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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1957
Page
8
Observations from Tallahassee and Thomasville note rising property assessments and tax debates. Officials warn that large 60 percent property value assessments by out of town appraisers may push millage rates higher, risking confiscatory taxes and home ownership pressures.
The passage reflects opinions on the Pure Food and Drug Act and food safety, rainfall delaying outdoor work, drought fears for crops, a fatal Fayetteville truck crash, questions from educators, rain slick pavements, a proposed Garden of Bien in Iraq, a billion dollar Tigris island project, and debates on modern lighting effects.
Fifty campers started the YMCA summer camp at Camp Piney Woods for a two week session. Boys ages 9 to 15 may attend with openings for a second week starting June 16. Camp leaders include James L. Johnson director and the Rev W E McCumber assistant director with activities in campcraft riflery handicraft first aid boating canoeing hikes nature craft swimming trips and overnight outings.
The newly organized Nocturne Garden Club will meet Thursday at 8 p m in the Garden Center with Mrs Wallace Neel as guest speaker. Members and women interested in joining are invited noting concerns about city operating costs and taxation.
Mrs. Mae Arnold Duncan of Thomasville died early Sunday after a several week illness at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Whiddon’s Chapel with Rev. Louis F. Kennedy officiating. Interment in Laurel Hill cemetery. Survived by sister Helen Hughes and brothers Henry and Fritz Arnold, plus a niece and nephew. The family had resided at 1217 Remington Avenue.
Final tributes of love and esteem were paid Saturday at 7 p.m. at a church in Miami Florida for Elzy Ernest McLeod who died early Friday morning at Mercy Hospital. A large concourse of relatives and friends attended sermons and floral tributes around the casket and pulpit.
Ray Arnold Yates, 71, of 226 W Washington street, died at 8 a m from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3 30 p m at Dekle Funeral Chapel with Rev Roberts. interment in Wilson Cemetery. He lived in Thomasville 11 years after moving from Moultrie. he was retired, formerly a teacher and salesman, survived by wife Saltitia and three sons James William Thomasville Edward Yates Archer Fla. two sisters Bessie Manning Albany and Lucy Hiers Barwick Ga. one brother Roy Yates Archer Fla. He was known in Thomasville for losing an arm years ago.
A Bainbridge car was struck by a train as a family narrowly escaped injury. The driver, Carl Edwards, a trainer for Budd Walking Horse Stables in Quincy, said the signal light appeared not to be functioning and the car attempted to cross as the train approached.
Chiles and directors of the Citizens Bank of Cairo announced his role as executive vice-president.
The Bainbridge Courtesy Clinic drew a wide cross section of local business staff including hotel motel service station and restaurant workers. Chamber of Commerce Manager Joe Chance called the event a definite success and said plans were under way for another similar clinic soon.
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