Kendrick to Retire as Columbus Schools Chief After 44 Years
T. C. Kendrick plans to retire August 31 after 44 years with Columbus city schools. He notified the board that he will reach the compulsory retirement age of 70 in June under the Georgia Teachers Retirement Law, but may finish the school year. He served as assistant superintendent since 1943 after 32 years as Columbus High principal and earlier leadership at Tenth and Sixteenth Street schools. Mercer University honored him last year as outstanding educator of the year in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
T. C. Kendrick
Columbus City
Board of Education
Kendrick
R. M. Arnold
Georgia
Paul Munro
Lynchburg
Columbus High School
Tenth
Sixteenth Street
Mercer University
Arnold
Weekend Socials and Notices From Thomaston Area
Mr and Mrs Addis Scott and family visited Thomaston friends. Sunday guests included Gorman Smith Jimmy Dana Downs Lonnie Parker Robert Whatley and W R Whatley. Pvt J C Royal of Camp Wheeler stayed with his parents. Several families attended a Suggs Lake fish fry Thursday. Local residents sent best wishes to Mrs Hardy Braddy. Pvt Ernest J Guined received a medical discharge after 28 months in service.
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Addis Scott
Thomaston
J. M. Downs
Rufus Smith
Gorman Smith
Jimmy
Dana Downs
Lonnie Parker
Robert Whatley
W. R
Bob Whatley
Clovis T. Guined
J. T. Guined
Wm. Maxwell
R. M. Suggs
Suggs Lake
J. C. Royal
Camp Wheeler
James Royal
Rachel Whatley
Savannah
Warren White
Royce Whatley
Columbus
L. S. Whatley
W. J. Braddy
James Butler
Luther Wilson
Herman
W. J. Braddy Jr
Joyce Royal
Butler
Ruth Cox
Allie Amos
T. J. Amos
Walter Suggs
R. M Suggs
C. GC. Heath
Berta Perkins
Hardy Braddy
Pfs
Ernest J. Guined
Army
Pfc
Guined
Camp Claiborne
Howard
Memorial program honors Mrs. Ella Weeks Spivey
The Crowell Willing Workers Club held its May meeting at Mrs. Nat Lucas's home to honor Mrs. Ella Weeks Spivey. The program included poems, songs, and tributes to mothers with readings by Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Neisler, and others, and a memory bowl placed on Spivey’s grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowell Willing Workers Club
Nat Lucas
J. O. Fuller
Ella Weeks Spivey
C. H. Horton
Earl Neisler
Austin Guinn
Clifford Adams
Spivey
Walter Wainwright
Walter O'Neal
Irene Pierce
Leon Edwards
Dixon Cosey
Club
Thelma Cosey
Martha Jo Byrd
Peggy Lucas
Georgia Postwar Problems Highlight State Conference
Gov. Ellis Arnall warned Georgia’s Association of County Commissioners of many postwar challenges until federal plans and employment outlook clarify. He noted state debt cut from 36 million to six thousand and eyed becoming debt free next year. Albany’s Geo. D. Mack installed as president with officers Scott Candler I H Davis and R A McLendon. Resolutions backed a new constitution and urged rapid state and county highway construction to tap postwar federal funds.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Association of County Commissioners of Georgia
Arnall
Association
Georgia
Geo. D. Mack
Dougherty County
Albany
C. W. Matthews
Talbot County
Woodland
Scott Candler
DeKalb County
Decatur
I. H. Davis
Meriwether County
Manchester
R. A. McLendon
Board of Governors
State Highway Board
For Sale Laying House and Brooders in Reynolds Georgia
A laying house 16 by 24 feet with matched flooring and galvanized roof is for sale. Includes screened roosts and four brooders three types electric oil and wood burner capacity 500 each. Contact M. A. Lifsey Reynolds GA.
Memorial tribute to Ella Weeks Spi and neighbor Mrs. Crowell
The heartfelt remembrance honors Ella Weeks Spi and her companion Mrs. Crowell who shared a devoted life of prayer, friendship, and faith. The piece highlights her gentle kindness, love of beauty, steadfast motherhood, and enduring hope amid illness, portraying her as a model of humility and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Weeks Spivey
Jesus
Maude Louise Ray
Mortals and Immortals Theme in Christian Science Lesson
The Lesson Sermon subject Mortals and Immortals is announced for Christian Science churches worldwide next Sunday. Golden Text urges minds set on the Spirit not the flesh. Readings include 1 Peter 2:1-2 and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health page 265 about gravitating Godward and shedding sin and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Dedicated to Memory of Little Jackie Turner
A small town obituary notes the death of Jackie Turner aged 11 from injuries after an auto train accident at a Geneva railroad crossing. The tribute honors Jackie’s kindness, school conduct, and family duties, and records his burial at Pine Level cemetery near Mark on April 30. The piece closes with condolences to his parents and relatives.
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J. H. Turner
Lite
Jackie
Earth
Geneva
Montgomery Hospital
Butler
Heaven
Pine Level
Mark
Jesus
Gems of Thought: Faith and Inner Resources
A collection of quotable reflections on faith and happiness. Notable lines urge turning to God as a lasting refuge, valuing inner resources, and honoring the impact of single individuals. The passages span Macdonald Southey Lincoln McCheyne Tillotson Eddy and Spurgeon ideas.
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Bethesda
James Weldon Johnson
L. B. Hicks
Reynolds Hig Industrial School
God of Our Fathers
A. G. Sadler
Voc
Agri
T. M. Walden
Butler High and Industrial School
Hopewell Baptist Church
S. C. Curby
Friendship Baptist Church
H. S
Prin. R. L. McDougald
Lord Jesus
T. W. Walden
St. Philip A. M. E
Frances Ann Woodall
Pearline Marie Walker
W. M. Boyd
E. H. Dunn
Orau Aviva
America
WFA
OPA
Industry
Wesley
Ernest
Armed Forces
Giles
Ella Weeks
M. A. Lifsey
Reynolds, Ga
Lovely Crowell
Little Jackie Turner
Rita
W. R. Turner
Geo, Macdonald
Southey
Abraham Lincoln
R. M. McCheyne
Tillotson
Spurgeon
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