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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1947
Page
2
Basel Switzerland AP reports the first shipment of Argentine fresh meat arriving via the Rhine from Rotterdam. The 110 ton consignment was carried in refrigerated compartments aboard a Swiss motor ship marking a new trade route.
President Truman praised a sharp and gratifying decline in highway fatalities as he opened the second highway safety conference. He noted 6 500 lives saved versus 1941 prewar levels and urged stricter driver licensing and uniform state systems to remove unfit and dangerous drivers.
Youth camp schedules include 4 H Club layout with Girl Scouts taking over for three weeks and YMCA one week. Boy Scouts share new cook shack fund with Girl Scout troops. Legion Team Post 222 to play Pelham juniors. boxing and Ju Juitsu classes discussed for teens. W Watkins offers extra notes and TEC Y Club members miss Teen Talk.
The 65 300 ton icebreaker Burton Island arrives in San Diego Bay for a no fun business visit with the Pacific fleet. The sight in midsummer unsettles local business leaders but Navy officials explain the port call is routine.
The YMCA lists daily swim and program times for youth and adults. Girls and boys swim sessions run most days with graded classes from 10:06 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Men seniors, working boys, and teen canteen times are noted, plus Sunday Bible class at 10:00 a.m. Reservations are requested for the Youth Camp and municipal tennis courts.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Statistical Bulletin estimates the Dionne quintuplets, now 13, have about a 95 chance all reaching 65, around 60 chance all living to 45, and more than 20 in 100 that all five survive to 65. the last survivor could reach 86 or older amid rising life expectancy trends.
The report notes cruises tied to the Byrd expedition heading for the Antarctic this season and additional voyages planned in Alaska waters later in the year.
A local editorial deplores the removal of Finney Veterans Hospital patients to Swannanoa North Carolina and other camps. It notes their regret at being moved from a peaceful South Georgia environment and criticizes VA policies and funding amid plans for new vertical hospitals and sprawling facilities.
New York June 18 AP progress in settling the American shipping tieup was reported as a three day embargo continued. Assistant secretary of labor John W Gibson said considerable progress after talks with CIC and west coast shipowners. Feinsinger said major issues were settled with west coast cooks and stewards, and east coast talks were not yet linked.
Sarah Hasty hosts seven Sailins School friends from distant places including Miriam Isenhour Helen Civil Mary Kinney Henrietta Swain Jean Bispholff Betty Noland and Marcia Gray. Dot Scott from Sullins assists and lunches at the Country Club feature Mamie Peacock Mildred Hale and more visitors. Betty Turner bride elect feted with drivers of social events and a tea follows a luncheon by Jacquelyn Stillwell.
The note thanks friends for their kind regard during the recent death of Tommy Sparks. Gratitude is extended for the support and for the lovely local offerings from the community.
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