Daughters of 1812 to Honor Pittmans Near Athens Georgia
The General John Floyd Chapter U S D of 1812 will unveil two bronze markers at the Pittman family cemetery in Madison County near Athens on Sunday July 16 1939 at 11 a.m. The event honors Captain James Pittman and Lt Col John Green Pittman the father and son officers in Georgia Militia. A basket dinner follows noon with a Pittman Family Society meeting and invites patriotic societies and friends to attend. The cemetery lies 6 to 8 miles northeast of Athens between Nowhere Road and Sandy Creek. directions available locally.
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Pittmans
Athens
John Floyd
United States Daughters of 1812
Pittman
Madison County
Georgia
James Pittman
John Green Pittman
John Moreland Speer
Pittman Family Society
Old Family
Fittman
Nowhere Road
Sandy Creek
Roy Rogers to Appear on Rose Stage in Person
Roy Rogers, Republic film star, will visit the Rose Theatre in person on Wednesday June 28 with his entertainment group. Born in Ohio and raised on western mesas, he rose from a cowboy orchestra to stardom with The Sons of the Pioneers and Republic Pictures.
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Roy Rogers
Republic
Rogers
Rose Theatre
Hollywood
Roy
Ohio
Sona of the Pioneers
Regular meeting of Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle No. 42
The Thomasville Georgia group held its regular monthly meeting Monday night June 26 with a good turnout. One new member was initiated and business was conducted. The next meeting is July 10, planned as a social event, with all members urged to attend. Lucile Singletary, Reporter.
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Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Thomasville
Lucile Singletary
City dog tax due by July first with inoculation rule
City dog tax of 50 cents must be paid at City Hall on or before July 1, 1939. Dogs require inoculation before tags are issued. City Clerk Co. C. Pittman notes this notice.
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Co. C. Pittman
Police Find Ingenious Bootleg Hideouts and Stash
City police raided Ardis Williams at 410 Magnolia street and uncovered a buried 60 gallon barrel and a four gallon zinc can with a spigot embedded in a wall used to dispense moonshine. Four gallons of shine were seized and Williams arrested as an old offender. Another arrest, Will Kirksey, stems from a chicken theft at Carroll Hill with six chickens recovered.
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Ardis Williams
Magnolia Street
Williams
J. M. Hancock
Will Kirksey
Bill Carroll
Carroll Hill
Out Door Program Planned at Gordon Avenue Center
An outdoor program of games and relays is set for Gordon Avenue Recreation Center Tuesday evening from eight to ten. Everyone is invited to join the fun. Programs are chaperoned by trained recreation leaders.
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Gordon Avenue Recreation Center
Piney Woods Lodge Meets Tonight At 8
The Piney Woods Lodge No 1 O O F will hold a regular meeting tonight at 8 o clock in the hall on South Broad Street. All members are urged to attend. Roy Tucker N G Roland Durant Secretary. Card of Thanks We thank friends for support during illness and death of mother Mrs Willie May Bailey from her children.
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Piney. Woods
G Lodge
South Broad Street
Roy Tucker
N. G
Roland Durant
Willie May Bailey
Neighborhood Prayer Meeting Schedules at Mrs Watt Home
Neighborhood prayer meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 3 30 p m at Mrs Charles Watt 602 North Canaon. All interested are invited to attend.
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Charles Watt
North Canaon
Rivers Highway Order Relaxed on Local Purchases
Atlanta reports Governor Rivers eased the blanket fiscal control of the State Highway Department for local purchases such as emergency supplies and day laborers. An amendment allows item by item approval for expenditures, with a budget about $2,000,000 in new work let and payroll reductions noted.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
State Highway Department
Highway Board
Highway Department
UDGA Free Sample Offer At Inman Drug Co
Local notice offers a free UDGA sample to relieve stomach pains indigestion and related symptoms. Provided by Inman Drug Co in Thomanville and Gray Pharmacy in In Gairo.
