Clemency Plea of Odie Fluker Heard Today
Atlanta June 6 A clemency hearing for Odie V Fluker under death sentence for the 1935 slaying of Eddie Guyol was held before the Georgia Prison and Parole Board Fluker an upholsterer from Birmingham Alabama claimed innocence and that he was in Birmingham the night of the killing Attorneys asked for commutation to life imprisonment after a 30 day Governor Rivers respite to prepare testimony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odie Fluker
Atlanta
Odie V. Fuker
Eddie Guyol
Georgia Prison and Parole Board
Fluker
Birmingham
Ala
E. D. Rivers
Birmhingham
Guyol
Fldker
Class Night Exercises Highlight Thomasville High School
Thomasville High School held class night with a three act play titled We The Seniors, directed by Mary Frances Carnford and Nell Jenkins, and featured a band, humorous readings, songs, and a future-portrait parade. The program concluded with the valedictory by Tom Vann, alma mater singing, and the presentation of school trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Carnford
Nell Jenkins
Frances Andrews
Jack Hubert
Anne Rowe
Cornelia Jones
Elizabeth Caldwell
Barbara Holder
Anne Flowers
Merle Hinson
Times-Enterprise
Je2r
Sam Griffin
Bill McCollum
Th Student . Council
Tom Yann
Joe Porter
Roy Walton
Ann Flowers
Tri Hi-Y
Anne Gainey
Jenelle Chastain
Emily Jerger
Harriet Clemens
Tom Vann
John Sam Griffin
Supt
Mahler
Odd Fellows Notice Piney Woods Lodge Meeting Tonight
A regular meeting of Piney Woods Lodge L. C. C. F will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the hall on South Broad Street. All members are urged to attend. Roy Tucker N. G Roland Durant Secretary.
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Odd Fellows
Piney Woods Lodge
South Broad Street
Roy Tucker
N. G
Roland Durant
Elks Lodge to Initiate New Members Tonight in Thomasville
Thomasville Elks Lodge No. 1618 will meet at eight o clock in the new hall on the second floor of the old public library building. The agenda features the lodge s first initiation of B P O E members since its recent organization. Refreshments will follow.
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Elks Lodge
Thomasville Elks Lodge No. 1618
Neighborhood Prayer Meeting for Mrs Watt’s Group
A neighborhood prayer meeting will gather with Mrs. W. A. Watt at 714 North Dawson Street tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. Residents are invited to join this local gathering.
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W. A. Watt
Dawson Street
Thomasville Weather Forecast June 6 1939
Forecast for Thomasville and vicinity calls for probably cloudy and somewhat unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday. Observation at 8 a.m. shows temperature details and precipitation totals for the period. The report notes extremes for the month and history, with values recorded for yesterday and the current month.
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U. S&s. Department OF Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Thomasville
Junior High to Senior High Exercises Held This Morning
This morning at the Junior High auditorium a formal yet informal ceremony marked the advancement of students to the Senior High. Principal J K Harper presided with Rev Mack Anthony delivering the invocation and Miss Alberta Goff directing the class song. The U D C presented a cash award won by Miss Lois Floyd. Certification of completion was awarded to numerous graduates including Vann Atkinson, Dick Carr, Sidney Fleming, George Krewson, and many others. the program closed with the benediction by W i Anthony and the class exiting to The Zouaver March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville High Band
Verran
J. K.harper
Mack Anthony
Vann Atkinson
Dick Carr
Sidney Fleming
George Krewson
George Langford
Frank Mitchell
Allen Scott
Claude Thames
Harry Turner
Julian Turrentine
Vance Watt
Ben Watkins
Sarah Agnew
Nell Cates
Martha Chastain
Patricia Cowden
Mardie Ann Dravis
Yvonne Davis
Mary Dollar
Wilhelmina Dollar
Rose Ferguson
Shirley Hallam
Elizabeth Harris
Evelyn Hurst
Pearl Inman
Sara Jones
Frances Lewis
Cynthia Marchant
Anne Mercer
Celetta Powell
Sybil Pullen
Laura Singletary
Magllyn Terry
Seine Wall
James Aldred
Hansell Bruce
Carl Brown
Lester Bushee
Roy Cates
Leighton Hasen
Pater Hjort
Kenneth Horton
Bill Joye
Craters McRory
Warren Rier
George Singleton
Clarence Smith
Jack Sykes
Charles Thomson
Steve Watkins
Lois Carroll
Sarah Davis
Dorothy Felkel
Ethel Gruber
Marjorie Herring
Inez Higgenbotham
Harriette Horne
Virginia Hughes
Helen King
Enid Lawson
Ethelyne Prevait
Katie Rudd
Virginia Slaton
Gloria Taylor
James Willis
Frances Woodward
Clyde Allen
Elmer Horne
O. C. Hough
Raiford Kerr
Harry Pinson
Merle Stokes
Andrew Vann
Frances Ashgood
Elizabeth Barnett
Laconie Billingsley
Virginia Billingsley
Lucile Blow
Lightning Strikes Homes and Kills Mule in County
A severe storm hit Thomasville last night causing property damage and caution but no injuries to Mrs. Miller who was away from her Gordon Avenue home when a lightning strike cracked a window and damaged parts. On County Line Road, farmer O D Wilkes reported his mule was killed by lightning and his barn damaged, near the farm of Simpson Chastain. Mitchell Street reports a brick culver scene.
