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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Mrs. J. A. Cannon
Dies At Home
In Sowhatchee
Succumbing to a lengthy illness, Mrs.
Louvenia Willis Cannon, widow of
J. A, Cannon, died at her home in the
Sowhatchee community Sunday night
at 11:45 o'clock.
Native and life-long resident of Early
County, Mrs. Cannon was born Feb
ruary 1, 1871, hence was 90 years of
age. She was a daughter of James
Willis and Rebecca Chambers Willis
and was a member of Zion Free Will
Baptist Church. Through the years of
her long and useful life she had en
deared herself to many friends who are
saddened by her passing.
Her funeral was held Tuesday morn
ing at 11 o'clock in Bryan Funeral
Home Chapel, with the Rev. T. B.
Mellette and the Rev. W. E. McCord
officiating. Interment was in Sowhat
chee cemetery, Lawrence Lane, Hugh
L. Martin, Jimmy Wiley. Millard Still,
Harvey Mulkey, Lloyd George, Sher
rod Sessions, and Robert Stuckey serv
ing as pall-bearers.
Surviving Mrs. Cannon are two
daughters, Mrs. Jewel C. Martin of
Blakely and Mrs. Ethel Green of Dale
ville, Ala.; a son, Emory Cannon of
Blakely; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. O. R.
Brooks, of Blakely; nine grandchil
dren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
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Blakely Livestock
Market Report
Light No. 1 meat-type hogs topped
the market at 16.90 per hundred-weight |
at Tuesday's sales at Moseley Barns‘
as 66 cattle and 541 hogs sold for a}
gross sale of $23,049.48. |
No. 1 hogs brought 16.71; No. 2's,
16.50; No. 3's, 16.05; No. 4’s, 16.10, heavy
hogs, 15.75, and No. 1 roughs, 14.05.
More fresh fruits and vegetables
were shipped into New York City in
1959 from California and Florida, than
were shipped from New- York State,
according to U. S. Department of Ag
riculture statistics.
The well equipped sewing box
should have both shears for cutting
and scissors for the more deiicate cut
ting jobs, advises Miss Peggy Ott,
Extension clothing specialist.
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MRS. J. L. RICKS
| Mrs. Gracie Elizabeth Riclgs. 87,
member of a well-known and pioneer
Early county family, and widow of
J. L. Ricks, died suddenly Tuesday
afternoon. Death was attributed to a
cerebral hemorrhage. She succumbed
in a local clinic, where she was taken
shortly after being stricken.
| Mrs. Ricks, a native and life-long
resident of Early county, was a mem
ber of the Sowhatchee Baptist Church.
Funeral plans are to be announced by
Bryan Funeral Home.
Survivors include four sons, Dr.
| Henry Ricks, Jackson, Miss.; W. S.
Ricks, Natchez, Miss.; Claude L. Ricks,
IWinslow. Arizona; Harvey Ricks,
iTitusville, Pa.; three daughters, Mrs.
Mary Still, Mrs. T. E. Bush, Blakely,
{Mrs. Frank Turner, Zephyrhill, Fla.
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| The Cedar Springs Better Commun
ity Improvement Club met at the club
house March 9, with 12 members pres
ent. We enjoyed a delicious covered
dish supper together. Carol Perry gave
| the devotional and asked the group to
ijoin in praying the Lord's Prayer. Mr.
{ Cooper showed slides and gave an in
| teresting talk.
| Several enjoyed the roden at Boni
fay, Fla., yesterday, and some actually
participated in it.
The Beulah Baptists started their
regular attendance contest for Sunday
School and gave pins. They want to
give a star to all who do not miss any
Sundays. Their revival will start
April 9. |
Glad to hear that Mr. Gordon Tolar
did not have to stay at Augusta for
treatment. He went Saturday for
checkup but returned home. |
The H. D. Club will meet at 2:30
o'clock Thursday, March 16. Let's all
show our interest by coming out. We
do have business of interest to attend
to. Will be looking forward to seeing‘
you. |
Sorry the mumps has caused so many
to be on the sick list,
| —Reporter.
It is safer to dry clean silk and wool
than to wash it, says Miss Leonora
Anderson, head, Extension Clothing
department.
There were 10,000 gondolas in Venice
in the 16th Century, according to the
Encyclopedia Brittanica.
PILOTS NAME |
NEW OFFICERSi
Mrs. C. H. Loyless has been elected
president of the Pilot Club of Blake
ly for the coming year and the other
officers on the slate include: Mrs.
Emmett McLendon, Ist vice president;
Miss Polly Tys, 2nd vice president;
Mrs. Max Rupe, treasurer; Mrs. J. N.
Livingston, secretary; Directors, Mrs.
R. W. Mueller, Mrs. A. D. Wilkerson,
The officers were elected at the
regular business meeting held at the
City Hall, with Mrs. A. D. Wilkerson,
president, presiding. :
Delegates were elected to attend
Spring Conference in Atlanta, April
21, 22, and 23, and are Mrs. C. H. Loy
less, Mrs. R. W. Mueller, and Mrs.
Emmett McLendon. Mrs. J. N. Livings
ton, Mrs. Iva Herring, and Mrs. Mavis
Cosby were named alternates.
