| 8/12/1887 |
citizens of Job petition to change its name
to Leslie |
| 9/26/1889 |
Plains of Dura Dots - Maj. M. Speer, of Americus,
was in town last Friday.; Job's
name changed
to Leslie |
| 3/7/1890 |
Mrs. Emeline Shivers, of Sycamore, Irwin
county, is visiting her brother,
Sheriff
Pat Bass. It has been sixteen
years since
Mrs. Shivers was here. Mrs.
M.E. Harp, of
Leslie, the daughter of Sheriff
Bass, is
also visiting him. |
| 11/13/1891 |
Maj. M. Speer gave a Responsive Address to
Sumter Sunday School Association
at Leslie,
on Nov. 6th |
| 4/8/1892 |
Merrytown Gossip - Mrs. H.L. Speer spent
several days of last week with
her parents
in Leslie. |
| 9/23/1892 |
Maj. M. Speer to speak at Leslie for Sumter
Bible Society with E.C. Speer
at Shiloh |
| 9/30/1892 |
Two of a Kind - account of Maj. M. Speer's
speech on behalf of American
Bible Society
at Leslie |
| 1/23/1894 |
jurors for the sensational murder trial of
Drs. J.B. and A.B. Hinkle; their
victim,
Dr. J.J. Worsham: B.H. Harris,
farmer, 15th
district; C.C. Alexander, farmer,
Plains;
G.W. Kinard, laundryman for Joe
& Sing;
D.W. Wingate, farmer, 28th district;
J.M.
Wimbish, mechanic, city; J.F.
Frazer, farmer,
Leslie; Q.W. Fuller, farmer,
near Americus;
T.L. Speer, salesman in Ansley's
grocery;
N.J. Nailor, railroad section
boss, Andersonville;
J.T. Ratliff, farmer, near Americus;
D.R.
Bradley, farmer, 15th district...
(farmer
Larkin Dupree chosen next day) |
| 9/13/1894 |
Dots From Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer, of Merrytown,
spent several days this week
with her mother,
Mrs. Jno. Sims of this place. |
| 9/28/1894 |
Officer Tom Cobb was called to Leslie yesterday
by a telegram announcing the
serious illness
of his sister, Mrs. J.T. Ferguson,
who has
a severe attack of fever. |
| 10/4/1894 |
Dots From Leslie - H.L. Speer, of Merrytown,
was in town Saturday. |
| 6/7/1895 |
Merrytown Gleanings - Mrs. Jno. Sims, of
Leslie, spent a few days with
her daughter,
Mrs. Hugh Speer, last week.;
Mrs. Evie Speer,
of Americus, is visiting her
mother, Mrs.
J.A. Worthy. |
| 4/21/1896 |
Leslie's temperance picnic committee of arrangements:
John Sims, Dr. W.C. Tinsley,
et. al. |
| 9/4/1896 |
Notes From Leslie - Misses Martha and Bobbie
Sims are visiting their sister,
Mrs. Speer
at Merrytown. |
| 1/20/1903 |
ADP - Locals From Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer, who have been the guests
of the latter's
father, Mr. John Sims, for the
past few days,
returned to their home today
at Merrytown. |
| 6/3/1903 |
ADP - Arthur and Mose Purvis attended the
concert at Plains Friday.; Said
About Leslie
People - Mrs. H.L. Speer, of
Merry Town,
was here yesterday, visiting
relatives.;
Newlets About Merrytown - Mrs.
H.L. Speer
spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
Sims, at Leslie. |
| 11/7/1906 |
The real estate of Dr. W.C. Tinsley and located
in and near the town of Leslie
brought on
the aggregate about $2,000, consisting
of
two houses and lots there and
100 acres land
near the town. |
| 4/25/1908 |
Mr. Tom Tinsley, who has been visiting friends
and relatives near Leslie, returned
home
Tuesday. |
| 4/29/1908 |
Speer Home is Leased to Family for Time -
Mr. D.A. Carter of Atlanta, and
his son-in-law,
Mr. Leslie Riley of Arlington,
with their
respective families, will come
to Americus
to reside in May, the two families
numbering
eight people. Mr. Carter is
a former resident
and brother of Messrs. J.N. and
W.C. Carter.
They have leased the residence
of Mrs. Laura
C. Speer, corner Church and Jackson...,
for
the summer, as Mrs. Speer expects
to be away
the greater portion of the season. |
| 10/23/1908 |
Leslie - Mr. Leon Tinsley died Tuesday night
of typhoid fever at the home
of his sister,
Mrs. Luther Glaze. He was buried
here this
evening.; DeSoto - Mrs. John
L. Ferguson
went to Americus Monday to attend
the funeral
of her brother, William A. Cobb. |
| 12/11/1908 |
Leslie - Miss Lois Tinsley spent Monday in
Leslie.; 15th District - Miss
Lois Tinsley
closed her school at New Hope
last Friday. |
| 8/13/1909 |
Smithville - Miss Hortense Tinsley, of Leslie,
is spending this week very pleasantly
here
with her aunt, Mrs. R.P. Goodman. |
| 2/24/1911 |
Leslie - Miss Vera Robinson has been the
charming guest of Mrs. H.L. Speer
the last
week. |
| 1/5/1912 |
SGP - Leslie Dots - Mr. W.C. Ansley has purchased
the residence formerly occupied
by Mr. H.L.
Speer and will move in soon.
We welcome
them as citizens of our village.
Mr. H.L.
Speer and family have moved to
the residence
of Mr. John Sims near town.;
Mr. A.F. Robinson,
of Dawson, visited relatives
in Leslie last
week.; Mrs. Chas. L. Ansley is
spending a
few days at Atlanta the guest
of Mrs. E.D.
Ansley.; short history of major
fires in
Americus |
| 2/2/1912 |
Sumter Briefs - Miss Lubel Speer is visiting
her brother, Mr. E.R. Chappell,
this week.;
SGP - A.E. Speer purchased one
city lot in
Leslie sale |
| 2/9/1912 |
Mrs. Hugh Speer, of Leslie, was the guest
of relatives while in Americus
yesterday.;
SGP - Leslie Locals - Few men
can see into
the future, but not so with two
of our most
enterprising young men. We understand
that
Alva Speer and Kenneth Hines
have purchased
residence lots in the new addition
to Leslie. |
| 2/16/1912 |
SGP - Leslie Local Lines - Alva Speer and
Richard Winchester were in Cordele
sight-seeing
Friday night.; history of violence
in 1860's
Americus; Mr. Will Rushin, of
Montezuma,
visited his brother J.H. Rushin,
a day or
two this week. |
| 2/23/1912 |
Sumter Briefs - Miss Lubel Speer, of Americus,
has been spending some time with
Misses Stella
and Lillie Rogers.; marriage
of Grover Cleveland
Purvis and Miss Stella Tippin,
of Claxton;
SGP - Leslie Happenings - We
would also mention
the organization of the Royal
Ambassador
by Mrs. H.L. Speer, the society
consists
of the boys of our town who want
to learn
to work for the church, its purpose
being
the culture and religious improvement
of
those who become members. |
| 3/29/1912 |
SGP - Leslie's Little Local Lines - Mr. Herbert
Speer is now on the sick list. |
| 4/12/1912 |
photos of M.M. Lowrey, Frank Sheffield, Lee
G. Council, N.M. Dudley, A.W.
Smith, Crawford
Wheatley; SGP - Leslie - Mr.
Alva Speer,
who has been acting as postmaster
here for
some time, has a position in
the bank at
Ashburn, Ga. We wish him great
success in
his new place. |
| 4/26/1912 |
SGP - Leslie Happenings - Mr. Alva Speer
was in Leslie Friday. He reports
a fine
position in the Ashburn bank. |
| 6/7/1912 |
SGP - Among the sixty-five graduates from
Mercer University...Irving J.
Giddings...who
received the degree of Bachelor
of Pharmacy.
Dr. Giddings will accept a position
in the
pharmacy of Murray & Hooks
...; Leslie
Local News - Mrs. Arin Robinson
and daughters,
Misses Vera and Edna, visited
relatives here
this week. |
| 7/12/1912 |
SGP - Mr. John Sims, a well known resident
of Sumter county, died at the
home of his
daughter, Mrs. H.L. Speer, in
Leslie, Wednesday
night (July 10th) about midnight...;
Mr.
H.L. Speer, of Leslie, was a
business visitor
in town Saturday. |
| 8/16/1912 |
SGP - Leslie Local Lines - Mr. John Hugh
Robinson and sister, Edna, spent
a few days
with their brother, Mr. C.R.
Robinson. |
| 8/30/1912 |
SGP - Leslie Local Lines - Mrs. C.R. Robinson
is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Arin Robinson,
near Americus,; Mr. H.L. Speer
left Tuesday
for Alabama on a business trip. |
| 9/27/1912 |
SGP - Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Cobb have moved into
their new home, recently purchased,
at the
corner of Cherry and Forsyth
streets.; Leslie
Local Lines - We are glad to
see Mr. J.W.
Cobb, who has been very ill at
his home in
Abbeville, is able to be on our
streets again.;
Through the agency of Felder
& Purvis,
Mr. Sam McDaniel purchased a
fine building
lot on Hill street, west... |
| 10/11/1912 |
SGP - Leslie Local Lines - Mrs. Roy Robinson
and son returned from Smithville
Monday where
they have been visiting relatives. |
| 10/18/1912 |
SGP - Some of the finest pecans...came from
the trees of Mrs. Shock Cobb...Mrs.
Cobb
has about five acres of these
trees eight
years old...; Leslie Local Lines
- Mr. Herbert
Speer has been very ill for some
days, at
his father's, Mr. H.L. Speer.;
Miss Millard
Stallings, of Palatka, Fla.,
was a guest
of her aunt, Mrs. Roy Robinson,
last week. |
| 11/1/1912 |
SGP - Leslie Local Lines - Mr. Herbert Speer...
left for Jacksonville, Fla.,
the middle of
this week, hoping by change of
climate to
regain his usual good health. |
| 11/15/1912 |
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Purvis are now entertaining
a fine new son at their home.;
SGP - Leslie
Local Lines - Mrs. Cobb, of Birmingham,
Ala.,
is visiting her sister Mrs. H.L.
Speer and
other relatives in Leslie. |
| 1/9/1913 |
SGP - Leslie Items - Mr. Alva Speer visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer, during
the holidays.; Lota Mae Speer
and Annie Hoffman
are on the sick list this week. |
| 1/24/1913 |
SGP - Leslie News - Mr. H.L. Speer who has
been ill for some time is improving. |
| 1/31/1913 |
SGP - Leslie, Ga. - Lota Mae Speer is in
school again after an illness
of nearly two
weeks. |
| 2/14/1913 |
SGP - obit of Thomas M. Cobb; Leslie Notes
- Messrs. John Sims and John
Speer made a
trip to Cocks' Landing on Flint
river, Sunday.;
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
E.C. Speer,
on Sunday of this week. |
| 2/21/1913 |
obit of Ruth Schneider, two-week old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Schneider,
died Feb.
20th; Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Belote
and sister,
Mrs. James Sutton, returned Thursday
from
a visit to Mrs. John Ferguson
in DeSoto.;
SGP - Leslie News - Mr. John
Speer visited
friends in Rebecca and Ashburn,
Saturday
and Sunday. |
| 2/28/1913 |
SGP - Leslie Notes - Mr. H.L. Speer killed
a hog recently weighing 512 lbs.;
Mrs. H.L.
Speer had a picnic for the Sunbeam
Society |
| 3/7/1913 |
SGP - Leslie Notes - The ladies' prayer meeting
which met with Mrs. H.L. Speer,
Monday evening,
was well attended. |
| 3/14/1913 |
SGP - Earl C. Speer on city court jury; article
on Leslie, with photos of churches,
cited
H.L. Speer as groceryman and
deacon of the
Baptist Church there |
| 4/11/1913 |
SGP - Leslie Items - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer
were the guests in the home of
Mrs. Arin
Robinson, near Americus, Thursday
and Friday. |
| 4/25/1913 |
SGP - Leslie News - Prof. J.N. Robinson and
wife were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer
Saturday and Sunday. |
| 5/1/1913 |
Leslie - Mr. Alva Speer, of Ashburn, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his
parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Mr. L.J.
Blalock remains
ill with fever at his home on
Mayo street,
where he has been confined since
Monday (Apr.
28th). |
| 5/16/1913 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. H.L. Speer, of Leslie,
made a business trip to our community
last
Friday.; Mr. P.A. Bradley and
family were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Omer
Bass Sunday.;
Miss Emma Parsons entertained
Mr. and Mrs.
J.H. Robinson, Mr. Jno. S. Murray,
Mr. Nolan
Strange and Miss Vera Robinson
Sunday evening.;
Chas. Ansley, Jr. (sic) left
yesterday morning
for Colorado Springs...; SGP
- H.L. Speer,
J.W.L. Daniel and Earl C. Speer
on Grand
Jury list; Leslie News - Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C.P. Sims
Tuesday. |
| 6/13/1913 |
Leslie - Mrs. A. Robinson and daughter, Edna,
of Anthony, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Speer for several days the
past week.;
SGP - Anthony Chapel - Mr. Carl
Speer is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George
Simpson.;
Hugh Speer on grand jury committee
overseeing
the sheriff's office |
| 6/15/1913 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. Claude (sic) Speer is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George
Simpson.;
Mrs. A. Robinson and Miss Edna
Robinson spent
several days in Leslie this week.;
Mr. George
Walters, Mr. John Peel and Mr.
Omer Bass
attended the District Conference
at Plains
Thursday and Wednesday.; Miss
Winifred Brooks,
of Blakely, is the guest of Mrs.
Charles
Giddings at her home on Church
street. |
| 7/4/1913 |
SGP - Anthony Chapel - Mrs. Ella Bass and
Misses Gladys and Ruby Simpson
visited Mrs.
Luther Glaze near Leslie, last
Wednesday.;
Mrs. Bond Dell and children were
the guests
of Mrs. Omer Bass, Friday. |
| 7/10/1913 |
Leslie - Mr. Herbert Speer, who has been
living at Sanford, Fla., for
several months
is here on a visit to his parents,
Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Anthony Chapel
- Mrs. Walker,
of Homersville, Miss Carrie Speer
and Mrs.
C.L. Ansley, of Americus, were
the guests
of Mrs. A. Robinson one day last
week.; Miss
Lubel Speer, of Americus, is
the guest of
Mrs. George Simpson.; Miss Bessie
Windsor,
of Americus, was the guest of
her sister,
Mrs. Roy Robinson, Tuesday night.;
Mrs. W.C.
Sullivan and Miss Elise Sullivan
are spending
some time very pleasantly at
Indian Springs. |
| 7/18/1913 |
Anthony Chapel - Miss Edna Robinson is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. John
S. Murray,
at Ellaville.; Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Robinson
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer
of Leslie, Friday and Saturday.;
Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Robinson spent Sunday
pleasantly
with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Glaze
near Leslie.;
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Bass announce
the birth
of a little daughter. |
| 7/25/1913 |
SGP - Miss Lois Tinsley attended church (in
Leslie) last Sunday. She is
spending a short
vacation with her sister, Mrs.
Glaze...;
Mr. Tom Tinsley, wife and sister,
Miss Lois,
spent Wednesday at Anthony and
vicinity. |
| 8/1/1913 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tinsley
and Miss Lois Tinsley attended
protracted
meeting at Anthony, the guests
of Mr. and
Mrs. Jno. H. Robinson.; We are
glad to welcome
Prof. and Mrs. J.N. Robinson,
from Leslie
to our neighborhood.; Leslie
- Mr. and Mrs.
J.N. Robinson are moving this
week to Mr.
