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EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME 93 > NO. 36 Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’ INSECT CONTROL MEETING HERE WELL ATTENDED Approximately 130 farmers, gin ners, warehousemen, insecticide and equipment dealers from this county and the surrounding area attended the meeting on Cotton Insect Control held here May 19. Entomologists from Shell Chemical Goirp., Jackson, Miss., Florida Agri cultural Supply Company, Jackson ville, Fla., and the Georgia Agricul tural Extension Service, Athens, dis cussed in a very interesting manner the cotton insects common to the cotton grower, their feeding habits, life cycles, and their control. According to the specialists, proper timing of all poisonings is very es sential. The cotton fanner should observe his cotton very closely from the time it begins squaring for boll weevils and worms. The entomologists pointed out that poisoning should begin in Early coun ty this week, when much of the cotton will have produced squares about the size of a pencil eraser. Weevils that have been in hiberna tion over the winter are in practical ly all fields. Therefore, early control will kill off these weevils and prevent them from laying eggs in the new squares. Again, proper timing is es sential. Poisoning too early will miss many of the late-emerging weevils, and poisoning too late will give the weevils a chance to lay eggs in the punctured squares and much of the value of the application will be lost. Other important points that were brought out during the meeting in cluded the importance of making boll counts to check insect infestations and the importance of knowing which insect you are combatting and which poison is most effective. It was also emphasized that once the boll invades the cotton fields poison should be used which will both weevil and the worm thereafter. Entomologists taking part in the discussions included Dr. C. R. Jordan, Georgia Extension Service; Dr. man S. Mayeaux, Florida al Supply Company; and Mr. W. R. Smith, Shell Chemical Corporation. Other commercial and agricultural workers on the program were D. L. Extension Agronomist, Athens; Wyyne Wells, FASOO, Tifton; Johnson, FAlSCO, Quincy; J. C. ardson, District Extension Athens, and Ron Chase, Poiwder Company, Brunswick. A. J. Singletary, chairman of x Early County Cotton Committee, presided. The Bluffton Siwimming Pool open—good, clean swimming new. clean dressing rooms. RIS LEE. 0 OUR 'A J THE BY GRADUATE RATE WITH \S The Manhattan® label / m wSi has a kind of magic with * young men. So take <: advantage of Manhattan's® fine r .ft: reputation at graduc- * 0 lots of m 1 »: tion-time. We've suggestions for gifts for the graduate. l it ft ! f 9§? n ' i/ m m NOTICE! We wiii be closed all day Monday for Inventory. WE CLOSE AT 8:00 P. M. ON SATURDAYS Chas. E. Boyett Department Store (Owned by Logue’s Inc., of Ga.) -Z" r/NC T PniNT fedp €mmty 111 BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1953, Rufus Middleton Dies Of Self-Inflicted Pistol Wound William Rufus Middleton, 19, of this city, who operated a service sta tion on North Main street, died Monday morning at 7:30 o’clock at a local hospital from pistol wounds suffered two hours earlier which a coroner’s jury said were self-in flicted. Mr. Middleton resided on Powell avenue, where the fatal bullet was fired. A native of Miller county, where he was born November 3, 1903, be had resided' in Blakely for the past eleven years. He was a member of the Union Primitive Baptist Church in Miller County. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 5 o’clock in the Blakely Baptist Church, with the Rev. M. L. White and the Rev. W. E. Storey officiating. Interment was in the city cemetery, with Woodall Funeral Home of Albany in charge and the following, all nephews of the deceased, serving as pall-hear ers: Jimmy Mulkey, Donald Sheffield. Bruce Middleton, Larry Middleton, Hoyt Middleton, and Otis Houston. Surviving Mr. Middleton are his wife, Mrs. Obie Sheffield Middleton, Blakely; two sons, Garland Middle ton, Dothan, Ala., and Hayes Middle ton, Albany; four brothers, C. C., Fred, and Forrest, of Blakely, and Howard Middleton, of Colquitt; and one sister, Mrs. Lois Houston, of Colquitt. Thes