30 Jan 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1937
Page
1
A jumble of editorial asides and social commentary items from Thomasville touching on wartime topics, culture, politics, and daily life. The piece weaves public figures, celebrities, and local manners into short witticisms reflecting era concerns and public sentiment.
The Georgia House approved a seven months term for schools by 183 to 3. A companion bill creating a new Department of Education to enforce the law is before the legislature and likely to pass. The funding would come from taxes, potentially doubling or tripling current state education approprations, with risk of overtaxing districts if revenue falls short.
The piece argues against disrespecting the Chamber of Commerce while praising its potential and urging local volunteers to contribute. It laments fifty to fifty-five residents in Thomasville who neglect city work and criticizes those who fail to support community leadership despite reluctant efforts and limited funds.
The piece reflects on the decline of county fairs amid carnival influences and notes a shift to agricultural showcases by Chambers of Commerce and newspapers. It highlights Georgia Products Dinners designed to publicize the state's output and reduce reliance on outside canned goods, with a anecdote about a man doubting Georgia canning.
George Tucker sketches a day in Manhattan with sharp anecdotes on theater publicity press agents and sightings of stars. He notes envelopes of blurbs, a mis-sent premiere ticket, telegraphs from Howard White and Marc Connelly, and a night of theater, poker, and a swift late-night dash to a newspaper office. John Gielgud is praised as the season's most written-about actor.
Fragmentary notes show a Catholic worship service led by Pastor Preettan Neill at 8 o'clock with a teacher and a class. The fragment mentions a people’s meeting, a theme of evening, and flood conditions and a January 31st date.
11 a.m. weekday Mass with daily 8 a.m. Mass. On Wednesday Feast of St Blase blessings after Mass. Altar Society of St Augustine meets Monday at 3 p.m. at the rectory with 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. activities.
The Church of the Nazarene announces services with Church School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Junior Society at 3:00 p.m. Senior N Y P at 7:15 p.m. Rev P P Belew at 8:00 p.m. mid week prayer service at 8:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Rev Robb White Jr rector leads Holy Communion at 8 a m and Morning Service at 11 a m at St Thomas Episcopal Church in a Protestant Episcopal setting.
Christian Science Sunday services are at 11 a.m. in the church on Dawson and Washington streets with the topic Love. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday prayer meetings at 8 p.m. Reading room at 208 Williams Building, North Broad Street, open weekdays 10 a.m. to 12. The notice encourages attendance and reading.
Fragmentary OCR text presents a list of numbered clues and partial words. The piece appears to be a word puzzle or crossword header with irregular letters and gaps, referencing terms like dagger, arrow poison, and various definitions, but lacks coherent source story or complete entries.
The Georgia Press Association will open its annual convention in Adel on June 7 and depart by special train the next morning for Miami. Editors will reach Havana at 9 am June 9 aboard the Florida and conduct remaining sessions there.
Governor and Mrs. E L Rivers invited to accompany editors on return trip to Miami after convention departures leaving Cuba on June 12.
The timetable lists rail arrivals and departures with times such as 1 50 a m and 2 00 a m for various routes. Through sleepers to Montgomery Savannah Atlanta Tampa St Petersburg Miami Detroit Chicago are noted. M T Wells is the ticket agent with phone contact.
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