Governor Rivers Considers Hospital for Kidney Stone
Lakeland Ga June 8 Gov E D Rivers said he may enter an Atlanta hospital on doctors orders for treatment of a kidney stone He plans a West Coast trip to the Woodmen of the World convention in San Francisco contingent on medical advice Post election focus includes appointing a 10 member school board taking office July 1 with Rivers as ex officio chairman Also on his agenda the new radio commission and traffic safety leadership selections
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Lakeland
E. D. Rivers
Atlanta
West Coast
Woodmen of the World
Sa Francisco
Rivers
General Assembly
Late Radio Commission
Boar of Public Safety
State Highway Patrol
Delays in Georgia pick for collector of internal revenue
Washington June 4 another delay in prospect before Georgia gets a new collector of internal revenue. The senate referred the nomination of M E Allen to the finance committee with Senator Walter F George a member. George opposed Allen and urged R E Matheson for the post. Russell supports Allen, and the fate in committee remains uncertain. George will not decide until his return to Georgia.
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Washington, D. C
Georgia
Internal Revenue
Senate
M. E. Allen
Finance Committee
Walter F. George
George
Allen
R. E Matheson
Hartwell
W. E. Page
Columbus
R. B. Russell
Roosevelt
Russel
Girl Who Never Attended School Given Diploma
Augusta Ga June 4 Add to your list of handicaps overcome a girl on stretcher and another who never attended school a day in her life received diplomas from Tubman high school At graduation Ann Waterson senior class teacher was carried from a hospital to receive her diploma then returned to recover from an appendicitis operation Mary K Margott never able to attend school studied at home and graduated
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Augusta
Tubman High School
Ann Waterson
Mary K. Margott
Columbus to Eliminate Grade Crossing at Fourth Avenue
Government officials approved a 150000 dollar grade crossing elimination project at Fourth Avenue and the Central of Georgia railroad in Columbus Georgia. The State Highway Commission is expected to advertise for bids late June or early July after federal approval. H Dixon Smith and Chairman W L Miller discussed the plan, with state engineers drafting bridge approaches.
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Columbus
Fourth Avenue
Central of Georgia Railroad
State Highway Commission
H. Dixon Smith
Muscogee County
W. L. Miller
Highway Board
Atlanta
Fatal crash near Franklin claims two lives in wreck
On the way to Franklin, North Carolina hospital for a bullet wound treatment a car carrying Jess McGee aged 45 collided with another vehicle near aera Monday. McGee was killed and three others were injured, listed at Downey hospital in Gainesville as Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Pugh and Miss Annie M. Justice of Buford.
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Franklin
N. C
Jess McGee
Aera
Downey Hospital
Gainesville
Wiley Pugh
Annie M. Justice
Buford
Talbot County Road Contract Let By State
The state highway department awarded a $178116.20 contract to J W Gwin Co of Birmingham for living 12468 miles of highway and building three bridges from Talbotton to the Taylor county line on the Columbus Macon highway. The package totals $827000 in Friday awards, with bids later corrected to the Birmingham firm. The project extends Talboton eastward to the Talbot Taylor line as part of a cross state paving effort linking Columbus Macon and Savannah. A short section between Geneva and Talbotton is already under construction.
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State Highway Department
Talbotton
Taylor County
Macon
J. W. Gwin Company
Birmingham
Ala
Highway Department
W.L. Cabb Construction Company
Decatur
Savannah
Geneva
Graduates to Flood Georgia Colleges This Week
More than 2 000 students will receive diplomas across Georgia colleges and universities this week and next. The University of Georgia will graduate about 500, Georgia Tech around 280, and Agnes Scott hosts 87 women. Emory awarded 280 degrees in Atlanta with Bishop Chis W Flint addressing the class. Mercer University in Macon hosted 77 graduates with Sen Walter George as speaker. Piedmont College at Demorest granted 26 degrees with Gov Rivers delivering the address. Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville plans a June 14 ceremony with Bishop Warren Candler as speaker. The University of Georgia at Athens plans a June 15 graduation for about 500, with U S Senator Claude Pepper delivering the address. Governor Rivers also to speak at Georgia Tech on June 14 where about 25 grads are expected.
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Georgia
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Georgia State College For Women
Emory University
Atlanta
Bishop Chis. W. Flint
Lysausse University
Macon
Walter George
Mercer University
J. T. Tigert
University of Florida
Agnes Scott College
Decatur
Piedmont College
Democrest
Rivers
North Georgia Collee
Atlantic Coast Line to Buy New Passenger and Freight Equipment
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved ACL Railroad's plan to issue 3.9 million dollars of 23 4 percent equipment securities to finance 12 passenger locomotives 15 passenger coaches 15 express cars 600 automobile box cars 100 phosphate cars 100 furniture automobile cars with loaders. Estimated total cost is 5,229,064 dollars reflecting record winter business.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
WPA Roll Cuts in Georgia Target 3500 by June 15
Miss Gay. B. Shepperson announced elimination of 3500 WPA workers in Georgia by June 15 to meet a state quota of 25000. Of those cut, 1950 come from the Atlanta district covering 27 north Georgia counties. Savannah Augusta and other cities will see further reductions.
