Newspaper Page Text
EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 102—NO. 27
-
Mrs. Carmichael
Is Interred In
City Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Hammack Carmichael, 87, of East
Point, widow of the Rev. M. W. Car
michael, a Methodist minister in the
South Georgia Conference for many
years, were held in the East Point
First Methodist Church at 10 o'clock
last Thursday morning, with the Rev.
E. C. Wilson and the Rev. J. L. Black
officiating. Burial was in the Blakely
cemetery at 3 o'clock Thursday after
noon, H. L. Carmichael & Sons Fun
eral Home of East Point in charge.
Mrs. Carmichael was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Ham
mack of Blakely. She attended the old
State Normal School in Athens and
was a member of its first graduating
class. She taught school in north Geor
gia and in Alabama. A member of the
East Point First Methodist Church, she
had lived in East Point 25 years.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lo
raine C. Quincy, of Muskegon, Mich.;
a son, Warren C. Carmichael, of At
lanta; a sister, Mrs. W. P. Conway, of
East Point; two grandsons; and a
number of neices and nephews, among
them Mrs. B. B. Godwin, Mrs. R. E.
Alexander, and Mrs. J. W. Farriss of
Blakely.
V. F. W. Post To Host {
Second District Meeting
Dwight Floyd Post No. 5259, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, will be host to a‘
meeting of the Second District VFwW
Posts on Sunday, February 26, 1961.
The morning session of this meeting
will begin at 10:00 a. m. and recess at
12:00 Noon. Dinner will be served by
the VFW Auxiliary. The afternoon
session will begin' at approximately
1:30 p. m. and adjourn at 3:30 p. m.
We urge all members to try and be
present.
On Saturday night preceding the
meeting, a dance will be held at the
Post Home, beginning at 9:00 p. m.
Music will be furnished by The Lamp
lighters Orchestra. All VFW members
are invited to attend.
WILLIAM S. ALDERMAN. Com.
CITY COURT
The February term of Blakely City
Court convened and adjourned all be
fore noon Monday. A number of cases,
involving traffic and liquor violations,
and all pleas of guilty, were disposed
of by Judge J. W. Bonner.
CARD OF THANKS
I am deeply grateful for every evi
dence of your kindness and sympathy
at the time of the death of my mother.
I shall always hold you in grateful
remembrance.
W. P. JERNIGAN.
bR SR
CARD OF THANKS
We are sincerely grateful ior the
many kind deeds and for your assis
tance in every way at the time of the
loss of our posessions by fire. Our sin
cere thanks,
MR. AND MRS. P. W. VULGAMORE.
Meeded For Success ...
N ‘ [/;’: . ‘\-3-:"' o
\ \*., N ,‘ 7 eo7
N=lP sSO e (e
N\ ===
A\ ) ~—
j % \ N
N 2 o e
R S~ o ot
' .g&"'fg \
! - -('. D s /-
W \\\ v‘“(" /{// 28
2
NS
i 54 35 e
—?’/ _;,z'jf(;,/m”r;flon through :ZQ_{\s
L V,ocfiflonél Agriculture 3<=
v 2 \“‘ \ \ T- . \
7/ ’,/,/ ')'n'= Xy \EFé. \\?.\.-
Ifuiure Farmers of Americo Week Feb. “-QSI
We Salute the Blakely Chapter on The Occasion
Of the Observance of National F. H. A. Week
CHAS. E. BOYETT'S DEPT. STORE
Henry W (.‘rmly S('huol B
Jnurnnli.sm, Unjiy “thoe
SOIL SAMPLE
PICK-UP ANNOUNCED
BY COUNTY AGENT
Soil samples will be picked up at
all soil sample stations in Early county
on Friday, February 24, says Judson
Cooper, County Agent. Please get your
soil samples to the station nearest you
by that date.
If you prefer bringing. samples by
the Extension Office, have them there
before 3:00 p. m. Friday. '
You may still take samples after this
date. but it-is advisable to get them in
as soon as posgible so you may get the
result before planting.
