Georgia News Summary Highlights Local Deaths and Cases
Dawson businessman Harvey H. Thornton aged 57 died of a heart attack after a three week illness. LN. Ragsdale former Atlanta mayor and mule trader died of pneumonia after dental extraction. Four Columbus youths survived a 50 foot plunge on Lumpkin road. Glynn County Commission chair Malcolm B. McKinnon died of a heart attack. Two Clisseta men were jailed for the Jim Smith robbery slaying near Cusseta. Leon Horne, 32, found shot to death at Dublin cemetery. Thanksgiving traffic toll rises as states report deaths. University of Georgia to fine students for class absences around holidays. Georgia hunting seasons outlined. dove in North Georgia opens Dec 20. Pine Mountain Valley hosts fall crop fair and pageant. Charles Grace balance issues noted over a nickel. L. S. Bach Atlanta theater magnate dies. J. C. Collins elected head of engineering club in Columbus. Atlanta Baptists plan for 1980 World Alliance meeting with 250,000 visitors. Cordele Gillespie-Selden school additions funded by estate. Congressman B Frank Whelchel and publisher A S Hardy recovering after crash. both expected on Roosevelt Gainesville program.
McLaughlin to preside over Fulton court trials
Atlanta November 29 visiting superior court judges will assist Judge B F E Pomeroy in handling cases in Fulton county superior court criminal divisions to clear 874 prisoners before Christmas Calendar Clerk Lewis Jones said Judge B C Gardner of Camilla Judge C F McLaughlin of Columbus and Judge L B Wyatt LaGrange will preside for a week each starting next week.
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Atlanta
Superior Court
B. FE. Pomeroy
Fulton County Superior Court
Fulton Tower
Lewis Jones
B. C. Gardner
Camilla
C.F. McLaughlin
Columbus
L. B. Wyatt
la Grance
Electricity Used To Protect Fields
Americus reports Homer Harris, a rural mail carrier, solved cattle trouble by wiring a single strand of corn patch with electricity from his home lighting plant. One shock supposedly deterred even the most violent bull from entering the field, protecting Harris’s corn crop.
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Americus
Homer Harris
Harris
Gasoline tax income higher this year than 1986
Atlanta reports gasoline and kerosene tax receipts for the first 25 days of November total nearly $100,000 more than the entire November 1986. The six-cent motor fuel tax to November 26 is $1,668,465 versus $1,558,328 for November 1986. kerosene tax for the month stands at $21,345 so far, $27,417 last year. October receipts reached $1,674,848 this year.
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Atlanta
Wm. B. Harrison
East Georgia Nurse Returns From War Service
Atlanta based missionary nurse Edna E. Honeal of the Atlanta Baptist Tabernacle has returned from China and plans to reside in Villa Rica. She sailed to Seattle aboard the Empress of Japan after serving since 1910 with the Southern Baptist Foreign Board in Shanghai and Hong Kong during the war crisis.
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Atlanta
China
Edna E. ‘Leal
Atlanta Baptist Tabernacle
United States
Villa Rica
Seattle
Southern Baptist Foreign Board
Shanghai
Hongkong
Yangchow
Stepfather jailed for killing 13 year old girl in Georgia
Agricola Ga Nov 26 A 13 year old girl Estelle Odom was killed during a family dispute. Deputies say stepfather Alfred Gillison fired at a fleeing car carrying the girl, her brother, and their mother near Thom son. Sheriff Kitchens reports the incident occurred Wednesday night.
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Agricola
Thomson
Kitchens
Estelle Odom
Alfred Gillison
Gillison
Miss Woolfolk to Wed Mr Mathes in December
Ft Valley Ga Nov 27 Miss Jacline Woolfolk second daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Woolfolk of Ft Valley announces engagement to Alfred Mathes of tonesboro and Atlanta The bride to be is a Ft Valley High School graduate and Nes Ag nes Scott College class of 1935 alumna with campus life active She has traveled abroad and lately worked as secretary for the J W Woolfolk Co and the Peach Insect Investigation Laboratory USDA Ft Valley
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Ft. Valley
Jacqueline Woolfolk
John W. Woolfolk
Alfred Mathes
Tonesboro
Atlanta
Woolfolk
Ft. Valley High School
Agnes Scott College
J. W. Woolfolk Co
Peach Insect Investigation Laboratory
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Christmastime on the Old Plantation at Macon Auditorium
Macon Junior Chamber of Commerce presents Christmastime on the Old Plantation at the Macon auditorium at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Proceeds go to charity under the direction of Dan Holt, a noted minstrel showman. The program features Holt, other black performers, dancing students, and original songs. The one hour forty five minute show aims to surpass last year's amateur production in quality.
