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‘ EARLY COUNTY, GA. [
j GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXX NO. 40
BAPTIST REVIVAL i!
MEETING CLOSED
SUNDAY NIGHT
The revival meeting which was ■
begun at the Baptist church on Sun- j
day, May 12, was brought to a close <
last Sunday evening, when a large
congregation assembled to hear the •
concluding message by the Rev. Har
ry V. Smith, of Forsyth, the visiting ,
minister who assisted Pastor Spencer
B. King in the series of meetings. 1
There were several additions to
the church membership, both by let
ter and profession of faith, and it '
is announced by Pastor King that
those coming into the church by pro
fession of faith will be baptized at
next Sunday night’s service.
The attendance was good at all '
the services, held twice daily, 7:10 in '
the morning and 7:45 in the even- 1
ing, and it is believed great good has '
been accomplished as a result of '
the eight-day meeting. The visiting
minister preached many strong gos
pel messages, which are believed to '
have made a profound impression on
many of his hearers.
LARGE AUDIENCE SEES
“THE GREEN HAND”
At the conclusion of the WPA
program held at the school building
Monday night, “The Green Hand,” a
motion picture filmed in Georgia
with an entire Georgia cast, was
shown in the high school auditorium.
The film is built around the work of
the Future Farmers of America
group. The auditorium was filled
with farmers, Early county F. F. A.
members, and others, who expressed
delight at the picture, Mr. Cheek,
local F. F. A. advisor, said.
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summer shades.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG
SON OF MR. AND MRS.
JIM HARTLEY
James Eugene Hartley, age 3,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Hartley, died in a Donalsonville
hospital early Monday morning aft
er an illness of three weeks.
The little fellow sustained an in
jury to his face when he fell from
the porch of his home to the ground,
but was thought to have been recov
ering from the injury when he con
tracted spinal meningitis, which was
given as the cause of his death.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence Tuesday morning
at 10 o’clock, with the Rev. E. M.
Overby officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the city cemetery, with the
Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral
Home in charge of ‘arrangements,
and Jim Earl Kelly, A. C. Hartley,
Roy Hartley and Arley Hartley serv
ing as pall-bearers. Many beautiful
flowers, sent by sympathizing friends,
banked the resting place of the little
boy, who lacking only a few days of
being three years of age, was an
only child, a bright little lad greatly
loved by his parents and other rela
tives. These have the sympathy of
many friends in their bereavement.
STATESBOROAN OWNS
100-YEAR-OLD GUN
.Statesboro, Ga.—Prowlers, look
out! Miss Alva Wilson, suh, of
Statesboro, suh, might do some dam
age with that 100-year-old shootin’
iron of hers. The firing piece is a
relic that has been in the family for
three generations. The six-shooter,
without trigger guard, is undoubted
ly in shooting shape, for it has been
kept constantly well-oiled and clean
ed.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1940.
W. P. A. WEEK
INAUGURATED
HERE MONDAY
An estimated crowd of 500 peo
ple, consisting of representatives,
workers, sponsors and supervisors of
the Works Progress Administration
from five southwest Georgia counties,
gathered at the high school shell
here Monday night for a barbecue
and public speaking to inaugurate
“This Work Pays Your Community
Week,” a week of observance being
held throughout the nation to ac
quaint the public with the work
being done by the Professional and
Service Projects of the W. P. A.
The program was sponsored by
the Blakely Lions Club in coopera
tion with local W. P. A. officials.
The speaking and reports on the
various projects from the counties of
Clay, Early, Calhoun, Randolph and
Quitman were held in the high school
auditorium, with Commissioner Leon
H. Baughman, of the county board,
acting as master of ceremonies. The
address of welcome was extended by
W. R. Pullen, of Damascus. Mr.
Pullen is also a member of the board
of county commissioners.
Heads of the various Professional
and Service Projects from the coun
ties represented gave short talks on
the nature of the works in which they
are engaged and gave reports on
their accomplishments.
Mrs. Linda B. Mann t educational
supervisor in Early county, reported
on this project, and reported that
I, people in these five counties
who were illiterate three years ago
when these projects were inaugurated
could now read and write.
Ben Jones, of Georgetown, re
ported on the work of the commod
ity projects. This project is main
tained to buy surplus food from
the farmers and distributes them to
needy families, thus helping the
families and the farmers at the
same time, he stated.
William Beard, of Morgan, re
ported on the historical survey proj
ects.
The report on real property iden
tification survey project was made
by Bennie Shippey, of Morgan.
Mrs. Myrtis Sawyer spoke in be
half of the sewing room projects.
Mrs. Sawyer is supervisor for the
Early county sewing room projects.
A report of the library projects
was prepared and given by Mrs.
Lena Livingston, librarian for the
local library.
A report on the lunch room proj
ects was given by Mrs. Sara Powell,
of Arlington.
Herman Branyan, of Morgan, gave
an account of the indexing of court
house records project.
