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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 97 } NO, 47
The Blakely Rotary Club began its
31st year the past Friday with Bill
Arnold, local wholesale groceryman,
being installed as the President of the
club for the ensuing year.
Mr. Arnold succeeded Dunbar Grist,
retiring President, who was presented
a handsome watch by the club in pa
preciation of his year's work as Pres
ident, the presentation being made by
Rotarian Bill Boyett, a Past President.
The newly-inducted President out
lined to the Rotarians some of the ob
jectives his administration had for
the current year, with “Club Service”
as the main theme for the year. He
asked for the cooperation of the club
members in his efforts to steer the
club through the 1956-57 year.
Other officers who will serve with
the new president are: Lewis B. Fry
er, Sr., Vice President; Chipstead A.
Grubbs, Secretary-Treasurer; Elsworth
Yarnell, Sgt.-at-Arms. Directors are
John Amrich, James Bryant, and Jim
Hill. 2
Visitors present at Friday's meet
ing included Lt. Col. Joe Shepherd, of
the U. S. Army, a guest of Rotarian
Collier Gay, Jr.; Neal Deßosa, of New
Orleans, a guest of Rotarian James
Crowdis; Fred Garrett, of Arlington,
a guest of Rotarian Rafe Houston.
The musical portion of the program
was presented by Mrs. J. O. Brown.
LOCAL WEATHER
Summary of local weather for the
month_ of June, 1956:
Temperature: Mean maximum, 88.3;
mean minimum, 68.3; mean, 78.3; max
imum, 95 on the 26th; minimum, 49 on
the 3rd.
Precipitation: Total, 4.06 inches;
greatest amount in any 24-hour period,
0.82 on the 23rd.
. Miscellaneous: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more of rainfall,
13; strong winds on the 14th and
15th; thunder on the Ist, sth, 10th,
14th, 15th, 16th; fog on the 29th and
30th. !
J. G. STANDIFER,
Local Observer, U, S. Weather
Bureau.
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PASSENGER TRAIN
SERVICE TO END
HERE SUNDAY
If you have a desire to ride the Cen
tral of Georgia Railroad passenger
train at any point between Albany
and Panama City, Fla,, better do that
riding this week.
Notice is given in The News that next
Sunday will bring the end of passen
ger train service on that line. When
the train passes through Blakely next
Sunday night around 11 o'clock, train
travel ceases here, unless of course
one wishes to join the hobo gang and
steal a ride on the freight train.
The Public Service Commissions of
Georgia, Alabama and Florida have
given the Central permission to dis
continue passenger train service down
this way, and the Sunday trains will
be the concluding runs.
Control Leafspot,
Agronomist Urges
Peanut Farmers
Would you like to increase peanut
yields by approximately 300 pounds of
nuts and 1,000 pounds of hay?
Those increases have been obtained
on Spanish, Runner, and Virginia
type peanuts by controlling leafspot
diseases, according to J. Frank Mec-
Gill, Extension Service agronomist,
University of Georgia College of Agri
culture. He said such results were
achieved in tests at the Coastal Plain
Experiment Station, Tifton.
McGill said leafspot diseases al
ready have been observed in a num
ber of fields throughout tHe peanut
belt. He pointed out, however, that
most fields affected early are where
peanuts were planted on the same
area last year. He stated that general
infestations can be expected at any
time.
How to control leafspot?
The agronomist recommended dust
ing with 20 pounds of sulfur or cop
per sulfur at two-week intervals, start
ing when spots first appear on the.
basal leaves. “If it rains in 12 to 24
hours after any application, repeat
the treatment in three to seven. days,”
he suggested. ¥
McGill said copper sulfur has given
more effective control than straight
sulfur where leafspot is severe. For
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1956
Success to All Who vPay Their Honest Debts—*“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
The July term, 1956, of the Superior
Court of Early County will be ,con
vened here Monday by Judge W. L
Geer, of Colquitt. Solicitor General
R. A. Patterson is expected to be on
hand to assist the grand jury in its
deliberations Monday and to handle
prosecution of criminal cases.
Court Clerk Bert Tarver announces
that the following have been summon
ed to serve as jurors at the July term:
Grand Jurors
Harvey Woolf, John J. Amrich, W.
H. Ivey, Winston Felder, A. L. Joiner,
C. F. Roberson, W. T. Clearman, Ralph
Scarborough, L. B. Fryer, Sr., L. A.
Wiley, J. B. Rice, Robert Hall, Martin
Still, W. L. Cooper, R. D. Hodges, Boyd
Whittington, Willie Tom Smith, W. T.
