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EARLY COUNTY, GA.,
Garden Spot Of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 99 } NO. 49
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Legion, Auxiliary
H irl
onor Boys, Girls
State Delegates
The P. H. Fitzgerald Post No. 11
American Legion and Auxiliary honor
ed the girls and boys they sponsored
at Girls and Boys State and the presi
dents and heads of the organizations'
who co-operated with the Legion in
sending the delegates, with a supper
held at the Legion Hall on Albany
Road.
The girls attending Girls State at
Wesleyan Colllege, Macon, included:
Llsms Loyless, Carleen Bell, Beverly
Barksdale, June Sims, Priscilla Mar
shall, Carole Rupe, Marion and Bev
erly Jones, Tina Cannon and Faye
Houston. .
The boys attending Boys State at
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, included: Bob
McLendon, Chester Stokes, Larry En
finger, Ansley Moore, Sterling Jones,
Johnny Gleaton, Ernest Barnes, Rob
ert Thomas Pace and Glenn Farr.
A report of the activities at Girls
State was made by Beverly Barksdale
assisted by Carleen Bell and Llsms
Loyless. Bob McLendon reported on
Boys State.
Garland McLendon, Commander of
the American Legion, was master of
ceremonies. Mrs. Lester Shoemaker,
president of the Auxiliary, assisted in
présiding. Following the introduction
of distinguished guests and the parents
of the honored guests, the Commander
introduced Representative Leon H.
Baughman, who represents Early
County at the General Assembly.
Pete Wheeler, Director of Georgia
State Veterans Affairs, was introduced
by Rep. Baughman. Mr. Wheeler spoke
on the Veterans needs, and said, “Con
gress has not faced up to their respon
sibility. U. S. tax money has gone
abroad to provide for veterans of for
eign nations. $48,000,000 for veterans
of the Nationalist Chinese Army, and
other for Formosa.” '
“The one thing. we have in America
the Russians do not have,” he said, “is
a fundamental belief in God. The Back
to God movement was started five
years ago and includes family prayer,
even if this is just a blessing said at
the table.”
He commended the losal Post for its
interest in young people and in help
ing train leaders for tomorrow. This
carries out the Legion motto of be
ing prepared, he said.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Underwood, Co
chairmen of Girls and Boys State,
were especially commended for their
work. .
Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
BOYETT'S MID-SUMMER
| CLEARANCE SALE
10 BIG DAYS — VALUES GALORE
l Ladies’ Nationally
Advertised Skirts
Reg. $5.95
Sale $3.98
Reg. $7.95
Sale $5.30
Ladies’
Jewelry Asst. Items
Reg. SI.OO
Sale 59c¢
" Shop Now and Save
All Ladies & Casuals
Shoes Reduced
COME IN—BUY
AND SAVE
All Children’s
Sports Wear
REDUCED
Reg. sl.oo—Sale ... 67¢
Reg. sl.69—Sale __ $1.13
Reg. sl.9B—Sale $1.38
Reg. s2.9B—Sale ___ $2.08
ALL SIZES
I CHARLES E. BOYETT’S DEPT. STORE I
“Your Complete Department Store”
Carlp Counip News
'MRS. CULPEPPER
} DIES AT HOME
i WEST OF CITY
i Mrs. Mary T. Culpepper, 81, died at
her home just beyound the city limits
jon the Columbia highway Sunday at
12:18.
Mrs. Culpepper, who was the widow
of Alton A. Culpepper, had been ill
for 3 years. She was a native of Ala
' bama, but had made her home in Early
County for the past 25 years.
She was a member of the Blakely
'Free Will Baptist Church, where her
i funeral was held Tuesday morning at
'lO o’clock, with her pastor, the Rev.
Leßoy Curtis, officiating. Her body
was then carried to Hebron Cemetery,
Henry County, Ala., for interment with
Manry-Minter Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements and serving as pall
bearers were Ralph Scarborough, Al
| van Day, Sam Owen, Joe Owen, Cro
zier Batchelor, L. B. (Casey) Jones.
| Surviving Mrs. Culpepper are a
| daughter, Mrs. Claude Owen of Blake
lly; two sons, R. L. Culpepper of Bain
| bridge, Ga., and Robert A. Culpepper,
lof Kissimmee, Flla; two brothers,
| Hozie Starling and Lum Starling, both
| of Jakin, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Fludie
iMaddox of Sylvester and Mrs. Arminta
Armstrong of Collegedale, Tenn.; four
| teen grandchildren, and twenty great-
I grandchildren.
