Central News social visits and church revival notes
Central News lists guests visiting from Destin Pinehurst Thomas ton Warner Robins Reynolds Ideal Buena Vista and Montezuma among others. Visits include Rev A C McKinnon and Rev H J Kelly of Columbus with several family members at Little Bethel church and Riverside hospital patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scarbrough
Destin
Fla
R. N. Melnvale
Fred Williams
Pinehurst
W. T
Larry Williams
Mavis Chapman
Loquita Chapman
Panama City
Betty Chapman
Thomaston
Anne Jones
Jack Hollis
Bobby
Warner Robins
R. N. MclInvale
Charlie McCarty
Reynolds
R. N. MecInvale
Little Bethel Church
O. M. Williams
Bessie Emerson
Lee Studdard
Ideal
Walter Crook
Buena Vista
C. B. Crook
Columbus
S. O. Jones
Bruce
Roger Streetman
George Chapman
Riverside Hospital
Inquest Set in Death of Baby in Macon
An inquest into the death of a baby born Friday will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday after the infant was found stuffed in a trunk at the home of Miss Martha Norton in Macon. The mother is held on foeticide charges, with other charges under consideration. Bert M. Latham is held as a material witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
L. H. Chapman
Martha Norton
Bibb County
J. P. Massey
Sheriff’s Department
E. Julian Peacock
Bert M. Latham
Turner Named State March of Dimes Campaign Chairman
Fred Turner vice-president of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co was named state campaign chairman for 1950. The annual drive to raise funds to fight infantile paralysis will be staged in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Turner
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
State March of Dimes
Social News From Wesley Highlighting Local Guests
Wesley column lists numerous visitors and hosts from Columbus Thomasville Albany and Palatka Fla including Mrs W A Cessano Mr S T Allen and J M Downs. Notable events feature birthday celebrations for J M Downs and Earl Jr with family gatherings at the homes of the Scotts and Whatleys. Several relatives and friends travel to join in the weekend visits and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Downs
Glen and
Earl Jr
Eugene Downs
Mary Jean
Kenneth
Palatka, Fla
J. M. Downs
Royce Whatley
Albany
J. W. Bickley
Talmadge Smith
James Smith
St. Marks Fla
Harvey Rogers
Bob Bickley
Ronny
Thomaston
Walker Bass
Macon
Albert Whatley
Pic
W. R. Whatley
Warner Robins
H. A. Scott
Downs
Palatka
Fla
E. H. Downs
East Palatka
J. B. Downs
Mercer Downs
Rupert
Charles. Downs
Butler
Eugene
Negro farmer wins Georgia soil conservation award
George T. Maddox, a 147 acre farmer near Shady Dale, born in Jasper County, will receive a 100 prize August 19 at a Negro soil conservation jamboree in Hancock county Log Cabin community. His 16 years of improvement include terracing 20 acres, 30 acres of row crops split between cotton and corn, 24 acres of kudzu and diverse borders, beef cattle and fruit orchards, and a planned tractor purchase once paid for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Shady Dale
Georgia
George T. Maddox
Log Cabin
Hancock County
Jasper County
George
Ecuadorquake Toll Rises to Five Thousand Dead
Quito's quake toll reached 5000 with about 20 million dollars in damage. President Galo Plaza Lasso said Pelileo alone suffered 3200 deaths, a figure rising from earlier estimates, amid aftershocks and a mercy flight crash killing 34 aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Pelilo
Ambato
Pelileo
Negro Shot to Death Near His Home at Lyons
A 50 year old Negro man Lemon Ricks was shot and killed near his Lyons home on Monday night. Three white men Lester Mixon Cass Williamson and Woodrow Williamson all Toombs County farmers were arrested on open charges as investigators probe the slaying near the Toombs county courthouse where a race killing earlier drew attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Lemon
Ricks
Toombs County
Robert Mallard
R. L. Gray
Lester . Mixon
Cass Williamson
Woodrow Williamson
Toombs
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Louise
Nessler
Reynolds, Ga
Alco Feed Mills
Atlanta
E. F Parr
Woodmen
The
Woodmen Society
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
Omaha
Nebraska
Thomas E. Tante
Butler, Georgia
Central News
Wesley News
W. A. Cessano of
John Tucker
Myrtle Walker
Thomas
Ton
Betty Gasset
Harper Moore
Thomas: Ton
Lem Whatley
George Parker
Dora Bickled
Grady Gassett
S. T. Allen
Terrell Robbins
Bill Gassett
Johnny
New York
William Maxwell
W. B. Baldwin
Talbotton
Herbert Sealy
R. M. Suggs
Butler and Reynolds
Bazemore & Keen
Butler, Ga
PRG Bele
Frigidaire
Radianturs
N.L. Halley Reynolds
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