Youth Assembly to Meet December at State Capitol
The Georgia Youth Assembly will convene December 6 to 8 at the State Capitol in Atlanta. It gathers 205 delegates from Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs to learn government and draft bills with training conferences on October 5 in Athens Macon Valdosta and LaGrange led by YMCA leaders and college officials.
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Atlanta
Georgia Youth Assembly
State Capitol
YMCA
Georgia
Georgia Hi-Y
Athens
Macon
Valdosta
LaGrange
Ruth Forbes
Druid Hills
E. L. Secrest
Volunteer Religious Association
University of Georgia
A. W. Wrighter
Central West
Mercer
Hugh E. Robinson
H. T. Quillian
LaGrange College
Billy Forehand
Cordele
Watt Jeffries
Thomasville
James Slatton
Rome
Marian Higgenbotham
Waycross
Messenger
James Bouchillon
Covington
Budge Chichester
Ted Steinbeck
Savannah
Carol Camp
Helen Clanton
Reading
Howard Lane
Rockmart
Mary Tullis
Journal
Mary Lu Richey
Douglas
Janie King
Winder
Betty Kenyon
Gainesville
Talmadge Plans to Drop Klan Suit After Inauguration
Georgia Governor-elect Talmadge indicated he will drop the state suit to revoke the Georgia Ku Klux Klan charter unless the case proceeds before he takes office in January. The action, ordered by Gov Ellis Arnall and filed by Atty Gen Eugene Cook, aimed for a November hearing in Fulton Superior Court.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Cook
Fulton
Cook
Talmadge
Daniel Duke
Pace to Speak at Farm Bureau Meeting Saturday
Hon Stephen Pace representative from Georgia third district will address Taylor County Farm Bureau at 3:30 pm Saturday Oct 5 at the Butler courthouse. Farmers and others interested urged to attend as Pace discusses issues vital to local agriculture.
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Stephen Pace
Congress
Third
Georgia
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Court House
Butler
Farm Bureau
Pace
H. L. Wingate
National Farm Bureau
Emory Harris
Harris
Washington
J. R. Steelman
Tenth District
The
Steelman
Camp Named Chief Governor's Staff by Talmadge
Lindley W. Camp solicitor general of Fulton County and former law partner of Eugene Talmadge was named chief of the Governor's staff. He plans an inauguration with about 200 Georgians invited to serve and attend in uniform. Camp succeeds Col. Sandy Beaver who previously held the post.
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Atlanta
Lindley W. Camp
The
Criminal Court of
Fulton County
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
Mr. Camp
Col
Sandy Beaver
Butler Telephone Company Faces Show Cause Hearing
The Butler Telephone Company and 116 other Georgia providers are ordered to appear in Atlanta on October 23 to explain why service has not improved since the war. The commission seeks reasons to accelerate toll-call handling and advance rehabilitation and facility expansion, with manufacturers invited to discuss production schedules and orders.
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Butler Telephone Company
Butler
Georgia Public Service Commission
Atlanta
Walter R. McDonald
Pace to Seek Cash for GI Leave Pay
Representative Steve Pace of Georgia's Third district says he will introduce a bill in the next Congress to make Armed Forces terminal leave bonds payable in cash. He spoke at a Chattoochee Valley Veterans Association meeting and urged veterans to hold excess on the job training payments until Congress acts on refunds under new legislation reducing trainee allotments.
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Columbus
Steve Pace
Georgia
Chattahoochee Valley
Jury Indicts Two Shepherd Brothers in Cottonseed Case
Columbus reports Hoyt and Grady Shepherd were indicted by a Russell County grand jury for first degree murder in the Sept. 16 slaying of Fate Lebern. Hoyt rearrested and jailed without bail. Snooks Shepherd already in jail since the shooting, questioned by Phenix City police. Also notes a Farm Bureau letter on cottonseed price increases benefiting farmers.
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Columbus
Hoyt Shepherd
Russell County
Grady N
Snooks
Mathews
Shepherd Brothers
Grand Jury
Phenix City
Shepherd
Ashley Floyd
Russell Circuit Court
J. S. Williams
A. S Borders
Leebern
Local Hospital Staff Praised By Grateful Patient
A patient recounts a multi day stay at Montgomery hospital praising the nurses for courtesy kindness and cheer the meals under Mrs Montgomery and Dr Montgomery for their faithful service. The letter urges citizens of Butler and Taylor counties to support the hospital which provides essential local care.
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Montgomery Hospital
Butler
Taylor County
R. C. Montgomery
Montgomery
Georgia
J. H. Stanford
WAC Captain Is Convicted In Kronberg Jewel Case
WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant is sentenced to five years hard labor and dismissal from the U S military after a court martial found her guilty of larceny and embezzlement in the Kronberg crown jewels theft. The case ties to Kronberg Castle near Frankfurt where jewels valued up to 1 500 000 were taken and Durant was charged with being absent without leave.
