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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 102—NO. 26
LOSESLIFEIN
A Blakely lady was killed and herl
husband and young grandson were in-‘
jured in an automobile accident be-‘
tween Bainbridge and Colquitt on
Highway 27 Sunday afternoon, when
their car collided with another. |
Mrs. Gracie Lee Bailey Murkerson,
50, died shortly after the accident in
Memorial Hospital, Bainbridge. Her
husband, Charlie Murkerson, was car
ried to Phoebe Putney Hospital, Al-
Qany, for treatment, his injuries in
cluding a broken arm, broken leg,
and other less serious injuries. Paul
Love, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Mur
kerson and son of Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ford Love, sustained a concussion and
is undergoing treatment in Medical
Center, Columbus, where his condition
is reported satisfactory.
Mrs. Murkerson, who was a native
of Marianna, Fla., and a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Willie Bailey,
had resided in Blakely most of her
life and was a member of White Plains
Free Will Baptist Cehurch, where her
funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at
3 o'clock, with the Rev. J. B. Lovering
officiating. Intermeng was in the
church cemetery, Bryan Funeral Home
in charge, and nephews of the deceas
ed serving as pall-bearers.
Surviving Mrs. Murkerson are her
husband; a son, Leon Murkerson of
Bainbridge, Ga.; a daughter, Mrs. Clif
ford Love of Blakely; two sisters, Mrs.
Dessie Edenfield of Grandridge, Fla.,
and Mrs. Maude Murkerson of Bartow.
Fla, and five grandchildren.
The family has the sympathy of
friends in their bereavement.
A CORRECTION
The News erronously stated last
week that Harvey G. Thomas had been
recognized by the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Company as Agent-of-the-Month
for January.
This should have been Thomas G.
Harvey, of Jakin, who won this honor
and the correction is gladly made.
NEW MARCH OF DIMES
Of all the causes
Throughout the nation,
You just can't beat
The National Foundation.
On Friday. February 17, all coffee
puurchases at Howell's Drug Store will
be contributed to the New March of
Dimes.
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FREE WILL
BAPTISTS TO HAVE
“BIBLE NIGHT”
The Bible is read and reverenced in
every worship service of the church,
but next Sunday night the Blakely
Free Will Baptist Church will place
special emphasis on the book that
America loves.
When we consider what the Bible
means to the human race we no longer
wonder why it is the world’s best
seller. It answers more questions on
human life and behaviour than any
other volume. It is the most enlighten
ing and inspiring. It gives strength to
the weak, courage tg the faint, and
comfort to the sorrowing. Those who
are defeated with doubt and despair
may look on its pages and find faith
and hope to try again. The Bible ac
quaints men with God and points them
to a place of eternal and blissful rest.
And this is the one universal desire of
men.
When you come for the service Sun
day evening be sure and bring your
Bible. If you have one of special inter
est to you it will interest others also.
Granfather’s Bible, one' used by the
family for many years, or by a minis
ter of the past, small or large Bibles;
be sure and bring what you have.
The service will begin at 7:30, and
the Pastor will speak on THE BIBLE,
TH ESWORD OF THE SPIRIT. Every
one is invited.
REV. J. B. LOVERING, Pastor.
Blakely Teen-Ager |
Wins First Prize
Birmingham, Ala. — Lawrence Wil
liams, 13, of Route 5, Blakely, Ga., son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Wilkerson, won
the sls First Prize in the Progressive
Farmer’'s February Youngfolks Letter
Contest. . |
His letter appears in the magazine's
75th Anniversary Issue that will go into
over 1,400,000 Southern farm homes.
Writing on the subject “Three gen
erations of Farming,” Lawrence says:
" A. My grandfather farmed 150 acres
by mule. He planted peanuts, cotton,
corn, cane, and made syrup. Four
Negro families worked the land.
B. My father sold the mules and
farms 350 acres with tractors. He plants
peanuts, corn, and has 200 acres pas
tureland on which Herefords graze.
In addition, he raises hogs and Shet
land ponies.
C. I plan to farm with my brother
David, now in ag school. He will farm
and I will tend livestock. Our 10 pure
bred Hereford heifers will be artifi
cally bred this month. We have seed
ed 125 acres pastureland. In the future,
we hope to have a pig parlor for our
hogs and a fishpond.
