Truman and Talmadge Deny Inaugural Snub
Presidents dispute over the Washington inaugural parade centers on Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge who says he was not snubbed by President Truman. White House press secretary Charles Ross reiterates the President did not slight any governor and notes Truman greeted the Talmdages at the reception. Talmadge cites the passing view from the reviewing stand and mentions a disputed Georgia float tied to the event.
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Truman
Talmadge
United States
Georgia
Washington
White House
Charles Ross
Steve Pace
Americus
Pace
Ross
U. S. Naval Academy
Robert Dennison
West Point
Barkley
Mr. Truman
Lee Trimble
Warm Springs Foundation
Leon Buckholz
Georgia State Soiety
Alan Metzeger
Chicago
Notice to Customers at McCants Mill
Place of business will be every Wednesday afternoon. notice by p. C. Keen at McCants Mill announces weekly afternoon operations for customers.
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P. C. Keen
McCants Mill
Re Registration Bill Passes Georgia House and Senate
Georgia lawmakers approve two major voting changes with partisan debates. The House backs four year re registration while eliminating a $1 fee by 146 to 56 and the Senate approves a constitutional amendment extending the county unit system to general elections. Both moves mirror Gov. Herman Talmadge pledges.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House
Senate
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Heath Honored For Highway 100 Work By Bowdon Citizens
Bowdon residents fete Garnet Heath and crew for improving Highway 100 in the northwest state region. Captain Heath, maintenance man over several counties, has 23 years with the State Highway Department and leads an orderly, cooperative crew. A Jaycees meeting and a dinner at Dobson Cafe honored him and invited crew members from Kansas and Indian Creek communities.
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Taylor County
Bowdon
Garnet Heath
Kansas
G. W. Heath
Butler
Heath
State Highway Department
Bowden and
Mr. Heath
Jaycees
Dobson Cafe
Indian Creek
Camellia Garden Attracts Visitors to Butler Collection
Camellia gardens of Mr. Walter J. Butler draw scores of visitors daily. He and his sister Mrs. Eva Mauldin greet guests as the collection grows with many old and new camellia varieties.
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Walter J. Butler
W. J. Butler
Butler
Eva Mauldin
Watson and Tinsley death notices mark weekend funerals
Funeral services were held Saturday for John Edward Watson at Turner's Chapel with interment following. Watson, born in Alabama March 26, 1897, died from a heart attack and left a wife two sons two daughters and several siblings. Reynolds and Taylor County mourn Rev. Thomas H. Tinsley whose retirement from the South Georgia Conference preceded his death in Adrian. Tinsley’s survivors include wife Janie J. Tinsley a son a daughter a sister and four grandchildren.
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Turner’s Chapel
John Edward Watson
Watson
Alabama
Taylor County
Ben
Julia Watson
W. R. Lawhorn
Spears
Ernest Johnson
Robert Hammock
Abner Trawick
Wm. Trawick
Edmond Raines
James Blackman
Thomaston
Goddard Funeral Home
Reynolds
Thomas H. Tinsley
Adrian
South Georgia Conference
Adrian Methodist Church
Hoke Hatcher
Frank Nalls
Leland Moore
Oglethorpe
Reynolds Methodist Church
Tinsley
Columbus Man Charged With Murder Escapes Jail
Brunswick Ga January 24 Sheriff M E Owens said he had no leads in the search for convicted murderer Dave Walden who escaped Glynn county jail Thursday night by sawing a bar and sliding down a drain pipe. Walden was brought to Brunswick to be tried for murdering his wife Patricia A Walden but the case was continued until May. McVeigh who was convicted last October for the murder of John F Stringfellow has been moved to Reidsville State Prison for safekeeping.
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Brunswick
M. E. Owens
Dave Walden
Walden
Glynn
Patricia A. Walden
Owens
J. W. Veigh
John F. Stringfellow
Reidsville
McVeigh
Mrs. Walden
Local Service Station Bought by Mack Miller and Sidney Hobbs
Mack Miller and Sidney Hobbs acquire The Standard Service Station once run by J. T. Cochran and E. L. Swain. They will operate as Hobbs Miller Service Station and plan seven day hours 7 am to 10 pm excluding Sunday church hour. Miller previously managed Bazemore's Department Store for five years. Hobbs served three years in Merchant Marines in World War II.
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Standard
J. T. Cochran
E. L. Swain
Swain
Mack Miller
Sidney Hobbs
Hobbs-Miller
Bazemore’s
Hobbs
Merchant Marines
Interesting Real Estate Deal Closes Monday
A brick bungalow built six years ago by former Sheriff J. M. Bone on Reynolds street two doors east of the Methodist church near the high school was purchased Monday by Chas. Benns Jr for about $10,000. Bone plans to move back to his farm two miles south of town.
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J. M. Bone
Chas. Benns, Jr
Reynolds Street
Bone
Apartment for Rent in Poole Residence
FOR RENT apartment available at 1271p Mrs. William Poole listed with phone 60.
