State Highway Shop Building Dedicated in Atlanta
The $140000 shop building housing the sign fabrication and maintenance shops of State Highway Field Division II in Tennille was officially dedicated on July 12 in Atlanta. Clarke Duncan spoke. Mayor Friedman introduced him. A new $40000 laboratory facility for soils and materials testing was started for the 28 county Tennille Division.
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Atlanta
State Highway Field Division II
Tennille
Clarke Duncan
Highway Board
Georgia
Central Highway District
Friedman
Sandersville
State Highway Department
Augusta
Duncan
Washington County
Highway Department
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Pokes Hand in Locker Snakes Discovered in Macon
Roger Tucker, a terminal employee in Macon Georgia, found more than 15 snakes sealed in two paper bags and a box in a storage locker. Police killed some snakes. the rest were given to Mercer University biology department for handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Roger Tucker
Tucker
Biology
Mercer University
Endrin Methyl Parathion Cotton Insect Control Plan
Georgia farmer John Cromley endorses an endrin methyl parathion program for cotton. The method claims quick knockdown, long-lasting protection, and reduced spray frequency, targeting thrips and aphids early and weevils worms later, with guidance to follow local dosage timing.
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Bullock County
John Cromley
Brooklet
Georgia
1962 ASC Committee Elections Announced For August
The 1962 ASC elections will be by mail with ballots postmarked or delivered by August 25. Ballots mailed by August 15 to voters on record. instructions show marking and return in prepaid envelopes. Newly elected chairs will serve as delegates to the county convention August 28 to 31 and take office September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Wm. L. Lanier
Athens
ASCS
Secretary of Agriculture
$1.5 Million Loan for Mountain Park in Georgia
The First National Bank of Atlanta has approved a 1.5 million loan to develop a Stone Mountain park near Atlanta. Funds come from 5 million in revenue certificates to be sold after highway relocation work begins in September. Plans include administration and mountain top buildings, a reconstructions of a pre Civil War plantation, a 416 acre lake with beaches, and a nearby motor hotel.
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Atlanta
First National Bank of Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Vandiver
Matt L. McWhorter
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
State Highway Department
Granite Mountain
Lockheed Hummingbird Jet Hoverer Details Revealed
Lockheed unveils the Hummingbird a stubby winged jet with top mounted bomb bays and vertical takeoff capability. The 32 foot long craft uses two wing mounted jet engines whose exhaust feeds a mixing chamber for vertical flight under a $1.2 million Army contract built at the Marietta plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed Marietta
Marietta
Lockheed
Reynolds WSCS Chooses Chairmen and Committee Members
Reynolds WSCS selects leadership for numerous circles and committees. President Mrs Ed Goddard voices the group and key roles include V pres Mrs R L Swearin gen and Mrs N L Halley, with officers, circle leaders, program chairs, and ethic committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Goddard
R. L. Swearingen
N. L. Halley
W. H. Breazeale
S. J. Tankersley
A. C. Borders
Anthony Barrow
H. W. Breazeale
F. M. Carson
Wilma Sawyer Circle
Pete Ayers
P. E. McDaniel
Roy Jones
Ola Hicks
Ed Goddards
Dick Windham
J. G. Hicks
Jim Brewer
Marie Barrow
Ed Hollis
E. T. Shealy
Virgil Culpepper
Joe Royeton
Eva B. Griffith
T. J. Hartman
W. M. Flanders
S J. Tankersley
J. J. Childre
Leonard Whatley
L. W. Cook
Winnie Aultman
C. G. Elder
John Mims
Herman Hill
W. M. Hollis
Edgar Whatley
Tom Saunders
R. M., Jinks
Viola Saunders
R. L. Bell
Bess Bryan
Eva B. Grifith
C. L. Ayers
J. A. Pendergrast
Sid James
G. A. Goddard
MYF
Don Whatley
Henry Hicks
Food Processing Plant Opens Three Days a Week in Butler
The Food Processing Plant in Butler will operate on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays each week until further notice. The schedule change affects local workers and nearby residents seeking access to plant services.
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Butler
Forest Acreage Rises 11 Percent in Central Georgia
A nine year survey shows Central Georgia forest land up 11 percent and pine volume up 28 percent in 49 counties. Sawtimber size pines drive gains as hardwoods lag, with pine and oak pine types now almost 5 million acres. The study records 83 percent pine volume increase since 1952 and notes statewide results to follow next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
H. E. Ruark
Ga. Forest Research Council
U.S. Forest Service
Ruark
A. S. Todd Jr
Southeastern Forest Experiment Station
Asheville
N. C
Council
Central
Forest Service
Ga. Forestry Commission
Ga. Forestry Assn
South Carolina
Alabama
Grants to Georgia schools total 341 909 dollars
Federal research and education grants to Georgia institutions totaling 341 909 dollars were announced. The National Defense Education Act provided 50 000 to the Georgia State Department of Education, with 262 100 to Medical College of Georgia, 12 000 to Emory University, and 17 809 to Atlanta University. Additional grants went to two individuals and an educational exchange grant to Dr W A Beardslee of Emory for theology research in Bonn Germany.
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Washington, D. C
National Defense Education Act
Georgia State Department of Education
U. S. Public Health Service
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta
Emory University
Atlanta
Atlanta University
W. A. Beardslee
Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts
Emory
University
Bonn
Germany
$40 Million Bonds Cleared for Schools
Governor Vandiver approves sale of 40 million in bonds by the State School Building Authority to kick off a 70 million school construction program. Proceeds timing depends on bids and bond validation, with annual state appropriations of 5.5 million for the project and 10 million earmarked for area trade schools.
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Vandiver
State School Building Authority
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Famous
Little Grill
Mitcham
Montezuma and Oglethorpe
Payne’s Warehouse
Mountain Park
Lockheed Building
Middle
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