ELAKELY, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 16, 1961
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
JURORS DRAWN
FOR FEB. TERM
The following have been drawn to
serve at the next regular term of the
City Court of Blakely, to be convened
on February 20 by Judge J. W. Bon
ner:
David H. Billings, Al *Felder, W. T.
Smith, B. D. Mitchell, Grady Holman,
Sr,, J. P. Lane, A. D. Harriss, Jessie
James, C. J. Taylor, Ralph Jenkins,
Jerry Neal Taliaferro, C. I. Houston,
B. M. Lindsey, Arthur L. Chapman,
Hardy J. King, W. H. Fain, Grady L
George, Jr.,, J. R. George, Judson M.
Cooper, W. W. Jones, J. O. Brown,
Cecil Garrett, R. V. Ellis, H. G. Kille
brew, Eugene T. Grace, A. J. Moulton,
John M. Gilbert, Chesley E. Thomas,
(B), H. O. Brown, H. A. Mobley, W. E.
McDowell, W. T. Hendry.
Dallas C. Lisenby, Jr., L. O. Run
nells, Johnny Middleton, Abner White,
E. A. Todd, J. P. Smith, John M. Still,
Floyd L. Amos, Joe Allen, Jr., R. E.
Mills, C. R. Daniels, R. E. Balkcom,
Milton Anderson, F. G. Plowden, E. C.
McDowell, Dudley Enfinger, Wesley
Allen, Curtis Allen, C. R. Sheffield,
S. B. Blackshear, O. D. Newberry,
E. E. Ford, W. B. Jarrett, E. H. Craft,
Dorsey R. Barbree, Billy J. English,
Fred Foster.
FAMILY OF SEVEN
LOSES ALL AS
RESIDENCE BURNS
Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Vulgamore
and their five children lost all their
belongings when the residence they oc
cupied in the Bancroft community
burned last Wednesday night. The
Vulgamores had moved to Blakely
from Macon in December and Mr. Vul
gamore is a cattle herdsman for Single
tary Farms. The fire is believed to
have started in -the dining room and
when the family attempted to extin
guish the blaze it spread so rapidly that
they were unable to save any of their
personal articles or house furnishings
CARD OF THANKS
& lam grateful to you, my friends, for
your interest in me and your thought
fulness, shown in so many ways, during
my illness. I sincere appreciate every
evidence of your kindness.
HERBERT C. FORT. |
] JIM GRIST NAMED
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~ The announcement was made by the
Early County Junior Chamber of Com
merce that James Weathers Grist, son
of Mr. and Mrs. F, D, Grist, of Blake
ly, has been selected as the STAR
STUDENT for Blakely High School,
and also as the STAR STUDENT so
Early County School System
This selection is made in accordance
with the rules set up by the State
Chamber of Commerce and is based on |
academic work at the high sch«ul‘
level and the score made on the Col
lege Entrance Exam. ‘
Each STAR STUDENT is asked to
select his STAR TEACHER who must
be an active classroom teacher, regard
less of grade, who, in the student's
opinion, has made the greatest contri
bution to his scholarship achievement.
It is announced that Jim has selected
Mrs. E. D. Morton, Physics and Science
teacher, as the STAR TEACHER for
1060-61 at Blakely High.
Thomas Ward represented the Junior
Chamber of Commerce at a recent High
School assembly program and present
ed Citation Certificates to both Mrs, |
Morton and Jim, |
Arrangements will be made for Jim
and Mrs. Morton to attend the Annual
STAR Dinner of the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta on
April 7, 1961, |
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It has been estimated that 73 p(-rl
cent of all American families own at |
least one automobile. |
B. J. JACKSON
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Billie Joe Jackson, Sr. 61, died at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. Charlie
Houston, in this city, at 3:30 o'clock
Friday morning. Mr. Jackson succumb
ed to a lengthy illness.
A native of Macon, Ga., he came to
Blakely from Forsyth, Ga., some two
years ago and had resided here since.
Born September 2, 1899, he was a son
of Joseph Benjamin Jackson and Clara
Evans Jackson and was a retired book
keeper. Friends he had made during
his brief residence here received news
of his death with sincere regret.
