Highlights of Regular Army Enlistment Provisions
The rules outline enlistment terms for 1, 2 or 3 year periods and one year for men with six months of service. Age limits run 18 to 34 with parental consent at 17. Reenlistment bonuses offer 50 dollars per year of active service, with a 90 day window after discharge. Up to 90 days of furlough with pay and travel allowance, mustering-out pay, retirement options after 20 or 30 years, GI Bill benefits for enlistments by October 5, 1946, and choice of branch and overseas theater on 3 year enlistments where available.
Camp Meeting in Dooly County Opens July 28
Dooly County Camp Meeting will open July 28 and run for a week with visiting preachers from the Mulberry Methodist Church Macon and the South Georgia Conference. C L Morrow Tampa will be soloist and music director. Rev Ralph Porterfield will supervise the program with four local pastors assisting. A Vacation Church School will be directed by Anna Maria Domingoes Macon and a laymen rally led by E D Bancroft Chicago is set for Sunday afternoon July 28.
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Vienna
Silas Johnson
Mulberry Methodist Church
Macon
W. A. Kelley
South Georgia
The
Methodist Church
Dooly County
C. L. Morrow
Tampa
Ralph Porterfield
Americas
L. C. Fullerton
J. W. Hays
Pinehurst
L. D. Shippey
Unadilla
George Clary Jr. Byromville
Anna Maria Domingoes
E. D. Bancroft
Chicago
Confederate Veteran Bush Celebrates 101st Birthday
Atlanta reports William J. Bush a Confederate veteran from Fitzgerald marked his 101st birthday on July 23. Born July 10, 1845, he is the oldest of Georgia’s eight remaining Confederate veterans.
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Atlanta
Wm. J. Bush
Fitzgerald
Bush
Georgia
Hearing Stated On Klan Case For Sept. 9
Judge A L Etheridge of Fulton Superior Court sets September 9 hearing on the State suit to dissolve the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The hearing decides if the case will be dismissed or heard by a jury. The hearing was originally set for July 24.
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Atlanta
A. L. Etheridge
Fulton Superior Court
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Jobs Now Plentiful Yet Thousands Still Get Compensation
Georgia unemployment data show 47,000 claimants in six months totaling 20.44 million dollars. Veterans received 15.72 million, displaced workers 4.72 million, and self employed veterans 5.09 million. Officials say qualified applicants must be paid despite ample job openings.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Truth as Lesson-Sermon Topic in Christian Science Churches
The Lesson-Sermon for next Sunday centers on Truth. Golden Text from Psalms 31:5 speaks of trust in God. Ps 25:4,5 asks for guidance in truth. The Science and Health passage notes senses testify to truth and error, and that false evidence yields to truth revealing spirit and spiritual creation.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
GOP Contemplates Entering Candidate Against Talmadge
Atlanta July 22 Republican leaders consider field ing a GOP gubernatorial candidate in November. C G Hartness who served in the General Assembly says several party leaders favor the move and notes independent Democrats oppose Talmadge. He suggests Harry Sommers as a possible candidate. Hartness urges the party to provide worthy nom inees to voters.
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Atlanta
C. G.hartness
General Assembly
Republican State Central Committee
Talmadge
Harry Sommers
Hartness
Chatham Slayer Resentenced to Execution in Savannah
Savannah July 22 Jesse R McKethan Chatham county slayer who lost his appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court today was resentenced by Judge D S Atkinson in Chatham Superior Court to be electrocuted Aug 2 at the State Prison at Reidsville McKethan was convicted last January of killing a companion George L Aids and distributing parts of his dismembered body over the southern section of Savannah
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Savannah
Jesse R. MecKethan
Chatham County
Georgia Supreme Court
D. S. Atkinson
Chatham Superior Court
Reidsville
McKethan
George L. Aids
Taylor Mill News Roundup of Local Visits and Death
Taylor Mill residents and relatives are noted visiting friends and relatives in Columbus, Macon, Wrightsville and Butler. Faye Laverne Brown is mourned by death at her Taylor Mill home, with services at Mt Olive cemetery. Vacation Bible School led by Miss Virginia Rintz closes with a Friday program and picnic.
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Faye Laverne Brown
James Brown
Taylor Mill
Rev
C. H. Moore
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Taylor ‘Mill
Virginia Rintz
Herman Parks
Bible School
Miss Rintz
Nellie Underwood
Kenneth Barrow
L. D. King
Taylor Mill Men’s Club Weiner Roast at Pittman Park
The Taylor Mill Men's Club met Monday night at Pittman Park with Rev. C H Moore presiding. Supt Warold Gates provided weiners with trimmings, and members enjoyed the social after the brief business session. Next Monday they plan a watermelon cutting at the regular meeting.
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Taylor Mill Men's Club
Pittman Park
C.H. Moore
Warold Gates
Local visits and weekend guests in the Mack area
Howard News notes Lola Mae Edwards of Macon spent the weekend with home folks here. Rev and Mrs Fred Vanlanding and children of North Georgia visited relatives here last Mrs Madie Culverhouse and Mrs James Jinks and Mrs Ruby Guy of near Butler spent a day with Miss Fanny Pickard. Willie Martin of Macon was a recent guest. McCoy Williams Jr visits Williams Sr family. J A Buckner was Sunday guest of W Keller at Manchester. Fanny Pickard was weekend guest of Hugh Culverhouse near Butler. Hamilton England of Butler visited relatives here recently.
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Pauline Gates
Jerome Blackwood
Columbus
Harold Gates
U. S. Underwood
James Underwood
Florida
Taylor County
Talmadge
McRae
Eunice Crook
Janice Crook
Donald Windham
Earl Hightower
Wrightsville
Bernice Windham
Atlanta
Jim Windham
H. P. Bartlett
Lee Posey
W. C. Rogers
Amos Rogers
Annie Rogers
Martha
Julian Rogers
Manchester
Walter Windham
Ft. Valley
Kathryn Windham
Taylor Mill
Lola Mae Edwards
Macon
Fred Vanlandingham
North Georgia
Madie Culverhouse
James Jinks
Ruby Guy
Near Butler
Fanny Pickard
Willie Martin
McCoy Williams Jr
McCoy Williams Sr
J. A. Buckner
W. Keller
Hugh Culverhouse
Butler
Mrs. Hamilton England
Reverence in Worship and Living
The lesson emphasizes reverence toward God as essential in worship, speech, and deeds. It warns against taking the Lord's name in vain, urges truthful words without swearing oaths, condemns empty talk, and calls believers to deny self and follow Christ’s will for true spiritual life.
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God
Eid
Jesus
W. R. White
Christ
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