Fourteen 4-H Club Boys Attending Boston Rally
Twenty four 4 H Club boys from Thomas County attended a Boston rally to practice demonstrations for district competition June 13 at Rock Eagle 4 H Center near Eatonton GA. They showcased projects from forestry to public speaking and received a picnic and recreational activities after demonstrations. Assistant County Agent Glynn Griner said several participants should place high at Rock Eagle.
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Thomas County
Boston
Rock Eagle
Eatonton
Danny Bryant
Hank Stringer
Albert Freeman
Roger Roberson
John Ganyard
Charles Carlton, Jr
Donnie Haskins
Leslie Carlton
Richard Roberson
Glynn Griner
Fire at Clemson textile mill costs about $1 million
A gas furnace explosion at the J. P. Stevens & Co. plant near Clemson killed three men and injured nine others. The blast damaged finishing room machinery, tore a roof hole, and breached a thick concrete wall, with plant officials estimating damage near one million dollars.
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Clemson
8.C
J. P. Stevens & Co
Truck Driver Hurt In Wreck At Route 319 Scene
A 27-year-old truck driver Jesse Monroe Lee was injured in a crash on U S 319 when he swerved to avoid a dog, went into a ditch and rolled over. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs and listed in satisfactory condition. Moments later a sedan driven by Leroy Hardee slowed at the scene and was struck by a second sedan driven by William Emory Shirley. Hardee and Shirley were not injured.
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W. D. Fletcher
Jesse Monroe Lee
Fletcher
Lee
U.S. 319
Leroy Hardee
Forest St
William
Emory Shirley
Warrenton, Ga
Hardee
Shirley
Bainbridge Voters Decide Council Size In Special Election
In Bainbridge a special election asked voters to approve increasing the city council from four to six members and electing by post. The act received 292 yes and 137 no with 12 ballots discarded. Decatur County officials noted the current six member council could be reduced to four by 1970 unless the measure passes. A General Assembly bill sought a statewide referendum on the change and posting system.
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Tive Act
Decatur
J. R. Deese
Act
General Assembly
Drunken Driving Convictions Carry A Jail Sentence
Chicago adopts a new policy in traffic court making drunken driving convictions carry an automatic jail sentence of at least one or two days. Chief Judge Raymond K. Berg outlines a minimum $200 fine, replacing the previous first-offender $100 fine with no jail time.
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Chicago
Raymond K. Berg
Thomas Area Tech Walton Division to Graduate 75 Monday
Seventy five students from ten occupational areas will graduate from Thomas Area Tech Walton Division Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas AME Church. Diplomas will be presented by Paul G. Sewell with G L. Emanuel assisting. The ceremony honors graduates in fields including Auto Body Repair, Auto Mechanic, Brick Masonry, Business Education, Carpentry and Cabinetmaking, Cosmetology, Radio and Television Repair, Practical Nursing, and more with 20 in Secretarial and 17 in Practical Nursing programs.
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Thomas Area Tech- Walton Division
Thomas ‘Area Tech- Walton Division
St. Thomas A.M.E
Paul G. Sewell
Thomas Area Tech
G. L. Emanuel
Neal Rumble
Elsie Sneed
J. L. Kirby
Herbert Dunbar
Thomasville
Henry Holton
James Glenn
Boston
Leroy Hover
Mt. Pleasant
Florida
Mattie Dixson
Patricia Douglas
Climax
Elizabeth Ejzy
Walter Fleming
Bainbridge
Mary, Gilley
Monticello
Lois S. Glenn
Mildred J. Glenn
Death notices for Lt. Joe Raymond Hines
First Lieut. Joe Raymond Hines 21 of Whigham is to be buried with full military honors at Whigham Methodist Church Woodlawn Cemetery Cairo. The service 1:30 p.m. by Clark Funeral Home. Surviving mother Frances Hines Key West and sister Sharon Hines Russell Kentucky.
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Hines
Whigham
Key West, Fla
Eugene T. [Frances] Hines
Key West
Sharon Hines
Russell, Ky
Final Rites Planned for Mrs Sharlott Mitchell
Sharlott Mitchell 89 of 110 Augusta Ave died Friday. Services set for 4 p.m. today at Paradise Baptist Church with burial at Peaceful Rest Cemetery by Grooms Funeral Home. Survived by sister Lena Braswell of Thomasville and two nephews and five nieces including Annie Monroe and Eula Williams of Thomasville.
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Sharlott Mitchell
Augusta Ave
Paradise Baptist Church
Grooms Funeral Home
Peaceful Rest Cemetery
Lena Braswell
Thomasville
Annie Monroe
Eula Wiliams
Boy on Bicycle Killed by Car Near Cairo
A 13-year-old Black boy, John Daniel of the Calvary community, was killed when struck by a car on Ga. 111 about 13 miles south of Cairo at 5:45 p.m. The driver, 29-year-old Robert Daniel, also Black, of Rt. 2, Havana, Florida, assisted by state trooper J. T. Lane.
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Cairo
John Daniel
Calvary
J. T. Lane
Robert Daniel
Rt. 2
Havana
Fla
Lane
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Terry Reneau
Jody Lewis
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Edward Harden
Bob Taylor
Harry Bryant, Jr
Conservation of Natural Resources
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Tommy Griffin
Terry Everett
Roy Long
Mike Bozeman
Jerry White
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Smith Ave
Hansell St
Park. Ave
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Walter F. Sawyer
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Surance Companies
United States
E. H. Smith
O. C. Hardrick
St. Thomas A.m.le
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Alfred Hardrick
Janie Henry
Carolyn Hill
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Atleatha Johnson
Dixie
Tinnie ‘Arrington
Doaries
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Perry
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Janice Wooten
Carpentry & Cabinetmaking
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Thomasvile
Patrick Mack
Margie Boone
Meigs
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Mille Cole
Elizabeth Fields
Midway
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Ruth A. Jenkins
St. Petersburg
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Linda Killings
Eddie Brown
Eugene Coleman
Blair Dunbar
Johnnie Jones
Willacoochee
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Janie Adams
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Blakely
Linda Anderson
Ethel M. Andrews
Lula J. Andrews
Hattie B. Dunbar
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Annie Gibbs
Johnnie Henderson
Minnie Hinson
Attapulgus
Annie Jackson
Josephine Robinson
Carolyn Smith
Madeline Souter
Gloria Tucker
Rachel Watkins
Rosetta Zanders
Quincy
J. E. Hines
E. Jackson St
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First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cairo
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