Robbery at Georgia Packing Co. Overnight Strong Box Stolen
Thieves robbed the Georgia Packing Co. office taking a strong box with about ten thousand dollars in cash and checks. Company president Fritz Roberts says four thousand dollars in cash may be missing, insured, with a five hundred dollar reward offered for arrests. No arrests yet and no trace of the tool.
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The
Georgia Packing Co
Sheriff's Office
Fritz Roberts
Roberts
Georgia Packing Comany
First Methodist Church Vacation School In Full Swing
The Vacation church school at First Methodist continues all week with Friday's program at 10 30. Parents are invited to attend and view the students work and attendance awards at 10 39 Friday. Be ginners Primaries Juniors and Intermediates lead by specified teachers run each department and invite all nonattending children to join the final days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Lauren Mason
J. C. Riley
Wallace Neel
Sarah Hjort
J. J. Crawford
Thames Family Hass Graduation Season As 3 Get Diplomas
The Thames family celebrating graduation season with three diplomas. W H Thames Jr and wife relocate to Belle Glade Florida where he becomes assistant entomologist at the University of Florida Experiment Station after earning a masters degree. Daughter Margaret and sister Gladys Thames also attain degrees from GSCW Valdosta and University of Georgia Athens respectively.
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Thames
W. H. Thames, Jr
Margaret
Belle Glade, Fla
University of Florida Experiment Station
Gladys Thames
GSCW
Valdosta
Be'le Glade
Claude Thames
Thomasville
University of Georgia
Athens
Bridge Tournament At Glen Arven Club In July
Bridge players urged to enter the 4th of July event at Glen Arven Club. The tournament runs July 2 3 and 5 with players keeping the same table across all three afternoons. Prizes are promised and reservations contact Mrs Breck Connoly Mrs Harrell Guy and Mrs Wallace Scoville.
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Glen Arven Club
Breck Connoly
Harrell Guy
Wallace Scoville
Supplying Heat Wave Essentials for Homes and Businesses
Vendors announce ready stock of electric fans ice cream freezers water coolers and thermos bottles and jugs for warm weather comfort and cooling needs across local households and shops.
Futch Home Co Inc Celebrates 40 Years of Service
Thomasville Georgia based Futch Home Company Inc marks over four decades in business offering home goods and services. The firm highlights its long history and local presence with a focus on customer service.
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Thomasville
Market Saturday Aids Farmers At State Market
Thousands of crates of corn crowder peas butter beans cantaloupes cucumbers and okra move through Smith avenue as buyers gather at open auction. Negroes and whites from local farms bring vehicles of all sizes to sell produce and receive receipts amid mixed prices and hopeful livelihoods.
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Smith Avenue
Woman's Club Benefit Dance Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets are on sale for a Woman's Club Benefit Dance this Thursday night June 17 at the Municipal Airport Hangar on the old Army Air Base on Pavo road. Prices are $2.40 per couple and $1.80 stag with the Georgia Bulldog Orchestra secured to play drawing a large crowd. Advance tickets available at Thomas Drug Store CoCroft Music Co and from club members.
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Woman’s Club
Army Air Base
Pavo Road
Georgia Bulldog Orchestra
Thomas Drug Store
CoCroft Music Company
Woman's Club
Personal News Notes Show Local Travels and Visits
Mrs. Fritz Frohberg and daughter Julianne visit in Pensacola Florida for two weeks. S J Shepherd and families travel to Miami for a week with relatives. Sandra Parker attends Baptist Bible School in Boston Georgia while visiting relatives. The Ferguson and Jackson families visit in Dunbar and Chicago areas before returning home. Pettigrew and Hancock families embark on a ten day trip to Indianapolis and beyond. Fox family heads to Miami after visiting Shepherds on Cecil Street. Cowden shop seeks Christmas novelties in Atlanta. Upchurch family news includes California to Washington travel and Hawaii stationing plans. Bill Smith recovering at hospital from a farm accident with a fractured ankle.
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Bill Smith
Qchlocknec
Watt Family Attends Johns Hopkins Graduation
The Watt family and Dr. John Watt Jr. returned from a trip to Atlantic City Baltimore and Washington D C. In Baltimore Hansell and Vance Watt graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School and will intern at Union Memorial Hospital next year. John Watt Jr. will be assistant resident physician at Johns Hopkins in gynecology and Chas Watt Jr. will also join Union Memorial Hospital.
