Porch center plans skating rink and expanded youth programs
The Porch of Thomasville Youth Center seeks a 60 by 120 foot outdoor rink with tennis and shuffle board facilities and night lighting. Donations fund part of the project while the center coats upkeep with 2000 annually from the community chest. Local groups volunteer support and fund raising continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Coper
Leon Eldridge
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Junior Woman's Club
P. O
Eldridge
Fritz Roberts
Randolph Bibb
Johnny Jones
Benson Farr
Guy May
Eugene Williamson
Lawrence Steyerman
Bob Balfour
Robb White II
Erwin Spears
Zadie Davis
Haywood Mason
Club Meetings Schedule Fragment
A readable notice lists events at Plaza Cafe, Civic Club, and IOOF Hall with times at 7 30 pm 8 pm and 10 am for Idea Exchange and other gatherings at the Youth Center and IOOF Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Plaza Cafe
Idea Exchange Club
Youth Center
Rebekah Lodge
Ioof Hall
Exchange Club
Pilot Club
Elks
Odd Fellows
Personal Notices of E A Dawes Cochran Hot Springs Trip
Mr. E A Dawes and Mr. Bill Cochran left Friday for Hot Springs where they expect to spend two weeks. Mr and Mrs Lathrop Craig spent the weekend in Atlanta and Gainesville with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Dawes
Bill Cochran
Hot Springs
Velma Kemp Engaged to Joseph F Knapp Jr
The Rev and Mrs Olin Cecil Cooper announce the engagement of their daughter Velma Cooper Kemp to Joseph Forrest Knapp Jr son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Forrest Knapp of Thomasville The bride elects mother is Emily Webb and the groom's mother is Katherine Chastain Grandparents include Mrs Columbus Taylor Cooper Elmo Chastain and the late Joseph Franklin Knapp The groom has a brother Lt Robert E Knapp and a sister Mrs W C Brown of Thomasville
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Olin Cecil Cooper
Velma Cooper Kemp
Joseph Forrest Knapp Jr
Joseph Forrest Knapp
Thomasville
Emily Webb
Joshua Sebastian Webb
Pava
Columbus Taylor Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Katherine Chastain
Elmo Chastain
This City
Joseph Franklin
Mattie Arnold Knapp
Robert E. Knapp
San Antonio
Tex
W. C. Brown
Bridal Party Fetes Miss Ina Trawick
A bridal party honoring Miss Ina Trawick bride elect was hosted at Mrs. Wilmer Godby's Brinson home. Guests registered in the bride’s book, played kitchen themed games, and pins on corsages led to gifts, concluding with a vegetable corsage presented to Miss Trawick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Trawick
Miss Trawick
D. D. Trawick
Collie Hill
Edward Mitchell
Eddie Durham
C. L. Drake
J. R. Sawyer
L. B. Bridges
W. C. Sims
Miss Akridge Weds Paul Stephens in Church Ceremony
Agnes Faye Akridge and Paul Wesley Stephens married yesterday at 4 PM in the Church of God with Rev. Graham Oglesby officiating. The bride is daughter of James A. and Mrs. Akridge of Thomasville. the groom son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Stephens of A. Mazelle Phelps served as maid of honor in a pink princess dress.
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Price Brown
Shirley
Sinkola Plantation
Avey
Marion Peacock
Thomasville
Agnes Faye Akridge
Paul Wesley Stephens
Church of God
Graham Oglesby
James A. Akridge
G. H. Stephens
Mazelle Phelps
Dunlap Wilford Wedding in Thomasville Home
Miss Hilda Faye Dunlap and Simeon Oliver Wilford married Sunday at 5 pm in the Dunlaps home on temington Ave. Officiated by Rev. Louis Kennedy in an altar of pine and magnolia leaves with white gladiol and chrysanthemums. The couple to honeymoon in Florida and reside on Hall Road.
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Hilda Faye Dunlap
C. C. Dunlap
Simeon Oliver Wilford
James Everett Wilford
Temington Ave
Louis Kennedy
U. S. 19
Miss Roberson Weds Dr Oscar Jackson in Ochlochnee
Miss Roberson daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Roberson of Ochlochnee married Dr Oscar Dunwoody Jackson son of Dr Robert Jackson of Bainbridge on Sunday at 530 pm in Ochlochnee Baptist Church. The ceremony featured white gladioli and chrysanthemums with pine and maiden hair fern. The bride wore white lace over satin with lace veil and carried a prayer book. A reception followed. about 300 guests attended. The couple will reside in Bainbridge after a three week honeymoon to Mexico City with home awaiting July 11.
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Chris Womble
Opportunity
Chicago
Charles B. Roth
Orlando
Dean Williams
Mary Ann Broadworth
Florida
Hall Road
E. L. Johnson
Oconee
Floyd L. Smith
Macon
Vernon Jones
John Rich
Annie Will Sloan
James Burns
T. M. McComb
Shirley Massey
Delores Taylor
Carol Stephens
Rebecca Burns
Thomasville
Ochlochnee
Rubye Joyce Roberson
Carl Robert Roberson
Oscar Dunwoody Jackson
Robert Wright Jackson
Bainbridge
Ochlochnee Baptist Church
J. G
Robert N. Wood, Jr
Joan Chastain
Betty Norton
Shelton Chastain
Ben Jackson
Jake Nichols
Robert Roberson
Leonard Willis, Jr
H. L. Jeffords, Jr
Laila Clifton
Charlotte Adams
George Clark
Mexico City
Mexico
College Street
J. Stone
Atlanta
F B. Jackson
Chattanooga
Tenn
R. W. Jackson
Tallahassee
Fla
Burgess Stone
Peter Hodkinson
W. W. Busbee
Jack Holland
Albany
Out of Town Guests Attend Local Event
Corsage notes list guests from Savannah Cairo Tampa Fla. Atlanta and several local residents. Miss Joyce Stucks and Miss Margie Aldredge attended with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Aldredge and Mr. and Mrs. Edison Dunlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Stucks
Savannah
Tom Aldredge
Margie Aldredge
Edison Dunlap
Cairo
Ralph Wilford
Tampa
Fla
Cecil O. Ray
Atlanta
Eastern Star Plans Annual Family Picnic
The Thomasville Chapter Order of Eastern Star hosts its annual family picnic at the Log Cabin Tourist Court on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Members bring complete picnic baskets with cards tables and utensils. Ice will be supplied by the chapter.
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Thomasville
Order of Eastern Star
Log Cabin
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Youth Center Board
R. D. Blakeney
L. G. Eldridge
Uta
Jackum
INS
Madd
Brosd Gt
Shelby Pope
Pope
Axe
Airi
Velma Kemp
Joseph F Knapp, Jr
Akridge
P. W. Stephens
S. O. Wilford
Rose Stephens
Cecil Barrett
Sara Humphries
Billy Wilford
Miss Humphries
Jerger’s
Joseph
Jeweler
Miss Roberson
Oscar Jackson
Eastern Star
M&m
Moultrie Rd
Thomasville Laundry
Portland Cement Association
Georgia
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