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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1966
Page
9
Barbara Bratwell a 9 year old girl from Salinas carries her prize pig on stage while singing a playful hi ho Porky awa ay. The scene captures a lighthearted county fair moment highlighting rural life and local talent.
Hubert Cassell 59 a former Thomasville resident died in Brooklyn New York June 25 after a lengthy illness Services are planned at 8 pm tonight in Brooklyn NY Survivors include Estelle Christon of Thomasville
Irene Graham of 133 Bennett Bt. died yesterday at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Groom's Funeral Home.
Partly cloudy and hot with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Increasing rain in southeast portions tonight and Friday, with high 86 to 94 and low 66 to 72. Friday high 82 to 90. Tides listed with high and low times and sunrise sunset notes.
Air strikes by helicopter, bomber and ground units aimed at enemy concentrations with spotter pilots estimating 200 to 400 killed. Antiaircraft fire was heavy, suggesting North Vietnamese strength. North of Hue, 18 miles, South Vietnamese troops with U S Marines claimed 202 Viet Cong killed in a defensive action Wednesday.
The report notes U S air strikes on North Vietnamese gunboat bases in Tonkin Gulf and a rising tempo of activity after February 1965. In March 1965 U S combat troops began arriving in Vietnam with two Marine battalions landing at Da Nang and deployment of tanks artillery and helicopter units for in depth defense.
Keeping Up eluded his first two weeks at Dawson Street Church. Previously he served the Dexton Georgia charge and was Executive Secretary of the South Georgia Town and Country Commission. His topic tonight will be Born To Serve.
Dominicans greet Balaguer with guarded hope as exiled militarists and old guard figures recede. Business and professional groups fear unresolved turmoil while lower middle class and peasants back Balaguer, who faces a 90 day window to act before the Inter-American Peace Force withdraws after his inauguration.
Local boards would classify all men as present under existing deferment rules. Therefore most 19 and 20 year olds would fill class 1A. Those finishing college could defer until graduation or quit, then they would have equal exposure with peers. After delinquents and volunteers, the priority would be available 19 20 year olds and older men up to 35 emerging after deferments end.
Kiwanis Club meets at Post 31 C at 3 30 p m Lions Club gathers at Elks Club at 7 30 p m Home League sessions at Salvation Army 7 30 p m Alcoholics Anonymous at Presbyterian Hall details missing Friday ceramics class at Youth Center Hut 10 a m Anis Club at Glen Arven 1 p m Minor Citizens Club at YMCA 2 30 p m Eastern Star at Masonic Building 8 p m
Quitman Brooks County hospital has been accepted for Medicare participation, board chair Scott Pedrick said. The approval is effective Friday and first notified by the Health, Education and Welfare Office in Atlanta. Confirmation came Monday.
Grover Lee Rollins died June 29 after a lengthy illness. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. today at Little Ochlochnee Baptist Church with burial in Little Ochlochnee Cemetery. Dekle Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
A 16-year-old Thomasville boy named Joe Lavon Kirkland of 111 Campbell St. was injured about 2 p.m. Wednesday when his motorcycle left the road at Campbell Street and struck the curb. He was admitted to Archbold Memorial Hospital with multiple abrasions and lacerations and is described as comfortable. Lt. Robert Donaldson and Frank Jones are investigating the incident.
Firemen responded to two separate blazes within 24 hours. A flooded carburetor ignited a 1957 Ford owned by Eddie Walker at 123 Hampton Street around 7 30 p m Wednesday, burning several wires before flames were put out. This morning a lawn mower motor at Chastain Bicycle Shop burst into flames while being worked on, after the air cooled.
A free gospel sing is planned for 8 p m Friday at Free Will Baptist Church on Cherokee Street featuring several quartets and singing groups.
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