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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 15, 1956. ^
SUMMARY OFTHE NEWS
THROUGHOUT GEORGIA
A $200 annual pay rai°e for
Georgia school teachers is asked.
Deer hunting will open in Geor
gia on Nov. 19th and end Nov. 29th.
Thanksgiving Day is only a
week from today—Thursday of next
week.
Housing funds for Fort Garden
are reported to be more than $10
million.
There are days and weeks for all
purposes while this happens to be
Optimistic Week.
This week is being observed as
Georgia’s fourth annual session of
Teen-Age Traffic Safety Week.
Thursday, Nov. 29th will be a red
letter day in Southwest Georgia as
Bainbridge celebrates its first an
nual “Inland Port Day.”
Henry G. Cochran, East Point, has
been sentenced to die Dec. 28th in
the electric chair for the slaying
of his former wife on Sept. 16th.
Education week is being ob
served in Columbus and Muscogee
county this week with special pro
grams in the schools, on radio and
on TV.
Howard Ashworth, brother of
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Publish
er Maynard Ashworth died Friday
night in Warrensburg, Mo., after a
brief illness.
It was announced in Atlanta a
few days ago that drivers’ licenses
of more than 14,000 persons have
been suspended or revoked so far
this year in Georgia.
George L.Everett, 21, condemned
rape slayer who escaped a Panama
City, Fla., jail Thursday was cap
tured in Columbus the same night
by city police officers.
A. R. Briggs Construction Co. of
Macon has submitted a low bid of
$882,000 for construction of a stu
dent center and two dormitory
additions at Mercer University.
Representatives of 14 state and
private agencies will attend the
first Georgia Conference on Handi
capped Children Nov. 29 and 30 at
the Dinkier Plaza Hotel, Macon.
Judge C. J. Perryman, who has
served for the past 32 years as
judge of the Toombs circuit Su
perior, held his last session in
Washington, Ga., last week before
retiring Jan. 1, 1957.
Funeral was conducted Thursday
at Whiteside Baptist Church for J.
G. Bray, 67, a resident of the Miona
Springs community near Oglethorpe
who died Tuesday in a local hos
pital.
Homecoming and Parade
Planned for November 30
At Eureka High School
Plans are in progress for Home
coming at the Eureka High school
here. The Parade is scheduled for
Friday, Nov. 30, commencing at 1
p. m. In addition to the local band,
one or two visiting bands have
been, invited and are expected to
participate- in Parade.
Vernal McCartha, a senior, will
reign as “Miss Eureka High” and
will have as her attendants, Mil
dred Gooch, junior and Mary
Saunders, a sophomore.
Elder H. R. Roquemore, a former
citizen of this county, attended the
Primitive Baptist Association re
cently in session at one of the lo
cal churches for the colored. While
visiting in the city he made a tour
of the new and modern Eureka
High School Building. He was very
much elated over the beautiful and
attractive building and facilities.
The Elder is now a resident of De
troit, Mich.
The PTA will meet in regular
monthly session at the school au
ditorium on the evening of Nov. 20
instead of Nov. 21st. This change
in date is due to Thanksgiving
holidays which will begin at the
close of the school-day Wednesday
Nov. 21st. All parents and friends
of the school are requested to at
tend this meeting.
—Reporter.
President Eisenhower
Polled Higher Vote
Than Four Years Ago
In the General Election of Nov.
6th the vote of the county was
placed thus:
President: Popular vote: Eisen
hower 33,446,699! Stevenson 24,4$6,-
202.
Eisenhower won 41 states with
457 electrical votes; Stevenson, 7
with 74. Needed to win 266.
SENATE: (35 races) Republicans
elected 16. Holdovers 30, total 46.
Democrats elected 18. Holdover 31,
total 49. Needed to control 49. Un
decided, one.
HOUSE: (435) races) Republicans
elected 200: Democrats elected 228.
Needed to control 218. Undecided,
seven.
Governors: (30 races): Republi
cans Elected 14; Demos 15.
In Georgia, Eisenhower carried 11
counties, namely: Muscogee, Chat
ham, Richmond, Glynn, Liberty,
McIntosh, Towns, Effingham, Fan
nin, Pickens and Gilmer.
All 12 Constitutional Amend
ments received a majority vote.
Georgia Tuberculosis
AssociaHon to Sponsor
Seal Campaign Again
“An intensive effort aimed at
wiping out tuberculosis—a disease
which threatns all of us.” That is
the campaign which the Georgia
Tuberculosis Association intends to
carry on with funds from its 1956
Christmas Seal sale, according to
Carl Fox, Executive of the Ga. TB
Assn.
Christmas Seals will be delivered
by mail to homes of residents in
this county after Nov. 15th, and the
Seal Sale will continue thru De
cember,
Since the first Christmas Seal
was sold in 1907, more than seven
mililon lives have been saved from
this tragic disease. Great strides
have been made to find the answers
and step up defense against a dis
ease which costs this country over
$600,000,000 annually.
Part of every Christmas Seal dol
lar contributed in this county is I
spent for medical and social re
search on TB. More Christmas Seal
dollars will mean more research.
Now every avenue must be ex
plored to find some means of pre
venting the disease. i
Last year in Georgia there were
about 1,693 new cases of TB dis
covered. Even with one of the larg
est TB hospital in the world, TB |
still remains one of Georgia’s larg
est public health problems.
