Georgia Labor Department announces employment exams and CCC enrollment
The Georgia State Department of Labor announces merit examinations for professional clerical accounting and statistics on an open competitive basis. Last date to file is July 5 1941. Applications available from the Atlanta Merit System supervisor and the Thomasville office at 105 N Crawford St. Veterans may enroll in the CCC with next regular enrollment between July 1 and July 20, applications due by July 14, and applicants must register with the local Georgia State Employment Service office. The Thomasville office serves Thomas and Grady counties. CLEAN COTTON RAGS Wanted at Times Enterprise.
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Georgia State Department of Labor
Merit System
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Luckie Street
N. W
Atlanta
Georgia
Thomasville
Georgia State Employment Service
N.crawford Street
State Department of Labor
Civilian Conservation Corps
Crawford St
Thomas
Grady County
Revival Continues at Nazarene Church Service
Evangelist Mason Lee led a Nazarene church revival stressing sanctification and readiness using the parable of the ten virgins. He warned the unsanctified cannot enter heaven and spoke on power for service amid provocations. Song Evangelist “by” contributed, with services at 8:15 tonight and 10:00 tomorrow morning.
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Church of the Nazarene
Evangelist Mason Lee
Lee
Piney Woods Lodge Plans Regular Meeting Tonight
The regular weekly meeting of Piney Woods Lodge I O O F will be held tonight at 8 00 p m in the large hall on South Broad Street. All members urged to attend. John O Limrring N G A C Walien Secretary.
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Finey Woods Lodge
Piney Woods Lodge
South Broad Street
John O. Limrring
Weather totals for the period reported
The excerpt records rainfall figures: 43 inches in the last 24 hours, 175 inches since the first of the month, and 16.50 inches since January 1, with a note that the normal for eight months is not provided.
Azaleas planned for Laurel Hill Cemetery and draft concerns rise
The article notes room for ten thousand azaleas at Laurel Hill Cemetery with a plan to plant five hundred annually, questions if authorities will support it. It discusses draft registrations in Thomas County with over twenty registrants to be sent away later this month and mail issues. It mentions U S stance on German consulates, European tensions, and a call for registrants to verify status and address changes. It also touches WPA aid for school repairs, uncertain hotel prospects, and Thomasville housing authority funding amid rumors and reallocations.
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Laurel Hill
Madison
Thomas County
Uncle Sam
WPA
Thomasville
Moral Aspects of Democracy Cited by Catholic Editor
Augusta Georgia editor Richard Reid of the Catholic News urged a deepening of moral understanding among citizens. He said without awareness of democracy as a moral basis people cannot grasp its stature or the sacrifices needed to preserve it for the nation and civilization. Delegates also heard remarks from George Hains and Allen Barth as the Georgia Exchange Clubs convention began.
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Augusta
Richard Reid
New York
Catholic News
Georgia Exchange Clubs
George Hains
Superior Court
Allen Barth
Miami Beach
Fla
National Exchange Clubs
Special Silk Dress Sale At Maxons
Maxons advertises a special silk dress sale in the Times Enterprise. The sale begins tomorrow at 9:00 AM and runs through Saturday, offering a wide variety of fabrics colors and styles.
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Maxons
Todays Times-Enterprise
Maj Gen Ernest Hinds Dies in Texas at 76
Major General Ernest Hinds former U S army chief of artillery in the A E F died at Fort Sam Houston station hospital San Antonio Texas. He was 76 and commanded every piece of U S artillery in World War I. Funeral services set for Thursday with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ernest Hinds
U.S. A
John J. Pershing
Fort Sam Houston
Germany
Hinds
United States
Miss Evelyn Robinson Weds Larry Marshall in Thomasville Church
The ceremony at the Methodist church in Thomasville united Miss Evelyn Christine Robinson and Larry Marshall Youngblood of Enterprise Alabama in a noon service led by Rev. J. C. G. Brooks. About thirty relatives attended as vows were exchanged and a Florida honeymoon followed.
