Girls Plan Camp Frances Registration Urged
Plans for Camp Frances opening are almost complete and all girls not registered are urged to sign up. Brownie camp starts June 17 with transportation, rationing issues, and parent cooperation essential. A dietitian, nurse, and Red Cross lifeguards will supervise, with swimming at the pond and details from the Girl Scout Little House.
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Frances
Gordon Ave
Girl Scout Little House
Camp
Rotary
Red Cross
Scaife Elected To Office in Council of Telephone Pioneers
The South Georgia Council of the Telephone Pioneers of America met May 31 1943 at the Tullis home with host Mrs Tullis. W A Jamieson was elected president J B Hemperly vice president A B Scaife secretary and treasurer executive committee members were P E Westbrook E W Tullis and K C Rogers. The 45 member council honors long service and upholds industry ideals amid wartime responsibilities.
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Scaife
Council of Telephone
South Georgia Council of the Telephone Pioneers of
Aferiga Miet
E. W. Tullis
Telephone Pioneers of America
South Georgia Council
Coats Off Ordered for Baptist Revival
The First Baptist church in Thomasville opens a revival tomorrow with a dress code of coats off as urged by the Thomasville Ministerial Association. Rev. T. F. Calloway cites comfort in worship and compares coats to a man made invention, hoping coats will be as unpopular as Hitler in London.
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First Baptist Church
T. F. Calloway
Thomasville
Callaway
Hitler
London
Surplus fats drive war effort and local civic notes
The government seeks surplus fats for ammunition and other materials, urging residents to deliver fats via grocers as air base and Finney General Hospital prepare for expansion. Thomasville lags in collection. officials and grocers face mixed cooperation. The community notes a new hospital opening, a busy Country Club pool, a Fourth of July tournament plan, and a secrecy measure in a local election.
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Thomasville
Finney General Army Hospital
Country Club
Airport
Finney General Hospital
Man of the Prairies The Hatless Mailman of McGregor
Arthur Durr, a McGregor rural mail carrier, delivers mail for 25 years without a hat despite icy Iowa prairie winds. The bald mailman once grew a winter beard but stopped.
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McGregor
Iowa
Arthur Durr
Durr
Funeral Services For Lee Perry Held Tomorrow
Lee Perry a longtime Thomas County resident died at the county hospital after a period of illness. Funeral services will be held at four oclock tomorrow at Ochlochnee cemetery with Rev. Gorham officiating. Interment will follow at Ochlochnee cemetery. He was about 55 and survived by his wife Mrs Lee Perry three brothers and one sister. Funeral arrangements are by Whiddons Funeral Home.
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Lee Perry
Thomas Countian
Ochlochnee Cemetery
Gorham
Ochlochnee Baptist Church
Thomas County
Ochlochnee
Messrs
Martin Perry
Jasper
Fla
H. A. Perry
Moultrie
Alester S. Perry
Amokelee
Sallie Brooner
Texas
Whiddon
Air Base Team to Play Spence Field Here Tomorrow
The Thomasville Air Base baseball team hosts Spence Field Air Base at Municipal Stadium tomorrow at 3 PM. Spence Field has one loss this season to Thomasville, 4 to 1, in the Border States League comprising Georgia Florida and Alabama bases.
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Spence Field
Thomasville Air Base
Spence Field Air Base
Municipal Stadium
Moultrie
Army Air Base
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Thomasville
Federal Court Sessions Presided by Judge Bascom Deaver
Federal Court was in session here yesterday and today with Judge Bascom S. Deaver presiding. Several pleas were entered yesterday and sentences will be pronounced tomorrow morning at ten. Today's session focused on the Wall case with the judge delivering the jury charge at two this afternoon.
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Federal Court
Bascom S. Deaver
Deaver
Weather Forecast for Thomasville Georgia June 8 1948
Forecasts continue hot today and warm tonight with scattered thunder showers for Thomasville and vicinity. Observation notes show 8 a.m. report with temperature highs yesterday and lows over the past 24 hours, plus monthly normals and rainfall totals to date.
