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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
4
The Butler Herald reports a Republican state convention in Macon on May 24 and notes postwar cost pressures on U S newspaper publishers from rising Canadian newsprint prices. It cites traffic deaths, safety campaigns, and a Truman deficit appropriation for military needs during the Korean War era.
In Elbertown Star Bro Dennis quotes Dr Wilfred Greenfell praising the Bible as the Christian soul’s main shield. The message declares scripture decides in doubt reassures in anxiety consoles in sorrow strengthens in failure and is mightier in defense than earthly power.
The piece notes a surge of American travelers sailing to Europe on new ships such as the S. S. United States, with 2000 aboard on its maiden voyage July 3. It highlights summer bookings, family travel, and planning hurdles including passports and birth records while recalling the Lusitania sinking as a trigger for U.S. intervention in World War I.
A Pelham Georgia couple Mr and Mrs K B Spence celebrated 75 years of marriage with a prize for the longest married couple at Rich's Atlanta annual party for folks over 80. The event drew 500 guests in the Magnolia Room with refreshments and Old South atmosphere.
Thomasville Times Enterprise argues individuals favor own interests in national disputes like steel strikes. It stresses the need for fairness between management and workers, warns against propaganda and personal profit overruling public welfare, and calls for balanced action to sustain progress.
Ashburn Turner county community members and the DAR honored Nora Lawrence Smith, editor of the Wiregrass Farmer, with Nora Lawrence Smith Day. The event praised her dedication to building the community and featured open house with warm tributes from residents.
A Muscogee Young Democratic Club is formed at Columbus with Rep. Harry Dicus leading. Garland Byrd of Reynolds chairs the Young Democratic Clubs of Georgia and appointed the 29 year old legislator with Gov Herman Talmadge and State Democratic Chairman Jim Peters of Manchester joining in the effort. The Monticello News offers sympathy to the Penns family over the death of Mrs. J A Stone during a DAR meeting, noting her as a longtime Monticello resident and Primitive Baptist member.
The Atlanta trouble shooter Frank H. Neely will be awarded this year's Gantt Medal for distinguished achievement in industrial management as a service to the community. The medal honors Henry Laurence Gantt, a pioneer in management engineering, and is awarded annually by a nine member board from ASME and AMA.
The Atlanta Bar Association and Lawyers Club note Georgia law prohibits marriage between close relatives and also between in laws and certain relatives by marriage. A man cannot marry his mother in law step mother daughter in law step daughter or step granddaughter and a woman cannot marry her corresponding in laws.
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