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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
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VOLUME 93 } NO. 35
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/'
PARADE STAGED
IN INTEREST OF
C. H. T. CONTEST
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Blakely’s biggest parade, held here
Friday afternoon, touched off a
week of “Clean-up, Paint-up, Fix-up,
and Light-up.”
The fire truck led off with an open
er, “Wake-Up,” and Ann Collins,
lovely Blakely blonde, brought the
parade to a close with the plaiard,
“Or Shut-Up,” over her target red
colored convertible in a spirit of
hilarity and fun.
Mayor J. G. Standifer led the bri
gade of business men with “Better
Blakely for Better People.” Alice
Hammack and Joyce Williams were
acting majorettes. Borne 40 Blakely
business men donned coveralls and
khaki to parade with brooms, mops,
lawn mowers, paint buckets, brushes
and other items representing clean
up activities.
The Boy Scouts carried out the
“Light-up” with lamps, lanterns, etc.,
their leaders carrying the flag and
the troop flag. The Kindergarten
Rhythm Band formed an attractive
feature.
Twelve attractive floats were en
tered by the Cub Scouts and Camp
Fire Girls. As part otf making Blake
ly a Better Home Town, one den
gathered old tin cans and another
■den took down out-of-date signs and
used these as the theme for their
entry.
The Bluebirds and Camp Fire Girls
bad attractive floats on Clean-up and
Fix-up. “Wash and Polish Windows”
and “Landscape Your Grounds” were
themes.
The Future Homemakers of Amer
ica entered a ibride and groom,
cutting the wedding cake for Fix-up
and the FFA entered a float under
Clean-up.
Pony entries came under Fix-up
and were among the most attractive
features of the parade. Blakely Hi
cheer leaders added beauty in a
group.
S. W. Tompkins was chairman of
the parade. Others serving with him
were Mrs. Grady Holman, Jr., Mrs.
Felix Davis, Jr., Mrs. C. G. Brewer,
Mrs. Oscar White-hard, Warren
Hunt, D. D. Knighton, R. B. Durham,
and Bernard Herring. •
See “Ruby Gentry,” Blakely Thea
tre Thursday and Friday.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1953.
CLAUDETTE FLEMING
NAMED DELEGATE
TO GIRL’S STATE
Announcement was made the past
week that Claudette Fleming, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fleming,
will represent Blakely-Union School
at Georgia Girl’s State this year.
Girl’s State will be held in College
Park, Ga., June 7-14.
Claudette was selected by the
Blakely high school faculty for out
standing leadership and good citizen
ship and will be a Senior at Blakely
Hi next year-, She will be the dele
gate of the American Legion Aux
iliary of Blakely. Girl’s State is
sponsored by the Georgia Legion
Auxiliary.
BLAKELY METHODISTS
TO SEND MOTORCADE
TO ALBANY SUNDAY
Methodists of this community will
join others of the Thomasville Dis
trict in celebrating the results of the
United Evangelistic Mission which
reached a climax Sunday. April 26.
They will take part in a Victory
Rally for the district at the First
Methodist Church in Albany, Ga.,
Sunday afternoon, May 24, at 3:30
o’clock.
Speaker for this occasion will be
Dr. Leonard H. Cochran, Pastor of
the St. Luke Methodist Church of
Columbus, Ga. ,The district superin
tendent, the Rev. W. E. Scott, will
preside. A massed choir will provide
special music.
This Victory Rally and similar
ones in the other 17 districts of the
state will bring to a close an intens
ive period of visitation and preach
ing evangelism in Methodist churches
of Georgia.
People who during the week of
this evangelistic effort have express
ed their faith in Christ and indicated
a desire to join the church, or who
have decided to move their member
ship to a church near their present
residence, are especially invited to
take part in this mass meeting.
The Blakely Methodist Church is
sponsoring a motorcade to the meet
ing. Chairman of the local commit
tee is Mrs. Oscar Whitchard.
