Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Taylor County Progress
Hundreds attend the Farm Bureau conclave and fish fry with speakers including Congressman Steve Pace and H L Wingate. Macon editors Susan Myrick and Pop Smith note Taylor County road work, bridges on Highways 19 96 and 137, and a $276000 bridge project over the Flint River. Crops are improving with good corn and cotton prospects, while watermelons underperform.
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Farm Bureau
Steve Pace
H. L. Wingate
The
Georgia Farm Bureau
Susan Myrick
Macon Telegraph
Wm. R
Pop
Smith
Macon News
Herald
Butler
Flint River
Buena Vista
Whitewater Creek
Little Whitewater
Cedar Creek
Taylor County
Taylor
Talbot County
Columbus
Geneva
Veterans Farm Program Opens in Taylor County
County School Superintendent E H Dunn announced a Veterans Farm Program will start in Taylor County on September 1 with Frank Riley, World War II veteran and University of Georgia agriculture graduate, as Farm Councilor. If more than 22 veterans join, another instructor will be added. a meeting at the courthouse next Monday will outline details and invite interested veterans to attend. Veterans must own or control a full time farm to be eligible.
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E. H. Dunn
Taylor County
Frank Riley
University of Georgia Agriculture Department
Dunn
V F W Post to Sponsor Dance Saturday Night
The local VFW Post sponsors a dance at Parks Pond on Saturday night August 30. Music by a well known swing orchestra. The dance starts at 8 30 p m and the public is invited.
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V.F.W. Post
V. F. W. Post
Parks Pond
Baseball Game at Local Diamond This Afternoon
A baseball game is scheduled at the local diamond this Thursday afternoon August 28. Spectators are invited to attend and watch what is described as a good game.
Oglethorpe Man Fatally Shoots Sister in Law Then Kills Self
Montezuma August incident reports Ed Jones of Oglethorpe fatally shoots his sister‑in‑law Mrs. Alvin Fowler and then dies by suicide nearby. Police chief Beeland notes no clear motive. Mrs. Fowler dies at Montezuma hospital. Jones leaves a wife and infant. Survivors include the Hutto and Fowler families.
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Oglethorpe
Monezuma
Montezuma
Alvin Fowler
Ed Jones
R .R .Beeland
Beeland
Flying saucer drop urges blue lupine planting in Taylor County
The Soil Conservation Service staged an airborne appeal Saturday as hundreds of flying saucers dropped on Butler Reynolds Taylor Mill Rupert Charing Mauk and Five Points urging farmers to plant blue lupine as a winter cover crop for peanut and cotton fields. Local support came from Hinton's Warehouse Payne's Warehouse A. J. Fountain Walter Wainwright and A. S. James with Suggs Motor Co. providing the airplane and Bruce Burges, a former Army Air Corps pilot, piloting and hitting the towns with windy accuracy.
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Taylor County
Butler
Reynolds
Taylor Mill
Rupert
Charing
Mauk
Five Points
Soil Conservation Service
Hinton
Payne’s
Fifth Sunday Services At Antioch Baptist Church
Horeb Mt Pisgah Midway and Antioch churches join in a Fifth Sunday meeting at Antioch. Sunday School at 10 30 supervised by Carroll Peacock. Preaching at 11 by the pastor. Dinner at noon. Long service at 2 led by G D Locke. Round table at 2 30 led by B H Bazemore. All welcome for fellowship and spiritual power. J H Stanford pastor.
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Horeb
Mt. Pisgah
Midway
Antioch Baptist
Antioch Church
Carroll Peacock
God
G. D. Locke
B. H. Bazemore
Antioch Baptist Church
Maurice J. Trapp Dies at Panhandle Home
Mr. Maurice Jackson Trapp, longtime Taylor county farmer of Panhandle, died at his home Saturday evening after years of ill health. Born June 10, 1871 in Baldwin County, he married Cora Bee land in Reynolds on December 23, 1894. Funeral services were at Crowell Methodist church with Rev. W. E. Hightower presiding. burial followed in Crowell cemetery. Survived by his wife, three daughters Mrs. N. A. Allen, Mrs. B. I. Bartlett, Mrs. F. J. Callaghan, son Keith Trapp, four grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
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Maurice Jackson Trapp
Taylor County
Panhandle
Mr. Trapp
Baldwin County
Malachi
Sarah Bostick Trapp
Cora Beeland
Reynolds
Crowell Methodist Church
W. E. Hightower
Crowell Cemetery
Trapp
N. A. Allen
Statesboro
B. I. Bartlett
Macon
F. J. Callaghan
Atlanta
Keith Trapp
Bertha Bazemore Fractures Ankle in Fall
Mrs Bertha Bazemore prominent Butler lady and merchant is a Montgomery hospital patient treated for a compound fracture of her left ankle from a fall Sunday morning after spilling boiling water. She is reported to be resting comfortably.
