Social News Highlights Across Reynolds With Local Visits
Reynolds report lists guests and travels including Bertha Bazemore visiting Mrs Verna Lucas, families in Dawson Abbeville and Canton, trips to Florida Georgia and Sweden bound Forslings, and births to the Riley family. Several college students return home for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsling
Vero Beach
Fla
Walter Forsling
New York City
Oslofjord
Sweden
Paris
Mrs. Forsling
Mildred Montomery
J. C. Fuller
Grady Fuller
Macon
Joe Jenkins
Atlanta
Fred Passmore
Ft. Valley
Lonnie Pierce
Lyn Young
Roy Philmon
Tommie O’neal
James Young
Phillip Jenkins
Wales Jenkins
Ronald Rogers
Peggy Lucas
Nat Lucas
Felton Childres
Griffin
Byrd
Alfred Childres
Willing Workers Club
C. F. Barfield
Paul Beeland
Thomaston
Shaw
Mangham Beeland
Will Hortman
Harvey Allison
Douglas
Americus
Millard Stevens
Butler
C. D. Casey
Jimmie
Charles Ayers
Connie Wainwright
Walter Wainwright
Kate Lunsden
Jackson
Cook
Julia Adams
Savannah
Tom Montgomery
Paul Montgomery
Ola Hicks
Hugh Sealy
Jim Montgomery
Rock Eagle
Alice Bodiford
Julia
Mabel Parr
Hylard Casey
Jean
Reynolds High School
Armress Warner Robins Seeks Artificial Arms for Shirley Chambers
Warner Robins residents raise funds to send 17-year-old Shirley Ann Chambers to Kessler Institute in New Jersey for artificial arms. The goal is $15,000 to cover operations and living expenses as she plans to graduate high school and continue her studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Warmer Robins
Shirley Ann Chambers
Warner Robins
Shirley
Kessler Institute
New Jersey
Columbus Man Given Life For Blinding Woman
A Columbus man identified as Charlie Persons 143, Negro, alias Charlie Pearsons, was sentenced to life imprisonment for stomping out a woman's good eye during a December 1955 argument. He pleaded guilty to a mayhem charge after being indicted by the Muscogee grand jury in April 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charlie Persons
Charlie Pearsons
Wesleyan College Shrine Dedicated by Georgia Governor
Macon marks the 120 year milestone as Gov. Griffin dedicates the first Wesleyan College building, the nation s first college for women. Founded after 11 years of legislative debate the 1836 charter and construction on En Campment Hill faced funding struggles before the shrine dedication on College Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Macon
Gov. Griffin
Wesleyan College
College Street
Local News Aids Montgomeries and Area Residents
Crowell area residents share updates on health moves and new homes. Families visit kin in Macon Milledgeville Butler and Atlanta as cases of graduation baccalaureate events and marriage plans are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Byrd
B. H. Bazemore
Walter Wainwright
A. L Waters
Lizella
Hilyard Casey
Jenie
Shurlington
Macon
Casey
Forestry Commission
Maryann Moore
Milledgeville
B. F. Moore
Billie Sullins
Butler
Sandra Brown
Wales Jenkins
Susan Young
G.S.C.W
Milledge
George Young
Community Notes From Mauk and Nearby
Local families share weekend visits and gatherings across Mauk Cleveland Birmingham Manchester Thomaston Magnolia Springs and Augusta. Highlights include Pittman Lewis and Waller households hosting relatives and friends with extended kinship ties and travel to Macon and Germany pending military assignment for Pfc Tommy Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Pittman Jr
Donna
Wayne
Steve Lewis
Cleveland
Linda Wright
Linda Fay Austin
E. A. Watson
O. L. Pike
John Daniel
Patricia
Kenneth
Tommy Daniel
Russell Montgomery
B. Montgomery
M. B. Pittman Sr
Bill Brown
B. L. Waller
Howard MclInvale
Wendell and
Shirley
Birmingham
Ala
J. W. Woodall
Dorothy Mclavale
Don Brown
Musette Pittman
M. B. Pittman
Magnolia Springs
Americus
R. D. Waller
L. R. Pike
Martha Ruth Pike
Norma Alice Turner
Macon
Carlotta Pye
Memorial Day Weekend Fatalities Across Georgia
Thirty people died in a range of accidents across Georgia over the long Memorial Day weekend, marking one of the deadliest four day periods recorded this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
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Reynolds Department
Civic Improvement Club of
Reynolds
Bertha Bazemore
Verna Lucas
J. A. Brunson
Dawson
Missses Winnie and
Laurice Aultman
Florida
J. W. Waters
Berta Bazemore
Sonny Shealy
Mary
Rob Aultman
Frankie Lewis
Brevard, N. C
Carol Barrow
Mrs
J. T. Barrow
Wynelle Baker
Maude Baker
Thomas Byrd
Mrs. Byrd
William Parker
O.M. Ware
Marshallville
Bobby Aultman
Stevie
Abbeville
Messrs
John Mims
Jack Royeton
Strugis, Mich
Joe Royeton
B. F. Hill
Jimmy Hill
Greenville Ss. C
Bob Brunson
L. EF. Mitchell
Jim Brewer
Evalyn Melin
Christy Tankersley
Mrs. S. J. Tankersley
Pat Pate
Billy
Sandersville
W. T. Saunders
Don Pitts
Valdosta
George Lee
W. C. Windham
Byron
Elizabeth Parker
Miss Parker
Carrollton
R. L. Bell Sr
Robert Bell Jr
Mr. Bell
Dublin
Paul Trawick
Commerce
Lawrence Cook
Emily Childres
Anne Harp
Teressa Cummings
James Gentry
Donny Lane
Mary Swift
Sparta
John Parkers
County Hardy
Tennessee
Temple College
Chattamnooga
B. W. Hinton Sr
W. J. Riley Jr
Smyrna
Tenn
Miss Anne Riley
W. J. Riley III
Armress
Grand Theatre
Lash LaRue
Tommy Cook
Maureen O’hara
John Forsyth
Tim Hovey
Everything
Crowell News
Jim
Reynolds and
Butler High School
Mauk News
C. W. Smith Sales & Service
Thurston Ave
Thomaston, Ga
Willis L. Webb
Optometrist
Fort Valley
Reynolds Ice Co
P.l.crook
M. L. Cox
General Contractor Building Supplies
Reynolds, GA
Uth
Fuint Electric
Membership Corporation
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