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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
ROTARIANS
ENDORSE SCHOOL
BOND PROPOSAL
Strong individual endorsement was
given by members of the Blakely Ro
tary Club at their meeting the past
Friday to the proposed $275,000
school bond issue to be voted on by
Early county citizens on July 7. 1
Friday's program was given over
to a discussion of the proposal, with
Rotarian Tommy Tompkins, member
of the city school board and program
chairman for the day, opening the
discussion with an interesting and
informative talk on the need for the
additional school facilities which the
sale of the bonds would provide. He
cited the fact that the county tax
rate now is 8 1-2 mills less than it
was three years ago, and under the
new rate if the bond issue is passed,
the rate would be increased only
3 1-2 mills, still leaving the tax rate
Jess than it was three years ago.
Others taking part in the discussion
were Rotarians Raymond Singletary,
Elder Crawford, and George Gee,
who spoke in behalf of the proposal.
Fletcher Thompson, member of
the county board of education, an
swered a 2 number of gquestions relat
ing to the bond issue and stated that
the building program—that which is
being financed by the state school
building authority and the money de
rived from the bond issue—would
constitute the amount to be spent
in the county for the next twenty
vears, therefore it is highly desirable
that the job be done to fill the needs
for that length of time.
It was pointed out that most of
the state money would go toward
the building of additional facilities
for the Negro schools to equalize
their educational system. Money
from the bond issue would be applied
toward educational facilities for the
four county high schools.
Numbers of the club members en
dorsed the proposal and promised to
work for its passage.
Guests at Friday's meting included
Rotarians John Phillips and Jeff Da
vis, of Albany, guests of Rotarian
Raymond Singletary, and Bill Cheek,
a guest of Rotarian Jim Crowdis.
President Richard Grist presided
over the meeting.
Donald O'Connor and Debbie Rey
nolds in “l Love Melvin,” Blakely
Theatre Thursday and Friday.
JUNE 21
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VOLUME 93 } NO. 38
Carlp Connip News
SUMMERHILL EMPLOYED
AS CITY RECREATIONAL
DIRECTOR TWO MONTHS
The City Council, at its last meet
ing, elected Steve Summerhill as
Recreational Director for the sum
mer program, beginning June 15 and
continuing through August 15.
The program will consist of swim
ming, tennis, dancing, indoor games,
and pienics,
On June 15 at 10 a. m., all chil
dren between the ages of 6 and 16
are urged to register at the city
pool.
There will be free swimming les
sons taught to various groups from
beginner’s to advanced courses, as
well as life-saving courses, °
A life guard has been placed at
the city pool and all children are
urged to cooperate and take part in
this program for the safety and rec
reational values this summer,
FIRST DIST. GEORGIA
~ P.-T. A. ENDS YEAR
WITH 7708 MEMBERS
The First District of the Georgia
P.-T. A. ended the year with' 7708
members in 45 units, according to
the report of Mrs. H. M. Kandel,
state president. Mrs. J. N. Pinson,
Jr., of Baconton, is district director.
The district includes the counties of
Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decaur, Early,
Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell,
Randolph, Seminole, and Terrell.
Largest membership in the distriet
was that of the Bainbridge P.-T. A,
which has 1103 members. Life mem
berships in this district listed for
this year were those of Mrs. J. M.
Hines, Mrs. J. G. Brock, Mrs. J. L.
Anderson, Mrs. Julian Webb, and
Mrs. Frank Shingler.
~ The P.-T. A’s in Early county are
at Blakely, Cedar Springs, Hilton,
Jakin, Liberty Hill, and New Hope.
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CARD OF THANKS
' 1 wish to thank my friends for the
flowers and cards sent to me during
my stay in the hospital and while at
home. lam indeed grateful to each
of you and will always remember
your thoughtfulness.
| G. J. CORRELL.
We carry all good polishes. wret
us keep your shoes like new with
our fine shoe repairing. BLAKELY
'SHOE SHOP.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1953,
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—*“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
The voters of Early county will
have the opportunity on July 7 to
either endorse or reject a proposed
$275,000 bond issue for improvement
of facilities of the four county white
high schools.
The money to be derived from the
sale of the bonds would go toward
additional facilities of these four
schools and would be in addition to
the $1,214,000 to be spent by the
state school building authority in this
county in the program which is ex
pected to get under way at once.
