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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
NEW TRUCK LAW
EXPLAINED HERE
Murray A. Chappell, Director, Mo~
tor Vehicle License Unit, announced
today that a representative of the Tag
Department will be in the Early
County tag agent's office on March 14,
1961 at 2 o'clock for the purpose of
explaining the new truck registering
law to all truck owners of this county.
W. J. Hammack, tag agent, asked
that all truck owners see this repre
sentative since the new bill is based
on total gross weight, including the
weight of truck plus load, instead of
the old method of the pulling tonnage
of the truck.
Questions Answered
Concerning S. S. Benefits
“One question we hear a lot,” says
Mr. W. W. Kirksey, district manager
of the Albany social security office
“is how much social security credit
is needed for people to qualify for
old-age or survivors benefits?” To
day, this newspaper offered Mr. Kirk
sey the opportunity to give the answer
for the benefit of Early county resi
dents.
Mr. Kirksey not only gave us the
answer, but it's news. The Social Se
curity Act was changed in 1960 and
the amount of work covered by the
program needed by workers now
reaching or past retirement age, or
who have died, is less than it was.
Under the old law, the worker needed
social security equal to one year of
work for each two years after 1950 and
before he died or reached retirement
age.
The new law. however, specified
that this worker now needs social
security credit equal to only one year
for each three after 1950 and up to
the year he reaches retirement age or
dies. Under both the old and new law,
the social security credit needed can
be earned anytime after 1936-—no one
needs credit for more than 10 years’
work, and a minimum of a year and
a half of work under social security is
always required.
Because of the new law, many peo
ple who have had their claims forl
old-age or survivors benefits rejectedl
because of lack of sufficient work‘
credit, may now be eligible. For in
stance, all workers who reached re
tirement age (65 for men, 62 for
women) before 1957 need credit for |
only I'% years of work under social
security to be eligible. Under the old
law, only people who reached retire
ment age before July 1954 could quali
fy. with credit for only 1% years of‘
work. i
Mr. Kirksey urged people who have |
had an application for benefits turn- |
ed down, or who have failed to apply
or report because of insufficient social
security credit, to get in touch again |
with the social security office. They
may now be eligible for benefits. |
A representative from the Albany}
office visits Blakely every Monday.
He can be seen at the courthouse at
10:00 a. m.
Jekyll Island Chosen
For Rotary District 699
Convention Site
Rotary International's District 690,
which includes 41 clubs in the Western
half of Georgia, has chosen Jekyll
Island as the site of the annual Con
ference for 1961, it was announced by
L. M. Livingston of Bainbridge, District
Governor.,
April 23, 24, 25, are the dates for
an elaborate program of meetings and
entertainment. Prominent guest speak
ers will attend, highlights of club ac
tivities will be discussed, golf, swim
ming. and recreation will be offered.
Rotarians in this district and their
wives are now making advance regis
tration and reservations are being
assigned at the sparkling new motels
and apartments which are proving so
popular at Georgia's famous Island
resort,
Rotarians here in Blakely assigned
to important roles in the Jekyll Island
Conference are James W. Bonner,
Richard D. Grist and Max H. Rupe at
tondanee chairmen; Elder T. Crawford,
elub president, and Elsworth W. Yar
nall, club secretary.
Always remove oily stains before
washing resin-finished fabrics, advises
Miss Leonora Anderson, head, Exten
sion clothing department. |
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The Florida Boys Quartet, one of the nation’s foremost quartets, will
be in Blakely at the High School Auditorium, sponsored by the Blakely FFA
Chapter. The program begins at 8 p. m.,, Thursday, March 16, and will in
ciude the favorite gospel songs, spirituals and old time hymns as only the
Florida Boys can sing them. See any F. F. A. member to get tickets. It is
hoped a large crowd will attend.
Attend Tri-Rivers
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‘ Development Assn.
g Meeting In Albany
Blakely was well represented at a
meeting of the Tri-Rivers Develop
ment Association, Inc., held at Radium
Spring, Albany, Monday night. Hosts
for the meeting were the Albany
Chamber of Commerce, City of Al
bany, and the Dougherty County Com
missioners. Officers named were Eus
tace Bishop. Dothan, Ala., president;
J. C. Gissendaner, Chattahoochee, Fla.,
vice president; Raymond Morris. Fort
Gaines, Ga., vice president; and R. H.
