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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 107—NO. 49
Blakely-Early County Chamber Of
Commerce Reports On Progress
The Blakely-Early County
Chamber of Commerces’ annual
report, just released, devoted
most of the space to industrial
development, and this was prob
ably the one item which was of
interest to more people than any
other, and certainly one the lo
cal chamber could point to with
pride.
Under Industrial Development
the report reads, in part:
“The chamber has at every
opportunity given support to the
industrial development program
in Blakely and Early County.
Credit for the progress and mo
mentum being achieved in this
area cannot be given to any one
person or organization, but ra
ther is the result of fine coop
eration and effort on the part
of many people and several or
ganizations.
“The management of the Nor
thern Paper Company is directly
responsible for much of the acti
vity underway (and to be under
way) at the Cedar Springs Indus
trial complex. These include the
S4O million expansion program
at the Great Southern Mill, the
proposed construction of the
Chattahoochee Plywood Corpora
tion mill, and the proposed con
struction of Gulf Fiber Corpora
tion’s core mill. With the pur
chase of some 2,000 acres of
land this year along the Chatta
hoochee, they now have some
3,000 acres available for the fu
ture industrialization of the area.
“The Early County Redevelop
ment Corporation has worked
closely with the Chattahoochee
Plywood Corp,, in securing EDA
project approval for constructing
the plywood mill. They also have
assisted Jackson Tubing officials
in completing the construction of
the tubing plant.
“The Early County Redevelop
ment Corporation has purchased
100 acres of land two miles east
of Blakely on Georgia Highway
62, in close proximity to the new
Early County Airport site, for de
velopment and use as an indus
trial park. The City of Blakely
has annexed the site into the
city limits and are making utili
ties available.
“The R. M. Horton Manufac
turing Company has leased a
building in Blakely on U. S. High
way 27, South, and will manufac.
ture parts for aluminum window
frames, a knitting operation will
be conducted by the same firm
in the same location. Georgia
Rock Products in northeast Early
County, is in full production and
employs 50 people.
“The industrial committee of
the Blakely Chamber of Com
merce and the Early County Re
development Corporation are
closely inter-related insofar as
membership of both organiza
tions are concerned, and have
worked together to help achieve
the progress made in the indus
trial development program of the
community.,
Participating Programs
The chamber sponsored the
Early County STAR-Student,
STAR-teacher program; and the
Community Improvement Pro
gram, with Cedar Springs, New
Hope and Rowena communities
participating. They cooperated
with the Jaycess in observing In
dustry Week and accompanied
the Senior Class on a tour of lo
cal industries,
The Community Action Com
mittee, composed of both white
and colored citizens, has imple
mented a food commodity pro
gram through the Federal Office
of Economic Opportunity and is
benefiting the economically de
pressed families of Early County,
A Homemaker Aide Program has
been implemented and a Head
Start Program has been started
at Washington High School.
A contract for a federal aid
road from U. S. Highway 27 to
Arlington has been let and con
struction will begin soon; the
highway committee of the cham
ber has cooperated with the coun
ty commissioners in working for
improved roads, a heavy duty
road from Hilto: to Saffold is un
der construction. Additicnal signs
along U. S 27 and the Court
Square in Blakely have been
erected.
A new Early County Airport
will be constructed; new city
county maps have been printed
Caxlp Counip News
and are on hand at the chamber;
the Retail Merchants Commit
tee of the Chamber is an active
committee.
The report on public relations
heads the activities numerically
in the annual report, “support
has been given by the Early
County News, Radio Station
WBBK, the Dothan Eagle, the
Albany Herald and the Atlanta
papers have run numerous fea
ture articles during the year,
dealing with the expansion and
industrial development.”
The annual membership dinner
was held November 29, 1965, at
the Town & Country Club and
featured an address by the Honor
able Carl E, Sanders, Governor
of Georgia.
The Chamber is having publish
ed an Economic Profile of Blake
ly and Early County in coopera
tion with Georgia Tech Indus
trial Development Commission
and the Georgia Department of
Industry and Trade, which will
be placed with major industrial
developers.
