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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME 104—NO. 16
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Mrs. Wagner Dies
In Florida City
After Long llness
Mrs. Annie Kate Wagner, 76, a long
time resident of this county in Cedar
Springs, died the past Thursday, No
vember 29, in Miami, Fla.,, where she
was visiting her daughter, Mrs. D. B.
Williamson. She had been ill for a
long time.
A native of Clay county, she was the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Bynum. She was a member of
the Cedar Springs Free Will Baptist
Church. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon in the chapel of
Bryan Funeral Home, the Rev. Louis
Williams and the Rev. P. Z. Smith
officiating. Interment followed in the
Pleasant Grove cemetery, the follow
ing serving as pall bearers: Bill By
num, Gordon Bynum, Jack Bynum,
Dan 'Bynum, Fred Bynum, John
Franklin Bynum.
Survivors, in addition to her daugh
ter, include several nieces and neph
ews.
Convalescent Home
Holds Open House
Sunday Afternoon
Open House was held Sunday at the
Blakely Convalescent Home and a
large crowd attended; the lovely ar
rangements of flowers from friends,
business houses and well wishers, gave
evidence to the fact that this new
undjertaking was wellcomied 'to the
community. ;
The building has been laid off to
accomodate twenty-four at the home.
Formerly the S. P. Holland Hospital,
the offices and operating room have
been converted into bedrooms. Many
of the other rooms have been redeco
rated; the building which already had
central heat, now has air conditioning.
a new roof has been put on and hand
rails along the halls and at the en
trances. i ‘
_Theregave private rooms, semi-pri
~ Mrs. Li#f#B Carter is adr pistrator,
Mrs. Cartér'is a registered nurse com
ing to Blakely from Plains, Ga.. where
she hfi" similar work. Others on
the staff at Blakely Convalescent
Home include: Mrs. Virginia Sauls,
L. P. N, of Leary; and aides, Mrs.
John §Still, Miss Carolyn Pritchett,
Mrs. Viola Hart, Mrs. Henrietta Ready,
Mrs. J. A. Mercer, and Mrs. Barbara
J. Waller.
James Silas is the orderly, Leddie
B. Evans and Thelma Hudgins, the
cook and maid.
Amosg those attending Open House
from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Godwin, Kathy and Genn; Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, Jack, Chip
and Jefferyl Carter, Mrs. L. E. God
win, Sr., all of Plains, Ga.; Mr. and
Mrs. John Pope of Americus, Ga.,
S. H. Greenwald, of Atlanta.
Four Blakely Girls
Are Now Serving As
ABAC Cheerleaders
Four Blakely girls are on the ABAC
Cheerleader squad. They are: Phyllis
Davis, Priscilla Moseley, Gail Still,
and Margaret McLendon.
Miss Davis serves as captain of the
squad.
CHARLES E. BOYETT DEPT. STORE’S
Biggest And Best
PRE-CHRISTMAS SALE
Begins Friday, December 7th
FREE — Santa Clause Baloons
FREE — Pop-Eye Pops For the Kiddies
SEE INSIDE FULL PAGE AD.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Carlp Conntp News
Pilot Club Of Blakely
Holds Dinner Meeting
With Mrs. Williams
The Pilot Club of Blakely held their
dinner meeting at the home of Mrs.
Gladys Williams, on River Street,,
recently with Mrs. E. L. McLendon
presiding.
Mrs. George Nelson was guest
speaker, and was introduced by Mrs.
Ralph Scarborough, International
Relations Chairman.
Mrs. Nelson told of her recent visit
to the United Nations and showed
slides made during her recent visit
to New York.
She explained the six organs of the
U. N. with a diagram, showing the
General Assembly in the center, from
which stems the other five. They are
Security Council, Trusteeship, Econo
mic and Social Council, International
Council, and Secretariat.
She said there are now 108 nations
in the UN; there were 104 at the time
of her visit, four new nations ‘have
been admitted recently. There are 39
stories to the Sercetariat and seventy
five nations have offices in this build
ing.
In the pictures exhibited, she show
ed the various furnishing and decora
tions in the five council halls. one
was furnished by Norway; another.
Denmark; and another Sweden. The
lovely pool in front of the UN was a
gift of the children of the United
States.
Mrs. Nelson led the closing prayer,
which was the Unison Prayer of the
United Nations; copies of this prayer
had been distributed to members of
the club, who joined with her in re
peating this prayer.
It was reported that two members
of the Pilot were ill. Mrs. R. W.