Mr. Jackson was a member of the
Blakely Baptist Church where his fun
eral was held Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock, with the Rev. W. E. Storey
officiating. Interment followed in the
city cemetery, Manry-Minter Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements, and
Bob Houston, Chester Houston, Bill
Houston, Ed Morton, Guy Dunaway,
and Edward Balkcom serving as pall
bearers,
Surviving Mr. Jackson are his
widow, Mrs. Maud Herrin Jackson, of
Blakely; a son, Dr. B. J. Jackson, Jr.,
of Austell, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs.
Charlie Houston and Mrs. Bruce Hous
ton, both of Blakely, and two grand
children. These have the sympathy of
friends in their bereavement.
EACH TAXPAYER
RESPONSIBLE FOR
OWN RETURN
Each federal income taxpayer is re
sponsible for the facts and figures en
tered in the return he signs, even if
it is prepared with the assistance of
an Internal Revenue Service agent,
District A. C. Ross said today.
“In advising taxpayers of this re
sponsibility,” Mr. Ross said, “we must
remind them that they are responsible
under law for all entries and all sup
porting documents in their returns no
matter who prepares it.”
~ The Revenue Service, he said, wel
}comes returns prepared by competent
[professional persons, but such assist
ors can only rely upon information
provided by the taxpayer.
“The taxpayers themselves are the
persons primarily and finally respon
sible,” he said. \
DAMASCUS SCHOOL
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Stanley Steele, son of Mr. Al Steele,
is the Star Student of the Damascus
High School for the 1960-61 school year,
Stanley was selected for making the
highest score on the Scholastic Apti
tude Test taken by members of thoJ
Damascus Senior Class who plan to
%0 to coliege alter high school gradu
ation,
In order to be eligible for the Star
Student Program, a student must make
@ verbal score of 348 and a mathemati
cal score of 417, which is the national
average, ‘
Stanley entered the ninth grade at.
Damasecus High School after moving to
Early county from Middlesboro, Ken
tucky. For the past four years he has
been living with his uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore,
Stanley is a member of FFA and has
served as an officer, he has participat
ed in track, baseball, and basketball,
he holds membership in the Beta Club,
he is a member of the Dramatics Club
and participated in this year's regional
2-C One Act Play, he has been a class
officer and is a member of the Annual
Staff,
Stanley selected as his Star Teach
er, Lonnie Chester, Principal of the
Damascus High School, who taught him
social science in the ninth grade.
Stanley stated that he felt Mr. Ches
ter taught him to realize some of the
things that were happening in the
world at that particular time and the
importance of becoming better pre
pared to fact the future,
Blakely High School '
Semester Honor Roll
11th Grade — Byron Collier, Jimmy
Peters.
10th Grade — Milton White.
9th Grade — Judy Allen, Guyla
White.
Bth Grade — Dianne Crowdis, Bev
erly Gilbert, Penny Willis.
7th Grade — Margaret Arnold, Jim
King, Charlette Grist, Andy White,
Martha Jo Perkins, Andy Singletary.
6th Grade — Joyce Collier, Rita
Thomas.
sth Grade -— Charles Hobbs, Pam
Cheek, Gretchen Messer, Danny White,
Cheryl Houston, Brenda Rollins. .
4th Grade — Franklin Arnold, Demp
sey Beckham, Patricia Bridges, Martha
Dußose, Louie Ann Harris, Carole
King, Steve Singletary, Randy Brun
son, Harold Dunaway, Adrian Goocher,
Tommy Hall, Larry Harris, Carl Hobbs,
Daphene Hodges, Ray Jarrett, Mar
garet Jenkins, Janis Kidd, Virginia
Manry, Bobby McDonald, Mike Craft,
David Crowdis, Danny Westbrook,
Frances Howell, Sue Johnston, Carol
'McNeal.
3rd Grade — Jeanie Clinkscales,
Candy Clifton, Rebecca Knighton,
Gail Usry, Ronnie Hayes, Bill Warrick,
Joe Peters, Douglas Thompson, Ruth
Perkins, Jan Layton, Rex Howell,
Roger Sammons, Cliff Starr, Arthur
Barham, Ann WLite, Terry Davis, Al
len, White, Leon Jernigan|
SEEK COMPETENT ,
INCOME TAX HELP
Federal income tax:paye:'s of Geor
gia who seek professional assistance
in preparing their 1960 returns should
consult only qualified and competent
firms or individuals, A. C. Ross, Di
rector of Internal Revenue for the At
lanta District, advised today.