The chamber is sponsoring a
dedication ceremony at Kolomoki
State Park July 21; Kolomoki
Indian Mounds has been desig
nated as a National Historic
.Landmark by the U. S. Parks
Service, Department of Interior,
a plaque will be presented.
The annual report summarizes
the programs and activities of
the Chamber of Commerce and
lists the various departments and
organizations with which the
chamber has cooperated, to have
been able to list the progress
made during the past year, but
space prohibits giving the report
in its entirety.
F. D. Grist was 1965-66 presi
dent; Mobley Howell is execu
tive director, and Mrs. Marshall
Day, secretary.
Standing Committees
Named By Chamber
For Year 1966-67
The Blakely-Early County
Chamber of Commerce has an
nounced the 1966-67 standing com
mittees, They are as follows:
Executive Committee
James Murdock, Jr., chairman,
Dunbar Grist, V. Chairman; J. W,
Richardson, Charles DeLoach,
S. G. Maddox, Sr., A. J. Single
tary, Lewis Fryer, Mobley How
ell,
Merchants Committee
‘ Max Rupe, Chairman, Lewis
Fryer, V. Chairman, Elwood Mar
tin, Vince Hilliard, Frank Davis,
‘David Wynne, Bernard Herring.
Membership Committee
Robert Collier, Chairman; Steve
Colombe, V. Chairman, James
Bryant, Billy Peters, Hugh Red
ding, Earl Taylor, Edsel Bryan,
Jim Holman, Earl Pickle.
Highway Commiitee
G, C. Davis, Chairman, Guy
White, V. Chairman, Sevola
Jones, S. G. Maddox, Sr., H. A.
Felder, Sr., Tracy Moulton,
Public Relations
Wayne Foster, Chairman, Hoyle
Fleming, V, Chairman, Bill Lloyd,
Earl Pickle.
Airport Committee
S. G. Maddox, Sr., Chairman,
Sevola Jones, V. Chairman, W.
F. Underwood, Billy Peters.
Industrial Committee
John Holman, Chairman, Char
les DeLoach, V. Chairman, Virgil
Jones, Fred Fischer, S. G. Mad
dox, Sr,, Bill Lloyd, Raymond
Singletary, Dunbar Grist.
Budget Committee
Charles DeLoach, Chairman,
Dunbar Grist, Kenneth Musgrove,
Finance Committee
A. J. Singletary, Chairman,
S. G. Maddox, Jr., V. Chairman,
Jim Holman, Fletcher Thompson,
Jim White,
Agriculture Committee
Sevola Jones, Chairman, Wil
lett McDowell, V. Chairman, S.
G. Maddox, Jr,, Joe Bryan, A. J.
Singletary, C. P. Gay, Jr.
Housing Committee
H. A. Felder, Sr., Chairman,
Earl Pickle, V. Chairman, Robert
Collier, Bill Arnold, Byron Hol
ley, Mrs. 1. D, Felder.
Tourism Committee
Earl Pickle, Chairman. Ll
Taylor, V, Chairman, Bill Huff.
Annual Meeting Committee
James Bryan, Chairman, Rob
ert Hall, V. Chairman, Emory
Houston, H. A. Felder, Jr.
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Ten local and area .b‘oys received their 2nd degree, Order of DeMolay, here Monday night July 18;
the Ist degree was recieved July 9; Left to right, front row, Jimmy Newberry, Arlington; Al Bailey, Colquitt;
Douglas Thompson, Joey Nichols, Robert Thompson, Mac Balkcom, Drex Hodges, and Franklin Swann, all
of Blakely; Don Lyon, Colquitt, and Jacel Evans, Blakely. Back row, members of Magnolia Lodge No. 86,
F&AM, sponsors of the Fletcher Thompson Class, Order of DeMolay, left to right: S. T. Shutes, Colquitt;
Fletcher Thompson, Glenn Enfinger, Eugene Watson, B. C. Watson, Worshipful Master, Magnolia Lodge,
R. D. Hodges and J. O. Napier.
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~ Bruce P. Ellen, Assistant Vice President and Resi
dent Manager of the Great Southern Division of the
Great Northern Paper Company, presents check for
$2,000.00 in behalf of Great Northern Paper Company
to Ralph J. Balkcom, Chairman of the Early County
Board of Education and Lonnie B, Chester, Superinten
dent of Early County Schools. Great Northern's finan
cial contribution will help provide equipment in the
new Early County High School which is expected to be
completed by September of this year.
