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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
5
The Butler Herald discusses lawn care with mower use ahead, market meat shortages, Your Own Home magazine launching June 1946, and youth voting age interest. It also notes weapon returnee accidents and urges sheriff checks on firearms in Taylor County.
In a historic year of readjustment the piece calls for a global campaign on the single word Peace using vast action to prevent future destruction. A humorous mirror anecdote contrasts a mountain man and a tourist. Bruce Wilder notes the Bayonet remains sharp last week in the Columbus Enquirer.
Farmers face worker shortages across regions amid high unemployment. calls grow for federal or state action to mobilize volunteers from colleges and other sources to support farm work and aid a starving world. Unemployed workers urged to consider farm labor as a vital wartime effort.
Georgian officials urge residents to cut wheat by 40 percent and fats by 20 percent while increasing intake of peanuts sweet potatoes corn products and other plentiful foods. The program promotes Victory Gardens and food collection drives to aid hungry people locally and abroad. Dr Mary Speirs notes cereals and fats are overused while milk fruits vegetables and meat are underused to raise nutritional status.
A Georgia debate accuses leaders of denouncing the better element of society. The piece argues that churchgoers, PTA workers, Red Cross volunteers and parents shape communities and demand accountability, challenging statements by Mr. Talmadge and Mr. Rivers about citizen influence and support for James V. Carmichael.
Louisville enacts a 10 to 100 dollar fine for anyone aged 17 to 21 who enters a tavern to buy alcohol. The measure, seen as a tool to enforce prohibition, was debated by temperance leaders and influenced by national law proposals. The era faces broader economic strain as coal demand rises and a protracted strike threatens business.
The dispute between speculative lobbyists and the American need for shelter grows as thousands of returning servicemen struggle to find homes. Veterans consider a general march on Washington, though officials hope it won’t be required.
In Thomson, Georgia, church attendance soars with 51 percent of white Democrats at church or Sunday school. Baptist Rev Geore McNeil Ray and Methodist Rev Charles L. Allen led twin visitation programs and coordinated services to promote Thomson as the Best Church-Going Little City in America. Both churches added full-time secretaries and plan $50,000 building annexes as attendance climbs, with midweek prayer meetings drawing hundreds.
The piece notes major future financial changes likely after the war while hoping the Georgia 1904 conditions never recur, reflecting on past economic distress and calls for prudent policy.
We have never known a town to make satisfactory progress without combined cooperation of her people and an organization through which to work to bring new enterprises. Butler is forging ahead rapidly in view of the first mentioned qualification. Organization is the next step necessary to bring new enterprises.
A humorous observation on people chasing others ideas while often not actually doing anything unique. The speaker notes that everyone ends up similar in action despite varying approaches and claims some can make it look easy.
Times Magazine notes a sharp rise in crime, especially among women. It argues the home is the key arena to correct this trend and reduce vice across society.
Howard Bayne, promotion manager of the Macon Telegraph, receives a Distinguished Service Citation from the U.S. Treasury for leading a War Finance section during World War II bond drives. Also honored is Boyce with the Treasury Award medal for War Finance services.
Advertises TEOL fungicide by Porters Pharmacy Butler Ga promising to kill foot germs within an hour or a 35 cent refund. Claims 90 percent alcohol content for rapid penetration and effectiveness.
Notice posted to all persons in Taylor County forbidding trespass on specified tracts. Lands include lots 87 102 103 104 121 and parts of 90 101 124 totaling about 1316 acres in the 12th land district. Dated May 8 1946 and signed by Lewis Rustin.
In Taylor County Georgia Leslie Hicks applied for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Elijah McLendon. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the ordinary’s office by law to show cause why administration should not be granted. Witnessed by J. R. Lunsford on April 24, 1946.
Taylor Superior Court July Term 1946 case pours out as Rose Gray sues Alton Gray for divorce. Sheriff returns show defendant does not reside in the county or state. Court orders publication of the order twice a month for two months in the county public gazette. March 28 1946 Judge T Hicks Fort presiding. Clerk Thelmon Jarrell. Attorney W E Steed.
Former U S Army member seeks Georgia Senate seat focusing on education salary increases to 50 percent for teachers and stricter election law protections. He pledges to represent Taylor Peach and Crawford counties, support farming interests, and oppose changes to the county unit system. Written by John B. Giles.
Louis R Adams publicly announces his campaign for state senator in the 23rd Senatorial District, running in the Democratic primary. He pledges to vote for the counties he represents and Georgia’s interests on all issues before the legislature.
L R Dean declares his candidacy for Representative in the Georgia General Assembly from Taylor County in the July primary under the Democratic rules. He states his sole platform is to do all he can for the people of Taylor County.
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