Driver Education Courses Benefit Teens and Adults
Thaxton I Shelley teaches a 60 hour summer program at Central High School with 15 teens and 3 adults earning high school credits. Students spend time on an obstacle course and behind the wheel, view driving safety films, and learn auto maintenance at Thomas County Area Vocational Technical School.
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Thaxton I. Shelley
Central High School
Thomas County Area Vocational- Technical School
John O. Arrington
Central
Sheley
Suwannee River National Park Proposal Considered
The Interior Department proposed acquiring 50 to 500 foot land strips along the 777 mile Suwannee River to create a national park. State agency heads residents and a National Park Service representative met to discuss preserving a natural river frontage while the service would reimburse property owners for river sites.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Suwannee River
U.S. Department of Interior
National Park Service
Bert Roberts
Roberts
Water Commission Flags Tougher Drainage Rules for Subdivisions
The Thomasville City Commission warned Magnolia Heights developers of stricter street acceptance policies after drainage concerns surfaced. City Engineer Wesley Wilson noted deep ditches on eight acre Magnolia Heights, while officials urged engineers letters assuring a 50 year rain won't flood streets.
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Thomasville
Magnolia Heights
Pine Tree Blvd
Magnolia School
Wesley Wilson
Area Deaths Watt rites on Thursday
William Perry Watts sixty two of 715 Smith Avenue died at Archbold Memorial Hospital Monday after a brief illness. Rites at 4 p.m. Thursday at West Side Baptist Church with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Ruby Willis two sons Leon Price and Billy Joe Watts three daughters Joyce Flager Maxine Varnedee Christine Price seven grandchildren and many relatives. Pallbearers listed. Local man previously painter with Lewis Enterprises since 1929.
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William Perry Watts
Smith Ave
Archbold Memorial Hospital
West Side Baptist Church
Hugh L. Brinkley
Jack Alderman
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Dekle Funeral Chapel
Grady County
Thomas County
Lewis Enterprises
Ruby Willis
Billy Joe Watts
U. S. Army
Germany
Leon Price
Ft. Gordon
Joyce Flager
Cleveland
Okla
Maxine Varnedee
Christine Price
Thomasville
Olan Watts
Bristol
Clyde Watts
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Addie Lou Young
Cocoa
Inez Rigdon
Immokalee
Alma Golden
Miami
Martha Creevs
Sassie Cochran
Boston
P. E. McRory
Doc. O'Neal
Dan Finch
Lewis Wadaworth
Cleveland Bozeman
Leon Eldridge
Newsman Dead In Washington Public Relations Leader
Tru man T. Felt age 66 died Monday after a long illness. He headed a Washington public relations firm and had served as a government information officer and newspaperman.
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Washington (Ap
Truman T. Felt
Washington
Calendar of Club Meetings and Classes
Today events include LADIES GOLF and LADIES LUNCHEON at Glen Arven and DUPLICATE CLUB. Ceramics classes at Youth Center, board meeting at Elks Club, and various clubs meet across town this week including Rotary Kiwanis Lions Home League Optimist and AA.
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Glen Arven
Youth Center
Elks Club
Rotary Club
Garden Center
Municipal Building
Thomas County
Kiwanis Club
Post
Lions Club
Town House
Salvation Army
Optimist Club
Scott Hotel
Alcoholics Anonymous
Presbyterian Hall
Area Baptists Attend World Congress in Miami
At least 12 members of the First Baptist Church will attend sessions of the 11th Baptist World Congress in Miami this week. Messengers include Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Harrison, Dr. and Mrs. Ken Kennedy, Mrs. J. L. Roberts, Mrs. Floyd H. Searcy, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scott Jr. Additional electees are Mr. and Mrs. W. Ralph Durham and Mrs. W. B. Cochran Jr. Mrs. H. G. Norton of Boston drove down with Mrs. Searcy. Scott Jr. is on the Foreign Mission Board and will join a board conference after the Congress.
