Demonstration Agents Conference Held in Cordele
Miss Bennie Parking and home demonstration agents from six counties attended a week long conference in Cordele. Sessions covered bread fruit and vegetable cooking methods, with group demonstrations and an exhibit for Cordele residents. Hosts included local bankers Kiwanis Club and the board of education, as agents shared learning and the value of home economies work for community welfare.
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Bennie Parking
Cordéle
Parkematt
Cordelo
Cordele
Kiwanis Club
Board of Education
Lou Hamilton
Crisp County
Bonnie Parkman
Sumter Coun
Ola Sammons
Macon Couny
Jessie’ Foster
Muscogee County
Tassie Clark
Stewart County
Manu Schley
Mitchell ‘Healiss
Lita Forest
Thomas
Mag Morris
Dudleys
Sarah Mortis
Dodge
Vie
Filpehi County
Issiah Duckworth
Iggs Coun
Luke
Ewig ‘Ebeg
Sate Betts
Turner County
Miss Low
Bibbs County
Miss Leis
Dowdle
Tatag Brent
Imark
State
COME
Bessiey Benley “Wood
State College of
Reunion date hinted as pensions fund note arrives
Ordinary John A. Cobb received a note from Pension Commissioner Lindsay indicating funds for paying veterans are not in sight. The message implies upcoming delays in pension payments affecting veterans awaiting benefits.
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John A. Cobb
LindSey
If I Were a Poet of Americus Town
A poetic musing praising Americus Georgia. The speaker envisions writing about its quiet hospitality clear skies and moonlit nights. He imagines celebrating local beauty, the old red hills of Georgia, lovely girls, and a cherished sweetheart near Fort McPherson.
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Red Hills
Georgia
South
Imperial Land
Minstrel Show Ends With Grateful Community Support
The article notes a minstrel performance featuring Mrs Malley’s son Sammy and a happy crowd led by Mr Pierpont. Anne Willis James Davenport Mary Dudley Carroll Clark are mentioned in dance, with John Mathis/P68t of the American Legion expressing gratitude for public cooperation. A substantial sum was raised for a permanent club house.
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Sammy
Oo Malley
Two Black Suspects Sought in Attack on Girl near Richmond
June 16 report says two Black men are sought after an incident in which they allegedly tried to abduct a ten year old white girl and a six year old boy in the woods on the city outskirts. Police say they know the identities of the men.
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Richmond
Modern Flour Mills of Macon Lights Up Georgia Industry
MACON June 16 Unknown to many of its oldest citizens Macon has an industry that manufactures annually 3,000,000 in wheat products and pays 30,000 a month in freight. The Modern Flour Mills is led by J. S. Birdsey president A. S. Birdsey vice president and Ralph T. Birdsey secretary treasurer. The plant currently has capacity for 1 000 barrels of flour and thirty tons of feed daily with daily packing needs around 600 worth of cotton sacks. The mill operates twenty four hours for grinding and ten hours for packing, with 130 000 bushels of wheat storage planned. This amounts to slightly more than a month’s supply. The company buys Georgia wheat, paying cash to farmers last year for 75 000 bushels. The boss says more Georgia wheat would be bought if available. Power comes from Central Georgia Power Co. with 6 600 volt lines and fifteen motors the largest 200 horsepower. Products go to North and South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama, limited by freight rates. Birdsey’s Best flour is praised as high grade, made from selected wheat. Five 2 000-round mixing machines and thirteen packers operate in the self rising and packing department.
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Macon
J. S. Birdsey
A. S. Birdsey
Ralph T. Birdsey
Georgia
George
Ralph Birdsey
Central Georgia Power Co
Jackson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Ex- Lents
Birdsey
Shiva
Richmond Prepares for Confederate Veterans Reunion
Richmond Virginia gears up for the United Confederate Veterans reunion opening June 20 with sponsor mentions for regional figures, staff sponsors, and veterans' groups. Officials predict 30 000 to 50 000 visitors amid band concerts receptions and nightly ceremonies in a city famed for Confederate memory.
Mary Souter Returns Home for Summer Vacation
Miss Mary Souter of G N I College arrives home for summer. Visitors Nannie Wilson Bessie Smith and Mildred Goss in Buena Vista. Willis Drew returns for summer after Georgia Tech. Mrs Henry Hawkins and sons Harry and Sion depart for Florida for business. Barbecue at Kings pond Tuesday night. Verna Little on vacation. Dr J F Lunsford welcomes home after four weeks in Plains hospital. Several ladies left for…
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J. F. Lunsford
Plains Hospital
Moving my office to Americus address change notice
To my friends and patients in Sumter and Webster Counties my office formerly at Plains is now located at 1144.2 Jackson St Americus Georgia this notice informs clients of the relocation and new contact details.
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Sumter
Webster
Plains
Jackson St
Americus, Ga
Albany guests attend Columbus Sunday school convention
Mr and Mrs Cobb and daughter Monteen of Albany were weekend visitors spending the day with Mrs J W Montgomery. they came Tuesday to attend the state Sunday school convention in Columbus.
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Columbus
Cobb and Daugter, Monteen
Albany
J. W. Montgomery
Grasshopper Horde Hidden in Glacier Near Yellowstone
Washington June 16 Grasshopper Glacier outside Yellowstone National Park contains thousands of grasshoppers of an extinct species preserved in ice. experts doubt the find but park officials confirm the glacier’s existence and the entombed insects.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Yellowstone National Park
National Park Service
Philips Sees Frame-Up In Republican Probe
Atlanta June 16 The federal inquiry into alleged enforced money collections from state officeholders by Republican officials drew sharp responses from Georgia Republican leaders. J Louis Phillips state chairman C W Parker vice chairman and C C Coyle secretary charged the probe is a political frame-up by disappointed office seekers and Democratic partisans seeking to oust Phillips and seize party machinery.
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Atlanta
Ame Jory
J. Louis Phillips
Georgia
C. W. Parker
C. C. Coyle
State
Republican Committee
Phillips
Half a Century of Use for Thedford’s Black Draught
G W Tisdale of Tilman County Texas born man with fifty years of use, praising Thedford’s Black-Draught as a reliable liver and stomach remedy. He notes family use for forty four years, liver issues, indigestion, and torpid liver, calling it a valuable old well established remedy.
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Grandfield
Okla
Tilman County
G. W. Tisdale
Thedford
Texas
Freestone County
Rsa
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Miss Parkman
Americus
Fort McPherson
I. J.C
Belfast
Asso
Birdley’s Mill
Georgia Asset
Mary D. Ramseur
Milton
N.C
United Confederate Veterans
Julian S. Carr
The
U. CG
Carr
Kate F. Irwin
Danville
B. Mimms
Winston-Salem
C. B. Howry
Washington, D. C
Army of
Southern
Lee
Buchanan
Semme
Tucker
Commonwealth of Virginia
W. Tate Brady
Oklahoma
United States
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Henry Lewis Smith
Washington and Lee University
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Preston
A. B. Gardner
Philips
Republican Probe
Oklahoman
Empire Loan & Trust Co
G. R. Ellis
G. C. Webb
Kormerly
City Bank
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