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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’'S COUNTRY
VOLUME 102—NO. 29
George Gee, business man, and for
mer Mayor and Councilman, has been
named president of the Blakely Rotary
Club for the year beginning July 1.
He will become the 36th president of
the club which was founded in 1926.
Other officers named to serve with
the new president are Bill Arnold,
vice-president; Elsworth Yarnall, sec
retary-treasurer; Charlie L. Houston,
sergeant-at-arms, and three new di
rectors, Rafe Houston, John Holman,
and Zack Crittenden. The new presi
dent, the retiring president, vice presi
dent, and the secretary-treasurer com
plete the board.
A motion picture of last year’s Jubi
lee Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of
America, held at Colorado Springs,
C 010.,, was shown the Rotarians at
Friday’s meeting. Chehaw District
Scout Executive Roy Starrett, of Al
bany, gave comments on the interest
ing film.
Visitors present inciuded Bill Floyd,
of Davis & Floyd, a guest of Rotarian
Jack Huddle; Dr. Harry M. Prater,
a guest of Rotarian Elsworth Yarnall:
Otho M. Henn, of Detroit, Mich., a
visiting Rotarian making up his at
tendance; Charles DeLoach, a guest of
Rotarian Earl Taylor; and High School
Senior Betty Arnold, a guest of hon
orary member Jimmy Rogers.
President Elder T. Crawford pre
sided over Friday’s meeting and Ro
tarian Frank Davis was program chair
man.
CARD OF THANKS
We are deeply appreciative of every
kindness shown us at the time of the
death of our loved one, Miss Pearl
Watson. We shall always hold you in
grateful remembrance.
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Harrell,
Mrs. W. H. Watson,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saunders,
And Daughter.
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Carlp Connip News
Miss Pearl Watson, 84, a former
resident of Blakely, died in Terrell
County Hospital, Dawson, on Wednes
day afternoon of the past week, suc
cumbing to an extended illness.
Miss Watson, a native of Greene
County, and a daughter of William
Boner and Lavania Ketchens Watson,
was born February 4, 1877. She form
erly resided on North Main street in
Blakely for many years before mov
’ing to Calhoun County 20 years ago
with her niece, Mrs. Brantley Harrell.
She had made her home with Mr.
and Mrs. Harrell for the past 27 years.
They moved to Dawson some 3 months
ago. Mrs. Watson was a member of
the Morgan Methodist Church.
Funeral.services were held in Blake
ly in the Chapel of Manry-Minter
Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at
3 o'clock, with the Rev. R. E. Dorsey,
of Arlington, and the Rev. Charles
lAllen, of Leary, officiating. Serving
as pall-bearers were Ralph Flannagan.
Merl Kenney, Lawrence Jenkins, Alli
son Taylor, Ralph Jenkins, and Tom
Grier.
Surviving Miss Watson are a sister,
Mrs. Kate Callaway; a sister-in-law,
Mrs. W. H. Watson of Cuthbert: and
two nieces, Mrs. Brantley Harrell, of
Dawson, and Mrs. Charles Saunders, of
Cuthbert.
CUB SCOUTS ‘
The Cub Scouts of Pack 91 met re-|
cently at 'the American Legion Hall,'
with Cubmaster Guy Dunaway pre-|
siding. Twenty-two new Cubs signed |
up to enter Cubbing. ‘
An application for the renewal of|
the charter was made. Committee |
members include: George Warrick, |
chairman, Oree Thompson, Leonard
White, Billy Peters, and Lowrey Stone. |
Pack 31 is sponsored by the Ella|
Jones PTA. Ralph L. English is as-!
sistant cubmaster. ‘
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1961
e _ Il Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
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Music Festival |
Largely Attended
An estimated 1,000 boys and girls,!
representing eleven high school bands'
from as many cities, came to Blakely
the past Friday and Saturday to at
tend the high school band festival,
which was held at the high school
‘auditorium and at Standifer Field,
under the direction of the Blakely
band director, Marcus Mulkey. .
Bands from East Dougherty, Pelham,
Tifton, Worth County, Cairo, Albany
Junior High, Mitchell County, Miller
County, Albany High and Blakely
|were present for the two-day event.
| According to Mr. Mulkey, the Blake
|ly band and individuals received the
{following ratings In the different
|events:
Twirling solos and ensembles, Pam
|Houston, excellent; Blakely ensemble,
| superior.
| Brass solos and ensembles, Al War
rick, cornet solo, excellent; Blakely
|quartet, comprised of Susan Gilbert,
|Linda Willis, A 1 Warrick, Cecelia Hale,
icomets. good.
1 In the band concert, Blakely re
iceived an excellent rating in both the
|concert and sight-read. The Albany
|high, Miller County, Cairo and East
|Dougherty bands received superior
ratings in this category. Superior rat
ings are the same as first place, excel
lent is second, good is third, fair is
fourth and poor is fifth.
