Jury drawn for July term at Thomas Superior Court
About 170 residents were selected for jury duty for the July term of Thomas Superior Court. Court opens Monday July 16 with Judge George R. Lilly presiding. State will be represented by Sol. Bob Humphries of Moultrie. The first week jurors include George Owens Jr. and many others, with a second week list also released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Superior Court
H. A. Vann
George R. Lilly
Bob Humphries
Mouliie
George Owens Jr
Robert Jowers
Francis D. Tuck
James J. Vann
D. I. Bozeman
Thomas L. Arline
Roy Cooper
A. L. Stringer
Missouri
C. Taylor
A. C. Walden
Dewitt Smith
Roy Collins
J. T. Braswell
M. A. Frohberg
Robert E.chastain
J. B. Sherrod
Wayne Smith
P. W. Collier
Meigs News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Travel
Meigs residents and nearby guests are listed with frequent trips and visits. Names include Jerry Bush moving to Olathe Kansas for work, Dale Collins Meigs, Ty ler Daigneau from Lake Placid New York, and Sara Anderson. Aunts, cousins, and friends from Albany Thomasville Camilla and Jackson Miss are noted with short visits and homecomings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MEIGS
Jerry Bush
Olathe
Kan
Bush
Oscar Alligood Jr
Thomasville
Kate Alligood
State Farm Staite Ave. event near Independence
A fragment notes an event on State Farm Staite Avenue near Independence. Details are incomplete, with no clear date, participants, or purpose available in the readable text.
Weekend Weather Outlook From St Marks Florida
The official forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon and Sunday afternoon. Light northeasterly winds today, turning northerly Sunday, with mild tonight and Sunday morning. temperatures expected to reach 91 tomorrow and peak at 104 earlier this month. Rainfall totals remain modest with 24 hour and monthly figures noted.
Humble Oil Firm Building Local Service Stations
A Jacksonville firm constructs three Humble Oil service stations in town with Ray Treadwell Construction Co. as low bidder at 820000. Stations planned at West Jackson and Bartoe, East Jackson and Orchard Lane, and West Clay and Madison. Second bidder was C. F. Cogar at 859,979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Humble Oil Co
Ray Treadwell Construction Co
West Jackson
Bartow
E. Jackson
Orchard Lane
West Clay
Madison
C. F. Cogar
Thomasville
Coolidge News Notes Highlights Various Visitas
Miss Ginger O B rian Atlanta visits Coolidge with Mr and Mrs Pete Suber. Mrs Essie Hunter and Mrs Gloria Hunter of Tampa visit relatives. Olin Parramore and family from Thomasville visit. Paula Buffington of Woodland Ga visits with Mary Joe and Nancy Smith. Tom Smith family from St Augustine visit Homer Clark family. Theo Clark Jacksonville guest of George Clark. Becky Dean Jo Carlton Jacksonville daughters visit Tom Griffin Sam Norton households. Cary Cone Jacksonville visits last week. Mrs Suber and Mrs Barrow guests of Mrs W H Chestnutt Adel. Buster Seay Quitman visiting mother Ila Carter. Gene Gardner San Antonio Tex visiting Powell family. Leroy Sangster Camilla visits with Hubert Gardner. Sabie Seigler Panama City Fla guests of Carl Yandle and Herbert Smith.
