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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD'S COUNTRY
VOLUME 93 } NO, 18
W. F. UNDERWOOD
BUYS MIDDLETON
HARDWARE CO.
One of the largest business trans
actions in recent years took place
this week when H. J. Middleton sold
his hardware business to William F,
(Pete) Underwood. The selling
price-was not announced, although it
is reported to be a substantial sum.
Mr. Underwood purchased the stock
and leased the building for a period
of five Juu.
Mr. Underwood, who is the son of
J. L. Underwood, is a native of
Blakely, although he has been away
for quite a number of years, and has
had a varied and interestnig career.
He has been successful in the field
of aviation, building and real estate,
and wholesale hardware, and back in
the early thirties he had one of the
Souths’ top dance bands and played
South’s top dance bands and played
nightly at Atlanta's Biltmore Hotel.
After leaving college (he attended
Oglethorpe and Georgia Tech), Mr.
Underwood organized his band, and
at the same time was one of the few
licensed pilots in the state, and this
musical aggregation became quite
noted through the facilities of radio.
In 1940 and until 1946, he was con
nected with Southern Airways, he
being one of the founders and
organizers, and served as vice pres
ident. He still owns stock in this
concern, which has grown into one
of the main “feeder” airlines, and
also operates flying schools for the
U. 8. government. |
Mr. Underwood’s latest business
venture before coming back to Bhke-j
¥ was a wholesale hardware concern,
oung & Underwood, of Atlanta, His
partner was H. Lane Young, Jr., son
of the well-known Georgia banker.
He expresses a great delight in be
ing able to come back to Blakely,
‘and states that although he has been
Bway a long time, he always consid
ered Blakely home and nurtured a
desire to come back. He is interest
ed in seeing all of his old (friends
and wants the “younger” set who
has grown up since his departure to
drop lar his store and get acquainted.
J. H. Hunt, who has spent forty
years in the hardware business, and
has been with the Middleton Hard
ware Company since the thirties, will
fi'&fl':m-u'l"“ 3:‘ 1‘1“'
yees r. Un
. J o founded the
Middleton Ludvm ’C‘e.nu 2?
years ago piloted to one o
the largest 1 uo:ul né::uful h:a"u
ware stores %0 riria,
devote all of his time to the opera
tion of the Middleton Implement
Company (International Harvester
dealership), which is located across
the street from the hardware store
on North Main, but soon will be
moved to its new location just out of
: ’
Clearance of Ladies
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ALL LADIES' WINTER
COATS 1.3 Off
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ALL LADIES' WINTER
SUITS 1.3 Of
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ALL LADIES' WINTER
DRESSES 1-3 Of
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NYLON HOSE 89¢
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Chas. E. Boyett Department Store
(Owned by Logue's lnc, of Ga.)
WE CLOSE AT 8:00 P. M. ON SATURDAYS
Carlp Conntp News
Mrs. Ed Murrell Dies
Of Heart Attack At
Home Of Daughter
Mrs. Minnie Johnson Murrell, 71,
widow of Ed Murrell, died at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Roy
Bowen, on Route 4, Blakely, on Tue
day of the past week. Mrs, Murrell
succumbed to a heart attack. |
Mrs. Murrell was a native of Mill
er County, Ga., and was the daugh
ter of Amos Warren and Jennie
Waddell Warren. She was a mem
ber of the Flat Creek Free Will Bap
tist Church. 1
! Her funeral was held at the Flat‘
‘Creek Church on Thursday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. Jack Horn
officiating, assisted by the Rev. Roy
Roberts. Interment was in the
church cemetery, with Evans Funer
'nl Home of Donalsonville in charge
llnd Clarence MecCorkle, Bill Parr,
Roscoe Layton, Roy Bowen, “Rob”
iNorth, and Jim Layton serving as
~pall-bearers.
