Carrier's Wife Tribute and Georgia Postal Convention
A Georgia column lauds postal workers wives for steadfast support and home life. It also reports on the National Letter Carriers Convention in Des Moines and Georgia Week in Chicago with travel plans, special trains, and Georgia members listed for retirement and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Des Moines
The
Bee
Chicago
Tmp
Southern Railway
Georgia
Nashville
Mee & St. Louis Railway
Qtr
30-Year Service Carriers In Georgia Listed
The National Rural Letter Carriers issue of July 22 shows 143 Georgia carriers with 30 years or more service, among 1,889 statewide carriers. It notes the retirement act allows the Post Office Department certain rights, with many longtime leaders named in years past.
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W. G. Armstrong
G. Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
Georgia
Post Office Department
Envy and the wish to swap selves with others examined
The narrator argues envy is a form of theft that would swap our personalities for others. Most refuse to trade lives, preferring self possessions and familiar pains. A parable of a god and burdens shows people clinging to own trouble, not swapping, and the piece connects self knowledge to spiritual goals.
Not Our Own We Are Bought With a Price
A sermon recalling Biblical teaching on God as source of gifts and talents. It contrasts Jesus’s selfless use of power with selfish desire, urging believers to serve, give, and seek what they can contribute rather than personal gain. It ends with the principle that in God’s plan we gain by losing and live by dying.
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Wasees
Nashville, Claltanooga & St. Louis
Oul
Brales Wal
Auuil
Atianvanat
Chicago
Des Moines
G. B. Harris
Atlanta
Dixie Flyer
Dixie Express
N. C
St. L. Ry
Union Station
Dearborn
LaSalle Street
P. Ry
Atlanta Union Station
Fort’ Des Moines
Heaven
Hell
God
Earth
Judea
Jesus
Satan
We Gotta Ride Reflects Hard Times Across Counties
A mid 20th century column references heavy debt and scarce cash with a refrain about traveling and “we gotta ride.” It notes over 100 cars near a Butler school, typical costs, and questions about mortgage relief in Taylor County, while accusing Turner County residents of not being broke. The piece, quoting multiple local voices, contrasts hardship with stubborn optimism.
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Butler
Taylor County
Butler Herald
Turner County
Akins
Dawson News
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Ellaville, Ga
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A. C. Bahr
Brother Bahr
Bowman
Willie W. Faulner
John W. Roberts
Bronwood
George M. Gammage
M. S
Buchanan
Orlando F. Goldin
Buena Vista
Vilas Belk
Buford
Kembert
Crogdon
Penley Jackson Hayes
Byron
Nathaniel Arthur Bush
Henry A. Lowe
Calhoun
John V. Adams
Eli Cobb McEntyre
Camilla
Wm. Curry Hilliard
Carrollton
Hugh H. Ward
Cartersville
James V. Bishop
Cass Station
Wm. S. Chunn
Cedartown
Fred C. Hogg
Chamblee
James W. Purcell
Charing
Benj. J. Montgomery
Cochran
John H. Mullis
College Park
Arthur O. Allen
Colquitt
Thomas P. McDonald
Comer
Thomas W.hinton
Clarence J. Howard
Conyers
Elberton
James T. Carpenter
Walter C, Jones
Elko
L. Holmes
Fairburn
H. Pennington
Farmington
Henry C, Poole
Forsyth
Augustus A. Smitty
Franklin
Walter H. Miller
Gabbettville
David W. Beaty
Gibson
Gartrell Thompson
Gillsville
Marion F. Chandler
Hahir
Marietta
Thomas J. Hamby
G. G. Osborn
Charles G. Phillips
Matthews
John S
Roberts
Maysville
Wm. B. Thompson
McDonough
John F. Fisher
Henry A. Sims
McIntyre
A. S. J. Arrington
Robert Lee
Hartley
Mitchell
Arthur M. Kitchens
Molena
John W. Capel
Monroe
Wm. Y. Allen
Prince A. Dickinson
Monticello
Charles H. Ballard
Montrose
Ben R. Simmons
Moultrie
Clarence M. Gammage
Newnan
A. A. Morgan
Norcross
John D. Cain
Oconee
Christopher A. Hodges
Ogeechee
Green K. Sharp
Oglethorpe
L. B
Gardner
Oliver
Wm. E. Hodges
Palmetto
Newton O
Roopville
O. O. Garrett
Round
Oak
George T. Pippen
Royston
Allen T. Brown
Sandersville
Joseph R. Newsome
Wm. G. Summerlin
Senoia
Harry L. Alexander
Samuel H. Thurmond
Smithville
Alva H. Booker
A. F. Hale
Stephens
Jas
H. Hunter
Statesboro
Edgar A. Beazley
Stockbridge
Hugh M. Askew
Sylvania
Martin L. Taylor
Tallapoosa
Charley Wright Hamilton
J. D. Askew
Temple
Charley . Stallings
Tilton
John T. Gentle
Toccoa
Sanford Keisler
Tucker
Clarence B. Lindsey
Valdosta
Wm. Studstill
Vidalia
Willie A. Hart
Vienna
E. Swearingen
Villa Rica
Oscar Payne
Chas
A. Hardy
Watkinsville
John M. McLean
Wrightsville
E. J. McAfee
Yatesville
John B. McDonald
Zebulon
W. W. Mitchell
Bob Jones
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