have the sympathy of many friends in their loss. VFW POPPY SALE HERE SATURDAY Saturday, May 30, Memorial Day, is the annual VFW Poppy Day, Joe Pittman, local post commander, has announced. These poppies are made by disabled war veterans, are pur chased by VFW posts and the money goes to disabled veterans and their families.. The local post, purchased 1,000 poppies this year and gave them to the Kolomoki Girl Scouts, of whom Mrs. O. F. Thompson is leader. These girls will be on the streets of Blakely all day Saturday offering them for sale. Profits derived will go toward payment on the cost of the Girl Scouts’ vacation trip. We carry all good polishes, .aet us keep your shoes like new with our fine shoe repairing. BLAKELT SHOE SHOP. ROTARIANS HEAR TALKS ON SENIORS’ WASHINGTON TRIP An interesting account of the re cent trip to Washington of the Senior Class of Blakely-Union High School was given to the members of the Blakely Rotary Club at its meet ing the past Friday at noon. The program, in charge of Rotar ian Homer Brinson, principal of the school and one of the chaperones of the party, was presented by two members of the class and one of the faculty members, Mrs. Dunbar Grist. Christine Spence, president of the Senior Class, thanked the Rotarians for their contribution towai-d the expense of the trip and for other evidences of the club’s interest in various school activities. Bobby Jean Hall spoke on “What Impressed Me Most in Washington,” which was an interesting description of the tomb of the unknown soldier, generally regarded as one of the most im pressive and beautiful sights in the nation’s capital. Mrs. Grist then gave a resume of the trip from its in ception to the return of the group. The chief points of interest visited were given by Mrs. Grist, who praised the entire class for the manner in which each conducted himself dur ing this trip, which is one of the highlights in the lives of the 1953 graduates. Mrs. Brinson, also one of the chaperones, spoke briefly. Rotarian Brinson, who was attend ing the last meeting of the club as a member of the club, closed the program with a message of appre elation to the Rotarians for their co operation with the school and for many other courtesies extended him during his six y e a r s as a member of the club. He will leave soon for Lyons, Ga., where he has accepted the position of principal of the school for the coming year. President Richard Grist presided over the meeting. The only other visitor was Les Wall, of Cuthbert, who made up his attendance here. FIVE ACRE COTTON CONTEST DEADLINE IS JUNE 1 Early County farmers are being urged to take part in the 1953 Early County Five Acre Cotton Contest as the June 1 deadline for entering draws near. The local contest was first spon sored in 1951 by the Early County Cotton Improvement Committee and during the past two years 42 farmers have taken part in it. Unfavorable weather conditions in 1952 caused several farmers to drop out after they had etnered their contest plots. According to County Agent D. L. Maxjwell, the only requirements for entering are that the contest plot be five acres in one body, that the application be made by June 1 and that an accurate record be kept on the five acres. Separate divisions are set up for white and colored farmers. Application blanks are available at the County Agent’s office. SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO Clippings from the Early County News of May 24, 1928 THE Bobcats of Blakely Hi de feated the Albany Indians here last Thursday afternoon by the score of 3 to 2. It was a pitchers’ duel be tween Tarver for Blakely and Fergu son for Albany. :* * * THE Blakely schools will close for the term next week. The graduation I exercises will be held Friday night, June 1. * * * MR. CARL F. TOLAR and Miss Lollie Belle Roberts were married at (the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Jim Roberts, at Cedar Springs, last Sunday night, Rev. W. T. hanier performing the ceremony. * * * AMONG the graduates at jthorpe University this year is | iiam Fleming Underwood, son of Mr. I and Mrs. J. L. Underwood. ! CARLTON LINDSEY has complet ed his pharmaceutical course and •will return to his old post at Balk corn’s Drug Store next week. SENIOR CLASS GRADUATION FRIDAY NIGHT The