Georgia Gold Mines Remembered In Dahlonega Auraria Lore
A reader recalls Georgia gold rush sites around Dahlonega and Auraria, Georgia, noting mines on Crown Mountain and Findley Ridge, Calhoun and Consolidated mines, and dangers of old caverns. Mentioned are Parks discovery, the Trail of Tears context, and a vacation mining experience with reflections on historic houses in Lincoln and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlonega
Auraria
Indian Territory
Williams Forrest
E. Merton Coulter
Georgia
Gene Hartley
Louisville
Parks
North Georgia
Crown Mountain
Calhoun
Consolidated Gold Mines
Dahtonega
Findley Ridge
Flint-Groves School Names Faculty for 8th Grade Start
Flint-Groves School opens 8:30 a m Wednesday with J H McClure as district principal announcing faculty by grade from fourth to eighth. The article recalls Dahlonega gold mining history and local museum stamp mill, describing prospecting methods, safe fire practices, and a growing enrollment of 225 at St Michael's School nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint-Groves
J. H. McClure
Grace
Elizabeth
Lewis
Louise McKittrick
Sue Stephens
D. H. Moore
Nell J. Ratchford
R. D. Ar
Rowood
Hellie Boyd
Lillian S. Giles
Mercury
Ruth Hovis
Louise
B. Seitz
Lillie Ferguson
Peeates T. Little
Bonnie Pectors
Underwood
Alice
Steve Trudnak
H.L. Cline
Margaret W. Jarvis
North Georgia
U. S
Dahlonega
Suburbia
Imountain
Ones
Mississippi ‘River
St. Michael's
Tuesa Dahlonega
Mary Consilia
United States
Brazil
Uhar
Mexico
Rev Murray Love Returns Home From Vacation
Olney The Rev Murray Love pastor of Olney Presbyterian Church returned home Wednesday from a visit with relatives in Huntersville He is on vacation this month The Rev Albert McChire of Barnum Springs Orphanage was to conduct the service on Sunday at Olney Church Circle meetings in September were announced at several locations with chairpersons named and times listed Also noted are families returning from Myrtle Beach and a note about local residents hosting gatherings and changes in local school faculty plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
Murray Love
Olney Presbyterian Church
Huntersville
Albert McChire
Barnum Springs
Olney Church
Bill Harrison
Clyde Hill
Frank Lineberger Jr
Howard Flowe
George Torrence
Yates Howell
Emmett Jackson
Ennis Jackson
Charles Hoffman
Elizabeth Leavy
Sam Bitetti
Sammy
Canton
Mass
Charles W. Faires
Paul Faires Ans
Garrison General Hospital
Wade Faires
Myrtle Beach
Meldanes Hall Hanks
Maurice Holbrook
Smitty Hanks
Betsy Holbrook
Paul Thrower
Sunset
S. C
C. P. Robinson
Barbara Winger
Elise Williams
Belmont
Charles McArver
John Withers
Stanley
Lorraine Cathey
Grady Jenkins
H. C. Fonts
Jaughters
Kay
Franklin
Robinson Heights
Fonts
South Gastonia School
Stamp Panels Prove Popular at Philatelic Exhibition
Stamp panels prepared by the Post Office Department, showing the Birth of a Stamp, prove popular and drive the Philatelic exhibition room to its minimum 12 displays. They have toured Canada Germany Belgium and Austria with requests for the Philippines Spain Poland Italy and Germany. Over 100 panels exist 36 by 48 inches, including multiple Lincoln and John Jay designs and seven cent air mail panels issued July 3 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Arthur E. Summerfield
Canada
Germany
Belgium
Austria
Philippines
Spain
Poland
Italy
Washington, D. C
Magsaysay
Bolivar
Kossuth
San Martin
Lincoln-Douglas
Lincoln
Giori
Paul Revere
John Jay
Hermitage
Air Mail
Hospital Admissions at Gaston Memorial Hospital
A list of patients and residents connected to Gaston Memorial Hospital includes Mrs Florence R England retired, Mrs Fare S McCulloch of 151 Formick Street, Mrs Lite G Elis, Arthur C Phillips of Cramerton, Mrs Marlene Jenkins, Bessmey Titty Atkinson Phillips of 1230 Iva Are Claude Brizman Banting Green, March Hollman Rhodes of Dallas, David E Lips of Mt Holly R-1, Mrs Stella F E Neiklex 2413 S Ave, Mrs Etta B Quinn 615 Clyde St, Mrs Lattle Macaldrice Kendick id, Mrs Zellle M Collette 80 Dogwood Dr, Gary Alberd Stone 727 E Third Ave, James Cecil Brown AW Hal Test Ave, Adams Miles Darby Clover SC, Brenda Jane Rhyne Stanley, Billy Fhigene Campbell Fatea r Ginda RK Huffstetler Dallas Ret, Mrs Betty H Lowe Dallas R-1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur c. Phillips
Cramerton
Marlene ©. Jenkins
Bess¢mey Titty
Jan Atkinson Phillips
Claude Brizman
Banting Green
March Hollman Rhodes
Dallas
David E. Lips
Mt. Holly
Stella FE
Neiklex
S. Ave
Etta B. Quinn
Clyde St
Lattle Macaldrice
Kendick
Zellle M. Collette
Dogrood
Gary Alberd Stone
EL Third We
James Cecil Brown
Hal- Test Ave
Adams
Miles Darby
Clover
S.C
Brenda Jane Rhyne
Stanley
Billy Fhigene Campbell
Fatear
Youth Leads Police On High-Speed Chase In Gastonia
A 16 year-old Catawba county prison camp escapee fled Gaston officers Friday in a 1953 car, wrecked on Country Club road, and was arrested. Larry Keith Sommerset, home in Gastonia, faced charges of speeding reckless driving drunken driving driving without a license and possible auto theft. He had been serving time for auto thefts when he escaped Wednesday.