Roy Robinson's place, who lives
in the Anthony
settlement. |
| 8/8/1913 |
Broadway - Mr. Cooper Dorman, Mr. Lit Dorman
and little son were the guests
of Mr. and
Mrs. J.F. Dorman Wednesday.;
Leslie - Mr.
Alva Speer, of Ashburn, is at
home spending
his vacation. |
| 8/15/1913 |
Leslie - Mr. E.E. Schneider, of Americus,
was here Tuesday on business.;
Anthony Chapel
- Mr. A. Robinson has gone to
White Springs,
Fla., for a stay of ten days.;
Mr. and Mrs.
Jno. H. Robinson are visiting
relatives near
Warm Springs.; Mrs. H.L. Speer
and daughter
are visiting here.; SGP - Anthony
Chapel
- H.L. Speer, of Leslie, spent
Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Worthy.;
Leslie Items
- The Messrs. Herbert and Alva
Speer are
home with their parents this
week. These
young men are always most heartily
welcomed
to their home town. |
| 10/2/1913 |
Leslie - The Philatheas of the Leslie Baptist
church entertained the Baracas
at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Speer Friday
evening. |
| 10/10/1913 |
SGP - Leslie News - Mr. Forrest Robinson,
wife and little sister-in-law,
all from Texas,
were here Tuesday meeting old
friends.; Mr.
John Hugh Robinson, wife and
wife's sister,
attended services here Tuesday.;
Mr. Tom
Tinsley has been quite indisposed
this week. |
| 10/16/1913 |
Anthony Chapel - Miss Achsah Mann, of Raleigh,
Ga., who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs.
John H. Robinson, has returned
home.; Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Robinson and
little sister,
Elizabeth Cotter, of Alpine,
Texas, have
been visiting friends and relatives
in this
community.; Messrs. Herbert and
Jno. S. Speer
of Leslie, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs.
A. Robinson... |
| 10/17/1913 |
obit of Will Speer, about 25, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward C. Speer; Leslie
Items -
Sorry to say Mr. Herbert Speer
was quite
ill Sunday night, but is better
however. |
| 10/23/1913 |
Leslie - Miss Lois Tinsley is at home with
her sister, Mrs. Luther Glaze.;
Mrs. Luther
Glaze is thought to be much better
than she
was last week. She is suffering
from heart
trouble. |
| 10/25/1913 |
obit of Mrs. S. Luther Glaze, nee Miss Vivia
L. Tinsley, died Oct. 23rd, at
Leslie |
| 10/31/1913 |
Leslie - Mrs. W.C. Johnson, of Oglethorpe,
has been on a visit to her daughter,
Mrs.
Tom Tinsley. She returned to
her home Monday.;
Mr. and Mrs. Arin Robinson and
Mr. and Mrs.
J.H. Robinson, of Anthony, were
the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer Friday.;
Miss
Lois Tinsley left Thursday for
Meridian,
Miss., where she goes to her
work, after
a stay of three weeks with her
sister, Mrs.
Luther Glaze.; Messrs. Grover
C. Scott and
Irving Giddings made a motor
trip to Macon
yesterday to take in the state
fair.; SGP
- Among the visitors to the city
Tuesday
were Messrs. J.M. Summerford,
Hugh S |
| 11/21/1913 |
Leslie - Mr. Alva Speer, of Ashburn, was
here to see his parents Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 12/4/1913 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tinsley are visiting
Mrs. Tinsley's mother, Mrs. Johnson,
at Oglethorpe,
this week. |
| 2/5/1914 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh Robinson,
of Anthony,
Sunday.; Mrs. W.C. Bruner has
returned to
Macon after a visit here, the
guest of Mrs.
James Cobb. |
| 4/10/1914 |
Leslie - Mr. H.L. Speer made a business trip
to Mystic, and on the return
trip stopped
over in Ashburn with his son,
Alva.; Anthony
Chapel - Mr. Arin Robinson visited
his daughter,
Mrs. John S. Murray, at Ellaville
Sunday.;
Among those attending the meeting
at Sumter...were
Mrs. George Walters, Rev. E.A.
Saunders,
Mr. Omer Bass and Mr. and Mrs.
J.H. Robinson.;
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robinson were
the guests
of relatives in Smithville Sunday.;
The many
friends of Mrs. Ella Bass regret
to know
of her illness. |
| 6/4/1914 |
obit of Joseph A. Nap Cobb; Leslie - Mr.
Alva Speer returned Sunday to
Ochlochnee
after a visit to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 7/24/1914 |
Anthony Chapel - Mesdames Forth and Walton
Walters, of Plains, were guests
of Mrs. Omer
Bass last week.; Leslie - Miss
Lucile Sims
and brother, Charlie, of Birmingham,
Ala.,
visited their aunt, Mrs. H.L.
Speer, several
days recently.; Mr. Herbert Speer
is at home
after spending some time in Kansas
City,
Mo., on business. |
| 7/31/1914 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer and daughter,
Lota, have gone on a visit to
Carrabelle,
Fla. |
| 8/7/1914 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. and Mrs. John H. Robinson
and Miss Edna Robinson are visiting
relatives
in Ellaville and Warm Springs.;
Miss Elizabeth
Glaze, of Leslie, is visiting
Mrs. Roy Robinson.;
Mr. George Simpson, Miss Frances
Simpson
and Miss Virginia Mae Bass spent
Sunday in
Smithville as guests of Dr. and
Mrs. W.T.
Simpson.; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Simpson, of
Smithville, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Omer
Bass Sunday.; Mrs. J.W. Chambliss,
Mrs. R.A.
Shy, Misses Rachael Scroggs and
Mary Godwin
will leave today upon a visit
of two weeks
to relatives in Charlotte and
Statesville,
N.C. |
| 8/14/1914 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer have returned
from a visit of several days
to relatives
in Carrabelle, Fla. |
| 9/4/1914 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer,
of Leslie, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Arin
Robinson Sunday.; Leslie - Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer entertained at their home
this week,
Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Sims, of Douglas,
Ga.,
Mrs. R.H. Hutchinson and daughter,
Beatrice,
of Tifton, Ga., and Mrs. J.M.
Green. |
| 10/15/1914 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. Omer Bass attended the
quarterly conference at Leslie
Friday.; Miss
Bessie Windsor, of Americus,
spent Saturday
and Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Roy Robinson. |
| 11/12/1914 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. and Mrs. Jno. H. Robinson
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Speer in
Leslie for several days last
week. |
| 12/3/1914 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer will leave today
for Fitzgerald, where she will
visit her
sister, Mrs. J.M. Green, who
is very ill. |
| 12/10/1914 |
Carroll Purvis contributed ten cents to empty
stocking fund; Leslie - Rev.
and Mrs. Tom
Tinsley, of Americus, visited
friends here
this week. |
| 12/17/1914 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. J.M. Green,
at her home
near Fitzgerald. Mrs. Green
continues quite
sick.; Anthony Chapel - Mr. and
Mrs. J.H.
Robinson now have rooms at the
residence
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Page will occupy the house
vacated by
Mr. J.H. Robinson. |
| 12/31/1914 |
FUNERAL SERVICES OF MRS. E.A. SPEER - Mrs.
Armantine Thomas Speer, wife
of Eustace A.
Speer, died, Monday night (Dec.
28th) after
a lingering illness of two years'
duration.
Pneumonia was the immediate cause
of her
death...She is survived by her
husband, her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Thomas, one
sister, Miss Isabelle Thomas
and six children,
James, Robert, William, Eustace,
Francis
and Elizabeth Speer.; Leslie
- Mr. Alva Speer,
of Ochlochnee, Ga., visited his
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, during
the Christmas
holidays. |
| 1/7/1915 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh Robinson
and Miss Edna Robinson were guests
for the
weekend of Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer, in Leslie.;
Mr. James T. Cotney will go in
a day or two
to Tampa, where he will probably
locate permanently
and engage in business.; Mr.
and Mrs. E.M.
Viquesney, to the regret of their
many Americus
friends, have gone to Spencer,
Indiana, where
they will spend some time before
perhaps
returning to Georgia.; Leslie
- Mrs. A.J.
Kemp and daughter Daisy, of Americus,
spent
the weekend with her sister,
Mrs. Hugh Speer. |
| 2/3/1915 |
The many friends of Mrs. Claude Schneider
will sincerely regret her illness
at the
Americus hospital, whither she
was conveyed
this morning.; SGP - Mr. and
Mrs. John Harvey
and daughter, Miss Carrie Lou,
and Miss Lota
Mae Speer autoed to Ellaville
Sunday last.;
Mesdames H.L. Speer and Carson
Bass went
to Americus shopping last Monday.;
Anthony
Dots - Mr. H.L. Speer and wife,
of Leslie,
were weekend guests of his sister,
Mrs. Arin
Robinson and family.; Women's
Literary Club,
Miss Carrie Speer, Hostess in
society column |
| 2/4/1915 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer,
of Leslie, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Arin
Robinson Sunday.; Leslie - Misses
Helen Argo,
Ella Shumate, of Americus, and
Lota Speer,
of Leslie, were entertained Friday
evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Harvey. |
| 2/17/1915 |
Mrs. W.H. Estes has as guests, Mrs. T.F.
McCall and little daughter, Margaret
Alice
McCall, Mrs. R.A. Wheeler and
Miss Gladys
Wheeler, all of Jacksonville.;
SGP - Tack
Valentine Party at H.L. Speer's,
in Leslie,
in honor of Miss Annie Hoffman's
13th birthday;
Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Hale will begin
the erection
shortly of a pretty cottage upon
the lot
immediately west of Mr. Charles
L. Ansley's
home, which they hope to have
ready for occupancy
by May 1. |
| 2/18/1915 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer entertained Saturday
afternoon for her niece, Annie
Hoffman, with
a valentine party...; Mrs. Claude
Schneider,
who has been seriously ill at
the Americus
hospital for two or three weeks,
is now convalescent,
and will be removed to her home
today or
tomorrow. |
| 5/6/1915 |
Anthony Chapel - Mrs. Arin Robinson and Miss
Edna Robinson are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer in Leslie. |
| 5/13/1915 |
Leslie - Mr. Herbert Speer was at home Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 5/19/1915 |
Anthony Chapel - Mrs. Arin Robinson leaves
Tuesday for Alpine, Texas, to
visit her son
Mr. Forrest Robinson.; Mrs. J.H.
Robinson
moved to Ellaville last week.
Her friends
regretted parting her from the
community.;
SGP - Live Leslie Letter of Local
Interest
- Mr. Alva Speer, of Ochlochnee,
spent Sunday
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.; Mrs. Arin Robinson
left Tuesday
for a visit of several weeks
duration to
her son, Mr. Forrest Robinson,
of Alpine,
Texas. |
| 5/20/1915 |
Mrs. H.L. Speer, of Leslie, is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. A.J. Kemp
for several
days, at her home on Lee street. |
| 5/26/1915 |
Leslie - Mr. H.L. Speer and daughter, Lota,
visited Mrs. A.B. Wellons at
Plains recently.;
SGP - Anthony Dots - Misses Pearl
and Nell
Walters, of Plains, are guests
of their sister,
Mrs. Omer Bass, of this place.;
photos of
High School graduating class
of 28 members |
| 6/2/1915 |
Leslie - Mr. Herbert Speer spent the weekend
in Leslie with relatives.; Mr.
and Mrs. W.C.
Wheeler spent yesterday in Macon,
where Mr.
Wheeler was called on business. |
| 6/16/1915 |
Anthony Chapel - Miss Virginia Mae Bass,
Masters Theo and Jim Bass report
a very pleasant
visit to relatives in Plains
last week.;
Mrs. Ella Bass is the guest of
relatives
in Leslie.; Miss Lubel Speer,
of Americus,
has been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
George Simpson,
has returned home.; Mr. John
H. Robinson,
of Ellaville, spent last weekend
at his old
home. |
| 6/23/1915 |
Leslie - Mr. Herbert Speer is spending some
time at his home here this week. |
| 7/1/1915 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. and Mrs. Jno. H. Robinson,
of Ellaville, and Miss Lily Belle
Wagnam,
of Columbus, were guests at the
home of Mr.
Arin Robinson several days last
week.; Mrs.
John S. Murray, of Ellaville,
is visiting
in the community, prior to moving
to Albany.;
Mrs. John S. Murray and Miss
Edna Robinson
visited Mrs. H.L. Speer in Leslie
Tuesday. |
| 7/28/1915 |
Mr. Eustace Speer has come from Atlanta upon
a visit to his mother, Mrs. Laura
C. Speer,
at her Church street home.; SGP
- Live Leslie
Letter of Local Interest - Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer and daughter, Lota Mae,
left last Saturday
for a visit of several days at
the home
of Mr. and Mrs. James Green near
Fitzgerald.;
Mr. Eustace A. Speer, and James
Speer, of
Atlanta, came Monday upon a brief
visit to
relatives in the city. |
| 8/4/1915 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer and daughter, Lota,
returned Monday from a visit
to relatives
in Tifton and Fitzgerald.; Mrs.
J.A. Nall
and children left today for Marble,
Colorado,
where Mr. Nall has preceded them
and where
the family will reside.; SGP
- KING-SPEER
- Invitations have been received
by Americus
friends to the marriage of Miss
Mary King
and Mr. Russell Speer to occur
Wednesday
afternoon, August the eleventh,
at half after
five o'clock at the home of the
bride's mother,
Mrs. Mary Virginia Bickell, Andersonville,
Georgia. |
| 8/18/1915 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. John Glaze, of Moultrie,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer Monday. |
| 9/1/1915 |
Leslie - Miss Beatrice Hutchinson returned
to her home in Tifton Friday
after a visit
to her cousin, Miss Lota Speer. |
| 9/9/1915 |
Leslie - Mr. Alva Speer, of Ochlochnee, spent
the weekend in Leslie with his
parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 9/22/1915 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer has as guests Mrs.
A. Robinson, of Anthony, and
Mrs. C.I. Guilford
and little son, of Tallahassee,
Fla. |
| 9/27/1915 |
Mrs. Hugh Speer, of Leslie, was the guest
today of Mrs. A.J. Kemp, at her
attractive
Lee street residence, while spending
the
day here. |
| 10/11/1915 |
H.L. Speer on Grand Jury list; SGP - Leslie
Items - Mr. Edward Speer, of
Americus, was
a business visitor here Thursday
last. |
| 10/27/1915 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. and Mrs. Omer Bass are
delighted over the arrival of
a little daughter.;
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Speer and Miss
Lota Speer,
of Leslie, were guests of Mrs.
Arin Robinson
Sunday.; Mr. Arin Robinson visited
his father,
Mr. Walton Robinson, near Americus,
last
Sunday.; SGP - Wilbur Giddings,
editor-in-chief,
The AmeriCusser, High School
weekly newspaper;
Mrs. H.L. Speer, of Leslie, is
the charming
guest of her sister, Mrs. A.J.
Kemp, of this
city.; CUTS HAND BADLY WITH BUTCHER
KNIFE
- While playing with a butcher
knife yesterday
afternoon Harry Sullivan, a young
lad, was
bad |
| 11/23/1915 |
SGP - Mr. J.W. Cobb, who is spending the
winter at Savannah, is in town
for a day
or two, being a witness on a
case in the
superior court.; While unloading
a car at
Quitman last week, Mr. J.W. Lindley
sold
for the Schneider Marble Company
another
carload of cemetery work, to
be delivered
there later.; Mr. John M. Thayer,
for some
time the foreman and designer
in the Schneider
Marble Company shop, has accepted
a similar
position at Columbia, S.C., and
will leave
the city within a few days.;
Among the visitors
in the city yesterday from...
Leslie...H.L.
