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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
1
A blood drive is planned in this city with the bloodmobile arriving at the Thomas County facility. Donors can give blood between 7 p.m. and the evening hours to support local needs.
The People of Thomas County and neighboring areas are praised for a strong May blood drive. Dr. Kirk Shepard notes 49 donors were rejected for medical reasons while 58 with definite appointments did not show. Health officials urge no disqualification for medical reasons and remind donors receive a six month blood entitlement card usable nationwide for emergencies.
A brief note from Ralls reports minor advances in tobacco spending and a couple of point gains by players tied to Aveek and GiGodlard in a street competition. The fragment hints at a low scoring, lightly attended event with modest team progress.
Hog receipts across Georgia and Alabama areas Thursday rose with rising prices at nearby auctions. U S No 1-3 barrows and gilts 180-240 lbs traded around 22.26 to 22.76, while mixed lots 200-240 lbs fetched 23, with some No 1s at 23.25. Chicago bids showed 22.76 to 23.95 for 190-250 lb barrows and gilts, with some No 1 lots near 29.85 per hundredweight. Georgia cattle prices held steady to weak on calves and weanlings.
Atlanta produce prices show slow trading on Friday with collards at 0.95 to 1.95 per dozen, mustard greens 1.50 per bucket, turnip greens 1.60 to 2.00 per bushel, and onions at early figures.
James P. Mitchell, Eisenhower’s labor secretary, sends a forceful message from Switzerland attacking a Senate anticorruption bill as ineffective. He returns to Capitol Hill as changes he prompted begin to shape the bill, drawing praise and criticism from labor figures and White House allies alike.
Governor Averell Harriman branded Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus a quisling at a Little Rock ceremony honoring nine Negro students who integrated Central High. He compared Faubus’ actions to ethnic betrayal and criticized the use of National Guardsmen to block the students enrollment while praising a race relations award and a $500 educational fund.
Bainbridge Air Base completes a new sewage treatment facility making it the first Southwest Georgia community to meet health rules barring raw sewage into the Flint River and Jim Woodruff Dam reservoir. The plant includes filter beds and sludge beds and was built by Schley Gordy Construction.
New York cotton futures eased in late trading after an initial firm start. Prices closed 45 to 1.00 points lower. July at 36.00, October 36.50, December 36.72 per bale.
A Fulton County Juvenile Court report shows 90 delinquents committed to the State Training School were freed last year due to no room. Judge W. W. Woolfolk, who released the 1957 findings, urged adequate facilities so each child can begin rehabilitative training immediately.
Sweltering Thomasvillians face the heat as temperatures are forecast to hit 100 in Thomasville and surrounding counties today and Saturday. The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a narrow chance of a shower this afternoon and winds mostly from the south or southeast at under 10 mph. Across Georgia and South Carolina temperatures are expected to run six to eight degrees above normal through Wednesday with little rainfall expected.
J D Bulloch joins Meigs District contest for County Commissioner, challenging incumbent J Lee White who will not seek re election after ten years. F C Pittman of Meigs had qualified earlier for White's seat.
Ernest Dees, 40, of Detroit, was guiding a steel beam when it touched a power line. He survived the 4500 volt shock with only minor burns to his hands and feet.
A concise weather note shows yesterday’s high, today’s low on record, and month figures. It lists last 24 hours totals, month totals, and compares to normal, then provides sunset and sunrise times.
Bozeman will join Ernest Vandiver at a Dinkler Plaza Hotel breakfast in Atlanta. Former University of Georgia classmates and fraternity brothers will pay Vandiver entrance fees to qualify him as a Georgia gubernatorial candidate. James Bozeman Jr. of Meigs, a Thomas County representative candidate, also attended the university with Vandiver.
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