Woman Injured In Two Car Crash Near Ochlochnee
A 47 year old woman Mrs Lestertiner Laisb of Thomasville was injured when her 1964 Dodge sedan collided with a 1962 Ford driven by Willie Thomas near Ochlochnee at 7 40 a m. Thomas was uninjured but Laisb received facial lacerations and possible broken ribs and was taken to Archbold Memorial Hospital. A 1950s Chevrolet slowed for water and a 1955 Chevrolet rear ended it causing no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lestertiner Laisb
Rt. 3
Thomasville
Ochlochnee
State Patrol
T. O. Robinson
Willie Thomas
Rt. 2
Ga. 3
U. S. 19
Thomas
Phillip Ayres
Milledgeville
J. F. Hayes
W. W. Huffman
Prairie
Miss
Ayres
Collision on U S 219 Involving Powell and Gaines
At 6 40 a m a collision occurred on U S 219 about 3 6 miles north of Thomasville. James Dwight Powell 26 of Coolidge drove a 1965 Pontiac four door sedan and Ray Lamar Gaines 20 of Moultrie drove a 1965 Plymouth. Gaines attempted a pass when Powell moved to pass the car ahead. Rain and wet pavement contributed but both escaped injury and damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 219
Thomasville
State Patrol
J. F. Hayes
James Dwight Powell
Rt. 2
Coolidge
Ray Lamar Gaines
Rt. 4
Moultrie
Powell
Gaines
Bear Coolidge collision suspect tied to earlier crash
A driver involved in a second collision near Coolidge 1.1 miles north of town is identified as the suspect from the prior incident. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the sequence of events and potential links between the two crashes.
Collision on Smith Ave Crashes into Stopped Vehicle
At 6 55 a m today on Smith Ave at the main entrance to Coats and Clark Inc a 1963 Oldsmobile driven by James Franklin Jackson crashed into the rear of Pate Hutchins vehicle. Hutchins 38 of Watkins Trailer Park had been stopping to turn into the thread mill parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Ave
Coats & Clark, Inc
Pate Hutchins
Watkins Trailer Park
Thread Mill
James Franklin Jackson
Hutchins
Cow Struck By Truck Near Pelham In Early Morning
State patrol reports Ernest Lenn Clemmons of Albany, 28, driving a 1963 Ford truck struck a cow on Ga 3 about seven miles north of Pelham at 3 20 a m. The cow owned by H L Wingate died in the collision. Clemmons escaped injury and his truck sustained only minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
Albany
Ernest Lenn Clemmons
Ga. 3
H. L. Wingate
Clemmons
Woman escapes injury after 1963 Falcon hits bridge railing
Oma Ashburn Whitaker of Tallahassee, a 41 year old, escaped injury when her car struck a bridge railing on Hadley Ferry Road about 12 miles south of Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Tallahassee
Oma Ashburn Whitaker
Hadley Ferry Rd
Bainbridge Boy Narrowly Survives Train Collision
A 16 year old Bainbridge youth named William Hughes Johnston of 1206 Dothan Rd escaped serious harm after his compact car was struck by an east bound Atlantic Coast Line freight train on Griffin Street. He was admitted to Bainbridge Memorial Hospital for observation in good condition. The car was demolished and the impact threw him about 120 feet along the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
W. Bainbridge Crossing
H. L. Ledbetter
William Hughes Johnston
Dothan Rd
Bainbridge Memorial Hospital
Johnston
Young Johnson
Griffin Street
Atlantic Coast Line
Calvary Baptist School Vacation Bible School Underway
Calvary Baptist Church hosts Vacation Bible School at 6 30 p m daily through Friday with Rev Earl Justice as acting principal and Dean Harrison as general secretary. Nursery and classroom staff include Pauline Bond Dorothy Houk Earlene Cutts Jo ann Clay Sharlene Bozeman and others. The program lists beginners to juniors groups with numerous supervisors and a refreshment committee led by Mrs O W Nesmith Mrs W C O Neal and Mildred Faircloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