Speer... |
| 11/30/1915 |
Oswald Speer has accepted a position with
the Moreland-Jones Co., and is
looking after
city trade for that well known
house.; SGP
- Mr. Omer Bass, of Leslie, spent
yesterday
in Americus. |
| 12/9/1915 |
SGP - H.L. Speer elected alderman in Leslie |
| 12/16/1915 |
H.L. Speer elected Alderman in Leslie; SGP
- Mr. Herbert Speer, of Leslie,
was a recent
visitor in Americus.; Little
Charles Hale,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Hale, is confined
to his home by illness. |
| 12/17/1915 |
Herbert Speer best man at wedding of Luther
Simeon Glaze and Miss Elizabeth
Morgan in
Leslie; SGP - Mr. and Mrs. C.T.
Epps, of
Atlanta, are in Americus as the
guests of
Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Purvis on Hancock
avenue. |
| 12/29/1915 |
Anthony Chapel - Miss Edna Robinson, of New
Point, is spending the holidays
with friends
and relatives in this community.;
Leslie
- Mr. Alva Speer has been here
for several
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer.; SGP - Miss Nannie Lou
Speer and nephew,
Carroll Purvis, are spending
a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Carruthers
at their beautiful
country home. |
| 1/6/1916 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer returned Monday
from New Point, where she was
the guest of
Mrs. Arin Robinson.; Mr. and
Mrs. Callie
Speer are receiving congratulations
over
a young lady at their home, who
is a permanent
visitor.; SGP - Mr. and Mrs.
Callie Speer
are rejoicing over the arrival
of a wee daughter,
who has been named Lillian. |
| 1/27/1916 |
Leslie - Mrs. Ella Bass, of Anthony, is spending
the week with Mrs. J.J. Harpe.;
SGP - Live
Leslie Local Letter - Mr. Herbert
Speer left
Sunday for Maretta, Fla., to
accept a position
in a bank there. |
| 2/2/1916 |
R.W. Speer, of Senoia, is a business visitor
in Americus Wednesday. Mr. Speer
is quite
interested in the Sumter county
farm lands,
and in all probability will move
here in
the fall with his family.; Anthony
Chapel
- Among those attending the golden
wedding
of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Harpe in
Leslie last
Sunday were Mrs. Ella Bass, Mr.
Thomas Simpson
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robinson
and children.;
Mrs. Ella Bass is visiting Mrs.
A.B. Howard
in Americus. |
| 2/7/1916 |
The many friends of T.L. Speer, will learn
with regret that he is quite
ill, and all
hope for his early recovery.
He was reported
some better today.; SGP - It
is announced
that Mr. Claude Schneider will
erect on Furlow
street a modern 5room bungalow...$2,500
when
completed. Construc- tion...will
be begun
within a short time...; Mrs.
C.B. Pouncey
and two daughters, Margie and
Lillian, were
the guests of Mr. C.G. Cheek
and family,
of Leslie, Sunday.; Mrs. Thompson
King left
Saturday for Andersonville after
a visit
to Mrs. Russell Speer of this
city. |
| 2/15/1916 |
Omer Bass, of near Leslie, was in the city
Tuesday on an important business
mission.;
Omer S. Bass, prominent citizen
of Sumter
county, has announced his candidacy
for tax
receiver. He was born and reared
in Sumter
county, and is well known. He
will be warmly
supported by his friends at the
polls. |
| 3/23/1916 |
...W.C. Sullivan received a telegram this
morning from his daughter, Mrs.
G.C. Scott,
conveying the information that
she had suffered
the loss of her household effects
from the
sweeping Augusta conflagration.
Mr. Scott
is a salesman in the employ of
Armour &
Co. Master John D. Sullivan
is in Augusta
with his sister, Mrs. Scott,
where he is
attending school.; Leslie - John
S. Speer,
who is attending school in Macon,
was at
home for the weekend with his
parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; SGP - Leslie
Local
Letter - Mr. John S. Speer, of
Macon's G.A.B.
College, who spent last weekend
at t |
| 4/26/1916 |
Leslie - H.L. Speer fell from a scaffold
Monday afternoon and sustained
very painful
injuries. His collarbone was
fractured and
two ribs broken in the fall.
He is resting
as well as could be expected
today in view
of the serious nature of his
injuries. |
| 5/2/1916 |
Mrs. Hugh Speer, of Leslie, was a visitor
in the city Monday. |
| 5/17/1916 |
Many friends of Ed Purvis will be glad to
learn that his condition is very
much improved.
He is reported today as resting
very well
and getting along as nicely as
could be expected.;
Leslie - Mrs. Ella Bass, of Anthony,
has
been the guest of Mrs. H.A. Stewart
for the
past week.; Attorneys have appealed
the case
of the Commercial City Bank vs.
W.C. Sullivan
and Roberts Brothers, from the
City Court
of Americus. The case arose
over garnishment
proceedings...W.A. Dodson, E.A.
Nisbet and
Wallis & Fort represent Sullivan... |
| 5/25/1916 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer has as her guest
the past week Miss Edna Robinson,
of Anthony. |
| 7/26/1916 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer has as her guests
this week at her father's beautiful
country
residence near Leslie, Miss Beatrice
Hutchinson,
of Tifton, and Miss Lila Cobb,
of Birmingham,
Ala. |
| 7/27/1916 |
SGP - Leslie Locals - Miss Beatrice Hutchinson
and Miss Lila Cobb are visiting
Miss Lota
Speer. |
| 8/20/1916 |
Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Wheeler and children left
this morning for Buffalo, Niagara
Falls and
Canada.; Omer Bass, of Leslie,
a well known
citizen, was in the city Saturday,
mingling
with friends.; host homes for
CSA veterans
reunion: Church St. - Mrs. W.C.
Sullivan,
2; Hancock Ave. - Mrs. Everett
Schneider,
2; Jackson Ave. - Mrs. Hammond
Purvis, 2;
Elm Ave. - Mr. Purvis, 1 |
| 9/6/1916 |
J.W. Lindley leaves today for Madison, Fla.,
to erect a carload of marble
for the Schneider
Marble Co.; Moses Speer, of Jacksonville,
has been the guest of his son,
Russell Speer,
for a few days.; Mr. and Mrs.
C.A. Schneider
have returned from a two day's
trip to Macon,
where they visited their son
Sergeant Harry
Schneider, at Camp Harris.; Leslie
- Miss
Hortense Tinsley came Saturday
to visit relatives
near Leslie. |
| 10/18/1916 |
East Americus honor roll: First Grade, Nannie
Claire Speer, Coleman Speer;
Furlow School:
Fourth Grade-Section One, Gilbert
Purvis;
Leslie - The out-of-town relatives
attending
the funeral of Mr. H.A. Stewart
Sunday were...Mr.
and Mrs. A.B. Howard...of Americus,
Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Robinson, Mrs. Ella
Bass, Messrs.
George and Thomas Simpson... |
| 12/21/1916 |
Empty Stocking Fund contributors: Mr. and
Mrs. J.H. Rushin, John D. Rushin,
Mr. and
Mrs. J.C. Speer, Nannie Claire
Speer, Henry
Speer, Lillian Speer; J.W. Waller
leaves
Sunday for Atlanta to join Mrs.
Waller, who
is visiting in Atlanta. They
will spend
the holidays...the guest of Mr.
Waller's
mother.; Leslie - Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Speer,
of Ochlochnee, Ga., will spend
the Christmas
holidays here with their parents,
Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh L. Speer. |
| 1/23/1917 |
J.W. Lindley, representing the Schneider
Marble works, left Tuesday afternoon
for
south Alabama, where he goes
on business.;
Omer Bass, of near Leslie, was
in the city
Tuesday, on business.; Mrs. E.C.
Brooks,
who has been the guest of her
brother, Charles
F. Giddings, having come up to
attend the
funeral of her father, the late
J.I. Giddings,
returned Tuesday afternoon to
her home in
Blakely. |
| 2/7/1917 |
Omer Bass, accompanied by his son, Theo Bass
were visitors in the city Wednesday.;
E.M.
Purvis left Wednesday afternoon
for Atlanta
on business.; Leslie - Mrs. H.L.
Speer will
visit her son and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs.
Alva Speer, of Ochlochnee, this
week. |
| 2/11/1917 |
Claude Schneider is here to spend the weekend
with homefolks.; Mrs. Earl Speer
and children,
who have been visiting Mrs. Speer's
mother,
Mrs. E.M. Bearden, at Hillsboro,
for the
past week or ten days, returned
home Saturday
afternoon after a most delightful
stay.;
Omer Bass, O.W. Peel and A.B.
Connors, residing
near Leslie, were visitors in
Americus Saturday
afternoon. |
| 2/14/1917 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer is visiting her
son, Mr. Alva Speer, at Ochlochnee,
this
week. |
| 2/23/1917 |
obit of Mrs. E.M. Lamp, died Feb. 22nd in
Poulan, buried at Oak Grove Cemetery,
sisters-in-law
Mrs. J.W. Castleberry, Mrs. W.W.
Guerry,
nieces Mrs. C.T. Law, Mrs. Callie
M. Cobb,
pallbearers Albert Guerry, Emmett
Bolton,
J.W.L. Daniel, Callie Speer,
J.F. Monohan
and Boney Carey; Mrs. Charles
Lingo and daughter,
Miss Mary Alice Lingo, Mrs. W.W.
Whiddon,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Schneider
on a motor trip to Macon Friday.
The members
of the party will spend today
and tomorrow
in that city.; Leslie - Mr. D.H.
Speer, of
Elgin, Texas, a brother of Mr.
H.L. Speer
is visiting here this |
| 2/28/1917 |
Anthony Chapel - Mr. Dixon Speer, of Texas,
and Mr. Hugh Speer, of Leslie,
were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John Peel one
day last week.;
Mrs. Omer Bass has been visiting
relatives
in Plains lately.; Miss Hortense
Tinsley
is visiting friends in our neighborhood. |
| 3/2/1917 |
J.W. Clopton, Omer Bass and C. Roy Wade,
of Leslie, were in the city from
Leslie Friday.;
Chas. Lingo returned today from
a business
trip to Columbus. |
| 4/11/1917 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Worthy, of Anthony,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer
Sunday.; Mrs. Emma Watson, of
Havana, Fla.,
spent several days last week,
the guest of
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 4/15/1917 |
Lee Bass, of near Leslie, was in Americus
Saturday.; C.D. Giddings left
Saturday for
Akron, Ohio, on business.; J.J.
Askew and
John Williams, two well-known
Webster county
citizens, were in Americus Saturday. |
| 6/21/1917 |
Miss Carrie Speer and Mrs. George Walker
left today for Gainesville, to
spend several
weeks.; Leslie - Omer Bass, of
Anthony, was
a business visitor in Leslie
Saturday. |
| 8/8/1917 |
Misses Mae and Evelyn Brooks, of Blakely,
Ga., are in the city, the guests
of Mr. and
Mrs. C.F. Giddings, on Church
street.; Leslie
- Misses Elma and Penny Maxwell,
of Calvary,
were the guests of Miss Lota
Speer last week.;
list of physical rejects for
draft: Russell
Cleveland Speer, Charles Daniel
Giddings;
also list of who passed |
| 8/17/1917 |
Leslie - Herbert Speer, from Altiona, Fla.,
came Wednesday to spend some
time with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mrs. Malinda
Robinson visited her brother,
H.L. Speer
and family, Monday and Tuesday.;
Miss Lota
Speer has been confined to her
bed for several
days with fever. |
| 8/22/1917 |
Leslie - We regret to learn that Miss Lota
Speer continues to be very ill
with fever,
and we hope she will soon be
much better.;
W.W. Brunner, of Macon, is in
the city on
business. This is Mr. Brunner's
old home,
and his friends will be glad
to see him. |
| 9/5/1917 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer, we are glad to
learn, is much better, after
being confined
to her bed for several weeks
with fever. |
| 9/12/1917 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer, we are glad to
learn, is much improved following
recent
illness.; New Point - Miss Lillie
Hall entertained...Edna
Robinson... |
| 9/19/1917 |
Leslie - Miss Edna Robinson, of New Point,
spent two days last week at the
home of Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 10/3/1917 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer, we are glad to
announce, is again able to be
out, after
suffering several weeks with
an attack of
fever.; New Point - Miss Mary
McMath spent
Wednesday night with Miss Edna
Robinson,
returning home Thursday evening
accompanied
by Miss Robinson.; Mrs. A. Robinson
returned
to her home Thursday afternoon
after spending
several days with her son, near
Americus. |
| 10/18/1917 |
Leslie Red Cross chapter organized, E.L.
Wilson, chmn., Mrs. Frank Wilson,
vice-chmn.,
Miss Lettie Fryer, secretary,
W.T. Anderson,
treasurer; Leslie - Miss Lota
Speer left
Saturday, accompanied by her
mother, Mrs.
H.L. Speer, for Norman Park,
where she will
enter Norman Institute. |
| 12/6/1917 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer returned Sunday
from Ochlochnee, where she spent
several
days with her son, Alva Speer,
and family. |
| 12/14/1917 |
Leslie - Mr. John S. Speer left Wednesday
for Cairo, Ga., where he goes
to accept a
position. |
| 12/20/1917 |
Americus Red Cross membership: H.S. Schneider,
H.O. Speer, E.E. Schneider, et.
al.; Leslie
- Miss Lota Speer, who has been
attending
school at Norman Park, returned
to Leslie
Tuesday. |
| 7/10/1925 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer and children,
of Ochlochnee, Ga., spent Saturday
and Sunday
here with relatives. |
| 7/15/1925 |
Leslie Social News - Mrs. Eugene Maultsby
and daughter, of Wilmington,
N.C., spent
last week with her cousin, Mrs.
H.L. Speer,
here.; Mrs. Ethel Robinson, of
Americus,
was the guest recently of Mrs.
J.C. Hoffman
for a few days. |
| 8/11/1925 |
Handsome invitations have been received in
Americus from Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Lawson Speer
to the marriage of their daughter,
Lota Mae,
to Mr. Charles Judson Cheves,
on Wednesday
evening, August the nineteenth,
at five o'clock,
at their home in Leslie... |
| 8/19/1925 |
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ansley, accompanied
by Miss Carrie Speer, Mrs. Charles
Hale and
Laura Mae Hale motored to Leslie
this afternoon
to attend the wedding of their
cousin, Miss
Lota Speer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer, and Mr. Judson Cheves,
which will
be a beautiful home ceremony,
taking place
this afternoon at 5 o'clock. |
| 10/14/1925 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer went to
Smithville Sunday to the singing. |
| 4/30/1926 |
Ellaville - Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson, and
Mrs. V.H. Tondee visited friends
and relatives
at Leslie the past week. |
| 6/10/1926 |
Leslie - Mrs. Lota Cheves of Newton, Ala.,
came last week to visit her parents,
Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 6/18/1926 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. John Speer of Dahlonega,
Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Jud Cheves
of Newton
Ala., are here visiting their
parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 6/23/1926 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Judson Cheves
returned to their home in Newton,
Ala., Monday
morning after an extended visit
to their
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.;
Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Speer who have
been spending
some time with Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer went
to Ochlochnee Sunday where they
will spend
some time with Mr. and Mrs. Alva
Speer before
returning to their home in Dahlonega. |
| 8/10/1926 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer left Friday
for Newton, Ala., where they
will visit C.J.
Cheves. They will spend some
time on their
return trip in Ochlochnee with
Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Speer. |
| 9/2/1926 |
Leslie - Mrs. Hugh Speer and Mrs. J.C. Hoffman
attended the marriage of Miss
Edna Robinson
and Mr. Morrow in Ellaville Tuesday
(Aug.
31st).; Mr. and Mrs. John D.
Sullivan and
two lovely children of Corinth,
Miss., are
visiting relatives here. |
| 9/8/1926 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer and children
of Ochlochnee, Ga., spent the
weekend here
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 10/27/1926 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves of Newton,
Ala., and Mrs. G.S. Gullett of
Fayette, Ala.,
came Satur- day on a visit to
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. Mr. Cheves returned
to Newton
Monday. Mrs. Cheves and Mrs.