Woodwind solos and ensembles: Bev
lerly Gilbert, bass clarinet, superior;
;the tMio, Faye Brown, Charlotte
|Hodges, Kathy Rice, flutes, excellent;
|clarinet quartet, Pat Gibson, Louise
‘Bridges, Louise Williams, Kathy Pitt
man, good.
| Judges for the festival were Roger
zDancz. University of Georgia, who is
director of the Red Coat band; Harold
| Bachman, University of Florida;
[George Corradino, Columbus, Ga., high
Ischool; Dr. J. P. Jones, Albany Con-
Iservatory; Charles Nutick, Stetson
| University, Deland, Fla.; D. Max Noabh,
GSCW; D. Martin Rice, Auburn Uni
| versity; Herman Gunter, Richard Col
|lins, Florida State University; William
| Temblyn, Auburn University, Miss
|Ann Gainey. Albany; Mrs, Jere Conner
|Ward, Atlanta beauty, who led the
Red Coat Band as twirler a few years
|ago, served as the twirling judge.
'EMERGENCY VA
' HOSPITAL CASES
| EXPLAINED
Atlanta — Georgia Veterans Service
;Director Pete Wheeler says inquiries
| are frequently made about quickly ad
mitting a veteran to a VA hospital in
a medical emergency.
The best way, he says, to place a
seriously ill veteran in a VA hospital
is for the veteran's private doctor to
telephone the hogpital's admitting doc
tor and discuss his condition.
“This procedure insures the fastest
| possible action,” Wheeler commented,
adding that the Veterans Service De
partment will assist veterans seeking
admittances in both emergency and
routine cases.
' Wheeler also reports that a veteran
lwith a non-service-connected condi
tion may now receive outpatient treat
' ment if he is scheduled for admission
| or already a patient in a VA hospital.
| VA outpatient care for nonservice
' veterans was recently extended to,
]provide them pre-hospital and post
' hospital services,
' Wheeler says laboratory and x-ray
| examinations will be included, along
| with other before-and-after hospital
treatment, without actually placing
these veterans in a. bed, |
“learn, live, serve throu =
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4-H CLUB BOYS
AND GIRLS OBSERVE
4-H CLUB WEEK
Early county has 12 4-H Clubs with
a membership of 316 boys and girls.
Many activities have been planned by
4-H Club members in the observance
of National 4-H Club Week.
A window display has been erected
pointing up activities. Members of the
committee for the window display are:l
Dorothy Phelps, Veronica Bock, Janie
Temples, Jimmy Belisle, Dan Black- |
shear. )
Sunday programs have been plan-’
ined at the Blakely Methodist Church\
and the New Hope Baptist Church.
The program committee consists ot'
Ronnie Balkcom, Dorothy Phelps.
Marilyn Waller, Dan Blacksheafl
'Jimmy Belisle, Jane Middleton, Mrs.
{Myra Thomas and Judson Cooper.
l Jane Middleton is president of the
| Early County 4-H Council.
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\EDWIN UNDERWOOD
DIES AT MIAMI
Edwin H. Uhderwood, 75, former
resident of Blakely, and a brother to
John L. Underwood of this city, died
in a Miami hospital Saturday follow
ing an extended illness.
l Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon in the Chapel of
the Vann-Orsel Funeral Home at
Miami.
A native of Camilla, and a son of
the Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Underwood,
Mr. Underwood had resided in Miami
for the past 35 years. |
, Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
|Glady Legg Underwood. Miami; a son,
E. H. Underwood, Jr., Miami; two
brothers, John L. Underwood, Blakely,
Joel C. Underwood, Atlanta; a sister,
ers. Charlie Hodges, Bainbridge. |
Missionaries To
Visit Local Churches
} White Pond, Blakely, and Zion Free
'Will Baptist churches will be hosts to
the Rev. and Mrs. Kirby J. Godwin,
missionaries to Alaska, on Sunday and
Monday, March 12, 13.
- Rev. and Mrs. Godwin completed
their training for missionary service
with graduation from Free Will Bap
tist Bible College, Nashville, Tenn.,
last spring. Since that time they have
been doing itinerary work to get ac
quainted with the people they will
represent, and to acquaint the people
with the field where they will labor.
They will be showing slides of the
mission field in Alaska where they
hope to be by the early part of April,
The schedule for the local churches
is as follows: Sunday, 11:00 a. m.,
White Pond Church in the Liberty
Hill community; Sunday. 8:00 p. m.,
Blakely Church; and Monday 7:30
p. m.,, Zion Church in the Sowhatchee
community.
In these services one will find both
education and inspiration. Everyone‘
is invited to attend.
Blakely Lionesses
Tak » First Victory
The Blakely Lionesses won their
first game of the season Saturday
night when they blazed their way to
victory over the J & J Ponies of Al
bany with a score 52-51.
Mary Eleanor Adams led the Lion
esses by scoring 18 points and Betty
Arnold and Anne Hammel sank 17
points each. Guards Doris Sammons,
Myra White, Joyce Sirmons and Claire
Still played a hustling game and sup
ported their team to victory. Other
guards were Mary Ann Glass and
Nancy Wasdin.
