer.
Georgia’s State Patrol will mount a four day enforcement drive over the July 4 holiday with 440 officers, unmarked cars, aircraft, radar, and roadblocks to curb violations. Officials predict 25 deaths and 241 injuries in 579 crashes statewide though the force vows to prevent loss of life and emphasizes courtesy on the roads.
Aaron B. Holland of Bainbridge Georgia seeks $600 000 in Fulton County Superior Court alleging blindness from an explosion of a cleanser Cen tro 46 in a dairy parlor. He names Center Chemical Sanford Oxford Sanfax and Nat Sandler Dave Center as Sanfax partners. Holland has about 2 percent vision after a corneal graft. The blast damaged a 10 foot diameter ceiling in the dairy. A Cleveland case recently awarded $130,000 to a man blinded by a similar Sanfax product at a slaughter house.
Henry D. Hank Struble assistant to the director of the Department of State Parks has been named Georgia State Employee of the Year. He is 38 and won a $100 U. S. Savings Bond and a plaque after being nominated by John W. Wilkes. Struble led state departments in the Easter Seal Drive and serves on the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission.
Classified ad lists a 1956 V-8 Ford F-500 1% ton 12ft platform body and a 1957 V-8 Dodge 3/4 ton heavy duty pickup, both in excellent condition. Contact phone FA 7-6571 in Columbus Georgia.
Property listing on Broad Street offers a 3 bedroom house for rent or sale in Butler Georgia. Contact N 2 3475 E. J. Stinson. Pond draining event set for July 4 at 10 00 A M sharp. Edwards Lake 1242 acres offers bass catfish bream pond mullet one mile north of Butler off Highway 19 with five dollar entrance fee.
Athens Ga June 22 James L Farr 30 rushed to a breezeway fire linking a store and a trailer and smashed a door window to pull Mrs Hughie White and awaken her husband and two sons John 16 and Jack 23. The trailer and breezeway burned while the brick store was saved by firemen.
Classified items list a three bedroom rental in Byrd subdivision Butler and requests a civic minded local correspondent for Dun and Bradstreet work in Butler Georgia. Also offers and asks about gas water heater and heater units and a mahogany bedroom suit for sale plus a kerosene heater. Wishing to buy small farm or acreage James H Williams Charing Georgia invites descriptions and price.
Five piece mahogany bedroom set in like new condition includes bookcase bed box springs inner spring mattress chest of drawers and triple dresser. Contact Mrs Ed A Childres at UN 2 2725 in Butler Georgia.
Two story house featuring ten rooms and two baths sits in the heart of Reynolds on six city lots with abundant trees and shrubbery. A tenant house is in the rear. Contact C. E. Marshall Reynolds Georgia.
TR Tanoc Singer Sewing Machine Repair offers repairs for all makes with guaranteed results. Free in home estimates available through McKenzie Furniture Co. Contact UN 2-4665.
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