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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1940
Page
5
In Shenandoah Iowa on June 10, Mr and Mrs J E Chambers were helped by two children who found and returned lost money. After losing $25 in two separate incidents the bills were recovered each time following public notices.
Rogers Hornsby, pictured in St. Louis, agreed to manage the Oklahoma City baseball club in the Texas League. The former star player has managed the St. Louis Browns and the St. Louis Cardinals.
A large Bainbridge crowd and visitors gathered at the community house for a dance organized by Donald Rich and His Gordon Cadets. Rich led the orchestra with brother Charles as vocalist, featuring a band of college students from Bainbridge and nearby towns.
Bainbridge Ga June 10 it was learned last Friday that Marvin Griffin editor of the Post-Search Light and acting aide to Governor Rivers has been appointed executive secretary by Governor Rivers, succeeding Downing Musgrove who became Comptroller General of Georgia. Griffin, son of late Pat Griffin, has long been active in Georgia politics and served in the general assembly advocating liquor revenue reform. He is a Democratic National Convention delegate from the second district. The new comptroller general is from Homerville and has served as governor’s executive secretary for nearly four years.
Bainbridge Ga June 10 County Agent W R Carswell argues farmers can raise beef equal to any in the nation using Georgia forage and concentrates with good sires. He favors a mix of cottonseed meal and ground grain, pasture feeding, and notes finishing on Georgia feeds boosts quality, gains, and soil manure benefits.
Miss Kate Bunwoody Jackson daughter of Dr and Mrs Robert W Jackson of Bainbridge married J Dudley Stone in a late afternoon service Saturday June 5 at the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta. Rev Ryland Knight officiated with Easter lilies gladiolas and larkspur decorating the chapel. Music was provided by Mrs Chalmers and Dr Deneen McCormick.
The article chronicles a Bainbridge ceremony with Dr Stephen Outlaw and Adolph Breyer as groomsmen and Burgess Stone of Thomasville as best man. Attendants Mrs John Merry and Miss Lucy Graham wore chiffon gowns with lace details, while the bride wore a mousseline gown with a long train and pearl necklace. A reception followed at East Clifton Road with family and friends from Bainbridge, Thomasville, Savannah, Ripley, and Atlanta attending. The couple plans residence in Atlanta after a wedding trip to Florida and Nassau.
Mrs Thomas R Ramsey hosted the Bainbridge chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting on Attanalgus Road. The program celebrated Jefferson Davis life, read from Crofts Ladies Book of the Sixties, and awarded FE R Young a Cross of Honor for Civil War service. guests included Mrs Juan Simmons and several members.
Bainbridge Georgia June 10 Messers William Wilkinson and Harry Burnel students at G S T G Collegeboro Ga arrived home Friday to spend the summer months with their parents Miss Frances Rich student of the University of Georgia arrived Friday afternoon to spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Rich Dr and Mrs Robert W Jackson
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