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The value of Salk vaccine for polio
to be held in January formed a dou
ble-barrel topic for a highly interesting
talk at last week's meeting of the
Blakely Rotary Club, held Friday at
noon.
Speaking to the club members was
John William Dowler, state represent
ative of the National Infantile Paraly
sis Foundation. Mr. Dowler, intro
duced by Rotarian A. D. Wilkerson,
program chairman, discussed the suc
cess of the Salk vaccine in prevention
of polio, stating that it is now abso
lutely safe and is proving highly suc
cessful in preventing all four types of
polio.
The speaker also discussed the
March of Dimes and how the money
raised during this annual January
drive for funds is used. Bringing the
case close to home, he stated that the
past year the National Foundation had
spent over $9,00000 in treating polio
patients in Early County. This, the
speaker stated, corresponded with
some $2.90000 which Early County
contributed in the last March of Dimes
drive. The need for even heavier con
tributions during the January drive
was cited by the speaker, who, at the
close of his most interesting and in
formative talk, answered a number of
questions propounded to him by mem
bers of the club, .
Mr. Dowler told the Rotarians that
he was nominating Mrs. Felix Barham,
Jr., local polio patient, as the Polio
Mother of the Year for Georgia.
President Dunbar Grist welcomed
into the club membership H. M. Rich
ardson, local Gulf Oil distributor.
The president also stated that Dis
trict Governor Leo Aikman, of Atlan
ta, would be a guest of the club this
week, holding the club assembly on
Thursday night and being a guest of
the club on Friday.
Jo Ann Moore, honorary member, in
troduced two Blakely-Union seniors,
Pace Whitehead and Kenneth Brown
lee, who were guests of the club. An
other guest was James E. White, of
Birmingham, a guest of his brother,
Rotarian G. W. White, Jr.
NEWS FROM THE
COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
ANNE P. 1. Nurse
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RUBY CHANDLER, Clerk
An x-ray clinic is to be held on De
cember 2 at the Early County Health
Department starting at 8:30 a. m. Those
who desire to take advantage of this
clinic are requested to make applica
tion at the health office prior to the
clinic date for the purpose of making
personal history records. In order
that we may serve as many as possi
ble, it is urgent that all applications
and histories be completed before the
clinic date as the x-ray equipment will
only be here for one day.
The food sanitation program for the
county has gotten underway. Many
operators have worked long and hard
and in some cases gone to quite a bit
of expense to maintain clean and san
ftary eating and drinking places. They
are to be congratulated and should re
ceive the appreciation of the public.
This program, as well as all programs
of the health department, are initiated
and maintained for the purpose of
protecting the health of the public and
to enable every one to realize his
birthright to health and longevity. The
operators of feod handling establish
ments in Early County are showing
by their cooperation with this program
that they believe their customers have
the right to assume that cleanliness is
part of what they are paying for
176 Persons In 37
Counties Arrested For
Liquor Law Vielations
AMO&-MMCQ-I
missioner T. V. Williams announced
the arrest of 178 persons in 37 counties
for the woek ending November 5 for
ilegal liquor operations. These ar
rests included 9 persons whe were
arvested in the Augusta area as a res
sult of undercover work which has
been carvie don by agents of the
Nate Department of Revenue for over
a 8 month The T persons arrested in
the Augusta area were made in coop
ermtion with Pederal agents and the
sherifts of Richmond MeDuffie Jefler
son and Burke Counties
In addition 1o the total of 178 per
sons arrested last week. operations
with which agenta of the Mate Hevenue
e o tment were connected destroyed
ar gl Bguor stills with a total ea-
Pty of 19880 gallons and destroyed
MM galtons of mash for illegal
liguor making as woll a 8 destroyed 321
gallons of moonshine liguor Bleven
vehifles wote conßacated throughout
the Nisls
Th s & contribution of the Bate
Peovenie Department @ drive against
illegsl liquor operation: in Ceargia
BLAKELY CHAPTER NO. 282
ORDER EASTERN STAR
Revwlar mectings afe the
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MIS EVELYN BALKCOM,
Worthy Matron
MRS PEARL HOUSTON,
Bertelaty
Former Early
County Lady Dies
At Cowarts, Ala.
Funeral services for Mrs, Sallie
Pickle Gunthorpe, who died at the
home of her niece, Mrs, C, C. McEach
ern, Cowarts, Ala.,, Thursday morning,
were held Friday at 3 o'clock at ‘the
Cowarts Baptist Church,
Mrs, Gunthorpe was born and spent
her early girlhood in Blakely. She
was the daughter of the late Dr. Frank
Pickle and Elizabeth Butler Pickle,
She was the widow of O. Gunthorpe,
and spent most of her life in Atlanta,
where her husband was a dispatcher
with the Southern Railway.
