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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1929
Page
1
Mr and Mrs B E Roberts move to Lagrange and births noted for H A Grogan and Ervin Elliott families. Dated social items include travel, visits, illness, a wedding of Kate Rider and Oscar Gilreath, a Wesley Chapel homecoming, and a note on the Georgia legislature opening for a 60 day session with road and tax debates anticipated.
Community brief listing funerals visits and family gatherings around Harmony. Includes Mrs Zoma Holtzclaw funeral at Coal Mountain, infant Martin Elrod funeral in Harmony, plus multiple visits between Gainesville Atlanta and local families over the weekend and Sunday.
Miss Kate Rider and Oscar Gilliath of Dawsonville were married in a small ceremony. The notice lists many local visitors and Sunday gatherings among families including Stephens, Stowers, Gober, Owen, and Martin, with mentions of a Union Singing at Salem and a funeral at Coal Mountain.
A legislative bill proposes a state ward linked to Steiner hospital in Atlanta to expand cancer treatment capacity. The current city donated building is insufficient, forcing patients from outside Atlanta to be turned away without more space. The hospital is described as unique in the South with similar facilities only in Baltimore or New York.
Miss Mary Dabney Davis of the U S Bureau of Education Washington D C will address the Dawsonville school auditorium Sunday at 10 a m on rural education. She is noted as a leading national educator and all teachers and residents interested in rural education are urged to attend.
Attendees joined a Salem singing and locals spread news of farming to court busy crab grass digging and plowing. Visitors include Gus Cane and family from Forsyth County Belle Yarbrough and children Watkinsville Alma Owen and children Dougherty Utah Martin Hall County Egbert Taylor and son Cherokee Merritt Owen Shelton Pough and others enjoyed a Saturday ball game at Ebenezer and visited Ray Taylor's.
Mr and Mrs Joe Bearden are moving to Atlanta this week. Mr and Mrs J B Wallace spent Sunday in Atlanta. Mrs J A Chandler visited her daughter Mrs Annie Holmes in Atlanta. Mrs Olivar Parks and her son left Saturday to join her husband in Indianapolis Ind. Mrs Maude Hughes of Lumpkin visited with daughter Mrs Ervie Elliott. Patronize our Job Department.
Will be sold before the courthouse door in Dawson County on the first Tuesday in September for cash. Lot number 136 in the 5th District 2nd Section, described as unoccupied unimproved wild land with unknown owner, tax sale for state and county taxes for 1928. Sheriff C. E. Crawford.
A quirky shopper complains that a tailor cannot produce six-legged trousers at the regular price. The old man argues the demand is impossible and offers alternatives.
A town debates the proliferation of "Park Here" signs. Citizens question why no signs have been installed despite many being placed around the visiting city. Local officials consider a plan to mark parking areas.
A bird fancier answers a customer inquiry about handling canaries and confirms availability for sale while noting concerns about the birds health.
In Santa Maria del Tule Oaxaca Mexico townspeople recount a deadly incident linked to the 6000 year old Cortez Cypress a coastal plain giant famed as the oldest living thing 118 feet in circumference. Guards and soldiers reportedly disturbed the tree prompting fatal retribution and a chilling event the next morning.
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