Jaycees Install 1968 Officers Morgan President
Ernest W. Morgan is named president of the Thomasville Jaycees at the annual installation banquet. State Jaycee President Neil Holton of Macon officiated as officers including Morgan were installed.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1968
Page
3
Ernest W. Morgan is named president of the Thomasville Jaycees at the annual installation banquet. State Jaycee President Neil Holton of Macon officiated as officers including Morgan were installed.
Officials reported conflicts between the County Agents office and Home Extension staff at the Thomasville board meeting. Frank Shurling of the State Extension Dept. outlined conditions for appointing a County Agent, with salaries noted. Jaycee awards were announced with Morgan and Bennett recognized as Outstanding Jaycee and Jaycee of the Year at a Legion Post event.
Trenches dug by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War are now incorporated as walkways on the Western Kentucky University campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The repurposing highlights the campus’s historic landscape and ties to Civil War history.
Thomasville High Class of 68 holds its first reunion in Thomasville on Saturday June 22. Picnic at noon at Coats and Clark Recreation Center with 126 members expected, followed by a banquet at American Legion Post 31 at 8 p.m. Class officers include J Harley Chapman Jr as MC, David Miller vice president, Beth Daniel Wilson secretary, Ina Coger Norman treasurer.
The Thomasville County Commission elected Elizabeth Maddox as Clerk of the Board to succeed W B Garrison whose resignation ends July 1 1968 after 12 years in office. Maddox, 10 year assistant clerk, becomes the first woman in the role. Garrison will not seek re election.
George C. Wallace opened a 11 city Southern campaign tour in Memphis drawing about 10 000 people and raising money at a $25 per plate dinner. He attacked Republicans Democrats bureaucrats the Supreme Court and communists urging voters to reject both major parties. He vowed to remove all Communists from defense plants if elected and was closely guarded by Secret Service with Confederate flag imagery during the rally.
Roy G. Foster Jr. of Wadley was nominated by Republicans in the 21st Senatorial District for the Georgia state Senate. Foster, who won a 1964 term but lost in 1966 to Democrat Jay Cox, will contest representing Jenkins Burke Emanuel and Jefferson counties.
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