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Johns Hopkins
Hansell
Vance Watt
W. A. Watt
C. S. Watt
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Union Memorial
John Watt, Jr
John Watt
Chas. Watt, Jr
Union Memorial Hospital
Atlantc City
Hilton 9. Reed
Finney Hospital
Mrs J L Pittman Celebrates 84th Birthday in Thomasville
Mrs J L Pittman, a respected Thomasville resident, marked her 84th birthday Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs Pearl Woodward 112 Metcalfe Avenue. Relatives and friends visited wishing many more years of life and health though her vision is impaired. She is grandmother to Mrs W Dodson and Mr Max Woodward of the city.
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J. L. Pittman
Thomasville
Pearl Woodward
Metcalfe Avenue
Pittman
Odd Fellows Home Fund Reach Half of Target
Morning bulletin reports $5,000 raised of the $10,000 goal for Thornsvile Odd Fellows Home. Committee members John Porter John Herring Paul Junn H L Pop Key EF Waigmiles urge remaining donations this week so Grand Lodge can assume oversight. Subscribers will have names inscribed as a permanent record.
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Tudge Craigmiles
Odd Fellows Home
Thornsvile
John Porter
John Herring
Paul Junn
H. L
Grand Lodge
Death of Miss Mattie Walker with Tuesday funeral in Thomasville
Miss Mattie Jane Walker dies at home of her niece Mrs Leila Braswell in Thomasville aged 81. Funeral at 5 PM Tuesday from Whiddon’s Funeral Chapel with Rev George W Shirley officiating. Interment Laurel Hill cemetery. pallbearers named. honorary vestry members. Survived by sister Mrs Clem Duncan of Monticello and many nieces nephews.
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Mattie Jane Walker
Thomasville
Leila Braswell
East Washington Street
Whiddon
George W. Shirley
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Laurel Hill
Messs
Clayton Lindsay
Bill Watt, Jr
Joseph Jerger
Paul Searcy
Sharkey Braswell
Cleveland Walker
Thomas County
Columbus
Martha Ann Walker
Annie Walker Walters
Capt. Walters
Merrill Street
Carroll Hill
Walters
Mrs. Braswell
Clem Duncan
Monticello
Fla
Braswell
Messrs
Tip
R. L., Clevelande
Charlie Walker
John
Walter Dixon
S. A. Chastain
Miss. Walker
Miss Marie Flanders Weds Richard L Patrick at Cochran Parsonage
Miss Marie Flanders of Cochran married Richard L Patrick of Thomaston in a June 11 ceremony at the Methodist parsonage. Rev Earl Garbutt officiated the double ring wedding attended by the groom's parents and a few friends. The couple will reside with the groom's parents on Greenwood Plantation after a short trip.
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Marie Flanders of
Cochran
Richard L. Patrick
Cochran, Ga
Marie Flanders
Thomanville
Tiis City
Earl Garbutt
W. T. Patrick
Miss Flanders
Lee Flanders
Vashti School
Patrick
W. T. Patrick, Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Greenwood Plantation
Mrs Dillinger At District Piano Teachers Meeting in Camilla
The Sec ond District Piano Teachers Association held a Camilla luncheon on Saturday June 12 with twenty one teachers in attendance. Represented towns included Albany Arlington Baconton Bainbridge Blakely Cairo Camilla Edison Ochlochnee Thomasville Whigham Athens and Atlanta. Mrs Margaret Dillinger was present. The next meeting will be in Albany Catarcay July 24 at 10 am with William Reid giving a demonstration on The Teaching of Concert Piano Literature.
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Camilla
American Legion
Albany
Arlington
Baconton
Bainbridge
Blakely
Cairo
Edison
Ochlochnee
Thomasville
Whigham
Athens
Atlanta
Margaret Dillinger
Catarcay
William Reid
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Inman Drug Store
GA. Packing CO
First Methodist Church School
Thames Family
Birdseye
Jones
John Dixon
E. Jackson St
T. A. Futch
Home. Co., Inc
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Fritz Frohberg
Julianne
W. B. Redding
Pensacola, Fla
S. J. Shepherd
R. L. Shepherd
Martin
Ronnie
Miami
Sandra Parker
Baptist Bible School
Boston
Jim Hatcher
C .R. Ferguson
Ferguson, Iowa
K. L. Ferguson
Kent
Dunbar
Iowa
Robert Jackson
Mm Pettigrew
Laurie
Cornelia Hancock
Indianapolis
Indiana
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Barbara
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Mattie Lou Shepherd
Barrington Beutelt
Sea Island
Peggy Lowe
Savannah
Robert Davidson
John Stillwell
Glenn Cowden
Cowden
J. T. Holland
Tsat
Alunt Association
Boston College
Mr. Holland
J. S. Upchurch Jr
California
Captain Upchurch
Frisco
Washington
Honolulu
Hickham Field
Odd Fellows Home Fund
Pope’s
KE. Jackson
Hippocrates
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