Rotary Club Discusses Boy Scouting Leadership and Council Role
Harris Jefferson of Cairo spoke to the Rotary Club on the Sewanne Council’s work in fourteen counties with a $20,000 annual budget and four staff, detailing council funding, camp activities, and community cooperation. The talk praised council structure and urged community participation for true Boy Scout advancement. Guests included F C Marpson Truman Holland Clarence Hill Albany Will Watt Bryan Robinson P. Kaspar C E Bouldry of Clark Thread Company, among others.
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Rotary Club
Boy Scout Organization
Harris Jefferson
Cairo
Sewanne Council
Howard Timberlake
Jefferson
Tallahassee
F.C. Marpson
Quincy
Truman Holland
Edward Porter Jr Elected to Honorary Fraternity at UNC
Edward B Porter Jr of this city is among twenty four selected from the Commerce School out of one thousand students to Beta Gamma Sigma an honorary scholastic organization He was elected treasurer for the coming year the only elective office held Many friends of this former Thomasville boy will be glad to
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Edward Porter, Jr
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Edward B. Porter Jr
Commerce School
Beta Gamma Sigma
Thomasville
Social page notes and upcoming local events
A series of social gatherings fills the town as Nan Past reports a 4 house warming for the Stringers on Gordon Avenue with guests bearing treats. James Lessey joins Pure Food Products as Sales Manager in Thomasville, while Juanita Porter presents a flatdance recital and pre-graduation Open Houses mark the Municipal auditorium week.
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Ann Hasty
Betty Terry
Moultrie Road
Youngblood Auto Body Shop Moves to Carroll Hill
Local Oldsmobile dealer Mr J W Youngblood announces the relocation of his Auto Body Shop from Carroll Hill to the Oldsmobile Agency at 519 N Madison Street A complete auto repair shop with factory trained mechanics and a stocked Oldsmobile parts department is now open in a modern building with a spacious display room inviting the public to visit.
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Youngblood Auto Body Shop
Carroll Hill
J. W. Youngblood
Oldsmobile
Madison Street
Mr. Youngblood
Bis
Air Transport Command Grounds All C-54 Aircraft
The Army Air Transport Command temporarily grounds its global fleet of 194 C-54 Sky Masters to inspect tail fittings after reports that bolts and vertical stabilizer attachments were loose or sheared in some aircraft. Planes to be back in service within a few days.
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Washington
Army
Air Transport Command
ATC
Finney Veterans Hospital slated for June closing
Observations criticise the Veterans Administration plan to close Finney Veterans Hospital by June 15, shipping patients and removing equipment. The piece argues the move centralizes care to urban centers, wastes public funds, harms veterans in rural Georgia and northern Florida, and urges preserving Finney as a regional facility to save money and maintain access.
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Finney Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
Miss Jo Bond to Wed Mr Owen House on June 29
Engagement announced by Mr and Mrs E P Bond of Raton New Mexico for their daughter Jo Bond to Owen House of Thomasville The wedding will be June 29 at Dawson Street Methodist Church Rev A Jason Shiran to officiate She is a graduate of Sue Bennett College and attended Scarrett Peabody Colleges in Nashville Tenn She has taught on the Vashti staff He is a Thomasville High School graduate who attended North Georgia College and is the son of Mr and Mrs J C House of Thomasville
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Jo Bond
First Methodist Vacation Bible School Opens Monday
The Daily Vacation Church School at First Methodist Church starts next Monday at 9 AM and runs weekdays from June 9 to June 20. Children from ages 4 through 14 may attend for Christian education creative activities fellowship and worship.
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First Methodist
First Methodist Church
Ios
Methodist Youth Fellowship Banquet Planned for Sunday Evening
The Senior department of the church announces a banquet Sunday at 6 30 in the Wesley Building of the First Methodist Church to honor Thomasville High School graduates of the M Y F Mrs Dean Whitehead department superintendent leads the planning assisted by Mrs Joe Craigmiles Mrs John Dixon and Mrs C W McKinnon and others urged the Senior Department to attend.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley
First Methodist Church
Thomasville High School
Dean Whitehead
Joe Craigmiles
John Dixon
Church School
Navy Vets Path From War to Georgia Studies
Prior to entering the Navy in 1943 he served with the Naval Air Corps in the Pacific theater. After discharge in 1946 he entered the University of Georgia at Athens where he is now continuing his studies.
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Navy
Naval Air Corps
Pacific
University of Georgia At Athens
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Broad
MEET
Sanstone
Thomasville Laundry
Nan
Sidney
Stringer
Gordon
Archbold Hospital
Hugh Gurley
Robert Stringer
al Stringer
Sidney Stringer, Sr
Dallas
James Lessey
Pure Food Products
Thomasville Farmer's
Jimmy
Southern Methodist University
Texas
Kappa Alpha
Nelson Krehbiel
Mound Ridge Milling Company
Juanita
Louis) Porter
Emily Neel
Municipal Auditorium
E. B. Porter
North
Young St
Finneyan
Finney
Atlanta
Lake City
Fla
Augusta
America
Ibaetraten
Americus
Medical Center
General
Americas
Oteen
N. C
South Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Jove
WOME
Cyre
Inman Drug
Kensington Iced Beverage
N. Broad
Westinghouse
Thomasville Home & Auto Supply Store
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