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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 103—NO. 12
Jurors Drawn
For November
Term City Court
The following have been drawn to
serve as jurors at the November term
of the City Court of Blakely to be
convened on Monday, the 20th:
Hamp Clarke, W. D. Sasser, Jr.
John W. Scarborough, L. C. Batchelor,
J. E. Craft, Billy Peters, J. B. McMul
len, H. M. Richardson, J. E. Beckham,
W. D. Callahan, C. E. Thomas, Wil
burn Thurman, M .B. George, Lemuel
Tiner, W. O. Fort, Jim Gowan, Carl
ton J. Houston, W. L. Clark, F. P.
Buckner, Carl Spence, Jack Collier,
Lamar Willis, J. A. Bruner, J. H. Rad
ney, Bobby James Bostwick, James R.
Widner, J. H. Grimsley, John H. Wil
liams, Sr, Aubrey Cannon, Leonard
White, Will Tiner, C. P. Gay, Jr., John
R. Jarrett, James C. Rogers, C. W.
Bridges, Will Harris, Frank P. Da
vis, C. S. Forrester, A. C. Hammond,
Perry L. Bridges, C. H. Tedder, Joe
Bryan, John J. Amrich, H. A. Felder,
S. G. Maddox, Sr., E. L. Williams,
E. C. Scarborough, O. F. Thompson,
W. S. Alderman, Jr., Hiram Sims,
Haniel Swords, J. O. Evans, Jr., J. C.
Temples, J. L. .Jones, Willis Lovering,
Charles Emmett Houston, Thomas G.
Jenkins, J. D. Gruber, H. C. Fryer,
Bill Knighton.
Billy Ferguson Serving
Aboard USS Saratoga
Mayport, Fla (FHTNC) — Billy Fer
guson, airman apprentice, ¥JSN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ferguson of
Route 5, Blakely, Georgia, is serving
aboard the attack aircraft carrier uss
Saratoga, now participating in Second
Fleet exercises in the Western Atlantic
and scheduled to return to its Mayport
Fla.,, home port at the end of October.
In late November, the ship is sched
uled to leave for six months with the
Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Visits
will be made to such ports as Cannes,
France; Naples, Italy, and Athens,
Greece.
U. Of Ga. Art Exhibit
To Be Displayed In
Blakely In January
Athens, Ga. — The University of
Georgia department of art and the
Center for Continuing Education will
for the third year provide new Travel
ing Art Exhibitions of University
student work.
The exhibits, under the direction of
Charles Morgan, art department pro
fessor, are made up of 20 pictures each,
selected as outstanding examples of
work in several different media.
The Traveling Exhibit will be dis
played in Blakely, January 2-6, 1962,
under the sponsorship of the Junior
Woman's Club and January 8-13, 1962,
under the sponsorship of the Blakely
Woman's Club.
CHAS. E. BOYETT DEPT. STORE'S
PRE-THANKSGIVING SALE
Opens Friday Morning for 8 Days
The doors open at 8:30 o’clock Friday morning,
November 10, for the biggest Pre-Thanksgiving Sale
we have ever had—just in time for you to really save
on all your Christmas gifts and all needed winter
merchandise.
For the untold savings to be found on sale turn
to the big page advertisement in this issue of The
News. Bigger and better values then you have ever
heard of before.
Be here early Friday morning—you’ll be mighty
glad you came.
CHARLES E. BOYETT DEPT. STORE
Carlp Conntp News
SUMMARY OF LOCAL
WEATHER FOR MONTH
OF OCTOBER, 1961
TEMPERATURE: Mean maximum,
79.0; mean minimum, 51.9; mean, 61.5.
Maximum, 88 on the 12th and 31st.
Minimum, 40 on the 27th.
PRECIPITATION: Total, only a
trace on the 3rd and again on the
29th.
MISCELLANEOUS: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more of rainfall,
None. Windy on the 20th, 21st, 27th,
28th. Tuesday, 31st, marked the 47th
consecutive day, September 15th to
October 31st, inclusive, without mea
surable rainfall being recorded at
Blakely. There was a trace on Octo
ber 3rd and again on October 29th
but no measurable amount of rain
fell.- The U. S. Weather Bureau in
struments can record as small an
amount as 0.01 inch of rain.