Bates, W. C. Cook, H. C. Fryer, R. C.
Howell, J. H. J. Waller, A. J. Single
tary, Carlton J. Houston, C. F. Helms,
W. B. Jarrett, W. J. Kenney, J. R.
George, Chester E. Middleton, L. J.
Waller, J. R. Owen, J. L. Clinkscale,
E. C. Mosely, J. P. Hudspeth, L. W.
Cleveland, W. A. Reese, C. 1. Houston,
Gordon Jenkins, C. A. Bell, Charles
E. Boyett.
Traverse Jurors—First Week
(Third Wednesday)
B. E. Houston, J. C. Still, Emmett
Smith, J. H. .Williams, Jr., W. H.
Chandler, Jr., Ewell McDowell, Jessie
James, A. C. Chandler, H. C. Middle
ton, L. B. Lane, H. C. Tedder, J. R.
Puckett, A. D. Smith, Sr., B. J. Turner,
C. E. Knighton, Billy Newberry, C. F.
Horne, H. C. Fort, S. C. Owen, Hoyle
McLendon, W. G. Tolar, Sam Moody,
W. V. Willis, R. L. Swann, C. P. Gay,
Jr.,, H. A, Walton, L. J. George, G. C.
Davis, J. N. Owen, Oscar Whitchard,
Joe Nunnery, C. E. Wills, John C.
Holman, E. L. Lewis, Jr., F. A. Bar
ham, Sr., Tom Howard, Douglas Da
vis, L. O. McDowell, Mack Temples,
W, A. Cox, John R. Jarrett, J. F.
Fuller, F. A. Barham, Jr.,, Rex Jones,
J. D. Cook, Shelly Goocher, O. B. Ev
erson, H. O. Bell, J. F. Lewis, C. G.
Bostwick.
Traverse Jurors—Second Week
(Fourth Monday)
»J. O. Evans, Jr.,'W. A. Cheek, O. D.
Newberry, O. H.-King;-Jr; Vinston
inmard, J. E. Houston, L. F. Warrick,
Jr., E. L. Cox, Sevola Jones, Bernard
‘Harris. Billy Lewis, F. G. Plowden,
Sibley Pyle, H. E. Hightower, G. H.
Powell, Max Holman, Barney Wynne,
John M. Gilbert, J. H. Jones, H. G.
Killebrew, Herman Eubanks, M. L.
‘Simmons, Joseph E. White, G. O. Lind
sey, G. S. Blackshear, Robert Collier,
‘Joe Brown, W. I. Daniels, C. P. Gay,
Sr., Guy H. Dunnaway, Alma White,
lJames Brownlee, I. G. King, Butler
Houston, D. E. Martin, F. L. Williams,
’Charlie E. Houston, Lester George,
Arthur L. Chapman, Clifford J. Starr,
IH. G. Griffin, G. F. Pickle, Quincey E.
Bowen, Charlie Thomas, H. E. Bush,
Jr.,, Boyd White, Jim Gowen, W. R.
Middleton, J. E. Beckham, J. H. Regan,
W. P. Smith, Julian J. Moore, James
H. Dußose, J. E. Hartley, Ben Mose
ley, J. H. Radney, Harvey Hatcher,
J. L. Bethea, Sr., Fred H. Brooks, T.
R. Moody, E. A. Cannon, S. W. Tomp
kins, H. L. Martin, Chester Stokes,
Thomas H. Gilbert, R. E. Balkcom,
C. A. Grubbs, John Howard, H. H.
Willis, W. H. Wright, E. C. Spence,
C. B. Reese, W. S. Avirett, J. T. Jor
dan, Roy Smith, A. B. Temples, E. T.
Ward, Ray Taliaferro, A H. Redding.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Effective with last trip No. 7 depart
ing Blakely 5:22 AM Sunday, July 15,
and last trip train No. 8 departing
Blakely 11:04 PM same date, these
trains will be discontinued.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RWY.
BLAKELY THEATRE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair in
“MARTY”
Academy Award Winner
SATURDAY
“ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE”
LATE SHOW SATURDAY
Edwin G. Robinson in
“BLACK TUESDAY”
SUNDAY—MONDAY—TUESDAY
Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jordan in
“THE SWAN”
WEDNESDAY
Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger in
. “THE LAST HUNT”
D. D. PETERSON
An accidental death by drowning
was the only fatality recorded in Ear
ly County during the long July Fourth
holidays, Sheriff C. C. (Tuck) Swann
has reported. .
