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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1944
Page
6
Atlanta June 7. Governor Ellis Arnall orders the state capitol lunch room shut after a report that the lease was sold to a state employee. No full time worker may run such a side business. the sale was made without state knowledge. The lunch room may reopen with a new contract to the highest bidder.
The Thomasville City Commissioners meet June 5 1944 to open bids for sewer facilities and water main extensions under Federal Works Agency Project No 6a 9 281 N. Bids from Epsey Paving Co Sackwell Company Arthur Pew Construction Co and others are read. The board considers lowest bids from Ivey H Smith Boyd Goforth and Scott Construction for Division 1 and Division 2 work and authorizes contracting. The Mayor and City Clerk instructed to execute contracts once awarded.
You can sew a fresh cool look with Pattern 9252 a slenderizing frogk no sleeves to set in designed for day in day out wear. Available in women sizes 32 through 52 with size 36 requiring 35 inch by 8 yard fabric.
This ad invites readers to mail twenty cents for a needlework pattern set and fifteen more for the Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book. It lists the Times-Enterprise pattern department in New York and asks for size name and address with a style number, noting a server not to mail to a Thomasville address.
Barracks 10 and Married Men No 1 tied for first in the Finney General Hospital Softball League and will play Barracks 2 at 7 tonight at Thomasville Municipal Stadium. Garabedian pitched for the winners and Redmond for Barracks 4 as standings show Barracks 10 at two wins. A separate picnic at Mill Pond Plantation honored convalescent soldiers from Finney General Hospital with local residents volunteering. Red Cross bingo for Finney General Hospital patients followed with prizes.
Maj. Gen. FE. Uhl, commander of the Fourth Service Command, urged Americans to stop watching the world conflict as spectators. He called on citizens to stay on their jobs, buy war bonds, and support the entire war program daily until final victory. Posters with the slogan work for those who fight for you were ordered distributed.
The board adjourned after informal mats were discussed with no action. Orders will be approved through his office, and the purchase order system will take effect as soon as possible. C. C. Pittman, Clerk, attested.
Soldiers and civilians of all faiths join the Service Moon Social League installed at Bainbridge Army Air Field under Capt. Matthew Boozer. The league offers spiritual help and social activity across army stations, with enrollments including enlisted men and civilian personnel. The event featured a diverse Temple service, a choir, and a reception for about 150 guests at the Kwilecki home.
Bainbridge residents report travelers and guests across the region. Dr. M A Ehrich and family prepare to attend national medical conventions in Chicago.Several service members and families spend leave or visit, including Pvt E R Parker of Camp Rucker and sailors Joe Kirbo and family. Local couples and guests from Columbus, Cadwell, Quincy, Clarksville, Enterprise and Charleston are noted among gatherings and trips.
Bainbridge Ga June 7 Confirmation exercises were conducted at the Temple Bethel in Bainbridge on Sunday night for Asa Bailey Paul Kwilecki and Herbert Michael of Bainbridge and Albert Kohnke and Alfred Spechler of Quincy.
A string of fragmented clues and phrases covers as varied terms as milkfish island variants English river and Hindu queen. Several items imply definitions such as venerate light boat and uncultivated Turkish regiment within a single disjointed list.
Funeral services were held in Atmore Alabama for A. D. Grimsley 79 a Pensacola resident who died Sunday after a short illness of a heart attack. Survivors include sons J. A. Grimsley and 5. W. Grimsley and daughters Mrs. Elizabeth Flemming and Mrs. A. J. Miller. He was a Baptist and a retired cotton broker formerly of Atmore.
The Rexall Swimming Pool on Planters Street Bainbridge opened for the summer season operated by the Decatur County Junior Chamber of Commerce. Admission is 15 cents with season tickets at 7.50 from Boy Scouts or Ehrlich Drug Store. Pool hours are 10 am to noon and 2 pm to 6 pm.
Bainbridge Ga June 7 Mr Robert Cohen an employee of the Bainbridge Army Air Field recently returned from Westerly Rhode Island where he took a short course offered at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation Representatives from across the United States attended this training course meant for use in the propeller governor
Bainbridge Georgia June 7 A large number of base personnel at Bainbridge Army Air Field receive daily baseball scores by innings through a wire service and a scoreboard is erected in the Service Club. The scores cover National American and Southern League teams and are broadcast to readers at the local basic pilot school.
Bainbridge Ga June 7 four games a week are now featured in the Post Baseball League at the Bainbridge Army Air Field. The intra post circuit at the local basic pilot school offers single attractions on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday and double bills on Saturday.
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