Local notices and community life span Talbotton era
Poetic reflections on life death and love mix with notes on Seniors graduation and Memorial cemetery tributes. Local features praise Christian Home Week pool season safety and a bank Magic City display by Citizens & Southern National Bank touring Reynolds and Butler with dates May 19 to 21.
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Georgia Bank
Taylor County
Georgia
Citizens & Southern National Bank
Reynolds and Butler
Citizens State
Reynolds
Bank
Court House
Butler
Butler High School Band To Play At Piedmont Festival
The Butler High School Band travels May 16 to Madison to join the Piedmont Band Festival at Morgan County High School Stadium. Four bands perform two numbers each, ending with a combined band. guest conductor Leon Culpepper leads the final two marches. Butler, Lithonia, Washington, and Morgan County bands participate.
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Butler High School
Madison
Morgan County High School
Leon Culpepper
Macon
Butler High
Lithonia High
Washington High
Morgan County Band
Butler
Frank Erickson
Rigney
Macon Woman Charged With Murder in Four Deaths
Annette Lyles of Macon, widow of a restaurant owner, is charged with murder in the arsenic deaths of her daughter Marcia, her husband Ben Lyles Jr, her husband Joe N. Gabbert, and her mother in law Mrs. Ben Lyles Sr. A secret autopsy and state lab tests found arsenic in all four bodies.
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Macon
Annette Lyles
Marcia Lyles
State Crime Laboratory
Marcia
Ben Lyles Jr
Lyles
Sol
Ben West
Herman Jones
Atlanta
Campbell
Bible Medical
L. H. Chapman
Bibb County
Typing Champion Mrs Guy Sees Students Win State Awards
Mrs Edith Guy at Butler High School has guided students to two state typing awards in 1957 58 at Mercer University with Herb Walker second in boys typing and Louella Maddox third in girls typing. Her program emphasizes speed and accuracy and has a history of state and regional wins.
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Edyth Guy
Butler High School
Butler
Mercer University
Herb Walker
Louella Maddox
Walker
Guy
Gregg
Oglethorpe University
Georgia Southwestern
Business Training Institute
Macon
University of Tennessee
Delta Pi Epsilon
Albert Adams dies suddenly at 74 near Howard
Albert Creed Adams 74 died of a heart attack at his home near Howard Tuesday morning. He was born July 31 1883 in Upson County worked as a farmer in Howard area, member of Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church. Funeral service held at Howard Methodist Church with Rev Tigler Greer officiating. Interment in Howard Cemetery. Survived by wife Sophonia Cook Adams two daughters Virginia Brannon and Taylor Bone two sons A Clem Adams and James R Adams one sister and one brother and 13 grandchildren. Edwards Funeral Home in charge.
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Albert Creed Adams
Howard
Mr. Adams
Upson County
Joseph R. Adams
Mary Caldwell Adams
Shiloh
Tigler Greer
Howard Cemetery
Sophonia Cook Adams
Virginia Brannon
Butler
Taylor Bone
Warner Robins
Messrs
A. Clem Adams
James R. Adams
Chamblee
Clem Waters
Reyniolds
George
Sumter County Boy Saves Mother From Rattlesnake Bite
In Americus a 13 year old Oliver Millwood used student trained first aid to treat his mother Mrs. Ralph Millwood after a rattlesnake bite while she watered a garden. He cut the ankle with a razor to remove venom as he learned in a Junior Red Cross course led by principal D C Burk. The mother recovers.
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Americus
Sumter County
Ralph Millwood
Oliver
Red Cross
D. C. Burk
Mrs. Millwood
Georgia Peach Crop For 1958 Set At 3.5 Million Bushels
Georgia Crop Reporting Service forecasts the 1958 peach crop at 3.5 million bushels, the largest since 1951, with last year at 2.1 million and 1951 at 3.975 million. Harvest is expected to begin later than usual due to cold weather, while nine Southern states total production is projected at 15.418 million bushels, 30 percent above 1957.
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Athens
Georgia
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Thomaston Woman Receives Special Citation
Miss Jennie Jenkins of Thomaston Chamber of Commerce received a Special citation at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Executive Association luncheon. She is honored for aiding two ill tourists passing through the city, recognized as exemplary chamber emergency action. Signed by Penn Worden and Milt Fletcher.
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Jenkins
Thomaston Chamber of Commerce
Thomaston
Jennie Jenkins
Georgia Chamber of Commerce Executive Association
Penn Worden
Atlanta
GCEA
Milt Fletcher
Rome
Mrs Mattie Whittington Dies in Jacksonville At 81
Mrs Mattie Virginia Whittington 81 former Taylor county resident died in Jacksonville Florida early Sunday. She was widow of Rufus B Whittington and longtime Jacksonville resident. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Goddard's Funeral Chapel Reynolds with Rev Charles Davis officiating and burial at Hill Crest Cemetery Reynolds. Survivors include two daughters Mrs D K Kirk and Mrs Sol Vining and two sons R B and H D Whittington. Goddard Funeral Home Reynolds had charge.
