Johnson Family Reunion Held in Columbus on July 7
The Johnson and Massey families gathered at Annie V. Massey’s Columbus home on Sunday July 7 for a reunion. A lawn picnic followed, reuniting numerous relatives from Georgia Florida Alabama South Carolina and beyond after six years apart.
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Johnson
Columbus
W. L. Johnson
Annie V. Massey
T. B. Johnson
Jacksonville
Fla
Allen Harmon
Tifton
Walter Brown
Sarah Brown
Athens
Zenas Massey
Bertie Ann
Zenas Massey Jr
Griffin
Robert Massey
Talbotton
Bob Reynolds
Marie Reynolds
Florence
5. C
Charles Land
Troy
Ala
Childs
Darlington
Grady Randall
Glenda
Jane
Faye Ramah
Phenix City
Annie Hall Causey
Knoxville
F. E. Kentley
Jean
Charles Bentley
Roberta
Bob Laws
Gloria Laws
Selma
J. A. Allen
Hall Allen
James
Roy Allen
C. L. Lardent
Charles
Fannie
Billy
Frances Anne Lardent
Birmingham
Wyman
Henry Parks
Alexas
Atholine Childs Saylor
Bussey Ciias
John
Ida
Preston
Nancy Childs
Butler
Eugenia Tolbert
Macon
Alice Johnson Stringer
Mary N. Roach
J. W. George
Johnny George
Sandra George
Gene Stringer
K. G. Massey
Billy Boland
Vizima Boland
Susie Boland
Nonie Johnson Boland
Duuwis
Joe Boland Jr
Joe Bojland
Larbara Boland
Montgomery
Fannie Massey
Louise Wailiett Affleck
Harriet Atuieck
Keulah Bowden
J. W. Bartlett
Martha Bartley
Berry
NedBerry
Bill Berry
W. Bk
St Swithin’s Day Weather Myth and Saint’s Chronicle
Weather lore about St Swithin’s Day forecasts forty days of rain if it rains on that day. The article recounts the legend, notes the bishop of Winchester historically, and mentions William of Malmesbury’s phrase about the saint’s burial as inspiring the familiar rhyme linking a rainy spell to the saint’s day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
St. Gedines
Old Sal
Colunbus
Jupiter
Pluvius
Win- Cucow
Winchester
St. Swithin
Theaty
Whitchester
Swithin
William of
Malmesbury
Hog Lard Sells For One Dollar A Pound In Valdosta
In Valdosta on July 10 a local restaurant operator reported hog lard selling at one dollar per pound. The seller offered a take it or leave it price, and the restaurant buyer paid 45 dollars for 45 pounds yesterday. The operator fears rising prices and wonders where this will end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Mrs S H Moore Is Celebrated On 82nd Birthday
Mrs. S. H. Moore, aged 82, was honored by her children and grandchildren on a Sunday gathering at her home near Flining's Mill. They brought bountiful baskets of food and a pink rose adorned cake with candles symbolizing her age. Guests departed praising the day and wishing many more celebrations. The honored lady remains active in daily mental work and cheerful conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Moore
Flining's Mill
Doctor J H Gaston Found Dead In Columbus Office
Dr. Joseph H. Gaston a 46 year old noted traumat ic and orthopedic surgeon was found dead Monday at 8 30 am in his Columbus office Coroner H C Edenfield ruled heart attack as the cause The discovery was made by Rose Curry a Negro nurse who entered with a pass key when no one answered Police were alerted The Gaston family long stood in Meriwether county and he was married October 1930 to Louise Caroline Hays of Montezuma daughter of the late James E Hays and Louise F Hays state historian of Georgia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Joseph H. Gaston
H. C. Edenfield
Rose Curry
Meriwether County
Georgia
Dr. Gaston
Louise Caroline Hays
Montezuma
Jas. E. Hays
Louise F.hays
Valdosta Girl Shot During Fugitive Capture
Seventeen year old Narene Register was wounded in the leg and wrist when a county guard fired at an escaped convict in downtown Valdosta. She was treated and released. The convict, serving five years for robbery, leaped from a truck. shots from the moving vehicle struck the girl after missing the fugitive. The suspect was captured the next day by Valdosta police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Narene Register
Miss Register
Troy Register
A. Fk. Hood
Joe Lastinger
Warren Hood
Hugh Flowers
J. B. Dees
W. F. Herndon
Two Guards Slain as Prisoners Escape in Georgia
In Tifton Georgia two guards were shot to death and two prisoners escaped after seizing their firearms. The guards were J B Morgan 60 and Wilbur Tucker 47. The escapees were James Rufus Williams 21 and Charlie Fulton 28, workers on a bridge project in Erwin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tifton
South Georgia
J. B. Morgan
Wilbur Tucker
James Rufus Williams
Charlie Fulton
Erwin County
New Trial Motion for Cook Dismissed
Attorneys for 38 year old Thomas Cook who was convicted in May of assaulting an 8 year old girl in Warner Robins obtained the dismissal of their motion for a new trial Judge Mallory C Atkinson signed the dismissal order last Friday Cook received an 18 to 20 year sentence after a four day trial in Houston County Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry, Ga
Thomas Cook
Warner Robins
Mallory C. Atkinson
Cook
Houston County
Notice to Contractors for Taylor County Road Project 1946
State Highway Department of Georgia invites sealed proposals for a major road and bridge project in Taylor County. Work covers grading sand clay surfacing two bridges culverts and related structures on Buena Vista Butler road with completion in 240 working days and bids due August 2 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department of Georgia
Capitol Square
Atlanta
Taylor County
Buena Vista
Butler
Marion
Marion County
S. D
C. D
U. Yds
State Highway Department
Macon
Board of County Commissioners of
Taylor
United States
Georgia
Department of Industrial Relations
G. T. McDonald
Notice to creditors in Elijah McLendon estate
Georgia Taylor County creditors of the estate of Elijah McLendon deceased are notified to render demands to the undersigned and all debtors must pay immediately. This 4th day of June, 1946 Leslie Hicks Administrator Reynolds Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Elijah McLendon
Leslie Hicks
P. O
Reynolds, Ga
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St. Switchin's
J. H. Gaston
County of
W. Smith
Thomaston
Sales & Service
E. Gordon Street
Aars
Ball
Ball Brothers Company
Muncie
Department OF Banking
State OF Georgia
Citizens State Bank
J. W. Edwards
L. R. Adams
State of Ga
U. S
Said
L.r.adams
H. E. Childres
J. T. Cochran
Said Bank
Elberton Granite Memorial Co
Viam
Elberton
Morn
PSC
R. L. Bell Reynolds
Joseph E. Freeman
Georgia Dist
Dawson, GA
Fleischmann
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