Valdosta Welcomes The Thompsons To City With Mammoth Barbecue
Acting Gov M E Thompson visits Valdosta to celebrate his gubernatorial victory and mark an end to the political war. A banquet at the Country Club hosts state officials, with a 6000-person barbecue planned for Saturday at the Valdosta Lowndes County Livestock Auditorium. Thompson urges a new era of good feeling as opposition legislators join the celebration.
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Valdosta
M. E. Thompson
Valdosta and
Lowndes County
Thompson
Country Club
Georgia
Pearl Stephens remembered in Forsyth ceremony
The article recalls Pearl Stephens known as Miss Pearl, who taught at Whittle School in Macon and at Pearl Stephens School. A memorial program in Forsyth features speakers Alfred Willingham Maria Hertwig Augusta Worsham and includes unveiling a picture of Miss Stephens. Former pupils join in plans noting lost records hinder a full pupil list.
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Muscogee County
Ralph Banks
Forsyth
Pearl
Butler Male and Female College
Butler
Old Mt. Zion Church
Monroe County
Peabody
Nashvill
Tenn
Macon
Kursyth
UU Macon
Asu
Bibb County
Miss Stephens
Katherine Zellner
Wesley
Stephens
Pearl Stephens School
Board of Education
Clay Murphy
Chevrolet Seeks Oldest Chevy Truck for New Model Reward
R L Swearingen invites Taylor county owners to enter a nationwide Chevrolet search for the oldest truck still in active service. The winner receives a brand new Advance-Design Chevrolet truck of choice. Entries must be at a Chevrolet dealer by June 15 with 1947 plates and earliest serial number determining the oldest vehicle.
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Taylor County
R. L. Swearingen
Chevrolet Motor Division
United States
Mr. Swearingen
Swearingen
Chevrolet
Truman Plans Georgia Trip for Roosevelt Memorial Ceremony
President Truman will visit Georgia on June 25 to attend the dedication of a memorial at Warm Springs to Franklin D. Roosevelt. He conferred with Georgia Governor Thompson and National Democratic leaders about party status in the state and Georgia's 1946 belt.
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Atlanta
Harry S. Truman
Georgia
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
M. E. Thompson
Washington
National Democratic
National Democratic Party
Mr. Thompson
W. T. Dean
Theate Senate
National Committee
Oman
Virginia
Geo. Killion
Democratic Party
White House
Drop in State Revenue Seen
Atlanta reports Georgia fiscal officers brace for a recession and a cut in state revenue by autumn. Tax payments due March 15 delay immediate effects, with July 1 tabulations expected to define a revenue slump. Excise revenues from beer wine and liquor are falling, with a 10 percent drop possibly costing about 2.4 million dollars next fiscal year.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Post Office at Elko Burns Down in Midnight Fire
Perry May 10 The U S Post Office and general store run by Mrs Winnie Ailes postmaster at Elko nine miles south of Perry burned to the ground Thursday at midnight Postal Inspector H H Hudson of Macon said several parcel post packages money order forms and some mail were lost but the damage could not be estimated immediately Nothing was saved
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Perry
U. S
Winnie Ailes
Elko
H. H. Hudson
Macon
Georgia Sealed Bid Call for Flint River Bridge Project
The State Highway Department of Georgia invites sealed proposals for a new Flint River bridge and 0.668 mile approaches in Upson and Taylor Counties on Thomaston Butler Road. Bids due May 23 1947 at 11 A M EST. plans available for a $5 85 plan fee and $2 50 specs.
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State Highway Department of Georgia
Capitol Square
Atlanta
Flint River
Upson & Taylor
Thomaston- Butler Road
Upson & Taylor Counties
State Highway Department
Upson & Taylor Department
Macon
Board of County Commissioners
Upson &Taylor Counties
Thomaston
Butler
United States
theState Highway Department
Georgia
Department of Industrial Relations
J. C. Beasley
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C. C. Cooper
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