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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 107—NO. 50
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS, JULY TERM, 1966
EARLY COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
To The Superior Court of Said
County and the Honorable W. I.
‘Geer, Judge of Said Court:
We, the Grand Jury drawn,
sworn and serving at the regu
lar July, 1966, Term of the Su
perior Court of Early County,
Georgia, respectfully make the
following recommendations and
presentments to-wit:
B
We investigated, as is required
by law, all criminal matters pre
sented to us returning 20 True
Bills and passing 2 warrents to
the next term of said Superior
Court.
2,
Hereto attached, made a part
hereof, and to be published here
with, please find the recommen
dations of Committee appointed
to investigate the following
County matters, to-wit: (1) The
Roads and Bridges, Machinery
and Public Works Camp, (2) The
Department of Family and Chil
dren Services; (3) The Public
Records in the office of Clerk of
Superior Court, Ordinary, Tax
Commissioner and Sheriff; (4)
The Early County Schools and
Office of County School Superin
tendent, 5) The public buildings
namely, the Courthouse, Jail and
School Bus Shop, ete.
3.
We, this Grand Jury, recom
mend to the Court, the appoint
ment of Walter C. Jordan as
Notary Public, Ex Officio Justice
of the Peace, for the 866th Militia
District of Said County for the
unexpired term of the Honorable
J. C. Loyless, resigned, such
unexpired term terminating at
the July Term, 1969 of Early Su
perior Court,
5.
We, this Grand Jury, wish to
thank Honorable W. I, ‘Geer,
Judge of our Superior Court, for
his able advice and instructions
and we commend him on the
fair, impartial and expedient man
ner in which he conducts our Su
perior Court and the other Su
perior Courts of the Pataula Ju
dicial Circuit.
6.
We also wish to thank our able
Solicitor, Joe M. Ray, for his
excellent and valuable advice
and assistance in all of our de
liberations.
A
We thank our Sheriff, and the
Officers helping him, for their
promptness in furnishing us wit
nesses needed in our investiga
tions and for all services rend
ered.
8.
We recommend and pray that
these presentments and recom
mendations be accepted, adopted
and approved by the Court and
ordered filed and published pur
suant to law.
Respectfully submitted,
J. F. FULLER, Foreman.
Attest:
H. A. FELDER, Clerk.
GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY.
The within and foregoing pre
sentments and recommendations
are hereby accepted, adopted
and approved by the Court and
ordered filed and published pur
suant to law.
This the 19th day of July, 1966.
W. 1. GEER
oA CPC
Committee on Roads, Bridges,
Machinery, and Public Works
Camp
ROADS — We find the roads
in the County generally in fair
condition. We find all county
paved roads leading to the mill
are in need of repair. It is our
understanding that the County
has purchased a tar pot and this
work will be done at such time
as it is delivered.
PUBLIC WORKS CAMP — We
find this facility generally in
good condition,
MACHINERY
No. 4 WE Grader, good,
No. 5 WE Grader, good,
No. 6 8T Grader, fair,
No. 3 8T Grader, fair,
No. 1 D 7 Dozer, fair,
No. 2 D 7 Dozer, good.
3 Tail Graders, fair,
1 1963 Chevrolet pickup, fair,
1 1963 Chevrolet loboy, good.
1 1958 Ford dump truck, fair
1 1963 GMC dump truck, good.
1 1958 Ford pickup, fair,
1 1957 Ford pickup, fair,
1 1966 Ford pickup, good.
1 Welder, fair.
1 Trailer, fair,
1 Concrete mixer, fair,
Carlp Countp News
1 Ford back hoe, fair.
1 Ford tractor, fair.
1 Ferguson tractor, fair.
2 Bush hogs, fair.
1 1954 Dodge truck, bad.
1 Drag line, bad.
1 Asphalt pot, good.
1 Chain saw, good.
We recommend the following
equipment be added:
1 Front end loader.
1 Drag line
2 Bush hogs
2 Farm tractors.
This 19th day of July, 1966,
W. H. HADDOCK, JR., Chrm.
JOHN A. BROWN
M. A. McDOWELL
MARK BROWNLEE, SR.
RALPH JENKINS
Committee On Department
Of Family and Children
Services
We, the committee appointed
1o investigate the Early County
Department of Family and Chil
dren services find that:
This department is in great
need of either additional space
or expanded facilities, and we
strongly urge that this depart
ment's office be air conditioned.
Report of this department is
attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
We wish to commend this de
partment on the excellent work
that it is doing in the County,
This 19th day of July, 1966.
