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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 93 l NO. 26
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/'
FFA PRESENTS
PROGRAM FOR
ROTARIANS
The members of the Blakely Ro
tary Club, meeting at noon the past
Friday, were treated to an enjoyable
program rendered by several mem
bers of the Blakely-TJnion Future
Farmers of America chapter.
This is National FFA Week and
the local chapter is joining in its
observance. Accompanied to the
club by their adviser, Rotarian E. H.
Cheek, who is teacher of vocational
agriculture at the school, the group
rendered a program of songs, talks,
and music. Introduced by Nick Col
lins, who acted as announcer, the
following program was presented:
Several selections by the quartet,
composed of Dwight Mercer, Fred
Bynum, Harrell White (president of
the chapter), and Jimmy Temples,
with Claudette Fleming, chapter
sweetheart, as piano accompanist;
a talk, “Risks in Feeding Beef Cat
tle,” by Clifford Singletary; a vocal
solo, by Herman McDuffie; a talk,
“Soil Erosion,” by Jimmy Temples;
two guitar selections, by Milton
Cashwell; and a talk, “Report on
FFA,” by Harrell White. Rotarian
Cheek e$osed the program with a
brief talk, giving the reasons why
he enjoyed working with the FFA
boys.
The group was thanked by Presi
dent Richard Grist for the enjoyable
program rendered.
The club voted to . sponsor the
drive for funds for the Georgia
Heart Association, following an in
teresting discussion of the work of
the Association by Rotarian Price
Holland.
Rotarian Bill Storey praised the
Valentine party given recently
by the Rotarians, stating that it
was one of the best the club had
ever staged.
Visitors at Friday's meeting in
cluded Carl Hancock, of Albany, a
guest of Rotarian Richard Grist;
H. B. Bowen, of Quincy, Fla., a guest
of Rotarian Robert Stuckey; E. R.
BuBose, of Atlanta, a guest of Ro
tarian James Bryant; George
Smoak, of Albany, a guest of Ro
tarian Raymond Singletary, and Lt.
Col. LeRoy Thompson, Jr., a guest
of Rotarian LeRoy Thompson.
Boyett’s Surplus Stock
LIQUIDATION SALE
Starts Friday, February 27th
at 9:00 a. m.
Free to the first 100 people
to enter the store FRIDAY
morning, 1 Turkish towel,
nothing to buy, all FREE.
BE HERE EARLY.
Chas. E. Boyett Department Store
(Owned by Logue’s Inc., of Ga.)
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 26, J953.
DEATH CLAIMS BABY
DAUGHTER OF MR. AND
MRS. WOODIE McKNIGHT
Succumbing to an illness of five
days, Theresa Faye McKnight, 16
month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodie McKnight, died in a Donal
sonville Hospital last Friday night at
10 o’clock.
Funeral services for the little girl,
who was born October 3, 1951, were
held Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Royals, grandparents of the child ^
with the Rev. C. R. McKibfoen 0 f_
fieiating. Interment was in the city.
cemetery, with Minter Funeral Home
in charge.
Besides the parents the little girl
is survived by a sister, Auline; two
brothers, Robert A. and Ralph E.;
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
K. McKnight and Mr. and Mrs.
Rohert Royals.
The sincere sympathy of friends
is extended to these,' whose hearts
have been greatly saddened by the
passing of the little girl they loved
so much.
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
BUSINESS NIGHT MEETING
TUESDAY ’._ MAR 3 ’ 8 P. M.
The American Legion and Auxil
iarv rnry will win have nave their tnerr business Business nignt night
Tuesday, March 3, 8:00 o’clock.
All members are urged to attend,
W’e need your help to have a good
organization and keep going. We
meet every first and third Tuesday
nights in each month, Remember
the dates and give your support. It
is your organization, and we are
counting on you.
-—PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN.
WORK TO BE RESUMED
SOON ON POWER CO.
AUXILIARY PLANT
C. If. Herrick, rf Albany, repre
sentative of the Georgia Power Co.,
was a visitor in Blakely the past
week. v wti'i VV Pile >, here M Mr. tt tiernck ' V srarea tat d
ihat work would soon be resumed on
the company’s auxiliary plant here.
Recent g government release of con
irol , of . metals , . will ... permit ., work , to , , be
resumed and the plant pusned to
completion, Mr. Herrick stated.