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' EARLY COUNTY MARINE
j WITH LEBANON FORCES
’ U. S. Sixth Fleet, July 15, (FHTNC)
i —Marine Pfc. Herbert L. Bruner, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Bruner of
Route 1, Jakin, Ga., was among the
11800 7J. S. Marines that landed in
;Lebanon. the past week when Presi
‘dent Eisenhower ordered the re
|inforced 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine
Regiment ashore in Beirut, The am
phibious battalion is commanded by
Lt Col. H. A. Hadd. The Marines
| making the landing are part of the
lFleet Marine Force assigned to the
‘U. S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
3McLendon and Roy Kelly of Edison;
iMr. and Mrs. L. T Swain, Arlington;
Elmer Barfield, Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs.
IRobinson McLendon, Mr. and Mrs.
iFletcher Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Ros
i coe Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Wil
lliams, Miss Bessie Lewis, Mrs. Iva
! Herring, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Gay; Mr.
|and Mrs. O. H. "King, Jr.; Mrs and
';Mrs Bruce Middleton; Mr. and Mrs.
]D. H. McDowell; Mr. and Mrs. Bert
iTarver; Mr. and Mrs. George Temples;
!Mr. and Mrs. Jim Perkins; Mr. and
‘Mrs, John Underwood; Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Gay, and the parents of the
Iboys and girls attending Boys and
Girls State.
B ————
One Rack
Ladies’ Nationally
Advertised Dresses
Va Off
One Lot Dresses . 143 Off
Children’s and Ladies’
Swim Suits
Reduced Vs to V 2 Off
Nationally Advertised
Brands
All
Ladies’ Hats
Values to $10.95
Sale — $2.00 Ea.
All Children’s
Dresses Reduced
See Yellow Tags for Big,
Big Savings. |
Asst. Sty.les and Colors |
Reg. s3.9B—Sale $2.78‘”
PR S Rt g et e
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1958
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—*“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead,”
Bodenhamer
To Speak Here
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Friday 11 A. M.
Early countians will have the oppor
tunity Friday to hear one of the
three candidates for governor of Geor
gia in the September primary when
W. T (Bill) Bodenhamer, of Ty Ty,
speaks at 11 o'clock a. m. in the court
house in Blakely.
Announcement to this effect is made
in today's News by the Early County
Bodenhamer for Governor Cllub in
a large display advertisement.
Mr. Bodenhamer, a Baptist minis
ter and Representative from Tift
County in the General Assembly, is
not a stranger to residents of Early,
having many years ago served sev
eral churches in this county and as
football coach and ' teacher in the
Blakely school.
The local Bodenhamer for Governor
Club is sponsoring the candidate’s visit
to Blakely Friday and urges all Early
countians to attend.
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Georgia 4-H'ers
° |
Getting Ready For
District Meetings
Knowing how to do something is one
thing, but showing how it is done is
quite another, as hundreds of 4-H
Club members find out each year
when district project achievement
meeting time rolls around.
That's the time when county \yin
ners in each of the six Agricultural
Extension Service districts vie for dis
trict honors in projects ranging from
growing corn to cooking, from soil
conservation to sewing—projects cov
ering every phase of farming and
homemaking.
~ The 1958 district 4-H achievement
‘meetings get underway July 28, with
‘the Southwest district meeting at
Georgia Southwestern College, Ameri
cus. Dates and places of the other
‘meetings are: Southcentral District,
' July 30-August 1, Abraham Baldwin
| College, Tifton; Notheast district, Au
' gust 4-6; North district, August 6-8;
Northwest, August 11-13, and South
‘east district, August 13-15—all at the
'Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center.
| Tommy Walton, Extension state 4-H
Club leader, University of Georgia
College of Agriculture, said project
| achievement meetings for 4-H'ers who'
‘are trying to win trips to State 4-H
|Congress are like entrance exams |
ifor college freshmen. ‘
' “If they have not learned the basic
. facts about their projects and haven't
]had enough experience to plan and
‘give a good demonstration showings
'what they've learned, they will fingd
lcompetition at 'district pretty stiff.”
