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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1954
Page
4
Local items include a note on cotton production reaching sixteen million bales last year and reflections on social norms, fashion, and home life. Columns cite Dr. Pierce Harris, Eugene Anderson, and a Red Cross decision ending Bloodmobile visits to Columbus. Quotations from Franklin and Miller frame public thoughts.
Coffee County Georgia celebrates its 100th birthday in a lavish Centennial opening week. The weeklong events, spanning Monday to Saturday, highlight local pride as the South rallies around the milestone.
Clyde C. Morris, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Morris of Vienna, has passed the entrance exam for the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. He received the appointment from Congressman E L Forrester of the Third District.
Senator Spessard Holland of Florida will deliver the graduation address at Emory University on June 5. The university marks the third year of a ten year program to double its endowment from 21 million dollars.
A Jersey City pastor says Catholic churches could gain 20 000 to 50 000 dollars annually from bingo and raffles as the church wins licenses. The Catholic church was among the first to receive a gambling license amid the drive.
In Tazewell Marion County Georgia population 150 a new mayor Mrs Myrtis McMichael took office in February and launched a beautification drive. The town square school grounds cemetery and front yards are being spruced up reflecting strong civic pride and community spirit.
President Eisenhower and the First Lady flew to Richmond to attend services at St. Pauls Episcopal Church and then visited Fredericksburg to place a wreath on the grave of Martha Washington, commemorating the President's mother and marking National Home Demonstration Week, born from Dr. S A Knapps early farm wife movement.
The second annual conference runs June 13 to 19 at Camp Safety Patrol on Lake Black Shear near Cordele. Georgia Citizens Council sponsors the program and is inviting about 250 high school principals to designate student delegates.
Wesleyan Christian Advocate employees and families enjoyed an annual spring picnic at Regan's Park in Macon on Friday evening. The event honors faithfulness in the subscription campaign, with a watermelon cutting in summer also becoming a yearly tradition.
Nat Walker of Roberta declares entry in the September State Senate primary and hints at an Independent Democrat run for governor in November if defeated. He touts a platform aiding the poor and promoting honest capital, calls for law and order, and opposes the Ku Klux Klan.
The Greenville Meriwether community mourns the death of editor and publisher R. K. Stovall of the Vindicator who served 60 years in Florida and Georgia and died April 30. Judge Henry H. Revill recalls Stovall as a powerful force for good, faithful to God, whose work the town will revere. Mrs. Nell H. Stovall succeeds him in publishing the Vindicator.
Governor Talmadge proclaims Spring Clean-Up Week urging households and youths to remove trash and soot from chimneys while avoiding risky burning. The message stresses fire prevention, caution with hot ashes, and public awareness through a WLAW broadcast hosted by Zack Cravey and Bill Munday.
Barrett urges Korean veterans separated before Aug 20 1952 to enroll in GI training by Aug 24 1954 to continue, with two year window for those separated after Aug 20 1952. VA rules allow interruptions up to 12 months and specify actual enrollment by deadline. Local office at Taylor County courthouse offers forms and guidance.
For more than four decades Miss Mabel E Nesbit longtime Georgia journalist and central church member was laid to rest in a Sunday: funeral held at Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Nesbit joined the Atlanta Journal in 1908 later receiving a gold watch in 1948 as its oldest employee. She worked in national advertising and the main business office and retired in 1950 as a 25 Year Club member.
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