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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 93 '} NO. 30
G. I. KOREAN
EMERGENCY
LEAVES MODIFIED
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Atlanta, Ga.—The Army will grant
a serviceman emergency leave to go
home from overseas, if the trip con
tributes to the welfare of a dying
member of Ms immediate family,
William K. Barrett, director of the
State Department of Veterans Serv
ice, said today.
Barrett stated that emergency
leave will be granted also in the
event of the death of the service
man’s wife or child. The individual
will be given free military transpor
tation and priorities “in keeping with
the degree of urgency in each case.”
In the past, a serviveeman has
been returned only when the situa
tion at home required his presence
and no other person or agency was
available to “properly resolve the
emergency.” Under the n-e.w policy,
emergency return will be- provided
•when the death or serious illness of
a member of the serviceman’s imme
diate family places important re
sponsibilities on -the serviceman which
must be met by him alone.
-No attempt will be made to bring
a serviceman home in time to attend
a funeral, Barrett learned from the
Department o-f the Army, but he
states that the difference in state
laws dealing with prompt burial, the
use of transportation facilities ami
oither factors are responsible for this
decision.
The serviceman himself may apply
through his commanding officer for
this leave or members of the family
may request it through a Red Cross
chapter.
Barrett invited interested persons
to go to the nearest branch office of
the State Department of Veterans
Service for advice and assistance.
The nearest branch office is located
at Blakely courthouse and manager
of the office is Tom Morgan.
“NO BOYS ALLOWED”
The Hilton Junior Class will pre
sent a play, “No Boys Allowed,” Fri
day night, March 27, at 8:00 o’clock.
Admission will be 20c and 3.5c. The
public is cordially invited. i
We carry all good polishes, joet
as keep your shoes like new with
our fine shoe repairing. BLAKELli
SHOE SHOP.
NEW ARRIVALS
JUST IN TIME
FOR EASTER
WEATHER BIRD SHOES
FOR CHILDREN
A BIG SHIPMENT OF VALENTINE
LADIES’ DRESS SHOES
Boyett’s Closes at 8:00 Each
Saturday Night
Chas. E. Boyett Department Store
(Owned fcy Logue’s Inc., of Ga.)
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1953.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/'
Cooperation Needed
In Carrying Out Social
Security Program
The old-age and survivors insur
ance program of the Social Security
Act CANNOT fulfill its mission
without the cooperation of all em
ployers, their employees, and the
self-employed, according to Victor
Manget, manager of the Albany so
cial security field office.
With the thought thait informa
tion is the key to a better informed
group of employers and employees,
the Social Security Administration
has prepared pamphlets covering
each phase of -the old-age and sur
vivors insurance program. Publica
tions are available which explain el
igibility to benefits, amounts of ben
efits, and how to claim benefits.
Special booklets have been prepared
for different covered groups, such as
household employees, farm workers,
state and local government employ
ees, employees of non-profit organi
zations, and the self-employed. Basic
rights and obligations should be fully
understood by all of the people who
are affected by -this employer-em
ployee insurance program, the field
office manager declares.
Any of the publications concern
ing the old-age and survivors insur
ance program may be obtained, with
out charge, at the nearest social
security field office.
“Fulfill your part of -the social
security program,” Manget urges,
“by becoming better informed about
your stake in old-age and survivors
insurance. Write your social secur
ity office, located in Albany, and
ask for information concerning your
particular interest in the old-age and
survivors insurance program.
Luther Bridges Serving
With Long Beach Group
Pacific Reserve Fleet (FHTNC).—
Luther E. Bridges, seaman, USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs .L. E. Bridges, of
304 Magnolia street, Biake-ly, Ga., is
serving with the Long Beach Group.
In his present duty, Bridges works in
the Security Division and is assigned
to Seaman Guard. He enlisted in
the Navy on October 29, 1952, and
received Ms recruit training a.t the
U. S. Naval Training Station, San
Diego, Calif. Before entering the
Navy, he attended Blakely High
School.
MRS. NIX DIES
AFTER LONG
ILLNESS
Mrs. Lizzie U. Nix, widow of
George W. Nix, died at her home
in this city on Wednesday of last
week. Mrs. Nix succumbed to an
extended illness.
