Monticello Man Elected President of Georgia Legion Group
J. B. Warren of Monticello was elected head of the Georgia Legion for the coming year as seven thousand Legionnaires returned home from Macon. The assembly declined to endorse Sen Dick Russell for president, though a resolution praising him on the Armed Services Committee was adopted by voice vote. The department official explained the Legion does not endorse candidates. Other state officers named include A. S. Dodd Jr of Statesboro and Jack Langford of Griffin. Thirteen district commanders were installed by Guy Stone.
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Macon
Georgia Legionnaires
J. B. Warren
Monticello
Legion
Dick Russell
Russell
Armed Service Committee
Congress
Department
J. E. Powers
Warren
Legionnaires
A. S. Dodd, Jr
Statesboro
Jack Langford
Griffin
Tom Canty
Savannah
George Osborne
Marietta
Jim Turner
Madison
J. W. Toney
Deeran
Leon Hobby
Moultrie
Mary B. Howard
Augusta
Guy Stone
Fred Mingledorff
Nashville
W. T. Harrell
Bainbridge
C. H. Alexander
Warner Robins
Maurice Webb
Newnan
A. E. Luke
Atlanta
Henry Harrison
R. F. Molohan
Smyrna
Henry Bostick
John Grizzle
Winder
John B. Wynn
Crawfordville
H. D. Thomas
Thomasville
Thos. W. Blunt
Americus
Robert Bell
Buford
Powers
Dale Thompson
Butler Jr. Legion Falls to Dawson in Semi Finals
The Butler Junior Legion baseball team lost 4-2 to Dawson in the Third District tournament semi final. Butler led early on a walk steal and wild pitch but Dawson tied late and pulled ahead in the 7th. Butler had eliminated Columbus earlier, finishing 7 wins and 7 losses in 14 games, and called for community support to light their field.
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Butler Jr. American Legion
Butler Junior Legion
Dawson
Butler
Abercombie
Big Ed
Singer
Denan
Fitzgerald
Columbus
Jordan
Edmonson
Junior Legion
Taylor County
American Legion
Butler, Reynolds
Taylor Mill
Chief Cook
Sonny Shealy
Dave Montfort
Bill Hornsby
Ernest Parker
Billy Amos
Carl Hobbs
G._ C. Spiller
Robins
Butler American Legion
Peach Tree Borer Control Seems Best in July
The fruit authority notes that the insect likely to cause the most damage to Georgia peach trees will appear in July. The peach tree borer lays eggs on trunks and lower branches and around orchard trash, demanding timely control.
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Fruit Authority
Georgia
State Legion names officers and personnel board choices
Judge advocate and appointed War ren, Powers, Victor Waldrop, Geo. Osborne and Maurice Webb to the personnel board. A three man committee will be named soon to decide the site of next year s meeting. The State Legion Auxiliary closed its convention naming Mrs Moon of Atlanta as president, with officers including Mrs S C Moon Gainesville vice president Mrs J J Peeler Thomasville second vice president Mrs George Brown Macon chaplain Mrs Kathryn Flynt Dalton historian and retiring president Mrs Charlie Morgan elected national committeewoman from Georgia.
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Warren
Powers
Victor Waldrop
Geo. Osborne
Maurice Webb
State Legion Auxiliary
Moon
Atlanta
S. C. Moon
Gainesville
J. J. Peeler
Thomasville
George Brown
Macon
Kathryn Flynt
Dalton
Charlie Morgan
Georgia
Seventieth Wedding Anniversary Observed by Manchester Couple
Macon July 14 Mr and Mrs Geo A Farley observed their 70th wedding anniversary at the home of their grandson George Murphy in Macon. Farley is 90 and his wife 84. She has made over 200 quilts and they still run their Manchester home with Farley growing most of their food. They are Manchester’s first citizens whose home predated the town’s growth.
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Macon
Geo. A. Farley
Manchester
George Murphy
Farley
Deen Tractor Accident Highlighted by Son’s Quick Action
Eleven year old Ralph Deen saved his father Braswell Deen Sr from instant death during a tractor accident on the Deen farm near Alma. The former Congressman and Georgia Welfare Department director is hospitalized in Waycross with severe injuries after being thrown from the tractor and run over on the right shoulder.
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Waycross
Ralph Deen
Braswell Deen Sr
Deen
Alma
Mr. Deen
Georgia Welfare Department
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Tom A. Watson
C. W. Hancock
Stauffer Brand
David Lane Jr
Marshallville Road
Fort Valley
Georcia
Legion Group
Butler, GA
Braalds
Braswell
Son
Burke County
King Cotton
Waynesboro
Burke
Edmund Burke
United States Brewers Foundation
the Beverage
Georgia Division
Atlanta, Ga
Ma Hambone
U. S
Purina
Purina Farm
Puria Farm
U.S
Peed Bros. Feed Store
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