Receives Scholarship
Miss Jane Collier, daughter of
Mrs, Herman Collier, was award
ed an American Legion Auxiliary
Past Presidents Parley Nurses
Scholarhip at a breakfast in Val
dosta, Ga., Sunday morning,
July 17.
Jane competed with seven oth
er Georgia girls and will be the
recipient of one of the two SSOO
scholarships awarded by the Past
Presidents of the Auxiliary.
The money for these scholar
ships come from SI.OO per year
dues from each interested Unit,
District and Department past
President, plus donations mem
oralizing a deceased member,
relative or friend.
The breakfast is one of the
highlights of the American Le
gion Auxiliary Department Con
vention which is held each year,
Jane was sponsored by the
P. H. Fitzgerald Unit No. 11 of the
American Legion Auxiilary.
Mrs. Chester Clardy is Educa
tion and Scholarships Commit
tee chairman and Past Presidents
Parley chairman for both the
Unit and District No. 2. Mrs.
Mary Cleveland is President of
Unit No, 11.
The professor returned to class
with the examination papers and
requested that all the students
sit down. “If you stood up, it is
conceivable that you might ga
ther round and form a circle—in
which case I might be arrested
for maintaining a dope ring.”
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY, MORNING, JULY 21, 1966
HOSPITAL LIST
Patients listed as being admit
ted and discharged at Early
Memorial Hospital during the
past week, include:
ADMITTED
Jean Leary Goins, Duke Capp,
Louise Thomas, Dennis Merritt,
Mary Dykes, Austin Howard,
Lonnie Carlee, Willene McGriff,
Emily Cleveland, Eloise Hodges,
Betty Parker, Willie Russell, Ada
Alligood, Irene Taylor, Sidney
Whitaker, Lucy Maddox, John
Stokes, Lilla Widener, Bobby
Henderson, Martha Moore, Louise
Richardson, James Passmore,
David Pyle, Hosie Ready, Janet
Christensen, Pauline Rivers,
Charlie Jenkins, Connie White,
Olin Bush, William Chandler,
Calvin Harrison, Roy Arnold,
Virginia Lovering.
DISCHARGED
Carolyn Williams, Elaine By
num, Emma Jean Roberts, H. O,
Mobley, Betty Harbin, Horace
Butler, Jean Leary Goins, Cor
nelious Cashwell, Linkious Baby,
Mirian Rollins, Sarah Kenny,
Shellies Hayes, Ronald Williams,
Mary Lou Simms, Austin Howard,
Paul Ross, Louise Thomas,
Willie Russell, Mary Houston,
Leona Pickrel, Emily Cleveland
and Baby, Inez Driver, Bobby
Henderson, Davis Pyle, Ada Alli
good and Baby.
The Columbia River forms a
boundary between Oregon and
Washington.
George T. Smith
To Be Speaker At
|,I b Fri
Rotary Club Fri.
House Speaker George T.
Smith, prominent Cairo attorney,
and a candidate for lieutenant
governor in the September Dem
ocratic - primary, will be the
speaker at the Blakely Rotary
Club tomorrow at noon. He will
be introduced by Ralph Balk
com, who was a classmate of
Mr, Smith’s when both attended
Abraham Baldwin College,
A native of Mitchell County, Mr.
Smith attended the Mitchell
County public schools. At age 13,
he was forced to drop out of
school and farm. After five years,
he returned to school and grad
uated from Hopeful High School
at age 21. He attended Middle
Georgia College, Abraham Bald
win College, then came World
War 11, and his education was
again postponed. Back from mili
tary service in 1946, he entered
Lumpkin Law School, University
cf Georgia, and he received his
LLB degree in 1947. Upon grad
uation Mr. Smith moved to Cairo
and began the practice of law.
