Georgia News Snapshot of 1949 Statewide Items
Mrs. Carl Pasley dies at 63 in Thomaston. Grovetown elects its first mayor and council in 33 years. Burglary at Macon dealer nets over $1,000. Over 100 John Marshall Law School graduates in Atlanta. Two Black defendants receive death sentences in Sumter court. Albany manager Quintard Wright Sr. dies after hemorrhage. Dublin hospital treats WWI veteran James L. Carter. Wrightsville woman Ruby Drake killed by car. Ellaville names John Lightner president of Lions Club. Columbus to launch Hi Neighbor program. Family of five burns in Augusta truck fire. Georgia school funding crisis noted. Hapeville man arrested on warrants for bad checks. 36 million dollars in federal aid highway work delayed by staff shortages. 130 Georgia counties with low school tax funds noted. Carl T. Sanders indicted for blackmail in Richmond. Georgia Legion convention opens in Augusta. 1,300 Tech students to receive diplomas at Fox Theatre. Columbus postmaster McPherson to retire. Alfred I. Young named acting PM. Irwinton mob shoots Cliff Hill Jr. Pills cited as first U.S. mob violence record in 1949. Five Hapeville sisters span four denominations. Barnesville selects four new Gordon Military College trustees. Albany fire chief D. W. Brosnan faces charges of intimidation and neglect. defense from friends cited.
Roy Harris Breaks With Gov Talmadge On School Policy
Former House Speaker Roy Harris sharply splits from the Talmadge administration over common school affairs. He warns the state education board to drop firing plans as he suggests meddling cost Gov. Eugene Tal madge his term. Harris led Herman Talmadge’s campaign and may run for governor next year.
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Atlanta
Roy Harris
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Harris
George Whitman, Jr
Jas. Peters
State Board of Education
Shaw to Become Muscogee County School Superintendent
Wm Henry Shaw Columbus superintendent of education will be elected superintendent of education for the new Muscogee County school district to take office January 2 1950 under the city county schools consolidation plan recently approved.
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Wm. Henry Shaw
Columbus
Muscogee County
Georgia grape marketing to Start June 15
Georgia grape marketing plans announced to begin on June 15 while Colum bus bus stores close for a half holiday. Mrs Harvey Greene wins top flower show award at Thomaston Annual. Shut-In day plans for Sunday. Georgia tomato crop crisis impacts highway traffic. New Americus city hall opens. Pro Talmadge forces split over schools. State School Superintendent Collins leads in school squabble. Macon group buys city bus system. REA day draws 1,700 to Macon. Laurie Shannon named Miss Mercer of 1949. Walton County VFW honored at state convention in Brunswick.
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Columbus
Harvey Greene
Thomaston
Georgia
Allen McGhee
Atlanta
Thrasher
Americus
Collins
Macon Group
REA Day
Macon
University of Georgia offers reduced price bull calves to dairy farmers
The UGA Dairy Department launches a policy selling purebred bull calves for 20 dollars to dairy farmers. Lists of cows due to freshen and bull calf sires are mailed on request, with a 5 dollar reservation. If a chosen calf is unavailable, the farmer is notified and pays 15 dollars on pickup at 5 to 7 days old. Talbotton water works selects Adams Massey Co. as low bidder for a new well.
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University of Georgia Dairy Department
Tom Hawkins
Adams-Massey Co
Carrollton
Talbotton
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Carl Pasley
Grovetown
Columbia County
R. A. McCord Motor Co
John Marshall Law School
Sumter Superior Court
Charles Quintard Wright Sr
Albany
James L. Carter
Knoxville
Dublin
Gay
Ruby Thomas Drake
Wrightsville
John Lightner
Ellaville
Ellaville Lions Club
Columbus Merchants Committee
Augusta
E. R. Taylor
Taylor
Carl T. Sanders
Richmond County Board of Commissioners
Richmond County Grand Jury
The
American Legion’s Department of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Fox Theater
Leighton M. McPherson
Alfred I. Young
Cliff Hill Jr
Irwinton
United States
Hapeville
Prim Tiberi
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Albert Lucas
Ridgecrest
Cal
Thomas Davis
Miami
W. H. Scott
Nashville, Tenn
A. S. Callaway
Barnesville
Gordon Military College
J. W. Bonner
A. Lamar Smith
John Lewis Crowder
Emory Jones
N. A. Peacock
J. A. Corty
J. H. Jackson
W. C. Shelor
D. W. Brosnan
R. A. Culpepper
Brosnan
Phenix City
Laurie Shannon
Jeffersonville
Mercer
Mercer University
Walton County Post Vfw
Monroe Post
Brunswick
Taylor County
Bill Bazemore
Butler
DOYEL
Butler, Ga
Doyel’s
Baileys Supreme
Enera 1
Royal
Duke Ee de
Arm & Hammer Soda
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