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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXX }> NO. 41
SENIOR CLASS AND
ROTARYANNES
ARE HONORED
ANNUAL BANQUET AND DANCE
GIVEN AT HOTEL EARLY
THURSDAY NIGHT
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The occasion featured by an in-
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spiring talk and a varied program
of music, songs and readings, the
Blakely Rotary Club entertained the
Seniors of the Blakely high school
and the Rotaryannes at a banquet
at the Hotel Early last Thursday
night. This is an annual event with
the Rotary Club.
The address of welcome, delivered
by President Henry Walton, was re
sponded to on behalf of the Seniors
by John Gilbert, Class president, and
on behalf of the Rotaryannes by
Mrs. Raymond Singletary, Jr.
The program Which followed the
luncheon included several songs by
Mr. “Buddy” Davis, of Albany, with
Mrs. Elia Meadors, also of Albany,
as piano accompanist; two readings
by Mrs. Lackland, of Albany; two
songs by Mrs. Kopple, of Albany;
and several xylophone numbers by
Miss Doris Chastain, of Thomasville,
with Mrs. Verran, also of Thomas
ville, piano accompanist.
Mr. A. E. Runnells, secretary of the
Albany Chamber of Commerce, was
then introduced by Rotarian Bill
Grist of the Albany club. Mr. Run
nells announced that, due to the
lateness of the hour, he would not
deliver the address he had prepared,
“What Happens to Cities?” but would
speak for a few minutes on “Flag
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —
“CRASH” WALLER
IS COMPETING IN
IOWA RACES
C. J. (“Crash”) Waller, Blakely’s
own favorite racing son of the dirt
track races, is in Cedai - Rapids, lowa,
where today he is competing in the
Cedar Rapids Memorial Day races.
He is competing against such famous
drivers as Emory Collins and Gus
Schrader, and many others. Schrader
will be driving his $15,000 Wonder
Car, which was recently christened
by Rosemary Lane, Hollywood film
actress.
While “Crash” is in lowa, he will
also race in the famous lowa State
Fair races at Des Moines.
Watch for the announcement of
the formal opening of the Peters
Drug Company.
Bearers.” The talk, directed pri
marily to the Seniors, urged his
hearers, if they would be flag bearers,
to hold an open mind, to be able to
rise above their environment, and to
have courage. A-ll cannot be flag
bearers, he said, but it is well to
aspire to leadership.
Rotarian Caud Howell was pro
gram chairman for the night. Ro
tarian James B. Murdock, Jr., acted
as toastmaster, and Mrs. Ben Haisten
rendered a delightful program of
piano music during the luncheon.
After adjournment at the hotel,
the Club and its guests enjoyed a
dance at the athletic shell on the
high school campus, with the Para
mount Club orchestra, of Albany,
furnishing the music.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1940.
GRADUATION EXERCISES THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY BRING 19394940 TERM
OF BLAKELY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
The grammar school graduation to
night (Thursday) and the high school
graduation Friday night will ring
down the curtain on the 1939-1940
term of the Blakely schools. The
Senior class is one of the largest in
the school’s history.
Tonight at the school auditorium,
30 pupils will be graduated from
grammar school to high school. First
honor goes to Mary Elizabeth Brooks
and Hal Beckham, who tied in the
four-year records from grade four
through grade seven. Second honor
goes to Audrey Mobley. The pro
gram, as announced by Miss Chris
tine Carter, class teacher, follows:
Processional.
Invocation: Rev. Spencer B. King.
Salutatory: Audrey Mobley.
Song: Class.
History of Free Schools in Geor
gia: Bryan Respess.
Class History: Billy Farris.
Class Poem: Guerrylu Sheffield.
Valedictory: Hal Beckham, Mary
Elizabeth Brooks.
Class Song.
Presentation of Awards and Di
plomas: Supt. Alex Carswell.
Benediction: Rev. E. M. Overby.
Members of the seventh grade are:
Cona Ann Bush, Betty Jane Bryant,
Mary Elizabeth Brooks, Ruth Ann
George, Frances Granger, Mollie Sue
Herring, Miriam Hooten, Catherine
Howard, Marion Landrum, Audrey
Mobley, Ruth Rabon, Ruth Reynolds,
Nelle Singletary, Frances Whatley,
Nadine Wood, Guerrylu Sheffield,
Rachel Clearman, Hal Beckham,
Raymond Bryant, Robert Collier,
Clarence Day, Holt Darden, Billy
Farris, Winston Felder, Leonard
George, John Hunt, Sidney Jones,
Robert Earl McCormick, Bryan Res
pess, Bobby Strickland, Norman
Thomas, Allison Williams.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
The high school graduation exer
cises will be held at the school aud
itorium Friday night, at eight
o’clock. Lowrey Stone and Cena Lo
back will jointly deliver the valedic
tory, these students having tied for
first honor. Rachel Middleton is the
salutatorian.
