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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXX NO. 36
WORK BEGUN ON
LAYING BASE FOR
HIGHWAY NO. 62
THIS WORK, WHEN COMPLETED,
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
LAYING OF PAVING
Actual construction work on the
ultimate paving of the Blakely-Arl
ington road became a reality this
week when a crew of workmen be
gan laying the base for this road
Tuesday morning.
The W. F. Scott Contracting Com
pany, of Thomasville, has charge of
the work, and Mr. H. C. Fort, chair
man of the Early County Board of
Commissioners, says that if weather
conditions are favorable, the job of
laying the base will be completed
within 60 days. After this portion
of the work is completed and the
road bed has “set,” it will be primed
and then the actual pouring of the
asphalt will be done, contract having
also been let for this work.
As the sand for the road base is
being obtained at Blakely, the work
was started at the Arlington end of
the highway.
This portion of highway No. 62
has been under discussion for more
than two years, but for various rea
sons, the work had not been started,
so Early countians are especially
happy over this work, as it will soon
be possible for traffic to enter or
leave Blakely to the east without
having to traverse a dirt road.
“Judge Hardy and Son” at the
Blakely Theatre Thursday and Fri
day—a great family picture.
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LEGS SHOULD BE SEEN!
I—iEGS are very much in evidence this sea
son and you’ll be glad of it when you see
our new Humming Bird Davencrepes. They oUC
grow sheerer and clearer each year. They fit _ _
the foot and ankle as if they were tailored »P I«UU
individually for you. AndHummingßirdHlD- -
DEN VALUES assure you of extra service V *
as well as extra beauty whatever you spend.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Comitg 'News
J. M. Peagler Is New
Wildlife Ranger
For This District
Mr. J. M. Peagler, of Folkston,
Ga., has arrived in Blakely to
assume his duties as Wildlife
Ranger for the district comprising
the counties of Early, Calhoun and
Miller.
Mr. Peagler, who is making his
headquarters the Hotel Early, suc
ceeds Mr. Joe T. Glawson, recently
transferred to another district. He
stated to a News representative that
he was glad to have been assigned
to this district and offered his fullest
co-operation to the sportsmen of his
district. He stated that he wants to
be of service in any way possible,
and asks for the co-operation of the
entire citizenry in the performance
of his duties.
FRANK S. KELLY
ELECTED TO PHI KAPPA
PHI FRATERNITY
Frank S. Kelly, of Blakely, is one
of the outstanding students at the
University of Georgia who has -been
elected to membership by Phi Kappa
Phi, second ranking honorary schol
astic fraternity in the nation. Only
Phi Beta Kappa has higher require
ments., Candidates for all degrees
are elegible for election to the fra
ternity, and membership is usually
extended to the seniors in the upper
five per cent of the class or depart
ment. Three faculty members, one
alumnus, and 42 students received
the invitations and initiation was
held Friday afternoon, April 19, in
Dawson Hall on the Agricultural
College campus. Kelly is a member
of Alpha Kappa Psi commerce fra
ternity.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1940.
D. S. STEPHENSON
PASSES AT HOME
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
NATIVE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
RESIDENT OF BLAKELY
FOR 16 YEARS
Succumbing to a protracted ill
ness which culminated in pneumonia,
Mr. David Stephen Stephenson, 72,
died at his home in this city last
Friday morning at 6:30 o’clock.
Funeral services were held Satur
day morning at 11 o’clock at the
home, with the Revs. P. Z. Smith,
S. B. King and E. M. Overby officiat
ing. Interment followed in the city
cemetery, with Minter, Fellows &
Forrester in charge of arrangements
and T. F. Watson, H. J. Moore, J. C.
Temple, B. H. Fulmer, John Pickle,
and G. A. Brown serving as pall
bearers. Mr. Stephenson was a mem
ber of the local church of the As
sembly of God, and was the prime
mover in its organization and one of
its chief supporters.
Mr. Stephenson was born in Lil
lington, N. C., coming to Blakely
some sixteen years ago. He had en
gaged in farming and the selling of
real estate and was the owner of
considerable property. He was a
very charitable man, and one of his
benefactions was the building of a
church in Richmond, Va., where his
children still attend services.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Edna
Black Stephenson; six children by a
former marriage, Mrs. Eula Spain,
Mrs. Eunice Estes, Mrs. Ina Smith,
Mrs. Marvin Clark and Mr. M. C.
Stephenson of Richmond, Va., and
Mrs. Nellie Childress of Norfolk, Va.
Thirteen grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren are also among
his survivors. The children were all
here to attend the funeral of their
father;
Mr. Stephenson had many friends
who received the news of his death
with deepest regret.
Blakely Hi Band
Gets No. 1 Ratings
At Milledgeville
The Blakely High School Band
continued its winning streak at Mil
ledgeville Monday and Tuesday of
this week when the State Music
Festival was held there. The Band
received a No. 1 rating in nearly
every event in the Class C division,
the division in which they were com
peting.