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Frankfurt
Wac
Kathleen Nash Durant
Kronberg
United States
Durant
House of Hesse
Kronberg Castle
For Sale Two New Turner Peanut Pickers in Georgia
For sale two new Turner peanut pickers offered by Payne Motor Co in Butler Georgia and by Fertilizer and Grain Co Reynolds Georgia plus R Simmons Warehouse Reynolds Georgia.
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Turner
Ana Hailase
Fertilizer and Grain Co
R. Simmons
Reynolds, Ga
World Wide Communion Services Set for Sunday Across Churches
World wide communion day is observed Sunday October six with services at Reynolds Crowell Methodist Church 10 45 am Crowell 11 30 am Butler Bethel 10 am Butler 11 am Wesley 3 pm Mauk 4 pm Howard 8 pm Rev E W Hightower preaches at Butler 8 pm in place of Rev C L Glenn who will be at Howard for the world wide service Everyone is invited to attend.
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Reynolds Crowell Methodist
Leon Edwards
Reynolds Methodist Church
Crowell Methodist
Butler Methodist
C. L. Glenn
Bethel Congregational Church
Butler Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church
Mauk Methodist Church
Howard Methodist Church
E. W. Hightower
Howard — Church
Rev. Hightower
Church Conference At Midway Saturday Morning
All members urged to attend at Midway church Saturday at 11 30 a m to transact church business. Sunday School at 10 30 a m and preaching at 11 30 a m by Pastor J H Stanford. Text Matthew 10 34 asks listeners to reflect on reconciling this with other scripture.
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Midway
God's Children
J. H. Stanford
Funeral Services For Miss Hattie Dickerson Held at Pine Level
Funeral services for Miss Hattie Dickerson aged 59 living in the Mauk community were held at Pine Level Cemetery on Friday morning after her death at home September 26. She spent her life in Mauk and was a member of Mauk Baptist Church. Survivors include two sisters Cora Wells of Manchester and Mimmie Dickerson of Mauk plus several nieces and nephews.
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Hattie Dickerson
Mauk
Pine Level
Mauk Baptist Church
Cora Wells
Manchester
Mimmie Dickerson
History repeats in 27 year cycles for Macon family
In Macon Georgia on October 1 the Flan ders family shows a 27 year pattern. John F Flanders serves in World War I beginning June 1917 and is wounded in October 1918. His son Frank serves starting June 1944 and is wounded in October 1945. Both are discharged on February 7 in 1919 and 1946 respectively.
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Macon Family
Macon
John F. Flanders
Flanders
Frank
Mrs Hicks Fort Taken By Death In Georgia
Mrs Byrd Albright Fort wife of Hon T Hicks Fort judge of the Superior Court died Monday morning at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after months of ill health. Born Oct 12 1880 in Lee County Alabama she lived in Columbus since 1895 and had four children two sons and a daughter. Funeral held at Oaklawn Chapel Columbus with interment Riverside cemetery. pallbearers and honorary members listed.
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Byrd Albright Fort
T. Hicks Fort
Chattahoochee Circuit
Butler
Taylor County
Fort
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta
J. A. and
Frances Williams Albright
Button Gwinnett
Daughters of the American Revolution
T. Hicks, Jr
William Fort
Columbs
James H. Jenkins
Columbus
William A Fort Jr
Betty Fort
Oaklawn Chapel
W. S. Talmage
Winifred Martin
Buford King Sr
John S. Jenkins
Walter Alberecht
Guy Garrard
Henry Morton
Claude Sears
John Miller Jr
Frank Lumpkin Sr
Guy J. Dillard
Columbus Bar Association
Fatal Bus Collision Near Brunswick Kills One Injures Two
A head on crash near Brunswick involved two northbound Atlantic Greyhound buses. John W. Arine of Charleston died. Dorothy Mae Fields of Auburndale and Jesse Lee Gardner of Clarendon were severely injured. W. C. Lemacks faces manslaughter charges with $5,000 bond. Gardner flown to Jackson Naval Hospital.
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Richmond
Jacksonville
Fla
Brunswick
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Arnie
W. C. Lemacks
Walterboro
S.C
Glynn
Gardner
Jackson Naval Hospital
Ginners Report Shows Cotton Bales in Taylor County Rise
There were 1,087 bales of cotton ginned in Taylor county from the 1946 crop prior to September 16, compared with 1,052 bales by the same date in 1945.
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Taylor County
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Congressman Pace
L. W. Camp
Shepherd Bros
Army
vaMuTcine
Butler and Reynolds
Judge Fort
Ginner
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