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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1949
Page
8
Georgia notes record cucumber shipments in Moultrie and pecan sales set to begin October 18. Capitol closed for Columbus Day. Collected items include nurses convention in Columbus and tax appointment in Lowndes County.
Tornadoes, wind, rain and fog caused multiple fatalities and injuries across the Midwest Sunday night and Monday. The Great Plains recorded several deaths and a child was killed in Chicago when a tree toppled during the storm.
After three years of litigation a master plan was approved to settle 149 damage suits from the Winecoff hotel fire of December 7 1946 in Atlanta. One hundred nineteen people died. Claims totaling almost seven million dollars will be pro rated from assets of 275 thousand to 300 thousand placed in receivership. The Winecoff will be remodeled as soon as possible.
Sumter county youths will receive the Planter Degree at the FFA annual meeting in Macon on Oct 22. Recipients include Gene Jennings Bobby Hale Billy Bagwell Bobby Hay Donnie Hollister Billy Howard Covon Wiggins Luther Wise from Plains and Bobby Hines Barton Johnson Thomas Peterman from Union. Candidates must complete two years of vocational agriculture lead in local and state FFA and earn at least 167 dollars from supervised farming.
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