Thomasville Man Named District Lion of Year
Paul D. Daughtry of Thomasville was named Lion of the Year for Lions District 18-C at the state convention held this week. He is set to become club president July 1 and has served as secretary and on multiple committees. He is a 100 percent graduate of Cairo High School and Birdwood College, retired Army veteran, and route manager at a local bottling plant. He and his wife Maxine have two children.
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Thomasville Lions Club
Paul D. Daughtry
Chaiseman
The
Lions
Mop Lions
Birdwood College
Daughtry
Thomasville
Northside Baptist Mission
Brotherhood
Maxine Thompson
Cairo
Cindy
Paul Jr
Dodd Case Heats Up As Ethics Panel Questions Money
The ethics panel heard that documents from Dodd's files were tainted after being taken without authorization. Dodd acknowledged writing the letter but declined to comment on quoted passages. He rose shouting when the chair questioned whether ticket buyers expected the funds to strengthen his office.
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Dodd
Percy
Connecticu
John Sennis
D-Miss
Algerian Aid Push From Moscow Ties to Arab Causes
Reports say Soviet leaders pledged substantial aid to Arab causes during Boumediene's Moscow visit while no communique was issued. Sources indicate massive political and economic backing from Peking-like support, with aid described as near at the brink of war.
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Boumedienne
Peking
Moscow
Peach Prices Holding Well in Georgia Market
Peaches are arriving in good volume at the State Farmers Market as harvest continues beyond local picks. Market manager W Roscoe Stewart expects most of this season's crop to be picked by July with prices holding steady at about $3.05 per bushel based on last year’s 11,812 bushels sold. varieties include Alberta Sullivan Coronet Keystone Maygold Redcap Dixiegram and Redhaven.
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W. Roscoe Stewart
Morven
Barney
Stewart
Alberta
Sullivan
Keystone
Georgia
Crop Reporting Service
Textile plants in Rossville plan moves after fire
Four textile firms hit by last weekend's 18 hour blaze in Rossville plan relocation, affecting about 400 of 2,100 workers in the RDC complex. Quilted Textiles, Heritage Quilts, Beautytuft, and Southern Universal Textile Processors anticipate moving. Beautytuft already secured a Fort Oglethorpe site. Rossville Spinning should resume production Monday as government loans totaling around 10 million are sought.
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Rossville
Rossville Development Co
Bert Brown
RDC
Quilted Textiles Corp
Heritage Quilts Inc
Beautytuft Inc
Southern Universal Textile Processors Inc
Hermitage
Beautytuft
Southern Universal
Brown
Rossville Spinning Corp
John Davis
D-Ga
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Pageant group includes Kennedy family and area sponsors
Miss Kennedy's parents Dr and Mrs Louis F Kennedy Mr and Mrs Frank Kennedy and Mrs Roy Henderson and son Richard are among the relatives of the contestant. Miss Thomas County's sister Karen Kennedy is her chaperone. The group will return to Thomasville on Sunday. Miss Thomas County is sponsored by the Thomasville Jaycees.
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Miss Kennedy
Louis F. Kennedy
Frank Kennedy
Roy Henderson
Richard
Miss Thomas County
Karen Kennedy
Thomasville
Thomas County
The
Thomasville Jaycees
Local High School Cheerleaders Sponsor Fundraiser Dance
Central High School cheerleaders host an 8 p.m. to midnight dance at the Thomasville Elks Club to raise funds for next year's cheer equipment. The Sole Survivors of Valdosta perform and admission is 1.50 per person. Tomorrow’s 57 Class Reunion for Thomasville High’s Class of 1987 gathers about 49 classmates.
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Central High School
Thomasville
Thomasville High School
Breeder Assn Sets Meeting in Quitman
The Georgia-Florida Breeders Association will hold its annual meeting in Quitman at the Agricultural Building on July 7. Charles R. K. O Kelly, assistant director of the Georgia Extension Service and former Brooks County farm agent, will speak. The 250-member group serves Brooks, Lowndes, and Madison County, Fla. Officers include W. A. Shirley president, C. R. Bland vice president, Henry Carr secretary, Fred McCracken treasurer. Directors are Baxter Bearden, Perry Taylor, and McCracken.
