Spreadsheet – Disbursements for the year 1931 – O.L. B. Jr, 1931-1932 Letter from Mrs. H. W. Beers, President of the Young Matrons' Circle for Tallulah Falls School, inviting Mrs. Betts to join the group, May 11, 1934 Photocopy of a newspaper clipping with the obituary of Oscar Leon Betts, Sr., June 6, 1936 Letter to Betts from Major General Leven C. Allen thanking Betts and the staff of the Ralston Hotel for "staying on the job" on Christmas Day so that personnel from Fort Benning were able to "preserve the Christmas spirit for our soldiers and their families", December 26, 1942 Letter to Betts from Brigadier General Walter S. Fulton thanking Betts and the Ralston Hotel staff for having "given a day of happiness to many hundreds of people from homes far away, and in time like these this is an achievement in itself, December 29, 1942 Letter from Ellis Arnall, governor of Georgia, appointing Betts to his executive staff, July 10, 1943 Newspaper clipping from the Sunday Columbus Ledger Enquirer, interview with Betts about the challenges of managing the Ralston Hotel in wartime, July 11, 1943 Photograph and news clipping about the sale of war bonds, May 25, 1943 This tells of the efforts of students of the 16th Street School in Columbus, Georgia to sell bonds. Buster Betts (Oscar L. Betts, III) had the highest sales figures. Letter from Bentley Chappell (Muscogee County Attorney) to Betts regarding Chappell's recent lobbying efforts to secure airline service to Columbus, probably in late 1944 School photograph of Buster Betts, 1943/1944 school year Handwritten letter from Bentley Chappell (Muscogee County Attorney) to Betts detailing how the airport administration building came to be built in spite of wartime restrictions on construction and labor use for such buildings, January 19, 1945 Letter to Betts from Brigadier General William H. Hobson. thanking Betts and the staff of the Ralston Hotel for its hospitality on Valentine's Day "when you entertained a group of our soldiers and 'Blind dates' reflects your habitual cooperation", February 17, 1945 Newspaper clipping with photo of Betts and Ban Dale, a Delta Air Lines official, February, 1946 Letter to Betts from Columbus Chamber of Commerce President Ralph I. King, July 1, 1946 This letter thanks Betts for "a job well done in faint commendation for the splendid work and results you have produced in behalf of the Muscogee County Airport." Letter to Betts from C.E. Woolman, President and General Manager of Delta Air Lines, May 30, 1947 This is an invitation from Delta for Betts to be their guest on the inaugural flight of their new service through Columbus. Letter from M.E. Thompson, governor of Georgia, appointing Betts to his staff as a Lieutenant Colonel, July 1, 1947 Letter to Betts from Eddie V. Rickenbacker (President of Eastern Air Lines), August 27, 1947 This is a letter to thank Betts for being guest on Eastern's pre-inaugural flight from Atlanta to New York and return on August 6, 1947. Photo of Betts and group at Corry Field at Corry Station, Pensacola, Florida, May 18, 1948 Newspaper clipping from the Columbus Ledger with a photo captioned "Pensacola Bound -- 22 Man Chamber of Commerce Delegation", May 19, 1948 Invitation to Buster Betts' graduation ceremony from Columbus High School, May 31, 1948 Program of Columbus High School graduation exercises, May 31, 1948 Booklets (2) of Buster Betts titled Memories of my Senior Year, May, 1948 Graduation cards (6) to Buster Betts, May, 1948 Photograph of Buster Betts at the prom, May, 1948 Photograph of Buster Betts playing basketball in the Columbus High School gym, May (?), 1948 Photograph of Buster Betts and the other three members of the Columbus High School golf team, May (?), 1948 Cohiscan, 1948, the senior annual of Oscar (Buster) L. Betts III , May 1948 This volume has been separated from the collection, cataloged and placed with the Columbus High School year books in the Archives Research Room. Handwritten draft of speech about the Highway 27 Association, January, 1949 Letter to Betts from 'Eddie' (Clewiston Inn, Clewiston Fla.), February 7, 1949 This is a thank-you letter from Eddie of the Clewiston Inn in Clewiston, Florida, for Betts' gift of two ties and for giving a speech in Clewiston, probably the one mentioned just above. Letter to Betts from C.E. Woolman, thanking him for his service as chairman of the Aviation Committee on the occasion of Betts' stepping down from the position, February 16, 1949 Letter to Mill Executives in Columbus Georgia from Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia, commending Oscar Betts' for his work on the Georgia Fire Safety Advisory Board, March 11, 1949 Betts gets gift from Highway 27 Association, September 11, 1949 Inauguration of U.S. Hwy 27 in Florida (Betts crowning Queen), 1949 (?) The photograph is captioned "Inauguration U.S. Highway I Florida (Extension – Tallahassee to Miami). Betts crowning the Queen @ Cypress Gardens – out from Winter Haven on Lake Eloise – Lt. Col. Edgar O. Hobbs – PIO – Ft. Benning, 3rd from left." U.S. Hwy 27 Association of Georgia Inc. map, 1949 (?)