Wilkes County Boy Wins State Dairy Farmer Award
William Higginbotham, a 17 year old from Wilkes County, was named Georgia's Star Dairy Farmer at the 21st Georgia FFA convention. He won a $100 prize and a trip to the National FFA Convention in Kansas City. His dairy project includes about 2000 dollars of stock and has produced over 8700 dollars in dairy products in three years. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Higginbotham, switched from beef cattle to dairying, and William now works in partnership with his father.
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Covington
Georgia
Georgia Association
Future Farmers of America
William Higginbotham
Wilkes County
Kansas City
J. H. Higginbotham
William
Columbus Council selects market site near Riverdale Cemetery
Columbus Ga. officials after a meeting decided to deed a 10 acre tract near Riverdale cemetery for the state operated farmers market. City Manager J A Williams and market manager T N Bussey expect the new site to win approval from State Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder, who last month criticized an old Victory Drive racetrack for lacking railroad facilities.
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Columbus
Riverlale Cemetery
J. A. Williams
T. N. Bussey
Tom Linder
Linder
Victory Drive
Former Employee Held in Murder of Society Matron
Police in Charlotte arrest Monroe Medlin 23, a former butler, for the shotgun killing of Mrs. E. O. Anderson, 68, in her upscale home. Medlin also admits injuring the replacement butler Wilford Randleman 48 with a iron pipe and slashing his throat.
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Charlotte
N. C
Frank N. Littlejohn
E. O. Anderson, Sr
Littlejohn
Monroe Medlin
Medlin
Wilford Randleman
Iron City Bans Mask Wearing
Iron City City Council unanimously passes an anti mask ordinance after Mayor L Drake says he fired on seven car loads of Klansmen who approached his home in retaliation for his opposition to Gov Talmadge. The incident followed his reported exchange of shots with the robed group.
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Iron City
L. Drake
Pace proposes county model farm buildings in every agricultural county
Representative Pace of Georgia began a move in Congress to fund county agricultural buildings on a model farm in each agricultural county. He urged federal aid for construction and a center to house all federal, state and local agricultural agencies, locating the building on a model farm to showcase modern farm management and erosion control.
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Washington
Pace
Congress
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Grant
D.-Ala
Hays
Dem.-Ark
Stop Gap Aid Expands Welfare Rules in Georgia
Welfare Director Allen Kemper announces relaxed rules for old age benefits and aid to dependent children effective November. Aged recipients with noncontributing children may receive state aid again, while those with contributing children receive none. Also, children with a noncustodial stepfather won’t be penalized. maximum age payments rise to 50 in September. Over 43,000 aged Georgians received aid at end of June.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Allen Kemper
Kemper
Ixemper
Georgia
Department
Newspaper Men Fight Georgia Payroll Controversy
Georgia weekly newspapermen defend their state pay roles after The Journal linked them to government jobs. Names include J. R. Ham and W. O. Brooks among others with salaries ranging from 200 to 500 dollars monthly or daily stipends. Ham said he saw nothing wrong with a newspaperman taking a state position.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia Weekly
Atlanta Journal
Herman Talmadge
City Daily
The
Journal
J. R
Country) Ham
Abbeville
Statesman
Institutions
Welfare Department
W. O. Brooks
McRae
Talmadge
Thomaston Promotes Upson County Livestock Industry
A leaflet prepared by the Thomaston and Upson County Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee outlines advantages and opportunities for live stock production in Upson County. The effort aims to distribute information nationwide to attract livestock producers to Georgia and the county.
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Thomaston
United States
Upson County
Thomaston and
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Georgia
House Boosts Vets Aid by 112 Million
Washington Aug 2 The House voted an annual increase of 112 million dollars in veterans pensions and disability payments. The bill passed without opposition or debate and moves to the Senate. It would raise disability allowances for veterans of all wars and liberalize rules for World War I service-connected disabilities. The VA estimates first year cost at 112.5973 million dollars with no estimate for later years.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
History of Georgia Newspapers to be Published Soon
Stiles A. Martin is appointed chairman of the GPA historical committee to write a history of Georgia newspapers in cooperation with the Henry Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. Members include Ernest Camp, M L Fleetwood, Monroe Martin Jr, William Gray, H W Amason, Albert Gelders, and Beth Williams Powers.
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History of
Georgia
Atlanta
Stiles A. Martin
The
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia Press Association Historical Committee
GPA
Albert S. Hardy Jr
Martin
History of Georgia
Henry Grady
University of Georgia
Ernest Camp
Walton Tribune
Monroe
M. L. Fleetwood
Tribune-News
Carters Martin Jr
Suburan
East Point
William Gray
McDuffie Progress
Thomson
H. W. Amason
Oglethorpe Echo
Lexington
Albert Gelders
Fitzgerald Leader
Fitzgerald
Beth Williams Powers
Quitman Free Press
Quitarnn
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Alco Feed Mills
E. F Parr
Reynolds, Ga
Green’s Fuel Gas Company
Thomaston, Georgia
U. S. Gypsum Co
Pittsburgh
Columbus Council
Carey Williams
Greensboro Herald-Journal
Board of Regents
L. W. Griffin
Dodge County Advertiser
State Board of Workmen's Compensation
Thearon Jennings
Tri-County News
Americus
Revenue
Ham
Frighonere
Frigidaire
N. L. Halley Reynolds
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