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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 104—NO. 1
PILOT CLUB HELD i
BUSINESS MEETING
AT CITY HALL
The Pilot Club of Blakely met Tues
day night at the City Hall for the
August business meeting, Mrs. Jewel
McLendon, presiding. The meeting
opened with the pledge to the flag,
led by Mrs. Max Rupe. Mrs. Ella‘
Lay distributed minature flags to the
members to be worn during the meet
ing.
Reports were made by Mrs. A. D.
Wilkerson and Mrs. Rupe. The offi
cial visit of the Lt. Governor was
discussed. Fall Conference will be
held Sept. 14-15-16 at the Continuing
Education Center, Athens. . |
Mrs. Mavis Cosby, Chairman of the
Co-ordinating Committee asked for
reports from Committee Chairman.
Mrs. Wilkerson, Community Service
Chairman, reported Pilots visited shut
ins on June 24 as shut-ins Day. The
club is sponsoring a girl at the Blake
ly School this year, seeing to her
clothes and spending money for her
lunches..
Mrs. Rupe, Finance Chairman, re
ported Pilots were asked to take a
dollar and make a dollar for Pilots.
Nine members have turned their
money into the treasury.
Mrs. R. W. Mueller, Chairman of
Membership, Pilot Information and
Safety, reported on possible new mem
bers. She told of Mrs. Guy King at
tending the Rotary Club meeting with
her in behalf of the Easter Seal Cam
paign, when Mrs. Zacharius spoke to
the Rotary Club recently.
Mrs. Ella Lay, Chairman of Pat
riotic Emblem Committee, reported on
the program at the dinner meeting
centering around the patriotic emb
lem, of the observance of the July 4th
in Blakely, a special radio program,
and how many business houses dis
played the flag.
The publicity committee reported‘
one picture has been printed, all meet
ings reported and front page coverage
in the local newspaper.
Mrs. Ralph Scarborough. Chairman
of Education and International rela
tions, reported having a Swedish
foreign exchange youth as a guest
speaker of the Club and he was pre
sented a sports shirt by Mrs. Cosby
and a dress shirt by Mrs. Scarborough.
Mrs. Lavinia Morgan. of West Point,
Ga., Second Lt. Governor, District One,
Pilot International, will make her of
ficial visit to the Pilot Club of Blake
ly in September.
Mrs. McLendon announced she and
Mrs. Wilkerson would make a report
on the Convention, held in Washington.
D. C, at the August dinner meeting.
The meeting will be held at the Fish
Camp on the Chattahoochee River,
near Columbia, Ala.
Mrs. Wilkerson, Secretary, read the
Governor's letter from Mrs. Emmie
Murray, of LaGrange, Ga.
Veterans Who Are
Entitled To Ambulance
Service To Hospitals
Veteran patients are entitled to pay
ment of ambulance service or other
transportation to VA hospitals only
when prior authorization has been
given, Georgia Veterans Service Di
rector Pete Wheeler reminded this
week,
In medical emergencies the private
physician who telephones the hospital
to request admission of the veteran
may obtain the travel authorization
at the same time, he said.
CHARLES E. BOYETT'S FAMOUS
Begins Friday, August 24
8:30 A. M., Sharp
Never before have our stocks been so complete,
our prices so low, our enthusiasm so high. You'll he
jumping with joy, too, once you see our new and
complete stock of wonderful Fall clothes for the en
tire family. Styles to please the taste of the most
discriminating, colors to broghten the hearts of
yourg and old alike, sizes proportioned to fit per
fectly, and prices to fit everybody’s pockethosk. You
just can’t miss shopping the Biggest and Best selec
tion of Back-To-School Clothing at your Charles
E. Boyett Department Store in Blakely, Ga. FREE:
Yours just for the asking, gold coated pencilys with
the 1962 Blakely “Bobcats” Football schedule.
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BOYETT'S DEPARTMENT STORE
Carlp Conntp News
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State 4-H Congress
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To Begin Aug. 21
In Capital City
Georgia’s 4-H Club year will reach
its climax next week when the top
members in project work, some 250
of them, go to Atlanta from all over
the state to try for state honors. |
The 20th annual State 4-H Club
Congress, with headquarters at th«\
Piedmont Hotel, will begin Thursday 1
August 21, as the members and their |
county and home demonstration
agents arrive throughout the day. l
Opening event will be the get-ac
quaintde dinner at the Dink]er-Plaza}
Hotel, which the Georgia Bankers
Association gives for the entire State!
