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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1955
Page
8
Clara Mauldin Castro assumes duties as clerk and treasurer for the city of Cairo elected by the mayor and council. She succeeds W H Reddick who resigns to take a part time role as treasurer and office manager at Grady County Hospital and has begun his new position.
In Savannah courts the Woodruff Dam condemnations drag on with landowners clashing with the government over land value. The local bench weighs swamp land uncertainty while fans fear losses and await a fair verdict. Fred Scott leaves hospital in Atlanta to recover and return home, amid community pride in his work.
A speaker praised this year’s commencement exercises while noting Heyward Bani ed as a representative on the Board of Education. The critic also mentioned past ceremonies were cluttered with awkward delivery of honors and diplomas.
Motorists crowd main streets ignoring others and block out emergency egress. Residents complain as speeding and passing on residential lanes disrupt quiet hours and disturb sleep in the late night and early morning.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Lyons Cairo announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley Jean Lyons to John Edward Howard son of Mr and Mrs Edward Young Howard Atlanta The bride elect is an honors graduate of Cairo High School Beta Club Tri-Hi Y student council and editor of the Red n Black She graduated cum laude from Kansas State College and holds leadership roles She is a reservationist with Eastern Airlines in Atlanta The future groom graduated from Henry Grady High School and Southern Technical Institute and attends the University of Georgia He works in the Shower Door Company of America engineering department The wedding is planned for late summer.
Miss Cairo Mary Tilley and Miss Cairo High senior Carolyn Sumner travel to Pensacola for the Fiesta of Five Flags pageant at Pensacola Beach. Tilley, Miss Deep South winner and Vashti senior, will compete for Miss Fiesta while Sumner barrels toward local events with her mother present. The Fiesta opens Thursday with multiple queen contests and social events across a week of balls, fashion shows, and TV performances.
Thomasville Elks Lodge members and families are invited to a family night supper at the Lodge Hall Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Kirk Beckham and Fred Clements plan a fried fish meal with all the trim mings in the backyard picnic area.
Air Vice Marshal J L Plant chief of RCAF Technical Services was removed for highly inappropriate remarks predicting a new world war and a Soviet victory. He was reassigned to head the RCAF Air Materiel Command to keep him from policy matters as Defence Minister Campney and Prime Minister St Laurent moved to curb public statements by officers.
Citizens complain about loud diesel trucks in the lot. The operator deflects concerns saying the vehicles are not in perfect shape and offers no clear fix.
This ad promotes FASTEETH an alkaline denture aid to keep false teeth secure without taste or odor. It claims easy sprinkling on plates provides firmer, more comfortable hold during eating or talking and invites purchase for relief from slipping or wobbling.
About 101 Cairo seniors who recently graduated are touring New Orleans this week by chartered bus. Their headquarters are at the St Charles hotel with chaperones Coach and Mrs West H Thomas and J C Womack the high school principal and his wife. Carolyn Sumner will stop in Pensacola to compete as Miss Cairo in the Fiesta of the Five Flags pageant. Top awards include trips to New York City and the Caribbean. Sumner holds the 1955 Miss Deep South title from the Thomasville Rose Festival and will join a three day schedule of pageants parades revues and TV shows in Pensacola.
The First Baptist Church in Cairo nears completion of a $218000 rebuilding program. Interior finish and stained glass are underway with carpeting ready to lay and air conditioning planned. Several tentative service dates have passed due to delays. Foresters note most US saw timber growth occurs in the South.
Cairo delegates travel to Savannah for the 90th session of the South Georgia Methodist Conference led by Rev. Albert S. Trulock. Margaret Y. Powell acts as treasurer after J. Slater Wight’s death while Cairo First Church reports strong finances and progress on a 100000 expansion project.
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