. Surviving Mrs. Murrell are two
‘sons, William Johnson, of Blakely,
‘and Bluford Johnson of Ruskin,
Fla.; five daughters, Mrs. Bill Parr,
Mrs. Roy Bowen, Mrs. Clarence Me-
Corkle and Mrs. Roscoe Layton, all,
of Blakely, and Mrs. J. R. North, of
Long Island, N. Y.; 27 grandchildren
!nnd 6 great-grandchildren.
b i i
'tho city limits on South Main. Mr
Middleton states that he will erect
two masonry buildings, one 60x75
feet, to house the show and parts
room, and another 40x60 feet, to
‘house the repair shop. He hopes to
have these buildings ready for occu
' pancy by April 1.
In selling to Mr. Underwood, Mr.
Middleton expressed his thanks to
the people of this county and sur
rounding territory for the patronage
accorded him during the past 28
vears. He said he was grateful for
their loyalty and it was the confi
dence of the public that led him to
strive to give the people the very
best service that he possibly could.
;g;mud that it was his hope that
same eoan-\. extended
‘during his time in the hann
business would be passed on to Mr.
Underwood.
The new firm will continue under
the same name, Middleton Hardware
Company, William F. Underwood,
owner, J., H. Hunt, manager. Mr.
Middleton will continue to keep his
office at the store for a period of
::: year, uaiwm be connected wrh
company in an advisory capaecit
d:fix this time, Mr. Unhnoox
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JAN, 7, 1954,
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY AWARD
INC.H. T. CONTEST
I SET FOR TONIGHT
l The bronze plaque and cash award
prize of five hundred dollars will be
lpresenzed to the City of Blakely by
the Georgia Power Company tonight,
8 o'clock, at a banquet at the Blake
ly Woman’s Club.
Blakely was named a third-place
winner in the 1953 Champion Home
Town Contest sponsored by the Geor
gia Power Co.
The sponsors are entertaining a
large group of local citizens as well
as a number of out-of-town guests.
Those locally invited to the banquet
include the Mayor; Councilmen of
1953 and 1954; officials of the City
Chamber of Commerce, and of the
newly-organized Builders and Manu
facturing Corporation; and the
'County Commissioners. Also the men
|and women of Blakely who worked
‘on contest committees and the ones
‘who completed the serapbook are.
‘thonored guests.
~ Many officials of the Georgia Pow
er Company from the Albany, Co-
Jumbus, and Atlanta offices will be
present. Press representatives froml
neighboring towns, Atlanta, and
Blakely have been invited. The At
lanta papers will send both reporters
and photographers into Blakely.
This is an important event in the
civic and social life of Blakely. Ev
ery citizen of our community can
take pride in the recognition that
has come to Blakely through the
Champion Home Town Contest.
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NOTICE OF FARMERS'
MEETINGS |
There will be Farmers' Meeting at
the Shelly Simmons Store in Provi
dence community on Thursday night,
Jan, 7, at 7:30 p. m. This will be
the first meeting of a group of meet
lems. All farmers are 8
Cedar Springs Meetings
The Farmers' Meetings in the Ce
dar Springs community are being
held on each Monday night at 7:30
at the Cedar Springs school house.
We have these meetings for 7 weeks
now and the attendance has been
good. Several farm problems have
been taken up and discussed. If you
live in the Cedar Springs area and
have not attended these meetings, !
want to urge you to please come to
the next Monday night mecting.
Meetings Planned for Blakely
Plans are being made for holding
a series of Farmers’ Meetings at
the Blakely High School Ag. Depart
ment soon, These meetings will be
in addition to the Young Farmers'
Meetings which are held every first
and third Wedneaday nights,
R, E. BALKCOM,
Teacher of Agriculture.
THE NEW Board of County Com
missioners met Tuesday. The body s
composed of C. E. Martin, E. 8 Col.
lins, L. ¥, Douglas, T. G. Harvey,
Jr., and Grady Holman. Mr. Martin
immm. 1
: .
