Four graduate children mark Thomasville families’ success
The Catchings and Bailey families in Thomasville boast multiple college graduates. Theodore R. Catchings I and his siblings earned four-year degrees while the Baileys sent five sons to college, with careers in the Army, education, and public service.
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Thomasville
Theodore R. Catchings
Pine St
Catchings
Camilla
Samuel Bailey
Bailey
Jack Sidney Bailey
Washington, D. C
Hampton Institute
Jimmy Franklin
Hampton
U.S. Army
Ft. Knox
Samuel Bailey Jr
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ft. Valley State College
Richard Alvin
Oakland
Calif
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Frank Lester
Greensboro College
N.C
U.S. Air Force
Meigs Briefs Highlight Local Visitors and Scholarships
The Meigs area reports visits by Rev. Mrs. Lois Hurst in Pelham and others in Camilla and Thomasville. Meigs residents Raymond Roberts returns from Turner Air Force Hospital Albany. Pelham High School grants Teacher of the Month to Mrs. Tom Smith. Pelham High graduates receive scholarships from Pelham Woman's Club and Rotary Club. Family ties include visits to Jacksonville and Tampa with relatives in Bainbridge and Albany.
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Lois Hurst
Pelham
Raymond Roberts
Turner Air Force Base Hospital
Albany
Hugh Lee McDonald
J. A. Bowers
Meigs Methodist Church
Tifton
Ora Felker
Meigs
South Georgia Methodist Nursing Home Center
Americus
Sumter County Hospital
Dianne Elkins
Thomasivile
John Cato, Jr
Callahan, Fla
Becky Booth
Pelham High School
Margaret Edwards
Bill Edwards
Pelham Woman's Club
David Willis
Alton Willis
Pelham Rotary Club
Young Willis
Rotary
Lee Simmons
Aubrey Joiner
Savannah
Hudson Allen
Statesboro
Carl Powell
Jacksonville
J. T. Cooey
R. B. Robinson, Jr
Wavell Robinson
Robert Markwalter
Allison
Macon
Jinright Firm to Design Valdosta Federal Building
Thomasville based Jinright and Jinright won a $1.7 million contract to design a Valdosta federal building near downtown. Thomson and Sanders Co. of Valdosta will work with them. The project, overseen by partner Prince E Jinright, will take about a year and mirrors the nearby Thomas County federal building completed in 1965.
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Jinright
Federal Building
Thomasville Architectural
Jinright and
Valdosta
Thomson and Sanders Co
Prince E. Jinright
Thomas County
Valdosta Federal
Recognition of Gulf Life producers on district award trip
Recognition of outstanding production during the past 15 months has been bestowed on 14 representatives of the Thomasville District of Gulf Life Insurance Co. They are Manager O. C. Kirkland, Supts. Harry P. Taylor, E. T. Elliot and M. M. Grubbs, and agents B. G. Sadler, L. S. Powell, R. B. C. Stephenson and W. F. Power, who are now attending gains at Hollywood dwach.
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Thomasville
Gulf Life Insurance Co
O. C. Kirkland
Harry P. Taylor
E. T. Elliot
M. M. Grubbs
B. G. Sadler
L.S. Powell
RB. C. Stephenson
W. F. Power
Hollywood Dwach
Womble Takes Over Sinclair Outlet in Thomas County
Burton M. Womble of Cairo has assumed the Sinclair Oil Co. distributorship for Thomas County succeeding William Moore Jr. Womble has been the distributor for Grady County for over four years and said there will be no basic changes in operations at the Smith Ave. distributorship.
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Burton M. Womble
Cairo
Sinclair Oil Co
Thomas County
William Moore Jr
Womble
Grady County
Thomas Co
Smith Ave
J A Curry Elected GILA Vice President
Thomasville businessman J A Curry was chosen first vice president of the Georgia Industrial Loan Assn at the annual meeting at Callaway Gardens Pine Mountain Georgia. He is a partner in the Consolidated Loan Co of Thamesville Cain and Fitzgerald.
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Thomasville
J. A. Curry
Georgia Industrial Loan Assn
Curry
Callaway Gardens
Pine Mountain
Consolidated Loan Co
Thamesville
Cain and Fitzgerald
Cairo Accelerates Plan to Acquire Right of Way for U.S. 84
Cairo moves to obtain additional property rights to widen U.S. Highway 84 through the city for about four miles. City Manager John W. Walker says the large project involves more than 100 parcels and will affect bid timing and contract awarding by the State Highway Department. The work runs from the Airport Road area to near Cairo Country Club.
