V A Hospital Official to Visit Thomasville Saturday
Mrs Billy Zalamas VAVS Hospital Advisory Committee representative says Estelle L Buschena chairman Area II Hospital ees and V A Voluntary Service will arrive in Thomasville for a tour of the local VA hospital Saturday morning The visiting representative will be honored at a luncheon at Dodsons Grill at 12 30 p m with all Auxiliary members urged to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Zalamas
Vavs Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Estelle L. Buschena
Hospitalees
V. A. Voluntary
Thomasville
Dawson Street Baptist Sunday School Meet
Members of the Sunday School at Dawson Street Baptist Church will meet at 8 00 o clock in the Fellowship Hall for a program of visitation. Come and visit for your department.
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Dawson Street
East Side Baptist Deacons Meet Tonight
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Deacons at East Side Baptist Church will be held Friday at 8:00 pm. Ernest Young serves as secretary and W. J. Holland as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Side ‘Baptist Church
Ernest Young
Ann Gainey Opens Summer Piano Class
Ann Gainey will start a summer piano class from June 4. Those interested may contact her at 1723-M by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Gainey
Luncheon Honors Miss Harrell On Seward Street
Miss Sallie Harrell June bride elect was feted at a luncheon hosted by Mrs. W. J. Powell on Seward Street. Co hosts included Mrs. Langdon Flowers Miss Billie Powell and Mrs. Harry T. Jones. Guests received sweetheart rose nosegays and the table centerpiece featured roses gardenias and seasonal blooms. Hostesses gifted an electric clock. A pink linen ensemble was the honoree’s luncheon outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Harrell
W. J. Powell
Seward St
Langdon Flowers
Billie Powell
Harry T. Jones
Jack Tyson
Bill McCollum
John Golden
Porter Price
Claire Flowers
Miss Harrell
Sailor Plans Tiny Wedding With Cancer-Stricken Bride
A 19 year old sailor Tom Amburn and his 18 year old fiancée Betty Thompson, diagnosed with incurable cancer, reunite in Atlanta on 30 day leave to discuss a wedding. Amburn may be transferred to the Atlanta Naval Air Station and a Sandy Springs cottage offers for a honeymoon. Betty will need daily hospital X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Tom Amburn
Sioux Falls
Betty Thompson
Betty
Tom
Norfolk
Atlanta Naval Air Station
Austin Abbott
Sandy Springs
Davidson and Thomasville figures mark fifty years of progress
Visitors recount Davidson College history with Watt brothers and A B Cum Laude graduate. Mercer Class of 1811 reunion plans noted by Judge Conger and Rev Williamson. Thomasville High School Class of 1951 graduation set for 8:30 p.m. at the municipal auditorium with about a hundred seniors and strong future prospects. Transportation concerns loom over city and county schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Hansell Watt
Davidson
Watt
Watt Jeffries
Thomasville
Bob Heinsohn
Shenandoah Valley
Shorthorn Breeders Association
Winchester
Heinsohn
Mercer University
Abe Conger
U.S. Court
N. M. Williamson
Conger
Williamson
Gas truck destroys Omaha building in fiery crash
A truck carrying about 5 000 gallons of gasoline rammed into a two story Omaha office building, killing the driver and sparking a blaze that swept a Kellogg Cereal Co plant adjacently. Fourteen vehicles burned as workers fled before the flames. Investigators theorized that the cause remains under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Kellogg Cereal Co. Plant
Ozark Eagles win ninth straight as Dothan comeback falls short
Ozark's Eagles clinched their ninth consecutive victory in a dramatic Alabama-Florida League game against Dothan. Trailing 3-1 in the seventh, Ozark tied it with two runs then won in the bottom of the ninth on a single by center fielder Joe Clark driving in Billy Farrar. The late comeback preserved the streak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Joe Clark
