Delmar’s Cookin’ with the CCARC



By Arthur McLeanEditor Ever had a great meal at a restaurant and thought about asking for the recipe? Well, at The Delmar in Thomasville, depending on the dish, you might wind up walking away with a whole cookbook. The Delmar is one of several stores and restaurants in Thomasville selling the Clarke County Agency for Retarded Citizen’s new cookbook. But […]

Fireworks sponsors on board



Thomasville’s annual July 4th fireworks show will go on again this year. Sponsors for this year’s show were announced this week. The sponsors are: Brooks Motors, Southwest Alabama Medical Center, Sweet Water State Bank, Wal-Mart, First United Security Bank, General Sheet Metal, Goodwyn Mills and Cawood Inc., Lewis Pest Control, Mediacom, Thomasville Transportation and Storage, Turenne Phar Med Co., Regions […]

DA, many sex abuses unreported



From Staff Reports The revelation of the number of sex offenders living in and around Clarke County may seem surprising and high for a county of this size, however, Spence Walker, District Attorney for the first judicial circuit, believes that for every one case reported, another 20-30 are not reported. In this circuit, Washington County has the highest number of […]

Legion to hold its July 4 BBQ



The Thomasville chapter of the American Legion will hold its annual July 4 barbecue starting at 11 a.m. It will be held at the American Legion Hall off Kimbrell Street. Plans include a car show by the Nuthin’ New club. Look in next week’s issue of The Thomasville Times for more information.

Girl drowns in Rockville area



From Staff Reports A two-year-old girl drowned Saturday in a neighbor’s pool in the Rockville community. Clarke County 911 dispatchers received the call at 12:36 p.m. Apparently Samantha Powell, daughter of Jimmy and Carolyn Powell, was in her neighborhood, on China Grove Road, playing with other children when she walked into her uncle’s yard. Clint Brown Jr. told emergency personnel […]

The boys of summer



Alma Dunn passes at 103



Alma Mae Dunn, longtime resident of Pine Hill, died at the age of 103 Saturday. She was the school cafeteria manager at Pine Hill School for many years. Funeral services for Mrs. Dunn were held Tuesday with Phil Craddock officiating. She was Pine Hill’s most senior citizen, and didn’t learn to drive until the age of 63, according to her […]

Local man injured in fall from roof of family home



Nathan Hope, of the Thomasville area, was injured in a fall from the roof of his family’s home Monday. Hope was helping repair the roof on the family home in the Liberty community when he stepped back, lost his balance and fell two stories, said his mother, Judy Hope. Nathan Hope somehow landed on his feet, but the impact shattered […]

Mobile scores EADS plant



Officials with EADS North American Inc. made Mobile their official selection for a $600 million 1,150-worker plant Wednesday. The plant is expected to be the home for an engineering and assembly center for the company. Brookley Field, a former Air Force base located off Dauphin Island Parkway will be the site for the proposed plant. The decision was announced at […]

Area Calendar



AL-ANON Meets AL-ANON meets every Thursday night at 6:30 at Pineview Baptist Church (enter door at Moore Street entrance behind church). For more information call 636-9985. Tucker reunion planned for July The first annual reunion for the descendants of Matthew Tucker, and his sons, Johnny, Isaiah and Walter, will be July 22-24. For more information call Betty Pritchett Kennedy at […]