Tommy Crawford Receives VFW Citation Here
At the regular VFW meeting here Tommy Crawford, a member of the Thomasville high school graduating class, received a citation from the National Headquarters for meritorious service aiding at military funerals in Thomas county. The post later discussed credentials for the State Encampment and appointed a committee to clear land for a future VFW home.
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VFW
Henry Russell
Tommy Crawford
Thomasville High School
Thomas County
Tommy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Allen-Cook Post
Neal Everett
Pavo
Morris
Brunswick
Sol Altman
Tallahassee
Allen Cook
John White
Fred Clements
George Gomous
Ochlocknee Man Joe Scoggins Dies at 93
Joe Shirah Scoggins of Ochlocknee Ga dies after seven days illness at his Route 2 home. Funeral Sunday at Little Ochlocknee Primitive Baptist Church with Rev Dan Tucker. interment in churchyard. Survived by wife Addie Brinson Scoggins two sons Dewey Lee and Joe Roscoe three daughters J R Chastain B Hamil ton and Sam Miller and others.
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Ochlocknee
Joe Shirah Scoggins
Scoggins
Little Ochlocknee Primitive Baptist Church
Dan Tucker
Messers
Dell Willis
Henry Kane
Ramon Odell Chastain
John Bernard Chastain
Leland Cone
Buddy Davis
Mitchell County
Georgia
Solomon Scoggins
Addie Valentine Brinson
Primitive Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Thomasville
L. B. Hamilton
Clewiston
Fla
Arthur. Scoggins
Arthur. Scoggins of Miamind Mr. Joe S. Reagans
Unadifla
Whiddon
Father’s Day Wish List and City News Mixed Mailbag
A lighthearted buyer’s guide requests gold items and keepsakes for Father’s Day, from gold keyrings to electric clocks, plus practicals like a silver dish tray and cigars. The rest reports on judge Abe Conger’s forthcoming Thomasville court terms and local inquiries about the Tosco Hotel sinkhole and rising employment, with quirky notes on blackberry dumplings and summer heat remedies.
Individuals own vast share of U S farmland
It states that about 87 percent of all farm land in the United States is owned by individuals while corporations partnerships and public agencies hold only about 13 percent. The text estimates the acreage owned by individuals at around 994 gigapillion acres.
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United States
Social notes of visitors and engagements around town
Mrs Helen Pine visits her aunt Mrs George Forbes in Alaska. Marcus Woodrow, a fine boy, comes to live with Mr and Mrs Woodrow Maddox near Ochlochnee. Talbot Nunnally Edward Kelly and Bobby Crawford return to Emory University for summer school after time with families. Mr and Mrs H L Sigler fly from Los Angeles to visit son Paul L Sigler. Claire Flowers returns from Duke University after graduation and visits in Charlotte. June 6 wedding plans for Miss Anne Hasty and Lee Hewett with Mrs Bob Shiver in Rome visiting family. Pvt Robert Cannady leaves for Biges Field El Paso Texas. Mrs Everett Moss and daughters Beth Martha Ann and Martha Davis visit from Atlanta. Mrs B B Earle Sr Annette Kelly and Alfred Dixon attend wedding in Heidelberg Miss Mary Lou Bradford and Benson Earle on June 19. Mr Baris to be best man for Mr Ile.
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Bob’ Shiver
Rome
Anne Hasty
Lee. Hewett
B. B. Earle Sr
Annette Kelly
Alfred Dixon
Heidelberg
Mary
Lou Bradford
Ben
Earle
Baris
Ile
Dr M Woodson Addresses Kiwanis On Being A Dad
Dr Marshall Woodson spoke to the Kiwanis club on being a father as a serious life duty. He used his own father as a model of sacrifice and teaching, urging fathers to invest time, love, and example for their children's wel fare.
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Uésidhe
Marshall Woodson
Kiwanis Club
Mingis Cornwell
Woodson
Tom Penald
Joseph Holley
Colleges For
Georgia
Augusta
Jason Shirah
Cochran
Marcus Calhoun
Marcus, Jr
Fritz Roberts
Gordon Lewis
Charlie Simmons
Ivan Stegall
Alice Lang Fisher
Tom Hawkins
Miss Joan Riley Wins DAR Good Citizenship Award
Miss Joan Riley daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Riley of Young Street Thomasville has been honored with the DAR Good Citizenship Award for dependability leadership service and patriotism. Riley moved to Thomasville in 1947 and earned high marks in academics and campus life. She possesses a lyric soprano voice and plans to study English at Agnes Scott College in the fall.
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Joan Riley
John T. Riley
Young Street
Thomasville
DAR
Miss Riley
Thomasville High School
A ‘Hanning
Tadies
Riley
Agnes Scott “Sofleye
Annie J Carter to Wed Lester C Sprang in Thomasville
Announce engagement of Annie Jacqueline Carter of Nashville to Lester Clair Sprang of Shreve Ohio. They plan to marry Saturday July 16 at the Church of the Nazarene in Thomasville with both families and friends attending.
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John Sharpe Carter
Holly Street
Nashville
Tenn
Thomasville
Annie Jacqueline
Lester Clair Sprang
Shreve
Ohio
Church of the Nazerene
Thomasville High
Trevecca Nazarene College
Southern Bell Telephone Company
John 8. Carter, Jr
Tallahassee
Florida
Sprang
Harold H. Sprang
Army Air Force
Olivet Nazarene College
Kankakee
Ilinois
Messrs
Milo Sprang
Ashland
Dwight Sprang
West Salem
James Maxwell
Ill
Naomi Spreng
Illinois
Port Development Association meeting cites Georgia leaders
J Truman Holland Sr attended the Georgian Port Development Association convention in the Dixie Bull Room at the Henry Grady Hotel Atlanta. The first convention focused on developing Georgia rivers and harbors with Georgia bankers and industrialists on the program and open forums for business discussions.
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J. Truman’ Holland Sr
Georgian Port Development Association
Dixie Bull
Henry Grady
Atlanta
Georgia
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DR. M. Woodson
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