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EARLY COUNTY, GA
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 109—NO. 43
JAYCEES PLEDGE MONEY
TO SPECIAL CLASSES
There are 86 children now
enrolled in special classes in
Early Elementary, Washington,
and Kestler Elementary Schools.
These children, from ages 7 to
17, are educatable and can be
taught to read, write, and work
arithmetic, etc., as other chil
dren, but they cannot be taught
with the same methods. These
special children must have diffe
rent books and equipment that
are not furnished by the state
nor can the Early County Board
buy at the present time.
The Blakely Jaycees , after
learning of the needs, have
pledged to raise $2,000 to buy
two libraries of special books
and two record players with ear
phones for the two newest class
es which are at Early Elemen
tary School. The classes at the
other schools have been initi
ated longer and have had time
to accumulate the necessary
books and equipment.
The Jaycees have promised to
have these funds available for
Witnesses Attend
Assembly In
Americus Sunday
"If there is a God, why does
he permit wickedness?’ This
question was asked by Bruce
E. Griffin to an audience of
670 persons attending the Chris
tian Assembly of Jehovah’s Wit
nesses in the Americus High
School Gymnasium Sunday.
Griffin, an ordained minister
and Southeastern supervisor of
The Watchtower Society, said
that "The history of the human
family is not a particularly plea
sant one. It is filled with the
record of man's inhumanity to
man. Over and over again in
dividual or collective acts of
wickedness have plunged large
segments of humankind into bru
tality and bloodshed. As man's
inventiveness has progressed, so
has his capacity to cause grief.”
Griffin continued, "In all this
record of wickedness, the inno
cent decent people all too often
suffer. They are frequently vic
tims of violence, perhaps by los
ing homes, loved ones, or their
own lives. You may or may
not have experienced these things
personally, yet mental suffering
due to injustices, unkindness and
disloyalty may produce even
greater misery, and you are not
likely to have escaped such.”
Griffin added, "Thinking men
and women throughout the ages
have wondered why it is this way.
Because of not having found the
answer to this critical question,
'Why Does God Permit Wicked
ness 7 many have abandoned be
lief in God. Consider this for
a moment: if you wanted to
know the views of someone,
would it not be best to let him
express himself instead of lis
tening to hear-say about him?
Then since it is God who per
mits wickedness, it would only
be fair and right to listen to
His explanation as to why He
has allowed wickedness toexist.”
Throughout his discourse Grif
fin continually read Scriptures
in answer to the questions: (1)
Is God To Blame for Man’s
Wrongs? (2) Who Is Principally
Responsible? (3) Why has God
Permitted Wickedness for so
Long? (4) How Much Longer Will
It Be ? (5) What Has God Been
Doing On Our Behalf? (6) What
Will God Do For Man In Para
dise ? (7) What Should You Do
Now ?
Mr. Jobin, spokesman for lo
cal Jehovah's Witnesses, said
their weekly schedule of meetings
would resume in their Kingdom
Hall.
NOTICE
Early County News
Available At
PIGGLY WIGGLY
And
Suwannee Swifty
S. Church St.
County
the start of next school year.
This money will be raised through
several projects being planned at
this time. No business or indivi
dual will be called upon to donate
to this cause, but voluntary dona
tions will be accepted and great
ly appreciated.
The Jaycees make it clear, all
funds raised for this project will
be used for Early County's own
children and no portion will go
out of the county for any other
cause.
The Jaycees solicit your sup
port of this project, they believe
you can do no greater service
than aiding a mentally or physi
cally handicapped child, who isn’t
as fortunate as some of his
friends and playmates.
The forty members of the Bla
kely Jaycees launched this pro
ject, Wednesday evening, at their
regular dinner meeting at the
Town and Country Club. Presi
dent Harvey Woolf presided:
Ronald Taylor is Projects Chair
man for the year.
Homer Bush, Jr.
Listed Satisfactory
Condition, Albany
Homer E. Bush, Jr., well
known Blakely residept was
seriously injured Monday night
while on duty at Great Northern
Paper Company. He underwent
emergency treatment at Early
Memorial Hospital and following
surgery at Pheobe Putney Hos
pital in Albany on Tuesday is
reported in satisfactory condi
tion.
