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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’'S COUNTRY
VOLUME 104—NO. 14
BOBCATS BOP CAMDEN COUNTY, 13-6;
PLAY HAWKINSVILLE THURSDAY NIGHT 8:00 P. M.
The Blakely Bobcats defeated the
Camden County Hurricanes 13-6 here
the past Friday night to win the Re
gion 1-B championship and the right
to play Hawkinsville, winner of Re
gion 2-B for the South Georgia cham
pionship. The Blakely-Hawkinsville
game will be played Thursday,
(Thanksgiving Day) 8 o'clock in Haw
kinsville.
It was a great victory for the Bob
cats—a team victory—although it was
fullback Milton White who time after
time made the key play, both on of
fense and defense to keep the danger
ous, exciting Camden countians from
upsetting the forecasters and carrying
the 1-B football crown back to the
coastal county. The Hurricanes were
by far the best team the Bobcats have
faced all season, including the Mari
anna team, which defeated the Blake
ly team the week before. Both teams
were handicapped by reason of in
juries. Camden had its number one
fullback, Lester Wright, unable to
play because of a knee injury, and
Blakely’s fleetest back and maker of
22 touchdowns in nine games this
year Ward Holman, didn't suit up, and
defensive lineman, Ben Houston, miss
ed the game because of illness.
To open the contest Ed Mortion boot
ed the ball into the end zone and
Camden County started from the 20.
Bryan Balkcom and the Hurricanes
let it be known right from the begin
ning that they came to play. Balkcom
struck for 15 and Lee Jones and Roger
Giddens followed with good runs to
move the ball to the Blakely 17. Two
line plays and a screen pass moved
to the Blakly 5. Here the magnificent
Blakely line went to work and jarred
the Camden ball carriers for two
straight fumbles, pushing the ball
back to the 10. Here David Strickland,
a remarkable field general, went to
the air again and tossed a 4th down
pass, which was completed near the
goal line, but a jarring tackle sepe
rated him from the ball and Blakely
recovered in the end zone. g
Trey Herring brought his iroops to
the 20 and Blakely was in business.
The 'Cats were able to make one :irst
down on a 15-yard run by Milton
White, but on the next series, the
drive stalled and Big “T” Chandler
was forced to punt. The Hurricanes
were putting the pressure on the 'Cats
and they ran but 3 plays in the entire
first quarter. 3
Wayne Swords and big Bobby
Swann swarmed all over Strickland
on the next series and the Hurricanes
lost ground and kicked out of danger,
the ball going to Herring who return
ed 4 yards to his own 43-yard line.
Here the 'Cats went to work, sending
White up the middle and off tackle to
score the first touchdown, White going
the final 19 yards. Jimmy Crowdis, at
tempting the extra point in the place
of the temporarily injured Ed Morton,
missed and Blakely led 6 to 0.
Blakely advanced its cause by an
other 7 points in the third quarter.
Starting on their own 34 yard line on
a 15 yard runback of the kickoff by
Bill George, the 'Cats moved 67 yards
with White bulling over from the one.
The home fans got a scare on this
drive. All state candidate Jimmy
Crowdis was injured on a diving
tackle, and Lindsey Pickle, a fresh
man guard came in to replace the ter
rific Bobcat lineman. But the deter
PRE-THANKSGIVING SALE
CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY
At BOYETT'S DEPT. STORE
DOORBUSTER — —Springmaid “Robest” and
Bates Fall Cotton Materials. Every piece
regular 98¢ to 1.39 yard. All full bolts. All
brand new Fall 1962 patterns and colors. All
wrinkle resistant, 37 to 38 inches wide. Se
lected patterns, screened by four top fabric
buyers. . . Make several complete outfits. The
selection is just that big. All regular 98¢ to
1.39 yard, for complete sellout, we must have
the room. Over 800 yds., at 47¢ per yard. Yes,
that’s right. Entire stock and it won’t last long
at this price,Only ... ... . . 47c Yard
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Carlp Connip News
‘mined White on the very first play
went 40 yards to the Camden 21. Crow
dis came back in the game. A mo
tion penalty set the Bobcats back five.
Herring's pass fell incomplete on the
next play, but White came back on 2
hard run to move the ball to the six.
A half-the-disiance to the goal penalty
moved it to the three. The Camden
line was playing magnificently and
Herring sen White up the middle three
times before he scored. Ed Morton was
back in the game and he booted the
exira point.
Camden, not giving an inch, came
roaring back and drove for 50 yards
to score on a nine yard, 4th down pass
from David- Strickland to end Jimmy
Buchannon for a six-pointer. David
Lundin came in to attempt the extra
point and his kick hit the post and
fell back.
