Jaycees Seek Change to Miss Thomas County Pageant Date
Local Jaycees vote to move the Miss Thomas County beauty pageant from Thursday to Monday during Rose Festival week to allow rehearsal time and align with festival activities. State Jaycee president Carroll Ward to install Thomasville officers at June 30 ladies night dinner.
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King outlines 1000 student voter drives in six Southern states
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr unveiled plans for about 1000 students and civil rights workers to lead Negro voter registration drives across six Southern states via SCOPE. King said the summer program will not directly organize unions, with Bayard Rustin as SCOPE’s orientation director alongside Hosea Williams.
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Robinson Wins Dana Award at Berry College Honors Day
Meigs native Donald Robinson, a 1964 Pelham High School graduate and rising Berry College sophomore majoring in social science, is among 41 recipients sharing 29,690 dollars in Dana Scholarship funds announced at Berry’s Honors Day. SCOPE leads orientation for hundreds at Atlanta University.
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