Plans for Next Year's Junior Service League Follies
The Teague Junior Service League-Follies plans a third annual show in early 1950 with Charles Ames Conkling directing if booked now. Proceeds will aid the child welfare program, plus a plan to donate to the local Department of Public Welfare boarding home.
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Follie
Jerome Carghill
Charles Ames Conkling
Department of Public Welfare
Louise Porter
L. D. Ferguson
W.M. Searcy, Jr
Follies
Carghill
Wee “Chence
Sigrid Undset Dies at 67 Notice in Lillehammer
Nobel Prize novelist Sigrid Undset died at home in Lillehammer Norway at age 67. The Kristen Lavransdatter author won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature for her vivid depictions of life in the middle ages from her homeland.
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Sigrid Undset
Norway
Oslo
Lillehammer
Miss <Undset
Conger Sworn In as United States Judge in Bainbridge
A B Conger Bainbridge attorney was sworn in as United States judge here in a brief ceremony. Judge T Hoyt Davis of the Middle District of Georgia administered the oath and Conger received his commission signed by Attorney General Tom Clark and President Truman. Present were Federal Judge Dozier De Vane and local officials. Conger will have chambers in Thomasville and open his first session Monday in Americus. Holcombe Perry of Albany was elected president of the Albany Circuit Bar Association at Bainbridge.
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Bainbridge
A.B. Conger
United States
T. Hoyt Davis
Middle District of Georgia
Conger
Tom Clark
Harry Truman
Dozier de Vane
Northern District of
Florida
Thomas Court
U.S
Han‘sel Watts
Thomasville
Americus
Holcombe Perry
Albany
Albany Circuit Bar’ Association
Coordinated Drive Against Syphilis Planned in 27 States
New York June 10 AP A federal date syphilis drive will run July and August in 27 states and DC with Free treatment for all. Dr Leonard Scheele of the Public Health Service announced at a Columbia University news conference that the campaign is a joint effort with state and municipal health services. Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee are among the covered states. The plan involves a population of about 96.6 million. about 3 million Americans have the disease and one million do not know it.
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New York
District of Columbia
Leonard 8. Scheele
U. S. Public Health Service
Columbia University
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Carlina
Tennessee
Scheele
Public Health Service
Georgia graduation to honor 1 459 degree candidates
The University of Georgia will award 1 459 degrees at Sanford Stadium on Saturday June 11. Thomasville area students listed among graduates include John Rife English and Betty Ledbetter of Camilla. Ray Warner Dollar and Judson Harrell Drewy Jr. of Camilla. Adalene Richardson Powell of Cairo. James Paul Flowers Jr. and Otho Clark Webster and others from Thomasville. more graduates from Quitman Bainbridge and Cairo across arts sciences education agriculture engineering pharmacy and forestry fields.
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University of Georgia
Sanford
Stadium Theatre
Thomasville
John Rife English
Quitman
Betty Carol Ledbetter
Camilla
Elor
Ray" Warner Dollar
Cairo
Judson Harrell 'Drewy, Jr
Adalene Richarson Powell
James Paul Flowers, Jr
Otho Clark Webster
Augusta
Virginia Crawford
John Ashley Pait, Jr
Eugene Crawford Bryant
Wayne Drew
Barrington King Beutell
Sea Island
Joseph Henry Connally
Robert Michael Belk
Elmer Mason
Price
Vaudis Lavenia Walls
Gus George Letchas
Auburn
Robert M. Logan, Jr
John William McNeil
Mack E. Willis
Edgar Buren Barrett
Lionel Woodrow Mills
David Pierce Wilcox
Hugh Lamar Dixon
William McLauchlin Sellers
James Carlton Thusby
Bainbridge
Franklin Lane Tyus
John Ariel Grimsley
Robert Lee Lane
Richard F. Izzo
Husbands Verses Honor Joe Glazier Humorist of Thomasville
Observes that men fall short of wives’ expectations, presenting a humorous verse about husbands. The piece credits Joe Glazier for the lines and dedicates the space to him, noting his humor and understanding of women and marital life. Included are names Turner Franklin Barber Jr and Lester L Lundy and Shirley Virginia Kahn with locations Bainbridge Pelham Boston.
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Joe Glazier
Thomasville
Glazier
Turner Franklin Barber, Jr
Bainbridge
Lester L. Lundy
Boston, Ga
Shirley Virgina Kahn
Pelham, Ga
Talmadge urges boost in vocational education funding
Governor Talmadge criticizes state underfunding in vocational education noting shortages of home economics and industrial teachers. He cites declines since 1942 including 112 fewer vocational agriculture departments and 111 fewer agriculture teachers, urging expansion for the masses. The piece also references a legend about Brazil once guiding explorers.
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Talmadge
South Carolina
Eugene Talmadge
Eva Pearl Franklin Engaged to Reverend Kenyon Hutcheson
Summer bride elect Eva Pearl Franklin of Thomasville becomes engaged to Reverend Kenyon Hutcheson son of Mr and Mrs Guyton Hutcheson of Baxley Ga The couple plan a August wedding in Thomasville
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John B. Franklin
Thomasville
Eva Pearl
Kenyon Hutcheson
Guyton E. Hutcheson
Baxley, Ga
Mississippi senator blasts Wallace campaign manager in Senate hearing
In a heated Senate Judiciary subcommittee session Senator Eastland dismissed C B Baldwin from the witness chair and called him an S O B Baldwin who led the Progressive party faced questions on Communist ties as he accused Eastland of fighting Negro rights The exchange ended without violence and Baldwin objected to a list of Communist front organizations while denouncing the charges as lies
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Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
C. B. Baldwin
Henry
Cotton Council
Baldwin
Senate
Progressive Party
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rotarians Hear J B Franklin on Hospital Needs
At the Rotary Club meeting, J B Franklin director of the John D Archbold Memorial Hospital outlined the hospital’s financial status and patient care growth since 1938. He detailed the staff strength and funding needs ahead of a campaign to add an extension under a Hospital Authority.
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Rotary Club
Alexander
J. B. Franklin
John D.archbold
Memorial_. hospital
Franklin
Guy
Will Watt
International
New York
Vacay
Hansell Watt
Connecticut
Atlantic City
Bill Searcy
Wine and aperitifs May Replace Cocktails, He Hopes
He hopes that someday wine and aperitifs will replace the cocktail. Americans would enjoy their food more, he said.
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Folles
Barbara Manning
California
Fuller Warren
Los Angeles
A. B. Conger
Mr. Glozier
Lillian
Brazil
Brasil
Atlantic Ocean
Miss. Solon
Wallace
S.O.B
Hotpoint
Good Housekeeping
E, Jackson,St
S ‘Tees
Camis S
UV Store
Pavo
J.B Franklin
Earl Johnson
Homerville
Doc Carr
Rolling Jones
Rob Balfour
Hardee Goodwin
Lewisburg
W. Va
Lloyd Greer
Valdosta
Edgar Fry
Frank Ejidson
John Watt
Spencer Bennett
Nat Williams Jr
Bill Miller
Nat Williams
Southern Radio Service
E. Jackson
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