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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
7
A lively Scout report highlights unit campfires under moonlit trees and a Brownie expansion with thirty new members. Activities include lemonade and crackers, a dragon pool swim, treasure of a camp theatre opening and Snow White puppets. Visitors Day runs 3 to 6 PM. Street tax extends to June before rising.
Local notes report Dr. Roland Leavell delivering a second revival sermon to a full First Baptist Church auditorium. Dir of music Plunket Martin leads with youth outreach as attendees near capacity, while Leavell warns Christian assurance must rest on Biblical truth not church or character and outlines how to know one is a Christian. Service tonight at 8:30.
Orchard Pool camp has run at full capacity for two weeks and reservations already filled the third week. More than forty five boys from Thomasville are in camp this week with twenty to thirty registered for week three and many for week four. The camp is described as the most successful in the region in years.
Regular conclave of Bethlehem Commandery Thursday night at 8 30 oclock. All fraters urged to be present as there is business of importance T. K. Vann Commander Joseph Jerger Secretary.
The fourth annual tours were held June 13 14 and 17 in Brooks Lowndes and Thomas counties. Farmers visited Mt Miamah Grooverville Red Flag Mineola Pebble Hill Plantation Bellview Centenary and observed thriving cattle swine poultry improved homes and well kept fields. Dinner was served in each county with over a hundred farmers participating and praising the meals.
Dr Roland Leavell addressed the Rotary Club on America praising personal liberty and the Christian home as the nation’s bulwark against vice and disorder. The talk lasting about thirty minutes drew visitors including C X Balfour Bob Balfour Joe Kahn and others.
The advertisement proclaims end of week unload with wide discounts on Mens' Wash Pants and Broadcloth Shirts, Boy's and Mens' shirts, colorfast prints, OTS sheets, dresses, silk crepes, chambray work shirts, feather ticking, and other yard goods, urging shoppers to take advantage of drastic reductions.
Sheriff reports two suspects James Thompson and Albert Rogers arrested in Tallulah Louisiana for stealing 800 to 1000 pounds of meat from Farmers' Meat Company. Deputy Joe Folsom brought them back to face charges. Jack Thompson arrested in West Palm Beach Florida as an accessory.
Sprinkler system at the Georgia Crate and Basket Co on Smith Avenue triggered a fire alarm last night bringing the fire department to the factory. No blaze found. Traffic jam formed behind fire trucks. Earlier, the department extinguished a burning automobile on West Jackson Street with little damage.
Post office receipts in Thomasville show a steady rise from 1933 to 1935. If current growth continues, the town could regain first class status by July 1, 1936, bolstered by new business and public cooperation.
Revival at the Church of the Nazarene drew a well attended crowd with 7:45 children and 8:00 regular services led by Prof. Clyde Rodgers. Evangelist Dr. C. E. Hardy preached on The Universality of Sin and Degrees of Faith as the day schedule urged continued attendance at 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. 15 Years Experience in saving. Chastain Transfer Line, Phone 292.
In the June term of City Court a number of cases were disposed, including the acquittal of J Z Yawn of Thomasville who faced charges of driving an automobile after drinking. The trial also heard a civil dispute over possession of a diamond ring valued at approximately.
Plaintiff Mrs. Annie Harris Baird sues Mrs. Fay Bulloch Baird claiming husband Alexander Baird gave her diamond ring to his second wife. Detroit area legal representatives include two Atlanta attorneys and Alexander and Jones of this city with D Roy Hay of Thom representing the defendant.
Hart's pool and playground drew a large crowd of Presbyterian Sunday School pupils yesterday while a party from Moultrie and a group from Pavo enjoyed a outing at this popular Cairo road resort near the city today.
Pastor Rev. A. H. Giddings of Nashville Baptist Church will speak at Antioch Church three miles west of Pavo next Sunday night June 23 at 8 30. He will discuss his trip to the holy land. Public invited.
Ramon Griffin elected president of Valdosta Press Inc publisher of the Valdosta Times to follow his late father Dr A Griffin EF L Turner named general manager and publisher Griffin was a former Times staffer and stockholder Turner had long served as business manager of the Times Directors elected both to their posts in Valdosta Georgia.
Francesco De Zela Pardo Jr., 19, son of the Peruvian consul general, was arraigned in West Side court on robbery and Sullivan law charges and held without bail by Magistrate Jonah J. Goldstein. Police say he fled a jewelry store after waving a pistol and demanding money, later claiming he needed funds to entertain girls. He denied motive at arraignment and offered no explanation.
Secretary Swanson admonished Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr for a newspaper article and ordered naval officers not to discuss controversial international questions. He said officers should not publish views that could offend foreign governments or nationals and stated it is his duty to prevent officers from settling foreign affairs. Stirling commands the third naval district and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Judge Arthur Crownover of Nashville was elected president of Civitan International at the Miami event in June. The Tennessee Court of Appeals associate justice succeeds to lead the service club organization with chapters worldwide.
Catholic Missions reports more than 1,000,000 sick poor in Shanghai received free medical care at Catholic dispensaries last year, reflecting broad relief efforts in the city.
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