Livestock Association Elects Hodkinson as New President
The Thomasville Livestock Association met Friday at the Court House in Thomasville and elected Peter Hodkinson as president for the coming year. Other officers include Robert A. Heinsohn as vice president, Ray Stephens Jr. as secretary-treasurer, and listed directors representing Ochlochnee, Meigs, Coolidge, Pavo, and Boston districts. Two more directors will be named by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville Livestock Association
Court House
Thomasville
Peter Hodkinson
Robert A. Heinsohn
Ray Stephens, Jr
Rudine Stewart
Ochlochnee
Preston Collier
Rt. 2
Roland Clanton
PVT James Gardner Completes Air Force Basic Course
Pvt James W Gardner, 18, son of Mr and Mrs H E Gardner of Coolidge, has completed his airmen indoctrination course at Lackland Air Force Base the Gateway to the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
James Gardner
Coolidge
James W. Gardner
H. E. Gardner
Lackland Air Force Spane
Air Force
Local Banker Enters Three Year Banking Graduate Study
W. B. Bulloch cashier of the Commercial Bank of Thomasville Georgia joins the class of bank officers entering The Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers New Brunswick New Jersey for the annual summer session June 18 to 30. He is among over 1 000 bankers from 42 states the District of Columbia and two foreign countries in a two week program. Students must complete two years of at home extension study and write a thesis to graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Bulloch
Commercial Bank
Thomasville
Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Bulloch
American Bankers Asociation
District of Columbia
A.B.A
Locomotive Engineers and Auxiliary to Meet in Waycross
Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Auxiliary to be addressed by R. M. Faulk at 8 p m on June 18 in the Legion Hall Waycross. Honorary Awards will be presented and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locomotive Engineers and Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Waycross
R. M. Faulk
B. L. E. Div
Tobacco Taboo for South Georgia Preachers
Tobacco remains banned for Methodist ministers in the South Georgia Conference. Delegates rejected removing the pledge against tobacco from church discipline after a heated debate. Retired Rev. C. M. Ledbetter said a smoking preacher should not preach, while others urged conscience over church law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Memorials Committee
C. M. Ledbetter
Glenwood
Red Cross Annual Report Shows Large National Scope
A reader notes the 1950 American Red Cross annual report detailing 3 745 chapters and 4 668 branches across the U S plus 1 615 000 volunteers and 9 400 paid workers for 1949 1950. It cites a retirement system with 6 120 employees and assets over 16 7 million in the fund, plus a total balance sheet near 103 510 000. Expenditures for armed forces disaster preparedness and veterans services are modest relative to assets, underscoring Red Cross as a major national operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
The
Hinesville Girl Crowned Miss Anne Bellum Queen
Gwytha Kennedy of Hinesville won the Miss Anne Bellum Queen of Georgia title at the American Legion convention in Savannah. The 21 year old, who has farm roots near Glennville, will ride on a Georgia float and to the Miami National Legion Convention. Jane L. Upchurch of Hapeville was runner up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavannah
Anne Bellum
Georgia
American Legion
Gwytha Kennedy
Hinesville
Glennville
National Legion
Miami
Legion
Miss Kennedy
Jane L. Upchurch
Hapeville
Hospital
Savannah
Erle Cocke, Jr
Cocke
Don Wilson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Missouri
Missouri Legion
Charles L. Bacon
John Brock
Adairsville
Father’s Day Observed As 41st Anniversary
Thomasvillians celebrate Father's Day on June 17 marking the 41st annual observance inspired by Mrs. John Bruce Dodd. The national committee declares theme a good home means good citizenship and honors Sen Estes Kefauver as Father of the Year for his crime investigations leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasvillians
John Bruce Dodd
William S. Mart
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
America
South Georgia Methodists Choose 1952 Meeting Site
The South Georgia Methodist Conference at Macon selected Thomasville as the 1952 meeting site with date to be set. Bishop Arthur J. Moore’s minister appointments for the next year will be announced tomorrow as about 145,000 Methodists are served. Bishop Moore, president of the College of Bishops, has held leadership here since 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Macon
Thomasville
Arthur J. Moore
South Georgia
Don Kirkpatrick
Young Harris Methodist Church
Paul Hardin
Birmingham
San Francisco
Roanoke
H. T. Freeman
Columbus
Leonard H. Cochran
Leland Moore Douglas
George E. Clary
Walter Harrison
Millen
J. Guy Jackson
Moore
North
H. N. Williams
Camilla
Last Rites Sunday for Rosa Sheffield Local Negro Woman
Funeral services are set for Rosa Sheffield a local Negro woman who died June 10 after a long illness. The Mount Pilgrim Church member will receive rites at Mitchell Street Church with Rev J J Strickland officiating. Survived by daughter Hallie Kelley of Boston and son Ed Sheffield of this city. Interment Magnolia Cemetery with Clark and Gilmore Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Sheffield