The greater portion of the state
money is to be spent on the Negro
schools of the county to bring them
up to the standard required by the
state and federal laws. It is to sup
plement this building program that
the bond issue is being submitted.
As The News undeystands the sit
uation, this money being spent by
the state is considered a twenty-year
building program, and there is little
DAMASCUS AND
JAKIN SENIOR
CLASS TRIP
By JUANITA WOMBLE, Damascus
Senior Class Reporter.
Monday morning, June 1, the Da
mascus and Jakin Seniors and chap
erones met together in Albany to
board the train to start on the.r sen
ior class trip. \
There were so many things we
saw and did, it is impossible to re
member or explain them in fullest
detail. To barely name a few:
In Richmond, we visited the Vir
ginia State Capitol; the church where
Patrick Henry gave his famous
speech with the ringing words, “Give
me liberty or give me death;” and
other historical buildings.
We toured Jamestown, the place
of the first American colony, and
then toured Williamsburg, which was
very fascinating, with its 18th cen
tury style buildings, imitative co
lonial practices, and other interest
ing exhibitions,
Tuesday night we spent on a boat
on the Potomac river, We left Old
Point Comfort, Virginia, and arrived
éfie Baltimore, Marylund, seeing sights
re. .
We toured Annapolis, Harfiand.
and found the tour of the aval
Academy to be one of our most in
teresting experiences.
Arriving in Washington, we stayed
at the Harrington Hotel,
The Washington tour included the
Nation’s Capitol; the White House;
Lincoln Memorial; the Washington
Monument; the Tomb of the Un
known Soldier; the Smithsonian In
stitute; the Pan-American Building;
and other buildings and sights of
interest. We also saw the process
of paper money beinz made; the
Jefferson Memorial, and various oth
er sights and buildings of govern
ment and historical value, We toured
George Washington's famous home,
Mt, Vernon.
Late Thursday afternoon, we were
a tired group of people boarding the
train for home, but we were also
&lad to have the privilege of spend
ing all these hours touring our na
tion's capital and those other his
torical places, of which I have briefly
‘mentioned only a few,
. Those who went on the tour were:
F‘mm Jakin—Bara Joe Gruber, Mary
,“_miun-. Frances Johnson, Ann
'\\rufht. J. W, Phillips, Earl Pace,
James Riley, Margie McMullen, Hilda
Revells, Zerlene McLendon, Renfro
Carter, Geraldine Cannon; chaper
ones, Mr. Leonard Brooks, Mrs, W
bur Evans,
} Damascus: Sara Nell Floyd, Jo
Ann Pullen, Edith Bridges, Jackle
Johnson, Bobble George, Julia Mae
Bund&.. Sybil Hartley, Helen Middle
ton, Vivian Brownlee, Charles Brid
wes, Jack Wright, Warren Cleve
land, Juanita Womble; chaperones,
Mr. and Mrs, M. B. George, Mr.
Clyde Poole, Mr. Charles Cooper,
I:vo vldwm-: f?)m Albany ou‘l;:o went
ong w Jamane us-— o and
James Sanders,
DAY CAMP FOR |
CAMP FIRE GIRLS '
AND BLUEBIRDS
Day Camp dates for Camp Fire
Girls and Blue Birde will be June 1,
17, 24, July 1, &, and 15, The camp
will be at the swimming pool. Camp
ers should contact their leaders for
additional information,
FREE MOTH-PROOF BAG at
HOWELL'S CLEANERS with each
two dollars worth of cleaning. Phone
4724 for pick-up and delivery.
5-28-ts |
Let’s Put Over This Bond Issue
(An Editorial)
likelihood that we may expect any
additional help from the state for
that period of time, Only at the lo
cal level, and at county tax payers’
expense, will there by any further
building done in this county.
With this prospect in view, the
county board of education feels that
now is the time to build the added
facilities needed at the county white
high schools and has submitted the
question to the voters of the county.
The News believes the bond issue
should be passed and hopes no se
rious opposition to its passage ‘will
develop. The money will provide
facilities that no one familiar with
the schools will deny are badly need
ed at present—and will be even
more badly needed in the immediate
future.
While we are providing these needs
for Early county children, let's not
go just part of the way—llet’s at least
provide for the needs of the years
jhst ahead of us.