Earl Justice
Dean Harrison
Jennie Ponder
Pauline Bond
Dorothy Houk
Earlene Cutts
Dot O'Neal
Joann Clay
Sharlene Bozeman
Laverne Redmond
Myrtle Bozeman
Betty Lewis
Christine Chusnutt
Janice Cleveland
John Cleveland
Doris Faircloth
Faye Faircloth
Martha Fallin
Nell Gravenstein
Thelma Duren
Betty Justice
O. W. NeSmith
W. C. O'Neal
Mildred Faircloth
Negro funeral home owner in fair condition after self inflected gunshot
Elmo Hadley, 43, owner of a Negro funeral home at 309 Bay Street, was reported in fair condition at Archbold Memorial Hospital after shooting himself in the right thigh with a .22 caliber pistol while transferring it from his car glove compartment to his pocket. His wife said he retrieved the weapon before retiring for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Elmo Hadley
Bay St
Hadley
Jerry Simmons Deaths in Dothan Funeral Services Set
Jerry Simmons 57 died Tuesday in Dothan Alabama. Services 1 p m Wednesday at Ok Grove Baptist Church Monticello Rd with Rev Thomas Glouster of Boston officiating. Burial in church cemetery by Peoples Funeral Home. Survivors include sister Leona Lewis Thomasville four brothers Felton Simmons Ft Lauderdale George Simmons Daytona Beach Oscar Simmons Ira Simmons Miami two nieces Willia Harris Brookland Ruby Lee Lewis Brookland and two nephews Alonzo Lewis Miami Leroy Lewis Brookland N Y
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Simmons
Dothan
Ala
Ok Grove Baptist Church
Monticello Rd
Thomas Glouster
Boston
Church
Peoples Funeral Home
Leona Lewis
Thomasville
Felton Simmons
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
George Simmons
Daytona Beach
Oscar Simmons
Ira Simmons
Death of H N Frohberg 87 retired railroad wreck master
Henry Nicholas Frohberg aged 87 died at his home on Crawford Street after a stroke. Funeral services are to be held at Kirkland Cray Hughes Home for Funerals with Rev. J Harold Beaty officiating. Pallbearers named are C W McKinnon Lawson Neel Walter Washington Roland Clayton Company L Roan W B Bulloch. Honorary pallbearers listed. Daughters pending arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nicholas Frohberg
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Crawford St
Kirkland-Cray- Hughes
J. Harold Beaty
First Methodist Church
C. W. McKinnon
Lawson Neel
Walter Washington
Roland Clayton
Co. L. Roan
W. B. Bulloch
W. B. Burns
Ed Langford
J. R. Jackson
T. C. Gandy
Oscar Mims
Clinton Sanders
Former Cairo resident Annie Friedmann dies in New Orleans
Mrs. Frank E. Friedmann 67 of Jacksonville Fla formerly of Cairo died Saturday in a New Orleans Baptist hospital while visiting sister Mrs. C. H. Hulbert. Services were held Monday at Clark Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Cairo Cemetery. She moved to Jacksonville in 1915 and was twice named Annie L. Dekle. Survived by sister and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Frank E. Friedmann
Jacksonville
Fla
New Orleans
C. H. Hulbert
Clark Funeral Home Chapel
Robert L. Matthews
Cairo Cemetery
Grady County
Annie L. Dekle
W. A. Dekle Jr
James W. Harris
H. P. Russell Jr
H. P. Russell III
Paul Timmons
Jack Timmons
Ingram and Frohberg Families Noted Residents Remembered
Mrs. Jesse Lee Ingram 66 of Moss Mississippi dies at daughter’s home after Bainbridge years. Former Colquitt County native Ida Pope Ingram, widow of Jesse Lee Ingram, respected church member and missionary society participant. Survivors include daughter Mrs F D Woodham and two sons, others in Florida, Georgia, Maine. The Frohberg family histories mark John H Frohbert city treasurer and Ansel Frohberg of Spence-Olds-Buick Co. in Thomasville. Born Bamberg South Carolina September 12 1878, he served nearly 50 years with the railroad starting at age 16. died after long Coast Line ties and Thomasville life. Survivors include Florence Moore Frohberg wife and four children. Burial services in Bainbridge and Thomasville connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Savannah