Her death followed a prolonged ill
ness caused by a fall the past February,
when she broke a hip. She was 80
years of age and a member of the
Cowarts Baptist Church.
Survivors include four half-brothers,
G. F. and J. D. Pickle of Blakely, D,
W. Pickle of Tuscaloosa, Ala., H. A,
Pickle of Lakeland, Fla; and a half
sister, Mrs. V. B. Blackburn, of Pear
son, Fla.
A very kind and considerate person,
who spent most of her life doing for
others, to whom she was affectionately
known as “Aunt Sallie,” she leaves
many friends to mourn her passing
and to revere her memory.
ATTENTION,
Your Police Department has been
instructed to give friendly warnings to
all speed violators. Their warnings
have been in progress for a week now
and for those who persist in driving
over 35 miles per hour traffic viola
tion tickets will be issued accordingly.
Our parking meter situation must
also have your preferred attention as
your Mayor and Council have so in
structed the Police Department to
make definite cases against violators.
Your name will be turned into the
Clerk's office and traffic cases will be
made accordingly. It is not our desire
for you to pay a fine as will definitely
be placed on continued violators, but
to warn you to keep the meter flags
white when you are parked in a mo
tored space.
Failure to stop at stop signs, illegal
parking in non-parking areas and oth
er general traffic violations will be
closely watched and you as motorists
will be expected to abide by regula
tions.
Motor scooters and other motor pro
pelled bikes are definitely required to
have mufflers just as regular automo
biles are so required and operators
having machines not properly equip
ped with muffiers are warned to pro
cure same immediately.
The safety of your traffic in Blakely
solely depends on YOU as an individ
ual driver. The City of Blakely will
appreciate your cooperation in careful
driving, and we sincerely hope that it
will not be necessary that a traffic vio
lation ticket be issued to you
JAMES B. MURDOCK. JR.. Mayor
THOMPSON MOTOR
COMPANY BURGLARIZED
TUESDAY NIGHT
The third of & series of petty bur
glaries took place in Blakely Tuesday
night A thief or thieves entered
Thompson Motor Company by a back
window and took a small sum of cash
from the cash register. A few weeks
ago Carl Gilbert's service station and
Colling' Grocery at Colomokee were
entered by thieves
IN KEEPING WITH THE PROGRESS OF BLAKE
LY AND EARLY COUNTY IS EXACTLY WHAT
WE EXPECT TO GIVE THE PEOPLE WE HAVE
SERVED FOR FORTY YEARS.
IF IT'S A BOX OF TACKS, A POUND OF NAILS,
A TON OF GRAVEL, A LIFETIME STEEL GATE,
A SHEET OF FORMICA FOR \'OUR‘TABI.E TOP,
PRESSURE TREATED CREOSOTE POST, ANY
LENGTH OR SIZE. DRAIN TILE. TERRA.
COTTA PIPE, FLUE LINING, LIME, BRICK, CE.
MENT OR MORTAR MIX. SHEETROCK, ROOF.
ING OF ANY KIND.
JUST PHONE 4834-IT'S ON THE WAY
Prompt Service Is Our Motto
FELDER FURNITURE & HDW. CO.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Colomokee Shows
Its Progress
Some 100 persons saw first-hand some
of the improvements made in the
Colomokee Community in 1955 last
week when the Community was judged
by Area Judges of the Southwest Geor
gia Rural Community Improvement
Project.
K. J. Hodges, chairman of the Colo
mokee Community Improvement Club,
presided at a short meeting, held ‘at
the Community Center,
Rev. Ramus Freeman, pastor of the
Lovett Methodist Church, gave the de
votional, after which committee re
ports were given by L. E. McNeal on
Community Organization, Planning and
Development; Ralph Balkcom on Im
proved Systems of Farming; Mrs. Win
ston Jones on Family Food Supply:
Mrs. F. W. Pipkin on Community
Beautification; E, L. Willams on Fi
nance and J. A. Pipkin on the Treas
uret's Report,
L. A. Pitts, vice-chairman of the Im
provement Club, in a short talk on
what the Club had meant to the Com
murity, summed it up by saying that
its effect could not be measured in
dollars end cents, but that the real
benefits were found in the cooperation,
stutudes and better living of the peo
ple of Colomokee.
A tour of the Communitly was con
ducted to show the visitors and judges
scme of the outstanding improvements.
Stops were made at the following
places: E. L. Williams, broiler house;
Vincent Willis, remodeled home; Colo
mokee Baptist Church, new pews,
sign and carpets; Wallace Ivey, sani
tary hog lot and laying hens; K. J.
Hodges, beef cattle and seed dryer;
Marvin Belisle, home freezer; Lovett
Methodist Church, new windows,
shrubbery, sign and outside paint;
Ray Baxley, home freezer; L. A. Pitts,
livestock and farm machinery; Mrs.
Lennie Smith and family, cattle and
hogs and improved kitchen and living
room' and D. L. Hayes, remodeled
home.