The Albany station reports a 46
consecutive day record of rainless
days in 1943 from October 2lst to
November 7th. Blakely had the same
drought but it was broken, but not
relieved, by 0.06 inches of rain being
recorded on October 14th at the sta
tion on North Main Street. As of
Tuesday, October 31st, there had been
47 consecutive days recorded in Blake
ly with no measurable rainfall record
ed. This is the most extended period
of rainless days ever recorded by the
present local observer, whose records
go back 47 years. However, the com
plete records of the Blakely station
date back to 1879, when Dennis M.
Wade, Sr., began keeping the weath
er records. He published them in
the Early County News and his records
were thereby preserved. Blakely is
one of the oldest weather stations in
Georgia.
DR. JACK G. STANDIFER. |
Local Observer, U. S. Weather
Bureau. 1
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WELDING SCHOOL :
TO RUN 5 WEEKS
An evening welding school for adult
farmers began Tuesday night, Nov
ember 7, at Blakely Vocational Agri
culture Shop. The school will be con
ducted two night each week, Tuesday
and Thursday nights, for five consecu
tive weeks. It is for beginners and
others wishing to improve their weld
ing skills.
Tony Williams, Blakely High School
Vocational Agriculture teacher, will
be the instructor.
Teaching welding in various posi
tions, one different kinds of metals.
welding cast iron, hard surfacing and
soldering, cutting and brazing with arc
welding and gas.
Enrollment will be limited. Those
interested should enroll immediately
Everyone who attends all five sessions
will receive a certified diploma.
The place to start holding down one's
weight is in meal planning, says Miss
Nelle Boyd, Extension nutritionist.
]LAKELY, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 9, 1961
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
;Roturiuns Told
1 Building In Ga.
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| An interesting talk, illustrated with
lantern slides, showing how highways
are constructed in Georgia, featured
last week's meeting of the Blakely Ro
tary Club.
The speaker was John Corry. of Tif
ton, assistant division engineer, State
Highway Department, who, narrating
the story of highway building, from
choosing the site for the road to the
completion of the job, as the slides
were shown, presented a program of
unusual iriterest. He was introduced
‘by Rotarian J. O. Brown.
Visitors at Friday's meeting which
was presided over by President George
Gee, included John Barnes. of Savan
nah, a guest of Rotarian Alfred Feld
er; H. Lane Coachman, of Tampa,
Fla, a guest of Rotarian Jim Bonner;
and O. F. Southwell, of Leesburg.
a guest of Rotarian James Bryant.
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Royal Arch Masons To
Meet In Fort Gaines
The Third District Royal Arch Ma
sonic Convention will be held in Fort
Gaines on next Thursday, November
16, beginning at 2 p. m. All the capit
ular degrees will be conferred. Royal
Arch Masons from this section are
urged to attend.
. George Green, of Bluffton, is High
Priest of the Convention.
BLAKELY F. H. A.
Twenty two Blakely Chapter Fu
ture Homemakers of America joined
over 1,600 high school students from
81 Southwest Georgia chapters when
the group convened in Albany, Novem
ber 14. The local members were ac
companied by their economics teacher,
Mrs. Nick Collins, and Mrs. J. B. Rice,
a Chapter Mother. Those attending‘
were June Allen, Judy Clark, Mona
Jones, Mary Ann Still, Carlie Bell,
Celia Holman, Susan Howell, Pam
King, Beverly Gilbert,. Cheryl Wil
liams, Cathy Still, Mary Lee Chand
ler. Kay Mercer, Ann Still, Anne Ivey,
Betty Jean Collins, Jessie Merle Mec-
Corkle, Faye Poppie, Kathy Rice, Ann
Lance, Guyla White, and Judy Allen.
