Mrs Williams Named To Fine Arts Committee By State Dept
Mrs. Thomas L. Williams Jr. of Thomasville was named to the State Department Fine Arts Committee for a two year term in Washington. The Braceys Bracey Lumber Co furnished millwork for the John Quincy Adams Room and will work on the Thomas Jefferson Room renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Trefftzs
Thomasville
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C
Thomas L. Williams Jr
Old Monticello Rd
State Department
J.A. Bracey
Richard M. Bracey
Bracey Lumber Co
John Quincy Adams
Braceys
Thomas Jefferson
Williams
Georgia
Edward V. Jones
Albany
Jones
Nella Wason Jones
Bracey’s
James M. Crawford Jr
Atlanta
C. Ray Moore
Henry Watkins
Chicago
John Quincy Adams State Drawing
Bracey Firm
Jefferson Room
Richard Bracey
Bracey Craftment
Bracey
No Conclusive Findings From Southwestern Hospital Meetings
State lawmakers and hospital officials meeting at Southwestern State Hospital in Thomasville gathered facts on earlier employee complaints. Dr. Gary E. Miller led a routine fact finding session with staff from the Mental Health Division. Representative J W Keyton said no conclusions were reached as most issues appeared general and unproven. work will continue indefinitely to review procedures and data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Trefftzs
Southwestern State Hospital
Gary E. Miller
Department of Human Resources
Miller
Jimmy Carter
Michael Sheppeck
Southwestern
Manson Pettit
Thomasville
J.W. Keyton
Henry Russell
Atlanta
Burton Wamble
Cairo
Bobby Willis
Bainbridge
Grover Patten
Adel
Michael Herndon
Paul Coverdale
Sidney Marcus
William McKinney
Willis Conger
Thomas County
Sen. Herndon
Rep. Keyton
Ralph Faulk Elected President of Community Chest
Thomasville Thomas County yesterday elected Ralph I Faulk as president of the Community Chest. The board also named six new at large members including Joe Beverly and C Martin Wood III. Last year’s campaign raised a record 116000 for local projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Trefftzs
Thomasville-Thomas County
Servicewomen Can Claim Benefits for Husbands
Supreme Court ruling lets about 4,400 servicewomen apply for housing and medical benefits for their husbands. Pentagon says roughly 8,900 married servicewomen exist, with about half married to servicemen. likely no double benefits for couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Armed Services
Pentagon
Death of Dr John Watt Jr in Washington D C noted
Dr John Watt Jr 50 son of the late John Watt of Thomasville and Nelia Watt was found dead in his Washington home Friday by his maid. He died in his sleep with brothers Augustus Watt and George Watt notified and one brother flying from Florida. Services set for St Johns Church in Washington. James W Butler dies in Gainesville Veterans Hospital. funeral details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Watt Jr
John Watt
Thomasville
Nelia Damour Watt
Myrtle Dr
Washington, D.C
U.S. Army
Augustus Hansell Watt
Pentagon
Washington
George Damour Watt
Orlando
Fla
Watt
May Falorsi Watt
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mccrayville
James W. Butler
Veterans Hospital
Gainesville
Williford
Hillview Chapel
Boostrom Pelham resident dies after short illness
Pelham Harris Brown Boostrom 61 died at home after a short illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Braswell Funeral Home chapel with Revs. Bill Perry and Don Wheles. burial at Pinecrest Memory Gardens. He was a WWII veteran and deacon of Pelham First Baptist Church. Survived by wife Mary Beth Jones Boostrom, son Ronald A. Boostrom, sister Katherine Hanson, and brother James F. Boostrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
Harris Brown Boostrom
Braswell Funeral Home
Bill Perry
Don Wheles
Pinecrest Memory Gardens
Canton
James Forrest
Lilly Brown Boostrom
Mary Beth Jones
Boostrom
Pelham First Baptist Church
Sgt
Ronald A. Boostrom
Selma
Ala
Katherine Hanson
San Antonio
Tex
James F. Boostrom
Thorsby Dies in Florida Car Crash
James Robert Thorsby 24 died in a Sunday automobile accident in Gadsden County Florida. Burial took place at Cairo Cemetery after services at Clark's Rev. W.L. Parks. Born January 11 1949 in Pawtucket Rhode Island he moved to Cairo six months ago from Jacksonville and was an assistant manager at Domestic Finance in Tallahassee. He was a member of Jacksonville First Baptist Church and is survived by his parents a sister Mrs Ernest Wilkinson Starke Fla a brother Eddie Thorsby Cairo and grandfather Roy A Thorsby Cairo.
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Cairo
James Robert
Jim) Thorsby
Gadsden County
Fla
Clark’s Funeral Home
W.L. Parks
Cairo Cemetery
Pawtucket
R.I
James E. Thorsby
Jacksonville
First Baptist Church
Tallahassee
Ernest Wilkinson
Starke
Eddie Thorsby
Roy A. Thorsby
Services for Oscar Dowdell Held at Mt Calvary Church
Services for 71 year old Oscar Dowdell who died May 26 at his Cairo home will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Mt Calvary Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Winfred Hope officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Cemetery by Cloud and Son Funeral Home. He is survived by Pearl Dowdell of Cairo and two daughters Mrs. Annie May Mock of Orlando Florida and Mrs. Ida May Moffett of Newark New Jersey.
