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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1937
Page
4
Pelham residents and visitors fill the week with hospital updates travel and social events. Mary Glenn's Gainesville wedding guest list grows as relatives from Georgia and Florida converge in Pelham. A number of travelers stop in Thomasville Albany Warm Springs and Panama City while local families report health updates and hospital recoveries.
Mrs. R B Clifton travels to New York to visit son De Lacy Clifton. Carol Merritt Lucile Roberson stay with Mrs Ben Braswell in Cairo. Bertie Pilcher vacationing in Knoxville with Austin Pilcher of Atlanta. Roy U Sanders family guests of May Dekle in Cairo. Loren Mason returns from Detroit. Rev J Gorham Garrison conducts prayer service at First Baptist Thomasville. W H Wurst Ada Mae Wurst Martha Clark David and Rodney Wurst return from Oconee Florida. Deble family hosts in Quitman. P G Busbee and children visit Vienna. Dekle invited to Vienna. Reba Pinson home from Georgia Baptist Hospital. Jessie Maude Mason visiting Atlanta relatives. Beatrice Gordy visiting Tampa. Jack Paul Segler visiting grandparents Seglers. Andy M Garrison of Cordele visits family. Donald Phillip Bartholomew visiting grandparents. Sky Ivy Wingate to Live Oak after school year. Jeanne Garrison visiting aunt in Roswell. Mrs A K Speer has returned home from Archbold Memorial Hospital. H A Wall at Panacea Springs. Marjorie Mills returns home for summer after Charleston teaching. Mrs Albert Boyd and children visiting her parents. Junior Bobby McClellan visiting aunt. Rev Searcy S Garrison conducting revival in Sasser. Mrs Garrison visiting McDonough. Friends learn Mrs Lee White is seriously ill in Cairo Hospital.
Pelham Ga June 17 senior class of Pelham High School staged class night in the school auditorium. Herman Levine led class history and Elizabeth Williams gave the class prophecy. Bernard Ferrell delivered the class poem while Elizabeth Williams wrote the senior song. Pauline Joiner received the gift basket as classmates wore printed dresses and white attire.
Prices on Florida watermelons were about normal for this time of year, with carload ranges from 300 to 400 dollars. Georgia began moving melons earlier, with first loads shipped from Olin and Hunter Blair near here and two carloads at Mcalfe in Thomas county. Farm leaders expect heavy movement to start around June 26, and the inspection service plans to open activities in Moultrie on June 21.
The 1936 fiscal year saw 44,307,496 people entering the United States from abroad, up from 41,730,336 the prior year. The figure counts both immigrants and transients among arrivals.
New York stocks edged higher as steel and motor issues showed fractional gains while profit taking trimmed recent rallies. Traders eyed utilities oils and specialties as transfers neared 700 000 shares amid cautious trading in a quiet session.
Wini or league leads Yankees Gehrig at .394 while Bell Browns hits .371. Greenberg Tigers logs 51 runs and 59 RBI. Walker Tigers 80 hits. Bell Browns 75. Vosmik Browns 22 doubles. Geh rig Yankees 20. Kubel Senators 0.8 triples. Greenberg, Averill tied seven for longest slugging. Greenberg 15 homers. DiMaggio 14. Chapman Red Sox 10 steals. Appling White Sox 9. Pitchers Pearson Yankees and Allen Indians 4 0.
Medwick leads in multiple categories for the Cardinals including 416 at bats 77 hits 55 RBIs and 12 home runs tied with Kampouris for homers while Vaughan of the Pirates tops 74 hits and 9 triples. Cubs Galan leads in runs with 44 and steals with 9 as Shoun posts 41 wins for the Cubs and Bryant 5 0.
Washington June 18 hospital attendants report improvement in Arthur Armstrong faculty athletic chairman of the Georgia School of Technology and William E Moore 19 year old Tech tennis player injured in an automobile accident near Alexandria Virginia yesterday. Two Alexandria men and another Tech student H B Boulware received minor injuries.
