Retired Newspaperman Celebrates 95th Birthday
J. M. Giles, a longtime Atlanta Journal veteran, marks his 95th birthday with an open house at 18 Whiteford Ave NE from 2 to 6 p m. He retired in 1945 from the credit department and still tends a vegetable garden for family and neighbors. About 115 guests attended a similar gathering last year.
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Atlanta
J. M. Giles
Whiteford Ave
N.E
Giles
Atlanta Journal Credit Department
Georgia Heiress and Mate Found Slain in New Jersey Home
Mt Holly New Jersey October 13 police said the death of Alloeese Gregor 39 and Capt G C Gregor 42 was a murder and self inflicted shooting. The heir to a 50 million dollar fortune and her army officer husband were found by their daughter Laura 17 in their home. the will is in probate in New York. Both were natives of Fitzgerald Georgia.
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Mt. Holly
N. J
G. C. Gregor
Alloeese
Laura
Joshua Edwards
New York
Wall Street
New York State
Gregor
Fitzgerald, Ga
Speaker Hand Busy in Signing School Plant Certificates
From Pelham Journal, Speaker Fred Hand of the House travels to New York to sign his name on 32 092 school certificate certificates for new school plants, then returns to Atlanta for a radio program before resuming duties at the Hand Trading Co. building.
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Pelham Journal
House of Representatives
Fred Hand
New York
Hand
Pelham
Atlanta
Hand Trading Co
Georgia author to be honored at UDC convention luncheon
Mrs. W. D. Lamar will be honored at a luncheon during the 57th Ga division UDC convention at St. Simons Island on Oct. 23. A past president general, she is a longtime Georgia and Southern affairs leader and author of When All Is Said and Done recently published by the University of Georgia Press.
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W. D. Lamar
UDC
St. Simons Island
Lamar
Georgia
South
University of Georgia
Stage Press
8600-Gallon Still Seized Near Oglethorpe GA
In a raid by Sheriff W. T. Jolly and Deputy Tommie Law of Macon county a 3600 gallon still 305 gallons of whisky and 950 gallons of mash were confiscated and two white men and four Negroes were arrested as operators. The still was located a few miles north of Oglethorpe in the swamp.
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Oglethorpe, Ga
W. T. Jolly
Tommie Law
Macon County
Oglethorpe
State Holds Unclaimed Tax Refunds for Georgians
Atlanta October 9 1951 unclaimed refunds about 170000 are on deposit for more than 2800 Georgians. The money belongs to those who overpaid their 1951 income taxes and did not receive refunds due to illegible writing wrong addresses or movers not leaving a forwarding address.
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Atlanta
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Peach Crawford
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Houston
Taylor
Talbot
Marion
Schley Counties
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Taylor County
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