Veteran Constitution Pressman Bids Adieu After 50 Years
Atlanta veteran pressman C A Gheesling retires after over five decades with The Constitution. He oversaw extras during four or five wars and witnessed historic front pages from Lusitania sinking to McKinley’s assassination. The final copy marked his departure.
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Constitution
Atlanta
The
C. A. Gheesling
Gheesling
Mary Phagan
William McKinley
Crown Prince of
Serbia
Eatonton Native Dr Griffith Dies in Los Angeles
Eatonton native Dr Powell W Griffith aged 42 died of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home. He studied at Mercer University and the University of Georgia, served eight years in the Navy, then practiced in California from 1938 and served again in World War II. Survived by wife Inez Gregry of Eatonton and children Caroline Griffith and Powell Griffith Jr. of Los Angeles.
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Eatonton
Powell W. Griffith
Los Angeles
Cal
Caroline Griffith
Powell Griffith Jr
Two South Georgians Die In Wreck Near LaGrange
In a late Saturday night crash on State Highway 109 six miles west of Greenville, a car carrying W. F. Dismuke 27 of Fitzgerald and W. H. Gray 30 of Cordele rolled six times. Dismuke died on arrival. Gray died in La Grange hospital early Sunday.
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LaGrange
South Georgia
State Patrol
W. F. Dismuke
Fitzgerald
W. H. Gray
Cordele
Cpl
M. M. Hale
Greenville
Dismuke
Hale
Gray
la Grange
Wesleyan Plans Week Featuring Benefactors Day
Wesleyan College in Macon assigns Friday for Benefactors Day with Rev. John Branscomb as speaker and Thursday for the board of trustees annual meeting. The observance honors founders and benefactors dating to 1881 when George S. Seney’s gift helped fund the college founded for women with the October 15 1835 cornerstone date.
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Macon
John Branscomb
Board of Trustees
Wesleyan College
George S. Seney
New York
Wesleyan
College For Women
Puffs Cigar On His 110th Birthday
Chicago records show William Williams born in 1839 in a Jackson Park area cabin. On his 110th birthday he smoked a favorite cigar and recalled his father reached 120. He lives with a cousin.
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Chicago
William Williams
Williams
Jackson Park
Savannah Pastor Honored for 42 Years in Pulpit
In Savannah Georgia on October 10 Dr Jan 5 Wilder pastor of Calvary Baptist Temple received gifts from church groups his congregation and friends during the Sunday night annual report marking 42 years serving in the same pulpit.
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Savannah
Wilder
Calvary Baptist Temple
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Bill Bazemore
Butler
Payne’s Gin
Cochran’s
Butler, Ga
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