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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
_GOD’'S COUNTRY
VOLUME 103—NO. 11
BOBCATS WIN 1-B WEST CROWN
WITH VICTORY OVER TURNER
COUNTY; COLQUITT HERE FRIDAY
ASHBURN DEFEATED FOR
EIGHTH STRAIGHT
VICTORY
The Blakely Bobcats clinched the
championship for the 1-B West crown
last Friday night in Ashburn, wallop
ing the Turner County Rebels 40-7,
while Camilla was eliminating Miller
County with a 13-13 tie. This was
Coach Ray Knight's eighth straight
victory for the year and his second
sub-region winner in four years.
Big Hanson Owen, who was convert
ed from center to fullback this year,
got Blakely off to a quick first-quarter
lead with a 29 yard gallop to pay
dirt, and Coach Knight unveiled a
new offensive weapon, sending in
reserve end Ed Morton, who kicked
his first of 4 extra point conversions.
Morton was so successful with his toe
that Coach Knight let him try a field
goal in the final frame, but it fell
short by a few feet. |
TD No. 2 came in the first quarter
when Milton White threw a bruising
tackle on the Rebel safetyman fielding
a punt, jarred the ball loose and also
recovered on the Turner County 5,
from where quarterback Trey Her-‘
ring sneaked across. J
Gene White, Blakely's candidate for
all-state honors, chalked up all but
nine yards in Blakely's next 53-yard
touchdown drive. He ran for 13 yards,
took a pass from Herring for 25 and
scored from the six.
Ward Holman scored from the 2 for
Blakely’s No. 4 TD, after Owen had
given the drive a big shove with a
35-yard run. Again Morton booted the
extra point. Turner County scored its
touchdown just as the first-half buzzer
sounded on a two-yard pass from Jim
Williford to Jim Scott. Tom King hit
the line for the extra point. Blakely
committed 35 yards in penalties to
boost the successful TD drive along.
Herring passed to Owen for 21 yards
in the third frame for Blakely’s fifth
marker, and passed to Johnny Dixon
for the final touchdown. the play cov
ering 15 yards.
Big Tommy Chandler, Jimmy Crow
dis, Buck Grist, Bill George, Johnny
Shoemaker, Milton White and Nelson
Hattaway led the Bobcat defenders.
Linescore:
Blakely 14 13 6 7 —0
Turner Co. O 700 —17%
Statistics:
Blakely Turner Co.
13 Ist Downs 8
271 Yds. Rushing 63
63 Yds. Passing 21
6 Passes Attempted 9
3 Passes Comp. 4
100 Penalties 40
0 Fumbles Lost 1
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Earlp Connty News
FRIDAY NIGHT'S TILT IS
LAST HOME GAME
OF SEASON
Those fighting Bobeats, with the
1-B West region championship safely
tucked away, play their final home
game here Friday night against the
once-defeated, once-tied, but danger
ous Miller County Pirates of Colquitt.
The Bobcats must defeat the Pirates
if they keep their perfect season rec
ord intact.
The Pirates, with everything to win
and nothing to lose, will be playing
the game fast and loose, and the 'Cats
will have to play their best game of
the season, if they are to win. Noth
ing would please the Pirates more than
to knock some of the luster off the
Bobcats’ newly won erown.
This is the final home game of the
1961 season for eight Bobcats. Playing
their last regular home season game
are these stalwart 'Cats—Hanson Owen,
Gene White, Carlie Bell, Nelson Hatta
way, Jimmy Middleton, Johnny Shoe
maker, Richard Grist, and Cook Hous
ton. Local fans will want to be present
to give these players a “big send off”
in their final game at old Blakely High
School.
Local school officials are expected
to meet with officials from Blackshear,
winner of the 1-B East race, to make
plans for the playoff game. The site
will probably be determined by a toss
of the coin, and is to be played on
November 17. Blakely closes the regu
lar season against Worth County on
November 10,
JAKIN 4-H CLUB
The Jakin 4-H Club met for the
second time on October 24. Each mem
ber told what projects he or she had
selected for the year. We chose offic
ers who are as follows:
President, Larry Murkerson; Girl's
Vice President, Marilyn Williams;
Boys’ Vice President, Daniel Lanton;
Secretary, Peggy Lord; Parliamentar
ian, Oscar Evans; Reporter, Cynthia
Minter.
—REPORTER.
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NOTICE
Beginning Tuesday, November - &
there will be a welding elinic for farm
ers in the Blakely school area. Both
electric and acetylene welding will be
taught.
Anyone interested in enrolling for
this clinic should contact Tony A.
Williams.