Top honors at the festival went
to the Washington High School,
with 14 Class 1 ratings in instru
mental solos and band numbers.
Thomasville took second honors,
with 11 Class 1 ratings, two of
which were 1-plus.
Here are the results of the events
in which Blakely competed:
Concert Band, Class C: Blakely I,
Chamblee 11, Lavonia 11, Quitman
11, Trion 11.
Snare Drum Solo: Hugh Eu
banks, Blakely, I; Billy Crabtree,
(Joe E. Brown), Atlanta, I; Joe
Jerger, Thomasville, I; Louis Ware,
Washington, I.
Marching Band, Class C: Blakely I.
Chamber Brass Instruments:
Blakely, II; Washington, Joe E.
Brown (Atlanta), and Thomasville
received a Class I rating.
(Editor’s Note: Class C schools in
cluded those with less than 250 stu
dents in high school.
TWO BREAKFAST FOODS
IN ONE—EGG AND PRUNE
Calhoun.—Prunes are wrinkled.
Nothing unusual in that. Eggs are
smooth. Again nothing unusual. But
have you ever seen an egg that was
wrinkled as a granddaddy prune?
That’s what Charles Reeve, of Cal
houn, brought to the Calhoun Times
office last week. The egg was as
wrinkled as a washboard. Mr. Reeve
explained the egg’s ( surface by say
ing that the egg was soft when it
•was laid, got the wrinkles while in
this condition, and then hardened.
J. W. BONNER IS
NAMED PRESIDENT
OF ROTARY CLUB
WILL SUCCEED H. A. WALTON
ON JULY 1. OTHER OFFICERS
ARE CHOSEN.
Janies W. Bonner, local attorney
and judge of the city court of Blake
ly, was named president of the
Blakely Rotary Club for the year
beginning July 1 at last week’s
meeting of the club held Thursday
at the Hotel Early. He will become
the fifteenth president of the club,
which was chartered in 1926, and
will succeed Henry A. Walton, who
retires on July 1.
Other officers named are:
Vice President: Raymond C. Sin
gletary, Jr.
Secretary and Treasurer: Chip
stead A. Grubbs (re-elected).
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dunlbar Grist
(re-elected).
Pianist: Mrs. Ben Haisten (re
elected).
Directors: James B. Murdock, Jr.,
Henry Wall and Ed Chancy. The
Board of Directors includes, in ad
dition to these, the retiring presi
dent, the incoming president, vice
president and secretary.
The club voted to accept an invi
tation extended by the Lions Club
to meet with the Lions as their
guests on May 21.
The club also endorsed Cleve Al
len, of Elberton, for district gover
nor of the Georgia district of Ro
tary International for the year be
ginning July 1.
Rotarian Ernest Whitehead gave a
brief account of the intercity Rotary
meeting held recently in Columbus.
Mrs. J. Houston
Dies at Home in
Lucile Community
Death claimed a beloved Early
county woman when Mrs. Della
White Houston died of an apoplec
tic stroke at her home in the Lucile
community early last Saturday night.
Her death was unexpected, as she
had been in apparent good health
and went about the duties of her
home all day Saturday. She was
stricken about 5 o’clock Saturday
afternoon and died at 8:15 that
evening.
Mrs. Houston was the wife of
the Rev. J. Houston, well-known
Early county Baptist minister and
farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Houston were
married July 31, 1890, and had al
ready made plans to celebrate their
fiftieth wedding anniversary this
year.
Mrs. Houston was born in 1875,
a daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew J. White, life-time res
idents of this county. She was a
member of the Pine View Baptist
church.
Funeral services were held at the
Pine View church Monday after
noon, with the Rev. Willie Wiley
officiating, assisted by the Rev. S. B.
King and the Rev. T. B. Mellette.
Interment followed in the church
cemetery. Minter, Fellows & For
rester Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements and the following
served as pall-bearers: A. B. Hayes,
W. C. Hay, G. F. Pickle, J. W. Scar
borough, J. R. Rabon, and W. J. Hay.
A group of grandsons formed an
honorary escort. They were: Ar
mond Pickle, Vanecious McLendon,
Ewell Temples, Hoyl McLendon, Ce
cil Pickle, and Erwin Temples. Sev
eral of the granddaughters served as
flower girls.
Survivors include, beside her hus
band, four daughters: Mrs. W. A.
Batchelor of Blakely, Mrs. H. A.
Pickle of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. W. T.
Temples of Blakely, and Mrs. Oscar
Woodward of Aiken, S. C.; three
sons, O. D. Houston of Jacksonville,
V. Houston of Jacksonville, and J.
Houston, Jr., of Blakely; five broth
ers, C. C., J. J., and P. A. White, all
of Blakely, M. R. White of Thomas
ville, and A. E. White of Sarasota,
Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Jim Turner
and Mrs. H. B. Paul of Blakely, and
a number of grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
Revival Meeting
Is in Progress at
Methodist Church
A series of revival meetings, to
continue through next Sunday night,
was begun at the Methodist church
last Sunday morning. The attend
ance has been good at each of the
services through Wednesday.