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Calvary
Rayford Robinson
St. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
E. E. Mitchell
St. Luke Cemetery
Cloud and Son Funeral Home
Minnie Lee Robinson
Elizabeth George
Agnes Aaron
Ruth May Smiley
Miami
Fla
Charlie Robinson
Jerry Robinson
Cairo
Oscar Dowdell
Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
Winfred Hope
Crestview Cemetery
Pearl Dowdell
Annie May Mock
Orlando
Ida May Moffett
Newark
N.J
Jim Dennis
Thomasville
Paradise Missionary Baptist Church
C.J. Proctor
Peaceful Rest
Groom
Cherry Dennis
Walter Mays
Eddie
Tommy
Fredie Dennis
Choice Seen On Pipeline
Des Moines Iowa Earl Butz says Americans must decide if they will pay the price of environmental considerations as fuel supplies ebb. He notes environmentalists oppose the Alaskan pipeline and adds those who oppose the pipeline should be first to experience a shortage during his remarks to 250 national farm leaders at the National Agriculture Meeting on Fuel and Transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines, Iowa
U.S. Agriculture
Earl] Butz
Butz
National Agriculture Meeting
Pippins Family Mourns Cairo Man’s Fatal Fla. Crash
Earl Pippins 27 died in a Gadsden County Florida automobile crash last night. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at First Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. He was born September 6, 1945 in Albany Georgia, son of Mr and Mrs Bill Pippins. He lived in Grady County all his life and belonged to First Freewill Baptist Church. Survived by daughter Lisa Ann Pippins of Whigham, sister Naomi Sue Dozier of Cairo, and aunt and uncle Rufus and Mrs. Roberts of Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Raburn
Earl Pippins
Gadsden County
Fla
First Freewill Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Clark
Albany, Ga
Bill Pippins
Grady County
Mrs Eunice Whitaker Dies in Philadelphia After Illness
Mrs Eunice O Neal Whitaker 50 of Philadelphia formerly Thomas County died May 23 after a brief illness. Born December 17 1922 in Thomas County she was the wife of Ernest Whitaker and mother of Cornelius Everett and Ernest Whitaker Jr. Survived by sister Dorothy Mae Brown and brothers Herman O Neal and Hayward O Neal. Funeral and burial at Centennial cemetery conducted by Groom's Funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eunice O’neal Whitaker
Thomas County
Centennial Missionary Baptist Church
Roosevelt Woodruff
Centennial
Groom
Earl O'Neal
Ernest Whitaker
Cornelius Everett
Ernest Whitaker Jr
Dorothy Mae Brown
Herman O'Neal
Hayward O’neal
New Jersey
Church Seeks New Site for Early Sunday Services
Christ United Methodist Church in Waynesboro seeks a new location for its early Sunday services after abandoning the Red Run Drive-In theater due to its film content. The shift follows the church board’s decision to stop using the theater for services while regular worship continues at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Christ United Methodist Church
Red Run
Franklin County
Secret liaison role tied to Nixon trip prep
A Chinese diplomat Huang Chen opened a Washington liaison office and acted as a secret contact for Henry Kissinger in July and August 1971 after Kissinger secretly visited China to begin preparations for Nixon's February 1972 trip. Huang Chen was then posted in Paris during ongoing Vietnam talks.
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Washington
Nixon
China
Henry A. Kissinger
Huang Chen
Kissinger
Paris
Vietnam
Georgia Power seeks emergency rate hike and long term increase
Georgia Power filed an emergency request for an 11.1 million dollar rate hike covering July 1 to September 30 for all retail customers. A June 13 hearing was set. The company says the financial crisis threatens the state’s power supply and plans a future 80 million dollar increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Hatch
Georgia Power
PSC
Fulton County
Waynesboro
Baxley
Rome
Eatonton
R. B. Alford
Metcalf Ave paving favored for state aid in Thomasville
City officials announced Metcalf Ave as the top street to pave with state aid to ease bottlenecks from growing industry and tobacco auctions. DOT contract to follow after Wesley Wilson directs necessary work. Downtown incidents included a lightning fire at Lakeview Mobile Home Park and a light Arco Welding blaze on W Hansell. Seaboard Coastline to install Clay St crossing for Balfour Lumber Co sawmill expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Burgess
Atlanta
Musgrove
Metcalf
Heavil
Dennis Baker
Lakeview Mobile Home Park
Pinetree Blvd
Arco Welding Supply Co
Tallahassee
W. Hansell St
Metcalf Ave
Audrey Dollar
Seaboard Coastline Railroad
Clay St
Balfour Lumber Co
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United Kingdom
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Ed Kelly
Howard
Faulk
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Joe Beverly
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C. Martin Wood III
Flowers Industries
Tom Faircloth
Junior Service League
Robert Holton
Holton Auto Service
A. Sonny Lloyd
Liberty Homes of
C&s Bank
Faulk Chevrolet Co., Inc
Chamber of Commmerce
Thomasville Rotary Club
Dr. Watt
Mr. Butler
Miss Harris
Bernice Dorothy Harris
Lester St
U.S
Providence Baptist Church
E.S. Sheffield
Hatcher-Peoples Funeral Home
Dorthy Harris
Earl Scruggs Jr
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Mr. Dowdell
Mr. Pippins
Mrs. Whitaker
Church
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Thomasville Municipal
Ker Plunk
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Watt Building Material Co
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