Griffin plans clash over education funding reform
Georgia lawmakers debated Gov. Griffin’s education program as legislators pressed to keep the Minimum Foundation Program intact. Rep. Freeman called the homestead exemption reduction unconstitutional while PTA urged preserving fringe programs. Revenue ideas included a soft drink tax and raising the gasoline tax, with opposition to extending the sales tax to personal services.
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Man Jr
Griffin
William Freeman
Monroe
Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers
PTA
Thrasher
Knox Walker
House
Senate
Marvin Griffin
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate State of the Republic
State Programs Study Committee
James Floyd
Chattooga County
Floyd
Chattooga
Ernest McDonald
Dalton
Rep
Battle Hall
Hall
Senate Finance Committee
Herschel Lovett
Dublin
Sen. McDonald
Ernest Vandiver
State of the Republic Committee
Lovett
State of the Republic
Strike Threat Continues Over Ford Wage Question
At Cleveland 200 pickets faced 8000 at a Chevrolet plant amid a protest of a worker suspension. Ford and Reuther reached a three year settlement with a 6 to 8 cent annual wage rise and a 65 million dollar fund for unemployment benefits, capped at 25 dollars weekly, along with pension and benefit improvements. NRA president Henry Ford II warned of economic harm if guaranteed wages become standard.
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Cleveland
Chevrolet
Ford
Reuther
Henry ©. Riter II
The
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Salk Answers on Polio Vaccine Safety and Immunity
Dr Salk says determining vaccine use in viremia cases is up to local health officers. He notes some April 1955 vaccine lots linked to paralysis prompted tighter safety procedures. Immunity from the vaccine appears potent for years, with room for further study on duration and storage stability. Dr Francis reaffirms the April 12 safety and potency verdict and finds no evidence of exaggerated polio incidence from injections.
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Salk
Thomas Francis Jr
University of Michigan
Francis
Local Ministers Head to Savannah for South Georgia Conference
Three Thomasville ministers join hundreds of clergymen and lay leaders at the 90th session of the South Georgia Methodist Conference starting Wednesday in Savannah. The Rev. Olin C. Cooper arrives for an advance committee meeting, with lay delegate Joe Higgins joining Wednesday. Other local pastors Rev. Ralph Foster and Rev. C. W. Hancock plan to leave for Savannah today.
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Thomasville
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Savannah
Olin C. Cooper
First Methodist Church
Joe Higgins
First Church
Ralph Foster
Fairview Methodist Church
C. W. Hancock
Dawsor Street Methodist Church
J. B. Smith
Thomas
President urges disciplined wisdom for graduates and future leaders
The address calls for a foundation of wisdom and unfaltering confidence in divine providence. Graduates commissioned as second lieutenants are urged to lead with peace and justice, serving at council tables rather than only in war. The piece notes local church assignments and Sunday services upcoming in the South Georgia Conference.
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America
Ochlocknee Church To Hold Barbecue Supper
Ochlocknee Methodist church sets a barbecue chicken supper for Friday June 24 from 7 to 8 30 pm. Tickets are 2 00 for adults and 1 00 for children. Lowell Clark leads the event with Mrs James Groover chairing the program and Jimmie Groover as co chair. The Guy Taylors will prepare the barbecue and proceeds fund choir and Sunday School room chairs.
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Ochlochnee
Ochlochnee Methodist Church
Lowell Clark
James Groover
Jimmie Groover
Guy Taylors
Weather Summary for Thomasville Georgia June 7 1955
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with widely scattered thundershowers. Temperature highs yesterday 91, low 65. highs this month on record 104, lows 49. Precipitation 0.00 in last 24 hours and 0.00 total this month, 16.37 for year to date. Normal this month 6.46.
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Thomasville
Evening of Dance Performed by Juanita Porter Students
Tonight at 8 15 the Juanita C Porter students present An Evening of Dance in the Municipal Auditorium with Mrs Kermit Carlton as accompanist. Rehearsal list names many students including Dickey, Cray, Busbee, Singletary and more with Miss Dickey as student assistant.
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Juanita C. Porter
Municipal Auditorium
Kermit Carlton
June Kennon
Diane Henderson
Jenny Watson
Melanie Smith
Deanna Penland
Aeresa Stewart
Debbie Kavanaugh
Polly Singletary
Kay Manning
Pam McCollum
Waltor Martin
Dianne Eason
Susan Hall
Barbara Clark
Mary Smith
Ann Dillinger
Ashley Tom
Hope Edwards
Harriette Sanders
Connie Bellis
Teresa Hicks
Dianne Dickey
India Joye
Cacole Beckham
Nancy Harvard
Eugenia Hogg
Linda Singletary
Sandra Shipp
Patricia Pierson
Brenda Morris
Penny Penland
Jo Ann Hogg
Pamela Burney
Anne Burney
Fontaine Flowers
Mary Ann Mayo
Miss Dickey
R. B. Floyd
R. T. Franklin
Porter
Quitman Delegates Attend Credit Meet in Washington DC
Quitman Production Credit Association officers and directors Webb Jesse Jackson Hi Groover H M Vonner PD B Holwell and RB Emerson returned from Columbia DC where they attended the 1st anniversary conference of Production Credit Associations. Holwell noted 631 attendees representing 87 associations and 87 508 stockholders. Georgia associations voted to hold their 1956 conference at Jekyll Island.
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Quitman
Webb
Jesse Jackson
Hi. P. Groover
H. M. Vonner
PD. B. Holwell
RB. W. Emerson
Quitman Production Credit Association
Columbia, D. C
Production Credit Associations
Holwell
Georgia
Jekyl Island
Bessie Wiggins Weds Franklin Heisler in Daytona Beach
Miss Bessie M. Wiggins and Franklin L. Heisler united in a June 4 ceremony at the Wiggins home in Daytona Beach Florida officiated by Rev. W. A. Wiggins. Bride’s parents hosted. Maid of honor Brunelle Harden of Jacksonville. Best man Cortez Cooper of Thomasville. Numerous out of town guests attended and a reception followed.
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Bessie M. Wiggins
Franklin L. Heisler
W. A. Wiggins
Bride
Daytona Beach
Fla
Wiggins
Brunelle Harden
Jacksonville
Cortez Cooper
Thomasville
A. W. Deckle
Betty Heisler
J. F. Heisler
Ed Basdekian
Gainesville
Tommy Davis
Ira Ramsey
Wallace Smiley
Jim Cunningham
Heisler Couple Plans Wedding Trip and Home
Mr and Mrs Heisler prepare for a wedding trip and will settle at 136 South St Jacksonville. The bridegroom is employed at the Atlantic National Bank.
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Mrs. Heisler
South St
Jacksonville
Atlantic National Bank
Fire Destroys C. W. Elrod House in Thom asville
Firefighters from Thom asville responded to a blaze on the road from Ochlocknee to Coolidge at the home of C. W. Elrod. The six room dwelling burned rapidly and was completely destroyed with the origin believed in the attic, totaling the loss.
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Thomasville
C. W. Elrod
Ochlocknee
Coolidge
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Knapp Hardware CO
Remington Ave
DR. Salk
IEE
Barbara Kimbrough
Charles Neely
Ochlocknee Church
Credit Meet
Ford Thomasville Sales
S. Broad St
P.c.as
Bessie Wiggins
Franklin Heisler
Sears, Roebuck & Co
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