Tiist nnoacked_A hig assortment
of Nelly Don and other Dresses.
ROYFTT’S BOYElife DEPARTMENT DILPAR1 MEIN 1 blUKt. STORE
INDjsr/ni T > ° rlNr
EARLY’S TEAMS
ELIMINATED FROM
TOURNAMENT
Ear L county’s two girls cage
teams were eliminated from tourna
ment P la y the P ast week > hence
neither will get to play in the state
tournaments in Macon.
The Hilton girls ran out of stea y
late in fourth quarter at the
^ tournament in Baker county and
lost a close decision to West Bain
bridge, after leading the entire game,
This game was played the past
Thursday night.
In Camilla, scene of the B tour
llaiment > Blakely lost to Pelham 42
to 37 in the semi-finals on Friday
'eight. Pelham went on the next
ni £ ht to defeat Sumner and capture
the tournament title.
The Blakely team jumped off to
a fast start and led 7 to 2 at the
end of the first quarter. The Pel
kam team came back strong in the
second frame, captured the lead and
never relinquished it thereafter. The
Blakely girts, still believed by local
fans to be the best team, just
eou Wn’t find the basket, and that
i ust about explains the defeat. They
had pleny of shots, but couldn’t hit
the net. Even on free shots, the girls
missed time after time. It was the
Tree shots which spelled the differ
ence between the two teams.
The line-ups:
Pelham (42) Blakely (37)
G* Joiner, 8----F — S. Sheffield, 20
18 F A. Sheffield, 9
Sellars, 14 F Middleton, 8
Willie _____ G_______________Odum
Howell G ____ Weaver
Joiner G Barrentine
Subs: Pelham, Dawson (2); Blake
ly, Stokes.
MR. AND MRS. BROOKS
WILLIAMS BUY CAFE 27
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Mr and Mrs> Braoks Wl!Iiams w .„. ’ of ,
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TVewela, S. D., have purchased Cafe
2? hich is located north of Blakely
fro he motor C0Urt ,, Ml
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Wllhams took over management of
the restaurant Monday and an
^ ^ it wi „ be open from 7
a m * . , „ *>' m da , f ., ly f „ d , a Sullday
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Mrs. Williams is the iormer Miss
Catherine Howard, daughter of Mrs.
M. T. Howard, of Blakely.
cactwc-ct LAbl-WfcM DIVISION niviciAM
PLAY-OFF HILTON HIGH
f.YM UYM SAIUKPAI SATURDAY NIGHT NIUHI
Ihe play-off of the east and west
division basketball teams will he held
at the Hilton high school gym Satur
urday , night, . February 28, beginning ■ ■
at 8 o’clock. The boys’ team
wins in Damascus, where the west
division is held, and the winners of
,, the east , will play at Hilton.
Trophies will be awarded and the
winner at Hilton will go to the state.
Admission is 25c and 50c, and
ton says “we are proud to be your
host.”
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I SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
I Clipping* from the Early County New* of
February 23, 1928
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BERT ARNOLD, of Jacksonville,
district governor of the 39th Rotary
District, visited the Blakely club on
Thursday of last week.
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DR. AND MRS. R. H. Powell, of
Valdosta, were week-end guests of
Mrs. T. M. Howard.
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A TRACE of snow was noted dur
ing the morning Saturday, coming
ahead of the strong northwest wind
which forced the mercury down to
22 degrees Sunday morning.
CHARLES TARVER and William
Cox motored down to Tallahassee
Sunday.
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MISS ELAINE BERMAN is at
home from Brenau College to spend
the week end with her parents.
LAWRENCE HARTSFIELD is
able to be out again, after an illness
of two weeks.
LIONESSES TO PLAY
ATLANTA PEACHES
SATURDAY NIGHT
The cage game of the season is
what they are calling the game
Saturday night when the Blakely
Lionesses tangle with the
Atlanta Peaches.
The Lionesses of Blakely have
lost only one game this season, and
that was to the Peaches in the sea
son’s opener. Coach Frank Horne’s
charges will go all out to avenge this
defeat; however, it will be no easy
; feat, although the Lionesses are vast
ly improved since the first meeting
on January 3, and have since that
date defeated the Atlanta Tomboys,
a team which has defeated the
Peaches two games this season.
j The Lionesses will enter this all
important game at full strength,
Mary Jane Pumphrey, guard, having
returned to the squad after being
out time _ with _ injured . , knee,
some an
The Blakely team will probably
start Dot Willis, Bernice Home and
Mary Eieaner Adams at forward, and
Pumphrey, Bevetly Pierson andJew
ell Mosely at guards.
