Sidewalk Gleanings from the Pine Mountain Home Feature
Old Timer notes praise for Pine Mountain Children's Home Meansville under Rev C P East and wife, with Adaiah Newton pictured and stories of 26 other children urging readers to donate. Mentions loyalty of Foster Cox and a local postmaster examination, plus local vignettes and a humorous shop scene.
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Herald
Pine Mountain Children’s Home, Inc
Meansville
C. P. East
Adaiah Newton
Sunshine
Adaiah
J. H. Newton
Butler
Butler Garden Club Founded In 1939 With Local Ties
The Butler Garden Club organized March 27 1939 at Mrs C E Newton home with sponsor Mrs G Frank Oliphant from Macon The charter list includes many local members and Marion West elected first president The club set green and pink colors and met monthly later shifting to the first Sunday After 1940 the group grew to 34 members In 1941 the club held its first flower show and discussed building a club house Memorial plantings included a rose garden dogwood crepe myrtle and magnolia plantings across city properties
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Butler Garden Club
C. 8. Newton
G. Frank Oliphant
Jeanette Wallace
Vineville Garden Club
Macon
L. A. Shirley
Oliphant
Bertha Bazemoic
C E. Benns
B. J. Dyrd
M.A. Chapman
T. L. Fountain
Eli Garrett
L. R. Dean
R. C. Montgomery
Marion West
C. E. Benns
B. J. Byrd
W. A. Childs
Butte
Tom Fountain
Bernard Walker
Legion
R. L. Sutton
Eli Costa
F. J. Gilbert
Court House Square
All Taylor
Pastors Call to Worship at Antioch Next Sunday
Pastor J H Stanford invites all to Antioch Baptist for Sunday school at 10 30 a m Bible study with Philip Jarrell and superintendent. Preaching at 11 30 a m and 7 30 p m with song prayer and praise. Read Galatians 6 4 for study and discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eew Baptist Church
Philip Jarrell
Emory Hosts White Night for Senior Nurses
In Emory University Theology Chapel on March 10 the second annual White Night saw ten senior nurses receive registered nurse pins and don white uniforms for the first time. Betty Fehring, daughter of Mr and Mrs Al Fehring of this city, was among the honored. Diplomas and degrees will be awarded in June with families attending the candlelight ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory University
Theology Chapel
Betty Fehring
al Fehring
Seno
Eunice Fuller
Montezuma Kiwanis Sponsor Glee Club Appearance
The Kiwanis Club of Montezuma sponsors the University of Georgia Glee Club concert at Montezuma High School auditorium Friday March 28 at 8 pm. Public invited for an entertaining musical evening with advance tickets available at the sponsor office or at the auditorium night of the show.
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Kiwanis Club of
Montezuma
University of Georgia Glee Club
Montezuma High School
Complete Shake-up in State Vet Service Dept
Atlanta March 16 report says a full overhaul of the State Veterans Service Department will occur April 1 with three top leaders to be replaced. Flannery Pope of Dublin Garland Byrd of Butler and Billy Barrett of Augusta expected to win top posts formerly held by C. A. Cheatham Paul Ellis and Jim Colvin.
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Atlanta
Veteran's Service Department
Flannery Pope
Dublin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Garland Byrd
Butler
House of Representatives
Billy Barrett
Augusta
Talmadge
C. A. Cheatham
Macon
Paul Ellis
Jim Colvin
Veterans Education Division
State Veterans Service Department
Local Pastor Announces Sunday Worship Program
Local pastor outlines Sunday worship with Sunday School at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m and 7 36 p m The Week of Dedication ends Sunday Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p m Miss Mary Luna Cheek is president The youth choir will sing both services Everyone is welcome and urged to participate in offerings and Holy Communion to carry on the ministry.
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James A. Gibson
Mary Luna Cheek
Christ
Gates Named to Georgia Citizens Council by Governor
Announcement notes the appointment of Harold S. Gates to the Georgia Citizens Council. His term runs immediately and continues until 1951. Gates is superintendent of the Bible Manufacturing Company at Taylor Mill and is a well known Taylor County citizen.
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Harold S. Gates
Georgia Citizens Council
Gates
Bible Manufacturing Company
Taylor Mill
Taylor County
Winners Announced In Soil Conservation Essay Contest
Macon Telegraph and News announced winners from the county wide contest. Reynolds school dominated both A and B classes with Miss Sylvia Sweringen and Miss Barbara Hollis taking top spots in A, and Miss Mary Wainwright and Mr Leonard Whatley winning in B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon Telegraph and News
Sylvia Swearingen
Reynolds School
Barbara Hollis
Mary Wainwright
Leonard Whatley
Macon
New Express Bus From Thomasville to Atlanta
Modern Bus Corporation launches an express service connecting Atlanta Albany Thomasville and Tallahassee. Northbound departure from Tallahassee 3 30 p m Thomasville 4 40 p m arrival Atlanta 9 15 p m stops Camilla Albany Americus Thomaston none in Butter. Southbound from Atlanta 11 50 a m to Thomasville arrival time not shown.
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Atlanta
Albany
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Modern Bus Corporation
Eaving
Camilla
Americus
Thomaston
Deanne
Sam Lee Corbin Dies After Long Illness at Home
Sam Lee Corbin, aged about 63 years, a respected local Negro and former janitor at Butler School, died after a yearlong illness. Funeral services were led by Rev. C. E. Hudson and the local colored Methodist pastor. Surviving are his wife Jaranda Corbin and nine children.
