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VOLUME NO. lU9—NO. 43
"Garden of the Month”
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Mrs. L. J. George (center) was awarded the Garden of the
Month plaque for June, Mrs. J. J. Hewitt(left) and Mrs. Lloyd
George (right), members of the selection committee admire the
lovely roses in the George yard.
Hanging baskets, bird feeders,
a scuppernong arbor, grafted ca
mellias and hybridized hemoro
callis are among the interesting
items found in the flourishing,
trim and well kept garden of
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. George, which
has been chosen Garden of the
Month for June. Mrs. Lloyd
George and Mrs. J. J. Hewitt
members of the selection com
mittee, were lavish with praise
and enthusiastic over the many
findings that brought a score
of excellence (by rules of the
Blakely Garden Club Garden of
the Month Committee) for the
George’s yard located about 11
miles from Blakely.
From the time the visitors
open the sturdy front gate at the
center of the yard, to the pic
turesque out-door living area
in the back, they will be nod
ding their heads in approval with
the selection committee, "this
yard surpasses anything we have
seen" as they visit the gardens
this month.
Wide beds encompass the yard
and in the beds are every kind
of native, wild and cultivated
flower, tree and shrub, and the
beds are all edged. St. Augus
tine grass grows right up to the
line, but not a sprig crosses
over into the flower beds.
For trees the George’s have
acasia, Golden Rain tree, dog
woods, and an abundance of pine
and oak trees. Their fruit trees
include: fig, pears, and pome
granate. There are many camel
lias, the seedlings were given to
them by friends and relatives
and they are grafted in the spring
and among the grafted plants are:
George Patton, Bess McArthur,
Tomorrow and Drama Girl. They
have three kinds of hydrangas,
blue, pink and white; and dozens
of wild hydrangas. Mrs. George
says, she has been told the pink
hydrangas can be kept from turn
ing other colors by pouring me
curochrome at the root.
Azaleas are planted in various
spots, as well as wild honey
suckle. Mrs. George’s sister.
Miss Montine Martin of Albany,
who is retiring from the teaching
profession this year, enjoys gar
dening as much as Mrs. George
and spends her week-ends work
ing in the yard. She hybridizes
hemorocallis and amaryllis and
is particularly interested in
hanging baskets, found in trees
on the sides and back, which have
lantana, Achimines, ivy and be
gonias.
Birds are attracted to the two
bird feeders by the sunflower
and wild bird seed, they counted
38 quail near the house at one time
and just recently they spotted
a mother quail with 14 babies
near the feeding area. Wrens,
cardinals and brown thrashers
have nests in the nearby shrub
bery. The bird feeder, just
outside the breakfast table win
dow, affords interest especially
early every morning and Mrs.
George is giving Mr. George
a set of binoculars this week
to use for additional bird watch
ing.
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"J. enjoys the garden and does
all the mowing", Mrs. George
says, he has teen helpful in ob
taining leaf mold, pine straw,
and other mulches for the beds.
The tea olives, banana shrubs,
gardenias and sweet shrubs add
fragrance to the yard. A rose
bed was added last year, Tropi
cana, Queen Elizabeth and Fairy
are among the roses and other
flowers blooming in season ad
ding color to the yard are iris,
cleome, helianthus, marigolds,
zinnias and mums. Several of the
smaller mums are blooming now.
“Its just that everybody
works”, Mrs. George explained
how they accomplish so much
without outside help. She pointed
out Salmon Sheen, Alabama, Pat
Jones and wild seedlings of day
lilies; the last came from her
aunt’s garden, Mrs. G. C. Spil
lers of Tulsa, Oklahoma, when
the seedlings from Missouriwere
tested for the National Garden
Club Convention.
The garden is full of conver
sation pieces, which includes the
scuppernong. Hugh L Martin,
Mrs. George’s and Miss Mar
tin's brother, gave them the long
metal rafters, which, of course,
was only the start, but with
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0. M. Taylor
Speaks At
Lions Club
Olin M. Taylor, Jr., manager,
Walter F. George Reservoir,
Fort Gaines, delivered a hard
hitting speech to Blakely Lions
Tuesday on the subject of water
safety and vandalism. Mr. Tay
lor stated there had been 49
deaths at the Walter George and
Columbia reservoirs since 1936.
