OUR VIEW
Local businesses are doing well too
      With all the news coming out of the third supplier conference in town, it might be easy to overlook the smaller developments going on in Thomasville. The Gaston brothers are nearly ready to open a new restaurant in Thomasville in the former site of Ryan's on Hwy. 43 and they plan to carry on the ...
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From the Editor's Desk
The do-nothing diet plan?
Arthur McLean
      The kilogram is losing weight. According to reports out this week, the official prototype of the kilogram, made in 1889 and kept under lock and key near Paris is mysteriously losing weight. How do they know? There are copies of the metal cylinder around the world, and they are flown in every so o...
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Ramblin' Roses and Flyin' Bricks
A little too much variety
The late Earl Tucker
      Sept. 18, 1957 Things sure would be nicer in this country if we had more uniformity in such things as automobile gear shifting, traffic regulations, typewriter ribbons, stapling machines, zippers and snap fasteners, perfume, hair cut prices and type size in telephone directories.
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Three icons of Alabama politics pass
By Steve Flowers
      Three Alabama political icons from the 1960's passed away in late summer. They all three lived long lives and their memories are indelibly planted into our state's political history. Richmond Flowers was born on Armistice Day November 11, 1918 in Dothan. He was the fourth son born to one of Dotha...
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HOW TO GET SOMETHING IN THE PAPER
      The Thomasville Times is happy to publish news items for the public, most of which are free-of-charge. Anything brought to the paper should be accompanied by the name of a contact person and phone number, preferably written on the submission itself.
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