Georgia Politically Charged Parley Sparks Judicial Race Beginnings
The Democratic State Executive Committee meeting in Atlanta last week ignited candidate declarations for state judicial posts and legislative offices. Frank B. Willingham, Forsyth, qualified for Flint circuit judge. Harvey Kennedy seeks re-election. Joe L. Houston declares for solicitor general of the Tift circuit. Ocilla bar backs Forehand for judge. Clifford Campbell rumored for Congress. other races and election reform issues surface in county jurisdictions.
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Atlanta
Democratic State Executive Committee
Frank B. Willingham
Forsyth
Flint Circuit
Georgia
Mercer
Harvey Kennedy
Barnesville
Flint
Ocilla Bar
Mr. Forehand
Eve
Clifford Campbell
White Superior Court
Congress
John Wood
Country Johnson
Peter Walton
Monticello
C. S. Baldwin Jr
Milledgeville
Ocmulgee
Thomaston
Free Press
Gordon Knox
Brunswick Circuit
Appling County
Grand Jury
Jeff Davis County
Appling
Knox
Tegal
Appling Jury
Bacon County
Exchange Club of
Moultrie
Colquitt County
W. A
Willie) Williams
Peach County
Sam Welsch
Marietta
Cobb
Cobb County
Harold Willingham
H. Williams
Claude Hicks
Raymond Reed
C. C. Walker
Ben Hill
Marshall- Ville
Senate
Macon County
Sam ‘Iner
Meeks
J. H. Rowland
Johnson County
Johnson, Wilkinson and Jones
Lizella Lumber Firm Destroyed by Fire in Georgia
Fire at Hamlin Lumber Co. near Lizella caused five hours of flames raging through a shaving shed and saw mill. Loss estimated well over 100000 dollars with 110000 feet of lumber and 40000 feet of finished oak flooring destroyed. W A Stokes night watchman. no insurance.
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Lizella Lumber Firm
Macon
Hamlin Lumber Co
Lizella
Henry Hamlin
W. A. Stokes
Georgia Power Company
William H Stewart Dies in Columbus After Prolonged Illness
William H. Stewart died May 20 in his Peabody Apartment Columbus after a long illness. Born October 19 1903 he was 45 years 7 months and 1 day old. He endured amputation of both arms near the shoulders and both legs from the hips after a decade of operations and hardship. The City Hospital staff and local friends showed deep care and a $2000 Bill Stewart Memorial medical library was established there. The Stewart family thanks the community, Parson Jack and the Baptist Tabernacle choir for support and tributes.
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William Henry
Bill) Stewart
Chraing
Earth
Peabody
Columbus
Stewart
City Hospital
Bill
Bill Stewart
Boy Scouts to Play Ball Each Monday Afternoon
All boys are requested to meet on the school ball diamond and play ball Monday afternoon before the regular weekly meeting. Scoutmasters Rev. J. W. M. Stipe and Prof. W. H. Elliston.
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Boy Scouts
J. W. M. Stipe
W. H. Elliston
Thompson Backs Huge Appropriation For Georgia Schools
Gov. M. E. Thompson backed an unprecedented 83 million dollar education appropriation for Georgia next year. He spoke at the State College for Women commencement on a minimum foundation program to raise teacher salaries and expand university funding. The plan, tied to the education committee report, would boost salaries and fund school buildings and equipment. Degrees were awarded to 161 candidates led by GSew President Guy H. Wells.
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Milledgeville
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
State College For Women
Thompson
Georgia Education Association
Guy H. Wells
Nanette Daniel
Griffin
Gsew Alumnae Association
Patsy Malcolm
Gloria Doughtie
Columbus
Carolyn Hancock
Atlanta
Betty Hayes
Editth Lewis
Vidalia
Gretchen Waldrop
Mary Ann Aiken
Macon
Margie Ann Dial
Monroe
Dorothy Welborn
Ashland
Ala
Mary Bargeron
Waynesboro
Services at Mt. Pisgah Announced for Sunday
Pastor J. H. Stanford leads Mt. Pisgah Church with Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. and preaching at 11:30 a.m. from Exodus 20. An evening service of song prayer and preaching follows at 8:00 p.m. Visitors welcome.
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Mt. Pisgah
J. H. Stanford
Mt. Pisgah Church
Large Crowd Attends Farm Bureau Meeting at Butler High
Between five and six hundred men and women from the local Farm Bureau and Ladies Auxiliary gathered in a joint session at Butler High School auditorium last Saturday evening. Judge T. Hicks Fort of Columbus led the program with Walter Wainwright and Mrs. Ed Wilson among others. A barbecued dinner followed, and Hon. Herman Talmadge was unable to attend due to illness.
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Farm Bureau
Ladies Auxiliary
Butler High School
T. Hicks Fort
Columbus
Walter Wainwright
Ed Wilson
E. H. Dunn
J. W. M. Stipe
R. L. Coleman
Herman Talmadge
Star Mail Route To Supplant Service By Midday Trains
The Butler and Reynolds post offices and surrounding lines between Macon and Columbus will lose mail trains one and two next Sunday.Geo. K. Greer district supervisor will launch a star route for midday mails with a schedule near the railroad plan.Express for this territory will be carried by trains three and four.
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Butler and Reynolds
Macon
Columbus
Geo. K. Greer
Birmingham
Butler
Hubert Calhoun Seeks Solicitor General Post in Chatta hoochee Circuit
Columbus reports Hubert Calhoun, former South Dakota bound general, will qualify to run again as solicitor general of the Chatta hoochee Circuit. Calhoun left in 1942 for Army service after six years in the post and 21 months in the Pacific. The current solicitor general Ed Wohlwen der is not expected to seek reelection, with Arthur Copeland having held the seat briefly in 1944.