A spokesman from the family
said Mr. Bush received multiple
injuries when several paper bales
fell from a truck, pinning him
against steele steps.
Georgia State
Patrol
Georgia State Patrol for Early
County for the month of March,
1968, report 30 arrests, 47warn
ings,-5 accidents, 6 injured and
no one killed.
Total number of miles cover
ed in the five county area was
27,000.
Seventh Soul
Division Places
Fourth In State
The Seventh Soul Division,
popular Blakely band, placed 4th
in the "Battle of the Bands”—
State competition among ten
bands throughout Georgia, re
presenting each district in the
state. The bands were judged
Friday night at the National
Guard Arena, Savannah, Geor
gia. The Darts of Brunswick,
placed first: Rhythm and Two
Blues of Columbus, second; and
Del Rays, Augusta, third.
Bass Must Be Biting!
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L. A. Pitts made this prize catch near the Walter F. George
Lock and Dam on Lake Chattahoochee on Tuesday and Thursday.
The large mouth bass on the left weighed eleven and three
fourths pounds: the two on the line weighed eight and a half
pounds, and six pounds, respectively.
Success to Al! Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
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that is being formed in Blakely.
/Ml De Molay boys are requested to assemble downstairs Masonic Hall Wednesday April 10,
1968 7:30 p.m.
The Early County Chapter De Molay is being sponsored by Magnolia Lodge No. 86.
Lion's Club
Will Sponsor
Carnegie Course
Vince Hilliard, President of
the Blakely Lions Club, announ
ced Monday that the club will act
as sponsor for the world-famous
Dale Carnegie Course soon to
liegin in Blakely.
"We are bringing the course
to our community because we
feel it is in the interest of pub
lic service," Mr. Hilliard said.
The organization of this class
will be under the direction of
Earl Donaldson of Albany. Earl
represents the Leadership Insti
tute of Macon, who offer the
course in this area.
“The Dale Carnegie Course,
for more than half a century,
has been helping men and wo
men to live happier, richer and
more successful lives through
the discovery and development
of their hidden talents and po
tential abilities,” Earl said,
"such as the development of
greater self-confidence, as keen
memory and more effective po
wers of communication.” He
went on to say that many people
take the course primarily be
cause they want a broader under
standing of human relations.
They want to know how- to get
along even more graciously with
people whether it Ite in a business
or social situation or at home.
Earl reported that the Dale
Carnegie Course, during its fif
ty-four years of operation has
graduated well over a million
men and women and the course
is now offered in all fifty states
and in many foreign countries.
Anyone who is interested in
more information about the Dale
Carnegie Course may telephone
Edsel W. Bryan at 723- 3 1 31.
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1968
Richard Allen
Rotary Speaker
Past Friday
The executive director of the
Lower Chattahoochee Planning
Commission, based in Columbus,
outlined the aims and objectives
of this organization at last Fri
day's meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club. Hie interesting
speaker was Richard K. Allen,
who only recently assumed his
duties in this agency. Mr. Allen
was introduced by John Holman,
who is one of Early County’s
members on the Commission.
Dale McLaren, chief planner
of the Commission, accompanied
Mr. Allen to Blakely.
Martin J. Cramer, of Bluffton,
was welcomed into the club as
a new memlier by President
Lewis Fryer.
Visitors at the meeting in
cluded high school seniors Danny
White, Steve Hammond and
Rhonda Waller; Joe Forehand,
of Albany, making up attendance,
Bruce Ellen, memlier Dothan
dull, making up attendance, guest
of Jim Richardson; Fletcher
Thompson, guest of Carroll Ro
gers; Marvin Martin and George
Routh, of New York, guests of
Charles Alford.
Early Schools
Close For
Easter Holidays
Schools in Early County will
dismiss at the end of the school
day on Thursday, April 11, and
will resume on Tuesday morn
ing, April 16, 1968.
LIVESTOCK
MARKET
Sales totalling $29,599.21 were
reported at Moseley Livestock
Barn Tuesday as- 92 cattle and
579 hogs were sold.
