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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
5
Edgar Guest's verse anchors a call for group duty among postal carriers and families. The piece lauds pioneers who built progress, urges dues and support for the Garments Association and Ladies Military, and stresses unity under One for All and All for Each to advance the group and community.
Mrs N I Land, state auxiliary president, thanks friends for support during illness and urges districts to work hard for record membership. She asks carriers wives to explain the widow's annuity and cheap insurance, to enlist help, and to bring in new members by May 30 with a prize for the winning district.
A memorial note dated April 26 honors the wives of regular substitute and retired Rural Letter Carriers of the Fourth District. It asks readers to remember the women who cheered the carriers and notes the carriers travel in all weather without martial music in service to the community.
Mrs Land's improvement noted as the Fourth District Auxiliary urges carrier families to join and bring at least one new member. The Warm Springs gathering on May 31 features a barbecue dinner, a family friendly program, and a pledge to boost support for rural carriers and their wives.
Mrs G H Ivey urges rural and auxiliary carriers in the Second District to attend the Camilla convention on May 31. She notes plans reported in Camilla and recalls Cairo previous meeting decisions to use the Rural Carriers song more often, offering copies for 25 cents via J D Rodehoaver. Attendees should bring copies to the Camilla event and ensure wives join the Auxiliary.
Information reaches the secretary's office that Bro. H. W. Bishop of Lithonia suffered facial bruises and lacerations when another automobile struck his vehicle on Monday April 26. He remained off duty about a week. Friends are glad injuries were not more serious.
The article explores post‑purchase plans for the Watson memorial estate including restoring furnishings from Mr. Watson’s lifetime, creating a museum of carrier equipment, and developing a park with trees, a lake, and golf links to make it a premier southern showplace attracting visitors.
A campaign led by Gordon H. Thompson, president of the Rural Free Delivery Foundation, urges carriers to fund a memorial atop a planned beecherty site in Georgia. The effort targets May deadlines, with district plans and receipts to be submitted after May 31, aiming to beautify grounds tied to the late Georgians who conceived Rural Free Delivery. The drive seeks broad carrier participation and promises a lasting memorial if funded.
Mosquitoes transmit malaria by biting an infected person and later feeding on another person, delivering the malaria parasite into the new host’s bloodstream. This process enables the parasite to reproduce inside the mosquito and then infect subsequent victims.
Washington May 10 Congressman Stephen Pace of Americus urged a united front to win authorization for a new Georgia veterans hospital before wading into site disputes. Pace said focus must be on securing authorization from the Veterans Administration and Congress, and that location debates should wait until after support is assured. He stressed urgent need for more facilities and vowed to push General Hines and lawmakers to back the project, arguing the Third district needs the hospital within its borders.
The body of Ray Holloway, former Ellaville resident, who drowned in a New Mexico lake, was sent home for funeral services. A twelve day search ended. his brother Harris Holloway Jr. arrived from Charlotte to aid in the search. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1 pm at the Baptist church with Rev. R. C. Howard and Rev. L. T. Rogers officiating. Survivors include his widow and a daughter, his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holloway, a brother, and Mrs. Marcus Perry of Ellaville.
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