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Mattie Virginia Whittington
Taylor County
Jacksonville
Fla
Rufus B. Whittington
Main Street Baptist Church
Hill Crest Cemetery
Reynolds
E. T. Shealy
E. H. Joiner
R. E. Aultman
J. H. Brewer
Herman Parks
Henry Hicks
D. K. Kirk
Sol Vining
Marshallville
R. B
H. D. Whittington
Goddard Funeral Home
Dormitory Project Approved at Wesleyan College
A proposed $300000 dormitory for Wesleyan College was approved by the Macon Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission. The three story masonry and concrete building will house 100 women and face the lake on the north campus. Funding was approved by the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency. The commission also approved a 40 lot Greenbriar Subdivision expansion and granted a rehearing on a gas station under construction by Fickling and Walker.
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Macon
Wesleyan College
Macon-Bibb County
Greenbriar
Riley
David Thornton
Fickling & Walker
May 20 Trial Date Set for Griffin and Dunn in Georgia
In Atlanta Fulton Superior Court the trial for R A Griffin and Baxley Mayor J M Dunn on three counts is scheduled for May 20. Griffin is charged with influencing the governor and the indictment also names Cheney Griffin and Dunn with influencing the governor and with cheating and swindling.
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Griffin
Dunn
Atlanta
R. A. Griffin
Baxley
J. M. Dunn
Fulton Superior Court
Cheny Griffin
Home Coming Day Observance At Bethel Church
Bethel C M Church will observe Home Coming Day next Sunday with Sunday school at 10 30 a m and morning worship at 11 30 a m Rev Jerry Partain former pastor now in Rockmart will speak at the morning hour Lunch will be served at noon The 2 30 p m afternoon service features Rev Curtis Barnes of the First Congregational Methodist church Columbus All current and former members are invited to participate in this day of fellowship and worship
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Bethel
Jerry Partain
New
Rockmart
Curtis Barnes
First Congregational Methodist Church
Columbus
Taylor Mill Baptist Church Hosts Annual Rally Day
Sunday School Rally Day at Taylor Mill Church features Rev. Hugh Brinkley of Thomasville as guest minister during morning worship. Lunch will follow, with singing the main feature of the afternoon session. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Taylor Mill Baptist Church
Hugh Brinkley
Thomasville
Rattend
Bids on Highway To Be Opened On May 23rd
The State Highway Board and Rural Roads Authority will open bids May 23 on 18 projects totaling about 2.29 million dollars. Involves Upson and Talbot counties with widening and resurfacing on the Thomaston Griffin Road and a new bridge with paved approaches on the Flint River Woodland Thomaston road.
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Atlanta
State Highway Board and
Rural Roads Authority
Upson
Thomaston-Griffin Roard
Thomaston
Talbot and
Flintriver
Woodland-Thomaston
Talbot
Democratic Party Meet This Week in Atlanta
A subcommittee of the State Democratic Executive Committee meets in Atlanta this week to lay groundwork for the September 10 primary. They will submit recommended rules to the full committee in Atlanta on May 23 to set closing dates and entry fees.
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Atlanta
Democratic Executive Committee
Edward Dean longtime Norcross resident dies at 6
Edward Dean a Norcross native and oldest member of the Norcross Baptist Church died at home Friday at 6 pm He formerly worked as baggage master for Southern Railway retiring 18 years ago He is survived by his wife two sons four daughters grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services were held at the Norcross Baptist Church with burial in Norcross cemetery
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Edward Dean
M. P. Dean
Butler
Norcross
Mr. Dean
Thomas W. Dean
Laura N. Dean
Dean
Deam
Norcross, Baptist Church
Henderson
Norcross Cemetery
Messry
Edwin M. Dean
Marshall P. Dean
Frank
Grace) Chalmers
Atlanta
Jack
Mildred) Smith
Jimmy
Annie Mae) Lay
Fred Johnson
Margaret
John Montgomery Named One of County's Progressive Farmers
The article highlights John Montgomery as a progressive farmer and notes national and local projections. A Department of Agriculture report released to the County ASC office forecasts 1958 net farm income 5 to 10 percent higher than 1957 due to larger soil bank payments and higher receipts from marketings. ASC Chair H A Sealy cites Demand and Price Situation showing gains in prices and income in early 1958 with March prices at five year highs.
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Department of Agriculture
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
ASC
H. A. Sealy
Cemetery Cleanup Request in Butler by Garden Club
The Citizens of Butler are urged to cooperate with the local Garden Club to clean Butler Cemetery. Please place all trash in designated signs and keep walks clear by each lot. Cemetery Committee urges community participation.
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Butler
Garden Club
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Southland
Bryan
Talbotton
Louis Coolik
Jarrell’s
Buena Vista Patriot
Lovelacre Hair
Marion County
Lake Blackshear
Crisp County
Bernice McCullar
The
Central Railroad
Roy Fowler
A. B. Gordy
Mr. Fowler
N. T. Fowler
Butler School
Edith Guy
Jesse Bone
Albert Adams
Howard Methodist Church
Mattie Whittington
Bethel C M. Church
Taylor Mill Church
Democratic Party
John Montgomery
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