Local Yorkers Improve Business Block with Paint and Tools
Observations note Mr. T. B. Joiner’s business house gains from exterior and interior improvements by a paint brush hammer and saw. Mr. H. H. Watson visits from Yatesville and considers buying farms here to move back to Taylor county. The article recalls Dugger’s store and a peddler joke, and reports on engagements and church notices including Rev. Rainey’s daughter Barbara Sue’s wedding plans and Orphans Home Day contributions.
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T. B. Joiner
H. H. Watson
Yatesville
Taylor County
Watson
The
Herald
Nixon defends use of funds as fate rests with GOP
Richard Nixon told a national audience he would not quit the vice presidential ticket. He said the decision rests with the Republican National Committee after a week of controversy over his private $18 235 expense fund. Nixon urged supporters to contact Dwight Eisenhower and pledged to avoid harming the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Republican National Committee
Dwight Eisenhower
Nixon
Pat
Gen
Eisenhower
Portland
Ore
Georgia Ranks Sixth in Nation for Cash Farm Income Gain
The U S Commerce Department reports that Georgia shows a 23.3 percent rise in cash farm income in the first half of this year, moving from 171.2 million to 210.98 million. South Carolina leads with 31.9 percent, while Arizona tops nationwide growth at 47.7 percent. Florida declines from 292.6 million to 283.3 million and Mississippi slips from 141.7 million to 139.23 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
South Carolina
Georgia
U. S. Commerce Department
Arizona
Florida
Mississippi
Baby Days Behind Us We’re First Graders Now
Mrs Violet Moore recalls a new school year as first graders enter with pink cheeks and young teeth. She notes wartime baby boom recedes, grades compress, and teachers become pivotal figures guiding children into education.
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Violet Moore
Montezuma
Teacher
Talbotton Minister Montford’s Life Turned After Near Drowning
Dr. Montford began preaching after a near drowning in a Talbotton lake more than 75 years ago. He later closed the Talbotton New Era newspaper and founded an orphan home in Macon, continuing a life dedicated to ministry.
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Montford
Talbotton
New Era
Macon
Taylor County Represented at State 4-H Club Congress
Taylor County will be represented at the Georgia 4-H Club Congress in Atlanta where about 300 youths from the state compete for project championships. Delegate Taylor Childree Reynolds will compete in Farm and Home Electric after earning district honors this summer. Winners may advance to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago or face state rivals for the national trip. The four day program includes registration at Piedmont Hotel and events at the Biltmore and Ansley hotels, sponsored by the Georgia Bankers Association and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Atlanta
Project
Vernon Reddish
Taylor Childree
Reynolds
Farm
Home Electric
Reddish
Chicago
Piedmont Hotel
Congress
University of Georgia
Georgia Bankers Association
Biltmore Hotel
Atlanta Newspaper, Inc
Ansley ‘Hotel
The
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Longtime Thomaston resident Mrs Zetta Peterman Dies
Mrs Zetta Locke Peterman, born June 9 1883 in Taylor County, died September 12 at the home of her daughter Mrs S D Smith in Thomaston after a long illness. She was widow of Alvin Peterman, daughter of Rev John Locke and Mrs Amanda Locke, survived by two sons eight daughters and other kin. Funeral services were held at Silvertown Baptist Church with Rev Ernest Brown in charge. Interment followed at Pisgah Church family lot near Butler. Pallbearers were her nephews.
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Zetta Locke Peterman
S. D. Smith
Thomaston
Alvin Peterman
Peterman
John
Amanda Locke
Taylor County
Peter Man
Silvertown Baptist Church
Ernest Brown
Pisgah Church
Butler
John M. Cox
J. T. Flournoy
Contest Winner Praises Presentation Of Free Gift
Mrs. Charlie Moore of Reynolds Georgia Route 1 thanks the Butler Herald and REA for a month long supply of electricity through a contest. She praises electricity as irreplaceable for washday, cooking, and household chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Herald
Rea
Charlie Moore
Reynolds, Ga
Route 1
Macon Poison Suspect Denies Guilt In Thirteen Deaths
In Macon on Sept 22 Roberta Eler 43 denied guilt regarding the arsenic poison deaths of her husband Rev W M Elder Sr 45 and her 9 year old stepdaughter. Detectives exhumed more family members as 11 other deaths are under investigation. An autopsy confirmed arsenic poisoning for the two victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Roberta Eler
J. £. Helms
Helms
W. M. Elder Sr
Harmony Quartet to Perform at Cross Roads Friday Night
The Harmony Quartet of Thomaston will appear at Cross Roads school building Friday at 8 oclock p m. Everyone is cordially invited to hear an evening program of gospel songs and hymns.