Polo Beans hamper Snap Beans hamper Butter Beans hamper Squash hamper Green Peas hamper Potatoes hundred pounds Tomatoes hamper Corn dozen Okra hamper 10c to 15c per unit 1.50 to 1.75 dollars Markets at a glance New York stocks steady utilities up bonds uneven treasuries lower curb improved power and industrials bought foreign exchange steady cotton steady sugar easier coffee irregular Chicago wheat lower corn higher cattle steady hogs active 10 20 higher
Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans eased from weak openings to steady close. October fluctuated around 12.04 to 12.10 as nearby demand remained light and later positions held near opening quotes with gains of a few points.
Moultrie Georgia hog market June 18 shows steady softness with hogs at 240 pounds and heavier and No 1 from 180 to 240. No 2 hogs bring 150 to 180 while No 3 hogs fetch 130 to 150. Heavier weights move to stag category.
Savannah report shows Turpentine firm 34, sales 281, receipts 581, shipments 7, stock 28 777. Rosin firm 764 sales, receipts 1 746, shipments 283, stock 57 983. Quotation: B to WG 7.70, WW and X 8.75.
Prime cotton seed meal futures (41 percent) closed steady in Memphis. Closing bids F. O. B. Memphis for June through January ranged from 28.30 to 3150 with sales of 3100 at session end.
The New York market shows steady foreign exchange with Great Britain at 4.93 percent in demand and cables and 60 day bills. France and Italy rates are 4.45 and 5.26 percent respectively. Montreal in New York and New York in Montreal exchange at par 100.00.
Chicago buyers see butter at 29 to 31 cents for extras with 93 score 30 to 31, 92 score 30, firsts 88 to 91 at 27 to 29, standards 29. Eggs trade at 18 to 19 cents for storage packed and fresh graded firsts with local deals around 19 to 20.
Chicago livestock totals include hogs selling 10 to 20 higher on heavy weights with top hogs at 11.55 and 11.50 for various grades. Cattle run near 1,500 with limited prime weight, kills steady to weak with beef grades 6.25 to 7.50. Packing sows quoted 9.75 to 10.35 while light southwest categories drift lower.
Poultry live 57 trucks reported. Hens steady and chickens weak with weight classes showing mixed prices. Leg horn hens 12, fryers colored 17, Plymouth Rock 18, White Rock 18, barebacks 16, broilers colored Plymouth and White Rock 17. Springs colored 19, Plymouth rack 22, White rack 22, leghorn 16 11s.
New York sugar futures showed mixed trading with No 4 steady on covering and Cuban demand while No 3 eased on liquidation tied to uncertainty over sugar legislation in Washington. July No 3 fell from 2.49 to 2.47, around 2.48 at 2 PM as the market eased about 2 points. No 4 Sept held near 1.23 to 1.24.
New York June 18 closing prices for treasury and mortgage securities show 4s at 115.27, 3s range around 106.9 to 106.22, 8s near 102.16, and mortgage and HOLC issues around 100.13 to 102.4. Grain table opens with Chicago showing prices from open to close.
A Basque government retreat to Bayonne signals strategic regrouping as insurgents press toward Bilbao. Basques defend western approaches amid heavy street battles while doctors in Las Arenas treat civilians and mourn wartime losses.
Atlanta June 18 Senator Guy D Jackson of Cothran headed a joint legislative committee to study revision of Georgia tax laws The committee took no action at its meeting but said intangible taxes will be discussed at the next session with time not yet set.
Mrs. Virginia S. Anderson formerly of Atlanta received temporary alimony of five dollars weekly plus seventy five dollars in counsel fees from state Supreme Court Justice Ernest E. L. Hammer. The award awaits the annulment trial filed by Alvin S. Anderson of Cliffside Park New Jersey.
Adela Rogers St. Johns and six others faced simple assault charges. By consent of all defendants the case was dismissed by Magistrate Henry H. Curran in Yorkville court.
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