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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD'S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 109—N0.45
LION OFFICERS INSTALLED
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1968-69 Lions Club Officers are pictured (left to right) Standing: Edsel Bryan, Ist. vice
president; Lonnie Chester, 3rd vice president; Stanley Houston Seated: Warren Cleveland,
president and Marshall Day, Secretary-treasurer.
Blakely Lions Club members
completed another year of Lion
ism, observing the event with a
gala ladies’ night dinner and
dance at the Town & Country
Club the past Friday night.
Three teen-age girls, known
as "The Melody Three’’, from
Baker County, entertained with a
program of songs. The talented
young ladies are Carol Hay,
Gloria Swann and Mary Nell
Lanier, and they already have
several popular recordings to
their credit Their director
is Mrs. Earl Jones, of Newton,
who also serves as accompanist.
Mrs. Jones also sang a solo,
"The Impossible Dream ’’ Lion
Stanley Houston was program
chairman and introduced the
group.
President Vince Hilliard pre
sided over the meeting and gave
the welcome- The response was
given by Lioness Betty Day. Dis
trict Gov Gordon Culpepper, of
Sylvester, installed the new of
ficers in a brief ceremony. These
are Warren Cleveland, president;
Edsel Bryan, Ist vice president;
Stanley Houston, 2nd vice presi-
Mrs. L Trawick
Dies In Bartow,
Fla., Hospital
Mrs. Adele Beatty Trawick,
52, widow of Lonie Trawick, died
early Monday morning in a Bar
tow, Fla , hospital following a
long illness. Mrs. Trawick, a
former resident of Early County,
had lived in Lake Wales, Fla.,
since 1954 She was a member
of White Plains Free Will Bap
tist Church in Early County.
A daughter of Mrs Clem J.
Beatty and the late Mr. Beatty,
she was born in Early County
July 16, 1915. Funeral services
were held Wednesday in the White
Plains Church, the Rev A. H.
Lanier and the Rev. Jim Loyless
officiating Interment followed
in the church cemetery, Bryan
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Pall bearers were
J. C. Houston, Garland Middle
ton, Dr. Don Bush, Edward Balk
com, Martin Murkerson.
Survivors are her mother, two
sons, James Ray Trawick, Ft.
Meade, Md., Ronnie Trawick,
Ft- Myers, Fla.; three daughters,
Mrs. W. E. Short, Auburndale,
Fla., Mrs Carlton Herndon, Ft.
Rucker, Ala-, Mrs. Mackie Wil
liams, Flagstaff, Ariz-; one sis
ter, Mrs. Bill Hobby of Blakely.
CofCTo“
Elect Officers
The Board of Directors of the
Blakely-Early County Chamber
of Commerce will elect officers
for the 1968-69 Chamber year at
the June meeting of the Board of
Directors. The meeting will be
heid Friday evening, June 28,
8 p.m , at The Town and Country
Club In Blakely-
All directors are urged to
attend.
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Shown above is Gordan Culpepper, District Governor of the
Lions Club, as he observes out-going president Vince Hilliard
(right) present the gavel to the new Lion President Warren
Cleveland (left).
dent; Lonnie Chester, 3rd vice
president: Marshall Day, secre
tary-treasurer; Frank Gilbert,
Jr., Tailtwister; Joe Cannon,
Liontamer; Charles Roberts,
Roscoe Hodges, C. M. Dunning,
Lysle McNeal, board of direc-
J. B. Stokes
Funeral Services
Held Past Thurs.
John B. Stokes, 86, a resi
dent of Blakely for 66 years,
and a well-known retired build
ing contractor, died on Wednes
day morning of the past week
in the local Convalescent Home
following a lengthy illness.
A native of Liberty County,
Fla., where he was born Feb
13, 1882, he had lived in Blak
ely since a young man, and en
gaged in the building of homes
and commercial structures.
Some of the finesthomes in Blak
ely were built under his super
vision He was of the old school,
believing in a "a day’s work for
a day’s pay”, and took great pride
in his workmanship. He was
a member of the First Metho
dist Church of Blakely
Final rites for Mr. Stokes
were held the past Thursday
afternoon in the chapel of Manry-
Minter Funeral Home, the Rev.
John Quillian, First Methodist
pastor officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the Blakely cemetery.
Pall bearers were W. P. Smith,
Arthur Chapman, J. T. Jordan,
Sherman Hester, Bill Sanders,
Woodrow Houston.
Survivors are two sons, Ches
ter Stokes, Blakely; Myles
Stokes, Tampa, Fla.; one daugh
ter, Mrs. T. & Chandler, Blakely;
three grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren; one half
sister, Mrs Effie Knott, Blakely;
four half-brothers, Frank Stokes,
BJakely; Henry Stokes, Durbon,
W, Va.; Bailey Stokes, River
Junction, Fla.; Mitchum Stokes,
Bristol, Fla.
Canada estimates tnere are
more deer in the country now
than when the first settlers ar
rived.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
tors.
Governor Culpepper presented
a special plaque to Lion Woodrow
Houston, editor of the Lions bul
letin. It was adjudged the best in
District 18-C at the State Con
vention recently held in Atlanta.