Congress delegation each year. Follow-{
ing the dinner, State 4-H Council‘
President Johnny Atkins and other
state officers will open the 1962 Con-‘
‘gress. Director W. A. Sutton of the)
University of Georgia Cooperative Ex
!tension Service will deliver the open
ing address. t
Serious work of the Congress begins
Wednesday morning. The entire group
will get together early that morning
for a breakfast given by Savannah
Sugar Refining Corporation, and thenl
go to the places where they will give
their demonstrations. Demonstrations
begin at 9:00 that morning, and will
continue until Thursday afternoon. l
During these two days ,the state{
winners in various projects will be de
cided. Those to compete have been
working on their demonstrations since}
June, when they won the right to
participate in the Congress by winning
at district project achevement meetings
at Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center. |
The stakes are big at this event, for
most of those who are named winners‘
will earn the right to go on to the
“World Series” of 4-H Club work—the |
National 4-H Club Congress in Chi
cago in November.
Here, too, the boys and girls will get
to know those who sponsor 4-H work
all over the state. Nearly every firm
or individual that sponsors a project
statewide will have a representative
on hand to congratulate the winner in
the particular project. Several firms
give special luncheorts, where the
winners in the projects they sponsor
| will be announced.
The entire group will get together
again Wednesday evenipg for the an
nual Atlanta Journal- titution ban
quet. Winners of s?f‘\‘%igg%ps and lead
ership awards given by the papers will
be announced at the banquet.
After two days of work, tension and
excitement, the 4-H'ers will relax
Thursday evening—all except those in
one project. By then all winners will
have been announced except the girl
who is the state dress revue winner.
Contestants in the dress revue. who
have made their own clothes, will
parade before guests at the big At
lanta Chamber of Commerce banquet
before the winners is announced.
As soon as the banquet and dress re
vue are over, the tables will be moved
out of the banquet room at the Dinkler-
Plaza Hotel to make room for the fare
well party sponsored by the Southeast
Ford Tractor Company.
CITY COURT
The August term of Blakely City
Court was held here Monday morning.
A number of cases. all pleas of guilty,
were heard before Judge J. W. Bonner,
and court was adjourned before noon.
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1962
Ty D2T Uy T RTRk e e
Success of Ga. ‘no Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Don’t Buy Lake Land
Unless You're Sure,
Say Army Engineers
Col. D. A. Raymond issued a warn
ing that several land sub-divisions
adjacent to the Walter F. George
Reservoir may encroach on Govern
ment land. The Army Engineers said
that land surveys are now being made
and if the survey confirm encroach
ment, buildings and other structures
erected on Government land will have
to be removed. The Government will
not pay the costs of removing the
improvements.
The District Engnieer for the Corps
of Engineers suggested that persons
planning to purchase property in the
Walter F. George Reservoir area care
fully check property convayance de
scriptions on file at county court
houses prior to contracting for pur
chase of land.
Restrictions have also been applied
by the Army Engineers on the use
of approximately 30000 acres of land
in which flowage easements have been
acquired in the Walter F. George
Reservoir area. Human habitation is
prohibited in the easement area and
the Army Engineers are requiring
prior authorization for the erection
of all types of structures including
recreational faeilities even though not
used as dwellings. Boundaries of the
easement area are based on elevation
above sea level and the Corps of En
gineers suggested that qualified land
surveyors could ascertain the peri
meter of the easement tract and should
be consulted by prospective buyers
if they have any doubt about the
location of property lines in relation
to easement boundaries. Elevations
of the easement control line are also
contained in property conveyances.
Information concerning Government
property lines is available at the Real
Estate Manager’'s Oflice for the Corps
of Engineers at Eufaula, Alabama and
also from the Reservoir Manager at
Fort Gaines. Georgia.
