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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
3
Butler Legion Post No 124 calls all members to a regular meeting Tuesday May 13 at 8 pm. Officers will be elected and plans for a Legion Home building will be discussed.
Bertha Gossett Hill, 29, serving life for poisoning her second husband Leroy Hill, married in jail to Wylie Gravitt, 21, a construction worker who met her during his own jail stay. The ceremony was conducted by Judge Carl Griffin in Rome. Gravitt was freed by a recent jury, and Bertha awaits a second appeal outcome. She will see her groom only on regular visiting days.
Ft Valley May 3 Miss Helen Hartley of Ft Valley has been chosen by the Institute of International Education as one of 200 U S students to attend a six week study program at the University of Oslo Norway. She will study Norwegian culture including literature customs and language. Hartley has taught at Dodge High School in Eastman for the past year and is the daughter of Mrs W S Hartley.
The War Assets Administration transferred a 245 acre airport to Perry and Houston County for free. The facility sits four miles northwest of Perry near the Perry Fort Valley highway and includes two runways 4,100 and 3,400 feet long.
Mrs. J A Chastain of Thomasville won first prize with the rose The Peace in the 26th annual Thomasville Rose Show. It marked her second straight top award, with Mrs J C Scott and Mrs C C Cocroft tying for first among growers with over 100 bushes, and Mrs D R Pringle and Mrs J L Briley tying for those with under 100. A Thomasville High School band concert and a VFW dance highlighted the event.
State officials seeking re election join U S Senator Russell and 10 Georgia Congressmen backing a single Democratic primary in Georgia Gov M E Thompson opposition and debates over eligibility fees and double primaries involve Chief Justice Jenkins Justice Atkinson Judge Felton Judge Townsend and Public Service Commissioners Perry and Knight Augustus Roan challenges Townsend cap off a heated party dispute with calls for limiting the primary to one ballot in 1946.
Albany May 3 The Georgia Press Association board voted to hold the 1947 convention at the DeSoto Hotel in Savannah on August 6 and to conduct a post convention trip to Cuba. President Belmont Dennis said about 250 newsmen and their wives are expected to participate.
Sylvania Ga May 6 Sheriff Crumley reports an escaped Negro convict abducted and attacked two white women one with her three year old son present. the suspect James Brown about 25, an escapee from Bulloch county road gang serving time for forgery. He was captured and taken to Stone Prison at Reidsville for safekeeping.
The Butler P T A sponsors a barbecue at the Home Ec room on Thursday night May 15 from 7 to 9. Plates are 75 cents. Home made pies, a cake walk, and special band music are planned.
Stout of Parkersburg West Virginia says TEOL has been very pleasing with one customer praising it as the first relief in six years. A 35-cent back guarantee applies in one hour if not completely pleased. Locally available at Porter's Drug Store.
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