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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1962
Page
1
Local residents report visits and travels across several towns. Bernice Barben spends summer at home while the Fausetts tour the Smokies. Visitors include Hutchesons, Hulseys, Jett family, Elliott, Chester family, and many others visiting relatives or staying for vacations.
Mrs Noblin writes from Madrid in June 1962 detailing a two week stay from New York. She praises the city, museums, weather, late dinners, and siesta. She notes bullfights with two matadors hurt, a Spanish Army parade, and says Dawson County representatives were the first to visit Madrid.
Weekend visitors of the C. L. Wright's included Mr and Mrs Cleaborn Grant and Marjorie of Harmony community the Clain Swafford's and Nove'le Wright. Smyrna Mr and Mrs Lee Summers Marietta Bert Twiggs Silver City.
Deacons Artis Bruce Charlie Vaughters and James Reece will be ordained at Shoal Creek Baptist Church on Saturday night June 16 with sister churches invited to attend.
A poignant notice from Mittie and John Darnell recalls their son Ru who died June 18 1958 and their son Bobby laid to rest in a graveyard. The parents express long sorrow and longing to hear Bobby’s voice and share memories from years four since Gods call.
Mrs. Weldon Turner and daughter with Miss Joye Byrd of Smyrna visit C. B. Byrd. Mrs. Hugh Cook and children from Key West Flat also stopped by to see the Byrds.
A non credit workshop for Forsyth and surrounding counties runs July 2 to 13 at Upper Cumming Elementary School Georgia to boost science and arithmetic teaching. Sessions cover art music social studies team teaching planning physical education and film/bibliography resources with certificates of attendance for regular participants.
Army Pvt Loy E Gaddis 24 son of Mrs Annie K Gad dis Dawsonville Georgia took part in Exercise Dark Sky a logistics training maneuver at Camp Wallace Virginia with hundreds of soldiers moving supplies from ship to beach under blackout combat conditions He is a marine diesel engineer in the 1097th Transportation Company at Fort Eustis Virginia Gaddis joined the Army last September and finished basic training at Fort Gordon Georgia.
Fort Sill Oklahoma Army Pvt Love D Hammond son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Hammond Route 4 Dawsonville Georgia completed an 11 week artillery tracked vehicle maintenance course at The Artillery and Missile Center May 31 Hammond 24 entered the Army December 1961 and did basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina He attended Dawsonville High School and worked for Georgia Feed and Poultry Co Gainesville before enlisting.
On Sunday June 17 the Church of God near Dawisonville hosts Home Coming Day with Don and Earl gospel singers from Tennessee and the Alphersta Young Peoples Choir among many guests. Rev Clarence Busby preaches at eleven. lunch follows at noon. Pastor Rev Floyd Grizzle invites all.
Harmony Rev and Mrs Jack Sutton visited Leon Bruces Thursday night Amanda Duncan of Gainesville visited relatives here recently Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Stowers Wallace with Ralph Pirkle and family Clayton Wallace and Eleanor Mrs Charlie Duncan Stevie Debbie and Ronald Warren Maude Perry and Bertha Elrod visited Mrs John Turner Frank Childers and children visited the Duncons Dr and Mrs Tom Florence and daughter spent Sunday at their cabin Henry Pirkle visited Ralph Pirkle and family Wednesday night
The Kilough Community Club will hold its monthly meeting Friday night June 15 1962 at the home of Mrs Ermon Stephens. All residents are invited. Reporter Mrs Ralph Pickle.
Linda Dernell, one of 142 graduates at Espanola High School in Espanola New Mexico, spoke among three commencement speakers on May 25. She received a superintendent’s trophy for scholarship and service and a University of New Mexico tuition scholarship starting September. she finished four years in Dawsonville and is the daughter of Howard and Darnell.
Route 3 Mr and Mrs James Waters and children visited the Years Waters Sunday. Clyde Tanner and Roy Crawford killed rice porkers this week to stock freezers. Farmers report showers beneficial to crops and gardens.
Mrs. Hattie Gillleland died at her home in Atlanta on June 7. Funeral services were held June 10 at Spring Hill in Atlanta and burial followed in Dawson Co Cemetery. She was a former resident of Dawson County. Sympathy to the family.
A Sunday shower and picnic at Amicola Falls State Park honored Mr and Mrs Tex Pate. About fifty friends attended as they celebrated the couple with generous gifts and well wishes for happiness and good luck in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith of Atlanta announce the birth of their son Scottie William on June 3 at Ga Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Smith is formerly Kathryn Jett of Dawsonville.
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