Pastor E. M. Overby preached at
both the morning and evening hours
last Sunday, and on Monday the
Rev. N. H. Williams, of Statesboro,
arrived to assist Pastor Overby for
the remainder of the meeting, de
livering his first sermon Monday
evening. Rev. Mr. Williams is well
known in Blakely, having formerly
served as Superintendent of the
Thomasville district and visited
Blakely frequently. He is one of
the outstanding ministers of his de
nomination and is a eloquent and
forceful speaker.
The singing is under the direction
of Mr. Howard Overby, of Colum
bus, and is an enjoyable feature at
each of the services.
Pastor Overby announces services
for 8 o’clock in the morning and
7:45 in the evening. The service
Saturday morning will be for the
children especially, although the
“grown-ups” are cordially invited.
RECORD GEORGIA
VOTE PREDICTED FOR
STATE PRIMARY
A record vote in the Georgia
1940 gubernatorial election was
forecast last Saturday by Secretary
of State John B. Wilson, who said at
least 450,000 ballots would be cast.
Aside from this being a presiden
tial election year, he pointed out
the widespread citizenship activity
of the Georgia Education Associa
tion and the political reawakening
caused by the numerous county pri
maries as reasons for the expected
large turn-out of voters November 5.
In the last presidential election
year, Georgians cast 389,319 votes
in the gubernatorial election in
which Governor E. D. Rivers was
elected over Charles D. Redwine,
of Fayetteville, and Judge Blanton
Fortson, of Athens.
KITTEN IS BORN MINUS 9
LIVES AND TWO LIMBS
Calhoun.—This lets the cat out of
the bag. This kitty had only one
maw, but she had two paws. Such
was a dead kitten shown around
town in Calhoun last week by George
Dillard. The kitten was normal in
every detail except for the fact that
it was born minus its two front
paws. Mr. Dillard said the cat had
only lived for three days. It died
as a result of undernourishment.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire in this manner to ex
press to our friends oUr heartfelt
appreciation for the many courtesies
shown and Sympathy extended to us
during our recent bereavement. May
an all-wise Providence provide you
with just such loyal friends when
a similar sorrow visits you.
J. HOUSTON and Family,
y
WE SHOULD LIKE
TO SERVE YOU—
You would benefit in many
ways from a regular connec
tion with this bank. Nothing 41
would please us more than
to have your name on our
books as a depositor. <
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
MUCH ROAD WORK
IS IN PROGRESS
IN THIS COUNTY
ACTIVITY NOTED ON SEVERAL
HIGHWAYS AT THE
PRESENT TIME
At no other time in the history of
Early county has there been such a
movement looking to the improve
ment of public roads as there is at
present. On nearly every main high
way that leads to Blakely there is a
crew of workmen improving or build
ing new roads.
On Tuesday morning a News re
porter, in company with Eugene
Greene, chief finance officer of the
WPA, made an inspection tour of all
new road developments, and brought,
back the following report:
One mile of the Lucile road, be
ginning at the corner of Church:
street and the Cedar Springs road,
is now being primed, which is to be
followed by paving in a few weeks.
On the Cedar Springs post-road,
the complete right-of-way has been
cut to Saffold. Five miles of this
road, beginning at where it inter
sects the Colquitt road, has been
paved several months. Five miles
more of it has been surfaced and is
nearly ready for paving. Workmen
are busy now surfacing and laying
1 the base on another portion of this
road. This part of the project has
been completed to a point near
Green Mill creek. When this proj
ect is finished (which will be months
hence if work goes forward as ex
pected) traffic will be afforded a
paved road from Blakely to the
Dothan-Bainbridge highway which
runs through the lower part of the
county.
On the Columbia highway, which
is a part of route No. 62, WPA la
-1 bor and county laborers are doing
grading work. They began at the
river and are working toward Blake
ly. The right-of-way has been cut
from the river to a point two miles
east of Hilton. From the Chattahoo
chee to a point extending about two
miles the county has secured a 200-
foot right-of-way which will make a
beautiful drive when completed. It
is this part of the road which work
men are grading.
All these projects are being done
by WPA labor. The county furnish
es the equipment.
On highway No. 1, the Blakely-
Colquitt road, a contracting com
pany is rebuilding several miles of
this road which was damaged during
the February freeze of this year.
In regard to the Arlington high
way, see story elsewhere.
County officials hope that within
a period of two years every main
highway that leads into Blakely
will be completely paved.
Mickey Rooney, Ann Rutherford,
I and Lewis Stone in “Judge Hardy
and Son” at the Blakely Theatre
Thursday and Friday.