No. I’s sold for 17.00; Light
I’s, 16.80; No. 2’s, 16.50; No.
3's, 16.10; No. 4’s, 16.50; Heavy,
16.56; No. 1 Rough, 14.00; No.
I Meat Type, 17.20; Light No.
1 Meat Type, 17.00; No, 2 Meat
Type, 16.80.
DANCE V. F. W.
Saturday April 6
Music By
John Still &
The Rockets
Couples Only
$3.00 Couple
Kolomoki Park
Plans Many
New Facilities
A minature golf course, a new
group shelter with excellent mo
dern facilities, and a new filter
for the swimming pool are sche
duled for Kolomoki State Park
this year. Construction on plan
ned facilities should begin in May
according to John Gordon,
director of the State Parks De
partment.
Bonds for the addition were
sold in February to the amount
of SIOO,OOO and should be valid
at an early date, the director
said. Construction is expected
to take a year and will be done
in two phases.
A family and group shelter with
a capacity for 100 persons will
have an electric grill, gas grill
and several wood burning grills.
This shelter can be used for
family reunions and club meet
ings, reservations for the use
of the facility will be taken on
completion.
The second phase will include
a comfort station with 35 tent
sites; each site will be equipped
with a grill, table, water and
electricity. A charge of $2 a
night will be in force. Additional
playgrounds and a possible nature
trail through the park are in
cluded in phase two plans.
E C H S Members
Attended Band
Festival Saturday
Five members of the Early
County High School Band attended
the 2nd District Solo and En
semble Festival in Cairo, Satur
dav. Roger Sammons, placed
first in the Solo Division; Debra
Peters, placed second in the
Solo Division. The Sax Trio
placed 2nd in the Ensemble Divi
sion. Sue Taylor, Roger Sam
mons and Danny Phillips were
members of the Sax Trio. They
were accompanied to Cairo by
Band master Ernest Boone.
Weather Summary
The following is a summary
of local weather conditions for
the month of March, 1968;
TEMPERATURE: Average
daily high, 70.6; average daily
low, 40.1; average 55.4, de
parture from the normal, -3.6.
Highest, 83 occurring during each
of the 24-hour periods ending
7 a.m. on the 20th and 31st,
respectively; lowest, 27, oc
curring on the Ist, 4th, and 24th.
PRECIPITATION: Total, 2.31
inches, departure from the nor
mal, -3.47 inches. Greatest
in any 24-hour period, .67 inch
occurring during the 24-hour
Bill Hardman
To Speak On
Tourism Tonight
The Georgia General As
sembly, the Governor, the State
Chamber of Commerce, and the
local Chamber of Commerce has
shown interest in establishing
more tourist trade in Georgia,
with this in mind citizens in this
area will be interested in hearing
Bill Hardman, Director of the
Tourist Division Georgia Depart
ment of Industry and Trade, speak
on Tourism in Georgia.
Mr. Hardman will be the guest
speaker at the Inter-Club Council
dinner meeting at the Blakely
Woman’s Clubatßp.m. on Thurs
day, April 4.
The establishment of an old
South Scenic Trail, which has
been called the Pine Tree Route,
would afford an opportunity for
Blakely and this area to enter
in the benefits of tourism in
Georgia.
"We should be vitally interest
ed in this meeting because of what
Mr. Hardman can do to help
promote the tourist business
along the scenic trail which pas
ses through Blakely and neigh
boring towns,” Dr. C. DI Horton,
president of the Inter-Club Coun
cil has said.
Tickets may be obtained from
Vince Hilliard for $1.50 per
person. Mr. Hardman has been
Director of the Tourist Division
since 1959 and became the first
Director of the Georgia Depart
ment of Industry and Trade when
this new division was created by
the old Chamber of Commerce.
A native of Colbert, Georgia,
he attended Piedmont College
and Mercer University and ser
ved in the Merchant Marines.
He is married to the former
Dorothy Holcomb of Nelson, and
they have two children, Bill,
18 and Mary Jane, 12. He
resided in Warner Robins, Ga.,
for eight years where he was
engaged in furniture, real es-
B. E. Perkins
Died Past Fri.
