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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1956
Page
1
A Reynolds city roundup reports a neighborly moment on a crowded street where a stranger apologizes and friendship feeling grows. It also recounts a sermon poem about smiling through hardship and extends congratulations to local graduates and news of Mrs. Keen recovering from burns after a recent fire.
Taylor County will send six delegates to the annual State Home Demonstration Council meeting at the State 4-H Club Center Rock Eagle Park June 5 to 8. Miss Ann Smith notes delegates from nearly every county will attend and that county clubs are represented by Mrs. R D Waller Mrs Beulah Elliston Mrs J C Fuller Mrs Zack Mc Corkle and Mrs John Daniel with one more to be named. A highlight is the state Dress Revue with six classes and over 100 participants. Beulah Elliston will model her prize dress in the casual and sports division. The center’s facilities are new to the meeting this year valued at about 3 000 000.
County Agent Vernor Reddish cites millions in annual losses from poor harvesting. He urges delaying harvest until grain moisture is low and avoids cutting when dew damp, noting moisture tests are impractical for many farms. He recommends biting grain to test readiness and warns moist straw complicates separation in the combine.
The Butler Post 124 American Legion met in the Legion Home Tuesday night May 22 to elect officers for the upcoming year. Robert Butler was elected Commander with R. E. Aultman Sr. reelected Vice Commander and Walter Mathews Jr. named Adjutant. Other officers were reelected. Delegates to the State Convention in Savannah were discussed and the membership record examined.
The Butler FHA Chapter sponsors a fashion show and musical to benefit the Taylor County Health Association. Theme is Summertime with fashions by Kirven's of Columbus. Children models include Nina Payne and David Reddish among others. additional adults listed. Musical portion by Mrs Julian Edwards II and several students and Harris Hortman.
The sermon contrasts bread as a naked fact with Christian love, arguing work as communal and moral, not mere struggle for existence. It rejects materialistic history and urges neighborly love, inviting Butler Methodist Church to morning and evening worship.
Reynolds High School held graduation Friday in the auditorium with 21 seniors completing four years. Dr. Virgil Y. Eady of Emory at Oxford delivered the literary address, emphasizing future responsibility, authority and the role of religion in a productive life.
Waycross May 26 The 91st annual session of the Methodist South Georgia Conference opens at Trinity Methodist church at 8 p m Monday with a memorial service led by Rev Jason Shirah of Fitzgerald and Holy Communion by Presiding Bishop Arthur J Moore and cabinet.
Washington May 25 Three Prather family members of Americus receive 8000 for injuries from a car collision with officers pursuing suspected bootleggers. S H Prather Sr. gets 5000 son 2000 and wife 1000 under a bill signed by President Eisenhower. The case dates to 1935 in Quitman and held that officers acted in pursuit of bootleggers.
The Taylor County community learns two local women will graduate from Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville next week. Miss Sonya Reddick daughter of Glenn Reddick Rupert and Miss Jewell Lancaster of Mauk are listed on the official graduating roll.
Vacation Bible School begins at Lebanon Baptist Church on June 15 with classes from 9 to 12. Publicity chairman notes registration on Saturday June 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. for children's attendance.
Graduation exercises at Butler High School will be held tomorrow night in the local gymnatorium beginning at 8 p m. No out of town speaker is planned with the program focusing on talks by faculty and senior class honor students. Diplomas will be presented by County School Superintendent W H Elliston and high school principal Hartwell Weaver. Senior class members include Herman Abercombie Martha Nell Barnes Myra Blackston William Bazemore Nancy Childs Adrian Downs Sara Moulton Virginia Maxwell Patricia Sorrells Dan Windham Betty Watson and Amn Williamson.
Columbus May 29 Steve Knight a Columbus Republican political figure withdraws from the U S House race against Rep E L Forrester Knight who chairs Muscogee County Commissioners cites contingencies making it impossible to conduct such a campaign He will not seek re election to the county commission or any other office.
Mrs. J A Lewis 61 wife of a retired Army colonel was killed Sunday morning when her horse was struck by a four engine freight train near the old Macon Road underpass in Columbus. The horse and rider were dragged 49 feet as 117 cars passed the point of impact. Engineer W N Woods of Macon said he saw the horse about 200 feet away as it crossed the track then re crossed and was struck.
Taylor County youths will graduate with Georgia Southwestern Americus class to hold ceremony at Jackson Hall Sunday at 3 p m. Sally Horton Reynolds James Ledford Dunrr and Charlie Cline Giles Jr of Butler are among the graduates.
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