Georgia News Roundup Highlights Deaths and Education
Five Georgians died in weekend highway crashes and a prominent Atlanta civic leader Hal Salfen was named president of the Georgia Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mercer University expects about 225 graduates on June 7, while a two million dollar UGA TV station for a continuous education center was approved. Georgia people, places, and events include the Mountain Rose peaches shipped from Gray, a wave of segregation rulings and political stance, notable deaths such as Chessley B. Howard and former congressman Welchel, and ROTC plans at Fort Valley State College.
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Hal Salfen
Atlanta
Georgia Junior Chamber of Commerce
University of Georgia
University System Regents
Americus
B. Frank
Welchel
Gainesville
Congress
Georgia
State Supreme Court backs Stewart County school board action
The state supreme court upheld the Stewart County grand jury election of two new county school board members amid a battle over school consolidation. The ruling said disqualification rules do not apply to electing board members. The broader dispute centers on plans to consolidate white and Negro high schools with Lumpkin, with related litigation ongoing.
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Atlanta
Stewart County
State Supreme Court
F. R. Hobbs
C. H. Conington
E. H. Peavy Jr
W. G. Thrower
J. T. Humber
Peavy
Hobbs
Throw
Haliday Pearce
Perry
Thrower
Stewart Superior Court
Cleveland Rees
Supreme Court
County Board of Education
Lumpkin
Columbus Pastor to Depart After Annual Conference
Dr. Leonard Cochran, pastor of St. Luke Methodist Church in Columbus for five years, announced during Sunday worship he will leave after the upcoming annual South Georgia Methodist conference. He asked church members to support activities under a new pastor and did not name a successor.
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Columbus
Leonard Cochran
St. Luke Methodist Church
Cochran
St. Luke
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