A native of Whigham, where she
was bora on March 17, 1882, Mrs.
Nix was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Smith. She had been a res
ident of this county for the past 23
years and had many friends who
are,saddened by her passing. She
was a member of the Fire eWill Bap
tist Church in Miller County.
Her funeral was held Thursday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Blake
ly Free Will Baptist Church, with
the Rev. H. L. Catrett officiating.
Interment was in the city cemetery,
with Min-ter Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements and Alvan Day, O.
B. Weaver, Henry Day, Alvin Lane,
J. B. Bowman, and Frank Williams
serving as pall-bearers.
Surviving Mrs. Nix are two sisters,
Mrs. W. L. Earnest of Blakely and
Mrs. Annie Bell Broxton of Panama
City, Fla., and the following ehil
dren: Bethel M. Nix of Highland
View, Fla., Mrs. Louise W. Earnest,
Walter Nix, and Edward Nix, all of
Blakely.
Food Handlers Are
Urged To Cooperate
In Amoebiasis Survey
A few food handlers of Blakely
have been lax in their responsibility
to the public in not submitting speci
mens for examination -by the Health
Department. Until they do so, no
one can be certain that they are not
carriers of amoebiasis and thereby
potential sources of infection to the
citizens of Bfakely.
Dr. J. G. Sftandifer, mayor of
Blakely, points out that -there is a
city ordinance in Blakely which re
quires examination of all food han
dlers by the Health Department. In
order to fulfill the requirements of
this ordinance, all persons who are
handling food for the public and who
have not yeit submitted a specimen
to the Health Department for exam
ination must do so by Monday,
March 30. After this date cases will
be made against all food handlers
not complying with this ordinance.
Obra Weaver Receives
Overseas Assignment
Fort Benning, Ga.—Master Sgt.
Obra N. Weaver, son of Mr. O. B.
Weaver, Route 3, Blakely, Ga., was
recently assigned to duty in Germ
any. Sgt. Weaver has beeri assigned
to Company “A” First Special Troops
Battalion, 3440 ASU Provisional
Group, Fort Benning, Ga. While at
the Infantry Center, Weaver was
attached to Post Signal office.
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clipping* from the Early County News of
March 22, 1928
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MR. EMMETT R. SHAW, of Fort
Gaines, was a visitor in Blakely Sat- j
urday.
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THE Blakely Bobcats defeated Col
quitt Hi in Blakely Tuesday after
noon by the score of 10 to 2.
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MR. C. D. DUKE is opening his!
new dry goods department to the j
public tomorrow.
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THE LARGE stockade on the I
farm of Dr. B. K, Simmons was de-J
strayed by fire „ last , mi Thursday. _ . Only „ , ,
the livestock was saved. j
| MR. R. C. HOWELL is spending I
j.some time in Atlanta, where he has :
j gone for medical treatment.
j MR. E. Ei LORD, of Bainbridge,
i was a visitor in Blakely Monday.
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1 WYATT ALEXANDER, JR., a stu-!
! dent at Georgia Tech, spent the week j
1 end at home.
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REPRESENTATIVE
OF RICH’S SPEAKS
TO ROTARIANS
-How one of the state’s biggest
businesses is operated was told to
the members of the Blakely Rotary
Club at its meeting held at noon the
past Friday.
The speaker was L. L. Kennedy,
service superintendent of Rich’s,
Inc., who gave a highly interesting
talk about this department store and
its success.
Begun eighty-odd years ago as a
20x75 foot store with five employees,
and five thousand dollars in capital,
the store has grown to a business do
ing a volume of $56,000,000 in 1952
and employing 3500 people regular
ly, the figure reaching 4500 during
the peak of the busy seasons. The
salaries of the store’s employes ap
proximates $9,200,000 annually, Mr.
Kennedy stated.
The huge store has 2’8 acres of
selling space, with a like amount of
space used in warehousing and other
necessary facilities. The speaker
stated that the store served 60 to 90
thousand customers daily, maintain
ed its own hospital with a physician
and five nurses, answered an average
of 15,000 phone calls a clay over a
store telephone system of 850
phones. The store maintains six res
taurants which served 1,600,000
meals last year. Its advertising bill,
the speaker stated, approximated 2
per cent of its volume, or around
$1,200,000 annually.
