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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, JANUARY 22, 1953.
SUMMARY Of THE NEWS
THROUGHOUT GEORGIA
Atlanta flower show is planned
for May 15-16.
State livestock group will meet
In Macon Thursday, Feb. 5th.
Twelve Fort Valley school stu
dents have been sworn in as school
|>oy patrolmen.
Dentists of Georgia are holding
the annual convention session at
Radium Springs today.
A knife wielding Warren county
Negro convict was shot to death
by a prison guard Sunday.
Seven persons were seriously
hurt Jan. 14 as fast express and
freight trains collided near Savan
nah.
V. Early Chambers, 62, Ordi
nary of Banks county for the past
eight years, died Tuesday of last
week.
John A Colter, 45, Atlanta offi
cial baker and two other persons
were killed in week-end highway
accidents.
O. B. Jarman, 73, who served as
Sheriff of Turner County for 18
years died Thursday in St. Joseph’s
hospital in Atlanta.
While playing cowboy, Rickey
Bond, 8-year-old Lula, Ga., boy fa
tally hanged himself accidentally
last Friday from a rural mail box
in front of his home.
Approximately 1,300 service per-
gonnel were discharged at Fort
Benning’s Separation Point between
Jan 5 and 17, Infantry Center of
ficials said Saturday.
Georgia peach growers will meet
fhig week to nominate their 1953
industry committee to help admin
ister the peach marketing agree
ment and order program.
Ellaville Students Do
Praise-worthy Work in
Checkig Road Conduct
Ellaville, Ga. — Driver training
students of Schley county high
school checked the traffic conduct
of grownup drivers here and resolv
ed not to follow their example.
They counted 45 violations in 45
minutes And only 53 vehicles
passed during this time.
Sixteen boys stationed themselves
at the traffic light where Route 26
intersects U. S. Highway 19 in the
Middle of town.
Here is what happened:
Six cars “ran” the light and one
of the violators almost caused a
collision. Eight failed to signal for
a right turn, seven for a left turn.
Other violations: Speeding, 6; no
parking signal, 1; failure to keep
right when turning, 3; no stop sig
nal, 1; failure to get around center
mark, 1; parking on walkway, 3;
parking straight into curb, 1; turn
ing right without stopping for light
3; driving with baby in arms, 1.
Back in the classroom after in
specting conditions, driver training
instructor Ray Flanders declared,
"You can see why we have so
many accidents when the law was
broken once a minute. No wonder
32,000 persons were killed and
more than two million injured in
traffic accidents last year.
Campaign by Fort Valley Metho
dists to build an annex to their
tory rally addressed by Bishop
tory rally addressed by Bishou
Arthur Moore. E. M. Whiting, gen
eral chairman, announced the to
tal for the building fund reached
$47,000, with other contributions ex
pected.
Great Violin Concert
To Be Presented at
Fort Valley Feb. 2nd
Mrs. E. M. Bailey of Acworth and
Mrs. L. G. Hardman of Commerce
left Tuesday of last week for Cali
fornia where they joined 15 other
members of the General Federation
„ , - „ . ,, of Women’s Clubs on a flying
Sunday, Jan H, at Maysville, round the wor]d tour j 7 weeks
!S*h an t « m f S B ^ angf0r , d they will cover 13 countries, re
celebrated their 61st wedding ann- (urnin to New York on Feb 27
versary with nine of their ten chil
dren present to enjoy the occasion! Sometime since the Christmas
with them. holidays, two Negro churches in
. , , , , . 'Hancock county were raided by
Approval ha s been made by the* vandaIs and much t sto len.
P’J: Government for $1630,666 At Hickory Grove P P n / T rinity
S f a inmT. additional churches they removed chairs, rugs
grant of $5,000 TOO is expected for window shades and other movable
t nlTJ 1 . 5350,000 f ° r 200 ad -| Property and left no clues as to
c j who they might have been. Over in
The Woman’s Christian Temper- i Washington county at Pine Hill
unco Union of the Third District church they stole the , gas heaters -
will have its annual meeting at the rugs ’ shades and furniture in the
Vienna Methodist church tomorrow pastor s study - Apparently the
with Mrs. C. A. Sims of Vienna, dis- Same gang raided a11 of the
trict presiding.
churches and managed to get away
with it without being seen by
anyone in that section.
