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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1945
Page
7
Barnett Creek Baptist Church will observe Home-Coming Day on June 10 1941 with Sunday school and preaching at usual hours, lunch at noon, and the dedication of the new building at 3 30 p m. Rev W J Self will be guest preacher during the revival week.
Dr. A. E. Harding known as the Blind Hoosier Evangelist will speak at 8 30 PM Monday at the Church of the Nazarene. He regained sight through a 1939 cornea transplant and recounts his experiences on radio then.
Mrs. George Owens received a letter from her husband Staff Sergeant George Owens a prisoner of war in a German camp since January. The message said Owens was feeling fine and hoped to return to the United States soon. She also received a birthday cablegram from him a few days earlier.
Parents receive copy of commendation sent by General Patton to the 565th Anti Aircraft Battalion praising the unit for fine work in Germany. Scotty Barber notes he will marry on May 18 to the "most wonderful girl in the world" and is on furlough in Paris for the honeymoon while stationed in Luxembourg.
The Board of Stewards meeting at First Methodist Church is canceled due to Vashti School commencement exercises. A new date will be announced. Signed J. J. Gainey Chairman and M. P. Webb Pastor.
Miss Martha Jane Mack daughter of Mrs L W Mack of Thomasville earned a Bachelor of Arts degree as part of Agnes Scott College’s June commencement exercises in Decatur Georgia. The exercise honored 101 seniors.
Augusta Ga Lt Col W S Stewart arrived from overseas for further medical treatment and is now a patient at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta Georgia.
N Y B Thomasville speaks of Madison Monticello Tallahassee and Quincy as wholesome southern towns along a gulf corridor. He praises Tallahassee as metropolitan and Quincy for tobacco industry and culture while noting friendly ties with Monticello and deep South traditions.
Mr. Ezra Allen Moreland, born 75 years ago, was honored with a turkey dinner by son Louie W Moreland and wife at their Cubana road home. Guests included relatives and Cairo and Thomasville friends. He married Della Chastain in 1896 and has four children and six grandchildren. The couple plan to celebrate their golden anniversary in 1946.
Mr Henry M Cutler has been discharged and resumes civilian life. He arrived last night to join Mrs Cutler and their children, as the family prepares for his return and life at home.
Capt Richard D Faxon veteran of 110 missions in Europe returns to the United States on September 21 1944 and is assigned to Thomasville Army Air Field May 29 1945 He earned five confirmed air victories over Italy and holds the Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with 16 Oak Leaf Clusters He will supervise training of new pilots The Great Barrington Mass native is survived by his mother Mrs C 40 Faxon.
More than a thousand bronze veterans of the Pacific theater arrived in San Francisco aboard the U S S Bergen for discharge under the point system. Harbor whistles sounded as bands played and Red Cross workers handed out milk and doughnuts while a WAC detachment distributed telegram forms for families to be notified he is back in the U S A.
A plan outlines spending the warm months in Vermont before returning to Thomasville for the winter. The note mentions a seasonal retreat pattern without specifying dates or participants.
The First Baptist Church appoints June attendance teams from letters P through S to boost Wednesday prayer services. Teams are listed with member names and include a public invitation to all, especially service personnel at Finney General Hospital and Air Base, to attend at 8:30 p.m.
Mrs Ruth Drake Autrey died early this morning at 340 East Jackson after years of arthritis and illness. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 4 PM from her residence, Rev. T F Callaway and Rev W J Self to officiate, with interment in Pelham. Pallbearers named. she leaves mother Mrs W N Drake and siblings J R Drake and others. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and long resident of Thomasville. Funeral arrangements by Whiddon's Funeral Home.
The Court of Awards for the Girl Scouts will be held Friday June 8 at 4 in the ballroom of the Youth Center. New program consultants to aid with future programs will be introduced.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service hosted a tea for Vashti School's senior class after a regular meeting at the First Methodist Church. The Wesley room featured yellow dannas and greenery with blue hydrangeas at the punch table. Mrs. J. R. Stephenson played background music while 12 graduates received gift books, and Vashti president Miss Mary Floyd was given a token check before her move away.
Atlanta announces a joint meeting of the State Board of Health and the State Advisory Council on Health set for June 20. Dr. T. F. Abercromb ie will announce awards and oversee ceremonies as Brownies and Mary Frances Sawyer’s troops receive badges marking completed courses at the Air Base.
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