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Thomasville
Wiliam Miller
Gordon Avenue
Simpson Chastain
Mitchell Street
Detroit
Michigan
Progressive Farmer
Harris
Georgia boys win trip to New York World’s Fair patrol event
Spencer Jarnagin of Thomasville's public schools earned one of twenty state awards for outstanding school patrolmen. The winners were chosen from 3,000 entrants for a free trip to the New York World’s Fair and a banquet on June 21.
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Thomasville
Spencer Jarnigan
Jarnagan
Fletcherville
Georgia
New York
Wiley Moore
Governor Rivers
Terrell Quick
la Grange
Allen Matthews
Thompson
Rayford Brooks
Trion
Warold Higgins
Bremen
Jack Wheeler
Maysville
Albert Bradley
Alma
Ancel Dyal
Baxley
W. L. Moore
Atlanta
Miss Gladys Johnson Weds Jack Harris in Thomasville
Miss Gladys Johnson and Mr. Jack Harris were married at the Methodist parsonage at eight last night in Thomasville. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mack Anthony and witnessed by the bride’s mother Mrs. Hattye Johnson and a few friends.
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Gladys Johnson
Jack Harris
Mack Anthony
Hattye Johnson
Thomasville
Joye
Commercial Bank
Lorene McCall Weds Rodger Barton
Mr Bryan McCall of Springwood Plantation announces the marriage of his sister Lorene to Rodger Barton son of Mr and Mrs J Barton of Lake Worth Florida. The ceremony took place Saturday June 3. The couple will reside in Lake Worth Florida.
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Lorene McCall
Rodger Barton
Bryan McCall
Springwood Plantation
Lorene
J. Barton
Lake Worth, Fla
Florida
Sirs. Barton
Lake Warth
Fla
Monthly Meeting of W C T U Planned for Wednesday
The regular monthly meeting of the W C T U will be held tomorrow Wednesday afternoon at four o clock at the First Baptist Church. Mrs T Le Spence serves as president with Mrs G S Alexander as secretary.
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First Baptis Church
T.' LE. Spence
GS. Alexander
Flood washes out bridge on Davis property and cuts lines
The Bruce branch section bridge was washed out by rising flood waters after rainfall. The bridge lay on L R Davis's property. Reports indicate several telephones were knocked out and a few electric stoves temporarily out of service due to blown fuses and line troubles affecting local homes.
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Bruce's Branch
L R. Davis
State Industrial Board Is Given Clean Slate
Atlanta June 6 the state industrial board was given a clean bill of health by the house economy committee. The panel found charges by Max Land unfounded and noted only that A J Hartley the board secretary has too many duties. The group conducted sworn testimony and inspected the board before issuing the report.
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State Industrial Board
Atlanta
House
Max Land
Hal MM Stanley
A. J. Hartley
Honorary Members List Mentioned in Local Society Notes
The item lists several women by name including Mrs James Burch Mrs Mc Jeffries Miss Mamie Milner and Miss Pay Dereaveds among honorary members with affiliations to local clubs and societies.
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A W. Realer
Z. E Pitxpatrick
John Po Parker
Son Pay CO Dereaveds
Petition for Discharge in Georgia Bankruptcy Case
United States District Court Thomasville Division middle district of Georgia hears a petition for discharge in the Charlie Olding bankruptcy. Deputy Clerk Hansel Watt notes the date and venue and directs creditors or interested parties to appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted.
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United States District Court
Thomasville Division
Georgia
Charlie Olding
Ciorna
Taki
Che
United States
Pustriet
United State Court Room
Thomasville
Fin
Dily
Board Finds Overpaid Land, Recommends Staffing Additions
The committee concluded the board overpaid for land and employed nonessential staff. It found the office understaffed and urged hiring a talitician and a law clerk, with the clerk’s pay capped at 250 dollars per month.
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