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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
8
The Women of the Church at First Presbyterian in Donalsonville met Monday afternoon. Hostess Mrs Harwick Etheridge led a service with Psalm 113, a singing of Would Be Like Jesus, and opening prayer by Mrs M G Clark.
Mrs. Alta Humphrey of Bainbridge is elected president of the Decatur County Unit of the Georgia Education Association. Other officers include Mrs. Mildred McCarty as vice president and Mrs. W. L. James as secretary. H. M. Perry is parliamentarian and W. L. Lamb named as delegate to the National Education Association Convention.
Donalsonville June 8 the county agent reports a tragedy in Seminole County where fifteen acres of pine trees were destroyed by fire. No people were harmed but eight year old trees were at least fifty percent gone. Agent Eugene Ragan urges fire caution amid dry conditions and urges help to prevent future losses.
The regular mid week Hour of Prayer will be held Wednesday night at 8:00 at the Dawson Street Baptist Church. Members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome. Choir rehearsals follow the Prayer Service and all members should be present.
HAL Boyle recalls Madame Hamel and her stone Chateau as a beacon for war correspondents touring Europe. He describes the reunions with villagers, the ghostly echoes of censor battles, the Jeep bought after the war, and a lingering sense that old loyalties and landscapes now belong to memory.
Cairo Georgia June 8 Cairo Kiwanis members heard a program featuring a welcome to J P Miller new athletic director and football coach of Cairo High School biographic sketches by three new members and reflections on Cairo. Miller praised for Georgia Bulldog coaching and future appearances noted.
Atlanta June 8 AP A former sheriff from Chattooga county reported to Atlanta's Federal Penitentiary today at his own request. A. H. Glenn, convicted of conspiring to defraud the government, started an 18 month sentence earlier than the July 4 start date. Jock Hartline and state legislator Ed Knight will report July 15. The trio ran a liquor ring in northwest Georgia and took protection money from bootleggers.
The Boston high school senior class leaves by bus for a state tour after graduation on May 30. They visit Atlanta state parks and northern towns before heading to Savannah and Tybee Beach then Brunswick and Jekyll Island. Fourteen seniors travel with Mr and Mrs Compton and Miss Julia Groover. The baccalaureate sermon May 29 was by Elder C W Kicklighter. The May 30 graduation program included salutatory, class history, prophecy, song, poem, will, valedictory, awards and diplomas, and benediction.
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