BOLL WEEVILS
l ARE ACTIVE IN
| EARLY COTTON
Dr. C. R. Jordan, entomologist
for the Agricultural Extension Serv
ice of the University of Georgia,
reported this week that boll weevils
are present “in large numbers on
young cotton in some areas. He
lumd that farmers apply an appli
cation of poison if weevils are pres
ent in their fAeids.
Dr. Jordan said the t'me to make
this application is just before the
largest squares in the field are big
enough for egg punctures. This will
be about the size of an ordinary
pencil eraser, he added.
It was explained that the purpese
of this application is to prevent the
overwintering weevils from laying
eges in the squares and building up
a large infestation.
“If the application is too early,”
Dr. Jordan said, “a lot of late-emerg
ing weevils will be missed. If it is
too late, many eggs will have been
laid in the squares and much of the
value of the application will be lost.
'Proper timing is essential.”
~ The following insecticides were
recommended for early-season boll
weevil control:
. Dusts—three percent BHC, ten lbs.
per acre; 20 percen! toxaphene, ten
pounds; two and one-half percent
aldrin, ten pounds; one and one-half
percent dieldrin, ten pounds; and two
and one-half percent haptachlor, ten
pounds,
. Sprays—BHC, one-third pound of
active ingredient per acre; toxaphene,
one and one-half lbs.; adrin, one
fourth pound; dieldrin, one-fifth Ib.;
and heptachlor, one fourth pound.
It was pointed out that sprays are
considered to be more practical and
perhaps a little more economical for
early-season control, “But dusts will
do a job if properly appled,” Dr,
Jordon said.
FORMER BLAKELY LADY
DIES AT HOME OF HER
DAUGHTER IN MISS.
Mrs. Mary Crozier Halsten, widow
of the late C. C. Haisten, died Sun
day afternoon in Mos Point, Min..‘
at the home of her daughter, Mys.
Eob Baass,
Mrs, Haisten was formerly a resi
dent of Blakely and was a daughter
of the late Mr, and Mrs, N, J. Croz
ler., She moved many years ago to
Panama City, Fla., and had made
her home there sinee unti] ahout two
years ago, when she removed to
Moss Point, Miss. BShe had been Il
for several months, having suffered
a =troke,
Funeral services were held at Moss
Point Monday and then her body
was carried to Panama City for inter.
ment Tuesday.
Surviving Mrs. Halsten, whe had
many friends in Blakely, are a daugh
ter, Mrs. Bob Bass, of Moss Point;
a sister, Mre, Jim Inman, of Thom
asville; and two grandchildren, .
METHODIST PASTOR
ATTENDING ANNUAL
SOUTH GA. CONFERENCE
i (e
~ Rev. C. R. McKibben is attending
j,the annual session of the South Geor
gia Conference of the Methodist
Church in Albany this week. Mr.
}McKib‘ben, who is completing his
first year's pastorate here, carried
la good report of the year's work to
the conference. A, J, Singletary is
the lay delegate to the conference,
and the associate lay delegate is Ros
}coe Hodges. A number of other
members of the church attended va
rious sessions of the conference dur
ing the week. The conference will
close Friday.
~ P.M. A.NEWS
‘ ———
By R. R. McLENDON, Chairman
PMA Committee,
Wheat Allotment For New
Farms
Farms on land on wnich no wheat
was seeded for any of the years
1951, 1952, and 1953 may apply
for a 1954 wheat acreage allotment.
To be considered for an allotment
on a farm which had no wheat seed
ed for any of these years, the farm
er must apply in writing to |his
county PMA Committee by June 25,
1953,
Blank application forms are avail
able at the county PMA office for
use in filing requests for allotments.
1953 Peanut Marketing Quota
| The measurement of the planted
lu-reages of peanuts will begin in the
county on Monday, June 15, 1953.
Producers will be required to furn
ish a chainman to accompany the re
porter to the various fields planted
to peanuts. This year we have a new
aerial photography which was flown
in January on a 330 scale. This
should enable the reporters to do a
more accurate and a faster job than
in the past. With your cooperation,
we feel thal we can complete the
initial measurements before anyone
begins harvesting.
