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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1937
Page
1
The Dawsonville P. T. A. will hold a meeting at the school auditorium on Thursday afternoon January 28 at 3 o'clock. A new secretary will be elected and other business transacted. All members urged to attend. Mrs. Ida Fouts, president.
County urges parents to enroll children not in school at the earliest date. Four free school books are available to each child from first through sixth grade. Teachers should submit names of non attending pupils in each district. Mrs. M. E. Hendrix, C. 5. S.
The January 15 Dawsonville Chapter meeting counted subscriptions and Taft Fouts' team won by a wide margin. A social will be held when weather allows. Plans include visiting the Alpharetta chapter and covering transportation costs. The group voted to send $1 to Gaffa for a complimentary ad. Roy Bailey Reporter.
The Georgia quota drive for the Warm Springs Foundation aims to raise 100000 dollars. Birthday balls for the President will be held nationwide. A Sutton campaign seeks one dollar donations. Dawson county has no set goal but requests contributions to Mrs B H Howard chair Dawson county Dawsonville Ga. Funds will be forwarded after the drive ends.
Residents from Luberty to Canton and nearby areas visit relatives and host gatherings. Friends and families attend meetings, house moves, and social events while Masonic Lodge No 102 elects officers and reports a Sunday School cancellation.
Police raced to the state Capitol after a false burglar alarm from the treasurer’s office. Officers found a man kneeling before the safe as a wiring mix up traced to a prior administration caused the loud alert.
Congressman Whelchel of Georgia introduces in the House a bill to halt all immigration into the United States for five years. He argues the move would benefit the country by reducing what he calls excessive foreign presence.
In 1935 the Dawsonville community cannery was launched by the vocational department with help from the Local and County Board of Education. The vocational teacher helped set up the facility, initially with limited equipment. Since then it has become the area’s best equipped cannery, with over 12 500 cans of meats fruits and vegetables canned, saving money and boosting community health by ensuring year round supplies.
School notes describe a January 21 game in Dawsonville at 7 p.m. with Airline, a return match after a loss to Cumming. The piece praises school spirit and encourages attendance and support for athletes while detailing class activities from seniors poetry to grade projects and examinations.
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