In Moultrie
Broadus E. Perkins, 71, Moul
trie, died Friday at 6:45 p.m.
at the Moultrie Hospital after
an illness of six weeks.
Funeral services was held Sun
day at 3:30 p.m. at Memorial
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Royce Adkins conducting the ser
vice. Burial was in Westview
Cemetery.
The body remained in a local
funeral home until placed in the
church one hour before the fune
ral.
Born March 30, 1897, in Clay
County, Ga., Mr. Perkins had
made his home in Colquitt
County since 1904. He was the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William J. Perkins.
Mr. Perkins was a retired
employe of Swift and Company
and was a member of Memo
rial Baptist Church. He was
also a member of the Moultrie
Masonic Lodge and of the local
American Legion Post.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Broadus E. Perkins, Moul
trie; three sons, James E. Per
kins, Blakely, Ga., J. J. Perkins,
Moultrie, O. D. Perkins, Tal
lahassee, Fla, four brothers, J.
LeGrand Perkins, Frank C. Per
kins and Albert J. Perkins, all
of Moultrie, Leonard Perkins,
Thomasville, Ga.; three sisters,
Mrs. O. O. McGee, Mrs. Eloise
Garren, both of Moultrie, Mrs.
Lucile Branda, Thomasville.
Nine grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren also sur
vive.
period ending 7 a.m. on the
13th. Total so far this year,
7.02 inches, deficiency 7.57
inches. Number of days with
.01 inch or more, 6; with .50
inch or more, 2; with 1.00 inch
or more, 0.
MISCELLANEOUS: Killing
frost on the Ist, 4th, sth, 14th
and 24th; high winds on the 22nd;
fog on the 21st; thunder on the
10th, 11th, 12th and 22nd.
Read the Early County News)
PHILLIP SHEFFIELD NAMED
CITY COURT JUDGE
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Phillip Sheffield
Phillip Sheffield, a practicing
attorney in Blakely since 1940,
became Judge of the Blakely
City Court yesterday (Wednes
day) when he was appointed and
sworn in by Governor Lester
Maddox in the governor’s office.
Judge Sheffield succeeds the late
James W. Bonner, who died on
March 23.
Judge Sheffield is the son of
a former Blakely City Court
Judge, the late Robert Howard
Sheffield, and the late Mrs. Shef
field. Judge Sheffield, Sr., oc
cupied the same office for a quar
ter of a century and was judge at
his death in 1936.
tate and insurance business. In
1957 he was named “One of the
Five Outstanding Young Men of
Georgia”; "Outstanding Young
Man of Warner Robins” and
Civitan’s Man of the Year in
Warner Robins”.
Charter President of the War
ner Robins Jaycees, he has ser-
HOSPITAL LIST
F’atients listed as being admit
ted and discharged at Early Mem
orial Hospital during the past
week include:
ADMITTED
Shiloh George, Atha Thomas,
Frank Stokes, Gloria Lott, Homer
Bush, Louise Thomas, Robert
Charles Reese, Charles Cain,
Clave land Baker, Charlie Rich
ard Sol, Sallie Lindsey, Adas
Duke, Barna Jones, Thelma
Woods, Jacquelyn Ezell, Grace
Holly, Jesse Grimsley, Julia
Moore, James Perryman, Shed
James, Flozell Hodge, Dorothy
Temples, Eugene Knotts, Bren
ton Warr, Verne Dußose, Vera.
Alexander, Clarence Brewer,
Donnie Tally, Gregory Scott
Houston, Mary Moody, Ethel Roy
als, Judy Gillard, Alonzo Rober
son.
