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EARLY COUNTY, GA. j
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD'S COUNTRY l
VOLUME 93 ^ NO. 28
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/'
LOCAL EASTER
SEAL LEADERS
ANNOUNCED
District Easter Seal Chairman
Mrs. John W. Mobley, of Thomas
ville, announced here today that
Mrs. Mary Hodges of Blakely, has
been appointed 1953 chairman for
Early county. R. H. Stuckey, of
Blakely, has been appointed county
treasurer.
This year’s Easter Seal appeal,
sponsored by the Georgia Society for
Crippled Children, will begin March
16 and extend through Easter Sun
day, April 5.
State Chairman Fred J. Turner, of
Atlanta, had this to say of the 100,
000 handicapped children in Georgia:
“The great majority of these chil
dren have no means of receiving
treatment of any kind. Only a com
paratively few are being treated by
existing agencies and fitted for use
ful lives.
“The Georgia Society for Crippled
Children is organized not to dupli
cate the splendid work now being
done, but to provide broader service
to all.”
State Treasurer Jack Glenn, At
lanta, said:
“I visualize the Society as poten
tially the greatest force we have to
simplify and guide handicapped
children’s work and bring into con
cert pitch and harmony private and
public welfare and health groups.”
Easter Seal funds will help make
this possible through the eight treat
ment centers already established, in
Georgia, and through others to he
added as money becomes available.
Legion and Auxiliary
Family Night To Be Held
Tuesday, March 17
American Legion and Auxiliary
Family Night will be observed
Tuesday, March 17. Bring all the
family and a dish of food.
Two essays from the four high
' schools in the county are
judged this week and the three best
will be given prizes Tuesday at
Family Night. All members are asked
to be sure to attend.
For your Laundry and Dry Clean
ing needs, telephone 4724.
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Ladies' and Children’s
COTTON BLOUSES
Pat Pringle Blouses for Ladies—Solid
colors, in Linen and Broadcloth;
guaranteed washable $2.95 and $3.95
Loomcraft Blouses—Sizes 32 to 46;
white and solid broadcloth; plaid
gingham; pre-shrunk and wash
able $1.98
Children’s Blouses—Bright plaid ging
hams; short sleeves; pre-shrunk and
washable: sizes 7 to 14 $1.79
Chas. E. Boyett Department Store
(Owned by Logue’s Inc., of Ga.)
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1953.
P.-T. A. TO SPONSOR
SPRING FLOWER SHOW
THIRD WEEK IN APRIL
Mrs. John Hudspeth, Chairman of
the Flower Show sponsored by the
Ella Jones Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, has announced tentative plans
for the Spring Flower Show.
The show will be held at the Amer
ican Legion hall and Mrs. Hudspeth
stated it had been scheduled for the
third week in April, All women’s
clubs in the county are invited to
participate, and there will be a Jun
ior Division.
Members of the committee from
the PTA working with Mrs. Huds
peth are: Tommy Ward, Mrs. Melvin
Middleton, Mrs. W. C. Baxley, Mrs.
J. D. Rogers, Mrs. R. C. Singletary,
Jr., Mrs. Grady Holman, Jr., Mrs.
John Holman, Mrs. Bert Tarver, Mrs.
Alfred'Felder, Mrs. E. P. Whitehead,
Mrs. J. W. Bonner, Mrs. W. B. Mar
tin. Mrs. Robert Hall, Mrs. W. E.
Storey, and Miss Annette Alexander.
Mrs. Albert Killingsworth of Fort
Gaines met recently with the Flower
Show Committee.
MAYOR STANDIFER
TALKS TO ROTARIANS
AT WEEKLY MEETING
Dr. J. G. Standifer, Mayor of
Blakely, was the speaker at last
week’s meeting of the Blakely Ro
tary Club, held at noon Friday.
Dr. Standifer’s talk was along the
line of functions of the city govern
ment and in an interesting manner
detailed some of the problems con
fronting the city government, and
how the city government, working in
cooperation with the Chamber of
Commence, hoped to keep Blakely in
the march of progress. Mayor Stand
ifer announced that Blakely had en
tered the Georgia Power Company
Champion Home Town Contest, and
that the heads of the Piilot, Civic and
Wdmans Clubs would be in charge of
the contest. He called for the co
operation of all the citizens of
Blakely toward helping in the proj
ee t. The speaker was introduced by
Rotarian James Murdock, Jr., pro
gram chairman.