Mr. Taylor said vandals caused
his department to spend huge
sums of money, repairing, re
painting and lettering signs. A
great need for both reservoirs,
Mr. Taylor said, is volunteer
rescue squads to help when dis
aster hits. A recent drowning
of a young boy caused all
operations power generating,
navigation, fishing—-to be shut
down while the body was being
sought. Mr. Taylor suggested
that cities in this area ought
to organize their own squads.
A million and eight hundred thou
sand people visited Walter F.
George Reservoir last year, and
indications are that this number
will increase this year. Ac
cidents will happen when that
many people get together. The
program was arranged and the
speaker introduced by Lion J.T.
Manry. Visitors present were
Lee George, guest of his father.
Lion Whalen George and Char
lie Jones of Cuthbert, guest of
Lion Frank Gilbert.
President Vince Hilliard, who
presided, encouraged members
to complete their broom sale
assignments. The next meet
ing, Friday night June 21, will
be a ladies’ night party.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Mrs. Crowdis'
Mother Dies
In Americus
Mrs. Ethel Moseley Haswell
Miller, 83, mother of Mrs. J. H.
Crowdis, died at Magnolia Manor,
Americus, the past Thursday
after a short illness. She had
resided in Blakely for one month,
and the ten years prior lived in
Daytona Beach, Fla. She was a
native of Cambridge, N. Y., and
was a member of the Hoosick
Baptist Church, Hoosick, N. Y.
She was a retired school teacher.
Graveside funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon in
Hoosick, N. Y„ Maple Grove
cemetery, the Rev. Mr. Elliott,
pastor of the Hoosick Baptist
Church, officiating. Manry-Min
ter Funeral Home was in charge
of local arrangements.
Survivors, in addition to Mrs.
Crowdis, are five sons, Harold
Haswell, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,
Folney Haswell, Woodlands,
California; Dr. Forest Haswell,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Dr. Howard
Haswell, San Francisco; Dr.
Ralph Haswell, Sudberry, Conn.;
two step-sons, Ashton Haswell,
Frenont Haswell, one step
daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Bren
nenstuhl, N. Y.
C. A. Pearce, 76,
Final Rites
Held Sunday
Cody Alton Pearce, 76, of Hil
ton, a retired farmer died the
past Friday at the local hospi
tal following an extended ill
ness. A native of Houston Coun
ty, Ala., he had resided in Early
County for the past 30 years.
Funeral services were held
Sunday in the Hilton Baptist
Church, the Rev. Pete Messer
and the Rev. Frank Taylor, of
ficiating. Interment was in the
Sowhatchee cemetery, Manry-
Minter Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements. Pall bearers
were Gordon King, Tessie Cox,
Junior Blankenship, Foy Blan
kenship, Harold King, Tom Tye.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Pearlie Brackin Pearce, five
sons, Wiley Vickers, Huntsville,
Ala.; Alton and Collis Pearce,
Birmingham; Hubert Pearce,
Greenwood, S, Ci; Herbert
Pearce, Tampa, Fla.; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Erma Kniep, Birm
ingham; Mrs. Myrtle Robinson,
Columbus; Mrs. Merle Nelson,
Albany; Mrs. Peggy Long, Long
Beach, Miss.; two step-daugh
ters, Mrs. Jessie Copeland, Mrs.
Edith Jowers, Dothan; one step
son, Cletes Vann, Pansey, Ala.;
two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Helms,
Dothan; Mrs. Opal Peterman,
Pensacola, Fla.
