Neel Defends Georgia Tax Increases Before Cairo Kiwanis
State Senator Lawson Neel of Thomasville spoke to the Cairo Kiwanis Club defending the new state taxes enacted by the Georgia Legislature's special session. He traced a $10 million fiscal deficit and urged support for funding education and highway projects, citing growth in the forestry program and rising service demands as justification. He noted rising costs in education and public works, and argued waste reduction alone cannot eliminate the need for increased revenue.
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Cairo
Lawson Neel
Thomasville
Cairo Kiwanis Club
Georgia
Neel
Tth
Brooks
Grady
Thomas
Rural Roads Authority
Everett Millican
Atlanta
Barris Jefferson
Lester Coleman
Revival Opens at Nazarene Church
Revival services begin tonight at 7 45 led by Rev Clayton D Bailey at the Church of the Nazarene. Regular services follow nightly through July 3 with Bailey an evangelist and popular young preacher, a graduate of Oliver Nazarene College and Nazarene Theological Seminary.
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Church of the Nazarene
Clayton D. Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Oliver Nazarene College
The
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Kansas City
South Carolina Flue-Cured Tobacco Auctions Open Early
South Carolina tobacco markets will start selling on July 28, five days before the 1954 opening of August 2. The schedule was approved by the State Tobacco Warehouse Association. Rules set daily sales times and a maximum of 2 200 baskets per day. Bright Belt’s Fred B. Royster noted Georgia dates depend on a legislative committee’s recommendation.
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Myrtle Beach
8. C.pb
South Carolna
State Tobacco Warehouse Assn
Fred 8
Royster
Henderson
N.C
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Virginia Beach
Georgia
Warehouse Association
Plans for Local Chamber Sign Placement debated
Groover of Ochlochnee and Director Alton Harrison of Coolidge led a committee on placing signs in county towns. The panel discussed sign locations and wording, voting to let each community decide placement whether on a stand or in a store window. The draft copy referenced a new TV station for Thomasville and Tallahassee, with tower and quarters under construction near Iamonia Lake.
Georgia voters weigh four year governorship proposal
The piece questions if extending the governor’s term to four years benefits or harms citizens. It notes tax hikes from a recent session, predicts the full $65 million in new levies, and warns longer terms lessen voter control while government power grows. It cites biblical parallels and laments rising burdens on the people. It mentions Birdwood College and a local booklet project.
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Georgia
General Assembly
Community events and club meetings schedule
Calendar lists 7 p m events at Log Cabin Tourist Court Health Department polio shots for white and Negro children Rotary Club Glen Arven Red Cross Lions Club Masonic Lodge Kiwanis Club and breakfast club at Plaza Cafe plus a luncheon at Glen Arvon and a directors meeting with Scott Nor Ce Groover and a Retail Merchants Association representative present.
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Health Department
Rotary Club
Glen Arven
Red Cross
Lion’s Club
Hotel Scott
F.é& A. M. Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Credit Women's Breakfast Club
Plaza Cafe
Kiwanis Club
Glen Arvon
Scott
C. Dewey
Ce. W. Groover
Chapman Martin
Barwick
Altonwood
Harrison
Coolidge
Jimmie Raiford
Meigs
Earl Mayo
Boston
J. Forest Knapp
Inman, Jr
Roy Edwards
Gene Driver
Lloyd Watson
Hugh Gurley
Lloyd Megahee
Frank Snyder
Lee E. Kelly
Etta Wolfson
John Hicks
Retail Merchants Association
Final Rites Held For Wayne Harrison Plane Crash Victim
Funeral services for Wayne Harrison 29, flight instructor and Moultrie pilot, were held at Pine Level Church near Cairo with Masonic rites at the family cemetery in Grady County. Memorial services are planned at Spence Field where he worked. He is survived by wife Florence Cannady of Thomasville, two children, and his Tallahassee–area parents. The crash occurred on C. C. Griffin Jr. farm near Ochlocknee.
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Cairo
Wayne Harrison
Moultrie
Here
Pine Level
Moultrie Lodge
Grady County
Spence Field
Harrison
Cairo High School
Florence Cannady
Thomasville
Alvin, Jr
Robert Pittman
Tallahassee
Cannady
E. G. Wheeler
Cannady and Heisler Market
Jackson Street
Mary Hines
Ruth Register
Alice Harrison
Bamma Michaelson
Miami
C. C. Griffin, Jr
Ochlochnee
Five Thomas Countians at Boys State see two win elections
Five Thomas Countians attend Boys State at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Wise and Cooper win county offices in yesterday’s general election amid ongoing city and county contests as governor votes loom. Roosevelt County officials and state senator hopefuls also highlighted the session.
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Thomas Countians
Boys State
Tommy Wise
Roosevelt County
Mickey Cooper
Washington County
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Wise
Cooper
Robert Braswell
Ochlochnee
Ivey Randolph Jenkins
Boston
Fireman Called To Ira Williams Home Fire
The fire department was summoned to 828 Forest Street this morning where a cigarette left on an over stuffed chair ignited the furniture. The chair burned and no other damage occurred. Ira Williams resided there.
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Forest Street
Ira Williams
Actress Marie McDonald remarries favorite allergy after long breakup
Hollywood star Marie McDonald and ex husband shoe magnate Harry Karl renewed their marriage in Yuma Arizona a week ago per her mother. The couple had divorced in Las Vegas last November and had previously wed but canceled plans in Europe Africa and Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Marie
Las Vegas
New
Karl
Harry
Europe
Africa
City Court Concludes June Term Sessions
The City Court of Thomasville adjourned its June term after civil and criminal actions. Tom Carter sued the estate of Annie Gilly Hayes for damages from a car collision and won $300. Nellie Kelsey was convicted of possessing whiskey and selling liquor, receiving fines of $54 and $154 with jail as an alternative. Judge J. E. Craigmiles presided.
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Thomasville
Tom Carter
Annie Gilly Hayes
Nellie Kelsey
J. E. Craigmiles
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