Rail expansion talks fade as 26 mile Fort Valley line proposed
Old Timer notes a short lived plan for a 26 mile railroad from Fort Valley to Mianna Springs through Peach Taylor and Macon counties. He recalls charter grants to local businessmen and price hikes after A B C rail work, then highlights a Methodist Student Day program led by Rev Bazemore and William Childres praising plowing back into society for future leaders.
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Georgia
Fort Valley
Miona Springs
Peach
Taylor
Macon
Taylor County
Methodist Church
A. S. Wallace
Wyatt
Margaret Brooks
Mary L. Tomlin
Sara E. Bateman
W. S
Arman Bazemore
William Childres
Methodist
MSD
Butler town notes on July festivities and local updates
Local life fills the page with factory shifts, court in session, and July greetings. Highlights include Miss Jean Peed named district 4-H vice president, Cpl. John D. Nelson recruiting for field artillery, and Mr. and Mrs. Blair offering passage to the West Coast.
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Jean Peed
Americus
John D. Nelson
Usa&usafrs
Macon
Field Artillery
James Robert Edwards
Howard
Ferrell C. Peed
Butler
West Coast
B. E. Blair
Coronordo
Calif
C. V. Blair
Jury Deadlocked Nine to Three In Trial of Scott For Murder
The Taylor County murder trial of Orin L. Scott, indicted for the Easter Sunday shooting of Mrs. Bessie Adams, remained deadlocked at 9 to 3 after hours of deliberation. The jury was selected from a panel of 48 with a mix of relatives present. Judge T Hicks Fort presided as court opened with an Independence Day address and a broad charge to the grand jury.
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Scott
Orin L. Scott
Taylor County
Bessie Cooper Adams
Butler
The
Herald
Taylor Superior Court
Orion L. Scott
Sheriff Wright
Messrs
W. D. Saunders
C .D. Lucas
Quinton Clark
John W. O’neal
Clifford Rhodes
M. E. Haywood
Gorman Jarrell
H. C. Lowe
Thomas Montgomery
William Maxwell
H. E. Allen
T. L. Fountain
Hubert Calhoun
Col
A. C. Felton
Montezuma
R. S. Foy
George Jacobs
Talbotton
Mr. Scott
Bessie Adams
Rayford Adams
Adams
T. Hicks Fort
Chattahoochee Circuit
Grand Jury
Judge Fort
R. O. Perkins
Thelmon Jarrell
Thurman Whatley
Reynolds
Bussey Childs
James Hammock
Leonard Smith
Bill Bazemore
Leroy Short
Russell Lunsford
L. H. Vanlandingham
Howard
Zack Miller
H. T. Miller
Carey Daniel
Reynolds Loses Two Citizens By Death In Past Few Days
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Minnie Lee Windham at her Reynolds home. She died after a two year illness and is survived by son Gray Windham and husband Claude Windham. Also, Mr. Barney Lee Kirksey died after a long illness in Reynolds. His funeral was held at 3:30 p.m. in Reynolds with burial in Memorial Park Macon. He leaves wife three sons Horace Barnes Claude, two daughters Helen Grosse Nora Byrd one brother Ira Kirksey and two sisters Retha Davis Julia Branan along with five grandchildren.
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Minnie Lee Windham
Windham
Charles and
Catherine Wiggins
David Lastinger
Reynolds Methodist Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Reynolds
Gray Windham
Claude Windham
Barney Lee Kirksey
Kirksey
Family Lot Memorial Park
Macon
Goddard Funeral Home
Taylor County
Horace Kirksey
Barnes Kirksey
Butler
Claude Kirksey
Warner Robins
Helen Grosse
New York
Nora Byrd
Ira Kirksey
Retha Davis
Julia Branan
Hi Neighbor Day in Columbus July 13 Invitation
A Columbus Butler visit on June 30 extends Hi Neighbor Day to Taylor County residents for July 13. John B. McCollum says the event links Taylor County Columbus and Phenix City for mutual benefit with tickets and gifts at registration. Over 5 000 visitors are expected in Columbus during the program. Local officials and civic leaders will attend a luncheon at 1 p m with Taylor County moving pictures shown.
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Taylor County
Columbus
Butler
Phenix City
John B. McCollum
McCollum
Broadway
John B. McCullum
F. H. Schomburg, Sr
J. D. Haines
H. T. Amon
A. Judson Burnell
Hoke SS. Wilkinson
Albert M Wise
Elmo Hester
E. H. Paine
M. R. Ashworth
Carl Slocumb
Salvador Spano
T. S. Rawls
Sheriff Wright and Patrols Recapture Escaped Convict
Sheriff Charlie Wright and two state patrolmen were honored for a rapid arrest of Horace Glover a 47 year old convict who escaped from Colquitt county work camp and seized a driver’s car at pistol point. After stowing away in Butler the fugitive hid at a Negro family's home and was caught near Moultrie within hours and jailed in Butler.
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Colquitt County
Charlie Wright
Horace Glover
Troupe County
Pistol Point
Moultrie
Barbara Lipsey Wins Reynolds Fourth Beauty Contest
Barbara Lipsey, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alton Lipsey of Albany, won first in a Reynolds beauty contest held during the town Fourth of July celebration. Joyce Parks took second and Ann Goddard third. The event accompanied a pool and golf rededication sponsored by the Reynolds Lions Club and American Legion Post, with judges including Judge T Hicks Fort.
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Reynolds
Reynolds Lions Club
American Legion Post
T. Hicks Fort
Gordon R. Holstum
Thomaston
Georgia Lions
Upson County
Luther Thigpen
Macom Telegraph
H. R. McLean
Butler
T. B. Echols
John B. Haynes
Thomaston Lions Club
E. H. Joiner
R. le Swearingen
Barbara Lipsey
Alton Lipsey
Albany
Joyce Parks
R. H. Parks
The
Ann Goddard
George Goddard
College Park
Jo Ann Whiddon
Sue Fain
Phyllis Dunn
Lynda Whatley
Sue Livingston
Samm Pool
Doris Culverhouse
Betty Sea
Mary Nell Barnes
Elaine Halley
Eugenia Hodges
Sylvia Underwood
Janet Childree
Sylvia Swearingen
Gloria Allgood
Sylvia Petermax
Jane Scarborough
Jean Bentley
Mabel Righam
Charlene McCrary
Sarah Rigdos
Mabel Murphy
Gloria Bazemore
Mary Jo Harvey
Betty Gay
Barbara Allen
Kathrine Spivey
Mary Wainwright
Betty Jean Whitehead
Shirley Dunn
Old Line Primitive Baptists Observe Annual Three Day Meeting
Members of the Bethel Primitive Baptist church one mile south of town prepare for their annual three day observance beginning Friday at 11 a m and running through Sunday The weekend includes a single night service Saturday at 8 p m Elder M A Hall pastor will lead the program with visiting ministers expected The day service on Sunday features a basket dinner on the grounds All members and friends are invited to attend.
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Bethel ,Primitive Baptist Church
M. A. Hall
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Ben Persons
Papa
T. O. Lambert
Buena Vista
Butler High School
Col. C. W. Foy
Atlanta
Scott Construction Company
Upson
Flint River
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Grady County
B. W. Duncan
the Herald
G. W. Duncan
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Charing
Reynolds Golf Course
Wright
Primitive Baptists
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