HOSPITAL LIST
ADMITTED
Hulen G Parish, Joel Z. Cham
bliss, Allie Wilbourn, Minnie
Chester, Cora Chapman, Eliza
beth Ann Powell, Coleman Tay
lor, Marie White, Lou Genia
Joiner, Eldridge Reese, Jr., Her
man Webb, Jeanette Collins and
Baby Boy, Gladys Melton and
Baby Boy, L G Rogers, Luther
Strickland, Noah Everett, Mattle
J Harrell, Irwin Swords, Edna
Gamble, Pearl Melvin, Mary Ruth
Smithart, James W. Thurman,
Clyde A. White, George Dykes,
Judith D. Salter and Baby Boy,
Fannie Johnson, Mittie Rean Ang
lin, Mary Perkins, Pearl Beas
ley, Rodney Middleton, Charles
Lee Tabb, Ethel Prince, Gertrude
Love, Fred Benton, Ruth Cooper.
DISCHARGED
Esther Musgrove, Julian Bar
nes, Hulen Parish, Pearl Mel
vin , Mary Ellen Deal, Lonnie
Butler, George Dykes, Elizabeth
Powell, Robert Murkerson, Lu
cille White, Dora G Belcher,
Regie Hallman, Ella Lay, Ruth
Jordan, Louise M. Richardson,
Herman Webb, Ellis McKeller,
Jeanette Collins and Baby Boy,
Joel Z. Chambliss, Gladys Mel
ton and Baby Boy, Marie White,
Francine Reese, Eldridge Reese,
Jr., Clyde White, Sally Lindsey,
Wilbourn Thurman, Mattie Har
rell, Minnie Chester, Coleman
Taylor, Irwin Sword.
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1968
The Flag of the United
States of America symbol
izes the freedom, equality
and justice which character
izes our nation. It is an em
blem of our unity and our
heritage, representing the
traditions and ideals we
hold most sacred.
It follows that our pa
triotism —our respect and
pride for our heritage—is
reflected when we display
the flag at our homes and
businesses on national
holidays.
Tradition has established
certain rules for the proper
use and display of the Stars
and Stripes. Following is
a partial list of those
customs.
The flag outside on build
ings and flagstaffs should be
displayed only from sunrise
to sunset. It should not be
displayed in the open on
days when the weather is
inclement.
The Peter Early Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revo
lution urges all citizens toflvihe
flag, June 14, FLAG DAY.
BHS '33 Class
To Hold Third
Reunion Sat.
Members of the 1933 gradu
ating class of Blakely High School
will gather here Saturday night
for their third reunion, marking
the 35th anniversary of their
graduation.
Class president, Lloyd George,
now a Blakely rural letter car
rier, says the reunion will be held
at the Blakely Woman’s Club,
and that more than half of the
original class of 36 is expected
for the event. Time set for the
meeting is 8 o’clock.
Os the original class, five have
died. These include Henry Lane,
Mrs. Hazel Whitehurst Bridges,
Miss Edna Earl Wilson and Ralph
Moody, who met accidental
deaths, and Ned Holland, who
became a promient specialist
physician in Tampa, Fla.
Other members are Mrs. Mar
ion Daniels Fleischman, Mrs.
Virginia Brooks Batson, Mrs.
Charlene Bridges Middleton,
Mrs. Frances Davenport Howell,
Miss Beth Fryer, Mrs. Edith
Hay Fleming, Mrs. Lucile Hous
ton Batchelor, Miss Bessie Loy
less, Mrs. Edith Pearl King, Mrs.
Beatrice Sirmons Sheaffer, Miss
Kathleen Smith, Mrs. Ruby
Stokes Chandler, Mrs. Mary
Tinsley Baxley, Mrs. Hazel
Warrick Wooten, J. E. Balkcom,
Welborn Balkcom, Sam Clink
scales, Emory Giles, Lloyd
George, Fred Godwin, Ollin
Grimsley, Walter Hayes, Savoy
Ivey, Royce Mddleton, Jack Per
due, Earl (Tige) Pickle, L. L
Roberts, Luther Waller, Forrest
Williams, Foy Williams, Linton
S Willis.
Os the 31 members, eleven
continue to reside in Blakely,
and the other 20 are scattered
over seven states, however, a
big majority continue to call
themselves Georgians, resid
ing in Albany, Thomasville and
Atlanta.
