Charis and Southern reflections mingle in a column
The piece blends moral maxims on Charis with literary excerpts about sight and love. It notes a 54th wedding anniversary and quotes about prophecy, tax advice, and a local visit by Dr. Ed Lawhorn. It reflects Southern warmth, pride in Georgia, and plans for converting the old West Hotel into apartments by E H Bazemore.
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Old West
E. H. Bazemore
Public Square
Allen
Messrs Coon
Lester Allen
Molly
Betty
Mattie Allen
Dick Allen
Alabama
R. S. West
Marion West
State Highway bids set for eight million with 14 state aid
Georgia announces bids opening February 8 for fourteen state aid and Rural Roads Authority projects totaling about 8.0 million dollars. Major work includes long widening and paving on several routes such as the Augusta Aiken corridor and multiple county roads with bridges and resurfacing planned.
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Atlanta
State Highway Department
Rural Roads Authority
Richmond County
Augusta-Aiken
S. C
Jefferson County
Louisville-Augusta
Monroe
Jasper
Forsyth-Monticello
Hancock and Warren
Mayfield-Warrenton
Houston
Hawkinsville-Perry
Richmond
Harlem- Augusta
Rural Roads Authority Projects
Bible
Price Road
Emanuel
Nunez-Swainsboro
Drudenville
Glascock
Mt. Zion Church
Haddock-Hillsboro
Jenkins
Millen-Hiltonia
Lincoln
Two Meetings with Taylor County Growers Planned for Monday
Extension specialist Wm. H. Seli and Extension Engineer H. B. Goolsby will meet Taylor County growers and ginners at 3 P M and again at 7 45 P M Monday. The afternoon session will cover growing, harvesting and ginning cotton using mechanical pickers. The 7 45 P M meeting focuses on general cotton production. All interested farmers are urged to attend.
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Wm. H. Seli
H. B. Goolsby
Taylor County
Funeral Rites Tuesday for Mrs Wait Hancock at Antioch
Mrs. Wait Elizabeth Hancock died Monday at her Reynolds area home. Funeral at 3 p m Tuesday at Antioch Baptist Church with Rev E H Dunn officiating. Survivors: husband Ben Hancock two daughters Mrs John Wilder and Mrs James Phillips three sisters Mrs Sam Bailey Mrs Ed Kilby and Mrs Henry Adams. Goddard Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Wait Elizabeth Hancock
Reynolds
Antioch Church
E. H. Dunn
Ben Hancock
John Wilder
James Phillips
Sam Bailey
Ed Kilby
Henry Adams
Goddard Funeral Home
Doctor Adams of Butler Delivers Two Messages in Tifton Church
Dr Clyde Adams son of the late Rev and Mrs J T Adams of Butler longtime Heard County Methodist minister spoke twice at Tifton Methodist church Sunday. He led the final study session High Hours in Methodism and delivered the evening sermon. Known locally as the Bishop of Heard County he completed a 7 point circuit for 25 years and earned a doctor’s degree from Emory University.
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Clyde Adams
J. T. Adams
Butler
Heard County
Tifton
Adams
Emory University
Sumter County Child Recovers After Windpipe Pecan Removal
A year-old child Bonnie Chappell of Americus Ga returned home after doctors removed a pecan fragment from her windpipe at Piedmont hospital in Atlanta. The Americus State Patrol station and units from Silvertown Griffin and Atlanta aided the fast transport to Atlanta, relaying the child within two hours of the warning for urgent treatment.
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Americus
Bonnie Chappell
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta
Billy Chappell
Smithville Road
Silvertown
Griffin
Nine Marion County Youths Involved In Auto Accidents
Buena Vista January 24 Nine Marion County School children were injured or shaken up in two related traffic mishaps on Highway 137 the night of January 23. Four occupants of a pickup truck including Bennie Pike lost control and overturned multiple times. Involved were Paul Henry and Ellen Harbuck. Dr. R. S. Robinson provided first aid at the scene when a car carrying five other students arrived.