Dies Following
Theo White, 76. retired Early county
farmer and former member of the
board of county commissioners, died
at his home here Monday afternoon at
6:15 o'clock. He succumbed to a lengthy
illness.
A native and life-long resident of
Early county, Mr. White was a son of
Jefferson Davis and Lizzie Cobb White
and was born October 10, 1884. He was
a member of the Blakely Free Will
Baptist Church.
His funeral was held Wednesday
morning at 11 o'clock in the Chapel of
Manry-Minter Funeral Home, with the
Rev. W. E. Storey and the Rev. J. B.
Lovering officiating. Interment was in
Pelasant Grove cemetery, with the fol
lowing serving as pall-bearers: Active,
Shelly Simmons, J. H. Harpe, Marshall
Day, Bert Tarver, James Bryant, and
Bennett Smith; honorary, M. C. Ches
ter, A. D. Harriss, S. G. Maddox, Sr.,
Jim White, C. S. Chandler, Fred
Chandler, J. B. Gaulden, Dr. S. P. Hol
land, G. W. White, Sr., Ledger White,
Guy White, Fred White, Theo Williams,
J. P. Hallman, Mark Brownlee, Sr.
Surviving Mr. White are his wife,
Mrs. Ozie Hayes White, three sons,
Milton White, of Wrightsville, and Jack
and Travis White, both of Blakely.
Three grandchildren also survive.
Local Jehovah's
Witnesses Attend
Dothan Meeting
Members of the Blakely Congrega
tion were among the 918 Jehovah's
Witnesses present to hear the discourse
“Is God Interested in the Affairs of
Men?" delivered by D. J. Thomas as
a climax to a three-day Circuit Assem
bly of Jehovah’s Witnesses held in Do
than Sunday. Mr. Thomas is District
Supervisor of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Charles Jobin, presiding minister of
the local congregation of Jehovah's
Witnesses, announces the visit of Cir
cuit Supervisor, Jack Lisle, from
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr. Lisle is a graduate minister of
the Watchtower Bible College of
Gilead, and will be with the local con
gregation this week.
As a climax of his visit, Sunday,
February 26, at 3 p. m., he will deliver
a Bible lecture, “Seeking Peace with
God and Man" at the local Kingdom
Hall, Kolomoki House, N. Main Street,
Blakely, Ga.
All Kingdom-Seekers are welcome,
Mr. Jobin said.
i —————
A first-year member of the Future
Farmers of America is called a ‘Green
hand.”
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 23, 1961
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
This week, February 18-25, the
Blakely FFA Chapter is celebrating
National FFA Week along with the
380,000 members in 9,000 local chapters
throughout the United States and
Puerto Rico. National FFA Week is
scheduled in February to honor George
Washington, who was an outstanding
farmer as well as a great leader. l
This is the 22nd anniversary of the
Blakely FFA Chapter. Members have
planned and carried out a number of
activities this week, including a ™.
program. radio program, attending
church in a group, and other special |
activites for e¢ach day of the week.
There are 85 members of the Blakely
Chapter this year and we have 32 hon
orary members. Hal Hobbs is chapter
president, with Jimmy Tedder, vice
president; Jimmy Belisle, secretary;
48,461 Georgia
Farms Given
' Up 1954-1959
Georgia lost almost 4’2 million acres
of farm land—more than any other
state—between 1954 and 1959.
The U. S. Department of Commerce
also repurted that the last agriculture
census for those years reflected a loss
of 48,461 farms in Georgia.
This loss is exceeded only by Missis
sippi's 66,362, North Carolina’s 60,668
and Texas' 50,375.
Georgia’s exact acreage loss was
4,354,484 acres, the Commerce Depart-l
ment said. The state was still left with
19,664,289 acres still being used, the,
18th largest area in the United States;
and third greatest in the South, Merrill
C. Lofton, Commerce Department field
manager, said. '
Mr. Lofton said the South lost 519,- !
732 farms during the five-year period,
61 percent of all those lost in the na
tion. Twenty-nine million less acres
in cultivation was the result, he said.
