Thames explains Highway 188 paving controversy at Ochlocknee
W H Thames County Engineer explains right of way issues behind the State Highway 188 project in Ochlocknee. He notes the 1938 deeds varied in width, the city accepted 60 feet inside limits, and widening occurred to achieve uniform width. He states controversy arose after contracting and emphasizes deeds were signed months earlier.
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Lee Kelly
Highway Department
Tifton
Ochlochnee
W. H. Thames
Thomasville
Thomas County
Georgia
Wall Street Report Tobaccos Resume Rise Sugar Easy
Wall Street reports tobaccos resume their recovery and sugars ease in a cautious early afternoon. Trading remains moderately active with autos down slightly and other shares fluctuating as investors weigh a possible nationwide rail strike. The AP average rose .1 to 272.4 with mixed bond activity and the Dow at 722.20.
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New York
Associated Press
Twentieth Century-Fox
Colgate-Palmolive
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
American Motors
Studebaker
Liggett & Myers
du Pont
Pan American World Airways
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Acme Steel
Kaiser
Kress
Fia
Swift
Texaco
Elec
S Steel Agi
Warner B
UnTel
Westalec
Winn Dixie
Mqwoolworth
Hog and cattle market report from Georgia and Chicago
Hog receipts 3100 for 24 hours ending Friday across multiple Georgia plants with prices 16.00 to 18.75. Chicago hogs 6500 head with barrows and gilts 17.25 to 18.00 and sows 12.75 to 14.50. Georgia cattle auctions receipts 6095 with steers 22.00 to 24.50 and heifers 21.50 to 24.50. calves and feeders steady to weak in parts of the region.
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Chicago
Georgia
South Georgia
N. Georgia
Doctor Injured While Avoiding Child in Road
Dr J T Wright, 44, of 208 Edgewood Drive was treated at Archbold Memorial Hospital for a fractured nose and facial cuts after swerving to miss a child and striking a utility pole at Edgewood Drive and East Clay Street. He was charged with careless driving and having a wreck.
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Thomasville
Edgewood Dr
E. Clay Sr
J. T. Wright
Archbold Memorial Hospital
O. L Barnard
Robert Prevette III
Wright
Edgewood
Barnard
Carless
Area Deaths W B Hill
Walter Bateman Hill 49 of 515 Smith Ave a Trailways bus driver died early today at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Services are set for 3 30 p m Sunday at First Methodist Church officiated by Rev McCoy Johnson with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Masonic rites at graveside. Survived by wife Mildred Braswell Hill two daughters Gail and others. born Sylvester. attended First Methodist and Mason.
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Walter Bateman Hill
Smith Ave
Trailways
Archbold Memorial Hospital
First Methodist Church
McCoy Johnson
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Kirkland-Croyo-Hughes Home
E.G. Hoover
H. H. Goodman
J. D. White
Ernest Rehberg
Jeff Golden Jr
Wallace Baker
Eldridge Brady
William J. Trowell
Sylvester
Mildred Braswell
Thomasville
Gail Hill
J. L. Tison
Jacksonville
P A. Seigler
Albany
Last rites for Homer H. Wright Sr. held at Black Jack Church
Homer H. Wright Sr. 71, a retired mechanic and longtime Bainbridge resident, died Tuesday in a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral rites were conducted yesterday at Black Jack Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. He was a native of Elba Alabama and a member of Black Jack Baptist Church.
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Bainbridge
Homer Howard Wright Sr
Black Jack Baptist Church
Wright
Elba
Als
Keeping Up With Contd From Page 1
Two motorists cited for careless driving after a collision at Smith Ave and S Broad St. Helen Mae Baker 29 Boston and Earnest John Rich 56 Port St. Joe Fla. were named. No injuries reported. Josephine Jones 329 W Clay St arrested for possessing moonshine. Prin G Lewis said will be for labor. Supt. Clayton praised helpers including Cairo utilities superintendent.
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Smith Ave
S. Broad St
Helen Mae Baker
Boston
Earnest John Rich
Port St. Joe
Fla
Josephine Jones
W Clay Sr
Prin . G. Lewis
Kiwanis Sponsor Free Admission for Kids at Friday Baseball
Thomasville Kiwanis Club sponsors free entry for all children under 12 accompanied by an adult at Friday's baseball game. The promotion invites families to enjoy the game with kids admitted at no charge.
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Ander 12
Thomasville Kiwanis Club
Service Restored After Storm Disrupts Thomasville Utilities
Supt. Roland Clayton of the City Water and Light Dept said full normal service will take at least two weeks after Tuesday’s storm. City forces police street crews the National Guard and volunteers safeguarded public safety. Over 25 high voltage wires were down with 60 to 70 house wires affected. by 2 am Wednesday high voltage service was restored and all wires reconnected, some temporarily. Estimated cost under $4,000 with no power equipment loss.
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Thomasville
Roland Clayton
City Water and Light Dept
National Guard
Clayton
Four Injured in 84 Smashup Near Bainbridge
Four persons were injured in a two car collision on US 84 west of Bainbridge. Alta Pearson of Uniontown Pennslyvania is listed in critical condition at a Columbus hospital with severe neck injuries. Charles Pearson, Linda Pearson, and Dorothy Ferguson also sustained injuries. Donna Ferguson was treated for a shoulder laceration. Police said Ferguson attempted a left turn onto a parking lot near Jones Truck Stop when the Pearson car struck.
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Bainbridge
Georgia State Patrol
Alta Pearson
Uniontown
Penn
Columbus
Charles Dudley Pearson
Linda
Gregory Pearson
Dorothy Ferguson
Chicago
Donna
Weather forecast for Thomasville area stays hot and cloudy
The Thomasville area continues hot and partly cloudy through Saturday with scattered thundershowers this afternoon or evening and again Saturday afternoon. Southwest winds average 4 to 12 mph. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal with little daily change.
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Thomasville
Georgia
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Georgia Life and Health
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Moonset
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Thomasville Sales CO
Broad Street
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Byrne College
Best
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West Clay St
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