Graduation Sunday at First Baptist Church Honors Large Class
The graduating class wore caps and gowns at the baccalaureate service at First Baptist Church. Rev. George W. Shirley of St Thomas Episcopal preached. The program lists a large number of graduates, including Janine Margaret Arnold and many others, along with the names of numerous male graduates.
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First Baptist Church
P George W. Shirley
Episcopal Church
Thomasville
Tstudio
Pete
Meigs Boy Drowns During Grady County Pond Outing
Randall Mickey Bryan, 11, of Meigs, drowns at Sam West pond near Cairo while swimming with a friend. The incident, around 1 p.m., led to prompt but unsuccessful rescue attempts by a nearby farmer and others. Randall, son of James and Blaine Bryan, was a Meigs junior high student. funeral planned at Meigs Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Cemetery.
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Randall Mickey O Bryan
Meigs
Cairo
Sam West Pond
Grady County
Mack Hurst
Randall
Hurst
C. A. Rehberg
Jamies Scott
Meigs Baptist Church
R. E. Courtney
Max Hill
Sunset Cemetery
James
Blaine Bryan
Meigs Schol
Steve
Youlandia
Glenda
Marsha
Telegraph Strike Averted by Accord On New Contract
Washington reports a nationwide telegraph strike was averted by a principle agreement between Western Union and the Commercial Telegraphers Union. The two year pact provides a six cent hourly wage rise from June 1 and an additional five cents from September. If workers average about $1.80 an hour, a fund will be established.
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Washington
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Western Union Messe
Western Ale
Market gains lift steel shares in New York trading
Markets rose in heavy trading as steel shares led advances on hopes of a strong year for steel industry operations. Aircraft, copper and rubber stocks also rose while rails barely changed and bonds weakened.
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New York
France
Associated Press
Goodyear
Douglas Aircraft
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet
International Nickel
Gulf Ot
du Pont
Dackers Hog Market Reports Mixed Prices in Georgia and Chicago
Hog receipts Friday and Saturday total 2300 across Albany Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan and Jacksonville with prices steady to higher in Chicago Nos 2 and 3 barrows and gilts 190-230 lb at 22.75-23.50 while heavier No 1 and 2 reach 23.00. North Georgia cattle quotes show midweek declines from the prior week with steers 21.75-26.25 and calves 22.00-28.00 amid mixed stocker demand.
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Thomasville
Albany
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Aland
Jacksonville
Fla
South Ga
Chicago
North Georgia
Atlanta
Presbyterians Urge More Evangelism Worldwide
The National Commission on Evangelism of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA calls for expanded church outreach and evangelism efforts to reach broader communities and strengthen ministry.
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Pittsburgh
National Commission On Evangelism
United Presbbyterian Church
U.S.A
North Georgia Poultry Prices Report
WW-Broilers and fryers demand generally fair to good with prices paid at farms and plants. Heavy type hens traded moderately. light type at farms too few to report and plants too few to report. Prices cited for Thursday Friday and Saturday reflect farm and fob plant levels in the region.
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North Georgia
Atlanta
New York Cotton Futures Dip Amid Slow Trading
New York cotton futures fell in slow trading as liquidation and hedging extended losses to nearly a dollar per bale before mill buying and professional short covering stabilized prices. Late afternoon quotes show July 36.26, October 36.60 and December 36.69.
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New York
Georgia Produce Prices Hover Low Over Weekend
Atlanta market reports show Georgia yellow squash averaging 1.50 to 2.80 per bushel with most around 2.00, poorer stock dipping to 1.00 to 1.60. Snap beans 1.50 to 2.50 or 1.75 to 2.25, cucumbers around 2.50 with some Florida top stock. Florida corn and peppers noted, best prices near 0.78 to 0.87 with poorer lots lower.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Florida
Weather forecast calls for scattered thundershowers
Sporadic thundershowers possible today and tonight with a few isolated showers Tuesday afternoon. Warm, partly cloudy conditions tomorrow with a high near 92 after a 96 reading today. Temperatures across Georgia and South Carolina to stay above normal with light precipitation, mainly in mountains. Downtown Thomasville reached 88 at noon, with yesterday’s high 94 and a low of 72.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Thomasville
Thomas County
Soviet Vessels Off Canadian Coast Stir Observers
Washington AP report says about six Soviet ships near 60 miles off Canada's east coast are observed by U S officials. Vessels show small Soviet flags near buoys in international waters where fishing craft operate. Speculation centers on monitoring American and Canadian ships and aircraft amid a Soviet protest over a U S plane.
