Supplementary List of Voters for Thomasville Election
A city advisory list names voters prepared for Board of Registrars certification for a special election. The roster includes Mrs. C. A. Atkinson B Bond Mrs. Joe Bond Gladyce Bower L Cassidy Mrs H Cassidy R L Braswell Dr. Roland Clanton Mrs. Roland Clanton Rosewell Dickey Mrs. Russell Dickey etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Board of - Registrars
C. A. Atkinson J. ‘'B. Bond
Joe B. Bond
Miks
Gladyce Bower
B.L. Cassidy
Cassidy
R. L
Braswell
Roland Clanton
Rosewell Dickey
Russell Dickey
N. Dollar
Eugene H. Driver
A. A. Ellis Leighton Eason
Leighton Eason
Contempt Conviction Upheld in Miner Walkout Case
An appeals court unanimously upholds a contempt conviction against Lewis and the union for defying a Taft Hartley restraining order during an elderly miners walkout. It found the case turns on disobeying a court order, not on the strike’s legality, and ruled fines not excessive compared to prior standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Arem
SOUNJ
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Supreme We
Bar
Anti lynching bill approved by Senate committee
Washington June 6 AP The Senate judiciary committee approved an anti lynching bill the first civil rights measure to pass a committee this session It carries up to 10000 fine or 20 years imprisonment for conspiracy to lynch applies to officers and citizens and allows civil suits by victims or kin against lynchers or officials who fail to act
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Verguson
R-Mich
Senate
Congress
McCarran
D-Nev
Plucky Texas Farm Boy Dies After Long Battle
Vernon Texas June 6 AP Donunte Woodward a 10 year old son of a tenant farmer died today after surviving severe burns for nearly a month He had amazed doctors with his resilience during his illness in Vernon Texas amid farm life hardships.
Cairo man wins Beautena calf at Farm Supply giveaway
Mr. K C Clark of Cairo won Beautena a specially fed Jersey-Guernsey mix calf at the Thomasville Farm Supply Co. drawing. The four month old calf weighed 295 pounds and had been raised on Purina Calf Starter, salt and water. Also prizes included 26 chicks and 26 pounds of Chick Startena for J T Rogers and 10 chicks and 10 pounds Startena for Mrs M C Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C. Clark
RFC
Cairo
Thomasville Farm Supply Co., Inc
South
Madison Street
Farm Supply Company
Clark
Purina
R. L. Carter, Jr
Ralston-Purina Company
St. Louis
Guy Willis
Thomasville Company
Beautena
Wiley Hawkins
Hawkins
J. T. Rogers
Boston Road
M. C. Bill
Thomasville
Senate Debates Taft Hartley Reform Coalitions Form
Senate groups forming to back a GOP drafted Taft Hartley substitute. Taft Yonnell and Smith lead a 28 change plan that keeps core provisions. Southern Democrats join Republicans while labor and Truman Democrats face pressure over closed shop and state prohibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
South
Taft
Ohio
Yonnell
Smith
Truman
Annexation vote near Thomasville prompts tax and service debate
A proposed annexation adjacent to the city narrows down to a vote on joining or staying out. About 250 to 300 eligible residents must be on the 1948 General Assembly registration list and in the affected area for three months. The Chamber of Commerce argues city benefits balance higher taxes, while opponents fear tax hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Thomasville
Ochlocknee Methodist Church Plans Benefit Supper
A committee from Ochlocknee Methodist Church schedules a benefit supper in the New Church Recreation Room on Wednesday night at 8:30. The rebuilt church cost about 40 000 dollars to complete and is nearly paid for, but a final sum remains. Proceeds from the supper aim to finish the campaign and round out the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Ochlockhee
Mrs Dillinger Recital Showcases Piano Pupils at High School
Mrs Margaret D Dillinger presented her piano pupils in a Saturday recital at the High School Auditorium. The program featured performances by numerous students including Bragdon MacGregor Frost Frostine Goodrich Beatrice Frost and others, with pieces ranging from Polka Dot Polka to Rhapsody in Scales and Night Hymn At Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret D. Dillinger
Bragdon
MacGregor Sunbeam
Frost Fontaine
Maury
Fletcher Cossack
Weybright Little Birds
Cobb Antoinette Devereaux Gladdie
Carolyn Newman
Frost
Frost Diana Lynn
Dillinger
the Cuckoo's Call
Baptist Business Women Circles Meet Tonight
Three First Baptist WMA circles plan meetings tonight. Circle 8 convenes at 7 45 at the church with rides to Mrs Blanche Yoast home on Cairo Road. Circle 9 meets at Mrs J Monroe George's Carolyn Apartments on E Washington Street. Circle 10 gathers at Mrs W P Hill's 125 S Crawford Street at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist W.M.A
Blanche Yoast
Cairo Road
J. Monroe George
Carolyn Apartments
E. Washington Street
W. P. Hill
S. Crawford Street
Leola Brooks Well Died After Long Illness
