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EARLY COUNTY. GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 110—NO. 30
County Commissioners And Officials
Hold Call Meeting Jan. 1
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Early County Board of Commissioners and officials are left to right (seated) Lemuel Tiner,
A. D, Wilkerson, Chairman; W. L. Stone, County Attorney; (standing) Jack Sammons, Donald
McArthur, Norman Alexander, Clerk of the Court and J. O. Evans.
The new county board of com
missioners held its first, and a
special, meeting on Wednesday,
January 1, 1969, for the purpose
of organization and electing em
ployees for the year 1969.
First order of business was
the election of a chairman. In
a surprise move and a split
vote. A. D. Wilkerson was elect
ed to this post. The meeting
was held in the office of another
new officer. Clerk Norman Alex
ander. All members of the
board are new in their posts,
Jurors Drawn
To Serve
The Grand Jury, January
Term(January 20th, 1969), Early
Superior Court are as follows:
William Turner Hendry, Jr.,
Phillip Moore, Russell Hudson,
Boyce Raines, E. W. Yarnell,
Vince L. Hilliard, W, H. Wright,
C. R. Sheffield, Ralph Ellis, Em
mett Smith, C. W. Vines, W. H.
Haddock, John C. Holman, John
Harper, Sam Clinkscales, E. L.
Lewis, Jr., Ben White, L M.
Cooper, Joe Owen, Paul Smith,
Bernard Herring. H.A. Felder,
Jr., Robert W, Collier, C. B.
Smith, Wayne Trawick, Harvey
Woolf, Jr., Edward Morton, C.
E. Middleton, Bob Jordan, T. G.
Pace, R. C. Chancey, D. T.
Pickren, W. F. Underwood, W.A.
Cannon, C. C. Middleton, C.E.
Martin, Jr., L. A. Pitts, W, J.
Collier, Roy Arnold, Hoyle Mc-
Lendon.
Traverse Jury, Early Superior
Court, January Term, 1969
First Week, January 22nd 1969
Tommy Parrish, L. E. McNeal,
L A. Walton, Jr., James Wiley,
LM. Warren, T. H. Sirmons, Jack
B. Sammons, Byron Blackburn,
James M. Kitchens, J. Frank
Fuller, Mrs. W. B. Martin, J.T.
Jordan, E. L. McLendon, Hans
ford Cleveland, Homer White,
Sam Hicks, Gerald Fincher, Tho
mas G. Jenkins, H. T. Jones,
H. L. Martin, Verna Floyd Sam
mons, Joel L. Wiley, J. B. Mc-
Mullen, M, H« Rupe, Gordon B.
Houston, Bobby Holmes, J. P.
Lane, Larry Barbree, Charlie
Williford, Otis Johnson, Shelton
Bruner, R, R. King. Billy New
berry, S. G. Maddox, Sr., May
nard Mock, Grady George, Jr.
Traverse Jury, Early Superior
Court, January Term, 1969
Second Week, January 27th 1969
W. W, Watson (CS), James C.
Grimes, John H. Williams, Jr.,
Ralph Jenkins, H. A. Alston,
Coy Watson, R. E. Hamm, James
C. Temples, K. J. Hodges, Billy
Joe-Jordan, Floyd Tedder, P. A.
Pitts, John H. Perry, William
Sprague, Bobby Tiner, Tony Wil
liams, Preston T. Fulmer, Bar
ney Joe Glass, David Gilbert,
Charts Fetner, M. H. Bundy,
Homer R. Johnson, B. F. Rit-
®arly (Connig
except Donald McArthur, who
served a previous term 1961-64.
The other commissioners.
Chairman Wilkerson, J. O.
Evans, Jack Sammons and Lem
uel Tiner are first-time officer
holders.
Other employees and depart
ment heads elected were as fol
lows: W. L. and L. S. Stone,
county attorney; Edwin Swann,
road superintendent; Dr. J. G.
