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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1957
Page
6
Weekend traffic accidents killed eight Georgians while diverse reports cover Gordon Military College commencement near Barnesville on June 2. Other items note Tadpole festival in Tifton, water projects in Milledgeville, and a Georgia beauty pageant winner in Columbus.
Rev. G. W. Gambill president reports Andrew College in Cuthbert has spent about 38000 on repairs and improvements and more than 10000 in new equipment over the past year. The upgrades include a cafeteria and kitchen, an oil furnace, new gutters, two trucks and an automobile, a paint machine with 1000 gallons of paint, plus library books.
Eureka High School outlines graduation activities with 42 seniors set for the exercises in the school auditorium. Baccalaureate on Sunday at 4 p.m. features Rev. A J Shaw of Macon. Commencement Tuesday at 8 30 p.m. will include Bishop W R Wilkes as speaker. Music by the Eureka High chorus. Additional events include May 24 play The Laughing Ghost and The Storm May 27 Senior Class night and the principal's reception.
Georgia farmers have completed 7184 farm ponds in the last three years with an average of 2400 per year, aided by SCS technical help. Most ponds formed under a farm wide conservation plan with support from 27 soil conservation districts and the Agricultural Conservation Program. Ponds range from one to five acres and supply water for livestock fire protection irrigation fishing recreation and wildlife habitat. Building ponds shows farmer interest in water storage linked to Soil Bank measures.
Job ad seeking a draftsman or engineer in Ft Valley. Contact State Employment Office at 451 Second Street, Macon, or write Ft Valley Box 392. Hours 8:15 to 5:00, week days.
Registered Hampshire boars and gilts available along with unregistered Hampshire pigs. Healthy stock offered at reasonable prices. Edward Benns Butler Georgia contact M. 244331. Also wanted to buy timber land farms or cut-over timber lands in Southwest Georgia. Mail details with acres price and location to Timber Lands PO Box 829 Americus GA.
A boy reports to his father about an upcoming P T A meeting involving himself a teacher and the principal. The remark frames a family school event with adults and a student participant.
State ASC official John F. Bradley toured Georgia noting farmers praise the Soil Bank and oppose ending it this year. He said Georgia farmers benefit from reserve programs and that Senate action should restore a program aiding farmers with surplus and land conservation. Bradley cited Georgia’s large participation in Acreage and Conservation Reserve Programs.
Americus Georgia alumnus of Georgia Southwestern College learns that through the Years 1908 1957 a Brief Informal History of Georgia Southwestern College by Librarian Macy Bishop Gray is ready for distribution. The work covers beginnings Americus Normal College Georgia Southwestern College the war years and after 1950 and on. Printed by Americus Printing Co with a golden yellow binding. Distribution costs are 1.00 in person or 1.25 by mail.
The Howard Charge of the Methodist Church announced its calendar led by Pastor Rev. Ernest Coffee. First Sunday features Sand Bet Charing Howard, Second Sunday Mauk, Third Sunday and Fourth Sunday Wesley Union Easter observances follow.
M D Wall city editor of the Ledger returns to Columbus after nine months at Harvard as a Nieman Fellow. He will assume duties of city editor as C M Johnson moves from city editor to managing editor.
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