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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
1
The items indicate routing through mills on Second Class Mail and reserve the AP news rights. It notes publication rules, deadlines for advertisement changes, and lists contact roles including Editor and Business Manager. The fragment mentions the Thomasville Post Office and Associated Press branding.
A jumble of wartime musings touches on MacArthur in the Pacific, DeValera, British leaders, and changing fashions. It notes attitudes toward Japan and the press, humor about delays, and calls for Congress to address labor shortages in war work.
The piece reflects on American youths joining the armed forces and the draft, noting widespread patriotism and sacrifices. It discusses universal impact on families, the long training period, and the duty of citizens, while criticizing deserters as lacking patriotism and responsibility.
Washington Daybook observes tensions between loyalty and dissent amid wartime. It notes harsh penalties for disloyal acts and urges focus on national needs, citing Rep. Cartwright on prioritizing urgent defense road projects and the Ford bomber plant in Ypsilanti as pivotal wartime infrastructure.
An essay debunks legends of show business and Prohibition era profits. It argues Maughams profits from Rain were substantial, Rothstein lost bets, and bootleggers faced risk and caprice. It notes understudies rarely become stars and publics cling to comforting myths.
Quitman notices announce the marriage of Raby to Lee N. Laster at the home of Judge F C Jones on January 29. Engagements include Margaret Morton James to Kenneth W. Rountree of Macon Mt Vernon. Various travels, births, and visits across Quitman, Savannah, Waycross, and regional towns are noted, with local residents visiting family and attending ceremonies.
A discussion on style freezes and government influence argues garments should last years, resisting Paris dictates and clique-driven trends. American women favor durable coats, while new rules would remove cuffs on pants and patch pockets on coats, reducing vest use.
The piece argues highway funding now hinges on military value. War agencies weigh road priority against defense production, asking which road best serves soldiers and ships. The War Production Board will decide if roads aid mobilization or must wait.
Quitman citizens join wartime effort urging faster war production and longer weeks. They sponsored a page in the Free Press with 3 000 reprints distributed countywide addressed to Georgia senators and congressmen. Readers were asked to mail their approval to Washington.
Quitman March 19 The Quitman High School Band will host the Second District Music Festival next Friday. The program opens at 10 o clock with a grammar school assembly. Participating bands include Dixie Barwick Morven Quitman from Brooks and others from Albany Moultrie Fitton Pelham Omega Climax Ochlochnee Meigs Morgan Edison Thomasville and Bainbridge.
Quitman reports Miss Willie Williams and James Hussey married Saturday evening at Matp son Florida with Rev Simms officiating. The couple, Quitman school faculty members, were joined by a party of friends to Madison. The bride hails from Ocilla and is a Bessie Tift College graduate. the groom from Statesboro and a Georgia State Teachers College graduate.
Marvin H. Essman, 25, a coal miner who recently joined the Marine corps, explains his embroidery skill after winning third prize for his needlework at last year’s state fair. He learned to do handwork to save face after a friend teased him about winning a quilt at a church raffle.
Melvin Nussbaum Jr and his wife of Atlanta are visiting Bainbridge with friends and relatives. CHYE Rambo of Panama City spent the weekend in the city. Mrs. Robert Mayes underwent an operation and is improving. Mrs. Benjamin Barnes of Marianna Florida visits her parents in Bainbridge. Mrs. H E Issacs and Mrs. H E Isaacs Jr with several others have returned from Norfolk and Willianburgh Virginia. Friends wish Mrs. Milton Woodberry a speedy recovery.
Bainbridge March 19 One of the interesting social affairs of Tuesday afternoon was a bridge party hosted by Mrs Byron Bower NT at her Shotwell street apartment. Prizes went to Mrs Stanley Davis and Mrs Penny Waiter. Mrs Bower served a salad course and Coca Cola after the games. Attendees included Mesdames Stanley Davis William Flowers R C Mullin Taanny Waite Bertram Ehrlich John Lewis Taylor Henry Maddox Jr Fred Hollis of Pelham Ga Lee Ray Munroe Cheney Griffin William Tonge and Miss Mary Bower.
Bainbridge March 19. Members of the Junior Sportsman's Club met at Haddon Hall for a weiner roast. President Frank Battles Jr presided over a brief business session followed by a directors meeting. Visitors included Mr Earl Edwards and Mr Edson McKenzie.
Bainbridge March 19 junior country club members met Tuesday at the clubhouse. Mrs Bax ter Williams and others hosted with St Patrick decor and a green crepe themed table. A chicken supper was served and a kitchen shower announced for the next meeting to outfit the new kitchen. New member Earl May and wife were welcomed with several visitors in attendance. About 40 members and guests attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kelly attended the funeral of their little nephew Master Odell Kelly on Tuesday afternoon at Branchville. Sheriff C. M. Dixon of Thomas county was in town recently on business. Miss Dean Moncrief of Coolidge visited her grandparents. Mrs. W. D. Carter spent Sunday in Valdosta with Mrs. A. E. Zant and Miss Pau tine Carter. Messrs. S. Haddock and G. L. Bunch attended court in Thomasville this week. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Ferguson and baby Gene of Cairo were guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Ferguson.
Meigs March 19 Word was received in Meigs that Odell Kelly three and a half years old son of Mr. and Mrs Henry Kelley died after being struck by an automobile in Lakeland Florida The child died in Lakeland and funeral arrangements were announced in Meigs
In Nowata Oklahoma Bill Estlin’s wife woke him as a prowler scare unfolded. Estlin fought a closet dummy his daughter had placed there, then his wife shouted she had the intruder while laughter followed.
Friends and relatives mourn as Master Kelley is laid to rest in Branch Cemetery after funeral rites by Rev. George Downs of Meigs Baptist. Odell Kelley survived by his parents Henry and [unreadable] Kelly and two Lakeland, Florida brothers. Additional relatives and a large family collection noted.
Master Nelson Singletary was wounded in the temple when a rifle shot fired at a target at the Taylor home on Monday afternoon struck him by accident. He was treated by a doctor and returned to school by Wednesday, with friends noting his rapid recovery.
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