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■ABLY COUNTY, GA.
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GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 110—NO. 5
CONSOLIDATED RETURNS, EARLY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, SEPT. 11, 1968
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U. S. Senate
Herman Talmadge 171 1546 155 94 155 213 87 207 118 167 93 3006
Maynard Jackson 27 381 53 51 13 86 46 39 3 5 3 3 24 788
For Clerk of Court
Norman Alexander 97 991 87 80 115 26 7 98 83 84 82 74 2058
Mrs. Bert Tarver 104 937 121 65 54 32 36 162 74 114 43 1742
For Sheriff
Ivey Chambers 5 125 32 8 20 13 9 40 18 82 5 358
7\ick Swann 84 838 & 36 61 210 77 157 90 54 48 1736
Oree Thompson 113 994 98 102 91 81 54 58 52 68 63 1774
For School Supt.
Lonnie Chester 173 1527 159 107 111 282 88 109 96 120 5 7 2829
Tony Williams 30 4 27 51 38 58 21 47 137 61 75 59 1004
For Coroner
Smokey Davis 44 851 102 53 114 147 35 91 89 99 59 1684
Casey Jones 157 1076 94 89 53 148 98 131 66 95 5 7 2064
Arlington-Damascus
G, C. Davis 168 767 73 59 31 22 76 109 92 67 64 1528
Donald McArthur 36 1099 125 73 133 280 50 114 60 112 51 2133
Blakely-Cuba
&vo . , nes 79 885 105 66 36 177 57 129 54 94 35 1717
UmuelTiner 109 1024 93 6 7 134 118 73 97 93 95 82 1985
Cedar Springs-Jakin
j o Evans 84 1056 92 79 114 55 96 87 H 3 I° 7 83 1966
£ G Williams 95 793 122 50 51 233 30 173 40 82 31 1700
Freeman-Lucille-Rock Hill
Guy White 131 716 77 39 59 67 100 106 103 91 47 1536
A. D. Wilkerson 64 1175 124 86 103 221 37 117 55 109 6 9 2160
Colomokee- Urquhart
H. O. Brown 38 523 53 14 41 24 36 65 ‘57 45 51 947
E. C. Durham 69 589 60 65 54 56 21 90 36 81 39 H6O
Jack Sammons 80 786 84 6 8 72 212 70 59 50 66 26 1573
Local Peanut Festival
Opens Here Sept. 23
The 1968 Early County Peanut
Festival and Fair opens here
Sept. 23 at the American Legion
Fair Grounds, according to Com
mander W. T, (Son) Jones.
Emory Durham is General
Chairman; Richard Brookins, co
chairman; Buck Radney, Waymon
Thomas and Ashley Temples are
members of the Fair Committee.
Brookins heads the gate com
mittee and on Tuesday night Sher
rod Sessions is in charge of
parking and Pete English is door
chairman for the Beauty Contest,
Jim Perkins and Mrs. Charles
Garrett are co-chairman of the
Little Miss Peanut Contest. Ed
ward Balkcom is chairman of
the Beauty Contest Tuesday night,
when the Queen of the Peanut
Festival and Fair will be named.
Miss Glenda Helmly and Larry
Taunton, Extension Service per
sonnel, are in charge of the com
munity booths and individual ex
hibits. Eleven community booths
are scheduled to be erected.
All exhibits are to be placed
in the Fair by 7 p.m. Monday,
September 23. Judging will be
from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday afternoon.
The Little Miss Peanut Contest
will be held Thursday night, Sep
tember 26, at die American
Legion Building.
Contestants are to register
at Gray Jewelry Co. Contestants
must be a resident of Early
County, attend an Early County
school or have grandparents who
are residents of this county. They
must be between the ages of
6 and 9 inclusive. The spon
soring fee for each contestant
is $2.50; any business or indivi
dual may be a sponsor.
DANCE
V.F.W.
Sat. Nite, Sept 21
9:00 P. M. Till I I
Music By
John Still And
The Casuals
Couples Only
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Deadline for entry will be as
soon as thirty contestants are
registered or Monday noon, Sep
tember 23, whichever occurs
first. Contestants will wear
Sunday type dresses. Out-of
town judges will be used. Loving
cups will be awarded the Queen,
Ist and 2nd runners-up; all con
testants will receive an engraved
momento.
