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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1946
Page
7
London reports that on June 15 Pan American World Airways announced a new commercial air speed record for transatlantic service. The claim attributes the record to the airline's flight operating in favorable conditions and cites revised schedules and performance metrics.
Thomasville friends form a flurry of events for Frances Horne before her June 12 wedding. Clenwood and Metcalfe host showers and a garden party with Magnolia and Shasta daisies, mirror plaques, and a Treadwell Inn luncheon. The Horne and Alday families coordinate gifts, favors, and a candlelight reception with a ribbon knife.
Jimmie Callahan son of Mr and Mrs H H Callahan at 1121 Gordon Ave was elected vice president of the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Youth Fellowship at the Youth assembly at Wesleyan College in Macon. He has served faithfully in many capacities and will represent the church on the official board of the South Georgia M Y F.
Mr. James Swick leaves tonight for Wyoming to spend the summer on a ranch. Mr. and Mrs. W L Able and little Roy Able are visiting their aunt Mrs. James Gribben. Dr. and Mrs. Theodore B Kuma are at Ocean Manor St Augustine Beach for a two weeks vacation. Mrs. Martha Ball arrived from the University of Georgia to spend the summer with her parents. Miss Christine Zeigler of Tallahassee Fla has just returned from a North Carolina camp and has been the guest of Mrs. Leroy Edwards at Gordon Avenue Apartments.
The registrar prepared a list of 1003 Negro registrants for the upcoming primary, with 787 in the Thomasville district. White registrations nearly doubled since 1945 while Negro registrations surged, though Barwick and Metcalfe have none. The piece also notes market activity, local sports, and comic-strip favorites in the town newspaper.
A recent count shows Thomas County has 7,086 registered voters with 6,083 whites and 1,003 Negroes. This marks a substantial increase over the 1945 list, reflecting a rise of over three thousand in the county total.
The text describes a device that charges dust particles to attract them with an opposite charge for removal. It notes tile as one of the oldest building materials, tracing the word to Anglo-Saxon tigel and Latin tegulo from tego meaning to cover.
A 39 year old woodworker was charged with atrocious assault after locking his wife in a home made chastity belt. Police removed the belt and she described threats and clothes locked away. The wife said she was forced to leave scantily dressed and called police from a store.
Cairo Georgia June 15 cordial interest centers on the approaching marriage of Miss Betty Harvey and Lieut William Dale Ellis to be solemnized at 5 30 pm Sunday at the First Baptist Church Cairo. Attendants and family details accompany this announcement with music by J L Oliver and Mrs Oien Dekle and Rev Wilburn Smith to perform.
Teiss Kiwanis hears Red Milton review Y M C A history from its St Johns era to present. 400 members with 70 000 annual attendance. aims center on character growth across mental spiritual social and physical realms. Letters from servicemen and Kiwanis president Hamilton Holt amplify dedication during Y M C A week. Jason Shirah leads rededication as Ralph Faulk Watt Jeffries and Frank attend.
The circles of the W S C S of the First Methodist Church will meet Monday afternoon at 4:00 with members including Mrs. T. E. Langley Belmont Ave Mrs. Nat Williams 1131 Gordon Ave Mrs. N. E. Price 802 Smith Ave Mrs. Edgar Hollingsworth 215 N. Mitchell Mrs. JT. P. Jones 517 N. Crawford Mrs. Lee Neel 102 N. Dawson Mrs. W. J. Trowell 310 Warren Ave Mrs. J. C. Schwencke 111 E Jefferson and Mrs. A. B. Scaife 326 Glenwood Drive.
The Grand Canyon spans 217 miles in length with four to 18 mile width and averages about a mile in depth. It traverses six of seven climate belts from desert zones at the canyon floor to Arctic Alpine conditions near the rim.
Neel, Joe Jerger Jr., C. T. Baker Jr., and Mrs. Bill Milton of Atlanta join F. G. Shelor of the Tallahassee club, with Mrs. Edgar Hollingsworth and Mrs. Bill Thomas also appearing in the social notice.
The boysenberry is a blackberry like bramble with a raspberry flavor developed in California from three types of raspberry and the logan berry.
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