NOTICE
Early County News
Available At
PIGGLY WIGGLY
HARVEYS
Suwannee Swifty
S. Church St.
County Political
Line-Up For
Sept. Primary
Qualifying time for Demo
cratic candidates in the Septem
ber 11th primary ended last
Thursday at noon, and according
to Roscoe Q Hodges, secretary
treasurer of the Early County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee, the following is the politi
cal lineup:
For Sheriff: G G (Tuck)
Swann, incumbent; Ivey Cham
bers and Oree Thompson.
Clerk of Court: Mrs. Bert
Tarver, incumbent; Norman
Alexander.
Supt. of Schools: Lonnie Ches
ter, incumbent; Tony Williams.
Coroner: L B. (Casey)Jones,:
incumbent; - G W. (Smoky) Davis.
For County Commissioner,
Arlington-Damascus District:
G G (Buddy) Davis, incumbent;
Donald McArthur, a former com
missioner and mayor of Damas
cus. Blakely-Cuba District: Se
vola Jones, incumbent; Lemuel
Tiner. Colomokee-L’rquhartdis
trict: Emory Durham, incum
bent; Harvey Brown, Jack Sam
mons.
Freeman-Lucile-Rock Hill
District: Guy White, incumbent;
A. Q Wilkerson.
Cedar Springs-Jakin District:
Chalker Williams, incumbent;
J. O. Evans. For the first time
in many years, candidates for the
post of county commissioner
must run county wide.
Rep. Mobley Howell (60th Dis
trict, Early, Clay and Quitman
Counties), Tax Commissioner,
Willie Jim Hammack, Treasur
er, Earl (Tige) Pickle, Ordinary
Roscoe D. Hodges, City Court
Judge, Philip Sheffield, City
Court Solicitor, Lowery SI Stone
and Surveyor Grady Holman, Jr.,
are unapposed in their bids for
re-nomination.
ECES Honorßoll
The Honor Roll for Early
County Elementary School Se
cond Semester 1968 is as follows:
Fourth grade, Lea Chapman,
Sue Cleveland, Brenda Clines,
Sandy Davis, Owen Earnest, Lau
ra Foster, Faye James, Penny
Merritt, Tammy McDowell, Rus
sell McNeal, Tommy Odom,
Tommy Powell, Cindy Raines,
Tim Roberts, Kathy Smith, Bar
bara Snellgrove, Karen Starr,
Steve Tiner, Teresa Wright.
Fifth grade, Claude Bell, Phyl
lis Gilbert, Mary Horton.
Sixth grade, David Arnold, Di
anne Boone, Sondra Merritt, Kim
Vickery, Lynn White.
Blakely Garden Club
Summer Clearance Day
Thursday, June 13, is "Sum
mer Clearance Day”, according
to Mrs. James W. Richardson,
Chairman of the Clean-Up, Fix-
Up Campaign sponsored by the
Blakely Garden Club.
Thursday morning at 9 a.m.
young people of the town, Gar
den Club members, and all in
terested Individuals are asked
to meet on the Courthouse square,
on the southside for a Kick-off
Campaign when those attending
will receive block by block as
signments.
Groups of well-known bands in
Blakely and Early County will
furnish the music for the Kick
off Campaign, blocks will be as
signed, headed by the following
Garden Club members: Mrs.
J. B. Rice, Mrs. Warren Bax
ley, Mrs. C. G. Brewer, Mrs.
Milton Bryant, Mrs. Charles
Bush, Mrs. Reece Camp, Mrs.
Don Curran, Mrs. Felix Davis,
Sr., Mrs. Hoyle Fleming, Mrs.
Lloyd George, Mrs. Evelyn Gee,
Mrs. Robert Hall, Mrs. J. J.
Hewitt, Mrs. R. A. Houston, Mrs.
John Hudspeth, Mrs. Ralph Hut
chins, Mrs. Mack Jarrett, Mrs.
C, P. Jenkins, Mrs. W. A. Lacey,
Mrs. A. H. Lanier, Jr., Mrs.
James Richardson, Mrs. H. M.
Richardson, Mrs. Robert Stuc
key. Mrs. Wayne Synder, Mrs.
Fletcher Thompson, Mrs. L.E.
