Time capsule

As reported 50 years ago in the pages of The Columbia News, Thursday, March 10, 1955:

New party

Homer H. Stewart has been elected president of the newly organized Columbia County Progressive Party in Martinez.

Other officers named to serve with him are Mrs. Albert Dozier, vice president; Robert L. Safley, recording secretary; and Harwell H. Morris, treasurer.

The following were named to the committee to draft a set of by-laws and report at the next regular meeting: Pat O. Connor, chairman, and George Stevens, Raymond W. Bivens, J.C. Hopkins and W.N. Tankersley.

FFA camping trip

Thirty-seven members of the Harlem Chapter of the Future Farmers of America spent two days at Clarks Hill on a fishing trip last weekend. Although they did not catch many fish, they were not short on food as a 112-pound hog was butchered by the boys before they left school Friday afternoon. Millard Jenkins, janitor for the Harlem School, did a wonderful job cooking and barbecuing the hog.

The group was under the direction of Tom Whitfield, local agriculture teacher.

Sales hit $711,276

Columbia County's Decem-ber 1954 retail sales reached $711,276, according to the latest Retail Sales Report issued by the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce. This compares with $585,747 in sales for December 1953 and $525,791 in November 1954.