July 1944 Taylor County Commissioners notes
The Taylor County Commissioners met July 1st 1944 in regular session with all members present. Minutes from the prior meeting were read and approved. Bills totaling multiple accounts were approved for payment including jail camp supplies road equipment and staff salaries.
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Taylor County
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Combers
J. R. Cooper
W. M. Brown
R. L. Swearingen
L. P. Anthony
G .Jerk
P. A. Jenkins
T. C
T.C
Thelmon Jarrell
Superior Court
G. H. Goddard
State of Georgia
H. E. Allen
Read
Wilson
Ode Camp
Edwards Bros
Road
Cudahy Packing Co
The
Good Roads Supply Co
Butler Naval Stores
C. T. Wright
Warden
City Wholesale Co
Tessie Vallahan
R. M. Jinks
C. D. Lucas
H. J. Porter
Mrs. H. W. Saunders
Marshall & Bruce Co
Genesseme Hy Eeeerenne Rae
Ga. Pwr. Co
Sara Windham, Co
Butler Library
Standard Oil Co
Gas & Oil Road
But. Drug Co
Bailey Auto Parts Co
Taylor County Motor Co
G. C. Smith
J. P
Inquest Geo. Bush
A. F. Fain
H. Benson
Chapple Menu. Co
Sara Windham
Butler Lbr. Co
Lbr
Oscar Dreizin
J. R. Lunsford
Ord. Reg
E. G. Blackwell, Co
Reynolds Lib
Geo. H. Goddard
Stone Baking Co
Nolan Co
Court House
J. C. Griggs
J. W. Aultman
Sal
C. L. Hart
Mec
iMacon Citizens Raise Large Fund to Aid in Postwar Developments
Macon raises 100000 to launch the Macon Area Development Commission aimed at promoting trade manufacturing and agricultural interests. The effort began in 1942 with a 20000 fund for a resources survey by Georgia Tech and growing support led to a chartered commission with officers president Wm A Fickling first vice president Dr W G Lee second vice president Walls secretary Lee S Trible and treasurer T B Turner.
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Macon
Macon Area Development Commission,Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia School of Technology
Central Georgia
Wells
Macon Telegraph and News
Development Commission
Wm. A. Fickling
W. G. Lee
Walls
Lee S. Trible
T. B. Turner
Governor aims merit system for all state employees
Governor Arnall plans to expand the existing merit system from Health Welfare and Labor to all non policy forming state workers. A new organization formed by 160 members seeks civil service for all departments and hopes to enroll most state employees, led by secretary treasurer W J Redfern.
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Health, Welfare and Labor
Gov. Arnall
W. J. Redfern
State Purchasing Office
Couple Drowned Near Kingsland in Car Tragedy
Kingsland Georgia records the drowning of Mr and Mrs C R Smith from Jacksonville Florida when their car overturned in a ditch three miles north of Kingsland on Monday. Their two children Gloria Ann 13 and Rudolph 12 escaped unharmed through a car window.
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Kingsland
C. R. Smith
Jacksonville
Fla
Gloria Ann
Rudolph
OPA Tightens Used Car Ceiling Reporting Rules
The OPA announced new measures to close a loophole in the price ceiling for used cars. Beginning Sept. 12 dealers must report purchases to local ration boards, with an inventory due by Sept. 21 for cars on hand Sept. 11. The rule also limits cross region transfers and sets regional base prices for private sales and dealer sales within 100 miles.
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Washington
OPA
Shipp proposes Camp Wheeler as state park
Nelson Shipp of the state conservation department urges converting Camp Wheeler into a memorial park for war veterans. The plan would turn the site into a permanent state park with recreational, social and educational facilities for veterans, centered in Macon as the state’s geographic hub.
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Shipp
Camp Wheeler
Nelson Shipp
State Conservation Department
Macon
Lumpkin County Sheriff Resigns in Georgia
Dahlonega Ga Sept 2 C H Stringers longtime Lumpkin county sheriff resigns after three years in office He had been reelected for another four year term beginning January Boyd Anderson the failed primary candidate is placed on the ticket for November by the County Democratic Committee Anderson already qualified as an independent candidate for the election
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Dahlonega
C. H. Stringers
Lumpkin County
Stringer
Boyd Anderson
Democratic Committee
Anderson
Farm Bureau Members Hear Tom Linder in Crawford County
Agricultural Commissioner Tom Linder spoke to Crawford county farmers at Woodrow Wilson Community hall. Introduced by Farm Bureau secretary W. H. Ferguson, he urged leaders to empower farmers through organization and cooperation. Several new members enrolled after the address.
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Roberta
Tom Linder
Crawford County
Woodrow Wilson Community Hall
W. H. Ferguson
Farm Bureau
Linder
Crawford County Farm Bureau
Grand Coulee Lift a Mighty Feature at Dam
Grand Coulee Dam in Washington unveils a passenger elevator among the largest in the United States. It carries 30 people at 500 feet per minute, dropping 362 feet into the dam and linking to 812 miles of internal hallways. The freight elevator handles 22 tons at 100 feet per minute.
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Grand Coulee
Wash
Grand Coulee Dam
United States
Three Men Named To Select Site For New School
Thomaston September 2. Dr M D Collins state superintendent of schools has named Dr L D Haskew Emory University Dr J T Wheeler University of Georgia and H S Burdette to survey and recommend a site for the Flint Reeves district new school building. Construction will begin soon and until completion the district will be divided with some students going to Crest and others to Pickard.
Pace Introduces Food Survey Bill in Congress
Representative Pace of Georgia introduced a bill to fund surveys of the nutritional value of foods. The proposal seeks $1,000,000 for the current year, $1,500,000 for the next year, and $2,000,000 annually thereafter, with surveys collected at agricultural experiment stations.