Mrs. R. W. Mueller was named Pilot
of the Year by the members of the
club. Mrs. Mueller has served as
chairman of the Community Service
committee. She is chairman of the
Easter Seal Campaign, and headed the
Pilots in naming the Senior Citizen of
the Week in Blakely in 1960. She was
chairman of the Children’s Christmas
Parade, and led in the plans for the
Golden Age Party, given at Christmas.
Miss Polly Tye, program chairman,
presented Mrs. Mueller and Mrs. James
Hayes with handbooks and Pilot Pins.
Mrs Max Rupe read the Code of Ethics.
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R. L. Haddock,
ilroad
65, Railroa
ficial, Di
Official, Dies
Gainesville, Fla. — Robert L. Had
dock, 65, general chairman of the Sea
board Arline Railroad Federation, died
Friday while visiting in Orlando. He
had been ill for several weeks.
Mr. Haddock, a local resident for 13
years, lived at 618 NW 34th Ave. He
was a member of the Methodist
Church and Masons, and was a veter
an of World War I i
Funeral services were held at 2:30
p. m. Sunday in Williams-Thomas Fu
neral Home Chapel. The Rev. Fred
Martin of the First Methodist Church
officiated, assisted by the Rev. Eliza
beth Kircher of Waldo Methodist.
Pall-bearers were J. H. Hadley, Char
lie Winstead, R. L. Crane, E. R. Burk
' halter, Willie Royal and H. L. Padgett.
'Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial
I Park.
| Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Vera Phillips Haddock; his mother,
Mrs. Alberta Haddock, Blakely, Ga.;
a daughter, Mrs. T. A. Oulette, Rock
ville, Md.; two sons, Robert L. Jr. of
Orlando and Ronald W. of Gaines
ville; two brothers, D. D. Haddock of
South Bend, Ind., and Lewis Had
dock of Blakely Gn.; and two sisters,
|Mrs. Zack H. Williams of Colquitt,
Ga.,, and Mrs. Freeman Hall of Or
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'Lions Club Members
|
5 Hear Mrs. Nelson
! Mrs. George Nelson spoke to the
| Lions Club Tuesday at noon, giving
' a very interes‘ing account of her re
' cent trip to Europe. Her talk, along
- with color slide photos, was high
1y enjoyed by the Lions members.
Guests nt Tuesday's meeting, presid
ed over by President Ed Balkcom,
were Lowrey S. Stone, guest of Lion
Jack Standifer, and Sonny Collier,
president of the Blakely high school
junior class, an honorary member, |
CARD OF THANKS |
I wirh to thank each of my friends
for their kind remembrances of me
dutiig my recent stay in the hospital.
STUART CHANDLER.
HOME, CHICKEN HOUSES, ;
LAYING CAGES, EGG ‘
COOUER, BROILER EQUIP
MENT AND APPROXIMATE-|
LY 2500 LAYING HENS FOR
SALE IN IRON CiTY GEORGIA
If interested in buying the above,!
contact J. A. DRAKE, P. O. Box 157,
Colquitt, Georgia. 3-2 4tc |
DR. A. HAMP CLARK
OPTOMETRIST
Eyves Examined — Glasses Fitted
N. Main St Tel, 5351
Clavd Wiggins
Dies At Home
In Edison
Claud Green Wiggins, 68, druggist in
idison for more than 40 years and
vell-known in Blakely where he was
ormerly employed for a period of
ime, died at his Edison residence at
12:45 a. m. last Thursday. Mr. Wiggins,
Ivvho had recently sold his business and
etired, had been ill for some time,
He was a native of Calhoun County,
vchere he was born November 7, 1892,
and was a son of George Green Wig
gins and Docia Manry Wiggins.
Mr. Wiggins was a member of the
Fdison Baptist Church, where his fun
eral was held Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock, wi'h the Revs, A. H. Bazemore,
R. E. Dorsey, and G. L. Brooks officiat
ing. Interment was in Salem Ceme
try, Edison, Manry-Minter Funeral
Home of Blakely in charge of arrange
ments, and Harold Allen, Manry Stew
art, Emmett Wiggins, Luther Watkins,
Tommy Manry, and Bill Gay serving
as active pall-bearers. An honorary
escort included Bill Israel, Thedford
Turner, W. T. Adkins, Dan Hammack,
E. E. Plowden, C. W. Lowe, Turner
Webb, Troy Turner, Olan Sanders.
Ennis Brooks, C. D. Duke, and J. E.
Bridges.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Pessie Mae Chambers Wiggins, a son,
Claud Wiggins, Jr., a brother, Truman
Wiggins, and a sister, Mrs. Ruby
Brown, all of Edison.
CHICKEN BUSINESS
FOR SALE IN
IRON CITY, GEORGIA
We have approximately 2,500 laying
hens, one egg cooler, approximately
3,000 laying cages and a good bit of
brooder equipment for sale. If interest
ed, contact J, A. DRAKE, P. O. Box
157, Colquitt, Georgia. 3-2 4tc
Read the ads in The News.
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The Florida Boys Quartet, one o 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., tonight March 16, and will in
clude the favorite gospel songs, spiriluals and old time hymns, as only the
Flerida Boys san «ing them. See any F. F. A. member to get tickets. It is
expected a larger crowd will attend.
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