This game will begin at 9:15
o’clock, to follow immediately a game
between two boys’ teams. From the
interest being shown in this game,
cage fans will y ave to get to the
shell at an ea 2. y hour to assure
themselves of a seat. Advance tick
ets are now on sale by members of
the Lions Club.
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FFA Members Put
On Program For
Lions Club Members
In observance «of National Future
Farmers of America Week, , lT , members ,
of the Blakely-Union chapter pre
,« nM a program at the ....i meat
“* of the B1,M » L!on * C,nb ' heM
Tuesday.
The chapter, which has the dis
tinction of being the only four-time
w inner of the highest Gold Emblem Award,
natiun’s is headed by E.
R Cbeeki a( j v isor. Nick Collins was
1 announcer for the Tuesday program,
and he presented the quartet com
; ! posed of Dwight Mercer, Fred By
num, Harrell White, James Temples,
an( j ’ Ann Chandler, accompan
i & t. Chfford
j Chapter speakers were Mil
Singletary and Harrell White.
ton Cashwell, another chapter mem
I her, played two numbers on the
i electric steel guitar. Boy
Prior to the FFA program a
Scout court of review was held and
four members of the Lions Club
troop were presented with second
c j ass seou t badges. Receiving these
j badges were Nick Collins, Sonny Me
j Kinney, Sam Owen, and Jimmy Rice.
All of the scouts were in fuli dress
| uniform to rece ,ive their L. awards. H. Star
Guests present were
rett, field scout executive, of Al
bany, Phillip Sheffield, scout c°m
Twining, assistant .
nnssioner, Bronson
scoutmaster, all guests of the club,
an< i jj an McElroy, a guest of Lion
Ray Harris. Bridges,
One new member, Dick
j
! President Boh Durham.
’ MR. AND MRS. Homer E. Bush
announce the birth of a son, Homer
Elwood Bush, Jr., on Thursday, Feb
;uary 16.
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MR. AND MRS. Oscar WMtchard
and Mr. W. W. Smith were here from
Savannah a day or two this week.
75 YEARS AGO
From Issue of Feb. 22, 1878
THE BLACKBIRD immigration
seems to be as large this spring as
usual.
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THE wholesale business in barK
collars has been brisk in Blakely
the present week. The result of the
war news from Europe has no doubt
had a good effect upon this partic
ular branch of trade.
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WE HEAR of no corn planting
except a little for roasting ears,
Planters say the ground is too cold
to risk planting.
$2.00 A YEAR
E. M. STINSON, MILLER
COUNTIAN, DIES AT
DONALSONVILLE
Ell M. Stinson, 78, a resident of
Miller county and residing near Col
^t, y died in Donalsonville on Wed-
80n of Bill and Elizabeth Stinson,
a pj onee r Miller county family. He
a member of Magnolia Lodge
No. 86 F. & A. M., Blakely
Funeral services were held Friday
at 3 rOO p. m. at Flat Creek Mission
ary Baptist Church, with the Rev.
Jack Horn officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Hugh White. Interment was in
Flat Creek cemetery, with Evans
Funeral Home of Donalsonville in
charge, and Judge Waiter Geer, Bud
Miller, Booty Miller, Sterling Shef
field, W. E. Johnson, Jim McCorkle,
W. H. Griffin, and L. T. Shiver serv
ing as pall-bearers.
Surviving Mr. Stinson are three
sons, Burley Stinson of Marianna,
Fla., El Stinson of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Henry Stinson of Colquitt, Ga.;
a brother, Carl Stinson of Blakely;
and two sisters, Mrs. Dennis Sheffield
of Blakely and Mrs. Lon F. Brown
of Bonifay, Fla.
Blakely-Union
F. H. A. News
The eighth grade girls at Blakely
Union* ^ school are now becoming bet
ter informed about the wonderful
FHA organization found on the
school campus. This is being accom
nlished by means of an “open let
. er „ bulletin board> wllich one of
£ be pro jects chosen by the Blakely
FHA girls. This project is to
conducted during the spring months.