Rotarians Hear
Goodwill Talk
Past Friday
An interesting and informative
talk on the operation of Goodwill
Industries, the Albany location,
was heard by Rotarians last Fri
day when Spurgeon Hinds, the
executive director, spoke to the
Blakely Club.
Mr. Hinds told how Goodwill
takes handicapped people rehabi
litates, trains and then employs
them, making useful and proud
citizens out of people who here
to fore had been living useless
lives, depending on state and
federal welfare for an existence.
Mr. Hinds stated that the sad
aspect of his work was having
to turn down people who needed
help. There are many handi
capped people in the Albany area,
he stated.
The program was arranged
and the speaker introduced by
Rotarian Hal Haddock. Presi
dent Lewis Fryer presided over
the meeting, and Mrs. Ben Hais
ten, pianist, gave a selection of
music during the luncheon.
Visitors present were J. Hodge
Timmons, Arlington, guest of
Rotarian “Bubba” Haddock; Hal
Hendry, Arlington, guest of Ro
tarian Dunbar Grist; Wayne Balk
com, guest of his father, Rotarian
Ralph Balkcom.
Local Weather
For Month
Os May
TEMPERATURE: Average
daily high, 84.9; average daily
low, 58.8; average, 71.9, depar
ture from the normal, -2.2.
Highest, 92 on the 15th and 24th;
lowest, 46 on the 6th.
PRECIPITATION: Total, 2.81
Inches, departure from the nor
mal, -1.09 Inches. Greatest
in any 24-hour observational
period, 1.34 inches during the
period ending 7 a.m. E.UGT.
on the 27th. Number of days
with .01 inch or more, 8; with
.50 Inch or more, 2; with 1.00
inch or more, 1. Total so far
this year, 14.39 inches; defi
ciency, -8.94 inches.
MISCELLANEOUS: Fog on the
4th and 12th; thunder on the Uth,
12th, 18th, 25th, 27th and 28th.
LOWREY & STONE
U. G Weather Bureau
Blakely, Georgia
Seventh grade, Charles Fetner,
Cheryl Harvey, Stephanie Still,
John Stone.
Wallis, Mrs. A. D. Wilkerson,
Mrs. Mary Hamlett, Mrs. S, G.
Maddox, Jr.
There will be no awards pre
sented by the garden club, the
only award will be a CLEAN
NEAT CITY of which everyone
can be proud.
As Garden Gateways has said,
"We receive what we give, and
when we give of ourselves, we are
the recipients of the greatest gift
of all, —The knowledge that we
have been useful in this world.”
And similar to our neighbor
ing town, Arlington, whose slo
gan is "Everyone Counts", The
Garden Club asks, "Have You
Done Your Part? Do YOU have
the satisfaction of participating
in this campaign, where everyone
counts".
Posters reminding residents
of the Campaign, have been placed
in store windows by the Publi
city Committee, Mrs. WA.
Lacey, chairman.
The City of Blakely has contri
buted a great deal in resurfacing
the streets Inside the city limits.
The street crew has been most
cooperative In helping remove
debris, houses are being painted,
people are diligently weeding
their flower beds and planting
summer annuals. The month of
June is the time to make the
CITY beautiful for the remain
ing months of the year.
Mrs. Bridges Retires;
Honored With Tea
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Mrs. G W. Bridges (second, from right) was honored at a tea
given by the Early County Education Association Friday. Among
the members of her family attending were a grandson, David
Tollerson of Decatur; her daughter, Mrs. James G Tollerson
and Charles Bridges (center, back) Mr. Bridges (center), Kathy
Tollerson, Decatur, a granddaughter and two granddaughters,
Cindy and Suzanne Bridges, who live in Early County. Kathy
holds the red roses sent by another daughter, Mrs. Max Houston
of Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. G W. Bridges, Second
grade teacher at Early County
Elementary School is retiring
after 27 years of teaching, and
was honored with a tea Friday
by the Early County Education
Association and the other Second
Grade Teachers, Miss Eurice
Hay, Mrs. Hubert Farr, Mrs.
Mathel Barnes when the Early
County Unit of the Georgia Edu
cation Association met at the
Elementary School Auditorium
for the last meeting of the school
year.
