Georgia News Roundup Reflects Holidays and Losses
Georgians marked New Year festivities amid fires and accidents while notable figures and groups faced changes. Obituaries include John Lee McLeod 91 Dawson Masonic member and Wiley L. Moore Atlanta resident. J. T. McKenzie elected Montezuma Chamber of Commerce president for 1957.
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John Lee McLeod
Dawson’s Masonic Lodge
J. T. McKenzie
The
Montezuma Chamber of Commerce
Jas. P. Brown
Albany Man Crushed Under Bus Wheels in New Jersey
Harold King a 43 year old resident of Albany Georgia was killed at Pennsylvania Station Newark when he slipped and was run over by a public service bus while attempting to reach another bus. Police said the fatal accident occurred as the bus moved to pick up passengers at the railroad station.
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Albany
New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Pennsylvania Station
Harold King
Eureka School Hosts Regional Educational Association Meeting
Eureka school will host Region Six annual convention on January 10 with about 1000 teachers supervisors and principals from sixteen counties expected. Theme We Look at Our Schools. Welcome program includes Reynolds groups Eureka High and Elementary groups. R L McDougald presides. Rev R H Martin will give invocation.
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Eureka School For
Reynolds
Eureka High
G.T.E
Taylor County Board of Education
R. L. McDougald
R. H. Martin
Methodist Church
Notable Georgia Landmarks in History and People
Five miles from Americus at Souther Field Chas Lindbergh made his first solo flight in 1923 in a newly purchased government surplus plane. The last original Confederate flag still standing is in Blakely. Hewn from long leaf pine it was hauled by oxen and erected May 16 1861 by Thomas Williams and others. Wayne County named for General Mad Anthony Wayne. he served in Congress in 1791 but the seat was declared vacant after a contest. Gold Diggers Road traced from Chestatee River through Dahlonega to Auraria in Lumpkin County. Haiman's Sword Factory in Columbus produced 250 swords daily during the War Between the States. 400 workers, mostly boys, were employed there in 1863. Federal forces burned the plant April 17 1865. Dudley M Hughes of Danville four times Congressman coauthored the Smith Hughes Vocational Education bill of 1917 aiding education for youth and adults.
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Americus
Souther Field
Chas Lindbergh
Blakely
Thomas Williams
Wayne County
Haiman’s
Columbus
Statesman Suspends Publication After 25 Years
Atlanta Georgia The Statesman a political weekly linked to the Talmadges has folded after 25 years of circulation The paper once belonged to the late Gov General and later to Herman Talmadge distribution reached Georgia political and business leaders Printing costs and Herman Talmadge’s Senate duties prompted the shutdown Herman’s final column lamented the paper’s long public life and its close ties to the Talmadge family.
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Atlanta
Statesman
Talmadges
Gov. General, Made
Herman
Georgia
Talmadge
Statsman
Gene
Traffic Deaths in 1956 Set Georgia Record
Atlanta reports 1956 will be the worst year for Georgia traffic deaths after 20 fatalities over Christmas. The toll may surpass the 1,088 deaths in 1955 with late reports from Homerville and the death of Doraville girl Sandra Ray who was struck while riding a new Christmas bicycle.
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Atlanta
S. C. Ray
Doraville
Highway Patrol
Georgia
Homerville
Sandra Ray
Death Trap on U S 41 North of Perry Baffles Officers
Traffic officers report a dangerous curve and hill on U S 41 near Perry where head on crashes have claimed at least five lives. Sgt R J McNeill says the Perry Patrol Station cannot explain the high accident rate at this spot two miles north of Perry.
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Perry
State Highway Patrol
R. J. McNeill
McNeill
Pet Horse Bites Off Ear of 13 Year Old Boy
In Ringgold Georgia a pet horse bit off the left ear of 13 year old Douglas Teems on a farm near Ringgold. The boy, teased while feeding corn to his 7 year old horse Scotty, had the ear amputated and a Chattanooga surgeon began reconstructive work.
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Ringgold
Chattanooga
Tenn
Douglas Teems
Claude Teems
Scotty
C. W. Stephenson
Year of births shows 1956 high mark for American babies
U S Public Health Service tallies 1956 births at 4 202 000 up 111 000 from 1955 as marriages also rose 3 3 percent The data suggest larger families with rising third fourth and fifth births and imply sustained infant market demand and population growth for years to come.
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U.S. Public Health Service
America
Macon Man Found Dead After Church Return
Maj. R. J. Delacroix, 53, a Macon insurance man and retired Army officer, was found dead in a car behind his residence Sunday. A hose from the exhaust extended into the front window. the motor ran as family members returned from Sunday services. Delacroix had lived in Macon 32 years and recently joined New York Life Insurance.
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Macon
R. J. Delacroix
Chapman
Delacroix
New York Life Insurance Co
New Orleans
Senate loses stalwarts as George and Millikin depart
Washington notes two veteran figures depart the Senate as the new Congress opens. Democrat Walter George of Georgia, 78, and Republican Robert Millikin of Colorado, 65, retire from the chamber after long careers as powerful orators and policy influencers. George becomes Eisenhower’s NATO representative with ambassador rank.
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Washington
Senate
Walter George
Georgia
Robert Millikin
Colorado
Congress
George
Millikin
Lehman
Clements
Duff
Welker
Idaho
Bender
Ohio
Eisenhower
NATO
Wife of Gas Firm Official Is Burned to Death
Birmingham Alabama December 29 Mrs H E Jackson wife of a Southern Natural Gas Co executive died in an apartment building fire that forced 12 other families from their homes early Saturday Firemen said she was found in the bedroom where the blaze apparently began and she was the wife of the utility's vice president and treasurer
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Birmingham
Ala
H. E. Jackson
Southern Natural Gas Co
Peach Beautification Committee Receives Gift to Boost Efforts
Ft Valley community leaders announce a $1,000 donation to the Peach Beautification Committee. Donors include Blue Bird Body Co Bank of Ft Valley Pearson Basket Mill and Woolfolk Chemical Co as cited by Irving Rigdon, committee chairman, on December 29.
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Ft. Valley
Irving Rigdon
Blue Bird Body Co
Bank of Ft
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Atlanta Journal and Constitution
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