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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
3
The page records numerous Sunday visits and social gatherings in Whitewater area households, listing names such as Mrs. Winnest lit, Bud Theus, Rev. and Mrs. annoy, Mr. and Mrs. Wisham, and Ora Barrow among others. It also reports William B. White, 70, prominent local businessman, dying on Tuesday.
Community members from Butler and nearby towns visited relatives and friends across Pinehurst Montezuma and Columbus. Notables include Ruby Rustin and Poy Rustin in Macon, Rev C L Wall in Pinehurst, and Duke Pittman on U S Navy leave. Also Mary Wall Jean Lancaster Mary Turner and Wyman Harris appear in visits and gatherings. Approximately 650000 acres of peanuts harvested by Georgia farmers last year.
Five Points resident Miss Ethel Jarrell spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs W A Jarrell. Thomas ton visitors included Mr and Mrs C W Trice Mrs F and Mrs W B Colquitt Janice and Preston Sanders. Thomaston hosts included Mr and Mrs Britt McChargue and children and Mr and Mrs Harper Moore and children. Blanford Jarrell of Butler spent the weekend with the Jarrells. Mrs Henry Jarrell visited Thomaston Tuesday with Cecil Pitts. G B Jarrell and Cecil Pitts households were in Thomaston Saturday and Monday visits continued with Mr Henry Jarrell.
Reynolds residents hve a social weekend with Mrs Willie Suggs Mrs J D Jarrell and guests. Mrs Phillip Jarrell visited her mother Mrs W B Colquitt in Thomaston on Saturday. Emily Jarrell and other relatives joined Sunday gatherings at S J Jarrell. Several residents traveled to Thomaston to see Gone With The Wind at Silertown Theatre.
Dress rehearsals began for a May 25 musical drama in Macon to mark Wesleyan College’s 100th anniversary of its first graduation. The cast, over 200 Wesleyan girls, features Jane Hutchinson and Sarah Webb, with others portraying Amelita Galli Curci, Clara Barton, Susan B Anthony, and Madame Curie. The production runs through commencement week ending May 27 with dances songs and skits honoring women’s historic contributions.
Report notes that average annual expenditure on hired labor by farmers has hovered near one billion dollars for three decades, highlighting the enduring cost burden on agricultural operations.
Four Houston County School Board members face removal under a civil suit filed under a seldom used Georgia statute. Judge Malcolm Jones will hear the case in Perry on May 22 as the Bonaire board defends charges of discrimination for political reasons in superintendent re elections, funding allocations, and delaying Bonaire grammar school funding.
Athens reports Georgia's cattle value up by about 5.5 million dollars while the herd declines by 158000 head. R E Davis of the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service notes 1998 figures show 942000 cattle valued at 19421000, up from 1982 and 1935 levels amid improving beef quality and historic fat cattle shows since Savannah 1982.
Atlanta May 14 1940 a son fulfills his dying mother Frances Walter s wish by cremating her and scattering ashes over Stone Mountain in a solo airplane flight with pilot Johnny Lynes Newborn chose Mother's Day for the memorial flight to honor her memory and its historic memorial site
Atlantans recount the 1930s anecdote of Winston Churchill, visiting from Charleston to speak on The Destiny of the English Speaking Peoples. Manager R Bridges of the appearance crew says Churchill drank a quart of wood alcohol, survived, and continued the lecture with a damp forehead after a chemist confirmed the drink was mostly wood alcohol.
Atlanta May 14d Chairman W I Miller of the State Highway Board considers a run for Georgia governor after his youngest brother W P Miller won a Florida State Senate seat last week with a strong showing in Lakeland and surrounding counties.
In Valdosta Georgia Mrs William Martin and her daughter Mary were attacked in their home by a midnight prowler who struck them with a milk bottle and caused deep cuts and abrasions. Both were hospitalized Sunday as Police Chief R Le Kemp ordered a broad search for the assailant. The city has seen six similar Saturday night break ins in two months and authorities have arrested numerous suspects without stopping the attacks.
Hazlehurst plans a new 56000 square foot tobacco warehouse costing 16000 dollars to replace fire-destroyed Planters and McDonald warehouses. Owners C P and R A Cook say it will hold 600000 pounds of tobacco, boosting market capacity to 1.5 million pounds ready for sale. Operated during tobacco season by S A Mel Conkey and H J Johnson of Tarboro NC.
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