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Cairo
John W. Walker
State Highway Department
Airport Road
Cairo Country Club
Cairo-Camilla Highway
Annie the penguin lays egg at Portland Zoo
After ten years in the Portland Zoo Annie the penguin lays an egg with her mate Albert taking turns sitting on it. The event marks a milestone for the penguin pair and zoo staff observe the incubation process.
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Catchings
Portland, Ore
Portland Zoo
Annie
Albert
Pavo Baptist Church Hosts Local Guests and 4-H News
Rev Harlin Loggins of New Orleans preached at Pavo Baptist Church. Thomas County youths Debbie Lanier and Jack Walker represented 4-H in Ocilla, qualifying for September state show. Families and residents from Pavo and nearby towns attended visits in Ocilla, Savannah, Statesboro, and Macon.
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PAVO
Harlin M. Loggins
New Orleans
Pavo Baptist Church
Debbie Lanier
Jack Walker
Thomas County
Ocilla
Debbie
Jack
Homer Lanier
Gussie Walker
Julie
Lisa
Turner Mims
Nancy Speaker
Eloise Palmer
Cliff Parrish
Joe
Greg Parrish
Charlie Barnes
Rick
Russ
R. F. Alford
Thomas County Board of Education Regular Session Minutes
The Thomas County Board of Education met in regular session at 9 30 a m with all members present except B Hall Redfearn. Items included approving 2500 for capital outlay for vocational schools contingent on local matches, approving advertising budget, accepting resignation of Jackie Kine, appointing diploma presenters, relocating J L Pitcher School to Hall Road site, considering Coolidge land sales, removing Mary Bell Nichols as a proposed school name, and discussing desegregation with no action. The meeting adjourned with Roy R Hallman as chairman and E R Cons as secretary.
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Thomas County
City Board of Education
Grady County
Boland
Giles
Jackie Kine
Pavo
Vonier
Charles Pitcher
Central High School
Ronald Vonier
Magnolia High School
Pitcher
Bannister
J. L. Pitcher School
Hall Road
Coolidge
Vonler
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Postal rates and tax notes from Georgia publication
An item lists mail subscription prices and rates with state tax details. Rates shown include weekly and monthly options with tax amounts, indicating 3 percent Georgia sales tax on all sales and deliveries within the state.
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Georgia
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By Phil Interlands
MR. Tweedy
By Ned Riddle
Harry
Polic
Rouson
Women's News Editor
Theodore R. Catchings I
St. Augustine College
Raleigh
N. C
National Institute of Health, Research Division
Howard University
Theodore I
Lynette
Jean Elizabeth Catchings
St. Augustine
National Institute of Public Affairs
Washington
Robert
Florida
A and M
U. S Army
Vietnam
Germany
Europe
Ft. Releigh
Kansas
Clarence Titus
Virginia State University
Norfolk
Ft. Benning
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Good Shepherd
Fisk University
Nashville, Tenn
Detroit
Thomas-Mitchell County
Timothy T. Catchings
Mitchell County
Theodore
Mitchell Co
Rea
Mr. and
Mrs. Catchings
Meigs Briefs
Edwin “Buddy” Sealy
Son Whit
Jacksonville, Fla
Theodore Peck
Hattie Sealy
Tampa, Fla
Mrs
J. A. Sealy
Mt. Berry
Martha Berry College
Henry E. West
Bainbridge
Co. T. Egbert
Jennifer
Paul
Alphantta
Joe A. Sealy
Hubert Stanaland
Irven D. Singletary
Singletary
Times - Enterprise
Thomanville
Circulation Department
Thomasville Times-Enterprise
Business News
Taylor
Ole Times’ Club
Gulf Life
Sinclair Outlet
Gila
Pavo News
Guy Crosby
Elvera C. Johnson
Eugene Jarrett
Jeffrey
Christopher
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Lilla C. Shivers
Perry, Fla
Dale Hamby
Athens
Matilda Offenburg
Guy Jerry Shivers
Unadilla
Ray Riggins
Moultrie
Thomas County Board of Education
E. Jackson St
Wed
Boans
Broad St
Namba
Aes
Fire Dept
Kirkland-Cray-Hughes Home For
P. J. Sales & Service
W. Jackson
Peter Hjort
Sonny Gregory
Frank
Cannon Tree Surgery
Springhill Rd
Thomasville Glass CO
E. Jackson Street
Paramount Cleaners
Sun Gonvan Pice Paniture Store
Holland
Rene Apna
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