Figures on the farm losses take into
account changes of definition establish
ed by the Census Bureau, Mr. Lofton
explained.
‘ Mother Of Blakely .
| Man Dies After
1: Long Illness
| Headland, Ala. — Funeral services
for Mrs. Nancy C. Jackson Jernigan,
age 85, of Headland, were held Thurs
day. February 16, at 3 o'clock at the
| Headland Mortuary Chapel, with the
|Revs. Lyman C. Brannon and B. I,
'Hughen officiating. Burial followed in
the Headland Baptist cemetery, ‘
| Mrs. Jernigan passed away in a Do
than hospital Wednesday morning,
| February 15, after a long illness. |
| She was born and reared in Henryi
county and was a member of the
| Headland Baptist Church, |
She is survived by two sons, William ‘
P. Jernigan. of Blakely, Ga., and‘
George W. Jernigan of Mobile, Ala.;
a step daughter, Mrs. Reba Kirkland,
of Headland, Ala., and 3 grandchildren.
Gulf Life Insurance
Representative Makes
President’s Club
l J. F. Gilbert, local representative of
Gulf Life Insurance Company, has
qualified for his company's President's
Club with a leading sales and service
record in 1960. President’s Club mem
bers and their wives will be guests at
Gulf Life's 50th Anniversary celebra
tion to be held in Miami Beach,
June 144,
Mr. Gilbert will attend sessions in
advanced underwriting techniques dur
ing the Miami Beach meeting, it was
| announced by W. A, Levie, manager of
,Oulf Life's branch office in Albany.
BLAKELY CHAPTER OBSERVES NATIONAL F. F. A. WEEK
: L
\ ; ' : |
: 3 &xm»fi'w o R
& 3 N w e < PRI TBTAT(eBT RN N S WY Yo ™
. ; ;;" G e '\Z:”‘u Hle R ¢ o R
{ §ooonl@l eB S BT T N W B L T ead i 3 . R !
; ‘,‘ s o PR RN ) L e y
S SRS Ros 18 T & F (Bl _; ‘ *&g:*» 53‘ B eRR (A
&%{} ?.5 TAEEE . T i §og "z‘!fl 1 f”‘i’ :: 3 ;‘ 1 0 3 s
e W : : $ 48 . Rel e Z
EE T Y s s & &oF B T N ¢
P ~ y 1) £ T e -~§?
£ Ny ¥ 1 ’ ¥ P By &
. ‘ & o e q b .
" g\ QRO ¥ vy &3 PY&B g % -
LAt T R P " abdath, T p "
“ffit ’ S L. | SIS RARL 0 4 ok v
e 1 T 9 el By ® eTWEeI :! 5 K ] &
. (& - R ¥ - -3 N S S ) |AR 3
g r . L ¥ € ’i W, - g B
.I,TN. : R & -
"} X i > fi&- . &‘x 90 SLR ‘ RER ’”?
(e S B W R L e T
hl4 “ Sfger T . £
R "'; ‘ m” | " | e} ‘r P <
e A : ¢ @ L i eol B
= & 4 PR S b 3 et :
: - B&5 ; - 2
- e BLAKELY CHAPTER P ~ERE g
v v * .
Edward Balkcom, Jr., treasurer; John
Odom. reporter; George Wall Nash
sentinel; Lamar Johnson, parliamen
tarian, and Betty Timmons and Mary
Jane Owens, chapter sweethearts.
The. Blakely chapter has been a.
Gold Emblem chapter for the past
twelve years. To win the Gold Emblem |
a chapter must plan and carry out an
outstanding Program of Work each
year which consists of many varied
projects and activities. There is only
one other chapter in the nation that
has received the Gold Emblem more
than the Blakely Chapter and that
chapter has only one more than the
Blakely chapter.
Last fall the Blakely chapter was
recognized as the State Winner of the
State Chapter Contest and was winner
of the District I Contest the year be-
GEORGE D. TORBERT l
George Dozier Torbert, 68, of Fort
Gaines, died Thursday night in the
Fort Gaines Hospital following an ili
ness of several weeks. A native and
life-long resident of Clay county, he
was born March 14, 1892, and was a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George
'W. Torbert.