JOHN J. AMRICH, Chrm.
L. H. BURKETT
W. F. ARNOLD
F. E. DAVIS.
Information is given below on
recipient of the four types of
Special Assistance as of July 1,
1966
Old Age Assistance, 602 reci
pients, $30,184.00.
Aid to the Blind, 24 recipients,
$1,232.00.
Aid to Families with Depen
dent Children, 167 cases with 714
individuals, $17,086.00.
Aid to Disabled, 207 recipients,
$11,343.00.
Total, 1,000 recipients, $59,845,00,
The County pays 4% of the a
mounts and the State and Fed
eral Government 96%.
In addition to these Special
Public Assistance programs, the
Department also administers a
small general assistance program
which the county contributes in
its entirety. Payments for July
to date have totaled $31.00.
The Department also approves
clients for free hospital treat
ment and for those who need
Nursing Home Care, we have ap
proved nursing homes where they
may live. The State and Federal
Government supports these pro
grams,
Other programs include the
Child Welfare Program, certifi
cation for receipt of Surplus
Commodities, certification for
free Cancer treatment, referral
to Vocational Rehabilitation,
heart clinics, Eugene Talmadge
Memorial Hospital, ete.
COMMITTEE TO INVESTI
GATE PUBLIC RECORDS
IN OFFICE OF CLERK OF
SUPERIOR COURT, ORDI
NARY, TAX COMMISSION.
ER AND SHERIFF:
We, the committee appointed to
investigate public records of
Clerk of Superior Court, Tax
Commissioner and Sheriff find
the following,
CLERK'S OFFICE — Records
and office as far as we can as
certain are kept in good order.
ORDINARY'S OFFICE — To
the best that we can determine
all records are well kept and the
office 1s in good order, Shelves
used for storing law books are
overflowing and more are need
ed so the law library can be
kept as it should be, Other stor
age space for permanent records
are needed and should be pro
vided.
TAX COMMISSIONER'S OF.
FICE — With the increased work
to be done by the tax office
more counter space is urgently
needed. Storage space for rec
ords is also urgenly needed and
should be provided, Records
seem to be in good condition as
best as we can determine.
COUNTY TREASURER — Re
cords kept well, County owes less
money than at the same time a
Year ago. County is on a cash
basis and the county commis
sion are to be congratulated for
their management of the coun
ty's finan~‘~\ affairs.
This 19u. day of July, 1966,
ROBERT W, COLLIER, Chrm,
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
RENFRO CARTER
EMMETT SMITH
J. J. HEWITT
THE EARLY COUNTY
SCHOOLS AND OFFICE OF
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPER
INTENDENT
We, the Committee appointed
to investigate the Early County
Schools and Office of County
School Superintendent adopt the
attached report and the report of
this committee.
This 19th day of July, 1966.
R. H. McDOWELL, Chrm.
C. J. TAYLOR
CHARLES T. DAVIS
T. H. SIRMONS.
Members of the Grand Jury
Superior Court of Early County
Blakely, Georgia
Gentlement:
As your County Superintendent
of Education and in compliance
of the Georgia School Laws, 1
wish to make the following re
port: ;
During the 1965-66 school year,
there were 145 employees work
ing with the students in their
class room work at the six
schools of Early County, and 36
bus drivers were used to trans
port the students to the various
schools in the county. When the
school year ended on May 27, 1966
there were 359 students attend
ing the school in our county
(2087 negro and 1509 white).
We plan to have the new Early
County High School completed by
the beginning of the 1966-67
school year, and the gymnasium
for Washington Elementary and
High School completed by No
vember of 1966.
The following schools will be
operated for the 1966-67 school
year; Early County Elementary
and High School, Washington
Elementary and High School;
Carver Elementary School, and
Kestler Elementary School.
We have had a very success
ful year and have operated on a
cash basis. We hope to continue
to operate without going in debt.
We invite you to inspect our
office and visit our schools.
Be assured that the Board with
the Superintendent is making
every effort to cooperate with
the State and Early County in
providing the best possible schools
for every boy and girl of our
county.
Respectfully pours,
LONNIE CHESTER, Supt.
Early County Schools.
COMMITTE TO INVESTIGATE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, COURT.
HOUSE, JAIL, SCHOOL BUS
SHOP
We, the committee appointed
to investigate the Public Build
ings, find that:
We recommend the City check
the current to the courthouse.
We also recommend new light
ing fixtures for the courtrodm
and other offices that do not
have new lighting.