The following is the program as
it is announced by Supt. Alex Cars
well :
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 Evelyn 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.
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
The baccalaureate sermon, deliver
ed Sunday morning at the Baptist
church by the Rev. J. H. Harvey, of
Bainbridge, rector of the local Episco
pal church, was attended by a crowd
which taxed the capacity of the
church. The message, addressed pri
marily to the members of the Senior
Class, was based on “Casting Shad
ows,” the text being from the 15th
verse of the sth chapter of Acts.
The minister, in a brief, eloquently
delivered sermon, called attention to
“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
the fact that everyone casts a shadow
which tends for good or bad. The
minister cited many instances where
shadows had been cast for the good
of mankind by important figures in
world history, and admonished the
graduates to be careful of the type
of shadow they cast as they go out
to play their role in the world which
faces them.
Special musical numbers were
given by a large chorus choir. The
invocation was by the Rev. E. M.
Overby, and the benediction by the
Rev. S. B. King. Supt. Alex Cars
well announced the program of com
mencement activities.
INTERNATIONAL
MUSICAL NIGHT
Tuesday, June 4th, 8:00 P. M.,
School Auditorium
Students from the High School
music class of Miss Evelyn Dußose
with their selections will take the
audience in fancy to the far-away
countries of Russia, Poland and
Finland.
Program:
Introduction—Nancy Grubbs.
Announcer—Joanna Sherman.
Dolls Funeral (Tschaikowsky);
March of the Slavs (Tschaikowsky)
—Dynva Miller.
Chorus: “God of All Nature”
(Tschaikowsky).
Spanish Dance (Moszkowski) —Jo-
anna Sherman, t’auline Livingston.
Polonaise Militaire (Chopin)—
James White.
Mandolin Selections (Arthur Sher
man, accompanist)—James White,
Pauline Livingston.
Two Guitars (Russian Folk Song);
Russian Dance (Engelmann)—Paul
ine Livingston.
Melody in F (Rubenstein) —Odelia
King, Lanez King.
Agitato (Nikolai) —Mary Standi
fer.
C Sharp Minor Prelude (Rachman
inoff) —Arthur Sherman.
Choral Reading: The Kitchen
Clock—Members of the English
Class.
Chorus: Finlandia (Jean Sibelius).
NEW BUILDING TO
BE ERECTED ON OLD
COUNTY JAIL SITE
Workmen are demolishing the old
county jail building this week, pre
paratory to erecting a modern new
office building for the Farmers Gin
and Warehouse Company. The old
jail building was erected during the
administration of Sheriff L. E. Black,
almost a half century ago.
Contractor J. B. Stokes was award
ed the contract for erecting the new
office building and he says the build
ing will be erected on the same di
mensions as the old building, which is
a 36-foot front and 32-feet depth,
with an additional building on the
rear to be used for peanut and cotton
sample room for the warehouse. It
will be constructed of red-face brick
with large plate glass windows on
the front, Mr. Stokes said.
NEW JAIL TO BE COMPLETED
BY JUNE 15
Simultaneously with the razing of
the old jail building comes the an
nouncement from Mr. J. B. Stokes,
contractor, that the new jail build
ing being erected on River street,
to the rear of the Southern States
Life Building, will be ready for oc
cupancy by June 15.
County prisoners are being quarter
ed in the city jail until the new jail
is finished, it was announced.
POST OFFICE WILL BE
CLOSED TODAY—HOLIDAY
Postmaster John G. Butler an
nounces that the postoffice will be
closed today, which is Memorial Day
and a national holiday. The windows
will be open for a few minutes after
the morning mail arrives for delivery
of packages and special delivery
mail, but will then be closed for the
remainder of the day. The carriers
will also observe the day as a holi
day.
STATE BIRTH RATE
REMAINS ABOVE
NATIONAL AVERAGE
Georgia’s birth rate remains well
above the national average.
The Census Bureau lists the
Georgia rate fcfr 1939 as 21.0 per
1,000 population, exactly the same
rate as for 1938. The 2,262,726
births in the entire nation last year
gave a national average of 17.4
against 17.6 for 1938.
(Using estimated population rather
than the last census figures as the
basis for calculation, the Georgia De
partment of Public Health credits
the state with a 1939 birth rate of
20.8, against 20.6 for 1938.)
