Lamar County Truck Yields 350 Gallons of Moonshine Whiskey
Barnesville officers led by Mayor Henry Hunt Chief Sam Taylor and Patrolman Tubby Usery seized a steel tank containing 350 gallons of moonshine whiskey on Zebulon Road near Barnesville during a routine check. A fleeing driver escaped into woods after a chase in which Officer Usery tripped.
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Lamar County
Barnesville
Henry Hunt
Sam Taylor
Tubby” Usery
Zebulon Road
Usery
Permanent administration sought for J. T. Cochran estate
Georgia Taylor County notice states Robert T. Cochran applied for permanent administration of J. T. Cochran's estate. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the sheriff's office within legally allowed time to show cause why administration should not be granted. Witnessed by Ordinary J. R. Lunsford on June 7, 1954.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Robert T. Cochran
J. T. Cochran
Public Legal Sale In Taylor County Georgia 1954
A 1948 Studebaker Sedan seized for transporting liquor will be sold at public auction on June 19, 1954, at 11 a.m. before the courthouse door in Taylor County. The sale follows a condemnation order by Judge T Hicks Fort. Sheriff Charlie J Wright and Deputy J W Mott Jr. oversee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Taylor County
Georgia
Studebaker
Billy Graham
T. Hicks Fort
Judge Superior Court
Charlie J. Wright
J. W. Mott, Jr
Chapman Named State Conservationist in Georgia
C W Chapman of Athens was named to succeed the late J G Lindell as Georgia State Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service. Williams announced staffing changes in Athens and Decatur with A D Searcy to replace Hall as state soil conservationist and George Dicklinson to Decatur. Chapman, a 1932 UGA agricultural engineering graduate, has served since 1954 as deputy state conservationist and has lived in Athens with his wife and four daughters. The program supports 27 conservation districts covering about 37.25 million acres and 85,000 cooperators.
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C. W. Chapman
Athens
Julian G. Lindell
Soil Conservation Service
Washington
D. A. Williams
SCS
Chapman
Lindell
Georgia
University of Georgia
Williams
O. D. Hall
A. D. Searcy
Decatur
Hall
Searcy
George Dicklinson
Spartanburg
S. C
Emanuel County
Garfield
Boswell
Park Service
Forest Service
Americus
Tifton
Army
Command and General Staff
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Ft. Benning
Fort Valley Child Pamela Andrews Dies After Long Illness
Four year old Pamela Andrews of Ft. Valley died after a years long brain illness. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Andrews Jr. she underwent treatment in Denver after local donations of about 3000 dollars funded the flight and care.
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Fort Valley
Ft. Valley
Pamela Andrews
J. W. Andrews Jr
Denver
Colo
Middle Georgia
Carrie
Macon
Augusta
Atlanta
Andrews
Pam
Ex-Savannah Official Shot to Death Friday
Savannah reports former city alderman G. S. Cubbedge was shot to death Friday. Police held 35 year old W. W. Warren as a person of interest after a discussion over money prompted the fatal shooting according to Lt. Thomas Mahoney.
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Savannah
G. S. Cubbedge
W. W. Warren
Thomas Mahoney
Chatham County Police
Cubbedge
Warren
Heard County Girl Wins Vocabee Trip to Washington
Sue Worley of Glenloch Heard County, a Centralhatchee High School graduate, won the Ledger's first Vocabee contest. She will travel to Washington D C for a week's sightseeing and be feted by Georgia congressmen. Accompanying her are her English teacher Ruth Taylor and Ledger editor Carlton Johnson. Johnson will report highlights for readers. The contest urged word mastery in 13 Georgia counties and attracted thousands of high school contestants.
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Columbus
Centralhatchee High School
Chattahoochee Valley
Ruth Taylor
Carlton Johnson
Ledger City
John
Sue
Attahoochee Valley
Ledger
R. W. Brown
Georgia
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Thomas A. Edison
Georgia Power
Chevrolet
Taylor County Motor Co
Reynolds, Georgia
J. R. Lunsford, Ordinary
J. G. Lindell
Heard County
Mr. Farmer
W. T
Dixie) Harrell
D. W. Payne
Eae Reynolds
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