Important Meeting for Red Cross Canteen Workers
An important called meeting of all Red Cross Canteen workers in the local chapter is announced. Attendees include volunteers aides and corps members with a focus on summer operations at the Thomasville Army Air Field and other matters. Attendance is urged Friday June 15 at 4 p.m. in City Hall, followed by the chapter annual meeting at 8 p.m. in the City Hall. Mrs. W J Powell is canteen chairman and Mrs A G Robinson Jr co chairman.
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Red Cross
Thomasville Army Air Field
City Fruit Co. Offers Ice Cream and Produce
Advert reads home made ice cream priced in pence and peaches and cantaloupes at low prices. Mentions charcoal Tupelo honey and a playful brand claim City Fruit Co. of Course.
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City Fruit Co
Vacation Church School At First Methodist Church
The Vacation Church School at the First Methodist Church opens its first week with about 75 enrollments. Teachers and workers listed include Mrs J W Reid Mrs W J Vaughn Marian Clayton Joyce Rackley and others across Beginners Primary Junior and Intermediate departments directed by Mrs J C Thoroughman as Christian Education director.
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First Methodist Church
J. W. Reid
W. J. Vaughn
Marian Clayton
Joyce Rackley
W. H. Neel
J. F. Brogden
Frank Smith
Gladys Thames
Sarah Alred
Betty Latham
James I. Inman
J. P. Whitman
J. R. Stephenson
Kirk Wimberly Jr
Claire Flowers
M. P. Webb
Herbert Redling
Robert C. Jones
J.C. Thorough
Pinson Return From India Visits Parents
Harry Pinson Jr arrives home from India on a fifteen day furlough to spend time with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pinson. He served in the U S Air Corps in the India theatre since January 1944 and January 1943 enlistment, enjoying a welcome reunion with family and friends before resuming his duties.
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Harry Pinson
India
Harry Pinson, Jr
New York
Sgt Vinson
India Theatre
U. S. Air Corps
Sgt. Pinson
Panther Room Offers Fried Chicken and T-Bone Steaks
The Panther Room serves fried chicken and T-Bone steaks from 6 00 A M to 11 30 P M daily.
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Panther
Pavo Man Narrowly Escapes Death in Crossing Crash
At the South Broad street crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad a morning collision damaged a truck driven by J. R. Morris of Pavo. Morris escaped with injuries by jumping clear. The truck carried fence posts and scattered debris. The engine suffered no damage and the train was not delayed.
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Pavo Man
South Broad Street
Rairoad
J. R. Morris
Pavo
Morris
Visitors from Honduras to visit Youth Center event
The Youth Center hosts a Thursday gathering at four o clock with two visitors from Honduras. Attendees can meet them, enjoy punch, and learn how they live and play in their country led by Robertine McClendon.
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Honduras
Central America
Robertine McClendon
Advertising cost of new state constitution outlined
The cost is estimated at 275 000 and 130 newspapers will carry the full document ads including the Times Enterprise. Quimby Melton, a Georgia journalist, visits Thomasville as his son shows improvement and may be home on furlough soon. The article also notes school openings set for September 17 and tax measures, plus recreation plans for Finney General and the Air Base.
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Atlanta
the Times-Enterprise
Quimby Melton
Georgia
American Legion
Thomasville
Finney General
Legion
Red Cross Annual Meeting Set for Friday in Thomas County
The Thomas County Red Cross chapter calls for a general election Friday at 5 p m in City Hall council chamber. Any donor of one dollar or more this year may vote to elect a county chair, vice chair, and secretary treasurer with nominations from the floor. The present chair P M Davenport will preside and urges all supporters to attend.
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Thomas County
American Red Cross
United States
The
Red Cross
Thomas Countians
P. M. Davenport
City Spruces Parking Lines In Business District
City forces remarked the yellow parking lines in regular spaces after prior fading. Motorists are urged to park within the marked spaces and not cross the lines. Over the lines, space utilization sometimes drops from four or five cars to three.
Former Barwick Man Advances to Aviation Machinist's Mate
William McKeever Goodson of Atlanta has advanced to aviation machinist's mate second class in the USNR aboard a carrier aircraft service unit of the Atlantic Fleet. He is married to Floyd McRae Butler and they have an infant son. He is the son of Lawrence Goodson of Boston, Ga, with brothers in the Coast Guard and Maritime service. He worked for Inter-Continental Aircraft Corp in Miami before Navy enlistment and studied electrical and mechanical engineering at Barwick High School and Georgia Tech.
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William McKeever Goodson
Norwood Ave
Atlanta
USNR
Goodson
Floyd McRae Butler
Harold Butler Goodson
Lawrence Jefferson Goodson
Boston
Chester D. Goodson
Coast Guard
Leland Goodson
Martime
Navy
Inter- Continent Aircraft Corp
Miami
Fla
Barwick Ga
Georgia Tech
Birth of son for Mr and Mrs Lewis Duval White
Announce the birth of a son named Lewis Duval Jr. on June 12 at Finney General Hospital. Mrs. White, formerly Miss Carol Lathem of Atlanta, now resides in Thomasville. the baby’s paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. D. N. White of Greensboro, N C. Lt. White serves with the 15th army in Belgium.