Contestants in the American
Legion Early County Fair Beauty
Pageant and their sponsors are:
Janie Bryan, Early County High
School; Sue Johnston, Early
County FFA; Jackie Colson,
Early County FHA; Margaret Du-
Bose, First State Bank; Jane
Collier, Damascus Peanut Co.;
Louie Ann Harris, Collins Tom’s
Products; Rebecca Knighton, The
Shop; Sue Glass, Houston Appli
ance Co.; Carol McNeal, Blakely
Lions Club; Jeanie Temples,
Early County FBLA; Ann Daugh
try, Southeastern Office Supply;
Janis Kidd, B. Herring; Patricia
Bridges, Piggly Wiggly; Lisa
Jordan, Holman Tractor Co.;
Joy Grimsley, Boyett's Dept.
Store; Candie Clifton, Farmer's
Gin and Warehouse Co.; Dianne
Jones, Blakely Rotary Club; Ann
White, Fryer’s Pharmacy; Di
anne Jarrett, Junior Foods;
Donna Fetner, Blakely Peanut
Co.; Debbie Day, Blakely Farm
Store; Ginnie Manry, Linda’s
Flower Shop; Debbie Davis,
Bank of Early; Kathy Glover,
A-l Standard Oil Station; Dyanne
Lewis, Greenbrier Floral Co.;
Jeannie Clinkscales, Puckett
Bros.; Theresa Moore, DCT
Club; Margaret Jenkins, Ameri
can Legion; Nan Johnson, Colony
House Furniture Co.; Martha Du-
Bose, Georgia Furniture Co.
Mrs. Thompson
Died In Houston
Mrs. Myrtle Mae Blackburn
Thompson, 86, former resident
of this county, and widow of
Victor Hugo Thompson, died in
Baptist Memorial Hospital,
Houston, Texas, Monday morn
ing. Mrs. Thompson resided
in Houston.
Funeral services were held in
Houston at the George H. Lewis
Funeral Home Wednesday after
noon.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. Luther Robinson, Houston,
Mrs. Bob Miller, Alaska; three
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Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
"'Constitution Week"
September 17-23
Constitution Week, will be ob
served in Blakely, September 17-
23 by proclamation of Mayor Hugh
Redding. The observance of Con
stitution Week is sponsored by
the Peter Early Chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution.
Charlotte Grist, a junior mem
ber of the local DAR, is Con
stitution Week Chairman. Pos
ters have been placed in the
schools, banks, libraries and de
partment store calling attention
to this observance.
Charlotte has contacted the
churches, asking their coopera
tion in "pointing out the im
portance of this great document
and the importance of citizens
of the United States being famili
ar with its text.” The Constitu
tion is a written document, the
words of which cannot be chang
ed except by the process of a
mendment as described in its
Articles V; but the meaning of
the words is not always the same
to those in authority, and often
the interpretation causes contro
versy.
On January 5, 1956, Senator
William F. Knowland introduced
the following Senate Resolution
Former Native;
Daughter Killed
In Roof Cave-In
A native of Early County, Mrs.
Flossie Martin Maurici-Lino, 53,
and her daughter, Miss Sylvia
Maurici-Lino, 20, of Tampa,
Florida were killed Instantly Fri
day, September 13 when the roof
of the dry cleaning plant, owned
by the family, collapsed under
the weight of another building.
Authorities in Tampa said wa
ter from heavy rains had col
lected on the roof of the two
story Masonic Lodge next door
to the dry cleaning establish
ment. Two other persons, in
the back of the plant, were in
jured, one was the owner, Joe
Maurici-Lino, who was serious
ly cut about the head, but was
released from the hospital Sun
day and attended the funeral Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. Maurlcl-Llno was a grad
uate of Hilton High School, Hil
ton, Ga., and was a registered
nurse, she had resided In Tam
pa over twenty years.
Sylvia was engaged to be mar
ried, October 12 and had a brl
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BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1968
105: "Resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of
the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the
President of the United States
is authorized and requested to
ctesignate the period beginning
September 17 and ending Septem
ber 23 of each year as Consti
tution Week, and to issue annual
ly a proclamation inviting the
people of the United States to
observe such week in school,
churches and other suitable
places with appropriate cere
monies and activities." This
resolution was adopted July 23,
1956, and signed into law (Public
Law No. 915) August 2, 1956.
