East Side Baptist Church opens new auditorium with notable donors
Special guests for the opening include Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones who donated the original property, Mrs. Chirby, John Distelhurst who revised building plans, Dr. T. F. Callaway, C. L. Dekle, and Haskell Dekle. Sunday evening guests will include Dawson Street Baptist Church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side Baptist Church
Frank Jones
C. Whirby
John Distelhurst
Sunday School Board of Architecture
T. F. Callaway
First Baptist Church of
Thomasville
C. L. Dekle
Haskell Dekle
Dawson Street
Southeastern Livestock Reports Details July Hog and Cattle Trends
Southeastern hog prices held up despite softer wholesale pork with gains of 25 to 50 cents per hundred pounds at most markets. Nashville saw prices fall amid weak demand, while hog receipts nationwide were the lowest in nearly two years. Cattle and calf prices dipped with heat, except steady to firm slaughter cows in North Georgia and Montgomery. Lambs fell, broilers stayed steady, and farm bird prices remained near 20 cents. Closing butcher dog prices varied by market, with bulls and cattle ranges noted across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Agricultural Marketing Service
Nashville
Midwest
Chicago
South
North Georgia
Montgomery
Florida
Louisville
Del-Mar-Va
Memphis
Carolinas
Scott Hotel Leare to be Purchased by New Local Corporation
A newly formed corporation will take over the Scott Hotel lease from Stiles Company of Georgia. W Fred Scott Jr will be secretary treasurer and Charlie Trice will manage the Scott, succeeding L K Guion. W F Scott Sr will be president. The hotel opened in 1951 with 85 rooms and event facilities. Guion will stay until August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Hotel
Stiles Company of Georgia, Inc
W. Fred Scott Jr
Charlie Trice
Thomasville
Shelborne
Miami Beach
L. K
Pat) Guion
Scott
W. F. Scott Sr
Trice
Thomasville City Board of Education Meets June 11 1957
The Thomasville City Board of Education met in the Superintendent's Office on Tuesday June 11 1957 at 5 00 p m with members Harrell Guy Charles Simmons Mrs W W Scoville Frank Forester Heyward Vann and superintendent R D Blakeney present New member Charles R Simmons Jr attended for the first time and expressed willingness to serve The board heard progress reports on construction projects North Side School completed pending final inspection Fletcherville roof delayed by rain MacIntyre Park Junior High redecorated Douglass Junior High reroofed The administrative staff proposed thirty minute post class conferences and inservice training next year The board thanked city officials for a topographic map of MacIntyre Park and asked for parking and erosion control plans The superintendent reviewed janitorial cost findings noting government cost twenty cents per square foot versus private contractors twenty five to thirty cents and local system spending eight and six tenths cents leading to a plan to schedule each janitor s time for more efficiency The meeting adjourned with signatures Harrell Guy Chairman and R D Blakeney Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville City
Simmons
Board of Education
Thomasville
North Side
Fletcherville
MacIntyre Park
Douglass
City Commission
Horace Jones
Harrell Guy
R. D. Blakeney
Carolina Students Seek New York Jobs After Europe Ejection
Ousted from Europe for passport violations, two University of South Carolina students Mike Gilbert and Warren Hair seek employment at a New York resort hotel while awaiting repatriation. They were detained in Hungary, passports seized, and a direct return home ordered by the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
University of South
Hungary
State Department
United States
Middle East
Teen Age Gang Goes On Chicago Rampage
A South Side Chicago L train rampage left three white men slightly injured after blows from teen age assailants described as Negro youths. Paul Peterson was cut by flying glass when a rock struck the car as the youths left at 45th Street. Passengers reported sudden terror and fear during the five minute disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
William Munro
Eldred Hleeber
Paul Peterson
45Th St
Georgia Demands 17459 In Taxes From NAACP
Georgia seeks 17459 in back state income taxes from the NAACP for 1946 to 1956. NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins argues a 1941 IRS ruling exempted the group from taxes and questions the state's case. The dispute follows prior contempt proceedings over financial records and a Fulton County judge's order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
National Assn
Advancement of
NAACP
New York
Roy Wilkins
Intenal Revenue Service
Wilkins
Revenue Department
Fulton Superior Court
T. Pye
John H. Calhoun
Atlanta
Pye
The
Airliner Crashes Into Bungalow Killing Three Men
A Capital Airlines DC aircraft on a training flight crashed into a Clarksburg bungalow injuring no residents and killing three crew members Capt. C. R. Burke of Fairfax Virginia R. K. Thomas of Chicago and H A Podgurski of Pittsburgh. The homeowner escaped by running in crazy circles as the plane struck the yard near the Anderson family. The cause was not immediately determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Capital Airlines
John A. Anderson
Frederick
Washington, D. C
Otis Norwood
Anderson’s
Anderson
Wayne
Larry
Sharon
C. R. Burke
Spring Lake
Fairfax
R. K. Thomas
Chicago
H.A. Podgurski
Pittsburgh
Soderburg Dies After Heart Attack in Cairo
Clifford Sidney Soderburg of Cairo dies after a heart attack this morning. Funeral set for tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Green Oaks Baptist Church with burial in Laurel Cemetery, Thomasville. Survived by wife LaNora Walden Spierberg, daughter of A. C. Walden of Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Clifford Sidney Soderburg
Green Oaks Baptist Church
Laurel Cemetery
Thomasville
Soderburg
LaNora Walden
Spierberg
A. C. Walden
Thomasvills
Nude torso found in bag near Twin Rivers Tennessee
Bojack White reported a nude male torso found in a plastic bag near Twin Rivers. The body was taken to Memphis for coroner examination as investigators search the nearby creek area for a missing 16 year old hitchhiker reported two months prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malls
Tenn
Bojack White
Twin Rivers
Memphis
Shelby County
Robert J. Teabeaut
Theates
Crockett County
Arkansas
Beginning his ministry at East Side Baptist Church
In summer 1952 the Rev Jim Willey became pastor of East Side Baptist Church in Thomasville. Born in Wilmington Delaware he studied at Conrad High School Hob Jones Academy University at Greenville and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary he served Brinson and Attapulgus Baptist churches before accepting the East Side post. He is married to Maxine Gossin of Jackson Mississippi with two children Karen and Jimmy. They live at 618 Blackshear Street near the new auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Willey
East Side Baptist Church
Thomasville
Wilmington
Del
Willey
Conrad High School
That City
Hob. Jones Academy
Greenville
D.C
Eastern Baptist Theological’ Seminary
Philadelphia
the Baptist Church
Brinson
Bainbridge
Attapulgus
Baptists Church
East Side
Norstad warns against abandoning status of forces pacts
General Lauris Norstad testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that renouncing status of forces agreements would be disaster for the United States. He endorses the pacts governing trials of GIs abroad, saying foreign courts must respect US sovereignty and that abandoning them risks harsher outcomes for Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lauris Norstad
United States
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Aepi Ig
Minutes City School Board
Quick & Son
Europe
Carolina
T. Vy. Williams
Georgia Revenue Commissioner
C. S. Soderburg
Rev. Sim
Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
How
William
Girard
Salen
Noratad
Sele
Sheet Metal Co., Inc
N. Broad St
Bracey Lumber CO
W. Jefferson
Arger
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