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U. S. Department OF Commence
Thomasville
Hartley Elected Chairman of Georgia Social Security Board
A J Hartley director of the State Welfare Department was elected chairman of the Georgia Social Security Board. Dr Richard Binion of Milledgeville was named vice chairman, with Governor Arnall urging nonpolitical reform and expanded training for Gracewood and the girls' training school in the state.
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Atlanta
A. J. Hartley
State Welfare Department
Georgia Social Security Board
Richard Binion
Milledgeville
Public Welfare Board
Eugene Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Public Welfare Department
Arnall
Gracewood
Augusta
General Assembly
Alfred Dorman
Statesboro
J. A. Drake
Colquitt
Mra
Annette
Porter Named Commander of 386th Training Squadron
Lieut. Edward B. Porter Jr. has been appointed commanding officer of the 386th single engine training squadron at Eglin Field Florida. He previously served as operations officer for the same unit.
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Edward Porter
Edward B. Porter, Jr
386Th
Eglin Field
Fla
Porter
Textile output hit by labor shortages and breakdowns
Labor shortages and machinery breakdowns cut cotton textile output amid rising civilian and military demand. First quarter production neared a record 2.857 billion yards, with declines in April and May as loom fixers left for war work and heavier grades stressed equipment. Experts expect repairs and parts to meet lend lease needs while civilian demand remains strong and rationing may be avoided. Arthur Whiteside named head of civilian requirements to curb military overbuying.
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New York
Arthur Whiteside
Bonus legislation introduced in House for military service fund
Rep. Baldwin proposes a WWII bonus plan to reward service members and merchant seamen. The bill would pay at least 100 per year of service after the war, with an initial $8.33 monthly credit since Pearl Harbor. Army privates and seamen receive ongoing deposits. officers lose 5 percent of base pay monthly to boost the lump sum.
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Washington
Baldwin
R-Ny
Treasury
Pearl Harbor
Notable Names in Georgia Medical Directory List
A roster lists Layre, Cuthbert, Dr. M. F. Cochran, Newnan. Frank Thomas, Decatur. Dr. Binion, Ryan Frier, Cartersville. Dr. S. W. Martin, Hazlehurst. Roy Orwell, Cumming. W. H. Rhodes, Union Point. Hartley, and others.
Local residents join Sunday visiting list across community
The report lists numerous guests and family visits Sunday across the area. They include Mrs. J R Peacock, Mr and Mrs Emory Barrett, Mr L H Peacock, Mr and Mrs M J Pearce and son, Mrs B W Wert, Mrs Lavenia Williams, Mrs Dean Ward, Mr William Atkinson, Mr and Mrs Noah Carter, Mr and Mrs M C Barri neau and family, Mr Gordon Mitchell and son, and other relatives visiting various homes in Stewart, Cairo, Thomasville, and Whigham.
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J. R. Peacock
T. L. Barrett
Emory Barrett
M. J. Pearce
Thomasville
J. R. Atkinson
B. W. Wert
Cairo
Emmett Drew
Lavenia Williams
Dean Ward
Pine Park
L. H. Peacock and Son
John R. Peacock
Stewart, Fla
William Atkinson
Noah Carter
Child
Gordon Mitchell
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James Gribben
Shepherd's Pcol
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N. Broad St
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Baptist Revival
J. Russell Griner Public Accountant
Neel Bidg
Thomasville, Ga
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Sherwin-Williams
T. A. Futch Howe. CO. Ino
Joe Folsom
University of Georgia
Air Corps
J. C. Pringle
the Times-Enterprise
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Legion
T. L. Spence
American Legion
Legion Home
Legion Auxiliary
A. D. Little
P. M. Davenport
Adjt
Masonic
Thomasville Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Bascom Deaver
Georia Social Security Board
U.S
Bold Springs
J. M. Atkinson
P. James McCollum
Certified Public Accountant
North Broad St
Phone
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Mr. L. H. Peacock
Mrs. Henry White
M. C. Barrineaue
Whigham
Pete Halstead
Thomasville Ice & Mfg. Co
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