Thompson Launches Fight Against School Busing
Congressman Fletcher Thompson of Atlanta announced in Thomasville that he has launched a House bid to outlaw school busing for racial integration. He introduced a constitutional amendment and plans to have a New York congressman push a mirrored resolution, hoping northern support improves chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Riley
Fletcher Thompson
Atlanta
Georgia
House of Representatives
Thompson
House
New York
Holiday Inn
Thomasville Junior Chamber of Commerce
Elks Club
Atlantan
Senate
Eee
Vietnam
Olicy
People of Georgia
Congress
Judy Young Helps Sheryl Smith At Mt. Carmel Graduation
Judy Young aids Sheryl Smith as Birdwood Junior College students prepare for bac calaureate and graduation at Mt. Carmel Chapel. The bac calaureate sermon begins at 11 a.m. Rev. Wilson L. Nearing delivers the sermon. Commencement at 3 p.m. theme Past Present and Future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Young
Sheryl Smith
Birdwood Junior College
Mt. Carmel Chapel
Wilson L. Nearing
First Presbyterian Church
George Lassiter
Jaycees and Jaycettes Install New Officers At Banquet
Thomasville clubs held their annual combined banquet to install new Jaycee president Ernest Lee and Jaycette president Mary Ethyl Hinchliffe. Other officers included Bruce Hinchliffe and John Jones, with Wayne Dodson as past president. Speaker Congressman Fletcher Thompson criticized communism and the Vietnam war while noting taxes and pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Palmer
Thomasville Jaycees
Jaycettes
Jaycee
Ernest Lee
Jaycette
Mary Ethyl
Hinchliffe
Bruce Hinchliffe
John Jones
Sam Watkins
Ed Simmons
Ed Chamber
Wayne Dodson
Dee" Adams
David Clark
James Logue
Charlie Copeland
Chick Harvey
Larry Harmon
Jim Stroud
Robbins Chastain
May Jo Harvey
Fran'’ Milberg
Judy Cohen
Becky Lee
Mesdames
Terri Brinson
Gail Copeland
Faye Stroud
Fletcher Thompson
Vietnam
U.S. Senate
World Home Bible League envoy to speak at Shrimp Boat
Sid Oesterman representative of the World Home Bible League will address the Thomasville Area Ministerial Association at 1 a.m. Monday. The event takes place at the Shrimp Boat Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Oesterman
World Home Bible League
Thomasville Area
Wallace To Bargain At Demo Convention
Gov. George C. Wallace, partially paralyzed from an assassination attempt, will attend the Democratic National Convention to bargain for the presidency and a platform. Wallace aide Charles Snider said Democrats realize Wallace must participate or the ticket may fail in November. Snider noted Wallace may withhold comment on backing a McGovern-led ticket until other candidates state positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Georgia
Alabama
George Wallace
Miami
Wallace
Thomson
Fla
George C. Wallace
Snider
Area Deaths in Thomasville Carves Local Obituaries
James C. Cone Jr 78 of 304 Strong St died today at Archbold Memorial Hospital. He was a Mitchell County native and longtime Thomasville resident, a retired blacksmith, husband of Eva Whidden Cone, with a daughter and a son among 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Graveside services Sunday at Pelham Cemetery. Leroy Robinson of 131 Barnes St died Monday at home. services Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church with burial by Groom's Funeral Home. He left a wife, five sons, three brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Cone Jr
Strong St
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Mitchell County
Thomasville
James C
Sarah Hester Cone
Cone
Calvary Baptist Church
Eva Whidden Cone
E.C. James
Pavo
Rodney Cone
Pelham Cemetery
Earl Justice
Kirkland-Croy-Hughes Funeral Home
Leroy Robinson
Barnes St
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
J.N. Williams
Groom
Robinson
Leroy Robinson Sr
Gertrude Robinson
Freddie, Tellis
Johnny
Milton
Willie Lee Robinson
J.T. Robinson
Port Jefferson
N.Y
Brooks Robinson
Greenville
Fla
Belle Myers
Mammie Lee Brinson
Quitman
New Italian Restaurant Set to Open in Thomasville
The Roman Gate, an Italian style eatery, plans to open around August 1 on Smith Avenue in a former Sears center. Owners Ronald H. Salter B. Maxey Powell of Thomasville and Owen Harris of Valdosta signed a lease as remodeling begins. The 80-seat venue will offer evening food service with ample parking and aims for potential franchising in the future.
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Smith Avenue
Sears
Ronald H. Salter
B. Maxey Powell
Thomasville
Owen Harris
Valdosta
Salter
Birth Announcements from Stork Club Records
Parents announce births for eleven families including Neel, Ansley, Virgil, Gwaltney, Hardy, Howard, West, Almand and Grant. Names include Charles Wesley, Julie Lynn, Felicia Michelle, Kellie Cheri, Owen Maurice, Lori Catherine, Doyle Eugene West Jr, Sherri Marie and Sonya Lynette with birth dates May 29 to June 4. Locations span Thomasville Cairo Pavo Meigs Coolidge Monticello.
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Charles Elmer Neel
Evangela Ruth Hurley
N. Dawson Sr
Charles Wesley
Benny Delbert Ansley
Virginia Corrine Vann
Thomasville
Julie Lynn
Willie Benjamin Virgil
Willie Mae Christopher
Barwick
Felicia Michelle
Robert Leon Gwaltney, Sr
Linda Joy Long
Cairo
Kellie Cheri
Owen Nathaniel Hardy
Mercedes Sanders
Owen Maurice
John Franklin Howard
Barbara Charlotte Pennington
Pavo
Lori Catherine
Doyle Eugene West Sr
Carol Sandra Strickland
Meigs
Doyle Eugene West, Jr
Walter Lewis Almand
Dorothy Elaine Morris
Coolidge
Sherri Marie
Moses Lee Grant
Nancy Sarah Glenn
Monticello
Sonya Lynette
Voter registration gains point to bond issue turnout
Blacks in the city have 651 more registered to vote than at the December 7 election where 5 115 were registered. Deputy registrars from the League of Women Voters Progressive Club and local groups boosted rolls ahead of next Tuesday municipal bond vote. The registrar predicts turnout with likely opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frohbert
League of Women Voters
Progressive Club
Thomas County Concerned Citizens
Citizens Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Treasury
David Gambrell
Ernest Vandiver
Bill Burson
Gambrell
Air Force
Washington
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Spiro Agnew
John Connally
Jaycees
James Cone
Mr. Robinson
Stork Club
University OF Georgia
Thomasville Center
Thomasville High School
Glenwood Drive
Kel
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Colonel Sanders
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