’Walton pointed out. “These meetings,
however, provide far more than just
a chance to attend State Congress.
They teach club members to recognize
their weaknesses and they are encour
aged by what they see others do. They
sometimes return to district meetings,
several times in their efforts to im
prove.” |
Programs at each of the meetings
will be similar. District 4-H Council
officers will preside at assemblies and
help with the meeting in other ways.
Demonstrations in eight or ten differ
ent projects will be given each day.
Demonstrations will count 60 percent
and records 40 percent. |
Time for recreation and for cam
paigning for office in the district will
‘be given in the afternoons. Winners
in each day’'s demonstrations will be
‘posted at certain hours and all parti
‘cipants presented at one of the assem
‘bly programs. Installation of new offi
cers, a talent show, and a dress revue
will be other highlights of each dis
trict project achievement meeting.
Southwest District 4-H Council of-)
ficers are: Leck Mansfield, Jr., Cal
houn county, president; Mary Shirley?
Hodges, Decatur County, and Davidl
Smith, Jr., Clay, vice presidents; Mar
tha Faye Aycock, Randolph,, secretary;
Julia Leverett, Stewart, treasurer, and
Steve Brown, Taylor, reporter. §
Local leaders for the Southwest
district are Mrs. C. D. Williamson,
Sumter county, and Carl Ponder,
Grady county. |
Extension district agents Miss Sue
Stanford and J. C. Richardson will be!
program leaders. |
Southcentral District 4-H Council
officers are: Patricia Hunter, Lowndes
county, president; Dan Jardine, Coffee,
boys ‘vice president; Fran McCallum,
Twiggs, secretary; Connell Smith,
Crisp, treasurer, and Ike Hancock.’
Worth, reporter. i
Local leaders for the Southcentral
district are Mrs. J. Harmon Cornelius,
Berrien county, and Paul Harper, Ir
win.
Extension district agents Mrs. Jessie
Hardy and G. Y. Duke will be program
leaders.
The boys and girls from Early Coun-
Local Club Gets
Rotary District
]
Governer Banner
A motion picture film, Americans
at Home, depicting the life on a typi
cal ranch in the West, formed the en
tertainment portion of the program
at last Friday's meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club. The film, portraying the
highlights of “home on the range”,
was produced by the Ford Motor Co.
Rotarian Bill Arnold served as pro
jectionist.
Friday’s meeting also featured the
presentation of the District Gover
nor's Banner to the club and the ac
ceptance of same by President Jim
Crowdis. The presentation was made
by the District Governor himself—
Jim Bonner of the local club. The
banner becomes the property of the
Blakely club during Governor Bon
ner’'s tenure of office, July 1, 1958, to
June 30, 1959.
President Crowdis welcomed Blake
ly School Principal Frank Buckner
into the club as an honorary member.
Visitors at Friday's meeting included
Rotarian Jeff Davis and Russell Cross,
both of Albany, guests of Rotarian A.
J. Singletary.
BLAKELY F. F. A.
s
National Farm Safety Week
This week is National Farm Safety
Week and it is important that we ob
serve this week and every week.
This is an opportunity to help re
duce the great toll of lives, suffering
and expense caused by needless acci
dents. The effectiveness of this cam
paign will depend on the cooperation
received.
Monday—Home Safety:
| Keep your farm in order—Have a
place for everything and keep every
ithing in its place. Eliminate hazards
as you find them. Always be a good
housekeeper in your home and on your
farm.
Tuesday—Livestock:
Be open-minded to safety suggesions.
A wise farmer listens to safety les
sons his children bring home from
;school or farm group meetings. Keep
small children away from animals and
check and repair livestock equipment
regularly.
Wednesday—Falls:
Plan ahead—Good planning reduces
the temptations to hurry, means better
production and fewer accidents.
Repair or discard broken, unsafe
ladders. Place guards at hazardous
places.
