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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
8
A Georgia week summary notes a Fulton county convention in Atlanta on May 18, a new Thomasville municipal building opening, and diverse civic updates. It covers deaths, elections, farm and soil programs, infrastructure projects, and state welfare notes with multiple named places and people.
Glennville reports the U S Treasury sent World War veteran Lucius Kennedy a $1.65 check overdue since the war. Traveling allowance from Centaur to Savannah should have been $9.80, but Kennedy received only $8.15, leaving a balance.
Mrs Eddie King a 71 year old dressmaker sues Atlanta in Falton Superior Court for 25090 in damages after she slipped on a poorly placed concrete block while walking to visit a sick friend last June 25. She says the fall caused head injuries and has kept her from work.
Atlanta observance of National Hospital Day on May 12 at Veterans Administration Hospital No. 48 will also celebrate the 116th birthday of Florence Nightingale. Hospital Manager J. M. Slaton Jr. said the open house for the public runs from 2:30 to 5 p.m.
J. J. Pryor was named acting postmaster for Fitzgerald effective at the close of business Friday May 10 pending Senate confirmation. He replaces W. A. Adams who resigned to join the Federal Surplus Commodity Administration and will report to Washington May 15 to begin his new role.
Ashburn Georgia May 4 coroner's jury rules Arthur Keebler died by jumping in front of Southern Railroad train No 26. Sheriff Alex Story says Carroll, uncle of Keebler, was released after the verdict. The coroner's inquest concluded death by own action.
Charles M. Bailey 77 died from injuries after a fall four months earlier while living alone on the Macon road. He had been cared for by the county at Roberta. Survived by sister Mrs F J Smith of St Petersburg Fla and nephew C B Smith of Atlanta, addresses unavailable. Body at Webb Funeral House.
Swainsboro May 6 Editors in the First Congressional District vote to bar canned free publicity from candidates or agents when candidates or supporters rely on radio direct mail or other paid advertising excluding newspapers. Jim Coleman of Statesboro proposed the measure which 25 publishers adopted.
Thomaston R E Lee Institute will graduate 180 students on Tuesday night June 4 with Dr M S Pittman president of South Georgia Teacher's College Statesboro giving the main address Miss Pearl Traylor named valedictorian and Miss Lillian Gulledge salutatorian The baccalaureate sermon will be Sunday June 2 at 11 am in the high school auditorium by Dr Wallace Rogers pastor First Methodist Griffin Ga
Wesley Sherman 19, a Georgia Teachers College student in a CAA training program, fell 50 feet from a stalled plane during an instructional flight in Statesboro. He walked away shaken but unharmed after the craft made a pancake landing. instructor Larry Dobbs estimated damage at 300.
Ashburn Ga May 3 A coroner s jury investigated the death of Arthur Keebler 28 struck by a train two miles from Ashburn Sheriff Alex Story said Carroll uncle of Keebler was jailed pending the inquiry He said the men were on the track Keebler carried his year old boy when the train approached Carroll grabbed the child and jumped clear Keebler was killed instantly
Albany recounts a post tornado rebuilding surge with over one million dollars in permits issued and more expected. Builders report progress across the swept area as restoration continues, some projects completed, others just started or delayed due to sales.
Millville S A Manning chair of the Schley County high school board announced the re election of staff for 1910 41 terms. J M Palmer superintendent W K McDonald Abbeville principal high school Nellie Lamar Wort Valley Ruth Cheney Macon Carolyn Curry Mt Vernon Elizabeth Tillman Americus Mildred Stanfield Snead Willie B Wilson Butler Flo McGouirk Carrollton Geraldine Knighton Belevolent Marjorie Lanier Seperton Elizabeth Ross Gray John Lindsay Ellaville music teacher
Drunken drivers arrested in Macon during Monday to Wednesday will be sentenced by Judge C A Baldwin and Recorder G M Nottingham to attend a showing of the short subject Drunken Driving at the Capitol theatre. The film, part of Safety Week May 5 12 sponsored by the Macon Safety Council, depicts the consequences of drunk driving.
Albany Ga May 6 with back taxes paid in full the Radium Springs resort and adjoining lands south of Albany have been closed indefinitely Manager G F Alford Jr announced The resort opened April 15 1927 and features a golf course main lodge rap shooting club bridle paths residences a game preserve and other facilities The Barron Collier Estate paid delinquent taxes from 1935 to present on both sides of the Flint River which had kept the property delinquent
Senator George Il D Ga suffers from a fever and will stay at the Naval Hospital for a few days for a check up. Dr J E Paulin of Atlanta noted on his way home from Boston that the condition is not identified and he remains under care.
A dated draft invites interested residents to attend a general public meeting about a four program plan. It emphasizes cooperation and aims to present the best library initiative the state can offer, requesting public involvement and Pry completion.
Notice to interested persons that A J Cotney seeks to be discharged from guardianship of Mrs Lois Grace Parker. The document requests filings of any objections by the first Monday. If none, Cotney will be discharged from guardianship.
By virtue of a deed to secure debt to Alex Searcy and Ralph J. Brown, dated 1939, the Taylor County Georgia sale will occur at the Court House door in Butler on a Tuesday in June 1940. The property includes multiple parcels totaling about seventy acres, plus 28 acres, with complex lot divisions. The indebtedness secured is about 51,000 dollars with interest. proceeds go to satisfy the debt. The sale is conducted under the power of sale in the deed to secure debt. John L. Fort Wallth and C h. Stone, attorney.
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