Georgia News Roundup: 1936 to 1937 Transitions
Georgia headlines span politics, crime and growth as 1936 ends and 1937 opens. Notable items include retirements in state government, a murder arrest in Harris County, bar licensing changes, highway and infrastructure progress, new industrial plants, and local civic advancements across Muscogee to Talbot. The summary reflects a wide range of individuals, counties, and institutions shaping the year’s late pages.
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Muscogee County
Statesboro
Chattahoochee Valley
Talmadge
Capitol
Wesley Hartley
Harris County
Hartley
Hamilton
Macon
Georgia
Waynesboro church forms building committee after fire
Waynesboro First Methodist Church, damaged by a fire a week before Christmas causing about $60,000 in losses, moved forward this week with the appointment of a building committee to plan reconstruction.
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Waynesboro First Methodist
Columbus to Bury Main Street Wires
Columbus Ga January 2 work to begin immediately on a 120000 project to place power lines on Broad way Columbus main thoroughfare Elimination of poles and overhead wires will take several years according to officials
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Columbus
Broadway
Mrs James Hayes Takes State History Post in Atlanta
Mrs J J Hayes recently named state historian and director of history and archives by Secretary John B Wilson left Macon County last week to assume duties. She will reside at Rhodes Memorial Hall in Atlanta.
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Mark Chambliss
Plains
T.fton
W.C. Bradley
Columbus
A. Jones Perryswan
Gadsden
Ala
Edgar Rose
Fred McMalkins
Albany
Butler
Thomaston
Roosevelt
Macon
Ocmulgee National Monument
John A Heck
State Highway Board
Big Liza Creek
Tint River
Talbot County
Columbus Roberts
Georgia
Gov. Talmadge
Tom Linder
Hazlehurst
John 8. Candler
Atlanta
Martha Swain
Chas. A. Greer
Clethorne
Roberta
H.C. Bond
H. C. Pollard
Central of Georgia Road
Highway 1
Ed F. Cook
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
Alabama
Tennessee
Harry L. Brown
Athens
Washington
Wallace
Brown
M. L. Wilson
R. G Tugswell
James Aldwin Ford
Montezuma
J. J. Hayes
Department of History and Archives
Jno. B. Wilson
Macon County
Hayes
Rhodes Memorial Hall
Rules Published by Georgia Superior Courts
Atlanta January 4 Logan Bleckley clerk of the Georgia court of appeals announced publication of the new rules of the superior courts. The publishers are the Harrison company of Atlanta which also publishes the Georgia code. The rules are being sent free to all lawyers in the state.
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Atlanta
Logan Bleckley
Georgia Court of Appeals
Superior Courts of
Georgia
Bleckley
Harrison Company of
W E Martin Dies in Macon Georgia
W M Martin a longtime Macon district court commissioner and elder in the Macon bar died Saturday in a city hospital after short illness. Brother of Dr R V Martin of Savannah, he previously served as commissioner in the Southern district and later as commissioner in the Middle district after the new division was created.
