Miss Nilda Garcia Starts Airline Stewardess Career
Miss Nilda Garcia of Thomasville begins training in Miami for a career as an airline stewardess. She attended Thomasville High School and lived with local families during her stay. She will travel nationally and to Bermuda Mexico City and Puerto Rico as part of her duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nilda Garcia
Thomasville
Miss Garcia
Thomasville High School
Havana
Cuba
L. H. Singletarys
Boxhall Plantation
L. G. Eldridge
Miami
Fla
Airlines
Miami Springs Hotel
Curtiss Estate
Garcia
United States
Bermuda
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Mexico City
Eleanor Frances Hughes
Oscar L. Hughes
Emory
Nilda Garcia University
Georgia PTA hosts 36th annual summer institute in Athens
Mrs. Ray Winstead and Mrs. Jasper Davis led new PTA unit presidents at the 36th Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers summer institute in Athens June 10 to 12. The program offered education in parent teacher work and included chaperones for Saturday Date Night at the Youth Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Winstead
Jasper Davis
Parent-Teacher Association Unit
Alpha Beta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Tommy McLendon
Donald Webb
Betty Heisler
William Vaughn
American Legion Post 222
Post 222
Actors Ignore Friday the 13th Superstitions In Local Events
The Theatre Guild presents The Heiress tonight at 8:30 in Municipal Auditorium with cast jokingly crossing fingers and avoiding the kiss of death phrase. Thomasville art guild and Garden Center host a second annual art show today from 2 to 10 p.m. with hours through Sunday. A Chicago group meets at 5:13 p.m. today and adjourns at 7:13 p.m., doing 13 umbrella groups and other anti superstitions as a playful protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Guild
Thomasville Art Guild
The
Garden Center
Chicago
Piano Pupils Give Recital at High School
Mrs. Osco Hughes presented her piano class in a recital at the High School auditorium last night. Students featured include Sandy Norman Marion Strickland Susan Kara Tabor Shirley Singletary Greg Adams Jimmy Pettigrew John McGee Libby Terry Regina Lea Ellen Stallings Gail Wright Ann Leary Phillip Wertz Julia Ann Griffin and Tommy Faircloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osco Hughes
Sandy Norman
Marion Strickland
Susan Kara’ “Tabor
Shirley Singletary
Greg Adams
Jimmy Pettigrew
John McGee
I Libby ‘Terry
Regina Lea Ellen
Stallings
Gail Wright
Ann’Leary
Phillip Wertz
Julia Ann Griffin
Tommy Faircloth
Accident to Son Reunites Couple Following Divorce
In Glendale California a 5 year old boy Donny Rose survived an eye injury after pottery fragment threat. His near tragedy brought divorces parents Donald and Virginia Rose back together as they prayed at his bedside and the operation saved the eye. The couple plans to stay together and rebuild their family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
Donald Rose
Virginia Rose
Donny
Fort Wayne
Ind
Los Angeles
Donald
Virginia
Glendale Memorial Hospital
Orrie Christ
Donald Sr
Bachelor Frank Reilly Guards YWCA Hotel Life
New York AP reports 83 year old bachelor Frank Reilly is the sole male guest at a YWCA hotel formerly the Capitol, resisting eviction along with five holdover women. A court-ordered clearance forces others out, while Reilly and four women tenants may stay indefinitely as the hotel converts to a YWCA facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Reilly
Reilly
YWCA
Capitol Hotel
Meigs News Highlights Local Visits and Hospital Care
Mary Stewart Howe of Albany visits her grandparents in Meigs. Ocala guests George Whitfield Jr and Mrs George Whitfield stay with C. L. Alligood and R. L. Martin. Rev W Max Hill, Meigs pastor, seeks treatment at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunk” Griffin
Dan King
Carrabelle Beach
Fla
George Whitfield
George Whitfield Jr
Ocala
C. L. Alligood
R. L. Martin
W. Max Hill
Meigs Methodist
Mitchell County Hospital
Camila
R.’L. Martin
George
Nellie Martin
Fifth Set of Twins Born to Erie Couple
ERIE AP report says H. L. Scully and Betty Scully welcomed their fifth set of twins, bringing their total children to ten. Mr. Scully, 41, is a Bearing Inc. branch manager, and the couple marked their 12th wedding anniversary as the news noted the rare birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
