Macon Telegraph Man to Retire After Fifty Years of Service
George Eat and W. Griffin, a longtime Macon Telegraph and News staffer, retires after nearly 50 years of work. Born in 1878 in Painesville Ohio, he covered police, fires, storms, and major events, earning trust for tips and a close grasp of town life. He began in Buffalo and joined Macon in 1910, shaping both papers as editor and reporter across eras.
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Reforestation Drive Expands Across Tennessee Valley
In Georgia and Tennessee a large program plants pine and black locust to halt erosion and restore badly eroded land. Agricultural forester Bert Carreth notes rapid planting in Atcoosa Dade Rabun Towns Walker and other counties with nearly three million saplings supplied by federal cooperators.
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Bryan Family Linked With Important Events in Georgia History
Review of Georgia pioneer families highlights the Bryans in state development. The Macon Telegraph column recalls graves in the old Bryan cemetery near Kathleen, including Jas. A. Bryan founder of the settlement born 1801 and died 1847, and connections to Eliza A. Bryan, J. G. Brown, and other descendants and relatives tied to local families and Confederate service.
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Eugene Anderson
Macon Telegraph
Robert Campbell Bryan
Old Bryan Cemetery
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Eliza A. Bryan
J. G. Brown
Grovania
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Howell and Wife Raise Roses as Georgia Gubernatorial Hopeful
Howell, an orphan who fought to educate himself, recalls 134000 votes in 1938 and campaigns again for governor. He credits law work with Eugene Talmadge and a yearslong rise from teacher to attorney, now aided by his wife’s household steadiness and farm life near Stone Mountain.
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Georgia
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Oxford
Marietta
Albert Howell
Eugene Talmadges
Democratic Executive Committee
Talmadge
State Highway Board
Public Service Commission
Reidsville
Public Welfare Director Publishes One Year Operating Cost
Public Welfare Director gives the cost of operating the department for one year. The report covers state and county administrative expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30. Totals include social security expenditures and federal benefits from surplus commodities WPA CCC NYA. Grand total and per cent figures are listed.
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Public Welfare
Department of Public Welfare
Division of Accounts and Finance
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WPA
CCC
Georgia to host observation squadron of U S Air Corps
The War Department announced Maj. Gen. John F. Williams is authorized to organize eight air corps observation squadrons. Locations will include District of Columbia, Louisiana, Oregon, Iowa, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Kansas and Georgia with 31 officers, 115 enlisted men, and 14 airplanes each equipped with photography, radio, and weapons gear.
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War Department
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Free Phone Call From Frisco Stirs Macon Crowd
A flash call from San Francisco to Fried's Garage in Macon spurred a flurry of excitement. Milton Fried's nephew E. J. Fried, GMC student, was reportedly on a Piedmont educational tour of the West. The reply from the West: the caller said, I just won this call at the fair booth.
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Bryan Family Reunion At J Averett Bryans Home
The Bryan family held their annual reunion at J Averett Bryans home near Kathleen in Houston county last Sunday July 21. Key participants included Mrs Lynda Lee Bryan of Talbotton and Atlanta and Mrs H J Lawrence of Baxley sister of the late J A Bryan. The event honored family history with the well kept cemetery where Bryans Browns Wardlaws and other names lie. Attendees listed include Lynda Lee Bryan Winburn Maude Finney Bryan Dent Harrison S D Harrison J W Storey J J Foreman J A Battle Amourette Smith Calloway Oscar Lawrence Julia D Lawrence Mary Sackman George Sackman E M Clapp Roger Jack Mary Rudolph and Helen Clapp H J Lawrence Baxley.
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J. Averett Bryan
Kathleen
Houston County
Lynda Lee Bryan
Talbotton
Atlanta
H. J. Lawrence
Baxley
Lawrence
J. A. Bryan
Lynda Lee
Mary Bryan
Lynda Lee Bryan Winburn
Maude Finney Bryan
Dent Harrison
Melphis
S.D. Harrison
J. W. Storey
J. J. Foreman
J. A. Battle
Amourette Smith Calloway
Oscar Lawrence
Julia D. Lawrence
Mary L. Sackman
George Sackman
Jacksonville
E. M. Clapp
Roger
Jack
Mary
Rudolph
Helen Clapp
Byron
J. A. Lawrence
New Georgia License Tags Feature Reflective Raised Letters
Rome Georgia unveiled the 1941 Georgia license plate with illuminated raised letters and border lines. The tag uses a peach image in natural colors, is produced by Tattnall Prison inmates, and will go on sale December 1, 1940.
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Georgia
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State Board of Penal Administration
Peach State
Tattnall Prison
Crossword Puggle Horizontal Solved Puzzle No 10
The page presents a solved crossword with horizontal and vertical clues. Across entries include subdue a street urchin monster and various definitions. down clues cover cleansing compound sly look aromatic taut promontory and more. The puzzle consolidates wordplay and definitions common in crossword fare.
Tobacco Houses Ready For Opening In Waycross
Waycross Georgia July 30 white farmers in Ware and surrounding counties rush tobacco curing as one of Georgia belt's finest crops forms. Three large sales houses prepare for Georgia auctions starting Thursday August 15 with 15 market towns joining. Civic tobacco committee led by E Kent Bennett and Miss Atwill Walden assist opening. Waycross Journal Herald to publish a special tobacco edition August 6.
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E.kentz Bennett
Miss Atwill Walden
Tobacco Board of Trade
Waycross Journal-Herald
Ewing Named Executive Director of Wesleyan Conservatory
Macon Ga July 19 Dr Dice Re Anderson president of Wesleyan College and Wesleyan Conservatory announced the appointment of J R Ewing of Rochester New York as executive director for the Wesleyan Conservatory. Ewing will assume duties this summer and will be in charge of all departments of the conservatory. Mr Joseph Maerz will continue as director of music acting in cooperation with and in harmony with the new executive director.
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Dice Re Anderson
Wesleyan College
Wesleyan Conservatory
J. R. Ewing
Rochester
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Conservatory
Joseph Maerz
Note of appreciation from Attorney General nominee
The nominee expresses deep gratitude to Georgia constituents for the unopposed nomination and thanks Taylor county friends for their interest and friendship, praising the general confidence and steadfast support as the highest reward.
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Plan to Auction 600 Georgia Mules in Atlanta
Atlanta will host an auction of 600 Georgia mules saved from military service after the French government capitulated. Purchased by a French mission two months ago, the stock yard kept them until they could be shipped overseas. With the French resistance fall, the mules will be sold for plow work rather than gun carriages, in an auction set for August 1.
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