Tommato Festival Draws Thousands to Glennville
The seventh annual Tomato Festival drew thousands to Glennville with a prominent speaker on the program. Also noted: Gen Lawton Collins stated Gen Douglas MacArthur violated orders by sending U S troops to the Yalu River, affecting Korea Manchuria border context.
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Glennville
Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Yalu River
Manchuria
Korea
Abundant Praise For Dr Porter Of Columbus
The writer recounts meeting Dr F S Porter a leading Georgia Baptist divine and tutor to Rev Gordon Hunter. They note Porter's long influence and remark on Georgia high schools holding closing exercises as the 12th grade arrives at Butler, affecting local commencement events.
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F. S. Porter
Columbus
Georgia
Gordon Hunter
Butler School
Peggie Jones Lee to Rejoin Leader Tribune as Associate Editor
Fort Valley friends are informed that Peggie Jones Lee will rejoin the Leader- Tribune staff on June 18 as associate editor. She previously served four years at the Tribune, two years as associate editor, then moved to Cochran where she has spent the last year with the Cochran Journal.
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Fort Valley
Peggie Jones Lee
Leader- Tribune
Lee
The
Tribune
Cochran
Cochran Journal
Memorial Group Forms for Ellaville Cemetery Care
A memorial association is organized at Ellaville to provide perpetual care for the city cemetery. The note praises neighbor city citizens for the effort and cites remarks by Sister Edna Cain Daniel. The piece also covers Georgia Farm Family Achievement Day at Athens College of Agriculture and lists twenty three Macon County farm Bureau Corn Contest entrants.
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Ellaville
Georgia
College of Agriculture At
Athens
Neighbor County
Macon
Macon County Farm Bureau
Roy A. Coogle
Buck Creek Farms
Bill Barnwell
Clyde Smith
Horace Harbuck
Monroe Denton
Armond Law
Elmo Bush
John Luckie
Wilbur James
Robert Gilibert
J. A. Luckie
E. L. Jenkins
Robert Lockett
Robert Kelley
Greer Greene
Walter Levie
L. L. Chamblee
Sam Riddle
Herbert Kitchen
A. W. Kitchens
Clyde Chapman
John Lee
Atlanta Journal wins Sigma Delta Chi public service award
The Sigma Delta Chi award for distinguished public service in newspaper journalism in 1950 was presented to the Atlanta Journal in ceremonies Thursday night, May 24. Wright Bryan, editor of the Journal, received a bronze medallion and a citation for a series of 15 articles which led Georgia's legislature to provide new funds for improving the state's public school system.
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Atlanta Journal
New York
Sigma Delta Chi
Wright Bryan
Journal
Georgia
Beulah Tale Reported From Buena Vista Party
Mrs Bernice Brown MecCullar recalls a Florida story of a man whose wife Beulah died He builds a mausoleum with rocking chairs where he sits beside her at set hours and opens the place to visitors She plans to see the site on her next Florida trip.
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Buena Vista
Bernice Brown MecCullar
Beulah
Florida
Mrs. Nunnally Celebrated On Ninety-First Birthday
Ernest Camp writes in The Walton Tribune of Monro that Mrs. Wm. H. Nunnally marked her ninety first birthday. He praises her life as a blessing to Monroe and compares her to his late mother in affection and grace.
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Ernest Camp
Walton-Tribune Monro
Wm. H. Nunnally
Monroe
Mulberry Street Methodist Church marks 125 years of frontier ministry
The Macon Telegraph reflects on the 125th anniversary of Mulberry Street Methodist Church, tracing Methodism’s role in taming the American frontier and calling the church to meet new urban and global challenges with faith and leadership. It notes the church’s 1826 founding, 1926 sanctuary, and ongoing mission amid racial strife and international tensions.
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Macon Telegraph
America
Francis Asbury
Mulberry Street
Mulberry
Mulberry Street Methodist
Macon
United States
Columbus Enquirer Sun marks 123rd anniversary
The Columbus Enquirer Sun celebrates its 123rd birthday as noted in Sundays issue. The paper traces its founding to Mariabeau B. Lamar who later became first vice president of the Republic of Texas, establishing the publication about six months before Columbus was incorporated.
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Columbus Enquirer Sun
The
Enquirer
Mariabeau B. Lamar
Republic of Texas
Columbus
Cordele Schools Head H D Standard Resigns
Cordele May 23 The Board of Education announces the resignation of H D Standard who was re elected as superintendent for his 30th year He resigns to take a position with Harris Foundry and Machine Co of Cordele Standard has served Cordele schools since 1921 and has 38 years in Georgia education.
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Cordele
Board of Education
H. D. Standard
Cordele Public
Standard
Harris Foundry & Macine Co
Georgia
Historic Shrine at Alexander Stephens Memorial State Park
Alexander Stephens Memorial State Park near Crawfordville in Taliaferro County is famed as a shrine to the Georgia statesman of the Confederacy. The park highlights Stephens legacy within Georgia's historic park system.
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Alexander Stephens Memorial
Georgia
Alex H. Stephens
Crawfordville
Taliaferro County
Forrester Offers Barter Plan on India Grain Loan
Congressman Forrester backs a $190 million loan to India for grain but favors a barter system exchanging grain for strategic materials like monazite and burlap. He argues a 6 to 10 year repayment and emphasizes mutual benefit, urging Congress and the State Department to act with Christian realism and support farmers.
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Congressional
E. L. Forrester
House
Congress
India
Mr. Forrester
Mulberry Street Methodist Church Marks 125th Anniversary
The Mulberry Street Methodist Church in Macon celebrated 125 years of service led by Pastor Rev. M. E. Peavy. The church, known as a mother church of Georgia Methodism, hosted fifty-one pre-1900 members at the anniversary, recalling its 1831 Georgia Conference origins.
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Mulberry Street Methodist
Macon
Mulberry
M. E. Peavy
Mulberry Street
Georgia
Mulberry Street Church
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D. H. Standard
Cordele Schools
Forrester
Mallory Motor Company
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Green's Fuel Gas Company
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