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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1961
Page
7
The column lists numerous social visits and travels across Georgia. Residents from Macon, Thomaston, LaGrange, Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Sheffield visited relatives or hosted guests in cities like Macon, Thomaston, and Plains. Notable names include Irene Peed, Helen Dunwoody, Kay Theus, Ethel Chapman, and H D Taunton.
Rural Geneva church worker Miss Gwinette Suggs will be among about 400 attendees at the Third Quadrennial Methodist Deaconess Convocation May 9 to 12 at Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana. Delegates from the United States Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico will discuss the heritage present status and future of the deaconess movement. The theme Our Mission Today will be explored in addresses services and panels with Dr Lawrence Toombs delivering the keynote What It Means to be a Methodist.
Mr. Carter's eighth grade students showcase an advanced exhibit inviting visitor viewings. Mr. Marchman urges complete student immunization for September entry. High school pre registration is planned for next week. Mrs. Hicks announces a May 9 dance recital, moved from May 5. Seniors enjoyed a day at Little Bethel Church, thanking the congregation. The High School Athletic Funds support repairs to elementary swings. FFA boys built oak seats donated by Mr Royce Whatley who receives special thanks. Jerry Jarrell of the class of 1959 earns Dean's List at Ga Tech.
Georgia churches are urged to sponsor Soil Stewardship Week observances May 7 14 with guidance from Emory University chaplain Dr G Ross Freeman. Ministers may issue sermons articles and radio devotionals stressing land stewardship and conservation values.
Over five years 57 FFA Chapter members have received purebred breeding stock through the Pig Chain Program. More than 150 offspring have been sold as breeding stock, with several members earning Blue Ribbon gilts and a Grand Champion boar at the Columbus Fair. Names of recent recipients include Mayne Cox Hallie Taunton Garey Harris Ricky Layfield Ronnie Parker Wallace Carpenter and Milton Layfield.
The 1961 feed grain program applies only to corn and grain sorghum producers. For farmers growing barley oats or rye as other feed grains, participation is based on 1959 and 1960 corn and sorghum records to determine required diversion, payment rates, and eligibility for price support. Nonparticipants gain no 1961 price support and rely on normal market outcomes, while cooperators may receive advance payments and guaranteed income from diverted acreage. Farmers should contact their County ASC Committee promptly.
Farmers suffering crop losses from recent heavy rains and high winds can apply for emergency loans. FHA County Supervisor Ralph L. Petree announced loans are available in 71 counties including Crawford Peach and Taylor.
Evelyn Gill expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for prayers, inquiries, gifts, visits, and cards during and after her hospital stay. She asks God's richest blessings be with each reader as her prayer.
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