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HE MADISONIAN“THE BEST COUNTY NEWSPAPER IN GEORGIA”THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1274, PAGE1Famed Editor Choices DueNewspaper Hall of Fame Dedication to Proceed 46th Annual GeorgiaDedication ceremonies for the new Georgia Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame will be held Thursday at 11 a m in the University of Georgia’s School of Journalism The ceremony will preeeed the 46th annual Georgia Press Institute, which opens at 3 p m Thursday at the Georgia's Center Established June 11,1931, the Hall of Fame honors deceased editors of weekly or daily newspapers in Georgia Forty-six portraits of leading newspapermen now hang in the gallery, and three additions will be announced Friday at a luncheon The brief dedication ceremony, to be held in the north auditorium of the psyehology-journalism complex, will include speeches by Louis T Griffith, dean of university relations, who has written a history of the Georgia Press Association, Dr Warren K Agee, dean of the journalism school, and Foy Evans, president of the Goergia Press Association and editor of the Warner Robins Daily SunA committee of top Georgia newspaper personalities chooses the new members under the direction of the press association president and the journalism deanMembers of the Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame and their dates of admission are1931-1955 — Henry W Grady Atlanta Constitution, Patrick Walsh. Augusta Chronicle, Pleasant A Stovall, Savannah Evening Press, Gark Howell Sr, Atlanta Constitution, Bowdre Phimzy Augusta Herald, C R Pendleton, Macon Telegraph, WT Anderson. Macon Telegraph, JohnS Cohen. Atlanta JournalRoyal Daniel. Quitman Free Press Dudley Glass. Atlanta Georgian and Constitution Thomas J Hamilton, AugustaChronicle. Joe Lawrence, Ashbum Wiregrass Farmer; James b Nevin. Atlanta Georgia, Hal M Stanley, secreiary-treasur-er Georgia Press Association and editor. Editor's Forum, William G Sutlive. Savannah Evening Press, James Williams, Greensboro Herald-Joumal 1956 — Albert S. Hardy. Gainesville News. Joel Chandler Harris. Atlanta Constitution, Louis L Morris, Hartwell Sun, John Paschall, Atlanta Journal, Frank L. Stanton. Atlanta Consitution1959 — James Johnston, Georgia's first printer and publisher of the Georgia Gazette. Mirabeau B Lamar. Columbus Enquirer Elias Boudinot, the Cherokee Phoenix, New Echota, Cherokee Nation 1962 — Dr Wightman F' Melton. Griffin Daily News, Jack Williams Sr, Way cross Joumal-Herald, Ernest Camp, The Walton Tribune, Herschel Jenkins, Savannah News-Presi.1964 — Otis A Brumby, Cobb County Times-Marietta Daily Journal, Jere N Moorr, Milledgeville Union-Recorder, Henry M McIntosh, Albany Herald. John L Herring. Tifton Gazette 1966 — Charles E Benns, Butler Herald, Pleasant T Me-Cutchen Franklin News and Banner. Theron S Shope, Dalton Citizen, David Turner. Bulloch Times 1968 — William T Bacon, The Madisonian, Milton L. Fleetwood. Cartersville Tribune-News, Thomas W Loyless, Augusta Chronicle. William A Shackelford, Oglethorpe Echo 1970 — John H Hodges, Houston Home Journal, Ralph E McGill, Atlanta Constitution 1972 — William R Frier, Bartow Herald, Ernest Rogers. Atlanta Journal, and E M Turner, Valdosta Daily Times1v.
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Madison Madisonian
Madison, Georgia, US
Thu, Feb 21, 1974
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