Gloria Burson Named Valedictorian at Thomaston Institute
Gloria Burson, Thomaston senior, becomes fourth in her family to win valedictorian honors at Robert E. Lee Institute for the 31948 class with a 94.89 average. Her brother William H Burson previously topped his class in 1945 and will graduate from the University of Georgia with an AB in Journalism.
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B. Burson
Gloria Burson
Robert FE. Lee Institute
Gloria
R. E. Lee Grammar School
William H Burson
Lee Institute
University of Georgia
Georgia native Roy North named Postmaster for Washington DC
Roy M. North of Georgia was nominated by President Truman to be postmaster at Washington DC. A career Post Office employee since 1909 he has served as postal inspector in St. Louis and Chicago and was Deputy Third Assistant Postmaster General since 1933.
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Washington
Roy M. North
Georgia
Truman
Washington, D. C
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W. C. Brake
Warm Springs
Post Office Department
Postal Service
St. Louis
Chicago
Georgia's Champ Speller Heads to National Bee in D C
Gloria Backer 13 of Macon leaves Sunday for Washington to compete in the National Spelling Bee at the National Press Club with coach William Brake of Lanier High School. About 40 champions compete. They will tour embassies, the White House, Capitol, FBI, Smithsonian and Mt Vernon before the Friday night banquet and weekend river cruise. Gloria and her chaperone stay at the Willard Hotel.
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Gloria Backer
Georgia
Washington, D. C
Macon Speller
William Brake
Lanier Senior High School
Seaboard
Atlanta Journal
Gloria
Sidney Backer
Washington
National Bee
National Press Club
B. S. Alleman
Department of Communication
American University
Lincoln and
Jefferson Memorial
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Pan-American Union
White House
U. S. Capitol
Congressional Library
Supreme Court
FBI
Smithsonian Institution
U. S. Naval Academy
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Mt. Vernon
Potomac
Anacostia
Lanier High School For
Willard Hotel
Nation’s Capitol
Boy Scouts to Meet at Local Methodist Church
The Local Troop No. 33 of the Boy Scouts of America will meet at 6 30 p m Monday at the local Methodist church for their regular weekly meeting. All boys who are Scout age are invited to attend.
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Boy Scouts of America
Sunday School Lesson Notes From 4 BIBI Roots Stones
An International Uniform Sunday School lesson notes list scriptures and a devotional reading. It includes Ezra 34:10-13 6:6-17 41:11-2 Ezekiel 11:16 37:26-28 Zechariah 6:9-16 and Psalms 66:1-7 as outlined study references.
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Ezra
Maekiel
Zechariah
The Temple in the Nation's Life
Analysis of the temple as a national sanctuary and why regular worship sustains public life. It cites biblical figures and psalms to stress reverence for God’s house, notes the link between church attendance and leadership qualities, and urges participation in public worship as nourishment for the soul.
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Abel
Noah
Abraham
Sinai
Mount Moriah
Solomon
Zerubbabel
God
David
R. Wannamaker
United States
Israel
One-Armed Minister Becomes Pilot, Leads Pen Chaplain
The Atlanta Federal Pen has a new chaplain known as the sky pilot after becoming the United States' only licensed one-armed clergy pilot. Henry P. Tucker, 38, survived a 1932 Scranton mine disaster with severe injuries and later earned divinity and arts degrees. He now flies and serves inmates at the penitentiary.
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Lakewood
United States
Scranton
Henry P. Tucker
Tucker
Ashland
Kentucky
United States Federal Penitentiary
Children drown after pond swim in Jonesboro
Four siblings defied parents and swam in a muddy cattle pond in Jonesboro Louisiana. All four children drowned.
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Jonesboro
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