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Columbus
Hubert Calhoun
Chattahoochee
Calhoun
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Pacific
Ed Wohlwender
Wohlwender
Arthur Copeland
Counterfeit Ten Dollar Bills Reported in Thomaston Territory
Thomaston Ga bank officials warn counterfeit ten dollar bills are circulating in the area. Eight counterfeit notes with the same serial number G59267442C were detected on May 29. The origin and full scope remain under investigation.
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Thomaston
Sidney Moore Announces Senate Run From Montezuma
Montezuma attorney Sidney Moore enters the race for the state senate from the 13th district which includes Macon Schley and Sumter counties. Under the rotation plan Macon county would select the senator for the next term.
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Sidney Moore
Montezuma
Senate
State Senate
Macon
Schley
Sumter
Parker Dies at Geneva Home After Golden Anniversary
Wm Frank Parker born 1869 dies Monday at his Geneva residence following their 50th wedding anniversary celebration. He was born in Chattooga County and attended Paron Primitive Baptist Church.
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Geneva
Frank Parker
Parker
Mr. Parker
Chattahoochee County
Paron Primitive Baptist Church
Mrs Edmond Watson Dies in Buena Vista at 73
Mrs Edmond Lee Cordelia Watson a native of Marianna Florida died at the home of her son Rev Coy Watson in Buena Vista Friday afternoon. She was 73 born April 15 1875. Survived by two brothers two sisters six sons three daughters thirty three grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral held in Marianna with Rev C A Huckaby interment at Damascus cemetery. Pallbearers included grandsons Otis Watson Calvin Lee Watson Fred Watson Alvie Silas and Clifford Love.
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Edmond Lee Cordelia Watson
Marianna
Fla
Coy Watson
Buena Vista
Watson
B. E. Joyner
Miami
Jeff Joyner
Pensacola
Julia Gray
Mattie Hambrick
Milton, Fla
W. T. Watson
Cottonsale
J. C. Watson
Vander Watson
Columbus
Huston Watson
Cottondale
Geeley Watson
Phenix City
Ala
Della Love
Blakely
Minnie Lee Sexton
Audrey Mashburn
Panama City
Calvin Lee
Fred Watson
Alvie
Silas
Clifford Love
Brides Day at Reynolds Methodist Church
Sunday designated as Brides Day at Reynolds Methodist Church with a morning service for all brides and couples, a longest and shortest married couple gift, and an invitation to attend Sunday School at 10 a.m. and evening hymns at 8:30 led by Pastor W. Park Smith.
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Reynolds Methodist Church
the Reynolds Methodist Church
W. Park Smith
Georgia Women to Be Honored by Postage Stamps
Bills approved by the House in Washington authorize a three cent series honoring Juliette Low Savannah native who started the first Girl Scouts troop in 1912 and Moina Michael Ath ens originator of the World War I Memorial Poppy tribute. The measures move to the Senate for further action.
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House
Washington
Senate
Juliette Low
Savannah
Girl Scouts In America
Moina Michael
Athens
Thomaston Rites For W. B. Watson
Funeral services for W. B. Watson 54 were held at the First Methodist Church Thomaston. Burial followed in Glenwood Cemetery. Watson died in an Atlanta hospital after a brief illness. He was a Thomaston native and a prominent merchant, former Chairman of the Upson County Welfare Board, a Shriner and a Kiwanis member.
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Thomaston
W. B. Watson
First Methodist Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Mr. Watson
Atlanta
Upson County Welfare Board
Kiwanis Club
James H. Hart Succumbs To Long Illness
James H. Hart died Saturday night after several months illness at his Ellaville home. He was 48, longtime Ellaville postmaster since 1934, WWI veteran, and member of Ellaville Baptist church, Masonic Lodge, American Legion, and Lions Club. Funeral held at Ellaville Baptist Church with pallbearers and postal officials honored at the grave in Ellaville Cemetery. Survived by wife Endine Murray Hart, a daughter Jimmie Sue Hart, two sisters Mary Edgar Witt and Esther Thigpen, and brothers Henry Hart and Sollie Hart.
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James H. Hart
Ellaville
Hart
E. J
Evelyn Stokes Hart
Ellaville Methodist Church
Ellaville Cemetery
Julian Bonner
E. C. Mauldin
Harry Collins
P. L. Gill
John Lester Lightner
S. T. Barnes
Escaped Convict Joe Randall White Captured in Detroit
Detroit police recaptured Joe Randall White a 43 year old white convict who escaped from Taylor County public works camp on April 5. Detectives found handcuff keys and 565 dollars on his person. He offered the money for release, saying it might help if handcuffs were used again. He was serving embezzlement charges from Fulton County at the time.
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Joe Randall
Taylor County
Detroit
Randall
Fulttén County
Marketing Season For Peaches Opens With Favorable Outlook
The first hundred crates from the W. J. Butler packing shed grown by Butler and Campbell Jones moved to eastern markets. The peaches are large due to drought and of fine quality with good prices expected. Walter Wainwright a major local grower also anticipates early shipments and strong prices.
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W. J. Butler
Messrs
Butler
Campbell Jones
Walter Wainwright
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Dem
L. P. Austin
Fitzgerald
Bud Walker
Austin
Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club
W. B
William Henry Stewart
Young Ladies of the Baptist Tabernacle
Star Mail
Star Route
Sd.-Gen
F. Parker
Edmond Watson
Marianna, Fla
Joe Randall White
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