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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
3
Birdwood Junior College announces a full Saturday schedule headlined by a baccalaureate service, commencement, and alumni association meeting on campus. 22 graduates will receive diplomas during the 3 p.m. ceremony led by Judge George R. Lilly.
A second Thomasville boy won a political post at Boys State. Neil Rumble Jr was elected sheriff at yesterday's meeting. Maurice Chastain, sponsored by Thomasville American Legion Post 31, won mayor of one of 16 mythical counties on Monday amid the mock government program in Atlanta.
Wall Street opened with a small decline after news of the shooting of Senator Kennedy but moved higher in active trading. The Dow fell 0.54 to 316.00 at noon while the AP average slipped 0.1 to 337.6 as investors waited and saw. Union Tank Car rose on news of a Litton Industries joint exchange, and Goodrich led volume gains.
A vandalism incident damaged a special science garden at Central School in Thomas County. The event disrupted the corn stalks and related displays, leaving the area in disarray and prompting concerns about maintenance and safety.
A four day family relations seminar led by Dr. Edwin Hartz of Florida State University will be hosted by First Baptist Church in Thomasville. The program includes films, panelists, and discussions aimed at helping parents and teenagers understand each other amid shifting moral standards.
Obituaries report Truman Osborne Chastain 71 of 1506 E Washington St died at Archbold Memorial Hospital from heart ailment. John s Lunch operator Louie James Gregoriou 49 of 510 KE Calhoun St died at home from apparent heart attack. Donald Wallace Wiggins 14 of 110 S Hansell St died in Augusta hospital after leukemia battle.
Truman O. Chastain 71 of Thom asville died after a lengthy life as a barber. Funeral plans are pending at Kirkland Cray Hughes Home for Funerals. He is survived by his wife Hazel Smith married in 1918 a son two daughters four sisters two brothers and eight grandchildren in Georgia and Florida. The Pelham note lists Martha Maud Burnett 76 who died June 3 in Waynesville North Carolina with services Friday at First Baptist Pelham Cemetery burial officiants Braswell Funeral Home.
Mary Scott Jernigan age 81 of 401 Bartow Street died Sunday in Valdosta. Funeral services were held at Kirkland Cray Hughes Home for Funerals with burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Survived by two sisters Mrs Hoyt Wimpy of Thomasville and Mrs Alberta Jones of Lake Wales Florida, two nephews and three nieces including Mrs P C Andrews Jr of Thomasville.
Georgia cattle auctions across six markets showed receipts about 1,700, unchanged from last week, with varied prices for slaughter steers heifers cows and calves. Trading on the Atlanta produce market was moderate with peaches strawberries cabbage collards watermelons and beans priced across statewide varieties and regions.
In Atlanta price quotes for eggs show declines across sizes with figures for extra large at 38 to 34, large around 36 to 34, medium 29 to 24, and small 22 to 25 cents per dozen, reflecting market shifts.
Georgia Florida and Alabama packers move about 225 hogs in a steady market. Price ranges noted for 190-240 lb hogs from 17.75 to 18.75 dollars, with 225 head in high yielding class at 19.00 to 19.25 dollars. Heavy 240-270 lb hogs bring 17.00 to 18.00 dollars.
Demand is very good for live broilers and fryers in Atlanta with farm prices reported mostly eight cents higher.
The Radio Corp of America reports research showing a thick liquid with crystals between glass plates can form a new electronic display. It could lead to home television screens no thicker than a slice of bread.
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