Hugh G Cheek Seeks Taylor County Representative
Hugh G Cheek announces candidacy for Representative of Taylor County subject to primary rules. He pledges support for better grammar and education, adequate facilities, welfare benefits, better roads, farm product markets, prompt war aid, and vocational services while expressing gratitude for past support and asking vote and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Taylor County
Tnty
Jules Lations
Taylor Socratic Executive
Hugh G. Cheek
Miss Gena Riley Resigns as Ft. Valley Librarian After 32 Years
Ft. Valley notice reports Miss Gena Riley resigning from the Thomas Public Library after a 32 year tenure. She followed Miss Par melee Cheeves, helped establish the library in 1915 with 400 books from Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Thomas, and oversaw growth to 16 368 volumes and 1134 active patrons in the brick building behind the Peach County courthouse since 1936. Mrs. C J Jones has served as assistant for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Valley
Gena Riley
Thomas Public Library
Miss Riley
Parmelee Cheeves
E. G. Thomas
Thomas Library
Peach County
C. J. Jones
Georgia Joins and Cancels River Fishing Deals With States
Georgia has pursued reciprocal fishing pacts with surrounding states. NC canceled its 1952 agreement on the Chatuge River, SC’s Clark Hill waters pact remains in force, and a Florida Jim Woodruff Reservoir agreement was signed this year. Alabama talks failed over extending to the Chattahoochee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
North Carolina
Clay County
Towns County
North Corona
South Carolina
Clark Hill Reservoir
Georgia-South Carolina Line
Florida
Jim Woodruff
Chattahoochee
Alabama
Eufaula
Fort Gaines
Bartletts Ferry Dam
Fishermen’s hearty fried mullet meal on beach stalls
A historical menu praises fried mullet with onions pickles and stale bread served from a beach charcoal burner. It notes quick methods for catching mullet by light attraction or dragging nets in shallow water and emphasizes a hearty, hunger driven appeal for exhausted fishermen.
The Return of the Altar at Butler Methodist Church
Methodist Youths in Columbus District held services and installation events at Butler Methodist Church with Rev. John Quillian as district youth director. The piece outlines worship themes, church activity, and a district youth camp at Andrew College led by Rev. McGowan and staff, highlighting ongoing commitment to Christian faith and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Columbus
Cuthbert
Jesus
Butler Methodist Church
Andrew College
South Georgia
John Quillian
Richland
Joe Rogers
Buena Vista
Margaret Shepard
Julian Jones
East Highlands Columbus
Harry Jones
East Highlands
V.pres
Sally Curtis
Waverly Hall
Star
Ann Westbrook
Lump ‘Kin
Pataula
Chris Crouch
Midland
Christian Faith
Nancy Rigsby
Christian Witness
Kay Duke
Christian Outreach
Linda Laysfield
Stirlin Terrace
Christian Citizenship
Bill Griffin
Christian Fellowship
Shannon Holloway Jr
Rose Hill
John McGowan
Striplin Terrace
of Christ
David Duck
Dawson
Frederick Mosley Dies in Electric Chair at Reidsville
An Atlanta Negro, 85, Frederick Mosley, died in the electric chair at Reidsville State Prison. He was executed for the rape of a white woman on May 4, 1954, after being placed in the chair at 1:21 am and pronounced dead at 10:28 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
State Board of Corrections
Frederick Mosley
Reidsville State Prison
Georgia Begins Fiscal Year With $31 Million Surplus
Atlanta Georgia will start the 1956 57 fiscal year Sunday with a surplus near 31 million dollars. State Revenue Commissioner T W Williams finalized remittance of the current year and Assistant State Treasurer Horace Nix said unofficial figures show total state income for the year at 296 402 466 dollars. This tops last year’s record by 59 929 000 dollars while total authorized spending for the year stands at 283 781 000 dollars per the state auditor B E Thrasher Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
T. W. Williams
Horace Nixon
B. E. Thrasher, Jr
Chandler says wife arrested in many states for speeding
Gov A B Chandler recounts at a conference that his wife faced speeding arrests in several states and that he once took control of her car to prevent passing another vehicle. He recalls a quip about a governor in the car and a child remarking the governor wasn’t present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantaice City
N. J
A. B. Chandler
Chandler
What Methodists Believe and Related Talks
A list of church talks and speakers including Rev. Loy Veal on What Methodists Believe in Buena Vista, Rev. Bruce Wilson on Youth and Alcohol in Decatur, Joe Rogers on Youth and the Christian Home in Buena Vista, and Mrs. R. K. Middleton on The World in Columbus. Counselors named are Mrs. Harry Jones of Columbus, Mrs. Bruce Wilson of Decatur, and Mrs. W. A. Quillian of Richland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loy Veal
Buena Vista
Bruce Wilson
Decatur
Joe Rogers
R. K. Middleton
Columbus
Harry Jones
Deecatur
W. A. Quillian
Richland
Notice to debtors and creditors Georgia Taylor County
E Hugh Perkins administrator of the estate of Lawrence Esselstyn deceased calls all creditors to render an account of their claims or lose priority. All indebted parties must pay their claims to the undersigned by the date stated. Dated June 18 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
E. Hugh Perkins
Lawrence Esselstyn
Saidesee
Garbage to Rich Fertilizer From City Refuse
A federal sanitary engineer in Savannah reports progress on high-rate composting of garbage to produce fertilizer. J S Wiley of the U S Public Health Service will finish his third year of experiments this June. The process uses mechanical aids to speed decomposition and yields a peat moss like soil nutrient comparable to well rotted stable manure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
J. S. Wiley
U.S. Communicable Disease Center
Wiley
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