Thomasville City Schools Add Four State Kindergarten Classes
The Thomasville system will start fall classes with four state supported kindergartens, half for handicapped children. Total enrollment could reach 149 with federal slots. Testing on eligibility runs June 7 to July 3 with vision and hearing screens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Bales
Thomasville City
Milton Calloway
Thomasville
Calloway
East Jackson Street
Steve Cernogorsky
Dunlap School
Death notices for Effie E. Gay and Albert E. Strickland
Effie Elizabeth Gay 73 of 302 Reid St. died Thursday in Archbold Memorial Hospital. Native of Colquitt County she lived in Thomas County 36 years and belonged to Cherokee Street Free Will Baptist Church. Survived by husband Lacy C. Gay five sons including Owen Marion and Lacy J. Gay a daughter and two sisters. Dekle Funeral Chapel handling arrangements. Albert E. Strickland 72 of Dixie died today in Brooks County. Retired farmer and school bus driver member of Dixie Baptist Church. Survived by wife Sarah Hagan Strickland a sister Nannie Mae Carroll two sons including Harry W. Strickland. Maxwell Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Elizabeth Gay
Reid St
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Colquitt Co
Thomas County
Cherokee Street
Free Will Baptist Church
Lacy C. Gay
Thomasville
Owen
Marion
Lacy J. Gay
Dixie
Albert E. Strickland
Brooks County
Dixie Baptist Church
Sarah Hagan Strickland
Nannie ‘Mae Carroll
Harry W. ‘Strickland
Boston
Maxwell Funeral Home of
Quitman
Dixie Cemetery
James Smith
Melton Hobbs
Maxwell Funeral Home
Mr. Strickland
Sarah Hagan
L.R. Weir
Hilton Head
S.C
Gary W. Higgins
Easley
Harry W. Strickland
Leighton Singletary
Albany
Nannie Mae Carroll
Funeral services for Effie E. Gay in Thomasville
Funeral services for Effie Elizabeth Gay 73 of 302 Reid St proceed at 11 a.m. Saturday June 21 1975 at Eastside Baptist Church with Reverends Merrill Coram and Joe Bryant. Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Mrs Gay died June 19 1975 in Archbold Memorial Hospital. She was a Colquitt County native long time Thomas County resident and church member. Survived by husband Lacy C. Gay five sons a daughter two sisters and many grandchildrengreat grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Elizabeth Gay
Reid St
Eastside Baptist Church
Merrill Coram
Joe Bryant
Laurel Hill
Dekle Funeral Home
Gay
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Colquitt County
Ida Elizabeth Calhoun
Marion M. Hobbs
Thomas County
Spotlight Activities, Firemen Day Plans, and Local Obituaries
Spotlight continues with supervised activities for children while mothers shop. Firemen's Day at Fire Station No 3 will include demonstrations and a facility tour. Graveside services for Albert E. Strickland of Dixie, 72, are scheduled at Dixie Cemetery with Rev. Smith and Rev. Hobbs. Strickland died June 20 1975 after a career as bus driver and farmer. Helen Gail Fennema, a longtime teacher in Texas and New Mexico, died June 15 1975 after a life in education and service. memorials and a Vashti School fund are noted.
Seva Day Reception Hails Miss Georgia Elect
A large crowd welcomed Seva Day as Miss Georgia with tributes from Gov. Busbee, state Senators, and local officials. Family, friends, and Jaycees honored her at the Thomasville ceremony as she departs for Savannah and Atlanta before Miss America duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmadge
Mathis
Seva
George Busbee
Georgia
Georgia Municipal Association
Savannah
GMA
Jim Keyton
Times
Central
Wallace Childs
Thomas County
E. R. Cone
CHS
Jessie G. Day
Merrillville
Jesse
Mark
James
Mildred Johnson
W. C. Gibson
Coolidge
Thomasville
Gail Peters
Marvin Rivers
Jane
Rose Queen Anne
Martha Johnson
Miss Georgia
Jaycees
Charlie Wright
Richard Vann
Organization For
Tom Milam
Merrillville Baptist Church
Bottle Death Shocks New York Family
A two year old girl, Kalee Etheredge, died after a wine bottle was hurled from an upper floor striking her as she walked with her mother, Tinetta, on West 104th Street. She died in St. Luke's Hospital. Police are investigating the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kalee Etheredge
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kalee
West 104Th Street
Tinetta
Man Dashes From Court Before Verdict
Titusville, Florida AP report says 22 year old Johnnie Lee Smith fired his attorneys to defend himself on a breaking and entering charge and fled the courthouse as the jury neared a guilty verdict. A foot chase and search failed to locate him. Circuit Judge Tony Horsmann noted the defendant had voluntarily absented himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville, Fla
Titusville
Johnnie Lee Smith
Smith
Tony Hosemann
Hughes Named Assistant Director of S C Concert Choir
Raymond Sutton Hughes of Thomasville has been named assistant director for the 1975-76 USC Concert Choir under Dr. Arpad Darazs. He earned a BA from the University of Georgia in 1974 and has served as music director at United Methodist churches in Washington and Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Sutton Hughes
Osco Hughes
Thomasville
University of South Carolina
Hughes
Arpad Darazs
Zoltan Kodaly
Dept. of Music
Thomasville High School
University of Georgia
Washington, Ga
First United Methodist Church
Main Street United Methodist Church
Columbia
S. C
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Jerger Elementary
Eastside
Balfour
Board of Education
Mrs. Gay
Nashville
Strickland
Memoriam
Monroe, Iowa
Helen Gail Fenneman
University of Northern Iowa
H. Fennema
Methodist Church
Boylan-Haven
Jacksonville
Fla
Peabody College
Harwood
Albuquerque
N.M
Miss Fennema
Vashti School
First United Methodist Church of
Jessie Vanderwahl
Apache Junction
Ariz
Georgia Association of Independent Schools Inc
Association
Vashti
Fennema
Vanderwahl
Carl Fen
Louie
Sera
Columbus
Man
Paul Johnson
Corporation
Judson Patten
George Cullen
Cullen
Georgia Educational Television Network
Atlantic City
Archie Cone
Atlanta
Orlando
Brother James
Jack Kelly
U.S. 84
Russell Road
The
University
Georgia Redcoat Band
Phi Eta Sigma
Dormitory Council
Phi Beta Kappa
Sam
Chastain
D.C
Broadnax
DIAL
Holiday Inn
A.P. Searcy
Progressive
Allg
Tropic
Noel
ALOE
Aguiter
Gordon Ave
S. Broad
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