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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1963
Page
1
Wall Street reported declines as tobacco shares dropped after an American Heart Association report linked cigarette smoking to heart disease. The market broadly fell with the Dow Jones average down about 6 points at noon, while industry groups and blue chips showed varying losses amid profit taking and sector jitters.
Receipts for hogs in three days ending Monday at plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Dothan and Jacksonville show steady to slightly lower prices. Chicago hogs up slightly with higher weights and prices 17.75 to 18.26. Georgia and Lyons cattle auction prices steady to uneven, with calves and feeders showing mixed gains and reductions across Gainesville Lyons and Gainesville markets.
Trading volume of cantaloupe rose in Georgia while prices edged lower. Okra weakened slightly. Georgia peaches ranged 1.00 to 3.28 per bushel in bulk. North Carolina cabbage and Georgia produce showed varied pricing. Snap beans, butter beans, and peas posted mixed figures. corn and watermelons noted general demand with regional price spread. Georgia live poultry prices held steady with minor variations and reports from Atlanta markets.
A nine year old Negro child drowned yesterday while swimming with friends in a pond near Calvary Grady Sheriff Jimmy T Hicks said Mose Maynor son of Mr and Mrs Willie Maynor of Calvary was the victim The body was recovered about 30 minutes after drowning by Robert Clayton 31 of Lake Immonia The child survived by his parents three sisters and four brothers It was the first water fatality reported this year
Services for Mrs. Lottie Ford 79 will be at 2 p.m. June 14 at Brodie Chapel CME Church Ocilla with Rev. N Longhill officiating. Burial in Ocila Cemetery Ab rams and Clark Mortuary in charge. Surviving are son Jackson W Ford Jr Atlanta grandson Dwayne T Ford Atlanta brother Edward Bell Ohio three stepdaughters Mrs Oliver Smith Mrs Jareh Franklin and Mrs Rosette Boynton and two nephews Isaac Dalton and Iola Murry Atlanta.
Jimmie Duvall, long time employee of the city department of cemeteries and parks, died Saturday at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Groots' Funeral Home.
Miami Florida W D McPherson 81 a Spanish American War veteran and husband of Rosa Lee Davis died after a brief illness following a stroke. Services set for 3 p m Tuesday at Dekle Funeral Chapel Thomasville with Rev W Park Smith officiating. Burial in Big Ochlocknee Baptist Church Cemetery. He was born in Maine lived in Miami, member of Bangor First Baptist VA Domiciliary Chaplain American Legion VFW Spanish American War Veterans Assn and retired painter. Survived by his wife and many nieces and nephews in Thomasville Thomas County area.
Grady County Farm Bureau president Cris P. Carlton announced a group of Appling county farmers will visit Cairo on Wednesday. They will tour local industries processing farm crops, start at 10 am, and spend about five hours learning about rural urban cooperation hosted by the Cairo Rotary Club.
Readable text notes roof damage with no other damage visible. The fragmentary report continues from page 1 as investigators assess the scene and document structural impact.
Police report two Black men were charged with causing a disturbance after a knife fight on Forrest Street left one man with a left arm laceration. Willie James Armester was treated at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Tom McMillan of 236 Forrest Street was charged with cutting another with a knife and both must appear in Recorders Court.
Twelve people were indicted by the Leon County Grand Jury last week. Twin brothers George W Reynolds and Alex Reynolds of Thomasville are charged with firing a gun into a car driven by Mark Saunders in Tallahassee. No trial date has been set.
City Police reported fourteen weekend arrests. Seven were charged with public drunkenness. Four others faced disorderly conduct. One man was cited for pointing a pistol. Two men were charged with fighting and disturbing the peace after a knife fight on Forrest Street.
The Retail Merchants will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss proposed by laws for the Retail Merchants Chamber. Manager Herman Huff says copies are available for study. The revised laws were drawn by Hal H. Spangle and approved by directors in May.
Thomas County Commission meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Court House to consider a State Highway Dept request to accelerate three paving contracts. The projects cover two miles on Newton Rd. one mile on Ostell Rd near the Brooks County line and a boulevard between W Jackson St and Campbell J around Rose Industrial Park. Clerk W B Garrison notes routine business will be presented.
Weather forecast shows cloudy warm conditions with scattered thundershowers this afternoon or evening. Winds mostly southwest at 6 to 12 mph. Five day outlook from tonight to Saturday runs 3 to 6 degrees above normal with no major changes.
The official said visitors will select from about 17 processing operations and crops at the site before final tour plans are set.
Today at 7 30 p m the City Commission meets at the Municipal Building followed by Moose Lodge at Carroll Hill at 8 p m Tuesday events include Retail Merchants at the Chamber of Commerce 10 a m County Commission at the Court House 10 a m and Exchange Club at Hotel Scott 1 p m Bloodmobile opens at Thomas County Health Dept in the afternoon Javoressr at Motel Scott 1 80 p m Elks Lodge at Elks Club 8 p m Odds Fellows at IOOF Hall 6 p m Duplicate Club at Glen Arven 6 p m AMVETS and Auxiliary at Post home 8 p m.
A former Cairo Nazarene minister who moved to Tallahassee to run a grocery store was shot during an argument. Jim Bob Willis, son of Mrs. Hardy Brown Willis of Cairo, died at the scene. Investigating deputy says Tal lahassee Negro Joe Galton is in custody. witnesses include a woman and her 18-year-old daughter plus another man. Funeral services are set for Cairo Tuesday. Willis is survived by his wife, mother, two daughters, two brothers, and six sisters.
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