The Lionesses play their first home
game Friday night with the J & J
Ponies, of Albany, at 8:00 p. m.
Franklin Pearce was president of the
United States whe nthe Republican
party was organized on, February 28,
1854, |
Ga. Road Deaths
Drop Sharply In
h Period
2-Month Perio
Atlanta, Ga. (GPS) — Signs of en-|
couragement continue to appear in
Georgia’'s over-all traffic death toll
picture. For example, during the first
two months of 1961 traffic fatalities
have dropped drastically over a year
ago, according to the latest consolidat
ed statistics of the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Safety, just released |
by Col. William P. Trotter, director. l
L Here's how the scoreboard reads:
There were 55 fewer traffic deaths re
ported in the two-month period than in
the first two months of last year, a 33
per cent deerease. The comparative
totals were 114 this year and 169 last
year.
This downward trend was reflected
in categories. Rural area deaths drop
ped from 134 {o 86, a decrease of 48
' fatalities, or 36 percent; urban area
deaths went down from 35 to 28, a
decline of seven, or 20 percent, and
pedestrian deaths dropped from 29 to
21, a decrease of eight, or 28 per
cent.
January's total of 62 fatalities was
the lowest of any January since 1957
when the total was 60, and February's
total of 52 was the lowest for any simi
lar month since 1949 when the total:
}was 38, the records show. Not only
that, but there were more motor vehi- |
cles on the roads travelling some 30-'
million more miles than a year ago. l
~ What brought about this sudden
downward trend, after only three |
months in 1960 recorded decreases
compared with the previous year?
“There undoubtedly are several fac
[tors." Col. Trotter said. ‘But we feel
that the addition of 50 state troopers‘
during the past year has been a major
lcontributing factor to the improve
ment. The last group was graduated
from training school December 16 anq‘
'was immediately placed on activeu'
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iAV \ } % ing National 4-H Club Week.
3 o And it is with pride we salute
\ \\ B N 4-H girls and boys and leaders
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N l * two million members and 400
\\ X thousand volunteer leaders in
\° o the other 49 states.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation :
“BLAKELY'S OLDEST AND LARGEST” ;
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Mrs. Brantley C. George, 68, died at
her home in Jakin on Wednesday af
ternoon of the past week following a
lengthy illness.
Her funeral was held in the New
Hope Baptist Church Thursday after
noon with the Rev. Hugh White and
the Rev. Jesse Pollock officiating. In
terment was in George cemetery, Evans
Funeral Home of . Donalsonville in
charge, and Durell Buckhalter, Doug
las Gruber, Joe Brown McMullen, Vin
son Evans, Byron Bruner, and James
Revells serving as pall-bearers.
Mrs. George, a native of Colquitt,
was born August 29, 1892, and was a
daughter of W. Riley Houston and
Alice Fair McDonald Houston. She
was a member of Flat Creek Baptist
Church.
Surviving are her husband; three
son, Clinton of Damascus, Archie of
Parris Island, S. C, and Arthur D.
George of Jakin; two daughters, Mrs.
K. R. Pomeroy of Tallahassee, Fla., and
Mrs. Ray Reynolds of Lakeland, Fla.;
her mother, Mrs. Riley Houston of
Colquitt; two sisters, Mrs. Wilbur
Evans of Jakin and Mrs. Howard Mid
dleton of Colquitt; a brother, Clifford
Houston of Colquitt; 14 grandchildren
| and five great-grandchildren.
SCIENCE FAIR TO BE
HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
The Blakely High School Science
Fair is scheduled for today (Thurs
day) and Friday: The Fair will be
open to the public all day today and
until 3:30 p. m. Friday.
Judging of the fair will take place
Friday afternoon by out-of-town
judges. Parents and interested friends.
have a special invitation to visit the
fair Thursday and Thursday night.
The fair will be open until 9 p. m.
Thursday night.
High school teachers in charge of
the fair are: Mrs. Edward Morton,
Mrs. Warren Cleveland, and Coach
Bobby Terrel; Elementary teachers
Mrs. Bill Bostwick, Mrs. W. H. Wall,
and Mrs. Hugh L. Martin.
‘ Science-Math Club officers are: Jim
my Rogers, president; Ed Morton, Jr.,
| vice president; and Linda Willis. sec
| retary-treasurer.
il tedbmien b it A
CARD OF THANKS
I do wish I could thank each of you
personally, my friends, for the many
‘wonderful ways that you have re
‘membered me during my long illness.
Since this is impossible, may I take
this means to thank each and every one
of you. With a heart full of gratitude
I say “God bless you everyone.”
MISS CORA HALL.
duty at various patrol posts through
out the state.
“We think also that the widespread
publicity on traffic safety has helped
improve the situation, and we would
like at this time to again thank the
press, radio and television stations
‘and others for their fine cooperation.
'We only hope that Georgia motorists
'are becoming more safety conscious
‘and that the traffic safety picture in
Georgia will continue to improve.”