BLAKELY, GA.,, THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 2, 1961
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
BLAKELY SCHOOL
HONOR ROLL
FIRST SIX WEEKS
12th Grade — Byron Collier.
11th Grade — Ralph Fudge, Susan
Gilbert,
10th Grade — Angie Baxley, Bever
ly Gilbert,
9th Grade — Beverly Gilbert.
Bth Grade — Martha Perkins, Andy
Singletary, Andy White.
7th Grade — Richard Crowdis, Rita
Thomas,
6th Grade — Cheryl Houston, Danny
White.
sth Grade — Louie Ann Harris,
Carole King,
4th Grade — Candy Clifton, Terry
Davis, Rex Howell, Lynn Jernigan,
Rebecca Knighton, Roger Sammons,
Cliff Starr, Douglas Thompson, Ann
White, Jan Layton. Ilene Reed. Shirley
Mulkey, Bill Warrick, Art Redding,
Robert Brown, Jeanie Clinkscales,
Debbie Davis, Ronnie Hayes, Jim Hat
taway, Ruth Perkins, Joe Peters, Gail
Ssry, Allen White. |
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Baptists To Load ‘
Car For Children’s
Home November 6-7
Baptists of the Blakely District of
the Bethel Association, will load their
annual car of farm produce and other
useful items for their Georgia Baptist
Children’'s Home on next Monday and
Tuesday, November 6-7. An empty car,
will be placed by the railroad as usual
at a convenient loading place at the
Blakely Depot in which the donations
from each church will be loaded.
The members of the Blakely church
who wish to contribute such items as
canned fruits and vegetables, syrup,
pecans, peanuts, potatoes, clothing,
towels, quilts, sheets, meal, sugar and
anything else that you know that the
children could use, will please leave
your donations at the Underwood
Hardware Company Store.
Be sure to mark the value of your
donation and your name, so that the
church will get credit for it. |
Those who contribute corn, hay and
heavy items will please place your
contribution in the car at the depot, |
and leave a list of the items with their
weight, value and name of church
with the Depot Agent or .° the Un-|
derwood Hardware Store. I
‘{’hanks"fia" advance for your wone!
derful co-operation. |
JOHN UNDERWOOD, |
Chairman, Children’'s Home
Committee, Blakely District,
Bethel Association. ‘
PILOTS OBSERVE
FOUNDERS DAY
The Pilot Club of Blakely observed
Founders Day at the October meeting,
held at the home of Mrs. H. M. Rupe
on North Main Street the past week.
Mrs. R. W. Mueller, president, pre
sided, and was welcomed back, she
having recently undergone surgery at
the Albany Hospital.
The meeting opened with the Pilot
Blessing, led by Mrs. A. D. Wilkerson.
The club had a one hundred percent]
attendance, making the third consec
utive meeting with a hundred per
cent attendance. The excellent atten
dance has been due to a contest led
by Mrs. Iva Herring and Mrs. Mavis
Cosby. The losing team was to enter
tain the winning team, and since there
was a tie members voted to have the
dinner meeting at Riverside Fish
Camp, and go Dutch treat.
The Founder Day Program was pre
’sented by Mrs. Herring and Mrs. Cos
by, members of the Membership and
Pilot Information Committees. |
Mrs. Cosby gave a brief history of
Pilot International, quoting Mrs. Vir
ginia Anderson, president of P. I,
“No one man's freedom can be allowed |
at the expense of another man's free- |
dom.” She told the story of the writing |
of the Code of Ethics by Pear] Sparks.i
as she was en route to a convention |
of Pilot International. |
Principles of Freedom—Our Trust, is
the theme of Pilot for the year. |
Following her inspiring talk, Mrs.
Iva Herring conducted a quiz program, '
asking questions based on the Found-.
er's Day talk by Mrs. Cosby. Mrs.i
A. D. Wilkerson was awarded thel
prize, ’
Members contributed to the True
Course Ever Fund as part of the'
Founder's Day program, |
Mrs. J. N Livingston, Miss Polly'
Tye and Mrs. Mavis Cosby were joint
hostesses with Mrs. Rupe, .
During the business meeting money-'
making projects were discussed. l
The next dinner meeting will end'
the attendance contest and in Decem- |
ber the Christmas party and dinner
will be in the form of a covered dish!
supper.
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CARD OF THANKS
I want to thank each one for prayers,
cards, flowers, gifts and visits, while
I was in Phoebe Putney Hospital, Al-l
bany, and since my return home. May
God bless you as he has me. ,
MRS. R. V. ELLIS.
Herman Warns Of
Attack On Local
School Control
Atlanta, Ga. (GPS) — Here's a stern
warning from U. S. Senator Herman
E. Talmadge to the people of Georgia
and the nation:
“The stage is being set for an all
out assault on the last vestiges of
state and local control over public
leducation at the next session of Con
gress.”
