Thompson cites help shortage delaying Georgia road work
Governor Thompson told the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association that a shortage of trained highway engineers and contractors is slowing the state post road improvement program. Delegates Tom Kennedy and Solon W. Ware urged faster progress and funds. the governor predicted 125 miles of post roads would be built in the next year but questioned if all contracted roads can be completed.
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Savannah
Georgia Post Roads
Thompson
Convention of
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Tom Kennedy
Manassas
RLCA
Solon W. Ware
Woodbury
Kennedy
Georgia
11 Cent Parity On Peanuts Reported
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports that the parity price of peanuts on July 15 was 11.1 cents per pound while growers received 9.55 cents. The mid-July parity price will guide government price supports for this year’s peanut crop, with minimum support set at 90 percent of parity.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Department
Fort Pulaski Reopens as National Monument at Savannah
Fort Pulaski near Savannah will reopen on August 6 as a National Monument with pageantry. The site, once built under Robert E. Lee and shelled by Federal forces from Tybee Island in 1862, now serves as a historic preserve with re enactments marking its Civil War role and its WWII Coast Guard use.
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Savannah
Fort Pulaski
Robert E. Lee
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Tybee Island
U. S. Coast Guard
Cockspur Island
U. S. Route 80
Tybee
Peanut Picker for Sale Libstern Peanut Picker
Used Libstern Peanut Picker in good condition on rubber for sale. Reasonable price. Inquire at Adams Service Station Butler.
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Libstern
Adams
Butler
Cuthbert Girl Crowned Miss Georgia at Columbus Pageant
Miss Bobby Sauls 21 of Cuthbert won the 1947 Miss Georgia title in Columbus before about 4000 spectators. She will compete in the Miss America finals in Atlantic City. First runner up was Laura Averett of Ashburn.
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Columbus
Bobby’ Sauls
Cuthbert
Sauls
Atlantic City
America
C. L. Sauls
Miss Sauls
Andrew College
Miss Georgia
Crawford Key
Junior Chamber of Commerce
M.G. Murray Jr
Georgia
Royal Crown Cola
New York
Laura Averett
Ashburn
Bob Carrol
U. S. Highway 27 Association
Margaret Jennings
Marjorie Jarvis
Miss Jennings
One-Carrot Ring Found in Garden in Moultrie
Mrs. Ruth Ripley recovered a gold wedding band lost two years ago in her father's garden. The ring was found around the tip of a carrot in the vegetable plot.
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Moultrie
Ruth Ripley
Governor Thompson Rejects Call for Special Session
In a letter to Speaker Hand dated Aug 1 1947 Governor Thompson denounces plans for an extra legislative session. He notes past bills stalled by Hand and allies, argues against taxing taxpayers for a special session, and warns Georgia voters have endured enough politics that year.
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Atlanta
Gov. Thompson
Roy Harris
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Thompson White
Senate
Georgia
Man Settles Old Store Debt in Moultrie
A 16 year old man walked into Walter Lansing's rural store in Moultrie on July 29 and offered to settle a 1931 debt. Lansing said the debt had been written off years ago, but the man insisted it was $27 and that credit was extended when no one else would.
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Moultrie
Walter Lansing
Lansing
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Macon, Ga
Reynolds Truck & Tractor Company
Reynolds
Chevrolet
Fisher
Taylor County Motor Co
Reynolds, Georgia
Hinton & Waters CO
Hotpoint
Hinton & CO
J. W. Waters
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