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Mr. James Renfroe, of Columbus,
was a week-end visitor in Blakely.
Bobbie Fleming spent the week
end with relatives in Panama City,
Fla.
Mr. “Buddy” Hamilton, of Ro
chelle, was a guest of Mr. Carl Fry
er, Jr., last week.
Miss Thelma Duke is at home
from Andrew College, Cuthbert, for
the summer.
For fresh pure Milk, call HALL’S
DAIRY. All cows regularly tested
by State Veterinarian.
Mrs. W. B. Munroe, of Quincy,
Fla., is spending this week with
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fryer.
Misses Elizabeth Lucas and Eliza
beth Patat, of Fort Gaines, spent
the week end in Blakely.
Mrs. W. W. Fleming, of Miami
Beach, Fla., is spending several days
in Blakely on her vacation.
Mrs. James A. Richards and son,
Jimmie, of Jasper, Ga., are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jones.
Misses Calmese and Virginia Free
man, of Eufaula, Ala., spent the
week end with Miss Martha Hartley.
Mr. Henry A. Walton and Mr.
James B. Murdock, Jr., attended the
state Rotary convention at Sea Island
this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grace and
daughters, Jessie and Anne, of Ma
con, were guests Wednesday of Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Wade.
Billy Lane, who attends a pharma
ceutical school in Atlanta, spent the
week end in Blakely with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lane.
Mr. Joe T. Glawson, former wild
life ranger for the counties of Early,
Calhoun and Miller, was a visitor in
Blakely Monday, in attendance upon
city court.
Miss Isabel Hunt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Hunt, returned Mon
day from Andrew College. Her
friends will be interested to know
that she graduated cum laude.
Rev. and Mrs. S. B. King, Mrs. C.
R. Duncan and Cecil Duncan are
spending several days in Mars Hill,
N. C. They will return Friday, ac
companied by Miss Dorothy King,
who is a student at Mars Hill, and
Miss Sarah King, who is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer B. King, Jr.
The Dorcas Class of the Blakely
Baptist church asks that all members
who are saving soap wrappers for
the benefit of the orphan’s home to
leave them at Fryer’s Market this
week. The orphan’s home will get
twice the cash value of these wrap
pers to raise money for the upkeep
of the home.
Miss Dell Tedder, of Atlanta,
spent several days recently with her
parents, Mr. and Mrss. C. H. Ted
der, at Colomokee. Friends will be
pleased to learn that she* has com
pleted her course at the Draughon
Business College and now holds a
position with the Morris Plan Bank.
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Little Faye Robinson is visiting
relatives in Colquitt this week.
Mrs. Sarah Savage is spending sev
eral days with friends in Brundidge,
Ala.
Billy Brooks, of Atlanta, spent the
week end with his father, Mr. Fred
H. Brooks.
The Early County Library will be
closed next Thursday, May 30th, a
legal holiday.
Mr. Paul Lee, of Americus, a
one-time resident of Blakely, was a
visitor to this city last week.
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DLETON HARDWARE CO.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Fleischman, of
Columbia, S. C., spent the week end
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Daniel.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fryer and Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Gleaton, Jr., spent
Sunday in Quincy, Fla., with Mr.
and Mrs. T. R. Smith.
Mrs. P. H. Fitzgerald and daugh
ter, Miss Margaret, of College Park,
spent the week end in Blakely with
Mrs. L. R. Thompson.
Mrs. C. R. Daniel, Mrs. Barney
Wynne and Mrs. M. Berman attended
a luncheon Wednesday at the Hous
ton Hotel in Dothan, given by the
Temple Sisterhood.
Mrs. G. D. Duke underwent an op
eration at a Cuthbert hospital last
Friday morning. Friends are de
lighted to know that her condition is
favorable and trust that she may
soon be fully recovered.
Miss Edith Long will present her
Blakely and Colquitt students in a
dance revue, sponsored by the senior
class, at the Miller county high
school auditorium Friday, May 24th.
An admission of 10c and 25c will
be charged.'
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The city fire department answered
a call to the high school building
Sunday afternoon to extinguish a
blaze in the laboratory which was
probably caused, school officials said,
by a rat turning over some chemi
cals. The blaze was discovered by
a passerby, who turned in thetelarm.
The fire was soon extinguished with
no damage resulting.
Mr. T. L. Willis recently attended
a family reunion held near Barnes
ville, Ga., in honor of his father, Mr.
Henry F. Willis, a former Early
countian, who was observing his 94th
birthday. The reunion was held at
the Uriion Primitive church where
Mr. Willis united with the church
more than 75 years ago. Several
hundred people attended this birth
day party for Mr. Willis, who is also
Monroe county’s lone surviving Con
federate veteran.