E. H. CHEEK ELECTED
SENIOR VICE COM.
OF AMERICAN LEGION
Last Sunday at the Second District
American Legion Convention in Al
bany, E. H. Cheek, local post com
mander, was named Senior Vice
Commander of the District. This area
comprises all the posts in the Second
Congressional District.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
TO GRADUATE 84
BOYS AND GIRLS
The 1952-53 term of Early county
schools will come to a close Friday
evening, May 29, when the four high
schools hold their graduation exer
cises, Supt. R. K. Sites announced.
Eighty-four Early county boys and
girls will receive diplomas at these
exercises.
The following is the scheduled pro
grams, together with the names of
the graduates at the four schools.
BLAKELY-UNION: Baccalaureate
Sermon Sunday, May 24, 8:00 p. m.,
at the school auditorium, by the Rev.
Harcourt Waller, of Bainbridge.
Graduation exercises will follow Fri
day night, May 29, at &o’clock. First
honor goes to Grade Mae Posey and
second to Marilyn Middleton. To rep
resent the class as speakers are
Christine Spence to deliver the wel
come address and Gloria Sammons
the farewell address, They were
chosen by a vote of the honor stu
dents, those making an average of
90 and above. Others to receive di
plomas are Joanne Perry, Jean Pyle,
Glenda Tiner, Ann Martin, Milton
Cashwell, William Chambers, Janette
Brownlee, Mary Sam Bridges, Janis
Barrentine, Henrietta Day, Janette
Floyd, Betty Jean Lindsey, Carolyn
Sheffield, Nancy Ann Lawson, Mar
tha Ann Jones. Eleanor Joiner, An
gie Hudspeth. Joan Jarrett, Bobbie
Jean Hall, Delorio Glover, Lillian
Mims, Sandra Sheffield, Amanda
Sheffield. Ouida Williams, Regina
White, Virginia Weaver, Jane Priest,
Shirley Scarborough, Elizabeth Wall,
Martha Ann Tooke, Ben Hunt, Har
rell White, George Earl Beasley, Har
old Day, Richard Nash, Charles Scar
borough, William Odum, Julian
Tooke. Ronald Taylor, Bobby Loy
less, H. T. Cleveland, Max Jordan,
Chester McKnight, and J. D. Arnett.
DAMASCUS: Operetta, “The Land
of Sometime,” Friday night, May 22,
at 8:30 at gymnasium, in which ev
ery school child will be represented.
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday, May
24, 11a. m., by the Rev. Harold
Pullen, of Damascus, at high school
auditorium. Music recital at school
auditorium Tuesday, May 26, at 8:30
p. m. Graduation exercises Friday
night. May 29. 8 o’clock, at school
auditorium. Juanita Womble, first
honor student, will give the farewell
address, and Vivian Brownlee, sec
ond honor graduate, will give the wel
come address. The address will be
by Dr. Pete Donalson^ of Abraham
Baldwin College, Tifton. Names of
graduates: Edith Bridges, Charles
Bridges, Vivian Brownlee, Julia Mae
Bundy, Warren Cleveland, Sara
Nell Floyd, Bobby Jean George, Sybil
Lov Hartley, Jackie Johnson, Helen
Middleton, Jo Ann Pullen, Juanita
Womble, Jack Wright.
HILTON: Baccalaureate Sermon
by the Rev. W. E. Storey, of Blakely,
Sunday, May 24, 11 a. m., school
auditorium, and graduation exercises
to follow Friday evening, May 29,
at 8:30 o’clock. Jennie Lee Cannon
will deliver the valedictory and Har
old Leyrnone Lane the salutatory. The
speaker will be Mr. Bob MeWright.
