Georgia Week in Review Highlights Local Officials and Incidents
Griffin names new city manager succeeding H J Powell. Obits note Rev Thad J Nease dies at 89 in Springfield. Georgia deaths include Miss Annie Belle Northen in Atlanta and Cary Greiner of Savannah. Local crimes and court actions feature a slaying near Macon and a factory dispute in Valdosta. Georgia’s political and economic scene shows hospital plans, PWA aid talks, and federal relief funds totals for 1985.
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Richard A. Drake
Griffin
H. J’. Powell
Thad J. Nease
Springfield
Boris H. McDowell
Fitzgerald
Annie Belle Northen
Wm. J. Northen
Georgia
Atlanta
John E. Mathews
Cordele
la Grange
Oscar H. Horn
Alexander Stephens
Stephens Memorial Park
Crawfordville, Ga
Marietta Journal Editor Found Shot in Marietta
Marietta Ga July 14 Owen Healey 88 news editor of the Mari etta Journal was found shot to death after leaving friends near the Journal building. Police say witnesses reported he killed himself with a revolver. He had worked at the paper about three months. His wife was living in Memphis Tennessee.
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Columbus Industrial High School
I. Hicks Fort
Georgia
Rooseveelt
Owen J. Haley
Marietta Journal
Witesses
Marietta, Ga
Owen Healey
Marietta
Journal
Memphis
Tenn
Dove Shooting Season Dates Considered by Georgia Officials
Atlanta reports the state may close dove shooting in South Georgia until November 20 with a possible opening in northern counties on September 1. State game and fish commissioner Zack D Cravey said he is weighing a differential opening since birds are still hatching in September in the southern part of the state.
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Atlanta
South Georgia
Zack D. Cravey
Atate Cane
Two Macon Autoists Hurt Near Toccoa
Willard Owens of Macon sustained a fractured skull and his companion R J Delacroix, also of Macon, suffered a brain concussion when their car ran off the highway near Toccoa during a heavy rain. Both were hospitalized.
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Toccoa. Gn
Willard Owens
Macon
R. J. Delacroix
Toccoa
Owens
Delacroix
Fitzgerald Man Saves Abandoned Baby From Ants
Henry Snellgrove of Fitzgerald, Georgia, discovered a few hours old baby girl in a shoe box on the county courthouse porch. The infant was taken to Fitzgerald Hospital and reported doing nicely. Police seek the baby's parents as authorities pursue leads.
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Ben Hill County Court House
Fitzgerald
G. B. Hall
D. B. Ware
Rey
Henry Snellgrove
Uunt
Court House
Snellgrove
Fitzgerald Hospital
Polce
Buena Vista U D C to unveil memorial shaft
In Buna Vista Georgia on July 13 a granite shaft honoring Thaddeus Oliver author of All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight will be unveiled at the court house square at 8 o clock Thursday. Marion county U D C will hold the ceremony with Cozart of Columbus delivering the main address. David S Oliver of Ocala Florida grandson of Thaddeus Oliver is expected to attend and unveil the memorial followed by a reception on the square.
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Bena Vista
Thadieus Oliver
Potomac
Court House Square
Buna Vista
Marion County
U. One
A. W. Cozart
Colmbus
Court House
David S. Oliver
Ocala Fla
Thaddeus Oliver
Eighteen to Get Diplomas at GSCW College Tomorrow
Americus Georgia. Georgia Southwestern College will close its quiet summer session Friday morning with 18 graduates receiving diplomas. No elaborate ceremony planned. Over 140 attend, about 115 of them existing teachers. Examinations Thursday. after exercises Friday, the 1984 35 school year program ends. There will be no second summer session at Americus college.
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Americus
Georgia Southwestern College
Bing
Americus School
Hazlehurst Man Held After 35000 Disappears
Atlanta reports J W Cole chief postal inspector says a Hazelhurst man, John Wallace Smith, a shoe cobbler with a railway mail contract, is arrested on a mail robbing charge. A package from Bank of Hazelhurst to Citizens and Southern Bank in Atlanta vanished weeks earlier. the package reportedly contained currency and a pipe wrapped in paper. The suspect was not a post office employee, is married with two children.
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Atlanta
J. W. Cole
Hazelhurst
Cole
John Wallace Smith
Railway Mail Service
Bank of
Citizens and Southern Bank
Post Office Department
Textile Worker at Forsyth Kills Wife and Self
Forsyth Ga July 16 Jewell Hickman a 52 year old mill worker fatally wounded his estranged wife 50 Mamie Hickman then killed himself at their Trio Mill village home The shooting occurred about 5 am after a long argument separation two weeks Sheriff L C Bittick said Mrs Hickman died hours later from a wound to her side A coroner's inquest found Hickman died by his own hand after killing his wife.
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Forsyth
Plans Shaping for Columbus Albany Motorcade Today
Richland Ga July 14 paving on the Florida Short Route clears a nine mile Webster county gap south of Richland as plans unfold for the Columbus to Albany motorcade. About a hundred participants are expected at Albany. Invited leaders include Benjamin Russell Congressman Castellon Governor Talmadge editors Howell Gray Porter Rainey and Wilburn with Richland Lions and city officials hosting a barbecue at noon. Mayors and Lions Clubs in Dawson and Albany will entertain. The trek creates a paved through highway from Miami to Atlanta.