-Mr. Kennedy, -who was introduced
by Rotarian James Murdock, Jr.,
answered a number of questions rel
ative to the store’s operation at the
close of his talk, and was thanked by
President Richard Grist, presiding
over the meeting, for coming to
Blakely and making his entertaining
taik.
Other visitors present at Friday's
meting included Bernard Herring, a
guest of Rotarian Charles Boyett,
Mayor J. G. Sfandifer, a guest of
Rotarian James Murdock, Jr., and
Bruce Bowen, a guest of Rotarian
Philip Sheffield.
COVERED DISH FELLOWSHIP
SUPPER, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1,
8 P. M., METHODIST CHURCH
Rev* C. R. McKibben, Pastor of
the Blakely Method-ist Church, an
nounces that there will be a Covered
Dish Fellowship Supper at the
Church Wednesday, April 1, at 8:00
p. m. This will be a meeting of so
cial and spiritual fellowship in the
interest of the Revival which begins
on Easter Sunday, April 5, and runs
through the following Sunday, April
12. All the membership of the
Church, w-ith every member of the
family, as well as any who would
like to attend, are cordially invited.
Carry a covered dish and be at the
Social Hall of the Church at 8:00 p.
m., Wednesday, April 1.
MR. AND MRS. C. W. Lay have
leased and already assumed man
agement of the Wadlington Hotel in
Dothan.
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DURING the past week the ladies
of Blakely have planted many flow
ering shrubs as well as evergreens
around the courthouse in Blakely.
75 YEARS AGO
From Issue of March 21, 1878
MR. THOMAS J. BUS-H, of this
tyf died on Saturday night last
of pneumonia.
AN ATTEMPT at incendiaryism
was made in our town Monday night
last. Between 8 and 9 o’clock a Ne
gro man, in passing the rear of Mr.
R. D. Williams’ livery stable, discov
ered a blaze at the back of the house
used by Mr. W. A. Buehannon as a
sewing machine depository. A buck
et of water extinguished it.
$2.00 A YEAR
Methodist Revival
Meeting To Begin
Sunday, April 5
Plans are about completed for the
special services in connection with
the Atlanta Area United Evangelis
tic Mission -which will be held at the
Blakely Methodisit Church, it was
announced today by the Rev. C. R.
McKibben, Pastor of the Church.
The Reverend Dr. Sidney H. Da
vies, Pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Daytona Beach, Fla., will be
the speaker at,these services and
Mr. Lonnie A. Tharpe, of Macon,
Ga., will he the Song Leader.
The services will begin Easter
Sunday, April 5, and run through
the following Sunday, April 12. Dur
ing the week services will be held at
8:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.
A religious census of Blakely has
been taken, in cooperation with the
Baptists, and all prospects for Meth
odist membership will be called upon
during the week of the services by
teams of Laymen and Laytwomen en
engaged in friendly visitation.
Committees to work before and
during this Evangelistic Mission are
announced as follows:
Publicity: A. J. Singletary, Bern
ard Herring, John Hewitt, Jr.
Attendance: William F. Arnold,
Paschal Jenkins, Rex Reeves, Nellie
Ann Chandler.
Ushers and Offering: Roscoe Hod
ges, Lester Shoemaker, Mobley How
ell, D. L. Maxwell, A. L. Joiner, Nick
Collins, Edwin -Starling, Herbert
Swords, Robert Sites, Jr., George
Pullen, Carl Fariss, Calvin Loyless.
Music: Mrs. Ed M. Sealy, Mrs.
Bent Tarver, Mrs. Oscar Wh-itchard.
Flowers: Mrs. John Holman, Cir
cles of the W. M. S.
Entertainment: Mrs. John W.
Gleaton, Jr., Mrs. Grady Holman,
Sr., Mrs. Bernard Herring.
Youth Rally: S. W. Tompkins, H.
A. Felder, Dunbar Grisit, Lillian
Slims.
