Dr Donald Kepner promoted at Rutgers Law School New Jersey
The Georgia reader learns of Dr Donald Kepner rising from assistant director to divisional head at Rutgers Law School East Orange New Jersey. His wife Mildred Awtrey is linked to Col Palmer S Awtrey of Butler. The piece then swerves to Christmas reflections and the Santa Claus myth.
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Georgia
Butler
Donald Kepner
Law
New Jersey
Rutgers Law School
East Orange
Mildred Awtrey
Atlanta
Col
Palmer .S. Awtrey
Richland Post Office Honors Daisy Alston for 24 Years
Daisy Alston was praised by Richland Post Office staff for 24 years of service and for celebrating a birthday during the event.
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Daisy Alston
Richland Post Office Department
Post Office
Four Georgians Aboard Ill Fated Military Transport
Four Georgians were aboard the ill fated C124 Globemaster that crashed at Larson Air Force Base, killing 86. Surivors from Georgia include S.Sgt. Wehrle of Barnesville, Sgt. H S Green of Columbus, Airman 1 C S D Stone cypher of Tucker, and Lt. D Taylor of Cornelia. Wehrle described waking to the crash and escaping after the plane ground to a stop, while Miller of Oklahoma City and Airman Alvin Six of Carthage Missouri recount injuries and the chaotic moments of the disaster.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Columbus
C .S. D. Stonecypher
Tucker
D. Taylor
Cornelia
Barnesville
Larson
Japan
Miller
Alvin Six
Carthage
Dark at Mid Day In Butter Saturday
A pall of darkness hovered over a Central Georgia city before noon Saturday, one of the heaviest ever recalled by oldest citizens. Lights were in use at business places and on automobiles, and street lamps flashed on with the onset of darkness.
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Georgia
Christmas Prayer for Peace and Prepared Hearts
A Christmas season prayer asks for ready hearts to receive Christ and seek first the Kingdom of God. It prays for peace on earth, goodwill among men, protection from hatred amid war, and guidance from the Star and the angels.
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Father
Jesus
God
Christ Jesus
Christ
Bethlehem
Lizella Hicks Family Plans Large Reunion After Long Marriages
Three Lizella couples with over five decades of marriage plan a mid day dinner at the Lizella Masonic Lodge to mark wedding anniversaries. W T Hicks 61st anniversary John E Hicks 57st and O E Hicks 51st. Families will attend Lizella Methodist Church services before the meal.
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Macon
Lizella
Masonic Lodge
W. T. Hicks
John E. Hicks
O. E. Hicks
Lizella Methodist Church
Hicks
Fickling Lodge 129 Masons Elect Officers for 1953
At the regular meeting on Thursday night December 18 Fickling Masonic Lodge No. 129 elected officers for 1953. James Bazemore named Worshipful Master Sidney Austin Senior Warden Jordan Giles Junior Warden Clifford Adams Treasurer Austin Guinn Secretary Rev C W Hancock Chaplain A L Swain Senior Deacon E J Stimson Junior Deacon Joel Hollis Senior Steward Albert Peed Junior Steward B H Locke Tyler.
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Fickling Masonic Lodge No
James Bazemore
Sidney Austin
Jordan Giles
Clifford Adams
Austin Guinn
C. W. Hancock
A. L. Swain
E. J. Stimson
Joel Hollis
Albert Peed
B. H. Locke
Tyler
Ex Husband Kills Ex Wife Then Commits Suicide in Cobb County
A 40 year old Royston man shot and killed his ex wife Macy Hill 35 as two young children aged 5 and 3 watched, then killed himself at the Z. O. Carey home on Cole's Hill Austell near Bankhead Highway. Police called it apparent murder and death by own action with the scene at the Cobb Fulton county line.