H. L. Scully
Red Cross Chapter Plans June 26 Annual Meeting
The Thomas County Chapter of the Red Cross schedules its board meeting for 10 am Thursday June 26 at the YMCA building. All donors of at least one dollar this year may attend. The nominating committee will present the new officers and board members for election. J Harley Chapman urges all members to attend and bring a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas County
Red Cross
YMCA
J. Harley Chapman
Miss Velma Miller Showcases Ceramics at Thomasville Art Show
Miss Velma Miller, among the second annual Thomasville Art Show participants, enjoys ceramics and enamel work. The event, sponsored by the Thomasville Arts Guild and Garden Club, opens at the Garden Center at 2 p.m. and runs to 10 p.m. later today with hours through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Miller
Thomasville
Jean Meen Wert
First Thrugh
Balfour
Harper
East Side
Jerger
Garden Center
Miss Miller
Booneville
Miss
Boston High School
Valdosta State College
Florida State University
Brooks County
Boston
Meigs
Cairo
Talking Contest In Fayetteville Ends After Marathon Shows
Fayetteville hosts a talkathon crowned by Ernie Eye as a 53 hour plus contestant, breaking the prior 26 percent hour mark. Donations toward a teen town funded by viewers helped push the limit as she halted after 53 hours one minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Fayetteville
Ernie Eye
Ernie
Army
Thomas P. Tullucci
Korea
Parties Held During Lunch Event at Garden Center
A Garden Center luncheon hosted by Countess Vandall Garden Club under Mrs. Forrest Knapp Jr. featured Miss Kendall Hood of Moultrie, who wed June 29 to John Robert Middlemas of Panama City. Sixteen guests including Kathy O'Denoe of Loox, Miss Barbara Dodson, and Mrs. James Townsend attended. Additional hostesses were Mrs. Clyde Neel, Mrs. Fred Scott, Mrs. Guy Jones and Miss Lenora Ivey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Countess Vandall
Clyde Neel
Fred Scott
Guy Jones
Lenora Ivey
Boston
Contest judges suffer worse than entrants in sewing stakes
Dorothy Roe reports on how judges in major sewing contests endure high stress and stage fright as prizes climb to 125000 dollars. Hannant Troy, Eloise Johnson, and Virginia Steele describe the rigors of evaluating outfits, fabrics, and finishes, with score cards guiding decisions and judges fearing bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannan Troy
New York
Paul Edward Bell
Lakewood
Ohio
Troy
Eloise Johnson
Chicago
Virginia Steele
Mademoiselle Magazine
Summer Recreation Events for Adults in Thomasville
A summer recreation program for adults starts this month in Thomasville under the Young Adult Committee led by R C Balfour Ltd. The plan calls for a year round program with square dancing and bridge first, followed by swimming and skeet shooting. The open program invites interested adults without charge and seeks public input on special activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
de Peepee
R. C. Balfour Ltd
YMCA
Stork Club Birth Announcements Celebrate Two New Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Alfred Akridge Jr Cairo welcome a son born Thursday at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Dr and Mrs W Eric Penny Thomasville announce the birth of a daughter on June 12 at Archbold Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Akridge Jr
Cairo
Archbold Memorial Hospital
W. Eric Penny
Thomasville
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School of Banking of the South
Louisiana State University
Hospital News
D Johnny. Cooper
Sumter
S. C
Mamie Ann Jones
Valdosta
Marvin Z. Brock
Bainbridge
Calvin Mathis
Monticello
Mre
Joseph J. Holton
Delmar ¥. Vicker
Whigham
Betty Joyce Sculley
Rupert Blocker
of Reilly
Ywca Hotel
Meigs News
Virginia Jones
W. A. Howell
T. K. Davis
Hattie Mae Billingsley
Mitchhell County Hospital
Camilla
Red Cross Chapter
Dus Munch
Thomasville City
Thomasville Arts Guild
Garden Club
J. R. Alexander
W. H. Neel
Times
N.C
Barbara Dodson
Blanche Cauthen
Rebecca Hasty
Marty Long
Kay CoCroft
Judy Davis
Agnes Ball
James Townsend
Susan
Townsend
Susie Cassells
Pope's Shoe Service
E. Jackson St
Dorothy Roe
AP Women’s
Tamlin
Bellamy
Leneal] Fortner
Robert Caldwell
Caldwell
Stork Club
Ad, Lipsey
Palizzio
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