FORMER HILTON
TEACHER DIES AT
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
‘ Friends in Early county will learn
‘wit,h regret of the death on May 28
of Linton T. Foshee, of Jacksonville,
Fla. Mr. Foshee, who was 48 years
of age, formerly taught in the Hilton |
school in this county. He was also
formerly principal of the Yulee
school and the Hilliard school in
Jacksonville. He was a native of Al
exander City, Ala, |
__Surviving Mr. Foshee are his wife,
Mrs. Pauline Foshee; four sons; three |
sisters; and four brothers, |
. Funeral services were held in the
Jennings High School auditorium,
Jacksonville, where he was principal.
kßuri‘l was in Pinehurst, Ga., ceme
tery. |
PRESERVE your winter clothes,
DAVIS LAUNDRY & DRY CLEAN
ERS gives a free moth proofing and
cedar bag with each $2.00 worth of
dry cleaning. Telephone 4264, We
;nirk up and deliver, 6-4-tfe
WHAT A FARMER
WANTS FROM HIS BANK
Farmers tell us they like these things best
about a banking connection:
A place to get financial advice . . . a place to
find all needed financial facilities under one roof
++» but most of all, a place to get friendly financia)
advice,
That's the way we try to operate. You're
welcome to come in and see us at any time.
.
First State Bank
Blakely, Georgia
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$2.00 A YEAR
VISITING SINGER
AND SPEAKER ON
LIONS PROGRAM
The Blakely Lions Club heard a
most interesting program Tuesday,
when one of America’s promising
young tenors sang several popular
numbers and one of Georgia’s out
standing newspaper columnists spoke.
The speaker was Leo Aikman, of
the Atlanta Constitution, and the
singer was Dr. Robert Nesbitt, pro
fessor of music at Georgetown Uni
versity, and frequently featured on
national radio network shows.
Mr. Aikman delivered one of his
humorous talks and dressed it off
with a serious plea for a better un
derstanding between men of all races
throughout the land. His series of
arecdotes kept his audience laughing
throughout his talk and he was loud
ly applauded upon its conclusion.
Dr. Nesbitt, who studied abroad in
London and Germany, accémpanied
by his wife, the former Miss Parker,
of Arlington, sang “Little Bit of
Heaven,” “Tell Me That You Love
Me Tonight,” and for an encore
’nng “Almost Like Being In Love.”
He was warmly applauded. Dr. Nes
bitt is giving & concert in the Arl
ington high school Monday night at
8:30 o’clock. He and his wife are
spending a summer vacation with
Mrs. Nesbitt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Parker, of Arlington.
Guests at Tuesday’s meeting in
cluded Wilson Fryer, C. P. Gay, Jr.,
R. D. Grist, J. D. Rogers, Jr., Barney
Wynne, Mrs. Robert Hall, R. C.
Howell, Jack Clifton, James Bryant,
Wayne Lindsey, Mrs. FEarl Pickle,
James Murdock, Jr., A. T. Fleming,
}Dunbar Grist, Mrs. Bernard Herring,
Mrs. Geotge Warrick, Mrs, C. P. Jen
kins, S. W. Tompking, D. D. Knight
on, Dr. J. H. Crowdis, Mrs. C R..
Daniel, C. W. Pullen, H. A. Mobley,
William . Aikman, Mrs. Bob Durham,
and Mrs. Aikman, of Atlanta, who
'm:cormunied her husband to Blakely.
. President Bob Durham presided
lover the meeting and Lions C. P.
Jenkins and “Tige” Pickle arranged
the program.
'SIDGAN SELECTED FOR
- CHAMPION HOME TOWN
‘ CONTEST SCRAPBOOK
~ The slogan for the Champion Home
Town Scrapbook has been selected by
the Scrapbook committee.
“Building for a Better Blakely”
was submitted by Miss Annette Alex
ander and listed as the winning slo
gan,
Other slogans receiving honorable
mention were “A Better Town Makes
Better Citizens,” by L. B. Hubbard;
“Building for a Better Beautiful
Blakely,” by John A. Franklin; and
“Planning, Working, Building for a
Better Blakely,” by George Ola Wil
liams,
Poems on Better Homes were sub
mitted by Anne Storey, Sue Hobbs,
Mary Lou Clark, and Theresa Dixon.
Jack Howell, Albert Hammack,
and “Buddy” Sites showed marked
interest from the boys of the town
‘with their entries,