Community Honors Sherrod as World Citizenship Speaker
Thomasville High School graduation features Robert Sherrod class of 1925 address stressing global citizenship and world stability. Bryan Robinson leads as valedictorian as medals and diplomas are awarded amid community support for new school facilities.
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Thomasville
THS
Robert Shernad
Time Magazine
Marshall Woodson
Bryan Witcht Robinson
Herbert Lewitt
N. M. Williams
Board of Education
Robert Sherrod
Sherrod
America
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Americas Legion
Heyward Vann
Bryan Robinson
DAR
R. ©. Balfour
June Woodward
William Russell Baiford
Woaveson
Society Dinner Party Sets Tone For Daytona Beach Trip
Mr and Mrs J J Crawford host a dinner for a group of young people at their Spair Street home as a send off for a Daytona Beach cottage house party. Attending are Mrs H L Teate and Mrs Rf B Y Quinn along with couples Bobby Crawford Jeanne Moreland Jane Jay and Howard Kelly Barbara Teate and Talbot Nunnally Eleanor Inman and Reece Turrentine.
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J. J. Crawford
Spair Street
Daytona Beach
Fla
H. L. Teate
Rf. B. Y Quinn
Bobby Crawford
Jeanne Moreland
Jane Jay
Howard Kelly
Barbara Teate
Talbot Nunnally
Eleanor Inman
Reece Turrentine
Local citizen urges passage of plan to build gym
Thomasville Georgia June 4 1948 editor Jerger Times Enterprise Frank Forrester chairman Recreation Committee urges residents to back a recreational gym with a modest electric rate increase to fund the project He argues the facility advances youth education and local leadership and should be pursued now rather than years later The letter also notes the English walnut origin and historic introduction to America from England
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Jerger
Times Enterprise
Thomasville
George Dear
Frank Forrester
Past Presidents Program at Kiwanis Meeting
The annual Past Presidents program at the Kiwanis luncheon honored past leaders including T. L. Spence W. D. Hasty and Arthur Clark. Notables Harris Jefferson and Bob Sherrod spoke on community progress like the planned swimming pool and civic improvements.
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Kiwanis
Charle Pittman
T. L. Spence
W. D. Hasty
Arthur Clark
C. H. Watt
Bill Gravely
Charlie Reilly
Charlie Wall
Firs
Charlie Watt
Lonnie Ferguson
Dozier Hasty
Leb Dekle
J. Gorham Garrison
Doc Harper
Charlie Pittman
Dan Redd
el Thomas
Jim Keyton
Odis Johnson
Henry Mahler
Herbert Rendling
Henry Matthews
Floyd Searcy
William Brown
Hugh Gurley
Harris Jefferson
Cairo
Kiwanis Club
Thomasville
Bob Sherrod
Time
Life Magazines
Mr. Sherrod
Nat Williams
Nahunta
Thomas
Rudolph Bell
Board of Directors
Plaza Blue Room
Ralph McChesney
Louis Porter
Marie Flanders
Washti
Frank Nalls
Carl Brinson
Max Sanders
John Haley
Decatur
Irvin Baldwin
Pavo
Elinor Groover
John Whiddon Receives Class Honors in Green and White
John Robert Whiddon is recognized with Class Color Green and White and Class Flower White Rose. The note lists his Motto We Shall Make Footprints on The Sands of Time as part of the presentation.
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John Robert Whiddon
Americus Bride-To-Be Carol Merritt Weds Alton Harrison
Americus Georgia June 5 social notes announce the engagement of Carol Merritt of Americus to Alton Wright Harrigan of Cairo and Coolidge. The couple plans a July wedding.
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Carol Merritt
Americus
Alton W. Harrison
Alton Wright Harrigan
Cairo
Coolidge
Robert Lee Merrit
Ochlochnee
Marris
Belle Pieher
Elizabeth Talt, Pilcher
John M. Pilcher
Thomas Sunny
Mary Frances Welch Merritt
Joshua Merritt
Grady Eounty
Lois Merritt
cJames P. Groover
Ben A Braswell
Ochechnee
George Faulkner
Pine Park
John W. Merritt
Meigs Student Wendall OSten Receives Emory BA
Atlanta June 5 Wendall Keith OSteen a Meigs student is among over 400 candidates for degrees at Emory University spring commencement He is slated to earn a Bachelor of Arts in the first split ceremony in Emory history according to registrar Dr I W Brock
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Atlanta
Meigs
Social Security critique cites Pettengill analysis on funds
Samuel B. Pettengill’s analysis argues federal fiscal policies degraded the value of social security savings. He claims 1940 dollars would buy less today, warns of future protection gaps, and labels extending Social Security as a moral question amid rising living costs and inflation.
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Samuel B. Pettengill
Truman
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Life Underwriters Represented At State Convention
The Thomasville Association of Life Underwriters attended the state convention led by R. S. Hiers president and W. A. Hall vice president. Tom Stevens and W. B. Ryan of Pelham served as board members.
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Thomasville Association of Life Underwriters
of Life Underwriters
Messrs. R. S. Hiers
W. A. Hall
Tom Stevens
W. B. Ryan
Pelham
Forest fires burn across 200 square miles in Ontario timberland
Ontario fire crews battled nearly 200 square miles of northern timberland as rain and humidity offered limited relief. About 2,000 people fought the blazes in Mississago and Chapleau districts where two major fires had stopped spreading, officials reported.
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Ontario
Mississago
Chapleau
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Sallie Baker
Dec Harper
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Patricia Gainous
Margaret Rose Anegus
Mary Frances Bass
Winnie Chris Llane
Jane Bianson
Betty Jean Brown
Alone Freeman
Bruce Cherie Ann Eurter
Dora Frances Christie
Annie Lois Clark
Peggy Ann Jokle
Carolyn Bright Dixon
Eleanor Lois Dowling
Betty Jean Forrester
Betty Jo Bricks
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Doris Gibsar Aochard
Charlotte June Hier
Sleanore
Caroline Inman
Frances Janette Jones
Virginia Annette Jones
Mattie Lou Lassier
Deana Rose Lozier
Dorothy Louise Minchews
Marjorie Ann Prince
Mildred Viraaia Reichert
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Adan Rogers
Eleanor Maurece Singletary
Beuy Anne Stephens
Ida Anne ‘Taylor
Janie Elizabeth Taylor
Barbara Anne Teate
Billie Rath Trewedh
Geris Jean Turner
Martin A Wahl
Mary June Woodward
Norma Mildred Yauadle
Robert Lee Aden
Charles Fred Barnum
Charles Woods Callahan
Kummest Brown Cooper, Jr
Herman Clayton Courson
Robert Roy Dunlap
Willian Parker Evans
Farris R. Floyd
Floyd Silas Griffin, Jr
James Theron Hardin
John Franklin Harvin
Carl Sandys Hutchinson
Hubert
Daniel Irby, Jr
Louis Gaines Jerger
Albert Daniel Johnson
William Calvin Kelly
Sheftall Waller Lanter
Donald Theo Lewis
Ronald C. Lewis
Herbert Bernand
Lewitt
Edwin Winfield Maury, Jr
Ralph Stanley McChesney, Jr
Samuel Albert Miller
Raymond Patterson
William Joseph Pettigrew
James Murrow Rackley
William Russell Raiford
Cecil Huntley Redfern
Bryan Wright Robinson
Edward Salmond Shirley
James Swick
Leon Howard Taylor
James Allen Thomas
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Alma Wright
Columbia
Tennessee
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Wendall K. O’steen
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George D. Tompkins
Tompkins
Noah Stegall
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Albany
Perry
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