He is active in the civie, church
and political life of Cairo, He is
a member of the First Baptist
Church, of which he served as
deacon, is a Kiwanian, and is a
past district governor, and has
served as solicitor of the City
Court of Cairo and represented
Grady County in the General
Assembly, and was then elected
Speaker of the House,
Last Friday's meeting of the
Rotary Club featured a talk by
@ club member, O, B. Moore. Ro
tarian Moore, one of the club's
newest members, told in a most
entertaining and informative
way something of his work with
the Real Estate Office of the
Corps of Engineers. He was in
troduced by Rotarian Robert Col
lier. President Charlie Houston
presided over the meeting,
Visitors at the meeting were
Judge Pat Vacca, of Birmingham,
guest of James B. Murdock, Jr.:
James Blackwell, of Colquitt, an
employee of the Corps of Engin
eers, guest of Mr. Moore; Emory
Durham and Sevola Jones, coun
ty commissioners, guests of the
club,
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NOTICE
As of this date, all legal
advertisements appearing
in The Early County News,
must be paid in advance.
W. H. FLEMING, Publisher.
Grand Jury In
Session Here
Monday Morning
The July Term of the Early
County Grand Jury was conven
ed Monday morning by Judge
Walter 1. Geed. J. Frank Fuller,
of Jakin, was elected foreman
and H. A, Felder, Jr., clerk.
While the Grand Jury was in
session of the civil docket of the
current term was disposed of
by Judge Geer.
Next week the criminal docket
will be taken up, with Solicitor
Joe M. Ray in charge of the pro
secution.
Masonic Lodge To Hold
Cornerstone Ceremonies
On next Thursday, July 28th,
at 2:30 p. m., the corner-stone
of the Early County High School
will be laid with Masonic honors
by the Grand Lodge of Georgia,
Free & Accepted Masons. Dr.
Rupert H. Bramblett, Grand Mas
ter will open and emergent com
munication of the Grand Lodg:
of Georgia in the hall of Magno
lia Lodge No, 8 in Blakely at
2:00 p. m. The Masons will then
drive out to the school building
on Columbia Street (62W) where
the corner-stone will be laid with
the age old ceremonies of Free
masonry,
All members of Magnolia Lodge
No. 86 and visiting brothers and
all members of Blakely Chapter
No. 282 Order of the Eastern Star
are cordially invited and urged
to attend. Also special invita
tions are extended to the mem
bers of the Early County Board
of Education, the County School
Superintendent, the County Com
missioners of Early County and
members of the faculty of the
Blakely school to be present.
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50-Year Masonic Pin
The second 60-year Masonic
service pin this year will be de
livered downstairs at the Masonic
Hall dining room in Blakely next
Thursday, July 21, 8 p. m. Mr.
Shelly Simmons, Past Master of
Magnolia Lodge No. 86, will be
the recipient. Dr. Jack G, Standi
fer, Past Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Georgia, will
represent the Grand Master on
this occasion. A covered dish
supper will be served. All mem
bers of Magnolia Lodge and their
ladies, together with members of
Blakely Chapter No. 282 Order of
the Eastern Star, are cordially
invited to attend.
The Blakely-Early County Chamber of Commerce
aordially invites you to attend the
Dedication of g(o[bmofit Ondian Mounds
MNational Historical Landmark
this designation has been made by the
National Parks Service of the U. S. Department
of Ontenior
the Kolomoki cMound site (s located in Kolomoki State
Park at Blakely, Georgia
Thursday, July 21, 1966 at two o'elock in the afternoon
Public Invited To Attend
Dedication Ceremonies
At Kolomoki Park
The public is Invited to attend
the dedication ceremonies at Ko
lomoki State Park here today
(Thursday) July 21, when Kolo
moki Mounds will be recognized
as a Registered National His
toric Landmark by the National
Parks Service, Department of the
Interior.