Mueller is in the local clinic; and
Mrs. J. N. Livingston is in a Rome,
Georgia, hospital.
Donald Ray Peterson
Funeral services for Donald Ray
Peterson, five day old son of Mr. and
Mrs. m'nest Ray Peterson, q@'me
in the Blakely cemeiery Monday ‘af
ternoon, the Rev. Lee Wilson officiat
ing. The child died on December 1,
at a Lake Wales Hospital.
Mrs. Rupy Wacaser, of Blakely, ja
ternal grandmother, is one of the sur
vivors, who also include two brothers,
Michael Al and James Ernest Peterson,
of Lake Wales. .
Manry-Minter Funeral Home of
Blakely, was in charge.
Gi e S
Carol Jayne Rupe To
Receive BA' Degree
At Auburn University
Carol Jayne Rupe, of Blakely, Ga.,
will be among 350 candidates for de
grees at Auburn University December
14,
Carole is a candida’e for the Bache
lor of Arts degree, School of Science
and Literature.
The degree candidates, their parents
and friends will be guests of President
and Mrs. Ralph D. Draughon at a cof
fee in the Auburn Union from 10:30 to
12:30 on that date.
Commencement speaker will be Dr.
David W. Mullins, president of the
University of Arkansas and former
executive vice-president at Auburn.
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 6, 1962
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Does Early County \
Need Additional
Industry? New Jobs?
This will be answered when a team
of Technicians from the Georgia De
partment of Labor completes an inten
sive labor survey, beginning Decem
ber g)th and lasting all week. Per
sonaf’ interviews and work applica
tions will be taken in the court room,
Early County courthouse, between
9:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m., each day on
all persons seeking work. .
This 'survey has the endorsement of
If you are seeking work or anti
cipate entering the labor market in
the future, you should make sure
now to register at the courthouse dur
ing the week beginning December 10.
Success of this survey will not only
greatly enhance our chances of secur
ing industry for our county, but will
make available a labor pool, by skill,
for existing labor needs.
BLAKELY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.,
Troopers Begin
‘ Enforcing State
| Fireworks Law
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Atlanta, (GPS) — Armed with or
ders from Governor Ernest Vandiver
and State Public Safety Director H.
Lowell Conner and a copy of Atty.
Gen. Eugene Cook’s ruling that fire
works are classed as contraband under
a statu‘e passed by the 1962 Legisla
ture, state troopers are now on the
prowl for violators of the fireworks
law.
They will, under the authority given
them, confiscate fireworks offered for
sale on the rights-of-way of any state
highway and make a case against the
offender. In fact, the crackdown has
already begun.
Gov. Vandiver, in explaining the
State Patrol's role in the enforcement
program, said confiscation of fire
| works located on private property is
iihe responsibility of sheriffs and local
police officials.
L On that point Col. Conner had this
comment: “We feel that local law of
ficials are capable of handling the
‘situation under their jurisdiction.
However, if we are asked by a sheriff,
a superior court judge of a city au
thorily to help get rid of the fire
'works, we shall make our men avail
able for assistance. This is another
law designed to protect life, limb and
property.”
Col. Conner emphasized that no ad
‘ditional time is being taken away
from troopers in performing this
newly assigned duty. It can easily be
done while on regular patrol of Geor
gia’s highways to maintain. public
safety, he said. It's just another state
law that should be obeyed, he added.
CARD OF THANKS
We are most appreciative and grate
ful for every evidence of your love|
and friendship shown to us and our
loved one, during her illness and at
the time of her death.
CARL S. FRYER, SR,
MRS. JOHN GLEATON, AND
FAMILY,
CARL S. FRYER, JR., AND
FAMILY,
REA PAYS FIRST TAXES
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Leon H .Baughman, vice-president of the Three Notch
Electric Membership Co-operation, is shown paying the
local REA’s first taxes. When REA was instigated under
the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it was
exempt from the payment of taxes for a period of twenty
years, hence this is the first time taxes have been paid.
Mr. Baughman presented a check in the amount of SB,-
994.57 to Tax Commissioner Willie Jim Hammack. Thig
covers Three Notch’s properties in Early county. Mr.
Baughman, a long and staunch booster of REA, hails it
as the most important achievement of the past half
century.
Rotary Program Features
~ Music And Football
Blakely Rotarians at last Friday's
meeting enjoyed a varied program,
the first part being several songs by
talented vocalist-pianist Mrs. Eva
Dysart, of Charlotte, N. C., which
were much enjoyed by the club. Mrs.
