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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1949
Page
2
Veterans may seek waivers or adjustments on defaulted VA loans. Regional and central VA offices decide if part of a loan payment is waived or adjusted, with jurisdiction based on amount. Personal appearances are allowed by appointment. write to the nearest VA regional office for more information.
Donalsonville Ga June 21 Members of the County Welfare Board were re elected by County Commissioners. Re elected are Mrs J B Clarke chairman Mrs L E Hay and Mrs W P Mann. Permission was given the Welfare Board to use any surplus from the office expense to buy equipment for the office.
Devoe unveils First Yes, a one coat house paint said to deliver thorough protection quickly. The product claims lasting finish with a single application for faster renovations.
Judy Holliday comes back to town for film work in Adam's Rib with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. She earned high praise on Broadway as a wisecracking roommate in Born Yesterday and now enjoys favorable treatment in Hollywood after past struggles. The review also notes The Great Gatsby's attempt to capture the lost American twenties with Alan Ladd and supporting cast.
Members of H. T. Drake's family from Iron City and multiple cities gathered Sunday at his Donalsonville home to celebrate his 78th birthday with a buffet dinner. Attendees included R. D. Welsh Baxley J. T. Goree Doris Gore Atlanta Homer Drake Sr. Newnan Dixie Drake Atlanta and others from Bainbridge Graceville Birmingham Panama City Moultrie and beyond.
A new melon variety, 46-40, developed by the U S Department of Agriculture, was introduced in Brooks County Georgia. Early plantings by Lester Johnson near Quitman and Dublin yielded test shipments to New York, with 786 melons averaging 40 pounds sold for 1090 dollars. The cross between the Garrison and an unnamed variety is anthracnose resistant with a dark green rind and stripes, and more plantings are planned as county shipments rise.
Spoilage of stored cottonseed costs southern cotton farmers and oil mills millions annually. The notice names Mrs. E. T. Drake Jr and Shery of Donalsonville as well as Mr and Mrs Lamar Goocher of Donalsonville in relation to the issue.
A column from Thomasville highlights activities at the VA Center including an American Red Cross bingo party and Legion auxiliary visits. It notes plans for an aquatic show idea, court and solicitor general updates, new library acquisitions across fiction mysteries and nonfiction, and a call for better sidewalk benches to aid local staff and center members.
Sealed proposals due by 10:00 A M June 28 1949 in Thomasville Georgia for concrete curb and intersection work on Stevens Mi miosa Madison South and Little Streets. Plans and specs available from City Manager E Layton deposit 10. Bids bonds of 5 percent required. City reserves right to reject bids. The Mississippi river drains five twelfths of the United States.
Quitman Georgia June 21 Brooks County buyers and farmers claim the best and biggest watermelons in history with 444 carloads shipped from loading points including Morven Barney Empress Laden Pidcock Quitman and Barwick. Acreage up about thirty percent despite poor stands from inclement planting weather. Prices run 275 to 500 per car. a New York shipment of 786 melons averaged 40 pounds fetched 1090. Shipments expected to peak this weekend to reach northern and eastern markets by July 4.
In Donalsonville Georgia a Sunday afternoon birthday dinner marked A V Chandler’s 58th birthday. Friends and relatives attended at his home near Donalsonville including Mrs Chandler and many Chandler family members from Gordon Alabama Port St Joe Florida and Pensacola.
Meigs Ga June 21 The Meigs and Ochlocknee Methodist Bible Class supper will be held next Thursday night June 28 on the church lawn at 8 30. Rev H C Marx and his family will join the gathering for fellowship and introductions with members and friends.
Wage scales for farm workers show continued increases in 1948, with averages around three and a quarter times higher than 1940 levels. The data indicates persistent inflation in agricultural labor pay across regions.
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