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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1937
Page
2
Sunday services will be held at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p m in the social hall due to auditorium repairs. The church School opens at 10 a m with classes for all ages while Epworth League meets at 6 30 p m. Wednesday night worship is led by the pastor.
Father’s Day program at Cairo Baptist Church features a morning service with special music and a sermon titled A Task For the fathers of Today. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. covers Mutual Helpfulness in the Family. Baraca Class leads Opening Worship. Baptist Training Union at 6:15 p.m. Evening Worship at 7:30 p.m. pastor’s message followed by Baptism.
Local residents report trips and visits across Georgia Florida and Alabama. Walter Carroll returns from Ocala and Jacksonville guests include Clarence Carroll and the Snailgroves. Several attend summer school in Athens and others complete degrees at the University of Georgia. Families from Irwinville Pensacola Albany Bainbridge Pensacola and Marietta share travels and engagements with Cairo acquaintances.
The Sunday worship at 11:00 will mark the ordination and in church service. The notice outlines details for members to attend and participate in the ceremonial procedures.
The Thomasville District Federal Court will convene Monday in a remodeled third floor court room. Judge Basgom Deaver and officers will preside with soon to be appointed clerk. The district includes Thomas Grady Decatur Seminole Brooks Colquitt counties drawing prominent lawyers jurors and witnesses.
The article notes an outdoor summer program at a church with Sunday evening services on the lawn, screens displaying hymn words, and a message titled The Many Sided Christ. Other details include 10 a m church school, 6 45 p m youth meeting, and pastor John H. McKinnon Jr inviting worshipers.
In Birmingham Alabama two firefighters Marvin Cates and Walter Fair were killed when a fire truck overturned while rushing to a minor blaze. Three others were injured including Lieut J W Carter with a broken back.
Partly cloudy conditions with occasional scattered intervals. Temperatures are expected to be near or slightly above normal through the week.
Litigation groups challenge the $2.5 million annual maintenance tax for rural post roads. Georgia Truck Owners Association and others allege discrimination against firm routes and power company vehicles. Governors Rivers suspends collection. a special session may revise the act.
Twenty planes part of a Georgia air tour dropped in at Voce Field in Thomasville for about an hour amid a colorful display of cabin monoplanes and biplanes. Major Wiley R. Wright led the group with pilots including Mrs. Augustus Fry and Randolph Hearst. Local officials and a crowd greeted the visitors as the fleet prepared to continue to McRae and Savannah.
The column lists numerous visitors and travels including Miss Annetle Baker of Atlanta visiting her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Sadler, Misses Mary and Nancy Stuart from Savannah as Mrs. J. W. Turner’s guests, Mr. John Manley of Boston planning West Point, and other town residents visiting relatives or attending events in Atlanta, New Haven, Yale graduation, and nearby locales.
Camp Frances notes praise for volunteers and a busy program year with craft gifts and a planned Sunday banquet. Camp chairman Mrs Gordon Hasty earns thanks for organizing activities while June Lee Smith keeps accounts. Evelyn Cockrell writes a camp song for visitors day.
Stephen T. Early said the government could not order troops to prevent disturbances in the steel strike unless requested by a governor or state legislature. He commented on a second request for federal aid for Johnstown Pennsylvania mayor Daniel J. Shields, noting the plant’s closure would risk 14 000 workers and families.
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