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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER. GEORGIA, AUGUST 8. 1957.
SUMMARY OFTHE NEWS
THROUGHOUT GEORGIA
News item says Muscogee ranks
second for divorces in Georgia.
James M. Cox Jr. has been
elected head of the Atlanta news
papers.
Perry, county seat of Houston
county, is to receive dial phones
this week.
Mrs. Kate English died a few
days ago at her home in Anderson-
ville after a brief illness.
Clara Bell Clark, 18 of Wildwood,
drowned a few days ago while wad
ing in a pond near her home.
Heart attack proved fatal Satur
day to Walter H. Robinson of Ma
con while enroute to a hospital.
A majority of the public schools
of the state, white and colored,
will open their fall terms on Aug.
29th.
Albert Phillips, 56, of Lookout
Mountain died Friday after being
bitten on the hand by a rattle
snake.
Charlie F. Williams, prominent
land owner and real estate dealer,
died Friday at his Warm Springs
home.
Harllee Branch Jr., Atlanta, pres
ident of the Southern Co, has been
elected a director of Southern
Railway.
E. E. Jemigan, 73, Schley county
farmer died Friday night at an
Americus climaxing, an illness of
two days.
Columbus may be the next Ga.
city included in the pilot study of
treating the mentally ill in general
hospitals.
Memories are all that is left of
Worth County stagecoach terminal
located where Crisp and Worth
counties join.
Wm. T. Stepens, 79, of Tifton,
died unexpectedly Saturday while
on his way to a funeral at which
he was to sing.
Outstanding work in the 4-H farm
business project has earned a 4,054
mile tour of western states by 31
Georgia 4-H Club boys and girls.
Georgians paid out $807,261,997
in federal taxes during the fiscal
year ended June 30, according to
Internal Revenue Service figures.
On July 30th at LaGrange
Stockholders MeeHrig
Production Credit Group
Meets in Thomaston Aug. 15
Stockholders of the Thomaston
Production Credit Association will
meet in annual session Aug 15th
curred the death of H. G. Smith, 71 10 ; 3° a. m. in the courtroom of Up-
a former vice president and secre- son county Courthouse, Thomaston,
tary of the Calloway Mills in that' according to announcement by
city. Rhodes Murphy, Secretary Treasur-
The Georgia Department of Pub
lic Health is “keenly aware” of the
danger of Asian flu and is prepar- j mar, Mc/nroe, Pike, Taylor and Up-
tag for the worst the state health son counties is completely owned
director said. and operated locally by its stock-
Northwest Georgia* police were ' h ° lders whoiire farmers in the ter-
searching Monday for two masked ™ ..V*
men who wounded a Rome man
and stole an auto from a Summer-
er of the Association.
The Thomaston P. C. A. which
makes agricultural loans in La-
Murphy states that these stockhol
ders now own the assets which
amount to over $152,000, represent
ing approximately $51,000 in stock
invested by the members and $101,-
ville resident.
The Federal Government has
earmarked $65 million to be spent. 000 of accumulated earnings. This
in Georgia on the national highway | makes a comparison stock value
program in the 12 months starting ratio of three to one when com-
in mid-1958. pared to original stock purchase
price of $5.00 per share.
Stinson Coker, a 47 year old
Madison county prisoner was re-
The association was organized
!for purpose of providing depend
ported in good condition Monday a ^j e credit for responsible farmers
after hospital treatment for eating anc j ma j{ e short term loans for
ground up glass.
crop production and intermediate
term loans on 3 to 5 year terms for
equipment
rates! purchase, dairy loans, buildings,
esti- ! etc -> to farmers in its territory.
Directors of the association are
j elected at the Annual Stockholders
A Savannah mother of four chil- Meetings. Present directors are W.
The Ga. Public Service Commis
sion has authorized an increase on , capital items such as
interstate railroad freight
that will cost shippers an
mated $600,000 a year.
America Rapidly Becoming
"Nation on Wheels" Was
Theme of Speaker's Talk
dren has been exonerated for kill
ing her husband, an Air Force cap
tain, who beat her for years, she
said,because sha was afraid of fly
ing.