Gullett will
spend a couple of weeks.; Mrs.
E.M. Bearden
left this morning for Monticello,
Ga., after
a vist to her daughter, Mrs.
Earl Speer,
hav- ing been called to Americus
by the illness
and death of Mr. Speer. |
| 11/3/1926 |
Leslie - Mrs. C.J. Cheves returned to her
home in Newton, Ala., after spending
a week
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer.; Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer
and two children
Sarah and Helen of Ochlochnee,
Ga., spent
Saturday and Sunday here the
guest of Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 1/18/1927 |
page of descriptions of Leslie businesses;
Mrs. J.W.L. Daniel is in Abbeville,
Ala.,
having been called there by the
illness and
death of her brother, Senator
J.D. Espy. |
| 4/20/1927 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves of Newton,
Ala., came Thursday to visit
their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, returning
to their
home Sunday. |
| 5/11/1927 |
Leslie - Mrs. J.M. Greene, a former resident
of Leslie is spending the week
here at the
home of her sister, Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 6/18/1927 |
Leslie - Mrs. Herbert Speer and little daughter,
Betty of Florida, are here visiting
relatives. |
| 8/3/1927 |
Leslie - Mrs. C.J. Cheves and little daughter,
Joan, left Friday for their home
in Newton,
Ala., after a month's visit to
their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 10/14/1927 |
Leslie - Among those attending the revival
services at the First Baptist
in Americus
from here the past week were...Mrs.
H.L.
Speer... |
| 10/20/1927 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer and Mrs. J.D. Moore
spent Monday in Americus shopping. |
| 10/26/1927 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer left Friday to spend
some time with relatives in Tifton. |
| 4/5/1928 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves of
Alabama spent several days last
weekend here
with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 4/28/1928 |
Ellaville Personals - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer,
of Leslie, motored to Ellaville
Tuesday for
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson. |
| 6/11/1928 |
Leslie Personals - Mr. and Mrs. Jud Cheves
and daughter, Joan, from Grove
Hill, Ala.,
are visiting at Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer's.
Cheves has been superintendent
of the school
at Grove Hill the past year and
will be superintendent
of the Ashburn, Ga., school next
year. |
| 7/24/1928 |
Miss Ellarine Bass left recently for Macon,
where she will be the guest of
her cousin,
Miss Erleene Wadsworth.; Miss
Georgene Page
has returned to her home near
Leslie, after
spending some time with her cousin,
Miss
Ruby Bass, on East Lamar street. |
| 7/27/1928 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer of Americus
visited Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer
last week. |
| 8/2/1928 |
Leslie - Mr. Hilton Hutchinson of Tifton
came last week to visit at the
home of Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 8/22/1928 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
daughter, Joan, left Monday for
Ashburn,
where Mr. Cheves is superintendent
of the
schools. |
| 10/6/1928 |
Ellaville News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer
of Leslie were the spend the
day guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson. |
| 10/25/1928 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves and little
daughter Joan returned to their
home in Ashburn
Sunday after spending last week
with Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; ...marriage
of Miss
Jeffrey Kersey to Mr. Harry Sullivan
in Florida
on Saturday, October 20th, both
of whom are
former residents of Americus
...bride is
the lovely daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J.R.
Kersey of Tampa, Fla., and the
groom is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Sullivan,
Sr., of
Americus. They will make their
home in Tampa. |
| 11/5/1928 |
Leslie News -Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer and
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Hoffman and
Mildred Hoffman,
were shopping in Americus Tuesday. |
| 2/7/1929 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer was a visitor
to Oglethorpe Tuesday. |
| 4/25/1929 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Jud Cheves and daughter,
Joan, returned to their home
in Ashburn after
a visit here to Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 5/19/1929 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer and daughters,
Sarah and Helen, of Ochlochnee
were the weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mrs.
Russell Speer left Saturday afternoon
for
Atlanta, where she will spend
several days. |
| 7/7/1929 |
Leslie Locals - Mr. and Mrs. Jud Cheves of
Ashburn, Ga., came to Leslie
Tuesday. Mrs.
Cheves and daughter Joan, will
spend the
summer here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. Mr. Cheves left
Wednesday for
New York where he will attend
school at Columbia
university.; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Speer of
Canal Point, Fla., came to Leslie
Monday
to visit Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.
They left
here Wednesday accompanied by
Mrs. H.L. Speer
for Dahlonega, Ga., where they
will visit
Mr. and Mrs. John Speer until
Saturday when
they will return to Leslie.;
Mrs. C.E. Wilson,
formerly Miss Birdie Pett |
| 7/9/1929 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer
are visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 7/12/1929 |
Ellaville News - Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson
entertained a number of guests
Sunday at
their home here among whom were
Mr. and Mrs.
T.G. Morrow of Atlanta, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh
Speer of Leslie, Mr. and Mrs.
Judson Cheves
of Ashburn, Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer of Canal
Point, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. J.G.
Feagin of
Americus. |
| 7/23/1929 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer and
children of Ochlochnee, Ga.,
are spending
the week here with Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.;
Mrs. Russell Speer and children
and Mrs.
M.T. King have returned from
a stay of two
weeks at Jacksonville Beach.;
Mrs. A.B. Thomaston
of Macon is visiting Mrs. Russell
Speer at
her home on Jackson avenue. |
| 8/20/1929 |
Leslie Society - Miss Antoinette Green and
Harvey Sims of Lakeland, Fla.,
spent the
weekend here with Mr. and Mrs.
R.J. Sims
and Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mr. Jud Cheves
will return to Leslie today from
Vanderbilt
University where he has spent
the summer
studying. Mr. Cheves is Supt.
of the Ashburn
school.; Mrs. Cheves and daughter,
Joan,
have spent the summer here with
their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 8/26/1929 |
Leslie Society - Mrs. J.M. Greene of Palatka,
Fla., came Thursday to visit
her sister,
Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer
returned this week from a visit
of several
days to the home of their son,
Alva Speer
of Ochlochnee. |
| 10/8/1929 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Jud Cheves and
Joan Cheves of Ashburn, spent
the weekend
here as the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 11/27/1929 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. John S. Speer
of Dahlonega, are spending the
week here
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 12/13/1929 |
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer of Leslie, were visitors
in the city today. |
| 1/24/30 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Purvis of
Americus, were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs.
U.F. King. |
| 2/7/30 |
Ellaville News - Mrs. John S. Murray and
attractive little daughter, Dorothy
Jane,
returned Friday to Albany, after
having spent
several days the past week as
the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson.;
Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Speer motored from their
home in Leslie,
this week for a spend the day
visit with
their sister, Mrs. A. Robinson,
who has been
ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Troy Morrow,
and little
son Wayne, have returned to their
home near
Concord, in Sumter county, after
having been
the guests of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
A. Robinson. |
| 5/8/30 |
Leslie News - Mr. H.L. Speer, who was taken
seriously ill on his way home
after attending
services at the church Sunday
morning is
reported some better today. |
| 5/21/30 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Judd Cheves and
Joan Cheves of Ashburn, Ga.,
visited Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer Saturday.;
Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Speer and children of Ochlochnee,
Ga.,
spent the weekend here with their
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Ellaville
News
- Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson enjoyed
a delightful
visit to their brother, Mr. W.B.
Robinson,
who resides near Americus. |
| 11/21/30 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
Joan Cheves, of Ashburn, and
Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Speer, of Dahlonega,
spent the weekend
here with Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 1/6/31 |
City Court jury list: M.E. Purvis; Leslie
News - Mrs. H.L. Speer and her
niece, Mrs.
George Gullett, left Wednesday
for a visit
to Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves
in Ashburn. |
| 1/15/31 |
Miss Carrie Speer is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer at their home in Leslie. |
| 2/23/31 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer, of Americus,
spent several days recently here
the guest
of Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 4/9/31 |
Leslie News - The DeSoto and Leslie Baptist
churches had their new pastor,
Rev. M.P.
Jackson's pantry well filled
with good things
to eat when he and family arrived
Tuesday.
They were entertained for supper
in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 4/21/31 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Jud Cheves and
Joan Cheves, of Ashburn, spent
Saturday and
Sunday here, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer.; Miss Carrie Speer, of
Americus, spent
several days last week here the
guest of
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 5/21/31 |
Miss Carrie Speer has returned to her home
here after a visit to friends
and relatives
in Leslie. |
| 5/22/31 |
Mrs. C.A. Schneider sued Charles M. Council
over bank collapse; Mrs. H.L.
Speer of Leslie,
was among the out of town visitors
in Americus
today. |
| 6/11/31 |
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Speer and children have
returned to their home in Winter
Haven, Florida,
after a visit to friends and
relatives here
for several days.; Mrs. John
Daniel has returned
to her home here after a visit
of several
days to Atlanta.; Leslie News
- Misses Sarah
and Helen Speer, of Ochlochnee,
are spending
several days here with relatives. |
| 6/17/31 |
Shiloh News - Little Misses Mary Lucy and
Jewel Ballard, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs.
Cecil Ballard, are visiting relatives
in
Manchester.; Leslie News - Mr.
and Mrs. Jud
Cheves and little daughter, Joan,
of Ashburn,
are spending several days with
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 7/22/31 |
Hospital Notes - King Speer, son of Mrs.
R.C. Speer of Brooklyn Heights,
underwent
an operation for the removal
of his tonsils
today at the city hospital.;
Mrs. Leroy Hamilton
and children of Atlanta, are
spending several
days here with Mrs. J.W.L. Daniel
at her
home on South Lee street.; Leslie
News -
Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
(daughter Joan
visit)ed Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer
recently. |
| 8/4/31 |
Theo Bass, Olin Rushin, et. al., charter
members, Knights of Dixie Lodge;
Leslie News
- Mrs. H.L. Speer and Mr. and
Mrs. C.J. Cheves
have returned from Dahlonega,
where they
spent several days very pleasantly
with Mr.
and Mrs. John S. Speer. |
| 8/16/31 |
Of cordial interest to friends here is the
marriage of Miss Verna Mills,
daughter of
Mrs. L.F. Mills of Charing, Ga.,
to Mr. Carrol
Purvis of this city. The wedding
occurred
Friday (Aug. 14th) at Seale,
Ala. After
a brief wedding trip the couple
will make
their home with Mr. Purvis' parents
Mr. and
Mrs. E.M. Purvis of Americus.;
Leslie News
- Mrs. H.L. Speer, Mr. and Mrs.
Gullet and
children returned Wednesday from
a visit
to Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves in
Ashburn.
Mrs. Cheves and daughter Joan
returned to
Leslie with them to spend several
days. |
| 10/27/31 |
Jim Cobb, a former resident of Americus,
was a visitor here today with
relatives.;
H.L. Speer, of Leslie, was a
business visitor
in the city today. |
| 11/30/31 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Jud Cheves, of
Ashburn, and Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Speer,
of Dahlonega, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays
here with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer.; Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer
and children,
of Ochlochnee...spent Sunday
here with Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 2/10/32 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves and Joan Cheves,
of Ashburn, are spending the
week here with
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 6/7/32 |
Leslie News - Joan Cheves, of Ashburn, is
here on a visit to her grandparents,
Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Miss Alice
Waller and
Grover Scott, of Tampa, Fla.,
is visiting
Miss Vivian Sullivan at her residence
on
South Lee street. |
| 6/11/32 |
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, of Leslie, are the
guests of relatives here this
weekend.; Will
Sullivan, et. al., guests at
Misses Margaret
and Catherine Moore's prom party
on Taylor
St. for Grammar School graduates |
| 7/21/32 |
Martha Speer, et. al., guests at Josie McGowan's
twelfth birthday party July 20th;
One of
the most pleasant occasions of
the summer
was the reunion held at the home
of Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer in Leslie, Ga.,
Monday, July
17th...Among the out of town
families were:
Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Speer and daughters,
Sarah
and Helen, of Ochlochnee, Ga.,
and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert L. Speer and daughter,
Betty,
of Canal Point, Fla.; Mr. and
Mrs. C.J. Cheves
and children Joan and Charles
Judson, of
Ashburn,... Mr. and Mrs. Arin
Robinson, Mr.
John Hugh Robinson, of Ellaville;
and Mrs.
J.S. Murray and daughter, |
| 11/12/32 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. John S. Speer,
of Dahlonega, and Mrs. Jud Cheves
and two
children, of Ashburn, are the
guests of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer,
this week.;
Miss Elizabeth Lindley was the
guest of friends
in Cordele today. |
| 1/19/33 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer returned to
Leslie Wednesday after spending
several days
with her daughter, Mrs. C.J.
Cheves. |
| 2/28/33 |
J.C. Speer on coroner's jury investigating
shotgun murder of Ben Smith,
colored, near
Oak Grove Cemetery; Leslie News
- Mrs. C.J.
Cheves and her two children,
of Ashburn,
are spending the week here with
their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 7/19/33 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer returned Friday
from a week's visit to Mr. and
Mrs. C.J.
Cheves in Ashburn. |
| 8/15/33 |
BIRTHS - Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Purvis, of
Atlanta, announced the birth
of a seven-pound
son, this morning, August 15.
Mr. Purvis
is a former Americus resident
and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Purvis.;
Leslie News
- Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer
and daughter,
of Canal Point, Fla., are visiting
their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 10/3/33 |
Mrs. E.E. Schneider is visiting her mother,
Mrs. R.S. Lindley and her sister,
Mrs. F.L.
Whitman and Dr. Whitman at their
home in
Birmingham, Ala.; Leslie News
- Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Maddox, of Rebecca, and Rev.
M.F. Reeves,
of Warwick, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer Sunday. |
| 10/27/33 |
Leslie News - Prof. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves
and two children, of Ashburn,
visited Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer, Monday and
Tuesday. |
| 1/4/34 |
Mrs. E.E. Schneider left today for Atlanta
where she was called by the death
of her
uncle, Mr. Anddrew F. Pierson.;
Leslie Notes
- Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer had
as their guests
last week Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer,
of Ochlochnee,
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Speer of
Dahlonega,
Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, of
Ashburn, and
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer, of
Canal Point,
Fla. |
| 1/2/1918 |
Leslie - Misses Sarah Summerford, Carrilou
Harvey, Ruth Ranew and Lota Speer
left Wednesday
for Forsyth, where they will
resume their
studies at Bessie Tift College. |
| 1/17/1918 |
Leslie - Mrs. Hugh L. Speer has as her guest
last week Mrs. Frank Norman,
of Moultrie. |
| 1/31/1918 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh Robinson
were weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh
L. Speer. |
| 2/21/1918 |
Friends of Mrs. Claude Schneider will learn
with regret that she is very
seriously ill
at the Americus Hospital, where
she was carried
for medical attention several
days ago.;
Leslie - Mr. John Hugh Robinson
of Ellaville
was a visitor here Wednesday. |
| 4/11/1918 |
Leslie - Mr. H.L. Speer returned from Plains
hospital Sunday after spending
two weeks
there for medical attention. |
| 1/3/1919 |
Sumter - Miss Lubel Speer, of Americus, spent
Sunday with Mrs. E.R. Chappell.;
Leslie -
John S. Speer is expected home
this week
from Camp Hancock, Augusta.;
Miss Vera Robinson
is the guest of Miss Lota Speer
this week.;
Miss Rachel Scroggs is ill from
influenza
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
J.W. Chambliss,
to the regret of her many friends. |
| 1/8/1919 |
City Council officially adopted Eastern Time,
removing Americus from the Central
Time Zone;
Leslie - Misses Lota Speer, (et.
al.) left
Leslie Monday for Forsyth, where
they are
returning to their studies at
Bessie Tift
College.; Mrs. H.L. Speer entertained
last
Friday evening at her home, the
R.A. and
G.A. of the Leslie Baptist church. |
| 4/24/1919 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer returned last week
from a visit of several days
to her son,
Mr. Alva Speer and family at
Ochlochnee,
Ga. |
| 5/27/1919 |
Leslie - Misses Lota Speer (et. al.)...expected
home Tuesday from Bessie Tift
college, where
they have attended school for
the past year. |
| 6/19/1919 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer left Monday for
Macon, where she went to attend
summer school
at Mercer. |
| 7/16/1919 |
Leslie - John S. Speer who is assistant in
the bank at Cairo came to Leslie
Tuesday
to visit his parents for several
days. |
| 7/23/1919 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer who has been attending
summer school at Mercer came
home for the
weekend. |
| 8/6/1919 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer visited relatives
and friends at Tifton and Rebecca
last week. |
| 9/29/1919 |
The L.O. Gammage farm of 142 acres, two miles
out from Americus on the Leslie
road, was
sold Saturday by J.H. Purvis
to Thomas B.