series of entertainments inci dent to the closing of the spring term of the Blakely-Union School which began last week will come to a close with the Jack & Jill Kindergarten graduation tonight (Thursday) and the Senior Class graduation Friday night. The opening program was a piano recital by the pupils of Miss Evelyn DuBose on Monday evening of last week. On Wednesday evening the pupils of Mrs. E. T. Crawford were present ed in a piano recital. On Thursday evening the Junior Class of the high school presented their play, “Don’t Take My Penny.” Each of these entertainments was attended by good crowds. Sunday evening the baccalaureate sermon was delivered at the school auditorium by the Rev. Harcourt E. Waller, Episcopal minister, of Bain bridge, who is also vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Blakely. Rev. Mr. Waller’s message, both eloquent and timely, was heard by a large crowd. Tonight (Thursday), beginning at 8:15 o’clock, the Jack & Jill Kinder garten Class of Mrs. C. G. Brewer will be presented in their graduation exercises. The program will feature “Mother Goose and Her Goslings.” Graduates are Rick Hall, Patsy Aus tin, Phil Clinkscale, Dianne Crowdis, ! Ralph Hobbs, Julia Davis, Donnie Bowman, Billy Temples, Sonny King, Robert Sheffield, Johnny Johnston, Ed Brown, Jerry Gleaton, Sharyn Shoemaker, Jimmie Middleton, Gor don White, Carol Brown, Johnny Craft, Walter Sessions, William Ses sons, Beverly Gilbert, Linda Wdener, Angeline Thompson, and Sara Cox. j Under graduates are Mary Carol j Kuczynski, Charlotte Grist, and Su | zan Patterson. The public is cordial ly invited to attend this program. The Senior Class graduation exer cises Friday night, beginning at 8 o’clock, will bring the commencement season to a close and mark the end of the 1952-53 term of school. First honor - goes to Gracie 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 j 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, Laiwson, Carolyn Sheffield, Nancy Ann 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- MR. AND MRS. Mack Strickland announce the birth of a son on Mon day, May 21. * * * MISS Evelyn Sherman will receive the degree of A. B. in Journalism and Mr. Edwin S. Boyett will receive 1 the degree of Bachelor of Law at j the 127th commencement of the Uni I versity of Georgia this year. 75 YEARS AGO From Issue of May 24, 1878 FOURTEEN bales of wool were sold in Arlington last Tuesday at i 21.55 per pound. * * * MR. R. J. F. GRIST claims to have the wisest old gobbler in all ^jg C0U ntry. Previous to the as gembling of the district meeting of j the A M E. Church in this place, ! he roosted on top of the hen house, ! but during the sessions of that body, j he took his stand under the kitchen at the side of a setting turkey hen. On Monday night after the meeting had adjourned, the old gobbler re sumed his former position. $2.00 A YEAR Proposed School Bond Issue Endorsed By Lions Club Members of the Blakely Lions Club went on record Tuesday as fa voring the proposed $275,000 bond issue to finance school improvements in Early county, after hearing a talk on the subject by Lion R. K. Sites, county school superintendent. These bonds will finance improve ments at Jakin, Hilton, Damascus and Blakely, in addition to the $1,336,000.00 program now under way and being financed by the State School Building Authority. Main im provements at Blakely will be a gym nasium and auditorium. A majority of those voting will carry the bond issue, and June 30 has been tenta tively set to hold the referendum, Mr. Sites stated. Negotiations are now under way by O. F. Thompson, a member of the board of education, to obtain twenty acres of land across from the pres ent Wade Estate on which to con struct these new buildings. President Bob Durham presided over the meeting and announced that the next meeting on June 9 will be held at the Womans Club in order to take care of the crowd which is expected to attend to hear Leo Aik man, Atlanta Constitution columnist. He also announced that the semi annual ladies’ night party and instal lation of new officers will be held on June 25. Visitors present at Tuesday’s meet ing were George Gee, a guest of Lion Charlie Dunning, and George Hammond, a guest of Lion Bernard Herring. BLAKELY HIGH 1953 