Mass Meeting: Mrs. Oscar Whiteh
all, Mrs. A. J. Singletary, Sr., Mrs.
Grady H-olman, Sr., Mrs. W. J. Grist,
Mobley Howell, Dunbar Grist, Ches
ter Olardy Bert Tarver James Mur
dock, D. D. Knighton, J. J. Hewitt,
Joe Hunt, Paschal Jenkins.
Visitation Team Assignments: Os
car Powell, Richard Grist, Homer
Bush, Sr., Lewis Fryer, Jr., Mrs. W.
R. Stewart, Dean Cook.
Suppers for Visitation Teams:
Mrs. C. L. Talbb, Mrs. Chester Clardy,
Mas. A. L. Joiner, Mrs. Ed M. Sealy,
Mrs. J. J. Hewitt, Mrs. Oscar Whi-tch
ard, Patricia Davis, Martha Hodges,
Barbara Loyless, Jo Anne Moore,
Gail Fari-ss, Helen Holman, Barbara
Marsh, Diana Morgan, Dorothy
Williams.
PARK NEWS
The Trading Post at Kolomoki
Park will be open daily beginning
immediately and continuing through
the summer and fall.
Fishing will also be resumed and
will continue until further notice.
Georgia State fishing license is re
quired and these are available at the
Trading Post, as well as the court
house.
You are invited to enjoy the
Park’s facilities at your convenience.
HERMAN COLLIER,
Park Supt.
f BANKING
IN EVERYDAY LANGUAGE
We could list the various kinds of loans we make
by their individual titles. However, it’s just as sim
ple to say that we make as many kinds of loans as
there are worthwhile purposes.
If you have a sound reason to borrow and can
meet a few simple requirements, we’ll gladly make
you a loan.
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See us about an economical solution to your cred
it problems.
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First State Bank
Blakely, Georgia ill
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation W 'n j i
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PULL OUT
AVERAGE AGE OF
U. S. VETERANS IN
CIVIL LIFE NOW 38
Atlanta, Ga.—The average age of
Uncle Sam’s nearly 20,000,000 living
veterans in civil life is almost 38
years. But the extremes range from
111 years for the oldest veteran
down to under 18 years fbr the
youngest.
These figures were announced by
Veterans Administration today, and
are based on the estimated age dis
tribution of veterans in civil life as
of December 31, 1952. Fallowing is
a. breakdown by war, showing the
number of veterans of each war and
their average age.
Since Korea: 1,483,000 veterans,
average age £6.
World War II: 15,424,000 veter
ans, average age 34.
World War I: 3,345,000 veterans,
average age 59.
Spanish-American War: 95,000
veterans, average age 76.
Indian Wars: 295 veterans, aver
age age 87.
Civil War: 2 Union Army veter
ans, one 106 and the other 111.
In addition to these veterans of
wartime service, there are 61,000
veterans of peacetime service who
are receiving compensation from VA
for service - connected disabilities.
Their average age is 41. The young
est veterans—those under 20—have
served only since the Korean hostil
ities started on June 27, 1950. They
number approximately 47,000,
The largest group of veterans is
in the age bracket between 30 and
34 years. They number approxi
mately 4,800,0-00. The next largest
group is in the aige bracket between
25 and 29 years. They number ap
proximately 4,600,000. These two
groups account for nearly one-half
of all veterans. The remaining half
are in all o-f the other age groups,
beginning with the under -20 brack
et and ending with the 90-and-over
bracket.
BLAKELY - UNION
F. F. A. NEWS
On March 19, the Blakely-Union
Chapter of the Future Farmers of
America held its annual chapter
public speaking eliminations.
Clifford' Singletary, first place
winner, spoke on “The Risk in Feed
ing Beef Cattle.’ Jimmie Temples,
second place winner, spoke on “The
Use of Farm Machinery Through the
Ages.” Nick Collins, third place
winner, spoke on “Operating a Trac
tor Safely.”
The winner will represent the chap
ter in the district elimination at
Tifton some time after April 15.
JIMMIE TEMPLES, Reporter.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank all the nice people
for the-ir thoughtfulness and kind
during my illness. May God
bless each one of you.
MRS. ALBERT WILLIAMS.