Jail bathroom and jail office
is in bad condition and has been
for sometime and should be re
paired at once to prevent further
damage. Shower in negro wo
men's cell not working and
should be repaired at once. Stor
age cabinet needs to be built in
jail kitchen. Other than the a
bove, the jail appears to be in
good condition.
We find the school bus shop in
bad condition and recommend a
new buiding or new location,
This 19th day of July, 1966,
W. C. POWELL, Chrm.
CAREY M. HOUSTON
RAY D, SMITH
B. F. RITCHIE
Cornerstone Services
To Be Held Today
The cornerstone of the Early
County High School will be laid
on Thursday, July 28, (Today)
with age old rites of Freemasonry.
The Grand Master, Dr. Rupert
H. Bramblett, will open an emer
gent communication of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia in the hall of
Magnolia Lodge No. 86, and then
will proceed out to the new
school building. All members of
Magnolia Lodge, and all mem
bers of Blakely Chapter No. 282
Order of the Eastern Star, the
Early County Board of Education
and the County Commissioners of
of Early County, as well as the
general public are invited to wit
ress the ceremony.
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY, MORNING, JULY 28, 1966
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Distinguished guests on the
platform left to right, Peter A,
Brannon, Director of the Alabama
Department of Archives and His
tory; Mrs. Herman M. Richard
son, State Regent, Georgia So
ciety, NSDAR; Ben W. Fortson,
Jr., Secretary of State of the
State of Georgia; Horace Cald
well, Director of the Georgia
Department of State Parks; Vin
cent Ellis, Supt., of the Kenne
saw Mountain National Battle
field Park, Marietta, represent
ing the National Parks Service;
Mobley Howell, Executive Direc
tor of the Blakely-Early County
Chamber of Commerce who was
master of ceremonies for the
program; D. Douglas Barnard,
Jr., Executive Secretary to the
Hon. Carl E. Sanders, Governor
of Georgia (speaker for the oc
casion) and not shown in the
picture, Honorable Marvin Grif
fin, of Bainbridge, former gover
nor of the State of Georgia; Hon.
G. C. Davis, of Arington, Chair
man of the Early County Board
o° Commissioners; James R.
Murdock, Jr., President of the
Blakely Chamber of Commerce;
Rosser Malone, Director of the
Georgia State Game and Fish
Commission; Henry D. Strubble,
Assistant Director of the Georgia
Department of State Parks: Mrs.
Dudley H. McDowell, Blakely,
who presented Indian mosiacs
made by her husband, the late
Mr. McDowell to the new museum,
James M. Edwards, President of
the Georgia Society, Sons of the
American Revolution; and the
Rev. J. Clark Pafford, pastor of
the First Methodist Church, who
gave the invocation.
Distinguished guests on the
platform not shown besides for
mor Governor Marvin Griffin
were Mac Balkcom, Eagle Scout
of Troop 91, who led the pledge
to the flag: Miss Carroll Hart,
Director of the Georgia Depart
ment ot Archives and History,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Other out-of-town Luests at
tending wore Miss Robin Jack--
son. assistant to the Director of
State Parks Dept.: Col. Heywood
Burke, Jelt Naugle, Mrs. Alber
ta Evans, John W, Stokes, and
Mrs. Mabel Wilkins, all with the
State Parks Department: Mrs,
C. M. Methvin and Mrs, Jack
Kelt, both of Vienna, Ga.;: Mrs.
Pauline Lewis, Perry, Ga.: Jim
Wilson, Atlanta, and John Glaw
son, Dothan, Ala,
Refreshments wepe served fol
lowing the program by the Coca
Cola Bottling Company, Cuthbert,
Georgia,
Bridges Reunion
The Bridges Reunion will be
held at Spring Creek, the second
Sunday in August, August 14,
as usual,
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Jaycees To Hold Labor
Day Safety Break
Blakely Jaycees held Safety
Breaks on July 4th week end
and will again hold their Safety
Breaks on Labor Day, September
2, as part of thier community
service, interest in the Safety
program, tourism, club's public
relations, and efforts to adver
tise Blakely and Early county,
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PESENTS CERTIFICATE
Seek Democratic
Executive Post
According to Walter C. Jor
dan, secretary-treasurer, the
Early County Democratic Execu
tive Committee, the following
have qualified to seek the post
of committeemen from their re
spective districts or county-at
large:
Arlington, None.
Blakely, Joe Sheffield.
Cedar Springs, Sid Shingler.
Colomokee, K, J. Hodges.
Cuba, G, 0. Lindsey,
Damascus, Hal Haddock.