Thursday—Highway Traffic:
Be courteous on the highway—A
courteous driver believes in living and
letting live. Know and obey all traffic
laws—follow safe driving practices.
Remove trees and shrubs near farm
driveway entrance.
Friday—Machinery:
Don’'t depend on luck—Make sure
your equipment is in safe operating
condition—make sure all guards and
safety devices are in place. Stop ma
chines before unclogging, oiling or
adjusting them.
Saturday—Review Day:
Take Safety Seriously—Check up on
any farm and farm home hazards that
might have been overlooked. Find and
eliminate at least two additional un
safe conditions around your farm.
ROSCOE NASH, Reporter.
Lee Roy Abernathy
Fails To Fill His
Engagement Here
Lee Roy Abernathy, one of the three
candidates for governor of Georgia,
failed to make his scheduled appear
ance here Monday evening at 7 o'clock.
His Atlanta headquarters had request
‘ed The News to announce the speak
ing engagement. The reason for his
non-appearance is not known.
LIONS MEETING
The Blakely Lions Club met Tues
'day at noon. Two new members,
Charles Roberts and Judson Cooper,
‘were inducted into its membership.
Lion Dorsey Barbree was in charge of
a short induction service. The meeting |
was devoted to a discussion of clubl
'‘business, with President Whalen
George presiding. |
Guests at the meeting included Pfc.
Allen Martin, of the U, S. Marine
Corps; Dr. E. E. Martin, of Haines
City, Fla.; Grady George, Jr. of Da-l
mascug; and W. R Middleton and Roy
Herrydhal, of Jacksonville, Fla. l
The Devil’'s Woodyard on Trindad
in the West Indiés is the site of a|
peculiar tourist attraction—mud vol-|
canoes, '
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ty who will be attending the District |
Achievement Meeting are: ’
Senior Division: Jimmy Mock, Pub‘i
lic Speaking; Dan Blackshear, Poul-!
try. |
Junior Division: Jimmy Belisle,
Livestock Conservation; Earl Middle-i
ton, Gardening; Carroll Waller, Health;
Ted Waller, Public Speaking; John
Odom, Jr., Tractor Maintenance;
Charles Perry, Between Meal Snacks;
David Pearce, Marketing Quality Cot
ton. |
'NO CONTEST IN
COUNCILMEN AND
MAYOR ELECTION
There will be no contest in Blake
ly's annual city election, to be held
on the first Tuesday in August. This
became known Monday when the
deadline passed for qualifying as a
candidate for either Mayor or Council
Thus, James Murdock, Jr.,, a former
Mayor, who announced last week as
a candidate, will again be named to
that position for another two-year
term beginning January 1, 1959.
Councilmen Robinson McLendon and
A. J. Singletary, both of whom qual
ified the past week with City Clerk
G. D. Bridges, are likewise without
opposition and will be re-elected to
another two-year term.
Messrs. McLendon and Singletary
are now serving their second te‘rms.
Mr. Murdock will succeed George
Gee as Maycr. Under the city statutes
a Mayor cannot succeed himself.
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AGRICULTURE
STABILIZATION AND
CONSERVATION NEWS
By LYSLE E. McNEAL, County
Office Manager ‘\
Farmers Should Assist in
ASC Acereage Measurement ‘
Farmers are spending a few extra
hours in their {ields this year. For that
time, they will be reaping manyfold
benefits. The reason is that they will
be spending the time with performance
reporters from the county Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation offices.
Working with chains, aerial maps, and
other equipment, the growers and the
reporter will measure the exact corn,
cotton and peanut acreage on the farm.
The farmer is asked to participate so
he can satisfy himself on the spot
that the work is done accurately.
Figures and measurements plotted
on the aerial photograph in the field
by the reporter and farmer are turn
ed in at the ASC office. Using a plani
meter and other figure-finding devices
exact acreages are determined. The
farmer is notified, and he then has an
}opportunity to dispose of any excess
acres if necessary to bring him into
‘[compliance with acreage allotments
o: Soil Bank permitted acres or to
rrequest a remeasurement of the acre
ages.