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Catawba County
Teading Gaston
Country Club Road
Larry Keith Sommierset
del. LA
J. R. Harris
Robinwood Road
Union Road
Harris
Gastonia
Sommersel
J. J. Stroup
Lewis Brittain
Vernon Bradshaw
Gastonia City
L. G. Haskett
Hugh Bolick
Sommerset
Clara St
Columbia, S. C
Public Schools in Gaston County Set to Exceed 30,000
Over 30,000 students will enter Gas ton county public schools this year with 21,000 in the county system and 7,900 in Gastonia city schools on the first day. New additions at Grier and Armstrong, 700 and 295 teachers respectively, plus 1,800 in Cherryville.
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Gaston County
Gasonia
Cherryville
Hunter Huss
Catawba Heights
Stanley
Gastonia
Supt
W. B. Sugg
Grier
Armstrong
Fenton L. Larson
St. Michael’s
Belmont Abbey College
Sacred Heart
New Arrivals at Gaston Memorial Hospital
Birth notices from Gaston Memorial Hospital list numerous families welcoming new babies in Belmont Belmont Kings Mountain McAdenville Clover and Cramerton. Included are boys and girls born August 23 to August 29 to families such as Widen Dow Dycus Payseur Walker Grayson Farmer Freeman BaFar nt Maner Williams Neal Carter Duncan Lingerfelt Bowen DeFor Pettus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin T. Widen
Belmont
George Dow
W. N. Firestone
Siri
James Dycus
Dorus G. Payseur
Kings Mountain
Douglas R. Walker
McAdenville
Billy Grayson
Pine St
Jesse Oc. Farmer
Jelmont
Horace J. Freeman
Hunsinger Ave
Boy
David R. BaFar
EaStover Dr
Girth
and Mirs
Bobby FP. Maner
Birk
Clarence F. Willams
Boulevard
Charles Neal
Gastonia
R-1
Garland Carter
Richard
Duncan
Clover
Dan Lingerfelt
Johnny Bowen
Cramerton
Homer DeFor
Ware Ave
Tommy R
Pettus
Smyre
Summit Talk and Royal Visit Highlight Pages
The Front Page notes the upcoming summit focus on the Soviet threat to West Berlin, nuclear disarmament, and NATO unity while reporting Eisenhower enjoyed a royal visit with the Queen, a lakeside picnic, and a baby news update. The British premier’s Moscow talks and hopes for Western progress frame the diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Berlin
Laos
Eisenhower
Washington
Moscow
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Bonn
Psig
Textiles Inc May Set Up Puerto Rico Facilities
Textiles Inc a Gastonia spinning mill firm plans expansion to Puerto Rico via new Threads of Puerto Rico Inc formed by John Land C Roberts and George B Mason Land as executive VP of Threads Inc says groundwork laid for future announcement The move signals a Puerto Rico manufacturing venture by a U S owned company and its subsidiary firm Threads Inc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Testiles Inc
Greater Gastonia
Puerto Rico
Threads of Puerto Rico, Inc
John Land
C. Roberts
George B. Mason
Land
Threads-Inc
Roberts
Teablesne
Mason
Textiles Inc
Gastonia Corporation
Nl Ft
U.S. Owned
Hodges Names New Driver for Governor’s Aide
Lloyd M. Burchelle, 35, of Raleigh, a State Highway Patrolman in Wake County, will become driver and Patrol aide to the Governor starting September 1. Burchelle, slated for promotion to sergeant, replaces Harold Minges who has served four governors since 1945 and will become a technical sergeant. Burchelle has been with the Patrol since 1947 and stationed in Wake County throughout his service.