Freeman, Ben White,
Jakin, John A. Brown.
Lucile, Byron Bruner.
Rock Hill, None.
Urquhart, J. E. Cox.
County-At-Large Members, Wal
ter C. Jordan, R, D. Hodges, Joe
Owen, Vinson Evans, Shelton
Bruner, W, H, Ivey, Ralph Jar
rett, Donald McArthur,
Vacation Bible School
First Assembly of God Church
will hold its Vacation Bible Sehool
Monday through Friday, August
15, The services will be held at
6,00 p. m., and continue until
8:00 p. m. All children ages 4
through 12 are urged to attend,
Mrs. J. €. Temples will be the
superintendent,
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A quart of milk is equal to a
pound of steak in body fuel ener-
Four Schools To Operate
In Early County
Four schools will be operated
in Early County during the 1966-
67 school year, they will include
the Early County Elementary and
High School, Washington Ele
mentary and High School, Kest
ler Elementary School and Car
ver Elementary School.
Approximately 3600 to 3700 stu
dents are expected to be enroll
ed in the four schools according
to Supt. Lonnie Chester. There
will be 141 teachers and admin
istrators and 38 school bus routes.
School opens on Tuesday, Sep
tember 6, when the regular schel
ule will begin., Students are ex
pected to be able to attend
classes in the new high school
building. The Early County Ele
mentary School has been repaint
ed, and funds will be available
probably after Janvary 1, 1967,
for installing a new heating and
lighting system. 'This money
will become available through
the conosolidation of the Jakin
and Damascus Elementary
Schools with the Elementary
School in Blakely.
LIVESTOCK
MARKET
Sales at Moscley Barns Tues
day amounted to $37,419.39, as
228 cattle and 387 hogs were sold.
No. 1 hogs sold for 24.65; No,
2's, 23.75; No. 3's, 23.35; heavy
hogs, p 4.27; and No. 1 roughs,
1815,
By CHARLES NIX
Enquirer Staff Writer
BLAKELY, Ga. — Kolomoki
Mounds were officially register
ed here Thursday as one of the
important historic sites in the
V.
During dedication ceremonies,
Vincent Ellis, superintendent of
Kennesaw Mountain National
Battlefield Park, Marietta, pre
sented a certificate to Horace
Caldwell, director of the Geor
gia Dept. of State Parks.
The certificate stated that the
Indian burial mounds have been
entered in the register of Na
tional Historic Landmarks.
Ellis substituted for Elbert
Cox, director of the Southeast
Region National Park Service,
U. S. Dept. of Interior, who said
the airline strike prevented
his appearance.
According to Ellis, a survey
is being conducted across the
nation by the Dept. of Interior
to determine which sites and
buildings best show the histor
ical development of the U. S.
He said the sites were listed
under 22 themes, Kolomoki be
ing under the “Early Indian
Farmers and Village Commun
ities.”
““The people of the U. 8. are
indebted to Georgia which had
the foresight to preserve Kolo-
Imoki for the future,” he said.
He noted that the survey was
being conducted under a Con
gressional directive, with the
idea of the federal government
taking action to preserve im
portant historical sites.
Effort Needed
It soon became evident, he
said, that more effort than the
federal government could make
was required. “Only through
the cooperation of federal, state
and local authorities and indi
viduals could we hope to ac
complish this vast historical pre
servation,” he said.
| He said the national register
'is designed to recognize and en
courage state, local and private
elforts and to call attention to
areas that need to be preserv
ed.
Caldwell, in response to the
presentation, said the dedica
tion was a “tribute to the peo
ple of Early County who first
recognized the significance of
Kolomoki Mounds.”
A tribute, he said, to the for
mer state governors who estab
lished the park and museum
and to the federal government
and Gov. Carl Sanders, “who
permitted full development of
‘the park.”
Mobley Howell, executive di
reclor of the Blakely-Early
County Chamber of Commerce,
who presided over the ceremony,
noted that the group camp and
swimming pool were completed
during former Gov. Marvin
Griffin’'s administration,
Griffin, a member of the plat
form party at the ceremony,
;said he was there “to rejoice
'with you. T can remember when
the people of this county dug
down in their pockets and bought
land and deeded it to the state.”
(County residents purchased
the park and presented it as a
gift to the state in 1938).
‘By You People’
Douglas Barnard Jr., execu
tive secretary to Gov. Sanders
and principal speaker for the
occasion, said that the status
of the park was made possible
“hy you people here.”
He noted that Kolomoki was
one of 97 historical sites in the
nation, selected for the national
register. He said $160.000 in im
provements have been made at
the park during Sander's ad
ministration.