He pointed to the recent recommen
dation of the Commission on Civil
Rights that Congress require all school
districts to submit integration plans
to be enforced by the federal govern
ment “as the shape of things to come.”
He noted that the recommendation
was “almost identical to that of the
NAACP which has demanded that a
program of enforced school desegre
gation be implemented in commemora
tion of the 100th anniversary of the
issuance of the Emancipation Proclam- |
mation in 1963, szid the senator. }
“The political hypocrisy in which the
issue was spawned and on which it‘
feeds is demonstrated by the fact thats
the same radical demagogues who six
years ago were demanding that the|
South accept as the ‘law of the land’
the Supreme Court's unconstitutional
edict that schools must be desegregat-{
ed ‘with all deliberate speed’ are the
same persons who are now insisting
that the federal courts must be by
passed because they are going too
slow.
“The sad truth is that these unprin
cipled individuals would be in favor
of capital punishment by slow torture
‘if they thought it would gain them a
few additional votes in the next elec
tion.”
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Pilcher Committee To
Make Study Of U. S.
Operations Abroad
Washington, D. C. — Congressman
J. L. Pilcher of the Second Georgia
district heads a Study Group of the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
L%departed this week for a first
“inspeetion tour of U.. 8. Govern
l ment functions in some 15 countries in
| Asia. the Middle East and Europe.
| The Study Group will visit indi
vidual projects in some of the remote
areas of the world to examine on the
spot operations of the verious under
takings of the United States. The
Group will be briefed on military
preparations at various outposts, but
will devote most of their time to
civilian operations. Japan, Formosa,
the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand,
|East and West Pakistan, India, Saudi
Arabia, Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, and
rSpain are included in the countries
which will be visited by the Pilcher
1 Study Group.
~ Vietnam is the present focal point
of international tension in Southeast
Asia where General Maxwell Taylor
is presently making a special evalua
tion for President Kennedy.
~ “We are approaching this Study
with entirely open minds”, Chairman
Pilcher said just before departure.
“We intend to see at first hand the
various activities of the U. S. Govern
ment and upon our return, the Study
Group will issue a frank report on
our findings for the guidance of the
Foreign Affairs Committee in drafting
legislation during the next session of
Congress.”
Congressman Pilcher headed a simi- |
lar Study Group two years ago which
visited U. 8. projects around the world.i
The outgrowth of this mission was an |
official report on American activities;
abroad that became one of the most |
widely studied Congressional reports |
in years. Committees of the Congress,
journalists and students of internn-!
tional affairs utilized the Pilcher re- |
port extensively in pointing up signif- |
icant aspects of foreign programs un-|
der U. S. auspices and support. |
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“B” 'Cats End Season With |
Victory Over Colquitt
In the excitement of the varsity en-l
joying a good season, local fans have]
overlooked the fact that Coach Bobby |
Davis has turned out a scrapping little
team of junior-size 'Cats, made up of |
7th and Bth graders. The team closed |
out the season in Colquitt the past
Thursday afternoon with a 12-0 victory |
over the Colquitt “B” team. Don|
Cleveland got away for two 50-yard
touchdown runs, for both Blakely!
scores, !
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Wesleyan Service |
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Guild Program
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the|
Blakely Methodist Church presents the!
study, Churches for New Times, at
8 p. m, at the church on Monday, |
November 6, 13, 20, and 27. Mrs. Lester
Shoemaker is in charge of this pro- |
gram. Members are urged to attend,
Authori ts
Authority Selec
- Wade Property For
i & .
\ Hospital Site
| st
.~ Members of the Early County Hos
- pital Authority met at the home of the
chairman, R. C. Singletary, Tuesday
-morning and selected the Wade prop
erty on Columbia Street, near the
school building, as the site for the new
“hospital,
All members of the Authority were
present, namely: Mr. Singletary, Dr.
-W. C. Baxley, Leon H. Baughman,
‘iC. E. Wills. A. D. Wilkerson, and the
secretary, Earl Pickle, and the engi
' neer, Mel Wayne, of Abreu & Robe
' son, the architect.
[ A lot of legal and paper work must
'be done before actual construction
i‘can begin, Mr. Singletary said, but it
is hoped that all of this can be accom
plished at a minimum of time and that
a contract can be let early next year,
Mr. Singletary added.
~ The hospital and equipment is to
cost an estimated $600,000. The land
was made available by the owner,
John Wade Sheppard of Greenwich,
Conn,, at a cost of SI,OOO per acre. The
authority expects to purchase a tract
of not less than 10 acres.