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Macon Ga
FE. Martin
Macon
R. V. Martin
Savannah
Martin
Strawberry Men to Lay 1987 Plans
Oglethorpe Georgia January 4 a strawberry meeting for the agricultural section including Peach Houston Dooly Sumter Schley Taylor and Macon counties will be held at the court house in Oglethorpe at 2 pm January 9. The aims are to select a brand for all counties and to arrange cooperative buying of crates. Grower delegates will be chosen to join the county agent to Plant City Florida to meet buyers and study packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remer Evelouen
W. C.homas
Turboton
Spivey
L. C. Wiedt
Columbus
Colmbusity Commission
Washington
Braswell Deen
Carl Vinson
Deen
Jack Dempsey
Benning
LaGrange
Colquitt County
AL Evans
Atlanta
Houston
Texas
Bank of
Thomas County
Thomasville
Caroline Mitchell Anderson
Newton County
Macon
Blue Ridge Circuit
Claude Pittman
Cherokee Circuit Superior Court
Wm. Ingram
Gov Talmadge
A. Cohen
J. D. Rivers
Georgia
Tallahassee
Fred P. Cone
Florida
Rivers
Chas. S. Reid
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
John W. Stoddard
Tattnall
T. F. Aberscombie
Health Department
J. H. Jackson
South Georgia
J. T. Moore
Huntington
W. Va
Georgia Education Association
Savannah
Macon County
Oglethorpe
State of Georgia
Peach
Dooly
Sumter
Schley
Taylor
Court House
Plant City
Pla
Macon County Board for 1937 Is Frederick-less
Oglethorpe Ga Jan 2 For the first time in over 64 years Macon County Board of Commissioners has no Frederick. The board created 1872 with Maj Jas D Frederick from Marshallville. He died 1899, his son Felder J Frederick served 30 years until 1981. Fielder Frederick Jr has held the seat since BRS time. He believed voluntarily an Sam C Rumph will replace Frederick.
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aAilanza
Roosevelt
Harry L. Brown
Alttthough W. E. Pave
Internal Revenue
T. J Stewart
Central Railroad
Atinte
Savannah
John W. Blount
Coumbus Roberts
Georgia Farm Fund
John B. Stoddand
Georgia
Washington News
Chas. S. Reynolds, Jr
Oglethorpe, Ga
Macon County Board of Commissioners
Frederick
Marshallville
Jas. D. Frederick
Felder J. Frederick
Fielder Frederick, Jr
BRS
Sam C. Rumph
Auto Crash Fatal to Lamar Sheriff in Georgia
Sheriff L J Mangham 46 of Lamar county died after his car struck a parked vehicle on a highway near Barnesville Georgia. Night Policeman Charlie Head was seriously injured and taken to a Griffin hospital. A local car owner was lightly hurt. officers had been chasing a suspected bandit vehicle.
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Barnesville
L. J. Mangham
Lamar County
Charlie Head
Griffin
Forsyth
Griffin Negro
Reynolds College Night Highlights Religious Activity
Reynolds Ga January third A College Night service at Reynolds Methodist church featured Reynolds High School seniors led by class president Betty Neisler. Six colleges were represented with talks on campus religious activities by Emily Whatley from Shorter College and others from Georgia Tech Georgia State College for Women Mercer and Emory. E H Joiner and T H Tinsley gave closing remarks with additional senior participants listed.
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Reynolds
Reynolds Methodist
Reynolds High School
Betty Neisler
Jimmie Joiner
Emily Whatley
Shorter College
Rome
Trances Ricks
Wesleyan
Woodfin Hinton
Georgia Tech
Nita Mae Windham
Georgia State College For Women
Walton Hodges
Lottery charged against Americus theater manager
Americus Georgia January 24 A warrant charging operation of a lottery was served on J N Morgan manager of Rylander theater Americus on Friday The accusation rests on bank nights at the theater alleged to violate Georgia lottery laws Morgan denies the events violate the statute Hearing was set for January 11 in Americus city court
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Americus
J. N. Morgan
Rylander Theater
Georgia
Morgan
Thas
Bearden of Ideal, Mrs Janie Williams Bearden Dies
Mrs Janie Williams Bearden 49 wife of J T Bearden a prominent Ideal citizen died at home after a brief illness. Funeral at Baptist church in Ideal conducted by Rev J A Jenkins with interment in Ideal Cemetery. Daughter of T Williams and the late Mrs Williams she was married 29 years ago and leaves five sons.
Inauguration Hour Change to Twelve
Atlanta officials announce the governorship inauguration for Geor gia governor E. D. Rivers will be moved from 1 pm to 12 noon on January 12 to secure better radio facilities. John P. Spivey and Roy W. Harris issued a joint statement supporting the shift.
