Poultry market report shows broilers and fryers prices
Today on the Thomasville market broilers and fryers of all weights cost 25 to 27 cents per pound, mostly 26 to 26 1/2 cents.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
2
Today on the Thomasville market broilers and fryers of all weights cost 25 to 27 cents per pound, mostly 26 to 26 1/2 cents.
Atlanta market reports watermelons led receipts at over 40 thousand for the 24 hour period ending Thursday morning. Florida and Georgia cantaloupes and peaches show varied pricing with large watermelons 60 to 90 cents and best 1.00 to 1.25. Georgia cantaloupes available lightly with prices around 1.60 to 2.00 per bushel and other offerings noted.
Receipts totaled 675 cattle 150 calves and 900 hogs at seven packing plants in Georgia Alabama and Florida. Hog prices steady to weak with most 180 to 240 pound barrows and gilts at 19.50 to 19.75, heavier hogs up to 20.00 at Dothan, and lighter weights around 18.76 to 19.25 at Moultrie. North Georgia cattle prices weakened with slaughter steers and heifers mostly 25.00 to 28.25, calves 29.00 to 33.00, and stock cows 16.00 to 20.60.
Cotton futures in New York at 11 46 a m gained 36 to 56 cents per bale. July 40 60, October 37 62, December 37 40, March 37 23, May 37 08, July 36 62, October 35 00, December not quoted.
Mrs Eliza Jane Selph 71 died at Bethesda Maryland Tuesday after a year long illness. She is survived by two daughters Alma Morris and Alberta Selph and two sons Homer Selph and Lester Selph along with five grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Dekle's Funeral Chapel with interment at Huon cemetery. She was a native of Fair Bluff North Carolina and longtime resident of Thomas County Georgia.
Turpentine and rosin markets report no quotas. Receipts include turpentine 614 units and rosin 396 with shipments of turpentine 30 and rosin none. Stocks show turpentine 351 and rosin 10 802.
Washington reports higher prices and tighter pork supplies for fall and winter. Agriculture Department says farmers produced nine percent fewer pigs this spring than last year, signaling leaner slaughter volumes and stronger prices ahead.
Partial OCR fragment notes hot weekend with thunderstorms in Thomasville on Saturday June 19 1952. Includes scattered afternoon clouds and high temperatures around 95 with a low near 24? and a record 104 mentioned.
Mrs J H Culpepper admitted to Archbold Memorial Hospital. Mr Harmon Strickland and other residents admitted or traveling for training and treatment. Births announced at Archbold on June 18 including a son to Mr and Mrs Carver and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Snider. Several residents visit or travel to Texas New York Florida and Georgia locations.
Mrs. Carlee Chastain has returned from Atlanta where she attended her son Norman Chastain's graduation from Georgia Tech. In Atlanta she was joined by Mrs. Emma H Chastain for a visit to friends in Toccoa and from there to Highlands and Gatlinburg Tennessee.
The Bold Springs Methodist church in South Georgia schedules its annual homecoming this Sunday with District Superintendent Rev. W. E. Scott delivering the sermon. An all day gathering with dinner on the ground invites members from Thomas and Grady counties, many of whom have moved away, to return.
Community leaders urge wide support for a bigger and better Rose Festival next year. They describe the event as a crucial, unmatched local asset requiring unity from Garden Club, Chamber of Commerce, and volunteers to sustain its spectacular pageantry and draw visitors.
A large group of physicians and their guests were hosted by the Thomas County Medical Society at the John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital and Glen Arven Country Club. Dr. Fred Murphy presided as three hundred attendees heard talks by Dr. Willard R. Wirth and James D. Rives. A tour of the New Out-Patient clinic followed, ending with a barbecue luncheon on the hospital grounds.
Mayor F C Pittman of Meigs says yesterday's report misrepresented a hearing in Thomas Superior Court before Judge George R Lilly. He disputes that Meigs officials sought to collect a license from an out of town furniture firm for taking orders and delivering furniture.
North and South Georgia All-Star teams meet at Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Park in a Lighthouse for the Blind sponsored charity tilt. Thomasville’s Jimmy Harper and Tommy Moore play with Erskine Mills coaching the South, as Lions Clubs and Lighthouse raise funds to aid eye patients and fund surveys, with 9,900 blind residents in Georgia.
The city police department has received a list of tag numbers for all cars in the section and will pursue cases against those who ignore parking summons. Chief Stegall notes dozens of tickets per vehicle and urges immediate payment of one dollar per overparking tag. The Chief will tabulate and report for action at once, as meters are said to be functioning well.
A report notes that the license was granted for statements described as direct sales rather than being conditioned on signed orders for future deliveries.
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