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Harmony Quartet
Thomaston
Cross Roads
Sunday Worship and Baptism at Local Methodist Churches
Wesley and Union Methodist hold morning services with a 10 30 a m final service at Wesley where the pastor delivers a message Union Methodist worships at 11 40 a m Evening service at Wesley starts 7 30 p m Public invited for all divine worship A baptismal service at 4 00 p m at Mt Nebo Primitive Baptist pool linked to membership into Mauk Methodist church Pastor C W Hancock issues the invitation
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Wesley
Union Methodist
Union
Mt. Nebo
Butler High School Cans Pears for Lunchroom Use
The Inchrooths of Taylor county will receive 1400 cans of Bartlett pears from Butler High School under a vocational program. The county was allotted 98 cases of pears under the surplus foods act. E G McCants and Miss Myra Byrd led students in two and a half days of canning to prevent waste. Each school will get a proportionate share and the lunchrooms will pay only for the cans sugar and fuel.
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Taylor County
Butler High School
E. G. McCants
Myra Byrd
One of State's Best Known Women Educators Retires
Ashburn September 20 Miss Nina Cox Turner counties leading educator retires from public service to Turner county schools and students. She ends a long career as school teacher county superintendent and active political emblem of courage and determination. She previously taught in Sylvester Ocilla Americus and Ashburn.
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Ashburn
Nina Cox
Turner County
Cox
Sylvester
Ocilla
Americus
Taylor County PMA Re Elects 3 Members On Local Farm Board
Taylor County PMA delegates reelected H A Sealy Homer Chapman and A J Fountain to the county farm program committee. The election followed PMA Community Committee elections held September 17 with delegates from each district selecting three or more committee members per district. Additional districts listed names of elected committee members including Butler Crum Shehee Carsonville Reynolds Cedar Creek Panhandle Potterville Austin and others.
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H. A. Sealy
Homer Chapman
A. J. Fountain
Taylor County
PMA
Butler
Dudley Harris
L. P. Anthony
Crum Shehee
Carsonville
Daviston
Macon Co. School Ouster Case Hearing Today
A hearing to determine if Macon County Board of Education members should be removed from duties begins at 10 a.m. in Oglethorpe before Superior Court Judge Cleveland Rees. The grand jury urged removal for inefficiency, citing contracted student transfers to Marshallville High and Hicks District students to Reynolds.
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Oglethorpe
Macon County Board of Education
Superior Court
Cleveland Rees
Macon County Grand Jury
J O. Smith
J. M. Walker
Otis Ogburn
J. A. Levie
H. O. Phillips
Marshallville
Ft. Valley
Hicks
Reynolds
Macon
County Unit Amendment Faces Split Backing in Georgia
At least three county ordinaries oppose Gov. Talmadge's push for the County Unit Amendment to be voted on in the November general election. Bethel Salter of Upson rejects providing the names of county election managers, while Henry Hunter of Muscogee and W C Stevens of Bibb prefer not to take sides on the partisan issue. New opponents emerge as Moris Abram condemns the amendment at a Cedartown Kiwanis meeting, and Sen. Vincent Jones and Rep. John W. Greer urge legislative foes to join the battle.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Bethel Salter
Upson County
Salter
Upson
Talmadge
Henry Hunter
Muscogee County
W C. Stevens
Cedartown
Vincent Jones
Butts County
John W. Greer
Lanier County
Butler Organizes Sixteen Member Voluntary Fire Department
Butler residents gain night time peace as sixteen volunteers receive complete equipment to prevent fire losses. The city showcased a new fire truck with a 500 gallon tank and 500 gpm pump along with foam and dry chemical gear in a public demonstration led by R S Bair of Peter Pirsch & Sons. The older truck remains in service for several months during familiarization.
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Butler
Court House
R. S. Bair
Peter Pirsch & Sons Co
Kenosha
Wis
Bair
Fine Co operation by Local Citizens to Win Home Town Contest
Butler residents unite for the Better Home Town Contest with cemetery cleanup led by Rev. Gordon Hunter and a Garden Club push as W. J. Butler staff plans work at the Community House. A Kirvens fashion show boosted publicity as citizens ask public to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Gordon Hunter
Lewis Benson
Butler Garden Club
W. J. Butler
Kirvens
Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Sunday Services
Mt Pisgah Baptist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 20 a m Morning worship at 11 30 a m led by Pastor J H Stanford Read Romans 1 14 16 as the text and focus of the message Preaching prayer and praise Sunday at 7 30 p m Cordial invitation to the community to attend and bring friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Peacock
Paul
J. H. Stanford
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Panhandle
Dugger
Jimmie Dugger
G. N. Rainey
Barbara Sue
James Walter Harris Jr
LaGrange
Lynda Lee Bryan
South Georgia
Royal Franklin Dennis
Dennis
South Georgia Journal
T. E. Davenport
Reynolds Methodist Church
E. G. Hutchinson, Jr
Scribe
South Georgia Methodist Conference
J. T. Mathews
Dr. Payne
W. N. Benns
Lizzie Clayton
Payne
Ed Montford
FATE
Zetta Peterman
C. W. Hancock
Macon Co
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
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