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Washington
Canada
U.S
Oklahoma Crowd Tracks Loose Lion Tail Wagging
Police found the so called lion was a large collie with a wagging tail, revealed after officers entered a dark northeast Oklahoma City street where more than 100 jittery residents waited.
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Oklahoma City
Don Pierce
L. D. Edgman
Dog Lets Seeing Eye Dog Share Graduation Moment
Jim Elston of Laredo Texas accepted a Baylor law degree with his Seeing Eye dog Pic present at Vanderbilt graduation exercises. Pic marched the stage with tail wagging though he did not receive a diploma. Elston, blind since 1947, studied with others reading aloud and answering taped questions, while Baylor awarded diplomas to both man and dog.
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Nashville, Tenn
Baylor
Vanderbilt
Pic
Jim Elston
Laredo
Tex
Elston
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Janine Margaret Arnold
Mary de Aard
Minnie Patricia Bala
Paula Ann Bishop
Rebecca Fye Burns
Cornelia Thompson Maltay
Miriam Helen Chastain
Fcen
Mason Chesnut
Catherine Bala
Gling
Ina-Mae Coger
Patricia Ann Collins
Linda Wray Conradi
Margaret Fleming Cook
Lana
Renee Grawford
Judith Pauline Crocker
Ry Elizabeth Daniel
Linda Carol Davis
Mary “Sue Dempacy
Aelia
Vivian Dixon
Rebecca Anne
Yoyd
Carolyn Elizabeth Garner
Frances Aurelia Gay
Betty Anne Gibson
Marilyn Faye Hasty
Mary Oveida Hatcher
Beverly Jean Hill
Sandra Lorene Howard
Geraldine Abable Kirkland
Virginia Lamb “Dare
Helen Juanita Lowe
Nancy Elizabeth McCall
Sara Jane McKay
Barbara Lee Malone
Sara Mildred “Miller
Lauree Allen Mitshell
Mary Gloria Monk
Charlotte Anne Morels
Carolyn Sue Morrow
Patricia Dawn NeSmith
Betty Jean, Palmer
Helen Carol Phillips
Wanda June Rehberg
Eleanor Kathleen Reid
Susanna Verena Roitman
Janelle Allen Renfroe
Bibba Raye Robinson
Barbara Ann Rowland
Mary Elaine Simoneaux
Mary Mathryn Smith
Nandlanne Southerbram
Edward T. Adams
Joseph McLeod Barnes
Eddy Paul Bass
Allan Marshall Black
Larry Neal
Bozeman
Samuel Wright Brooks, Jr
Claude Ray Butler
Seaborn
Cilet Butler
George Alexander Cannady
Jesse Castleberry
Ringlan Castleberry
Julian Harley Chapman, Jr
William Morell Gleason
Andrew Branson Clark
Kenneth Bay Council
Thomas Nathaniel
Duren
Larry Frank Floyd
Samuel Edward Floyd
Frank Link Forester, Jr
Elton Eugene Goodrun
George Harrison Grimsley
Joseph Gordon Raines
Charles Daniel Reichert
Ronald Reeves
Lark Ernest Roan
Wendell Melton Sloan
Walter James Vaughan Jr
Larry Gene Vick
John Frank Watkins
Claude A. Weeks
Walter McConnell White
Harold Winston Wiggins
Judson von Wilder Jr
William Daniel Wilford
Meigs Boy
Boston
Aree NT
Herman Jones
State Crime Laboratory
Clark Funeral Home of
Catro
Telegraph
Accord
New York Market
Goodrich
Anaconda
Kennecott
Union Carbide
Westinghouse Electric
Illinois Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Santa Fe
American TelePhone
Steel Air Reduction
Alleghany
Alleg
Allis
Can Am
Mira Am &Meit Am
Sugar Am
T&t Am Tab
Cop
Arour
Arnat Ck Atchison
AWC Ling AU Refin Nahrork
Walt & Oto
Steel Borden Burt Ind
Tron
Calum & H Cater
Ohio
Diana
Diveo du Pont
Fast Air
LL East Kodak
Eversharp
Firestone
Fln
P&l
Ford Mtr
F'inest Dairies
Mont Ward
Naty Mont
Murphy
A Murray
Nort & West
Philip Moral Phill
Quaker Oats Rga Cay
Reading Co
Repub
Nexal Se Rey Toh B 1134 Safeway 11% St Regia Ff 1914 Sehonley Int
Mats Roeb
Sinclair
Skelly
St Reand
Texas
PCAC
UN Carbide
Indy
Unit Alreno
Unit Fruit Anal
Wests Eleo
Woolworth
Dackers
Oklahoma
W. Jackson
Hemlock
Stauffer
Pine Ave
Albany, Ga
Estarestes
Dial
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