LEWIS B. FRYER became Mayor
Ton Janvary 1. succeeding Dr, €. R
Barksdale. Members of Council are
the same, namely: J. 0. Bridges, L.
V. Warriek, R. C. Bingletary, and
H. B Alnsworth,
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THE following have been named
85 cily employees for the current
year: A. R Killchrew, superintendent
of public wtilities; Miss Cora Baxon,
clerk and treasurer; J. J. MelLendon,
superintendent of streets. The elec
Mdmd.ouhm'
and iee delivery, marshal, policeman
and fire chics was deserved to a later
date.
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MR, AND MRE, Charlie Dunning
anbounce the birth of & daughter
Wednesday, Janvary 2. |
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the brl' County News of
January 3, 1929
JURORS JANUARY
TERM OF EARLY
SUPERIOR COURT
The following have been drawn to
serve as jurors at the January term
of Early Superior Court, to be con
vened on Monday, January 18:
Grand Jury—E, R, Pullen, W, C.
Bryan, W, W, Jones, A. J. Reese, E.
B. Davis, Clyde Poole, Ike Newberry,
Jack G. White, R. R. King, Gaston
Cannon, T. T. Swann, J. H. Williams,
Jr., R. E. Balkcom, C. A, Bell, R, C.
Harris, B. Houston, I. A. Walton,
Sr., W. D. Sasser, Sr.,, S. W. Tomp
kins, D. L. Maxwell, E. A, Cannon,
Jack Settles, Robert Hall, J. E. Chan
cy, F. A, Barham, Sr., W, J. Collier,
W. H. Ivey, S. B. Pickron, F D.
‘Grist, L. D. Lawrence, R. H. Stuck
ey, H. J. Middleton, J. D. Williams,
L. O, Runnels, V. L. McLendon, C.
G. Brewer, W. R. Taylor, A. C.
Chandler, J. B. Jones (Jakin), Bran
son Minter.
| Traverse Jury, 3rd Wednesduli.
Januvary 20—Jimmie Wiley, C.
'Houston, S. C. Owen, Sm Can
non, J. M. Knight, R. H. McDowell,
Charlie C. Dußose, C. D, Frith, I
M. Cooper, J. R. George, Eugene T.
Grace, J. E. Lomax, Sherrod Ses
sions, Horace Williams, Josh Davis,
Oscar Whitchard, E. 8. Gleaton, G.
W. Davis, Jr., W. J. Hammack, R.
A. Williams, C. C. Chambers, T, H.
Sirmons, F. A, Barham, Jr., Quinay
|Bowen. James M. Bryant, C. .
Bridges, G. D. Bridges, D. B. Buck
halter, E. T. Tedder, N. T. Everett,
A. V. Cannon, A, B. Hayes, Mack
Jarrett, J. T. Joraln. W. T. Dowdy,
C. W. Hammond, W, 0, BryJ;nt, C.
F. Helms, Hubert T. Hayes, John R.
Jarrett, J. C. Williams, Suuler
Causey, N. A, Clower, Jack Paul,
Floyd Amos, Arthur L. Johnston, B.
B. Tedder, T. R. Moody, T. M. Pullen,
8. R. Hartley, Ralph Ellis, Brunson
Herrington, Bruce Houston, Liston
E. Radney, Joseph E. White, C. A.
' Stewart, Ewell MeDawell, J. T. Reese,
J. G. Philmon, Hal Clinkscales,
i Tnv;_u_e:.lury. 4th Monday, Jan
uary 2 L Gn('.' A. D. Smith,
James B. Ward, J. L. McArthur, C.
M. Dunning, Roscoe Rogers, Joe Bry
an, Hoyle McLendon, Mack Temples,
J. W. Timmons, J. W. Cannon, J.
W. Evans, James Johnson, Arthur
Chapman, John W. Hall, J. L. Rob
;rti.. %“l. Garrett, g C. Haddock,
o ton, &.lhmho
%m::L% e,
. I . N, . .