At the conclusion of the program,
Mrs. Ethel Lawson, area supervisor,
who is in charge of the professional
and service projects of 25 southwest
Georgia counties, was introduced by
Mr. Baughman. Mrs. Lawson spoke
on the importance of the work be
ing done by these projects and laud
ed the efforts of all those in charge
of arranging the program. The pro
gram was arranged by Mrs. Myrtis
Sawyer and Mrs. Catherine McDon
ald, supervisors, and W. W. Grimsley,
chairman of the Lions Club program
committee.
The meeting was adjourned at the
school auditorium to the shell, where
a barbecue supper was served, which
Was prepared by E. H. Cheek, voca
tional director, and his aides. De
lightful waltz and march music was
played by the Blakely high school
band under the direction of Guyton
S. McLendon.
ELLAVILLE HEN
IS NEAR-SIGHTED
Ellaville, Ga.—This Ellaville hen
didn't count her chickens. She didn’t
seem to notice recently that her furry
brood were kitties instead of biddies.
At any rate, the mother chick, re
turning to her nest where she had
laid an egg, was not in the least dis
turbed to find three newly-born kit
tens instead, but cradled them in true
motherly fashion. Roy Ellis, to
whom the fowl and felines belong,
said the mother cat “kidnapped” her
younguns, however, when the hen
went out to stretch.
BLAKELY SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM PLANS
The Blakely public school gradua
tion exercises will be held Thursday
and Friday nights, May 30 and 31, it
was announced today by Superin
tendent Alex Carswell.
The commencement sermon will
be at the Blakely Baptist church
next Sunday, May 26. The message
wiil be delivered by the Rev. Joseph
H. Harvey, of Bainbridge, rector of
the local Episcopal church.
The high school graduation exer
cises will be held at the school aud
itorium Friday night, May 31, at 8
o’clock. Lowrey Stone and Cena Lo
back will jointly deliver the valedic
tory, these students having tied for
first honors. Rachel Middleton is the
salutatorian.
The following is the program as
it was announced today:
Invocation: Rev. S. B. King.
Salutatory: Rachel Middleton.
Class Poem: Vivian Williams.
Prophecy: Olin Seago.
Last Will and Testament: Joanna
Sherman.
Giftorian: Virginia Holman.
Valedictory: Lowrey Stone, Cena
Loback.
Delivery of Medals, Certificates
and Diplomas: Supt. Alex Carswell.
Class Song.
Benediction: Rev. E. M. Overby.
Students who will receive diplomas
are Myrtle Allen, Willie Barrentine,
Doris Evlyn Barnes, Mary Daphine
Chapman, Mildred Irene Daniels,
Mary Lee Darden, Helen Durham,
Enid Godwin, Pauline Haddock,
Pauline Hayes, Jeanie Hartley, Vir
ginia Holman, Odelia King, Frances
Lane Loback, Rachel Middleton, Vera
Nobles, Mary Janice Palmer, Lor
raine Pritchard, Marylyn Reeves,
Virginia Ruth Roberts, Joanna Sher
man, Eleanor Singletary, Tabitha
Ann Spurlock, Iva Hazel Stephens,
Vivian Williams, Moody Chandler,
Roy Clark, Hugh Eubanks, John Gil
bert, Walton Knighton, James Steph
en McCuller, Walter Clyde MeGahee,
Bill Sanders, Olin Seago, Howard
Sherman, Billie Claud Spence, Low
rey Stone, Gordon White Jr., Julian
Williams.
Grammar School Graduation
Thursday, May 30
The grammar school graduation
exercises will be held Thursday
night, May 30, at the school audi
torium. Mary Elizabeth Brooks and
Hal Beckham are the first honor
students. Second honor goes to
Audrey Mobley. These honors are
based on records from grade 4
through grade 7.
Early Countians
Cited for Service
In Albany Tornado
Belated honors for meritorious
service rendered during the Albany
storm of February 10th came to two
Early county men last Friday, when
W. A. Geer and C. W. Arrington, of
Damascus, were presented with certi
ficates of public service in the high
school auditorium by F. H. Bagley,
Seaboard railroad superintendent of
Telegraph and signals.
Mr. Geer and Mr. Arrington re
ceived these awards for their part in
sending and receiving messages to
and from the storm stricken area
when all lines of communication in
Albany were disrupted by the torna
do which struck there on the morn
ing of February 10, killing several,
injuring scores of others and doing
countless property damage.
Mr. Geer’s award was for his work
in sending messages on a short wave
radio, while Mr. Arrington, Seaboard
telegraph agent, cooperated by send
ing telegrams to all sections of the
country.
Hilton E. Hightower and Miss Bet
ty Lewis were also commended for
the part they played in transmitting
messages. Mr. Hightower rushed to
Albany and sent the messages to Miss
Lewis by his short-wave portable out
fit. Miss Lewis picked them up in
Damascus on the Hightower station
there and relayed them to the proper
addresses.
VISITING MINISTER
SPEAKS TO MEMBERS
OF ROTARY CLUB
“For man a greater conception of
God” was the theme of an inspira
tional address delivered by Rev. H. V.
Smith before the Blakely Rotary
Club at their noon meeting at ihe
Hotel Early last Thursday. Mr.
