Watermelons in Georgia headline oddities and court filings
Five suits totaling 53 434 81 were filed in Macon City Court. Mary Pierce Moore 19 crowned Cotton Maid of Sumter County Americus. An Athens egg packing plant ranks among the largest in the United States. Alonzo W Jenkins a 65 year old Muscogee County Commissioner since 1949 died after brief illness. Fort Valley church plans 100th anniversary August 17. Stevenson and Talmadge meet in Atlanta. A class of six nurse aides received certificates at Terrell County Hospital. John Wesley Anderson 54 farmer and Terrell County Commissioner dies of heart attack. Thirteen fertilizer grades approved for 1952 53 by UGA agronomists. Macon buys Hemlock Street lot to enlarge hospital. Multiple weekend fatalities and injuries reported across the state.
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John Wesley Anderson
Terrell County
Dawson
Tifton Gazette Changes Hands in Historic Local Sale
The 60 year old Tifton Gazette in Tifton Georgia was sold to H M Rankin A C Tift Jr D H Tift and associates from the Herring family. Chess Abernathy Jr becomes editor and manager for the first edition under new ownership.
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Tifton
Tifton Gazette
H. M. Rankin
A. C. Tift Jr
D. H. Tift
Herring
Chess Abernathy Jr
Abernathy
Cobb County Times of
Marietta
Gazette
J. L. Herring
J. L
J. G. Hering
H. H. Tift
Two Central Georgia Employees Retire After Long Service
Macon Ga Aug 1 The Central of Georgia railway closed its books on almost a century of service with two retiring Macon conductors Henry C Perryman 69 and Vivian Smith 73. Perryman ended his career on train No 3 and his eight grandchildren accompanied him to Terminal Station. Smith began service July 1 1901 and rode his last run between Macon and Columbus. Both men plan activities after retirement including fishing and home repairs.
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Central of Georgia Railway
Henry C. Perryman
Yan
Atlanta
Terminal
M. Perryman
Central
Vivian Smith
Columbus
Smith
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