17 Aug 1948
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1948
Page
1
A collage of notices and brief observations including postal practice, subscription rates, and social commentary. It mentions a bathing suit clad girl with raincoat, shifting meat purchases, cotton harvests, a gym project, Veterans Administration efforts, Harold Stassen’s university leadership, and Clay Street sewer work delaying sidewalks and road traffic.
A local appeal urges state funding to pave a block on Mimosa Drive linking the hospital and the new school. The plan includes sidewalks from Gordon Avenue and asks city and county officials to press the project, noting hospital costs and endowment limits.
A Washington observance notes Mrs Clare Booth Luce may quit Congress amid regret from supporters who valued her glamor humor and patriotic stance. The piece praises her loyalty and contributions while acknowledging some missteps and asserts her departure will be felt in the legislative scene.
The University of Georgia student body polled on political leanings with Talmadge winning the vote amid claims by Thompson supporters of bias. The piece notes student intellect and argues the outcome should be judged by service to state and institution, despite partisan tensions and persistent rabid political actions among students.
The article surveys India moving toward sovereignty after the Indian Independence Act, aiming for equality of opportunity and liberty of belief, with a modern state structure forming despite political and nationalist challenges. It notes Roy Harris and mentions bees as pollinators amid new insecticides affecting flora and crops.
Jane faces heartbreak as Carl leaves her. Ted mocks her misery then confesses long withheld feelings. He proposes marriage and escape to San Francisco while hinting at a reckless future before the scene ends with a dark, impulse driven kiss.
In Bainbridge Georgia on August 17 Lit tle Lucile Griffin daughter of Mr and Mrs EK Glenn Griffin celebrated her ninth birthday with a Thursday afternoon party at their West Street home. About thirty five guests enjoyed lawn games and contests followed by ice cream cookies and candy. Lucile s birthday cake bore white frosting and nine pink tapers.
Funeral services for Martha Brookins infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ermis Harold Brookins Cairo were held Sunday afternoon at Pine Park Baptist Church with interment in Pine Park Cemetery. Rev RK A Bowen led the service.
The deceased, born August 3, 1948, died early on the 6th at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Brookins and former Miss Joyce Lee of Cairo, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Will Lee of Cairo and Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Brookins of Grady County. Sympathy extended to the family.
The station lists a full day of programs from morning to evening including News and Music shows. A brief line notes Forsyth Bearden led arrangements for a reared family in their time of need. The report mentions synthetic gems created by electric furnaces in Switzerland and France, produced in the thousands annually before the war.
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