Funeral plans unclear for General Booth at New Orleans church
A funeral for General Booth, age 70, has not announced the hour. He died after a fall led to a knee injury, pneumonia and complications. Survived by widow, son, and daughter, all of New Orleans. Booth, a Confederate veteran and former adjutant general, was born May 4, 1944 in Kentucky and moved to Louisiana as a child. He served in the Civil War era with the Louisiana infantry and fought at Oak Hill, Elkhorn Tavern, and along the Yazoo River. A Klan delegation was noted to attend. No special services planned.
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New Orleans
A. B. Booth
The
United Confederate Veterans
Wirat ‘Methodist
Neal
Way
Nikecles
Iecharge Neal Institute
Woodward’ Ave
Atlanta
Booth
Confedeate Veteranary
WW. B. Hakteman
Lcpuisville
Veterans
Tle
Kloneilium
Knights of the
Ku Klux
Prisoner Captured at Vicksburg Later Began New Orleans Business
He describes being taken prisoner during the siege of Vicksburg, being shipped to Vicksburg for parole, joining a company that formed part of the Twenty second Louisiana infantry, and being captured again in east Louisiana before parole. General Booth arrived in New Orleans in 1881 from Hope Villa Louisiana where he had worked in business since the war’s end.
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Vicksburg
Twenty-second Louisiana Infantry
East Louisiana
Booth
New Orleans
Hope Villa
Doctor Bell Resigns to Accept Call in Union Springs
Dr. Robert Bell, pastor of Pryor Street Presbyterian Church, resigns from the local church to answer a call from a former charge in Union Springs Alabama. The congregation passed two resolutions of regret at a special meeting held for that purpose.
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Robert Bell
Pryor Street Presbyterian Church
Union Springs
Ala
Former Atlantan Patton Named Rail Agent at Birmingham
A former Atlantan, Charles Patton, has been appointed commercial agent of the Erie railroad at Birmingham, Alabama, and will assume duties July 1. While living in Atlanta, Mr. Patton connected with the A B and A for several years.
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Charles Patton
Ecie Railroad
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Tutoning
Minstrelsy de Luxe Tonight Aids Disabled Veterans
A clever minstrel show titled Minstrelsy de Luxe opens at the Atlanta theater with talents from Atlanta and the Junior Chamber of Commerce and American Legion. Lucian York endorses rehearsals, Bert Flynch and Ed Floyd perform, and the Dance of the Nations features eight costumed dancers. Proceeds support disabled veterans. tickets are sold at the box office and Cable Piano company.
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Atlanta
Lowe
Lucian York
Bert Flynch
Bert
Ed Floyd
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Catherine Jones
Alfred Gane
Cable Piano Company
Conclave Opens for Kappa Sigma Fraternity Delegates
Delegates from 90 of 94 chapters attend the twenty-fifth biennial Kappa Sigma convention opening at the Ansley hotel with welcome addresses by Ed L. Sutton and Joe Bennett. Beverly V. Howe responds as the session begins. afternoon deals with committee work while a barbecue at East Lake Country Club follows. Official officers present include Worthy Grand Master J. S. Lawson and others. committee of one hundred in charge is listed.
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Ansley Hotel
Adisresses
Ed L. Sutton
Atlanta
Joe Bennett
University of Georgia
Beverly V. Howe
Lincoln
Neh
East “Lake Country Club
Miller S. Baker Appointed Mission Board Treasurer
The board of missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South has named Miller S. Baker as treasurer. Baker, a well known Atlantans figure, previously served six years in Europe with the YMCA.
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Board of Missions of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Miller S. Baker
Baker
Europe
Misread Passage Hints at New Duties in Tussi Wht
Fragmentary text indicates a man named Gail or Gail with his wife and daughter moving from New York to assume duties in a place called Tussi Wht. The passage notes he has lived in Atlanta most of his life except six years in Europe with a group abbreviated Ye-M CG Ay.
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Gail
New York
Tussi
Baker Hay
Atlanta
Europe
Georgia Colleges Seek Maintenance Increases After Meeting
Georgia higher education representatives met in Atlanta to request higher maintenance funding for the coming two-year period, totaling 1 099 500 dollars an increase of 279 000 over last year. Institutions listed proposed maintenance sums including University of Georgia 160 000, Georgia Tech 150 000, State College of Agriculture 35 000, North Georgia Agricultural College 35 000, State Normal and Industrial College Bowdon 25 000, Augusta Medical College 4 500, Athens Normal School 100 000, Georgia State Woman's College Valdosta 50 000, plus a 10 000 deficiency appropriation.
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Atlanta
University of Georzin
Georgia School of Technology
State College of Agriculture
State College For Women
Milledgeville
Garrent m
North Georgiaa
Agricultural College
State Normal and Industrial College
Bowdon
Georgia Medical College
Augusta
E Normal School
Athens
Georgia State Woman's College
Valdosta
Agricultural and Mechanical
M. J. Brittain
Georgia Tech
New Advertising Club Officials Are Installed
Herbert Porter becomes president of the Atlanta Advertising Club at a Thursday noon Chamber of Commerce meeting. Fred Wilken of Davison Paxson Stokes is first vice president, Carolyn Thomas becomes the club’s first female officer as second vice president, and Warren H Fogg of Central of Georgia Railway is sergeant at arms. Directors elected include Winston Harvey Dave W Webb Deroy Rogers W B Croxby Daisy H Bagwell and Buford Good men. The group discussed forming an 80 club for Vocal members and planning Atlanta attendance at the World Advertising Clubs convention in London next June. Lestay Rogers presided in the absence of retiring president Winston Harvey.
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Herbert Porter
Advertising Club of Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Wilken
Davison- Paxson & Stokes
Carolyn Thomas
Warren
H. Fogg
Central of Georgia Railway
Winston Harvey
Dave W. Webb
Deroy Rogers
W. B. Croxby
Daisy H. Bagwell
Buford Goodmen
Vocal
Advertising Clubs of the
London
Lestay Rogers
Poppy Sale Prizes Awarded by Atlanta VFW
Mrs. Car Dick Mrs. A F Lively and Mrs. Marguerite Murphy won first second and third prizes for selling poppies on May 30. They received engraved cups from Greater Atlanta Post 390 Veterans of Foreign Wars at the chamber of commerce. Commander Otey B. Mitchell presented the program. Also notes about a meeting of the Butler Street Yo Meet Tonight for the ARianet group.
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Car Dick
A. F. Lively
Marguerite Murphy
Greater Atlanta Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chamber of Commerce
Otey B. Mitchell
Post
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