Georgia News Mix Highlights Local Losses and Growth
Georgia reports lead in poultry raising and notes tributes across cities. Brunswick mourns City Manager F. J. Torras after a heart attack. Fort Gaines eyed a 45 million dollar dam project across the Chattahoochee. Multiple accidents claim lives. fires destroy homes and cotton stocks. new college president leads the Southern Association of Junior Colleges.
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Georgia
F. J. Torras
Brunswick
Chattahoochee River
Fort Gaines
Prospect
Pres. Wm. S. Smith
South Georgia College At
Douglas
Southern Association of Junior Colleges
Rabun County Man Given 3 to 5 Years in Wife Death
David I. Barron former Georgia Tech football star was sentenced to three to five years for voluntary manslaughter in the death of his wife Helen 42. The Rabun County Superior Court jury reduced the murder charge to manslaughter and convicted him of the lesser count. Barron 52 denied involvement. A motion for new trial was filed and a January hearing was scheduled. He was released on $5000 bond.
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Clayton
David I. Barron
Georgia Tech
Rabun County
Barron
Helen
J. E. Frankui
Clarksville
American Legion Post 579 Sponsors Christmas Tree in Reynolds
The American Legion Auxiliary for colored people Reynolds Lawson Durham Unit No. 579 will sponsor its first Community Christmas Tree in Butler at St Phillip A. M. E. Church on Dec 17. The program includes carols readings solos and gifts by Unit members. The organization reports progress since Oct 1952 and a membership drive ending Dec 17.
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American Legion Auxiliary For
Reynolds
Lawson Durham
Butler
St. Phillip A. M. E
M. E. Bentley
Dawson Baptist members burn notes to dedicate annex and church
Members of the Dawson Baptist church burned their notes on the new Sunday School annex and church building and formally dedicated both houses of worship to Christian services at the morning worship hour. Thomasville, famed for its Rose Show, bids for national fame with the 1953 Camellia Show in January, hoping for top Camellias unless severe weather disrupts the event.
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Georgia
First Baptist
Milledgeville
Ellerslie, Harris County
Dawson Baptist Church
Thomasville
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