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Bertha Bazemore
Montgomery Hospital
Bazemore
Coxs celebrate 53rd wedding anniversary in Butler
Mr and Mrs J F Cox observed their 53rd anniversary on Tuesday with kind messages. Ada Corine Pierce Cox is a Taylor county pioneer’s daughter. They are parents of E W Cox and Mrs H J Brooks, both of Butler. Mr Cox works in the warehouse business and serves as clerk and treasurer for the city, while Mrs Cox manages the home and gardens.
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J. F. (Foster) Cox
Cox
W. W. Cox
Taylor County
E. W. Cox
H. J. Brooks
Butler
Fifty Years of Marriage Foy Couple Honored
Col. and Mrs. Robert S. Foy gaze from a jeep as their children honor them with a warm family reunion marking the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary.
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Col
Robert S. Foy
Bombing of Home Prompts Leecher to Lottery Links
Atlanta editor C E Gregory 64 of the Atlanta Journal suspects the lottery operators behind a Saturday night home bombing in suburban Decatur as he had exposed parole and alleged covert ties involving a kingpin and two others who evaded prison terms. Gov Thompson orders state police aid in the probe.
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Atlanta
C. E. Gregory
The
Atlanta Journal
Gregory
Decatur
Charles Dodgs
M. E. Thompson
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
DeKalb County
Telfair
Shome
Talmadges
Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
Journal
Funeral Services for Mr Henry Waters Held at Reynolds
Funeral services for Henry M Waters longtime Taylor County resident were held at Reynolds Baptist church followed by burial in Reynolds cemetery He died at Grady hospital after attempting to extinguish a fire at an Atlanta apartment house 1246 Piedmont Ave NE His wife Elizabeth Brogdon Waters worked for Midway Lumber Co Reynolds relatives include his mother Mrs Lucy King Hill and sister Mrs Camilla Carson The services were conducted by Rev E H Dunn with Goddard s Funeral Home in charge
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Henry M. Waters
Taylor County
Reynolds Baptist Church
Reynolds Cemetery
Waters
Atlanta
Piedmont Avenue N. E
Grady Hospital
Midway Lumber
Lucy King Hill
Camilla Carson
Reynolds
E. H. Dunn
Goddard
Revival Services at Union Methodist Church Close Friday Night
Revival services at Union Methodist Church will conclude Friday night after 8:30 pm and a morning service at 11 20. Rev L E Pierce preached to strong attendance and inspired messages with many renewed commitments and resolutions to the Lord.
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Union Methodist Church
L. E. Pierce
Union
Wesley
Pierce
Port Wentworth
School of Missions At Reynolds Baptist Church Dates Set
A School of Missions will be held at Reynolds Baptist Church from October 19 to 23 with night classes led by different missionaries. The event runs concurrently with all 43 churches in the Rehoboth Association.
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School of Missions
At the Reynolds Baptist Church
Reynolds Baptist Church
Reynolds Church
Rehoboth Association
Georgia announces mourning dove season dates
Georgia Wildlife Department directors announce mourning dove season from December 3 to January 31. Ranger Lee Posey notes there is no September season this year.
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Georgia Wildlife Dept
Lee Posey
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Norma Alice Turner
Sherma Eason
Ailene Gray
Betsy Theus
Herschel Walker
Patricia Sorrells
Carol Stevens
Sandra MclInvale
Steve Harris
Patricia Montgomery
Larry Almgreen
Kay Dunn
Eugenia Hartman
Freida MclInvale
Robert Peacock
Mary Carolyn Haywood
Ellen Locke
Jimmy Locke
Tommy Stewart
Jimmy Bivins
Gene Brunson
Wayne Hartman
Janice Davis
Jan Sorrells
Mary Ellen Allen
Dudley Eubanks
Mike Sawyer
Judy Sawyer
Linda Barfield
Edward Benns
Ann Benns
Lynn Mitchell
Carolyn Joiner
Margaret Tante
Kenneth Willis
Milford McKenzie
Melodye Hill
Meryle McLarty
Charles Burgess
Billy Harris
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