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Evelyn Christine Robinson
E. A. Robinson
Thomasville
Larry Marshall
Youngblood
Enterprise
Ala
J. C. G. Brooks
Methodist Church
Mildred Bland
George Dormand
Valdosta
Herbert Neel
Florida
Youngbrood
Western ‘Auto
Thomasville High School
Wildlife federation meeting to form local chapter
Dr. W C Hollaway announces a Friday night Dutch supper meeting at 8 p m at R C Balfour Jr s Myrtle Wood camp to establish a local Georgia Wildlife federation chapter All interested sportsmen and citizens are urged to attend the event on the lower Cairo road gate attendants will guide attendees
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Wildlife Federation
W. C. Hollaway
Thomas County Game and Fish Club
Georgia Wildlife Federation
Federation
R. C. Balfour, Jr
Myrtle Wood
Masury
Cairo Road
Dr. Hollaway
Game and Fish Club
Trainees to Volunteer for Parachute Troops
Washington June 17 AP Selective service trainees will be allowed to volunteer as parachute troopers after completing thirteen weeks of training at infantry replacement centers. The 502nd Infantry Parachute Battalion will be formed July 1 at Fort Benning and be the first unit opened to trainees increasing parachutists to about 1,000 men.
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Washington
War Department
502Nd Infantry
Fort Benning
501St Infantry Parachute Battalion
502Nd
Petain Appeals for French Confidence on First Anniversary
Marshal Philippe Petain addressed unoccupied France on the first anniversary of his leadership, stating the people had not been sold out or betrayed and asking for their confidence. He acknowledged suffering and ongoing costs for past mistakes, recalling his Bordeaux speech that France could no longer continue fighting.
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Vichy
France
Philippe Petain
Petain
Bordeaux
Army engineers begin work on large Macon depot
Army engineers are set this week to start a 14 million dollar air corps repair and supply depot at Wellston near Macon Georgia, 13 miles south. The project will relocate 33 air corps units from Maxwell Field Alabama and employ 2,800 to 5,400 civilians locally as part of a broader training push for a 30,000 pilot program. Major units to move include the 321st school squadron the 322nd school squadron and the 23rd school squadron along with base support groups and squadrons.
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Macon
Mid- Georgia
Army
Air Corps
Wellston
Here
Maxwell Field
Ala
Welleston
War Department
71St Air Base Group
Griffin Ga GallS for Volunteer Air Raid Obs
Griffin Georgia June 17 a call for volunteer air raid observers was issued today by Capt John Peurifoy of the Spalding County home defense unit in Griffin.
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Griffin
John Peurifoy
Spalding County
McRae Named New Assistant State Welfare Director
Atlanta on June 17 report that Max L McRae, a fellow townsman and political ally of Governor Eugene Talmadge, is named assistant director of the state welfare department. The appointment fills a vacancy left by the resignation of George Kennedy two months earlier.
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Atlanta
Max L. McRae
Eugene Talmadge
State Welfare Department
Talmadge
George Kennedy
W. L. Cathy
Wadley
McRae
Tom Linder
Baby Contest Held at Colored Baptist Church Here
Sister Bessie Gilmore and coworkers sponsored a baby contest on a Sunday in June to benefit the church Beautification Club. Contestants included Juanita Higdon Martha Mae Holland Joyce Hester John Wesley Harris George Adams Fay Harris Hileen Clark. First prize went to Hileen Clark and a $5.00 gift from Sister Gilmore. second prize to Fay Harris $2.50. Partial report due to contestants not fully ready. The St African Baptist Church members thank all who helped.
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Bessie Gilmore
Juanita Higdon
Martha Mae Holland
Joyce Hester
John Wesley Harris
George Adams Fay Harris
Hileen Clark
300 Graduates Leave Texas Camp for Benning Parachutists
Camp Wolters Mineral Wells Texas June 17 nearly 300 graduates of this infantry replacement training center depart for Fort Benning Georgia to become parachute troopers Most of the 274 men chosen from the first class will join the newly activated 502nd Parachute Battalion Some will fill vacancies in the AOP. Three officers from the 502nd Battalion interviewed them.
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Camp Wolters
Mineral
Wells
Tex
Toftay
Fort Benning
502Nd
Rumbles of Cannon Heard Through Old Damascus
Rumbles of cannon were heard for several hours through the ancient Biblical city today as the battle between French and British forces was believed to be near. Damascus reports indicate artillery fire echoing through streets with no confirmed casualty figures or location specifics.
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Old
Damascus
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I. Russell Griner Public Accountant
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