Lions present awards, recognize members
      The first father-daughter team has joined the Thomasville Lions Club. New members, Jimmy Gunn and his daughter, Meg Raley, have been inducted into the Thomasville Lions Club. It is the club's first father-daughter team.
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Morgan Brasell shears locks to help children with cancer
Ponytails donated to Locks of Love
      Morgan Brasell, age 8, recently got her hair cut off in Thomasville. Morgan, the daughter of David and Kathy Brasell of Thomasville, donated her hair to a charity called "Locks of Love" that provides prosthetics for financially disadvantaged children who have experienced hair loss due to cancer or...
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Nobles receives award for Blue Jacket of the Quarter
      Yeoman Seaman Clifford J. Nobles, received a letter of commendation on Aug. 2, as the Blue Jacket of the Quarter at NAV STAGTMO Command Quar ters on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The citation issued by the base Commanding Officer, Cap - tain M.M.
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Four generations
     Voncile Long of Pine Hill is shown here seated holding her great-grandson, Clifton Craig Anderson III of Eufaula. Standing are: (left) her grandson Clifton Anderson Jr. of Eufaula and and her son Clifton Craig Anderson Sr. of Centerville.
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Old friends, war buddies keep in touch
By Joyce Fisher Calhoun Special to The Times
      I t was in February 1956, that seven long-time childhood friends received their U.S. Army Draft letters. At the tender ages of 17, 19 and 20, these men departed Fulton and Thomasville bound for their basic training station of Ft. Jackson, S.C.
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Coffee Company ribbon cutting
     The Olde Towne Coffee Company LLC, on the corner of Nicol and 2nd Street in historic downtown Thomasville, held its ribbon cutting and open house on Thursday, Sept. 6. Later in the evening Java and Jam (music) filled the air as patrons were invited to sing or play an instrument. The Old Towne Coffee...
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F.S. Irvin remembers Sept. 11, 2001
     Students at F.S. Irvin Elementary commemorated the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 with flag waving and songs.
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Hospital Auxiliary thanks Bierschenk
      Southwest Alabama Medical Center Auxiliary (SWAMC) held its first monthly meeting since May at 10 a.m., Sept. 4, at the Hill House. Although auxiliary members work 12 months a years, they hold monthly meetings September through May.
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