News was received here Sunday
of the death of Mr. William Henry
Wade at his home in Chicora, Miss.,
following an illness of some dura-:
tion. Mr. Wade, who was 80 years
of age, was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Dennis M. Wade, Sr., and
is remembered by the older resi-'
dents of Blakely. He was a brother
to Mr. D. M. Wade and Mrs. J. B. B.
Davis, of Blakely, and Mrs. L. B.
Waller, of Tampa, Fla., who have
the sympathy of friends in their
loss.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Miss Jane Haisten spent several
days last week with relatives in
Americus.
Mrs. M. W. Hill left Wednesday
for Philadelphia and Kingston, Penn.,
to visit her sons, Messrs. Troy and
Richard Hill, and her daughter, Mrs.
Oliver London.
THURMAN-BOWMAN
Os interest to a wide circle of
friends is the announcement of the
marriage of Miss Edna Bowman to
Mr. Henry Thurman, of Columbus,
Ga., which was solemnized May 12,
1940, at 3:30 o’clock at the home
of Mr. Joe Bowman, Rev. Mr. Mc-
Duffie officiating.
The living room was beautifully
decorated with pink roses. Lilies
and ferns formed a background and
lighted tapers gleamed across the
mantel. The best man was a nephew
of the bride and the maid of honor
was Miss Evelyn Collins, niece, of
the bride. She wore a dress of pow
der blue and a shoulder corsage of
sweet peas tied with pink ribbon.
The bridal couple entered togeth
er. The bride wore a triple sheer
of aqua blue, the sweetheart neck
line was lace, with white accessories.
Her shoulder corsage was of sweet
peas and fern.
After the ceremony the bridal
party entered the dining room,
which was beautifully decorated
with pink roses and ferns and lighted
candles.
The table was laid with a white
cloth with knitted lace, the center
piece of which was a bride’s cake
with a miniature bride and groom.
Following the reception, the
guests were served punch and cook
ies. •
The bride and groom left for Co
lumbus, where they will reside at
3233 Park avenue. The bride trav
eled in a suit of pink shark-skin, with
white accessories.
Out-of-town guests at the cere
mony included Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Dennis of Arlington, Mr. J. F. Bow
man of Thomasville, Mrs. Norma
Thurman, Misses Mattie and Maggie
Thurman and Mr. Breston Millene of
Columbus.
DORCAS CLASS MEETING
The monthly meeting of the Dor
cas Class was held in the outdoor
living room of the home of Mrs. C.
H. Loback. Mesdames A. H. Lanier,
J. B. Rice, J. W. Robinson, E. H.
Dunn, Ralph Scarborough and Rob
ert Hall were co-hostesses.
The class in unison sang, “Jesus
Calls Us” for the opening number.
We were fortunate in having our
visiting preacher, the Rev.’Harry V.
Smith, to conduct our devotional,
taken from the sth chapter of Mat
thew. This was very enlightening to
all.
Mrs. Philip Grier presided.
The minutes were read and ap
proved and the financial report given,
after which the roll was called, with
29 answering present.
A motion was made and carried
that the bereavement committee send
floral offerings to members and the
immediate families of the class and
others condolence cards.
All committees gave excellent re
ports, especially the “visit the sick”
committee.
The White Elephant Sale was fun
for all. The proceeds, which totaled
$2.50, will go to the church building
fund.
At the close of the meeting a de
licious salad plate was served.
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Blakely, Georgia
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Record of Attendance Last
Sunday
White population of Blakely .. 1,993
Resident church members 1,274
(Os these 485 are not members here)
Attending Morning Worship ?
Attending Evening Worship ?
This includes all denominations.
THE BLAKELY
METHODIST CHURCH
E. M. OVERBY, Pastor
Sunday is Commencement Day and
the services are to be at the Baptist
church.
We have no morning services ex
cept Church School at 9:45 a. m.
We will have our services at 7:45
in the evening. We most earnestly
urge our people to come to church
Sunday night.
Two Sunday mornings without
preaching makes a brake that we
hope you will help to overcome by
having a good congregation at the
evening hour.
We announce the two Leagues for
seven o’clock Sunday evening.
Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:45
p. m.
THE BLAKELY
BAPTIST CHURCH
SPENCER B. KING, Pastor
Our meeting has closed. Truly we
had a good meeting, for Brother
Smith preached many great sermons
and the attendance was very fine.
The pastor would express his thanks,
and the appreciation of our church,
to the friends of other denomina
tions who joined in with us to help
make it a good meeting. The visible
results are not so evident as we
could hope, but we believe great
good has been accomplished and im
pressions made that will outlast time.
The new members are listed in the
church Bulletin.