Standifer, physician; Judson Coo
per, county agent; Larry Taun
ton, assistant agent; Miss Glenda
Modern Electric
Opens Here
This Week
Modern Electric of Georgia,
a recent new business located
at 117 S, Main Street, will be
under the management of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Herman.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman and
son came to Blakely in 1966
from Jacksonville, Fla., with
Babcock & Wilcox Company.
Mr. Herman was formerly as
sociated with Modern Electric
of Florida for 12 years first
serving as an apprentice elec
trician for five years then be
coming a field superintendent
until his coming to Blakely. From
April until October of 1968, he
served as Asst. Project Mana
ger for B & W Co., at Free
port, Grand Bahama Islands on
the first steam plant for Free
port Power Co. His wife, Marian,
is formerly of Charlotte,
Michigan.
The Hermans have one son,
Steve Emigholz, who is a senior
at Early County High School.
The Company which will carry
a wide variety of light fixtures
and do electrical contracting is
one Blakely can be proud to
welcome.
Tax Office
Records Show
Tag Sales Brisk
Tax Commissioner W. J.
Hammack says records at his
office in the Courthouse show a
brisk business for 1969 Georgia
tags.
In three and a half days over
four hundred tags have been sold.
The deadline is April 1, 1969.
Tax Commissioner Hammack
urges Early Countians to buy
early and avoid the last minute
rush.
chie, John L. Still, Max M. Hol
man, J. L. Jones, Jack Messer,
W. R. Lane, R. B. Smith, Robert
R. McLendon, Melvin C. Mulkey,
James D. Brookins, Ray Baxley,
Mrs. Lucile Timmons, S. J.
Clinkscales, James H. Dußose.
The nine-banded armadillo is
one of North America’s most
amazing mammals.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Helmly, home economist; Mrs.
Lois Cannon, secretary to same
office; Perry L. Bridges, sani
tarian; Mrs. Ann Smith, public
health nurse; Mrs. Annette Chap
man, health office clerk; Col.
C. E. McEntyre, tax evaluator;
Mrs. Carolyn P. Smith, clerk in
evaluator’s office; Earl Lindsey,
buildings caretaker.
The commissioners authored a
resolution requesting employees
when making purchases for
county purposes to make them
locally whenever feasible.
Lions To Hear
School Board
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Jack Knox Acree
The Executive Secretary of
the Georgia School Boards As
sociation, Jack Acree of Atlanta,
will be the guest speaker at the
Blakely Lions Club here Tues
day, January 14, according to
Supt. of Early County Schools,
Lonnie Chester.
Supt. Chester stated Mr. Acree
will speak on "Education Issues
and Needs Facing the People of
Georgia".
Mr. Acree is well informed
on the topic on which he will
talk. He had held the position
as Executive Secretary'. Geor
gia School Boards Association,
since July 1, 1961 and has ser
ved as President of the Georgia
Association of School Adminstra
tors. He is a former classroom
teacher, coach, principal and
superintendent of schools. He
graduated from Rabun Gap Na
coochee High School, received
his A. B. Degree at Piedmont
College, and his Masters degree
from the University of Georgia.
His civic activities have in
cluded, member of the Kiwanis
Club at Manchester, Georgia and
Elberton, Georgia where he ser
ved as president and Lt. Gover
nor of his division and as chair
man of the District Key Club,
and a member of the Carters
ville Kiwanis Club and presi
dent; and member of the Inter
national Committee on Key Clubs.
BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 9,1969
Mayor;Council Interested
In City’s Future Progress
Blakely’s progress in the fu
ture was the concern of the new
mayor and city council here Mon
day night at the first meeting
of 1959 when Mayor Alex Howell
and two councilmen, James B.
Murdock, Jr. and Wayne Foster,
were sworn in by Judge Phillip
Sheffield, city attorney, at 7;45
p.m. in the court room of the
City Hall with two hold-over
councilmen, Guy H,. Dunaway and
A. J. Gentry; City Clerk C. P.
Gay, Jr., members of the re
tiring City Council, city clerk
and several Blakely residents
attending.
