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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1955
Page
4
Three bedroom house with hardwood floors and a full ceramic tile bath. Formica counters in the kitchen and automatic heat. Insulated and weather stripped with a storage attic. Wooded lot 75 by 200. Buy now with $1250 down and balance financed through FHA.
Fully equipped all aluminum 30 ft trailer sleeps 4 with new tires and paint offered as a bargain at Sangster Truck Service Carroll Hill Phone 1460 Also listing a 1948 heavy duty 10 wheeler Mack truck body 18 ft long 1% ft wide 4 ft high same service and contact details
Patty Berg of St. Andrews Illinois holds a shaky lead heading into the final round of the Round Hobin Gol tournament at Grossinger, with Marlene Bauer of Sarasota posting a course record 70 and moving to a 35 point advantage. Other contenders include Jackie Pung Louise Figgs Bev Hanson and Betty Jameson. Bauer shattered her sister Alice’s 71 record with a 70.
Vidalia defeated Douglas 10-9 in 10 innings to snap a nine game skid in the Georgia State League. Vic Kray posted four hits for the Indians while Bobby Driggers hit a two run homer. Sandersville beat Hazlehurst 13-1 as Jack Hilias collected two triples and two doubles. Dublin topped Statesboro 7-6 to sweep the series and pull the Pilots into a cellar tie with Vidalia.
In Memphis the Southern tennis championship narrowed toward the final four. Al Harum of Coral Gables and Gustavo Palafox of Mexico City advanced, with Moylan and Morris also reaching the semifinals after decisive wins. Harum, a 20 year old University of Miami junior, defeated Lesle Longshore Jr. 6-4 6-2. Palafox beat Calhoun Dickson 6-4 7-5.
Linville North Carolina Billy Joe Patton from Morgan ton meets Charles Harrison 23 year old Atlantan in the Southern Golf Association Amateur finals. Patton won two tough matches including a 2 and 1 win over Curtis Person and a 1 up finish against Mason Rudolph. Harrison defeated Doug Sanders 4 and 3 and then Ed Gravely 3 and 2 to reach the final.
Prices for hogs rose to near last August highs in many markets while Georgia Florida Alabama plants limited gains. Slaughter cattle and calves moved unevenly with southern centers reporting higher or steady prices, and inventories rising. Southeast fruit vegetables and tobacco sales also shift as shipments ease and markets adjust.
A 28 foot diameter revolving globe, 25 tons, was dedicated at Babson Institute in Wellesley Massachusetts. Believed to be the world’s largest, it cost nearly a quarter million dollars and was donated by financier Roger W Babson. George C Izenour of New Haven designed it scaled 24 miles to the inch. It will serve as a visual aid across several courses.
Seamen unions sign three year pacts with dry cargo and shipping firms ending strikes at Hast and Gulf ports. NMU had already struck and signed yesterday. no wage increase included though future talks planned. AFL Masters Mates & Pilots still idle while work resumes. Unemployment fund in NMU contract to be funded by ships.
The National Geographic Society notes that cornerstone weights of major structures like the Washington Monument, NYC City Hall, the White House, and the U.S. Treasury cannot be located. The report also states that over 1,000 ships depart New York Harbor each month on average.
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