Pavo Driver Injured In Creek Bed Crash
A 1-year-old Pavo motorist Ernest Dan Jordan was admitted to Archbold Memorial Hospital with head wounds and bruises after losing control on a curve 2.1 miles south of Coolidge and crashing into a creek bed beside a bridge. Troopers said he was not believed to be seriously injured and called him lucky.
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Pavo
Qowridge Patten Rd
State Patrol
T. O. Robinson
T. McGriff
Ernest Dan ‘Jordan
Rt. 3, Pavo
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Jordan
Coole
Thomasville
Ronnie H. Banks
Banks
Church Reelects Jesse Jackson in Quitman Methodist
Jesse Jackson was reelected chairman of the board at Quitman Methodist Church. J. B. Sheffield Jr. is vice chairman and Warde Chambers secretary. A long list of stewards and trustees was named, with several honorary rewards noted for community leaders.
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Quitman
Jesse Jackson
Quitman Methodist Church
J. B. Sheffield, Jr
Warde Chambers
J. R. Austin
John Bishop
H. H. Carmichael
W. O. Clement
Walter Cunningham
Dr. A. V. Dixon
Marion Folsom
Walter Foy
Leroy Hagan V. K. Hendry
L. W. Hines Charles Holwell
Charles Howard
Jesse Jones
8. P
Tragic bank robbery and killings shock community
The incident occurred near noon when a lone well dressed bandit robbed a bank and ordered a fatal shooting. Victims identified as president Andreas Kjeldgaard and cashier Glenn Hendrickson died on the floor, while bookkeeper Lois Ann Hothan and cashier’s nephew Franklin Kjeldgaard were injured. Franklin survived after hospitalization in Denver. Pope, a quiet local youth from a large family, was an athlete and student at McPherson College with a bachelor’s in industrial arts.
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Big Springs
Roxbury
Andreas Kjeldagard
Glenn Hendrickson
Lois Ann Hothan
Franklin Kjeldgaard
Andreas
Denver
McPherson College
Bitlinger
Calendar of Local Meetings and Events
A list of community events and club meetings scheduled today and this week. AMVETS Dance at Post Home at 9 pm. Monday Mebekah Lodge IOOF Hall 8 pm. Junior Woman's Club at Thomas County Federal p.m. Tuesday Lady Golfers Glen Arven 9 30 am. Ladies Luncheon Glen Arven 12 30 pm. Exchange Club Hotel Scott 1 pm. Bible Class Federal Savings and Loan 5 pm. Pilot Club Elks Club 6 30 pm. Balfour PTA School cafeteria 7 30 pm. Duplicate Club Glen Arven 7 30 pm. Jaycees Plaza Cafe 7 30 pm. Odd Fellows IOOF Hall 8 pm. Executive Committee Post 222 home 8 pm. Class Youth Center 5 pm.
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Amvets
Post Home
Mebekah Lodge
IOOF
Thomas County
Glen Arven
Hotel Scott
Federal Savings & Loan
Elks Club
Balfour Pta
Jaycfes
Plaza Cafe
Odd Feelow
Post 222
Youth Center
Mrs E R Jerger Dies Services Planned Today
The article notes the death of Mrs. E. R. Jerger and outlines funeral plans for today. It also reports two fire alarms at East Side Elementary School with multiple false calls in wet weather. Firefighters investigated six prior alarms recently and two additional false alarms on Jerger Street.
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E. R. Jerger
East Side Elementary School
McCoy
W. Jerger St
City Commission to discuss fire escape and contracts
City Commission agenda for Monday night includes plans to add a fire escape to Municipal Auditorium, a fire protection contract with VA Domiciliary, a timber sale contract at Municipal Airport, a new fire wagon, and other matters. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Edward R. Jerger, former Times-Enterprise editor’s widow, with funeral arrangements at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
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Municipal Auditorium
City Commission
VA Domiciliary
Edward R. Jerger
Times-Enterprise
N. Dawson St
Emily Neilson Hatch
Walter Neilson
Margaret Morrison McRee Hatch
Asheville
N.C
Jerger
The
Middle South Georgia district enters conservation competition
Conservation leaders in Thomas County and the Middle South Georgia Soil and Water Conservation District enter the Goodyear competition to pick the nation s top 53 districts. Entries cover 1965 conservation work with a 1966 Arizona trip grand prize for one district official and an outstanding farmer cooperater. Wade F Freeman district supervisor. district includes Crisp Tift Colquitt Irwin Ben Hill Brooks Turner Worth.
