Thomasville Actress Charron Pitts Cast in Idiot's Delight Barter Role
Miss Charron Pitts, apprentice at Barter Theatre, has been cast as the second female lead in Idiot's Delight. She will play young Mrs Cherry, honeymooning British bride, joining Joan Dewese in a winter resort World War II drama. Pitts also serves as assistant stage manager and helps with sets and costumes.
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Thomasville
Barter Theatre
Charron Pitts
Larlang
Woa
Barter
Will Jo
Joan Dewese
Charron
Mrs. Cherry
Cherrys
Miss Pitts
Sue
Robert Porterfield
Peter Pagan
Miss Dewese
Jerry Odo
Pat Miller
Local visitors pause in Thomasville area
Miss Phyllis and Latrelle Pitts of Thomasville visit Avon Park and Okeechobee with their parents Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pitts who came for illness in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Fleming of Richmond Va visit South Broad Street and Millpond Plantation relatives. Richard Mitchell of Thomasville flies to Atlanta to stay with his son and family. Phillip Pendleton and wife arrive from Clifton Forge Va to visit Dr. and Mrs. Vance Watt and welcome a new grandson born June 10 at Archbold Memorial Hospital.
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Phyllis
Latrelle Pitts
Thomasville
Avon Park
Okechobee
Fla
H. C. Pitts
Florida
Mr. Pitts
L. R. Fleming
Richmond
Eunice Cliett
South Broad St
Harvey Fleming
Millpond Plantation
Richard Mitchell
Atlanta
Eastern Air Lines
Richard Mitchell Jr
Phillip Pendleton
Clifton Forge
Vance Watt
Mercer
Elizabeth
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Admitted To Hospital Lists 19 Thomasville Residents
Archbold Memorial Hospital admitted 19 Thomasville residents over the weekend including William C. Tucker and Mrs. James A. Ross among others. Nearby Georgia patients came from Boston Pavo Morven Cairo Meigs and Coolidge while Florida admissions included Quincy Tallahassee Panacea and Greenville residents.
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Archbold Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
William C. Tucker
James A. Ross
Estelle W. Hurst
Linda Lee Hyde
Debra Lee Hale
Eugene Hawkins
S. T. Prosser
W. R. Reneau
J. W. Prickett
Harold V. Clark
Georgia
Wilbur C. Williams
Boston
Henry Crosby
Harvey M. Sumner
Pavo
George Frasier
Morven
Frank V. Vaughn
Vernon L. Hatcher
Cairo
Tom White
Meigs
Sam Murphy
Coolidge
Three Thomasville Students Earn Tech Degrees At Fox Theatre
Three Thomasville graduates received Georgia Tech diplomas at the 1961 exercises in Atlanta's Fox Theatre. Robert L. Reneau of Stewart Road earned industrial management, Burton Marshall Courtney of 763 Remington Ave earned civil engineering, and William R. Jones of 706 Gordon Ave completed industrial management studies.
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Thomasville
Georgia Institute of Technology
Fox
Miss Judy Humphries to Wed Donald Free
Mr and Mrs Martin Humphries of Pelham announce the engagement of their daughter Judy to Donald Edward Free son of Mr and Mrs Jack Free of Ochlocknee. The wedding will be held July 8 at 5 30 pm at the home of the bride's sister Mrs Steve Godwin in Pelham. Judy is a Pelham High School Class of 1961 graduate and cheerleader. Donald attended Meigs High School class of 1957 and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College before farming in Ochlocknee.
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Judy Humphries
Donald
Martin Humphries
Pelham
Judy
Donald Edward Free
Jack Free
Ochlochnee
Steve J. Godwin
Miss Humphries
Pelham High School
Actiem
Hs Pelham High
Prée
Gui
Meigs High School
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Tifton
Meigs Graduates Take Picnic Trip to Radium Springs
Fourteen eighth grade graduates from Meigs Elementary School enjoyed a picnic outing at Radium Springs near Albany. They swam and participated in activities under the supervision of home-room teacher Guy Taylor and Mrs. J. W. Williamson. Lunches and cold drinks were provided. The trip was paid from a special fund raised during the 1960 61 school year.
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MEIGS
Meigs Elementary School
Radium Springs
Albany
Guy Taylor
J. W. Williamson
Pavo Circle Hosts Program at Castleberry Home
PAVO Circle of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Society met this week at Miss Lorene Castleberry's home for a program titled Teach Me to Pray under the hostess direction. Participants included Mrs. P. M. Johnson, Mrs. Jeff Mathews, Mrs. Sherman B. Hall, and Mrs. J. D. Mathews.
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PAVO
Circle 4
Pavo Baptist Woman's Missionary Society
Lorene Castleberry
P. M. Johnson
Jeff Mathews
Sherman B. Hall
J. D. Mathews
Miss Faye Pendergast Feted Before June 18 Wedding
Miss Faye Pendergast, to wed Larry Tuten on June 18, has received multiple pre nuptial parties in Thomasville and Tallahassee. A Tallahassee ceremony presented a white Bible by the Tallahassee First Baptist Church Auxiliary. Guests included Miss Linda Whigram and Miss Elsie Hawthorne at a Tallahassee shower, with decorations of white gladioli and greenery and linens as gifts.
