Blue and Gray Tribute Paid In Fitzgerald
In Fitzgerald Georgia on Decoration Day veterans from both sides of the Civil War and later wars joined in a community tribute at Evergreen cemetery. Surviving Union veteran Henry Bruner and Confederate survivor William Bush led a procession with Spanish American and World War veterans, joined by Daughters of the Confederation and other auxiliaries. The city, founded by Union soldiers in the 1890s, honors both traditions with a shared observance in a town built on former pine lands and a divided street-naming heritage.
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Fitzgerald
Blue and Gray
Yergreen
Henry Bruner
Co. M. Firs
West Virginia Cavalry
Wm. J. Bush
Atlanta
Co.ls
Fourteenth
Georgia
Joe Brown
W. L. Grayson
American Legion
Mars McDonald
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the American Revolution
Women's Relief Corps
Evergreen Ceme
Middle Western
South Georgia
Blue and Gray Association
Chauffeur Confesses Slaying of Mrs Fluker in Atlanta
Detectives assemble evidence pointing to Milton Jamson a 26 year old negro chauffeur who killed his employer Mrs Asiele Fluker and set fire to her suburban home over wages of 1.50 He was arrested after being found in the Flukers new motor car two hours after firemen located the charred body in the kitchen pantry Coroner Donehoo said Mrs Fluker 50 was wife of a machinery salesman her husband had dismissed Jackson a week earlier for liquor with the dollar given to buy painting material Jackson allegedly said he would take 1.50 for work and that he struck Mrs Fluker with a hammer stabbed her crammed her body in the pantry and started the fire Patrolling officer Carroll said Jackson claimed he was drunk when arrested and that he was driven to confess own actions.
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Atlanta
Milton Jamson
Asiele Fluker
Jack Carroll
Jackson
Fort Valley Beauty Chosen in Contest
Nine teen Fort Valley young women entered a theater sponsored beauty pageant to select Miss Fort Valley. Helen Anthoine won the title, Eloise Watson was second. Anthoine will compete at Panama City on July 25 with 38 nearby state contestants for a possible trip to New York.
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Fort Valley
The
Princess Theater
Helen Anthoine
Eloise Watson
Anthoine
Panama City
New York
Georgia Moves To Halt Numerous Gang Escapes
Atlanta May 29 The state moves to eliminate fugitives from chain gangs. Senator Lindsay calls it a step toward reform of the prison system and safer woods as a $1.6 million PWA prison plant near Milledgeville or in Tattnall county may house 2 000 to 3 000 convicts. The plan envisions using the site as a clearinghouse for chain gang labor with convicts shuttled to counties for road work under watchful electrical fences and floodlit towers.
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Atlanta
Georgia
PWA
Tattnall County
NRA
Milledgeville
Rivers
Tattnall
State Prison Commission
Prison Commission
Two Die Of Burns In Car Accident
Hawkinsville Dispatch reports two men Bert C. Lyons 42 of Sharon Georgia and George C. Blackburn 86 of Henderson North Carolina died in a car fire after the vehicle left the Hawkinsville Eastman highway near Indian Village Pulaski county line. The V eight car turned over several times bursting into flames. witnesses say Wassersby saw the burning car and rescued the men who were taken to Eastman. The wives were notified and one fainted upon hearing the news. Both men worked for a wrought iron stove company and the accident occurred around 3 30 a m on Thursday.
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Hawkinsville
North Carolina
Pulaski
Bert C. Lyons
Sharon
George C. Blackburn
Henderson
N. C
Hawkinsville- Eastman
Wastman
J. W. Peacock Undertakings Establishment
Lyons
Blackburn
Wassersby
Eastman
Hawkinsville-Eastman
Indian Village
Pulaski County
C. M. Methyin
Eastman Times-Journal
Dispatch and News
Blackburn-Lyons
Governor Rivers Honored at Newnan Club Barbecue
Gov. Rivers and his official staff were honored at a barbecue at the Newnan Country Club on Monday by Dr. R. H. McDonald of Newnan and Col. L. C. Clark of Greenville. The governor spoke briefly on amendments to the state constitution to be voted on June 8.
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Gov. Rivers
Newnan Country Club
R. H. McDonald
Newnan
Col. L. C. Clark
Greenville
Eight Scholarships Announced for Young Harris College
Walter Rich of Atlanta funds eight scholarships at Young Harris College in Georgia. Two awards yearly for four years honor Guy and Mrs. B. E. Rivers, graduates of the college. First two scholars to be named at Monday commencement attended by the governor and wife. New trustees elected: W. S. Witham Jr. and T. S. Candler. Legacies from H. J. Smith and T. L. Cooper Jr. noted. Baccalaureate Sunday by Dr. J. W. C. McKibben. evening service by Rev. J. Allison. Diplomas Monday after Marion Smith address.
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Young Harris
Young Harris College
W. i Rich
Atlanta
Board of
T. J. Lance
Rich
Guy
D. Rivers
Jerry Rivers
Caldwell
North Georgia
W. T. Hamby
H. J. Smith
Dalton
T. L. Cooper, Jr
Decatur
J. W. C. McKibben
Decatur Methodist Church
College Chapel
J. H. Allison
Calhoun
Marion Smith
G S C W Closing Services Slated Milledgeville Ga
Milledgeville Ga May 31 Over 250 students at the Georgia State College for Women will receive degrees and diplomas June 14 according to registrar office information. More four year students are: record degree in the Bachelor of Arts group than in any other. The majority of graduates will become teachers with about 75 percent teaching in the last five years. Dr Harry A Little head of the Placement Bureau says he has already received calls for 526 teachers for next year.