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Olin Parramore
Thomasville
Coolidge
Paula Buffington
Woodland
Mary Joe
Nancy Smith
Tom Smith
St. Augustine
Fla
Homer Smith
Theo Clark
Jacksonville
George Clark
Becky Dean
Jo Carlton
Horace Carlton
Tom Griffin
Sam Norton
Cary Cone
Pete Suber
Leon Barrow
W. H. Chestnutt
Adel
Buster Seay
Quitman
Ila Carter
Gene Gardner
San Antonio
Tex
Bevis Powell
Leroy Sangster
Camilla
Hubert Gardner
Sabie Seigler
Panama City
Carl Yandle
Herbert Smith
Nixon rallies at Eisenhower farm push state power
GOP figures gathered at a circus tent meeting on Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm to back Nixon as California governor and urge stronger state government as a cure for Washington overreach. Conference aims branched into party policy questions as leaders hesitated over how the new forum would operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
California
Nixon
Eisenhower Farm
Miller
Congress
Eisenhower
GOP
Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
Norman A. Erbe
Town
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Albany
Calendar of Local Club Events This Week
Today AMVETS Dance at Post home 8 p m. Monday Bridge Tournament Glen Arven 2 30 p m Shrimp Supper Glen Arven 7 p m Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Elks Club dance 8 p m Rebekah Lodge IOOF Hall 8 p m Day Auxiliary Chapter Center 8 p m F and AM Lodge Masonic Building 8 p m Tuesday Exchange Club Hotel Scott 1 p m Duplicate Bridge Glen Arven 2 30 p m Pilot Club Hotel Scott 6 30 p m Open House Glen Arven 6 30 p m Post 31 and Auxiliary Lezion Home 7 30 p m Naval Reserves National Guard Armory 8 p m Odd Fellows IOOF Hall 8 p m Piney Woods Dance Glen Arven Country Club 9 p m
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Amvets
Glen Arven
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Elks Club
Rebekah Lodge
Ioof Hall
Chapter Center
Masonic Building
Hotel Scott
Nuclear protest ketch seized by Coast Guard near Johnston Island
Honolulu AP report says the 28 foot ketch Everyman II and a three man pacifist crew were taken to Honolulu aboard Coast Guard cutters after entering the expanded nuclear danger zone around Johnston Island. A marshal ordered the crew to disembark and the vessel was towed.
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Honolulu
Coast Guard
U.S
Johnston Island
Pactifists
Matagorda
Sick Bay
Eversman
Ironwood Bath
Hawaii
United States
Joint Task Force 8
Everyman
California
Monte Steadman
Corte Madera
Franklin Zahn
Pomona
C. George Benello
Berkeley
Girls attend Salvation Army Guard Camp in Jasper Georgia
Jasper SA Camp Nine local girls attend sessions of the Salvation Army Guard Camp in Jasper Georgia this week. Names include Ann Farnsworth Gail Farnsworth Annie Ruth Hall Patricia Brumbley Mary Hoffman Gail Chastain Dianne Griffin Robbie Ketter. Mike Hall and Lamar Hall will depart July 6. The 10 day outing is supervised by Mrs S N Farnsworth.
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Salvation Army Guard
Jasper
S. N. Farnsworth
Ann
Gail Farnsworth
Annie Ruth Hall
Patricia Brumbley
Mary Hoffman
Gail Chastain
Dianne Griffin
Robbie Ketter
Farnsworth
Mike
Lamar Hall
Taylor Jr Wins Prize in Peach State Sweepstakes
Taylor Jr. of 415 East Clay Street has been awarded a top weekly prize in the Peach State Sweepstakes sponsored by Coca-Cola Bottlers. The deluxe stereo console is valued at 800 dollars. The Georgia contest runs through July 13 with drawings on July 2 9 and 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferris Taylor Jr
E. Clay Sr
Peach State
Coca- Cola
Carlos Morris
Taylor, Jr
Georgia
Evernease Golden and Tommie Lee Baker Engaged
Mr and Mrs Robert Golden of Thomasville announce the engagement of their daughter Evernease to Tommie Lee Baker son of Mrs Myrtle Jacobs and Tommie L Baker Sr also of the city Both graduates of Douglass High School Baker works as an orderly at Archbold Memorial Hospital The wedding is set for July 29 at New Jerusalem Baptist Church.