DISCHARGED
John Millard Still, Judy Gil
lard, Evelyn Hutchins and Baby
Boy, J. T. Beagles, Hazel Holt,
Lou Genia Joiner, Lena Harris,
Will Carter, Eloise Nobles, Ray
Williams, Bessie Ross, Donnie
Tally, Liz ie Williams, Clarence
Smith, Mary Moody, Leola Cole
man, Allie Chapman, Anthony
Gray, Shed James, Brenton Warr,
Ethel Royals, Forid Davis, Jesse
Powell, Dorothy Temples, Mar
garet Blount, Larry Carter, Andy
White, Verne Dußose, Willene
McGriff, Samuel Houston, Jac
quelyn Ezell, Gordon Houston,
Alma Hoover, Charles Cain,
Robert Reese, Richard Sol, Noah
Everett.
Miss Helmly
Named New
Home Economist
Miss Glenda Kay Helmly was
named to the po-ition of county
Home Economist by the board
of Early County Commissioners
Tuesday when the board held its
regular monthly meeting. She
succeeds Mrs. Gertrude Gear,
who resigned for health reasons.
Miss Helmly is from Clyo,
Ga., near Savannah, and she is
FULL FOR BLAKELY
— OR —
PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
Judge Phillip Sheffield Is a
native Early Countian, born at
Cedar Springs on Nov. 23, 1909.
He attended the Lucile and Cedar
Springs School, Georgia Military
College in Milledgeville. He
received an AB degree from the
University of Georgia in 1932
and the following year received
an MS degree. He taught school
in Early County and at Massey
Business College for a few years
and in 1938 returned to the Uni
versity of Georgia for the study
of law and in 1940 received the
LLB degree. At the University
he was Phi Beta Kappa and also
member of Phi Kappa Phi and
Sigma Delta Kappa fraternities.
Judge Sheffield is presently
attorney for the City of Blakely,
director of the Blakely Housing
Authority, and is a former Soli
citor of the City Court of Blak
ely. He is a member of the
Pataula Bar Association and for
mer president, the American Bar
Association, State Bar Associa
tion. He is a member of the
Blakely Rotary Club, a member
and former presidentof the Blak
ely-Early County Chamber of
Commerce, and is a member
of the First Methodist Church,
a former steward, and taught
a Sunday School class for 15
years.
Judge Sheffield is married to
the former Mrs. Lillian Mc-
Donald, and they reside at 624
McDowell Street in Blakely. He
has one son Robert Colquitt Shef
field, a junior at the University
of Georgia.
ved as president of the Commu
nite Chest, and in 1965 he founded
the Southern Travel Directors
Council. He is the immediate
past president of the National
Association of Travel Organi
zations and serves on the Travel
Advisory Committee of the U. Si
Travel Service.
Death Claims
M. H. Peters
Marion Herschel Peters, 63,
native and life-time resident of
Blakely, died unexpectedly about
3 o'clock in the morning at his
home on the Columbia Road. Mr.
Peters was a retired painter and
a veteran of World War IL
Funeral services were held
Friday morning in the chapel of
Manry-Minter Funeral Home,
Dr. C. D. Horton officiating.
Interment was in the Blakely
cemetery. Pall bearers were
Tom Morgan, W. H. Balkcom,
Bill Knighton, Sam Owen, Roy
Morgan and J. O. Napier.
Survivors are three brothers,
Jack Peters, of Blakely; Emory
Peters, Albany; William H.
Peters, Washington, Li C.
ECHS Members
Attended Literary
Meet, March 30
Eight Early County High School
students participated in the South
Georgia Region B Literary Meet,
Saturday. Rebecca Knighton
placed first in Home Economics;
Sandra Stanley place d second
in Shorthand; Anne Felder placed
second in Girl's Declamation;
others participating were: Mary
Brown, Girl’s Solo; Brenda Rol
lins, Girl’s Essay; Vicki Batson,
Typing; Tommy Harvey, piano;
and Jimmy Barksdale, Boy’s Es
say. The Literary Meet was held
at South Georgia College, Doug
las.
a graduate of Georgia Southern
College, Statesboro.
The board took under afvise
ment a plan to secure a new
building to house the Department
of Family and Children’s-Ser
vice. The Department now has
offices in the County Office Build
ing on Magnolia Street, and is
badly over-crowded. No definite
conclusion was reached regard
ing this building, it was reported.
No other business, except the
routine paying of bills and other
minor matters came before the
board.