Revival Services Begin at Reynolds Baptist Church
Revival services start at Reynolds Baptist Church on Monday September 9 and run through Sunday September 15 with two services daily at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Rev W B Heats of HS Church leads, assisted by Dr Charles H Hopp of Montezuma Baptist Church. Local orchestra directed by Mrs Lewis Ruffin will perform at each service. Public invited.
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Reynolds Baptist Church
W. B. Heats
HS Church
Charles H. Hopp
Montezuma Baptist Church
Lewis Ruffin
Thomaston Man Freed Then Killed in Highway Crash
Horace Avant, a Upson County farmhand, was found guilty Tuesday of assault and battery and paid a $100 fine. Less than a day after his release, Avant was struck and killed by a truck on the Barnesville Road. The driver swerved but Avant moved into the path. no charges were filed. The crash occurred near Joe Lee Barker’s home five miles from Barnesville.
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Thomaston
Horace Avant
Upson
Avant
Joe Lee Barker
Barnesville
B. C. Watson
Grady Meeks
Meeks
Posey
Griffin Station
Watson
J. B. Watson Produce Company
Barker
Two Drivers Die In Atlanta Race Track Smashup
Daring George Robson of Glendale and George Barringer of Indianapolis died after a six-car pileup on the northwest turn of Lakeland park during a 100 mile Labor Day race. More than 20,000 spectators watched as ambulances carried the victims to Grady hospital. Robson left a 12 year old son and a six year old daughter, Barringer survived by his widow.
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Atlanta
George Robson
George Barringer
Indianapolis
Lakeland Park
AAA
Robson
Glendale
Calif
Barringer
Grady Hospital
Finds 3050 Cache In Dead Man's Truck Found For 700 Reward
Raburn Lee a farmer bought a deceased stranger's truck for 300 after an accident. He found a secret panel loaded with 3050 in bills and returned the money to the Indiana family, who then paid him 700 as a reward.
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Dead Man
Raburn Lee
Lee
Indiana
All-Day Singing at Pine Mountain Valley
An all-day singing is planned at Pine Mountain Valley three miles east of Hamilton, Ga next Sunday September 8. The Kinney Trio and the Stamp Baxter Quartet will perform as featured acts and a cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
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Pine Mountain Valley
Hamilton, Ga
Kinney
Stamp Baxter
Booth Family Reunion at McCants Mill
Descendants of Geo S and Anna Booth held a Sunday reunion at McCants Mill on September 1. The gathering planned the date as an annual event with a 10 oclock picnic lunch and boat riding on the lake. Attendees included numerous Booth relatives from Columbus Reynolds Thomas ton Moultrie Butler and Macon, among others.
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Geo. S
Anna Booth
McCants Mill
Willie Booth
Martin Parker
Lillian
Annette
Joyce
John Malene Parker
Reynolds
Jamie Harmon
Dorothy
Riley Harmon
Lucille Downs
Morgan McCants
Moody Peed
Dondra Peed
Butler
Elizabeth McCants
Macon
Hodges Kirksey Auxiliary Meeting Set for Sept 10
The Hodges Kirksey Auxiliary Post No. 187 will hold its regular business meeting September 10 at 3:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. C. E. Whatley. All members urged to attend. Pub. Chair.
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Hodges-Kirksey
C. E. Whatley
Butler P.T.A. First Meeting of Year Set at Butler School
The Butler P.T.A. will meet at the Butler School House on Wednesday afternoon, September 11, at 3.15 P.M. It is the first regular meeting of the new school term and all are urged to attend.
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Butler School
Obituary Notes for Mrs Jinks and Miss Jarrell
Mrs Elam Jinks of Mauk dies at home after heart ailment age 70. Funeral at Mauk Methodist Church with interment at Bloodworth cemetery. Survived by husband four daughters twenty two grandchildren two great grandchildren. Miss Inez Jarrell of Butler dies after months illness at home born 1893 daughter of George W Jarrell. Funeral at Antioch Baptist Church with local and out of town attendees. Survived by one sister four brothers and many nephews and Jarrell relatives. Funeral arrangements by Edwards Brothers Funeral Home.
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O'Riska Hobbs Jinks
Elam W. Jinks
Mauk
William H. Streetman
Moses Streetman
J. L. Streetman
James Guined
J. W. Hay
Pinehurst
Christopher
Junction City
Co. T. Williams
Fitzgerald
G. B. McCants
West Palm Beach
Fla
Elba Sloan
Lakeland
Inez Jarrell
Butler
Miss Jarrell
George W
Annie Walker Jarrell
Antioch Baptist Church
J. H.stanford
E. H. Dunn
Messrs
Calvin, Blanford
A. T
Walter
Philip Jarrell
Eddie Pennington
Thelman
Murray
Fred
Gorman
Polk Jarrell
Luke Adams
Mercer Smith
B.H. “Bazemore
E. M
Edgar Gaultney
C. F. Bennett
H. F
G. B
W. A. Jarrell
Ralph Jarrell
Thomaston
Julian W. Edwards II
Edwards Brothers Funeral Home
Forms For Terminal Leave Pay For Veterans Obtainable
Forms for terminal leave pay are available at the local post office. Ex servicemen and women who earned furlough time but did not take it can receive bonds under new Congress authorizing payment. The bill covers enlisted personnel who served in the war and unused furloughs of two and a half months per year. The Veterans Administration will open an office at the Butler courthouse to help veterans complete the forms.