The tour ended at the Community
Center, where a bountiful dinner was
served by the ladies of the Commun
ity
Judges were Mist Vickie Rickett,
Extension Nutritionist; Emory L. Brin
son, State Department of Agriculture,
and Walter S. Brown, retired Director
of Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.
Local and out-of-town visitors in
cluded E. E. Hammond and George
Turner, representatives of the Albany
Chamber of Commerce; Miss Sue Stan
ford, district Home Demonstration
Agent, Athens; J. C. Richardson, dis
trict County Agent, Athens; Mr. and
Mrs. Ivey Chambers, of the Hilton
Improvement Club; F. D. Grist, Ed
Gray, “Tige” Pickle, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
inson McLendon; Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Maddox, Mrs. W. M. Barksdale, R. C.
Singletary, Chester Clardy, Miss Myra
Hester, Ed Morton, R. E. Balkcom and
D. L. Maxwell
LIONS CLUB FRUIT CAKE SALE
President Ed Gray has announced
that the Blakely Lions Club is now
conducting its annual sale of Thanks
giving and Christmas fruit cakes.
Those desiring to purchase any of
these cakes can do so by contacting
any member of the club
Piddiers - Gadgeteers - Tinkerers!
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store (VAN
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IDEA BOOK!
Underwood Hardware Company
iPILOT CLUB SPONSORS
PARADE OF CHILDREN
, SATURDAY, DEC. 3
| A Parade of Children will be held
for Early county children on Satur
fday, December 3, at 2 p. m.
} The Parade is sponsored by the Pilot
| Club of Blakely and children in school
land pre-school children are eligible to
| enter,
| A sweepstakes prize will be given.
| Other prizes will be given for the best
|entry in (1) originality, (2) acting,
‘and (3) ability to recreate scenes or
| ideas.
| Toys, pets, costumes and decorated
vehicles may be entered,
The parade will form back of the
'Early County office building, where
{all entries will be given numbers.
It will proceed around the square and
| return {o the point of beginning, where
| prizes will be awarded.
| The Public Affairs Committee of the
| Pilot Club will be in charge of the
arrangements for the parade, and
' those planning to enter should notify
one of the committee. The last day
'entries will be accepted is Thursday,
| December 1. Members of the commit
|tee are Mrs. A. D. Wilkerson, Mrs, R.
|K. Sites, Mrs. Phillip Sheffield, and
Mrs. W. M. Barksdale. Any one of
| these will be glad to list entries.
MEN
' | NEED
3 Men who always thought
thev would like to sell. Why
don’t I just hire 3 salesmen?
Simplv because SIOO per
week commission doesn’t look
as big to a good salesman as
it does to vou, and you'll
work harder to make up for
vour inexperience. Besides,
hard work is all it takes to be
a good salesman. So if vou're
willing to work hard, I'm
willing to give vou the neces
sarv training to make vou a
REAL salesman. Come in'
and hear the dignified pres
entation we give and decide
for vourself whether or not!
vou can close our qualified
LEADS. See Mr. Kaplan,|
427-429 Martin Bldg., Colum-l
bus, any dav before noon.
With $5.00 or More Grocery Order
SUGAR 5 Ibs, 25¢
Fryers . . . Lh 39¢
R¢%s v s i s
TOOE-lOBISTRARE. . . . . . . : b
COUNTRY SMOKEDSAUSAGE . . . . Lb. 49%
B i xS e
Bananas . . Lh 10c¢
IKECREAM-Pr. . . 19¢-126Ga1. . . . 6%
BAt L
D .. . .o s e
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRY SAUCE . . Lg.can 19
N.B C. Premium
Crackers . . |bh 15¢
BETTY CROCKER CAKE MIX - White-Yellow . . Pkg. 29¢
I . . . ... . e
CHARMER COFFEE-~FreeMug . . . . Lb. 66¢c
DR % . e .s s s oDI
PURASNOWFLOUR . . . . . . 25lbs. 229
Irish POtatoes 10 Ibs. 26¢
RIO FOOD STORE
PHONE 37T FREE DELIVERY
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paying unheard-of prices for old chain saws traded S
{n on brand-new Disstons, -y /
Take advantage of these fabulous offers and get §
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fratest-cutting two-man saw you can buy. b o /
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Come down before we have our heads eum'inod! o b
- DEALERSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE
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For Dealer Nearest You Contact
MEIER & WHITE EQUIPMENT CO.
567 West Whitehall Street, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia
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The Only Kind of Drugs We Use
Naturally, there are grades of quality in
pharmaceuticals as in everything else. And it
should go without saying that only the very best
—the top quality in every respect—are used by
us in compounding prescriptions. Hence you
are always certain of the precise results per dos
age your doctor wants and expects.
HOWELL DRUG CO.
HUGH REDDING, Owner Tel. 3634