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Thomas County
Middle South Georgia
Arizona
Goodyear Farms
Phoenix
Wade F. Freeman
Crisp, Tift
Colquitt
Irwin
Ben Hill
Brooks
Turner and
Worth
Beat The Heat Slogan Drives First Baptist Attendance
First Baptist Decatur promotes Beat The Heat as a summer attendance push led by Supt Tom B Harrison and Pastor Louis Kennedy. Six adult Sunday School classes exceeded last year’s attendance. several youth and beginner departments also surpassed prior figures. A summer choir and outdoor concert rehearsals begin midweek with college students and senior choir members joining.
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First Baptist Sunday School
Tom B. Harrison
Louis Kennedy
Love Douglas
Daisy Neel
Paul Sewell
R. G. Fleetwood
Donald Davis
Harry Taylor
Charles McDaniels
First Baptist Church of
Decatur
Americus
oMer High School
Mary Poppins Headlines Rose Run in Thomasville
Movie roundup notes roadshow releases with varying run lengths from one week to three months. Highlights include John Goldfarb Please Come Home at the Rose, A Mara of the Wilderness, Tickle Me with Elvis, Satan Bug at Hiwa, Lawrence of Arabia, and Mary Poppins starting at the Rose.
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Thomasville
Sound of Music
Jacksonville
Birmingham
John Goldfarb
Notre Dame
Fox Film Co
Rose
Tarzan
Jane
al Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews
Rick van Dyke
al Satan
Hiwa
George Maharis
Elvis Presley
The
Mary Poppins
Quitman Puts Cunningham In City Commission Victory
Walter Cunningham won the Quitman city commission race over Joe Milteer 297 to 65 in a low turnout election to fill the Clarke Adair vacancy. Cunningham, a peanut and pecan dealer, takes office immediately with a term through January 1. The board also includes Bartow Waters Russell Warmack and Shelley Shearer.
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Quitman
Walter Cunningham
Joe Milteer
Clarke Adair
Bartow Waters
Russell Warmack
Shelley Shearer
Cunningham
Milteer
Woman killed in two car crash in Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville police report that Mrs. Shirley Dasher, a local resident, died Friday night in a two car collision at the Georgia 124 and U S 29 intersection in Lawrenceville. The crash prompted a police investigation and traffic disruption in the area.
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Lawrenceville, Ga
Lawrenceville
Shirley Dasher
U.S. 29
Texas Flood Strikes Sanderson area killing and displacing
Survivors recounted scrambling through windows as floodwaters swept homes. Sheriff Cooksey watched Sanderson Creek through the night. power failed. transport and fuel lines were cut. Airman Giles braved the surge atop a trailer as helicopters ferried doctors, supplies, and water to the stranded. Red Cross fed the homeless. state health officials distributed typhoid serum to three thousand people.
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Cooksey
Perry Giles
Houston
Laughlin Air Force Base
del Rio
Giles
Sanderson
Red Cross
State Health Department
Weather outlook across the state with warm humid showers
Mostly cloudy warm and humid with showers and thundershowers over 60 to 80 percent of the state today and tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and warm with afternoon thundershowers over 30 percent. Highs in the 80s, lows 66 to 72.
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ST. Marks
Fla
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla. City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
Funeral services held for Mrs M C Williams in Attapulgus
Mrs M C Williams 85 lifelong Decatur County resident died Thursday. Funeral Friday at Attapulgus Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include two sons five daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren relation to Jessie Smith. Burial by Ivey Funeral Home at Attapulgus.