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Veterans Administration
Court House
Butler
Veteran Service Officer to Aid Veterans at Butler Court House
Leonard Parker of the State Department of Veterans Service will be at the Butler Court House each Monday and Thursday to help veterans file claims for terminal leave pay and complete other important forms.
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Court House
Leonard Parker
State Department of Veterans Service
The
Herald
Court Hose
Butler
Perkins Sisters Enjoy Fishing In Their Pond
Miss Berta and Miss Irene Perkins, corporators of the Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation District, praise their self funded pond made with Triple A and Soil Conservation Service aid. The site uses swamp land, provides a farm stock pond, and features a kudzu filter strip and clear banks. The sisters urge other farmers to build similar ponds to aid land use and water conservation while offering nearby recreation.
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Berta
Irene Perkins
Middle Western
Ocmulgee River Soil
Triple-A
Soil Con- Conservation
Pond Dam
Soil Conservation Service
Grouth
Ocmulgee River
Reynolds High Opens For New School Term
4 H Club poultry show set for Thursday in Taylor county with 120 purebred New Hampshire Red pullets entered by 4 H Club members. Contestants bring 12 pullets each. prizes include dairy calf and cash awards. Auction follows judging by W H Bennett with proceeds funding future 4 H poultry projects.
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R. L. Coleman
New Hampshire
Sears Roebuck Co
Sears Roebuck
W. H. Bennett
Extension Poultryman
Taylor County
Columbus Mirror Plans Afternoon Daily Under J E Page
The Columbus Mirror suspends weekly publication with the August 30 issue to prepare for an afternoon daily. Publisher J E Page says a $250,000 corporation will publish the daily and a Broadway location is being sought. Final issue includes editor W C Woodall's departure due to personal business.
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Columbus
Columbus Mirror
J.E. Page
Mirror
Page
the Mirror
W. C. Woodall
Wife To Fill Husbands Job In Baker County
Mrs. Berha Odom Jr of Newton was nominated to fill the job her husband declined to take due to personal reasons. Odom served in the Senate in 1941 and in the House in 1943 and 1945. He is rumored to become Executive Secretary to Governor Nominee Talmadge.
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Berha Odom, Jr
Newton
Baker County
Democratic Executive Committee
Odom
Senate
House
Talmadge
Card of Thanks for Mrs Inez Jarrell Loss
The family of Miss Inez Jarrell thanks Dr. R C Montgomery and many friends for acts of kindness and sympathy after her passing. They gratefully acknowledge the floral offering and wish God's blessings on all who expressed condolences.
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R. C. Montgomery
Inez Jarrell
Reynolds High Opens Year With Special Exercises
Reynolds High School plans a 9 am Monday opening in the auditorium to start the new term. The event features a large US flag presentation by Woodmen of the World and a guest address by a senior official. The faculty includes Principal E H Joiner and a full staff across mathematics English science commerce home economics and music.
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The
Reynolds High School
Woodmen of the World
United States
Reynolds School
E. H. Joiner
Harry Powell
Dorothy Hinton
Ricks Carson
Roy Jones
Ralph Dunn
Roy Clay
Lucille Booth
Margaret Phillips
W. M. Hollis
Otis Ogburn
J. A. Pendergrast
Louise«Taunton
Chatham Group Fires On Police Assault Suspect
Angry residents including armed women opened fire on a county police car as it carried a suspect in the slaying of a 36 year old woman. Police said over 100 shots hit the car but no officers or the prisoner were hurt. The suspect was jailed. The victim’s body was found near Pin Point Community.
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Savannah
W. F. Chapman
Chapman
Chatham County
Pin Point
Georgia Power outage notice in Taylor County
Georgia Power informs Taylor County customers that electric service will be off Sunday afternoon September 8 from 1 to 4 for sub station improvements in Reynolds. Also includes a local for sale line for a wind mill a 1200 gallon cypress tank well pump and fixtures by R L McBryde Geneva Georgia.
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Georgia Power
Taylor County
Power Co
Reynolds
The
Georgia Power Company
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Montezuma
Atlanta Race Track
Pub. Chm
Perkins
Reynolds High
J. E. Page
Chatham Group
R. L. McBryde
Geneva, Ga
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