Members of the class are Charles
Ray Chandler, Clarence Eugene
Johnson, Willie Millard Wiley, Her
bert Harold Weeims. William Cefus
Powell, Bessie Mae Martin, Wilma
Gloria Cannon. Peiggy Vivian Cash
well, Patricia Marie Cannon, Jennie
Lee Cannon, Harold Leyrnone Lane.
JAKIN: Baccalaureate Sermon
Sunday, May 24, 8 o’clock p. m., by
the Rev. Charles Jackson, of Fitzger
ald, and commencement exercises to
follow on Thursday night, instead of
Friday, at the school auditorium.
Claire Fiances Johnson will deliver
the valedictory and Mary Ellen Wil
iams the salutatory. Sara Joe Gruber
has also been selected as a class
speaker because of her high scholas
tic average. Others to receive di
plomas are Ann Vyonne Wright, Earl
Kenneth Pace, Audrey Zerlen Mc
Lendon, Martha Geraldine Cannon,
Margie Ruth McMullen, Hilda Ann
Revells, James Ward Phillips, James
H. Riley, Hollis Renfro Carter.
BLAKELY MEN TAKE
PART IN U. S. NAVY
“OPERATION SEAJUMP”
Pacific Fleet (FHTNC), May 15.—
Taking part in “Operation Seajump,”
a large scale amphibious training ex
ercise off the coast of Southern
California, arc James M. Blanken
ship, seaman, U.SN,, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Blankenship, of Route 1,
serving aboard the attack transport
U-SS Bayfield, and Ernest C. Waller,
seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Waller, serving aboard the
attack transport UStS Cavalier, both
of Blakely, Ga.
The climax of the exercise will be
a full scale land assault by amphib
ious forces supported by air units
and helicopter landing attack forces, 1
against an “enemy” entrenched i
Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif.
JUNIOR-SENIOR
BANQUET HELD
FRIDAY NIGHT
The Old South was the theme for
the Junior-Senior banquet held at the
Blakely-Union school‘Friday evening.
The typical Southern butler, Jack
Hoople, acted as doorman. Guests
were greeted by Junior girls dressed
as the lovely young ladies of yester
year.
Other scenes to carry out the
Old South background were the Con
federate Colonel and two young la
dies sipping mint juleps portrayed by
Dean Cook, LelMay Sims, and Grade
May Clark, in the foyer; and in the
banquet hall a Southern soldier and
his belle sat by baskets of cotton in
front of pine trees, portrayed by
Tommy Jordan and Helen Holman.
Pickaninnies on an old wagon of cot
ton and hay added hilarity to the
scene.
Magnolia and Southern smilax
formed the background for the at
tractive arrangements of roses,
glads, and Easter lilies. Individual
tables held burning candles where
the programs, place cards, and nap
kins were decorated with a Southern
belle in a flower garden under a
Southern moon. Favors were lapel
pins of an old black mammy (made
of a pecan) wearing a bandanna.
Faculty members were seated at a
long table which held center ar
rangements of spring flowers.
Principal H. H. Brinson gave the
invocation; Norman Smith extended
the welcome from the senior class;
Marilyn Middleton, Martha Jane
Rogers, and Jacqueline Widener
sang “Come On Down .South,” and
Marilyn, Jacqueline, and Ann Martin
sang “In An Old Fashioned Garden.”
Bill Barksdale, president of the
Junior class, gave a toast to the
Seniors and Christine Spence, presi
dent of the Senior class, responded
with a toast to the Junior's. Miss An
nette Alexander made the address to
the classes. Taking part in “That’s
What I Like About the South” were
James Temples, Hal Bynum. Fred
Bynum, Dwight Mercer, Betty Stin
son, Patricia Pittman, Ruth Whatley,
Lindsay Dennis, Linton Thompson,
Flo Puckett, Diane Sites, Adrea Den
nis, Ed Balkcom, Earl Cheek, and
Carlie Bell. H. T. Cleveland, Claud
ette Fleming, Faye Robinson, and
Harvey Wooif gave an exhibition
waltz.
