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EARLY COUNTY, GA
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 109—NO. 47
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Georgia's Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow, Susan Georgia Askew of Arlington, visits
with Senator Herman E. Talmadge and Congressman Maston O'Neal at a reception in the Senate
Office Building in Washington. State winners in the annual homemaking education program,
sponsored by General Mills, Inc., toured historic spots in Colonial Williamsburg, Va., and the
Nation’s Capital. Each of the young ladies scored highest in her state in a written homemaking
examination given last December, and has received a $1,500 scholarship. A record 603,798
senior girls in 15,079 high schools throughout the country participated in the 1968 Betty Crocker
Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow.
"Bobcat” Dedicated to
Mrs. King, Mrs. Shierling
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Mrs. King
The 1968 yearbook at Early
County High School was distri
buted to the student body on
Monday, April 29. It was de
dicated this year to Mrs. Guy
King and Mrs. Charles Shier
ling.
Mrs. King, the former Mary
Calhoun of Sanford , Fla., is
chairman of the Business Edu
cation Department at Early
County High School and teaches
the vocational business program.
She has taught in the local school
for 18 years and has a total of
22 years of teaching experience.
She is a graduate of Seminole
High School in Sanford and Nor-
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TRI-COLOR WINNER - Mrs. Robert Stuckey, Tri-Color
Winner at the Spring Flower Show is awarded the Grace Balk
com Davenport silver tray, Howard H. Davenport, presents
the engraved tray. The award was set up by members of the
Blakely Garden Club in memory of the late Mrs. Howard Daven
port, who was an active member of the club, the tray was do
nated by Mr. Davenport.
County
man College, Norman Park, Ga.,
where she was president of the
honor club and was Miss Norman
Junior College. She graduated
magna cum laude from Troy
State Teacher’s College in Troy,
Alabama, and has done graduate
work at Auburn University. She
also has attended Stetson Uni
versity, Deland, Fla., and Geor
gia Southern in Statesboro.
Mrs. King has been a member
of the Pilot Club of Blakely for
fifteen years. She has held every
office in the local club, and in
June will assume the presidency
for the second time. She has
also served as state chaplain
of the Pilot Club and also as a
state committee chairman. She
is a member of the First Bap
tist Church of Blakely where
she serves as department secre
tary for one of the adult depart
ments of the Sunday School. She
was former Sunday School teach
er, a BTU Leader, and GA Lead
er in the local church.
At the local school she serves
as senior class sponsor, sponsor
of the Future Business Leaders
of America, sponsor of the year
book, and treasurer of the Early
County Education Association.
She is also a member of the
PTA, the Georgia Education As
sociation, and the Georgia Busi
ness Education Association.
Her husband is a ranger with
the U. SI Army Corps of Engi
neers at the Walter F. George
Reservoir in Ft. Gaines. They
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
have two children, Jimmy, a stu
dent at the University of Ga.,
and Carmen, a senior at Early
County High School.
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Mrs. Shierling
Mrs. Shierling, the former Jo
Ann Blakely of Stedman, N. C.,
is instructor in Biology at Early
County High School. She has
taught in the local school for eight
years.
She is a graduate of Stedman
High School in Stedman, and of
Huntingdon College in Montgom
ery, Alabama. She has also
attended Georgia Southern Col
lege in Statesboro and Pembroke
College in Pembroke, N. C.
Mrs. Shierling is a member
of the American Legion Auxiliary
and attends the First Baptist
Church of Blakely where she
served last year as assistant
superintendent of an adult de
partment in the the Sunday School.
At the local school she serves
as senior class sponsor, sponsor
of the Science Club, sponsor of
the yearbook, and sponsor of the
cheerleaders.
She is a member of the PTA,
Early County Education Associ
ation, the Georgia Education As
sociation, and the Georgia
Science Teachers’ Association.
Sie is a pst vice president of the
Early County Education Associ
ation.
Her husband is a sales repre
sentative with the New Holland
Machine Company. They have
two sons, Blake, a sixth grade
student, and Gary, a fifth grad
er, at the Early County Elemen
tary School.
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NOTICE
Early County News
Available At
PIGGLY WIGGLY
HARVEYS
Suwannee Swifty
S. Church St.
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1968
Dr. Baxley In
Central America
For Ten Days
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Dr. Baxley
Dr. Warren Q Baxley, well
known Blakely physician, is a
member of a team of doctors
and technicians who are spend
ing the next ten days in Hon
duras, Central America, as a
part of the Brother’s Brother
Foundation to take part in the
mass immunization campaign.
t)r. and Mrs. Baxley left Blakely
Sunday morning and are expected
to return about May 8. They
went by auto to Tallahassee where
they took a plane to Miami, from
which city they join the Brother’s
Brother team on another plane
to Central America.
Dr. and Mrs. Baxley volun
teered their services at the re
quest of Dr. Robert A. Hingson,
famed inventor of the jet-injector
immunization gun and head of
the Brother’s Brother Founda
tion. Dr. Hingson was the sub
ject of an article in April Readers
Digest, and the work of the
Brother’s Brother Foundation.