McSwean, Abbeville, Ala., secretary.
Attending from Blakely were Mayor
Collier P. Gay, Jr., City Councilman
J. J. Hewitt, County Commissioners
Sevola Jones (chairman) and V. L.
McLendon, Dr. A. Earl Taylor, Her
man Richardson, C. E. Martin, James
Murdock, and Jack Huddle.
WHERE WAS THE NAACP?
It should be made a matter of public
record that during the current tlood
emergency the NAACP and its racial
. agitators have not lifted a finger or
offered funds to help south Alabama
| Negroes driven from their homes and
- left destitute by high waters.
l While the NAACP can find unlimited
| finances to fight for the “ecivil rights”
’ of Negroes, apparently it has little in
terest in preservation of life itself.
| At the same time, hundreds of white
citizens who have been maligned and
misrepresented as “Negro-haters” were
risking their lives around the clock
to move their colored neighbors ,rom
places of danger, nad- when the Red
Cross aid was I°s{ available immediate
ly, feeding and sheltering them. « ’
It is a remarkable tribute to racial
relations in this section that white
people still are willing to risk their
lives and wvaluable boating property
to rescue Negroes after the treatment
to which they have been subjected by
agitators whom these same Negroes
have been afraid to repudiate.
The Times-Journal hopes that this
always will prove the case, despite
‘the NAACP and spineless federal
judges. As long as we prove by doing,
nobody can really justify charges of
Negro-hating and exploitation.—Selma
Times-Journal.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindness shown at the time
of the death of our mother and wife.
May God bless each of you.
The Family of
MRE. CHARLIE MURKERSON.
NOTICE
GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY.
Petition of Martha Lewis Chadwick
and Mattie Mae Lewis Cook to probate
will of Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Peek, de
ceased, late of said county, in solemn
form, and for letters testamentary. In
the Court of Ordinary of Early County,
Georgia. Order for Service by Publi
cation granted March 6, 1961,
To William Pierce Lewis, 2308 Drum
mond Ave.. Panama City, Fla.; Mrs.
James E. Faircloth, 2308 Drummond
Ave. Panama City, Fla.. Bronte H.
Lewis, Ocala Stud Farm, Ocala, Fla.;
Leon F. Lewis, Chief's Quarters, Naval
Hospital, Pensacola, Fla.; Mrs. India
Mills, Route 3, Box 509, Lakeland, Fla,;
John D. Lewis, Jr,, Route 3, Box 509,
Lakeland, Fla,; Comer Lee Peek, 1004
Helen Circle, National City, Califor
nia; and C. M. Peek, Mulberry, Fla.:
You are hereby notified to be and ap
pear in the Court of Ordinary of Early
County, Georgia at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
on the First Monday in April, 1961.
then and there to show cause, if any
there be why the probate in solemn
form of said will should not be had.
Witness the Hon. Theo Williams, Or
dinary of Early County, Georgia, and
the seal of the Court of Ordinary of
Early County, Georgia, this 6th day of
March, 1961.
THEO WILLIAMS, Ordinary
and Clerk of the Court of Or
dinary of Early County Geor
gia. 3-9 4te
COMMISSIONERS IN \
MONTHLY SESSION |
HERE TUESDAY‘
The Board of «County Commission
ers met in regular session here Tues
day, with Sevola Jones, chairman,
presiding. 1
T. F. Lockwood, Columbus architect,
appeared before the board and gave a
report on the proposed central heating
system for the county courthouse, and
the board approved a resolution au
thorizing Mr. Lockwood to prepare|
specifications to be presented to con
tractors for bids. |
The 1960 county audit, prepared by
the Albany firm of Anderson, Merchant
& Anderson, was presented to each
commissioner, and it showed a dis
crepancy in the accounts of the former |
tax commissioner, Mrs. Gladys C.