Dazz D. Peterson, 48-year-old Blake
ly carpenter, drowned in the Chatta
hoochee river when he jumped into
the treacherous waters to rescue his
daughter who had slipped from a
sandbar. Will Cherry, 14, grandson
of the dead man, became a hero when
he helped to save Mrs. Peterson and
two of the Peterson children. Peter
son was fully clothed when he jumped
into the water to save his daughter.
The tragedy took place on the aft
ernoon of July 4, but the body was
not recovered until the next day.
Mr. Houston, a native of Houston
County, Ala., where he was born Oc
tober 12, 1907, had been living here
since 1936. Funeral services were
held Friday at 2 o’clock in the Church
of Christ with W. C. Reeder 'conduct
ing the last rites. Interment was in
the Blakely cemetery, with Bryan Fu
neral Home in charge and the follow
ing serving as pall-bearers: Sevola
Jones, Sam Clinkscales, J. L. Jones,
Emmett McDonald, John Scarborough
and Julian Pippin.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Edith Louise Thomas Peterson; three
sons, Lee of Tampa, Fla.,, Franklin of
Columbus, Bobby of Blakely; three
daughters, Mrs. Inez Cherry, Mary
Louise, and Shirley Ann, all of Blake
ly; his mother, Mrs. Mary Ola Peter
son; three brothers, Grady of Panama
City, Fla., Edward and Henry Peter
son of Lake Wales, Fla.; three sisters,
Mrs. Altha Mae Thomas of Blakely,
Mrs. Beatrice Hasty of Hollywood,
Fla., and Mrs. Lucile Bush of Bar
tow, Fla.
SCOUTS TO HOLD WATER
SKI SCHOOL AT KOLOMOKI
Billy Peters, chairman of the West
District Chehaw Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, has announced
that Explorer Scouts will hold a water
ski school at the big lake at Kolomo
ki Park all day next Monday, July
16. Fishing will be allowed also on
the lake that day, but other activities
such as boating, will be prohibited
during the time the Scouts are con
ducting their school, Earl Chandler,
park superintendent, stated. Chehaw’s
west district is composed of Early,
Miller, Clay, and Calhoun counties.
D’VILLE-CRESTVIEW
PLAY FREE DINNER GAME
Something brand new in basebail
is being introduced in Donalsonville
today (Thursday). For the price of
SI.OO the Donalsonville baseball club
is offering fans a free barbecue din
ner, which is to be served beginning
at 5:30 o'clock, followed by a double
header with Crestview, the first game
to start at 6:15. In addition so all of
this, there will be a string band to do
a lot of picking and singing during
the time the dinner is being served.
PAST MATRONS AND PAST
PATRONS NIGHT TO BE
OBSERVED TONIGHT
It will be Past Matrons and Past
Patrons night at the regular meeting
of ‘Blakely Chapter No. 282 Order of
the Eastern Star tonight (Thursday)
at the Masonic Hall.
W. C. McKINNON
DIES AT HOME
NEAR BLUFFTON
Succumbing to an extended illness,
William Ceymore McKinnon, 86, died
at his home Route 2, Bluffton, on Tues
day of last week.
Mr. McKinnon, a son of William
Washington and Lucy Brooks McKin
non, was born in Clay County on De
cember 19, 1869 and had lived there
all his life He was a retired farmer
and a mehber of Enterprise Baptist
Church, where his funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with
the Rev. Lee Wilson officiating. Inter
ment was in Enterprise cemetery, with
Manry-Minter Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements and Marcine Brooks,
Willie Claude Brooks, Wesley Richard
son, Thomas Brooks, Spurgeon Rich
ardson, and Joe Willie Bruner serving
as pall-bearers.
Surviving Mr. McKinnon are four
children: Hubert L. McKinnon, of
Smithville, Ga.; Herbert E. McKinnon,
of Blakely, Ga.; Roy McKinnon, of
Bluffton, Ga.; and Ernest W. McKin
non, of Columbus, Ga.
On-The-Farm
Training Explained
Atlanta, Ga—The Institutional On- |
the-Farm Training Program for Ko
rean Veterans under Public Law 550
is still available to all honorably dis
charged veterans with service of 90
days or more, or discharged earlier for
reason of disability. The eligible vet-‘
eran is entitled to one and one-half
days of training for each day of serv
ice after June 26, 1950, not to exceed
thirty-six months. .
Pete Wheeler, Director of the State
Department of Veterans Service, in
releasing the above information, em
phasized that the veteran must enter
trainiag within three years of date of
Separation Iréont active service and in
some instances eligible veterans have
not lost this valuable training from
misunderstanding or lack of knowl
edge of the delimiting age.
