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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1966
Page
1
The crew worked 11 p m Thursday to clear fallen trees and debris, finish the cleanup today, while Southern Bell reports few outages in Thomas County. Police Chief Noah Stegall commends the Citizen’s Band Club for aiding patrols and setting up an auxiliary generator for radio power during the storm.
The Thomasville City Board of Education launches Headstart at the Thomas County Health Department with 18 teachers. Students report June 20 at Susie Dunlap School. 30 openings remain. Nurse Elaine Kavouklis heads medical checks and social work, with Eula F. Williams as speech therapist. Bus routes to be announced.
Gov. Carl E. Sanders praised J C Penney Co for building a 25 million regional catalog distribution center near Atlanta. The 270 acre site, 11 miles south in Clayton County, will be 6 football fields long and start operations in fall 1968 with 2,000 regular employees and 1,000 extra for peak seasons.
Harry S Smith 51 native of Thom gaville Georgia died Monday in New York. Services set for 3 pm Sunday at St. Luke CME Church with Rev. C. L. Miller and Magnolia Cemetery burial. Survivors include wife Annie M Smith two daughters Pansy and Denise two parents in Thomasville two brothers Isadore Jr and Robert and three sisters Gloria Hayden Elizabeth Gordon and Myrtle Smith.
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that Sam Sheppard did not receive a fair trial in 1954 due to prejudicial publicity and courtroom influence. The decision urged Judge Weinman to decide within 60 days on retrial or release, with Sheppard freed on bond after nine years in prison.
Alma lashes western Cuba then tracks into the Florida straits and Gulf of Mexico. Gale winds and heavy rains sweep across all of Florida as the storm parallels the coast before hitting the Panhandle.
Ken Sanders of Minneapolis works alone to collect Minnesota River data for canoeing enthusiasts. He drives to spots, launches a canoe with a small motor scooter aboard, paddles and notes details, then travels back to repeat the run.
A columnist notes local attention shifts from Castro's saber rattling to perceived Vietnamese incursions and cites Hurricane Alma as lending Cuban overtones. The piece argues that proximity heightens awareness and concern.
Thomasville firemen extinguished a Thursday night fire at Sunnyland Packing Co. at 10 46 p m caused by a shorted attic fan wire in a hen house. Only minor damage reported to the structure.
Thomasville officials including Chamber President E T Smith attend ceremonies at the new Thomasville Moultrie Airport terminal commemorating 17 years of Southern Airways service. Southern President Frank Husse notes the past year as the most outstanding since the airline began with a single DC 3.
No injuries were reported in two traffic accidents investigated by State Trooper B F Payne. At 6:20 p m a 1965 Chevrolet station wagon driven by Thomas E Wallis 24 Hast Point hit a tree fallen on U S 319 four miles south of Thomasville. At 8:15 p m a 1962 Valiant driven by Pete A Desantis Jr 23 Thomasville struck a 1958 Dodge station wagon stopped for a railroad crossing driven by William R Underwood 37 Orlando Fla. Desantis said he did not know the Underwood vehicle had stopped. No charges were filed.
In Kremmling Colorado AP reports the Shay family marked Mike Shay’s sixth birthday with six guests on the sixth day of the sixth month in 1966. The theme centered on the number six as the family celebrated this milestone.
Raymond Ivy Bennett 53 of 104 Marion St died from a heart condition at 11 am Saturday at First Baptist Church. Burial at Laurel Hill. he was a Navy retiree and Thomas County native. Lorene Ferguson Bennett survives with daughters Cheryl Dale Lynn, mother Mrs. C. F. Bennett, siblings and in laws listed. Olive Stacy Beasley 88 of 3108 Hansell St died Thursday at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Burial at Boston Ga. survived by two sons Robert I. Beasley Jr and Hugh Weston Beasley, two daughters Marie Beasley and Mrs. R. G. Holden, 12 grandchildren.
Mrs. Lula Maxwell 69 died at Grady General Hospital. Services 10 a m Saturday at Clark Chapel with Rev Leon Van Landingham. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by husband Pat Maxwell a daughter Frances Hancock two sons Leon D Maxwell Roscoe Maxwell a sister Juanita McDougald ten grandchildren.
John Ellis Anderson 73 died Wednesday. Funeral at 11 am Saturday Capel Baptist Church burial Capel Cemetery. Survivors include wife Susie Godwin four sons Grady Pyles Marvin Pyles L D Anderson Charles Anderson and three daughters Cleo Thompson Alma Guthrie Bessie Jones all of St Petersburg.
The notice names one brother the Rev. L. A. Anderson of Cairo two sisters Mrs. Rachel Owen of Cairo and Mrs. Lennie Lee of Thomasville as well as 16 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Thomas County voters must register by July 25 to participate in the September 14 primary. Eligibility includes Georgia residents with six months in city or county and one year in state. Absentee ballot requests must be five days before the election for distant voters, two days for those nearby. Registration offices hours and locations are provided.
A 60 year old Thomasville woman Bertie Baggett suffered a broken ankle after entering the path of a car at a rain slick downtown intersection. The driver, Jean Lane 32, was charged by ILA Robert Donaldson and Ptl. Robert Holland. Brake failure suspected.
The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority posted a nine month deficit of 13.3 million dollars through April 30, up 113000 from the same period a year earlier.
Atlanta fire fighters vote to end a three day strike after a late night agreement in Mayor Ivan Allen's City Hall office. More than 500 firemen return to work as city officials back from a weekend without full protection.
Pittsburgh AP report tells how Josephine Rendick a waitress finally met her brother Michael Mu cicka of New Brighton and sister Ron Shrella of Sharpsville after a four year search and discovery she was adopted. The quest began in February 1962.
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