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EARLY COUNTY, GA,,
Garden Spot Of
GOD’'S COUNTRY
VOLUME 99 } NO. 6
The Blakely High School Band made
its first marching appearance at the
Blakely-Dawson football game here
Friday night. A result of combined
community effort, the high school band
has 85 members, with over 100 in the
entire band.
Officers of the band are: Carole Tin
er, drum major; Kay Still, band cap
tain; Sterling McCormick, Ist lieuten
ant; Haywood Ellis, Ist lieutenant and
chaplain; Nancy Brown, 2nd lieutenant
and librarian; Eugenia Smith, 2nd lieu
tenant and secretary. The six high
school stundents run the band under
the direction of Bandmaster B. E.
Black.
Members of the band have instruc
tion one hour daily and most of them
have 40 minutes a day individual prac
tice, according to Mr. Black.
Band members are: Clarinet section
—Sara Alexander, Diane Durham, Ei
leen Tarver, Laura Underwood, Gayle
Rabon, Claudette Golden, Annette
Storey, Linda Clinkscales, Louise Wil
liams, Peggy Knight, Charlotte Jen
kins.
Flute and Oboe section—Judy White
hurst, Jennifer White, Carole Tiner;
Baritones and Drums—Sandra White,
Marcia Balkcom, Joe Brown, Floyd
Tedder, Royce Albritton, Sterling Mc-
Cormick, Julia Perry, Nancy Brown,
Haywood Ellis, DeAnne Scott, Felix
Davis; French Horns and Basses—Wil
son Still, Kay Still, Judy Buckner,
Cherry Bethea, Martha Houston, Har
old Still, Ralph Jarrett, Helen Ellis;
Trumpets—Dyvina Scott, Linda Willis,
Anne Storey, Ica Chester, Marianne
Glass, Phyllis Davis, Bob Martin, Ans
ley Moore, William Swann, Jackie
Sammons; Cecelia Hale; Saxophones
—Jack Jenkins, Janice Hodges, and
Janet Dekle.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORS TO MEET
Dudley H. McDowell, chairman of
the board, announces that the directors
of the Blakely Chamber of Commerce
will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock in the Chamber offices.
GOSPEL SING SATURDAY
NIGHT AT DAMASCUS
A big gospel sing will be held at the
Damascus high school auditorium Sat
urday night, featuring the Florida Boys
Quartet. Singing will begin at eight
o’clock.
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MEETING OF S.-W.
GEORGIA MEDICAL
SOCIETY HELD HERE
The regular bi-monthly meeting of
the Southwest Georgia Medical Socie
ty was held in Blakely last week, Dr.
J. G. Standifer, president, presiding.
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Baxley were hosts
for the occasion. The Woman's Aux
iliary met at the same time. A de
lightful buffet dinner was served.
Tape recordings of discussions on
gall bladder diseases as well as on the
oral treatment of diabetes were offer
ed, The next meeting will be held in
Colquitt on the third Wednesday in
November.
Those attending included Dr. and
Mrs. J. W. Smith, Arlington; Dr. and
Mrs. H. J. Merritt and Dr. and Mrs. T.
W. Rentz, Colquitt; Dr. and Mrs. J. B.
Martin, Edison; Dr. and Mrs. H. P.
Wood, Fort Gaines; Mrs. P. H. Fitzger
ald, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Baxley, Dr.
and Mrs. J. H. Crowdis, and Dr. and
Mrs. J. G. Standifer, Blakely.
The Blakely Rotary Club’s program
at its weekly meeting the past week
was in keeping with the national ob
servance of Constitution Week.
The speaker was one of the club
members and a young local attorney,
Lowrey S. Stone, who gave an inter
esting talk on the Constitution, with
special reference to the current series
of outbreaks regarding integration of
the races in the public schools of the
various states. He discussed the Lit
tle Rock, Ark., situation, where the
governor of that state had called out
the national guard to, in the express
ed opinion of that official, preserve
the peace. The speaker stated that the
Supreme Court decision of May, 1954,
did not order integration of the races
in the public schools but stated that
a child could not be barred from any
public schocl because of race. This
court decision upset the decisions of
prior courts for 80 years, he ' stated.
Rotarian Stone was given hearty
applause at the conclusion of his in
teresting and informative talk.
President A. J. Singletary welcomed
Woodrow (“Sonny”) Houston into the
club as an honorary member by virtue
of his recent election as president of
the Senior Class at Blakely-Union High
School.