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Pfe
Lloyd M. Burchelle
Raleigh
Wake County
Hodges
Burchelle
Harold Minges
R. Gregg Cherry
Minges
Burchette
State
Land
Patrol
Off Road Chief Catches Man After Three Mile Chase
In Northampton Massachusetts a speeding driver fled only to be overtaken by a motorist who forced him up an embankment. District Court fined 18 year old William F Francasio Jr forty dollars after he pleaded guilty to speeding and breaking the road law. The enraged motorist was Chief Ernest Jay of Belchertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Northampton
Mass
Alliam F. Francasio Jr
Pottes
Ernest Jay
Belchertown
Ballard Reunion Set September 6
Members of the Staten Maxie Ballard clan plan their annual reunion on September 6 at Rock Springs Camp Ground in Denver. The program starts at 10 a.m., with a picnic lunch at 1 p.m. Beeler Ballard of Gastonia will preside over the business. Relatives and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten - Maxie Ballard Clan
Rock: Springs Camp Ground
Denver
Director Becomes Favorite of Authors in New York
Adrian Hall, gaining notice from authors, last season oversaw Hofton Foote’s A Trip to Bountiful. Tennessee Williams approved an off Broadway staging of Orpheus Descending with a stipulation that the call direct. Anglers’ luck can be spoiled by underwater debris. help keep streams and America clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adrian Hall
Hall
Hocton Foote
Bountiful
Tennessee Williams
Call
America
Company D Returns Home From Training at Fort Knox
Fort Jackson South Carolina reports Company D of the 1st Battalion 485th Regiment Advanced Individual Training to return home today. Six officers and 11 enlisted men completed two weeks of annual active duty at Fort Knox Kentucky while the rest remained at home. The armor unit is part of the reorganized 198th Division Training and its soldiers may train to instruct recruits in an emergency recall. The article notes Andrew Johnson as the first president to tour the states by rail in 1866.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Gaston County
Fort Knox
198Th Division
Carolinas
Andrew Johnson
United States
Four Hospitalized After Head-On Dallas Highway Crash
Four people hospitalized after a head-on collision on U S Highway 321 near Dallas. Vehicles driven by Belly Faye Lowe and John C McGinnis collided when McGinnis swerved left and struck the Lowe car. McGinnis charged with driving on the wrong side of the road and without a license. Margaret Walker escaped uninjured as she tried to avoid the wreck.
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Dallas
Faye Lowe
Thomas Wilson Lowe
United States Navy
Linda Rose Hulfstetler
Gastonia
McGinnis
Lowe
U.S. Highway 321
Dallas Crossroads
J. Abercrombie
J. B. Cremmer
Whitney
N.C
Margaret Walker
Thieves Ransack Movie Stars Home in Hollywood
Burglars ransacked actress Virginia Mayo and husband Michael O Shea's Hollywood home. Jewelry and clothing including a white mink jacket are missing, according to the housekeeper who spoke to police Friday.
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Hollywood
Virginia Mayo
Michael O'Shea
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Lincoln County
Ernest B. Hunter
Charlotte Observer
Marsh Cavin
Bill Williams
Gazelle
Reinhardts
Grahams
Abernethys
Carolina
Hunlar
Scotland County
John Charles McNeill
Gerald W. Johnson
Ingleside
Brevard
John D. Graham
Cataloba
Cowan's Ford Lake
William A. Graham
Magnatia Grove
Iron Station
David Smith
Smith
Vesuvius Furnace
Calawha
Morrison
Graham Morrison
R. H. Morrison
Davidson College
St. Michael’s Registration
Mr. Love
Gaston Memorial
Florence R
England
Fountain
Fare S. McCulloch
Formick St
Lite G. Elis
Ginda RK
Huffstetler
Mre
Betty H. Lowe
N.C. Vocational Textile School
Gaston Technical Institute
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Sarah Estelle Garland Atkins
Loretta Watts Kirkley
Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing
First Baptist Church
Hamlet
Kirkley
James R. Watts
Belmont 1
Hamlet Hospital
Atapi
Lasame
Kincaid Insurance Agency
Public Service CO
M70
West
Franklin Avenue
South ST
Gardner-Webb College
North Belmont
Madenville
Lowell
Ranso
Flint Groves
Bessemer City
VO Verewereeetaans
W. Lawson Allen
Holling Springs
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