Charlotte, as Constitution
Chairman will be in charge of
the program at the September
meeting of the Peter Early Chap
ter, DAR, on Thursday, Septem
ber 19. Besides publicity through
newspapers, she has arranged for
radio announcements overWBBK
and has had the assistance of
Mrs. C. E. Boyett, Jr., Regent
of the local DAR, in planning
Constitution Week in Blakely and
Early County and in making the
posters which have been placed
in prominent places in the city.
Mrs. P. C. Harrell
Funeral Rites
Held Past Week
Mrs. Mattie Jenkins Harrell,
route 1, Blakely, a life time
resident and native of Early
County died in Early Memorial
Hospital Wednesday afternoon of
the past week following a lengthy
illness. She was the wife of the
late Presley Cummings Harrell.
Born in Early County, Nov. 1,
1891, she was 76 years of age,
the daughter of the late Lewis
Wingate Jenkins and Jennie Lou
Bates Jenkins. She was a mem
ber of the Enterprise Freewill
Baptist Church, where funeral
services were conducted by the
Rev. Coy Watson and the Rev.
Mr. Moody, last Thursday after
noon. Interment followed in the
church cemetery, Manry-Minter
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Pall bearers were
C. W. Shlerling, J. E. Cox, Roy
Tedder, Edsel Goff, Murrill
Kenny, Sambo Avirett.
Survivors are four sons,
Brantley Harrell, Sasser; Wel
born Harrell, Macon; Jessie Har
rell, Warner Robins; Horace
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SURPRISING TURNOVERS
SEEN IN LOCAL PRIMARY
Some mild surprises and some
real shockers resulted in the
Sept. 11 primary held last week,
when approximately 3,900 voters
from a list of 6,000 went to the
polls.
Veteran Clerk of Courts, Mrs.
Bert Tarver, was defeated by
Norman Alexander. Alexander
received 2,058 votes and Mrs.
Tarver 1,742.
Voters swept incumbent School
Supt. Lonnie Chester back into
office giving him a landslide
victory over Tony Williams by a
vote of 2,829 to 1,004.
In a 3-man race for sheriff
Oree Thompson, a newcomer to
politics, led the field with 1,774
votes, to 1736 for Sheriff Swann
and 358 for Ivey Chambers, Early
County farmer and farm imple
ment dealer. Swann and Thomp
son go to the polls again on Sep
tember 25 in a run-off Demo
cratic primary.
The entire board of commis
sioners, with the exception of one,
was defeated. Donald McArthur
won over Buddy Davis in the
Arlington-Damascus district,
polling 2,133 to 1,528 for Davis.
J. O. Evans out polled Chalker
Williams 1,966 to 1,700 for the
commission post from the Ce
dar-Springs-Jakin district. Guy
White, Freeman-Lucile-Rock
Hill district, lost to A. D. Wil
kerson, 1,536 to 2,160. Sevola
Jones, Blakely-Cuba district,
was upset by Lemuel Tiner 1,985
to 1,717. Emory Durham, com
missioner from the Golomokee-
Urquhart district, is faced with a
run-over on September 25 by Jack
Sammons who led a field of three
candidates. Sammons garnered
1,573 votes, Durham 1,160, and
the third candidate, Harvey
Brown 947.
Voters returned Coroner
Casey Jones to office, giving him
2,064 votes and his opponent,
Smoky Davis 1,684.
The following returned to office
without opposition: Ordinary
Roscoe Hodges, who received
3,350 votes: Tax Commissioner
Willie Jim Hammack, 3,427;
Treasurer Earl (Tige) Pickle,
3,449; Judge Philip Sheffield,
3,446; Solicitor Lowrey S. Stone,
3,399; Survey Grady Holman, Jr.,
3,334. Representative Mobley
Sgt. Williams
Funeral Set For
Thurs., 3:30 P. M.
Sgt. John Tony Williams, who
drowned in the Imjlm River in
Korea, where he was serving
with the United States Army,
will be burled here in the Blakely
cemetery Thursday afternoon
with full military honors.
Sgt. Williams, 23, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wil
liams, of this county, lost his
life on August 31. He had been
in the service of his country for
six years. He was bom August
22, 1945, and had spent all of his
life here except the time spent
in service. He attended Blakely
High School. Funeral services
will be held in the Colomokee
Baptist Church at 3:30 this after
noon (Thursday), conducted by
the Rev. J. L Loper and the Rev.