President Richard Grist named Ro
tarian James H. Crowdis chairman
and Rotarian Earl Taylor co-chair
man.of the Heart Fund Drive which
the club has voted to sponsor. He
also appointed the following com
mittee to consider 'the advisability of
bringing the Albany Ladies Chorus
to Blakely for a performance: James
B. Murdock, Jr., Robert Stuckey, E.
H. Cheek, Oscar Whihchard, C. R.
MeKibben, W. E. Storey, J. B. Jones
and J. W. Bonner.
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CHARTER IS
PRESENTED TO
PILOT CLUB
The Pilot Club of Blakely was pre
sented its charter at a banquet Sat
urday evening by the District Gover
nor, Miss Elizabeth Green, of Atlan
ta. The banquet was held at the
Blakely-Union school with about 100
Pilots and their guests attending.
The hall was decorated throughout
with the Pilot colors of yellow and
green. The focal point was the Pi
lot wheel spotlighted on the stage
behind the speaker’s table. The wheel
was made of yellow calendulas on a
background of southern smilax. In
the center of the other long tables
the Pilot emblem was repeated and
flanked on either side with groups
of lighted candles and Golden Har
vest daffodils. A lovely arrangement
of these daffodils formed the center
decoration on the speaker’s table, and
tall five-branched candelabra held
yellow burning tapers on either end.
Mrs. Willie J. Hortman, of the
Pilot Club of Cuthbert, sponsor of
the loca lclub, gave the invocation;
Mrs. R. D. Hodges, president of the
Blakely club, extended the welcome.
Miss Mai-tha Carter, District Exten
sion chairman of Fitzgerald, brought
greetings from Pilots International.
Miss Carter told of the beginning
of Pilots in 1921 at Macon, Ga.
It is founded on friendship and serv
ice. The Blakely club will make the
327th club of the organization which
now has over 9,000 members.
Miss Bessie Lewis introduced the
guests and the FHA trio sang. Mar
ilyn Middleton, Martha Jane Rogers,
and Alice Batchelor compose the trio.
Mrs. R. D. Hodges accepted the
charter from Miss Greene. Mrs.
Gladys White, of Aimericus, intro
duced the speaker, Miss Mary Miller,
of Brunswick. Miss Miller spoke on
“Tossing Stones.” She suggested
that Pilots throw in the stones and
be willing to help,- and that stones
not be thrown at somethng or some
one.
The program was concluded with
the singing by all of “Sail On, Inter
natonai.”
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Mutt White, Americus; Miss Eliza
beth Greene, Miss Amy Mitchell, At
lanta; Miss Helen Brown, Miss Mar
jorie Bentley, Miss Veta Hammett,
Bainbridge; Miss Mary Miller,
Brunswick; Miss Mary Reynolds, Co
lumbus; Mr. and Mrs. John Carter,
Mrs. Ruth Griner, Mrs. Libby Rus
sell, Fitzgerald; Mrs. Jo Payne, Ma
con; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fuller, West
Point; Miss Lillian Cooper, Miss Mil
dred Balkcom, Mrs. Lela Ivey, Miss
Annie Terry, Rome; a delegation
from Camilla; Mrs. Billy Fulford,
Mrs. Carl Swann, Mrs. Martha Ward,
Miss Wilda Fowler, Miss Virginia
Grubbs, Miss Louise Sharley, Mrs.
Aubrey Swann, Mrs. Carolyn Ward,
Miss Mary Ward, Miss Betty Bald
win, Miss Lois Linderman, Mrs. Jack
Grnbbs, Mis. A. L. Dekle, Mrs. Pearl
Colquitt, Miss Bessie Crews, Mrs.
Buster Lockett, Miss Anna Davis,
Mrs. Lawrence Pearce, Mrs. Willie
Jo Hortman, Mrs. Kathleen Smith, all
of Cuthbert; Dr. and Mrs. J. G.