Green Peanuts
Under the 1958 peanut regulations
there is a provision whereby any
acreage planted to peanuts which is
dug and marketed green, may be de
ducted and not count against the har
vested allotment acreage, provided
such acreage is premeasured and a
satisfactory report of the disposition
is made to the county committee by
the farm operator. The cost of the pre
measurement shall be paid by the pro
ducer,
Producers are reminded that pre
measurements of the green peanuts
must be made PRIOR to the harvest
ing of any of the acreage. For addi
tional information on this phase of
the program, please contact the coun
ty office.
Acreage Reserve Payments Made
Under the Acreage Reserve Program
in Early County there is obligated a
total of $474,745.27. Payments have
been made in the following amounts
on the following programs:
Corn — $44,917.30.
Cotton — $195,349.34,
Wheat — $10,129.68.
Payments are made as rapidly as
possible to those producers who are
eligible for payments.
Bituminous coal moves by barge
over the Ohio River at the rate of 28
millions tons per year.,
A WISE PERSON
Wise is the person who pays his or her
bills by check.
It furnishes an accurate record of your
purchases, and a cancelled check provides
the best receipt.
We invite you to open an account to
day.
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Maximum Insurance of $10,000.00 for Each Depositor
PULL FOR BLAKELY
i
PULL OUT
$2.06 A YEAR
July 31 Last Day
To Redeem 57
Crop Loan Cotton
Farmers have until July 31 to re
deem their 1957-crop loan cotton, John
F. Bradley, administrative officer of
the State Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee, remind
ed farmers today. After the close of
business on that date, Bradley declar
ed, all 1957-crop cotton which is still
under loan will be purchased by the
Commodity Credit Corporation.
Bradley urged county farmers to
keep informed about local cotton prices
so that each grower can determine
the best course for him to follow. Cot
ton prices have been running fairly
steady, he.said, and the current mar
ket is sufficiently high so that the
better qualities of loan cotton are
worth more than the value of the loan
and charges. Producers should there
fore be able to realize some profit
from disposing of such cotton before
the loan matures.
Until the maturity date of the cot
ton loan on July 31, producers have
three choices in disposing of their 1957
crop loan cotton, Bradley explained.
They may (1) sell their “equity” in
the loan cotton, (2) redeem the cotton
from the loan and sell the crop in the
open market, or (3) leave the cotton
under loan, and it will be purchased
by COC.
In recent weeks, redemptions of the
loan cotton throughout the country
have been running about 50,000 bales
a weeK. As of June 20, a total of al
most 768,000 bales had been redeemed,
leaving about 2.9 million bales still
under loan.
H. H. ALSTON DIES
AT ARLINGTON AFTER
EXTENDED ILLNESS
Holly Herman Alston, 76, prominent
Early countian residing in Arlington,
died Sunday following an extended
illngp. ¥ i o
- Mr. Alston was a native of Early
County and formerly resided in Blake
ly and was employed by the Blakely
Oil & Fertilizer Company prior to
1913, when he moved to Arlington.
He was superintendent of Arlington
Oil Mills and had been employed by
that firm for 40 years prior to his re
tirement some time ago. He was a
member of the Arlington Methodist
Church, Magnolia Lodge No. 249 F. &
A. M, and the W. O. W.
Mr. Alston’s funeral was held Mon
day afternoon in the Arlington Meth
odist Church, with the Rev. Elick Bull
ington officiating, and Bryan Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements and
G. C. Davis, Gus Dunn,. Bill Toole,
Charlie W. Vines, Ray Houston, and
Harold Gleaton serving as activepall
bearers. Interment was in Oak Grove
cemetery with Masonic honors, mem
bers of Arlington Lodge No. 249 F. &
A. M. serving as pall-bearers.
Mr. Alston, who was born in Early
County on February 11, 1882, was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Alston. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fanny
Bell Alston; two daughters, Mrs. Fred
N. Griffin and Mrs. Joseph B. Ellis,
both of Panama City, Fla.; two sons,
John Herman Alston of Tampa, Fla,,
and Harold A. Alston of Arlington;
two sisters, Mrs. Lacy Taylor of
Gainesville, Fla., and Mrs. Luther
Taylor of Winter Haven, Fla; and a
brother, Jasper Lee Alston of Zephyr
Hills, Fla.