Lt Gov Marvin Griffin Speech Draws Wide Taylor County Crowd
A Taylor County delegation joined others to hear Lt Gov Marvin Griffin outline campaign themes at Talbotton. Griffin, seeking Georgia governor in the Sept 8 primary, recalled past county support and defended segregation while promising a white minority dominated education system and continued county unit policy. He cited gains for Negroes under prior administrations but warned against NAACP and Communist agitation as threats to progress.
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Taylor County
Marvin Griffin
Talbotton
Griffin
Georgia
Moultrie
Tom Watson
Murray’s Cross Roads
Schley County
Pat Griffin
Bainbridge
Marvin
Herman Talmadge
NAACP
Samson
Georgia runoff rules set for governor and Senate races
Nine gubernatorial candidates face a Sept 8 Georgia primary to win a majority of 410 county unit votes. If no candidate reaches 206 unit votes, a runoff is held Sept 22 between the top two finishers. In a unit vote tie, the larger popular vote wins. Other state offices have no runoff.
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Georgia
Democratic Party
U.S
Fewer Georgians Register To Vote Than Two Years Ago
The Georgia voter rolls show about 950000 registered voters, far below the 1952 tally of 1299616 eligible. Officials note many counties have not sent totals and Fulton counts are down, despite statewide efforts to boost registration.
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Atlanta
Ben Fortson
Fulton County
Georgia
Secretary of State
Mr P B Childs Named City Council Member
Mr P B Childs succeeds Murray Walker on the City Aldermanic Board after Walker’s resignation due to business pressures. The board chose Childs to fill the vacancy, drawing praise from local citizens for the selection.
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P. B. Childs
Murray Walker
Walker
P. B., Childs
Georgia Governing pledge in race based education stand
A political appeal expresses a candidate's vow as Governor to not spend taxpayer funds on education in any Georgia school where races are mixed. He seeks prayers, moral support, and financial help, pledging victory on September 8 in the fight to preserve the Georgia way of life.
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Gether
Georgia
Storm-Vandalism Hits Schley County Over Weekend
Ellaville Sun reports a July 5 storm tore through southeastern Schley County, unroofing tenant houses and damaging crops. Lightning killed four cows and two calves on the C T Rainey farm. Vandalism earlier struck Hopewell with at least 15 rural mail boxes blown up by celebrators. Sheriff J E DeVane expects postal investigators to join the probe.
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Schley County
C. T. Rainey
Cleve Brown
Hopewell
J. M. McLendon Farm
Fred Heath
Alvin Gattis
Clay Fletcher Jr
Lee Williams
Turner Williams
Fletcher
U.S. Highway 19
Ellaville
Andrew Chapel Church
Taylor County 4-H Boy Wins Public Speaking First
Rolin Stevens of Crowell and Reynolds grammar school won first place in the Boy's Junior Public Speaking at the Southwest District achievement meeting in Americus. Geraldine Davis and Charlotte McCants took third among 25 contestants. Thomas Pierce placed second in Farm and Home Electric Demonstration. Janice Davis earned seventh in Sinig Junior Public Speaking.
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Rolin Stevens
Crowell
Reynolds Grammar School
4-H
Americus
Geraldine Davis
Charlotte McCants
Thomas Pierce
Janice Davis
Methodist Church School and Worship Schedule
The Methodist Church schedules a Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by Jas. Bazemore as General Superintendent with a class for everyone. Morning worship follows at 11 a.m. A youth meeting F.Y.F. is at 7:15 p.m. Evening worship at 8 p.m. urges full participation and communal worship.
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Jas. Bazemore
F.Y.F
Mercer Grad Returns to Farm with Soil Conservation Plan
Macon Georgia based Mercer graduate F. Carson returns to Taylor County to farm 100 acres of his grandfather’s land. He plans terraces and water disposal areas with help from M. P. Dean and SCS technicians, aims to plant oats peas cotton corn peppers and beef cattle, and will use soil maps and erosion controls on about 385 cultivated acres. Carson commutes from Reynolds eight miles away and emphasizes hard work and adaptive farming.
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Cc. F. Carson
Kit Carson
Mercer
M. P. Dean
Taylor County
Carson
SCS
Ester
Dean
Sericea Lespedeza
Bermuda
Ocmulgee Soil Conservation District
Montezuma
Jespedera
Reynolds
Revival At Crowell Methodist Church Begins Sunday
Crowell Methodist Church will start a revival Sunday with two daily services at 11 a.m. and 8 15 p.m. Rev Jack Key of Hill Crest Heights Methodist Church Macon will preach. The revival runs through Friday July 23 with Vacation Bible School for children from 9 a.m. daily ending at 11 a.m. Reynolds Crowell Churches pastor M W Flanders invites the public.
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W. Flanders
Reynolds-Crowell Churches
Morning Worship At Butler Baptist Church Noted
The Sunday 11 o'clock service led by Rev. Jas M Carmichael featured congregational singing with Mrs J W Edwards Sr at the organ and a solo by Mr Dick Turk. Prayers were offered for Mrs Ruth Turk and for the Hartman child in Atlanta hospital.
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Butler Baptist Church
Jas. M. Carmichael
J. W. Edwards Sr
Dick Turk
Ruth Turk
Wanzie Hartman
Atlanta
Methodist
Oakman
Ala
Arman Bazemore
Edward Davis
Frances Davis
Columbus Association
Rehoboth Association
Lebanon
Compton Family Relocates to Irwinton High School Post
Dwight S. Compton and family move today from Butler to Irwinton Wilkin son County where he will serve as high school principal for the coming year. The Compton family have been active in the Methodist church and social circles and hope to visit Butler when possible.
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Butler
D. S. Compton
Cinemascope Arrives at the Dean Theater
The Dean Theater announces Cinemascope installation in about three and a half weeks. The first wide screen feature will be River of No Return with Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum, followed by The Robe and other classics, including Gone with the Wind on wide screen.
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Marilyn Monroe
Robert Mitchum
Seven Brothers
Dean Theater
Mrs Emory Parr Leads Taylor Co Poultry Venture Longtime Producer
Mrs Emory Parr runs the E F Parr Estate poultry operation in Crowell with 400 local producers marketing 800 cases weekly in Macon. The farm uses range systems from age eight to nine weeks until pullets lay, then moves to houses. The hatchery runs January to April with a 7000 weekly chick capacity.
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E. F. Parr
Crowell
Parr
Southeastern
Taylor
Macon
Crawford
H. E. Norman
Richland
Fish Hook Lodged in Mr Payne Eye Promptly Remedied
While fishing near Able Jarrell lake Mr J Allen Payne hooked the ball of his left eye. Friends rushed to aid and took him to a local hospital then to Columbus where Dr Floyd C Jarrell removed the hook with severe pain. Recovery prognosis spans four days to a week.
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J. Allen Payne
Mr. Payne
Columbus
Floyd C. Jarrell
Payne
Columbus Hospital
Jarrell
Peach Season Closes in Peach County at Ft Valley
Three peach packing sheds in Ft Valley will close this week marking the end of the season. Railroad officials report 670 carloads shipped from local orchards this season, about 25 percent of total production as most fruit is moved by trucks.
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Ft. Valley
Peach County
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Schley Co
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Washington, D. C
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Dwight S. Compton
Irwinton
Emory Parr
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