County Agent Column Highlights Georgia Corn Meal and Pies
The Georgia 4 H Council delegates from Taylor County attend the state meeting in Milledgeville August 16 20 with speakers such as W S Brown and Gov Herman Talmadge. A tour of cotton defoliation near Vienna shows benefits including quicker opening and potential savings on ginning. Voter ballots for the pecan marketing election are mailed for August 20 1949 with counting through August 30. Local Florida restaurant praise for pot likker corn pone and fried corn bread noted as Southern staples and a potential regional boost if location identified.
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Jean Peed
Mary Wainwright
Taylor County
4-H
State Council
Milledgeville
W. S. Brown
Agricultural Extension Service
H. L. Wingate
Georgia Farm Bureau
Herman Talmadge
Harmon W. Caldwell
University of Georgia
Vienna
Florida
Georgia
Times-Union
Jacksonville
Paris
Georgians to honor noted philosopher John Dewey
Valdosta celebrates Dr. John Dewey's 90th birthday with a Georgia phase led by Dr. A G Cleveland retired Valdosta Superintendent. Dewey is listed among the 25 greatest philosophers and Cleveland, who taught him at Columbia, will author a treatise for the Georgia Education Journal.
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Valdosta
John Dewey
A. G. Cleveland
Georgia
Dewey
Cleveland
Columbia University
Georgia Education Journal
Plato
Aristotle
Aquinas
Kant
Mrs. Kinsey Succeeds Husband as Postmaster
Virginia K. Kinsey is confirmed by the U. S. Senate as Postmaster at Mayfield Hancock County. She has acted in the role since her husband stepped down due to ill health, continuing the family service in the village.
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Sparta
Virginia K. Kinsey
Mayfield
Hancock County
U. S. Senate
Davison Paxon Opens Postwar Expansion Festivities
A crowded Monday night open house at Davison Paxon Co celebrated completion of the postwar expansion and renovation program. Music, lights, color, and entertainment drew thousands as attendees milled through the store.
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Atlanta
Davison-Paxon Co
Memorial Hall at Americus Dedicated
Memorial hall in Americus honors Dr. J M Walker bishop of Atlanta who spoke at the cornerstone ceremony for the 40000 J Bolan Lawrence Memorial parish hall. Funds were raised by gifts from 25 cents to 500 dollars and a Bible prayer book hymnal and other items were placed in the cornerstone. Several hundred attended.
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Americus
Jnc. M. Walker
Diocese of
Atlanta
J. Bolan Lawrence
Lawrence
Calvary Episcopal Church
Georgia
Happenings As Local Families Host Guests Across Weekend
Mr and Mrs Harmon Montgomery and others visit with relatives including Mr and Mrs Charlie Hill and Mr and Mrs Dave Harbuck. Families welcome visitors from Columbus Charing Howard Dawson and Florida while neighbors note Ken Neets return to Atlantic Coast Line work and M D Schubert’s week in the community.
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Harmon Montgomery
Charlie Hill
Welch
Columbus
Dave Harbuck
Brooks Montgomery
Giles
Laura Montgomery
M. B. Pittman
Kernice Waller
Charing
Bill Brown
Howard
Kenneth Neets
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Clarence Whitley
Florida
Leila Chalkley
Will McFarland
Bob Samedrs
Brannon Montgomery
Bascom Parker
Bowman 74 Monster Cane Mill Sent Abroad From Thomasville
The Thompson Foundry & Machine Co has completed a 40 000 pound 20 ton Bowman 74 cane sugar mill. Built for high juice extraction it promises about 85 percent juice yield, far above common mills. Shipped to Venezuela, it carries a price tag of 16000 dollars.
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Thomasville
Thompson Foundry & Machine Co
Venezula
Bowman
Milledgeville civic leader denounces padded payrolls and night riding
Mrs. Frank Dennis, a Gray resident and Tri-County REA figure, criticized wasteful payrolls and lawlessness in Middle Georgia during the ninth session address. She urged citizens to demand accountable taxation, better schools, roads, and welfare while calling for jury service to curb hooded night riding. Dennis chairs tax revision efforts in the region.
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Gray
Frank Dennis
Milledgeville
Tri-County
REA
Dennis
Middle Georgia
Senate Rejects Truman Welfare Department Plan
President Truman’s move to create a new welfare department by executive order was defeated by the Senate. A 60 to 32 vote disapproved the proposal, ending its chance this session under the government reorganization law. The action must occur within 60 days, with Wednesday as the deadline.
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Washington
Truman
Department of Welfare
Senate
Date for Macon Flower Show School Is Set
Macon hosts a two course flower show school at the city auditorium. Course 1 runs September 19 to 21 and Course 2 September 26 to 28. Instructor for arrangements is Mrs. J M Greene Jr of Orangeburg South Carolina while Mrs Arch Walker of Spartanburg South Carolina leads horticulture and show classes.
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Macon
City Auditorium
J.M. Greene Jr
Orangeburg
S. C
Arch Walker
Spartanourg
S.C
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E. Barnett
Tom Hawkins
Pecan
Mrs. Kinsey
Thomaston
Dave Henry Eppinger
Horace Sherman
Eppinger
Davison
Monster
Patrick Hose
Cauge
Denier
Wash Silks
Shantung
Gabardine
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