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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
8
The Fulton County Juvenile Court annual report details 1948 findings and actions. It notes 2 160 complaints, 1 178 delinquency cases, 175 youths in care, and only 10 returned to training schools. Judge Woolfolk cites parental influence and emotional needs as core factors.
Judge C W Worrill ruled Saturday that Randolph County Sheriff T E Faircloth may remain in office despite questions about his legal residence. The quo warranto action, brought by T C Ingram and Homer Lockett, aims to bar his tenure, with an appeal likely to the state supreme court.
Judge Woolfolk lauded his team of 11 probation officers, 6 clerks, and 11 detention home workers. He credited the year’s work with a clear gain in reducing juvenile delinquency and broken homes in the county.
Robert E. L. Majors, longtime editor of the Claxon Enterprise and former Georgia Press Association president, sells the weekly to M. E. Beckerman of Swainsboro. Transfer takes effect May 2, ending a 30 year family ownership dating to 1922. Beckerman’s Swainsboro Forest Blade partners E. Gray and Bob Gentry acquire the stake, while Majors retires due to health.
Britt Gary son of the late Senator Dr. Loren Gary won the race to fill the unexpired term in Georgia for the 12th Senatorial district representing Stewart Webster and Quitman. He defeated Bill Ogletree by about a hundred votes in Tuesday's general assembly election.
In Oklahoma and northern Texas a wild string of tornadoes left at least 10 dead and more than 70 injured. Oklahoma damage may exceed 2 million dollars with unconfirmed reports of Guardsmen killed and another missing. Tornadoes struck Fannin county Texas and 13 Oklahoma communities through the night.
Thomasville claims the United States largest live oak but Bainbridge disputes the claim. Measurements show the Bainbridge tree at 23 feet 10 inches in girth, 70 feet tall, and a 160 foot limb spread, while the Thomasville oak is 21 feet 6 inches in girth with a dead limb about 10 feet high. The Bainbridge tree reportedly requires no guy wires.
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