Reynolds High School Con tests Highlight Week of Achievement
Reynolds High School showcased a week of contests across Bible Memory Association studies YMCA courses and local and statewide events. Students Mary Blair Sally Horton LaVanna Hartley earned Bible awards and a summer camp. others competed in Latin and historical essay contests with prizes and recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds High
Mary Blair
Sally Horton
LaVanna Hartley
Bible Memory Association
Henry Jelks
David Lastinger
Reynolds
Sue Fain
Sylvia Swearingen
Shirley Trussell
Robert Scranton
Emory University
Emory
Henry W. Grady
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Macon Telegraph
Tom Hawkins
Dean
Soil Conservation
Troy Whatley
Juanita Childree
Jeanne Brooke
Joyce Fuller
Julian Hollis
Ashburn
Richland
Rudolph Parks
Teenicide Defined As Youth Traffic Fatalities
A new term Teenicide describes deaths of drivers under 20 in car crashes. Public concern rises as youth leaders educators insurers and safety councils call for action to reduce reckless driving and immature judgments among teens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Company
Funk & Wagnalls
United States
Arga
Destructive County Forest Fire Damages Acres and Home
The County Forest Protection Unit battled the season’s largest fire which began on Whitewater creek at 11 a m Sunday April 23 and burned 3800 acres plus one house before Monday night containment aided by rain on Tuesday. Fire started by campers and carelessness. authorities urge caution and offer to assist with controlled burns and fire prevention. Contact Butler at phone numbers 95 or 8805.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Forest Protection Unit
Whitewater Creek
Butler
Local Social News Highlights From Downtown Visits
Mark News reports a flurry of Sunday and weekend visits among-area families. The Woodalls entertained Cromer family guests from Ideal, while Bessie Anthony and Ruth Lancaster joined Susie Lancaster for a visit. Numerous others traveled or hosted, including the Hill Morrison group, the Stewart and Dean Stewart party from Charing, Irma Grace Stewart from Atlanta, and the Montgomery families from Thomaston. Alton Heath hosted in Albany, with Turner and Wilder families visiting Tallahassee, and C L Turner hosting Hill guests. Robert Waller and others visited Milledgeville, and trips to St Mark, Florida, are listed among weekend plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Woodall
N. C. Cromer
Ideal
Bessie Anthony
Columbus
Ruth Lancaster
Susie Lancaster
In Memoriam J Riley Harmon Five Years On
Beulah Harmon honors her son J Riley Harmon who died March 12 1945. The poem recalls his memory with affectionate lines about his kindness and beloved presence. The mother asks for strength to bear sorrow and courage to fight the blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Riley Harmon
Beulah Harmon
Teen Drivers Unite On Safe Driving Initiative
Groups collaborate on a united front to prevent teenicide. Driver education instructors and teenagers accept the challenge to prove teens can develop safe driving habits, practice right attitudes, respect law enforcement, show sportsmanship, and learn to drive while staying alive.
Weekend visits and family gatherings in Taylor Mill area
Local residents hosted relatives and friends over the weekend across Manchester Ellaville Americus Macon and Thomaston. Notable encounters include Mr and Mrs Curtis Bartlett with Roy and Patsy Peacock and several trips to Macon for visits with Childrees and Gates family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Bartlett
Manchester
Roy Peacock
Patsy Perkins
Joyce Peacock
Byrd Posey
Thomaston
Lamar Rogers
Bill
Macon
Will Downs
Vance Mullins
Frank Peacock
Ben Childree Jr
Catherine Childree
Aubrey Peterman
B. F. Childree
Felton Hobbs
Ellaville
Little Ed Parker Honored On His Ninth Birthday
Mr and Mrs Ernest Parker celebrated their son Eds ninth birthday with a Saturday party. Children played outdoors then gathered indoors for gifts, singing, ice cream and cake. Guests included Patsy Brenda Sybil Perkins Vandy Gates Angela Underwood Carolyn Jesse Peacock and others. Mrs Parker was assisted by Mrs Carl Peacock Mrs Jewel Barnes and Miss Lillie Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Parker
Patsy
Brenda
Sybil Perkins
Vandy Gates
Angela Underwood
Carolyn
Jesse Peacock
Bill Rogers
Brown Bartlett
Joslyn Lovick
Yvonne
Marvis Palmer
Montie Youngblood
Rosa Gallman
Jarrell Peacock
James Childree
Ralph Windham
Imogene
Paul Bartlett
Sue Barnes
Margie Rayburn
Randy Hobbs
Robbie MelInvale
Parker
Carl Peacock
Jewel Barnes
Lillie Bartlett
Ladies Aid Met at Freewill Church for Fundraising
The Ladies Aid of the Freewill Baptist church met Sunday afternoon at Mrs. Eddie Windham’s home. They opened with The Old Rugged Cross and prayer, discussed church building fund plans, and named committees for devotion, program, and hospitality for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Freewill Baptist Church
Eddie Windham
Old Rugged Cross
C. H. Moore
Lamar Rogers
Carl Peacock
Hubert Arnold
Johnnie Windham
Murphy Named Talmadge Aide Chief of Staff
Atlanta on May 1 Gov. Herman Talmadge named B D Murphy his chief of staff replacing Senate candidate Alex McLennan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge Monday
B. D Murphy
Alex McLennan
Cox Confident Georgia Will Get Marine Depot Site
Congressman Eugene Cox told a Radium Springs luncheon that Georgia would secure the 25 million dollar Marine Corps Depot with Albany as the likely location. The depot, named to be the nation’s largest, has cleared the House Armed Services Committee and faces House debate this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Cox
Radium Springs
Georgia
Marine Corps
Albany
House Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
House of Representatives
Cox
House
Senate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mark News
Memoriam
Taylor Mill News
Irene Gregory
Georgia McGlamory
Americus
Lillie Mae Tomlin
Phyllis
Patsy Roberson
W. H. Roberson
Rubye Roberson
Vick Parker
Tifton
Calvin Bartlett
Patrick
Sams _ hospital
W. L. Carpenter
Rupert
Sara Parks
Billy Windham
Jim Windham
Lannis Childree
H. C. Bartlett
Loquita Gates
Betty Hancock
Pauline Gates
Gene Blackwood
John Gates
Fred Gates
H. Gates
Little Ed Parker
Ladies Aid of Freewill Church
Murphy
Talmadge
Marine
Robert M. Kerr
USMC
Marine Corps Band
Washington, D. C
Jay Trawick
Macon News
Dixie Flyer
Nancy Hanks
Central City Park
Washington D. C
Marine Band
E. L. Davis
Butler, Ga
Rpo
Emory F. Parr Reynolds
General Electric
Doyel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!