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Milledgeville
Georgia State College For Women
Placement Bureau
Harry A. Little
Fourth National Bank Macon Pays Last Dividend
J B Downs receiver of the Fourth National Bank announced payment of the final dividend of 2.57 percent, available for depositors at his Happ building office in Macon. About August 1 undelivered checks will return to the Washington comptroller. Total distribution reaches 5,709,258.58 dollars, representing 86.57 percent. The bank closed November 26, 1928, and liquidated since then.
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Macon
J. B. Downs
Fourth National Bank
Happ
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington
Plans for Georgia cotton institute announced in Savannah
Savannah May 31 plans for a cotton institute at the Georgia College of Agriculture were announced by Dean Paul Chapman before the Cottonseed Crushers Association. The institute, first of its kind in the South, would lower production costs increase acreage yields improve the quality of cotton and the stalk and expand market demands.
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Savannah
Georgia College of Agriculture
Paul Chapman
Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
South
Miss Lucy Caldwell Elected Editor of Colonnade
Milledgeville Ga May 29 Miss Lucy Caldwell an editor was elected editor of the Colonnade newspaper at the staff election meeting. She succeeds Miss Evelyn Aubrey. Betty Donaldson and Mary Keithley will serve as associate editors Jeannie Armour and Bonnie Burge as news editors Marion Arthur as exchange editor Dorothy Howell business manager Jane Suddeth assistant Betty Shell circulation manager Helen Reeves assistant
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Milledgeville
Lucy Caldwell
Evelyn Aubrey
Betty Donaldson
Mary: Kethley
Jeanne Armour
Bonnie Burge
Marion Arthur
Exchange
Dorothy Howell
Jane Suddeth
Betty Shell
Helen Reeves
Not So Much Mr. Pest Speech Dialogue Tease
A terse exchange unfolds with Miss Sweet declaring she can spare him for the rest of his life, while he asks for a minute. The dramatic line hints at a tense relationship or romantic clash central to the scene.
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Mr. Pest
Miss Sweet
READY FOR WINTER RAINY DAY PREP QUOTES
A reader challenges a suggestion to provide additional items for a rainy day. The reply asserts readiness with all essentials including nonskid tires and chains, implying ample preparedness for winter weather. The exchange emphasizes self-sufficiency and practical gear.
True to Type Clam Comic Line Sparks Snicker
A playful exchange features a fish remark about a small collar while a character insists he is a little-neck clam, delivering a lighthearted moment in a coastal cartoon dialogue.
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Clam
Dialogue Exchange Echoes Daily Life Whatsits
Paul remarks on accepting things as they come while Grace wishes they would arrive less often, reflecting a light warm interaction. The exchange captures a domestic vignette with no broader plot.
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Paul
Grace
Rush for the Door
A fragment of dialogue indicates a tense scene as characters discuss a moving star and dwindling audience. A betrothed couple mention conflicts with a mother figure and future marital challenges, signaling domestic strain and social scrutiny.
Busy Girl Dead Languages Joke
A playful exchange contrasts studying dead languages with live ones. He asks if she regrets marrying him, she replies only on the first of each month, delivering a light domestic quip about finances or cycles.
Taylor County to vote on 26 constitutional amendments
Ballot copies received for the June 8 election in Taylor County. About 1,800 registered voters, polling places at the courthouse and other precincts. Amendments cover social security, tax exemptions, property classifications, Confederate widow pensions, court jurisdictions, taxes for agents, bonding, zoning, and city and county financing. Poll tax arrears threaten name removals. registration closing date soon.
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Taylor
Li 'T. Peed
Taylor County
Court House
County Board of Registrars
Supreme Court
Swainsboro
Richmond County
DeKalb County
Fulton County
Savannah
Glynn County
Dalton
Quitman
Forsyth
Milledgeville
Cordele
Carrollton
Eastman
Ft. Valley
McRae
Atlanta
Ware County
Waycross
DeKalb County fire sanitation sewer district amendment proclamation
Governor Rivers issues a proclamation for a June 8 1987 general election in Georgia to ratify an amendment authorizing DeKalb County to establish administer fire prevention sanitation sewerage and water districts and levy taxes or special assessments in said districts, with detailed ballot wording and legislative steps.
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Georgia
DeKalb County
E. D. Rivers
State of Georgia
General Assembly
DeKalb
County of
DesKalb
Amd
John B. Spivey
Senate
Notice to Creditors in Roy S. Vann Case in Georgia
In the District Court of the United States for Columbus Division the case Roy S. Vann debtor No 1476 under Section 75 of the Bankruptcy Act. A first meeting of creditors is set for June 18 1987 at 10 am in the Masonic Building Butler Georgia. Roy S. Vann must appear for examination. June 2 1937 signed C B Marshall Conciliation Commissioner Taylor County Georgia. E L Pease aged 70 found dead at his Columbus home Friday.
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District Court of the United States
Columbus
Middle District of Georgia
Roy S. Vann
Taylor County
Georgia
Masonic
City of
Butler
C. B. Marshall
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New Tattnall
Walter Rich
Plan Cotton Institute For State
G. S.C. W. “Colonnade
Taylor Co
John W. Hammond
Roy V. Harris
HOUSE
ER. D. Rivers
Andrew J. Kingery
Gene Assembly
John B. Wilson
E. L. Pease
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