Calendar of Evening Meetings and Graduations
Today Calendar lists Pitot Club at Ellis Hone Miss Stith Bible class at Y M C A Post 31 and Auxiliary at Legion Home Odd Fellows at IOOF Hall Arts Guild at Youth Center Legion Post 222 at Legion Home Naval Reserves at National Guard Armory Thomasville Hairdressers Unit at Y M LCA and Thomasville High School graduation exercises at Municipal Auditorium Wednesday opens for summer Central High PTA organizational meeting at Y M C A Home League at the Salvation Army Co B 322 Inf Reg US Army Reserves at Post 31 Thursday Rotary Club at Elks Home Lions Club at Scott Hotel Eleven O Clock Club at Elks Home Vashti graduation exercises at school auditorium Alcoholics Anonymous at Presbyterian Fellowship Hall
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Naval
National Guard Armory
Thomasville
Y.mlca
Thomasville High School
Municipal Auditorium
Glen Arvenpoo
Central High Pta
Y.M.C
Salvation Army
U. S. Army
Paving on Lester Street to Resume After Water Main Fix
Paving and grading on Lester Street will restart within days after a water main damage last Thursday halted work. Roland Clayton of the Thomasville Water and Lights Dept said water main lowering must finish before grading resumes. The contract covers 1.46 miles of paving on Fletcher College and Lester, with base stabilization and tree treatment along Fletcher from Bartow to College and extensions to Pine Tree Blvd.
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Lester St
Roland Clayton
Thomasville Water and Lights Dept
Clayton
College and
Fearn
Fletcher, College
Fletcher St
Bartow
College St
College
Pine Tree Blvd
Grady Primary Fees Climb for Sept Campaign
Cairo Oklahoma Grady county Democratic executive committee set qualification fees for the September 10 primary. Fees include 500 dollars for City Court judge 400 for City Court solicitor and 250 for a Grady County legislator. A noon June 21 filing deadline and a possible September 24 runoff were announced.
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Cairo
Gray County
Democratic Executive Committee
Grady County
Decatur Rites Held For Augustus Rich
Funeral services for Augustus J. Rich 60 of Decatur were at First Baptist Church with Rev. James T. Burrell and Dr. Charles Bishop. Interment at Oak City Cemetery with Masonic rites. Rich a lifelong Decatur County resident was a plumber and member of multiple local organizations. Survivors include his wife three daughters three sons two sisters and 12 grandchildren.
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Bainbridge
Augustus J. Rich
First Baptist Church
James T. Burrell
Charles Bishop
Oak City
E. W. Cox & Sons Funeral Home
Decatur County
Rich
Baraca
American Legion
Orion Masonic Lodge
Bainbridge Shrine Club
Alice Rich
A. F. Hammer
J. C. Strickland
Hubert Parker
Climax
Earl J. Rich
Augustus Rich
Jack Broome
Athens
Talmadge Attacks Foreign Aid Plan
Senator Herman Talmadge of Georgia assailed the administration foreign aid program on the Senate floor urging tighter control of mutual security spending. He warned against a blank check to the executive branch and said the world cannot be saved from communism with an undefined endless program. He spoke during debate on the House approved mutual security bill.
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Washington
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate
Georgia
Congress
Talmadge
Army tests combat readiness of Redstone missile
Army troops of the 40th Field Artillery Missile Group fired the Redstone missile inland at White Sands Range New Mexico under tactical desert conditions. The test marked the first inland launch and followed Redstone use in Explorer satellite missions with a 200 to 250 mile range. Officials did not disclose the launch site or distance.
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White’ Lands Range
N.M
40Th Field Artillery Missile Group
Desert Sands
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Grady Methodist Leaders Attend 93rd South Georgia Conference
Grady county pastors and lay leaders attend the 93rd session in Valdosta as Bishop Arthur J. Moore reads 1958 59 appointments. Rev J C Varnell Jr expected back at First Cairo for a third year as remodeling bids for the sanctuary air heating and lighting projects proceed.
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Cairo
Grady County
Valdosta
South Georgia
Arthur J. Moore
J. C. Varnell, Jr
Whigham-Climax
Orange Springs
Sprit Hill
Augustus E. Jordan
Buford Fulford
Bethel-Calvary
Joe D. Bishop
Metcalf
Bethpage
Cold Springs
K. E. Clayton
Howell E. McKinnon
Margaret Y. Powell
McKinnon
I. 3
Rineer
First Church
C. B. Urick
Seasons of spring and quiet acts inspire townsfolk
A reflective column muses on routine behavior and unseen helpers, noting spring’s renewal and community resilience. It highlights Norman Hopkins returning to Thomasville, Colonel Haywood Hansell leaving after eight years, and the deep ties of local families. It ends with practical advice on wet weather and flu season.
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Thomasville
Haywood Hansell
Decatur County Primary Election Set for September 10
Decatur County will hold its primary on September 10 alongside the state primary. D A Kitchen gs chair man of the Democratic Executive Committee announced the candidate filing deadline at noon on June 28. Local races include two state representative posts and three county commissioner seats Attapulgus Bainbridge west Bainbridge. Incumbents Lawson Taylor and Neil Howell filed for re election while H Carl Cloud will not seek reelection and potential candidate speculation surrounds R A Cheney Griffin. Other commissioners Long and Lasiie have not announced plans.
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Bainbridge
Decatur County
D. A. Kitchengs
Attapulgus
H. Carl Cloud
Climax
R. A. (Cheney) Griffin
Neil Howell
West Bainbridge
W. W. Long
Joe T. Lasiie
Building Permits Show Thomaston Growth From 1946 to 1958
City building inspector reports 12 year totals for Thomaston residential and commercial permits. Single family permits reached 1806 with an estimated value of 7 050 432 dollars, churches 25 permits totaling 433 740 dollars, and commercial permits 233 totaling 6 418 202 dollars. Minor housing project permits add 5 with 1 752 882 dollars in cost.
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Thomasville
Owen Ga
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Arts Guild
Legion
Legion Home
Rotary Club
Elks
Lions Club
Scott Hotel
Presbyterian Fellowship Hall
Dial
Marlon Brando
Montgomery
Dean Martin
the _—s
Delta Ss Pty Are
Hope Lange
Barbara Rush
Britt
Hiwa Theatre
Bombshell
United Aniats
Sale
Louie
Femington Ave
Grady
Decatur
Augustus
Army
Methodist
Citutes
Norman Hopkins
Florida
Norman
Theo Titus
Tom Hopking
Gorey
Fresh Country
Robin Hood
DOI
Ast
North Georgia
Jax
Os Naren
Pine
Pope’s
Pope Shoe Service
Thomasville Merchants
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