Talmadge Highway Department Wrangle Sparks Georgia Debate
We review Governor Talmadge and the highway board's clash over payrolls and firing engineers. The dispute stalls road work and risks unpaid contractors, with both sides urging direct public decision and a prompt resolution for Georgia's transit program. The piece stresses accountability, legality, and the public interest above political aims.
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The
Highway Board
Messrs
Vereen
Barnett
Georgia
Georgia Middle
Public Education in Georgia and Income Comparisons
A fragmented table lists income per capita for 1980 and school spending shares in 1930 for several states. It highlights Georgia and neighboring states with figures showing United States averages and state percentages, though the OCR contains garbled text.
Education as foundation of democracy in Roosevelt era
The piece cites President Roosevelt praising education’s role in democratic government and notes Georgia’s education standing among states, with references to school efficiency rankings, currency concerns, and farm price trends amid broader national shifts. The tone blends political rhetoric with economic and educational observations from the era.
Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment Gains Momentum
The article notes New York voting forty to one for repeal and reports eight states have supported repeal through general representation of voters. It discusses Roosevelt urging immediate repeal to avoid tax raises and warns of potential factional fights if the issue mixes with state and legislative races.
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New York State
Roosevelt
Defects in the Income Tax Law and Enforcement
The piece critiques federal income tax defects from late error corrections to unclear tax calculations and widespread evasion schemes. It cites the Morgan case, overpayments, and calls for clear, rapid rulings, warning of growing opposition and evasive tactics fueled by lawyers and crooked agents. It also touches on Georgia beer laws and banking deposit guarantees as part of broader fiscal concerns.
Senior Class Commencement Schedule and Activities
The final program included Bible Reading by Mel Goodwin Treasury report by Frank Winn and class history by Mary Julia Thigpen. Other items featured are special biline Dorothy Davis Elizabeth Singletary John Singletary Thomas Kirkland class will by Lorene Johnson class poem Alice Smith candle lighting Thomas Mahler Burnham Riley and song Farewell To Thee. Seniors face exams this week with many awaiting graduation exams and notes of Hark Hark The Lark and Alma Mater heard in the halls.
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Mel Goodwin
Report of the Treasury
Frank Winn
Mary Julia Thigpen
Dorothy Davis
Elizabeth Singletary
John Singletary
Thomas Kirkland
Lorene Johnson
Allice Smith
Thomas Mahler
Burnham Riley
Local Social Notes Highlight Graduation Trips and Visits
Margaret Flowers left Friday for Lexington Virginia to attend her brother’s Washington and Lee graduation. Evelyn Godwin and Betty Palfy enjoyed a fishing outing at St Marks last Sunday. Louise Carroll Serene Johnson Margaret Thomson and Antionette Andrews drove to Valdosta Tuesday for shopping. Helen Dale Parrish visited friends in Pelham Sunday. Josephine Adams Marguerite Neel spent last Sunday at Wakulla while Sarabelle Montford traveled Tuesday to Metcalfe with Maury Elizabeth Horne. Virginia Folsom spent the weekend at St Marks and Newport.
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Margaret Flowers
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Evelyn Godwin
Betty Palfy
St. Marks
Louise Carroll
Serene Johnson
Margaret Thomson
Antionette Andrews
Valdosta
Thomasville High School News Highlights 33
The Thomasville High School News reports on a surprising basketball run to the district semifinals with players led by Isaacs Mahler Vaughan Hugging Zalimas and Chastain. It notes girls basketball, track, tennis, golf and senior plays plus expressions recitals and a piano concert by school and visiting students.
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Poodle” Isaacs
Thomas Mahler
Marlton Vaughan
Bo" Hugging
Jack Zalimas
Walter Walcott
Keith Higgins
Philip Chastain
Oscar Land
Travis Chastain
Thomasville
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Thomason
Bulldogs
Dekle
Chastain
Cook
Young
Hobby Ausley
Bobby and
Dime Vaughan
Hay and Fory" Cheshire
School friendships and a year in Thomasville High News
A reflective look at graduation among Thomasville High students, praising long time friendships, the year’s staff contributions, and the 1932-33 athletics review. Highlights include the senior staff, the walk of graduates, the operetta, May Day, bicentennial scrapbooks, and notable football and basketball efforts.
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Sindbad
Phick
Goosehead
Bert Ausley
Uncle Remus
Kilmer
Rudy Vallees
Kate Smith
Thomasvile High School
Bulldogs
Thomasville All-Stars
T. H. S. Eridmen
Thomasville
Children’s Imaginations on Thunder and Weather
Childhood yields unique ideas about nature. Neil Hammond imagines thunder as ungainly furniture moving in Heaven while Arline Towne pictures water wagons crossing the sky and water spilling out. Other notions include sun drawn water and fairies, floods leaving banks of water, chewing gum from trees, trucks lighting houses, a magician weather man, and blissful teachers.
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Neil Hammond
Arline Towne
Heaven
Nell
Bessie Parrish
Age of Innocence Conclusion Crawfish Prank Version
A group of children fishing for crawfish near a branch end up with Herbert, the eldest, proposing a secret plan. They follow into Grandmama’s yard to the well where Herbert tosses the large crawfish, creating a splash and drawing a shout about a red woman.
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Herbert
Grandma
Sue
Junior High News and Student Performances Highlight Week
A narrative recalls a eerie crawl from a well and a calm, later viewed cowboy show. The Junior High program featured Life of Henry W. Grady with GA-2 presenting skits, readings, and songs. Students Annette Sullivan Fred Clarke Elizabeth Gravenstein Mary Moore Beverly Walker contributed.
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GA-2
Jackie Smith
Annette Sullivan
Chady
Fred Clarke
Grady
Elizabeth Gravenstein
Mary Moore
Beverly Walker
Georgia Resources
Billy Bradley
Georgia
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