Georgia gas firms seek emergency rate hike of 30 percent
Atlanta Gas Light, Macon Gas, Georgia Public Utilities and Georgia Natural Gas petition the Georgia Public Service Commission for immediate 30 percent rate increases. They argue current rates are experimental and inadequate, noting a $550,000 drop in income versus manufactured gas. The PSC had granted Atlanta a 90 day postponement to appraise properties and set a valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Public Service Commission
Atlanta Gas Light Company
Macon Gas Company
Georgia Public Utilities Company
Georgia Natural Gas Corporation
Griffin
Rome
Macon
Florida Gulf Resorts Boost Appeal With New Travel Map
North Florida and surrounding states receive a promotional travel strip map spotlighting hard surfaced roads to Gulf beaches. Resorts from Newport to Pensacola, including hotels, piers, and fishing areas, are touted as easy summer getaways for visitors from Thomasville, Tallahassee, Albany, Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Florida
Gulf
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Albany
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Newport
Ladd Brothers
Panacea
Carrabelle
Apalachicola
Panama City
Valparaiso
America
Camp Walton
Pensacola
Prison camp reports in Georgia denied by wardens
Report on prison camp investigations across Grady, Lowndes, Mitchell and Thom as counties is released. Sen W V Whaley heads a second committee visiting multiple counties to study natural gas rates and public impact, noting proposed increases worsen consumer costs and investor returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady
Lowndes
Mitchell
Thomas
W. V. Whaley
H. C. Kimbrough
Harris County
A. A. Franklin
Butts
M. T. Scruggs
Washington
Macon
Sumpter, Lee
Dougherty
Baker
Early
Calhoun
Crisp
Dooley
John A. Smith
Local Visitors and Sales Announcements Highlight City
A flurry of visiting dignitaries and business travelers fills the page with names from Savannah Charleston Atlanta Nashville and Rome. Notable items include a half price straw hat sale June 19 20, and a GE refrigerator milestone to be presented to Henry Ford at the Edison Institute. Public notices also promote plumbing and stenography services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Spence
South Broad Street
General Electric Company
Dekle Electric Company
General Electric
Henry Ford
Edison Institute of Technology
Dearborn
Mich
Girl Scout Camp Closes With Neptune Court Swimming
The Girl Scout Camp near Chinquapin Plantation ended with a final swimming exhibition for about fifty six attendees. The court of Neptune opened the event with Mrs P I Dixon as Neptune and Mrs John White as Princess Aphrodite. Miss Ola Balcom led the entrance and the court included pages Nell Hammond Sara Belle Montford Dorothy Upson with instructors Buddy Autrey Paolo Mason and Rhodie Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinquapin Plantation
Neptune
P. I. Dixon
John White
Princess Aphrodite
Ola Balcom
Nell Hammond
Sara Belle Montford
Dorothy Upson
Buddy Autrey
Paolo Mason
Rhodie Mason
Coast Line moves to discontinue Albany Thomasville trains
The Atlantic Coast Line plans to petition the Public Service Commission to end the local Albany to Thomasville service leaving Albany at 3 50 p m. The remaining local from the south would be the 7 20 a m train and Albany opposes losing the historic service. Opposition exists along the line as the two cities grew with this train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast Line
Public Service Commission
Albany
Thomasville
Tto A
Coast Line
Waycross
Flamingo
Albany Herald
Harris Recalls Adventures In Old Mexico For Kiwanis
F B Harris describes younger years in Mexico including railroad gauge conversion near a labor camp of about a thousand workers. He recounts language mixups with Mexican laborers Chinese cooks and Americans and humorous episodes with carbolic acid chow chow mustard pickles salt water and rooster feathers. He also details desert fighting Yaqui Indians the Chihuahua aqueduct and bullfights while noting club fund donations and next week’s program plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
F. B. Harris
Mexico
Mr. Harris
Harris
Chihuahua
Spain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Enright
Aunt Jemima Grits
Kingan’s Creamery Butter
LA Touraine Coffee
Shivar
Rumford’s
Santos
Tetley’s Tea
Salmon
Tor
New York State
Richelieu
Chipso
Pillsbury
Granthawm
Florida Highway Ten
Gulf Resorts
Hunkle-De
Mr. L. T. Arden of
Savannah
C. P. Turner
Waco
Mr. Pope Barrow
K. C. Kerr of
Charleston
Crawford’s
H. C. Bates
A. J. McCauley of
Richmond
J. A. Bennett
Lillian McGavock
Nashville
Peabody College
Joe Beutell
Georgia Waterman
Madison St
Pauline Rich
Bainbridge
Christine Bass
Tommy Rich
Lawrence C. Sullivan
Russe Springs, Ky
J. L. Foster
Jack Turner
B. L. Brewton
Sara Levitt
W. Jackson St
W. P. Cox
Leila Cox
Baxley
Phumbing
A. M. Pugh
Frank Vickers
Canal Point
Charlie Bachman
Gerard Swope
Sturdivant
Fannette Winn
Betty James
Frances Titus
Jane Caldwell
Margaret Powell
Josephine Bailey
Mary Inman
Anne Little
Mary Blackshear
Mary Alice Williams
Susan Mitchell
Catherine Wilkinson
Frances Demaree
Frances Shiver
Harriet Clemons
Margaret Titus
Virginia Bridges
Barbara Turner
Leonce Wall
Jean Beutell
Mary Upchurch
Emily Speight
Elizabeth Groover
Jean Dawes
Betty McDavid
Gussie Rigsby
Catherine Bowman
Annne Price
Edna Gray
Charlotte Harrell
Betty Pringle
Lillian Schwencke
Mary Robison
Neil Hammond
Red Cross
Doris Hasty
Connie Balfour
Carolyn Whipple
Frances
Constance Balfour
Nancy Demaree
Flewellen Flowers
Sara Rice
Vivian Wells
Antoinette Andrews
Juanita Condly
Frances Rich
Charlotte Harrel
Rhody Mason
Facey Mason
Anne Flowers
Board of Health
Quitman
Annette McClesky
Frances Archbold
Old Mexico
Luren Teate
Lakeview Camp
Leb Dekle
Scotch Foundation
Garrison
Vocational Guidance Committee
Albany Kiwanis Club
Albany Club
Hotel Gordon
BE. D. McDougald
Memphis
Pet
Rumford
Libby
Fleischmann
Pkies
O. K
Proctor & Gamble
Zic
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