4. C. Temples, D. E. Martin, R. D.
Hodges, J. Frank Fuller, W. B, Hes
ter, W. B. lrrfi H. H. inm-l.' Sevola
Jones, George U, Mock, W. H. Balk
|eom, C. G. Bostwick, lord White,
'T. H. Gilbert, Jr., 1 Ellis, H.
IR. Clifton, G. M. Mouton,.C. P. Gay,
Sr.. W. A, Cheek, Sam George, Lew
is Pickle, Gordon Jenkins, John A.
Pivkin, Curtis Allen, J. H. J. Waller,
|W. R. Weems, Cecil Hall, Leonard
0. Houston, W. H. Gilbert, John P.’
| Hudspeth, Harvey Hateher, J. R
| Puckett, A. C. Spence, Bill Knighton,
Donald MeArthur, Shelley Gmhfl.'
|C. ‘C. Crook, W. M. Reeves, Paul
Whatley, Grady George, Jr., G, F.
Piekle, H. L. Martin, J. M. Freeman,
{P. W, Evans, H. A. Felder, H. T.
| Billings, M. H. Willis, Bradiey Mock,
G. C. Davis, R. H. Creel, R. V., Ellis,
{Bill Creel, J. W, Hatcher, R. B.
| Smith, E. L. Durham, J. P. Lave, T,
[G. Pace, Willle Tom Smith, Chester
| Middleton, J. K. Tiner, W. J. Me-
I(‘umkl
Gary Cooper in “"Return to Para
dise” at Blakely Theatre Thursday
and Friday.
MR WILLIAM ALLEN, of this
city, died at the home of his son, Mr.
Joe W. Allen, Wednesday afternoon,
afinnmnm:b:nm |
THIS SECTION is in the throes
of & rather severe flu epidemic. It
is reported there are over 500
mhhfly‘nn‘ay‘. |
MR W F. MeLAURIN, of Cedar
Bprings, advises us that he s mov
ing to Pineland, 8 C. !
75 YEARS AGO
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"lm“fl.f M 'z‘
Harris is recorded in this ssue of
The News,
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MR. T. ). MOBELY, of Cedar
Bprings, left last week for Texas
He goes 1o take a school ot Beck
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THE Blakely Academy wil open o 0
Janwary 13, it is anneunced by Prof.
3. W. Desier, |
Summary Of Local
Weather Conditions
For The Year 1953
Temperature: Mean, 67.7; maxi
mum, 99 on May 27 and June 1;
minimum, 20 on December 18 and
19,
Precipitation: Total, 59.98 inches;
average 56 inches; greatest amount,
12,92 inches in December; smallest
amount, 0.31 inches in October,
Miscellaneous: Last killing frost
in the spring on February 18; first
killing frost in the fall on November
7. This gave a total of 262 consec
utive frost-free days during the
year, and enhances our climate for
hogs and cattle.
SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER
Temperature: Mean maximum,
59.8; mean minimum, 41.3; mean,
50.5; maximum, 72 on the 9th; min
imum, 20 on the 18th and 19th.
Precipitation: Total, 12.92 inch
es; greatest amount in any 24-hour
period, 1.89 inches on the 13th.
~ Miscellaneous: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more of ninfull.'
17; fog on the 4th, sth, 21st, 22nd,
28th, 20th, 30th; thunder on tho’
3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 22nd; mon.}
winds on the 4th, 6th, 13th, 14th, and |
21st; frosts on the 15th, 16th, 17th, |
18th, 19th, 26th, 27th. The cold |
weather of the 18th and 19th m!
the coldest experienced here since
February, 1951, when the mercury.
registered 10 on the 2nd and 13 on
the 3rd. With nearly 13 inches of
rain this month, the ponds and
streams are full for the first time h\l
some three years, l
J. G. STANDIFER, Observer,
U. 8. Weather Bnmu.i
‘Dr. Taylor To Be Installed
As Trustee Of Second
District Optometric Society
Dr. A. Earl Taylor, of lhhly.‘
will be installed as trustee of the
Second District Optometric 8o
at the Golden Jubilee Convention of
the Georgia Optometrie Association
at the Dinkler-Plaza Hotdl in Atlan
ta January 10, 11 and 12, *
Serving with Dr. Taylor will be
Drs. Robert L. Coleman, Wm.f
president; William E. Blackman,
Thomasville, vice president; H. D,
Hardwick, Tifton, secretary-treasur
er; and Raleigh Althisar, Quitman,
alternate trustee, .