Members of the accounting and legal
professions usually provide top-notch
assistance, Mr. Ross noted.
~ Frequently, taxpayers find business
associates in their bookkeeping and ac
counting departments, and in banks or
other financial institutions are quali
fied to help them, he pointed out.
Mr. Ross suggests that taxpayers
seeking assistance of a tax advisor in
the preparation of their returns should:
1. Be sure the advisor has a perma
nent place of business or address.
2. Insist that the refund check be
sent to you, except where circum
stances require a power of attorney re
lationship.
3. Beware of those advisors who
claim the ability to obtain large re
funds, or who ask percentage of an an
ticipated refund as a fee; and,
4. Reject those advisors who suggest
claiming dependents or deductions to
which you are not entitled.
5. Beware of unyone alleging influ
ence over Internal Revenue Service.
6. Don't rely solely on alleged pre
vious experience with Internal Reve
nue Service. We fire employees every
year, others resign for various reasons.
CARD OF THANKS
For every evidence of your love and
friendship shown to us in so many
ways at the time of the death of our
loved one, we are deeply thankful
and appreciative.
The Family Of
MRS. VELMA WOOLF CHANCE,
No better receipt is afforded than a cance ed
check. Then you have positive proof that your bills
are paid. Enjoy the convenience and prestige of a
checking account at the FIRST STATE BANK—
Blakely’s oldest and largest banking institution.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
“BLAKELY'S OLDEST AND LARGEST”
PULL FOR BLAKELY
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PULL OUT
$2.58 PER ANNUM
The Region 1-B West girls’ basket
ball tournament will be held in the
Blakely gymnasium, the opening game
to be played on Wednesday night,
February 22, and continue through
Saturday night, February 25.
Fans will seé¢ in action the first
night, the tournament favorites, the
high-flying Seminole girls, coached
by N. P. Malcom. The Donalsonville
team opens the curtain on the 1-B
West tournament at 6 o'clock, playing
Vienna.
The middle game will feature Bobby
Terrell's Blakely girls against the
Pelham sextet. The final game that
evening will see in action the Mitch
:cll County girls against Turner County.
Thursday night Cuthbert will play
the winner of the Vienna-Seminole
game at 6 o'clock; Terrell County will
play the winner of the Blakely-Pel
ham game, and the nightcap at 9
o'clock will find Norman Park against
the Miller County girls.
The semifinais will be played on
Friday night and the finals on Sat
urday night.
The 1-B West boys’ tournament is
being held in Pelham this week.
Early County HD Club
Holds February Meeting
The February meeting of the Early
County Home Demonstration Council
was held at the home of Mrs. L. D.
Lawrence on Wednesday, February 8.
The Rowena club was hostess and the
Valentine theme was carried out in
entertaining.
Mrs. Vincent Willis, president, pre
sided and inspirational was given by
Mrs. Chester Clardy.
During ‘the business session plans
were completed for the county dress
revue to be held at the American Le
gion Hall on March 8.
Mrs. Thomas, Home Demonstration
Agent, showed some slides on trimming
and care of shrubbery.
After the meeting was adjourned de
licious refreshments were served by
the Rowena Club.
: —Reporter.
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\Joe Price Pittman
Enrolls At GSC
’ Joe Price Pittman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Hill Pittman, of 233 Lee
‘Street, Blakely, Georgia, has enrolled
at Georgia State College, in Atlanta,
for the winter quarter of study as an
incoming student,
Mr. Pittman is a graduate of Blakely
High School.
Georgia State has both a school of
Business Administration and a school
of Arts and Sciences. President of the
college is Noah N. Langdale, Jr.
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CARD OF THANKS
colliiindinas
I wish to thank all of my friends for
their thoughtfulness of me with cards,
letters, flowers, and visits, with espe
cial thanks to the nurses at Holland
Hospital, during my recent illness.
N. T. EVERETT.
Never before in the history of the
textile industry has there been so much
emphasis on quality cotton as there
is today, says Extension Cotton Mar
keting specialist Richard Long.