Mrs. Hubert Farr was in
charge of the presentation of a
sterling silver tray presented to
Mrs. Bridges by the teachers of
the Early County Elementary and
High School, in appreciation of
her contribution to the field of
education during her teaching
career.
"A teacher needs many dif
ferent qualities to be a good
teacher, knowledge of subject
matter, love for children, under
standing, a sense of humor, pa
tience and wisdom; to be able
to control her emotions at all
times, with good judgement; to be
cooperative, dedicated, and loyal
to the teaching profession,” Mrs.
Farr stated, "and Mrs. Bridges
has managed to have all of these
qualities”.
Following Mrs. Farr, Prin
cipal Joe Cannon of the Early
County Elementary School,
Supervising Principal Frank
Rev. John Quillian,
New Methodist Pastor
The Rev. John U Quillian,
the new pastor appointed to Blak
ely’s First Methodist Church,
will bring his first sermon this
Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m.
The Rev. Mr. Quillian is the
former pastor of the White Bluff
Methodist Church In Savannah
where he has been serving for
the past four years. He Is mar
ried to the former Jerry Robin
son of Iron City and they have
one daughter, Abda Lee, age 7.
The Rev. Mr. Quillian is a na
tive of Sandersville, Georgia, and
comes from a family hertiage
with a long line of Methodist
ministers In its history. His
father was the late Rev. A. W.
Quillian, Jr., of the South Geor
gia Conference. Mr. Quillian
received his AB degree from
Piedmont College in 1950, the
B. Q degree from the Candler
School of Theology in 1953. He
entered the South Georgia Con-
ECHS Honor Roll
The Early County High School
Semester Honor Roll is listed as
follows:
12th Grade - None
Uth Grade - Jane Collier,
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Buckner and Supt. of Early County
Schools, Lonnie Chester, expres
sed their appreciation and good
wishes for Mrs. Bridges as she
retires from the teaching pro
fession.
A native of this county, Mrs.
Bridges was the former Ella
Mae Willis, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Willis, C. W.
Bridges, her husband, is a retired
Early County farmer, and they
have two daughters, Mrs. James
C. Tollerson, Decatur, Ga., and
Mrs. Max Houston, Dallas,Texas,
and a son, Charles Bridges, 111,
Damascus. She received her
B. S> degree in Education from
the Georgia College, Milledge
ville.
Mrs. Tollerson and Charles
Bridges and their families along
with Mr. Bridges attended the
tea and farewell party for Mrs.
Bridges. Mrs. Houston, who
was not able to attend, sent her
mother a dozen red roses in
commemorating the occasion.
The beautifully appointed tea
table was overlaid with a lace
cloth over yellow. A Silver
Candelabra held tall white tapers
and an epergnette of yellow and
white carnations, mums, and
stock. Mrs. Hilton Hightower,
Jr., poured punch, assisted by
Miss Ellen Smith and Miss Verne
Dußose.
Approximately 75 teachers,
members of the family and
friends attended the tea honor
ing Mrs. Bridges.
ference on trial in 1951 and was
admitted to full connection in
1953. His former pastorates
Include Smithville, Richland, So
perton, Hamp Stevens in Colum
bus: Buena Vista, and White Bluff.
Savannah. He is a member of
the Conference Board of Evange
lism.
The Rev. Mr. Quillian suc
ceeds the Rev. Clark Pafford
who Is moving to the St. Marys
Methodist Church, St. Marys
Georgia, (lev. Quillian and his
family will arrive in Blakely on
June 13.
Reception
The ladies of tne W. G C. G
are giving a reception in honor
of the Rev. Quillian and his
family, Sunday afternoon between
the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. at the
First Methodist Church.
Everyone Is cordially invited
to go by and meet the new pastor
and his family.
Louie Ann Harris and Carol King
10th Grade - Rebecca Knighton,
Bill Warrick, Rita Spruill, Ann
White
9th Grade - Rex Howell, Bill
Stone
Bth Grade - Brenda Mulkey,
Gary Barrett, Vickie Still