Decatur County Mental Health Fund Drive Underway
Bainbridge doubles as Decatur County launches its first mental health fund drive under co chairs Mrs Edwin Griffin and Tom Maynard. Volunteers ring door bells June 3 to collect for Milledgeville hospital improvements and new outpatient clinics.
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Bainbridge
Decatur County
Edwin Griffin
Tom Maynard
Paul Kwilecki
Ramsay Simmons Jr
Jaycees
Mack Willis
Melvin Nussbaum
Griffin
Milledgeville
United States
Memorial Day jet collision shocks Minneapolis crowd
Witnesses watched as two jets collided during a Memorial Day salute over a densely populated Minneapolis area. One pilot was killed and several civilians were injured.
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Minneapolis
Last Rites Planned For Mack C. Davis
Funeral services for Mack C. Davis 60 are set for Sunday at 3 p.m. at Dekle Funeral Chapel with Rev. Howard Cooper officiating. Davis a longtime resident of the city died Friday at Archbold Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Burial will be in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery near Pelham with pallbearers named. An honorary escort list is noted. Davis born in Thomas County on October 37 1896 was son of Savannah Smith Davis and the late Harmon Davis and formerly lived in Meigs where he farmed. He was a member of Oak Grove Methodist Church. Survivors include his mother three brothers three sisters six nephews and four nieces.
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Mack C. Davis
Dekle
Howard Cooper
Mr. Davis
Summer Hill Road
Boston
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
Pelham
Bill Barwick
George L. Mims
L. D. Cannon
David Mims
Dan Finch
Ray Miller
Fred Clark
Jack Mims
Elmer Mims
Grady Knight
Turner Mims
Hubert Barwick
Henry Russell
Walter Howard
N. T. Lawhorn
Harry Miller
Luke Spence
Hines Carter
Sam Gibbs
Max Bills
Raymon Sherman
Thomas County
Savannah Smith Davis
Harmon Davis
Meigs
Oak Grove Methodist Church
J. ©. Davis
Birmingham
Charles P. Davis
Cleveland
Elroy C. Davis
Miami
J. M. Perking
Jacksonville
Sneak
Citra
Flo
F. C. Ashmore
Thomasville High School 112 Seniors Earn Diplomas
Thomasville High School graduates 112 seniors in Municipal Auditorium. Principal Erie O Garner presided with four student speakers and multiple medal and prize awards. Dillard valedictorian spoke on Growth in Favor With Man, Kindred salutatorian on Growth in Favor with God, and the theme was The Life Four Square. Diplomas went to many names including Dillard, King, Kindred, Reichert, and Williams. The ceremony included band music, an invocation by Rev Weyman Cleveland, and a long list of honorees and NHS members.
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Thomasville High School
Eri. O. Garner
Burt Courtney
Willem King
Philip Dillard
Man
Theresa Kindred
God
Philp Dillard
C. J. Rehberg
DAR
Dillard
Annamarie Manz
James B. Burch
Joe Craigmiles Jr
Federated Junior Woman’s Club
Willena King
James A. Campbell
Campbell
Curtis Reichert
W. J. Lewis
Jaycee
James Clark
Weyman Cleveland
Gene Cardin Arkerman
Mary Alice Allen
Mary A. Bacon
Donna Rae Bender
Carolyn -Mae Straswell
Helene Patricia Bryant
Alice Faye Carter
Beatrice Cavender
Minnie Cogar
Judith Lardner Colvin
Joel C. Arrington, Jr
Henry Leslie Barfield, Jr
Eugene Barker
John Robert Beaty
James Allen Bennett
Frederick Henry Binder
Harold Maxie Brooks
Jimmie Titherington Carnahan
John Lawrence Carter
Wilbur Glenn Collins, Jr
Joe Houser Collins
Burton Marshall Coutney
Claude Eugene Crocker
Charles Davis
Douglas Lee Davidson
Eugene Hamilton Driver, Jr
Richard Simpson Duren
Arnold Finney
Guerry Scott Fleming
Rudolph Fletcher
John Wayne Fowler
Richard
Hele Garner
Marvin Eustace Gibson
Angus Merton Gilson
Charles David Gunter
Guenter Feigi
William Arthur Hagan
Raymond Hancock
Harley Eugene Hatcher
Charles Keller Heald
Gaston Ray Holley
Rodney Lee Jackson
Billy Johnson
William Richard Jones
George William Knight
Elwin Wallace Law
William Ritter Lawson
Paul Joseph McCollum
David Jones Middleton
Charles Jackson Miller
Gordon Lance Mitchell
John Allen Moreland
John Edwin Morris
Norman Hardin
Joe Hall Pinson
Gary Windell Raines
Curtis Martin Reichert
Gary Russell
John Smith
Searcy, Jr
Kirk Shepard, Jr
Raymond Scott Strobo
Lester Thomas Taylor
Hubert Elton Thompson
Grover Jack Thompson
Norman Lene Waldorf
Walter Thomas Waldrop
James Wiggins
Homer Fain
Yearty
Robin Levonne -Zeigler
David Middleton
John Searcy
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Thomas L. Maynard resigns as West Bainbridge principal
West Bainbridge announces that Thomas L. Maynard resigns after nine years as principal of West Bainbridge High School. He will attend Naval Reserve administrative school this summer and remains a Naval Reserve lieutenant. Maynard, WWII veteran and Emory graduate, oversaw enrollment growth and campus expansion from two to six buildings. He and his wife Margaret Hayes have three children.