( hairman of the bulletin board com
mittee is Suzan Houston, and serv
ing with her on this committee are
Patricia Pittman, Sara Hall,
Floyd, Betty Stinson, Virginia
son, Margie McDonald, and Emma
Jean Maddox.
Previous to this year, the eighth
grade girls have been chosen as “lit
tle sisters” by the girls already in
FHA. Letters were written to the
eighth graders by their secret “big
sister's” telling them about the
organization. The identity of the
VSa
rirl. gave a party in honor of their
“little sisters,” at which time they
made themselves known. This year,
however, the FHA girls decided
they would all like to write letters
collectively to the eighth grade girls.
This resulted in the creation of the
“open letter” bulletin board. Plans
are being made to climax this bul
letin board with the choosing of lit
tie sisters later in the school year.
Along: with the bulletin board, an
rHA .‘‘mail box” has been placed in
each eighth grade room. Any ques
t»on the eighth graders would like to
ask concerning FHA or the home
making classes may be written on
a slip of paper and dropped in one
of the mail boxes. An answer to
these questions will soon be received
through the “open letter" bulletin
hoard. The FHA girls hope
Irom these answers the eighth grade
girls will learn more about FHA and
'i»e prepared to be good Future
Homemakers next year, when they
will be eligible for membership,
IMPORTANT NOTICE,
FOOD HANDLERS
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Ail food handlers who did not re
port to the Health Office Tuesday
f or health test are requested to go
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PERSONAL LOANS
i
One of the many services rendered by this bank ?
is our Personal Loans. If you need money to meet
some unexpected expense, like hospital bills, and
so forth, and have a regular monthly income, we If
invite you to discuss your needs with us. You’ll
find our monthly repayment plan easy and con
venient.
We invite you to bring all your financial prob
lems to us. Our fifty years in the banking busi
ness has given us wide experience which we are
glad to to customers. t
pass on our
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Blakely, Georgia 1
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PULL FOR BLAKELY
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PULL OUT
GA. FARMERS
INCREASE USE OF
CERTIFIED SEED
Georgia fanners are placing in
creased reliance on certified seed.
This was indicated in figures released
this week showing the tremendous
growth of the Georgi Crop Improve
ment Association.
Hugh A. Inglis, agronomist in
charge of seed certification, said the
association was organized ; n 1946
with 62 members who grew 3,865
acres of certified seed crops. In
1952, the association counted 686
members with 79,091 acres.
With the spring planting season
approaching, Agronomist Inglis
pointed out that Georgia farmers
have learned that “poor seed are
expensive at any price, for the seed
may be the difference between a
successful crop and a failure. Seed
certified by the Georgia Crop Im
provement Association meet strict '
requirements as to known origin,
known performances, high purity
and high germination.”
iCertified seed that are being of
fered for spring planting through lo
cal seed dealers in Georgia include
cotton, hybr-id corn, open pollinated
corn, penuts, soybeans, okra, water
melons, tobacco, Kentucky 31 fescue
and Coastal Bermuda grass.
(Mr. Inglis urged farmers to order
L and plant certified seed early this
pri He said plwJuction of cer _
Tried , seed not , , be enough to
may
meet farmer demands.
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LI it tUStL rnwr W W BKTA1S RDVAK
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AT CAMP RUCKER
Camp Rucker, Ala.—Second Lt.
Edsel W. Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
w w Bryan, Arlington, . Ga., „ has
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been assigned to the 47th “Viking"
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Ci * m P Rucker, Lt. Bryan was station
ed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as a
member of the Medical Field Serv
• S c h , L , ^ . . e<i , here , February „ ,
c .f * °°
l3 > 1953 > T Lt - Bryan received his
0. C. S. commission November 8,
H 152 .
His new unit, the 47th Division,
was called to active service in Jan
uary, 1951. Then a Minnesota-North
Dakota Natoinal Guard unit, the
17th is now an “Army of the United
I -States organization. It has trained
| men from all 48 states and three ter-
1 itories. Commander is
I , Major Gen
^hert L. Dulaney.
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CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS
ANNUAL BUSINESS
LICENSE ORDINANCE
At a meeting of the Mayor and
Council held the past Friday night,
the annual business license ordinance
lor 1953 was adopted, with only
a few changes from the previous
year. The ordinance is published in
,«* 1»« «' n. News.