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William Poole
Judge Story Celebrates 93rd Birthday in Worth County
Sylvester Georgia remembers Judge Samuel St. George Story known as Judge Story, a longtime Worth County Ordinary. Born January 23, 1856 in Sumter County Florida, he has lived in Worth County since 1860. His birthday observance at Acorn Pond Church draws hundreds of relatives and friends. He has 27 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Since becoming Ordinary he has married more than 1900 couples and was reelected in 1948 to serve another four-year term.
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Sylvester
Samuel St. George Story
Judge Story
Georgia
Worth County
Sumter County
Fla
Acorn Pond Church
Fifth Sunday Union Service Canceled This Month
The Fifth Sunday Union will not meet this month. Services resume the fifth Sunday in May at the Midway Baptist Church hosted by Rev. J. H. Stanford.
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Midway Baptist Church
J. H. Stanford
Family Faces Polio Treatment at Warm Springs Center
Mrs. Renee Lynn and her son Raymond are shown at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation receiving polio treatment funded by March of Dimes donations via their local National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis chapter. The program covers their care costs.
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Renee Lynn
Raymond
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
March of Dimes
The
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Fire damages Talbotton Knitting plant. 20 new machines $5,000 each
Early Sunday fire in the Talbotton Knitting Company weaving room badly damaged the new two story plant. Plant manager C. E. Niblack said doors saved most of the facility while firefighters kept the blaze from spreading. 20 new machines valued at about $5,000 each were in the room and the loss is not yet estimated. John Defaunet was burned fighting the fire. The plant manufactures men's hosiery on town outskirts.
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Talbotton
Talbotton Knitting Company
C. E. Niblack
John Defaunet
Niblack
Manrchester Fire Department
Freeze Threatening Peach Crop Says Bewley
Georgia growers should not panic over unseasonable warmth affecting dormancy. W. C. Bewley, president of the Georgia Fruit Exchange, says frosts and freezes pose a greater danger to the 1949 peach crop and advises continuing normal cultivation.
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Macon
Georgia
W. C. Bewley
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Bewley
Bus Wreck Hero Returns Home to Thomaston
Thomas Johnson, hero of a bus crash near Salt Lake City, arrived home from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tooele, Utah. Accompanied by his mother Mrs. J. E. Thompson, he is reported greatly improved after a severe injury while attempting to rescue fellow sailors. He expects to return to duty with the Navy soon.
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Thomaston
Jan
Thomas Johnson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Veterans Administration Hospital
Tooele
J. E. Thompson
Johnson
Navy
Hunt for Two Planes With 50 Persons Aboard Abandoned
The disappearance of two planes in the past month with 52 aboard is unsolved. The British Tudor Star Ariel search ended Friday night after a vast international hunt involving Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy, British planes, surface craft, and two U S Navy task forces. The Star Ariel left Hamilton Bermuda for Kingston Jamaica, last heard an hour after takeoff at 18000 feet.
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Miami
Fla
British South American Airways
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Air-Sea’ Rescue
Coast Guard Air Force
U. S. Navy
Hamilton
Bermuda
Kingston
Jamaica
London
Truck Overturns In Dense Fog At City Cafe Corner
A 10 ton Great Southern truck driven by Adolphus Riner overturned on the curve near City Cafe early Saturday due to thick fog. The vehicle struck gasoline and oil tanks near Hartman Brothers, causing extensive damage. Riner was rescued and only slightly injured.
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Great Southern Line
Albany
Atlanta
Adolphus Riner
City Cafe
Thomaston Youth Killed In 1949 Auto Crash
Thomaston reports the first 1949 traffic fatality after W. C. Cullidge, 24, a Thomaston textile worker, lost control passing on the Atlanta highway four miles north of Thomaston. The car jumped a ditch, killing Cullidge instantly. his brother Durwood and three other occupants Miss Louise Menton, Miss Sue Kindell, and Miss Betty Sue Shirah suffered minor injuries.
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Thomaston
W. €. Cullidge
Atlanta
Louise Menton
Sue Kindell
Betty Sue Shirah
Durwood
Services At Butler Churches Next Sunday
Butler Methodist holds Sunday morning worship and local Baptist Church hosts Sunday evening service this Fifth Sunday. Pastor J W M Stipe urges attendees to bring visitors and attend despite taking an off Fifth Sunday.
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Butler Methodist and
Baptist Churches
Next Sun
the Butler Methodist
J. W. M. Stipe
Butler Methodist Church
Baptists Set 1949 Baptism Goal for Georgia
Dr. H C Whitener announced a statewide evangelistic push by Georgia Baptists aiming for 30 000 baptisms in 1949 and 50 000 in 1951. Last year Georgia churches reported 26 000 baptisms, up 8 000 in two years, as Dr C E Mathews and Dr R G Lee spoke on plans for city and rural church participation.
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Macon
Georgia Baptist
H.C. Whitener
Georgia Baptist Convention of Evangelism
Atlanta
C. E. Mathews
Dallas
R. G. Lee
Memphis
Matthews
Louis Newton
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Truman & Talmadge
Cong
Citizens For Highway Service
John E. Watson
T. H. Tinsley
Turners
Chapel
South Georgia
Columbus
Worth Co
Hartman
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