City headlines and regional notes in Forsyth County News
A montage of local and national items includes a joke about earth and taxes, a remark on voting rights in 11 counties, Georgia veterans’ $2.5 million benefit, a quip on towns without directories, and advice from the Third Infantry Division at Fort Benning on safe driving. Also cited are political power politics in Georgia, a tax relief joke, a note about Ishmaelite moving to Georgia pine paper, and a sensationalized vacation death quote from Olin Miller.
Insect Control Week Urges Cardboard Disposal
Thom aston Times quotes Leon Smith urging homes to discard corrugated cardboard to prevent breeding water bugs and toaches. Houston Home Journal notes community leaders expect Asiatic flu to hit early with doctors predicting 10 to 20 percent of Americans infected, seeking protection for the majority.
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Leon Smith
Thomaston Times
Houston Home Journal
Prices to rise again says editor of Changing Times
The editor of Changing Times warns that prices will increase this year with no end in sight to the steady decline of the dollar. He cites inflation taxes and high costs as effects felt by nearly everyone.
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Changing Times
A Sermon on God’s Law Outvalues Gold
The piece cites Psalm 19 verses praising the law and judgments of the Lord as superior to gold and precious wealth. It emphasizes spiritual values over material riches and the fear and testimony of the Lord as guiding principles.
Seven rules for aging well from a 72-year-old doctor
A North Carolina physician urges readers to plan for aging in the prime of life. In seven simple rules he counsels brain use, avoiding old fogy stereotypes, delegating tasks, broadening interests, staying connected, and looking forward rather than back.
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Dawson News
North Carolina
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Fall of the Year Sparks Civic Club Activity 1957
The article notes autumn as a busy season for school and civic groups in 1957. It urges clubs to choose worthy projects from youth recreation to better schools, improved government, health facilities, farm work, and community buildings, inviting citizens to participate.
Faith and hope in humanity illuminate daily life
The piece argues that people must have faith in God, others, the hereafter, and justice to sustain hope and effort. It notes that faith often yields positive results, drawing out unlikely good in those neglected by society and encouraging a norm of seeking the best in others.
Earlier Days in the County Dove Season Opens Sept 12
The Georgia Game and Fish Commission announces a split dove season beginning Sept 12 with 45 shooting days, a daily bag limit of 10 and possession limit of 10, plus separate dates for rails, gallinules and woodcock. The plan includes all Georgia and bans pre Sept 1 starts.
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Georgia
Game and Fish Commission
Fulton Lovell
Commission
Fish and Wildlife Service
North
South Georgia
The
Wildlife Service
Lovell
The Right to Know and Press Freedom in Danger
The passage argues that freedom of the press is essential to all rights and warns of growing threats from restricted information access, both domestically and internationally, and proposed punitive regulations targeting newspapers and publications.
Gadget to X-ray watermelons ends guessing in market
A new device claims it can X-ray two watermelons to judge ripeness and quality, promising precise selection. If true, it could remove guesswork from buying fruit and affect how fruit is assessed in markets.
Population surge risks amid rising Chinese numbers
A Peking scholar warns that if current growth continues Communist China could reach about 2.6 billion in fifty years, nearly a quarter of the world’s population. The star notes the potential explosive impact on Asia and the globe as China’s population swells.
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Peking
China
Asia
September in Georgia First Graders and School Attendance
The piece notes that over 100000 youngsters enter first grade in Georgia this September. It warns that within 12 years only about one in four will earn a diploma and the rest may drop out. It cites state law requiring 180 days of schooling annually for ages seven to sixteen, with many local schools permitting a six year old to start earlier.
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the Herald
J. M. Richardson
Richardson
Dock Brewer
H. P. Wallace
Taylor County
Rosa Caldwell
Byron High School
B. A. Peed
Corbitt’s
Clyde Adams
Katie Payne
M. C. Mosley
Reynolds
Dawson News
W. E. Steed
Senate
Bernice McCullar
Georgia
New Gay Press Leader Debuts The Georgia Record
Roy Chalker, chair of the Gay Press Association, launches The Georgia Record a tabloid aimed at state and local officials. The publication will circulate in all counties and reach courthouse and city hall officials as well as state officials.
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Roy Chalker
The
Gay Press Association
Georgia Record
Court House
Spoiled Child Proves Irresponsible, Says Nahunta Leader
Carl Broome of the Brantley Enterprise asserts that no church school Boy Scout group or etiquette program can reform a spoiled brat caused by irresponsible parents. He argues the damage to a child in such cases is irreversible.
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Carl Broome
Brantley Enterprise
Nahunta
Anderson
Macon Telegraph
Why do young people leave town after school
Mrs. Bernice McCullar asks if the PTA has studied why graduates leave after finishing school. She questions whether locals lose invested brainpower and suggests adults act to keep or lure educated youth home.
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Bernice McCullar
PTA
Debated Truths of Andersonville Story From a Yankee Teacher
A reader argues history is biased but praises a Yankee schoolteacher’s account of Andersonville. He cites Frank Harrold of Americus as keeper of the book, critiques Kantor’s work for style and facts, and notes Wirtz’s execution stemmed from not blaming Jefferson Davis.
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Napoleon
Andersonville
Frank Harrold
Americus
Harrold
Wirtz
McKinley Kantor
Georgia
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Company Demolishes 1921 Smokestack Amid Inflation Debate
The Wall Street Journal notes a firm tore down an unused smokestack built in 1921. Original cost was 8740 dollars, but dismantling cost reached 13470 dollars, a contrast cited by the Savannah Morning News as proof of inflation.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Savannah Morning News
Chicago Woman's Appetite for Melons Worth $10 Thousand
Miss Carolyn Alson of Chicago bought a painting in a Balti more curio shop showing four boys eating melons. Taken to Sheridan Galleries in Chicago for cleaning it was confirmed as an original Winslow Homer oil with an estimated value of $10,000. The buyer, born in the South, cited her fondness for watermelon.
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Chicago
Ill
Carolyn Alson
Baltimore
Julie
Miss Alson
Sheridan Galleries
Winslow Homer
South
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Olin Miller
Butler, Ga
Eugene Anderson
Macon
Congress
Georgia Power Company
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