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Inman Drug CO
Thomanville and Gray
Gairo
Jenelle Chastain Wins Piano State Contest in Atlanta Run
Jenelle Chastain of Thomasville High School won the state prize in piano in the Atlanta Journal School of the Air contest. She previously won the district event and earned top marks at both the state and national music festivals, earning a five day trip to New York for the NBC audition and World’s Fair tour.
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Jenelle Chastain
Journal
N. Y
Atlanta Journal
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Georgia
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Washington
Louis T. Rigdon
Edythe Miller
Nightingale
Elsie Galkin Smerling
National Broadcasting Company
Rowland Angell
NBC
NBC Artist Service
Manhattan Island
Belvedere
Atlanta
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Waynesboro
Wesley Carty
John Hood
Savannah
Betty Patten
Lakeland
Helen Hensenger
Jane Sparks
Brunswick
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Thomasville
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Mary Quigley
O'Keefe
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Carol Carswell
Americus
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Thomson
Purcell
Katherine Roberts
Frans Drolla
Harriett Woodcock
Gainesville
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Atlanta Journal of Sunday
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Atlanta Journal School
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The
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Milledgeville
Lieutenants Futch Return From CMT Camp
Mr. Jimmie Futch and Dr. Al ten Futch returned to the city after two weeks at Ft. Oglethorpe in Tennessee with the CMT encampment. About a thousand young men aged 17 to 19 attended, receiving special training. Troop E of 220 men, led by four officers including Mr. Futch, won the flag for best drilled and disciplined troop.
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Tennessee
Jimmie Futch
309Th Calvary Reserve
Alten Futch
309Th Calvary Medical Reserve
Ft. Oglethorpe
Chattanooga
Tenn
C. M.T
CMT
Windsors Plan Return to England Next October
London dispatch says the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will return to England in October to take up residence. They may visit the United States next year. They seek no royal permission and, as British citizens, are free to come and go.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
London Evening Standard
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England
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Georgia Melon Shipments Lag Behind Last Year
Moultrie Georgia June 27 Georgia watermelon shipments lagged by more than 2300 carloads from the 1938 comparative period. A total of 637 cars have been shipped this year versus 2985 at the same date last year. Maynard Peterson reports demand good, market firm and prices from 250 to 425 dollars per car. Florida shipments also fell with 3266 cars this year vs 5192 in 1938.
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Moultrie
Georgia
Market News Service
A. Maynard Peterson
Florida
Home Gardens on Georgia Farms Valued at 7 Million
Approximately 206000 Georgia farms maintain home gardens valued at 7000000 dollars. Professor R L Keeney of the University of Georgia Hort Dept cites favorable climate allowing off season crops and urges more garden seed production to boost profits for growers.
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Georgia
Atlanta
R. L. Keeney
University of Georgia Horticulture Department
Keener
Autogiro Aircraft Ordered for Experimental Flight
The Air Ministry orders seven autogiro aircraft for experimental flying in restricted landing areas. The machines can take off and land in spaces barely larger than a tennis court and rise vertically between 12 and 15 feet. They can be landed in similarly small spaces.
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London
Air Ministry
Chastain Daughter Receives Scholarship Offer
Jenelle Chastain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Chastain and piano pupil of Mrs. James Burch, was offered a scholarship.
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Jenelle
Robert E. Chastain
James Burch
Guards Shoot Convicts Free Woman Hostage at Indiana Prison
Michigan City police halted a two hour hostage crisis at an Indiana state prison by firing on three convicts barricaded in Dr Peter Weeks office. All three attackers were felled. Warden Alfred Dowd spoke with them during the stand off. The hostage Mrs Ruth Joiner was wounded in the shoulder as the escape attempt ended. Ed Wetzell Dowds secretary also sustained a leg wound.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana State Prison
Alfred Dowd
Peter Weeks
Dowd
Ruth Joiner
Crawfordsville
Ed Wetzell
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for Malaria
Don t put up with malaria take Grove s Tasteless Chill Tonic at first sign of fever and chills. A real malaria medicine containing tasteless quinidine and iron. Helps the blood fight infection and is pleasant to take. Suitable for children and sold at all drug stores with a large size offering better value.
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Grove
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