Golf Tournament \
Held Recently At
Town & Country Club
‘ The Annual Club tournament at the
Town and Country Club in Blakely
‘was held recently and trophies were
jawarded at a banquet held at the
Town & Country Club.
The Club championship trophy was
{awarded to Olin Thempson; Treé;‘ger
ring was runner-up, and Jack on,
‘received consolation.
In the men’s first flight, Bill Arnold
?wa? winner; Bert Puckett, runner-up,
| and Bernard Herring, received consola
tion.
| Men's second flight, Ted Whitchard,
]’winner; A. J. Singletary, runner-up
land Max Holman, consolation.
| Trophies for the Ladies Tournament
Iwere awarded as follows: Mrs. Carlton
Houston, Championship; Mrs. Bernard
‘Herring, Runner-up; and Mrs. Lewis
i Fryer, Consolation.
| First Flight, Mrs. Everett Culpepper,
| winner; Mrs. A. J. Singletary, runner
|up, and Mrs. Sam Clinkscales, conso
'lation.
| The awards were made by B. Her
ring. president of the Town and Coun
‘try Club.
VONZIEL TAYLOR
TO TEACH DANCING
AT BLAKELY SCHOOL
Mrs. Vonziel Taylor, of Bainbridge,
will open a School of Dancing, Satur
day, September 1. The school is
known as The Vonziels' Dance Studio.
Mrs. Taylor has studied in New
York under famous dance personalities
to give the public the latest in teach
ing methods and the newest forms
of all types of the dance. She recently
returned from Aftlanta where the
World Known Dance Caravan was
held this year, The Caravan leaving
immediately after their session in At.
lanta for London, England.
Mrs. Taylor specializes in all forms
of dance known, from Pre School to
Advance work.
GEORGIA TO GET
$67.6 MILLION U. S.
ROAD FUNDS
Atlanta—Georgia will get $67.6 mil
lion from the early release of federal
kßighway funds announced by Com
merce Secretary Luther H., Hodges.
Georgia Highway Board Chairman
Jim Gillis says, however, the early
release of the funds will have little
effect om the speed of the state's road
building program.
Hodges announced in Washington
the past Wednesday that $1.9 billion
in highway funds would be released
ahead of time to help stimulate the
national economy. Much of the money
had been scheduled for release during
the next 11 months.
Abby W. Stanley
Died Suddenly
Friday Morning
Abby W. Stanley, well known Blake
lyv man, died unexpectedly at his home
on Bay Street Friday morning, Aug
ust 17. Al*thcugh he had suffered a
heart attack several months ago, he
had since improved, and his death
came as a shock to his friends. He was
a retired farmer and carpenter.
Born in Newton. Alabama, he had
resided in Blakely for the past 16
years, He wes 79 years of age, having
been born January 3, 1883. Final rites
for Mr. Stanley were held Sunday at
2 o'clock p. n.. in the chapel of
Bryan Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Vernon T. Vaughan officiating. Inter
ment followed in the Blakely cemetery
with the following serving as pall
bearers: William Stanley, Ell Stanley,
Bobby Wilkerson, Raymond White.
Bob Jenkins, Donald Stanley.
Suivivors are two sons, James W.
Stanley, Columbus; H. Guy Stanley,
Charleston, S. C., and 15 grandchildren
and 19 great-grandchildren.
Army Engineers
Award Contracts At
Walter F. George Dam
Colonel D. A. Raymond, U. S. Aarmy
Distr_ict Engineer at Mobile, Alabama,
announced today the award of two
contracts totaling over SIOO,OOO for
construction work at a site on the
Georgia bank of the new reservoir
forming behind the Walter F. George
Dam on the Chattahoochee River near
Fort Gaines. The area being improved
is located on new Georgia Highway
No. 39, just above the dam, and is to
be used as a lakeside park for the
public and a reservoir operations
headquarters for the Corp of Engin
eers.
A contract amounting to $70427.68
has been awarded to the Gulf Breeze
Engineering and Construction Com
pany of Pensacola, Florida, for clair
ing and grading about 5% acres of land,
constructing bituminous paved access
roads and parking areas, building a
double concrete boat launching ramp,
apd sprigging and sodding approxi
mately 3 acres of land.
