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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1967
Page
4
Head Start plans a full load of 240 pupils with 14 teachers and 16 teacher aides under W A Morris. Classes run Monday through Friday for eight weeks with meals, snacks, field trips, and medical and dental check ups as needed. Registration Friday at Far Side Elementary School 9 am to 3 pm. classes start Monday at 8:30 am.
Sgt Major James A. Scott, a 26 year Army veteran wounded across three wars, lauded U S servicemen in Viet Nam before Thomasville Rotary Club. He shared his Vietnam film and described guerrillas and North Vietnamese soldiers, stressing the courage and dedication of U S troops.
New York reports a moderate midday gain as the Dow rises 3.82 to 397.08 and the Associated Press average climbs 1.4 to 328.5. Industrials gain 2.3, rails 0.3, utilities 1.0. Hunt Foods leads volume advances while Gulf Oil, Magnavox, Hess, and McDonnell Douglas also rise. Varian Associates slips about 2 after lower earnings forecast. Standard Oil slips on profit taking. Occidental Petroleum falls about 1. Du Pont rebounds about 2 aiding the list.
The American Forestry Association designated a tree on Herman Kinder’s farm five miles northwest of Carrollton as the national champion pin oak. The monarch measures 19 feet 10 inches in circumference, 110 feet tall, with a crown spread of 85 feet.
Georgia weekly cattle auction receipts across 24 markets total 10 100, up from last week and down from last year. Prices vary by class with steers, heifers, cows, bulls and calves listed in ranges. fruit and vegetable markets show light trading on Atlanta product market with fruit prices for watermelons cantaloupes peaches and beans. Hog receipts in Moulseville area show steady barrows and gilts with No 1 and No 2 classes priced. egg market in Atlanta shows varying daily prices across sizes.
Mr and Mrs Julius C Heard announce the birth of a son to Betty Grady on June 14 at Rt 3 Bainbridge.
Meigs and Pelham residents are listed visiting relatives, traveling to Tampa and Florida for vacations, and attending military and educational events. High school students Ennis Willis and Pelham Smith Spence earned Boys State recognition. several families travel for hospital stays, funerals, and celebrations, including Harold Falor’s Orlando funeral.
The Office of Economic Opportunity approved a 241000 dollar grant to Southwest Georgia Community Action Council in Moultrie to fund summer Head Start programs serving 965 children across Thomas, Colquitt and Worth counties. Thomasville and Thomas County plan programs with federal and in kind shares totaling about 132k and 50k respectively, Colquitt about 100k, Worth about 48k. The grants cover staff salaries and benefits, daily meals, classroom supplies, field trips and medical dental care for participants.
EL CENTRO, Calif. AP: Joe Ryba, a barber for 49 years, says business is declining as fewer customers seek shaves and haircuts. He plans to retire at 65, noting decade changes in grooming preferences and a dwindling client base.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with highs in the 80s through Saturday and scattered afternoon showers mainly in the extreme south. Tonight lows near 70 on the coast and in the 60s inland, with 60s forecast for the interior.
Weather outlook for Georgia and Alabama shows temperatures Saturday through Wednesday near normal to three degrees below with no major change. Normal highs 88 to 92, lows 67 to 71, rainfall totals around one inch from widely scattered afternoon thundershowers lasting into early next week.
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