J. McDaniel, President, Zebulon; J.
E. Ballard, Sr., V-Pres., Barnesville;
J. J. Pierson, Culloden; Franklin
McCants, Butler and L. E. Hancock
of Thomaston.
-The public is invited to attend
the meeting and the farmers are
Miss Thelma Williams of Byron
who has seen more history in the ( especially welcome
making than almost any other liv-
ing Georgian, is retiring this month
as secretary to Congressm Carl
Vinson.
Mrs. A. R. McAuliffe,
Wife of a Georgia
Newspaperman, Dies
Atlanta, Aug. 4—Mrs. A. R. Mc
Auliffe, 76, wife of a Georgia news
man died Sunday night at her
home after a long illness.
Her husband was former busi-
H.e Dim annual xx-uay , cam P iness manager and associate editor
meeting at Indian Springs Holiness creased by 16 per cent over the i . Au „ ust chronicle and was
Camp Ground opened Thursday and same period in 1956, according to . president of the Georgia
will extend thru Aug. 18th. a report released by the Depart- tne president ot tne Georgia
ment of Public Safety.
J. H. Slade, Jr., of Pulaski, grew I
A 27 year old Forsyth farmer es
caped possible death when a trac
tor which ran him down struck a j
bam and was stopped before it
could tow a mowing machine
across his body.
Georgia traffic deaths for the
and marketed the first bale of 1957
cotton for the season. He received
40c cents a pound for the staple.
George Johnson, 42, swam out
into a Fulton county lake a few
days ago for a fishing cork which
he had spotted, became entangled
in the line and was drowned.
Rajmohan Gandhi, the 21 year
old grandson of the late Manhatma
Press Association.
Mrs. McAuliffe
was boin in
A nationwide lookout was recent- i Gnwetown and lived most of her
ly reported in Atlanta for a gray- j’**® * n Augusta,
haired woman leading a caravan of I Survivors in addition to her hus-
show dogs in a pink sedan. She is b^nd include a son, R. D. McAu-
wanted in connection with an esti-, ^ e ’ °f Atlanta, and two grand-
mated $100,000 fund shortage in a; children,
privately operated medical center.
Savannah, Aug. 6—Highway plan
ners, in designing roads for the fu
ture, must take into account “the
astonishing speed with which
America is becoming a nation-on-
wheels.”
R. H. Lawson, former chairman
of the State Highway Board, made
this statement in a talk today be
fore te Georgia Independent Auto
mobile Dealers Association at Sa
vannah.
The former state highway chief,
who resigned recenty from the
Highway Board in order to be eli
gible to qualify in next year’s gu
bernatorial race, has been serving
in an advisory capacity to the
Highway Board 'at Gov. Griffin’s
request.
“With 52 million cars in the
country and with 10 million trucks
and buses, ” Lawson said, ‘‘the de
mand for roads is greater than
ever. We cannot add two million
or more cars and 300,000 to 400,000
trucks and buses a year to the
•number already on our roads with
out steadily improving and extend
ing our roads and providing much
larger parking areas in our cities.”
Lawson, a Hawkinsville attorney
and former Solicitor General of the
Oconee Judicial Circuit, said he
was privileged during his tenure on
the Highway Board “to learn some
thing about the problem that must
be overcome before our state final
ly realize its highway goal . . .”
Mr. Lawson was introduced by
M. J. Padgett, Augusta automobile
dealer and member of the Rich
mond County Commission. Auto
dealer Carey Paul, of Atlanta, pre
sided at the two-day meeting.
INTEREST IN VIENNA
GIN FIRM PURCHASED
BY ROY V. NOBLE
Vienna, Aug. 5 — A business
tranaction of interest is the sale of
Porter’s Gin and Warehouse to R.
V. Noble, prominet business man
and famer of Vienna. Noble already
owns and operates a large gin and
warehouse on the Hawkinsville
Highway.
Howell Porter, former owner of
the Gin and Warehouse is retiring
from business due to ill health. His
associates, Willie Porter and Mer
cer Porter, will devote their time
to large farming and other busi
ness interests.