Billy Farrar
Sec
Tun
Eagles
Truck Out of Control Crashes Into Office Building
Driver Robert Woodworth 27 of Omaha failed brakes as his big truck sped down a slope. He jumped but stayed at the wheel, shifting to lower gears in vain. The vehicle sideswiped two cars, struck a tree and a utility pole, and rammed the office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Woodworth
Omaha
Woodworth
Miss Coppage Fete Prepares for June Wedding
Miss Sarah Nell Coppage of Thomasville, soon to wed Billy Williams, was honored at a June 11 wedding party hosted by Mrs. Preston Ward with Mrs. Hd Moore. About thirty friends gathered at the Ward home in Pine Park for a salad reception featuring daisies white glass purple asters and shasta daisies and a bridal wedding scene centerpiece. A special delivery package containing gifts was presented to the bride-elect during the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Nell Coppage
Billy Williams
First Baptist Church
Thomasville
Preston Ward
Hd Moore
Ward
Pine Park
Rotary Meeting Showed Most Interesting Meat Industry Film
The Rotary club viewed a documentary from the American Meat Institute about meat from field to body. Sam Hjort presided and called it one of the best of its kind. Guests included Mitch Davenport and Carlton Bouldry at the session in Savannah with OPA staff present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Harvard
Sam Hjort
American Meat Institute
Sam Hijort
Mitch Davenport
Carlton Bouldry
Paul Bennett
Bennett Mac-Donald
Quitman
Hugh McCauley
Waynesboro
Dewey Norwood
OPA
Savannah
Harold Martin
John Hull
Waldo Spence
Parnell Beencks
George Fleetwood
Roscoe
Bryan Robinson
Allie
Kay CoCroft
Chris
Major Beard
Bob Balfour
Frank Lemmon
Maine
Harry Jones
John Lake Roberts
PFC Gandy Serves With Field Artillery In Korea
Private First Class Benjamin H. Gandy of Thomasville Georgia serves with the 82nd Field Artillery Battalion in the 1st Cavalry Division U S Army. The unit, equipped with 155 millimeter howitzers, helped hold the Naktong River line and supported Allied troops at Tabu Dong Pyongyang and beyond earning high esteem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1St Cavalry Division
U. S. Army
Korea
82Nd Field Artillery Battalion
Thomasville
Benjamin H. Gandy
George W. Gandy
Route 4
Pfc. Gandy
Yongdong
United Nations
Wnaktong
Tabu-dong
Pfc
Gandy
Pyongyang
North Korea
Turks, As Well As the First Cavalry Division
Mer
Battaion
Local residents share visits and travel notices
Sgt. and Mrs. Hulon A. Allen of Ozark Ala visited with their parents the Sollie Allens. Mrs. Chris Blane drove to Atlanta to bring home her daughter Winnie Blane from Agnes Scott College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulon A. Allen
Ozark, Ala
Sollié Allen
Chris Blane
Atlanta
Winnie Blane
Agnes Scott College
Mrs Katie Haywood Honored At North Dawson Call
Mrs. John Clyde House and Mrs Hollie Hugh Floyd hosted about one hundred guests at North Dawson Street to honor bride elect Katie Haywood of Valdosta Dublin and Thomasville. The event previewed her July wedding to A G Robinson III of Thomasville and Wilmington Del. Guests registered in the Bride's Book as flowers and silver decor surrounded the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clyde House
Hollie Hugh Floyd
North Dawson St
Kate Haywood
Valdosta
Dublin
Thomasville
A. G. (Robbie) Robinson, III
Wilmington
Delaware
Miss Haywood
Haineses Announce Newborn Son in Columbus
Mr and Mrs William A Haines of Columbus announce the arrival of a son May 80th at City Hospital Mrs Haines is the former Betty Ann Stephens of Thomasville
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William A. Haines
Columbus, Ga
City Hospital
Confederate Memorial Day Closures Noted
A notice states institutions will be closed all day Monday in observance of Confederate Memorial Day.
