Thomasville Teens Set for Global Exchange with AFS
Pam McCollum receives two and a half weeks notice for a summer in Switzerland under an American Field Service scholarship. She sails June 21 aboard the Ryndam from New York, bound for Rotterdam then host families across Europe. The program includes shipboard classes and Berlitz study as she joins 67 U S AFSers in a life changing experience.
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Thomasville
Pam McCollum
Switzerland
American Field Service International
AFS
Esther
Detroit
Mich
Pam
Ryndam
New York Harbor
U. S
Rotterdam
Birdwood Junior College Commencement Banquet Dance Held
Friday night formal event at the American Legion Home celebrated Birdwood Junior College graduating sophomores. Freshman class officers Sheila Massey Gale Reeves and Gail Futch led the event with faculty sponsor Mrs. Julian Horne honored with a bouquet.
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Birdwood
American Legion
Birdwood Junior College
Sheila Massey
Gale Reeves
Gail Futch
Julian Horne
Cheryl Giles
Angela Copeland
Miss Massey
John Holt
G. P. McGowan
Lee Smith
Thomas McComb
Dean Holt
Albert Sessions
Student Government Association
Brenda Blow
Deidre Downe
Lynn
Dawn Farris
Kathy Parrish
Birdwood College
Mary Louise Meeee
Heart of Dixie
Miss Reilly Weds Lt. J. R. Mankowich
Miss Susan Dean Reilly of Eustis wed Lt. James Ralph Mankowich of Cheshire Conn on June 8 at St Mary of the Lake. The ceremony was led by Rev. William J Trainor with Katherine Reilly as maid of honor and John Mankowich as best man. The couple departed for Fort Knox Kentucky where the groom is stationed with the Navy.
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Eustis, Fla
Susan Dean Reilly
Eustis
James Ralph Mankowich
Cheshire
Conn
St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church
William J. Trainor
Dr. Reilly of
Wustis
Katherine Reilly
Betty Mankowich
Ferra
New York
N.Y
Benton Glass
Richard Paul
David Walker
Pensacola
Kenneth Goldstein
Portsmouth
Allen Hughes
Fort Knox
U. S. Navy
Singletarys Set 50th Celebration
CAIRO Mr and Mrs Irwen Singletary of Cairo formerly of Thomas County will be honored Sunday at an 80th anniversary open house at their home 3rd Ave 8W Friends and relatives may call between 3 and 6 pm Len Singletary the honorees son and his family will hoste
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Cairo
Irwen D. Singletary
Thomas Co
3Rd Ave
Len Singletary
Christian School Confers 11 Kindergarten Diplomas in First Year
Thomasville Christian School graduated 11 kindergartners on May 30 marking its first year of operation. Recipients included James Gordon Bryant Jr and Marcus Anthony Bush. Rev. James C. Smith led diplomas with remarks by Gordon Brym and others. Speakers were Rev. Chalmus McMillen and Rev. Merrill Coram, with invocation by Rev. Gene Vinson.
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Thomasville Christian School
James Gordon Bryant Jr
Marcus Anthony Bush
Virgil Howard Castleberry
Harold Keith Dekle
Leslie C. de- Young
Kelly Evans Duren
Paula Jean Knight
Nathan Joe Roberts
Gerald James Shackelford
William Robert Whie
Jeffery Daniel Willis
Kindergaten
James C. Smith
Chalmus McMillen
Eastside
Summer youth center classes at YMCA on Pavo Road
The YMCA Youth Center on Pavo Road announces a summer program running until August 15. Schedule includes crafts and ceramics for children under 12 on Monday and Wednesday mornings and afternoons, adult ceramics, seed painting, and crafts on Fridays, plus twirling classes at the McGovock house with age-based time slots. Mrs Pryor Connell teaches crafts and ceramics while Mrs Dale Gramling Pate instructors twirling.
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YMCA
Pavo Road
McGovock House
Pryor Connell
Dale Gramling Pate
Central Java Women Sell Hair in International Market
Central Java women known for long black hair cut and sell it to brokers for wigs in the United States Japan Hong Kong and The Netherlands. After the 1965 coup massacre many widowed women lost jobs and turned to selling hair. The government has not interfered.
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Jakarta
Central Java
United States
Hong Kong
Japan
Netherlands
Java
Degrees Awarded to ABAC and Tift College Graduates
Abraham Baldwin College and Tift College awarded 238 degrees to area students on Saturday. Notable graduates include Lewis Earl Wrenn and Dewey Philip Gordon receiving associate in science in business administration, Jarrell Ronald Cagle in agricultural engineering, Jessie Mephen Hickey in agriculture, Joanna Patricia Carey Giffin in nursing, Darlene Teress Kierce in secretarial science, W Marcus Collier in agricultural equipment technology, Rosalyn Ione Bannister in health and physical education, and Dorinda Carlton with an associate arts degree.
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Abraham Baldwin College
Thomas County
Lewis Earl Wrenn
E. R. Singletary
Ochlochnee
Dewey Philip Gordon
Dewey Gordon
Thomasville
Jarrell Ronald Cagle
Homer Cagle
Rosalyn Ione Bannister
V. L. Bannister
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Thomasvillians
Lake Cottage
Ben Grace
Lawson Neel
Robert A. Heinsohns
Gail Fatsh
Tom Faircloth
J. L. Hewett
Miss Reilly
J. R. Mankowich
James Burnham Reilly
Mr. Reilly
J. L. Briley
Charley J. Reilly
Mankowich Is
Mrs
Ivan Mankowich Cheshire
John Mankowich
LA Frank Milles
Jacksonville
Frank
Singletarys
Christian School
Gordon Brym
Paula Knigh
Leslie DeYoung
Joey Roberts
Robert White
Keith Dekle
Virgil Castleberry
Danny Willis
Gerald Shackelford
Kelly Duren
Trinity Baptist
Sion
Ront Row
Gordon Bryant
Mark Bush
Polly Knight
Keith Dekie
Indonesia
Prescription
Shepherd's Drug Store
Enst Jackson Street
Thomasville, GA
Abac and
Tift Colleges
Jessie Mephen Hickey
Harry Hickey
Meigs
Joanna Patricia Carey Giffin
Darlene Teress Kierce
James L. Kierce
W. Marcus Collier
Mr. and
P. W. Collier
Dorinda Carlton
Orco Carlton
Ball Chiropractic
East Jackson St
Dial
ShampBott
Madison
Lenin
Floor
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