Standifer, Dr. and Mrs. E. P. White
head. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grist,
the Rev. and Mrs. C. R. MeKibben,
the Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Storey, Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Barksdale, Mr. and
Mis. Josh Davis, Mrs. Felix Davis,
Sr., Mrs. Ruth Gordon, Mr. and Mrs.
Roscoe Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. Bern
ard Herring, Mrs. Iva Herring, Mrs.
Robert Ball, Mrs. E. J. Robinson,
Mrs. C. W. Lay, Mrs. Joyce Reed,
Mrs. Ben Johnston, Miss Bessie Lew
is, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Napier, Miss
Janet Reed, Frank McGill, Mrs. Mary
Harley, Mrs. Vivian Reynolds, Mrs.
Luther Robinson, Mrs. Philip Shef
field, Miss Faye Robinson, Miss Ann
Smith, John Dickerson, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Stuckey, Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Wilkerson, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Sites,
Mrs. C. G. Brewer, Miss Lilia Wid
ener, Mrs. Bryant Turner, Miss
Marshaline Giles.
MRS. McDOWELL’S
PUPILS PRESENTED
IN RECITAL
Mrs. T. B. McDowell presented her
pupils in a recital at her home
Thursday afternoon, March 5.
PROGRAM:
Duet (J. M. Williams) : Kay Middle
ton and Mrs. McDowell.
Walts (W. S. B. Mathews) ; Sleigh
Riding (J. M. Williams); F rom a
Wigwam (John Thompson) : Kay
Middleton.
Elves at Play (E. A. Muellter);
Bicycle Ride (J. J. Thomas) : David
Beasley.
On the Meadow (H. Lichner Op.
95 No. 2); The Rosary (E. Nevin):
Thomas Grier.
• Twinkletoes (Maxiwell Eckstein);
Trees on the Hillside (A. D. Peaget) :
Joan Puckett.
■Aragonaise (J. Massenet) ; Largo
(G. F. Handel): John Puckett.
The First Violet (Frantz Behr Op
209): Helen Holman.
Prelude, C-Sharp Minor (S. Rach
maninoff Op. 3): George Earle
Beasley.
Le Reveil D’Amour (Love’s
Awakening — M. Moszhowski): Mar
ilyn Middleton.
C. M. DEAL DIES
SUDDENLY AT
HIS HOME HERE
Charlie Marcus Deal, 84, for 61
years a prominent citizen and busi
ness man of Blakely, died suddenly
at his home here early Monday night.
When he failed to return from going
out into the yard to the rear of his
home a short time previously, mem
bers of the family instituted a search
and discovered that he had passed
away suddenly while in the yard.
Bom in Shorterville, Ala., on May
5, 1868, Mr. Deal was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. I. Deal. He came to
Blakely 61 years ago to make his
home and had resided here since. He
engaged in farming operations and
was an extensive land owner. He was
for a number of years active in pol
itics and served as Mayor of Blakely
for one term and on the Council for
a number of years. He was also at
one time tax collector of Early coun
ty. He was a member of Magnolia
Lodge No. 86 F. & A. M. for over
a half century and had some time
ago been awarded a fifty-year serv
ice button.
During these long years of resi
dence here Mr. Deal had made many
friends who are saddened by bis
passing. Wed
Funeral services were held
nesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at
the Minter Funeral Home, with the
Rev. C. R. MeKibben, Methodist pas
tor, officiating. Interment followed
in the ctiy cemetery, with the fol
lowing serving as pall-bearers: Ac
tive, C. A. Bell, Bert Puckett, Bert
Tarver, Dunbar Grist, Jack White,
Glenn McCabe, John Holman, and
John Mosely; honorary, J. B. Tarver,
J. B. Jones, W. C. Cook, Grady Hol
man, Sr., Grady Holman, Jr., A. L.
Pritchett, Harvey Middleton. A. J.
Singletary, Joe Hunt. Earl Beasley,
F. A. Barham, Sr., W. L. Stone, Dr.
S. P. Holland, Dr. J. H. Crowdis, J.
,W. Bonner, Richard Grist, Collier
Gay, Sr., Jack Clifton, Dick Rogers,
R. A. Houston, Robert Stuckey, R.
C. Howell, S. G. Maddox, H. £.
Fort, R. O. Waters, Grady Smith,
Bryant Turner, M. Berman, Hugh
Redding, Ralph Scarborough, Sid
Howell, Robert Puckett, Bill Smith,
W. L. Mosely, J. E. Beckham, James
Bryant, and John Harper.