Bamberg
S. C
Ellen Harvey
Herman Frohberg
South Carolina
Gillisonville
Florence Moore
John H. Frohbert
Ansel Frohberg
Frohberg
Lutheran Church
Railroad
Coast Line Railway
Bainbridge
Jesse Lee Ingram
Moss
Miss
Cox
J. L. Durfee
Oak City
Cox Funeral Home
Ingram
Colquitt County
Ida Pope
Mississippi
First Church of God
Women's Missionary Society of Church
Death notices D C Pearce Barwick farmer dies after long illness
D C Pearce Delma Carl Pearce 47 a Barwick Georgia area farmer died Monday at Archbold Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Rites set for Thursday at Barwick Baptist Church with Rev E B Stanfield officiating and burial in Barwick Cemetery. He was born in Grady County and lived in Barwick about 18 years. Survived by wife eight daughters mother brother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delma Carl Pearce
Barwick
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Barwick Baptist Church
E. B. Stanfield
Kirkland-Cray-Hughes Home
Grady County
Gayle
Marilyn
Lynnette
Annette
Janice
Karen
Sheila
Mary Neal Pearce
A. D. Pearce
Cairo
Cuy Pearce
Pelham
R. L. Newsome
Mrs. Etta McMillian 86 Dies After Illness in Zephyrhills
Mrs. Etta McMillian age 86 died Monday after an extended illness in Zephyrhills Florida. Rites were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Hugh Lewis officiating, burial followed in the church cemetery by Greene Gregory Funeral Home. Survivors include three sons Major Sgt. Earl J. McMillian Ft Benning Georgia Carl McMillian Pavo and Ernest McMillian Zephyrhills Florida two daughters Mrs Jep Carles Camilla and Mrs W A Griffin Zephyrhills Florida a brother Burt Chastain Macon a sister Mrs Ella Goforth Moultrie and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavo
Etta McMillian
Zephyrhills
Fila
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
Hugh Lewis
Greene. Gregory Funeral Home
Earl J. McMillian
Ft. Benning
Carl 8. McMillian
Closed Sessions Ruled Legal in Georgia Textbook Committee
In Atlanta AP report states the attorney general rules closed meetings by a committee selecting Georgia school textbooks legal. The panel, appointed by the State Board of Education, will forward proposed texts to the board next month, amid protests over potential inclusion of pictures of Black people in future books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Columbus
Carl E. Sanders
Attorney General's Office
State Board of Education
Georgia
James Peters
State Department of Education
Pelham Lad Earns Place in National FFA Band
Maurice Palmer son of Mr and Mrs E B Palmer of Pelham has been chosen as one of two Georgians to join the 80 piece National FFA Band for the convention in Kansas City October 10 16 He was selected from 400 nominations from all 50 states and will travel with Gordon L Wilson from Chatsworth the other Georgia representative The band will rehearse in Kansas City October 10 and perform at sessions including the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show October 15 Maurice plays the cornet and is an active Pelham FFA member and Pelham High School Band participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Palmer
Avon H. Bishop
FFA
Pelham
Avon Bishop
E. B. Palmer
Kansas City
Maurice
Pelham High School
R. Cedric Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Georgia
Gordon L. Wilson
Chatsworth
M. D. Jackson
Visor
M. R. Stewart
Pelham FA
Trapped by Rolling Car: Housewife's Nightmarish Return Home