Seniors present were: Janis Bar
rentine, Jeanette Brownlee, Henriet
ta Day, Mary Sam Bridges, Janette
Floyd, Deloria Glover, Bobbie Jean
Hall, Angie Hudspeth, Joan Jarrett,
Eleanor Joiner, Martha Ann Jones,
Nancy Ann Lawson, Carolyn Shef
field, Christine Spence, Glenda Tiner,
Martha Ann Tooke, Elizabeth Wall,
Virginia Weaver, Regina White,
Ouida Williams, J. D. Arnett, George
Earl Beasley, Milton Cashwell, Wil
liam Chambers, Betty Jean Lindsey,
Ann Martin, Marilyn Middleton, Lil
lian Minis, Joanne Perry, Grade Mae
Posey, Jane Priest, Jean Pyle, Gloria
Sammons, Shirley Scarborough,
Amanda Sheffield, Sandra Sheffield,
H. T. Cleveland, Harold Day, Ben
Hunt, Max Jordan, Bobby Loyless,
Chester McKnight, Richard Nash,
William Odum, Charles Scarborough,
Ronald Taylor, Julian Tooke, Harold
White.
Juniors present were: Miriam By
num, Louise Blackburn, Evelyn
Clark, Mary Alice Driver, Marion
Ervin, Claudette Fleming, Wynette
Hayes, Virginia Jackson, Myra Sue
Jenkins, Nita Jones, Martha Nash,
Betty Odum, Mary Frances Owen,
Hallie Ruth Perry, Bobby Jean Rog
ers, Martha Jane Rogers, Faye Rob
inson, Mary Stokes, Lucy Ann Was
din, Bernice Weaver, Jacqueline Wid
ener, William Amos, Bill Barksdale,
Max Bynum, Jimmy Brown, Charles
Cosby, Royce Davenport, Carl Far
iss, John J. Hewitt, Mickey McDon
ald, Norman Nobles, Billy Pittman,
Ted Sirmons, Norman Smith, Craw
ford Swann, Herbert Siwords, Eugene
Watson, Harvey White, Harvey
Woolf, Jim Nix.
Mrs. Alyce Dennis, Mrs. Charlie
Houston and Steve Summerhill are
sponsors of the Junior class and as
sisted in arranging for the banquet
and the dance which followed. Gene
Phillips and his orchestra, of Bain
bridge, played for the dance.
AMERICAN LEGION JR.
LEAGUE BASEBALL
TRY-OUTS TO BE HELD
Tuesday, May 26, at 3:30 ,p. m.,
try-outs will be held for the Ameri
can Legion Junior League Baseball
team. Any boy who was born on or
after January 1, 1936, is eligible for
this team. Only sixteen boys will be
signed. Any surrounding community
or town is invited to send boys to
try out for this team. The try-outs
will be held at the local high school
athletic field.
E. H. CHEEK, Commander,
P. H. Fitzgerald Post 11.
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GLENDA TINER NAMED
‘MISS AMERICAN LEGION'
FOR SECOND DISTRICT
Miss Glenda Tiner was named
Miss American Legion of the Second
District at a contest held at the
American Legion Home in Albany
Saturday' night. Glenda won over
nine other contestants competing
from Albany, Bain.bridge, Thomas
ville, Moultrie, Cairo, Camilla, Leary,
and Edison.
She was crowned Miss Early Coun
ty last fall at the Fair and Peanut
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Festival, making the second time
she has received this honor at home.
Glenda is as intelligent as she is
beautiful. She was winner of the
state contest sponsored by the Amer
ican Legion for an essay on “Amer
icanism” last year and was recently
offered a scholarship at Weslyean
College.
As representative from the Second
Congressional district for the Amer
ican Legion, she will take part in the
state beauty contest to be held j n
July. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Tiner, of Cedar
Springs.
SPECIAL AGENT F. B. I.