Dr. Taylor attended Howard Cd-}
lege, the University of Alabama,
Norman Park Junior College and
later received his doctor of optome
try degree from Northern [linois
College of Optometry, Chicage, I/
In 1953 he served as chairman eof
the Early County Heart Fund drive,
He is a member of the Rotary Club |
and of the Masonic Lodge. |
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The purchasing value of the dolist |
"ful October, 1053, was 85.0¢, a 8
compared with the purchasing dollas
of 1939, which was worth 100¢, }
During 1954, just as it has been for the past
ffty years, it will be our aim to support Blakely
and Early County in all of its worthwhile under.
takings. We hope this will be the resolve of
each of you,
Too, we stand ready to listen attentively to
any plan which needs financial backing which
will be of benefit to our town and t“mg This
is an invitation for you to bring your fnancial
problems to us
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First State Bank
Blakely, Georgia
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PULL FOR BLAKELY
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PULL OUT
$2.00 A YEAR
KOREAN STUDENT
AT U. OF GEORGIA
ROTARY SPEAKER
Two Rotary foreign exchange stu
dents at the University of Georgia
were guests the past Friday of the
Blakely Rotary Club and one of
them spoke to the club members,
Miss Ki Yull Lee, of Seoul, Korea,
told of her experiences as a teacher
|in far-away Korea. Particularly in
teresting was her account of the
efforts of the North Korean and
Chinese Communists to indoctrinate
the South Koreans with their ideolo
gy. Miss Lee received a resounding
round of applause at the conclusion
of her talk.
The other exchange student wus
Theodore G. Yerasimides, of Greece,
who is studying veterinary medicine
at the University. Both students
were introduced by Will A, Watt, of
Thomasville, who, with Mrs. Watt,
accompanied the students to Blakely,
Mr. Watt is a past Georgia district
Rotary governor and is chairman of
’the foreign exchange student com
‘mittee.
Friday's meeting was presided
over by Past President Richard Grist
in the absence of both the President
and Vice President of the Club.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON 3:30
The Blakely Woman's Club will
meet Friday afternoon, January 8, al
3:30 o'clock, at the club house for
its regular monthly meeting. A
good program on Civil Defense and
Safety has been arranged.
" Mr. William Clearman will show a
ifiln on both subjects. They will be
short and the one on safety will be
thumorou-,
‘| The Civil Defense and Public Af
fairs Committees will serve as hos
lll‘-“——
| Mrs. P. B. Martindsle, Jr., Mrs.
‘Guy Dunnaway, Mrs. Richard Grist,
‘Mrs. Grady Holman, Sr., Mrs. Ed
‘Minter, Mrs. Josh Davis, Mrs. Dun
‘bar Grist, and Mrs. C. W. Pullen.
'MINTER FUNERAL HOME
BUYS NEW AMBULANCE
Mrs. Ed Minter, owner, announced
Tuesday that the Minter Funeral
Home has furchased a new Cadillac
combination ambulance and hearse.
. This new addition to the Hx
s one of which Mrs. Minter is )
‘proud and is quite an addition to the
equipment of this establishment.
VFW HOLDS NEW YEAR'S PARTY
| ooy
The local post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars welcomed the New
Year officially in the past urde.
day night with an M&g
chicken supper and party. C
er Joo Pittman says the party was
‘well attended by the members and
their wives and invited guests, and
all reported a most enjoyable even
ing.