A 26 year old Thomasville woman, Mrs. Troy O Neal, was loading a laundry basket when her 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix, parked on an incline, rolled toward Hansell Street. She was dragged about 40 feet as her two young daughters escaped the path, and neighbors called for help. The car door ripped off. she was taken to Archbold Memorial Hospital with shoulder lacerations and possible back injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Troy O'Neal
E. Washington St
Hansell St
Susan
Nancy
ED Kelly
Royce Shaw
Shaw
Scout Rescues Girl From Drowning At Hart Springs
A 11 year old Boy Scout from Thomas County saved 18 year old Debbie Bass from drowning at Hart Springs Live Oak Florida. Lifeguard Pournelle grandson of F D Cochran of Boston and nephew of Mrs Neil Cone Coolidge helped recover the woman who vanished after grasping a watermelon. Pournelle and Troop 369 were on a two day outing at the Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas County
Debbie Bass
Hart Springs
Recreation Area
Live Oak
Fla
Harleston
Bubba] Pournelle
F. D. Cochran
Boston
Neil Cone
Coolidge
Pournelle
Fragmentary talk on minorities and sales in the South
A fragment discusses minorities and the question of their sale in the South, reflecting tensions over race and commerce. The note hints at avoidance of selling minorities in southern markets and mentions related attitudes without detailing actions.
Veterans Affairs volunteers run weekly activities at Domiciliary
A spectrum of volunteer events at the VA Domiciliary last week included VFW 5830 and Auxiliary sponsoring Tuesday night games with prizes and refreshments, American Legion Post 31 and Auxiliary hosting Thursday races, weekly sewing and letter writing by Red Cross and Legion Auxiliary members, and a Friday variety show featuring Patsy Clark Gail Phelps and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Moultrie
Stem Giles
Johnny Shiver
American Legion Post 31
Auxllary
C. J. Crawford
Ernest Kistler
John Glover
Charity Haddock
George Lay
O’steen
Jane Fields
Julia Haddock
American Red Cross
Clara Stripling
P. M Robinson
Legion Auxiliary
A. P. Robinson
W. L. Gray
Auxiliary
Patsy Clark
Gail Phelps
Suburban Officer Arrested in DeKalb Burglary Case
Atlanta AP report says DeKalb County police arrested Chamblee patrolman Robert Wellborn Morris on burglary charges after his Sunday night detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Chamblee
Robert Wellborn Morris
DeKalb County
House Group To Draft New Cotton Bill
Washington AP reports the House Agriculture Committee will draft a new cotton program bill after weeks of hearings. Chairman Harold D. Cooley favors a one price system with possible direct subsidies and reduced acreage from 16 to 14 million acres to cut costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
W. J. Bryan Dorn
D-8.c
House
California
Texas
Missouri
Hart
Hagen
D-Calif
Congress
Who's Been In Watermelons?
Sheriff C A Rehberg warned residents to beware of melon patch trespassers after two patches were damaged. About 40 melons on a Thomas County Grain Co. patch by the Ochlocknee River were ruined with knives and another patch on US 9 near Thomasville was rifle-shot. The sheriff suspects teenagers and vows to bring the culprits to court soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Rehberg
Rehberg
Thomas County Grain Co
Ochlochnee River
U.S. 19
Thomasville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bainbridge Boy
Calvary Baptist School
Wet Thomasville
Gary Witt
Lee St
H.N. Frohberg
Annie Friedmann
Mrs. Ingram
D. C. Pearce
Mrs. McMillian
Sanders
Richard W. Edmonds
Pelham Lad
Convention
Iowa
Scout
Girl
VA Dom
Linda Clark
Katie Dixon
Linda Parramore
Katie
Eugene Anderson
Sharon Anderson
James Clark
VFW
Dept. of Ga
E. F. Anderson
John O. Glover
East Side
R. R. Moylan Sr
NCCS
Carrousel Garden Club
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
U.S
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