Flint Electric to Hold Annual Meeting Jan 11
The Flint Electric Membership Cooperative announces its annual meeting for January 11 at Reynolds with Floyd H. Tabor presiding. The program includes a public session on expanding service to 500 farms and rural establishments, a slate of nominations, and a noon barbecue. Congressman Stephen Pace will be the principal speaker.
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Flint Electric Membership Cooperative
Reynolds
Floyd H. Tavor
Oder
Tabor
C-Op
War Production Board
Co-Op
Flint Electric
Central Station
Dibe
Floyd H. Tabor
Ft. Valley
Walter W. Gray
Perry
M. S. Vinson
R. R. Pratt
Warner Robins
W. M. Dickey
Musella
B. B. Murph
Marshallville
T. L. Coogle
Oglethorpe
Thurman Whatley
B. L. McDan
Blackwell Accepts Monroe County Agent Post
Mr. E. G. Blackwell resigns as Tay lor county farm agent after five years and accepts a similar post in Monroe county effective January 1. His new office will be Forsyth with Mrs. Herman Hill maintaining the local office in the courthouse until a successor is hired.
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E. G. Blackwell
Taylor County
Monroe County
Forsyth
Herman Hill
Court House
Blackwell
White Cedar Seedlings Available from Forestry District
Persons may obtain southern white cedar, known locally as juniper, growing in creek and branch swamps. Contact the district office of the State Department of Forestry in the Masonic Building for seedlings.
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State Department of Forestry
Masonic
Mrs Lewis Byrd Dies After Theater Sickness
Mrs Annie Mae Byrd 37 died suddenly Monday night at the Grand theater Reynolds while attending a New Year’s Eve show. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs James A Hartman Crawford county and wife of Lewis Byrd of Reynolds. Funeral at Crowell Methodist church Tuesday 11 with Rev E H Dunn of Butler officiating. Interment Crowell cemetery. Survived by husband, parents, two sons Sidney and Cornelius, two daughters Retha Line and Christine. J W Edwards II Edwards Funeral Home Butler in charge.
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Annie Mae Byrd
Reynolds
Butler
Crowell Cemetery
Walter Hartley
J. C. McKimurray
Thomas Martin
Pascal Mann
Tracy Hartman
Gene Barfield
Byrd
Sidney
Cornelius
Retha Line
Christine
J. W. Edwards II
Edwards Funeral Home
Local Weather Bureau Opens at Columbus Airport
The Muscogee county airport gains a 24 hour weather observation service with Miss M Alma Cooke in charge. The station will provide hourly meteorological data for pilots and newspapers, with reports every third and sixth hour and teletype transmission to eastern U S weather offices.
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Columbus
U. S. Weather Bureau
Muscogee County
M. Alma Cooke
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Associated Press
W. H. Heath
Dunellon
Fla
Martha E. Chapman
Ruth Cooke
Butter Weather Station
United States
Ledger-Enquirer
Atlanta
U. Sue
Talbot County First to Exceed Victory Quota in Georgia
Talbotton Georgia December 31 Talbot County is the first in Georgia to report surpassing its Victory Quota J P Dick state chairman told drive officials by telephone Monday night The county exceeded its E Bonds quota by 208 percent and the full quota by 418 percent Officials reported the quota was 125000 and bond sales totaled about a half million dollars
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Talbotton
Talbot County
Georgia
J. P. Dick
Drive
Talbot
Superior Court Opens Here Next Monday in Taylor County
Taylor County Superior Court will open next Monday at ten o'clock with Judge T Hicks Fort presiding. Court Reporter R O Perkins and Solicitor General Ed Wohlwender Jr of Columbus will assist. The civil docket lists thirty cases, nineteen divorce, and about thirty-five warrants to the grand jury including seventeen violent and illicit crime cases plus one murder.
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Taylor County Superior Court
T. Hicks Fort
Columbus
R. O. Perkins
Ed Wohlwender Jr
J. M. Bone
Grand Jury
Tommy Dent
George Bryant
Reynolds
Farm Future Discussed By Congressman Pace At Americus Meeting
Americus December 22 Congressman Stephen Pace spoke to the Americus Kiwanis Club on the need for orderly marketing of farm produce. He favored dehydration and quick freezing as the future for farmers and noted potential plants at small crossroads. Pace highlighted cotton research gains and warned of growing farm labor displacement as mechanization rises.
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Americus
South
Stephen Pace
Americus Kiwanis Club
Americas
Georgia
Pace
Rep
L. J. Wainwright Dies at Home After Heart Attack
Lester Jackson Wainwright aged 63 died at his Crowell area home December 19 from a heart attack. Survived by his widow Thelma Lewis, seven children from first marriage, two sons Jack and Walter, three daughters Cleo Christine and Emilee, a sister Lokie Rogers, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Turners Chapel cemetery with Rev. Edward Moore and Rev. W. R. Lawhorn officiating. Large floral tribute noted.
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Lester Jackson Wainwright
Crowell
Wainwright
Abraham
Ruth Ann Wainwright
Jessie Spillers
Mr. Wainwright
Thelma Lewis
Roberta
Messrs
Jack
Walter Wainwright
Cleo Wainwright
Christine Boyer
Emilee Bearden
Lokie Rogers
Turners Chapel Cemetery
Edward Moore
W. R. Lawhorn
Judge Hicks Fort Swears in His Son as Bar Member
Judge T Hicks Fort of the Muscogee Superior Court swore in two new bar members in his Columbus chamber. The younger Fort, 25, studied at Emory and worked in real estate before Army service. Schloth, 31, native of Portland Oregon, served in WWII and earned degrees at Oregon and Catholic University. Both passed the Georgia bar in Atlanta and will practice in Columbus.