Smith was in Blakely last jveek con
ducting a series of revival meetings
at the Baptist church. He is pastor
of the Forsyth Baptist church and is
president of the Lions club in that
city. He was introduced by Rotarian
Spencer King.
Rotarian Charles E. Boyett was
elected as delegate to the Rotary
International convention to be held
in Havana, Cuba, in July. Rotarian
Robert Stuckey was elected as dele
gate to this convention. Rotarian
Henry Walton was elected as dele
gate to the State Convention, which
was held in Brunswick this week.
Rotarians Dick Rogers and “Bo”
Collins were welcomed back into the
club after an absence of several
years.
Entertainment for the day was fur
nished by Mrs. J. S. Hartsfield who
rendered several vocal selections
which were warmly applauded. Mrs.
Hartsfield is the wife of the Rev. J.
S. Hartsfield, who was a former pas
tor of the Blakely Baptist church and
a former President of the Rotary
Club. The other guests of the club
were Rev. E. M. Overby and Earl
Pickle.
President Henry Walton presided
over the meeting and a program of
piano music was rendered by Mrs.
Merle Haisten, club pianist.
ANNUAL FLOWER
SHOW HELD HERE
LAST FRIDAY
Thirty-four exhibitors had flowers
on display at the third annual flower
show held at the American Legion
Hall last Friday afternoon. The show
is an annual event sponsored by the
Blakely Garden club. Mrs. C. H.
Loback was in charge of the show.
Due to the lateness of the show,
the exhibits were not as numerous
and lavish as last year, but despite
this, quite a number of people at
tended this event and expressed de
light at the beautiful flowers and the
unique displays.
Mrs. Emmett L. Williams won the
sweepstakes prize for the outstanding
display from a botanical standpoint.
The first prize for the most blue
ribbons went to Mrs. C. H. Loback.
The prize for second place in this
event went to Mrs. C. S. Middleton.
The outstanding rose was displayed
by Mrs. Max Middleton.
Mrs. Marcellus Davis and Mrs.
Stafford Rambo, of Bluffton, served
as judges for the show.
There are nearly 22 million acres
of woodland in Georgia, comprising
58 per cent of the state’s entire
acreage.
A GOOD HABIT
IS TO SAVE . . .
Most people learn to SAVE by SAVING. One
of the most helpful incentives to save is to have
a savings account at some good bank like'this.
You’ll be surprised how rapidly regular,
systematic savings mount up, especially when
they are augmented by the liberal interest we
pay on Savings Accounts.
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor
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BLAKELY LIONS
ARE HOSTS TO
ROTARIANS
Termed one of the most enjoya
ble occasions of the year was the
Blakely Lions Club meeting Tuesday
night at the Early Hotel, when the
Lions were hosts to the local Rota
rians. Mayor - Edward Murrah, of
Columbus, Ga., was the principal
speaker of the evening. He was
introduced by Lion Jack Standifer.
Mr. Murrah, who is a former dis
trict governor of Georgia Lionism,
told of the wonderful benefits a town
or city derived from the close co
operation between civic clubs and
expressed delight that the two clubs
of Blakely were working in such
harmony. His talk, filled with hum
orous stories, was enjoyable and he
was roundly applauded at its con
clusion.
Serving as toastmaster for the oc
casion was Earl “Tige” Pickle, who
introduced each person attending and
kept the fun going with a number of
jokes and humorous stories. A fea
ture of the evening was the intro
duction of a number of the guests
by the toastmaster, who were called
on to make short impromptu talks.
Those who were introduced and re
sponded were Henry A. Walton, J.
A. (Butch) Hammack, Dr. W. H.
Wall, Lewis B. Fryer, Sr., A. T.
Fleming, Mayor Grady Holman, and
Raymond Singletary, Jr.
A quartette, composed of Lions
“Red” Bell, Guyton McLendon and
Frank Gilbert, and Frank Bridges, a
guest of the club, gave an excellent
rendition of “Old McDonald Had a
Farm,” and encored with an equally
delightful number, “I Been Working
On the Railroad.”
More than 65 men were present
for this meeting and dinner. Lion
President Warren Baxley presided,
and Mrs. Merle Haisten, club pianist,
entertained during the dinner serv
ice with a program of piano music.
The invocation was by the Rev. E.
M. Overby.
MR. MINTER ATTENDS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
MEETING IN ATLANTA
Mr. H. E. Minter, of Minter, Fel
lows & Forrester, this city, has re
turned from the Georgia Funeral Di
rectors convention which was held in
Atlanta last week and reports that
nevei - before had there been a state
convention that equaled it.
Over sixty-five displays from many
different factories from all over the
country were shewn, this being many
more displays than had ever been
brought to a state convention.
Over a thousand people connected
with the industry one way or another
registered at the convention, which
was by far the largest crowd ever
to attend a state convention, said
Mr. Minter.
Savanah gets the 1941 conven
tion.
Mr. Minter said the Atlanta con
vention was without doubt the best
he had ever attended, and that the
Georgia Funeral Directors Associa
tion has grown by leaps and bounds.