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PACE
Congress
Wassington
D-Ga
Old Auto Crash Spurs Six Shootings in Atlanta
An accident from years ago led to six Grady Hospital patients after Eddie L. Day and Grady Duffy argued over fault. Detectives Wallace and Taylor said the men exchanged gunfire, injuring the six victims during the confrontation in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
W.D. Wallace
C. L. Taylor
Eddie L. Day
Grady Duffy
Native of Tifton Dies of Gas Burns
Biloxi Mississippi September fifth Eric P. Smith age 43 of Tifton a Keesler Field civilian employee died at the field hospital from burns received in a gasoline fire at Keesler Field Monday. The blaze started when a two unit gasoline trailer was unloading fuel at the field underground storage tanks. Smith had worked eighteen years in construction for Standard Oil in Georgia and Mississippi.
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Biloxi
Miss
Eric P. Smith
Tifton
Keesler Field
Smith
Standard Oil Company
Georgia
Mississippi
Augusta Chronicle plans war news V Day edition
Augusta Ga September 4 The Augusta Chronicle announces an all war news edition to publish on the day Hitler capitulates. The issue will cover key developments, events leading to the war, and a brief World War I history with no advertising except public service notices. It will feature many photographs and art and be easy to file for reference.
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Augusta
Augusta Chronicle
Mullis Resigns After 24 Years at Cochran Journal
Mrs. Eva Yearty Mullis ends a 24 year tenure at the Cochran Journal after starting as a type setter and later serving as society editor and linotype operator. She sold her Cochran home and moved to Atlanta to live with her daughter Mrs. John McGee.
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Cochran
Eva Yearty Mullis
Cochran Journal
Mullis
Atlanta
John McGee
Gift Pledges Missouri Park in State Constitution
Jefferson City Mo September 3 Jacob L Babler wealthy St Louis insurance man and member of the Missouri State Constitutional Convention urged state parks funding. The convention inserted his one cent tax on each 100 property into the new Constitution and Babler announced a 2 509 000 gift to maintain Babler Park in St Louis a 2 400 acre park he had already donated to the state.
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Jefferson City
Jacob L. Babler
St. Louis
Babler
Long
Patton Uses Speed on Georgia Roads and Peanut Boom
Gen George Patton once paid a speeding fine in Georgia after stopping a patrol and asking to be treated as a private. The piece also notes a record Georgia peanut crop expected to boost farm income by about 80 million dollars, with cotton and tobacco additions and 500 German POW laborers aiding harvest efforts.
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Patton
Georgia
Atlanta
George Patton
U. S. Army
W. T. Beauchamp
Georgia State Patrol
Army
Beauchamp
Sasser
Armored
Dawson County
Americus
Roy Parrish
Georgia Peanut Co
J. K. Luck
Sumter
Arnall May Accept Post at Oglethorpe University
Atlanta report says Gov. Arnall may soon accept a government lecturer post at Oglethorpe University as announced on Monday.
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Arnall
Oglethorpe
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Oglethorpe University
Family Headed to Be First Men Discharged
Washington reports that first releases will target soldiers with dependents and those who served overseas as the Army begins reducing personnel. Sen. Thomas of Utah noted the policy during comments on Monday.
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Washington
Sen. Thomas
Utah
Mrs Pendleton Rites in Atlanta Wednesday
Mrs. Wm. M. Pendleton aged 90 died in Washington on Monday. She was aunt of former Georgia Gov. Gene Talmadge, a Forsyth native and Bessie Tift College alumna. Survived by a son a daughter two grandsons a sister and seven nieces and nephews.
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Washington
Wm. M. Pendleton
Gene Talmadge
Georgia
Walton County Man Sentenced to Chair
Benny Haden, 25, of Walton County, was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his brother in law James Riley on July 19 in Walton Superior Court. He was sentenced to be electrocuted October 19. Haden also shot and wounded his father in law Mrs James Riley and his mother in law Mrs N L Riley during the same incident.
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Monroe
Benny Haden
Walton County
James Riley
Walton Superior Court
Haden
N. L. Riley
Georgia Fox Hunters Meet in Americas This November
The Georgia Fox Hunters Association will hold its 27th annual meeting in Americas along with field trials and a bench show. The bench show is set for November 6 with trial runs on the three following days.
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Americas
Georgia Fox Hunters Association
William H Stewart Jr. Dies at 67. Oglethorpe City Clerk
Funeral services were held Tuesday for William H Stewart Jr. 67, city clerk and lifelong Oglethorpe resident, who died at his home. He was born to the late W. H. Stewart and Ida Wynn Stewart of Macon County. Interment followed at Oglethorpe cemetery. He was survived by his wife Alice May Kleckley and two daughters, plus a brother and grandchildren.
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Oglethorpe
W. H. Stewart Jr
Stewart
W. H. Stewart
Ida Wynn Stewart
Macon County
Montezuma
W. W. Whaley
J. D. McCord
Alice May Kleckley
Americus
J. E. Ansley
S. M. Murray
R. G. Stewart
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J. M. Bone
Keenan Auto Parts Co
Yancey Tractor Company
Tri-State Culvert & A Co
Ft. Valley
Milledgeville
Turkey
Citizens State Bank
C. House
Columbus
R. Cooper
Lydia E. Pinkham
iMacon
Coulee
Piano Tuning
C. W. Smith
E. Gordon Street
W Thomaston
Upson County
Eva Y. Mullis
Missouri Park
Walton
William H. Stewart JR
City OF Oglethorpe
Vanlandingham’s Store
Howard, Georgia
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