Georgia News Roundup Highlights Floods, Politics and Crops
Georgia reports show Mrs. Lucy Joiner dies at 82 in Fort Valley. Six highway deaths over the weekend. 1954 peach crop near 3.3 million bushels, cotton crop down 32 percent. Cedartown Postmaster nomination, J. T. Whitehead observes 98th birthday. Patsy Hett crowned Georgia Maid of Cotton in Augusta. Child crushed by falling tree in Fitzgerald. GSCW to host August commencement. Houston County builds $732,986 project. Baxley tornado damages warehouses and homes with no injuries. Phenix City clerk jailed for assault on a newspaperman. Hospital administrator resigns for Manila post. Harris County Masonic Family Day. Snellville crash kills three, injures three. Roberta restricts water use. Milledgeville juror becomes first woman on Middle District jury. 255 Johnson County women decline jury service. Pine seedlings planted near Toccoa to curb erosion. Cordele fire destroys 200 bales of cotton. Drowning tragedy near Gray. Lightning fatalities in Stewart County. Warm Springs Camp Meeting set for Aug. 19–29. Vehicle crash on Georgia 22 claims mother and child. Georgia considers electioneering norms in 1798 constitution note. Mercer and Baptist university honors planned Aug. 21. Mercer biology Prof. G. L. Carver honored. R. O. Jones to receive Sullivan medallion. Out-of-state: Jacksonville link to $190,000 New York bank robbery. Los Angeles artery graft. Miss Betty Joe Woolley dies before wedding in Louisville. World Council of Churches convenes in Evanston. Akron four Rubber strike hits Firestone plants.
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Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Charles Reichel
Queen of Angels Hospital
Los Angeles
Calif
Betty Joe Woolley
Louisville
Evanston
Ill
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Akron
Ohio
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Mercer to Honor Two Longtime Figures at Summer Commencement
Mercer University’s summer term will confer an honorary doctor of science on Gail L. Carver who retires after 41 years in Mercer’s biology department. Robert O. Jones of Newnan, former trustee of Wesleyan College, is also recognized. The award honors notable contributions to higher education in Georgia.
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Macon
Mercer
Georgia
Baptist University
Gail L. Carver
Carver
Robert O. Jones
Newnan
Wesleyn College
Algernon S. Sullivan
Southern Society of New York
Snake Bite Fatality During Southern Church Rites
In Trenton Georgia 67 year old Reece Ramsey died during a backwoods snake-handling service. Ramsey had survived ten prior bites and was struck by a satin back rattlesnake. Witnesses report Ramsey asked for prayers and declined ambulance aid before collapsing as the choir sang. Authorities filed charges against a lay preacher. similar cases are pending in Fort Payne Alabama and earlier deaths noted in California.
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Trenton
Reece Ramsey
Ramsey
Georgia
Ft. Payne
Ala
Long Beach
Calif
G. I. Weatherly
Flower Bulbs Transplant Tips For August Planting
Miss Thelma York a state demonstration agent says August is best for transplanting old bulbs and ordering fall plantings. Spring bulbs except tulips should be moved yearly. Prepare bulb beds before harvest and use hill type planting with 24 to 30 inch holes filled half soil half organic matter. Bone meal 3 to 4 pounds per 100 square feet or high potassium fertilizer. The 54th annual Third District Masonic Convention met at Vienna with Vienna Lodge No 324 hosting led by worshipful master Hubert Yow. several hundred Masons attended.
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Thelma York
Third District Masonic Convention
Vienna
Vienna Lodge No. 324
Hubert Yow
Beautiful Columbus Girl Is Chosen Cotton Maid
Miss Patricia Hett of Columbus wins the Miss Georgia Maid of Cotton title after 12 finalists. She advances to the national Memphis contest in January for King Cotton’s ambassador role. Hett receives a 1000 dollar wardrobe and a modeling scholarship in Atlanta. Augusta’s Sue Law Berry is first alternate. Cartersville’s Betty Galt is second alternate. Columbus preserves its state title dominance as Barbara Brown crowned last year.
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Augusta
Patricia Hett
Columbus
Georgia Maid of Cotton
Miss Hett
Memphis
Tenn
King Cotton
Hett
Atlanta
Sue Law Berry
Betty Galt
Cartersville
Barbara Brown
Taylor County Leads State in Pulpwood Crops and Forest Health
Taylor County farmers and landowners produced over 10 212 cards of pulpwood with an estimated value of 56000 through thinning and sound forest management. The county spans 257 920 acres with 168 000 acres of forest land and suffered 325 acres burned in the past fiscal year. Remember forest fires destroy your property. SO HELP PREVENT FOREST FIRES. Austin Guinn, Ranger.
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Taylor County
Taylor
Austin Guinn
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Lucy Lillian Joiner
Fort Valley
Thomas Adamson III
Pres. Eisenhower
Cedartown
J. T. Whitehead
Harris County
Waverly Hall
Patsy Hett
Curtis B. Davis
Fitzgerald
Mark Smith
Bibb County
GSCW
Milledgeville
Houston County Board of Education
Baxley
Phenix City
Jim Putnam
J. G. Williams
Americus-Sumter County Hospital
Manila
Phlippine Islands
Harris County Masonic Association
American Legion
Pine Mountain Valley
Snellville
U.S. Highway 78
Roberta
L. A. Slade
City Council
Emma Florence Dempster
Belfast
Ireland
U.S. Court
Middle District
Johnson County
C. B. Harrison
Wrightsville
Southern Cotton Oil Co
Cordele
Thalis Lynn Hall
R. Jo Hall
Decaitur
Gray
Ralph Carter
Echo Dyens
LeRoy
Jowers
Stewart County
Warm Springs
Sparta
Sao
March OF Dimes
Mercer University
Beautiful
Cotton Maid
Thomas A. Edison
Kelly
Blackwall
Tre
Butler, Ga
Whitewall
Kelly Tires
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