Hooks and his son, Glenn Hooks...;
The case
in City Court against Herman
S. Schneider,
charged with assault and battery
as a result
of his altercation last spring
(sic) with
C.J. Clark was continued this
morning when
the prosecution showed by physician's
certificate
that Mr. Clark was suffering
from illness
which would not permit him to
go through
a trial. |
| 10/22/1919 |
J. Harry Freeman, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
is visiting friends in Americus.;
Leslie
- D.H. Speer, of Elgin, Texas,
who has been
on a visit of several weeks to
his brother,
H.L. Speer, will leave in a few
days for
Florida where he expects to spend
the winter
at points of interest. |
| 11/20/1919 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Anderson and Mrs.
H.L. Speer left Tuesday for Ochlochnee,
where
they will visit relatives for
two days. |
| 12/8/1919 |
...The N.B. Stewart farm of 200 acres, lying
8 miles from Americus on the
Leslie road,
has been sold by J.H. Purvis
to Cliff Morgan...Mr.
Purvis has also sold for the
Hooks Motor
Company the Tomlinson house and
lot on Felder
street...to J.B. Price...Mr.
Purvis has sold
for John Sheffield to Emmett
Miller the Jackson
avenue residence property now
occupied by
Walter Granberry... |
| 3/9/1920 |
Leslie - Dixon Speer, who is visiting his
brother, H.L. Speer, will leave
soon for
his home in Elgin, Tex., after
spending most
of the winter in Florida. |
| 4/6/1920 |
A narrow escape from death through suffocation
from fumes from a gas heater
was experienced
by Mrs. C.M. Hale, wife of the
principal
of the high school, and their
baby, at their
home on West Church street this
morning when
the two were bathing...; C.F.
Giddings, et.
al., pallbearers at funeral of
W. Jesse Gunn;
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer was
hostess on Monday
evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Reese
Sims to a number of her friends... |
| 4/28/1920 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Speer and children
from Ochlochnee returned to their
home Monday
after a short visit to Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer.; W.C. Wheeler, who was
operated on
Thursday by Doctors Cato and
Smith..., is
improving rapidly and will soon
be able to
return to his home here. |
| 6/10/1920 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer visited
Mrs. A. Robinson at Sumter Sunday.;
Sumter
- Miss Lubel Speer, of Americus,
spent the
weekend at the home of her brother,
E.R.
Chappell.; Miss Edna Robinson
is at home
after attending school the past
year at South
Georgia Normal School. |
| 7/15/1920 |
Leslie - Miss Elma Maxwell of Calvary, Ga.,
is the guest of Miss Lota Speer
this week.;
Mr. and Mrs. Eustace Shelfer
and daughter,
Evelyn, and Miss Nina Weatherby
of Quincy,
Fla., were guests at the home
of Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer last week. |
| 7/18/1920 |
Mrs. David Speer, of Tampa, Fla., is the
guest of Mrs. Otto Liggin at
her home on
Felder street. She was formerly
Miss Lonnie
Seig before her marriage, and
is receiving
a most cordial welcome from her
friends upon
the occasion of her visit to
her old home.
This is Mrs. Speer's first visit
to Americus
in three years, and while here
she will visit
a number of friends and relatives.;
Mr. and
Mrs. Mose Purvis announce the
birth of a
daughter at their home on Wednesday,
July
14.; Leslie - Miss Annie Hoffman
entertained
at her home on Allen street Thursday
evening
with a prom party for Miss |
| 7/20/1920 |
Sumter - Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Speer, of Leslie,
spent Thursday visiting relatives
here.;
Miss Lota Speer, of Leslie, and
her visitor
Miss Elma Maxwell, of Calvary,
visited Miss
Edna Robinson last week.; Mrs.
Earl Speer
and two children left this afternoon
for
Hillsboro and Eatonton, where
they will spend
some time as the guests of relatives
and
friends. |
| 8/12/1920 |
Omer Bass, who lives in Leslie community,
is a well known visitor in Americus
today.;
Little Miss Nellie Schneider
left yesterday
for Blakely where she will be
the guest of
Mrs. Brady Williamson during
a visit of some
time.; Leslie - Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Speer and
little daughter arrived Monday
to spend some
time with Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer returned Monday
from a week's
visit to relatives and friends
at Calvary
and Ochlochnee, Ga., and Havana
and Quincy,
Fla. |
| 8/16/1920 |
marriage in Leslie, of John D. Sullivan and
Miss Julia Flowers on Aug. 12th |
| 9/8/1920 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer left Tuesday for
Forsyth, where she goes to attend
school
at Bessie Tift... |
| 9/17/1920 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Robinson, of Ellaville,
and Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson,
of Sumter,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer
Sunday. |
| 11/26/1920 |
Leslie - Herbert Speer, who has been spending
some time in Asheville, N.C.,
will be at
home for about three weeks before
going to
Florida, where he will spend
part of the
winter.; Catherine Schneider,
Virginia Purvis,
Florence Speer, et. al., guests
at Velma
and Thelma Turner's eighth birthday
party |
| 1/4/1921 |
Miss Lota Speer has returned to Bessie Tift
College at Forsyth after spending
the holidays
at home with her parents at Leslie. |
| 2/16/1921 |
Leslie - Miss Carrie Speer, of Americus,
and Mrs. A. Robinson, of Sumter,
were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer this
week.; Miss
Louise Purvis, who has been ill
at the Americus
hospital, has returned to her
home and is
improving greatly.; Mrs. Russell
Speer has
returned from Atlanta, where
she spent the
past few days visiting the millinery
shops... |
| 3/3/1921 |
Miss Christine Ballard is improving after
a severe attack of pneumonia
at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Ballard.;
A wire to Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
L. Ansley today
informed them that their son,
Eustace Speer
Ansley, was married on Sunday
last (Feb.
27th) to Miss Evelyn Cook, of
Louisville,
Ky ...; Leslie - Mrs. Leola Butler,
of Milton,
Fla., came Wednesday to visit
her sister,
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 4/24/1921 |
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Usry, of near Leslie, announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Annie Lou,
to Mr. Rudolph Hudson, of Ranger,
Texas,
the wedding to be solemnized
May 6 at home.
No cards. |
| 5/25/1921 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer will leave Friday
for Forsyth where she will attend
the commencement
at Bessie Tift college, her daughter,
Miss
Lota Speer, will finish in literary
and expression. |
| 7/27/1921 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer, of Ochlochnee,
came Monday to visit Mr. Speer's
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; M.E.
Purvis is
at the city hospital where he
was taken following
injuries sustained in an accident
on a Seaboard
freight train near Helena... |
| 8/31/1921 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer, who has been ill
for some time is reported as
being better. |
| 9/15/1921 |
Leslie - Miss Carrie Speer, of Americus,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Miss Lota
Speer left
last week for Newton, Ala., where
she has
accepted a position to teach
expression in
Collegiate Institute.; Mrs. A.
Robinson,
Miss Edna Robinson and Eloise
Chappell, from
near Anthony, were guests at
the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 10/14/1921 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Green and Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer spent Sunday
at Gatewood
with Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson. |
| 12/22/1921 |
Walter Daniel and Pat Sullivan on newly organized
East Americus baseball team,
John Daniel,
substitute; Leslie - Herbert
Speer, who has
been spending several months
at Waynesville,
N.C., is here on a visit to his
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, before
going to
his home in Gainesville, Fla. |
| 1/4/1922 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer will leave Tuesday
for Newton, Ala., where she is
teaching expression.;
Mt. Zion - Mr. and Mrs. A.B.
Howard were
spendthe-day guests Monday of
Mr. and Mrs.
R.L. Bass. |
| 1/17/1922 |
Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Schneider announce the
birth of a son January 12 at
their home on
Harrold avenue who has been named
Charles
Robert Schneider.; Leslie - Herbert
Speer,
who spent the holidays here with
his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, left
last week to
enter school at the state university
at Gainesville,
Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer
entertained
Sunday for dinner Mr. and Mrs.
J.M. Green
and Ellis Parker Green, Dr. and
Mrs. L.M.
Hawkins and children. |
| 2/2/1922 |
Leslie - The missionary social was...at the
home of Mrs. H.L. Speer out at
The Oaks... |
| 4/11/1922 |
Miss Lota Speer was in Americus shopping
today en route from her home
in Leslie to
Newton, Ala., where she is a
teacher of expression
in the Baptist Collegiate Institute. |
| 5/22/1922 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer returned last week
to her home here for the summer
vacation.
She has been teaching expression
in Alabama. |
| 5/31/1922 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer is spending this
week with her brother, J.S. Speer,
of Dahlonega.
Mr. Speer is cashier in a bank
there. |
| 6/9/1922 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer left Thursday for
Dahlonega, where she will visit
her son,
J.S. Speer, for a week. |
| 7/13/1922 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer and daughter, Miss
Lota Speer returned Thursday
from Dahlonega,
where they spent a month with
John Speer,
Mrs. Speer's son. |
| 7/24/1922 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, Miss Lota
Speer and Miss Ann Hoffman left
Thursday
for Ochlochnee, where they will
visit at
the home of Mr. Alva Speer for
several days.;
Concord - Mr. and Mrs. Omer Bass
and family
attended preaching and were visitors
at Concord
Sunday. |
| 8/30/1922 |
Leslie - Herbert Speer, of Gainesville, Fla.,
is spending the week here with
his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Miss
Lota Speer
left Friday for Fayetteville,
Ala., where
she will teach expression and
English in
the Fayetteville school.; Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin
Giddings have returned to Americus
after
a short wedding trip in Florida,
where they
visited relatives in Winter Park
and Fort
White. They are now at home
to their friends
on Horne street.; Miss Mildred
Purvis returned
to her home here Tuesday after
an extended
visit with relatives in Montgomery
and Pittsview,
Ala. |
| 1/11/1923 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer celebrated
their 32d anniversary Friday
evening, January
5. They had as their guests
Mr. and Mrs.
F.A. Wilson, Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
E.L. Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Sims and Mrs.
Pearl Sims. |
| 2/1/1923 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ansley,
of Americus, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer Sunday. |
| 5/22/1923 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer and Annie Hoffman
returned from Fayette, Ala.,
where they have
been teaching for the past year.
Miss Speer
taught English and expression
and Miss Hoffman
history and art. |
| 6/6/1923 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Robinson and
Mrs. Ethel Robinson, of Texas,
were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer Sunday.;
Mr. and
Mrs. Alva Speer and children,
of Ochlochnee,
spent the weekend here with relatives. |
| 6/16/1923 |
Mrs. John Ashley, who has been desperately
ill for the past two months,
is gradually
sinking, and grave fears are
entertained
that she may not survive the
day. Mrs. Ashley
is the mother of Mrs. Harry Schneider,
and
has made her home with her daughter
for the
past year.; Leslie - Miss Lota
Speer left
Monday for Alpine, Texas, where
she will
spend a month visiting relatives.;
Misses
Bessie Sims, Annie Hoffman and
John S. Speer
left Tuesday for Ochlochnee,
where they will
visit Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer.;
Mr. J.S.
Speer, of Dahlonega, came last
week to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Spee |
| 7/3/1923 |
Leslie - Mrs. Della Cobb, of Birmingham,
Ala., is visiting her sister,
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 8/30/1923 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer will go to Fayette,
Ala., this week where (she) will
teach English
and expression.; Harvey Gates,
of Castleberry,
Ala., was a visitor at the home
of Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer last week.; Mr.
and Mrs.
Herbert Speer, of Gainesville,
Fla., are
spending the week with their
parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 9/1/1923 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer was a charming hostess
at an enjoyable rook party...complimenting
Mrs. Herbert Speer,...a recent
bride, who
is the guest of the groom's parents,
Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer... |
| 11/22/1923 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Robinson of Ellaville
were visitors here Sunday. |
| 12/26/1923 |
Miss Carrie Speer spent Tuesday with Miss
Annie Hoffman at her home in
Leslie. |
| 12/31/1923 |
Celebrating the 90th birthday of one of the
oldest educators of this section,
Mrs. Charles
Ansley entertained...in honor
of her aunt,
Miss Rebecca Cowles...; obit
of Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Alexander, nee Beard,
daughter
of Edmund C. Beard, widower of
Elizabeth
Esther N. Wheeler Jan. 2,1924
Leslie -
Miss Lota Speer left Sunday for
Fayette,
Ala., where she is teaching. |
| 1/17/1924 |
Leslie - Mrs. H.L. Speer was appointed by
the Sunday school Sunday to attend
the Sunday
school convention that will assemble
in Atlanta
this week. |
| 4/25/1924 |
Leslie - Mrs. A. Robinson and daughter, Miss
Edna Robinson, spent the day
Saturday with
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Mrs.
Herbert Speer
of Gainesville, Fla., is spending
the week
here with relatives. |
| 4/30/1924 |
Miss Carrie Speer and Miss Mary Granberry
spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Speer
in Leslie. |
| 6/7/1924 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh Robinson,
of Ellaville, spent Sunday here
with Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh L. Speer. |
| 6/11/1924 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, John S.
Speer, and daughter, Miss Lota
Speer left
Tuesday for Ochlochnee, where
they will spend
a couple of days with Mr. and
Mrs. Alva Speer. |
| 6/19/1924 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. David Speer of Sanford,
Fla., were visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh
Speer last week.; John S. Speer
who is cashier
of the Bank of Dahlonega, spent
his vacation
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer, returning to Dahlonega
Saturday. |
| 8/1/1924 |
...Mrs. E.E. Schneider entertained...at bridge
and forty-two, complimenting
Mrs. J.W. Lindley,
who leaves Saturday with Mr.
Lindley and
little daughter, Elizabeth to
make their
home in Sanford, Fla. ...Mrs.
Schneider was
assisted...by Mrs. Herman Schneider...guest
list included, Mrs. J.W. Lindley
...Mrs.
C.A. Schneider...Mrs. Russell
Speer...Mrs.
Harry Schneider...Mrs. Charles
Hale...; Leslie
- Mr. Alva Speer, wife and daughters,
Helen
and Sara visited Mr. Speer's
parents in Leslie
during last few days.; Miss Lota
Speer returned
to Mr. Speer's home with them
for a three
weeks visit at Ochl |
| 9/3/1924 |
Leslie - Miss Marita Glaze, who has spent
the summer at Emory University
with her aunt,
Miss Hortense Tinsley, is here
this week
visiting her father, Mr. Luther
Glaze. |
| 9/11/1924 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer left Saturday for
Cordele where she will teach
in the High
School. |
| 10/8/1924 |
Leslie - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer spent Monday
in Albany with relatives. |
| 10/16/1924 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer, who is teaching
in Cordele, spent Saturday here
with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mrs. J.W.
Lindley and Elizabeth Lindley,
of Bainbridge,
formerly of Americus, accompanied
by Mrs.
