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GEOKGIA AND GEORGIANS 3005in the life of ,Mr. Grubbs was the death of his son, Louie, who was the idol ofliis parents, his father's almost inseparable companion, a general favorite with,his playmates, and an exceptionally bright student, being at the head of hisclass at school. His death was caused by typhoid fever, which he contractedwhile away from home, and his death occurred in an Atlanta hospital, whencehe had been taken in a vain attempt to save his. life.ALVIN GORDON GOLUCKE. Endowed by nature with talents that educational advantages and personal effort have rapidly brought to public attention, Alvin Gordon Golucke, of Crawfordville, Georgia, has advanced far onthe road to legal fame although he has not. yet passed the border of middlelife. He is a member of the Taliaferro County bar, and one who commands alarge, important, and lucrative practice.Alvin Gordon Golucke was born at Crawfordville, Georgia, August 13,1884, and is a son of C. H. and Annie (Roberts) Golucke. On the paternalside the family ancestry reaches to Germany, the grandfather having beenborn in the Province of Westphalia. In youth he joined the young studentsof Germany to establish there a Republic, but the effort failing he came, to theUnited States in 1848, along with Carl Selmrz and others, and located inWashington, Wilkes County, Georgia, where he subsequently married LeonoraWingfield of that county, she being a member of the well known and numerousfamily of that name. The maternal grandfather married Annie Crawford,of Columbia County, and she, too, being a member of a well known Georgiafamjly. Mr. Roberts was killed in battle in the closing year of the Civilwar, being survived by his infant daughter, Annie, born in 1864 and laterbecoming the wife of C. H. Golucke.C. H. Golucke was born in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, August31,1864, on the same day on which occurred the birth of his wife in the adjoining county, Taliaferro. Their two children, Alvin G. and Ralph W. bothsurvive. Mr. C. H. Golucke is engaged in the lumber business at Crawfordville, a substantial man of affairs and prominent in public life, for a number.of terms serving as clerk of the Superior Court of Taliaferro County, whichoffice for some time past has been and now is held by his son Ralph W.Alvin Gordon Golucke attended the public schools, and after completingthe Stephens High School at Crawfordville, entered the University of Georgia,at Athens* The law being his choice of career, his talents pointing unmistakably in that direction, his course of study at the University of Georgiawas directed with that end in view. Upon the graduation of his class in 1904,Mr. Golucke took up the study of law proper, and after passing the State BarExaminations for December, 1904, was admitted to the bar of Georgia.Before beginning to practice law, and after his admission to the bar, Mr.Golucke served an apprenticeship in a large law office in Atlanta for twoyears, and then spent another two years doing editorial law work for theEdward Thompson Publishing Company, in New York.In September, 1908, Mr. Golucke entered upon the general practice of law,opening an office at Crawfordville, the place where he was born and raised,preferring to spend his life in a quiet and simple way among the people heknew so well. Because of his thorough preparation for the law, he soonbegan to develop a large civil practice, which frequently takes him into adjoining counties, and today he enjoys the distinction of being offered employment in nearly every civil case tried in his county. He soon developed anunusual effectiveness as a jury lawyer, and this has resulted in his employment in every murder case tried in his county since 1910.From 1910 to 1912 Mr. Golucke served as solicitor of the county courtof Taliaferro County, and upon the completion of his term of service, thegrand jury of his county, in their general presentments, commende.d him forthe service rendered, and called attention to the fact that he had convictedVol. VI—15