Billy Eve Host At Prom Party
A social event closing the summer season featured Billy Mac Eve hosting a prom party Friday at his parents home on South Lee Street. The porch set with pink and white decor hosted about fifty younger guests as punch, ice cream, and cake were served, with sisters Lovlace Eve and Lachlyn Eve in charge of the punch table.
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Billy Eve
Billy Mac Eve
Mrs. Lovelace Eve
South Lee Street
Lovelace Eve
Lachlyn Eve
Winter Visitors and Local Arrivals in Americus
Miss Eunice Austin returns to Americus to teach English at the High school and live with Mrs. Anna G. Ketchum this winter. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Maynard report a motor trip to Arcadia Sarasota and Bradenton Florida, and Mrs. Maynard opens a music school on West Church Street. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Montgomery and their grandson Jimmy of Charleston West Virginia visit Mrs. Montgomery's sister Mrs. Arthur Rylander on Taylor Street, with plans to join Mr. Montgomery in Miami for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mathis of Charleston acknowledge gratitude for a floral offering in a bereavement. Miss Vera Parker of Lakeland arrives to spend the winter with Aunt Mrs. Anna Verus and attend Americus High School. Miss Maude Holliday returns from Atlanta, joined by Aunt Mrs. Roy L. Bray visiting at West Church Street. Mr. Tom Stallings arrives from Winter Haven to join Mrs. Stallings, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rylander before Florida trip. Mrs. M. M. Eldridge and Mrs. James Ferguson depart for Miami to spend several days. Mrs. Joel Hightower returns from a multi-week visit.
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W. T. Maynard
Arcadia
Sarasota
Bradenton
Fla
James L. Montgomery
Jimmy
Charleston
West Va
Americus
Mrs. Montgomery
Arthur Rylander
Taylor Street
Mr. Montgomey
Miami
Vera Parker
Lakeland, Fla
Anna Verus
Americus High School
Maude Holliday
Atlanta
Roy L. Bray
C. C. Holliday
West Church Street
Tom Stallings
Winter Haven
Mob Justice at Scene After Lynching and Flames
Report describes a mob sealing a suspect with suffocation and fire while deputies struggled to reach the scene. The dying man retracted claims about other defendants. A single accused black man allegedly involved was later cleared as crowds gathered, with high costs incurred by property and vehicles attending the lynching.
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Font and
Crd
Mr and Mrs Sam Perry Lose Infant Daughter
Mr and Mrs Sam Perry mourn the loss of their baby daughter born Sunday morning Sept 20 at Americus and Sumter County hospital. The infant lived only a short time and was laid to rest this morning in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Sam Perry
Americus and Sumter County Hospital
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Cobb Aids In Coin Drive In Georgia Harvest Campaign
Governor Clifford Walker appoints Mrs Betty Reynolds Cobb of Carrollton as executive secretary of Georgia Harvest Campaign to sell the state's Confederate Memorial Half Dollars quota. Campaign organized by southern governors, with each state pledging to meet its quota and oversee local efforts. The article notes regional campaign momentum and then carries an unrelated pinball of farm price and diamonds durability.
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Atlanta
Clifford Walker
Betty Reynolds Cobb
Carrollton
Georgia
Walker
Carolina
Virginia
Texas
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R. L. Barnes
Nashville, Tenn
Keith Tatum
Fort Benning
Charles F. Wells
Mary Elizabeth
Hapeville
M. E. Baines
Jackson Street
L. F. Grubbs
Lottie
Clara Ethridge
Huntington
Utah
Idaho
Davenport Hotel
Spokane
Wash
Robert L. Woolen
Chas. W. Woolen
David L. Woolen
Numa FE
Woolen
Chalmers G. Woolen
Ruby Woolen
W. F. Garrison
Billy Earnhardt
Roas Ratley
Robert C. Lane
Col
W. T. Lane
J. B. Mathis
Charleston, S
M. M. Eldridge
James Ferguson
Joel Hightower
Ae Ac
Americus Business
Mrs
Mrs. Cobb
Harvest Campaign
America
Nadinola
R. C. Ellis
G. C. Webb
Empire Loan & Trust Company
Americus, Georgia
Thos. S. Bell, Inc
Harris Grocery
Stewart-Warner Radio
Stewart-Warner
Stewart Warner
Stewart- Waner
U. S. Navy
Stewart-Warner Radio Ensemble
Venta /RADIO
Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation
Chicago
Howell’s Pharmacy
Americus, Ga
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