To do justice to the Bobeat heroes,
you must call the roll:
Johnny Dixon, Tommy Chandler,
Wayne Swords, Bill Cox, Jimmy
Crowdis, Ronnie Still, Bobby Gilbert,
Linton Thompson, Robert Crowdis,
Morton, Herring, George, White and
Butch Moore.
Standout defenders for the Hurri
canes were Joey Blackburn, Wayne
Johnson, Bruce McGinn, Dwight Me-
Cullough, Chuck Hendricks, Jimmy
Buchannon and Joey Lanier.
Statistics:
Blakely 13 Camden Co. 6
15 Ist downs 15
261 Yds. Rushing . 176
10 Yds. Passing 30
3 Passes aitempted 10
: Passes comp. -
80 Penalties 35
1 Fumbles lost 1
2 for 18 Punts 2 for 34
Linescore:
Blakely 0 67 0 —l3
Camden Co. 0 06 0 —0
Atlanta — Filings by the Underwrit
ers for rate schedule changes in both
au.cmobile and fire insurance will be
aired at two public hearings to be held
‘Monday, November 26, in the State
Capitol, Insurance Commissioner Zack
D. Cravey announces.
' In urging a full attendance, Com
missioner Cravey said he wanted to
hear from citizens from walks of life
as well as the Underwriters.
He also stated he was inviting Insur
ance Commissioner-elect James L.
Bentley and members of his Insur
ance Committee to be present.
Mr. Cravey explained that since the
filings would greatly effect practically
every one of Georgia's citizens espe
cially those in the lower income brack
ets he felt they should be given deep
s.udy, both by the public and the
Commissioner himself before a decis
ion is rendered.
Applications for new automobile
casualty rate schedules have been
'made by both the National Bureau of
Casualty Underwriters and the Na
tional Underwriters Association. Fil
ings for fire rate adjustments were
offered by the Georgia Inspection and
Rating Bureau.
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 22, 1962
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
AGRICULTURAL
STABILIZATION AND
CONSERVATION NEWS
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WARREN CLEVELAND
Office Manager
State’s Cotton Allotment Set
Georgia's upland cotton allotment
has been set at 815,530 acres according
to William L. Lanier, State Executive
Director, Georgia Agricultura] Stabi
lization and Conservation Service.
This represepts the State’s share of
the .ls-milliox-acre national . allotment
announced by the Secretary of Agri
culture on October 15. The Agricul
tural Adjustment Act of 1938 provides
an additional 310,000 acres as a na
tional acreage reserve to be used to
the extent needed for the establish
mnt of minimum farm allotments La
nier stated. :
USDA officials have said it is not
anticipated that this will be the final
national acreage authorized for the
1963 upland cotton crop because of
new legislation to be recommended to
the Congress early next year, Etstab
lishing the national allotment at the
statuatory minimum for the time being
will give the Congress the maximum
flexibility in determining the acreage
provisions, to be included in the new
legislation.
It is anticipaied, however, that such
legislation would supplement rather
than substanitally change the basic
program choice cotton farmers will
vote in the quota referendum Decem
ber 11.
Farmers who were engaged in the
production of upland coiton in 1962
will be eligible to vote in the national
referendum. At least two-thirds of
those voting must approve quotas if
they are to continue in effect.
- If marketing quotas are approved,
'marketing penalties will apply to any
“excess” cotton of producers who do
not comply with their acreage allot
ments, and price support to those who
do comply will be available at a level
within the range of 65 to 90 percent
of parity. If quotas are not approved,
the allotment program will remain in
effect and price support at 50 percent
of parity will be available to growers
who comply with their allotments.
Notices of farm acreage allotments
will be mailed to operators of cotton
"arms prior to the December 11 refer
endum.
Peanut Growers To Vote On
Quotas December 11
Peanut growers will vote on Tues
-lay, December 11, to decide whether
quotas will continue to be used in
marketing their crop, William L. La
nier, State Executive Director, Geor
gia Agriculiural Stabilization and
Conservation Service, said today. The
vote will be on quotas for the 1963,
1964, and 1965 crops. According to
Lanier, a grower will be eligible to
vote in the referendum if he is en
titled to share in 1962-crop peanuts
planted for harvest as nuts on a farm
having more than 1 acre of peanuts
planted. A landlord of a standing rent,
cash, rent, or fixed rent tenant is not
eligible to vote,
At least two-thirds of the growes
voting in the referendum must ap
prove the quotas if they are to be
made effective, Whether or not quotas
are approved, the 1963-crop peanut
acreage allotments will remain in ef
fect as a means of determining eligi
bility for the available price support.