SPEAKS TO LOCAL
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The Hi-Y Club presented a chapel
program to Blakely-Union High
School Tuesday, May 12.
The devotional was led by Jimmy
Temples. In developing his subject,
“What Is Right?” he used Scripture,
Prov. 14:12, 21:2, 12:5, and Psalms
19:8, 149:11.
Max Jordan, the outgoing presi
dent, was master of ceremonies. He
introduced Bill Barksdale, the new
president, who in turn presented John
E. Davis, Special Agent from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, At
lanta office. He told of their work
in a very interesting manner. His
main point was made clear, “Crime
Never Pays.”
After the chapel program the bus
iness meeting for the month was
held in a class room, which was call
ed to order by Bill Barksdale. Sec
retary Dean Cook read minutes of
last meeting. iRoyce Davenport and
Charles Cosby were elected as dele
gates to the Summer Conference
that will be held at A. B. A.. C.,
Tifton. George Pullen and “Buddy”
Sites are alternates.
Plans were made for the annual
picnic with the Tri-Hi-Y girls at
Porter’s, near Dothan.
The meeting was closed with the
Hi-Y Benediction.
GEORGE PULLEN, Reporter.
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Deposit part of‘it in a Savings Account, place re
mainder in a CHECKING ACCOUNT.
You'll get ahead fast. Remember the time to
save is when you are making money.
TRY IT AND WATCH
THE RESULTS.
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Blakely, Georgia
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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LITTLE MAJOR
LEAGUE TO OPEN
ON JUNE 4
The Little Major League, 7 base
ball teams composed of Blakely and
Early county boys between the ages
of 10 and 14, will open on June 4,
it has been announced.
Games will be played twice each
week—on Monday and Thursday
nights. There will be two teams of
boys under ten years of age. These
teams will be managed by Alex and
Mobley Howell. Four teams will oi
chosen from the age group of 10 to
14 years. These teams will be the
Yankees, managed by Billy Peters
and Sid Jones; the Cardinals, man
aged by Jack White and H. R. Sto
all; Red Sox, managed by Son
Jones and Homer Bush, Jr.; Giants,
managed by Jack Clifton and Em
mett Smith. From these four teams
a seventh team will be chosen to
represent Blakely in a little league
composed of the towns of Edison,
Shellman, Arlington, and Morgan,
These games will be played twice
each week—on Monday and Thurs
day afternoons.
The season with all teams will
continue through August 3, to be fol
lowed by the playoffs.
Directors for the Blakely little
league are Rev. W. E. Storey, James
DuBose, Homer Bush, Sr., and Bert
Tarver.
Umpires are Bernard Herring, Bill
Arnold, Grady Holman, Jr., and C.'
A. Bell.
Funds with which to operate the
league are needed and all interested
persons are asked to mail checks to
! James DuBose, secretary-treasurer.
I Any surplus which mlay ibe accumu
lated will be used to purchase foot
ball uniforms for the junior boys
this fall, it was announced.
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FASHION SHOW HERE
MAY 28 TO FEATURE
“MISS GEORGIA”
A feature of the 4-H Club and
Home Demonstration dress revpe
here Thursday, May 28, will be a
fashion show from Kirven’s Depart
ment Store, Columibu§, and featuring
Lucia Hutchinson, who was crowned
“Miss Georgia” at the beauty pag
eant hed the past week in Columbus.
j The fashion show and dress revue
j will Home be held 2 o’clock at the American Thursday Legion aft
at next
ernoon.
CURRENT OFF TODAY /
FROM 1 TO 2 O’CLOCK
City Clerk G. D. Bridges an
nounces that the electric current will
be turned off all over town today
(Thursday) from 1 until 2 o’clock
p. m., while cut in is being made at
the ney Georgia Power Company
sub-station.
We carry all good polishes, net
us keep your shoes like new with
our fine shoe repairing. BLAKELY
SHOE SHOP.