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Richland
Georgia
Florida
Plains
Columbus
Atlanta Constitution
J. R. Gray
Atlanta Journal
Herbert Porter
Atlanta Georgian
W. T. Anderson
Macon Telegraph
BE. L. Rainey
W. E. Wil Burn
State Highway Board
Richland Lions
City Council
M. B. Brown
Lion Clubs
Dawson
Albany
Miami
Atlanta
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Albany Herald
Ceremony Honors Unknown Soldier Died in 1864
Marietta Georgia July 14 the South and the North once foes unite to honor an unknown Civil War soldier buried on the battlefield Major General George Vant Horn Moseley led a procession to the grave and urged respect for the flag constitution and institutions while urging peace and the Golden Rule.
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Marietta
Notth
Kennesaw Mountain
Vane Age
Hugh Howell
State Democratic Committee
George Vant Horn Moseley
Fourth Corps
Harvey and Smith May Go to Alcatraz
Atlanta July 15 The Constitution reports that Leland Harvey and Aubrey Smith once Georgia escape artists face seven year payroll robbery terms in a break proof prison on Alcatraz Island San Francisco pending appeal Their Rome federal court conviction is under review by the federal circuit court of appeals in New Orleans If upheld they will be sent to Atlanta then transferred to the Devil's Island prison on the Pacific coast
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Atlanta
Leland Harvey
Aubrey Smith
Georgia
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Harvey
Smith
Fulton Tower
Rome
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Devil's Island
Pacific Coast
Nance urges union activity after NRA death in Georgia
A. Steve Nance, president of the Georgia Federation of Labor, praised President Roosevelt and urged organized labor to grow its ranks at a Whitfield county rally in Dalton. He called Roosevelt the greatest president and cited farm income and wages rising from five to seven and a half billion dollars between 1982 and 1983 to illustrate labor and farmer ties.
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Dalton
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
NRA
Steve Nance
Georgia Federation of Labor
Whitfield County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Republic
Nance
Fire destroys Roberta elementary school in Georgia
Roberta Ga July 11 the elementary school building housing fourth through seventh grades burned rapidly origin undetermined local volunteers prevented spread to nearby structures building and equipment partly insured Crawford County board of education schedules July 25 election to decide on issuing bonds for a new high school.
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Roberta
Crawford County Board of Education
Former Virginia WPA official Miss Gay Shepperson profile
Former Virginia educator and social worker Miss Gay B Shepperson rose from teacher to head of the Works Progress Administration program in Georgia and later statewide rural rehabilitation. Her leadership helped move tens of thousands from relief to work, oversaw land purchases and lease of thousands of acres, and expanded adult education under FERA.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Gia
Works Progress
Gay B. Shepperson
Washington
PLC
Red Cross
Gulfivision
Children's Bureau
State Department
Public Welfare of
National Administration
Georgia
Georgis Department of Public Welfare
OWA
Shepperson
FERA
Charlotte County
Miss Shepperson
Richmond
Associated Charities
Baltic States
Chey Slfieg
Camp Outing Preparations Mentioned by Willie Leggitt
A historical notice lists items for a camp experience including food, utensils, clothing, and supplies. Women are invited to attend with Wednesday departures planned for July 24, coordinated by Willie Leggitt of the H. D. A. Parents and friends are urged to join at Juniper and bring picnics.
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Juniper
Willie Leggitt
Son of Meeks couple dies of head injury in Dublin
The 9 year old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Hall of Meeks died in Dublin hospital early Saturday from a crushed skull after a fall from a wagon Friday.
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Henry Hall
Meeks
Dublin Hospital
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Eastman
University of Georgia
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Cochran
W. D. Meadow
Superior Court
Madison County
N. C. Bullock
S. R. Hardman
Cary William Greiner
Savannah
Central of Georgia
Augusta
Frank L. McCallister
Brook County
Lowndes County
Valdosta
Georgia Singers’ Association
Bruce Stroud
Atlana
Sam T. Wright
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Blic
Waycross
Clayton
W. N. Ainsworth
That City
Callie Franks Booth
Milledgeville
Luther Maddox
Central of Georgia Railroad
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Marion Darnell
Swift Packing Company of
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Scott, Ga
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Market Bulletin
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Grady County
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Hawkinsville
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Whitefield County
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Phoebe Putney
Kiwanis International Committee On
Mark Smith
Thomaston
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DeKalb County
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S. L. Cooper
Cedartown
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Covington
T. W. Couzens
Harold Scarborough
Fort Oglethorpe
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Louisiana
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Lilly Butler
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George Burney Larisy
M. H. Larisy
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Robert Galetta
M. H. Larisy, Jr
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Dexter
Harry L. Hopkins
National Relief
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State Department of Forestry and Geology
B. M. Luffburrow Boggs
C. A. Whittle
Athens
Blue Book of Southern Progress
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Dublin
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Albert Reno Dowling
James Edwin Porter
New York
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Thomas County
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H. A. Davis
United States
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Washington, D. C
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Coca Cola Bottling CO
Manchester, Ga
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