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Buena Vista
Marion County
Highway 137
Bennie Pike
Paul
Henry
Ellen Harbuck
R. S. Robinson
Funeral Tuesday For Brig Gen Troup Miller Retired Perry Citizen
Funeral was held Tuesday for Brig Gen Troup Miller Retired a Perry native who died after a brief illness in Atlanta General Miller graduated from the U S Military Academy in 1902 and served nearly 48 years before retiring in 1945 He taught President Eisenhower and held posts in World Wars I and II earning the Legion of Merit Miller to be buried at Arlington Cemetery Washington D C.
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Atlanta
Troup Miller
U.S. Military Academy
Miller
Army
Perry
Macon
Eisenhower
War Department
Eastern Defense Command
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Lay Services at Howard Methodist Church Sunday
Howard Methodist Church announces lay services for Sunday at 11 a m Speaker will be Mr L E Hale of Hamilton A well known Taylor county citizen he is associate lay leader for the Columbus Methodist District Everyone is invited to attend the service
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Howard Methodist Church
Hale
L. E. Hale
Hamilton
Taylor County
Columbus
Mother's March of Dimes Here Monday Evening
The Mother's Annual March on Polio was conducted in this city Monday evening. The committee reports have collected $135.32 in this drive. Anyone who failed to contribute during the Monday evening drive will please send their contribution to Mrs. Jack Suggs. Report of the County-wide drive will be given in the Herald next week.
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Jack Suggs
Herald
Strange Case Defied Police for 16 Years
New York reports a long elusive investigation into the so called mad bomber. Police chased hundreds of clues for over 16 years before a newspaper enterprise helped solve the case. The man behind the terror unsettled millions of New Yorkers in recent months.
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New York
Singing at Mauk Sunday Afternoon
The regular monthly singing is announced for Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. at the Mauk school building. Everyone extended a cordial invitation to attend.
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Mauk
Morrell Rites Held At Mt Olive For Annie Morrell
Mrs. Annie C. Morrell died at her Reynolds home after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Mt. Olive Church with Rev. G T Hollaman and Rev. Wm Childree officiating and interment in Mt. Olive cemetery. Survivors include Lonnie E. Morrell, two daughters Annie Morrell Youngblood and Katie Nell Morrell, L E Morrell Jr, two sisters Mrs. Guy Windham and Mrs. J C Byrd, and six brothers: W H Tucker, D C. A T Tucker, Atlanta. S B Tucker, Jacksonville. J C Tucker, Butler. H L Tucker, Portsmouth. E L Tucker, Newport News.
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Annie C. Morrell
Reynolds
Georgia Forestry Commission Ships 90 Million Pine Seedlings
The Georgia Forestry Commission plans to ship about 90 million pine seedlings to private and public land owners as part of a four nursery program led by Reforestation Chief Sanford Darby. Seedling production aims to reach 240 million next year aided by Page Memorial Nursery in Reidsville, while orders open June 1 and close October 1.
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Georgia Forestry Commission
Sanford Darby
Darby
Page Memorial Nursery
Reidsville
Austin Guinn
Macon
Forestry Commission
P. O
Arizona
Four Segregation Bills Win Approval in Georgia House
Four administration segregation bills won overwhelming approval in the Georgia House as the session opens. The measures from the Georgia Education Commission would extend the governor's authority to quell riots, protect teachers' retirement benefits if a private school system is used, authorize distribution of information about the Southern viewpoint, and grant subpoena powers to the Commission. The Senate began moves to transfer some gubernatorial control over the state appropriations bill.
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Atlanta
Georgia House
Senate
House
Georgia Education Commission
Revival at Pleasant Hill Church Begins Sunday
Revival services start Sunday at Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church with daily 7 30 pm meetings for a week. Everyone is invited to attend this series of meetings.
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Pleasant Hill Church
Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church
Mrs. Leiferman Named Thomaston Teacher of the Year
Mrs. Mary Leiferman, first grade teacher at R. E. Lee School, selected as Thomaston Teacher of the Year by faculty vote on January 16. A Taylor County native, she studied at Georgia Southwestern Americus State College for Women and Tift College, taught since 17, and lived in Rochester Mayo Clinic years before returning to Thomaston in 1951.