More funds are needed to combat 1
TB, which took a tragic toll of ap- I
proximately 261 lives in Georgia
in 1954. This makes it important '
that we all buy and use Christmas
Seals to fight TB. Remember Your
Contribution Is the Important One. j
Ft. Valley Memorial
Heart Fund Quota
Has Been Reached
Ft. Valley, Nov. 9—The Paula
Young Memorial Heart Fund has
reached $1866. Of that amount $139
was the proceeds from a football
gamed staged by the Jaycees and
the Lions Club.
This is the first time Peach coun
tv achieved its quota for the work
of the Georgia Heart Assn.
Peach County was the first in
the state to make its drive.
The Memorial Fund was given in
memory of 5 year old Paula I
Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |
Hansel Young, who died in Septem
ber of pulmonary hypertension, a ]
heart disease of which the medical j
profession has not yet found a
cure.
The little girl was being treated !
at Johns Hopkins when her death
occurred. I
Women Outnumber
Men More Than Million
According to Census
Washington, Nov. 11—The Census
Bureau estimates that females now
outnumber males in the United
States about 1,331,000.
The greatest disparity is in the 25
and older age groups.
Six years ago there were only
600,000 more females than males.
The census report said the ratio
changed somewhere in the 1940’s.
The 1940 census showed 100.7
men to each 100 women. The de
cline in the proportion of the male
population has been going on since
1910, when the ratio was 106 males
for each 100 females.
Census said the sex ratio switch
was due mainly to two factors:
The mortality rate is higher for
men, about 200,000 more deaths oc
curred among males than females
for each of the last six yarse.
Immigration has declined, and
only about two-fifths of persons
coming to live in this country now
are males. Prior to 1930 about two-
thirds of the immigrants were
males.
The census study showed the
mortality factor applies because
the declining ratio of men to wom
en is in the age group from 25 up.
Under 24 years of age, males still
outnumber females. But the ratio
of males to females drops from 96.6
for each 100 females between 25
and 45 to 85.7 at 65 and over.
The study also disclosed sharp
increases the last six years in the
number of children, particularly in
the elementary school age group,
and in the number. of elderly per
sons—those 65 years and older.
The biggest percentage gain by
age groups was 31.7 per cent in
children 5 to 13 years of age, while
the number under school age rose
by 15.6 per cent. The increase in
the 14 to 17 year group was 13.5
per cent.
The second largest percentage I
gain was in the over 65 classifica- 1
tion—18.3 per cent. 'Hie number of j
these elderly persons rose from |
just over 12 million to about 14Vz j
million. This compares wit ha per- j
centage increase in the entire pop
ulation of 11.2 per cent from 1950 ;
to mid-1956.
Census said the total population
last July 1 was 168,091,100—made
up of 149,823,000 whites and 13,-
268,000 nonwhites.
The median age of the popula
tion has declined slightly from 30.2
years to 29.9 years in mid-1956 due
to the recent high birth rate level.
This is the first decline in the
median age since 1800, census
said.
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One five-room frame dwelling
and li acres of land located one
mile south of Butler on paved
Highway No. 19. Plenty of fruit and
nut trees. (1184b)
JOINER REALTY CO.
Butler, Georgia
SPINET PIANO AND
PRACTICE PIANO
to be sold near you. Will sell cheap
and give terms to responsible party.
WRITE: G. L. Murchison, Credit
Dept. 83 Alabama Street, S. W.,
Atlanta, Ga. (10’4’6b)
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Seventeen persons lost their lives
in Georgia traffic accidents during
the past week end, three of them in
a Sunday wishap near Concord.
The toll also included three pedes
trians.
Dr. Karl Kuersteiner, national
president of the Music Teachers Na
tional Assn, was guest speaker for a
convention of the Georgia Music
Teachers Assn, in Columbus Sun
day and Monday.
L. W. Keith Jr., prominent New-
nan citizen charged with the theft
of some $108,575 worth of govern
ment cotton, pleaded guilty Monday
to part of the charge and will be
sentenced Nov. 21.
From Washington comes an
nouncement that the nation’s capi
tal paid tribute to America’s war
dead Sunday at thetomb of the
Unknown Soldier, where "rests in
honored glory an American sol
dier known but to God.”
Tuesday December 11, is the day
cotton growers will vote on wheth
er they want to use marketing
quotas for their cotton crops. Sep-
erate referendums will be con
ducted for upland and for extra
long staple cotton in areas where
the crop is grown.
Dr. G. T. Gower Jr., Cordele, was
elected president of the Third Dis
trict Medical Society in the organi
zation’s fall meeting in Cuthbert
last week. Other officers elected in
cluded Dr. Dave Berman, Columbus,
vice president; and Dr. T. S. Gate-
wood, Americus, secretary treasurer.
Out-of-State: The nation’s 1956
cotton crop is reported off 115,000
bales. Methodist Registration was
reported largest of any denomina
tion at the National Convention on j
the Church in Town and Country |
at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 16-18. Two
Bellflower, Calif., men who swapped
wives said last week the exchange
was the best for all concerned.
President Eisenhower recently or
dered the admission of an addi
tional 5,000 Hugarian refugees to
the U. S. as soon as possible. Gen.
A. M. Gruenther, retired supreme
commander of the AHied Forces in
Europe has been named president
of the American Red Cross, effect
ive Jan. 1st. World conditions rule
out any reduction in armed forces
according to a news dispatch.
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