The training program is a full-time
course that includes class-room in
struction as well as field work. The
program encompasses training in farm
activities such as the raising and har
vesting of crops, including fruits, veg
etables, pastures and/or the feeding,
breeding, and managing of livestock,
including poultry, and other special
ized farming commonly followed in
the area. .
Wheeler said the veteran enrclled
for such training will receive each‘
month a benefit check for: $95 if hei
has no dependents; sllO if he has one
dependent; $l3O if he has two depend- }
ents. This allowance will not be re
duced until one year of training has
elapsed. After one year the allow
ance will be reduced every fouri
months. j
Eligible veterans desiring further
information as to requirements and
their nearest farm training class are!
urged to contact the nearest field of
fice of the State Department of Veter
ans Service. The field office in this
locality is located at Blakely and the‘
manager is Tom Morgan. {
Statement of Condition
At the Close of Business June 30, 1956
As Called for By the Superintendent of Banks
— ASSETS —
Loans and Discounts . : weeeneeee- . $1,281,570.09
C.. C:C, Loans . . i 282,237.02
Overdrafts , s 232.55
Banking House : 2,010.00
Furniture & Fixtures 11,341.26
Bonds : 961,278.13
Cash and Due from Banks ‘ 533,205.64
Other Assets g 1.00
$3,071,875.89
— LIABILITIES —
Capital Stock i 3 & 50,000.00
Surplus s 100,000.00
Undivided Profits ! ks ; 167,027.71
Reserve i 10,500.00
$3,071,875.89
First State Bank
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ELECT OFFICERS
L. H. Shoemaker was elected Com
mander of the P. H. Fitzgerald Post,
American Legion, and Mrs. Shoemaker
was elected President of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary at a recent
meeting.
They, with their corps of officers,
will be installed at a meeting on July
26. Numerous out-of-town Legion
naires and Auxiliary members and lo
cal dignitaries are expected to at
tend this installation and supper.
Mr. Shoemaker has been Chaplain
of the local post and is also Chaplain
of the Second District. He is expect
ed to be appointed District Chaplain
again this year. He is a native of
West Virginia.
Mrs. Shoemaker is a native Geor
gian. The Shoemakers are following
a good year, led by Commander R. E.
Balkcom and President Mrs, O. R.
Brooks.
Other officers of the Legion are:
Senior Vice Commander, Garland Mid
dleton; Junior Vice Commander, Edsel
Bryan; Adjutant, W, B. Hobby; Service
Officer, W. T. Morgan; Chaplain, L.
A. Pitts; Historian, R. E. Balkcom;
Sgt.-at-Arms, O. R. Brooks.
AIR FORCE SERGEANT
GUEST SPEAKER OF
BLAKELY LIONS CLUB
Staff Sergeant Harold U. Dunaway,
of the U. S. Air Force, Montgomery,
Ala., spoke to the members of the
Blakely Lions Club at noon Tuesday.
Sgt. Dunaway, introduced by Program
Chairman Ed Gray, spoke concerning
the Ground Observer Corps and its,
part in the defense of the nation. Ra
dar is not 100 per cent effective, the
‘sergeant stated, it being possible for
enemy planes to fly over or under it,
'therefore there is a need for civilian
watchers to scan -the skies for such
\planes and report their findihgs to a
central office. Blake%h)e said, would
}have 24-hour thq‘%gr ice begir
ning in Semx‘fzbew e city will erect
a tower over the city hall to 'be used
by the logal Ground Cbserver Corps.
Sgt. Dunaway pleaded for volunteers
to man this station. Following his
‘talk an Air Force film concerning this
work was shown,
Ten-year chevrons were presented
to Oree Thompson, Bob Durham, and
John Gleaton. The presentations were
made by Lion Jack Standifer.
Visitors at the meeting included
Vance Dodd, of Colquitt, a guest of
Lion Bernard Herring, and Charles
Daniel, manager of the AAA Georgia
Motor Club, Albany, and Dr. Ford
Spears, of Macon, who is spending two
weeks in Blakely, guests of Lion
“Tige” Pickle.
Special guests of the club were
Mayor James Murdock, Jr., and Po
lice Chief G. H. Owen.
NOTICE TO ALL BUILDERS
The Code of Ordinances of the City
of Blakely provides that you obtain a
building permit before building any
type or kind of structure within the
City Limits of Blakely. You may ap
ply at the City Clerk’s office, City
Hall, Blakely.
G. D. BRIDGES, Clerk.
Only ten per cent of 549 business ex
ecutives were rated as excellent at
dictation tests conducted by producers
of dictation equipment.