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Robert Golden
Thomasville
Evernease
Tommie Lee Baker
Myrtle Jacobs
Tommie L. Baker Sr
City
Miss Golden
Douglass High School
Baker
Archbold Memorial Hospital
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
90 Attend New Math Workshop
About 90 elementary teachers and principals joined a Regional Mathematics Workshop at Douglass Elementary School. Led by Miss Lillian A. Price, the event emphasized math vocabulary, sequential development, enrichments, and extending experiences in math. Certificates were awarded after 30 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Math Workshop
Douglass Elementary School
Lillian A. Price
State Dept. of Education
Men’s Day Observance to Be Held at Rebecca Baptist Church
Noon Sunday program at Rebecca Baptist Church features Rev. J. H. Hodges of Tallahassee as speaker. Special guests include Thomasville Young Men's Progressive Club. Rev. J. Robinson leads program with Ochlocknee Baptist Church congregation also taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Baptist Church
J. H. Hodges
Tallahassee
Thomasville
Young Men’s Progressive Club
Rev. J. Robinson
The
Ochlochnee Baptist Church
Thomas County Civic League Plans Monday Meeting
The Thomas County Business and Civic League will meet Monday at 8 p m at the Oak Street library. Residents of Thomas County and Thomasville are invited to join and help implement its program for community wide progress. The Executive Committee will meet Monday at the library at 7 p m.
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Thomas County
Atlanta PTA Delegates Attend 36th National Congress
Forrest Monroe Sr. of Magnolia School and Washington Virgil of 8. H. Dunlap School took part in the 36th Annual Convention of the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers Assn in Atlanta last week. They report on the informative three day session and will prepare formal reports to PTA groups when school opens this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Monroe Sr
Magnolia School
Washington Virgil
H. Dunlap School
National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers Assn
Atlanta
Monroe
Virgil
P.T.A
Former ABAC head promotes Land Grant Act impact
George P. Donalson tells about 200 Thomas County Livestock Assn. members how the 1862 Land Grant Act expanded access to higher education, extension work, and farm advice. He cites Turner and Morrow as founders, praises USDA, and urges unity between rural and urban Americans while urging voting in upcoming Georgia politics.
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Land Grant College
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
George P
Pete) Donalson
Thomas County Livestock Assn
Donalson
John Edwin Turner
Yale
Justin Smith Morrow
Vermont
Extension Service
Rites Planned for Mrs Trudie Kain at Bainbridge
Funeral services for Mrs Trudie Kain 59 wife of the late DeWitt Kain will be held at 4 p m Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Charles Bishop and Dr James T Burrel officiating Burial will be in Oak City Cemetery Mrs Kain died Wednesday in Los Angeles after an extended illness She had lived on the west coast nine years previously resided here She was a member of the local First Baptist Church Surviving are a son W L Kain Wilmington Calif three daughters Mrs W B Worthington Bainbridge Mrs Julian Cook Wilmington Calif and Mrs W C Hartley Alameda Calif four brothers Johnny and George Shirah Camilla William Shirah Moultrie and Carl Shirah Bainbridge four sisters Mrs Carl Harmon Faceville Mrs Ralph Jackson Tifton Mrs Bert Maples and Mrs Floyd Taylor Camilla and six grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
Trudie Kain
DeWitt Kain
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Bishop
James T. Burre
Oak City Cemetery
Kain
Los Angeles
Calif
West Coast
First Baptist Church
W. L. Kain
Wilmington
W. B. Worthington
Julian Cook
W. C. Hartley
Alameda
Johnny
George Shirah
Camilla
William Shirah
Moultrie
Carl Shirah
Carl Harmon
Faceville
Ralph Jackson
Tifton
Bert Maples
Floyd Taylor
Carl Singletary longtime Columbus Iron Works executive dies
Carl Benjamin Singletary 57 a native of Ochlocknee and former Columbus Iron Works vice president died after a three week illness. Born November 1 1904 he was a son of Benjamin F and Essie Lindsey Singletary. He lived in Columbus 34 years with wife Elizabeth Heath and child Paul Belk Jr. Surviving parents wife daughter brother in law and nephew are named in the notice.
