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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1963
Page
3
New York stocks fell from intraday highs as markets opened flat and pared gains. Major averages showed fractional moves with Xerox rebounding, IBM modestly up, General Motors and rivals soft, and oil shares mixed while United and Pan Am edged or declined.
Hog receipts at multiple Georgia plants end Friday with mostly steady to 50-75 cent declines from prior Friday. Chicago receipts show mixed feeder and slaughter prices with barrows gilts and sows lower. Georgia cattle auctions report weekly receipts 8,415 with steers and cows mostly lower and calves steady to higher amid mixed markets.
Georgia produce quotes show sweet potatoes at 3.50 to 4.25 per bushel and bunched turnips at 1.50. Collards run 1.25 to 1.50 per dozen with mustard and turnip greens at 1.25 to 1.50 per bushel. Snap beans fetch 3.50 to 4.25 per bushel, yellow crookneck squash 4.00 to 4.50, bell peppers 3.75 per bushel, and okra around 4. Direct notes include eggplant at 2.40 to 2.70 and honey at 4.00.
Thomas County farmers planning next year’s peanut crop should test land early, says County Agent Whittle. He urges fertilizer and lime needs be assessed, weeds pest control undertaken, and soil prepared with mowing, litter management, and smoothing harrow to reduce erosion before winter.
Georgia live poultry reports show broilers and fryers delivered to plants quoted on 12 and 13 with plant prices on 13 to 15. Hens heavy type at farms listed 16 fob plants 17. Light type sales too few to report prices.
Jack Merce an electrical contractor here, has been named president of the Bainbridge-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce for 1963-4. Other new officers and directors include Glenn as second vice president, Daniel treasurer, Hugh W Davis secretary-manager, and a slate of directors: Moris Allen, Rowland Bolton, C L Cannell, Harold Coppinger, John At Po ly Dowdy, Tom Harrell, Langston, Everett W Murray, Bernard W Nussbaum, Bobby Parker, D R Simmons Jr, L Willis, R L Yeats.
The report lists Crady, Mitchell, Seminole, and Tift with state area sales of 6,085,312 5,892,149 3,332,230 and 10,481,608 respectively. Total regional sales reached 61,027,799 versus 54,994,046 in the prior quarter.
John I Turner newly elected member of the city board of education and director of the State Chamber of Commerce was named Man of the Month by the State Chamber. His photo and bio appear in the Georgiagram. Turner is president of the Thomasville Sales Co and is the second Thomasvillian to receive the honor this year after W J Powell.
Santa will visit Thomasville tonight to interview children and take Christmas gift orders. He will set up headquarters in the courthouse lobby with a Central High School Band concert under Ray DeMaris. Central cheerleaders will perform routines as Santa arrives at 6 30 pm and the show starts at 7 30 pm. Sponsored by the Thomasville Retail Merchants Assn.
Southwest Georgia and Northwest Florida officials and chamber representatives will meet in Thomasville at 11 am Monday to plan a connector between Inter State 75 at Tifton and Interstate 10 near Tallahassee. Conceived by City Commissioner Frank H. Neel, the link would cut travel between Atlanta and Tallahassee and shorten distances across Florida Alabama and Georgia. The session was moved from Nov. 25 in tribute to President Kennedy.
Cloudy and warm conditions today give way to increasing cloudiness and higher temperatures into Saturday. North of 6 to 10 mph winds, five day outlook shows near normal temperatures with increasing rainfall late Sunday into Monday.
Salvation Army leader Farnsworth warned that requests for aid in 1963 will exceed prior needs as budget cuts tighten relief. He cited 1 067 food baskets and 1 174 toys distributed through Christmas and Thanksgiving 1962, plus 31 000 clothing items for 4 986 families through October 1963.
Woodland Georgia principal John Parham resigns after criticizing students applauding JFK assassination in a letter to The Atlanta Constitution. Officials urged apology at a PTA meeting and the Woodland City Council censured him, saying the letter misrepresented local attitude.
The Public Housing Administration approved a $125,594 loan to Glenwood, Georgia, to fund the construction of 10 low rent homes. The loan was among several housing authority financing announcements made on Thursday.
The Rev. Shepard Averitt, fourth year pastor of Big Creek Baptist Church near Conhdze, resigns effective on or before February 15, 1964. He was recently elected by the Georgia Baptist Convention to serve on the Christian convention committee for 1964.
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