A contract amounting. to $40,549.10
has been awarded to Lewis R. Murphy,
Contractor, of Montgombery, Ala.. for
drilling a well to produce 20 gallons
of potable water a minute and con
structing a pumphouse, a 10 000-gal
lon elevated steel water tank, water
lines ,three drinking fountains, and
necessary electrical work.
The new 45 000-acre lake now filling
behind the Walter F. George Dam is
expected to prove popular for re
creational activities. The dam is one of
four in the current comprehensive
development of the Apalachicola-Chat
tahoochee-Fline river system by the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Both construction contracts were
‘awarded on the basis of formally ad
vertised competitive bidding. The
Corpe of Engineers sent advance no
tices soliciting bids for the job to all
contractors and materia]l suppliers be
lieved interested in the type of work
to be done. Two contractors bid for
the grading and paving job and five
rontractors bid for the water supply
job,
Title Certificate
On All New Cars
Must Be Shown
Application for a Georgia Motor
Vehicle Certificate of Title must be
made on all 1963 year model vehicles
and all year mode] vehicles that have
been issued a Certificate of Title by
another Title State that comes into
Georgia after July 1, 1962,
Application will be made at the
County Tag Agents office when apply
ing for a vehicle license plate that is
required to be purchased at¢ the Coun
ty Tag Agent's office.
If the vehicle was purchased from
a Georgia Dealer, the application must
also be signed by the Dealer. If the
vehicle is a newly purchased 1963
year model, a Manufacturer's Certifi
cate of Origin must be submitted with
the application as proof of Title by
another State. that Certifieate of Title
must be submitted with the application
as proof of ownership.
The fee for a Georgia Motor Yehicle
Certificate of Title is SI.OO. Application
for a Certificate of Title (Form T 1) will
be available at the Tag Agent's office.
Early County Completed
Requirements For
Cholera Eradication
Commissioner of Agriculture Phil
Campbell announced this week that
Early County has completed all neces
sary requirements for participation in
the state’s new hog cholera eradicat
ing program and has been designed a
hog cholera eradication area by the
Georgia Department of Agriculture.
“It gives us a great deal of pleasure
to be able to accept Early county as
a full participant in this program. As
one of Georgia's cooperating counties
:n this all-out eradication effort Early
county farmers will now be protected
from financial loss due to outbreaks
of this disease,” Campbel] stated.
Hog cholera is one of the nation's
most costly livestock diseases. Losses
to the disease in Georgia alone are
considered in excess of $2 million an
nually. The new eradication program
is designed to wipe out the disease
completely in Georgia while at the
same time protecting farmers from
serious financial losses.
In order to qualify for the new
state program Early county was re
quired to form a hog cholera eradi
cation committee, see to it that at
least 60 per cent of the hogs in the%
county were vaccinated and officially‘
request that the county be designated
a hog cholera eradication erea. 1
Now that the county has been ac
cepted into the program the primary
job for farmers is that of watching
their swine closely and immediately
notify their county agent or veteri
narian when cholera is suspected.
Farmers should not forget however
that the best means of preventing
cholera and all the trouble cholera
brings is to carry out a program of
swine vaccination.
Weather Bureau'’s
Thirty-Day Outlook
The thirty-day Agricultural Weather
outlook for the tri-state area of south
west Georgia, Quincy District of north
west Florida, Suwannee District of
north Florida and the Wiregrass Area
of Southeast Alabama issued by Ad
visory Agricultural Meterorologist,
Weather Bureau Agricultural Service
Office, Tifton, Georgia. :
From mid-August to mid-September
temperature are expected to average
about seasonal normals. Daily mean
temperatures are expected to range
from 72 to 83 degrees with accelerated
march downward last of th period. Ex
cept along the Gulf Coast. afternoon
temperatures are expected to reach 90
degrees or highr on most afterncons
and 95 or more can be expected to
oceur about 10 times during the next
30 days. Along the Gulf Coast after
noon temperatures are expected t"i
reach upper 80's most days. Excepti
along the Gulf Coast morning low
temperatures are expected to reach 70,
degrees or less about 15 times and 65
or less about 6 times. Along the Gulf
Coast morning lows are expected to
be in the 70's.
