Local Happenings Highlight Taylor County Life
Local residents move through hospital stays travel and visits with friends and relatives. Mrs E B Shehee returns home after treatment at the local hospital as Paul Curtis recovers from an appendectomy. Families and neighbors share updates from Reynolds to Griffin with tours, weddings, and garden variety news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Shehee
Jack Albritton
Paul Curtis
Paul
Ernest Davis
Macon
Mr. Davis
Georgia Vets Awarded 136.5 Million in 1961 Benefits
Georgia veterans and families received 136.5 million in federal benefits in 1961, up 7 million from the prior year. The Georgia Veterans Service Department aided 80 percent of processed claims, with 87,000+ recipients including veterans and survivors. Benefits covered disability compensation pensions GI insurance education and GI loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Veterans Service
Peter Wheeler
Department of Veterans Service
The
Veterans Administration
Georgia Veterans Service Department
Veterans Service Department
Association G. A. Rally Planned for May 14
The Friendship Association G A Rally will be held at Ellaville Baptist Church on May 14 at 7 30 p m. Missionaries to Spain Rev and Mrs Russell Hilliard will speak. All girls aged 9 to 16 in the Friendship Association are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Baptist Association
G. A
Ellaville Baptist Church
Russell Hilliard
Spain
Ellaville
Friendship Association
Waller and Stephens Union Celebrated at Second Baptist
Mrs Jewell Wisham Waller and James L Stephens married at 3 30 pm April 22 at Second Baptist Church Warner Robins Rev Rastus Salter officiated. The couple will reside in Warner Robins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Jewell Wisham Waller
James L. Stephens
Rastus Salter
Second Baptist Church
Warner Robins
H. S. Wisham
L. D. Stephens
Mr. Stephens
Cummings
Carmen Helman
Eleanor Mach
O. H. Stephens
J. L. Turner
Atlanta
Arthur Cox
Ellis Felker
Gregory Turner
Sheryl Griggs
Wanza Wisham
la Grange
Sabrina
Wisham
Stephens
John R. Griggs
Butler Bears clinch Region 4-0 South crown in baseball
The Butler Bears defeated Ellaville and Unadilla to win the Region 4-0 South championship. They posted a 7-1 region record, with wins over Reynolds Unadilla Roberta and Ellaville, and losses only to Ellaville. Lead pitcher Carey Gassett went 5-0 in the regular season. Hamp Harris 2-1 in region. Team leaders include Mike Almgren Howard Locke Gary Hobbs James Payne and John Childs. The squad will face the Region 4-C North winner the week of May 15-19 to decide the state tournament berth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Bears
Ellaville
Unadilla
Bears
Reynolds
Roberta
Carey Gassett
Hamp Harris
Mike Almgren
Howard Locke
Gary Hobbs
James Payne
John Childs
Hillery Bone
Jerry Allman
Wayne Cox
Jimmy Tabor
Freeny Posey
Charles Moulton
Butler
Welcomed Visitors Here Wednesday in Local Note
The article notes a Wednesday visit by Mr. R. L. Burns and his son-in-law Dr Sullivan of Carnesville Ga and Mr Victor Bartlett of Washington DC. The community extends a warm welcome to these former citizens and to others visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
R. L. Burns
Sullivan
Carnesville
Victor Bartlett
Washington D. C
Card of Thanks to Local Community
John James thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy during his hospital stay after surgery. He appreciates cards flowers visits and the doctors and hospital staff for efficient service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John James
Poetry as Journal of a Sea Creature on Land
A reflective line compares poetry to a sea animal that lives on land and longs to fly, attributed to Carl Sandburg. The image evokes longing, transformation, and the paradox of belonging across realms.
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Carl Sandburg
Tips in Making Yeast Bread by Mary E Jarrell
Mary E Jarrell offers practical yeast bread guidance from identifying yeast activity to kneading rising and baking. She explains dough gluten formation kneading texture doubling in bulk punching down shaping and oven timing for a moist tender loaf with notes on freezing and frosting handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Jarrell
Mary Edith Jarrell
Son of Former Butler Citizens Has Freak Incident
John Stewart Pennington, three year old son of Atlanta Journal star reporter John Pennington, was hospitalized in Atlanta after swallowing a pecan kernel. A bronchoscopy removed the object as the boy’s right lung partially collapsed. Physicians warn to keep pins and small objects away from children and to call a doctor immediately if swallowing occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart Pennington
Atlanta Journal Star
John Pennington
Smyrna
Taylor County Scs
Ponce de Leon Infirmary
Atlanta
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W. H. Stalnaker
M. Carl Giles Sr
Tallahassee, Fla
Elaine Posey
Forsyth
Betty Purvis
Albany
F. E. Posey
Elyla Richards
Mary E. and
Janie Neisler
Ed Hollis
Mary Sawyer
Rupert
Mercer Smith
Bobby
San Antonio
Texas
Leslie Taunton
W. T. Austin
Jack Jones
Cochran
Jesse Austin
Varie
Pattie
Darlene
Hazel Groves
Lansing, Mich
Gravenbourg Rd
Bob Cochran
Cleve Spillers
Army
Eng. Bat
Army National Guard
Taylor County National Guard
Walter Wilson
Sheffield
Ala
Bill Powell
Birmingham
Harold Grile
Munice, Inc
Ronald Hallock
Des Moines
Iowa
University of Ga
Athens
Savings & Loan
Emmett Wilson
Tom Fountain
Florida
Nassau
W. A. Lunday
Cairo
Lundy
Taylor County
Monticello
Perry
Leesburg
Fla
Miami
S. S. Florida
Carrol
Carroll
John Reaves
Woodbury
Robert Haubard
Lewis Graty
Griffin
James
Barrel OF
Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Haiti
A&l &S
Sones
Herp
Ron
Leconte Thrasher
U.S
Mrs. Waller
Verna Griggs
Willis Red & White Super Market
Butler, Georgia
Brewer's Building Construction
Floyd A. Brewer
Citizens State Bank Georgia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Flint Electric Membership Corporation
NRECA
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