Leola Brooks Well a well known colored woman died Monday morning June 6 1949 at her home 216 Gordon avenue after a long illness She was widow of the late Timothy Brooks formerly at the U S Post Office Services will be Wednesday afternoon 3 o clock at Bethany Congregational church 1122 Lestern street Rev Spearman officiating Survived by one brother J Walter Cone two sisters Nicey Peeks Marion Davis all of Stewart nephews Adelph Cone Sr Eugene Cone Isadora Cone Archie Cone of the city Interment Magnolia cemetery under C Clark and Gilmore Funeral Home direction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola Brooks
Timothy
Tim) Brooks
U. S. Post Office
Gordon Avenue
Bethany Congregational Church
Lestern Street
Rev. Spearman
J. Walter Cone
Nicey Peeks
Marion Davis
Stewart
Adelph Cone Sr
Eugene Cone
Isadora Cone
Archie Cone
Magnolia Cemetery
C. Clark
Gilmore Funeral Home
Christian Science Directors Address Membership Meeting
The directors of the Christian Science church spoke to thousands at the First Church in Boston, noting a worldwide stir toward spiritual over material ideals. Emma C. Shipman was elected president as the directors issued a declaration during the annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
The
Christian Science Church
Church
of Christ, Scientist
Union of Nations
Emma C. Shipman
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Anne Hasty Ahead of June Wedding
Society notes describe a morning party hosted by Mrs. F Y Speight and Mrs. W B Thomas at North Dawson Street in Thomasville for bride elect Miss Anne Hasty. Guests from Thomasville and Cairo attended, with Ellen Oliver and others assisting. Miss Hasty to wed Lee Hewett of Cairo and Thomasville on June 21 at the Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Eidson
James Burch
John ‘Hasty
Pratt Secrest
J. C. Pringle
James Gribben, Jr
Robert A. Wise
Mary Lena Faulk
Wayne Weeks
R. T. Dickey
T. A Futch
Gordon Hasty
L. B. Harvard
Miss Hasty
Speight
Thomas
Senate lists 37 alleged Soviet informants in US agencies
Miss Bentley told the Senate judiciary committee that 37 persons are described as government employees involved in passing information to the Soviet Union. She had supplied 31 names at HUAC spy hearings last year. New names include Peter Qrozih UNRRA Ruth Rivkin UNRRA Bernie Levin War Production Board Vladimir Kazakevich Army course teacher at Cornell Peter Blones Army broadcaster Africa Sicily Abraam Brothan Republic Steel employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bentley
Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S
House Un-American Activities Committee
Peter Qrozih
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Ruth Rivkin
UNRRA
Bernie Levin
War Production Board
Vladimir Kazakevich
Cornell University
Peter Blones
Sicily
Abraam Brothan
Army Cieer
Emloye
Republic Steel Company
Weather Report for Thomasville Georgia June 6 1949
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau observation at 8 am meridian time indicates partly cloudy and hot conditions through Wednesday with isolated afternoon or evening thunder showers. Temperature highs yesterday and today show 64 to 104 record figures. Precipitation totals 0.0 in last 24 hours and 9.01 since month start. Normal for this month is 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Talmadge says state services expanded without new taxes
Governor Herman Talmadge says health education public welfare and other services have expanded without extra tax funds. He cited full federal matching funds and said totals for major departments rose within current revenue of about 108 million dollars. He criticizes past budgets as uncontrolled by the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Secon
French Observers Honor D Day Dead On Normandy Shores
Two American representatives Brig Gen Joseph O Hare and Capt Smith Hutton attended ceremonies along the invasion coast as French villagers marked the D Day memory. A B 17 flew over scattering petals while a German plane wreck lay in a tree. George R Clemens of Vicksburg Miss now with the Economic Cooperation Administration in Paris noted gunners shot down the German plane on D Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joseph O' Hare
Paris
Smith Hutton
Algerican Legion-Post
Dwight, D. Eisenhower
Europe
U. S. Airforce
Hitler
Conques
George R. “Clemens
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J. Jackson
J.—Jackson
H. C. Law R. A
Kirkland H. B
McCrae
H. B. McCrae
W. L. Palmer
T. D. Smith
Bessie S. Stevenson
Leon Taylor
Thomas Lee E. Thomas
Lee HE
Thomas F. E. Tryon
D. Wheat
V. D. Wheat
W. Gould
D. W. Gould
Eddie
Revels
Tex
National Home Laundry
Lisa
James Gribben
S. Broad
Farm Supply CO
Chamber of Commerce
Sunty
Tween
F . WY
CMR Cocea Tata Ees
W. Feinbierg & Son Inc
P. O
Ochlochnee Methodist Church
Goodrich
Grieg-King the
Longy Linda Jean Lethas
Little Lady _o
Mary Katherine Richardson
Slav
Barbara Ann Wilkes
Eckstein
Betty Lou Eldridge
the Frog and
Eae
Blake Hibbs
Laughing Fingers
Frost Anna
Marie Manz
Beethoven the Jolly
Bentley
Nevin Janis Horne
Torjussen
Ee Heller
Betty Lou Braswell
Baptist Business
Leoda Brooks
Christian Science Directors
State Dept
Thomasville,Ga
Otey
Inman Drug Store
Thomasville Laundry
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