Looking Back: August 1947

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August 27, 2016

St. Teresa’s Catholic Church heard confessions daily before the 7 a.m. mass and on Saturdays from 4:30-5:30 p.m. and again from 7:30-8:30 p.m. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

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History buff Mary Braswell looks back at the news in August 1947.

In August 1947, the newly-recommissioned Turner Air Field would soon become home to 75 P-51 Mustangs. (Special Photo)

With sugar restrictions lifted, the Coca-Cola plant on Pine Ave. resumed full operation in August 1947. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Barns like this once peppered the landscape of South Georgia for flue-curing tobacco. The 1947 market in Pelham sold over five million pound of the cured leaves. (Special Photo)

“Get ’em there and get ’em back” was the theme of Turner Field during and after WWII. (Special Photo)

Southern Bell was seeking permission to raise rates. This progress report was from The Albany Herald on Aug. 18, 1947. (Staff Photo:Mary Braswell)

In August 1947, renovation and repair began on the Municipal Auditorium, the first since it was built in 1916. (Special Photo)

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