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Sam. Lee Corbin
C. E. Hudson
Butler School
Sam Lee
Jaranda Corbin
Local Vital Statistics Registrar Named in Georgia
Officials of the Georgia Department of Public Health announced a change in the state Vital Statistics division. Mr. Lee Posey of Route 3 Reynolds is commissioned as local registrar to succeed the late Joe Amerson in Militia District No 1722, Taylor County.
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Taylor County
Georgia Department of Public Health
Lee Posey
Route 3
Reynolds
Joe Amerson
Lost pocket watch in Butler with reward offered
A small yellow gold double case pocket watch with chain and knife was lost in the Butler area Saturday. A liberal reward is offered to the finder. J. W. Edwards II, Butler, Ga.
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Butler
J. W. Edwards II
Butler, Ga
Garland Byrd Resigns As Taylor Co. Representative
Funeral services were held March 10 at Antioch Baptist Church for Mrs Laura K Smith 74 who died at her Thomaston home Interment was in the church cemetery Survivors include six daughters and three sons with relatives in Thomaston Fort Valley Macon Philadelphia and Marshallville Texas and other areas
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Antioch Baptist Church
Laura K. Smith
Thomaston
Church
H. C. Haywood
H. Adams
Macon
W L. Barfield
Philadelphia
J. M. Bickley
Marshallsville
R. G. Dawson
A. P. Bickley
Ft. Valley
A. O. Smith
B. W. and
E. A. Smith
Bill
Augustus
Robert King
Texas
Revoking of Charter Columbus Law School is Being Sought
Columbus March 14 Thris in corporators were enjoined from operating the Columbus College of Law by Superior Court Judge T Hicks Fort. The court was told the charter may have been improvidently granted and the incorporators must appear April 22 with the Columbus Lawyers Club to argue why the charter should not be revoked.
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Columbus
Thris
Columbus College of Law
Superior Court
T. Hicks Fort
Thos. E. Sikes Ben T. Beasley Jr
Lillie B. Sikes
Columbus Lawyers Club
District PTA Conference Opens March 23 At Butler Methodist
The Fifth District Parent Teacher Association conference meets at Butler Methodist Church next Wednesday. Registration starts 10 15 a m with the program at 10 30. Lunch is served at 12 50. All PTA members are asked to bring a basket lunch.
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Butler Methodist Ehurch
Georgia News Snippets From Other Regions And Local Updates
Headlines note tax filing deadline and a fatal hotel burn in Valdosta. Reports cover a half million loss in Georgia liquor evasion probe, Columbus U bond vote, Miami bandit raid, jobless miners in Philadelphia, a GE shop in Atlanta, Georgia brick and tile production, a U S judgeship increase, large unclaimed rewards, farm labor progress, Confederate veteran W J Push 103 expecting 120, road crash near Covington, state school tax confidence, blue lupine visitors, melal crop, Garden Clubs meeting in Columbus, Toomsboro festival, new swimming pool for Negroes in Marietta, Klansmen pledge orderly meet in Macon, Senate filibuster ended by compromise, and a Columbus man arrested for car theft in Mobile Alabama.
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Valdosta
Georgia
Columbus U. K
Miami
Philadelphia
General Electric
Atlanta
U. S
Columbus
W. J. Push
Fitzgerald
Covington
M. D. Collins
Toomsboro
Mercer
Marietta
Eastern Star Chapter to Elect Officers Tonight
The local Chapter of the Eastern Star meets at the Masonic Hall at 8 this evening to elect officers for the ensuing year.
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The
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Resignation of Garland Byrd prompts special election in county
Hon. Garland Byrd resigns from the Georgia General Assembly effective March 14 to take a governor appointed role with the Georgia State Veterans Department. Judge Lunsford orders a special election for April 5 to fill the vacancy, with candidates including D. E. Byrd and John Turk. Byrd served two terms, titled in committees on Veterans Affairs and Ways and Means, and recently passed the bar exam.
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Taylor Coun Ys
General Assembly of Georgia
Garland Byrd
Herald
Byrd
Georgia State Veterans Department
Lunsford
Representative
D. E
Dock) Byrd
Panhandle
John Turk
Butler
Agile Aan
University of Georgia
State Court of Appeals
Georgia Supreme Court
Popular Local Girl Wins Musical Honor in District Contest
Betty McCorkle, Manchester High senior and daughter of Mr and Mrs Z R McCorkle of Rupert, will represent Manchester schools in the Fourth District music festival at Jonesboro as the vocal solo contestant after winning a preliminary try-out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Mercury
Betty McCorkle
Z R McCorkle
Rupert
Manchester
Jonesboro
Z. R. McCorkle
Jesup Faculty Poet Glenn Bacon Publishes Book
Glenn Bacon, longtime Jesup public schools faculty member and former Macon Little Theater director, has finished a poetry book to be released by Dekker Press of Prairie City HI. He also composes music, including two Okefenokee Suites for piano, and hails from Macon where he once directed the theater.
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Jesup
Glenn Bacon
Jesup Public Schools
Macon Little Theater
Dekker Press
Prairie City
Bacon
Macon
Little Theater
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Foster Cox
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
Cox
Builer
Cting
Carl D. Hobbs
Hughland Chapan
Hoyt C. Clarke
Forest Brown
J. Austin
Cecil W. Parks
Lork P. Anthony
William F. Gray
U. S. Senate
Herald Office
Dixie Bargain Store
Baptist Church
Ason Elliston
Jason
Avek
Pasty
Antioch
J. H. Stanford
Emory
Montezuma Kiwanians
University Glee Club
Gov
Sam Lee Corbin
Sion
Taylor Co
Columbus Law School
District
PTA
Messrs
D. E. Byrd
Jesup School
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