H. H. HOBBS, JR.,
IS AWARDED
PH.D. DEGREE
The following from a recent issue
of the Gainesville (Fla.) Daily Sun
will be of interest to readers of The
News in Blakely, where Mr. Hobbs
has visited frequently and has many
friends:
To 26-year old Horton H. Hobbs,
Jr., will go on Monday the Univer
sity of Florida’s twenty-sixth doctor
of philosophy degree.
Approximately 400 are to receive
degrees at the state university’s
regular term of graduation exercises
under the lights of Florida Field
Monday night, but only one is to
be awarded the coveted Ph.D.,
highest academic degree conferred
by an American educational insti
tution. •
Since entering the University of
Florida in 1931, Hobbs has earned
85 per cent of his entire college
expense. He has played piano in
campus dance orchestras and wait
ed tables to help pay his way. He
advanced from a student assistant
to graduate assistant in biology
and then to part-time instructor in
biological science and finally to
instructor.
Native of Alachua, 14 miles
north of this university city, Hobbs
is obtaining his degree at an age
younger than the average of his
25 predecessors. Since the first
Ph.D. degree was awarded by the
university in 1934, the average age
of recipients has been 29 years.
As an undergraduate Hobbs was
active in the University Glee Club
and in his social fraternity, Delta
Sigma Phi. He is a member of the
honorary scholastic society, Phi
Kappa Phi, Alpha Epsilon Delta,
pre-medical, and Phi Sigma, biologi
cal societies.
On Friday Hobbs will be induct
ed into the honorary scientific re
search society of Sigma Xi. Hobbs’
graduate dissertation was entitled
“A Contribution Toward a Knowl
edge of the Grayfishes of Florida
with Special Reference to Their Eco
logical and Geographical Distribu
tion.” Dean T. M. Simpson of the
Graduate school highly commended
Hobbs’ work.
The Ph.D. degree to Hobbs, mas
ter’s degrees, and the varied bache
lor’s degrees, will be conferred by
President John J. Tigert Monday
night at exercises to which the
University invites the public.
It is estimated that one-fifth of
all factory workers reemployed since
1932 have gone back to work be
cause of increased purchases of farm
families.
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FISHING SEASON
TO REOPEN IN
STATE ON JUNE 1
STATE DIVISION OF WILDLIFE
SAYS CONDITIONS
ARE IDEAL
Atlanta, Ga.—What likely will be
come Georgia’s largest' fishing army
begins its long march to the streams
and lakes Saturday (June 1) when
the statewide season opens.
This sport has grown in Georgia
just like it has in all other states
and before the end of summer a
record is expected to be set not only
by licensed fishermen but by those
who attempt to sidestep the fee.
Wildlife Division officials base
their prediction of a record season on
facts supplied by rangers working in
the North Georgia trout areas. The
number of anglers visiting these
streams this season is nearly double
that of any previous season, figures
show. Cold weather was no barrier
to the invading fishermen, who again
proved that Georgia anglers still
should be recognized as the most op
timistic, as well as the most hardy,
of all tribes.
Although there have been hundreds
seeking big trout and others fishing
in private lakes right on through the
period set aside for spawning, the
great multitudes have waited for the
big circle around June 1. This data
brings on the full season, with no.
holds barred, except, of course, those
outlawed by the statutes.
Conditions are described as ideal
as a whole over the state. Creeks
and rivers have cleared, and unless
there are heavy rains in the mean
time, they should be productive of
large catches. The power company
lakes of North Georgia, which have
been open during the off season, are
nearing their normal level and fisher
men believe the big ones will be hit
ting bn the surface within a week
or two.
There has been comparatively little
fishing for bream, bass and catfish.
The short season before April 15,
when the 45-day holiday began, was
so cold that few persons ventured
out even to their favorite holes. With
warm weather, though, the urge has
struck hard and tackle boxes nave
started playing tunes around ’.he
house.
The fish that didn’t take advantage
of the spawning period—and there
are thousands of these —will have
to raise their families around hooks,
lines and sinkers.
Arrests made during the closed
season have resulted in many claims
that “we didn’t know we had to have
a license and that the season was
closed.” Charles N. Elliott, wildlife
director, said that rangers have beers
instructed to carry on an unrelenting
campaign against fishing withcvt
licenses. He likewise asked all
sportsmen to report violators using
nets, seines and baskets. These
“game hogs,” he declares, are de
priving the hook and line and rod
and reel anglers of the “greatest
outdoor sport.”