Mayor Howell, who has ser
ved as councilman for six terms
in the past expressed his in
terest in the city’s affairs and
concern for growth and in the
next two years as he heads the
city government. He announced
the chairman of committees for
the year qnd appointed James B.
Murdock, Jr. as Mayor pro-tem
and chairman of the police de
partment. Mr. Murdock is a past
mayor of the city, for two terms
and is serving as councilman for
the first time, and knows well the
importance of these two posi
tions, Mayor Howell pointed out.
The administrative department
will be headed by the mayor;
Councilman A. J. Gentry will
be chairman of the. Fire and
Natural Gas Department again
for the coming year to succeed
himself on this committee; Guy
H. Dunaway is Chairman of the
Street, Recreation and Cemetery
committee, to succeed himself;
and Wayne Foster, who is ser
ving on the council for the first
time, and manager of the local
radio stilion is chairman of the
Lights and Water Committee.
The entire council will serve on
Finance, Licenses and Taxes
Committee.
There will be no change in
the department heads of the city.
L. E. Wallis is Superintendent
of Water and Lights; Bennett
Smith, Supt. of Streets and Ceme
tery; Tom McDonald, Supt. of
G. K. Faircloth
Dies In Macon
George Kelly Faircloth, 58,
of Macon, the husband of a native
and former Blakely resident,
Rosalind Deal Faircloth, died
December 31 at the Macon Hos
pital following a long illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Vlneville Methodist Church,
with Dr. Frederick Wilson of
ficiating, burial was in Riverside
Cemetery, Macon.
Mr. Faircloth was a native
of Wallace, Alabama, and had
resided in Macon the past forty
years. He was owner of Chi
chester's Tatnall Square Phar
macy in Macon, a member of
the Vlneville Methodist Church,
Veteran of World War II and
Elks Club, a mason and Scottish
Rite. He had received the Pur
ple Heart and Navy Marine Com
pany Medal and Silver Star in
the Navy from 1942-45.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Rosalind Deal Faircloth, of
Macon; two sons, George Chris
tead Faircloth and Mack Edward
Faircloth, both of Macon; two
sisters, and one brother.
Mrs. Margaret D. Boyett,
Mrs. William F. Arnold and
James B. Murdock, Jr., of Blak
ely attended the funeral services
in Macon.
He currently belongs to North
side Kiwanis Club of Atlanta
where he serves as Chairman
of the Key Club Committee.
He has been active in State
YMCA, Chamber of Commerce
and PTA.
Married to the former Ruby
Nell Taylor of Elbert County,
Georgia, they have two daugh
ters, one a teacher in Brevard
County, Florida, and the other
a student at Auburn University.
The entire family belongs to
the Oak Grove Methodist Church
in Atlanta, Mr. Acree is a ste
ward and Sunday School teacher.
His hobbles are hunting(quall)
fishing and sports in general.
the Natural Gas: Carl Gilbert,
Chief of Police’ and Byron White,
Fire Chief.
C, P. Gay, Jr., is City Clerk,
succeeding his brother-in-law,
C. A, Bell who has served in this
capacity since 1962. Mr. Gay
Is a past mayor of Blakely (1961-
1962). Attorney Phillip Sheffield
has been re-elected as city at
torney.
Following a request from a
group of city residents to have
deeper ditches constructed along
Lakewood Terrace Drive, the city
agreed to work on this problem
during the month of January.
Attorney Sheffield stated Blakely
is in the process of working to
ward additional sewerage and
facilities with a complete dis
posal plant, at the cost of ap
proximately $535,000. Repre
sentatives of the City made a
trip to Atlanta before Christ
mas, and will continue to investi
gate other possible means for
securing the funds for these
facilities.
Bids were opened for gasoline
and desiel for the city, for the
coming year. The supply con
tract was let to Sinclair Re
fining Company, Ted Whitchard,
marketer, as low bidder.