Visitors at Friday's meeting were
Rotarians Emory Ansley and ‘“Wes”
Morse, of Americus, making up their
attendance here, and Hugh Redding,
a guest of Rotarian Jim Crowdis.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1957
When the final whistle had blown
and the smoke of battle had
cleared, the Bobcats of Blakely High
School were sitting on top of the heap
with another victory under their shirts
—the second for this season and ex
tending their regular season winning
streak to 21 games.
This victory was over a strong Ter
rell County eleven in a thilling con
test which ended in a 20-to-12 score on
the local gridiron the past Friday
night.
A threat of rain, which failed to ma
terialize, failed to dampen the spirit of
the fans and the largest crowd in years
turned out to witness the exciting con
test.
Blakely jumped off to an early first
quarter lead and never did relinquish
it, but there were moments when the
game could have easily gone the other
way.
Dawson'’s Billy Marsall sent a boom
ing kick down to Bobby McLendon,
to open the game, and he returned 40
yards to the Dawson 47. Three line
plays failed to net a first down and
Sammy Owen punted out of bounds
on the 18. On the first play Don Sim
mons flashed out to the 25, was hit
hard, the ball scooting from his arms,
and LeSeuer Grier recovered for the
Bobcats. McLendon raced for 12 and
Grier got 9on two line plays. McLen
don gained only a few inches on the
next play, but Harry Clifton scooted
on the next try to the Terrell County
one, from where McLendon pounded
across, as Clifton faked beautifully.
Jack White shot a pass to Clifton,
which was almost broken up, for the
extra point.
Don Simmons, fleet Terrell halfback,
with a tremendous one-man effort,
pulled his team almost even with the
Bobcats midway of the second quar
ter, scooping up a Blakely fumble on
the Bobcat 30 and running it to the
15, and on the next play dashed into
the end zone for a touchdown. The
try for the extra point failed.
Blakely came fighting back shortly
before the first half ended to score a
quick one. Big Junior Lawson, one
of the best tackles in Region B, broke
through and blocked a Marshall punt
on the 31 and fell on the ball at the
Dawson 2. On the second play Mec-
Lendon scored, but White's attempted
pass to Charles Bush for the extra
point fell short.
Harry Clifton set up the final Bob
cat marker after he recovered a Ter
rell fumble on the 49. Grier picked
up 3 and then Blakely drew a 5-yard
penalty for illegal motion. Jack White,
alternating at quarter, handed off to
Clifton, who ran the ball to the 31.
McLendon picked up 3 and Clifton 2,
followed by a 11-yard gain by Clifton
to the 16. Grier pounded through the
line for 5. McLendon got 4 on two
attempts and Grier chalked up a first
down on the four with a three-yard
rush, from where McLendon swept
wide to the left for thé final Bobcat
touchdown. Grier bulled his way across
the center of the line for the extra
point.
On the ensuing kickoff, Billy Mar
shall, the talented Green Wave field
general, electrified the crowd with a
80-yard run back for a touchdown.
Marshall’s pass for the extra point fell
incomplete,
The final quarter saw a rugged de
fensive game by two bruising lines.
Dawson took to the air frequently in
a vain attempt to overhaul the Bob
cats, but the Blakely line, led by Jun
ior Lawson, Jimmy George, and Son
ny Houston, completely bottled up the
vaunted Terrell air attack.
The line play of Dawson’s Barfield,
Barnes, Perry, Moseley, Foreman,
Wheeler and Golden, was outstanding,
and shining for the Bobecats were
Sammy and Joe Owen, Lawson, Price
Pittman, Houston, George, Johnny
Gleaton, Charles Bush, Jody Maiddie
ton, and David Wynne.
The Terrell and Blakely bands staged
a fine half-time show. This is Blake
ly's first band in nearly two decades,
and Director Barney Black and the
81-piece band, led by pretty Carol
Tiner, head majorette, received a
thunderous ovation when they came
on the field.
BOBCATS HAVE OPEN
DATE; PLAY SYLVESTER
NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT
The Bobcats have an open date this
Friday night and return to action on
October 4 against an improved Syl
vestem team, in Sylvester. Camilla,
regarded as a Region B-1 power, bare
ly eked out a 7-to-6 victory over the
Worth county eleven the past Friday
night.
TEN-YEAR PLAN
The population of Georgia is expect
ed to climb to five million by the mid
nineteen seventies.
That means there will be a need for
more high-protein foods such as milk,
beef, and pork. And, to feed the ani
mals that produce these foods, ex
panded feed and grass crops will have
to be planned.
The prospect of such growth and the
accompanying needs has set agrono
mists at the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture Extension Serv
ice planning toward increased yields.
They foresee the need for high per
acre yields, more acres in soil-conserv
ing crops, and more acres in feed
production and pastures.
