Talbot COUNTY GA Newspaper Abstracts File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Helen Pond" http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot/newspapers/1975.txt News From the New Era by Nelson Goolsby 25 Years Ago September 18, 1975 Nothing quite like a county fair transforms a community from a mild, prosaic mood to a lively, exciting, festival disposition, and it happens every year in Manchester, about this time. The office of William Huff Ford, Inc., located on Highway 85E, north of Manchester was broken into sometime during last Sunday night and $27,660 in time certificates, payroll checks, other checks and cash stolen. Sheriff Dan Branch said Wednesday. Ben Key, Manchester, businessman and ardent sportsman, caught a 92 pound, one ounce amberjack beauty and set a new Georgia state record for amberjack. The old state record was 78 pouds, and the world's record is 138 pounds. The Georgia Game and Fish Commission has confirmed that this is officially a new state record. The record amberjack was caught off Sapelo Reef with a 2 pound Spanish Mackerel as bait after a 1 1/2 hour struggle. 40 Years Ago September 15, 1960 On Monday, September 26, the Manchester Fairgrounds will once again be the center of bustling activity, familiar to the people of this section for the past twenty-five years. The Tri-County Fair opens its twenty-fifth annual exposition, complete with farm, home and club exhibits. The September meeting of the Manchester P.T.A. was held Tuesday night at the high school auditortium with the new president M. B. Guy, Jr. presiding. Mr. Guy presented Miss Mary Jo Sauls who gave the devotional. When the leaves begin to turn to the brighter hues of autumn time, Woodbury thinks of its Pimento Festival. This year the eleventh annual festival will be on October 12th. A dance with orchestra will be held from 9:00 through 12:00 p.m. at the Georgia Warm Springs Country Club House on Saturday, September 17, 1960. The appointment of General George H. Decker as the new Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, has been confirmed by the U. S. Senate. General Decker will succeed General Lyman L. Lemnitzer who will become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when Air Force General Nathan M. Twining retires later this year.