Dysart was in Blakey as a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tinney. The sec
ond part of the program was the
showing of the Blakely-Camden
County playoff game for the cham
pionship of Region 1-B, the film be
m ted by Blakely Bobcat Coach
Gues's at Friday's meeting include
Mrs. Mary Jane Hammack, guest of
Rotarian James Murdock; Buster
Lockett, Cuthbert Rotarian making up
attendance; and Willis Hunt, Presi
dent of the Cuthbert Rotary Club,
guest of Rotarian John C. Holman.
President James Bryant presided
over the meeting.
'NEW SEED CENTER
DEDICATED BY GOV.
Atlanta, (GPS) — Georgia’s agricul
tural future got a big boost the other
day when Gov. Ernest Vandiver dedi
cated the new seed technology and de
velopment center on the University
of Georgia campus in Athens.
| “Be dedicating this motern techno
logy and development center,” the
Governor said, “Georgia is taking a
significant step forward in agricul
ture. . . Much of our economy is en
tirely dependent upon a prosperous,
productive and efficient agriculture,
‘Millions of Georgians depend upon ag
riculture for their jobs and susten
ance,
“Therefore, we owe our state, our
people, the duty to build and maintain
a strong and efficient agricultural
base to give Georgia the muscle to
push ever forward, . . This fine fa
cility stands as a monument to our
efforts to build Georgia's agriculture
.+ . to help her farmers . . . to fill
her fields with lush crops and green
forests. . . to raise the standards of
our people.”
'Early Mailing Of
GI Bill Training
Before Holidays
' The Veterans Administration said
today it had completed arrangemen.s
for early mailing of training checks to
GI Bil trainees so they will receive
them before Georgia, North Carolina,
and South Carolina schools recess for
the Christmas holidays.
The Atlanta Regional Office has
stepped up the schedule“fer processing
‘the November training certifications
and the U, S. Treasury Disbursing Of
fice has agreed to mail the checks on
December 13, 1962, instead of the reg
ular December 230 payment date, so
the some 6,000 veteran-trainees and
War Orphans will have Christmas
money,
Under the law,. the trainees cannot
be paid until they have completed the
full month’s training and they and the
schools forward certifications to this
effect to the VA.
Certifications of training must reach
the VA Regional Office by December
5, 1962, if checks are to be released
ahead of the usual schedule,
Mrs. Ida Lee Powell,
Worth Grand Matron ‘
Makes Official Visit
Mrs. Ida Lee Powell, Augusta,
Worthy Grand Matron of Georgia, Or
der of the Eastern Star, made an offi
cial visit to Blakely, Thursday night.
The Fort Gaines Chapter, Blakely
Chapter and Cappie Chapter of Col
quiit held a joint meeting for the oc
casion,
Prior to the meeting, a buffet din
ner was served in the dining hall of
the Masonic Hall, the chapter room
and dining hall were beauti.ully deco
rated in fall colors, with fruit and
flowers. The banquet was planned and
served by the Blakely and Colquitt
Chapters.
Billie Joe Jordan, Wor.hy Patron
of the Blakely chapter was master of
ceremonies at the dinner, and intro
duced Mrs. Ida Lee Powell the Wor
thy Grand Matron. Mrs. Susiebell Col
lins of Camilla and Mrs. Dorothy
iKlng of Albany, past Grand Matrons;
Past Grand Patron, Emory Houston
'of Blakely; and District Grand Depu
ties, Mrs. Faye Bush of Newton, and
A. J. Odem of Albany.
Worth Matron and Worthy Patrons
of ‘the three chapters of Southwest
Georgia were introduced: Mrs. Fran
ces Gray and Malcolm Gray of Fort
Gaines; Mrs. Minnie Lee Rentz and
the Rev. S. T. Shutes of Cappie Chap
ter, Colquitt; and Mrs. Pearl Mec-
Dowell of Blakely. Gifts were pre
sented to the Grand Deputies.
Officers of the three chapters tak
ing part in the meeting were: Blakely
chapter—Pearl McDowell, Billie Joe
Jordan, Waver Spence, Carl Spence,
Ida Jienkins, Vivian Reynolds, Ra
melle Palmer, Bernice Stil, Evelyn
‘Balkcom, Mable Moore, Kate Brewer,
‘Carolyn Jordan, Eve Pipkin, Lucile
Batchelor, Hazel Sessions, and Ralph
Balkcom.