Prior to the first official meet
ing of the Mayor and City Coun
cil, the retiring Mayor, Hugh
Redding, and Council and city
officials met. The 1963 Coun
cil was composed of Walton (Red)
Knighton, Ben Moseley, G, H.
Dunaway and A. J. Gentry; C,A.
Bell, City Clerk and Mr. Shef
field, Attorney.
City Clerk Bell, in his final
report, spoke of the progress
the city had made during the past
six years, while he served as
Clerk. The tax digest of 1962
showed #315,000 and the 1968
digest showed a total revenue
of $838,000. Many new sources
of revenue such as new homes,
new people and additional sour
ces of water and light has in
creased the tax digest. Normal
revenues have increased over
250 percent he stated, since 1962.
Aviation News
Billy Glass
On week-ends; Billy Glass may
be seen making solo flights in
his Cesnna Skylane. He has
over forty hours and hopes to
have his private license soon.
Billy is in the service station
and tire re-cap business in
Blakely.
Cotton Meeting
Set For Jan 14;
At Tifton
The Georgia Extension Service
and ABAC are holding an area
cotton meeting in the Rural Life
Building at ABAC in Tifton on
Tuesday, January 14. The pro
gram starts at 9:30 a.m. and ad
journs at 3:35 p.m.
Major topics to be discussed
include:
1. An explanation of the 1969
cotton program.
2. Recommendations for pro
ducing, harvesting, and ginning
high quality cotton.
3. Spinning performance of
high quality Georgia cotton.
4. Cotton promotion activi
ties.
5. The outlook for Cotton in
Georgia.
Anyone interested In going to
this meeting contact Judson
Cooper, County Agent.
Martin & Son Chevrolet, Co.,
Move To New Building
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This is a view of Martin & Son Chevrolet Company’s grand new building as seen coming into
Blakely on south Highway 27. Martin and Company moved into the new building which is located
3/4 miles from Square on South Main Streetthe past week-end. Plans are being made for a Grand
Opening to be held at a later date.
Hal Haddock
Named Director
At First State
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W.H. Haddock, Jr.
W. H. (Hal) Haddock, Jr., of
Damascus, one of Early County's
outstanding young men, has been
named a director of the First
State Bank of Blakely, President
John C. Holman announced this
week. "We are delighted to have
this energetic and progressive
young man join our official
family ’, said Mr. Holman, "and
we are looking forward to a long
and pleasant association with
him."
Mr. Haddock, 31, is the elder
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Haddock, Sr., and the grandson
of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Haddock. He Is associated with
the Haddock Pulpwood, Fertilizer
and Farming Enterprises. He
was born and reared in Damas
cus, attended the Damascus
schools, and graduated from high
school at Gordon Military
College, attended Abraham Bald
win College, and received a BS
degree in Forestry from the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Mr. Haddock is active in all
phases of community, holding
membership in the Blakely Ro
tary Club and is on its board
of directors, member of the Early
County Farm Bureau, chairman
of the Early County Forestry
Board, member of the Blakely-
Early County Chamber of Com
merce, member of the Damas
cus Methodist Church where he
teaches the Men's Bible Class.
He is married to the former
Miss Alyce Porter, of Bain
bridge, and they have two chil
dren, a daughter, Porter, age 4,
and a son, William Henry 111,
age 3.
Other directors of the First
State Bank of Blakely are S. G.
Maddox, Sr., board chairman;
John C. Holman, Grady Holman,
Sr., Herbert P, Paley, Robert
Stuckey, S. G, Maddox, Jr., Hal
Clinkscales, H. A. Felder, Jr.,
Ralph Balkcom.
PATROL POST #l4
REPORTS
Troopers of the Georgia State
Patrol Post #l4, Donalsonville,
Ga. investigated 8 traffic acci
dents, made 20 arrest and issued
35 warnings in Early County
during the month of December
1968.
In the 8 accidents, 3 persons
were injured and none were killed
Commissioners Hold First
Regular Meet Tuesday
The board of county commis
sioners held its first regular
meeting for 1969 Tuesday in
the office of Clerk Norman Alex
ander, and it proved a busy day
for the brand new board. Rev.