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WPA
Gay. B. Shepperson
Atlanta
North Georgia
Savannah
Asi
Augusta
Maion
Albany
Record Sales For First Four Months 1937 Beat All Time Marks
Retail sales of 1,502,963 passenger cars and trucks in the first four months of 1937 set a record for any comparable period in the motor car industry. Ford Motor Company is not included in the figures as it is not a member of the Automobile Manufacturers Association.
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Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Reynolds First Automobiles Sparked Town Pride and Romance
In Reynolds Georgia in 1903 the arrival of a gasoline buggy called Rambler One Lung drew crowds, a broken bearing required local blacksmith repairs, and Brown Marshall and Miss Maud Miller became a couple after a triumphal test ride through town. The event marked Reynolds’ transition from horse power to the motor age as citizens watched history roll by.
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Sone
Reynolds
Macon
Knoxville
Patsilage Hill
Brown Marshall
Edgar
Altho
Brown
Edgar Marshall
Bob Tennyson
Miss Miller
Gordon Family News Near Reynolds Prompt Interest
Rumors in Reynolds say Maj. Hugh Gordon and his son Hugh Jr. reside with their family on Biscayne Bay in Miami, where they own a valuable 30 acre property. The Gordons, including Gen Jno B Gordon, long pursued a river stock farm project that drew wide attention in its era.
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Hugh Gordon
Reynolds
Gordons
Jno. B. Gordon
Maj
Hugh, Jr
Miami
Biscayne Bay
Dogs Credited As Best Rat Catchers by Authority
An authority declares dogs the best rat catchers. A single terrier reportedly killed more than a thousand rats in a year.
Tonsil Clinic Opens in Butler Each Tuesday in June
Beginning June 15 and continuing for four weeks a tonsil clinic will be held at Montgomery hospital in Butler. Anyone wishing tonsil removal must register with the County Health Nurse and receive full instructions. A complete physical by the applicant’s physician is required before admission. The operation fee is 15 dollars covering all expenses for 24 hours. Sara Windham, R. N. County Health Nurse.
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Montgomery Hospital
Butler
Sara Windham
R. N
Talbot County Farmer Found Dead at Home
Talbotton Ga June 4 Emmett Watkins 54 a well known Talbot county farmer was found dead in his bed at his home twelve miles from Talbotton Friday discovered by his wife Death is believed to have resulted from a heart attack He is survived by his wife the former Miss Lucile Daniel a daughter two brothers three sisters and a number of nieces and nephews
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Talbotton
Emmett Watkins
Talbot County
Father and Son to Serve Weekends in Bibb Jail
Macon June 5. A. L. Jones and his son J. A. Jones of Rocky Creek road were sentenced by Judge E. W. Butler to report to Bibb County Jail Saturdays at 1 p m and remain until Monday mornings for six months. They also receive 12 months on chain gang with probation after paying $50 fines each. They pleaded guilty to drunkenness on the highway after a county police investigation following an arrest after a drunken altercation with negroes.
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Macon
Bibb County
E. W. Butler
A. L. Jones
J. A. Jones
Rocky Creek Road
Jones
Butler
8 GA. U. STUDENTS TO STUDY IN EUROPE
Georgia students will join 17 members on a European journalism seminar led by Prof. Willett M. Kempton of the Grady School this summer. The study marks the first investigative look at international press relations by an American university. Participants include Martin Johnson Macon Virginia Dobbs Athens Frank Wells Atlanta Reade Wynn Augusta John McDermott Hennington VT Mr. and Mrs. Shorter Rankin Atlanta and Georgia Rudolph 1936 graduate Gainsville.
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Athens
University of Georgia
European Journalism Seminary Court
Willett M. Kempton
Henry W. Grady School of Journalism
Uiversity
Georgia
Martin Johnson
Maco1
Virginia Dobbs
Frank Wells
Atlanta
Reade Wynn
Augusta
John McDermott
Hennington
Shorter Rankin
Georgia Rudolph
Gainsville
Freaks of Lightning Fireball Phenomena Described
The article details rare lightning forms including ball lightning up to 40 feet in diameter. It notes their explosive, deafening behavior and mentions instances of fireballs entering homes through windows or chimneys and detonating inside.
Macon’s Oldest Nurse Miss Campbell Dies Rites Today
Macon Georgia June 7 Miss Mary Campbell longtime nurse leader and superintendent emeritus of the Oglethorpe Private Infirmary died at age 86 after a life dedicated to patient care. Sister Miss Belle Campbell present at her bedside. Born December 15 1851 in Ross-Shire Scotland she moved to Macon in 1880 and trained at Macon hospital. She served in several nursing roles including Williams Sanitarium and Middle Georgia Hospital before becoming Oglethorpe Private Infirmary superintendent of nurses in 1921.