The friendship between the Bax
leys and Hingsons grew from the
fact that Mrs. Baxley and Mrs.
Hingson were classmates at
Georgia State College for Women
at Milledgeville. Dr. Baxley
said regarding the trip: "This
is not a pleasure trip at all.
Dr. Hingson has advised me that
we will be working ten hours a
day, traveling about Central
America giving shots to chil
dren and adults. Travel, lam
told, will be by foot, donkey
and old flying crate airplanes.
No automobiles are available.’’
Mrs. Baxley, Mrs. Hingson
and the other wives on the trip
will be working alongside their
doctor husbands.
J. L. Perryman,
Claimed By Death
James Lee Perryman, 65,
prominent Leary Merchant, and
long-time Calhoun County citi
zen, died in the Early Memorial
Hospital here on Wednesday
afternoon of last week. He was
a member of the Leary Metho
dist Church, the Morgan Masonic
Lodge and Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Perryman was a native of
Mitchell County.
Graveside funeral services
were held Thursday, April 25,
at 5 o’clock, conducted by the
Rev. Johnny Deas, the Rev. W, E.
Storey and the Rev. Charles
Ricks. Bryan Funeral Home
was in charge.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Hazel Lewis Perryman, one
daughter, Mrs. Charlie Cowart,
Leary; one brother, R. L. Perry
man, Leary; one half-sister,
Mrs. V. W, Hickman, Irving,
Texas; one half-brother, C. L.
Perryman, Albany.
HONOR ROLL
The Early County Elementary
School Honor Roll for sth six
weeks is as follows:
Fourth Grade - Joe Bryan,
Lea Chapman, Craig Cleveland,
Brenda Clines, Sandy Davis,
Gwen Earnest, Laura Foster,
Ginny Harrison, Kim Hodges,
Faye James, Bruce Houston, Vic
Knight, Penny Merritt, Tammy
McDowell, Russell McNeal.
Tommy Odum, Tommy Powell,
Baptist Preachers
Give Program
Blakely Rotary
Dr. Allen B. Cornish, of Colum
bus, and the Rev. Louis Mont
gomery, of Tifton, supplied the
program at last Friday’s meet
ing of the Blakely Rotary Club.
These two ministers were in
Blakely conducting revival ser
vices at the First Baptist Church.
Dr. Cornish gave a short inspira
tional talk, and the Rev. Mr.
Montgomery, a talented vocalist
and pianist, sang "Lord, I Want
To Be A Christian." Both the l
singer and speaker were warmly
applauded. The program was
arranged by Rotarian CL Di Hor
ton, First Baptist pastor.
Visitors at the meeting in
cluded Eugene Knotts, guest of
Emory Houston; Buster Lockett,
of Cuthbert, guest of James Bry
ant; Sam Blitch, of Gainesville,
Fla., guest of Jack Collier; and
high school seniors Pam Cheek,
Kathy Phillips, Sonny MeGahee
and Danny White, guest of honor
ary member and class presi
dent, Charles Hobbs.
President Lewis Fryer pre
sided and the usual piano music
hiring the luncheon was given
by Mrs. Ben Haisten.
Blakely Jaycees
To Hold Annual
Radio Day
The Blakely Jaycees will hold
their annual Radio Day Saturday,
May 4. The subject of Radio
Day this year will be a progress
report of Early County and will
feature reports from all phases
of industry, finances, business
and trade in Early County for the
past year. Also featured, will
be addresses to the Blakely Jay
cees from Senator Herman Tal
madge and Rep. Maston O’Neal.
This Annual Jaycee Radio Day
is sponsored by a large majority
of Blakely businessmen. During
this day the Jaycee members
will do all advertising and speak
ing.
For an interesting day of in
formative information on your
county, music and a lot of talk,
the Jaycees invite you to tune
in and listen on Radio WBBK.
District Director,
D. D. Morrison
Speaker at G E A
Mr. D. D. Morrison, second
district director of the Georgia
Education Association, was the
guest speaker for the Early
County Education Association,
Wednesday, May 1, 1968. Mr.
Morrison was born in Oglethorpe
County Georgia and attended lo
cal schools. He graduated from
the University of Georgia and
has done additional graduate work
at Florida State University.
He has taught in public schools
of Georgia since 1936, having
served as an elementary and as
a high school principal. He has
served as a past President ofhis
local GEA and as a past Presi
dent of Region One high school
association. He is a life mem
ber of the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers, a past
district governor of Lions In
ternational, a member of the
First Baptist Church, Pelham,
a Sunday School Teacher, Gene
ral Sunday School Superintendent,
and a member of the Board of
Dsacons.
Mr. Morrison is married to the
former Lury McCorvey of Tho
masville and they have four chil
dren—two of them are now teach
ing in Georgia schools.
Cindy Raines, Tim Roberts,
Kathy Smith, Barbara Snellgrove,
Karen Starr, Nancy Stone, Steve
Tiner, Teresa Wright.
Fifth Grade - Claude Bell,
Phyllis Gilbert, Mary Horton,
Ellendell Waller.