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Rev. Fullerton ‘
Guest Speaker At ‘
| Rotary Meeting
The Rev. L. C. Fullerton, district
superintendent of the Thomasville dis
trict of the South Georgia Methodist
Conference, was the guest speaker at
the weekly meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club. The visiting minister,
who was introduced by Rotarian Cecil
Wimberley, spoke on the need of‘
strong leadership in high positions.
Taking note of the perilous world
situation, which he termed the most
critical in history, the need for clear
thinking and strong men was stressed
in an interesting and thought-provok
ing talk by Rev. Mr. Fullerton.
Visitors at Friday's meeting, which
was presided over by President George
Gee, were Harold Croomberg, of Tea
neck, N. J,, a guest of Rotarian Frank
Tinney, and high school seniors
Johnny Shoemaker and “Buck” Grist,
guests of honorary member Carlie
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LOMAX ASSUMES
POST IN ATHENS
Thomas C. Buesse, president of the
Georgia Loan and Investment Corpora
tion, has announced that Roger E. Lo
max, for seven-and-a-half years man
ager of the Gainesville branch of the
company, has been transferred to
Athens and will be manager of the lo
cal branch, located at 230 College Ave
nue.
Mr. Buesse saic Mr. Lomax had done
an outstanding job in Gainesville and
he is happy to have him in Athens.
Mr. Lomax is a native of Morgan
County, Ga., and a Navy veteran of
World War 11.
He is a member of the Gainesville
Civitan Club, the American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Masons,
Royal Arch Masons, Eastern Star and
the Riverbend Baptist Church in
Gainesville,
He is married to the former Miss
Annelle Bridges of Blakely, Ga.
Mr. Lomax has been wi‘h the con
cern for eight-and-a-half years, being
transferred to the Gainesville brnnch;
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[Muior Fitzhugh
Fulton Gets Second
Ouak Leaf Cluster
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Spe
cial)~~Maj. Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr., of
Talladega, Ala., 36 year old test pilot
of the Air Force Flight Test Center at
Edwards AFB, Calif., received a sec
ond Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distin
guished Flying Cross for his outstand
ing professional ability in the success
ful landing of a crippled 858 on April
13, 1960,
The award was presented to him by
General Bernard A. Schriever, Com
mander of the Air Force Systems Com
‘'mand, in ceremonies held at Edwards
AFB, October 5.
Maj. Fulton was pilot of a 858
making a three engine takeoff on a
test flight when mechanical malfunc
tioning caused a complete failure of
the hydraulic system, loss of seven of
the eight tires in the right main gear,
loss of the right aft wheel and part of
the brake assembly, damage to the
right wing and elevon area and damage
in the number three engine nacelle.
The citation accompanying the DFC
stated: “Carefully appraising the sit
uation, Maj. Fulton elected to attempt
to land his damaged aircraft. After
remaining aloft for several hours using
up fuel, decreasing weight and other
wise preparing for the emergency, Maj.
Fulton skillfully executed a success
ful landing without further sericus
damage to the aircraft or injury to the
crew, providing a wealth of invaluable
data for further development of 858
aircraft.”
The Major, who is Chief of the
Bomber_Test Section, this year assist
ed in the successful landing of two
crippled Bsß's from Carswell AFB,
Texas, on the runways at Edwards
AFB. His knowledge gained from ex
perience in landing of the 858 in April,
1960, was of great value for these air
craft “saves.”
His first Distinguished Flying Cross
was presented to him for combat in
Korea and the second one for a suc
cessful landing of a crippled 857 at
Edward AFB in October, 1954,
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— - The above is of interest to News
readers, since Major Fulton was born
in Blakely and lived here until he en
tered high school. He is a son of Mrs.
F. L. Fulton, of Talladega, and the
late Mr. Fulton and is a nephew of
Mrs. W. L. Moseley and Mrs. Grady
|Holman. Sr., of this city.
Cattlemen’s Association
| To Have Southwell
i Speak On November 21
Big things are in the air for the
November meeting of the Early Coun
ty Cattlemen's Association.
First, Mr. Byron Southwell, Animal
Husbandman from the Coastal Plain
Experiment Station, Tifton, Ga., will
be the guest speaker. Mr. Southwell's
topics will be: “An All Roughage Ra
tion for Ftttening Steers” and “Winter
ing of Beef Cattle.”
In addition to this, a dutch steak
supper is planned. It has been re
quested that all cattlement in Early
County who plan to attend this meet
ing, contact Judson Cooper, secretary
for the association, prior to the meet
ing so that he will know how many
to prepare supper for.
You may call Judson at 4754 or drop
him a card in care of the Early Coun
ty Extension Office, Blakely, Ga