Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits Across Taylor Mill
Taylor Mill residents hosted and visited family and friends over the weekend. Notable gatherings included Calvin Bartlett and family in Columbus, and numerous other kin from Butler Rupert Macon Thomaston Americus and Atlanta sharing meals and time with local households.
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Calvin Bartlett
Columbus
Lillie Blair
James Bartlett
Jim Windham
Gary Kidwell
Billy Windham
Atlanta
J. D. Windham
E. L. Smith
Dan Windham
Maurice Lawhorn
Rupert
Lucy Cotney
Hicks’ Mill
W. D. Poole
Columbus Sper
M. N. Poole
Soe Harmon
W. T. Smith
Lannis Childree
Ben Childree
Thomaston
Aubrey Peter
Little Steve
Chas. Barnes
R. C. Barrow
J. W. Windham
Joe Harmon
Robert Barrow
Charles Moore
Buddie Harris
Albert Harris
J. C. Albritton
General Electric 1949 Refrigerators Advertised At Low Prices
All these General Electric 1949 models are offered at new, low prices. The NC 6 6 cu ft model features full width drawers and a price drop from 216 to 189 75. The NC 6 6 cu ft with vegetable drawers drops from 224 to 194 75. The NC 8 8 cu ft offers two vegetable drawers and a meat drawer with a 279 to 268 75 reduction. The NF 8 8 cu ft stainless shelves and butter conditioner reduces from 329 to 319 75. The NC 10 10 cu ft is listed at 329. The NH 8 8 cu ft Refrigerator Home Freezer Combination remains zero above with no defrosting below and a 410 price.
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General Electric
A Delightful Trip To Indian Springs
The club and Jr. Girl Reserves describe a trip to Indian Springs last week. The group traveled by bus from the office with many parents present. They stopped in Forsyth for drinks, then rested at 4-H Club cabins. Activities included playing, wading, horse riding, swimming, and a ferry ride. Lunch featured fried chicken, country ham, bacon and eggs. Chaperones included Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. King, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore, and Mr. Jo. Windham.
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Indian Springs
Forsyth
Gregory
King
Charles Moore
Jo. Windham
Seventh Grade Graduation At Taylor Mill
The Taylor Mill seventh grade graduation was held in the school auditorium on May 30. Phyllis Tomlin gave the salutatory and Sylvia Underwood was valedictorian. Supt. Harold Gates introduced visitors and presented Mr Garland Byrd who delivered the address. Herman Elliston presented the certificates to graduates including Sylvia.
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Taylor Mill
Phyllis Tomlin
Sylvia Underwood
Harold Gates
Garland Byrd
Herman Elliston
Sylvia
Social round of visitors and trips in Ft Valley area
Central News lists a flurry of weekend visits and guests. Hugh Collins family from Ft Valley drop by O M Williams with Bessie Emerson. Rev A C McKinnon and Rev O L Oswalt from Columbus stay with S O Jones. Destin Florida visitors to R N McInvale. Danna Davis from Newnan visits L Q Chapman. Jacksonville Beach week trip for Ideal school juniors with Frank Jones W T Williams and Martha Ellen Ray. many other local stops including Montezuma Warner Robins Des tin and Ideal residents.
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Hugh Collins
Ft. Valley
O. M. Williams
Bessie Emerson
Emerson
A. C. McKinnon
O. L. Oswalt
Columbus
S. O. Jones
John Scarbrough
Destin, Fla
R._N. McInvale
Danna Davis
Newnan
Loquita Chapman
Tim Youngblood
Butler
O.M. Williams
Frank Jones
W.T. Williams
Martha Ellen Ray
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Ideal School
Louise McCarty
Marvis’ Chapman
Florida
Carolyn Patterson
Ideas
Anne Jones
Marie Cromey
Miss Jones
R. N. McInvale
Alton Gresham
Montezuma
Jack Hollis
Warner Robins
Destin
Adraine McIinvale
Sidney McInvale
Marshall
Bob Dent
Taylor Mill
Lee Studdard
Sara Anne
Ideal
O. Jones
Bill Bussey
Horace Cromer
Special Session Baldwin Grand Jury Called in Lynching Case
Wilkinson county grand jury convenes to investigate the May 30 lynching of Caleb Hill Jr. in Irwinton. Judge George Carpenter set June 14 for the session to hear evidence on the Negro prisoner’s death.
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Baldwin
Milledgeville
Wilkinson County Grand Jury
George Carpenter
Caleb Hill Jr
Irwinton
Indian Springs Camp Meeting Dates Announced
The 59th Indian Springs Camp Meeting at Indian Springs Ga runs August 11 to 21 with preachers Dr Paul Reese Covenant Church Minneapolis Dr Z T Johnson president Asbury College Wilmore Ky and Dr John R Church general evangelist Winston-Salem NC delivering sermons.
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Paul Reese
the Covenant Church
Minneapolis
Z. T. Johnson
Asbury College
Wilmore
John R. Church
Winston-Salem
N. C
Indian Springs Camp Ground
Indian Springs
Local Social Notices List Names Figures
Community notices reference Phyllis Underwood, Tomlin, Annie Morrell, Gloria Peacock, Patsy Robertson, Hazel Amerson and Edith Windham in a local social roster.
Reynolds High School Valedictorian Speech Highlights 1949
Edwards Cooper delivers the valedictory for Reynolds High School Class of 1949. He recalls first grade speech rhymes, thanks the faculty and parents, and urges the pioneering spirit of the 49ers to guide classmates as they leave school. He notes no true farewell, as memories will bind them.
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Edwards Cooper
Reynolds High School
United States
Negro confesses in Florida double murders linked to Columbus case
Columbus reports that George Woolfolk, held at Raiford prison, confessed to the Feb 3 holdup murder of Mrs. Faust Jones in Columbus and to two Florida killings. He implicates two other unnamed suspects, with authorities holding two more men in Florida for the Starke storekeeper robbery murder and an Ocala death.
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Columbus
Faust Jones
Florida
H. T. Whitley
George Woolfolk
Raiford
Starke
Whitley
Ocala
Fla
Woolfolk
Salutatory By Reynolds High School Class of 1949
Leonard Whatley delivers a senior class salutatory at Reynolds High School in 1949. He welcomes parents relatives and friends, honors teachers as “enemies” turned friends, and dedicates the speech to the audience in attendance.
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Reynolds High School
Mark Twain
Charles Kingsley
Turner County Warden Fired After Jaunt With Prisoner
Turner county works camp warden W. G. Pierce was fired by the county board after a Saturday night jaunt with prisoner Leland Harvey. Harvey, once a noted escape artist, was reassigned to Tattnall State Prison. Harvey’s transfer was described as not disciplinary by State Corrections Director J. B. Hatchett. Pierce faces charges of larceny and driving while intoxicated. Harvey had no charges filed.
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Ashburn
Turner County
Leland Harvey
W. G. Pierce
County Board of Commissioners
Robert Brooks
Harvey
Tattnall State Prison
J. B. Hatchett
Ierce
Newnan
Georgia farmers meet in Savannah on conservation program
More than 450 committeemen directing Georgia's agricultural conservation program gather in Savannah this week to discuss production and marketing problems and future developments in farming.
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Georgia
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Taylor Mill News
Doyel
Pajamas
Central News
Leonard Whatley
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