Chief Justice W. H. Duckworth
was guest of honor and speaker! Out-of-State: Sheriff H. Ralph'
at the annual membership “ladies’ MatheW s of Russell county, Ala.,
. 1 '7, 1101 ' liee “ig of the Grady must f ace trial on impeachment 1
pT m j'" 1 ^ Commerce at | charges, in the state supreme court
Cairo Monday night. Monday. At Brewton, Ala., the
Myles Green Hill, 75. prominent " tate ’ s Producing well was
Dawson man died a few days ago discovered Monday. A report from
In a Griffin hospital, where he was Chicago s \ ow * that ^ hools ™ a
rushed after suffering a heart at- " unmb ? r ° f Western States have
tack on route to his home in Daw- be en closed due to the sperad of
son after a visit to Atlanta. , flu ’ Forty persons were hurt l ast
week when a runaway passenger
Henrik Kauffmann, Danish am- train rammed into the Washington,
bassador to the United States will D - c - Union Station. Mr. and Mrs. j
be guest of honor at the annual Tom E - Rose - Uncle Tom ar > d Aunt
observance of President Roosevelt's Esther to everyone in Whitney,
birthday at the Little White House, Tex -> celebrate their 80th wedding
Warm Springs, Ga., Friday of next anniversary there last week. They
week. i are believed to be the oldest liv-
iing couple in the United States.
A group of Columbus, Atlanta They have 123 direct descendants
and Opelika businessmen have pur- including 37 grandchildren, 57 great
chased Radio Station WMOG in grandchildren and 20 great-great |
Brunswick, Ga., for approximately grandchildren. Mrs. Cornelius Van-
$100,000. subject to the approval of derbilt, recognized leader of New
the Federal Communications Com- York and Newport, R. I., society for
mission. I half a century, died last week df
pneumonia. Mrs. Marguerite Pitre,
With the idea of affording better 43, known as “The Crow” died on
medical and hospital services in the gallows Friday for her part in
this section, four Colquitt doctors the mass murder of 23 persons in
have formed an organization merg- the time-bombing of an air liner
Ing the Houston-Rentz Clinic and three years ago. Dr. G. S. Farmer,
Merrits hospital at Colquitt into oldest physician in New York State
the Southwest Georgia Hospital, celebrated his 103rd birthday this
1 , week.
Many lovers of Rubinoff and his
famed Stradivarius have asked,
“Why, I wonder, has Dave Rubin
off deserted the radio in favor of
touring the nation?” Well, the an
swer is a simple one. So, from his
own lips comes this answer: j
I “I am simply following in the
footsteps of the first great friend I
ever had in music. America’s im-,
mortal Victor Herbert, conductor,
and composer of music that will
last with the world, came to my'
native Russia when I was a child
violinist, and urged me to come to'
America. He was my inspiration to'
want to meet, play for and talk
with people.
“Will Rogers, perhaps the most,
famous of wanderers, became one
of my prized friends once I got a
foothold in radio and music in this
country. He told me, “There is noth
ing in the world like meeting peo
ple, listening to their ideas, sensing |
their feelings. I love people and a 1
lot of them have been wonderful
to me.”
“Rogers voices my ideas exactly.
I simply repeat his words that ex
press my feelings precisely.”
“John Philip Sousa, the March
King, thrived on travel for concert
work. He died with his boots on,
still going strong in the musical
world.
“Herbert, Rogers, and Sousa all
found human interest in people. I
find it too. I guess it’s just the
Gypsy in me to want to be on the
go and to take my violin along.
When we have had enough travel
we will return to the air, and some
day, we’ll take to the road
again.”
Rubinoff and his violin will be
he«rd in concert at Ft. Valley High
School auditorium Monday, Feb. 2,
at 8:15 o’clock p. m.
Tax Hike to Raise
Teachers’ Pay Favored
By Dr. J. I. Allman
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Atlanta.—Repeal of the state’s 15
mill school tax ceiling was sug
gested by a lading educator in At-
ianta this week as a means of in
creasing teachers’ salaries.