Cappie Chapter of Colquitt—Minnie
Lee Rentz, the Rev. S. T. Shutes, Janie
Shieffield, Hilton Sheffield, Frances
Mundy Grace Miller, Faye Corley,
Jean Tully, Ida Ruth Sanders, Thelma
Dozier, Duane Keaton, Effie Shutes,
Annie Lowrey, Mgine Bush, Leuise
Powell, Maggie 11, Gwendolyn
M«»M,Mi‘ . Gt ah g
‘Malcolm™ Gray, Ruth Blalock, George
'Greene, Miriam Perryman, Bill Bird
song Emily Mathis, Rebecca Helton,
‘Minnie Vera Weaver, Iris Greene.
Lorena Grudisher, Ila Brown, Fran
‘cine Payne, Mary Pope, Mabel Mathis,
Edna Snead, Hazel Connelly, and Por
‘ ter Blalock.
Gifts and honorary membership
ceriificates were presented to the
Worthy Grand Matron from the three
chapters. Special donations were made
by the chapters to Georgia Cancer Aid
Fund and Religious Leadership Train
ing Fund. A special check was pre
sented from the family of Mrs. F. B
Martindale, Sr., for Religious Lead:
ership Training Fund.
Those attending included members
from the tree host chapters and Mrs.
Vera Hall, Worthy Matron from the
Crepe Myrtle chapter of Albany; Mrs.
Carmen Cowart, Worthy Matron, Dis
trict Grand Deputy, Mrs. Emily
Cloud, and members of the Bainbridge
Chapter; Worthy Matron Mrs. Ger
trude Sawyer and members of the
Cuthbert Chapter; Worthy Patron
Rufus Lindsey and members from Al
bany Chapter; and others from Daw
son Chapter, Dawson. Ga.; Camilla
Chapter, Camilla, Georgia.
After the meeting light refreshments
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H. E. Pierson Dies
Suddenly Of Heart
Attack Monday
Henry Edgar Pierson, 71, well
known Blakely man, died suddenly
here early Monday night, death being
attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Pier=
son and Mrs. Pierson were visiting
in the home of Mrs. Emory Gilbert
when the fatal attack came. Although
Mr. Pierson had not been real well
in recent months, his death came un
expectedly, and proved a shock to his
many friends throughout this section.
A native of Stewart couniy, Mr.
Pierson had resided in Early county
for the past 57 years, and until his
retirement was a river boat captain
with the Corps of Engineers. He was
born May 21, 1891, and was the son
of Henry Randolph Pierson and Jane
Rutledge Pierson. He was a World
War I veteran.
Funeral services were held Wed«
nesday morning in the chapel of
Manry-Minter Funeral Home with the
Rev. W. E. Storey officiating. Inter
ment followed in the Blakely ceme
tery. Active pall bearers were Garland
Cooper, John Scarborough, Oscar
Lewis, Marcine Ezell, Donald Wide=
ner, Bruce Middleton. Serving as
honorary pall bearers were H. A. Fel
der. Tom Grier, Gilbert Plowden,
C. M. Dunning, F. O. Benton, Davis
Pyle, George Brown,
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Clyde Lewis Pierson, daughter, Miss
Beverly Pierson, Columbus; two sons,
H. E. Pierson, Jr., Thomasville: Milton
C. Pierson ,Alexander City, Ala.; two
sisters, Mrs. J. R. Prince, Damascus;
Mrs. Annie K. Hull, of Steinhatchee,
Florida.
REGIONAL LIBRARY
NEWS
The library has a holiday collection
of books relating to Christmas cus
tlm_s and iezends.u stories, poetry,
b, s
ery. Some of the titles from this col
lection are listed:
The Tall Book of Christmas.
Becky's Christmas, by Tasha Tudor.
Christmas Everywhere, by Elizabeth
H. Sechrist.
Let's Celebrate Christmas, by Ho
race J. Gardner.
Christmas Gift, by Frances Parkin
son Keyes.
The First Christmas Tree, by Her
tha Pauli.
Christmas Stories from Many Lands,
edited by Herbert H. Wernecke.
Christmas Customs ~Around the
World, by Herbert H. Wernecke,
Stories of Christmas Carols, by
Ernest K. Emurion.
Christmas at Monticello with Tho
mas Jefferson, by Helen Topping
Miller. %
Filmstrips for Christmas programs
are also available, The library has just
received two new ones: Handel's Mas
siah and the Nutcracked Suite. Please
malie reservations for filmstrips in ad
vance.
were served in the dining hall during
the social hour by the Fort Gaines
chapter.