26 Dec 1936
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1936
Page
1
A rambling year end column offers holiday musings on Christmas weather, social foibles, and local life. It mentions Christmas generosity, family gatherings, and small town sentiments with scattered anecdotes about Santa, gifts, and community habits.
An opinion piece urges coordinated action to boost Thom asville’s growth and prestige. It criticizes scattered efforts, urges lawyers and citizens to unite on common goals, and notes shifts in local business and social life including changes in Nightlife and prohibition era references.
Christmas week sadness struck Thomasville as Alvah K. Lawrie, a long time winter visitor who became a beloved local figure, died after illness including cold and influenza. aged over eighty, he was known for kindness and cordiality and had made Pine Tree Boulevard his home for eight months each year.
The text outlines efforts to curb a growing personal injury scam in Chicago. It notes ambulance chasers and a buckaroo who fakes damage to grab money from agencies and insurers. It argues many people consider collecting after accidents and describes camouflage and falsehoods used to extract funds from wealthy individuals and companies.
New York’s Greenwich Village, once famed for night clubs and colorful characters, has become a restrained area as repeal changes the scene. Only Julius the bartender is gone, with uptown venues like Howdy and Jimmy Kelly’s drawing the late crowd. Licensed bars replace former haunts and efforts to revive old-time entertainment, including Harold Sullivan’s ventures, have faltered.
Pastor Mack Anthony leads Sunday services at 10:00 church school 11:15 morning worship with Rev N H Williams presiding elder preaching at 11:15 6:45 Young People meeting and 7:30 College Night with college guests Edwina Pringle Bobbie Ausley and John Turner III speaking on Christian Education Midweek service Wednesday at 7:30.
Miss Evelyn Lewis Educational Secretary leads 19 a.m. Sunday School with a nursery and age specific classes. Worship at 11 20 a.m. features The Reverie of a River and an 8 p.m. evangelistic Things Behind Things Before. Wednesday 8 p.m. mid week prayer service.
The Rev Ansley Moore, pastor, leads morning worship at 11 15 with the sermon If I Sat In the Pew. Bible classes taught by Mrs William McKay Y M C A judge J W H Mitchell and Mrs H R Mahler. Young People League at 6 00 and candlelight communion at 7 00 with A Prayer Upon Departure. No Wednesday service.
Rev Thomas I Sheehan Pastor outlines Sunday Mass at 11 a m during the Octave of Christmas with next Friday being the first Friday and New Year Day a Holy Day of Obligation Masses at 8 and 10 a m Devotions to the Sacred Heart after the last Mass Sunday services at 11 a m in church at Dawson and Washington streets subject Christian Science Sunday School at 10 a m Wednesday group meets in the same venue.
A garbled OCR read presents a jumble of numbered clues and partial word fragments. Entries include terms like Alcoholic liquor, Get away, and Postpone, with stray fragments such as Mountain ridge and Unaccompanied. The text resembles a crossword style listing rather than a coherent article.
A church notices page invites the public to Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of the Nazarene with additional events at 7:15 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Evangelistic and prayer services follow midweek. Other familiar churches include St Thomas Episcopal and Primitive Baptist with their service times and visit invitations. The Bible Reading Room in Williams Building offers Christian literature week days 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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