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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1938
Page
6
Austin UT daily notes spring work in progress as students are invited to help plant petunias replacing pansies. Head Gardener O. J. Herrington directs the effort with pansies to be dug out Tuesday and petunias planted on Wednesday.
Sublette county officials say they have stopped Haskell county's moving sand hill by planting cane around it. The cane is expected to hold the winds that drive the sand and keep the road clear.
The first clearly established date in Chinese history is 1300 B.C. This marks a pivotal point in early chronicles where dynastic legitimacy and record keeping began to cohere, guiding later historical narratives and state memory.
Southeastern governors and state representatives met to push for freight rate parity with the East, tying demand to the national wage hour bill. Rivers of Georgia Johnston of South Carolina Graves of Alabama named to draft briefs for the Buffalo Interstate Commerce Commission hearing.
In Princeton Florida on June 6 the kidnapping of five year old James Bailey Cash Jr remains unsolved. FBI agents question many persons and search for bank notes from a $10,000 ransom paid to unknown abductors as investigators monitor possible leads.
J'an Keng the King of Shan set his capital at Yin now Anyang in Henan province. The city is described as being held by Japanese invading forces.
The record lists city departments and numbers: Mayor's Office, Police Department, Fire Department, City Clerk, Water Works, Sheriff's Office, plus Bainbridge and Riverside Hospitals with respective figures. The figures appear as scattered tallies and codes following each agency.
Bainbridge Ga on Friday afternoon from four thirty to five thirty o clock Gil bert Gragg hosted a reception at his Shotwell street home in honor of Miss Betty Ellen Gragg a Bainbridge High School graduate. The event featured gladiolis larkspurs zinnias and shasta daisies with a lace center piece and a serving line of ice cream cake mints and nuts. Senior high School girls and about twenty guests attended the social in the receiving line were Mrs J Grimsley Mrs John Gragg and Miss Freddie Ward with Miss Betty Ellen Gragg bearing the honor.
Bainbridge Ga June 6 Following Bainbridge High School graduation exercises Mr and Mrs BE G Klean entertained at a delightful al fresco party at their surburien Lake Douglas road home in compliment to their attractive daughter Miss Mary Lightfootchoy a standout senior graduate The lawn was lit with colors guests dressed in kid costumes punch sandwiches and cookies were served dancing and games entertained the senior class ushers faculty board of education and several college boys
Bainbridge Ga June 6 Mr Berty S Taylor assistant scout master of Troop 502 Bainbridge Boy Scouts left for Camp Orchard Pond near Tallahassee where he will supervise camp activities for ten days He is a popular leader among his scouts Troop 501 and 502 members plan to attend the Suwanee River Council B S A conducts the camp
In Bainbridge Georgia on June 6 H G Bell held a lodge fish fry honoring Governor E D Rivers and guests after his Brinson High School commencement speech. Toastmaster A B Conser led remarks by Representative John M Simmons Judge B C Gardner Judge D R Bryan and Dr R F Wheat praising Rivers achievements.
Forecast for Thomasville and vicinity calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday with possible scattered thunder showers Tuesday afternoon or night. Observation at 8 a.m. shows 75 degrees at the 75th meridian time with yesterday's high and last night's low reported. Total precipitation for the last 24 hours and for the month are noted along with normal figures for the month.
Bainbridge residents welcomed relatives and friends from Atlanta Social Circle Vanderbilt Duke University and Alabama for summer stays and visits. A birth at Riverside Hospital added a baby girl weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces. Local students and faculty members returned for summer break and attendance at commencements and dances in nearby towns.
Mrs M W Turner Jr of Pelham and Mrs Bailes plus Miss Louise Spence of Camilla attended a Westbrook shower for Mrs Anne. Funeral attendees included Mrs Cliff Strickland and family and many local residents visiting relatives in Thomasville and Cairo. The Meigs community saw numerous visits, summer travel, and plans as families note weddings and future marriages of local residents.
In 1812 the New York Post Office had four clerks paid partly in board from the postmaster. The postmaster general did not join the President's Cabinet until 1829.
Miss Ella Frances Jones of Vanore Tennessee wed Mr. Hammond Braswell of Meigs in a Friday night ceremony conducted by Rev. J. Gorham Garrison. The event drew local Southwest Georgia attention as a union of two regional families and a notable community moment.
Misses Laverne Ferguson Pauline Carter and Mrs Westbrook wore embroidered net outfits with yellow accessories and corsages in pastel shades. T. J. Willis sister of the elect and Mrs E J Carter along with Bim W OD Carter also wore corsages. About fifty guests called during the afternoon.
Unofficial tabulations from 1862 precincts show Senator Robert R. Reynolds leading with near one hundred thousand votes in the Democratic primary. Frank W Hancock Jr trails, sending Reynolds a telegram pledging support to advance social and economic webs of the people. The nomination is the equivalent of election.
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