Georgia Week in Review Highlights LocalDeaths and Events
The week’s Georgian items include the death of Bernard Awtrey a Marietta editor and educator. Other notes report crop yields near Sylvester and Macon county, a lightning fatality in Alabama, church dedications, political moves and candidacies in Atlanta and Savannah, legal and crime updates, and community projects from food to prison yard work. Local obituaries and notable appointments mark a busy period across cities like Milledgeville Savannah and Macon with multiple county notices and civic happenings.
Prisoners to be Housed at Hamilton Jail in Georgia
Federal prisoners in the Columbus division of the Middle Georgia District Court will be moved to the new Hamilton jail in Hamilton Georgia. Muscogee County Jail was closed weeks ago at the urging of a county commission majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. George Nelson
Muscogee County
Recorders Court
Columbus
Hamilton
Middle Georgia District Court
Plaque Unveiled for Americus High School Principal Hale
Civic leaders and students unveiled a plaque in Americus honoring the late Charles M. Hale, longtime principal of Americus High School who died earlier this year. Tom Marshall Jr., a member of the current graduating class, chaired the student memorial service planning committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Charles M. Hale
Americus High School
Tom Marshall
R. E. Avera Rites Held at Roberta
Funeral services were held today in Roberta for Robert E. Avera 66 president of the Crawford County Bank who died at his Hamilton home. He served as Crawford County Commission chairman for 16 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Brown
South Georgia
Crisp County
Confederate Veterans
Arabi
Roberta
Robert E. Avera
Crawford County Bank
Hamilton
Avera
Crawford County Commission
Mules Confused by Breuth Trick in Sparta Area
Farm mules in Sparta Georgia suffer from tangled rows after dry weather stunted cottonseed, farmers replanted between old rows. Heavy rains followed causing mules trained to spare cotton to pull plows and tear out entire plant rows.
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Sparta
Man Burns To Death In Macon Plane Crash
Macon Ga June 15 One man died and another seriously injured in a flaming airplane wreck Sunday Russell Trawick 20 barber burned to death pilot James M Mathews 28 severely hurt Mathews former Mercer University football player licensed pilot for Air Lines Company of Chattanooga on vacation at home here hospital said condition fair
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Russell Trawick
James M. Mathews
Fayetteville Girl Dies After Highway Crash
Miss Adelaide Lunsford an 18 year old Fayette County High School graduate died at Griffin hospital after a truck side swiped her car on a hill crest. Five companions were injured Carl Watkins J B Reid Ruth Harp Ruth McBride and Harold Calloway were treated at the hospital. Wesley Stubbs of Woolsey Ga was identified as the truck driver in the crash that occurred Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Adelaide Lunsford
Fayette County
Griffin Hospital
Carl Watkins
J. B. Reid
Forrest Park
Ruth Harp
Ruth McBride
Harold Calloway
Inman, Ga
Hicks Roots and Dixie Cafe Eggs Highlight Georgia Local Notes
The column traces Hicks family roots from Macon County to many Middle and South Georgia counties, notes Anne Hicks teaching in North Carolina after Teachers College, and reports Dixie Café Butler using A F Guinn farm eggs from 3,400 White Leghorns. It also covers R L Swearingen purchasing Reynolds Chevrolet and political chatter on Hugh Howell and Eugene Talmadge in Butler.
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Hiton and Marshall
Reynolds
Georgia State Collee
Hicks
Macon County
Mr. Hinton
Tennessee
Knwn
Garden Valley
House of
Middle
South Georgia
Anne Hicks
North Carolina
Teachers’ College
Dixie Cafe
Butler
A. F E. Guinn
Guinn
Mr. Guinn
WPA
Nor Am Living
Swearingen
Chevrolet
R. L. Swearingen
Charlie Neisler
Hugh Howell
Gene Talmadge
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Butier
Fort Valley Baptists to Lay Cornerstone
Fort Valley Georgia plans a Sunday afternoon cornerstone laying for the new Baptist church. The ceremony on June 28 at 5 30 will be led by Rev. M D Reed, with a crowd of visitors and former members expected. The cornerstone bears the dates 1852 and 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Valley
Fort Valley Baptists
New Baptist Church
M. D. Reed
Carreker Slated For Doyal's Place
Atlanta June 15 The Constitution says G B Carreker comptroller general is to be appointed by Gov Talmadge to succeed the late Paul Doyal of the state revenue commission Former Congressman Homer Parker is slated to be Carreker's successor Carreker succeeded Wm B Harrison as comptroller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
G. B. Carreker
Talmadge
Paul Doyal
State Revenue Commission
Homer ©. Parker
Constitution
Carreker
Wm. B. Harrison
Georgia Letter Carriers Convene in Cordele on July Fourth
Cordele Georgia June 11 Royal E Smith secretary of the Georgia State Association of Letter Carriers says plans are nearly complete for the annual convention to be held in Cordele on July 4 The event will feature numerous entertainment options including a barbecue and dance and aims to ensure a successful gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Nix declines run for Georgia governor
Abit Nix, grand master of Georgia Masons, announced he will not seek the governor’s office this year. He urged supporters to accept his decision as final, citing Masonic duties and his professional load as reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Yeomans
Georgia
Atlanta
Abit Nix
Georgia Masons
Rainey seeks Democratic support for Chattahoochee Superior Court
A Buena Vista, Georgia candidate, T B Rainey, asks voters in the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit for support and a vote to become judge of the Superior Court, noting it is subject to Democratic Executive Committee rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit
Democratic Executive Committee
T. B. Rainey
Buena Vista
Superior Court of
Chatahoochee Circuit
George C, Palmer
Harvey and Williams to Albany for new federal charges
Federal officers prepared for a rapid transfer of Leland Harvey and Robert Williams from Nashville to Albany jail to face new charges. The indictment accuses transporting a stolen Georgia car into another state and links them to past crimes including kidnapping and escape from a Troup County chain gang. The two are reported to be headed for a high security prison, with arrival time undisclosed.