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Macon
Macon Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dan Holt
Holt
Cliff Olmstead
Gence
Sam Aiken Recaptured After Georgia Wife Slaying Conviction
Nashville Ga November 28 Sheriff N N Hughes said Texas police informed him S F Aiken convicted wife slayer, who twice escaped Georgia prisons, was recaptured at San Angelo Texas. He waived extradition and Warden E J Nix will return the prisoner. Aiken was convicted in July 1929 in Atlanta of murdering his wife Annie. He escaped Fulton county jail in August 1980 by sawing bars and using a sheet rope.
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Nashville
Berrien County
N. N. Hughes
Texas
S. F. Aiken
Georgia
San Angelo
E. J. Nix
Aiken
Atlanta
Annie
Fulton County
Drivers of Autos Liable for Murder
Georgia Supreme Court upheld Braxton Jones's murder conviction for causing the death of truck driver Claud Williams through dangerous driving. The jury found the killing occurred during the commission of an unlawful act likely to destroy life, justifying a murder verdict over involuntary manslaughter.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme
High
Braxton Jons
Laurens County
Claud Williams
Jones
Supreme Court
Macon Mayor Promises Adult Recreation Plans
Macon Ga November 12 Charles Bowden new mayor says he will teach adults how to play by renaming the parks department to department of recreation and installing shuffleboard and other games in the parks. He notes many adults work long hours and seek leisure activities.
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Macon
Charles Bowden
Herbert Smart
Department of Recreation
Miss Mary Lowe Heads Third District Teachers
Miss Mary Lowe, Buena Vista, a member of the Anthony High School faculty in Americus, was elected president of the third district Georgia association of teachers of speech and English at the district meeting in Americus. Her Buena Vista ties were celebrated by friends as the honor was announced.
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Buena Vista
Mary Lowe
Anthony High School
Americus
Georgia Association of Teachers of Speech and English
Lowe
North Georgia Methodists to Vote on Unification
Atlanta on November 15 after voting rights are set Bishop W N Ainsworth will call for balloting on unifying the three branches of Methodism at the opening of the North Georgia annual conference with votes expected at 11 a m Thursday.
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Atlanta
North Georgia
Mrs Anderson in good condition after crash in Macon
Mrs Eugene Anderson wife of The Telegraph Around the Circle editor was lightly injured in a morning automobile crash. She did not need hospital care and was sent home for treatment of minor cuts and shock. The driver of the other car M B Jones 29 a man of color was arrested for driving under the influence and reckless speeding. The Buick sustained minor damage while the other coupe was nearly demolished.
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Macon
Eugene Anderson
Telegraph
Around the Circle
Jones
Auto Wreck Fatal To Man Near Camilla
Camilla Ga Nov 29 A wild night auto ride with a kidnapped woman and child left Albert Owens dead. His uncle Jim Owens was under arrest for impersonating an officer. Sheriff Baggs says the uncle helped stage arrests at Pollock home before the crash that killed Albert.
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Camilla
Albert Owens
Jim Owens
W. Baggs
Mitchell County
J. D. Pollock
Baggs
Pollock
Pelham
Oglethorpe Mayor Re-elected For 26th Term
Oglethorpe Ga Navy 80 Dr A Greer reelected Monday to the 26th mayoral term in Oglethorpe population 953. He starts January 1, marking 25 years in office and noting prior service in the state house and senate from his district.