‘ His funeral was held Saturday morn
ing at 10:30 o’clock in Wesley Chapel
Methodist Church, with the Rev. J.
W. M. Stipe and the Rev. J. V. Pitt
man officiating. Interment was in the
church cemetery, Bryan Funeral Home
in charge, and Herbert Blackburn,
Sammy Davis, Grady Findley, John
Shaw Engram, Albert Killingsworth,
and Charles Benoit serving as pall
bearers. Composing an honorary escort
were Howell Pate, A. W. Sanders,|
Cleon Sanders, Gene Lindsey, Jim
Sanders, Charlie Spier, Willis Cox, Dr.
A. H. Stone, Sr., Lester Pearce, J. T.
Pate, Carl Childs, Austin Mobley, T.
W. Mobley, W. G. Grimsley, Dr. H. P,
Wood. Dr. David Weathersby, Clifton
Killingsworth, Clemon Fain, Will Find
ley, Willie J. McKemie, and Henry
McKemie.
Surviving Mr. Torbert are his wife,
Mrs. Mary Florence Torbert, two
daughters, Mrs. T. Malmolm Gray of
Ft. Gaines and Mrs. P. U. Engranm of
Dawson; a son, W. G. “Jack” Torbert of
Coleman; and three sisters. Mrs. L. W.
Wiley of Damascus, Mrs. W. M. Barron
of Baxley, and Mrs. Terrell Johnson
of Albany, and ten grandchildren |
PILOT CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
The Pilot Club of Blakely met re
cently at the City Hall. The nominating
committee was named and is compos
ed of Mrs. J. N. Livingston, Mrs. Max
Rupe and Mrs. J. O. Napier. They will
report the slate of officers at the
March business meeting.
Bosses and Civie Night was discuss
ed and planned for the latter part of
March. Scholarship recipients will be
the honor guests, two of whom are
living in Atlanta—Miss Jean Harris,
and Miss Julia Perry.
“Pilot Principles and Ideals” was the
topic for discussion, with Mrs. R. W,
Mueller making an interesting talk on
this theme, Mrs. Mueller, who is chair
man of the Crippled Children's Pro
gram in Early county this year, stress
ed the importance of helping finance
the program where thousands of Geor
gians need aid. Many are depending
on the Easter Seal Rehabilitation
Treatment Centers to assist them in be
coming useful and productive citizens,
Mrs. Mueller said.
The president, Mrs. A. D. Wilker
son, asked that all reports be in by
March 1. She announced the State Con
vention will be held at the Atlanta
Biltmore Hotel, April 21-22-23. Two
members of the local club have been
asked to assist. Mrs. Max Rupe is on
the Credentials Committee and Miss
Bessie Lewis, a Teller,
Mrs. Iva Herring reported a picture
had been sent to the Pilot Log of Miss
Julia Perry being presented a scholar
£hip by the Pilot Club of Blakely.
fore. This award is given to the chap
ter with the most outstanding Program
of Work for the year. At our Parent-
Son Banquet in April the Georgia
Bankers Association will present the
chapter a SIOO check. Last October at
the State FFA Rally in Macon, the
chapter was presented a plaque by
F. W. Woolworth Co., declaring the
Blakely chapter winner in this con
test.
Members at present are feeding 28
steers for the spring Fat Cattle Shows
and have several hundred dollars in
vested in purebred hogs. There are 10
gilts in this year’s Chapter Pig Chain.
The chapter operates a 22-acre farm
and owns a pickup truck. tractor, and
other equipment for operating this
{arm.