J.L. Camp and son, James Camp,
of Bainbridge,
were spend-the-day guests of
relatives of
Mrs. Lindley in Americus, Wednesday,
making
the trip by motor.; Miss Lucile
Schneider
has gone to Bainbridge, where
she will be
the attractive guest of her aunt,
Mrs. J.W.
Lindley, for several days. |
| 11/12/1924 |
Leslie - One of the prettiest affairs of
the season was the party given
by Mrs. Jas.
M. Greene and Mrs. H.L. Speer
for the Dorcas
Class of the Leslie Baptist church... |
| 12/31/1924 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer, who has been teaching
in Cordele, is here for the holidays. |
| 7/2/1925 |
Leslie - Miss Lota Speer left Monday for
Athens, where she will attend
summer school
at the State University. |
| 7/9/1925 |
Lightning ignited H.L. Speer's barn at Leslie
Tuesday afternoon and the structure
and contents,
valued at $500 were destroyed
by the fire.
The barn was partially insured.
All of the
livestock was saved. |
| 6/15/34 |
First Baptist Church Daily Vacation Bible
School honor roll: Beginners
- Edna Purvis,
Junior No. 1 - King Speer; Rev.
Tom Tinsley,
of Macon, and Miss Hortense Tinsley,
of Korea,
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. N.A. Ray,
yesterday. TCN - HORTENSE TINSLEY
VISITS
AT PLAINS - Miss Hortense Tinsley...
and
Rev. Tom Tinsley, of Macon were
guests of
friends and relatives here this
week. They
left... to visit in Americus,
Dawson, Smithville
and Leslie before returning to
Macon... |
| 6/19/34 |
Leslie News - The Rev. Tom Tinsley and Miss
Hortense Tinsley, of Macon, were
guests of
Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Wilson, Sr.
Wednesday night.
Miss Tinsley left Leslie 23 years
ago to
take up her work as a missionary
and has
given up her work on account
of ill health. |
| 6/29/34 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer has returned
from a visit of several days
with her daughter,
Mrs. C.J. Cheves at Ashburn. |
| 7/5/34 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Herbert Speer and daughter
Bettie Speer of Canal Point,
Fla., are here
visiting Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 7/18/34 |
Leslie News - Herbert Speer and family, of
Canal Point, Fla., are spending
the week
here with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 8/7/34 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer
and daughter left Saturday for
their home
in Canal Point, Fla., after a
visit with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer.
They were accompanied to Ochlochnee
by Mr.
Speer, who visited his son Alva
and family
for two days, returning to Leslie
yesterday.;
Alva Speer, of Ochlochnee, spent
Sunday here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 8/14/34 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer left Sunday
for Fayette, Ala., where she
will visit her
niece, Mrs. Gullett. |
| 9/26/34 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, Mr.
and Mrs. R.J. Sims and Miss Carrie
Speer
spent Sunday in Ellaville, guests
of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Robinson. |
| 11/2/34 |
Leslie Lions Club chartered, W.T. Anderson,
president, C.E. Stevenson, first
vice-president,
F.W. Hines, second, L.C. Lanford,
third,
B.L. Dell, Jr., secretary-treasurer |
| 11/21/34 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. John S. Speer
of Dahlonega, came Tuesday to
visit Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer for several days.;
Miss Vivian
Sullivan was able to be removed
to her home
on Lee street yesterday following
a short
illness at the Prather clinic. |
| 11/27/34 |
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Markett, and children,
of Macon, were guests on Sunday
of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Schneider at their
residence
on Hancock avenue.; Leslie News
- Mr. and
Mrs. John S. Speer and Mrs. H.L.
Speer visited
relatives in Ochlochnee, Thursday
and Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Speer will
return to their
home in Dahlonega in a few days. |
| 12/15/34 |
Leslie News - Misses Hortense Tinsley and
Lois Tinsley, who were residents
of Leslie
for a number of years, are here
visiting
at the home of Mrs. Minnie Wilson.;
Miss
Sarah Wheeler, of Clayton, Ga.,
is a medical
patient at the city hospital.;
Miss Christine
Schneider, of Birmingham, Ala.,
is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Cannon and other
relatives
and friends here. |
| 1/3/35 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
children, of Gainesville, spent
the holidays
here with Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Rosalie
Purvis, et. al., guests at miscellaneous
shower for Nannie Claire Speer;
Miss Vi Speer
and Charles Speer are confined
to their beds
at their home on McGarrah street
with attacks
of influenza. |
| 5/2/35 |
Leslie News - Misses Hortense Tinsley and
Lois Tinsley have been the guests
of Mrs.
Minnie Wilson for several days.
They will
leave for Cordele today where
they will be
the guests of Mrs. John Brown.;
Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Speer and Miss Helen Speer
of Ochlochnee
spent Sunday here the guests
of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 5/23/35 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Ann Gullett and children,
of Fayette, Ala., arrived here
for a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.
She will be
remembered as Ann Hoffman.; Ellaville
News
- Mrs. Vera Murray and children,
Phillip
and Dorothy Jane, have returned
to their
home in Albany after having enjoyed
a very
pleasant visit to Mr. and Mrs.
A. Robinson
and other relatives in Ellaville. |
| 5/29/35 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
children of Gainesville, Ga.,
will come this
week to visit Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer.; King
Speer, Claud Speer, et. al.,
guests at Billy
Hudson's party; Members of the
Pahokee (Florida)
chapter of Future Farmers of
America came
home loaded with honors they
copped while
participating in the sixth dis-
trict championship...Prof.
H.L. Speer, agricultural instructor
in the
Pahokee and Canal Point schools,
was the
leader of the victorious group.
Prof. Speer
is a son of H.L. Speer...of Leslie... |
| 7/12/35 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer has returned
from a visit to relatives at
Gainesville
and Dahlonega. |
| 7/24/35 |
C.F. Giddings has returned from Valdosta
where he spent several days with
Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Giddings.; Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur
Giddings and two children, of
Valdosta, spent
Sunday and Monday here with his
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Giddings.;
Leslie News
- Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer
and little daughter
of Canal Point, Fla., are here
visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 9/26/35 |
Miss Florence Speer, secretary, Junior Department,
First Baptist Sunday School;
Leslie News
- E.L. Maxwell, of Calvary, and
Herman Maxwell,
of Tampa, visited their uncle,
Hugh Speer,
Wednesday. |
| 10/5/35 |
Hugh Rushin, et. al., guests at Anthony High
prom party hosted by Nancy Ruth
Moon and
Katron Moon; Ellaville News -
Mr. and Mrs.
T.G. Morrow and children and
Mr. and Mrs.
A. Robinson spent Sunday in Leslie
where
they went for a spend-the-day
visit to Mr.
and Mrs. Speer. |
| 11/8/35 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer spent
the weekend in Ochlochnee and
Thomasville
with relatives. |
| 12/4/35 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer received
the news of the death of their
brother-in-law
Mr. J.M. Green at Fort Myers
last week.
Mr. Green was a former resident
of Leslie... |
| 4/8/36 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer of
Ochlochnee, Ga., spent Saturday
night and
Sunday here the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 4/30/36 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Della Cobb, of Birmingham,
Ala., is here spending some time
with her
sister, Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 6/11/36 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ansley,
Mrs. Charles Hale and daughter,
of Americus,
spent Sunday here, guests of
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.; Mrs. Stella Turpin
and W.G.
Turpin have moved from the Beck
House, Lamar
street to the home of Mrs. Charles
Schneider
on W. Church street. |
| 7/23/36 |
Mrs. C.M. Blanton, of Waycross, is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Callie
Speer, Church
street.; Miss Leila Maude Purvis
has returned
from a visit in Columbus. She
was accompanied
home by Miss Kathryn Askew, who
will be her
guest for several days.; Leslie
News - Mr.
and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and two
children, of
Gainesville, are spending the
week here,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Speer, of Canal
Point, Fla.,
spent Monday night here with
their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Ellaville
News
- Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Robinson
and Miss Elsie
Rainey spent Thursday a |
| 7/30/36 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Kent, of Miami, is the
guest of Mrs. H.L. Speer. She
will be remembered
as Miss Bettie Peel, before marriage. |
| 8/4/36 |
Mrs. Charles Schneider and son, Charles,
Jr., left today for a visit with
relatives
in Edison, Ga., and points in
Florida.; Leslie
News - Mrs. Kent who has been
the guest of
Mrs. H.L. Speer for the past
two weeks is
leaving today for her home in
Miami, Fla. |
| 9/3/36 |
Wilbur Giddings returned today from Atlanta,
where he spent three weeks undergoing
treatment
at the government hospital.;
Leslie News
- Miss Carrie Speer of Americus
came Thursday
to spend several days here the
guest of Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 10/10/36 |
Will Connor Sullivan is confined to his home
on Jackson avenue because of
illness.; Leslie
News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves
and two children
of Gainesville, Ga. visited Mr.
and Mrs.
H.L. Speer for the weekend.
Mrs. Speer returned
home with them for a two weeks'
visit. |
| 10/15/36 |
HOSPITAL NOTES - Miss Leila Maude Purvis
was able to be removed to her
home today
from Prather Clinic ...; Leslie
News - Mrs.
H.L. Speer has returned from
a two weeks'
(sic) visit to her daughter,
Mrs. C.J. Cheves...her
son, J.S. Speer of Dahlonega
and Mr. and
Mrs. S.E. McConnell, Atlanta. |
| 1/5/37 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer of Americus
is spending several days here,
the guest
of Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 2/20/37 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, visiting
Mr. and Mrs. A. Robinson in Ellaville
Sunday,
who were ill with influenza. |
| 3/3/37 |
HOSPITAL NOTES - The condition of Miss Vivian
Sullivan, who underwent a major
operation
yesterday at Prather Clinic,
is considered
satisfactory today, it is reported.;
Leslie
News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves
of Gainesville,
Ga., spent the weekend here with
the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L.
Speer, after
spending the week most delightfully
in New
Orleans, where they attended
the National
Department of Superintendence.;
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer, Mr. and Mrs. C.J.
Cheves, Joan
and Charles Cheves, attended
the wedding
of Miss Sara Speer of Ochlochnee
to Mr. Carl
String of Newnan and Hart |
| 3/10/37 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Della Cobb, who visited
her sister, Mrs. H.L. Speer several
days
last week, returned to her home
in Birmingham,
Ala., Monday.; Mr. and Mrs. A.B.
Howard will
move this week into the home
of Mrs. B.L.
Dell. Mr. Howard will look after
Mrs. Dell's
farm. |
| 3/11/37 |
Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Howard, who have been residing
at 607 Oak avenue, have moved
to Leslie. |
| 3/18/37 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer of Americus
is spending the week here with
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.; Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer spent
Sunday in Ellaville the guests
of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Robinson.; Miss Margaret
Robinson,
G.S.C.W. student, is expected
to arrive tomorrow
to spend the spring holidays
with her mother,
Mrs. Ethel Robinson. TCN - AS
HARRIET SEES
THEM - ...There is a gentleman
in Americus
who is recognized, not only by
the members
of the First Methodist church
as the best
man in their membership, but
is known, loved
and respected by hundreds of
others as a
true Christian, an able |
| 4/22/37 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Speer of
Ochlochnee, spent Saturday and
Sunday here
with Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 5/12/37 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer spent
Sunday afternoon in Ellaville
with Mrs. A.
Robinson. |
| 7/1/37 |
DeSoto News - Mrs. Ethel Robinson, Misses
Patricia and Margaret Robinson
of Americus,
Mrs. B.L. Dell, Miss Helen Dell
and Mrs.
A.B. Howard of Leslie were guests
of Mrs.
F.H. Scarborough Thursday. TCN
- Frank Marsh's
account of Americus saloons and
their locations
circa 1890; S.C. Purvis donated
$3 to Bethesda
Baptist rebuilding fund |
| 7/28/37 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
two children, of Gainesville,
are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer this
week. |
| 8/4/37 |
BIRTHS - Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Bradley, of
near Leslie, announce the birth
of a son,
July 28, who has been named Ralph,
Jr. Mrs.
Bradley was before marriage Miss
Janis Pouncey
of Americus. |
| 9/9/37 |
INSURANCE MEN GIVEN HONORS - Cecil Parks
and Jimmie Bass local representatives
of
the Liberty National Life Insurance
company
were notified today that they
had lead the
Columbus district in the amount
of business
produced during the past quarter.
Their
production automatically elects
them as president
and vice-president of the Liberty's
production
club composed of the agents in
the Columbus
division.; BIRTHS - Mr. and Mrs.
John Rushin,
Jr. announce the birth of an
8 1/4 pound
son born this morning, September
9, at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Raines
on the Leslie
road. The baby has been |
| 10/14/37 |
Leslie News - Mr. Alva Speer of Ochlochnee,
spent Monday and Monday night
here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 12/3/37 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer had
as their dinner guests Thursday,
Mr. A. Robinson,
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Robinson, Mr.
and Mrs.
Troy Morrow and three sons of
Ellaville;
Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Speer, Miss
Helen Speer
and Miss Clarice Bullock of Ochlochnee. |
| 3/29/38 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer returned
to her home in Americus after
a visit of
several days to Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.;
A $500 display room for flowers
is being
built by Mrs. Russell Speer on
McGarrah street. |
| 6/1/38 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Hutchinson
of Tifton were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer Sunday. |
| 6/16/38 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Della Cobb of Birmingham,
Ala., and Mrs. Aurelia Green,
of Ft. Myers,
Fla., are spending several days
here with
their sister, Mrs. H.L. Speer.
TCN - WINDSOR
HOTEL TAKEN OVER BY HOWELL DAYTON |
| 6/25/38 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer of Flintside,
was a visitor to friends here
Tuesday and
Wednesday. |
| 7/6/38 |
Leslie News - Dr. and Mrs. J.S.. McKenzie,
of Miami and Mr. Julian Glaze
of Sylvester,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer, Friday.
Mr. Glaze and sister, Mrs. McKenzie,
who
will be remembered as Miss Mary
Lizzie Glaze...left
Leslie more than forty years
ago. |
| 7/26/38 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, Joan
and Charles Cheves of Gainesville,
Ga., are
spending the week here with their
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Mrs.
L.J. Blalock
is confined to her home on Oglethorpe
avenue
because of illness. |
| 8/9/38 |
Leslie News - Mr. A. Robinson, Mrs. Troy
Morrow and Mr. and Mrs. John
Hugh Robinson
of Ellaville, spent Thursday
here the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 8/17/38 |
Leslie News - Messrs. H.L. Speer and Dennard
visited friends and relatives
in Weston,
Sunday. |
| 8/25/38 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer has returned
from a visit to Mrs. C.J. Cheves
at Gainesville,
and Mr. and Mrs. John Speer at
Dahlonega.
TCN - architectural rendering
of GSW gym
and boys dormitory |
| 9/16/38 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer, Miss
Helen Speer of Ochlochnee and
Mrs. Carl Strong
of Athens were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer Sunday and Monday
of this week. |
| 10/15/38 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer of Flint
Side, was a visitor here Friday. |
| 11/9/38 |
Leslie News - Mr. J.S. Speer of Dahlonega
came Monday to spend several
days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Miss Vivian
Sullivan is able to be out after
an illness
of several days at her home on
South Lee
street. |
| 11/30/38 |
Miss Christine Scheider has returned to her
home in Birmingham, Ala., after
a visit of
several days as the guest of
her mother,
Mrs. Malynn Cannon, at her home
on Jackson
street.; Leslie News - Mr. and
Mrs. S.A.
Rogers from near Sumter and Mrs.