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Georgia-Florida Breeders Assn
Agricultural Building
Charles RK. O’kelly
Georgia Extension Service
Brooks County
Brooks
Lowndes
Madison County
Fla
W. A. Shirley
Madison
C. R. Bland
Valdosta
Henry Carr
Charles Johnson
Baxter Bearden
Perry Taylor
McCracken
Be tt Beckett services in Cairo planned today
Benjamin Weatherby Beckett 63 died Wednesday. Services set for 11 a.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev. Everett T. Moye. burial at Greenwood Cemetery by Clark Funeral Home. A Bridgeport N J native, he moved to Cairo in 1957, machinist for a local pickle company. Survived by wife Alice Brock Beckett, two daughters Mrs Robert Henders on Cairo and Mrs Jack L Gregory Moultrie, six brothers, five sisters and three grandchildren.
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Benjamin Weatherby Beckett
First Methodist Church
Everett T. Moye
Clark Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Alice Brock Beckett
Robert Henderson
Jack L. Gregory
Moultrie
Funeral services held for Claud William Shirley Sr.
Claud William Shirley Sr. 72 died at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted today at West Street Baptist Church by Rev. Bill McCannon and Rev. Samuel Southerland. Burial followed at Oak City Cemetery with Ox Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Minnie Ash Shirley eight daughters and three sons, two sisters a brother 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was born in Atlanta and lived in Bainbridge 40 years. He worked 19 years in the shipping department at Miller Hydro Co before retiring seven years ago.
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Claud William Shirley Sr
West Street Baptist Church
Bill McCannon
Samuel Southerland
Oak Cty Cemetery
Ox Funeral Home
Shirley
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
Bainbridge
Miller Hydro Co
Minnie Ash Shirley
Arthur W. Dennig
George Cilett
Mineral Wells
Texas
Bonial D. Vickers
Climax
Martha 8. Gordon
Jimmy J. Mekrison
Lucile Shirley
Charies Kirkland
Donald Musgrove
Attapulgus
William C. Shirley
Macon
Claud William Shirley, Jr
Glenn Thomas Shirley
Mary Shirley
Fred Hodges
A. J. Shirley
Pelham
Briton Robert Davies Dies at 49 After Heart Attack
Robert Davies labor member of the House of Commons died in hospital today. He suffered a heart attack last month and was 49 years old.
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Camb
England
Robert Davies
Labor Party
House of Commons
Triplets Give Mrs Franco Ninth Child in Nine Years
C La Anisita ta Sicily reports Mrs Grazia Franco aged 34 welcomed her third set of triplets on Thursday. Married for nine years she now has nine children.
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Sicily
Grazia Franco
James Ponder Funeral Plans for James Power Obituary
Funeral arrangements for James Power of Ponder Road who died Thursday will be announced by Hadley Funeral Home.
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James Power
Ponder Rd
Hadley Funeral Home
Texas artist Misses Williams sister dies in El Paso
Mrs Strassel Florence Williams Strassel of El Paso Texas teacher and artist sister of Miss Nelle L Williams 416 E Clay Street died unexpectedly Wednesday Services set for Saturday in Marshall Michigan Strassel listed among Texas five leading landscape artists exhibited 30 paintings in Thomasville in 1958 and spoke to the Thomasville Arts Guild on landscape painting
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Sel
el Paso
Tex
Nelle L. Williams
E. Clay
Marshall, Mich
Obituary for R B Horne of Cairo
Ruben B. Horne, 72, of 302 Campbell St., died Wednesday. Graveside rites set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Pine Level Cemetery in Cairo with Dekle Funeral Chapel in charge. Survivors include brother Bertha C. Horne and sister Mrs Jessie Pope from Moultrie and Oliver C. Horne.
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Ruben B. Horne
Campbell St
Pine Level Cemetery
Cairo
Dekle
Bertha C. Horne
Oliver C. Horne
Jessie Pope
Moultrie
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