Rotarians Hear
~lnteresting Talk
-
On'Astronautics’
A highly interesting talk on “Astro
nauties” was the program enjoyed by
members of the Blakely Rotary Club
at their weekly meeting the past Fri
day. The speaker was Dr. James A
Frasier, professor of Physical Science
at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgom
eary, Ala. The speaker, using lantern
slides to illustrate his talk, gave the
‘Rotarians an insight into the planning
for some of this country's vehicles for
flight into space. Dr. Frasier admitted
Russia’s superiority at the present time
in the outer space program, but stated
America was slowly closing the gap.,
His talk, much of it of a highly tech
nical nature, held the club members in ‘
rapt attertion and received resounding
applause. The speaker was introduced
by Rotarian Zack Crittenden, program
chairman. Accompanying Dr. Frasier
to Blakely was Major See, Safety
Flight Officer at Maxwell AFB,
Other visitors at Friday's meeting,
which was presided over by President
Elder Crawford, were Rotarian Newell
Howell, of Meridian, Miss., a guest of
Rotarian Crittenden, Bud Fonts, a
guest of Rotarian Dunbar Grist; and
Phyllis Davis, a member of the Senior
Class at Blakely Hi, a guest of honorary
member Jimmy Rogers,
And be prepared to seize opportunities for advance
ment. . . able to defend yourself—against the on
slaught of financial emergencies.
Every pay day, make a deposit in a bank savings
account—nhere at the First State Bank.
‘ BLAKELY, GEORGIA '
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
“BLAKELY'S OLDEST AND LARGEST”
PULL FOR BLAKELY
— OR —
PULL OUT
$2.58 PER ANNUM
©
Dr. Crowdis Heads
Heart Fund Drive
For Ninth Year
Dr. James H. Crowdis, local physi
cian and civie leader, is heading the
February Heart Fund campaign in
Early county for the ninth consecutive
year.,
He accepted this volunteer leader
ship post for the 1961 drive at the re
quest of George H. Broadnax and W.
Cameron Mitchell, state Heart Fund
co-chairmen,.
Dr. Crowdis, a well known medical
leader in Southwest Georgia, is an ac
tive member of the Georgia Heart
Association and has served this or
ganization in numerous capacities.
The Heart Fund campaign, conduct
ed each February, is the Georgia Heart
Association’s only appeal for funds to
fight disabling heart and blood vessel
disorders through an intensive program
of research, public and professional
education, and community services.
Mr. Broadnax and Mr. Mitchell said
the state association considers itself
fortunate to have such capable leader
ship for the 1961 Heart Fund Drive.
“For this reason we believe that the
drive in this area will be one of the
most successful in recent years,” they
said.
The co-chairmen point out that the
Georgia Heart Association, now in its
13th year, has made considerable prog
ress, due aimost entirely to the active
interest and support of the people of
'the state.
Woman'’s Club Holds
Recent Meeting
The Blakely Woman’s Club met re
cently at the Clubhouse, with Mrs.
Fred Brooks, president, presiding. The
meeting opened with the Pledge of
Allegiance led by the president and
Mrs. J. E. Freeman gave the inspira
tional, “Light at Holiday House” by
Mary Martin.
Mrs. Nelson reported on the Semi
nar held at the educational center
at the University of Georgia in Athens.
She summarized the talks made dur
ing the Seminar.
Re?ort from the Executive Board
meeting February 9 was made by Mrs.
Brooks. She said the Boys Dorm at
Tallulah Falls will be started in
April. The district meeting was dis
cussed and plans were made for the
meeting to be held in Blakely, March
22
! A letter from the Historica! Com
mission stated they are int:rested in
preserving the flag pole 2.d will send
an engineer to Blakely to assist in
laying out plans for this 100-year-old
relic,
Mrs. -Ed Sealy and committee were
thanked for a Benefit Party and $75
was reported to have been sent to
Tallulah Falls.
The Home Department was in charge
of the program with Mrs. W. J. Grist,
chairman. She introduced Beverly Gil
bert, Elizabeth Sessions, and Gayle
Wimberley, who took part in the pro
gram.
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostesses, Mrs. Ed Sealy, Mrs.
D. H. McDowell, and Mrs. John Wil
liams, Sr.
CARD OF THANKS
I want to thank all my friends that
were 50 nice to me while I was in
Baxley Clinic, for the visits, cards,
flowers, and gifts. Especially the Doc
tors and nurses. May God bless you all.
REX REEVES.