J. W. Thurman,
City Employee,
Dies Suddenly
James Wilburn Thurman, 41,
well known and respected Blakely
citizen, and an employee of the
City of Blakely Electrical De
partment, died suddenly Tuesday
afternoon, a few minutes after
being admitted to Early Memo
rial Hospital. Death was attri
buted to an apparent heart attack.
Mr. Thurman, an electrical
department foreman, with the
City of Blakely, resided in Blak
ely at 114 County Street, moving
here 12 years ago from Donal
sonville- He was a native of
Panama City where he was born
January 5, 1927. Mr. Thurman
was a member of the First Bap
tist Church of Blakely, the P.H.
Fitzgerald Post of the American
Legion, was a Mason anda mem
ber of the Order of Eastern Star
and had served as patron of the
local chapter. He had many
friends in this area who were
grieved to learn of his sudden
and untimely passing. Time and
place of the funeral service will
be announced by Manry-Minter
Funeral Home, and interment
will be in Donalsonville's Friend
ship cemetery.
Survivors, include the widow,
Mrs- Doris Ingram Thurman,
a son and daughter, Jimmy and
Jan Thurman, all of Blakely; his
father and step-mother, Mr. and
Mrs John Thurman, Talla
hassee; two brothers, John Thur
man, Tallahassee; Philip Thur
man, Muncie, Ind.; half-brother,
Mitchell Thurman, Jacksonville,
Fla
Trading stamps gum up many
a family budget.
The compass was invented in
China.
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 27,1968
LOWER VALLEY PLANNING
COM. MET JUNE 18
An entirely new conception of
Health Care was presented to the
Lower Chattahoochee Valley
Area Planning and Development
Commission here Thursday night
at the monthly meeting, held at
the Town and Country Club, Blak
ely, when W. Brooks Martin,
Executive vice president of
Health Consultants International
and Director of the Delta Planning
Corporation outlined a program
for improved health environment,
which could be the design for a
step-by-step effort by communi
ties in this area to improve
at the local level, their own
level of health.
"Ninety-seven cents out of
every dollar appropriated by
Congress goes for treatment of
disease or injury with only three
percent for prevention. There
are more deaths from farm ac
cidents than traffic in this area,
santitation is a problem for the
people in the most modern, ex
clusive homes of the city if a
city dump, within a mile or more,
breeds rats which infest the a
rea; what good is the most ef
ficient, modern hospital if the
Injured bleed to death enroute
from the scene of the accident 7’
the speaker asked. ,r We are
working for a program that can
be utilized by all people.”
The commission asked the staff
members to make a study to
determine the feasibility of Com
prehensive Health Planning and
if the commission should pur
sue this program to be report
ed on at the July meeting.
Executive Director Richard
Allen reported on the population
studies In all seven counties.
Early, Muscogee and Stewart
Counties have been completed;
Randolph is nearing completion
and Quitman, Clay and Chatta
hoochee are being compiled.
Planning Guidelines for 1968,
by staff members, will be pre
sented at the Board of Direc
tors meeting in July. Brochures
for Chattahoochee, Randolph,
Early, Clay, Stewart and Quit
man are expected to be ready
by the August meeting.
The commission voted to parti
cipate in a project being sponsor
ed by the Georgia Municipal As
sociation, The Economic Deve
lopment Association and the
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John Holman (left), Representative of Early County on Board
of Directors, Richard Allen, Ex-director and Alton Fendley
(right), chairman of the Board are pictured as they discuss
the budget at the regular monthly meeting of the Lower Chatta
hoochee Valley Area Planning and Development Commission
G. W. Swords
Dies In Dothan
Hospital, June 23
George William Swords, 85,
died Sunday night in a Dothan
hospital following a lengthy Ill
ness
Mr. Swords had resided with
a son, Luna Swords, of Blakely,
for a few months previous to
being admitted the hospital in
Dothan. He was a native of
Early County and spent most
of his life in Arlington, Ga ,
he had spent the past seven
years In Houston County, Ala.,
before moving to Blakely to re
side with his son. He was a
retired farmer
Funeral services were held
Southern Regional Education
Board for summer interns to
collect data from cities and
counties of the seven counties,
which will be available for all
future projects undertaken by
the commission.
Once the data has been gather
ed, it will be processed by com
puters of the Georgia Municipal
Association Center in Atlanta
and will then be available for all
projects undertaken by the com
mission, as well as GMA’s pro
gram for helping cities through
out the state. The budget for this
program will be $105,140; of this
amount EDA is paying $53,788;
GM A, $12,500; and So Region
Education Board, $9,452. The
board of directors for each APDC
has been asked to contribute
$12,000 which will be a mini
mum cost for the information
received by the commission
which needs this information in
accomplishing the various stu
dies and projects undertaken.
A $69,426.39 budget was a
dopted by the directors (July
1, 1968 - June 30, 1969) with
the participating cities and coun
ties furnishing $16,753.10; the
State of Georgia, $31,753.10; and
a bank balance of $20,920.39.
