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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1952
Page
6
The story explains a new pension maximum of $80 a month effective July 1 for those 65 and older, with earlier retirees and self employed rules varying. It notes an initial jump in retirements but expects totals to normalize and urges readers to check with Social Security offices for personalized guidance.
Eastman won a Georgia State League doubleheader against Dublin 2-1 and 17-3 to move into second place two games behind first. Dublin beat Vidalia 3-2, Hazelhurst Baxley beat Fitzgerald 10-7, and Statesboro edged Jesup 8-7. Noel Oquendo earned the Dublin win, Cy Pfeifer homered for Green Sox, Bill Scala homered for Vidalia, Reed Chadwick led Fitzgerald with a double and a single.
A Thom asville USVA Domiciliary survey shows Veterans favor the Jacksonville Times-Union the Atlanta Constitution and the Thomasville Times-Enterprise. Readers include ex servicemen from Georgia Alabama Florida the Carolinas and Tennessee with a busy library and canteen supporting daily paper purchases and coffee.
Two Thomasville officers in the Volunteer Air Reserve are among 48 top-ranking officers from Georgia and South Carolina meeting at the University of Georgia Athens for a two week course in personnel management. They are 1st Lt Richard M Bracey and Maj William A Watt Jr. The course is part of the Air Forces accelerated program to keep reserves informed of latest developments. classes will be taught by University faculty.
The county Negro schools report improved attendance due to county wide PTA meetings led by Supervisor Mrs. Gladys Davis and guest speakers from the Georgia PTA and the Georgia Teachers and Educational Association. A Human Relationship Clinic at Normal Park Elementary helped teachers understand themselves better, with ongoing monthly meetings and plans for teachers to pursue further education.
Staunton Virginia Blaine Law of Thomasville was selected as one of 82 underclassmen serving as an attendant to a Mary Baldwin College senior in the 10th commencement. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Dr George M Docherty of New York City.
Seventh graders at Coolidge Consolidated school staged mock Democratic and Republican conventions as social studies finals. Ike Eisenhower won the Republican nomination on the first ballot with Stassen as running mate. Richard B. Russell captured the Democratic nomination with Kefauver Kerr deadlock and Stevenson chosen as compromise vice president. Russell then won the mock election 19 to 9.
Sen Richard B Russell of Georgia said he would be happy to meet Stalin face to face but only outside the Iron Curtain. He urged Stalin to show interest in world peace and noted Kennedy. Dever named as Massachusetts keynote speaker for the Democratic convention if Russell is nominated.
Cadet Wiley E Williams son of Mr W A Williams Bartow Street will report to Camp Gordon Georgia in June 2021 to attend the Signal Corps Reserve Officers Training Corps summer encampment The six week program advances his qualification for a second lieutenant commission in the U S Army Signal Corps Reserve He is a George Institute of Technology ROTC member and will join a formal ROTC sequence
Edward Salmond Shirley of Thomasville received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of the South in All Saints Chapel at Sewanee Tennessee. He was an optime meritus graduate, majoring in philosophy and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Sewanee community clubs and fire department. Shirley played varsity football last fall and was active in student government and the S Club.
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