A large number of friends attend
ed the last rites.
Surviving Mr. Deal are his wife,
Mrs. Henrie Chipstead Deal; two
daughters, Miss Myrtice Deal and
Mrs. Margaret Boyett, of Blakely;
three grand-children, Mrs. Margaret
Boyett Arnold of Blakely, Mrs. Bet
ty Deal Y ates and Mrs. Mary Deal
Gainer, both of Swannanoa, N. C.,
and four great-grandchildren. These
have the sympathy of many friends
in their bereavement.
Mrs. Floyd Guest Artist
Of Womans Club Here
Friday Afternoon 3:30
Members of the Blakely Womans
Club are looking forward with keen
pleasure to the visit here tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon of Mrs. T.
Holmes Floyd, dramatic reader, of
Opelika, Ala., who will be guest ar
tist of the club at this, the regular
meeting of the club, beginning at
3:30 o’clock. The meeting will be
held as a silver tea, with friends of
the cluib members cordially invited to
attend.
Mrs. Floyd has chosen to read on
this occasion “Dear Ruth,” a three
act romantic comedy written by Nor
man Krasna, and a short one-act
tragedy, “The Minuet,” by Louis
Napoleon Parker. “Dear Ruth” is a
modern play, while the shorter one
is a poetic drama of the French
Mrs. Floyd’s professional back
ground includes graduation from the
Curry School of Expression at Bos
ton; graduate work in dramatics at
Boston University; summer sessio i
at the Laura Plonk School^ of Dra
matic Arts in Asheville, N. C.; fac
ulty positions at Wayland College in
Texas and at Judson College in Ala
bama; and experience with White
and Brown Chautauqua Circuit.
The Womans Club expects this
program to be one of the highlights
of the club year and wants all
friends interested in drama to be
present.
The hostesses for the tea are Mrs.
L. Tabb, Mrs. C. R. Daniel, Mrs.
A. Grubbs, Mrs. Barney Wynne,
Mrs. Guy Dunaway, Mis. C. G.
Brewer, Mrs. Josh Davis, Mrs. D. L.
Maxwell, Mrs. C. R. MeKibben. Mrs.
Roscoe Hodges, and Mrs. B.yanl
Turner. Other committes assisting
are: Chairs, Mrs. S. W. Tompkins,
Mrs. W. R. McKinney; Decorations,
Mrs. Robert Hall, Mrs. J. A. Ham
mack,
Dairymen that provide all of the
good roughage needed for ther own
cows in 1953 will show the most
profit at the end of the year.
$2.00 A YEAR
BLAKELY GIRL ONE OF
CONSERVATION ESSAY
CONTEST WINNERS
Charlene Dunning, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Dunning, is
one of four winners in the conser
vation contest from the Second dis
trict. Other winners are John Dub
ber. Jack Hand, and Jean Elder, of
Albany. The contest was sponsor
ed by the Georgia Federation of
Women’s Clubs.
More than 100 entries were re
ceived in the contest, which was
based on conservation of forest and
wildlife. It was open to all school
children in the fifth, sixth, and sev
enth grades. Charlene is a sixth
grade student of the Blakely-Union
School.
The winning essays from this dis
trict will go to the state headquar
ters to compete against other win
ners in the state.
Locally, the contest was promoted
by the Womans Clulb with the Con
servation Committee in charge of all
details. This committee is composed
of Mrs. D .L. Maxwell, Mrs. R. A.
Houston, and Mrs. Harvey Middleton.
BYRD ODUM, FORMER
RESIDENT OF BLAKELY,
DIES AT ALBANY
_ Byrd , ^. Odum, 81 former^ resident . , ,
of Blakely, died suddenly at his home
in Albany Friday night about ten
o’clock. Mr. Odum, who was in his
eightq-second year succumbed to a
heart attack.
Born in Baker county on July 6,
1871, Mr. Odum was a son of
laite Mr. and Mrs. William Cal ton
Odum and came with his parents to
Blakely as a youth. He went to
bany as a youni£ man sixty-odd years
ago and for many years was con
necited with the old S. B. Brown
Company, afterwards becoming in
terested in farming in which he en
gaged until he retired two years ago.
