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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1947
Page
4
Mr and Mrs D F Howard Barwick Ga announce the engagement of their daughter Doris of Atlanta to James Randolph Cowart of Atlanta and Statesboro. The marriage is set for August 2.
Friends mourn the death of Mrs Toda Dowdy Joiner who died yesterday at four a m in a local hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at four this afternoon at Whiddon’s Funeral Home with Rev T F Callaway officiating. Interment will follow in Waure Hill Cemetery. She was born February 22 1878 in Dodge County Georgia and was a Baptist church member. Survived by husband W C Joiner three sons Tom H William and John W Joiner of Thomas County and seven daughters in Georgia Kentucky and Ohio.
Georgia State Patrol reports two weekend accidents with heavy property damage. A 1946 Plymouth struck by cows near Moultrie injured Clifford M. Campbell. Burr T. Barnes Jr. unhurt. A separate crash on the Monticello Highway damaged both vehicles, with M L Helton and James Thompson sustaining minor injuries.
July seventh marks the start of Glen Arven’s twenty ninth annual Fourth of July golf tournament with qualifying day and a potentially record field. Match play runs Thursday through Sunday with multiple flights and rounds. Bears avenge earlier losses against Tigers as Albany prepares to host all-stars and a Cards clash. Two Thomasville players earn spots on the select list. Rev. McTier to lead local Methodist district, with other clerical changes noted as southern conference shifts occur. Weather debates and Mississippi flood threats loom as Ottumwa residents face inundation while Thomasville ties stay connected to news.
President Truman told a Lincoln Memorial audience of thousands, mostly Black, that the nation can no longer wait for gradual change. He urged his civil rights advisory committee to craft a sensible and vigorous program to curb prejudice and discrimination and to show the way for government action.
The South Georgia Conference of the Methodist church announced pastor appointments read in Brunswick. Rev M P Webb moves to Cherokee Heights Church in Macon, Rev Earl J Garbutt comes to Thomasville from Douglas, Rev Anthony Hearn leaves Thomasville district for Brunswick, to be replaced by Rev W E McTier. Rev Jason Shirah remains at Dawson Street Church.
Miss Elizabeth Turner daughter of Mrs Joseph Turner becomes the bride of William Spencer Marrow son of Spencer Marrow of Quanah Texas at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr Marshall Woodson officiating. Guest list includes many out of town relatives and the couple plans to reside in Galveston Texas after a wedding trip to St Simons Island and Hendersonville North Carolina.
Miss Jo Frances Bond daughter of Mr and Mrs P Bond of Raton New Mexico married George Owen House son of Mr and Mrs J C House of Thomasville at Dawson Street Methodist Church Sunday June 29. Rev Jason Shirah officiated with a guest list from Georgia and Texas and a reception at Vashti School Gardens. The couple plan a Florida wedding trip and studies at the University of Georgia Athens.
We express gratitude for the kindness and flowers during the illness and death of our father and grandfather William Wood. Mrs. W. L. Hughes and family thank friends, with updates on Roland Wilson and J F Brogdon joining Thompson Foundry and Machine Co. in Thomasville Ga. They invite visits for welding and machine work.
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