Chattahoochee Valley Wheel seeks town nominees for floral trophy
The Ledger-Enquirer reports the Chattahoochee Valley Wheel invites towns to nominate official flowers and plantings for a rotating trophy. towns must submit written outlines of plant programs by Oct 1 and gain approval from local officials before a formal presentation to the winning town.
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Chattahoochee Valley
Columbus
Pine Mountain
Ledger Enquirer
Aston
West Point
Wadleyville
LaFayette
Roanoke
Camp Americus
Plains
Alexander Georgetown
Fort Gaines
Cuth- Greenville
Omaha Reynolds
Mountain Valley
National Youth Administration Helps Youths Find Jobs
The National Youth Administration assists high school and college students with part time work and out of school youths with job training. Programs provide earnings from three to twenty dollars monthly and include resident centers in Haber sham, Toccoa, Carrollton, Covington area, Monroe, and Milledgeville. Applicants should contact area director Scott R Williams in Ft Valley while statewide rolls stay open.
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Jeash
Habersham
Clarkesville
Toccoa Falls
Community Club Revives Small Town Culture in Spalding
In Spalding, a Ma con county community, a four year revival of cooperative spirit brings back social life. The remodelled clubhouse hosts Community Nights, a women led canning workshop with a new cannery, and annual exhibits earning county fair honors. Local leaders include Philip A. Piper and Oakley, with 4-H member Winifred Riddle delivering prize cattle results.
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Montezuma
Spalding
Macon County
Wecome
Winifred Riddle
Macon
Montezuma Woman's
Montezuma Garden Club
Spalding Center
Montezuma High School
Washington
Philip A. Piper
Oakley
Adolph LeBron
T. A. Tarrer
FSA
Carl Maxey
Cornelia Daniels
Mary White Dutters
Keeping of Records Of Farm Accounts Boosts Farm Ideas
Miss Ellie E Etheridge of the Farm Security Administration in Taylor county says farmers, wives, and youth now keep accurate records of farming activities. They learn which sales earn more than crops, plan better for profit, and use money wisely to improve living and own a farm sooner.
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Ellie E. Etheridge
Farm Security Administration
Taylor County
Miss Ethridge
FSA
Georgia to hold Oct 1 special election for Gibbs seat
Gov. B D Rivers proclaimed Oct 1 as the date for a special election in Georgia s 8th congressional district to fill the unexpired term of the late Congressman Ben Gibbs. The move was announced from Atlanta on Sept 7.
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Atlanta
B. D. Rivers
Georgia
Ben Gibbs
October entry deadline for silver trophy competition
The Ledger-Enquirer notes new members joining by October 1 may participate for the silver trophy. Written planting achievement reports may be submitted now or any time up to October 15, with entries accepted through to that date.
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Ledger-Enquirer
Roosevelt orders 60000 National Guardsmen to active duty
President Roosevelt summoned 60,000 National Guardsmen to a year of federal service starting Sept. 16. The orders, issued aboard a special train for Labor Day events near Chickamauga Dam, direct four guard divisions to active training and specify anti aircraft, coastal artillery, and observation aviation units to be mobilized.
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Roosevelt
Chickamauga Dam
Tennessee River
Chickamauga
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Guard
Forsyth
251St Coast Artillery
252Nd Coast Artillery
Army
U. S. Army
Farmers urged to meet AAA soil practices deadline
County Agent W F Bembry reminded Taylor county farmers that November 30 is the closing date to perform soil building practices under the 1946 AAA farm program. Completing these tasks earns credit for this year, as farmers continue a broad soil improvement program aiding national agricultural preparedness and defense.
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Taylor County
W. F. Bembry
Bembry
AAA
Columbus youth held on kidnapping count
Roswell New Mexico Sept 2 two youth itinerants pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping charges and were held on ten thousand dollar bonds for sentencing. Clifford Stewart 19 of Columbus Ga and James Moreland 18 with only an Ohio address were charged with forcing a taxi driver CG. J. Gray to Roswell after robbing him of eleven dollars. the driver was unharmed.
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Roswell
N. M
Clifford Stewart
Columbus Ga
James Moreland
Ohio
el Paso
Tex
CG. J. Gray
Vistal Point
Boy Dies Not Yet but Falls From Detention Roof
Atlanta Sept 9 an escape attempt at Fulton county juvenile detention home left 15 year old Horace Thos McDaniel with a fractured back after he fell three floors from the roof to the asphalt driveway He was rushed to Grady hospital where physicians listed his condition.
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Atlanta
Fulton County Juvenille
Horace Thos. McDaniel
Grady Hospital
Roosevelt Discusses National Guard Use for Home Defense
The passage notes that guardsmen called into federal service would be relieved from National Guard duty in their states. It states Roosevelt has spoken with governors about replacing such men with World War veterans to bolster home defense.
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National Guard
Roosevelt
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