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Atlanta
Royston
Cobb County
Morgan Evens
Macy Hill
Amos Bates
Emmett Burton
Z. O. Carey
Cole's Hill
Rt. 3
Austell
Bankhead Highway
Chattahoochee River
Cobb and
Fulton Counties
Careys
Georgia Woman Aims for Nation’s Youngest Grandmother Title
Crawfordville Georgia December 20 Mrs Frances Cornelia Vandiver aged 29 believes she may be the youngest grandmother in the nation. Her daughter Annie Kitchens is 14 and the baby Katherine is four months old. The baby’s father David Kitchens is 19 and Vandiver has a three year lead on a 32 year old grandmother mentioned in a recent report.
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Crawfordville
Frances Cornelia Vandiver
Annie Kitchens
Katherine
David Kitchens
Thomaston Boy Receives National Honor for Heroism
The 16 year old Gene Perry saved a 15 year old friend from a blood poisoning after a snake bite while fishing at a creek. He will appear on Dumont TV's Kids and Company for the Junior Citizens Award of Merit and is named American Kid of the Week.
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Thomaston
New York
Gene Perry
Kids and Company
Gene
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Counties to Represent State at Ike Inauguration
Georgia will have representation at President Eisenhower's inauguration in Washington. Republican leaders from Chatham and Richmond counties will take honored roles. Richmond County plans a lavish parade float led by Ray Campbell and the Augusta Chamber of Commerce. A Savannah detachment of the Georgia Huzzars, dating to 1736, will march.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eisenhower
Washington
al Tho
Richmond
Ray Campbell
Augusta
Lucy Cobb Institute to be sold but name will endure
The Lucy Cobb Institute property on Milledge Avenue in Athens will be sold with proceeds funding scholarships at the University of Georgia. The university has used the historic building as a dormitory and, with adequate housing now available, the Board of Regents agrees to the alumnae plan to take title and sell the property.
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Atlanta
Lucy Cobb Institute
Milledge Avenue
Athens
University of Georgia
Lucy Cobb
University
Board of Regents
Macon Woman Killed. Driver Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter
Macon on December 18 reports charges of involuntary manslaughter against a 28 year old Griffin man after a wreck fatally injures Myrtle Johnson 25 of Macon. The driver, John T. Standard 28, National Cylinder Gas Company employee, is hospitalized in fair condition.
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Macon
Griffin
Bibb
Peacock
Bibb County
Myrtle Johnson
John T. Standard
National Cylinder Gas Company
Dora Salter Cox Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Mrs. Dora Salter Cox, widow of Oscar S. Cox, died Saturday morning in her Butler apartment after heart pain began at 2 a.m. Born June 14 1884 in Savannah she had lived in Butler sixty years and was devoted to the Methodist church. Funeral services were held Sunday at 1 30 p.m. at the Methodist church with Rev C W Hancock and Rev Gordon Hunter officiating and burial in Bethel cemetery beside her husband. Survivors include sisters Bertha Bazemore and Mrs W H Wright and brothers George W Grover W and Joe J Salzer, all of Jacksonville Fla. Edwards Bros Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Dora Salter Cox
Ersalier
H. J. Porter
Montgomery
Macon
George W., Grover W
Joe J. Salzer
Jacksonville
Fla
Judge Fort Attacks Federal Gambling Tax
Superior Judge T Hicks Fort denounces the federal gambling stamp tax as a shabby showing by the government and its licensing scheme. The tax's constitutionality is before the U.S. Supreme Court, with Philadelphia attorney Jacob Kossman arguing it illegally extends federal power to police state crimes.
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Columbus
T.hicks Fort
Fort
U.S
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Jacob Kossman
Congress
Worship at Mt Pisgah Church Next Sunday
Mt Pisgah Church schedules Sunday School at 10 30 a m and a 11 30 a m sermon by the pastor focusing on Philippians 13 14. The day marks the last Sunday of the old year with a Home series finale at 7 p m a Family Night service inviting all families to attend.
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Carroll Peacock
J. H. Stanford
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the Herald
New York Sun
Santa Claus
Virginia
Edward Douglas
Virginia O'Hanlon
the Sun
Fickling Lodge No
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Ike
Dora Cox
Mrs. Cox
Judge Fort
Mt. Pisgah Church
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