Georgia News Roundup Highlighting Local Events
Warner Robins plans a September rally for Talmadge. Cairo observes its Golden Jubilee on August 8. Doves hunting opens September 15. Georgia pine saplings to double by 1958. Olin Spence retires as Carrollton postmaster after 22 years. Andrew College alumni note campus renovation. Thomaston hosts Georgia Peace Officers Association meeting. UGA to award degrees to 400 in summer exercises. Baltimore firm to drill near Preston this week. Pat and Hinson celebrate 58th wedding anniversary. Cordele man jailed for knife murder. Torrence Wall family holds annual reunion. Griffin-Spalding hospital head James Bowen dies. Drowning toll hits 11 in state. Midstate polio death reported. Lightning at Fort Benning claims two lives, injures 12. Indian Springs Holiness Camp begins 66th session August 8. Seven lives lost in Georgia accidents weekend. Juvenile gangs jailed in Macon Bibb. Tifton officer shot self in jaw. Soil conservation certificates awarded to 12 Schley county farm families. Irwinton girl kills sister with rifle. Lanier student dies in Macon crash. another injured. Buena Vista council lauds local accomplishments. Steve Cocke honored by new state fish hatchery. Terrell County to name hatchery after Cocke. New grazing and feed contest favors top scorers. awards at dinner.
L E Hale to Speak at Sardis Methodist Next Sunday
Mr L E Hale associate district lay leader of the Columbus district South Georgia Methodist Conference will deliver the morning message at Sardis Methodist Church. He chairs the official board at Hamilton and serves as secretary treasurer in the tri county sub district.
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L. E. Hale
Sardis Methodist Church
Columbus
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Greenville
Penna
Hale
Ida Cason Callaway Gardens
Hamilton
Hamilton Methodist Church
Hamilton Church
Tri-Ounty
Harris, Talbot
Taylor
Nelson Goolsby
Woodland Methodist Charge
Goolsby
Woodland Methodist Church
Edwin Garrett
New $60 Thousand Health Center to be Dedicated at Talbotton
Talbotton Georgia August 9 The new 60000 Talbot County Health Center will be dedicated August 28 Ceremonies begin at 7 p m in the Straus LeVert Memorial Hall Dr S C Rutland of Atlanta director of Local Health Organizations for the Georgia Department of Public Health will speak An open house and reception will follow at the new health center Miss Helen Hale public health nurse says the investment will pay off in better health and prosperity for all and invites all to see the health department services.
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Talbotton
Talbot County Health Center
Straus-LeVert Memorial
C. Rutland
Atlanta
Georgia Department of Public Health
Talbot County
Helen Hale
Richland Woman 76 Dies From Auto Train Crash Injuries
LaGrange Ga August 12 Mrs C C Abell 76 of Richland died at City County Hospital from injuries after an auto train collision Friday afternoon at the Hamilton Road crossing of the A and W railway. She rode in a car with daughter and son in law Herman Harris also of Richland, who drove. The couple were returning from Carrollton when the accident happened.
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LaGrange
C. C. Abell
Richland
City County Hospital
Five Million Dollars Gifted for Athens Science Center
Gov. Griffin from his contingency fund awarded the University of Georgia $5 million to complete a giant science center on the Athens campus. He announced the grant at a morning press conference with University and Board of Regents officials present. He signaled additional funds for a nuclear research center at Georgia Tech.
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Atlanta
Griffin
University of Georgia
Athens
University and Board of Regents
Georgia Tech
Mission School Event Moves to Wesleyan Campus
The annual School of Missions and Christian Service continues as a key WSCS program, slated for August 20 to 24 at Wesleyan College in Macon. A Salisbury woman leapt to her death from a fifth-floor hospital window. two Dallas neighbors fought with bull whips. a Camp Hill girl was struck by lightning and died minutes later.
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Anual School of Missions and Christian Service
South Georgia
WSCS
Wesleyan College
Macon
Salisbury
N. C
Dallas
Texas
Camp Hill
Ala
1956 Cotton Crop Estimate Set at 13 552 000 Bales
The Agriculture Department on Aug 8 placed the 1956 cotton crop at 13,552,000 bales, down eight percent from 1955 but above the 10 year average. Prospects were favorable in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and irrigated NW Texas, with good yields in central states and coastal areas, though very poor in parts of NE Texas. The lint yield is expected to average 394 pounds per acre on 16,527,000 acres harvested, compared with last year’s 417 pounds. The crop’s overall condition was 83 percent of normal on Aug 1, with extra long staple American-Egyptian cotton totaling 46,900 bales.
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Agriculture Department
Washington
Department
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Texas
Smokey Bear Posters Ride U.S. Mail Trucks Across Nation
Smokey Bear posters again ride U S Mail trucks in August to alert Taylor County citizens to fire season. Austin Guinn and Butler Postmaster Carl Hobbs join national program to curb timber loss from fires. Ranger Guinn urges extra caution for campers anglers and travelers through forests.
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U. S
Taylor County
Austin Guinn
Taylor County Forestry Unit
Butler
Carl Hobbs
Georgia
Guinn
Brunswick Celebrates Centennial Week in 100th Birthday Flair
Brunswick Georgia launches a seven day centennial celebration beginning Monday to mark the city's charter age of 100 years. The town, harking back to earlier dates, stages daily parades through Saturday and events including a monster outdoor checker game, a 200 vessel parade and shrimp blessing, and a 300 actor pageant from Wednesday to Friday nights.
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Brunswick
Oglethorpe
Ft. Frederica
Mrs. Mattie Lowe Dies at 82 in Roberta
Roberta resident Mrs. Mattie E. Lowe age 82 died after several weeks illness. Funeral held Sunday at Roberta Baptist Church with Rev. J. S. Winn officiating. Widow of W. J. Lowe she taught in area schools for over 40 years. Surviving daughters named.
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Roberta
Mattie E. Lowe
Roberta Baptist Church
J. S. Winn
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Warner Robins Planns Rally For Talmadge
Cairo
Olin Spence
Carrollton
Andrew College
Cuthbert
Thomaston
Upson
Georgia Peace Officers Association
Baltimore, Md
Preston
Pat H. Hinson
Fort Valley
Maxie Porter
Cordele
Ernest L. Waugh
Torrence Wall
Marion County
Tazewell Methodist Church
James Y. Bowen
Griffin-Spalding County Hospital
Tommy Hague
Albany
Middle Georgia
Jane E. Laidler
John S. Laidler
Rochelle
Macon Hospital
Fort Benning
Post
Indian Springs
Bibb County
George Mathis
Tifton
Tift County
Schley County
Lower
Sarah Lou Killingsworth
Irwinton
Macon Lanier
Emery Highway
Buena Vista
Dawson
Graves
Steve Cocke
Terrell County
The
Agricultural Extension Service
Qur
Butler, Ga
Giant Science
Athens, Ga
Dept
Smokey Bear
U.S
Nation
Mattie Lowe
Sikes Office Supply
Sikes Insurance Agency Office
Ledgers
Day Books
W. A. Fletcher
Georgia Power Company
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