A. H. Lanier, and burial will
follow in the Blakely cemetery,
Manry-Minter Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Pall
bearers will be Bobby Creel,
Jerry Creel, Walter Frank Bax
ley, Oree Baxley, Jimmy Stevens,
Jimmy Love.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, are three brothers, Sgt.
Rodney Williams, Vietnam; SPC
-4 Ralph J. Williams, Okinawa;
Perry Williams, Blakely; one
half-sister, Mrs. Thurman Jen
kins, Blakely.
DID YOU KNOW ...
During 1967 a robbery was
committed every 2 1/2 minutes,
says the FBL
Thailand has never been under
the rule of an European power.
University of Texas is at Aus
tin.
Howell, no opponent, polled 3,444
votes in Early County. He repre
sents the 60th District, compris
ing Early, Clay and Quitman
Counties. Second District Con
gressman Maston O’Neal re
ceived 3,364 and State Senator
Julian Webb 3,333. Neither of
these had opponents.
The defeat of Mrs. Tarver
for the Clerk of Courts position
ended one of the longest politi
cal careers in the history of
Early County. The late Bert
Tarver took office for the first
time in 1937 and served until
his untimely death in September
1962. His wife, Mrs. Tarver,
was appointed to serve until an
election could be held for the
unexpired term. She ran for the
two years and 3 months term
without opposition. Then in the
regular primary held in Decem
ber of 1963 she defeated Mr.
Alexander. There was a flavor
of romance in Mr. and Mrs.
Tarver’s political career. She,
the former Miss Pauline Eu
banks, went to work as deputy
clerk when Mr. Tarver took of
five in 1937. They fell in love
and were married soon after
wards, and their life together
had been one which friends like
to point with pride and joy. When
Mrs. Tarver leaves office, she
and her late husband’s time in
office will be 32 years, longer
than any other in Early
County’s history. Sie and her
husband ran the office with ef
ficiency, correctness and cour
tesy. Attorneys and business
people from throughout this area,
who had business to transact
and who practiced law in the
Early County courts, have stated
on many occasions it was one of
the best operated clerk’s offices
in the state.
Mrs. Tarver was defeated by
a most worthy opponent. Nor
man Alexander is a native and
life-time resident of Early
County and comes from one of
the oldest and most respected
families. He is a former school
teacher, a veteran of World War
IL and a Sunday School teacher,
and he is married to the former
Miss Ann Collier, of Damascus,
and they have three children,
Angeline, Clink and Jeff.
Run-Off Election
To Be Held
Next Wednesday
Early County’s first runoff
Democratic primary takes place
next Wednesday, September 25.
Only two races are undecided.
In the race for sheriff, Sheriff
Tuck Swann and Oree Thompson,
former automobile dealer, vie
for this post. In last week’s
primary, Ivey Chambers, the
third candidate for sheriff re
ceived 358 votes, preventing
either candidate from receiving
a majority. Thompson led the
field with 1,774 votes to Swann’s
1,736.
Commissioner Emory Dur
ham, of the Colomokee-Urquhart
district, faces Jack Sammons,
manager of the bus station here,
in a runoff. Sammons got more
votes in a three way race in last
week’s primary, but failed to re
ceive a majority. He received
1,573 votes, Durham 1,160 and
the third candidate, Harvey
Brown 947.
The polls will be open in all
precincts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee which sets the ruls and
regulations requests all candi
dates to refrain from soliciting
votes, are premittlng their sup
ports to do so, within 150 feet of
the voting places.
Approximately four-fifths of
the telephones In the U.S, are
operated by the Bell System of
the American Telephone and
Telegraph Co., but 12.5 million
are maintained by 2,800 Inde
pendent companies.
Joe Cronin was so versatile
he could play most any position
on the baseball diamond.
BOBCATS OVERPOWERED
BY PIRATES, 29-7
Coach Frank King’s Early
County Bobcats found themselves
out-weighed, out-experienced
and out-classed here last Friday
night when the big red from Miller
County came to town and slapped
a 29-7 licking on the Blakely
eleven.
The Pirate victory ended a
long dry spell for the men from
Miller. Not since 1954 the year
Frank Buckner came to Blakely
as head coach have the Pirates
tasted victory. They beat the
Bobcats that year 14-0 and
managed a 7-7 tie in 1960. The
two teams did not meet in
1958-59. Until Friday night,
the Bobcats from Blakely had
won the last seven in a row.
