Day pitching pond idea for Gates Drive Park
By Arthur McLean Editor
      A small pond at Gates Drive Park could be one of the next projects on the list for the city. Mayor Sheldon Day said he is interested in investigating the possibility of creating a small lake or pond at the park near the pavilion.
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Board to give Adkison new contract
By Barry H. Hendrix Special to The Times
      The Thomasville Board of Education approved Tuesday the process to prepare a new contract for Superintendent Dr. Vic N. Adkison. Board members Kevin Smoker and Asa Charleston were appointed as a committee to review the contract and report back to the board.
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Frances Nichols passes at 91
By Charlie Anderson Contributing Writer
      When Frances Vivian Nichols passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2008, a void was left in the lives of those family members and friends whom she had richly blessed during her 91 years on this earth. It also brought sadness to a whole community who had been inspired and directly influenced by the ...
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Donation funds Ancestry.com at library
      Thanks to a donation by long-time Thomasville resident B.A. Cogle Jr., beginning on March 3, questions such as whether a grandmother's family came from Virginia or possibly Perry County, Ala., can be answered. Because of his personal interest in genealogy, Cogle has financed Ancestry.com Library ...
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Hills celebrate golden anniversary
      Mr. and Mrs. Patrick (Una Rae Sims) Hill of Pine Hill recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception given by their children and grandchildren and attended by extended family in Vineland. The couple was married on Feb. 24, 1958. They have two daughters, Ellen Pope of Vineland...
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Williams-Huggins vows said
      The marriage of Emili Grey Williams and Daniel Ray Huggins took place at 6 p.m., Dec. 29, 2007 at The Bragg- Mitchell Mansion in Mobile with the Rev. Chris McNickle and the Rev. Billy Burge, uncle of the bride, officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Williams of Thomasvil...
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A lesson on tooth care
      The Thomasville Public Library's Froggy Fours, four-yearold story-hour participants, learned about taking care of their teeth from the staff of Dr. Stoudenmire in celebration of National Dental Health month.
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Festival to depict 1800s Ala.
      On March 6, 7, and 8, enter a late 1700s/early 1800s camp on the bank of the Alabama River at the Claiborne Lock and Dam. Witness first-hand the lifestyles of the first inhabitants of Monroe County, when the area was filled with Creek Indians, European traders, travelers, American settlers, and mi...
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