Miss Ellen Thomas Wins Miss Georgia 1950 Title
Fitzgerald girl Ellen Lewise Thomas, 19, won Miss Georgia 1950 after reciting her poem Prayer for Endurance. She will use a $500 college scholarship to study journalism and English at the University of Georgia. Second place went to Lucy Carolyn Dunning and third to Jane Horne. Betty Rentz and Tara Rehm were among five finalists. The piece also notes the University of Georgia Press release of Early Georgia, a new quarterly society publication.
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Columbus
Ellen Lewise Thomas
Fitzgerald
Georgia
Ellen
Athens
Lucy Carolyn Dunning
Americus
Jane Horne
Betty Rentz
Atlanta
Tara Rehm
University of Georgia
Hadacol Praised By Newport Steel Worker In Personal Testimony
Link Robinson of Newport Ky lauds Hadacol for relieving stomach gas pains and bloating after iron and vitamin deficiencies. He credits improved appetite and reduced nerves after two bottles and notes doctors also recommend the product. The LeBlanc Corporation advertises trial and family sizes at $1.25 and $3.50 in 1950.
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Link Robinson
Lindsey
Newport
Robinson
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Bomber Crashes at Fairfield Base Kills Brig Gen Travis
At Fairfield-Suisun California a B 29 carrying 10 to 12 500 pound bombs crashed exploded and burned. Seventeen men were known dead two missing and 60 injured including Brig Gen Robert F Travis commander of the Ninth Heavy Bomber Wing. The blast wrecked nearby cars and trailers and would have hit a trailer area if the plane had fallen slightly differently.
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Fairfield-Suisun Air Base
Cal
Robert F. Travis
Fairfield-Suisan
Travis
Savannah
Taylor County bids for health center plans open soon
On or about August 16 1950 drawings for Taylor County Health Center in Butler Georgia will be available to general contractors through B F Horton. Plans also on file at Atlanta Builders Exchange and Clerk of County Commissioners office. A $10 deposit covers one complete set and refunds on return. Bid opening September 6 1950 at 11 00 A M EST at Taylor County Court House.
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Taylor County Health Center
Butler
Georgia
B. F. Horton
Hudson Drive
N. E
Atlanta
Atlanta Builders Exchange
Bona Allen Building
Clerk of County Commissioners
Court House
Taylor County Board of Commissioners
County Commissioners
Taylor County Court House
A. S. James, Sr
Adoption Petition Prompts Notice in Taylor County Georgia
C E Johnson has filed for final adoption of two children of his wife Willie Margaret Johnson. Austin Johnson unknown, notice published weekly for four weeks. Hearing set for October 20 1950 at 11 am in Columbus Georgia. Thelm on Jarrell Clerk. Also creditors to the estate of Mrs Claude B Rhodes deceased must file demands and debtors pay. A C Rhodes Administrator.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Austin Johnson
C. E. Johnson
Willie Margaret Johnson
Superior Court
Taylor
Chambers
Court House
Columbus
Muscogee County
Thelmon Jarrell
Notice to Debtors and Creditors Wade Estate
Mrs Letitia W Wade deceased in this county all debtors and creditors must render their demands and settle accounts promptly per law J R Wade and Mrs Letitia Wade executors or administrators call for payment
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Georgia
Taylor County
Letitia W. Wade
J. R. Wade
Legal Sale of Ford Tudor From Execution in Colwell Motor Case
The sheriff will sell at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in September 1950 between legal hours one used 1944 Model Tudor Black Ford, Motor No 18 575 1541, for cash to satisfy an August 5 1950 execution from the superior court of the county in favor of Colwell Motor Company against H Milton Childres. This is dated August 8 1950 by Sheriff Charlie J Wright.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Said
Colwell Motor Company
H. Milton Childres
Charlie J. Wright
Newly Weds to Escape Draft for Time Being
Washington reports draft reg istrants who marry after the Korean War began may seek deferral but officials offer no promises. A spokesman said final decisions on deferrals rest with local draft boards.
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Washington
Selective Service
Redding Nominated as Assistant Postmaster General
Washington August 2 John M Redding publicity director for the Democratic National Committee was nominated by President Truman as assistant postmaster general He will succeed Paul Aiken who resigned to run for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Kansas.
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Washington
John M. Redding
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Paul Aiken
Kansas
Gaultney estate seeks leave to sell land in Taylor County
E M Gaultney and M T Gaultney Jr executors of the will of M T Gaultney Sr apply to the Ordinary of Taylor County for permission to sell estate land to pay debts and divide assets. The hearing is set for the regular term on the first Monday in September 1950. J R Lunsford Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor County
E. M. Gaultney
M. T. Gaultney, Jr
M. T. Gaultney
Court of Ordinary
J. R. Lunsford
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the Society For the Preservation of Early Georgia
University of Georgia Press
Calif
Claude B. Rhodes
A. C. Rhodes
Checkerbgoard
Purina
Feed Bros. Feed Store
Butler, Georgia
UN i
Redding
Ford
America
Hartford
M. A. Chapman
Butler, Ga
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
Hartford, Cor
Talis
Whit
Pti
Payne Motor Company
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