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Macon
Mary Campbell
Oglethorpe
Belle Campbell
Georgia Academy For the Blind
Ross-Shire
Scotland
James
Margaret M. Campbell
Georgia Academy For the
Miss Campbell
Macon Hospital
Old Williams Sanitarium
Middle Georgia Hospital
Thomaston Man James Pasley Dies After Macon Operation
James Pasley 31 longtime Central of Georgia Railway chief clerk in Thomaston died at Oglethorpe hospital Macon after an emergency operation for acute appendicitis May 25. He developed peritonitis and died June 1. Born in Thomaston to C. L. and Essie White Pasley, he was a 1922 graduate of the R. E. See institute.
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Thomaston
James Pasley
Central of Georgia Railway
Oglethorpe
Macon
Pasley
Mac
C. L. and
Essie White Pasley
R. EB
Eccentric traveler to visit Atlanta
New York on June 6 Emanuel Jonidas who wheeled a barrow from Litchfield Connecticut to Los Angeles in 1988 began a multi state trek along the Atlantic coast. His first stop Albany seeking Governor Lehman’s autograph for a 6500 signature collection. He plans to hike to Washington to present a bound copy of Plato’s Republic to President Roosevelt and then proceed to Atlanta to obtain Governor Rivers’s autograph.
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New York
Emanuel Jonidas
Litchfield
Washington
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Baptists Meet at Bessie Tift for 1937 Religious Education School
Forsyth Ga June 5 The third annual session of the school of Religious Education will meet at Bessie Tift College Forsyth during the last week of June The Georgia Baptist Convention Department of Sunday Schools sponsors the event Dr M E Dodd Dr B W Spillman Dr J Dean Crain Dr John D Mell Dr Arthur Jackson among speakers and faculty members listed for the 1937 program
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Forsyth
School of Regious Education
Bessie Tift College
Department of Sunday Schools
The
Georgia Baptist Convention
T. W. Tippett
M. E. Dodd
First Baptist Church
Shreveport
B W. Spillman
Southwide
North Carolina
J. Dean Crain
Pendleton Street Baptist Church
Greenville
S. C
John D. Mell
Athens
Arthur Jackson
Savannah
Americus student nets high honors at Americus High School
Miss Lochlyn Eve, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lovelace Eve, is believed to have topped Americus High School honors for the year ending Thursday. She earned second honors narrowly behind Miss Elizabeth Duff and received two extra honors, including the history honor medal from the Daughters of the American Revolution Council of Safety Chapter for a four year history average of .98 and the citizenship award decided by senior class vote. Lovelace Pye, her father, is a former Georgia newspaper staffer and now editor of the Americus News.
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Americus
iMiss Lochlyn Eve
Lovelace Eve
Americus High School
Eve
Elizabeth Duff
Miss Eve
Council of Safety
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lovelace Pye
Georgia
Americus News
Double funeral for two sisters in Georgia
In Statesboro on June 11 a double funeral was held for two sisters. Mrs I Nesmith, 79, of Brooklet, and Mrs Vonne Johnson, 73, of Atlanta, died earlier at Bulloch County Hospital and an Atlanta hospital respectively. Services were at Paul Johnsons home on Portal Highway with interment at Brenau cemetery. Nesmith survived by husband and three children from a prior marriage. Johnson by three sons Sam, Paul Johnson and Grover Johnson.
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Statesboro
I. §. Nesmith
Brooklet
Vonne Johnson
Atlanta
Paul Johnson
Portal Highway
Breneau Cemetery
Nesmith
J. P. Akins
Dock Akins
Ed Tillman
Johnson
Sam
Grover Johnson
Bulloch County
Reynolds School Dinner and Sudden Death in Reynolds
Reynolds school teachers held a dinner at Miona Springs when Mr. Amp Posey died suddenly in his Reynolds home. Newsom shipped 40 crates of Mayflower peaches. Wales Ingram returned from Kentucky after theological studies. Minnie Lee Underwood, wife of H F Underwood and daughter of H W Kimble, died. she was born Sept 7, 1875 and married in 1892. To be continued next week.
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Reynolds
Miona Springs
Amp Posey
H. F. Underwood
H. W. Kimble
Georgia public referendums on local and county measures
Voting results across numerous measures show mixed support. Items include county tax authority, local zoning, court procedure tweaks, and metropolitan district changes, with numerous counties voting for or against each proposal and precinct level repeal outcomes varying widely.
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Talbot
A. C. L. Railroad
Eugene Anderson
Macon Telegraph
Circle Mills
Columbus Roberts
Roberts
Massachusetts
Bone
South Carolina
Talbot Farmer
Bibb
GA. U
Europe
Oglethorpe Private Infirmary
Bessie Tift
Bury
von Page
Supreme Court
Swainsboro
Richmond County
Dekalb County
Fulton County
Chatham County
Glynn County
City of
Dalton
Quitman
Milledgeville
Cordele
Carrollton Eastman
M. Valley
McRae
City of Albany
City of Dublin
Ware County
City of Waycross
Panhandle
Carsonville
Daviston
Dar Howard
Austin
Cedi Creek
Potterville
Jesonville
Howard
Gerald Creek
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