Federal Building in Monroe Houses 130 Federal Workers
The Federal Building at Monroe and N Broad St serves 17 government offices employing about 130 workers. The Post Office is the largest unit with 89 employees on the first floor, occupying 12,215 square feet of the 35,690 total. Postmaster Raymond D. Hill oversees the post office.
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Federal
Monroe
N. Broad St
Post Office
Raymond D. Hill
N. Broad and
E. Monroe &I
Public Works Committee
Senate
House
U. S. District Court
Social Security Office
U. S. Commissioner's Office
William J. Trowell
Commissioner's Office
Federal Building
Valdosta Times executive named to AP Managing Editors Board
Tenney Griffin of the Valdosta Times is elected to the AP Managing Editors Association board of directors at Miami Beach. Also elected were Charles Bennett Oklahoma City Times Ernest Cutts Charlestown Post William B Dickinson Hartford Times Henry MacLeod Seattle Times Malcolm F Mallette Winston-Salem Journal Wendell Philippi Indianapolis News Sam Ragan of Raleigh News & Observer named AP MEN president.
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Miami Beach, Fla
South Georgia
Tenney Griffin
The
Valdosta Times
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Miami Beach
Fla
Charles Bennett
Oklahoma City
Oklahoman Times
Ernest Cutts
Charleston
N.C
Post
William B. Dickinson
Philadelphia Bulletin
Richard J. Hartford
Hartford (Conn
Henry MacLeod
Seattle
Wash
Malcolm F. Mallette
Winston- Salem
Journal
Wendel
Philippi
Indianapolis
Ind
Raleigh
News & Observer
Sam Ragan
APEM
U S Mail Service in Thomasville Began in 1827
The article notes mail service began March 31 1827 with James Kirksey as first postmaster. The first post office stood at Broad and Jefferson Streets. By 1963 the post office moved to a new federal building. today the Thomasville post office employs 399 staff with 11 city and four rural routes serving about 20 million pieces yearly.
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James Kirksey
Broad and
Jefferson Sts
Irwin County
Jowndes County
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Department
Federal
Ten-Year Terms Given to Bank Robbery Pair Near Atlanta
Two men Charles Roger Weaver and Charles Raymond Scoggins Jr pleaded guilty to a $2.03g bank robbery near Atlanta, netting about $36 with one day of freedom. FBI found about $1,000 under a rug in Weaver’s room and a similar amount at the motel where Scoggins stayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Charles Roger Weaver
Charles Raymond Scoggins Jr
Bank of
Woodstock
FBI
Weaver
Scoggins
Senators Vote on Foreign Aid Authorization Bill
A Senate vote split the chamber with a minority aligned against the measure. Senator Richard Borusse voted against the bill as it passed 08-1. Other named senators supported the aid package, though details are unclear due to garbled text.
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Washington
Georgia
Senate
Richard Bo Russe
Rivas Sen
Heron TB
New Building Contract Awarded For Post Office
Construction contract for a new federal post office building in Tallahassee was awarded to Albritton. Bids were opened by the architect and the project is slated to begin in 1963.
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Albrit
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Louis O. Kidd
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
James T. Cantrell
United States District Court
J. Robert Elliott
Columbus
General Services Administration
Ralph Crawford
Farmers Home Administration
William J. Thigpen
U. S. Treasury Dept
L. Horne
Agricultural Marketing Service
James C. Gaither
U. S. Weather Bureau
Clarence E. Skillman
Soil Conservation Service
Johnny M Eubanks
W.L
Bill) Whittle
Ophelia Smith
Selective Service
Draft Board
Ross H. Hayes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roy McGraw
Don Adams
United States Army
Walter Humphries
U. S. Air Force
Richard E. McKean
Court
Lee E. Kelly Sales Co
Hattie Gribben Hattox
Mary PD. Cochran
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Administrator of
June Tion Co
Occupie
Eral Ag
Dent
Insteac Leroy
Polte
U.S
U.S. Commissioner
Federal Building Project Running
Ing
Electric & Heating CO
Smith
Barmac Company, Inc
Joe Barrow
Prop
Barwick, Ga
Are Marks
Ling
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Ost
Vama
Charles of
Mohnton
Solice
Molin
el Bar
Carrun
Thomasville Concrete Products Co., Inc
Smith Ave
United States District
Ct Court
Middle District of Georgia
Madison
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