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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
8
The stock market extended its post Christmas rally into a second session with the AP average up 1.1 points to 283.4 at noon and the Dow Jones up 3.74 to 768.05. Major movers included Xerox and IBM while consumer prices rose to a November record, with airlines and rail stocks showing gains and several blue chips mixed.
About 4 000 motor boats in Georgia must re register by year end or their numbers will be issued to newcomers. The state Game and Fish Department says registration is every three years for boats over 10 horsepower with fees from 5.25 to 15.25 dollars. Only 6 000 of 10 000 needed have been heard from to date. applications postmarked before Jan 1 will be accepted. Blanks are sold where hunting and fishing licenses are available. Re registering after Jan 1 will yield new boat numbers.
Hog packers at Thomasville Albany Columbus Moultrie and Dothan report 24 hour receipts of about 2800 with prices up 25 to 50 cents from the prior Friday. In Chicago receipts run 13000 with barrows and gilts mostly lower while sows also ease. Georgia cattle from Atlanta unavailable today.
Atlanta buyers learn live poultry quotes with broilers and fryers at 12 delivered plant prices 13 14. Hens heavy type at farms 14 f o b plants 15 16. Light type at farms 7 f o b plants 8.
Atlanta markets listed perishable items with prices for cabbage sweet potatoes and more. In Cairo a 13 year old Negro boy was arrested after his car hit a horse. the horse died from its injuries while the rider Tommy Reeves suffered no injuries. The youth faced charges of driving without a license driving too fast for conditions and leaving the scene of an accident and was released on bond.
Bulgarians gathered outside the Bulgarian legation as police early on Sunday moved demonstrators away. The protest started shortly after 11 a.m. and by 12:15 p.m. was under control with crowds pushed toward the street ends. The American minister Mrs Eugenie Anderson is in the United States. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry will receive a formal protest. The last Bulgarian protest was in April 1961 against the Bay of Pigs invasion with stones and window damage.
Emma Benson of 427 Fort Stevens Street died yesterday at home. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Abrams and Clark Mortuary.
A 20 year old Coolidge man, Seberop Franklin Sherrod, was arrested by the FBI on interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner William J. Trowell and released on 2000 bond after waiving preliminary hearing. The alleged theft occurred December 21 near the Amvers Club in Moultrie and the car was later abandoned in Bradfordville Florida. The engine had burned out from fast driving, FBI said.
J. R. Dekle was re elected as mayor of Ochlochnee after an unopposed race drawing 18 votes from 81 cast with one write in. The Town Council also retained members with Boutwell 73, Clark 89, Turner 66, Groover 66. two challengers, Davis 27 and White 26, were defeated. Swearing in is set for Monday January 6.
Anne Spencer Lindbergh, 23, and Julien-Jacques Feydy, 22, married Monday at Douzillac in southern France. The civil wedding was witnessed by Scott Lindbergh and Dr Julien Rouard, with Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh present. Feydy's father is an art history professor in Paris.
A large Kennedy family group led by U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy and Senator Edward Kennedy travels to Aspen Colorado for a week of skiing. They plan to stay through New Year Day. Baritone Robert Merrill performed as Count di Luna at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, using a cane after injuring his knee in a fall near his New Rochelle home.
Keeping Ws With Keeping Ws With Thomasville ments from farmers and others residing in the county. The proposed work program will be announced at the annual membership meeting, Monday, Jan. 13, at the YMCA, it was announced.
Thomas County Kiwanians abandoned their regular program last night for the holiday season. Several members met at American Legion Post 31 for a round table discussion. The club will resume regular meetings Thursday January 2 with President-elect Tom Stevens in charge.
The City Commission meets today at 5 p.m. in City Hall with no agenda prepared. Mayor Roy M. Lilly says the session may be brief as commissioners review beer license applications and approve several ordinances. The meeting was moved from Dec. 23 to after Christmas.
Eugene Wyche a 17 year old of 133 Florida Ave is listed in fair condition at Archbold Memorial Hospital after a hunting accident in Ways Community. Deputy C A Rehberg said he and his two younger brothers Alonzo and Coy Wyche were returning from a trip when Eugene reached for his 12 gauge shotgun in a pickup and it discharged wounding him in the chest.
Fair to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures are predicted for Thomasville and outlying areas today with a colder Saturday. The five day outlook shows temperatures several degrees below normal with heavy rainfall expected Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. J Earl Baker 87 native Thomas Countian died in her sleep Christmas Eve at her Mill Valley California home. She was formerly Willie Smith daughter of William M and Catherine Heard Smith of Thomas County. Survived by two daughters a son and many grandchildren. Funeral services and Baker family cemetery interment planned at Eagle Wisconsin.
Mrs Ed Polsom a native and former resident of Thomasville died Thursday at her home after several weeks illness. Services set for 2 p m Saturday at Smith Funeral Chapel burial in Memorial Gardens Panama City. She was the former Jessie Hurst daughter of the late T E and Judson Johnson Hurst of Thomasville. Surviving are her husband a sister Mrs Helen Temple Houston Tex and four brothers Robert Rupert Roy and Ray Hurst all of Panama City.
Archbold Memorial Hospital reports 45 year old Joe Nathan Thompson of 211 Mulberry Jt. admitted after shooting himself in the lower right chest with a 25 caliber pistol during a Thursday night incident. Police Chief Noah Stegall notes alcohol involvement and ongoing investigation.
The Southwest Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission will open its Camilla headquarters in January with five staff including an executive director. The $100,000 annual budget comes from member county assessments, 25 cents per capita, to develop farming and meat processing, marketing and industrial needs. Member counties include Thomas, Seminole, Miller, Mitchell, Lee, Worth, Colquitt, Terrell, with Dougherty, Early, Randolph, Calhoun and Baker slated to join.
A man shot himself amid a dispute with his wife, described as an act of spite toward her. Authorities investigated the incident as a possible suicide driven by domestic conflict.
The Cairo Grady Chamber of Commerce will host its 38th annual membership banquet and ladies night on Monday January 27. Guest speaker Rev Thomas Stephens Haggai of High Point NC will address over 400 audiences nationwide including two talks in Thomasville this year. Sponsored by Belk Hudson Department Stores.
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