Lanier explained that the issues in
the peanut-quota referendum are sim
ilar to those in quota votes for other
“basic” crops. If the quotas are ap
proved by growers, the quotas—with
marketing penalties on “excess” pea
nuts—will be in effect in each of the
3 years, and growers who comply
with their allotments will be eligible
for price support at the full announc
ed rate,
If quotas are not approved by the
growers the quotas and penalties will
not be in effect for the 1963-crop pea
nuts, and price support to grower
who comply with their acreage allot
ments will drop to 50 percent of par
ity. In this case, another referendum'
would be held in 1963 for the follow
ing three crops.' Georgia has received
an alloment of 527835 acres, repre
senting the State's share of the 1,610,-
000 national acreage allotment. The
state allotment will be apportioned
among individual peanut-producing
farms within the State in accordance
with provisions of the governing legis
lation. Growers will receive notices of
their individual farm allotments prior
to December 11 referendum. Peanut
marketing quotas, as approved by
growers voting in prior referendums,
have been effect each year since 1949,
The last previous referendum was
held in December 1959, when 94.9 per
cent of the growers voting approved
marketing quotas for the 1060, 1961,
and 1962 crops.
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TROY HOMECOMING QUEEN AND ATTENDANTS—
Miss Judy Buckner of Blakely, Georgia, (center) Pre
sided as Homecoming Queen at Troy State College on
Saturday, (Nov. 17). Her attendants are (left) Sylvia
Rogers, also of Blakely, and (right) Faye Buckelew,
of Opp.
SOWEGA Medical
Association, Auxiliary
Hold Meetings Here
The Southwest Georgia Medical So
ciety and the Womans Auxiliary held
their regular bi-monthly meetings at
the Town & Country Club in Blakely
on Wednesday of last week with Dr.
and Mrs. James H. Crowdis as hosts.
After the dinner, the Medical So
ciety was called to order by Dr. Tur
ner W. Rentz, president. The scienti
fic program was presented by Dr
Louis Hazouri, of Columbus. The sub
ject was “Brain Injuries” and was il
lustrated with lantern slides.
Besides Dr. Lazouri, other visitors
present included Dr. John Durden,
Surgeon. and Dr. Bert Smith, Internal
Medicine, both of Columbus, Ga.; Dr.
\Ashby Woods, of Bainbridge; and Dr.
and Mrs. George Patterson of Cuth
bert. Others present included Dr. H. L.
Lasseter and Dr. R. E. Jennings, of
Arlington; Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Lyons,
of Edison: l" ‘Turner W. Rentz and
Dr. Hinton J. Merritt, of Colquiit; Dr.
and Mrs. Homer P. Wood and Dr. and
Mrs. David Wetherby, of Fort Gaines;
and Dr. and Mrs. Warren C. Baxley,
Dr. and Mrs. James H. Crowdis, and
Dr. Jack G. Standifer, all of Blakely.
The next regular meeting of the
Society will be held in January.
S S Questions
Are Answered By
District Manager
Q. My wages vary from SI2OO to
S2OOO a year, which is the reason I
have never applied for social security
benefits even though I'm over 65. 1
understand it is possible to receive
some benfits even though a person
earns over SI2OO, Is this correct and
how does it work?
A. Yes, this is correct. If there are
some months in which you earn SIOO
or less, you can get your social se
curity checks for those months—even
if you earn enough in the other
months to put your earnings for the
year over SI2OO, How much will be
withheld from your benefits for
months in which you earn over SIOO
will depend on how much more than
SI2OO your earnings are. One dollar of
benefits is withheld for each two dol
lars you earn above SI2OO and up to
SI7OO. Another dollar is withheld for
every dollar you earn over SI7OO,
Q. I am 65 and operating my own
business. I do not plan to retire soon—
should I apply for my social security
now?
A. 1 would probably be to your ad
vantage to apply for benefits, If your
future earnings are hirh enough to in
crease your benefits. they can be re
figured. If your earnings decrease,
you may be eligible for some bene
fits even though you continue to work
You should talk to a representative
of the social security office to be sure
you are not losing money,
Q. Can I report my cook on the
quarterly social security report I file
for my store employees, or must she
be revorted separately? |
A. You may report the;cook with
your business employees,
Q. I hired a maid last week. She
said 1 was supposed to pay social se
curity tax on her wages. When and
where do I do this?
A. You report each quarter to your
District Director of Internal Revenue,
An application to get on the mailing
list for reporting forms may be obtain
ed at your social security distriet of
fice.
Q. I operate a groeery store and also
a farm. Can I report the earning of all
my employees os one report,
A. No. You must make quarterly
reports on your store employees. Re
ports on your farm employees are
made only once a year,
Peter Early D. A. R.
Holds Recent Meeting
The regular meeting of the Peter
Early Chapter D. A. R., met Novem
ber 15, 1962 with Mrs. R. C. Singletary,
Sr., hostess.