To meet the needs as they arise,
agronomists have outlined a ten-year
plan.
According to J. R. Johnson, Exten
sion agronomist-project leader, all farm
progress depends more or less upon
a sound agronomy program. “Agrono
my work with soils and crops is basic
to the development of Georgia's agri
culture and consequently to the pros
perity of the people,” Johnson pointed
out.
Citing the ten-year plan, Johnson
explained that plans call for increases
in alfalfa to 100,000 acres; Coastal Ber
muda to a million acres; sericea lespe
deza to 500,000 acres; oats to a million
acres; rye to 300,000 acres, and winter
grazing to 1,700.000.
Assuming that progress continues at
the rate it has gone in the past few
years, the agronomists feel certain
these goals can be reached. Corn yields
have more than doubled in the past
ten years. Expected yields by 1965 are
35 bushels per acre. “Cotton yields
have climbed steadily, too, but by
1965 we hope per-acre yield will reach
500 pounds,” the agronomist said.
Improved permanent pastures now
occupy something like 1,700,000 acres,
and Extension agronomists estimate
that this figure will be 4,000,000 by
1965.
The carrying capacity of pastures
now is .08 cow per acre. The agrono
mists look toward the day when it can
be increased to 1.25 cows per acre.
And how is the job to be -accom
plished?
Johnson and other agronomists who
work with him—W. H. Gurley, D. L.
Branyon, J. F. McGill, J. B. Preston,
W. H. Sell, Ralph Wehunt, H. A. In
glis, and P. J. Bergeaux—set these pre
requisites to obtaining the goals they
have set: To do the job it will take
1,500,000 tons of lime; 1,800,000 tons of
mixed fertilizer, and 175,000 tons of
actual nitrogen per year in Georgia.
This compares with 350,000 tons of
lime being used now each year, 1,058,-
000 tons of mixed fertilizer, and 46,000
tons of actual nitrogen.
Certified seed needs are: 15,000 acres
of oats; 5,000 acres of rye; 10,000 acres
of wheat; 12,000 acres of hybrid corn;
30,000 acres of cotton, and 10,000 acres
of peanuts—all growing certified seed.
Another reason they list for a need
to step up per-acre yields is that by
doing so the cost of production will be
lowered.
Working through county agents, the
agronomists strive to - keep Georgia
farmers up to date on latest research
information, show then how it can
work for them on their farms, and
study the future picture sp that plans
can be made to meet the needs. They
do this with demonstrations, tours,
television and radio programs, circu
lars, bulletins, films, radio programs,
and meetings. .
BLAKELY HI-Y CLUB
RECEIVED AA HONOR
The Blakely Hi-Y Club qualified for
the highest district rating for work
accomplished during the 1956-1957
school year.
The Valdosta Kiwanis Club present
ed Certificates of Merit to the different
clubs of the district: at a luncheon at‘
the Daniel Ashley Hotel in Hotel in’
Valdosta July 20. President Woodruw‘
Houston, ‘Jr., accepted the certificate
for his club. (
MEETING OF LIONS CLUB ‘
A business session of the Lions Club!
was held at the regular semi-monthly |
luncheon meeting Tuesday. Alex How-|
ell, president, presided and led a dis
cussion of club business. !
Two visitors were present, Lion C.i
E. Dews, of Edison, a guest of Lion |
Tommy Jenkins, and George Temples,
a guest of Lion Bill Cheek. ‘
Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall in
“Designing Woman” at the Blakely
Theatre Thursday and Friday.
MRS. WILLIE EVELYN
YOUNG STEELE DIES IN
MIDDLESBORO, KY.
Funeral services were held in the
Cuba Presbyterian Church, this county,
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, for
Mrs. Willie Evelyn Young Steele, who
died Sunday at her home in Middles
boro, Ky. Ofliciating was the Rev. T.
B. McPheeters. Interment was in Cuba
cemetery, with Bryan Funeral Home
directing, and John Scarborough, Earl
Pickle, Frank Powell, Charles Elliott,
R. C. Taylor, and L. O. Tiner serving
as pall-bearers,
Mrs. Steele, a native of Early Coun
ty, was a daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Young. She was born Jan
uary 18, 1915, and had lived in Mid
dlesboro for the past two years, where
she was a nurse at Miners Memorial
Hospital and later became a patient.
She was active in church and commun
ity affairs and was a member of the
First Baptist Church in Middlesboro,
where a memorial service was held
for her Sunday afternoon.
Surviving Mrs, Steele are two sons
Stanley B. Steele and Leslie Robert
Steele, and a daughter, Beverly Dawne
Steele, all of Middlesboro; two sisters,
Mrs. Charlie Moore and Mrs. Lester
Amos, of Blakely; two brothers, Ira G.
