County mergers seen as coming in Georgia
Attorney General Eugene Cook, hospitalized, said in a read speech that county consolidation is inevitable in Georgia. He noted the 1963 act allows voluntary跨county service mergers, including welfare districts, housing and hospital programs, with no compulsion for counties or cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Attv
Eugene Cook
Georgia
Cook
E. Freeman Leverett
Department of Public Welfare
Thiokol Awards $888000 Contract to Jacksonville Firm
Thiokol Chemical Corp. awarded Daniel Construction Co. of Jacksonville Florida an 888000 contract to erect nine buildings at its Georgia Space Booster Plant in Camden County. The facilities planned for completion by mid February as part of a 105 million demonstration program for large space booster engines. Plan manager W L Berry said the deal covers two mixer buildings a mixer control building inert parts prep building mixer surge building mixer utility building oven building and ballistic test motor prep building. An inert parts building is finished and a giant casting curing and testing pit should be finished in September. Roads and utilities are near completion.
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Brunswick, Ga
Thiokol Chemical Corp
Daniel Construction Co
Jacksonville
Fla
Camden County
W. L. Berry
American Legion Post 222 Installs New Officers
American Legion Post 222 and Auxiliary in Alabama installed a new slate of officers Tuesday night. Karl Conradi becomes post commander with past service, while Mrs. James Travis leads the Ladies Auxiliary as president. New executive members include Harry Kline as chair, with Raymond Bentley, Floyd Huffmaster, Thorn ton Smith and Robert Tate. Additional officers include Josh Pollock and Jack Sudduth as sergeants at arms, Frank Turvey as historian, Shirley Farnsworth chaplain, Pete Dollar service officer, Austin Bolton finance officer, Russell Johnson adjutant, Burnice Wilson junior vice commander, and Jim Travis senior vice commander. The ceremony featured a 50 star flag presentation and a Holm weather observer award to Mrs. Sarah P. Porter for 30 years of service.
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Jack Shively
Karl Conradi
Spohn
L R
Smith
Suddath
Pollock
Conradi
Tate
Turvey
Bentley
Farnsworth
Travis
Corum
Kline
Johnson
Dollar
Huffmaster
Bolton
Department of Georgia
James Travis
Raymond Bentley
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mary Parkman
Auxili
Ary Department of Georgia
Herman Spohn
Harry Kline
Floyd Huffmaster
Thornton Smith
Robert Tate
Josh Pollock
Jack Sudduth
Frank Turvey
Shirley Farnsworth
Pete Dollar
Austin Bolton
Russell Johnson
Burnice Wilson
Jim Travis
John Campintus Holm
Sarah P. Porter
The
Weather Bureau
Holm
State reports savings from competitive bidding on paint
Purchasing supervisor Wistar T. Jay says Georgia gets more value per dollar with competitive bidding. Centerline paint costs fell after using Georgia raw materials and Highway Department tests, saving about $100,000 this year on 50k gallons white and 20k gallons yellow paint, part of 300k gallons purchased annually.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Wistar T. Jay
Jay
Highway
Jim L. Gillis
Highway Department
Jefferson County Farm Bureau Meeting Set for Thursday
Jefferson County Farm Bureau will meet at 7 p m in the school cafeteria. State Farm Bureau President E H Finlayson will report on new projects and activities and his survey work for increasing interest in Farm Bureau activities.
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Monticello
Fla
Jefferson County Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
E. H. Finlayson
Finlayson
National Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Indictments Hit South Georgia Grown and Whisky Cases
U S Commissioner William J Trowell lists 18 South Georgians indicted by a Macon grand jury. Fielder of Fielder’s Grocery Thomasville faces trial on materials for IRS code violations alongside James Shaw Jr. of Boston. Other indictments include Homer Hurst of Meigs on illegal whisky still and two Florida men on liquor law charges. Cairo men Givens Greene and McDonald face four whisky violation counts. Additional true bills name Albert Lawes of Pahokee and others tied to mail theft and auto theft conspiracies.
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Thomasville
Macon
U. S
William J. Trowell
Reveal
William A. Fielder
N. Broad St
Fielder’s Grocery
U. S. District Court
Fielder
James Shaw Jr
Boston
Homer Ronald Hurst
General Delivery
Meigs
Hurst
Florida
William Patrick Harvell
William Hen
Ry Shealey
Trowell
Attapulgus
Cairo
Ernest R. Givens
William Nicholas Greene
Clifford McDonald
Albert Lee Lawes
Pahokee
Fla
Dixie
James A. Cray
John T. Granger
Gene P. Martin
Freddie Robey
Moultrie
Deaths of William Carr of Thomasville in Baltimore
William Carr died Monday in Baltimore Maryland. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Abrams and Clark Mortuary of Thomasville. He is survived by his wife Alice.
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William Carr
Thomasville
Baltimore
Abrams and Clark Mortuary
Alice
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Association County Commissioners of Georgia
General Assembly
Thiokol
AL Post
American Legion
Conrad
Carl E. Sander
Jack & Jill
Daws Son
Broad St
Gordon Ave
U.S
Shaw
Internal Revenue
Ed Wkery
E. C. McDaniel
VA Domisiciary
A. V
Bubba) Akin
Ashburn
Georgia Department of American Legion
Legion
Belk
Hudson
Heria
Saneen
Dacron and Cotton and
Dacron and
Mademoiselle
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