Georgia News Snapshot Highlights 1955 Events
A survey shows Georgia banks led farming, while fourteen people died in weekend traffic crashes and two drowned. Mercer University Macon begins its 124th year. Chattahoochee Valley Expo planned for October in Columbus. Notable deaths include Charles L. Sanders Warner Robins, Wm. Holt Perry, Joseph Arnall Newnan, Eva Palmer Columbus, and Phillip Morgan Rockmart. Albany to host Gravely Tractor southern HQ. A mayoral vacancy in Oglethorpe and a fatal fire in LaGrange are noted, plus Emory at Oxford receives a $50,000 gift. Major incidents span across Macon Columbus Albany Atlanta and Brunswick.
Twenty One Masons Gain York Cross of Honors at Macon
At the Georgia Priory No. 39 meeting in the Masonic Temple Macon J O Smith of Bainbridge was elected prior for 1957. Twenty one new members listed include W T English Quitman O C Bell Decatur Lonzo Pope Albany F H Killam Greensboro T C Garner Dublin P F Downs Butler L H Williams Atlanta J F Dilard Augusta R H Comer Americus W B Mason Albany J C Deck Jr Chickamauga I T Wages Buford J E Moseley Griffin W T Bateman Ft Valley A H Law Ft Valley G J Woavis Ft Valley F M Williams Milledgeville G M Stembridge Milledgeville T M Antoine Ft Valley R W Beall Bainbridge J R Huffaker Atlanta Eminent Prior P Y Luther presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Priory
Knights of the York Cross of Honour
Masonic Temple
Macon
J. O. Smith
Bainbridge
Blue Lodge
W. T. English
Quitman
O. C. Bell
Decatur
Lonzo Pope
Albany
F. H
Americas College to Graduate First Nursing Class
Public interest rises as Georgia Southwestern College prepares for the September 23 graduation in Jackson Hall Auditorium. The nursing education program offers the state’s only three year college sponsored RN track. Jim Mack Odom of Berlin will deliver the address. Joyce Slaton among those to receive associate degrees in nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Southwestern College
Jackson Hall
Department of Nursing Education
Southwestern
Colege
Jim Mack Odom
Berlin
Cecil Avant, Jr
Margaret Jones
John Paul Jones
L. A. Mair
Joyce Slaton
R. O. Slaton
Reynolds
Be Your Own Boss Own a Route of Self Service Toy Racks
An advertisement seeks partners to own toy rack routes in markets and shopping centers with no selling required. Applicants need a car, $450 cash for inventory, references, and 6 to 8 hours weekly to earn up to 400 dollars monthly and potential full time. Immediate credit offered for larger routes. Mrs. Chas Garrett noted in Bibb County news.
Easter Seal Fund Totals $165 000 in Georgia drive
Fortson reports the 1956 Georgia Easter Seal Campaign raised over $165 000, a gain of about $11 000 from last year. The funds support crippled children and adults across the state, with gifts still being accepted at the State Office in Atlanta. Editors earned certificates of appreciation for cooperation. Taylor County led by Mrs. J. F. Sikes.
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Georgia
Ben W. Fortson
Georgia Society For Crippled Children
Easter Seal Society
Fortson
Grand Theater
Atlanta
Taylor County
J. F. Sikes
Violet Moore Recalls Islelike Sealy Home in Oglethorpe
Violet Moore guides visitors through the Sealy home in Oglethorpe Ga noting its age and historic value. The 12 room island house, around since the antebellum era, sits unoccupied yet preserved by E P Shealy of Atlanta and draws comparisons to Bermuda architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Moore
Sealy
Oglethorpe
Bermuda
Macon County
Altho
E. P. Shealy
Atlanta
South
Georgia
West Indies
Unidentified Boy Buried After Perry Highway Death Near Ft Valley
The unidentified young white boy found dying on the Perry highway near Ft Valley on September 2 is buried as an unknown subject. GBI and Peach County officers traced every clue but could not identify the body.
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Ft. Valley
Perry Highway
Peach County
W. H. Beeland
GBI
C. D. Leverett
Perry
Tucker Resumes Editor Role at Columbus Dailies
W Cliff Tucker, editor of the Enquirer, has resumed writing his column Top O The Morn and editorials from home while convalescing. He left the hospital Friday and began dictating to his secretary that afternoon. He will return to the office when his physician allows. The Enquirer staff prepared his column during illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Tucker
Enquirer
Altho
The
Tucker
Enquirer News
Putnam County Indicts Mrs Chalker for Shotgun Murder
The Putnam county grand jury indicted Mrs EB Chalker of Eatonton on murder in the shotgun death of her husband Sunday. Chalker, a farm machinery mechanic, was shot in the head with a shotgun. Dentists from across Middle Georgia gathered in Macon to present a bronze plaque honoring Dr G H Green, 45 years on the Milledgeville State Hospital staff.
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Putnam County
EB. Chalker
Eatonton
Chalker
Middle Georgia
Macon
G. H. Green
Milledgeville State Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgia Banks
Mercer University
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition
Columbus
Charles Leroy Sanders
Crawford County
Warner Robins
B. F. Merritt, Jr
Wm. H. Holt
Boston
Mass
Gravely Tractor Co
Dunbar
W. Va
Joseph G. Arnall
Ellis Arnall
Newnan
W. C. Williams
W. E. Webb III
Bonnie W. Brown
LaGrange
Phillip Morgan
Rockmart
Eva Moore Palmer
Superior Court
George Currell Palmer
Chattahoochee
Evelyn McGarrity
J. B. Schmoll
Greenvile, S. C
School of Fine Arts
Wesleyan College
Brunswick
Connecticut
Joel Chandler Harris
West End
Emory University
Emory
Panama City
Fla
Blackstone
Madera
Calif
University OF Chicago
America
P Carol
Quebec
Canada
Malcolm
York Cross of Honors
Americas College
Chas. H. Garrett
Macon Judicial
Union
Butler, GA
Voltaire
W. Cliff Tucker
Columbus Enquirer
Sam Hinsley
Georgia Livestock Development Authority
Butler
C. H. Adams
Hammack Electric Supply
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