He was a member of the Albany
First Methodist Church and held a
life membership in Albany Lodge 24
Free & Accepted Masons. His wife,
the late Mrs. Burline Kemp Odum,
died January 9, 1948.
Mr. Odum’s funeral was held at
the church of which he had been a
member since young manhood Sun
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, with
his pastor, the Rev. Ralph Porter
field, officiating. Interment was in
charge of the Masonic fraternity.
Surviving Mr. Odum are a
daughter, Mrs. L. P. Grant, of Al
bany; two sisters, Mrs. C. M. Baggs
and Mrs. Grady Smith, both of
Blakely; a brother, James H. Odum,
of Blakely; two grandsons, William
T. Holland, of Atlanta, and Byrd
Holland, of Los Angeles, Calif. Al
so surviving are several nephews and
nieces, one of whom is Mrs. Alvan
Fleming of Blakely.
Mr. Odum’s friends of former
years and those who came to know
him during his frequent visits to
Blakely received the news of his
passing with sadness.
Ben Hunt And Marilyn
Middleton Essays Entered
In County Contest
In the American Legion essay
contest on the subject, “Why Every
Citizen Should Take Part in Govern
ment Affairs or Be Concerned About
Government,” the essays of Ben
Hunt and Marilyn Middleton were
selected by judges as best written
by members of Blakely-Union High
School Senior Class and entered in
local contest. The winners of the
county contest will be announced
later.
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CONSERVATION
IS HELPFUL TO
EVERY FARMER
(By W. TAP BENNETT, Director
Agricultural Development Depart*
ment Central of Georgia Railway.)
It is generally recognized that all
new wealth must come from the soil,
whether it be in the form of food,
fuel, fiber, or shelter.
To realize this wealth we must
first recognize that there are three
fundamentals which can not be
changed: (1) Soil type, (2) topogra
phy, and (3) location; but there is
something we can do about them.
The fertility of the soil can be
conserved and increased, as well as
its tilth and water-holding capacity,
by a proper land use and other rec
ognized soil conservation practices,
including ample fertilization of crops
to prevent any depletion of natural
fertility.
The topography can be maintain
ed and even improved by terracing, of
contour planting, and production
close-growing crops on slopes, to
prevent erosion.
Improvement in location can be
brought about by development of a
community and accessibility to im
proved roads, Also, locations near
towns or c ;ties which affords mar
^ebs for farm products can be taken
advantage of by producing those
things most readily salable in the
ne arby market.
About two-thirds of area of the
states of Alabama and Georgia are
n woodlands, which makes it mignty
important how that two-thirds is
handled. In past years a loi was done
to it but nothing done for it. hut
j n recent years we have begun to do
something for our woodlands by
keeping fires out, harvesting the
trees that are ready to be taken out
anc j giving a better chance to those
remaining, and planting of millons
0 f seedling- trees.
Some m ; K ht think that eonserva
tion of these natural resources, he
they soil, forest or water, is not for
them but only for the wealthy farm
er . But that idea is wrong. Cor.sti/
vation does not mean the hoarding
of those resources, but means their
intelligent use and living from them
while managing them to insure their
future. Working with nature, we can
do that,
LIONS CLUB MEETING
HELD TUESDAY
Short balks by members of the
club featured the regular Lions
meeting held Tuesday at noon. Lion
Jack Standifer made a short talk on
the meaning of Lionism which follow
ed the induction of two new mem*
bers, Sid Jones and Billy Livingston.
Lion Herman Cheek spoke in be
half of the club’s scouting program
and urged for greater cooperation by
members.
Lion Bill Storey made a short talk
about the Lions-sponsored girls’ bas
ketball team, calling it “one of the
best teams in the southeast,” and
urged members of the club to sup
port the team in the coming tourna
ment. He stated the girls were play
ing in the Columbus tournament,
their first game being tonight
(Thursday) and that they would play
in the Albany tournament next week.
President Bob Durham presided
over the meeting.
Poultry specialists for the Agri
cultural Extension Service, Univers
ity of Georga, say tyiat a clean
brooder house is necessary for brood
| ing chicks.