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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
2
An old Korean tale contrasts Hell and Heaven through a single rule about five foot chopsticks. In Hell each person struggles to feed themselves, while in Heaven people share and feed one another, creating happiness and peace. The story links to grace and neighborly love as a guiding moral.
CAIRO Georgia A lone Grady County peach from the R P Ulmer farm near Whigham sparked buyers at the State Farmers Market selling for 36 cents. The March 27 freeze wiped out Georgia peaches yet this lone fruit drew attention beside okra on E T McNair’s stand.
Harden Webb was installed as president of the Quitman Rotary Club at a luncheon on Thursday, succeeding Henry Reaves. Officers include vice president, secretary and treasurer Roland Dorough, sergeant at arms Donald Davis, and directors Paul Bennet, Earl Williams, W. A. Maxwell, and G. P. Wilkinson. Harold Herrington, a former president, served as installing officer.
Funeral services for Charles A. Davis Jr aged 24 of Morven were held at Hickory Head Baptist Church. Davis died June 24 in Peru Indiana from a machine accident while supervising a construction job. He is survived by his widow Virginia Scott two sons Mike and Bill his parents Kenneth and C. A. Davis a brother Kenneth Davis and sister Mrs Douglas Fowler.
The Seaboard Construction Co. of Brunswick won a $285 942 toll plaza contract for the Turtle River bridge. The low bid by H M Pafford Jr of Waycross for rehabilitation work was rejected.
Jesse W. Smith of the Tallahassee Weather Bureau told a Cairo audience that periods of drought are followed by normal or excessive rainfall. He cited 55 years of records, noting the 1954 drought was severe but preceded by cycles of recovery and heavier rain in earlier years.
Mr. Smith urged weather forecast improvements tied to new facilities and rapid map transmission. He noted cloud seeds and rainfall debates, while Clem Pelham introduced him and Louis Powell presided in George Smith's absence as the Kiwanis delegation attended the international convention in Cleveland.
Calendar notes Kiwanis Club at Plaza Cafe at 1 p m. Lions Club installation banquet with ladies night at Hotel Scott at 8 p m. Order of Eastern Star meets at Masonic Temple at 8 30 p m. Elks Lodge dance at Elks Home at 9 p m with Jerry Kohler and his trio.
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