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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1952
Page
4
Athens Alabama September 7 an elderly group of residents registered for an experimental program at the college offering free courses. They say modern education lacks moral grounding but technical advances broaden horizons and help students mature.
Elaine Hicks of Montezuma will leave Sept 18 for New Haven to pursue a Carnegie Foundation fellowship allowing one year at Yale University. Her program blends education and art history aiming for an M A in teaching. She earned a bachelor of arts from Hollins College in June.
Taylor County Georgia commissioners meet August 5 1952 and approve a 20 mill general levy for current county expenses plus a 15 mill school levy to cover principal and interest on school district bonds. The minutes detail allocations for sheriff coroner court costs public health poor and road maintenance. Clerk L P Anthony signs the order and notices publication in Butler.
Friday and Saturday scenes show Miss Margaret Garison and Mrs. C. M. Williams Jr linked to Columbus visits. Several families from Columbus Warner Robins and Milledgeville share weekend gatherings and hospital updates on an automobile wreck injury at Stewart Webster hospital. Sgt Alas G Wall Jr returns from Korea and awaits Orlando assignment.
Warm Springs reports 15 678 visitors at the Little White House in August, a monthly high. Tourists from every state, three territories and 23 foreign countries totaled the attendance, with 10 059 lodging registered in the guest book.
Dr B B McKinney 69 director of the Southern Baptist Convention Religious Music Department died from traffic accident injuries in Soco Gap after a collision earlier in the week. He wrote and arranged several hundred hymns for churches across the South. He was based in Nashville Tennessee.
Mrs. Lannis Shine as guardian of Lujean Shine minor applies to Judge Chester A. Byars for private sale of 1/6 interest in 1822 acres and 1/6 interest in 30 acres in Taylor County Georgia. Proceeds to buy U S government bonds. Sale reason to aid ward management. Butler Georgia address and Thomaston attorney listed.
Vashti McCrary Wood, administratrix, petitions to be discharged after fully administering Sanders McCrary estate in Taylor County Georgia. Court cites show cause for discharge and Letters of Dismission to be issued on the first Monday in October 1952. Justice J. R. Lunsford, Ordinary, signs the notice dated September 1 1952.
Resolution proposes amending the Georgia Constitution to require party primaries for key statewide offices and to use a county unit voting method. It details primary date, second primary rules, tie handling, and delegation of nomination to state conventions if no convention is held, with provisions for war or emergencies. The text designates who must vote and how results are consolidated and proclaimed.
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