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First Baptist Church
11Th Baptist World Congress
Miami
M. G. Anderson
Joe H. Boyd
Thomas B. Harrison
fouls # Kennedy
J. L. Roberts
Floyd H. Searcy
Fred Scott Jr
W. Ralph Durham
W. B. Cochran Jr
H. G. Norton
Boston
Floyd Searcy
Boston Baptist Church
Foreign Mission Board
Scott
Baptist World Congress
Mrs Charles Earl Taylor 81 dies in Pelham service
Mrs Charles Earl Taylor 81 native of Georgia died Friday. Funeral services were held Monday at the First Baptist Church conducted by Revs. Max Thurman and A F Fogertie with Braswell Funeral Home in charge. She leaves two daughters Mrs E T Horton Pelham and Mrs Leon Plock Washington DC, three grandchildren and a brother DeWitt McGill Lake Butler Florida.
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Jasper Lewis Clerk
Pelham
Charles Earl Taylor
First Baptist Church
Max Thurman
A. F. Fogertie
Braswell
E. T. Horton
Leon Pollock
Washington, D. C
DeWitt McGill
Lake Butler
Fla
Funeral services held for Paul Andrew Mobley in Pelham
Paul Andrew Mobley 40 a mechanic died Wednesday. Services conducted Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church by Rev Jasper Sadler with Braswell Funeral Home. He was a native of Grady County. Survivors include brothers Jessie and Jimmy Mobley both of Pelham and five sisters Mrs Jack Cole Newton Kan Mrs J W Keith Dade City Fla Mrs Pete Godwin Pelham and Mrs Eugene Adkins and Mrs George Mackey both of Tampa Fla.
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McRae
Jacksonville
Pittsburgh
Thomasville High School
Mercer University
W. H. Terry Thomasville
Annie M Boyer
San Lorenzo
Calif
Ray Yates
Bainbridge
J. B. King
Cathedral City
W. H. Luckie
Miami
Fla
J. P. Luckie
Pia
Pelham
Paul Andrew Mobley
Macedonia Baptist Church
Jasper Sadler
Braswell
Jessie
Jimmy Mobley
Jack Cole
Newton
Kan
J. W. Keith
Dade City
Pete Godwin
Eugene Adkins
George Mackey
Tampa
Neighbors toast fire fighters as station torn down
In Brookline Massachusetts residents held a Monday night party for St Marys Street fire crews who will move to a new station. A neighbor who baked cookies praised the firefighters as real neighbors during their years at the current house.
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Brookline, Mass
St. Mary's Street
Sta
Hospital Admissions at Archbold Memorial Hospital
Thomasville residents admitted Monday include Mae Acree Gladney Lydia Bongston Joseph Bongston and Wiley C Singletary R Luther Jackson Sr and Mary Annie Luke Ellis B Mahan and Mrs Ralph W Cooper Ochlochnee Mrs Elvin Faircloth Cairo Douglas Harold Whigham Myrle Taunton Moultrie Sewell C Holland Mary L Burch Monticello Harmon R Pierce Chipley and Harry Hutchinson Quincy Florida.
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Thomasville
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Mae Acree Gladney
Joseph Bongston
Lydia Bongston
Wiley C. Singletary
R. Luther Jackson Sr
Mary Annie Luke
Ellis B. Mahan
Ralph W. Cooper
Ochlochnee
Elvin Faircloth
Cairo
Douglas Harold
Whigham
Myrle Taunton
Moultrie
Sewell C. Holland
Tifton
Mary L. Burch
Monticello, Fla
Harmon R. Pierce
Chipley
Fla
Harry Hutchinson
Quincy, Fla
1965 Ford models offer luxury features and quiet ride
Ford markets the 1965 Galaxie 500 XL LTD lineup with standard comfort options, a new vibration-damping frame, and interior refinements. Tests by leading acoustical consultants, certified by the U.S. Auto Club, claim the cars ride quieter than Rolls-Royce models.
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Rolls-Royce
U. S
Auto Club
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State Department of Education
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Thomasville, GA
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Shelley
Charles F. Johnson
Andrews
Jasper C. Davis
ED Kelly
U. S. Weather Bureau
Davis
Pavo Rd
Monticello Rd
Davis and
Fleetwood
J. A. Bracey
Lilly
R. C. Balfour III
Watts
J. N. Luckie
James Nathaniel Luckie
Foremost Dairies
Hardage and Sons
J. L. Clark
Norwood D. Clark
J. C. Clark
David Clark
U. S Army
Alaska
Randall Clark
Lloyd Brinkley
Steve Singleton
D. R. Culpepper
Meigs
Horace Law
Americus
Ruben Jones
Phenix City
Ala
Dawson St
Thomasville, Georgia
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