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Tuesday Hogansville
will go to the polls for the
runoff and pick who will
the ballot in November.
most talked about race
area right now is
probate judge's race.
m ca Ldk ates of
Democratic or the
primary received
votes on July 18 to pre-
ATTORNEYS, Luther
and John Wyatt, will face
off in the
Democratic
runoff.
Jones
polled 2,143
votes (40 per-
cent) and
Wyatt
received 1,849
votes (35.10
percent).
Third-
place finisher
John (Chop)
Poythress, Jr.
Received
1,295 votes
(24.58 per-
cent).
On the
Revublican
side, Donald
Boyd received
Jones 969 votes
(33.61 percent)
T. (Jim) Hunnicutt
1,167 (40.47).
'47 votes
has no incumbent,
the resignation of long-
Probate Judge Gwen
to declining health.
confusing for voters: this
they'll also have to pick
one of two contenders
mrtisan race to fill the
until Dec. 31.
earlier out-polled five
as he collected
Hunnicutt received
Sitice neitther had over 50
they'll be on Tuesday's
again just for the term that
December.
voters Tuesday
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Signs of Fall
• By Bryan Geter
FLOBR, The seventh Hummingbival is:justam"heer. Pfotuml '
above are nkiewicz. chairman and Joh n Leld .net. pub / !r ha. t a
as prepa are well underway. For more information call 6 i! 7 : : .
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W Plans Well U00wy
For Hummingbird Festival
By Bryan Geter
Plans for the annual Hogansville
Hummingbird Festival are gaining steam.
Thousands are expected to swarm the
streets and adjacent shops during the festi-
val, which will be Oct. 21 and 22.
The festival promises to be bigger and
better than ever. Publicity director John
Leidner said vendor spaces are filling up, so'
applications need to be picked up and filled
out now.
But the festival still needs sponsors and
Page 2A
. Hill
Molyneaux, 92
in I aGrange
, r),
All profits of the festival will go to t
city's restoration.
Festival committe chairman Bill
Stankiewicz said, "We need help to meet our
objectives, which are to provide wholesome
family oriented fun and entertainment; to
raise money for the beautification of
Hogansvflle and to increase the number of
visitors to our city."
"We need volunteers to work on festival
planning and to work on the days of the fes-
tival," he remarked.
There will be a silent auction at the festi-
this is a way businesses in Hogansville can
help and be a part of the event. See FESTIVAL, Page 2A .,
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and Troup
lost one of its oldest and ==Complete Funeral Details, 7A
'as Dr.
W.
in
in
to Dr. Molyneaux
Ounty
served Troup County
for more than 50
lived in Hogansville from
1955 when he moved
Then In 1976 he
Hogansville. He
until the late
an office opened
Creek Ranch until the
established and
Flat Creek Ranch in
with his fatal-
ly.
He graduated from Houghton
College and the University of
Buffalo Medical School. He
served in the U.S. Army Medical
Corps during World War II and
received a Bronze Star for his
service in maintaining a field hos-
pital following the Normandy
invasion.
He wasamemberoftheTroup
County Medical Society, the
Georgia Medical Association and
served as medical director for
the Brian Center and the Royal
Elaine Nursing Homes for many
years.
Molyneaux was named
Physician of the year in 1998 by
the Clark-Holder Clinic of
LaGrange in recognition of his
many years of service to the com-
munity.
He was a member and Elder
of the Ebenezer Presbyterian
Church in Hogansvine.
He was also a member of the
American Legion.
'Abductee'
Charged
With Theft
By Bryan Geter
The man police originally
thought was abducted on Friday
was instead arrested early
Saturday and charged with
employee theft, according to Guy
Spradlin of the Hogansville
Police Department.
Jeffery Bernard Ford, 33, of
305 Greenough Street in
Hogansville told police he was
working the late night shift at the
Shell Mart at 611 East Main St.
when the 'temptation became
strong' and he took $877 in cash,
24 packs of cigarettes and eight
lighters.
He also took the surveillance
tape out of the store camera and
left, police said.
Spradlin said Ford became
"scared" and threw the cigarettes
and lighters in the trashcan out-
side the store.
Spradlin said police respond-
ed after being told at 5:15 a.m.
Friday there was no clerk at the
store.
The Georgia Bureau of
w_a.cal}ed and a
neneovter searched the area
looking for clues.
It was early a.m. Saturday
when an anonymous tip was given
to Spradlin saying Ford was hid-
ing in an abandoned house at 128
Ware St..
Spradlin and GBI Agent
Arthez Woodruff went to the
house at 12:30 a.m. and found Ford
sitting on the porch.
Spradlin said no cash was
found on Ford at the time of the
arrest.
He is being held in the Troup
County jail.
THE INCIDENT is the city's
second in two months involving
convenience store employees
charged with stealing.
In June, an employee of the
Hummingbird Chevron on East
Main and two accomplices were
charged in a "holdup and robbery
scam" after $1,901 was stolen.
In that incident, the three
allegedly faked a robbery at the
store, taping the employee's
hands, feet and mouth to give the
appearance of a robbery.
The case is unrelated to this
week's incident.
IN OTHER police news, the
taking'at iE: Main St. after
Luthers Waters reported his
ACIDC Lincoln Welder was miss-
ing from his front porch.
By Bryan Getor
FAMILIAR SPOT - The Shell Mart at 611 East Main St. was the
scene of an inside theft that police thought originally may have
been an abduction of an employee when they received word no
one was on duty at the store.
By Bryan Geter
TRAVELING FAR - Hogansville's former Mayor Willie H. (Mike) Johnson will travel to
Los Angeles Sunday for the United Grand Supreme Counsel National Convention.
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Lodg-ing
Former Mayor Going
To Los Angeles for
Masonic Convention
By Bryan Geter
'Former Hogansville Mayor Willie
H. (Mike) Johnson will travel to Los
Angeles Sunday for the United Grand
Supreme Counsel National Convention.
Johnson is an Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite Free Masonry.
He is a 33rd Degree Mason and has
been in the Masons for 20 years.
Johnson is the only one from
Hogansville attending the convention
but said three from LaGrange and 10
from his lodge, the St. Joseph Grand
Lodge of LaGrange, were traveling
there for the week-long festivites.
"Altogether, there will be more than
3,000 in attendance," he boasted.
"We are going to be in the same hotel
(the Windham) at the same time the
Democratic Convention is going on."
It must he a big hotel, he speculat-
ed.
He and his wife Annie have five
children.