Yates, in the amount of $10,256.76, but
which was reimbursed to the county
by Mrs. Yates. The portion of the
audit regarding the tax commission
er's office, reads as follows:
“Exhibit ‘F’ reflects taxes collected
by Mrs. Gladys C. Yates and not re
mitted to the proper authorities as of
December 31, 1960, in an amount to
taline $29,038.59. Funds on deposit in
the Tax Commissioner bank accounts
at the Bank of Early as listed in Ex
is $10,256.76. Exhibit “F” and Sched
ence between the amounts collected
and due and the amounts on denosit
is $10,356.76. Exhibit ‘F’ and Sched
ules ‘F-1' through ‘F-8' were review
ed in detail with Mrs. Gladys C. Yates
and with County Attorney Stone in
his office on January 26, 1961. Mrs.
Yates repaid the shortage of $10,256.76
from persenal loans and personal funds
and full payment was made by her
on January 28, 1961 ...
The above portion of the audit was
requested by the commissioners to be
carried in the official county newspa
per, The Early County News. The
comnlete audit, as are all previous
audi*s. is on file in the office of the
commission clerk, and open to the
public,
Present at Tuesday's meeting were
Chairman Jones, V. L. MecLendon,.
Chalker Williams, and Donald Mec-
Arthur. The other member, Stuart
Chandler, was absent because of ill
ness. |
Other business transacted at Tues
day’s session was mostly routine. !
- MRS. B. F. McKINNON
Succumbing to an extended illness,
Mrs. Mattie Fain McKinnon, 86, of
Bluffton, died in Henderson Nursing
Home, Tifton, Monday night at 9:30.
The widow of the late B. F. McKin
non, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Fain, Mrs. McKinnon was a
native and life-long resident of Clay
County, where she was born June 13,
1875.
She was a member of Mars Hill
Primitive Baptist Church where her
funeral was held Wednesday morning
at 11 o'clock with Elder C. C. Hous
ton officiating. Interment was in the
church cemetery, Bryan Funeral Home
in charge, and Troy Fain, Charlie
Braswell. George Fain, Billy Coleman.
Archie Coleman, and Vander Ward
serving as pall-bearers,
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Richards, of Orlando, Fla.,
and Mrs. Bernard King of Bluffton, a
son, B. H. McKinnon of Cuthbert; two
grandchildren, and four great-grand
children.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere thanks
for the many acts of kindness shown
us regarding our accident. Also for
the many cards, flowers and gifts
which the kind people of Blakely gave
us. May God bless you all.
MR. & MRS. CHARLES REHDER,
Grayslake, Il
DR. A. HAMP CLARK
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Examined — Glasses Fitted
N. Main St. Tel. 5351
' LOCAL WEATHER
{ Summary for the month of Febru
ary, 1961:
i Temperature: Mean maximum, 69.3;
“mean minimum, 46.6; mean, 54.8; maxi
mum 81 on the 21st. Minimum, 28 on
the sth,
Precipitation: 5.17 inches. Greatest
amount in any 24-hour period, 1.30
“inches on the 18th.
~ Miscellaneous — Number of days
“with 0.01 inch or more of rainfall, 13.
Frost on the sth, 10th, 11th. Trace of
{reezing rain on the 3rd. Fog on the
7th, 15th, 20th, 21st, 24th. Thunder on
the 18th and 19th. Windy on the 18th,
24, 25th. A small tornado was reported
about 10 miles south-southwest of
Blakely at about 6 p. m. on the 18th.
It cut a path from Cedar Springs high
~way to Lucile on Ga. 39. Good deal of
property damage but no casualties.
Blakely and south Georgia did not get
the 10 to 14 inch rain that flooded the
northern sections of Georgia, Alabama,
~and Mississippi the last week of the‘
“month. but the last of the month, the |
rivers in the south and central partsi
~of the 3 states were at flood stage and |
the property damage in some sectionsi
was very heavy with the loss of 10 or
‘l2 lives. The Chattahocchee and the
Flint were’ quite high and the dams
on the Chattahcochee, now under con
struction, were endangered.
| DR. JACK G. STANDIFER,
; Local Observer, U. S.
! Weather Bureau.
1 CARD OF THANKS
. Many thanks for every kindness
'shown me during my hospital stay, es
‘pecially the staff of Holland's Hos
pital.
‘ CATHY STILL.
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ORTHO Representative
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