Hostesses for the group were Future
Homemakers from Albany and Abbe
ville High Chapters. |
Becky Davis, State Vice President,
presided and Sara Evelyn Howell,‘
Program Chairman, was in charge of
the program. |
“From These Roots”, was the
theme for the day’s activities. Through
out the program, emphasis was placed
on the importance of “Family Unity"”
and “Family Fitness”, national pro-‘
jects of the organization. The Rev.!
William Hearn, Minister of Musie,
| First Baptist Church, Thomasville, em-.
phasized in his address those values
\which Future Homemakers are en-‘i
ideavoring to achieve,
Martha Cooper, from Thomas Coun
ty High Chapter, introduced the new
State project: “Guides to Action—
| Mental Health”.
| News from National Convention was
| presented by Shirley Ann Tinsley and
|the Convention delegates. Mrs. Janet
M. Barber was on hand to give the
| news from the State office.
| Terrell County High School Future
Homemakers were recognized for the
outstanding work in safety education.
Participating in a Pilot study program
sponsored cooperatively by the Safety
County and Shell Oil Company, the
chapter won the Sweepstakes award
for the most outstanding safety pro
ject among all youth groups in the
' state. Miss Cathy Senn accepted the
‘award from Mr. A. J. Ruska, of Shell
oil Company.
‘ Miss Effie Pullen, who has been
| State Supervisor for fourteen and a
half years, was presented gifts by the
’ girls for the help she had given in
helping the FHA girls.
The Irwin county chapter gave a
song of the Fiftieth State to remind
all members to pay their dues. Roll
Call of Chapters of District One was
presented by a girl from each chap
ter modeling a dress she had made.
There were several wonderful talent
numbers from some of the chapters.
The FHA girls are beginning to plan
a chickenque to be held Thursday,
November 16, Be sure to see one of
the girls and get your ticket so you
won't be left out on this delicious
Jmeal. All tickets must be purchased
before the date of the supper, so you
be making your plans, too.
—Reporter.
CARD OF THANKS
In this way I would like to thank
my friends and relatives for the visits,
cards and flowers during my stay in
the hospital and at home; also, the doc
tors and nurses for their kindness.
HORACE ANGLIN.
Falls alone accounted for 12,200 home
accident deaths in the United States
last year. Over 85 percent of the vic
tims of these falls were people over
65 years of age, according to W. E.
' Huston, Extension engineer,
Colquitt Downed
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For ‘Cats Ninth
Straight Victory
Coach Ray Knight's Blakely Bob
cats won their ninth straight game
here last Friday night, defeating a
fighting Pirate eleven from Miller
County 14-0, in a game marred by a
misty rain which fell intermittently
during the contest.
Blakely’s mighty mite of a halfback,
Ward Holman, accounted for both
touchdowns, one on a 45-yard run in
the second quarter, culminating an
80-yard touchdown drive, and the
other on a run of 22 yards, a touch
down set on a recovery of a Miller
fumble on the second play of the
second half. Gene White skirted left.
end for the first point after conver
sion, and Ed Morton, Jr., booted the
ball through the uprights for the other
extra point.
Miller county’s best runrer was
quarterback Ted Bush, leading his
team to a 134 yards on the ground and
passing for 61, but the Pirates never
got any closer to Blakely's goal line
than the 37-yard line. .
Holman had a 75-yard touchdown
run called back in the first quarter,
because of an illegal motion penalty.
Yardstick: e
Blakely Miller Co.i
13 Ist Downs 8l
282 Yds. Rushing 134
21 Yds. Passing 61 ‘
6 Passes Attempted 12|
1 Passes Completed 4(
65 Penalties 20 |
1 Fumbles Lost 2
Linescore:
Blakely 07 7 o—l 4
Miller Co. 0 00 o—o
Starting lineups:
Blakely Pos. Miller Co.
J. Crowdis LE J. Hornsby
N. Hattaway, LT R. Miller
B. Grist LG D. Broxton
B. Cox C B. Lord
C. Houston RG W. Rentz
J. Shoemaker RT S. Brooks
M. White RE W. Geer Jr.
T. Herring QB T. Bush
G. White LH M. Sloan
W. Holman RE B Penningtonl
H. Owen FB T. Davis
Blakely Subs: Bobby Gilbert, Carlie
Bell, Johnny Dixon, Ed Morton, Jim
my Middleton.