Rogers'
uncle, Mr. Smith of Washington,
D.C., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer,
Sunday
afternoon. |
| 12/30/38 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, Joan
and Charles Cheves, of Gainesville,
Ga.,
are spending the week here the
guests of
Mrs. Cheves' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer and Miss
Helen Speer
of Ochlochnee, Ga., were the
guests of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 1/18/39 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Sims and
family, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer,
from here
and Mrs. Della Cobb of Birmingham,
Ala. left
today for Tifton, where they
will attend
the funeral of Mrs. R.H. Hutchinson. |
| 2/10/39 |
L.G. Council, T.M. Furlow, Furlow Gatewood,
Sr., Durrell Graham, Sherley
Hudson, Wade
St. John, Dudley Gatewood and
Will Horne
to be pallbearers at funeral
of Mrs. Lula
Espy Daniel on Feb. 11th; H.L.
Speer in honorary
escort for funeral of A.G. Mulholland
at
Leslie Feb. 11th |
| 3/30/39 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer of
Ochlochnee spent Sunday here
with Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 7/10/39 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
children, Joan and Charles of
Gainesville,
Ga., spent Thursday night with
Mrs. Cheves'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.
Charles
remained over and will be here
for several
weeks, while Mr. and Mrs. Cheves
and Joan
are away on the Martin's Western
Tour, Mr.
Cheves being general supervisor
and Mrs.
Cheves one of the counselors.;
BIRTHS - Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur H. Giddings announce
the
birth of a daughter Saturday,
July 8 at the
City Hospital. |
| 9/13/39 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer and
daughter, Miss Helen Speer, of
Ochlochnee,
spent Sunday here the guests
of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 9/21/39 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer
and daughter, Bettie, of Pahokee,
Florida,
have returned to their home after
a visit
of two weeks to Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 11/8/39 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves, two children,
Joan and Charles, of Gainesville,
Ga., and
Mr. J.S. Speer of Dahlonega,
and Mr. and
Mrs. Alva Speer, were the guests
of Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer, Sunday. |
| 11/29/39 |
Gilbert Purvis of Atlanta, Carroll Purvis
of Charing, Mr. and Mrs. Olin
Speer and Oswald
Speer of Winter Haven, Fla.,
have been called
to Americus because of the serious
illness
of Mrs. Ed Purvis, who is suffering
from
injuries received when struck
by a motorbike.;
HOSPITAL NOTES - Mrs. Ed Purvis
...is slightly
improved today, attaches at Prather
clinic
where she is a patient, report.;
King Speer,
who recently submitted to an
appendectomy
at city hospital, is better.;
Leslie News
- Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
children...spent
the holidays here with Mrs. Cheves'
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. |
| 1/19/40 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer is able to
be up after two weeks in bed
with influenza. |
| 2/14/40 |
Leslie News - Mrs. J.M. Green of Tifton,
and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Speer
of Dahlonega
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 4/18/40 |
Charles L. Ansley, et. al., pallbearers at
funeral of John Joseph Hardy,
died Apr. 17th,
aged 90 TCN HISTORICAL SKETCH
OF SUMTER COUNTY
DATING FROM 1831 by Miss Barbara
Haddock,
of Leslie (Pt. 2, 4-25-40, Pt.
3, 5-2-40) |
| 6/6/40 |
Mrs. T.B. Colbert, mother of Mrs. T.F. Robbins
of near Americus, died at her
home last night
in Columbus, Ga. She suffered
a stroke last
Friday. The funeral will be
held at Popular
Springs, near Preston, Friday
morning at
10:30 o'clock.; Leslie News -
Mr. and Mrs.
A.E. Speer of Ochlochnee spent
Sunday and
Monday here the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W.T.
Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer. TCN
- photo of Allen Chappell; ...Those
recently
dismissed from the Prather clinic
are: ...Marvin
Giddings, Americus... |
| 8/9/40 |
James Calvin Speer obit with Buddy Lister,
Marvin Giddings, Lawrence Purvis,
Jimmie
Bass, et. al., honorary pallbearers,
Hugh
Rushin, Olin Rushin, Judson Rushin,
John
Rushin, Clarence Parker and Wade
St. John
active pallbearers; Miss Vivian
Sullivan
will leave tomorrow for Birmingham,
where
she will visit Mrs. Clarence
Graddick.; Leslie
News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves
and Charles
Cheves of Gainesville, Ga., have
been the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer
for several
days. They visited friends at
Cairo and
Ochlochnee Sunday. |
| 8/14/40 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves who has been
here for several weeks visiting
her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer will
leave in a
few days for her home in Gainesville,
Ga. |
| 8/21/40 |
Miss Dorothy Wynn and Miss Dorothy Purvis
are spending this week as the
guests of Mrs.
Harry Brooks, Jr., in Columbus.;
Miss Marie
Purvis and Mrs. L.E. Smith are
visiting in
Daytona Beach, Orlando and Miami.;
Leslie
News - Mrs. H.L. Speer left Friday
for a
visit to her daughter, Mrs. C.J.
Cheves at
Gainesville, Ga. |
| 9/17/40 |
Ellaville News - Among the out-of-town relatives
and friends attending the funeral
services
of Mr. A. Robinson, held at the
Ellaville
Methodist church were: Mr. and
Mrs. Reese
Sims, Mrs. H.L. Speer, Leslie;
Dick Robinson,
Atlanta; Mrs. Emmett Slappey,
Mrs. M.J. Andrews,
Mrs. Hugh Mills, Albany; H.J.
Worthy, Sumter;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ansley,
J.N. Worthy
and Mrs. Roy Robinson, Americus. |
| 11/11/40 |
Barbara Hale, et. al., guests at Joan Cook's
sixth birthday party Nov. 8th;
Leslie News
- Mr. H.L. Speer left Friday
with his son,
John S. Speer for Dahlonega,
where he will
spend several days before going
to Gainesville,
Ga., where he will visit his
daughter, Mrs.
C.J. Cheves before returning
to Leslie next
week.; Mrs. Ethel Robinson has
returned from
Atlanta, where she spent the
weekend with
her son, Dick Robinson. |
| 12/5/40 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer of
Ochlochnee, Ga., spent Sunday
here the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
A large crowd
from here attended the funeral
of Miss Hortense
Tinsley, conducted at the First
Methodist
church in Americus, Monday. |
| 12/18/40 |
Leslie News - Mrs. J.M. Green of Tifton,
is here visiting her sister,
Mrs. H.L. Speer,
for several days. |
| 12/31/40 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, Joan
and Charles Cheves, of Gainesville,
Ga.,
spent last weekend here with
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 1/8/41 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Park Green
and Mrs. Aurelia Green returned
to their
home at Ft.Myers, Fla., Saturday
after a
visit to Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 4/17/41 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer visited Mrs.
Hugh Mills in Albany Thursday. |
| 5/16/41 |
Leslie News - Mr. Alva Speer of Ochlochnee,
Ga. spent Sunday here with his
parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer.; Mrs. C.J.
Cheves returned
to her home in Gainesville, Ga.
after a visit
of several days to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 7/23/41 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
two children, Joan and Charles,
of Gainesville,
Ga., are expected today to spend
several
days here with Mrs. Cheves' parents,
Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 8/22/41 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Zetta Kent of Miami, Fla.,
visited Mrs. H.L. Speer Wednesday,;
Mr. and
Mrs. J.S. Speer of Dahlonega,
spent Wednesday
night here with Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.
They were enroute to Brunswick.;
Mrs. W.C.
Wheeler, Mrs. A.J. Buchanan and
Wick Wheeler,
Jr., attended the funeral services
of their
aunt, Mrs. John Sollomon, of
Jeffersonville
Wednesday afternoon. |
| 9/23/41 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer of
Ochlochnee, Ga., and Mr. Hilton
Hutchinson,
of Tifton, spent Sunday here
with Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 10/7/41 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Della Cobb of Birmingham,
Ala., is here visiting her sister,
Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 11/13/41 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. John S. Speer
of Dahlonega will come Wednesday
to spend
several days with Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 11/19/41 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. John S. Speer...spent
several days here last week with
Mr. Speer's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 12/2/41 |
Ed Purvis, et. al., pallbearers at funeral
of Amanda Barlow Willett, Mrs.
J.M. Oliver,
died Dec. 1st, aged 80; Leslie
News - Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer spent Sunday
in Ellaville
with relatives. |
| 12/22/41 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, Joan
and Charles Cheves, of Gainesville,
Ga.,
are expected to arrive Tuesday
for a few
days visit with Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.
From here they will go to Montezuma
where
they will spend the weekend with
relatives. |
| 12/27/41 |
Leslie News - A.E. Speer of Ochlochnee, spent
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 2/21/42 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer attended
the Sunday School conference
at the Central
Baptist Church Monday. |
| 4/9/42 |
TCN - George M. Kinney, has purchased 50
acres of land in the 16th land
district of
Sumter...from Mrs. G.C. Purvis.
This land
adjoins the home recently built
by Mrs. Purvis.;
obit of Dr. J.W. Chambliss, son
of late John
Thomas and Leila Merritt Chambliss,
survived
by wife, former Miss Annie Pearl
Scroggs,
sons, J. Wade Chambliss, Jr.
and Ross M.
Chambliss; In honor of the birthday
of her
aunt, Mrs. A.B. Howard, long
time Americus
resident but now living in Leslie,
Mrs. Ethel
Robinson entertained...Tuesday
evening (Apr.
7th) at her home on Brown...Mrs.
Howard is
the former Miss Senora Bass |
| 4/24/42 |
Selective Service numbers (Wa-We); Leslie
News - Alva Speer of Ochlochnee,
will come
today to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 8/10/42 |
draft registrants: #'s N113-N218; Leslie
News - Mr. H.L. Speer is out
of town this
week visiting relatives at Dahlonega. |
| 8/14/42 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
Miss Joan Cheves, of Gainesville,
Ga., came
Monday to spend this week with
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer, Mrs. Cheves' parents. |
| 9/3/42 |
TCN - photo of Capt. G.W. Bagley; J.W. Cobb,
Rufus Mathews, et. al., pallbearers
at funeral
of D.A. Castleberry, died in
El Paso, Tex.,
brother of Mrs. Callie M. Cobb;
photo of
Virginia Pearl Methvin; Special
Historical
Edition: Leslie history; J.E.
Mathis' city
schools history, with his photo;
photo and
bio of Miss Rebecca Cowles; photo
and bio
of Miss Ella Lester; photo and
bio of Mrs.
M.T. Elam; Lott Warren's account
of Rock
Hill Academy; First Methodist
Church history,
with photos; Mrs. Ernest Coker's
Cut-Off
Community history; Mrs. W.H.
Estes' Americus
Presbyterian Church history;
photo |
| 9/24/42 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer is spending
two weeks in Fayette and Birmingham,
Ala.
with relatives. TCN - photo of
Hugh Mauk;
IN MEMORIAM Blue Marsh, Charlie
Cobb, et.
al. |
| 12/30/42 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves of
Gainesville, Ga., spent their
holidays with
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 1/6/43 |
obit of Mrs. H.L. Speer's sister, Mrs. Della
Sims Cobb, died Dec. 29th, aged
73, in Birmingham,
Ala. (see Leslie News) |
| 4/7/43 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer had
as their guests Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh
Mills, of Albany, Mr. and Mrs.
J.H. Robinson,
Mrs. Troy Morrow and son, Wayne,
of Ellaville. |
| 6/23/43 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves and son, of
Gainesville, Ga., are here visiting
Mrs.
Cheves' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 8/25/43 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer
and daughter from Pahokee, Fla.,
are here
spending some time with Mr. Speer's
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 12/15/43 |
Mrs. W.W. Daniel, of Kenosha, Wis., and her
children, Dorothy, Sally and
Billy, are spending
the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. O.S. Bass,
Sr., Barlow street.; Leslie News
- Mr. H.L.
Speer has been ill with a cold
for several
days. |
| 12/31/43 |
Leslie News - Prof. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves,
of Gainesville, Ga., spent the
holidays here
with Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 5/18/44 |
Mrs. Ethel Lindley has been removed to her
home from Prather Clinic.; Leslie
News -
Miss Carrie Speer of Americus
is spending
several days here with Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 9/1/44 |
Leslie News - Mrs. J.M. Green is visiting
her sister, Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mrs. H.L. Speer
is able to be out again after
her illness
of several days. |
| 11/22/44 |
Leslie News - Mr. John S. Speer of Dahlonega,
and Mrs. Cheves of Gainesville,
Ga., spent
last weekend with their parents,
Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 1/2/45 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves...spent
several days this week here with
Mrs. Cheves'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 1/23/45 |
Joseph (W.) Usry (Jr.), 40, of 121 South
Hampton street, died at the Prather
Clinic
at 7:45 o'clock this morning,
following an
extended illness. Surviving
are...his mother,
Mrs. Mattie Usry, of Lee county;
two brothers,
Marvin and Dixie Usry, of Lee
...; one sister,
Mrs. Annie Lou Stinson, of Lee...
interment
will be made in the Mt. Zion
church cemetery
near Leslie... |
| 1/25/45 |
TCN - photo of U.S. Navy Torpedoman Bradley
Kitchens; Funeral services were
held...at
Mt. Zion church near Leslie for
Joseph W.
Usry, age 40. Mr. Usry passed
away...after
being in ill health for about
a year...Surviving
are his wife, of Americus, his
mother Mrs.
Mattie Usry, two brothers, Marvin
and Dick
Usry and one sister Mrs. Earl
Stinson all
of Lee County. |
| 3/1/45 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer of Americus
spent Tuesday night here, the
guest of Miss
Pearl Sims, and will spend today
with Mrs.
H.L. Speer. TCN - LONG AGO...IN
AMERICUS
- Charles Lingo asks were you
living in Americus
when Church street ended at Brown,
and to
get to Oak Grove cemetery it
was necessary
to go to Brown...out Taylor and
down Rees
...to the main entrance, which
was then where
Judge Allen Fort's lot is now
located? The
east end of Church was opened
in 1884.; CITY
HOSPITAL - Miss Marie Purvis
is improving. |
| 8/2/45 |
marriage of Miss Lillian Purvis, daughter
of the late Paris W. Purvis and
Mrs. E.H.
Morrison, of Charing, to Pfc.
Clifford L.
Clark, Jr., of Miami, July 18th;
Leslie News
- Mr. Herbert Speer is here visiting
his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 3/20/46 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer visited at
the home of her son, Mr. Alva
Speer in Ochlochnee. |
| 4/17/46 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer had a birthday
Sunday (Apr. 14th). Mr. and
Mrs. Alva Speer,
of Ochlochnee, Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Speer,
of Dahlonega, Mr. and Mrs. C.J.
Cheves, of
Gainseville, Ga., were present
with gifts.
One son, Herbert Speer, of Florida,
could
not come but sent greetings and
gifts.. |
| 8/9/46 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, of
Gainesville, Ga., spent the weekend
here
with Mrs. Cheves' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer. Mrs. Speer returned
home with them
for a week's visit. |
| 9/17/46 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer and
Miss Betty Speer, of Pahokee,
Fla., who have
been visiting the former's parents,
Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer, left Friday
for a short
visit in Ochlochnee from there
to Tallahassee,
where Miss Speer is entering
her senior year
at the State College for Women.;
Alva E.