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Columbus
Carl Benjamin Singletary
Columbus Iron Works
Ochlochnee
Benjamin F. and
Essie Lindsey Singletary
Bainbridge
Singletary
Elizabeth Heath
Thomasville
Rotary Club
Country Club
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Chamber of Commerce
S J. Luke Methodist Church
Emory Univ
Paul Belk Jr. Dalton
Donald W. Singletary
Florence
8. C
Donald W. Singletary Jr
Mrs Barfield 34 dies after brief illness in Archbold Memorial
Mrs Aaron Barfield 34 formerly Irma Mercer of Waycross died Friday at Archbold Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A Blackshear native who moved to Pavo 18 years ago, she was married in 1943 in Thomasville. Services set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Salem Baptist Church with Rev. James R. Sellers and Rev. R. E. Stevens officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Dekle Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers named. Survivors include husband, mother Mrs Tildy Mercer, sister Mrs C A Sweat, and aunt Mrs Vida Peacock of Waycross.
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Pavo
Aaron Barfield
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Blackshear
Waycross
Irma Mercer
Thomasville
Cannady Chapel
Free Will Baptist Church
Salem Baptist Church
James R. Sellers
R. E. Stevens
Church
Dekle Funeral Home
Ernest Vonier
Warren Hunter
Frank Willey
Cordy Brambiett
Jimmy Eubanks
Lawrence Hunter
Tildy Mercer
C. A. Sweat
Vida Peacock
New Grady Plans Sunday School Convention
The annual Sunday School Convention of the New Grady Missionary Baptist Association will meet at Shiloh Baptist Church this weekend. The Rev. E C Cotton is host minister and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Grady Missionary Baptist Assn
Shiloh Baptist Church
E. C. Cotton
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H. E Gardner
E. N. Parramore
Walter R. Thomas
Crawford Barrett
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Prince E. Jinright
A. R. Dekle Sr
M. E. Shiver
Paul W. Goggins
H. P. Searcy
Julian F. Horne
Vass Phillips
Carl Ricks
Thomas E. Rice
Neil C. Boland
Robert L. Jackson Jr
C. A. King
A. J
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Harry Hickey
George T. Applewhite
W. J. Miller Jr
L. B. Powell
Henry Hagan
Odis A. Johnson
Charles H. Stewart Jr
Charles W. Cooke
James Boyles
James A. Sherrod
Paul G. Sewell
W. D. Blanton
William D. Jones
Frank G. Connell
Lawson Neel
B. R. White
W. B. Bulloch
Carlos W. Morris
Shelton D. Chastain
W. D. Cowart
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Hayes Defnall
Hayward Adams
Ellis Baldwin
Richard L. Ingram
Richard R. Ramsey
W. D. Hickey
J. W. Horne Jr
Leo Wilkes
Waldo Stone
Sidney Stringer Jr
L. Vick
C. C. Aldredge
HK. B. McCrea
Levick Vann
L. M. Presley
E. R. Powell
Fred Busbee
J. R. Fielding
C. Dewey Norwood
H. F. Carlton
C. J. Conger
H. A
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T. N. Dugger
Glenn Strickland
W. H. Layton Sr
A. B. Hart
Jesse Lee Griner
Warren A. Rice Jr
O. C. Giles
Larry Ponder
John R. Mott
Leon D. Simmons
Daniel H. Budd
Douglas T. Hicks
Marvin Giddens
Eastman
James Davis Jr
Brenda Sue Culpepper
Fran Davis
L. R. Thomas
J. R. Dekle
Athens
John Quarles
Jackson
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Virginia Jones
Lester Darby
Pelham
Ernestine Singletary
Lorene Austin
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Hal Wilson
Hickory
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Miami, Fm
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J. W. Taylor
Gene Day
Hughesville
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Humble Oil Firm
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Senate
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Illinois
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Jasper SA
Taylor
Negro News
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Golden
Doak
Ron-Peterson Book Co
ABAC
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Dept. of Agriculture
America
Department of Agriculture
USDA
Action Livestock Assn
Franklin Smith
Hansel Chastain
Central High
Virgil Lovett
Davey Rehbers
Jeff Willis
Raymond McCranfe
Ronald Benton
Assn
Brooks County Livestock Assn
Georgia State Livestock Assn
Mrs. Kain Rites
C. B. Singletary
Mrs. Barfield
Cort Thomasville
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Liberty Loan
Wedda Sital
New Grady
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