Community Council Hears Education Program Plans
The Community Council discussed school needs at Monday’s meeting led by Mrs Edna Somerville and the Education Committee. They reviewed consolidation, administration, and financing options, with projected costs for new schools and cafeterias, bond plans, and state aid estimates.
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Community Council
Edna Somerville
Mesdames
Ralph Smith
Wallace Scoville
Florrie Higginbotham
Messers
Eugene Driver
Joe Edwards
Langdon Flowers
Driver
Edwards
Fletcherville
East Side
Normal Park
Flowers
Scoville
Thomasville
Jerger School
Willodene Hart Named Pavo Home Making Teacher
Pavo Consolidated Schools appoint Willodene Hart as full time Home Making instructor starting July 1. A Pavo native and Georgia State College for Women graduate, she succeeds Mrs. Gear and will operate the canning center on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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PAVO
Pavo Consolidated Schools
Miss Hart
Canning Center
Roscoe Hart
Route 8
John S Wilkes Dies After Long Illness At Meigs Home
Meigs Ga. funeral announces the death of John S Wilkes 88 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Services were held at Pelham First Baptist Church with Rev Bluett officiating. Wilkes, a retired farmer and church member, is survived by two sons Claude Wilkes and A W.
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Meigs
John
Wilkes
Pelham
Hast
Shelley Winters Denies Rumors of Marriage Trouble
Hollywood stars Shelley Winters and Vittorio Gassman deny reports of a breakup after a Mexico trip. Winters says rumors are baloney and the couple only had one major argument about driving style. The pair discuss acting styles and art during a lunch visit.
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Hollywood
Shelley Winters
Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio
Gassman
Indians Seek Jobs in Chicago Through Federal Service
American Indians are job hunting in Chicago as the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs starts a placement service. The bureau notes Indians are leaving Western reservations due to scarce work, seeking opportunities in the city and nearby areas.
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Chicago
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau
Open House Fetes Bridal Couple in Bainbridge Socials
In Bainbridge Georgia an open house at the Bainbridge Country Club celebrated Miss Betty Parker and Lt. Frank Benito with a rustic floral theme and about 150 guests. A separate buffet supper at the J Willis Conger home preceded the wedding rehearsal, serving around 80 guests amid gladioli and zinnias and a linen cloth table setting.
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Bainbridge
Bainbridge, Ga
Betty Parker
Frank Benito
L. F. Reynolds
Leonard Conger
Raleigh Rollins
Leonard Willis, Jr
Edwin Warner
Bainbridge Country Club
A. B. Conger
A. B. Conger, Jr
J. E. Willis
E. J. Willis
J. D. Gray
Willis Conger
L. W. Willis
Lee A. Parker
J. Willis Conger
Pine Street
Margaret Dent Willis
Punch
Martha Anne Willis
Wilkes of Pelham Funeral Arrangements Detailed
The obituary notes the deceased was from Pelham. Active pallbearers were the grandsons and honorary pallbearers were friends. Braswell Funeral Home handled the funeral arrangements.
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Wilkes
Pelham
Braswell Funeral Home
Civil Rights Takes Center Stage at Chicago Conventions
The World Today outlines how civil rights policy faces pivotal choices for both parties at the upcoming conventions. It notes FEPC debates, differing stances from Eisenhower Taft and Democratic hopefuls Harriman McMahon Kefauver and Truman’s influence, with potential party splits shaping the election.
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Washington
Chicago
South
Gen
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
FEPC
fair _employment practices commission
Averell Harriman
Brien McMahon
Kefauver
Harriman
Truman
Thomas County WMU Youth Rally Set at Big Creek Church
The W M U of Thomas County hosts a youth rally at Big Creek Church on Thursday June 26. The day’s theme is stepping in the light of Jesus.
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Blakeney
W. Rm. Thrasher
Mary Jane Dion
W. E. Blackman
F. E B. Wynn
Men’s Garden Club
Harry T. Jones
Touchdown Club
Jones
Ory
Hitchcock Medicine Whitehall
Aana Meate
ACME
W. Forsyth St
Nville, Fla
No. Io Agate
R. Fs
Willodene Hart
John S. Wilkes
Shelley
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By James Marlow
Denier
Penney’s First Floor
Chevrolet
Fisher Unistee
America
Fisher
Edisher
South Broad St
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