MPHIT
to star the
Twenty-five senators, two con-
Griffin Youths Rescued
[AT THIS STAGE of construction the reactor
building of the Enrico Fermi atomic power
plant near Detroit, Michigan, pjay resemble
the classic theaters of ancient times. Its
purpose, however, is to provide modern man
with electricity . . . generated with heat
from nuclear fuel.
The Georgia Power Company is participat
ing in the project with 16 other electric
utility companies, six equipment manufac
turers and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commis
sion. The experience gained will benefit you
in the atomic future. /
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
A CITIZEN WHEREVER WE SERVE
gressman and Ambassador Henry C rAm an AM RacarVAir
Cabot Lodge flew from Washington 11 will (III VlU nCiCI YOU
to Georgia Monday to attend the
Gandhi, left Atlanta Saturday for funeral service for Walter George.
India to attend the funeral of his Flags flew at halfmast across the
father, Devadas Gandhi, who died nation Monday in memory of the
Friday. • former Senator.
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Notice Fishermen
Fish Pond Draining
One Day ... Aug. 17th
Hicks Mill pond will be drained
for fishing on Saturday, August 17th
Pond located 6 miles from Rey
nolds, Ga. just off Reynolds and
Oglethorpe highway.
$5.00 per person will be charged
for fishing with no seins or nets
allowed.
Fishing will start at 10:00 A. M.
Tickets now available at pond site.
I Griffin, Aug. 3—Three boys were
rescued with the help of the fire
J department from a\i abandoned
I reservoir that was once Griffin’s
; water storage system.
Pulled from the 20 foot hole were
Kenneth Harper. 12; Mickey Thomp
son, 10, and Douglas Beam, 9. A
fourth youth, Tommy Thompson,
12, refused to enter the reservoir
and called for help when the three
found they were trapped.
: The fire department lowered a
ladder to bring the youths to safe-
l ty -
The boys had lowered themselves
in the reservoir on a thin electric
wire in search of golf balls. The
reservoir is located near the golf
course at Griffin’s municipal
park.
H. BUTLER
Owner
Reynolds, Georgia R F. D. No. 3
BLACKSHEAR MAN BOUND
OVER IN SLAYING CASE
| Fernandina, Fla.—W. F. Branson
of Blackshear, has been bound over
: on a first degree murder charge by
I the Nassau county grand jury.
The 19 year old sailor is accused
of the July 1 slaying of Eddie Lee
\ Charlton, 30, of Jacksonville, whose
i body was found beside a highway
| between Hilliard and Callahan
•near the Georgia line with a bullet
hole thru the heart.
Georgia joined in celebrating two
notable events last week, each be
ing attended by many thousands of
interested persons. These were:
White county citizens celebrated
! the county’s 100th anniversary and
• Alpharetta honored “Old Soldiers”
veterans of all wars, the city’s
second similar anniversary.
Out-of-State: Rep. E. L. Forrester
j is credited by a Virginia Congress-
: man, active in the fight against
j civil rights “for unmasking the
ithe bill so as to expose in detail
I the many hidden evils.” A six
j alarm fire in a two-story Pittsburgh
business block was reported to be
under control Wednesday. Come
dian Red Skelton and his leukemia
stricken son returned to New York
Monday from Europe. Skelton
vigrously denied that the trip was
made for publicity as charged by
several British newspapers. The
largest and oldest floating crap
game in Philadelphia was broken
up late Sunday by five bandits who
forced 60 gamblers to strip to their
shorts and escaped with an esti
mated $50,000.
RULES and REGULATIONS
OF
Butler Swimming Pool
1. Admission is 25c for persons 12 years and under
and 35c for those older than 12 years of age.
2. Management or owners are not responsible for
drownings. Patrons use the swimming pool at
their own risk.
3. Management or owners are not responsible for lost,
misplaced or stolen articles and valuables.
4. The Committee reserves the right to refuse admis
sion to anyone.
5. The committe reserves the right to expel anyone
for misconduct.
6. Children under 8 years of age must be accompanied
by an older person.
7. A five ($5.00) dollars fine will be imposed on any
one who climbs or jumps over the fence.
Season Passes Now On Sale At The Pool or
From One ot the Members ot the Committee