Twenty members and five visitors
were present, with the vice regent,
Mrs. H. L. Bell. presiding.
After the meeting was called to or
der, Mrs. Grady Holman, Sr., gave an
inspiring devotional based on the
Thanksgiving Season and ending with
the thought that “Happy is that peo
ple whose God is the Lord.”
After the ritualistics the President
General's Message was read by Mrs.
P. H. Fitzgerald.
The minutes of the October meeting
were read and approved. A report was
made on an Executive Board meeting,
held October 24, in regards to the 57th
amendment. It was unanimous that
the DAR give it their vote.
A report from Mrs. J. W. Bonser,
chairman of DAR schools, showed. that
boxes of clothing had been sent to
Tamassee and Kate Duncan Smith
schools valued at $75.00 each.
The speaker, Dr. Inez Henry of the
Martha Berry Schools, was introduced
by Mrs. J. W. Bonner. Dr. Henry gave
the life of Martha Berry and how
the Berry Schoo!s were founded. Mar
tha Berry’s -life was based on three
things: Faith, Work and Prayer. Dr,
Henry also told of her own life as con
nected with the Berry Schools. Dr.
Henry held a DAR scholarship to
Berry.
Bill Warrick, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. George Warrick, at the
piano, delighted all present with his
rendition of two lovely numbers,
“It It True What They Say About
Dixie”, and “I Believe",
The meeting was then adjourned.
The hostess served a delicious salad
plate with Russian tea. Mrs. A. J.
Singletary assisted in serving.
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NOTICE
The News comes to you a day early
this week due to Thanksgiving holi
days. This is done to allow our adver
tisers to receive the bencfit of thir
advertising. Of necessity, many items
of interest and other features are miss
ing from today's paper.—Editor.
THANKSGIVING DAY
“Enter into His gates with Thanksgiving
and into His courts with praise; be thank
ful unto Him and bless His Name.”
: —Psalms 100:4.
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A. B. Cleveland
Dies At Home
| Here Saturday
Alfred Bruton Cleveland, Sr., 43, a
well known Blakely man, died at his
residence here on Saturday morning
11, a. m,, of gunshot wounds. Mr. Cleve~
land, a World War II veteran, had
spent his entire life here and by oc
cupation was an auto mechanic. He
was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Hansford Cleveland, and was
born November 30, 1918,
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon, 3 o'clock in the Free Will
Baptist Church, with the Rev. Emory
Evans and the Rev. W. F. McDuffie
officiating. Interment was in the
George Cemetery at New Hope with
Manry-Minter Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Active pall
bearers were Lewis Cleveland, Hans
ford Cleveldnd, Larry Middleton,
O.is Roney, Jr. Gordon Bonner, Jr.,
William Bonner. Honorary pall bear
ers were Onley Whitehurst, C. P. Jen
kins, Sevola Jones, Hiram Sims, Buck
Alberman, Joe Bridges, William
Thomas, Billy English, Earl Chandler,
Fryerson Chandler, Jim Perkins, Mode
Stinson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mary Bonner Cleveland; a son, Alfred
Cleveland, Jr., four daughters, Jean,
Betty, Mildred and Brenda Cleveland,
& sister, Mrs. Matt Allen; two broth
ers, W. H. (Shorty) Cleveland and
Wallace Cleveland, all of Blakely.
Governor’s Conference
Has Yankee Speaker
A Yankee guest speaker at the
Third Annual Governor’ Conference
on Tourism has made a novel sug
gestion as a temporary solution to
Georgia’s much talked-about speed
trap problem,
Barney Laschever, the travel edi
tor of the New Yord Herald Tribune,
was presented a genuine Georgia car
pet bag made in Dalton, Georgia. In
he gs% “% 'm"“ ever said, "fh“i‘:
will be just the thing to take home
the fruitcakes my wife asked me to
buy while here in Georgia.” -
Then, as an afterthought he said,
“Say, . . . why not send a fruit cake
‘0 everyone caught in one of your
speed traps?”
The Conference loudly applauded
the idea as a good partial solution un
til legislation can be passed to elimi
nate the speed traps, commonly ac
knowledged as a blight on' Georgia's
tourist trade.
Jack Minter, Director of the Cieor
gia Depariment of Commerce, has en
dorsed the fruitcake idea as a good
one. Says Minter, “We plan to see to
it that steps are taken immediately to
follow up on this suggestion. Along
with each fruit cake will go a letter
informing the trapped tourist of Geor
gia's efforts to eliminate all the state's
speed traps.”
“I feel sure,” Minter concluded, “this
will go a long way toward repairing
the harm that has been done and
creating better public relations with
those tourists who possibly would
never have come back.”
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From
whence does my help come?
—Psalms 121:1.