Col Delamar Joins Thomas County Health Department
Lt. Col. R. F. Delamar retired Marine corps officer has become public health sanitarian for Thomas County Health Dept. Director Dr. J. L. Palmer announced. Delamar, Hawkinsville native and 1942 UGA chemistry graduate, will inspect food service, dairies, and milk plants, and recently completed a six month public health course in Macon and Atlanta. He and wife Peggy Polhill live at 115 N. Dawson St. and attend First Methodist Church.
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R. F. Delamar
U. S. Marine Corps
Thomas County Health Dept
J. L. Palmer
Delamar
Macon
Atlanta
Hawkinsville
University of Georgia
Marines
Five Thomasville and Thomas County Teachers Retire
Five veteran teachers with a combined 184 years in education retire this year. Miss Alma Barrow 65 of Coolidge Elementary Miss Mamie Milner 62 of Brooks County resident and former Thomasville principal Miss Elizabeth Spence 70 of Love Street Thomasville Miss Marion Horn 67 with 49 years in two districts and Mrs Mary Lee Beott 63 of Boston with 36 years. They were honored at a luncheon by the Thomasville Teachers Assn. and will pursue varied retirements including church work travel and fishing.
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Thomasville
Mamie Milner
Balfour School
Marian Horn
Elizabeth Spence
Jerger School
Thomas County
Alma Barrow
Coolidge
Mary Lee Beott
New Union School
Cerain
Miss Milner
Brooks County
Fletcherville School
Balfour
Quitman High School
Mary Lee Scott
Boston
Toll and battles in Vietnam report summary
U S and allied forces reported heavy Viet Cong losses with 516 killed 31 captured and 88 weapons seized. A six man U S Air Force survey team was ambushed about 15 miles south of the 17th Parallel killing the team. Vietnamese troops claimed to have destroyed a Viet Cong ammunition factory after four clashes in the Mekong Delta Cai Rang district killing 10 guerrillas.
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U.S
U.S. Air Force
17Th Parallel
North
Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Fhong Dinh
Cai Rang
Saigon
Christian Science Church Names Erwin Canham Leader
Erwin D. Canham was elected the new president of The Mother Church as the Christian Science centennial meeting drew a record attendance of about 15 000 from around the world in Boston. Construction crews began land clearance nearby for the church’s expansion.
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Erwin D. Canham
Christian Science Church
Boston
Mass
Church of Christ, Scientist
Beginnings of Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
Two Delegates Selected For Boys State
Cairo and Whigham youths Hal Brady and Emmett Brock were chosen to attend Boys State at Georgia Military Academy in College Park this week. Edd L. Childers of American Legion Post No. 122 said the duo were selected for outstanding character citizenship leadership and scholarship.
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Cairo
Grady County
Georgia Military Academy
College Park
Hal Brady
Jesse Brady
Emmett Brock
Edward Brock
Whigham
Edd L. Childers
American Legion
Episcopal Meeting Set in Sewanee Province Convocation
Five hundred delegates from nine Southern states attend the 84th synod convocation at the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee. The three day event marks the first time women have equal delegate status with men. Major addresses will be given by Archbishop Howard dewlett Clark of Canada and Bishop Francisco Reus Froylan of Puerto Rico. Rt Reverend Albert Stuart of Georgia presides as province president.
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Bewanee, Tenn
Protestant Episcopal Church
Howard Dewlett
Clark
Canada
Francisco Reus-Froylan
Puerto Rico
Albert Stuart
Georgia
Province of
Sewanee
University of the South
Publisher's Wife Blanche Knopf Dies at 71
Blanche Wolf Knopf, wife of Alfred A. Knopf, died Saturday in New York at age 71. She was active in the publishing firm, served as vice president, and became president of the company in 1957.
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New York
Blanche Wolf Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf
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