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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1942
Page
7
The Second District Nurses met May 28 in Albany with Mrs. Tom Murphy presiding. Miss Georgia Brindel read the roll, minutes were approved, and committee reports were given. Mrs Pryse reported on the National Biennial Convention in Chicago. Miss Robbins assisted.
A Second District delegate and Mrs Pryse presented differing slants at the convention. Dr N R Thomas spoke on obstetrics and Mr Ernest Knight demonstrated First Aid with motion pictures. Refreshments followed at the New Gordon Hotel. The next meeting will be in September in Thomasville.
John Welberton Conn prominent dairyman of this city dies after years of illness at his Cherokee Farms home on Albany Highway. Funeral set for four thirty Tuesday at home with Rev T F Callaway officiating. interment Laurel Hill cemetery. Pallbearers named. Survived by wife Grace and sister Mary Edmondson.
The report details the Cologne bombing by 1 000 bombers dropping six million pounds of dynamite, aiming to cripple arms and equipment production. It notes high Allied losses, calls for reprisal, and hints at broader offensives with no American ships involved. It also mentions Laval's push for French‑German collaboration and a deadly German hostages incident.
Police recovered John Walsh's stolen motor car in Brookfield Missouri. The vehicle was undamaged and found with two new tires and tubes and gasoline inside, not in the machine at the time of theft.
Dost er Lee McMullen of Donalsonville is listed as missing from the Navy’s fourth casualty list. McMullen was a yeoman first class in the U S Navy. his father John Thomas McMullen also of Donalsonville. The Times Enterprise notes censorship limits on full lists but will publish locally released casualty items.
Metcalfe Grammar School presents a Wednesday program May 3 at 9:00 PM. The event features a Negro play Practicin for the Money with listed characters, essays on Fairyland, and an operetta Moonlight Town with student cast rosters. The program closes with a star spangled banner performed by audience and student body.
The National Biscuit Company unveils a modern test kitchen at its New York offices. Operated by the Home Economics Division it will test quantities for Army camps hospitals and institutions and also develop consumer recipes featuring sugar-saving cakes whole wheat products dehydrated foods and other National Nutrition Program items.
In Greenwood South Carolina on June 1 county physician Dr J M Svimmes ruled five deaths due to suffocation from a fire that destroyed the Wilson Hotel. Victims identified include J Richard Hughes 30 his wife and their two children J Richard Hughes Jr 4 and Margaret Hughes 2 and George Wilson 17 son of the hotel operators.
Nazi firing squads executed 20 more people in Prague on Sunday, raising the total to 82 since the attempted assassination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich. The victims included two Bohemian Moravian agriculture ministry officials, though none tied to the attack.
Mrs. Charles F. Rehberg announces the marriage of Ruby Dorothy Rehberg to Frederick Pate Clements in Monticello Florida on March 5. The bride, daughter of the Rehbergs, is a Thomasville beauty shop alumna formerly of Ocalainesh High School and a popular figure in county circles. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Clements, a Thomasville High School graduate now stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Mrs. Clements will reside in Thomasville while her husband serves in the armed forces.
A field representative of the United States Civil Service Commission will visit the city Thursday afternoon to interview men seeking work in the Panama Canal Zone and Pearl Harbor and to administer stenographic exams for government stenographic positions. Details available from Bruce at the Post Office and from D. R. Joye at Joye's Business School.
Mr. C. R. Wooten of the city killed a large rattlesnake near the Livingston place on the old Boston Quitman road. The seven foot reptile had 18 rattles and a button. Wooten, driving his car, ran over the snake then beat it to death with a stick after the creature felled him.
Well known local Lewis Atkison died suddenly Friday afternoon while working in Ochlocknee Georgia. He was longtime Atlantic Coast Line section gang employee and a prominent farmer. Funeral services were held Sunday at 4 30 p m from First Baptist Church in Chlocknee with Rev Shaw officiating Hadley Funeral Home in charge
Troy Christian Lundy died at her home on Saturday morning at 1146 Cedar Street. She worked for Georgia Crate & Basket Co. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 4 PM at St. James A. M. E. Church with the pastor officiating. Interment followed in McCann Cemetery, Boston, Ga. Clark & Gilmore Funeral Home in charge.
Mattie Johnson died at her Calvary Georgia home May 31. She lived in Calvary all her life. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 3 PM at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church with the pastor officiating. Interment in churchyard cemetery. Clark and Gilmore Funeral Home in charge.
Atlanta report notes large number of people without birth certificates and urges action. Census Bureau data highlight gaps in vital records and emphasize the need for documentation improvements nationwide.
The Bureau of Census reports many native born Americans may face difficulties proving their birth dates to qualify for social security benefits. The findings emphasize potential hurdles for those required to establish eligibility under various programs.
Los Angeles June 1 Funeral services for John Barrymore will be held tomorrow with 33 invited guests including Elaine Barrie and Dolores Costello. Father John O Donnel will officiate at requiem mass at Immaculate Heart church before the body is placed in the family crypt. Lionel and Diana Barrymore will attend though Ethel Barrymore could not reach air reservations from Boston.
Four British submarines sank 12 000 tons of shipping in the Mediterranean and damaged two other vessels, including a medium-sized supply ship beached in sinking condition and a large supply ship seriously damaged, the Admiralty announced.
Valdosta Ga June 1 Chief A L Watson recruiter in charge of the Valdosta Recruiting Station United States Navy for the past year has been ordered to active sea duty and left here this weekend. Chief Watson is a veteran of 16 years navy service and holds continued service record and honors.
Chief fire controlman Watson, honored with the Navy E for outstanding achievement, served on U S S Texas and the destroyer Winslow. He will move from Valdosta to Washington D C to attend a month long gunnery school before joining the destroyer fleet.
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