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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1962
Page
1
Louisiana banana cake recipe from Miss Eva McGahee uses yellow cake mix mashed bananas water eggs and chopped nuts. Bake at 350 degrees in a greased pan for 30 to 35 minutes or adjust for layers loaves or smaller pans.
A recipe for a banana coconut topping cake. Prepare a pan cake with sliced bananas, lemon juice, butter, brown sugar and cocoanut then broil until bubbly and lightly browned. Serve warm in squares. Submit recipes to Dawson County News.
School bus inspection will be held on Tuesday August 2 at 9 00 am. All bus drivers must attend and have buses ready for inspection.
Students will register on August 23 and return to classes on August 27 with a noon dismissal and no lunches served. Bus service will operate. In Cumming the Ninth District Masons meet August 22 at 1 30 pm at the lodge hall with Master Masons urged to attend and wives invited to a parallel meeting.
Leonard Looper invites the public to visit Dawsonville Auto Parts Co now occupying the Talley’s Restaurant building. The Army Progress Exhibit toured Dawsonville last Thursday featuring a space base model, uniforms, the Woman’s Army Corps and Medical Specialists Corps with many locals enjoying the display.
The newspaper invites readers to submit a name address and phone number for incomplete information about a Grant Family service. Items must be received by 8:00 A M Wednesday with a Tuesday afternoon delivery preferred. unsigned envelopes hinder contact.
The Lumpkin Campground hosts the dramatic program The Sermon on the Mount by Frank M. Roughton on Tuesday August 21 at 8:00 pm. Hazel Boughton narrates with Irish Harp. lighting and Holy Land costumes enhance the presentation. Rev. Emory Cartrett invites the public to attend at the intersection of Georgia Highways 53 and QE in Dawson County. Steve Martin visits Robert Waldrip in Gainesville.
Revival services will be held at Pleasant Union Baptist Church beginning Sunday night August 19 and continue each night throughout the week. The schedule includes the 3rd Saturday night and Sunday as usual. Pastor Rev Calvin Simmons invites everyone to attend.
Pentagon sources label the Berlin mobilization the most successful in Guard history. Major General Donald W. McGowan highlights the 82nd Infantry Division and 49th Armor Division as proof, noting rapid readiness and elite assignments. Senator Henry M. Jackson calls it a milestone linking reserve power to foreign policy goals.
Kate's corner mocks a self voting candidate and notes at home atmosphere in hotels. A critique on the younger generation and a wry line about the North Pole claim no one sits atop the world. Hollywood weddings are retakes and trees take five years to fruit in a family tree. A bird in the hand is bad table manners. Some investigators hunt bones in animal crackers.
A recipe outlines steaming a salmon mold with eggs butter bread-crumbs parsley and seasonings. After cooling it is plated and decorated with lemon cucumber and parsley.
The family expresses deep appreciation to friends for kindness during illness and death of Mrs. Estelle Martin. Grateful for flowers food comforting words from Rev Reid Lathem Rev Jack Sutton and Ingrams Funeral Home’s courteous service. May God bless everyone.
Cliff McClure is confined to his home with an injured leg after loading a sick bull Sunday. He is able to get about a little with a cane and hopes to return to the store soon.
Calvin Bearden son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Bearden attended the Youth Conservation Work Shop at Berry College Aug 10 He will enter the tenth grade at Dawson County High School in September Bearden has a long record in 4 H Club Land Judging Grand Champion Steer at the Dawson County Fat Cattle Show 1962 and owns three registered heifers.
The Houston Police Department circulated a leafing titled Twelve rules for Raising Delinquent Children. The rules advise parents to indulge infancy, shield him from responsibility, avoid spiritual training, and reward misbehavior. Each rule promotes permissive parenting, high self entitlement, and undermines discipline, predicting lifelong trouble.
Hoyt Waters of Dawsonville has been elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri. He was among nine Georgia breeders of purebred Aberdeen Angus elected to membership in the past month.
The 132nd Lumpkin Camp Meeting opens August 20 at 8 PM with ministers and music from Avondale East Lake and First Methodist East Point. An adult tailoring class by Eva McGahee debuts beside the camp activities at Dawson County Georgia Highways 3 and 1.
Mr Herman Grogan is seriously ill in Hall County Hospital. Mr Carl Martin is now home from Forsyth County Hospital. Mrs Floy Parks is in Emory Hospital in Atlanta and we wish her a speedy recovery. Mr Jack Grant is doing fine after an operation at Forsyth County Hospital. Mrs Clarance Lowe is at home from Talmadge Memorial Hospital. Mrs Lowe is reported doing fine.
Rev and Mrs Frank Summerour announce twins Kari Susana and John Franklin born August 6 in Bonners Ferry Idaho joining sister Theresa Paternal grandparents Chifford Ellsworth Spokane WA Clay Summerour Dawsonville Henry Clay Summerour Jr San Antonio Texas. Douglas Clay born June 9 to Mr and Mrs Henry Clay Summerour Jr with sister Rhonda Jean Paternal grandparents Rena Pape San Antonio and Clay Summerour. Derrick Michael born May 29 to Mr and Mrs Julian Wood Jr Atlanta joining Denise Robin Wood is daughter of Clay Summerour Dawsonville and Julian Wood Sr of Alachua Florida.
Local listings show Sunday services across multiple denominations. Churches include Dawsonville Baptist with Rev. Hugh Fields in 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. services, Harmony Baptist led by Rev. Jack Sutton, Sweetwater Baptist with Rev. Charlie Cantrell, Dawsonville Methodist with Rev. Emory Cartrett, Bethel Baptist under Rev. J. Gilbert Smith, Salem Methodist led by Rev. Emory Cartrett, Church of God of Prophecy with Rev. E. G. Caldwell, Wesleys Chapel under Rev. Ralph Harris, Pleasant Union Baptist with Rev. Calvin Simmons, McKees Chapel with Rev. Ralph Harris, and Goshen Baptist Church with S. S. at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. Services include Sunday School, training unions, and evening worship times.
Lumpkin County Superior Court convenes August term on Monday August 20 at 10 00 A M with Judge G Fred Kelley presiding. The State Patrol will inspect county school buses in Dawsonville next Tuesday August 21 at 830 A M. Drivers licenses issued the fourth Thursday of each month from 900 to 1200. Pre planning day starts Monday August 20 registration Thursday August 23 and school opens Monday August 27.
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