County Commissioners Hold Busy Session
Clarke county officials met for hours to approve road and bridge projects. Three iron bridges were ordered for Princeton, Lester’s branch on Tallassee road, and near Winterville, with culverts and concrete work planned. Five two horse road machines were approved and a district monitor program to maintain roads after rains was set. A militia district tax collector will receive ten percent of collected funds. A county map by Prof. Strahan was adopted as official. framing and display ordered. A death notice for Sheriff Wier was approved and a minutes page set aside. Lumpkin street and Milledge avenue drainage near Capt. Scott’s property was referred to the city. An individual ledger to itemize all orders and vouchers was authorized. The clerk highlighted new record-keeping features improving accessibility. Next meeting set for first Tuesday in January. Heating bids for the courthouse will be opened then, with plant installation to begin.
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Gamble
Princeton
Lester
Tallassee Road
Winterville
Clarke County
C. M. Strahan
Grand Jury
Ister
Prof
Strahan
Wier
Lumpkin Street
Milledge Avenue
T. J. Scott
Backlen's Arnica Salve Endorsed by Local Merchant
Le Raysville merchant C S Woolever recalls using Backlen's Arnica Salve to cure piles twenty years ago and extols its ability to heal sores wounds burns and abrasions. The note appears in a local ad with mentions of W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons drug stores.
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C. S. Woolever
le Raysville
W.J Smith & Bro
H. R Palmer & Sons
Chamberlain
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Warren ,J. Smith & Bro
L. P. Canning
EC. McEvoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens
Funeral of Sheriff John W Wier Held in Athens
The funeral for Sheriff John Wier drew a large crowd at the Presbyterian church with prisoners viewing the casket prior to burial. Veterans, city officials, Masons, Odd Fellows, and council members attended, and interment followed at the Wier burial ground with Masons conducting the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Wier
Presbyterian Church
Se O
Confederau
Athens Lodge
Elka
Willian Lodge of Odd Fellows
Mt. Vernon
Emmanuel Church
E. L. Hill
Eisker
Messrs
E. S. Cohen
G. E. Luca Aaron Cohen MH
J. Rowe
Hiran Peeler
J. H. Beussee
J. H Mealor
J. W. Barnett
Wier
State Normal School
Jefferson Road
H. R. Palmer
W. F. Dorsey
H. H. Linton
Troy Beatty
Death of Minus McQueen in City After Illness
Minus McQueen a young white man from Hall county died yesterday morning in this city after a brief illness with meningitis. He moved here months ago to work for Moss Manufacturing Company where an accident damaged his thumb but he soon recovered before the meningitis struck. Funeral arrangements set for three this afternoon at Dorsey’s Funkenstein parlors, with interment in Oconee cemetery.
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McQueen
Hall Couty
Hall County
Moss Manufacturing Company
Dorsey ‘S& Funkenstein
Oconee Cemetery
Dublin student located after disappearance in Camilla Ga
Orrin G Kelley, who entered the University last October and vanished soon after, has been found in Camilla Georgia. He told a schoolmate he planned to visit a brother in Valdosta but stopped in Camilla and took a job at a sawmill. His family had appealed to Chancellor Barrow for information.
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Orrin G. Kelley
Dublin
Barrow
Camilla
Vada
Candidates Soon to Announce for Clarke County Sheriff
Clarke County Georgia moves toward January 17 1968 election to fill the unexpired term of John W Wier with multiple candidates mentioned including Clarence Y Wier Lloyd E Brooks John N Williamson Walter E Jackson Ben H Kinnebrew James A Suddeth and J H Dorsey. Ordinary Wingfield ordered the race and Coroner Weatherly will run sheriff duties until a successor is chosen.
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S. B. Wingfield
Sheriff Wier
Clarence Y. Wier
Wier
Lloyd E. Brooks
Madison County
Charles N. Weatherly
Wingfield
Georgia
Clarke County
John W. Wier
Kunv
Court House
Said
General Assembly
Sheriffs House
Court House Square
Weatherly
John N. Williamson
Walter E. Jackson
Athens
Ben H. Kinnebrew
James A. Suddeth
Winterville
J. H. Dorsey
Special Fur Sale At The Big Store In Athens
Special fur sale offers small and medium mink stone martin and seal neckpieces at manufacturers cost. Regularly $10 to $65, reduced 25 to 33 1 3 percent. New fur shipments arrive with Christmas silk stockings. Public notice urges paying county taxes by December 20th, H. H. Linton tax collector.
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Athens
Foley
H. H. Linton
University extension lectures draw three high schools into series
Lectures prove popular as several high schools including Maysville Stone Mountain and Warrenton arrange for a series of talks. Selections of lecturers will be made later with more schools considering participation. The movement is described as a promising success.
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Maysville
Stone Mountain
Warrenton
Hungarian Orchestra to perform for YMCA in Athens
Eight charming artists of the Hungarian Orchestra will play Wednesday night for the YMCA. Local residents praise their Lyceum platform quality and expect it to be the greatest musical treat in Athens. Voters are urged to support Miss Hattie Galligher in the Dreamland watch contest, with tickets at Davison Nicholson Dageny’s store.
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Lyceum
Athens
The
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Hattie Galligher
Dreamland
Davison-Nicholson de Gany
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Princeton Bridge
Lester’s Branch
Clerk Gambl
Wer Sucay
Princess and Daly's
New York
Mr. Miller
Willi Vaughn Moody
University of Chicago
Mr. Milley
Divine
Mr. Moody
Amy
Lester Ginbergan
the Great 2B
Henry Miller
Henry Miller, — Ismay
Weil
Iness
Meaiisit
Kelley
Tound
Davison Nicholson Company
Suiy Ozajoya
Jayson
Great Orchestra
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