Georgia news roundup includes deaths, elections and education
Mount Berry commencement graduates 123. Mitchell county begins oil drilling. Tattnall prison inmate stabbing fatal. W E Thomas dies at 75 former judge of southern circuit. B B Littlejohn elected president of Columbus Educational Association. B M Moore WWI veteran funeral. Georgia Republicans split into factions at rival conventions. L N Allen shows rare stone plowpoint. C A Goedert drowns at Macon. Lula Hay Americus dies. Mary E Carswell portrait to be presented at UGA Alumni meeting. Louise D E Herndon dies. Indian tornado mentioned by overseas son John O Neal. R E Martin buys Sessions Lake near Dublin. Shorter College to seek $200000 endowment. Ouida Lee Garrett and Vivian die in Laurens County fire. 4932 WWII veterans disability claims in Atlanta. Mark Smith named trustee of Georgia Education Association. Vincent Orr wins Georgia FFA speaking finals. B E Adams resigns as state news editor Macon Telegraph. 32 Coolidge area residents bitten by dog rabies risk. P T McCutcheon to operate Vogel State Park. peach growers meet at Macon on federal marketing measures. Cecil Justice drowns in Chattahoochee. Julian Pate donates sterling vases to Hawkinsville First Baptist in memory of parents.
Shep Oliver Resigns to Join AAA Peanut Division
Dawson Georgia May 21 Shep Oliver resigns as general manager of the Dawson Cotton Oil Co and will leave June 1 for Washington to join the Triple A in the peanut division Oliver previously held the role with the government before coming to Dawson in September last year
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Dawson, Ga
Shep Oliver
Dawson Cotton Oil Co
Washington, D. C
Triple-A
Oliver
Dawson
Oliff Re-Elected Head of Andrew College for 3-Year Term
At the Andrew College annual trustees meeting in Cuthbert Georgia President S C Oliff was re elected for another three year term. He is completing his fifteenth year as head. New trustees include Jas R Key of Columbus Dr Howard Key’s son and Rev A W Reese of Columbus was elected board president. F M Reid of Cuthbert was re elected vice president. Several pastors and leaders joined the board as trustees. The college reports its best year with all bills paid and a strong student body. A $200000 fundraising campaign is under way across South Georgia. Dr Joseph Cook cited a Columbus appeal set for Sunday.
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Board of Trustees
C. L. Shepard
Ft. Valley
F. M. Reid
Cuthbert
C. M. Jackson Jr
Macon
Ed Stevens
Dawson
W. E. McTier
Columbus
St. Paul Church
Board of Education
South Georgia Conference
H. T. Freeman
First Methodist Church
Albany
Anthony Hearn
Thomasville
Cliff
Andrew College
Andrew
South Georgia
Joseph Cook
Columbus Methodist Churches
Judge W. E. Thomas Dies in Valdosta
Valdosta Georgia May 23 Judge W E Thomas longest serving Superior court jurist in Georgia by years on bench died in a Valdosta hospital He had served on the bench since 1911 and was solicitor general for 11 years before that time.
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Valdosta
W. E. Thomas
Georgia
Thomas
Gneral
Persons Family Linked as Sponsor of New Warship Forsyth
Forsyth Georgia marks a naval milestone as USS Forsyth splashes in Cleveland with Miss Mary Persons, daughter of R. T. Persons, banker and manufacturer. She breaks the bottle, continuing a family legacy tied to Forsyth and the Persons name in Georgia civic life.
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Forsyth
Cleveland
Persons
U S. Navy
Mary Persons
R. T. Persons
G. Ogden Persons
Superior Court
Mary Harry Persons
Georgia
Forsyth High School
Miss Persons
Bessie Tift College
Monroe County
Imacon
Bibb County
Charles L. Bowden
Macon
Georgia aviation mate aids pass near Jap base
Marvin Flournoy of Ft Gaines Georgia, a Second Class aviation mate in the U S N R, took part in a daring air rescue near Rabaul. From the after station of a Catalina patrol plane he threw a life ring to two P 38 pilots adrift seven hours while enemy shore batteries fired. Flournoy is son of W D Flournoy.
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South Pacific
Marvin Flournoy
Ft. Gaines
Rabaul
Sixth Naval District Public Relations Office
Navy
Flournoy
W. D. Flournoy
Dean Chapman Plans Postwar Georgia Land Clearing Plan
University College of Agriculture Dean Paul Chapman proposes a state sponsored postwar land improvement program. Ex servicemen would operate federal surplus machinery to clear underbrush and fill gullies, reclaiming thousands of acres at no cost to farmers and boosting mechanization and farm income across Georgia. The plan, supported by the Agricultural panel of the Georgia Progress Board, envisions public sponsorship and employment for returnees.
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Athens
Georgia
Georgia Pro Board
Paul Chapman
University College of Agriculture
Dean Chapman
Chapman
Progress Board
Cason Callaway
Hamilton
Tom Linder
Atlanta
J. Iy Pilcher
Meigs
Pearce Layfield
Harris County
Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
Arnall
L. V. Howard
Sug. Tess
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Mount Berry
Mitchell County
Tattnall Prison
B. B. Littlejohn
Rose Hill School
Columbus Educational Association
Buena Vista Methodist Church
B. M. Moore
L. N. Allen
Hiawassee
C. A. Goedert
Ohio
Herbert Smart
Lula Hay
Americus
Mary E. Carswell
School of Home Ec
University of Georgia
W. S. Conrow
New York
Louise D. E. Herndon
South
J. M. Worthy
John O'Neal
Effie O'Neal
Hartwell
India
Hart County
Royston
South Carolina
R. E. Martin
Alabama
Sessions Lake
Dublin
Linton Malone
Laurens
General Assembly
Shorter College
Liberal Arts
Georgia Baptist Convention
Ouida Lee Garrett
Walter Garrett
U. S. Army
Vivian
Laurens County
The
Veterans‘ Administration
W. H. Davis
Southeastern Rehabilitation Conference
Mark Smith
Georgia Education Association
W. P. Jones
Vincent Orr
Jonesboro
FFA
Georgia Ffa Association
Abraham Baldwin College
Tifton
B. E. Adams
Macon Telegraph
Southern States Forest Fire Commission
Admas
Coolidge
Thomas County
P. T. McCutcheon
Georgia House of Representatives
Vogel State Park
Neel Gap
Union County
McCutcheon
O. C. Welborn
Blairsville
Cecil Justice
Charles Justice
Chattahoochee River
Holland‘s Creek
Cyril
Cecil
Julian Pate
Tampa
Fla
Willie Pate
State Purchasing Office
Hawkinsville
First Baptist Church
M. M. Pate
Mattie W. Pate
W. A. Childs
Butler, Georgia
AAA
Washington
Forsyth Family
Georgia Aviation
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