Young of the U. S. Air Force, Africa,
and Petty Officer First Class Oscar
Young of the U. S. Navy, Beeville,
Texas.
UNIT'S NUMBER
7’
Atlanta.—Because of the widespread
use of dial telephones in Georgia now,
it is more important today than ever
before to know the exact number of
your fire department, Safety Fire
Commissioner Zack D. Cravey de
clares.
“In many areas when you dial ‘Op
erator’, your call may be received in
a central exchange several towns
awav.” he explained. “The operator
may even have to guess which fire
department to notify. As a result, the
arrival of fire apparatus is delayed.
The Commissioner .urges telephone
subscribers to post the correct number
of their fire departments on their tele
phones so they can dial the number
instead of “Operator” should a fire
emergency arise.
Mr. Cravey also stressed the im
portance of remaining calm so that
once the fire department is reached
on the phone the caller may give a
clear, adequate location of the fire.
“It is also an excellent idea,” he con
tinued, “to wait outside for the arrival
of the firemen and showing them just
where to go.”
BLAKELY MAN’'S UNCLE
DIES IN FLORIDA
Abraham Higgs Taylor, 82, uncle of
Dr. Ear! Taylor, died of a heart ail
ment in Bay Pines, Fla., Veterans Hos
pital Monday following a short illness.
He resided in Dade City, Fla., and was
a brother of the late Joe Taylor, of
Blakely. He was a veteran of the
Spanish-American War. Funeral serv
lces were held in Bay Pines Wednes
day ‘and Dr. Taylor and his mother at
tended the last rites. ’
BACK THE ATTACK
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KOREAN G. |
IK o le
~ BILLENTE
~ BILLENTERS
! Atlanta, Ga.—Approximately 2,000,
1000 veterans have taken advantage of
{ the educational benefits of the Korean
|GI Bill, which is now entering its
sixth year, according to Pete Wheeler,
| Director, State Department of Veter
; ans Service,
| The state official related that 5,100,-
! 000 Korea veterans have obtained some
| measure of GI training to date. More
{than half of these trainees, or nearly
| 1,000,0000, have attended college. One
third, or more than 600,000, attended
schools below the college level, such
as trade and business institutions. The
remainder have received training on
the-job and on-the-farm,
“All in all,” Wheeler said, “these
youngsters thus far have received 22,-
000,000 months of G. I. training or an
average of nearly one year per veteran.
This average will increase as thou-
Isands of veterans have not as yet
concluded their courses.”
Wheeler stated that Georgia ranks
second in the nation in the percentage
of Korean veterans pursuing education
and training benefits as accorded them
by law. Georgia's average of 38 per
cent greatly exceeds the national aver
age of 17 per cent.
{ In conclusion the State Director ad
| vised all Korean veterans who are in
l terested in obtaining their educational
!benefits, to contact the nearest State
Department of Veterans Service Office,
Korean veterans must commence edu
cational training within 3 years from
’date of discharge. Many Georgia vet
erans have allowed their eligibility for
tthese benefits to expire, he said.
' BLAKELY-UNION
| F.F. A. NEWS
| St
[ The Blakely F. F. A. Chapter held
its first meeting of the school year
with its 85 members present and Shelly
Goocher, president, presiding.
After the opening ceremony, reports
were given: Financial’ report by Ans
| ley Muure, tresgdicr; o report on the
| progress of the sales of ads on the
| chapter calendar by the chairman of
| the committee, Charles Davenport, and
|a brief report from the concession
| committee,
| The chapter voted to sponsor a light
| bulb sale as one of its money-making
| projects this year. Floyd Tedder,
| chairman, Carroll Hayes, Hal Hobbs,
i Clarence Jones, and Jimmy Odom were
| appointed a committee to make neces
;sary plans and carry out this project.
{ Another item of business was to dis
| cuss plans for the Greenhand initia
tion of 29 Greenhands in the chapter
| this year. Clarence Jones, chairman,
| Floyd Tedder, Holt Bynum, Wilson
! Still, Ladon Jordan, and Shelly Gooch
| er were named on the committee to
i'make plans for the initiation.
| The chapter also voted to enter the
| State and National Chapter Contests
lagain this year and voted to continue
| publishing the Chapter news bulletin
i once a month.
| Carole Tiner and Sandra White,
| chapter sweethearts, were in charge of
| the devotional at this meeting. The
| members voted to have a devotional
| program for each meeting. With no
| further business, the meeting was ad
| journed with the Salute to the Flag.
. CHARLES DAVENPORT, Reporter.,