The ceremonies at 2 p. m., are
being sponsored by the Blakely~
Early County Chamber of Com
merce and Exective Director
Mobley Howell will be master of
ceremonies. Music will be fur
nished by the Blakely Shrine
of Hasan Temple, Drum and
Bugle Corps. The invocation will
be given by the Rev, J. Clark
Pafford, pastor of the First Me
thodist Church. Distinguished
guests will be introduced by Di
rector Howell,
D. Douglas Barnard, Jr., Exe.
cutive Secretary to Governor
Carl Sanders will give the main
address. The presentation of the
Landmark certificate will be
made by Elbert Cox, Regional
Director of the Southeast Re
gion, National Parks Service,
Department of the Interior. The
acceptance and response will be
by Horace Caldwell, Director of
the Georgia Department of State
Parks. A tour of the museum _
will be conducted by Cecil Hall,
‘Superintendent of Kolomoki State
Park, following the ceremony.
M
Blakely Colts
To Play Monday
in Moultrie
The Blakely Colt team, manag
ed by ‘“‘Son” Jones, closed out
the regular season of play last
Friday, defeating Dawson 8 to 3,
to give the Blakely scrappers a
season record of 12 wins and only
one loss.
Next Monday the team, which
has only 14 players, goes to
Moultrie to play in a baseball
tournament, The team’s excell
ent record was made with only
two pitchers, righthander Steve
Manry, who won 8 and lost one,
and portsider Will Eldridge, who
boasts a 4 and 0 record. The
regular catcher is Spears West
brook, Dwayne Gilbert 1b; Dan
ny White, 2b; Tommy Gilbert ss;
Cliff Bush, 3b. Outfielders and
utility players are Charles Mid
dleton, Ernest McCormick, John
ny Edmondson, Roddy Blackburn,
Jimmy Barksdale, Carl Hobbs,
Edgar Jarrett.
Manager Jones hopes a sizable
crowd will accompany the team
to Moultrie next Monday.
Blakely's record for the year
is as follows:
Blakely 4, Edison 0,
Blakely 7. Shellman 0,
Blakely 3, Ashford 4.
Blakely 7, Abbeville 0
Blakely 20, Edison 1,
Blakely 7, Albany 1.
Blakely 7, Shellman 1.
Blakely 10, Albany 7,
Blakely 3, Dawson 1,
Blakely 4, Albany 0,
Blakely 2, Edison 1,
Blakely 9, Shellman o.
Blakely 8, Dawson 3,
Of the five Blakely shutouts,
Manry hurled 3 and Eldridge 2.
"CAREFUL THERE
The decrepit old car drove up
to the toll bride,
Gateman: Fifty Cents,
Driver: Sold.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
PULL OUT
$2.58 PER ANNUM
Revival Meetings
The Blakely Church of Christ
will hold a series of meetings,
beginning July 24. These servi
ces will be held each evening at
8:00 p. m.
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Bro. Willard C. Pyle, of Green
ville; S. C., will be the guest
speaker.,
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
NOTICE
The Early County Board of
Education will sell three old
school puses (two Fords and one
GMC) on the morning of July 26,
1966 at 10:00 a. m. Only one of
the three buses can be driven at
this time,
The buses will be sold at the
school bus garage and can be
seen on Monday through Friday
until 5:00 p. m.
Buses will be sold at public
out cry and can be moved on the
day of the sale.
Moore Infant Dies,
Rites Held Monday
Joseph Clinton Moore, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs, Phillip
Moore, born Sunday morning,
died Sunday evening at Early
Memorial Hospital. Graveside
funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon in the Blakely
cemetery, Dr. C., D. Horton of
ficiating, and Manry-Minnter
Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors are the parents, a
brother Phil Moore, "a sister,
Phyllis Moore; paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Moore, and maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L, Pritch
ett, all of Blakely.
LIVESTOCK
MARKET
Sales totaling $41,623.11 were
recorded at Moseley Barns Tues
day, when 246 cattle and 432 hogs
were sold. No, 1 hogs sold for
24.45; No, 2's, 23.50; No. 4's,
22.90; No. 1 roughs, 18.10 and
heavy hogs, 24.01,
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its subscriptivn rate on
August 1. As of’ this
date the following rates
will prevail:
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N L EMiNG
Editor.