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Oglethorpe
Navy
A. Greer
Post Roads Reported Survey Heavy in Georgia
Atlanta November 24 The post roads division of the Georgia state highway department has completed or begun more than 126 survey projects in county areas. Only three construction projects are underway, with about a dozen more expected to be let this month. Expenditures to date total around 125000 mainly for administration and surveys. First six months of operations show construction outlay under one hundred dollars. The division plans a first year budget near 1500000 if all funds are available and used.
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Atlanta
Post Roads Division
State Highway Department
Georgia
Miss McMichael Engaged to Lon Gammage of Americus
Mr and Mrs R R McMichael of Buena Vista announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Ellen to Lon Chas Gammage of Americus. The couple will marry in December after Mary Ellen’s graduation from the Georgia State College for Women. Gammage is son of Mrs L A Gammage and the late Mr Gammage and is with the National Life Insurance Co.
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R. R. McMichael
Buena Vista
Mary Ellen
Lon Chas, Gammage
Americus
Georgia State College For Women
Gammage
L. A. Gammage
Ready for War and a Defunct Daily Press Tale
A veteran writer recalls threats from a tough gambler and an empty newsroom, a paper's shutdown, a move to West Tennessee as managing editor earning 15 a week, and a deaf society dot woman. They toiled through nights, starting a battered gasoline press, and supported a mother with no insurance.
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West Tennessee
Tennessee
Memphis
Courthouse Scuffle Over Divorce Story Sparks Newspaper lore
A social leader's wife files a divorce suit printed by a young paper. The editor faces a violent confrontation by the co respondent in a dramatic office clash. The incident ends with a tense train departure as staff vow to defend their principles.
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Whig
Ku Klux
Radio Shop Opens in Butler with Prompt Service
Bill Brown of Butler Ga announces a new radio shop offering prompt courteous attention to all calls.
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Wm, M
Bill) Brown
Butler, Ga
Former Macon Leader Willingham Dies at 765 in 1838 Era
Broadus E. Willingham a Macon capitalist and founder of the Willingham Cotton Mills died Saturday after a long illness. Born in South Carolina, he moved to Macon as a child and co founded the mill in 1899 with his brother Calder. He led the business until 1918 and passed on to his son B B Willingham Jr. Survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters.
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Macon
Broadus E. Willingham
Willingham
Willingham Cotton Mills
Allendale
G. C
B. N. Willingham
Baker County
Forsyth
South Carolina
Calder Willingham
Tribute to Howard rural mail carrier Hugh Perkins
A community tribute honors Hugh Perkins for five years of faithful postal service in Howard. Cards, reminiscences, readings, and music filled the evening as friends and colleagues praised his cheerful, unselfish service and Christian spirit. Attendees included retired carriers, local officials, and the Howard postmistress, with honorary attendees from Reynolds and Butler.
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Howard
Hugh
Conta
Ag P
Hugh Perkins
Emerson
Veryone
Virginia Perkins
Helen
Sara Perkins
Lester Carter
Reynolds
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Schuessler
Lumpkin Road
Malcolm B. McKinnon
Glynn County Commission
McKinnon Oil Co
Brunswick
Otis Shipp
Frank Wilson
Chattahoochee County
Jim Smith
Cusseta
Leon Horne
Dublu
L. ©. Wilson
H. H. Maxwell
Danville
Ernest Loyd
DeKalb County
Beattdale
James Yates
Americus Hospital
Albany
Elizabeth Speer
University of Georgia
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Pine Mountain Valley
Charles Grace
L. S. Bach
Nickelodeon
Cold Creek
Tenn
J. C. Collins
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Engineering Club
Estate Highway Department
Mr. Collins
State Highway Board
Highway Department
Imagor Haresfield
Baptist World Alliance
Cordele
Gillespie-Selden
Wm. Gillespie
Pittsburgh
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B. Frank Whelchel
Gainesville
A. S. Hardy
Roosevelt Gainesville
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Miss Woolfolk
MR. Mathes
Macon Auditorium
Sam Aiken
Methodist
Macon Telegraph
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Paigpy
Nat Turner
Rupert
Frank Montgomery
Charing
Mitchell Turner
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J.M. Austin
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Perkins
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