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Atlanta
D. Rivers
Georgia
Monay
John P. Spivey
Senate
Roy VY. Harri
House
Governor Rivers
Half of lynchings occur in Georgia year just closed
Tuskegee records show more than half of the nation’s lynchings in the year ended occurred in Georgia. Nine lynchings, all of them of Black individuals, were recorded with five in Georgia, compared with a national total of 11 fewer than the previous year’s 20. Other states reporting lynchings include Arkansas, Florida, and Mississippi.
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Tuskegee
Ala
United States
Georgia
Department of Records and Research
Tuskegee Institute
Arkansas
Florida
Mississippi
Mellon Offers Vast Art Treasury to U S People
President Roosevelt announced that Andrew W Mellon offers his Magnificent art collection to the people of the United States with funds for a gallery. The gift, valued at 29 to 50 million dollars for the paintings and about 9 million for housing, is to the Smithsonian or the U S Government. Mellon asks the gallery not bear his name.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Andrew W. Mellon
United States
Smithsonian Institution
U. S
Mellon
Congress
Bankhead and Rayburn Micked at Demo Caucus
Washington June 4 Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas won the Democratic caucus race for House floor leader against New York's John J. O Connor by an unofficial 184 to 127 tally. Rayburn, a Roosevelt ally and co author of the Wheeler Rayburn bill, will steer New Deal measures through the House for two years. O Connor previously labeled Culllen treason for joining Rayburn.
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Washington
Jun
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Wonuay
House
John J.o’connor
New York
Rayburn
O Connor
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West
Committee On
O’connor
New Yorker
Thomas Cullen
Tammany
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EWS
Waycross
Rosemary Moye
Americus High School
Nere
Livestock
American Legion
Leeman Anderson
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Dorothy Shippey
Sonega Melon Association
Harry T. Brown
State Agricultural Extension Service
T. J. Mangham
Lamu County
State Capitol
Miletneville
Georgia Wild Life Group
Caxton
Jenkins County
Sheri
M. G. John
Pevis Chickamauga
Stephen Pace
Washimegon
Joe Hollis
Patten
I. D. Rivers
Lakeland
Columbus City
Bulloch
Chicago
Newt Wayross
Arthur Brisbane
Elet
Frank Clark
Harry Short
H. H. Carnes
Talbotton
Elanor Lucile Robert
Cabniss A. Bryan
Charlotte
N. C
Bryan
Lynda Lee Bryan
Cudahy
W. I. Davis
Hierce County
W. J. Dunnedy, Jr
Maron
Tom Wisdim
State Highway Department
Ware County
Moultrie
State Farm
Mife
Talmadige
Wilem Murphy
Lucas
Lindley
Cherokee Aircuit
Fulton County Grand Jury
Perry
Thos. L. Bell
Jas. A. Fort
KR. L. Carter
Thomaston Kiwanis Club
Augusta
Americas
Alec
Tregone
Marietta Daily Journal
Carrollton
Eslaville
George
Babson
Baldwin’ County
Milledgeville
Mitchell County
Camilla
Walter Chappell
Sumter County
University of Georgia
Atlanta Journal
WSI
Paisa
Duckworth
Arnall
Allen
Thomas
Yeomans
Brisbane
Geonin
Kyle T. Alfmend
Mercer University
Paris
Arthur Hayes Thompson
Georgia Highway System
Ft. Valley
Leslie
Long County
Helen Croxton
Ludowici
Helen Makin
Pulton
J. A. Massey, Jr
Money Order Department
Government Printing Office
Washigton
Marietta
Cobb County
Georgia State College
Doris Jean Purcell
J. G. Purcell
Baxley
Kwato
New Guinea
Australia
England
B. P. Ford
Rochell
L. M. Graham
A. H. Fussell
Sylvester
Selma
James Hayes
W. E. Martin
Strawberry
Macon County Board
Lamar Sherif
J. T. Bearden
Bankhead
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