Rainfall is expected to occur mostly
as afternoon and evening showers and
thundershowers. Rainfall is expected
to vary widely in time and place. rang
ing from about 3 to 7 inches.
Sunshine is expected to average 70
to 75 percent of possible but one or‘
two days may be without sunshine.
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Early County
School Teachers
Are Announced
The following teachers have been
elected to serve in the Blakely, Da
mascus and Jakin white schools in
Early County:
Blakely Elementary
Miss Ellen Smith, Miss Verne Du-
Bose, Mrs. Williard Dußose, Mrs. Ruth
Scott, Mrs. C. W. Bridges, Mrs. Hubert
Farr, Mrs. Maurine Bostwick, Miss
Eurice Hay, Mrs. Emily McDowell,
Mrs. Millard Still, Mrs. Carolyn Sim
mons, Mrs. Ralph Jarrett, Mrs. W. H.
Wall, Miss Mildred Tarver, Mrs. Ralph
Balkcom, Mrs. Oree Thompson, Mrs.
Cyllene Dunn, Mrs. Ernest Sessions,
Mrs. Austin Mobley, Mrs. Hugh Mar
tin, Mrs. Tommy Ward, Mrs. Cecil Hall.
Blakely High School
Mrs. Clyaire Houston, Mr. Wayne
Proffitt, Mrs. Christine Cox, Mrs. Don
Bowman, Mrs. Ed Morton, Mrs. Dola
Mae Evans, Mrs. Guy King, Mrs.
Robert Puckett, Mr. Bill Cooper, Mrs.
Marcus Mulkey, Mrs. Jo Ann Shier
ling, Mrs. J. O. Brown, Mrs. Hunt
Westbrook, Mr. Bobby Davis, Mr. Ray
Knight, Mr. Tony Williams, Mr. Ed
Balkcom, Mr. Marcus Mulkey, Mr.
Tommy Ward, Miss Evelyn Dußose,
Mrs. Elise Hasty, Mrs. Betty Houston,
Mr. Robert Arrington. Mr. F. P. Buck
ner, Principal.
Damascus High School
Mrs. Sue Boyd, Mrs. J. N. Barnes,
Miss Rosamond Watson, Mrs. Irma
Sammons, Mrs, H. L. Prince, Mr. W. T.
Henry, Mrs. George Callan, Miss Hen
rinel Middleton, Mrs. Fay Lewis. Mr.
N. C. Alexander, Mrs. Jack Henderson,
Mr. Charles Bridges, Mr. Lonnie
Chester, Principal.
Jakin High School
Mrs. Jolene Burkett, Mrs. Margie
Brown, Mrs. Edna Golden, Mrs. Vir
ginia Minter, Miss Patricia Tolar. Mr.
Douglas Spivey, Mr. Joe Cannon, Mr.
Malcom Freeman, Principal.
Mrs. Mary Jane Hammack, Visiting
Teacher, R. K. Sites C. S. S.
Charles E. Biedsoe
Of Arlington, Dies
At His Residence
Charles E. Bledsoe, 75, of Arlington,
died suddenly at his residence in
that city on Friday morning. A na
tive of Carrollton( Ga., he had lived
in Arlington for the past two years.
Prior to that he was a resident of
Buchannon, Ga., where he served as
depot agent for the Central of Geor
gia Railway for 52 years.
Mr. Bledsoe was a member of the
Buchannon Methodist Church, the
Order of Railway Telegraphers and
of the Order of Free and Accepted
Masonry. Funeral services were held
on Saturday in the Arlington Baptist
Church, with the Revs. E. B. Coon
and Donald J. Sparks. officiating. In
terment was in the Oak Grove Ceme
tery with Bryan Funeral Home in
charge and the following serving as
pall-bearers: Jerald Mathis, Julian
Carte, T. J. Taylor, Raymond Luns
ford, J. H. Taylor, William Taylor,
Cecil Harrell and Herman Plowden.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Alice Majors Bledsoe, Arlington;
daughter, Mrs. Guy Camp, Atlanta;
two brothers, Jamie and Edd Bledsoe,
of Carrollton, one sister, Mrs. Lou
Williams, Sautee, Ga.