Warren Avenue
Mount Pilgrim Church
Mitchell Street
J. J. Strickland
Hallie Kelley
Boston
Mass
Ed Sheffield
Magnolia Cemetery
Clark
Five Georgia towns eyed as defense area candidates
Five Georgia communities Albany Lincolnton Marietta Moultrie and Valdosta are under consideration as critical defense areas under a Senate Banking Committee rent control measure. The bill would designate areas where new defense plants exist or closed, where defense workers or military personnel rise, or where housing shortages threaten the defense effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgia
Senate Banking Committee
Albany
Lincolnton
Marietty
Moultrie
Valdosta
Marshall
Defense
Charles ¥.Wil
Thomasville Board Discusses Schools and Maintenance
The Thomasville Board of Education met in the Senior High auditorium with six members present. They approved gymnasium contracts, a shared teacher plan with county, summer school for Negro students, and several staff contracts. Resignations and a new term appointment were approved, surveys reviewed, and a maintenance program authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Jerger
Scoville
Watt
Guy
Balfour
Neel
Bowen-Baggett Company
Quincy
Florida
Lloyd Greer
Bruce Bowen
Bowen-Baggett Construction Company
County Board of Education
Thomas County
John Hogg
Louise Jarnagin
Vera Jordan
Juanita Varner
Thomas
Heyward Vann
W. R. Thomas
A. R. Hamrick
Thomasville
W&s
Thomas County Vocational School
Busy Bee Co
Watt Building Material Co
T. A. Futch Hardware Co., Inc
Gulf Oil Corporation
H & H Construction and Supply Co
Johnson Lumber & Manufacturing Co
The
J. N. Rosalio
Thomasville Motors, Inc
McGee Machine Shop
Worthington Mower Company
Ted Wilkes
Thomasville Hardware & Supply Co
J. F. Riggs Publishing Co
the Book Store
Times-Enterprise Co., Inc
Clint W. Lee Co
CoCroft Music Co
Horne Hardware Co
Pettigrew Typewriter Exchange
Dietzgen Co
Whiddon's
National Education Association
Timberlake Grocery Co
Bibb’s
Thomasville Ice and Manufacturing Co
A. G. Robinson
E. R. Jerger
R. D. Blakeney
Margaret Truman Heads for Luxembourg with Perle Mesta
Margaret Truman travels toward Luxembourg with Perle Mesta and a party that includes Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark and other officials. After a 43 hour Belgium stay she cancels Bruges visit due to weariness as Belgian papers praise her charm and voice while noting her public diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Margaret Truman
Luxembourg
Perle Mesta
Georgia Neese Clark
U. S
India Edwards
Democratic Party
Frank Wright
Ethel Odum
Bruges
Europe
Geneva Hall Local Negro Dies. Final Rites Sunday
Friends mourn Geneva Hall who died Thursday at her Monticello Road home after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 8 20 p m at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church with Rev R M Monroe officiating. Interment follows in the family cemetery. Clark and Gilmore Funeral Homes in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Hall
Monticello Road
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
R. M. Monroe
Clark
Gilmore Funeral Homs
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Journeys
Miss Carol Joiner leaves today for Coleman Georgia to be with her recuperating father. Mrs Jane Milton returns from Nagoya Japan after two years with her daughter Captain William Bynum. Ernest and Julia Kelly of Orlando celebrate their 25th anniversary and attend the Watt wedding. A O Fisher and Alice Lang Fisher embark on a Smokies motor trip visiting Henderson Asheville and Waynesville. Kay Ann Fisher visit East Jefferson Street with her mother C E Walters. Polly Beutell hosts visitors including her daughter Mrs Robert Murray and grandchildren Bill and Nancy from Richland Washington. The Beutell brothers Joe and Barrington join for the weekend. Nat Williams and Gribbens return from Pat Gribben’s graduation at Stephens College and a Canada trip including Quebec Montreal Toronto Ottawa Niagara then Shenandoah Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Beutell
George Shirley
Robert Murray
Bill and
Nancy
Richland
Wash
Leon Chloe
Joe and
Barrington
Beutell
Nat M. Williams
James Gribben
Pat Gribben
Jimmy Gribben
Pat
Stephens College
Columbia
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Ottawa
Niagara
Shenandoah Valley
Walter Davidson
Georgian Bay
Dad’s Big Day Dinner Map for June 17
Father’s day menu centers on a thick porterhouse broiled to brown perfection. Timings vary with steak thickness from 1.5 to 2 inches, 30 to 45 minutes overall, with melon ball cocktails and a follow up of string potatoes, buttered asparagus, mixed greens, hot biscuits, and green apple pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Reba Staggs
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Livestock Association
Hodkinson
Rexall
South GA
Brewton Supply CO
Madison
National Organization
Legion Queens
Moray
Agency
Congress
Army
Humanity
Sweet Charity
Ouse
H. Jackson St
South Georgia Methodists
William Lee
J. A. Davis
Jerger Bt
Carol Joiner
Coleman, Ga
Jane R. Milton
Nagoya
Japan
William Bynum
Ernest Kelly
Orlando
Fla
Kellys
Kelly
Julia Myrick
A. O. Fisher
Alice Lang Fisher
Smokies
Henderson
Ashville
Waynesville
N.C
C. E. Walters
Kay and
Ann
Eatonton, Ga
J. F. Bowman
East
Jefferson Street
Eversharp Schick
Yardley
Amity
Ronson
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