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Mary Leiferman
R. E. Lee School
Leiferman
Taylor County
Georgia Southwestern
Americus
State College For Women
Milledgeville
Tift College
Forsyth
Richard Leiferman
Warner Robins
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Lifermans
Georgia
Thomaston
R E. Lee
Levee Nearing Completion to Shield Montezuma from Floods
Montezuma nears completion of a 200000 dollar flood control levee to shield the town and its five mile protection arc from Flint River overflows and Beaver Creek backups. The project aims to prevent floods like those in 1929 and 1948 that submerged the business district.
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Montezuma
Flint River
Middle Georgia
Bilt
Ocmulgee
Beaver Creek
Retired Sumter Judge Marks 90th Birthday with Wit
Americus Georgia judge R L Maynard the oldest in the Sumter legal scene turned 90 recently. He left active practice five years ago after a fall that confined him to a wheelchair though his interest in law and Georgia history remains strong and he still reads widely.
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Americus
R. L. Maynard
Americus Legal Profession
Georgia
Two Georgians Are Resentenced To Die in Chair
Fulton Superior Court resentenced two Georgians to die in the electric chair. John F. Corbin, twice convicted of the Jan. 19, 1954 killing of Oscar Roebuck, was resentenced for the seventh time with execution set for Feb. 8. Robert Lee Elder, Atlanta, convicted of the ice pick murder of his wife, again faced the chair on Dec. 21 but received a stay pending a Supreme Court appeal.
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Fulton Superior Court
John F. Corbin
Corbin
Oscar Roebuck
Atlanta
Robert Lee Elder
Supreme Court
Tragic Death Of Des Moines Fire Victim Ira W. Shealy
Ira W. Shealy former county resident died Sunday in Des Moines Iowa from suffocation in a building fire. He is survived by brother E T Shealy Reynolds sisters Mrs Robert Suggs Thomaston and Mrs Kate Vaughn Hiram and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday 3 p m Union Methodist Church Butler with Rev W H Ruff officiating. Pallbearers listed. Goddard Funeral Home Reynolds in charge.
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Ira W. Shealy
Des Moines
Henry C. Shealy
Taylor County
Shealy
E. T. Shealy
Reynolds
Robert Suggs
Thomaston
Kate Vaughn
Hiram
Mr. Shealy
Union Methodist Church
Butler
W. H. Ruff
Union Cemetery
J. H. Brewer
Lewis Taunton
Braxton Turner
Jack Suggs
Leonard Cooper
E. T. Eubanks
Goddard Funeral Home
New Maintenance Procedure Saves Time and Money at Robins AFB
A Robins Air Force Base team introduces prefabricated reusable canvas wheel covers for the C 124 and B 57 aircrafts, cutting wheel servicing from seven hours to 1 hour 12 minutes and reducing total cost from 40 dollars to about 3 6.64 dollars per plane, saving about 3400 dollars yearly. The method originated with Roy R. Bohler and was tested by Henry G. Neisler and WRAMA Maintenance Engineering Directorate personnel.
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Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force
Roy R. Bohler
Butler
WRAMA
Mr. Bohler
Henry G. Neisler
Reynolds
Robins
Jarrell and Brantley Buy Mark's Fashion Shop in Thomaston
Calvin Jarrell and Ross Brantley of Thomaston have purchased Mark's Fashion Shop from Mark Jacob. The sale is effective last Friday and will operate as Ross's Fashion Shop with Brantley managing. Brantley, a World War II veteran from Upson County, plans to add new merchandise while Jarrell will not actively run the business.
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Calvin Jarrell
Ross Brantley
Thomaston
Mark
Mark Jacob
Jarrell
Herald
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the Herald
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W. R. Lawhorn
Deep South
South
Southland
Antioch Baptist Church
Wait Hancock
Tifton Church
Sumter County
Mother's March of Dimes
Annie Morrell
Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church
Sumter
Des Moines, Ia
Union Church
Warner Robins Afb
Messrs
Jarrell & Brantley
Mark's Fashion
City of Thomaston
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