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T. Hicks Fort
Columbus
Muscogee Superior Court
Atute Pravndes
Fort
Emory University
Wohlwender & Co
Nashville
Muscogee
Schloth
Portland
Ore
University of Oregon
Catholic University
Washington
D. C
Parachute School
Ft. Benning
Maude Williams
H. L. Williams
North Africa
Philippines
Atlanta
W. G. Love
Cpl Clinton Clark Heads Home From Guam Magic Carpet Run
Cpl Clinton Clark husband of Martha Clark of Howard returns from Guam as part of 3116 high point Army veterans aboard the Moritrose and Lander. The two ships left Guam December 15 and are due in Los Angeles around December 31 to proceed to Separation Centers for discharge formalities.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Clinton Clark
Martha Clark
Howard
Clark
U. S. S. Montrose
Los Angeles
Milton Gaultney Child Dies After Diphtheria Illness
Milton Gaultney five year old son of Mr and Mrs Harley Gaultney died early Tuesday morning at seven o clock after a three day diphtheria illness. He was born May 15 1940 in the county and lived here his life. Funeral service will be at Antioch Baptist church Wednesday at 11 with Rev John Stanford. Burial followed in a nearby cemetery. Pallbearers were E M Gaultney Jr Albert Gaultney Jessie Parker and James Gaultney. He is survived by his parents two grandfathers two grandmothers two brothers and one sister and many other relatives.
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Milton Gaultney
Harley Gaultney
E. M. Gaultney
Little Milton
Antioch Baptist Church
John Stanford
Messrs
E. M. Gaultney Jr
Albert Gaultney
Jessie Parker
James Gaultney
Bronze Star Awarded Lt. Harp Jr. in posthumous ceremony
Oglethorpe December 29. 2nd Lt. William D. Harp Jr. US Army Infantry receives the Bronze Star posthumously for on Okinawa June 15. He led his platoon under heavy fire west of Osato, exposed to danger to urge his men forward, was mortally wounded returning with another squad. He previously earned the Combat Infantry Medal and Purple Heart.
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Harp
W. D. Harp
Oglethorpe
Six In Sumter County Affected By Car Monoxide Gas
Six people riding in an automobile near Americus were overcome by carbon monoxide gas on Saturday night. Mrs. O M James and Mrs Fred Gooden required hospital treatment with others treated at home. The group, returning to Souther Field area, became ill when gas escaped into the car. Mrs Gooden and Mrs James suffered more severe effects.
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Americus
O. M. James
Fred Gooden
Gooden
Taylor County Farm Census Shows Big Gains in Food Crops
The 1940-1945 Taylor County census data issued by the Department of Census shows large percentage increases in livestock and crops. Cattle 35 percent, cows and heifers 107 percent, hogs 55 percent, chickens 38 percent, eggs 37.5 percent, turkeys 72 percent. overall livestock value up over 100 percent. Oats up 7 percent acreage and 800 percent yield. peanut acreage leap from 3,000 to 7,500. total peanut yield up 270 percent. cotton acreage down 24 percent with yields up 15 percent. Corn and wheat slightly down. vegetable crops up 300 percent income. County Agent E G Blackwell notes the county’s effort by fewer men and more women and youth achieving the record.
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Taylor County
Department of Command Bureau of Census
E. G. Blackwell
Blackwell
No Beer-Wine License Issued in Taylor County 1946
At a county commissioners meeting held at the courthouse, no beer or wine licenses were issued for Taylor County for the year 1946. The action follows a prior referendum in which the sale of beer and wine was voted out of the county.
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Taylor County
Te Board of County Commissioners
Sugar Stamp No 39 Validated by Rationing Officials
Rationing officials in Washington announced through the Associated Press that Sugar stamp No 39 became valid Tuesday.
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Washington
Associated Press
Stray Yellow Jersey Cow Found Near Butler Ga
A medium size yellow Jersey milk cow with short horns is on a premises since last Sunday in Butler Georgia. Owner J. T. Cox is asked to call and claim the animal.
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J. T. Cox
Butler, Ga
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REA
Columbus Station
Superior Court
Judge T. Hicks
GRAND
L. A. Peed
T. Whatley
O. R. Montgomery
J. W. Windham
A. L. Waters
J. B. Byrd
E. T. Shealy
W. E. Neisler
M. W. Smith ,Frank Callahan
J. H. West
B. M. Montgomery
L. T. Peed
F. C. Jarrell
M. L. Parks
D. R. Theus
J. W. O'Neal
David Childree
J. W. Woodall
J. L. Saunders
W. J. Braddgq
Wanza Lortman
Ed Sttingfield Ee, A. Nelson
R. Massey Massey Childres
L. J. Wainwright
J. T. Mathews
H. M. Waters
Clay Smith
Ij. M. Cox
W. D. Pool
C. D. Johnson Ellis Pike
P. E. McDaniel
Z. R. McCorkle
H. H. Gholson
J. W. Mott
J.w.edwards II
Homer Cox
Carol Purvis
J. H. Brown
W. M. Gee Jr
J. R. Wilson
Cleophus Montgomery
M. A. Liffey
D.T. Montfort
Oscar Dreizin
Daniel Posey ,W. M. Hollis
H. FE. Childres
W. E. Marshall, Sr
Lee Posey
C. H. Horton
H. T. Blakely
Congressman Pace
Cpl
Guam
Gaultney
Little Milton G Aultney
Antioch Church
Wm. D. Harp Jr
Two Sumter Co
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