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Leland Harvey
Georgia
Robert Williams
Nashville
Tenn
Albany
Harvey
Alcatrez
San Francisco Bay
al Capone
A. Edward Smith
Williams
Nahville
Macon
R. M. Chandler
Troup County
Fred
Davis Seeks Public Service Commission Seat
Thos. K. Davis of Meigs Thomas County Georgia runs for the Public Service Commission. He was born in Thomas County near Cairo and raised in the Decatur County settlement now Grady County. He taught ten years and was postmaster at Meigs under Wilson, served three terms in the state legislature, chaired Meigs School trustees, and has been a Bank of Meigs officer for 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. K. Davis
Meigs
Thomas County
Georgia
Cairo
North Carolina
Decatur County
Grady County
Bainbridge
State Normal School
Athens
Wilson
Meigs Schools
Bank of Meigs
Campaign letters from Perryman and Davis for state offices
The letter from JONES PERRYMAN seeks re election as Solicitor General of the Chattahoochee Circuit with September 9 Democratic Primary date. THOS K. DAVIS asks Georgia voters for continued support as Public Service Commissioner also tied to the September 9 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattahoochee Circuit
Chattahooche Circuit
Chattahoochee
Jones Perryman
Georgia
Commission
Thos K. Davis
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EWS
Bernard Awtrey
Marietta Hospital
Co. H. Lee
Sylvester
James Bisson
Una Francis Moore
Anniston
Ala
Warren A. Cumiler
McRae Methodist Church
Luther Ivey
The
Americas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dawson
W. W. Taylor
Southern Railway
Valdosta
James L. Wells
Sloan Paper Co
Co. M. Dixon
G. E. Davis
Associated Press
United States
Augusta
Swainsboro
Aubrey Miller
Carrollton
Lake Powana
Harry Jennings
University of Georgia
Union Recorder
Milledgeville
Robert N. Lloyd
Rome, Ga
Mitchell Lake
Georgia Court of Appeals
Jack Jarrell
Savannah
Blackshear
Otto Wright
Rome
Kennesaw Mountain
Kennad National Park
Ideal
Oglethorpe
Marshallville
National Safety Council
New Georgia
Reidsville
Duncan A. Fletcher
U. S. Senate
Florida
Washington
Sumter County
Pomona Products Company
Griffin
Roosevelt
National Democratic Campaign Fund
Henry Grady
Broadway
Arenoitch
Martha Ponder Moore
Sycamore
States
Paul H. Doyal
Georgia Revenue Commission
McRae
Indian Mounda
Tom Shytle
Adel News
Gordon Institute
Barnesville
United States Army
Secretary of War
Cudahy Packing Company
Abe J. Davis
County Health Board
Fort Valley
Frederick Post, American Legion
Newton Jordan
A. A. Marshall
Montezuman
General Assembly
Muscogee
Kate Harris
Leesburg
Miss Harris
Thomas Bilhanski
Federal Penitentiary
Southeast
Bard
Milledgeville State Hospital
John W. Oden
A. G. Nelson
A. H. Hansel Thomasville
Westmer Movement
Glennville, Ga
Treasury
Postoffice and Agricultural Building
Monticello, Ga
Batson-Cook Co
West Point
Donald A. Maddox
H. A.maddox
Regents of the
University System of Georgia
Southern Broadcasting Company
WGST
Homer Lawson
Gainesville
Charles Howard
Lizzie Mae
Byromville
St. Simon's Island
Frederica
Georgia Colony
Yamatraw
Jas. M. Mathews
First Presbyterian Church
Marietta
Lernard Awtry
Kenown
Harvey J. Kennedy
W. M. Keenan
L. M. Clark
8. E. Clark
Indian Springs Pool
Clarke
Macon Telegraph
Evening News
Floyd Kendrel McTyier
Washington, D. C
J. W. Salter
Frances Cassell
Burke’s Garden
McTyier
J. Floyd McTyier
New York City
Young Men's Christian Association
U.S
Plasue
Doyal
Letter Carriers Plan Convention
Nix
Superior Court
Pub. Service Comm'r
Soap Sale
U. K
Ivory
Oxydol
O. B. Bankston Butler
Coupy Chattahoochee Cinere
C. Frank McLaughlin
Bottling CO
Manchester, GA
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