Dr. J. I. Allman, assistant state
superintendent of education in mak
ing the suggestion, said counties
“must participate more” if pro
posed pay raises for teachers and
other rising costs are to be met. |
Citing virtual elimination of the
state property tax by the amend-,
ment reducing the levy from 5
mills to one fourth of a mill, he
said:
“If they take the school tax ceil
ing off now, counties can use that j
4.75 mills which the state tax was
reduced without any additional i
cost ot local taxpayers.” !
At the same time he expressed,
some doubt as to the feasibility of
the state attempting to finance the
proposed teacher pay hike, which
the Georgia Education Association
has put forward.
Gov. Herman Talmadge, who told
the 1953-54 Legislature he wants
no new state tax on any item for
any purpose, said of Dr. Allman’s
suggestion, “When and if larger
sums of money are spent for the
purpose of education, most of it, in
my opinion, will have to come from
the local level.”
He declared that Georgia is
spending a higher percentage of its
income on education than any
state in the union and is paying
about 90 per cent of the total cost
of education in the state.
Maconites Turning
Their Idle Hours Into
Collecting Rare Gems
Macon, Ga.—Precious and semi
precious stones worth thousands of
dollars are adorning shelves and
cases in a number of Macon
homes.
For some Maconites it is a fasci
nating hobby and they have gath
ered stones from all parts of the
world.
Two Maconites who have turned
their off duty hours into an ab
sorbing hobby are Sam Arrington
mechanic at the Macon Telegraph,
and Bob Thayer, employe of Sears
Roebuck.
The two men gather the precious
and semi-precious minerals and
cut and polish them into dazzling
gems.
Both have spent vacation time in
roaming over many sections of the
United States to either search for, or
buy, rare pieces of stone.
Head of Mercer
University to ReHre
After 25 Years
NaHonal Vice Pres.
Barkley Declares He ;
Will Live to be 105
Washington, Jan. 17—Vice Presi
dent Alben W. Barkley—banking on
an Arab fortune-teller’s guarantee
that he will live to be 105-
plans “to be pretty active for a
long time.
With characteristic good humor,
the 75-year-old vice president dis
cussed his hopes and past in a
farewell interview with United
Press. Inevitable there was a Bark
ley anecdote, the one about the
Arab fortune teller.
The “Veep” returns to private
life Tuesday after 40 years of “give
and take” on Capitol Hill. He came
into office with Woodrow Wilson in
1916. He said he has many job of
fers but does not know which he
will take “to earn a living.” Per
haps significantly, he did not rule
out a return to government serv
ice.
Macon, Jan. 14—Dr. Spright
Dowell, 75 year old president of
Mercer University, announced his
retirement a few days ago after
heading the Baptist institution for
25 years.
The announcement came while
the school was celebrating its 120th
anniversary. His retirement follows
a career of more than 50 years in
the field of education.
Dr. DoWell came to Mercer in
1928 after serving for eight years
as president of Alabama Polytech
nic Institute at Auburn.
Previously he had served in the
public school system of Alabama.
He began his career in that state
after graduation from Wake For
est College in 1896, and after re
ceiving an M. A. degree at Colum
bia University.
Inc.
Fine Career of Alabama
Leader Ended Suddenly
By a Heart Attack
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“ | Columbus, Jan. 18—Mayor John
D. Harris, 45. of Phenix City, died
suddenly at his heme of a heart
attack. He was stricken while keep
ing watch at the bedside of his
critically ill mother,
i .Harris had been in ill health for
about two years but was active in
the political and civic life of Phe
nix City until his death. He had
served as mayor since 1950.
succeeding the late H. D. Cobb Sr.
i A member of the Phenix City
board of commissioners since June
1947, Harris was reelected mayor
and commission chairman on Jan.
6 of this year. He was to serve in
,the post until 1954.
j The mild-voiced, friendly Harris
was stricken at his home where his
.mother, Mrs Myrtle Shell Harris is
reportedly in very serious condition
|and under an oxygen tent. Harris
|was pronounced dead upon arrival
at Cobb Memorial hospital.
Born June 19, 1937, Harris was
known familiarly to thousands of
people here as “J. D.” in addition
to his job as city commissioner he
had been a Russell county deputy-
sheriff for more than 10 years. i
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Butler, Ga.
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