YMCA Renamed to Honor Red Milton at Thomasville affair
A banquet at Glen Arven Country Club honored Red Milton, longtime Dawson Street YMCA executive secretary and director, as the Dawson Street YMCA was renamed the W. R. Milton YMCA. Milton received tributes from judges, pastors, and YMCA colleagues recognizing his 42 years of service and community impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Lewis
Dawson Street
W.R. Milton
Milton
YMCA
J.K. Harper
Thomasvillians
Thomasville High School
Harper
William McCumber
Nazarene
Thomasville
McCumber
Francis Weston
Clay Street
Bill McCumber
Quincy
Massachusetts
Red Milton
Ymca Board of Directors
Fourth of July Festival at Lapham Patterson House
A two day celebration July 4 and 5 at the Lapham Patterson House features a mayoral proclamation, watermelon cutting, and historically themed demonstrations. Exhibits include spinning, weaving, Victorian sewing, quiltmaking, woodworking, glasswork, pottery, canning, and food samples with tours of the museum sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevie Daniels
Lapham- Patterson
Jack Bracey
R. Martin Willett
George Busbee
Athens
Brant Beene
Willett
Tallahassee
Lapham-Patterson
N. Dawson St
Thomas County Historical Society
N. Dawson
Dept. of Natural Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites Division
Colonial Stores Reports Record Quarter Sales Reach 220 Million
Colonial Stores Inc. announces quarter ended June 14 sales at 220,377,474 up from 215,819,950 a year earlier with earnings of 2,296,969 or 70 cents a share versus 2,184,677 or 57 cents. First half 1975 sales total 435,314,535 up from 425,427,690 and earnings rise to 5,484,430 or 1.43 per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Stores Inc
Ernest F. Boyce
Thomasville
Southeast
Midwest
Boyce
Directory assistance charge in Georgia deemed success
Southern Bell Georgia reports a directory assistance charge implemented January 15 as a resounding success. Calls to directory assistance have fallen about 62 percent from a year ago and only 5.3 percent of Georgia customers are billed for excess calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Southern Bell Thomasville
Pat Patterson
Southern Bell
Patterson
Atlanta
Childress Named Director of Engineering at Thomasville Asphalt
Billy Childress of Pelham is named director of engineering for Thomasville Asphalt Company. He will plan grading paving and land clearing projects and also serve as estimator. A 1960 Southern Technical Institute graduate in civil engineering he spent nearly 20 years with the Georgia DOT working statewide. He served in the Army three years in Germany and is married with five children. He plans to move to Thomasville soon and is active in Pelham civic and church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Childress
Pelham
Thomasville Asphalt Company
Bill J. Gilliam
Childress
Georgia Department of Transportation
Albany
DOT
South Georgia
Southern Technical Institute
Cuthbert
Randolph County
Germany
Thomasville
Civitan Club
Hand Memorial Methodist Church
Community Tour Schedule Highlights Local Organizations
The schedule lists Plantation Tours beginning at 10 a.m. at Valea, the Lapham Patterson House from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 626 N. Dawson, Newcomers Club gathering at 12:45 p.m. with details to be announced, Thomasville Kiwanis Club at 1 p.m. at Glen Arven Country Club, and Golden Age Club activities at 1 p.m. at Dawson Street YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Lapham Patterson
N. Dawson
Thomasville Kiwanis Club
Glen Arven
Golden Age Club
Dawson St
Watermelon Festival Highlights Weekend Schedule and Queen
Spotlight on a two day festival at the courthouse grounds features an arts and crafts show from noon to 4 PM with watermelon contests including largest melon seed spitting eating and an auction. Special guests dignitaries speeches and golf and horse events cap the weekend with Debbie Ehler crowned festival queen and Wally the Watermelon to reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Country Club
Debbie Ehler
Wally
Birth Announced for Amanda Leigh Godwin in Americus
Mr and Mrs Wayne Godwin of Americus announce the birth of a daughter Amanda Leigh on June 14. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs G C Lewis of Barwick and Mr and Mrs Leroy Godwin of Quitman. Great grandmother is Mrs R L Mitchell of Barney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Wayne Godwin
Amanda Leigh
G. C. Lewis
Barwick
Leroy Godwin
Quitman
R. L. Mitchell
Barney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy B. Edwards
John L.turner
Turner
Robert Jinright
George S. Everett
John L. Turner
Charles Simmons
University of Georgia Extension Service
County Extension
C.W. McIver
County Extension Service
Daughters of the American
St. Thomas Ame Church
Business News
Valea
Oriat
Love
John E. Kirkland
Marianne Dollar Kirkland
You Boy John
E. Jackson St
DIAL
Grady County
N. Broad ST
Cairo, GA
Oman
Smith Avenue
First National Bank
F.D.I.C. Full Service Bank
Crawford Street
Thomas County
Sam
Chastain Bicycle CO
Briggs & Stratton Tecumseh
Chastain
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