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Attapulgus
M. C. Williams
Attapulgus Methodist Church
Gaston Pollock
L. E. Pierce
Ivey
Williams
Decatur County
Jessie Smith
John Elton Smith
Sell The Classified Way Kirkland Cray Hughes Home for Funerals
Classified notice advertising Kirkland Cray Hughes Home for Funerals selling funeral services and arrangements through classified format offering affordable packages and complete arrangements for families.
Floor covering and hair design ads in Thomasville paper
Classified notices show floor covering by Goodrum’s with long charging terms and 31 years experience. New hair design classes offered by Frank Connell with addresses and phone numbers. Ads announce cleaning services, drinking problem help by AA, and Paramount Cleaners pickup. Cairo area numbers listed for local services.
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Goodrum
Broad St
Frank Connell
P. O. Box
Thomasville
Georgia
Area Deaths Mrs Colvin Services Held For 74 Year Old
Mrs William L Colvin 74 of 111 Carroll St died Friday at Fort Gaines while visiting her daughter Mrs Lou Ella Lindsey. Services 3:30 p.m. today at Kirkland Cray Hughes Home for Funerals officiated by Revs Louis F Kennedy and Rutledge Courtney. Burial Laurel Hill Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters Lorene Stegall Thomasville Edna Fisk Jacksonville Lou Ella Lindsey Fort Gaines Connie Paschal Jacksonville and three sons Oliver Colvin Valdosta Bill Colvin Camilla and Hermond Colvin Thomasville.
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Archbold Memorial Hospital
Emily R. Jerger
Thomasville
Roberta H. Starling
Columbia
D. C
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Harry L. Babbit
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Whiddon Funeral Home
Charles H. Watt Jr
Vance Watt
James W. Haddock
Lathrop B. Craig
Hollywood, Fla
Leonard R. Davis
Daniel L. Kelly
Roscoe G. Fleetwood Jr
William M. Searcy Jr
William L Colvin
Carrol St
Fort Gaines
Lou Ella Lindsey
Kirkland-Cray - Hughes
Louis F. Kennedy
Courtney
Lou Ella Herring
First Baptist Church
Lorene Stegall
Edna Fisk
Jacksonville
Gaines
Connie Paschal
Oliver Colvin
Valdosta
Bill Colvin
Camilla
Hermond Colvin
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Nashville
United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia, Inc
Vernon Lemasters
Bobby Carol Grifik
Garth Webb
Berrien County
J. T. Hughes
Peace Officers Association of Georgia
UCP of Georgia
Ruby Brogdon
Mike Goldvice
Robinson
Dennis W Knight
Fane Tree Blvd
Gordon Ave
Alice Faye Dollar
Ochlochnee
Loomis 8T
Knight
Walden Area
Elmo Payne
C. A. Rehberg
Ronnie Lewis
Metcalf
Payne
Barnett’s Creek
Grady County Line
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Tiuana, Mex
Las Vegas
Pope
Dissly
Page One
Remington Ave
East Jackson &J
East Side
Thomasville Garden Club
Rambler Rose Garden Club
Colonial Dames
State Board of Managers of
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Nat Williams JR
Technicolor
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Alec Guinness
Legion of Decency
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Sanderson Creek
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Jasper
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Dad
Homer
Frank
Jesus
John
Paul
Apostles
God
Ajo
John H. Hobbs
A.M
W. Feinberg and Son
South Georgia
Alcoholics Anonymous
Cairo
Paramount Cleaners
S. Broad St
S&s
Want
Adtaker
Redd's
Carroll Hill
Lost
Archbold Hospital
General Services
Doris Mitchell
N. Broad St
Photography
Barbara
Jack
the Photo Shop
Expert Services
L. C. Smith
Hunter Arms CO
Glenwood Dr
Manry Iron Works
N. Stevens
Pope's Shoe Service
E. Jackson
Alligood Tile Company
Horne Howe. CO
Allen Electric CO
Smith Ave
Mrs. Colvin
Tuck
Freezer Sale
Ian Seay
Pen Ees
Kelvinator
Kelvinator Sales and Service
W. Jackson St
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