Sixth Grade - David Arnold,
Dianne Boone, Sondra Merritt,
Kim Vickery, Lynn White.
Seventh Grade - Davey Brown,
Charles Fetner, Joe Jordan,
Stephanie Still, John Stone.
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TOP WINNERS IN THE MISS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BEAUTY PAGEANT: (left to right)
Carmen King of Blakely, second runner-up; Brenda Mabrey of Andrew College, Miss South
west Georgia; Jody Sellers of Dawson, Little Miss Terrell County, and Alice Brown of the Uni
versity of Georgia, first runner-up. Miss Mabrey is from Appalachicola, Florida, and Miss
Brown is from Dawson.
Carmen King, who is a five
foot nine-inch brown-eyed bru
nette of Blakely, was the second
runner-up in the Miss South
west Georgia Beauty Pageant held
in Dawson on April 20. Carmen,
valedictorian of the senior class
of 1968 at Early County High
School, is the 18-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy King.
She was invited to enter the con
test by the Terrell County Jay
cees, sponsor of the pageant.
W.R. Taylor, 80,
Dies Suddenly
Os Heart Attack
William Rawlings Taylor, 80,
well-known Early County citizen,
a retired farmer and resident of
the Rowena Community died
Saturday afternoon in the Ar
lington City Hospital, the result
of a heart attack. Mr. Taylor
had been ill only for a very short
time and death came unexpected
ly.
A native and life-time resident
of Early County, he was born
May 5, 1888, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Taylor. He was
well-known and respected by
many friends and acquaintances
throughout the county. He was
a member of the Early County
board of tax equalizers, and a
member, deacon and clerk of
the Shady Grove Primitive Bap
tist Church, where funeral ser
vices were held Sunday after
noon at 5 o’clock conducted by
Elder C. W. Todd. Interment
followed in the Cross Roads
cemetery near Damascus. Pall
bearers, all nephews of the de
ceased, v<ere William Sasser,
T. E. Sasser, Thomas Liggett,
Liston Radney, William Taylor
and Tommy Taylor-
Bryan Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Meda Olive Taylor, three daugh
ters, Mrs. B. R. Phillips, Col
quitt; Mrs. R. G. Maige, Talla
hassee; Mrs. Clayton McKinnon,
Carnegie: one sister, five grand
children and four gr^at-grand
children.
INTER-CLUB
MEETING
The Inter-Club Council will
meet, Thursday, May 2, at the
Bank of Early Conference Room
at 8:00 p.m.
The Terrell Jaycees hold the
franchise for the official preli
minary of the Miss Georgia pa
geant for the 10-county area
including Early, Seminole, Clay,
Quitman, Calhoun, Miller, Ran
dolph, Terrell, Webster, and Ste
wart.
Judges for the occasion were
Dr. and Mrs. John Anderson of
Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Jones of Columbus and Mr. Ed
ward Rhodes of Albany. Dr.
Anderson and Mr. Jones are
associated with the Miss Georgia
Pageant.
The contestwas patterned after
the Miss Georgia and Miss
America pageants. The contest
ants were judged in swim suit,
evening gown, and talent com
petition during the program for
which Lynne Shirley of Macon,
a winner of many contests, was
mistress of ceremonies. They
were judged on poise and per
sonality at a tea given in their
honor earlier in the afternoon.
On Friday afternoon preced
ing the contest on Saturday night,
a parade was staged through
downtown Dawson with the con
testants riding in convertibles.
The Early County High School
Band under the direction of Mr.
Ernest Boone assisted the Ter
rell County High School Band with
the music for this occasion.
Brenda Mabrey of Appalachi
cola, Florida and Andrew Col
lege in Cuthbert won the title
of Miss Southwest Georgia, and
Alice Brown of Dawson and the
University of Georgia was first
Water Heater Explodes
This house, located on Johnson Street, barely completed,
exploded at 4:30 a.m., Thursday morning. The cause of the
explosion was a newly installed water heater. Willie Cl Lind
sey, a Blakely negro, estimated his losses at SISOO.
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runner-up.
For Carmen's talent she paid
tribute to the fighting men of all
generations who have made the
supreme sacrifice so that Ameri
ca might remain free. She was
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FIRST GRADERS
1. All children who are six
years old on or by January 1 of
a school year may enter the first
grade. Children enrolling in the
first grade must enter school
at the beginning of the school
year.
2. A legally certified or photo
static copy of the birth certi
ficate. This must be presented
to the teacher at the time of
registration.
3. In cooperation with the
Early County Health Department,
immunization requirements are
as follows:
(a) Diphtheria-pertussis-teta
nus, with the initial series or
booster having been received
within twenty-four months of
registration.
(b) Smallpox vaccination.
(c) Poliomyelitis immuniza
tion. Either Salk vaccine (four
shots) or Sabin vaccine (all three
types) is satisfactory.
(d) Typhoid vaccination. The
series should be completed be
fore the opening of school.
(e) Measles vaccine.
The immunizations mentioned
above are now required by the
State Board of Health.