State assistance for the de
velopment of slate parks in
creased a record 11.4 per cent
this year, he said, noting that
state parks have become a ma-
Jor attraction,
The city's economy will be
bolstered due to the tourist trade
the park will attract, he said.
. Mallon Bedell, curator at the
museum which was completed
about a month ago, said Indians
were in the area in the early
13th century, the first being the
Weeden Island Indians.
They were followed by the Ko
lomoki Indians, the mound
huilders. About four Indian bur
ial mounds are in the park.
One is housed under the same
roofl fthat covers the museum.
The mound was excavated in
1950 and archaeologists left one
edge of the mound to show the
different levels
The Blakely Shrine Club Drum
and Rugle Corps, Hasan Tem.
ple, gave a musical prelude and
conclusion,
JOLT
Friend: Did you tell him he
was the tather of triplets?
Nurse: Not yet. He's still shav
ing,
PULL FOR BLAKELY
PULL OUT
$2.58 PER ANNUM
Jack Jordan
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Died Suddenly
Past Saturday
Carlton Cortez (Jack) Jordan,
well known Blakely man and em
ployee of Early Memorial Hos
pital, died at the hospital at 10
o'clock Saturday morning, a short
time after suffering a heart at
tack. He was on duty at the hos
pital when the fatal attack came.
A native of Quitman County,
Ga., he was born April 9, 1913,
hence was 53 years of age, and
came to Blakely when a young
child with his parents, the late
Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Jor
dan. He was a member of the
Blakely Free Will Baptist Church,
where last rites were conducted
by the Rev. Lee Curtis, of Do
than, a former pastor, Sunday
afternoon. Interment followed in
the Blakely cemetery, Manry-
Minter Funeral Home in charge,
and the following serving as
pall bearers: Jack Henderson,
Whit Mercer, Norman Chadwell,
Fred Middleton, Joe Pittman,
Norman Cox.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mary Pace Jordan, four
daughters, Mrs. Jim Baber, Miss
es Janice and Dianne Jordan, all
of Blakely; Mrs. Rogert Brank,
Mayport, Fla.; three sons, Lamar
Jordan, Albany; LaDon Jordan,
Atlanta; Billy Jordan, Cuthbert;
brother, Onez Jordan, Blakely;
three sisters, Mrs. Lucille Jones,
Mrs. Bill Knighton, Mrs. Dudley
Temples, all of Blakely.
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TO THE PUBLIC!
Two months ago, you were ask
ed to contribute to the Frank
Tinney Memorial Fund by the
Early County Library Board. As
of July 15, the contributions to
the fund had reached $320.00, and
a list of all donor's names ‘o that
date was sent to Mrs. Frank
Tinney.
The quality of the Stero-phonic
record player, listening table,
equipped with five sets of ear
phones, and educational records,
which will be purchased with the
money in the fund, must be de
termined by the amount in the
fund.
We feel that more people wish
to make a contribution to the
Frank Tinney Memorial Fund.
Will you please send your contri
bution to the Early County
Library before August 15, as we
pian to place an order for the
equipment at that time in order
to have it available to the stu
dents at the beginning of the
1966-67 school year,
We urge you to visit your li
brary often and enjoy the many
services offered to you.
MRS. GEORGE W. NELSON,
Chairman, Early County Li
brary Board.
Early County
Schools To Open
September 6
Schools will open September 6,
in all Early County Schools, ac
cording to Supt. Lonnie Chester,
allowing students and teachers
alike an extended holiday, Labor
Day, September 5.
Pre-Planning Week for teach
ers and administrators, begins
Thursday, August 25 and will in.
clude August 26, 29, 30, 31 and
sSeptember 1 and 2. June 2, 1967
will be the last day of school for
the 1966-67 school year and June
5,6, 7 will be for post-planning.
Other events on the school cal
endar include: October 27, Dis
trict GEA in Albany; November
24, 25, Thanksgiving Holidays;
December 16, Christmas Holidays
(dismiss for the holidays), Jan
uary 2, 1967, return to school;
March 27, Spring Holidays, March
28, return to school from Spring
Holidays.
No Opposition
For City Fathers
Mayor Hugh Redding and
Councilmen “Red" Knighton and
Ben Moscley will have no opposi
tion in the city election to be
held Tuesday, August 2, accord
ing to City Clerk C. A. Bell.
Candidates clected in August
take of.ice the following January
2 for a two-year term. Hold-over
councilmen are Alex Howell and
A. J. Gentry,