Thomasville Board approves armory gym plan and hires for schools
Official minutes show the Thomasville Board of Education meeting at 8:30 p.m. June 18 1936 with President Jerger and members present. Dr. Carr discussed armory sketches and a combined gym project for East Side campus. Watt authorized to work with Architect Miller, cover costs, and secure school control details. Also approved were newly elected teachers for White and Colored schools and authorizing funds until fall taxes.
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Board of Education
Jerger
Messrs
Balfour
King
Little
Turner
Watt
Carr
National Guard
John Dixon
Harriet Wiggins
Genevieve Park
Susie Green
Sarah Cheney
Thelma C. Nelson
Thomasville May 1936 Treasurer's cash receipts and disbursements
The report shows receipts totaling 16 260 47 including balance on hand April 30 and cafeteria receipts. Disbursements total 417 94 for general control office supplies instructional services operations school plant maintenance auxiliary agencies and related expenses.
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Esesees
Cco
Eects
Fore de Aetna
City of
Thomasville
Vilagef Bbe
State of Georgia
Smith - Hughes Fund
Foggs Hechesdsand Steven Eegees Peounbeicd
Southern League race tight in middle as top and bottom hold
The Southern Association standings show top and bottom camps firm, while third to sixth place differ by less than a half game. Little Rock split with Atlanta 4-2 and 5-7 to tie Birmingham, Chattanooga beat Birmingham 5-4, New Orleans leads sixth with Nashville. Memphis and Knoxville maintain seventh and eighth as the Chicks won 2-1 after Smokies 9-2 opener. Scheduled games: Chattanooga at Birmingham and Knoxville at Little Rock.
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Associated Press
Southern Association
Little Rock
Atlanta
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Lookouts
New Orleans
Pels
Birds
Nashville
Memphis
Knoxville
Chicks
Smokies
Major League Leaders From The Associated Press
National batting leaders include Smith of the Cardinals at .376 and Moore of the Phillies at .364. Cardinals ace Ott leads home runs with 12, alongside Moore Camilli and Klein with 9. J Martin leads in runs with 54, while Medwick tops RBIs with 63. District Democratic Committee to meet at Moultrie Tuesday in Georgia to set primary rules.
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Associated Press
S. Smith
Cardinals
J. Moore
Phillies
J. Martin
Vaughan
Pirates
Medwick
Ott
Giants
Jordan
Bees
Herman
Cubs
Camilli
Goodman
Reds
Klein
S. Martin
Galan
Democratic Committee
Moultrie
Democratic Executive Committee
Cairo pastor accepts Dalton church call
The Rev. S. Wilkes Dendy of Cairo has accepted a call to serve as pastor of the church in Dalton, Georgia. The transition is reported from Cairo dated June 22. Dendy formerly led the Cairo church and will assume duties in Dalton after prayer and council.
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S. Wilkes Dendy
Cairo
Dalton
Guldahl Captures Western Open Ahead of Mangrum
Ralph Guldahl won the Western Open with a final 72 holes totaling 274, a major title boosting his career after a famed missed putt in 1933. Roy Mangrum of Dayton finished three strokes back in second. Tommy Armour’s 273 record at Milwaukee in 1929 stands ahead.
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Davenport
Ralph Guldahl
Tommy Armour
Milwaukee
Guldahl
North Shore Country Club
Johnny Goodman
Omneha
Roy Mangrum
Dayton
Presbyterian Church Call to Dalton Pastor Accepted
The Phirst Presbyterian Church of Dalton accepts a call for a new pastor who will report there soon after July 15. Mr. Dendy has served in Cairo for eight years.
Roosevelt Lifts War Embargoes Against Italy Ethiopia
President Roosevelt ends arms and financial embargoes on Italy and Ethiopia under the neutrality act after finding that the war state no longer exists. The move signals possible neutrality debate in the Democratic platform with Hull and Tull shaping foreign policy language.
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Roosevelt
Italy
Ethiopia
Washington
United States
Tull
Tennessee
Hull
Barber on trial for murder of wife in snake torture case
Los Angeles jurors hear that barber Robert James allegedly tortured his wife Mary Busch James with rattlesnakes and drowned her in a fish pool to collect a $20,600 life policy. District Attorney Baron Fitts seeks the death penalty. state witness Charles Hope, a former co defendant, testifies about the alleged torture and drowning.
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Los Angeles
Robert SS. James
Baron Fitts
Mary Busch James
James
Fitts
Charlies Hope
Hope
Manitou Camp Death Case Ties to Insurance Fraud
James faced a case over marriages from five to seven with Fitts promising witnesses about the death of another wife believed drowned in a bathtub at a Manitou Colorado tourist camp in 1932. The district attorney alleges James collected fourteen thousand dollars from her life insurance.
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James
Fitts
Manitou, Colo
Landon Early Campaign Tales From A Kansas Life
A portrait of Alf M Landon at age 45 showing his down to earth campaign style. The piece recalls his family, a loyal daughter Peggy Anne, and Peggy’s stepmother Theo, and cites a station stop moment that helped gain supporters during his 1932 Governor bid amid the Roosevelt landslide.
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Alf M. Landon
Salvation Army
Tonganoxie
Kas
Landon
Alf Landon
Peggy Anne
Peggy
Theo
Roosevelt
Topeka
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Georgia
Thomasville Ice and Mfg. Co
American Medical Association
Miss Ruby
Brandon Grocery Company
Thomasville Laundry
Robinson Stationery Company
Times-Enterprise
National Education Association
Herff-Jones Company
Moore Music Company
School Service Company
Clint W. Lee
Thomasville Hardware and Supply Company
A. C. Robinson and Son
Kirby-Evans Co
Robison Hardware Company
Panama Carbon Company
E. R. Jerger
Pres. Board of Education
B. B. Broughton
Mantenance
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Albany
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Thomasvillle
Cone St
Carnegie Way
Union Bus Station
N. Madison St
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Albany, Georgia
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Pete) Drake
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Gehrig
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Ome
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Sack Callahan
New Haven
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Mik Callahan
American News Features. Inc
George Ade
Arthelfant
Little Dorothy
Rube Goldberg
Gartoon Follies
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Hay
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