Field Day Observed by Co Colored Schools in Taylor County
Field Day exercises were held at the local high school for colored students Friday April 23. Local school won first places in the 5th 7th and 9th spelling contests with Rupert Reynolds and Potterville second. Johnnie Mae Mims of Butler school won the declamation. A tie in the math quiz between Elewese Bentley Reynolds and Edith Norton Butler. Reynolds High won Home Economics with Phillips in second. Outdoor events featured six foot high jumps by Howard Dent Reynolds and Eugene Gray Butler and a hunting yard dash won by General Gray Butler.
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Taylor County
Rupert
Reynolds
Potterville
Johnnie Mae Mims
Butler School
Elewese Bentley
Edith Norton
Butler
Reynolds High
Phillips
Howard Dent
Eugene Gray
Gen. Gray
Annual Home Coming at Bethel C M Church
The Bethel C M Church announces its Annual Home Coming to be held Saturday, May 10 led by Pastor O S Sheets. The event marks a long-standing observance since the church’s organization. Gordon, May 5.
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Bethel C. M
O. S Sheets
Havana Mayor Ends Life After Water Promise Failures
Manuel F. Supervielle, Havana mayor, shot himself at his Vedado home amid intensifying criticism over pledged water works and inadequate supply. The 54 year old former lawyer left notes for his wife and an unknown judge, died an hour after the gunshot despite hospital efforts.
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Havana
Cuba
Manuel F. Supervielle
Hig
Vedado
Fernandez Supervielle
Pauchy
Havana College of Law
Pres. Gran San Martin
Republic
Printer and Wife Donate Mansion for Orphanage
Conyers Georgia May 3 an Atlanta printer and his wife gave their savings to found the Jolley Home an orphanage operated by the Free Methodist church. They turned over 10000 to establish the home in Colleen Moore mansion for about 100 children and will live there until death.
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Conyers
Atlanta
Colleen Moore
E. O. Jolley
Route 7
Free Methodist Church
G. A. Gaines
Georgia
The
Jolley
Judge Fort Describes Divorce as Threat to Nation
Superior Court Judge T. Hicks Fort opened the Muscogee May term by deploring rising divorces. He warned drunken drivers are “potential killers” and urged license suspensions for offenders as he urged the home as the nation’s bulwark and urged reforms cannot be imposed by ballots or clubs.
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Columbus
Superior Court
T. Hicks Fort
Grand
America
Muscogee Superior Court
Fort
Rivers
Sigour
Savannah Mayor Declares 24 Hour Cleanup of Social Clubs
Savannah May 1 Mayor John G Kennedy announced a 24 hour deadline to shut down social clubs hosting slot machines and gambling paraphernalia. Police will seize equipment and arrest operators while officials urge strict enforcement and civic duty.
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Savannah
John G. Kennedy
5 Miles by Railroad Is 17 Miles by Mail
Yonkers New York March 2 1930 a bundle of about 60 letters destined for Bronxville stored for 17 years was found hidden in a Yonkers railroad station rafters near the post office. Station Master Rogers turned the bundle to Postmaster Cronin with plans to deliver after formalities, including a post office inspectors' review. Authorities believe the letters were stolen from a mail shipment and hidden by a thief who could not return.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Bronxville
New York Central Railroad
Wm. Rogers
Wm. Cronin
South Georgia Grower Jane Preston Wins At Moultrie Contest
Jane Preston of Zebulon earned second place in the girls statewide week vocal solo contest held in Macon after a series of plan sessions in Moultrie among grape growers from South Georgia.
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South Georgia
Jane Preston
Zebulon
Moultrie
Macon
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Co. Colored Schools
Gordon
C. V. Young
Vaughnell Harrison
Young
Jarrell Realty Co. EK. F. Jarrell
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Macon, Georgia
Kem
G. H. Goddard & Son
Howard Block Company
Jessie Jones
Howard, GA
Ford
P.S
Payne Motor Company
Butler, Georgia
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