Wayne Proffitt, a former as
sistant at Blakely, is head man at
Miller, and the exAuburn back,
appears to be loaded and have
the horses to take it all in 1-B
West.
To the eternal credit of Coach
King’s Bobcats, who are little,
inexperienced and crippled, they!
gave it all they had, and a team
with less courage and grit would
have been beaten much worse.
Behind 22-0 at z the half, they
came back in the third quarter
"Player Os The Week and Bad Cat”
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Randall Wiliams
Randall Williams was named
Player-of-the-Week and Stanley
Holly the Bad Cat, a term used
for the most aggressive player,
in the Early-Miller County game
here Friday. Both players were
chosen by the coaching staff at
Early County High School.
Williams, a 124 pound sopho
more, caught six passes for 76
yards and scored one touchdown,
although he played only a few
minutes of defense, he was
credited with five individual tack-
Rescue Unit
To Hold Second
Ist Aid Class
The Early County Rescue Unit
began training the past Thursday
night with the first of five First
Aid Classes. At the end of
the classes the members will
have received ten hours of in
struction. This Instruction will
qualify them for a "Standard
First Aid” card from the Red
Cross.
Other progress being made
by the Rescue Unit includes be
ing incorporated, planning
money-raising projects, and ac
quiring a vehicle. The members
of this unit are putting forth
time and effort which needs sup
port from the entire county.
To help the Unit the members
are paying annual dues and buy
ing their own uniforms.
Any money donated to or raised
by the Rescue Unit will be used
only to buy supplies and equip
ment. The cash requirement
for equipment alone is estimated
to be nearly S2OOO.
The next meeting will be
Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7;30 p.m.
in the Early County High School
Ag. Building. Two hours of first
aid will be taught and a Board of
Directors elected.
PULL FOB BLAKELY
— OR —
PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
and carried the battle to the
Pirates. Quarterback Franklin
Arnold unlimbered his strong
arm and found Randall Williams
on three strikes of 10 yards,
33 and a 6 yard touchdown pass.
Arnold booted the extra point.
Miller has a fine field general
in Ronnie McNease and an array
of backs—Mike Layton, Carroll
Middleton, Danny Shepard, Mic
key Womble and Joe Sloan.
McNease passed for 198 yards
and the backs got 219 rushing.
Mike Layton tallied three times
for the Pirates, Carroll Mid
dleton got one. Jerry McNease
kicked three extra points, and
a safety accounted for the other
two points.
Friday night the Bobcats travel
to Dawson to battle the Terrell
Green Vive. Terrell lost to
Seminole last Friday night 20-6.
THE STATISTICS
MILLER EARLY
23 First Downs 5
219 Yards Rushing 3
198 Yards passing 96
43 Passes Attempted 24
25 Passes Completed 11
1 Fumbles Lost 0
0 Punting 3-38
75 Penalties 56
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Stanley Holly
les. He is the son of Mrs. M.R.
Williams and the late Mr. Wil
liams of Blakely.
Stanley Holly, a 118 pound
sophomore, was dubbed the "Bad
Cat". For the second Week in a
row as safety man, he was an
outstanding defender and credited
with twelve individual tackles,
many of these coming when he
was the last player that had a
chance to tackle the Miller County
runner. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Byron Holly.
Ga. Game, Fish
Director To Speak
To Rotary Friday
George T. Bagby, a native of
Dallas, Ga., will speak to the
Blakely Rotary Club on Friday,
Sept. 20. Mr. Bagby, who now
heads the State Game and Fish
Commission, is widely known
in political circles in Georgia.
He served for 15 years in the
Georgia House of Represen
tatives, and was Speaker Pro-
Tem during the administration
of Gov. Ernest Vandiver.
Director Bagby was an agent
and later Director of the Geor
gia Bureau of Investigation.
France has tested her first
hydrogen bomb.
NOTICE
Anyone eligible to receive an
absentee ballot wishing to vote
in the runoff election for Sieriff
between "Tuck Swann and Oree
Thompson and County Commis
sioner for Colomokee-Urquhart
district between Emory C. EXir
ham and Jack Sammons, may
apply with Chief Registrar C.M.
Dunning or Deputy Registrar Wil
lie Jim Hammack at the Tax
Commissioner’s office.