Blakely Closes Season
In Sylvester Against
Worth County Friday
The Blakely Bobcats close out the
regular season in Sylvester against
the improving Worth County team
Friday night. The Bobcats will be out
to avenge an 18-13 surprise defeat suf
fered at the hand of the Worth Coun
tians last year.
Blakely suffered a real loss the past
week when Bill George, reserve back
and first string corner linebacker, was
lost because of a dislocated elbow.
Bill was hurt in practice. He has
been one of Coach Knight's defensive
specialists all season. It is hoped Bill
will be able to see action in the play-j
off. Bibby Gilbert, another one of
Coach Knight's main line defenders,
returned to action the past Friday
night. Bobby has been out with a
broken finger.
Fall Camp Fire
Round-Up Banquet
The Camp Fire and Bluebirds of the
Blakely Camp Fire Girls Association
held their Fall Round-Up Banquet at
the Blakely Methodist Church Thurs
day night,
The banquet was served buffet style,
pumpkins and arrangements of fall
tlowers decorated the buffet table. The
banquet tables were decorated with
fruit and the individual favors were
decorated with colorful fall leaves.
The Camp Fire Girls in Mrs. Patsy
Hasty's group assumed the responsi
bility of cooking a casserole dish for
the banquet, adding to the bountiful
buffet table. Each girl brought a dif
ferent casserole,
Mrs. Marshall Day, president, pre
sided. The invocation was given by
the Rev. Cecil Wimberley, pastor of
the Blakely Methodist Church.
Mrs. Day welcomed the fathers,
mothers, the Second Graders, the lead
ers and their assistants, Mrs. Patsy
Hasty and Mrs. Simington, Mrs. C. P.
Gay, Jr, and Mrs. Johnny DuCaturie,
and the officers of the Blakely Asso
ciation, Mrs. Mobley Howell, Chair
man of the Banquet committee, was
recognized for the delightful meal and
attractive decorations,
Mrs. Emmett Smith gave the Pur
pose of Camp Fire, Patricia Bridges
gave the Law of the Camp Fire Girls.
The songs were led by Perry Bridges,
with Mrs. Bridges accompanying at
the piano.
A film was shown, “Girls in Camp
Fire”; Marshall Day was in charge
of the projector in showing the color
strip.
Gum naval stores production for the
first five months of this year was 27
percent higher than for the same per
iod last year, reports Extension Econo
mist Paul C. Bunce.
Personal Credit I
Corporations Opens |
For Business Here
A new enterprise began business in
Blakely this week when Personal
Credit Corporation opened an office
at corner of South Main and Liberty
streets. John Barnes, of Suvannah,
manager of the office, states in a dis
play advertisement in this issue that
this new loan service is available for
citizens of Blakely, Colquitt, Arling
ton, Edison, Fort Gaines, Morgan, Da
mascus, Donalsonville, Cedar Springs,
Hilton, Columbia, Bluffton, Leary,
Dickey, Jakin, and other nearby areas.
(See advertisement on page 8).
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County 4-H Club Council
Meeting Heldl
The 4-H Club County Council met
Saturday morning at the County Ex
tension Office, with Brenda Jane Mid
dleton, president, presiding.
The devotional was given by Carol
Monfort. The nominating committee
was selected and is composed of Ron
nie Balkcom, Carroll Waller, Janie
Temples, and Carol Monfort.
The group decided to distribute the
4-H Club calendars next month. It
was announced the Southeast District
Project Achievement meeting will be
held June 19-21.
Three camps were named for the
Early County 4-H Club members to |
select from. They are: Rock Eagle,
Wahsega, and Chatham. The first
choice may by the County Council
was Wahsega, near Dahlonega.
—Reporter.
Standifer Field
Scene Of Playoff
On November 17
Blakely, winner of the 1-B West
crown, and Blackshear, winner of the
1-B West crown, will meet at Standi(er‘
Field in Blakely on November 17, to
determine the region championship.