The salaries, $41,464.92; pay
roll taxes, $2,000; and staff mile
age, $5,000; making a total of
$48,464.92. Directors meetings
and annual Area meeting - sl,
380. Dues, publications, sub
scriptions and annual audit -
$450; and office supplies (includ
ing rent, telephone, supplies,
printing, insurance and fidelity
bond) $18,792.50, are among the
expenses listed.
John Holman, member of the
Board of Directors from Early
County, the host county, Intro
duced the Chairman of the Early
County Board of Commissioners,
G. C. Davis and Mayor Hugh
Redding, Mayor of Blakely, who
in turn presented the members
of the County Commission and the
City Councilmen, attending. Mr.
Holman extended a welcome to
all attending. Alton Fendley,
of Bluffton, Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Lower
Chattahoochee Valley Area Plan
ning and Development Commis
sion, presided at the supper
meeting, which was attended by
approximately forty.
Tuesday at 2 p.m at Ward-
W'ilson Funeral Home chapel in
Dothan, with the Rev. George
Edens, pastor of the Ashford
Baptist Church officiating.
Burial was in the Arlington, Ga.,
city cemetery.
Survivors include three sons,
Willis and T. D. Swords, Ash
ford; and Luna Swords, Blakely;
two daughters, Mrs. Louise Prid
gen, Port St. Joe, Fla., and Mrs-
Emily Gromly, San Antonio, Tex.;
a brother, J. R. Swords, Pana
ma City: 13 grandchildren and
15 great grandchildren.
The office of Economic Op
portunity anounced SII,OOO
emergency food and medical ser
vices grant to Lower Chattahoo
chee Community. Action Agency,
Inc , Columbus, to serve Early
County and an estimated 6,000
persons for 6 months.
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Girls State (seated) from left - Martha Dußose, Carole King, Sue Glass, Sue Johnston, (standing)
Janie Bryan, Patricia Bridges, Jane Collier, Carol McNeal and Mrs W. H. Cleveland.
Honor guests at the American
Legion supper Tuesday night
were 1968 delegates to Boy’s
and Girl’s State and recipients
of the American Legion Scholar
ship fund.
Mrs Warren Cleveland,
Chairman of the Girl’s State
Committee of the Auxiliary and
Tom Morgan, Chairman of Boy’s
State Committee of the American
Legion, introduced delegates,
respectively. Mrs. Cleveland
commended the sponsors and
parents for their interest in
sending the 8 delegates to Girl’s
State.
Those attending were: Carole
King, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
J. B. King; Margaret Dußose,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liard Dußose; Jane Collier,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Collier; Sue Glass, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Glass;
Patricia Bridges, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Perry L. Bridges;
Janie Bryan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Bryan; and Carol
McNeal, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Lysle McNeal They gave
an interesting account of the
activities of Girl's State
The girls told of taking an
active part and receiving in
struction on city, county, and
state government. The inspira
tion received from counselors,
directors and girls themselves
and the friendliness that pre
vailed throughout the week
They felt that because they
would soon become the voters
in city, county, state and national
elections, they should learn to
exercise the rights as citizens.
Hlghpoints of the week were a
talk by Ben Fortson, Secretary
of State, and the Inaugural ban
quet for the Governor held on
Friday night Carol King was
elected State representative; Sue
Johnston, Counselman and State
Senator: Margaret Dußose,
Counselor and State Represen
tative; Sue Glass, State Senator;
Patricia Bridges, Solicitor Gene
ral; and Janie Bryan, County
Commissioner.
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Donald Hayes and Rhonda Bush (center) receive $250 scholar
ships each from Commander Emory Durham and Mrs Evelyn
Collier.
The boys who attended Boy’s
State were: Hal Dunaway, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Dunaway:
Danny Westbrook, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hunt Westbrook; John
Brown, son of Mr and Mrs.
J. A. Brown; Franklin Arnold,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Arnold;
Larry Murkerson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Murkerson; Larry
Hollington, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward E. Hollington; Tommy
Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Hall; and Jacel Evans, son of
Mrs. John W. Evans.
Tie highlights of the week
for delegates to Boy’s State
wt .rip to the capital where
they held a joint session of the
General Assembly. It was here
that they heard many fine speak
ers: Governor Lester Maddox;
Lieutenant Governor George T.
Smith; and Secretary of State,
Ben Fortson
Danny Westbrook was elected
Secretary of the Senate.
Mrs. Evelyn Collier present
ed the American Legion Scholar
ship to Rhonda Bush and Com
mander Emory Durham pre
sented a scholarship to Donald
Hayes. Commander Emory Dur
ham was Master of Ceremonies
for the program and commended
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the cook committee, headed by
Son Jones, and the decorations
committee, headed by Mrs W.H.
Fleming and members of the
Auxiliary.
Representatives of the spon
sors, the City of Blakely, the
County Commissioners, the
County Commissioners, the Bank
of Early, First State Bank, OES,
Farmers Gin and Warehouse,
Blakely Peanut Co , PTA, were
present at the dinner and many
expressed their gratitude for
being able to co-sponsor this
worthy endeavor.
Parents of the delegates were
recognized by Mrs Cleveland
and Mr. Morgan.
Drug store sign: “Try our
cough syrup — you’ll never get
any better.”
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