Speer, of Ochlochnee, spent Thursday
afternoon
and evening with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Speer.; John S. Speer of
Dahlonega,
and sister, Mrs. C.J. Cheves,
of Gainesville,
visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer, Thursday and Friday. |
| 10/15/46 |
Mt. Zion Methodist Church, near Leslie, founded
circa 1855 by Rev. Phillip Jones
Dell with
four charter members: Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick
Bass, who donated the land for
the church
and cemetery, and Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Bass |
| 12/30/46 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, Miss
Joan Cheves and Charles Cheves,
of Gainesville,
Ga., are the guests of Mrs. Cheves'
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 1/31/47 |
Leslie News - Mrs. George Gullett and son
Jimmy, of Fayette, Ala., came
Tuesday for
a visit of several days to Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer and other relatives here. |
| 2/20/47 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Amelia Green is visiting
her sister Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Miss Carrie
Speer of Americus is visiting
relatives here
this week. |
| 4/24/47 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Myrtle Haygood of Birmingham,
Ala., is here visiting Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer.; Mr. H.L. Speer is having
a birthday
today. He and Mrs. Speer expect
all of their
children to come Saturday for
a celebration
of the occasion. |
| 7/10/47 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Beatrice Postell, of Macon,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer
for the weekend. |
| 7/30/47 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Everett Schneider
of Greenville, S.C., Mr. Olin
Speer of Winter
Haven, Fla., and Miss Nannie
Lou Speer of
Americus, were recent visitors
at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 8/5/47 |
Leslie News - Charles Cheves, of Gainesville,
Ga., is visiting his grandparents,
Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 10/31/47 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer of
Ochlochnee, spent Monday afternoon
here with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 1/9/48 |
Mrs. Earl Routon, of Havana, Fla., Mrs. E.A.
Maxwell and Mrs. McGriff, of
Calvary, Ga.,
visited Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer
in Leslie,
Thursday. |
| 4/16/48 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer are
expecting all their children
for the weekend.
They are coming for a celebration
of their
parents' birth days. |
| 8/12/48 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Speer
have as their guests this week
Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Speer, of Pahokee, Fla.,
and Mrs.
Jud Cheves and daughter, Miss
Joan Cheves,
of Gainesville, Ga. |
| 10/18/48 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer, who has been
ill at her home is reported better. |
| 11/4/48 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer is able to
be out again after her recent
illness. |
| 11/15/48 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Kent, of Miami, visited
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer for a
few days.;
Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Giddings, beloved
Americus
residents, celebrated their 60th
wedding
anniversary yesterday quietly
at their home
on East Church...Mrs. Giddings,
the former
Nannie Sue Daniel and Mr. Giddings
were married
here on November 14,1888...They
have five
sons, Dr. J.I. Giddings, of Glenwood,
C.D.
Giddings, of Jack- sonville,
L.E. and Wilbur
Giddings, of Americus and Marvin
Giddings,
of Tampa... |
| 1/5/49 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, Charles,
Jr., and Miss Joanne Cheves,
of Gainesville,
Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer,
of Ochlochnee,
spent the holidays here with
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 3/3/49 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves, of Gainesville,
Ga., arrived Friday for a visit
with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 3/31/49 |
Leslie News - Miss Carrie Speer has returned
to her home in Americus after
a few days
visit here with Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 5/24/49 |
Leslie News - Mrs. J.M. Green of Montgomery,
Ala., is spending several days
with her sister,
Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 6/28/49 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Beatrice Postell, of Macon,
and Mr. John S. Speer, of Dahlonega,
were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer
recently. |
| 10/8/49 |
BIRTHS - Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Garrett announce
the birth of an 8 pound, 3 ounce
daughter
Thursday, October 6, at City
Hospital, who
has been named Peggy Virginia.
Mrs. Garrett
is the former Miss Leila Maude
Purvis.; Leslie
News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer,
of Ochlochnee,
and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer,
Pahokee,
who have been the guests of their
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer this
week left today
for Athens, where they will go
to Gainesville,
Ga., where they will attend the
marriage
of Miss Joanne Cheves to Mr.
Bob Davis, Oct.
9. Miss Cheves is a granddaughter
of Mr.
and Mrs. H.L. Speer. Mr |
| 1/5/50 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer, of
Ochlochnee, Ga., spent Sunday
night and Monday
here the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer
and Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Anderson. |
| 3/4/50 |
CADET CHEVES DOES WELL AT WEST POINT - C.J.
Cheves Jr., grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer, of Leslie, is making an
outstanding
record scholastically, at the
U.S. Military
Academy...Young Cheves, whose
father is superintendent
of schools in Gainesville, Ga.,
is making
grades well above the proficiency
level in
each of the four subjects he
is taking.
Cadet Cheves is near the top
of his class
in one subject and in the upper
third of
a- nother. |
| 6/30/50 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves and
son, Mr. Charles Cheves, were
recent visitors
to Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer, from
here they
went to Fla., where they will
spend several
days. |
| 7/19/50 |
special REA edition of T-R; Mr. and Mrs.
John B. Crowley, Mrs. W.M. Crowley,
Pat Crowley,
of Tacoma, Washington and Mrs.
W.H. Howell,
of Blakely, are visiting the
former Mrs.
Crowley's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Sullivan.;
Leslie News - Mrs. Herbert Speer
of Canal
Point, Fla., and her daughter,
Miss Bettie
Speer, of Athens, have been the
guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer this
week. |
| 8/2/50 |
Spud Bass, announcer, for new Radio Club
affiliated with the Youth Center;
Leslie
News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer,
and daughter,
Mrs. C.J. Cheves, are spending
this week
at Ochlochnee with Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Speer. |
| 11/16/50 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves of Gainesville,
Ga. is here spending several
days with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 1/5/51 |
Leslie News - Mr. H.L. Speer who has been
ill for several days is reported
some better. |
| 1/9/51 |
announcement of dial telephone service in
DeSoto and Leslie |
| 1/16/51 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves has returned
to her home in Gainesville after
spending
several days here with her parents,
Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Speer, who have been
very ill but
are able to be up now. |
| 2/14/51 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, of
Gainesville, Ga., visited Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer during the week.; Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer are able to be out after
an illness
of several days. |
| 5/2/51 |
Leslie News - Mrs. George Gullett of Fayette,
Ala. is here visiting her aunt,
Mrs. H.L.
Speer and Mr. H.L. Speer.; Mrs.
C.J. Cheves
returned to her home in Gainesville,
Ga.,
after a visit to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer. |
| 5/24/51 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves...spent Sunday
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H.L.
Speer. |
| 8/3/51 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves...daughter
Joanne and little daughter are
here visiting
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer this
week. |
| 8/8/51 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves returned to
her home...after a few days visit
to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer.;
Mr. and
Mrs. O.S. Bass, Jr. and Miss
Jane Mundy spent
yesterday in Griffin, where they
attended
the Spalding Centennial celebration.
Their
son, Spud Bass, Jr., participated
in the
parade. He was one of 28 boys
representing
the U.S.N.A.S. of Atlanta. |
| 10/12/51 |
retired police chief J.N. Worthy featured
in Georgia Peace Officer October
issue; Leslie
News - Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh
Robinson, of
Ellaville, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H.L.
Speer Monday. |
| 1/5/52 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer will
celebrate their 61st wedding
anniversary
Saturday Jan. 5 with their children.
The
children will also spend Sunday
with them. |
| 1/9/52 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, of
Gainesville, Ga., and Mr. John
S. Speer,
of Dahlonega, were the weekend
guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Speer. |
| 2/13/52 |
Leslie News - Mrs. M.S. Speer has been ill
at her home here for the past
week. |
| 2/20/52 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer continues ill
at her home here.; Mrs. C.J.
Cheves, of Gainesville,
Ga., and Mrs. George Gullett,
of Fayette,
Ala., are here on account of
the illness
of Mrs. H.L. Speer.; BIRTHS -
Mr. and Mrs.
Quention F. James, of Atlanta,
formerly of
Americus, announce the birth
of a son, Wednesday,
February 20, at Crawford W. Long
hospital,
Atlanta, who weighed 8 pounds,
13 ounces. |
| 2/22/52 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer who has been
confined to her home for the
past two weeks
is improving. |
| 3/5/52 |
Coleman Speer is attending the National Rehabilitation
Conference of The American Legion
in Washington,
D.C....; Leslie News - Mrs. H.L.
Speer who
has been ill for several days
is reported
about the same.; Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Speer
of Ochlochnee spent Sunday here
with Mr.
Speer's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Speer.;
Mrs. O.S. Bass, Sr. has returned
from Atlanta,
where she spent several weeks
with her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Quention James. |
| 3/13/52 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Herbert Speer from Fla.
is here on account of the illness
of Mrs.
H.L. Speer.; Mrs. H.L. Speer
continues ill
at her home here. |
| 4/3/52 |
Russell Speer, et. al., guests at Paul Howard
John- son, Jr.'s fourth birthday
party Apr.
2nd; Coleman Speer and Miss Florence
Speer
went to Eatonton today to attend
the funeral
of D.W. Bearden, who died yesterday.
Mr.
Bearden was the brother of Mrs.
Earl Speer,
of Americus.; Prather Clinic
- Mrs. Mamie
Sims Speer, of Leslie, is a medical
patient. |
| 4/10/52 |
Leslie News - Mrs. H.L. Speer continues very
ill at the city hospital in Americus. |
| 5/3/52 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. John S. Speer
have returned to their home in
Dahlonega
after spending several days here
with H.L.
Speer. |
| 6/4/52 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Cheves, of
Gainesville, Ga., spent Saturday
and Sunday
here with H. L. Speer. |
| 6/18/52 |
Leslie News - Mr. Alva Speer, of Ochlochnee,
spent Sunday here with his father,
Mr. H.L.
Speer. |
| 7/10/52 |
Hugh L. Speer, of Leslie, dropped by The
TimesRecorder today to show the
staff an
1850 state document signed by
the governor
at that time, George W. Towns,
naming Speer's
father, the late H.L. Speer,
Sr., as a clerk
of superior court (of Heard County)...;
Mrs.
Dennis Durham and children are
spending a
week with her sisters, Mrs. J.L.
Snider and
Mrs. Quention James. |
| 8/22/52 |
Twenty Years Ago Today column inaugurated;
Leslie News - The friends of
Alva Speer,
of Ochlochnee, will be glad to
learn that
he is able to be carried home
after a serious
operation. |
| 9/24/52 |
Leslie News - H.L. Speer had as his guests
for the weekend his daughter,
Mrs. C.J. Cheves,
of Gainesville, Ga., John S.
Speer, Dahlonega,
and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer,
of Ochlochnee. |
| 9/25/52 |
Coleman Speer, Americus veteran officer,
has been appointed to the American
Legion
Rehabilitation Commission for
Georgia...;
LESLIE MAN SUFFERS STROKE - H.L.
Speer, Jr.,
85, well-known Leslie man suffered
a severe
stroke early this morning. He
is in a serious
condition and relatives have
been called
to Leslie. |
| 9/30/52 |
Leslie News - H.L. Speer, who has been ill
for the past week, is reported
about the
same.; C.J. Cheves ...and John
S. Speer...were
here Sunday to see H.L. Speer. |
| 10/14/52 |
Leslie News - C.J. Cheves...spent the weekend
here to see H.L. Speer and Mrs.
Cheves. |
| 10/22/52 |
Leslie News - Mr. H.L. Speer continues ill
at his home here. Mrs. C.J.
Cheves...is
with him. |
| 12/17/52 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williamson
have bought the H.L. Speer home
and farm
and will move to the home Thursday. |
| 5/29/53 |
Leslie photos and article |
| 8/8/53 |
Sumter Shrine Club organized, L.D. Kay, president,
Theo Baldwin, vice-president,
Earl Williams,
secretary-treasurer; Leslie News
- Mr. H.L.
Speer, who has been in the Gainesville,
Ga.
hospital for several months,
was moved to
the Griffin and Spalding Co.
Hospital July
13. He is reported as doing
very well.
He enjoys receiving cards from
his friends. |
| 10/20/54 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer,
of Pahokee, Fla., were the dinner
guests
of Mrs. R.J. Sims Sunday, enroute
to Griffin
to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jud Cheves. |
| 7/13/55 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Alva Speer of
Ochlochnee spent Sunday here
the guests of
relatives. |
| 10/4/56 |
Leslie News - Mrs. C.J. Cheves, of Griffin,
and Mr. John S. Speer of Dahlonega,
were
guests of Mrs. R.J. Sims Tuesday
(Oct. 2nd). |
| 4/15/57 |
Miss Leila Ranew, 50-year Leslie correspondent
for the T-R, announced her retirement;
HOSPITAL
NOTES - ...Dismissed...John Rushin... |
| 6/19/57 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Judson Cheves of Griffin
spent Monday with Mrs. R.J. Sims
and Mrs.
Bessie Cate. |
| 12/18/57 |
Southeast Elementary School opened Dec. 17th,
consolidating Nunn Industrial,
Mt. Carmel,
Pleasant Grove, Leslie, Flintside,
Davis
Grove and DeSoto; Marlette Coach
Co's. first
mobile home rolled off assembly
line (photo
12-19-57) |
| 3/5/58 |
40 new units completed for 90-unit white
public housing project on Tripp;
Gov. Marvin
Griffin initially killed legislative
investigation
of Koinonia with pocket veto;
County School
Board sold these colored school
buildings:
DeSoto, Leslie, Paradox, Seay,
Shipp Industrial,
Tabernacle, Antioch, Corinth,
Shady Grove,
Eastpoint, Union Grove, Welcome;
Miss Julia
Coleman retired after 50 years
at Plains,
with photo |
| 11/5/58 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Speer,
of Ft. Worth, Florida were guests
of Mrs.
R.J. Sims and Mrs. Bessie Cato
last week. |
| 4/2/59 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Judson Cheves
of Griffin visited relatives
here this weekend. |
| 8/18/59 |
Leslie News - John S. Speer visited relatives
here while enroute to his home
in Dahlonega
from a trip to Florida. |
| 3/11/60 |
HOSPITAL NOTES - ...Dismissed...Mrs. Will
C. Sullivan, III...; Leslie News
- Mr. and
Mrs. W.W. Daniel of Kenosha,
Wisconsin, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Stubbs of Americus
were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Lucius Harvey,
Monday evening. |
| 4/5/61 |
Leslie News - Mrs. Tom Tinsley, Sr., Rev.
and Mrs. Tom Tinsley, Jr., of
Dexter, were
dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Wilson,
Thursday. |
| 4/15/61 |
tornado ripped four-mile path of destruction
southeast of Americus on Hooks
Mill, Leslie
and Vienna Rds., with no deaths
but considerable
property damage |
| 3/5/64 |
Leslie News - Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hill, of
Edison, and John S. Speer, of
Dahlonega,
were recent guests of Mrs. R.J.
Sims and
Mrs. Bessie Cate. |
| 8/19/64 |
Leslie News - Mrs. R.J. Sims and Mrs. Bessie
Cate visited Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Speer in
Dahlonega. |
| 3/12/68 |
OBITUARIES - Word has been received here
by Mrs. Luther Glaze, Sr....of
the accidental
death of her stepson, Liston
Glaze, 63, last
Sunday (Mar. 10th) in Miami...Mr.
Glaze,
a native of Sumter County, resided
at Leslie
before moving to Miami in 1923.
He was the
son of the late Luther Glaze
and Vivia Tinsley
Glaze... |
| 5/17/68 |
history and photo of Leslie Methodist Church |
| 9/20/68 |
history and photo of Leslie Baptist Church |
| 12/2/68 |
Union High School, Leslie, first in Georgia
to offer driver education to
special education
classes, James J. Shewmake, principal;
Bo
Sullivan...spent Thanksgiving
with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Connor Sullivan...
|
| 6/20/69 |
two Navy pilots bailed out safely before
their RASC Vigilante jet crashed
2 1/2 miles
west of Leslie, just off Ga.
Hwy. 118, with
photo on pg. 8 |
| 1/9/75 |
American Farm Bureau Federation named Wesley
and Angie Kaylor, of near Leslie,
the outstanding
young farm family in the nation |
| 4/26/75 |
history of Leslie, A Victorian Lady, by Jacquelyn
Cook |
| 6/6/80 |
William Hoston, Sr., of Hooks Mill Rd., Leslie,
first black to ever run for sheriff
(see
also T-R 6-18-80, with photo) |