Georgia Weather Drought And Tragedies Highlight Week
Mercury peaks at 98 across Georgia as drought harms crops and pastures. Fatalities include two black victims and four white individuals on state highways. A new Montezuma veterinary hospital opens. Mercer University graduates number about 225. State deaths include Mrs. Buchanan and Elaine Neely. Six Agnes Scott trustees named and faculty promoted. The Marion superior court convenes June 28. Ravens and lightning cause fires in Hartwell. Putnam County records a second drowning when Drew Davis, 48, drowns after falling from a boat. Georgia reports its first rabies death this year. Elbert County notes its oldest white citizen, Mrs. Dixon Rowsey, died aged 101. Mercer hires two new faculty. A Columbus man, Joseph Strong, dies after poisoning himself. Monroe resident H. A. Ray dies in Texas. Bessie Tift College class day readings published. Georgia seeks segregation policy limits in court fight notes. Lions Club leadership named in two counties. Sumter Fat Cattle Show and Sale expanded. Nearly $5 million for military housing units proposed. Eugene Stetson donates $50,000 to Mercer Diversity. Albany experiences rapid growth and rising per capita income.
St. Philip A. M. E. Church to Host Annual Conference
St. Philip A. M. E. Church of Butler completed a rally raising 792 dollars toward entertaining the Americas District Annual Conference of all A.M.E. churches next fall. The church hopes pledges will bring the total to the full amount and thanks friends of all races for their help.
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Green Valley honors and local tragedies cross Georgia scene
Slaughter Watson of Ashburn dies at 64. Bessie Tift College marks its Golden Anniversary with 1929 class Silver Anniversary. Queen Esther pageant crowns Rose Lancaster and Carl Allen in Macon. A Moultrie woman linked to granddaughter's death is found dead with a self-inflicted wound. Columbus marks tribute to City Attorney Wm de L Worsley. Georgia leaders named for 1955 March of Dimes. Farm ponds grow with 27 000 ponds statewide. Georgia Supreme Court upholds death sentence for two Negros in Reidsville. Mercer University grants honorary degrees to four ministers and R A Chappell. Barber Shop Quartet singers gather in Washington. Duke grants degrees to 40 Georgia students. Carbide and Carbon plant explosion injures 25 in Charleston. Housing goals debated in Washington. High school suicides rise in Los Angeles area. A Chattanooga centenarian recalls Civil War friends. King Bros Circus van crash kills three roustabouts and six horses.
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Georgia Leaders Dominate Southern Baptist Convention
Georgia figures dominated the Southern Baptist Convention as Dr. J. W. Merritt of Atlanta was elected senior secretary, retiring after 28 years. The convention also elected Dr. J. W. Storer Tulsa Okla president for a second term and named Homer G Lindsey Jacksonville Fla first vice president, O R Shields St Louis second vice president, J W Burton Nashville registration secretary, and Peter Routh Nashville treasurer. A proposed transfer of the Atlanta based radio commission was delayed for at least a year amid opposition to the debt plan for a major church-building drive.
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Stampede at Georgia theatre sparked by firecracker blast
Reports say between 700 and 800 people fled the Georgia theatre after a 14 year old boy set off a firecracker during the show. Butler is noted as afflicted by late night firecracker incidents. In Bibb county two young Black children drowned Friday at a lake near Walnut Creek bridge when a boat incident occurred. a sister perished aiding her brother, their bodies recovered four hours later.
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