Summer greetings and college grad notices across families
Patricia Collins returns home from Duke for summer with Dr. and Mrs. Collins as Jack Collins heads to Duke UV for summer vacation. Eleanor Mack of Charleston visits grandmother Mrs. L W Mack on East Jefferson. William B. Hinkle ends boat training leave to report to Camp Lejeune. Arthur Fisher’s wife joins daughter Alice Lang Fisher in Atlanta. Miles Fisher from Cincinnati to spend summer here. J J McClean and Nancy drive to Atlanta for son Jack’s Emory graduation in biology. Aunt Margaret O Neill of Boston accompanies to Boston for medical school at Harvard. J A Turrentine and family attend son Reece’s Amherst graduation. Eleanor Inman joins them after Agnes Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Collinss
Duke University
J J. Collins
Jack Collins
Duke UV
Will Anns
Eleanor Mack
Charleston
L. W. Mack
East Jefferson Bt
Henry M. Simons, Jr
Pokoma Park
Pfe
William B. Hinkle
Parris Island
B. F. Hinklé
Roseton Road
U. S. Marine
Camp LeJuene
N. C
Arthur
Fisher
Alice Lang Fisher
Atlante
Miles Fisher
Cincinnati
The
Conservatory of Music
J. J. McClean
Nancy
Atlanta
Jack McClean
Emory University
McCleans
Jack
Margaret O'Neill
Boston
Mags
Harvard University
J. A. Turrentine
Reece
Hmory University
Eleanor Inman
Turrentines
Agnes Scott College
Callaway Preaches Baccalaureate Sermon at Abraham Baldwin
Dr. T. F. Callaway will preach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday night at Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton. The service features music by the college's large choral choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Callaway
Abraham Baldwin
T. F. Callaway
Abraham Baldwin College
Tifton
Employment Office Closes on Monday
The Georgia State Employment Office at 108 N Crawford St will be closed on Monday. Workers were urged to complete filings before the closure and to return after the holiday.
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Georgia State Employment Office
N. Crawford St
Army Reports Sgt Paul W Goggins Wounded in Korea
Thomasville man Sgt Paul W Goggins 25 husband of Mrs Anne Goggins of 92 Young St is in a Japanese hospital for wounds received May 22. He arrived in Korea last October and was recalled to duty last September as a Reserve Corps member. Extent of injuries unknown but his wife heard from him after he was moved to a field hospital near Pusan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Korea
Army
Paul W. Goggins
Nusband
Anne Goggins
Young St
Japan
Burnett's
Gogging
Graduation Exercises Tonight for Thomasville High School Class of 1951
Graduation exercises for Thomasville High School class of 1951 are set for tonight at 8 30 in the municipal auditorium. Wayne Weeks will preside, Mardre Bell will deliver the welcome, Dr Jopig Crudup of Brenau College will give the commencement address, and Delia Ann Lewis will deliver the valedictory. All interested persons are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville High School
Municipal Auditorium
Wayne Weeks
Mardre Bell
Jopig Crudup
Brenau_ College
Gainesville
Delia Ann Lewis
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Dawson St. Baptist Sunday School
East Side Baptist Deacons
Cartoon News
Mw LT Action! Toy
Penny Edwards
Gordon Jones
Whip Wilson
Texas
Robert Mitchum
Barbara Hale
Pecos
Monte Hale
Rio
West
Killer Gang
Suli
Thomas County Federal Savings. & Loan Ass'n
HL Neel, SR
Alice P. Sone
Federal
Savings_& Loan
Insurance Corp
Sailor
N.Y
L. L. Parnell
Anniston Als
B. B. Broughton
Broughton
Wellington
Ala
State Board of Education
Ann Asher
Whiddon
Thomas County
Jackson St
Philadelphia
Good N
Dixon
BE. Jackson &T
OZARK
Dothan Bowl
Associated Press
Miss Coppage
Benjamin Gandy
Field Artillery
I. Russell Griner
Neman
Mrs
Worth W. Upchurch
Mrs. Beach
Alligator Point
Altator Point
Douglas Hale
Seixas St
City
Carolinas
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
New York
Long Island
A. L. Davidson
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Tom Harlow
Tommy
Augusta
Georgia Bar Association
Messrs. W. W. Alexander
Roy Tlily
Heyward Vann
Marcus Calhoun
Sol Altman
J. B. Edwards
Robert L. Allen
Sollie Allen
San Antonio
Kirksville, MO
North Eastern State Teachers College
George Everette
Bobby Guy
Presbyterian College
Clinton, D. C
Katie Haywood
Carlye
St. Louis
Thomasville, Georgia
Daily Motor Delivery Service
Blane
Chicago
Blane’s Restaurant
Chiris Ganas
Mgr
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