And now we face the future with
an urge to be more, loyal to our
church and to live better lives that
our entire town may be a God-loving
and God-serving community, happy
in His blessings.
Next Sunday is Commencement
and the Rev. Jos. H. Harvey, of Bain
bridge, Rector of our Episcopal
church, is to bring the message. The
sermon will be preached in our
church and most cordially do we
welcome Mr. Harvey to our pulpit.
Sunday School at 9:45; Training
Unions at 7 :00.
The evening message will be
based on the words of Jesus, “Bless
ed are they which do hunger and
thirst after righteousness, for they
shall be filled,” and will be followed
by the ordinance of baptism. The
evening service begins at 8 o’clock.
On Monday at 3:00 the Circles of
! the W. M. S. will meet, the Mattie
Baker with Mrs. I. M. Bramblett,
the Elsie Clor with Mrs. O. L. Hoot
en, the Ruth Ford with Mrs. Ollin
Goocher and Mrs. Murray Brunson,
the Ruth Walden with Mrs. Earl
Beasley, the Business Woman’s Cir
cle with Mrs. Spencer King (at 8:00),
the Y. W. A. (at 5:30) with Mari
claire Alexander, the Intermediate
G. A. with Ruth Ann George, the
Junior G. A. with , the
Royal Ambassodrs with
and the Sunbeams at the church.
Deacons’ meeting Monday at 8:00,
and Prayer Meeting Wednesday at
8:00.
EARLY COUNTY CIRCUIT
CHURCH NEWS
C. B. WARE, Pastor
Hilton School Commencement Ser-1
mon by Rev. J. O. Akin, 11:00 a. m. I
Epworth League and church wor- i
ship 7:30 p. m.
Freeman Chapel Sunday School
and church worship. Sermon by Pas
tor 3:00 p. m.
COLOMOKEE Y. W. A.
The Colomokee Y. W. A. held its
last meeting with Jessie Mildred
Balkcom. The meeting was opened I
by a song. The devotional was given
by Jessie Mildred Balkcom. Several )
other members finished the program !
by giving their parts. We discussed :
buying two books for program ma
terial this year instead of one. The
program was completed by a song
and a chain of prayer. We were
served delicious punch and cookies.
—REPORTER.
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milk, cream and syrup. No ice add
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A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County News
of May 22, 1890.)
MR. J. J. WILEY reports flourish
ing crops in the Sowhatchee neigh
borhood.
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DR. J. F. MINTER, of Columbia,
and Mr. E. Hilton, of Hilton Sta
tion, were visitors to Blakely Wed
nesday.
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WONDER for what the purpose
the telegraph line was erected along
the extension? No operator has yet
been stationed at Blakely.
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MESSRS. J. D. Douglass, O. C.
Prince and Warren Haddock, of the
Sixth district, were in Blakely last
Saturday.
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MR EUGENE DOZIER, of Macon,
and Miss Mattie Truitt, of Hamilton,
were married last Sunday. Mr. Doz
ier formerly lived in Blakely.
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MR. E. L. FRYER has returned
from his trip to St. Louis.
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CEDAR SPRINGS NEWS, by Rug
gy: “Mr. Ab. Roberts, wife and
children, of Miller county, were the
guests of the family of Mr. W. J.
Roberts last Sunday . . . Rev. Sam
Ely filled his appointment at the
Baptist church Sunday . . . Mr. M.
D. Roberts and sister, Miss Susie,
attended the picnic at Colquitt last
Friday . . . Jimmie and Miss Nora
Golden attended a picnic at Brook
lyn, in Decatur county, last Satur
day . . . Messrs. Bigbie and son, of
Clay county, were guests of Judge
Sheffield last week. Mr. Bigbie, Sr.,
is a Mexican War veteran.”
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DAMASCUS DOINGS, by S. I. C.r
“Mrs. Hattie Fudge and Miss Annie
Walker, of Colquitt, and Misses
Leila Stewart and Berta Smith, of
Blakely, accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
John Henderson on a visit to our
town Sunday . . . Dr. John L. Mc-
Clain, of Branchville, Mitchell coun
ty, was a visitor here this week . . .
Mr. W. J. Webb and Miss Jennie
McClain visited Mitchell county last
Monday . . . Miss Mamie Webb has
returned from school at Cuthbert
for the summer vacation . . . Joel
Hightower bade his friends good-bye
last week to take up his residence
in Americus . . . Mrs. Anna Pullen
is visiting in Blakely . , . Messrs. T.
E. Highfower and W. J. Webb went
to Rawls Springs fishing last week.
They ran into trouble and a man „
with a .44 Winchester made them
dance the Buzzard Lope.”
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