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Lewis Duval White
Lewis Duval Jr
Finney General Hospital
Personal notes highlight visits by regional residents
Mr T H McNeil former Thomasville resident now in New Smyrna Fla visits briefly for business. Mrs Edwin Callaway and daughters Georgia Atkins and Betty Callaway of Gadsden Ala stay with Mrs Ethel Silva on Clay Street. Wilson Young previously in the Miami Beach finance division spends furlough with his parents in Cairo before a Pacific assignment.
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T. H. McNeil
Thomasville
New Smyrna, Fa
Edwin Callaway
Georgia Atkins
Betty Callaway
Gadsden, Alabama
Ethel Silva
Clay Street
Set. Wilson Young
Miami Beach
W. E. Young
Cairo
Miss Julie Rogers Weds Dr. Charles Watt in Asheville
Miss Julie Rogers of Asheville married Dr. Charles Hansell Watt Jr. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville. The groom, Johns Hopkins Medical School graduate, is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Watt of Thomasville. The ceremony featured the rector of Trinity as officiant and a program of traditional wedding music.
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Julie Rogers
Charles Hansell Watt, Jr
Asheville, N. C
Thomasville
Asheville
Charles Hansel Watt
Charles H. Watt
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Watt
Lovgely Trinity Church
Julia Howland Zimmer Rogers
George Floyd Rogers
Rogers
Pearson Drive
Charles Hansell Watt
Trinity Episcopal Church
Marguerite Smathers Jones
Widor
Mendelssohn
Alex Guilmant
Dubois
Trinity Church
Wagner
Death of Mrs Lavinia Nicholson at Beachton
Mrs Lavinia Powell Nicholson died suddenly at her daughter’s home in Beachton at seven thirty this morning. Funeral arrangements will be at Macedonia church with Rev W M Uwavis officiating. Whiddon’s Funeral Home in charge. She was born June 3 1873 in Decatur county and survived by three sons and five daughters plus a sister. Funeral and community tributes follow.
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Lavinia Powell Nicholson
J. R. Cone
Beachton
Macedonia Church
W. M. Uwavis
Whiddon
Nicholson
Decatur County
Macedonia
ER. Nicholson
Tallahassee
C. Nicholson
Merrillville
J. R. Nicholson
Co. W. Law
Meigs
Clyde Law
Lakeland
Fla
David Robinson
Catherine
Marion Grant
Bartow
Emily Wilder
Pelham
Thomasville Man Named Bronze Star Recipient in Germany
The 86th Black Hawk Division honors Maj. Frank T. Holt of Thomasville Georgia as a Bronze Star Medal recipient for meritorious service in Germany from April 13 to 16 1945. Holt is married to Mrs Winnett T Holt and is a West Point graduate serving as an infantry officer.
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Thomasville
6Th Army Group
Germany
86Th
Black Hawk
Frank T. Holt
Winnett T. Holt
East Jefferson Street
West Point
Lt William Bartlett Home on Short Leave from Italy
Lt William Bartlett arrived home to visit his mother Mrs Susan Bartlett for a 31 day leave after serving in the Italian theatre with the 15th Air Force. He flew his crewed plane back to the United States in a successful Atlantic crossing after about nine months overseas. He has served since December 1942 and is among local servicemen praised for contributing to Germany's collapse.
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William Bartlett
Susan Bartlett
Bartlett
15Th Air Force
United States
Atlantic
Europe
Germany
Ochlocknee Soldier Promoted in Italy
With the Fifth Army in Italy corporal Thalys Tae C. Hancock, son of Mrs. Julia T. Hancock of Ochlocknee, Ga., has been promoted from private first class. He serves as a half track driver with the 761st Tank Battalion.
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Fifth Army
Thalys Tae C. Hancock
Julia T. Hancock
Ochlocknee Ga
Italy
76St
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Cavenaugh
Samuel S. Hinds
Richard Arlen
Cheryl Walker
Roger Pryor
World Without Borders
Metro News
Ener Mn
Red Cross Chapter
W. J. Powell
Canteyi
A. G. Robinson, JR
Vacation Church
Girl Scout
J. C. Pringle
Prudential Insurance Company of America Home Office
Newark, N. J
Life Insurance Estates
Upchurch
Office—Peones—Res
Sherwin Williams
T. A. Futch Howe
Bob Balfour
State Board of Education
Arnall
Roy Harris
Harris
Goose Creek
J. Russell Gainer
Thomasville, Georgia
the Red Cross
Barwick
Wiley Moore
Charlotte
Julia Pancake
Staunton
Grady €. Frank
Alexandria
Carroll P. Rogers, Jr
Burnsville
Marianne Jeffries
Raye P. Woodin
Ashe
Lavinia Nicholson
Ogi
Oy Drman
BIS
SteyerMan
Xcheney
SWANK
Men’s Department
William Bartlett Home
First Baptist Church
Shepherd’s Pool
C. C. Ward
Gospel Four
ST. Luke C. M. E
Gospel Four of
Providence Baptist
St. Luke C. M. & Church
Fred Palmer
Galenol Co
Slick Beaver
Carroll Street
Carroll Hill
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