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Newspaper

Thomasville Times Enterprise

Location

Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1946

Page

2

Kiwanis Speaker Mrs J Y Conn Urges Work and Voter Action

Mrs J Y Conn addressed the Kiwanis Club on current national conditions. She urged gratitude for national blessings and stressed the Sabbath command amid labor disputes. She praised Judge Goldsborough against union influence and urged letter writing to Congress for a right to work and anti infiltration measures. Curtis Middleton joined as a new member. Lt Gov elect Edward Carlisle attended as a guest along with other club members and guests.

J. Y. Conn Kiwanis Club Geason Conn Judge Goldsborough Lewis Kiwanis Congress Curtis Middleton Paul Sewell U. S. Army Kiwanis International Edward Carlisle Cairo K. Niseman Center Falls Pop Key Thurman Lee Fred Sanford C. L. Thompson, Jr G. M. Mooney Phyllis Sloan London

Henry L Scott Delights Thomasville with Jazz and Wit

Henry L Scott entertained Thomasville patrons with a varied piano program blending classical pieces like Liszt Second Hungarian Rhapsody and Chopin C sharp minor Waltz with jazz and boogie numbers. He teased the audience with humorous interludes and demonstrated pantomime and playful solos including Mittens on the Keys and Bach Goes the Weasel.

Emily R. Jerger Henry L. Scott Thomasville Entertainment Foundation Mr. Scott Liszt Scarlatti Chopin Scott Vincent Lopez Eddie Duchin Frankie Carle Nathaniel Dett Bach Bach Goes

Patsy Griffin of Bainbridge Hurt in Fire

The Grady Hospital list of Winecoff Hotel fire injuries includes Patsy Griffin of Bainbridge Georgia at 508 Evans Street along with many others from Georgia and surrounding states. The report names multiple patients with full or partial addresses and notes Fire Department personnel among the injured.

Patsy Griffin Bainbridge Atlanta Grady Hospital Winecoff W. E. Tribble Juniper St LaGrange John L. Harris Everhardt Columbus Josephine Hagan Fred Jim Bowen Frances Helen Rasmussen Evans St Samuel Duncan Lumpkin Athens Ida Kussell Savannah Ruth Harris Clumbus Ga Rose Harvey Tuscaloosa Ala Jane Wallace Holly Springs Ark Willie Hope Latham Alvin J. Millvan Capt A. L. Fain J. W. Henry Jefferson City Tenn J. Reid Horne 20Th Ave Cordele

Six University of Alabama Girls Unaccounted in Hotel Fire

Six University of Alabama seniors in home economics retail selling were unaccounted for after the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta early today. Two were slightly burned. Named among the missing were Rose Harvey of Tuscaloosa and Fredna Green of Hattiesburg Mississippi.

Tuscaloosa Ala University of Alabama Winecoff Atlanta Rose Harvey Tuscaloosa Fredna Green Hattiesburg

South Georgia teams clash in one sided grid contest

A caustic recap of a football playoff outcome praising Cairo Syrupmakers who dominated Grady county Blue Devils and Tifton Blue Devils. The piece critiques the conference selection and lauds Cairo coach Jeff West and his squad for securing the South Georgia Football Championship.

Grady County Tifton South Georgia Football Conference Cairo Eridders Moultrie Thomasville Cairo South Georgia Jeff West

Pearl Harbor Day Lives Again Today

The Pearl Harbor commemoration at Hickam Field marks the 5th anniversary with a dawn ceremony. Gov. Stainback, Lt Gen Hull, and Brig Gen Williams will speak as troops pass in review, followed by a requiem and a flag ceremony returning to Washington. The USS Arizona and Utah remain visible wrecks nearby as the navy vows to shift force concentration away from Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor Hickam Field Army Air Base Hickamfeld Ingram M. Stainback John E. Hull Mid Pacific John G. Williams Hawaii Hickage Field Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace Washington Carl Spaatz Army Air Forces Arizona Utah Oklahoma América Pacific Navy

Vifton Suffers Muscle Corrosion Dimmed Offense and Defense

A fragment notes that corrosion of muscles weakened Vifton, dulling both offensive power and defensive capability, leaving the team vulnerable.

Blue Devils

Grave fears for Tampa woman in hotel fire

Reports say Mrs. J. R. Dekle of Tampa formerly Matsey Hopking of Thomasville was among those believed killed in a hotel fire. Her sisters list her as missing and fear the worst after no word since the blaze.

J. R. Dekle J. R.dekle Tampa Matsey Hopking Thomasville Dekle

Valdosta Girls Saved by Hotel Reservation Mix-Up

A last minute mix-up in hotel reservations saved 15 Valdosta Tri-Hi-Y girls from the Winecoff Hotel fire. Chaperone Mrs. Leonard Lefizes said the group, traveling to Atlanta for a Hi-Y conference, were accommodated at another hotel on extra cots after the mix-up.

Valdosta

Methodist W S C S Meet Ivy Circle in Boston

Boston December 7 The Boston Fambrough Circle of the Methodist W S C S will be entertained by the Ivy Circle at a Christmas party in the church on Monday afternoon December 9 at 3 oclock Mrs J C Powell is chairman of a committee which arranged a special program All ladies of both circles urged to attend.

Boston Methodist Ivy Circle J. C. Powell

Harbor Quiet After Battlewagons Depart

The harbor shows no battleships or cruisers remaining after a morning crowding with battlewagons. Only a few submarines remain, while the rest have left, leaving the seat quiet.

Death Toll Climbs After State Hi Conference Fire

Rescue stories emerge as 114 people die in a state high school conference fire. Betty Huguley 16 of Griffin Ga recounts stepping across a ledge to reach trapped classmates while fire crews reached them. Mrs A R Minnix of Columbus was saved from a fifth floor room as her son Rutledge was trapped on the eleventh floor. Mr and Mrs Cochran of Miami escaped by sliding on sheets to the eighth floor where flames charred the escape lines. A mother is said to have thrown her two children from the seventh floor before leaping to her own death. Two year old Dianne Turk of Tulsa was saved by parents holding her outside a window until a ladder could reach them.

Ing Betty Huguley Griffin A. R. Minnix Columbus Rutledge L. W. Cochran Miami Fla

Mitchum announce birth in Meigs Georgia Mary Lynn

Mr and Mrs W B Mitchum of Meigs announce the December 7 birth at John D Archbold Memorial Hospital of a daughter named Mary Lynn. Mrs Mitchum is formerly Miss Mary Price.

W. B. Mitchum Meigs Georgia John D. Archbold Mmmorial Mary Lynn Mtchum Mary Price

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