Georgia News Snapshot Shows Growth and Tragedy
The Georgia advance reports 11 percent rise in personal income and an array of local events. Daws on druggist Raymond Dozier Sr. dies after brief illness. Three Quitman youths drown when their boat capsizes. Jim Brophy of Rhine appointed as GOP National Convention page. Ben Hill County welfare payments total 300229 for last year. Legislation moves to add hospital capacity for mentally ill veterans. Perry to open a new 300000 high school this fall. The 119th annual Holbrook camp meeting opens in Cherokee County. Mrs. C Hall of Ft Valley serves on Peach County jury. Fort Valley resident lands a 105 lb trout in Daytona Beach. Patricia Coffman named law librarian at Mercer University. Funeral services for L H Tondee in Schley County. Store fire in Tifton damages a department store. Week end traffic fatalities rise in Georgia. Montezuma expands its frozen foods plant. UDC Georgia convention set for St Simons Island. Summer graduation at Georgia College for Women. Georgia birth rate hits record high for 1955.
Farmers Housing Loans Announced for Central Georgia
Andrew M. Collins of the Farmers Home Administration announced loans for farm housing in Macon Taylor Talbot and Marion Counties. Loans cover construction and repairs with 4 percent interest and up to 33 years repayment. Applications in Montezuma at the FHA office in the Post Office Building and in Butler on Wednesday mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew M. Collins
Farmers Home Administration
Montezuma
Macon
Taylor, Talbot
Marion Counties
Congress
FHA
Taylor County
Butler
Traffic Overload Sparks Citywide Concern
City officials note rising congestion as drivers crisscross downtown during peak hours. Commuters report frustration amid crowded streets and elongating travel times.
Thomaston Boy Reported Missing
Thomaston August 19 Gene Bailey fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Bailey is missing since 11 am Saturday and not seen since he left home to return merchandise to a downtown store. He wore a white T shirt blue jeans and white shoes at last sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
Gene Bailey
Arthur Bailey
Dr Highsmith to Retire From Mercer University
Macon August 20 Dr E M High Smith will retire September 1 and be named professor emeritus of education Mercer President G B Council announced He retires after 19 years at the Baptist institution and since 1937 has been professor of education and head of the Department of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
E. M. High Smith
Mercer
G. B. Council
Highsmith
Baptist Institution
Department of Education
President Eisenhower’s Inaugural Prayer Silence and solidarity noted
President Eisenhower delivered a prayer at his January 20 1953 inauguration in Washington. Irene Dunne presented the prayer alongside other performers as a vast crowd listened. He asked divine guidance to discern right from wrong and to govern words and actions by law and conscience. The closing prayer sought universal concern for all people without regard to station race or calling and urged cooperation among those of differing political beliefs for the good of the country.
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Irene Dunne
Eisenhower
Washington
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Georgia
Raymond G. Dozier Sr
Dawson
Quitman
Jim Brophy
Ben Hill County
Perry
Dispatch
Holbrook
Cherokee County
C. Hall
Ft. Valley
Peach County, Superior Court
C. L. Shepard
Daytona Beach
Fla
Patricia Joyce Coffman
Lebanon, Tenn
Walter Grge
Mercer University
Hopewell Methodist Church
L. H. Tondee
Schleyty Farmer
Ocean
Tifton
Albany
W. B. Childs
Georgia Division
UDC
King and Prince Hotel
St. Simons Island
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
News Dispatch
W. H. McElhaney
Monticello
H. A Souther
Lakeland
Fred Amerson
State Hospital
Masonic ‘Home
Board of Trustees
Grand Lodge of Georgia
Rock Eagle
Eatonton
James Foster
Greenville
S. C
C. H. Drake
Women‘s Society of Christian Service of South Georgia Methodist Conference
Wesleyan College
The
Georgia Heart Assn
Grace Miller Agdiettian
Phil College
Cuthbert
J. M. Miller
Atlanta
University of Georgia
Gov. Griffin
Frances Moore
Crawford County
Griffin Hospital
Susan Myrick
Bible Superior Court
Trustees
Second Baptist Church of
Warner Robins
W. P. Randall
General Builders Co
New Brunswick
N. J
Foreign Service
Washington, D. C
Methodist Church
168Th General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Republican Party
San Francisco
Cow Palacé
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Chicago
Lamden
Tallahassee
Memphis
McKesson
Montezuma Fha
Thomaston Boy
DR. Highsmith
Chiropractic
Our Health Service
DR. Elmo W. Davis
S. Jackson ST
Americus
South Georgia
Peed Bros
Butler, Ga
Ford Trucks
Ford
Steve
Payne Motor Company
Butler, Georgia
Jpi
Ord
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