Old-Timers Face Double Generation Gap With Teens
Albert Riley recalls a speech session with teens that highlighted a double gap between generations. Communication faltered as expectations clashed over history, politics, and references to Eisenhower Nixon and Talmadge. The piece ends with a caution to older readers about engaging with younger audiences.
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Graham Film to Be Shown at 1st Baptist Graham
The Billy Graham documentary Lost Generation will be shown at 7 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Graham. Art Linkletter and Jack Webb appear, with Linkletter addressing teen drug use and Webb discussing police roles and law. Filmed in color, it surveys American attitudes across Alaska, southern farms, mid-America towns, and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury.
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Church Sets Anniversary Service At Unity MB Church
First Unity MB Church observes its third anniversary with a 2 p.m. Sunday service led by Morning Star Baptist Church of Meigs and the Rev. A. A. Hammonds along with St. Luke CME Church of Thomasville. Public is invited.
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Salter Child Born at Tifton General Hospital
Mr and Mrs Mark Salter of Norman Park announce the birth of son Thomas Chadwick on September 12 at Tifton General Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Raymond Floyd of Thomasville.
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Gail Floyd
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Thomas Chadwick
Tifton General Hospital
Raymond R. Floyd
Thomasville
Willis Wins Grady County School Superintendent Race
Jack Willis says he ran to restore credibility in Grady County public schools. He gathered community input, won 68 percent support, vows budget discipline and open leadership, and supports appointive superintendents with elected boards while acknowledging past segregation-era issues.
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Jack Willis
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Willis
Board of Education
Willis faces fiery start in new education post
Jack Willis steps into a challenging role, acknowledging past private schools’ roots in public education while warning that many private institutions are segregationist. He displays a Truman quote above his chair, embracing the heavy responsibility of his new job and the heat ahead.
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Jack Willis
Harry Truman
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