Blind Rome student tops Rome High School graduating class
Deana McCord age 18 is the top honor graduate at Rome High School not able to write her name yet, learning longhand before voting. She has a 97.25 senior year average and has been recognized as the most intellectual in her class. She will attend Emory University and plans a summer math course.
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Rome
Rome High School
Deana McCord
Ralph McCord
Deana
Emory University
Atlanta
Former Crawford County Man Dies in Los Angeles
Funeral services were conducted June 5 for Swantz Hamilton 63 formerly of Crawford county who died after a long illness He was a World War I veteran Survivors include two brothers Floyd Hamlin Macon and Bill Hamlin Godfrey and four sisters Mrs W L Dent Ft Valley and Mrs Tom Bailey Mrs Wescott Millicons and Mrs Lee Baldwin Macon
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Swantz Hamilton
Crawford County
Floyd Hamlin
Macon
Bill Hamlin
Godfrey
W. L. Dent
Ft. Valley
Tom Bailey
Wescott Millicons
Lee Baldwin
Methodist Conference Adopts Integration Plan At Columbus
The South Georgia Methodist Conference approved a constitutional amendment to allow local option self determination on Negro church entry into white conferences. The vote was 232 to 132 in favor, with proponents calling it fair and protective, while opponents warned of Northern pressure toward full integration at the next General Conference.
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Columbus
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Methodist Church
Methodist
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Minneapolis, Minn
General Conference
Juvenile Court Obeyed by Sumter County Grand Jury
Americus Ga A Sumter county Juvenile court became a reality after the second successive superior court grand jury recommended its creation Judge Cleveland Rees will supervise the setup The two grand juries also urged consolidation of county school districts and asked that drivers at least 16 be tried in Superior City and Recorder's Courts for traffic offenses.
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Americus
Sumter County
Superior Court
Cleveland Rees
Sumter
City and County Board of Education
Superior, City and Recorder’s
Disabled Workers urged to file for Social Security benefits
In the Columbus area disabled workers should file to establish disability under Social Security promptly. Officials warn that missing the July 1 deadline could forfeit benefits, with monthly disability payments available for July 1957 to qualifying workers aged 50 or older who became totally disabled before January 1955. The June 30 deadline applies to those under 50 disabled for long periods, and failure to act may forfeit disability, age 50, old‑age, or survivor benefits.
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Columbus
R.E. O’neal
Social ‘Security Office
One of Nation's Worst Highway Crashes Near Fayetteville
A fiery collision between a van and a truck carrying farm laborers killed 17 and injured 10 near Fayetteville on June 6. Among the dead were four Georgians Harrison Head Jr M M McGoran J B Davis Gustin French. Injured Georgians include Horace Burnette Joshua Dykes Richard McCrary.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Georgia
Harrison Head Jr
Ft. Valley
M. M. McGoran
Valdosta
J. B. Davis
Macon
Gustin French
Atlanta
Horace Burnette
Joshua Dykes
Augusta
Richard McCrary
Federal funds approved for Buena Vista low rent housing plan
The Public Housing Administration in Washington approved $6400 in federal funds to cover planning operations for 32 low rent housing units in Buena Vista.
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Buena Vista
Public Housing Administration
Washington
Barnesville Votes to Outlaw Carnivals After Kiwanis Fair
The Barnesville City Council and Mayor W B Smith Jr outlaw carnivals within city limits after the Lamar County Kiwanis Fair in fall. In Atlanta T W Williams Revenue Commissioner may resign June 28 to run for governor next year.
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W B. Smith Jr
Lamar County
Atlanta
T. W. Williams
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Butler, Georgia
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