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Faye Pendergast
Larry Tuten
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Faye Taylor
Linda Whigram
Elsie Hawthorne
Pendergast
Marlene Watts
Miss Emiree Crawford Weds Bobby Creech in Thomasville
Mrs C W McRory of Thomasville announces the marriage of her daughter Emily Marie Crawford to Bobby Essie Creech, son of Mr and Mrs J B Evans. The ceremony occurred April 1 at the home of Rev Jack Reneau with Rev Reneau officiating. Mrs Creech is a Thomasville High School Class of 1961 graduate. Creech is also a THS graduate, a four year U S Air Force veteran, recently enlisted in the U S Army. They will live at Fort Benning during his basic training.
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Jack Reneau
Mr. Reneau
Thomasville High School
United States Air Force
United States Army
Fort Benning
Miss Kimbrough’s Atlanta bridal pre nuptials
Mrs Barbara Kimbrough is bride elect to Dempsey Wallace with a June 24 wedding in Thomasville. In Atlanta, she and friends hosted several pre nuptial parties including a shower at Crestega Way with about 25 guests, pink and white decor, and gifts. another informal gathering on Sheridan Drive. and more to celebrate the couple.
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Barbara Kimbrough
Dempsey Wallace
Thomasville
Mr. Wallace
Atlanta
Russ Mills
Miss Penny Mills
Crestega Way
Kimbrough
Carolyn McMillan
Dorothy Jenkins
Sheridan Drive
Frank Smith
Decatur
Sue Ritchie
Kay Haley
Peggy James
Youth Center Opens Model Plane Contest
The Thomasville Youth Center launches a two week model airplane contest from June 19 to July 1 for ages seven to 15. Registration at Vaughan's Sporting Goods on June 14 to 16 with advisor Jimmy Vaughan. Prizes for beginner, advanced and expert classes. Moose Lodge of Thomasville sponsors and presents prizes.
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Thomasville
Ethel Eldridge
Vaughan
Sporting Goods
Jimmy Vaughan
Teachers From Ochlochnee Set Summer Studies
Ochlochnee teachers plan summer study and conferences. Principal Wesley G Benton notes several will attend Florida State University graduate studies. Mrs Roy Groover and daughters Dawn and Gail will join. Mrs Clyde Chastain attends Valdosta State College session. Mrs Jerry B Thompson Mrs Lowell K Clark and Mrs Irene Singletary attend a reading methods seminar at the University of Georgia.
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Oy de Sop
Wesley G. Benton
Wil Contig
Tti
Florida State University
Roy Groover
Dawn
Gail Groover
Clyde Chastain
Valdosta Mate College
Jerry B. Thompson
Lowell Kk. Clark
Irene Singletary
University of Georgia
Watt Announces Son at Archbold Memorial Hospital
Stork Club announces the birth of Philip Pendleton Watt on Saturday June 10 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. He is the couple’s third child and first son, grandson of Mrs. Charles H. Watt Sr. of Thomasville and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pendleton of Clifton Forge Virginia. Also, Mr and Mrs Leonard Walker of Ochlocknee report the birth of a daughter at Archbold Memorial Hospital on Sunday June 11.
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William Vance Watt
Thomasville
Philip Pendleton
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Charles H. Watt Sr
Clifton Forge
Leonard N. Walker
Ochlochnee
Mrs Olin Anderson Hosts Tea For Bride Elena Campos
Mrs Olin Anderson hosts a tea at her Summerhill Road home in honor of the recent bride Elena Campos of Elberton. About 200 guests attended with introductions by Mrs E F Wahl and Mrs Jack Whitehurst. The event featured blue hydrangea and white gladioli arrangements and a porch punch service.
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Warren Anderson
Elena Campos
Elberton
Olin Anderson
Summerhill Road
Fred Norton
E. F. Wahl
Jack Whitehurst
Anderson Home
J. C. Scott
Frank Speight
Folsom-Holland Wedding Party Feted At Dinner
Miss Virginia Merle Folsom and Jimmy Clark Holland celebrate with about 28 guests at a rehearsal dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thorpe and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. O Neill. Attendants received pearl earrings as gifts during the outdoor buffet at the Thorpe home.
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Folson-Holland
L. P. Thorpe
Thomasville
C. B. O’niell
Valdosta
Folsom-Holland
Thorpe
Virginia Merle Folsom
Jimmy Clark Holland
Little Debbie O'Niell
Pierce Thorpe Jr
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Virginia
Odis H. Butler
Quincy
Clara Mae Page
Augustus Barwick
Panacea
Nancy A. Wheeler
Greenville
College News
J. R. Pendergast
Ellen Frazee
Harold G. Sanders
Miss Pender
Gast
Roy Brantley
Barnett's Creek Baptist Church
Myrna Sellars
Frances Griner
Merline Brantley
Shirley Brantley
Emiree Crawford
Bobby Creech
Creech
Miss Kimbrough
Will Morgan
Monweenie Serge SA
Frank W. Young
Eldridge
Young
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Parker Pen Company
Air Lines
W. Jefferson
Stork Club
Greene Alday
William Anderson
N. M. Williams Sr
Frank Brown
Donnie Walker
8. W. Mays Jr
J. L. Parker
Batley Alexander
Joe Har
Admiral Byrd
Mr. Turrentine
Speechwriting Institute
National Business Colleges
Miss Folsom
Samari
Monash
N. Broad St
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