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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1947
Page
6
Swiss parliament approves 64 450 098 Swiss francs about 15 6 million dollars for the purchase of 75 Vampire airplanes for the military department. The Isle of Man is 30 miles long.
Virginia Kemp of Cairo and Sergeant Herbert Snedeker of Fort Lewis Washington wed in a Sunday afternoon double ring ceremony at the bride's mother's home. The event featured white gladioli Easter lilies and greenery with a family gown of ivory satin. The couple plans to reside at Fort Lewis after the wedding with guests from Cairo Jacksonville Thomasville and Savannah in attendance.
A motorist, Stewart MacKenzie of Graniteville Vermont, escaped injury when a horse shoe hurled from a galloping horse crashed through his windshield grazing his face. The odd accident was reported in local news with no serious harm.
Miss Joyce Jackson of Donalsonville wed Orion Douglas Hudson of Jakin and Athens in a candlelit ceremony at First Baptist church. The couple, longtime sweethearts, plan to reside in Athens after he studies at the University of Georgia. Out of town guests included families from Thomasville and Athens.
Waves battered the Faeroe islands lifting a 40 ton rock to a ledge 160 feet above sea level. The event highlights extreme coastal erosion and dramatic rock displacement observed in the area.
The Church of the Nazarene in Cairo Georgia will hold revival services June 17 to 29 at Fifth Street church. Rev Mrs T J Cox and daughter Tommie June of Shawmut Alabama will lead with guest preaching and singing. Pastor Rev T H Watson and members invite all. Services 8 30 p m daily and on Sunday during the revival. Electricity is used on more than 3 000 000 U S farms.
Meigs Georgia items list Anne Murdock visiting Florida points after a sister’s visit, Jim Wilkes family returning to Braden ton, Jerry Davis and others at Atlantic and Jacksonville Beaches, Bill Miller ill returning from Washington DC, Leila Mingretary and Nelson in Thomasville, B B Singletarys’ daughter Johnny Schatz arriving in Japan, Dr FE M Aultman and son Mims C Aultman visiting Moultrie, Gulf Stream water level about eight inches higher than nearby Atlantic Ocean.
Leesburg Virginia June 17 AP Sam Gross division manager for 20th Century Fox Film Corporation of Philadelphia was among the identified dead in the Capital Airlines plane crash that killed 50 people Identification of 37 victims was announced by the FBI.
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