Honors Extend Mrs Prather and Mrs Martin at Flower Show
The Columbus flower show awarded grand sweepstakes to Mrs Andrew Prather for horticulture and Mrs Glenn Martin for arrangements. The event held at the Exhibit Hall and Fine Arts building, under United Garden Club direction, featured home themed floral displays and prizes including roses, a silver bowl, and a blue ribbon for best buffet table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Andrew Prather
Glenn Martin
United Garden Club
Fair Grounds
Lawrence Murray
Grady Porter
Jack Passaillauge
J. W. Woodruff
Marshall Wellborn Jr
Prather
Columbus Rose Society
Martin
Nazarene Hospital in Columbus May Become Health Center
The City-County Health Board starts a survey on converting Nazarene hospital into a health center. Attorney Theo McGee says the government could assume the deficit of about 132000. 100000 has been paid to former owner Dr John Bush. The hospital closed Feb 29 due to high costs and reverts to its owner July 1 unless debt is liquidated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo McGee
Nazarenes Committee of Trustees
McGee
John Bush
J. A. Thrash
J. Hubert Carraway
The
Health Board
Nazarene Committee
Local School Employees Organize Crusade for Children
Taylor County teachers and leaders join a county committee to raise funds for the United Nations Crusade for Children. State officials and 4-H director urge rapid organization with Georgia headquarters in Atlanta forthcoming details within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Martha H. Dunn
E. H. Dunn
R. L. Coleman
M. D. Collins
University Extension Service
Walter Brown
W. A. Sutton
United Nations
Crusade For
Sollins
Mr. Sutton
Georgia
Collins
United States
Iceland
Europe
Asia
United National Appeal For Children
Georgia State
Atlanta
Mother Drowns Infant Son in Tub in Marietta
Police in Marietta Ga report Mrs H R Gilbreth calmly confessed to drowning her four month old son Harold Jr in the bathtub. The infant was found face down with the water running. CPR failed. Her husband consented to a lunacy warrant and she was taken to an Atlanta hospital. The couple also has a five year old daughter Anna Beverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Ernest Sanders
H. R. Gilbreth
Harold Jr
Gilbreth
Sanders
North Georgia Farm to Undergo Major Modernization Demo
A 168 acre dairy farm near Winder owned by M. H. Larllye and E. C. Blakely will be transformed in a large scale soil conservation demonstration on May 12. The event, organized by the Oconee River Soil Conservation District and local leaders, will feature 100 farm machines, heavy earthmoving, terraces, ponds and fencing to revive productivity. More than 30,000 spectators are expected. the project aims to add about $20,000 in property value and produce feed for a 30 cow herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Larlyle
E. C. Blakely
Winder
Oconee River Soil Conservation District
Carlisle
Blakely
Georgia
Soil Conservation District
Winder Chamber of Commerce
Soil Conservation Service
The
Atlanta Journal
Civic Clubs
Atlanta
North
Piedmont
Carlisle-Blakely
Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Workers
Mr. Carlisle
R. L. Colvin
J. D. White
H. C. Williams
Barrow
T. T. Brown
FHA
J.L. Etherdige
Lost City of Troy in Macon County Chronicle
An old Macon item details the Town of Troy in East Macon laid out by Melancthon Cutter and surveyed by Geo. A. Smith. The 1834 map survives as a tracing from 1894, showing Hydroller Center Fort Siam Cantonment and other streets from an era when Fort Hawkins guided the area.
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Macon
Achilles
Agamemnon
Ulysses
Paris
Troy
Melancthon Cutter
Howard D. Cutter
East
Geo. A. Smith
Howard Cutter
Clerk of Superior Court
Fort Street
Siam Street
Cotton Street
Cantonment Street
Ft. Hawkins
Byron
Bridge Street
Fifth Street
Old Town of Troy Recalled by Land Lawyers
Cutters Green sits above the river as lawyers trace titles to land in the long-forgotten Town of Troy, a place well known to those studying regional property records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutters Green
Troy
For Sale Peas Tomatoes and Plants in Butler Georgia
Five varieties of white peas and about 30 pounds of yellow crowder peas for sale at 30 cents per pound. Nice tomato plants at 25 cents per C. Item listed by J. T. Mathews in Butler Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Mathews
Butler, Georgia
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Nazarene Hospital
City- County Health Board
E. L. Davis
Butler Ga
Breiler
N. L. Halley Reynolds
North Georgia
Childs Tire Shop
Butler
Charing
Mark Norwich Parks’ Mill Howard Wesley Church
Old
Carsonville
Carsonville Court Ground
McCants Mill Rupert Southland
C. C. Cooper
Fire King
Sauc
Dixie Bargain House
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