Local News Highlights from Thomasville and Surrounding Areas
Local notices list visitors and residents in Thomasville Florida and nearby Tennessee. Notables include Miss Marie Moller and Adeline Moller visiting, Miss Mattie Fraser Baker returning from Valdosta, and J. T. Wright with family in Dothan Alabama visiting Baker relatives. Numerous arrivals include Cecil B. DeMille representative George Jones and Jimmie Taylor for tobacco season. Residents travel to Panama City for a sick relative.
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Jimmie” Taylor
Jimmie Taylor
Thomasville
May rainfall in Thomasville records its lowest in 35 years
May's total rainfall was only 0.43 inches, far below the normal 4.01, marking the driest May in 35 years. Moisture deficiency since January 1 reached 1,500 tons per acre, with May totals including 0.23 on May 4 and trace amounts on several other days.
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Weather Bureau
Hadley
Thomasville
Music and Expression Recital At MacIntyre Park Auditorium
Evening recital by pupils of Vigg Annie Taylor and Miss Olive Wills from Thomasville high school begins at 8 30 at MacIntyre Park Auditorium. A capacity crowd is expected. Graduation exercises follow tomorrow at East Side School at 8 30 with a processional invocations salutatory and more lead by Elizabeth McClenny Frances Kelly and others.
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Vigg Annie Taylor
Olive Wills
Thomasville High School
MacIntyre Park
East Side School
Robb White, Jr
Elizabeth McClenny
Frances Kelly
Rudyard Kipling
Martha Parker
Picino Solo
Valse Caprice
Newsland
Joe Singletary
Henry Mahler
Lillian McGavock
Haywood Ainsworth
Dorothy Hughes
Edward Brown
L. S. Moore
Board of Education
Georgia Bar Opens Convention at Tybee Island
Georgia Bar Association begins its annual convention at Hotel Tybee Tybee Island with a record expected attendance. President Warren Grice of Macon calls the session to order. Henry St George Tucker of Lexington VA delivers the morning address on George Storys interpretation of the Federal constitution. United States Senator Walter F George among early arrivals.
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Savannah
Georgia
Georgia Bar Association
Hotel Tybee
Tybee Island
Warren Grice
Macon
Henry St. George Tucker
Lexington
George Story
Tucker
Sam W. Small
United States
Walter F. George
State House
General Assembly
Purnell Ready to Flee in Disguise, Testifies
Esther Hawell testified in the receivership suit against the House of David colony that Benjamin Purnell planned to escape law enforcement in a mother Hubbard gown and a red wig. He allegedly bought the wig for emergencies and kept the disguise ready, though never used.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Mother Hubbard
Esther Hawell
Benjamin
Parnell
Notice of Exchange Offer for Second Liberty Loan Bonds
Holders of Second Liberty Loan bonds are invited to exchange their bonds for new United States Treasury bonds dated June 15 1927 at 34 percent interest. The new bonds mature in twenty years with call option after sixteen years and accrue interest starting June 15 1927. Exchanges are at par with accrued interest paid on June 15 1927. Bonds are enled for payment November 16 1927 and will stop bearing interest then. Consult your bank or trust company promptly as the offer is limited and may expire around June 15. Further information available from banks trust companies or any Federal Reserve Bank.
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United States Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Bass Relief Tablet of Daniel Boone Unveiled in Atlanta
Descendants of Daniel Boone attended the unveiling of a bass relief tablet at the Carnegie Library in Atlanta on June 2. The Boone Trail Association placed the tablet as part of a program to install similar tributes in libraries along the Boone Transcontinental Trail. Miss Polly Boone of East Point and Miss Glorida Williamson of Atlanta unveiled the tablet.
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Bass
Daniel Boone
Atlanta
Boone
Boone Trail Association
Carnegie Library
Polly Boone
East Point
Georgia
Glorida Williamson
Rotary Club Discusses Thomasville Paving Project
The Rotary Club heard from Allen chief engineer on the Thomasville paving plan. The project increases paved streets from 3.5 to 10 miles at about 375000 dollars, features Port land Cement base and asphalt binder, and includes sewer and water main work with manholes every three hundred fifty feet. Jimmy Taylor voiced optimism on tobacco, while George M. Jones of Atlanta visited as a guest.
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Rotary Club
Allen
Thomasvilles
Waycross
Valdosta
Albany
Thomasville
Jimmy Taylor
Taylor
George M. Jones
Atlanta
Nat Williams
Dempsey Obstacle Only Sharkey Remains for Tunney Bout
New York June 2 Tex Rickard said Jack Sharkey faces no obstacle to a title fight with Gene Tunney if Jack Dempsey does not return to action. Sharkey told Rickard he would meet Dempsey or any rival, but promoter plans only a possible final elimination with Dempsey in Augusta. Rickard expects Dempsey’s plans in a day or two.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Jack Sharkey
Boston
Gene Tunney
Tex Rickard
Sharkey
Rickard
Dempsey
Augusta
Milk regulations extended to June 15 1927 by city health officials
In a notice signed by Co. G. Pittman City Clerk the County Health Commissioner and City Health Committee announce an extension of the milk regulations compliance deadline to June 15 1927 and state that no further extensions will be granted.
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City Health Committee
Co. G. Pittman
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General Motors
Dept. A
Detroit, Midh
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Oakland
BUICK
Motors
Frigidaire
DELCO
Marie Moller
Jacksonville,Fla
Adeline Moller
Mattie Fraser Baker
The
State College For Women
Howard Thompson
J. T. Wright
Paul and
Lois
Dothan, Ala
A. H. Baker
Victrola Cocroft Music CO
George Jones
Cecil B. DeMille
Gulf
J. C. Baxley
Albert Chestnut
Lakeland, Fla
Montgomery's Pharmacy
Fredrick Bull
Hig Au
Eugene H. Smith
Dawson Street
Bull
Lot
Empire Furniture Store
Montgomery's Pharmacy Prescription Specialists
Carl Moller
Elinore Moller
Herbert
Millard J. Hastings
J. B. King
Clinton King
Miami
J. Lee Clark
Fannie Bottoms
R. G. Mays, Jr
R. G. Mays
Panama City
Warren Mays
Purnell
Treasury
A. W. Mellon
the Treasury
Washington
Lof Pang
Purina
Golden Bros. Co
Tne
Thomasville, Ga
Tunney
Plaza Cafe
Charlie Vanes
S. Broad St
W. Feinberg & Son
Madison and
Jackson Streets
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