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 18: *Morgan at Blakely Sept. 25. :|t iCuthbert at Cuthibert Oct. 2: * Quitman at Blakely Oct. 9: * Daws on at Blakely Oct. 16: * Pelham at Blakely Oct. 23: ^Camilla at Blakely Oct. 30 :* Rehobeth, Ala., at Blake ly Nov. 6: *Donalsonville at Blakely Nov. 1.3: *,Sylvester at Sylvester Nov. 20: Bainibridge at Bainbridge * Denotes Region 2B Games. Captain and Co-Captain-eleet for the 1953-54 school year are: Football: Captain, Herbert Swords; Co-Captain, Carl Fariss. Boys’ Basketball: William Amos, Harvey Woolf. Girls’ Basketball; Doris Odum, Mary Stokes. Baseball: Ted Smith, Bobby Bost wick. Coach. Steve Summerhill; Assist ant Coach to be elected at an early date. THE LAW CATCHES THE LAW’S HAND No favorites are being played in the enforcement of the law by the Early county sheriff’s office. Sheriff Swann reported this week that Dep uty Julian Freeman arrested R. B. Mosely, Negro, for possessing liquor making apparatus. Mosely is an em ployee on Deputy Freeman’s farm. borough, William Odum, Julian Tooke, Ronald Taylor, Bobby Loy less, H. T. Cleveland, Max Jordan, Chester McKnight, and J. D. Arnett. Mt iti i COOL AND PLEASANT ? It’s cool in our bank, because it’s air-condi- ? tioned. It is pleasant to do business with us, be cause it is a pleasure for us to serve you. f If you are not one of our regular patrons, we invite you to become one. You'll like our air-conditioned bank on these hot summer days, and in any season you’ll like r /'I our friendly, helpful service. i \ First State Bank ( Blakely, Georgia 4i Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 1 PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT •* SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES BOND ISSUE PROPOSAL The Early County Board of Edu cation Monday announced a proposal to finance additions to four ‘white schools in the county through a $275,000 bond-issue. Board Chairman F. B. Melton said the issue would be presented to the voters of Early County, probably late in June. The board Approved the bond issue plan and instructed A. H. Gray, at torney for the board, to begin prep arations for the special election im mediately. Heading the list of school addi tions to be financed through the bond issue is a new auditorium-gym nasium for Blakely-Union School. The present auditorium, built dur ing World War II, actualy is a mul tipurpose room, Chairman Melton said, and will seat less than 500 persons. The school this year has an enrollment of 894 students. In addition to its use as an audi torium, the space has doubled as a study hall and a dining hall. The board estimates that $155,570 of the bond issue would be spent on the Blakely-Union School. Tentative allocations for other white schools in the county from the bond issue would include $14,640 to Damascus; $70,340 to Jakin; and $34,450 to Hilton. The $275,000 will be in addition to the $1,214,000 currently being spent on Early County schools under the Georgia minimum foundation pro g 2 -am, Mr. Melton said. He added that most of the state program funds are ear-marked for Negro schools in the county. HOME DEMONSTRATION COUNCIL SPONSORS KIRVEN’S FASHION SHOW The Early County Home Demon stration Council is sponsoring a Fashion Show, which will be present ed this afternoon, May 28, in the American Legion Hall, by Kirven’s Department Store of Columbus. Miss Lucia Claire Hutchinson, Miss Georgia, 19i5‘3*. will be one of the models in the show. A well known stylist of California, Miss Helen Graybar, will be commen tator for the show. Everyone is invited to attend. A small admission fee will be charged, all of which will go into the Home Demonstration Council treasury. SATURDAY HOLIDAY I FOR CITY AND RURAL MAIL CARRIERS In observance of Memorial Day Saturday, there will be no rural de livery service and only one city de livery service, and that in the busi ness district, Postmaster Emory Houston announces. However, the positoffice will be open all day, dis pensing the usual service, the post master said. MILITARY PICTURE TO BE SHOWN On Thursday night, June 4, the fa mous motion picture, “The Wooden Horse,” will be shown by the Blake ly VART Flight at the Vocational Agriculture building. The picture will be shown at 8 p. m. and the pub lic is invited to see this movie.