Recreation program outlined by Thomasville Community Council
The monthly meeting featured Char les Billings detailing a city wide recreation program centered on the Youth Center. Attendance was strong at opening day with activities for all ages planned, including parks development at Paradise and MacIntyre and nature studies. Committees and future meeting formats were announced, with a member at large to be dropped after three consecutive unexcused absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Billings
Thomasville Community ‘Council
W. M. Searcy, Jr
Commission
Billings
Paradise and
MacIntyre Parks
MacIntyre Park
Paradise Park
Br. Billings
Marcus Calhoun
John Turner, II
Wallace Scoville
H. R. Mahler
J.F. Knapp
Mamie Mitner
L. Brewton
Tal F. Callaway
Lawrence Steyerman
Ben Inman, Jr
Florence Wood
F. E. Wynne
How Did It Happen By and By
The column surveys health and farming notes from drought stressed crops to tooth infections and rain shortages. It discusses the body’s balance from a single abscess, drought impacts on vegetables, rain hopes, a forthcoming music project in Thomasville, paving delays, street work, stock market chatter, and rising unemployment trends affecting work and wages.
Junior Woman's Club Meets On Wednesday
A call meeting of the Junior Woman's Club will be held Wednesday June 26 at 3:00 p.m in the Study Class room of the Municipal building. This is an important business meeting and all members urged to be present. Mrs. Lester Carlton, President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Carlton
Board Empowered to Fill the Vacancy
A governing board receives authority to appoint a successor to the vacant seat. The move grants the panel power to select a replacement without a special election, outlining conditions and timelines for the filling process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board
Personal notes on visits and upcoming weddings
Mrs. Floyd Searcy and children vacation at Perkins Beach. Mrs. Hubert Glenn arrives for niece Miss Anne Hasty and Mr. Lee Hewett nuptials. Several families host guests this week including Mrs. J. L. Turk and Mrs. R. G. Schwanebeck. Woodson and Wills families travel for school and family events. Dorothy Ferguson returns from Valdosta for Moultrie church post. Ferguson is Queens College graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Searcy
Perkins Beach
Kio
Hubert Glenn
Chickamauga, Ga
Neice
Anne Hasty
Lee Hewett
Police Seek Black Suspect in Slaying After Game Night
Police search for Eliijan Townsend a Black man accused of fatally shooting Benjamin Henderson during an argument at Henderson's home on Hayes Street just after 1 a.m. Henderson died in hospital Sunday morning from a liver entry wound. Sheriff Beckham says a serious warrant exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliijan Townsend
Benjamin Henderson
Noah Stegall
Stegall
Townsend
Henderson
Hayes St
Kirk Beckham
Episcopal Church Picnic Tomorrow
The annual St. Thomas Episcopal Church picnic will be held tomorrow at the Bob Balfour Camp near Pine Park. Cars leave the church at six o'clock and all members and families are invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Bob Balfour
Pine Park
Rescue parties seek victims of W. Va. floods
Rescue parties pressed their search for at least four missing in the Potomac and Shenandoah valley floods. In Cumberland Maryland health officials disinfected wells as Moorefield and Petersburg faced water problems. Petersburg suffered 50 homes destroyed 300 damaged and 335 farm structures washed away or damaged.
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Petersburg
W.va
Potomac
Shenandoah
Cumberland
Maryland
Midland
Shaft
Moorefield
Viginnia
Romney
W. Va
Petrsburg
Film Explains Georgia Unemployment Insurance Act Shown
Thom asville employers viewed a 25 minute film at the Municipal Building detailing why the Georgia Unemployment Insurance Act was passed how to qualify apply and weekly benefit amounts. It notes eighty percent of workers are covered with exceptions for agricultural workers and firms with under eight employees. Free showings are scheduled next Wednesday at 10 10 am 3 15 pm and 7 pm per E R Wagner local Employment Service manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Georgia
E. R. Wagner
Annual Butler Family Reunion Held on Sunday
The Butler family gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Braswell for a reunion with members from Pinewood South Carolina Columbia South Carolina Charlotte North Carolina Palatka Florida Monticello Florida Foley Florida Perry Florida Cairo Thomasville and Tallahassee. A picnic dinner was shared on the lawn and the event occurs the third Sunday in June each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Family
J. J. Braswell
J. N. Butler
Pinewood
Ed B. Butler
Columbia
Opal _ Butler
Mary Craven
Charlotte
N. C
J. V. M. Lane
Palatka
Fla
Jim, Smith
Monticello
Emma Shinholser
Nils Shinholser
Foley
Rufus Duckworth
Perry, Fla
Roy Porter
Perry
Butler
Cairo
B. Butler
Roy Fite
Tallahassee
Jimmie Herbert
J. C. Braswell
Jackie
Thomasville
J. T. Braswell
Edna Westridge
Hollingsworth Graduates From University of Denver During Visit
Bert Benson Hollingsworth son of Mr and Mrs B B Hollingsworth Sr was among 2200 graduates at the University of Denver June 1 ceremonies. He earned an MBA after a BS from Bowling Green College of Commerce. The family, from Denver, visits local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert B. Hollingsworth
Univ. of Denver
Bert Benson Hollingsworth
B. B. Hollingsworth
Jackson Street
Thomasville
University of Denver
Wellingsworth
Bowling Green College of Commerce
Hollingsworth
Denver
Weather Summary for Thomasville Georgia June 24 1949
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy skies this morning with increasing clouds this afternoon and night. Showers and a few thundershowers are forecast for tonight and Wednesday, then hot and dry on Thursday with isolated thundershowers. Temperature highs and lows include 104 for the month’s high on record and 24 for a low. rainfall totals show 0.60 inches since the first of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Department OF Agriculture
Weather Bureau
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Robert Stack
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Jon Hall
Eddie Albert
America
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Rochester
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Rex Ingram
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W. R. McGrew & CO
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Community Council
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Glenwood Drive
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County Line
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Jackson
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Merry
Calhoun
Charles Woodson
McCauley School
Chattanooga
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Endure Presbyterian College
Virginia Wills
Marianna
J. C. Wills Jr
Panama City
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