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West Bainbridge
Thomas IL
Maynard
West Bainbridge High School
Naval Reserve
Bainbridge
Emory University
Board of Education
West Bainbridge Lions Club
V.F.W
American Legion
West Bainbridge Baptist Church
Margaret Hayes
Camilla
Climax Rites Held For Mrs. W. A. Sloan
Funeral services were held for Mrs. William A. Sloan 59 of Climax at Climax Baptist Church with three ministers officiating. Burial followed in Cedar Grove Cemetery. she died in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Franklinton La and resided in Climax for 17 years. Survivors include her husband three sons her mother four brothers and three sisters and five grandchildren. She was a member of the Climax Baptist Church and the Eastern Star.
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William A. Sloan
Climax Baptist Church
J. L. Hand
A. B. Thomas
W. H. Collins
Intercept
Cedar Grove
E. W. Cox & Sons Funeral
Sloan
Franklinton
Order of the Eastern Star
William Ambros Sloan
F.C. Sloan
New Orleans
Willie. C. Sloan
Purcell Sloan
Attapulgus
Ida Stafford
Pearl River
J. ‘Onra Stafford
Carriere
Miss
Bert Stafford
Picayune
Conway Stafford
H. W. Stafford
Nicholson
Fannie Onedy
Bogalusa
Marganie ‘Stephens
Ponchatoula
Dave
Medker
Arkansas
Big Thinking Key to Coolidge Graduates Success
Florida State University professor Dr Joseph R Hooten told Coolidge graduates that success comes from thinking big planning big and acting big He cited Einstein and 1938 Roosevelt letters about the atomic bomb urging foresight courage and big plans Twenty two graduates received diplomas in a ceremony led by Principal GM Entrekin Students named include Lindsey Bannister Mack Benton Karolyn Benton Juanita Imogene Foy Barbara Faye Hagan Grice Jener Hutchinson Leslie Johnson Claudia McCranie Yvonne Moncrief Ivan Dale Nesmith Joyce Oliver Pauline Powell Murphy Carolyn Powell Dwight Powell Lamar Seay Harold Sherrard Ronnie Sinclair Doyle Stewart Carroll Summerlin Annette Wilson Matrekin offered farewell wishes for future benefits.
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Lindsey Bannister
Mack Benton
Karolyn Benton
Juanitane Imogene Foy
Barbara
Faye Hagan Grice
Jener Hutchinson
Leslie Johnson
Claudia McCranie
Yvonne Moncrief
Ivan’ Dale NeSmith
Joyce Oliver
Pauline Powell Murphy
Carolyn Powell
Dwight Powell
Lamar Seay
Harold Sherrod
Ronnie Sinclair
Doyle Stewart
Carroll Summerlin
Annette Wilson
Matrekin
Death by own action ruled in Mrs. Stucky death
A coroner's jury in Thomasville ruled Mrs. Elizabeth Louise Stucky died by hanging in her home on May 4, finding the death a personal safety related act. The inquest heard from Dr. W L Stucky and witnesses including patients, with handwriting matches to notes found at the scene.