The scene for this titanic struggle
’w{g .settled the past Saturday when
officials of both schools met in Tif
ton and tossed a coin. Coach Ray
Knight called the toss correctly and
Blakely won the right to be the host
team. Tickets for this game are to go
on sale within the next few days,
Principal Frank Buckner has announc
ed. There will be no reserved seats
sold, Mr. Buckner stated, but it will
save a lot of time to get tickets in
advance. Prices will be $1.50 for adults
and 75c¢ for students.
First Aid Course 1
Begun This Week ’
The Young Blakely Home Demon
stration Club spensored a Family First'
Aid Course, sponsored by the Ameri
can Red Cross, with Edsel Bryan, Red
Cross Instructor, in charge of the
course,
- The First Aid Course was held at
‘the City Hall in Blakely Monday
'night, November 6, at 7:30 p. m., and
will be given once a week for six
weeks,
All interested people are asked to
contact Mrs. Glenn Sirmons, phone
5923, who is secretary of the Young
'Blakely HD Club; or phone Mrs.
Charles Garrett, president of the'
'club. whose phone number is 7423. ‘,
. GOOD MONEY
MANAGEMENT REQUIRES:
* Safety for your funds, &
* Safety in malfing payments,
* Systematic thrift plan,
* Protection against losing cash,
* Proof of payments,
* Complete records.
You get all this at our bank, plus the
happy feeling of doing business with a
bank which enjoys serving you.
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
“BLAKELY'S OLDEST AND LARGEST”
PULL FOR BLAKELY
- OR ==
PULL OQUT
$2.58 PER ANNUM
Health Service
Says Polio Off,
Hepatitis Is Up
The oustanding disease trends in the
nation last year were the decline in
the number of poliomyelitis cases and
the increase in the number of hepa
titis cases.
This is noted in the U. S. Public
Health Service's annual supplement of
reported incidence of notifiable dis
eases in the nation last year. The
supplement was being distributed this
week. .
The nation had 3,190 cases of polio
of which 2,525 were paralytic. Georgia
had a total of 30 cases, 27 of them para-
Iytic. Dr. D. A. Henderson, chief of
the service's surveillance section, Com
municable Disease Center, said indi
cations are that the number of paraly
tic cases occurring this year will be
much lower—about 850. He attributed
the decline to widespread immuniza
tion,
Hepatitis cases in the nation totaled
41,666 last year. Georgia had 38. In
dications are that more hepatitis cases
will be reported in 1961 than have
been reported since 1952, when the
disease became reportable in the
United States.
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Luncheon Meeting
Of Woman’s Club .
To Be Held Friday
The November luncheon and regular
meeting of the Blakely Woman's Club
will be held Friday, November 10, at
12:30 p. m,, at the clubhouse, according
to Mrs. George Nelson, president.
The Education Department, with
Mrs. E. P. Whitehead as chairman, has
arranged an interesting program. May
nard Holmes, speech teacher at Blake
ly School, will demonstrate methods
in teaching speech and will have a
group of his pupils to take part on the
program.
Hostesses for the luncheon will be
Mrs. H. J. Middleton, Mrs. Grady Hol
man, Sr. Mrs. Ed Minter, and Mrs.
Frank Tinney.
REVIVAL AT LEARY
METHODIST CHURCH
Leary. — The Leary Methodist
Church announces a fall revival with
10:30 a. m, and 7:30 p. m. worship
services, November 12-17. The Rev.
William H. Hurdle, of the Ocilla
Methodist Church, Ocilla, Georgia, will
’be the evangelist. The Rev. Charles
Cox, Associate pastor of the First
Methodist Church in Albany, Georgia,
will lead the singing each evening.
The pastor, Rev. William E. McTier,
states that each night will carry a
special attendance emphasis. Monday
night is “Each one bring one,” Tues
day evening the emphasis will be on
the “Ladies”, on Wednesday the spot
light is on the “Youth”, Thursday is
“Men.” !
NOTICE
. To The Merchants of Blakely:
We, the Junior Class of Damascus
High School, wish to express our ap
preciation to you for making our
Halloween Carnival a success. Thank
You,
* THE JUNIOR CLASS.