Charleston's Famous Flower Gardens Open In Spring Glory
Charleston’s Magnolia Gardens, Middleton Gardens, and Cypress Gardens burst into bloom each spring. Azaleas, camellias, and magnolias color the Ashley River area as visitors explore 28 to 65 acre layouts, canals, and terraced walks amid ancient trees and Spanish moss.
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Charleston
Magnolia
Middleton Gardens
Dame Nature
Ashley River
Ashley
America
Italy
France
Cooper River
Cypress
United States
J. J. Pringle Smith
Henry Middleton
Middleton
Arthur
England
Andrew Michaux
Middleton Place
Arthur Middleton
Michaux
Pringle Smiths
Supreme Court Chief Hughes to retire July 1
Macon June 3 The career of Chas Evans Hughes ends as the 79 year old chief justice informs the President he will retire July 1 Roosevelt accepts immediately and reports suggest Robert H Jackson may succeed Hughes.
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Macon
Chas Evans Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Robert H. J Jackson
Mughes
New York
World Arbitration Tribunal
Supreme Court
Hughes
Taft
America
Republican Party
Wilson
Harding
Washington
Hoover
High Court
Blind Atlantian Witcher to receive Columbia PhD and fellowships
Clifford Martin Witcher of Atlanta will graduate from Columbia University with a physics PhD and receive the University Fellowship and the Trowbridge Fellowship. He joined Sigma Xi and Epsilon Chi, earned a BS from Georgia Tech in 1934 with high honors, an MA from Emory in 1935, and was tutored at home since age six after becoming blind. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R C Witcher of Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Clifford Martin Witcher
Tuseday
Columbia University
Columbia
Witcher
Trowbridge
Sigma Zi
Xa National Research Fraternity
Epsilon Chi
Emory
R. C. Witcher
Bridge Couples Find Joy in Handholding
A lighthearted note that some married pairs enjoy affection while playing bridge, sharing a quiet moment as they connect over the card game. The line playfully highlights how the bridge table can be a rare venue for warmth and togetherness.
Gardens Open Season After Hard Labor In Dense Woods
Workers cleared centuries of debris by hand to create water ways and paths amid dense trees. A light boat and later row boats aided exploration as bridges and walks rose, flowers planted with bulbs, azaleas, camellias, and later narciassus and roses bloomed. Gardens welcome visitors December through May despite heat and mosquitoes in summer and fall.
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John G. Drayton
C. N. Hastie
Young Drayton
England
Orient
Allen Named State Administrator For The Defense Bonds Sale
Marion H. Allen, Georgia internal revenue collector, named state administrator for the defense saving bonds and stamps sale by Secretary Morgenthau. He will keep his collector post and open booths in department stores for installment purchase, with deputies and a statewide committee to coordinate banking labor industry agriculture education and women's groups.
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Atlanta
Marion H. Allen
Internal Revenue
Georgia
Morgenthau
Washington
Allen
Talmadges
Banking
Labor
Industry
Agriculture
Glittering Do Dads In Automobiles On Way Out
The article predicts changes in consumer goods and metals amid a defense drive. It notes fewer chrome trimmings on cars, long use of used vehicles, and switches from aluminum to substitutes like copper for power lines.
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United States
Columbus Girl Leads College Fashion Costume Protest
Nell Turner Julia Scott and Louise Hawkins oppose skimpy and themed costumes used for college dances. They aim to organize Agnes Scott students into a boycott citing decency and a desire for formal evening dress at events.
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Nell Turner
Columbus
Julia Scott
Milledgeville
Louise Hawkins
Atlanta
Agnes Scott
Miss Turner
Bishop A. J. Moore Becomes Wesleyan Head
Wesleyan College trustees in Macon elected Bishop Arthur J. Moore as president and Dr Silas Johnson as vice president for one year to study the college operations. Moore, a Georgia resident bishop and president of two Methodist annual conferences, is a Waycross native.
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Atlanta
Wesleyan College Board of Trustees
Arthur J. Moore
Macon
Bishop Moore
Georgia
Georgia Methodist
Dice R. Anderson
Silas Johnson
Johnson
W. D. Anderson
Waycross, Ga
Wesleyan College
Annual Meeting of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston
About 6000 Christian Scientists gathered in Boston for the Mother Church annual meeting. Directors urged defense of democracy and religious freedom, citing Mary Baker Eddy and the Declaration of Independence. John R. Dunn elected incoming president. reports praised spiritual progress, war relief efforts, and branch growth worldwide.
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First Church OF Christ, Scientists
Boston
Mass
Christian Science Board of Directors
First
Church of Christ Scientist
Mary Baker |Eddy
John R. Dunn
Centerville
James R. Dunn
U. S. Immigration Service
Massillon
Ohio
San Francisco
Christian Science
Tel
Board of
Europe
Far East
Great Britain
Ireland
United Kingdom
Orient
Latin America
Australia
New Zeland
South Africa
Ezra W. Palmer
Palmer
War Relief Committee
New York
Portland
Oregon
Los Angeles
John Randall Dunn
The
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Massachusetts
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Columbus Girl
Life Magazine
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Publishing Society
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Department of Branches
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Africa
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West Indies
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Christian Science Church
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