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Elizabeth Louise Stucky
W. L. Stucky
Thomasville
Betty Stucky
Joe J. Keyton
Boyett
W. E. Stephens
van McKinney
Spores Willis
R. L. Singleary
Stucky
Washington &I
Warren Taylor
Dr. Stucky
Last Rites For Mrs Frankie Fender Held in Bainbridge
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Bostick Fender 24 of Bainbridge were held at Calvary Baptist Church with Dr. Charles Bishop officiating. Interment was in Oak City Cemetery. She died in a Bainbridge hospital after a short illness, a Mitchell County native who had lived in Bainbridge since 1946. she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by Frankie Lee Fender and three sons Wayne Michael Johnny Lee and Phillip Eugene Fender all of Bainbridge and her parents Mr and Mrs John C Bostick of Bainbridge.
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Bainbridge
Dorothy’ Bostick Fender
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Bishop
Oak City
Fender
Mitchell County
Frankie Lee Fender
Wayne Michael Fender
Johnny Lee Fender
Phillip Eugene Fender
Ex GI Sues U S Over Army Treatment
Georgia ex GI Ja Simpson of White, 400 miles northwest of Atlanta, filed a $10,000 damage suit in federal court alleging improper Army medical treatment after being drafted in August 1942 and released for physical reasons in September 1943. He was recalled for a physical two months later and sent home the next day.
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Lacy F. Simpson
White
Atlanta
United States
Clown Emmett Kelly Appears at Thomasville Kiwanis Meeting
Famous clown Emmett Kelly spoke at the Thomasville Kiwanis Club with student performers from the high school. He discussed his circus life of 36 years and the decline of traveling circuses, while a local orchestra performed and plans for a divisional picnic were announced by President Bill Jones.
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Emmett Kelly
Thomasville Kiwanis Club
Kelly
Willie
Circus
Sarasota
Kansas City
Moonlighters
T.H.8
Little Daveling
Richard Harris
Harley Hatcher
Joe Raines
Len Roberson
Pete
Gary Raines
Cairo
Bill Jones
Boston
Quiet Memorial Day Reports From Thomasville Area
Police records show a quiet holiday with six drunken arrests in the city and few speeders. One fatal accident occurred near Camilla early today, while Edward Sadler of Camilla was hospitalized after a rang wreck. Sheriff and county officers reported routine, with no major incidents and one false fire alarm in town.
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Thomasville
H. D. Worthy
Camilla
Edward Sadler
Archbold Memorial Hosp Ale
Chariie Smith
Jones and
Wright Street
Planners to Meet Monday on Chamber Home Project
A Monday afternoon meeting will coordinate construction of a new Chamber of Commerce home at the Paradise Park triangle. The project, funded by benefactors and built by local firms, aims for mid June start with a 15000? cost and full air conditioned offices plus a large conference room.
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Of.commerce
Pine
Paradise Park
Broad St
Chamber of Commerce
Paradise Park Triangle
Thomasvillians
Ueneog
Als
Chamber
Eeticiate
Eugene HM
Chamber ‘Office
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Mrs Edna Strong Former Resident Dies in Missouri
Mrs Edna Strong who has been living here for the past two years died Friday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs W L Lewis at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Funeral services are set for 3 p m Tuesday at Palatka Frs from the Episcopal Church per messages received. Mrs Strong and her son in law Col Lewis owned the Gordon Avenue home formerly known as the Mays apartments which the family had turned into a residence. She was the wife of the late Dr Samuel B Strong.
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Edna Strong
W. ©. Lewis
Whiteman Air Force Mace
Ponte Missouri
Palatke
Frs
Episcopal Church
Do Meetings Change Religion For Converts Across Backgrounds
The text argues that while many Americans have Christian influences, conversion is not limited by background. It cites Germany and India where people with no Christian background were converted. It states conversion is a personal faith decision to accept Jesus Christ, not merely changing religions, leading to peace and eternal life.
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America
Germany
India
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christ
County Mayo’s Argen tine Navy Founded in 1814
A fragment notes County Mayo founded the Argentine Navy in 1814. The entry lacks full context or corroborating details but marks a claimed origin for Argentina’s naval forces linked to Mayo. Further verification needed from historical sources.
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County Mayo
Coolidge Assembly of God Church Services Schedule
The Coolidge Assembly of God announces Sunday school at 11 am and the evening service. Prayer meeting is set for Wednesday night. A fish supper is planned at 6 pm today to raise funds. Proceeds go to the fund.
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Assembly of God “Church
West Side Baptist Services Schedule Confusing Start
Sunday worship begins at 100 a.m. with Sunday school followed by preaching. A special service is planned later with arrangements for midweek gatherings at the church.
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Stasday School
Ednesday
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