Campaign to place Carver portraits in Georgia colored schools
A statewide drive to install a portrait of Dr. George Washington Carver in every colored school in the county moves forward. A. G. Gaston represents the portrait company, authorized by County School Superintendent W. H. Elliston to lead the effort with R. L. McDougald and R. E. Brown coordinating local participation for improved race relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute
A. G. Gaston
W. H. Elliston
R. L. McDougald
R. E. Brown
Reynolds School
Urgent Appeal for Church Building Fund Near Butler
Ground cleared and construction begun on the Church of Jesus Christ on Highway 19 three miles north of Butler. Donations of money building materials or labor welcomed to aid the church for the upbuilding of God’s Kingdom. Trustees R E Barnett J S Vann Geo Mosley. Birthday dinners in Georgia celebrate Emory University alumni 113th anniversary. Rev T F Callaway resigns as pastor of First Baptist Thomasville plans to finish by July first.
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Church of Jesus Christ
Highway 19
Butler
Georgia
Emory University
T. F. Callaway
First Baptist Church
Thomasville
Large Group of Baptist Ministers Spending Week At St Marks
About twenty five Baptist ministers gather for their 12th annual outing at St Marks seeking health and enjoyment. The group includes Guy Atkinson Mercer Frank Barton Chamblee C C Buckalow Birmingham J T Burrell Forsyth T F Callaway Thomasville D Sest Clegg Dalton Norman W Cox Meridian J C Daniel Atlanta W A Duncan East Point Barton Bigson Valdosta George Gibson Tifton Fred Gunn Bessie Tift College Eaman Holt Lawrenceville Omer Jones Atlanta J W Middleton Atlanta W L Moore Waycross Louie Newton Atlanta D B Nicholson Athens H V Smith Mercer L E Smith Atlanta W L Smith Starkeville Miss Carey Vinzant Fitzgerald H C Whitner Atlanta J C Wilkinson Athens.
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St. Marks
Guy Atkinson
Mercer
Frank Barton
Chamblee
C. C. Buckalow
Birmingham
J. T. Burrell
Forsyth
T. F. Callaway
Thomasville
dSest Clegg
Dalton
Norman Www
Cox
Meridian
J. C. Daniel
Atlanta
WA. Duncan
East Point
Barton Bigson
Valdosta
George Gibson
Tifton
Fred Gunn
Bessie Tift College
Eaman Holt
Lawrenceville
Omer Jones
J. W. Middleton
W. L. Moore
Waycross
Louie Newton
D. B. Nicholson
Athens
H. V. Smith Mercer
L. E. Smith
W. L. Smith
Starkeville
Miss
Carey Vinzant
Fitzgerald
H. C. Whitner
J. C. Wilkinson
Pop Smith Buys Cochran Journal
On January 23 Cochran Journal announces sale to W. R. Pop Smith and associates forming Cochran Printing Co. Ownership shifts February 1 with E. B. Talmadge remaining as current owner. Smith, former Macon News editor, returns to Middle Georgia to publish the Cochran weekly.
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Pop’ Smith
Cochran Journal
Cochran
W. R
Pop) Smith and Associates
Cochran Printing Co
Smith
E. B. Talmadge
Macon News
Washington, D. C
Middle Georgia
Governor Talmadge Speaks at Chehaw Scout Camp Dedication
Gov. Talmadge delivered the address at the Chehaw Council Boy Scout Camp in Worth county. The council dedicated the camp as the Chase S. Osborn Memorial Boy Scout Reservation honoring the late Michigan governor who donated the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Talmadge
Chehaw
Move to Hold Legislature Weather Instruments In Session Till Relief Comes
A Georgia House effort to keep the Legislature in session until the minimum foundation program is funded gained ground on Saturday as Rep. E. S. Kemp said more than 77 signatures support the resolution and only 10 approached legislators declined. In Thomaston a balloon carrying weather recording instruments drifted to Earth, mistaken for a flying saucer, landing on the R. D. Hudson farm.
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Upson Farm
Atlanta
House of Representatives
E. S. Kemp
Clayton County
Air Force
Mantz Sets Faster Transcontinental Flight Record
New York speed flier Paul Mantz flew a converted P 51 from Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank to LaGuardia Field in four hours 52 minutes 58 seconds, arriving at 3 06 p m EST to break the listed record. Former Army Maj Joe de Bona previously held a west to east record in March 1949 at 5 hours 5 seconds.
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New York
Paul Mantz
LaGuardia Field
Mantz
LaGuardia
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Cal
Army
Joe de Bona
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Carver
Plains
Collen Townsend
Macon
Youth For Christ
City Auditorium
The
Junior College Association
Piedmont Hotel
McRae
John D.shepherd
Worth County
Kiwanis Club
Harold W. Long
W. S. Stuckey
Coleman Memorial Hospital
Eastman
J. L. Thompson
J. P. Mayo
Richland
A. M. Little
Wm. H. Barfield
Columbus
James Peters
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Mercer University
GBI
W. D. White
Americus
White
H. Walker Jernigan
American Camellia Society
R. E. Barnett
City
J. S. Vann
Geo. Mosley
Peach Valley Egg Farm
Hampshire Reds
Taylor Co
Taylor County
AAA
R. C. Peacock
Thomaston
R. D. Hudson
the Gaceau
Journal
S. Mi. A
Butler, Ga
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