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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
8
The notice announces Austin's lake will open Thursday May 11 inviting picnics fishing and outings. No motor boats allowed and swimming permitted at own risk with no insurance. A play pond for children is built and fishing season runs May 11 to June 30 with daily permits $1 or season $10.
Lake Sinclair Plant Co announces a nationwide contest inviting 4 H ers FFA members farmers and others to grow tomatoes from four vines. The top producer wins $25 while all entrants receive four tomato pots and can deliver ripe or processed produce. Register with $1.00 and await delivery details.
The Hawkinsville Methodist church opens after completion of a $135000 structure. May is set for a month of opening celebrations with events, including a May 7 morning service featuring the Girls Glee Club from the Methodist Home in Macon. Prof H A Losson supervises the girls from South Georgia's Methodist Home for orphans. Also noted is a revival of the Tammany Club in Atlanta by former members, aiming to support a public official candidate.
Speaker urged restoring pre 1950 election laws to block a perceived machine rule in Georgia. The speech claimed election law rigging by the Talmadge administration and warned parties had adjourned and officials chosen to keep Georgians under masters, not servants. A Griffin child Dianne Bethune, 4, died with eight others injured in a head on crash near Macon. Injured include Sara McKennie 19 Griffin Lee Bethune 44 Thomaston Mrs Gertrude Bethune 43 Thomaston C A Bethune 30 Griffin Carolyn Bethune 18 Thomaston Carmen Bethune 8 Griffin and Mrs C A Bethune Griffin.
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