Thomas County 4‑H Members Win Awards at Tifton Meeting
Thomas County 4‑H members were among district winners at the project achievement meeting held in Tifton. Top honors went to Leon Hurst for sweet potato marketing and Claude Crocker for crop improvement demonstrations. several youths from Colquitt and Tift counties also earned blue ribbons and placings.
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Thomas County
Tifton
Leon Hurst
Mensionmeer
Misses Smith
Titus Fort
Mary ‘Wurst
Janie i
Ee Coorseens
Betty White
Betty Green
Ing
Bank of Thomas County
Commercial Bank
Peggy Hand
Canning
Edith Norman
Colquitt
Sandra Dalton
Home Electric
Charles Ridley May
Sidney Mapes
Vandiver Nominated as Georgia Adjutant General
A letter indicates Ernest Vandiver may be offered the Georgia adjutant general post amid defense director duties. Brig. Gen. Hern of Monroe, an American Legion member, is also mentioned as a potential candidate with farming and Capitol ties.
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Eatlanta
Ernest Vandiver
Georrun
Heutengovernor
Herman Talof
Civil Defense
Capitol
A. Hern
Monroe
American Legion
Roaring Fire Section Shines in Chicago's Five-Star Stock
A fragment notes a roaring fire section titled five-star in Chicago amid a vast stock display. Details are sparse but suggest a feature on notable venues or listings within the city’s financial or retail scene.
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Chicago
Brooks County road contract let for base work
J. C. Padge, chairman of the Brooks County Commission, announces a contract for base laying on ten miles of grading. A survey on the Troupville road will lead to paving. Grooverville road, ten miles from Quitman to the Thomas County line, is nearly complete with five miles paved last month and plans for the final five miles.
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Quitman
J. C. Padge
Brooks County
Troupville
Quitman City
General's Wife Killed By Runaway Car
Mrs Dorothy MacKaye Metzger wife of retired Brig Gen Earl H Metzger was killed when she tried to stop a runaway automobile in a driveway. She was 60 and had parked the car on a steep driveway of a friend when it began rolling backward and as.
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Atlanta
Dorothy MacKaye Metzger
Earl H. Metzger
Plan Of Voluntary Segregation As Proposed By C. E. Hay
C E Hay presents a three part school plan in response to the Supreme Court ruling. Keep colored schools for those parents who want them and white schools for white children, plus a mixed option for all races chosen by families. The selection hinges on parental choice, with a possible Negro teacher for the mixed school if enrollment justifies it.
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Atlanta Constitution
C. E. Hay
U. S. Supreme Court
Mixie
Woman dragged after trying to stop door incident
A woman attempted to open a door to halt an event, but she fell and was dragged about 25 feet. Her husband serves as deputy director of civil defense for the Atlante area.
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Atlante
Sacred Chorus Tour Delights Atlanta Audience
An audience of about 200 heard a 50 member Chor al Choir from Gordon Street Baptist Church in Atlanta give a memory programmed sacred music concert at the local church. Under Rev Louis Montgomery the group displayed high school and college age singers with strong solo and ensemble work. The program featured Bach Jesus Joy of Man Desiring Let There Be Light والم Great Is the Lord and He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands. The Holy City and Hallelujah Chorus closed the memorable performance followed by a social hour. The singers then prepared to continue their tour heading to West Palm Beach for tonight’s engagement.
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Gordon Street Baptist Church
Atlanta
the Baptist Church
Louis
Montgomery
Bach
Jesu
Mornschein
Fhberhardt
Herbert
Holy City
West Palm Beach
Kathy Tyler Defeated In Girls State Race
In Atlanta Kathy Tyler of Thomasville lost in the girls state race at Georgia Military Academy as the Nationalists Sandra Smith of Eastman and Wilma Gardner of Americus won key offices. Minnie Lee Strozier of Macon campaigned under Red headline and leads as governor while Gardner captured lieutenant governor. The campus assembly concludes tomorrow.
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Kathy Tyler
Atlanta
Minnie Lee Strozier
Macon
Girls State
Sandra Smith
Eastman
Wilma Gardner
Americus
Thomasville
Georgia Military Academy
Open House at Brooks County Public Works Camp
An open house and tour of the Brooks County Public Works Camp was held Thursday. The new concrete and steel building houses 65, built largely with county labor and current income, featuring kitchens, dining and sleeping quarters, modern heating and ventilation, with no public debt.
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Brooks County Public Works
J. R. Austin Named Chairman of Quitman Stewards
J. R. Austin was named chairman of the Board of Stewards of the Quitman Methodist church. He succeeds the former chair and will lead church governance and administrative duties.
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J. R. Austin
Quitman
Stewards of
The
Method
Dist Church Posts Officers After Succession
The church named W P Cooper as successor with Barney Humphreys elected vice chairman J B Hunter treasurer Harden Webb assistant treasurer and Frank Leith Secretary Evans Plowden became charge lay leader.
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Dist Church
W. P. Cooper
Barney Humphreys
J. B. Hunter
Harden Webb
Frank Leith
Evans Plowden
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Washington
A. E. Baugh- Man
Fort
4-H
Éenest Vandiver
Brooks County Road
HAY
Barwick’s
Warren Ave
Firestoneb
Firestone
America
BUY Ist Tire
Dominion
H.P. Firestone
Thomasville Home & Auto Supply Store
Madison
Rose Marie Reid
the Monash Shop
Western ‘Union
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