Andy Lanier, pastor of the South
side Baptist Church, at the
board’s invitation opened the
meeting with a short devotional
and prayer. The theme of the
minister’s talk was taken from
I Cor. 14-40: “Let all things
be done decently and in order."
Sheriff Oree Thompson ap
peared before the board with a
proposed budget for operation
of the sheriff’s office. The
proposed budget would increase
the salaries of the sheriff and
two deputies by a total of S9OO.
00 per month, and calls for the
employment of an office clerk,
jailer and part time janitor at
total monthly cost of $725.00.
Sheriff Thompson explained that
he was not requesting all these
things, but merely proposing what
he believed it would take to
operate a modern, up-to-date
efficient sheriff's department.
The board took no action on this
proposal, but did author a reso
lution permitting the sheriff to
purchase certain guns, riflesand
auto safety equipment. W. L.
Stone, county attorney, explained
that the board had no authority
Rotarians Hear
Social Security
Talk Past Fri.
An interesting and timely talk
on social security-—its origin,
costs and benefits —was given
before the Blakely Rotary Club
the past Friday at noon. The
speaker was Woodrow Kirksey,
district manager of the Albany
office. The discussion of the
social security program, inter
spersed with humor, made it a
most entertaining and informa
tive program. Mr. Kirksey is a
member of the Albany Rotary
Club and a former president.
The program was arranged
and the speaker introduced by
Rotarian Virgil Jones. Presi
dent Lowrey S. Stone presided
and announced that the club’s
senior class honorary member,
Danny Westbrook, had been ad
judged one of the ten top English
language students in the state,
and young Westbrook was given
an appreciative round of ap
plause. Danny has as his guests
the past Friday two of his class
mates, Margaret Dußose and
Carlton Davis. Other visitors
were Art Gardner, a guest of
Raymond Singletary; Gerald Bru
ner, Donalsonville, and Jason
King, of Iron City, guests of
“Tige" Pickle. M.J. Steens
land, of the Dothan Club, was
present making up attendance,
while the estimated property
damage amounted to $3,620.55.
A total of 84 pending traffic
cases were disposed In the City
Court of Blakely, Ga., 4 plead
guilty, 26 bond forfeiture, 0 dis
missed, 36 no record, 7 nolo
contendere pleas. The fines and
forfeitures amounted to $2,007.
00, paid to the courts of Early
County.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
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PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
to set a sheriff's salary and
budget, but this was the duty of
the Legislature.
The board took under advise
ment the building a new health
department building, but after
discussion the matter was tabled
until a future meeting. The board
agreed to donate a sum of SI,OOO
per month for ambulance ser
vice, after hospital administrator
Joe Bancroft and "Tige" Pickle,
Authority member, explained how
this service is costing the
hospital more than the revenue
from same.
Three vacancies on the Hos
pital Authority will occur this
month and the commissioners
nominated three for each post.
For the post now held by Win
ston Felder, the following were
nominated: David N. Williams,
V. L. McLendon, W. A. Wright.
For John Golden’s place, these
were nominated: John Golden,
D. S. Pyle, J. H. Radney. For
Mack Jarrett’s membership,
Bobby King, Mack Jarrett, W. J.
Collier. Tine Hospital Board,
according to law, must select
one from each of these groups.
Most of the other business
transacted was minor and rou
tine. All members were pres
ent, namely, A. D. Wilkerson,
chairman; Lemuel Tiner, J. O.
Evans, Jack Sammons, Donald
McArthur.
First State
Ups Mock To
Asst. V-President
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Marion C Mock
Marion C. Mock, long time
employee of the First State Bank,
has been elevated to the post
of assistant vice-president, John
C. Holman, president, announced
this week. Mr. Mock for many
years has served as assistant
cashier. Mr. Mock is in charge
of the bank's installment loan
department.
MARKET REPORT
Sales totalling $33,072.78were
reported at Moseley Livestock
Barn Tuesday with 96 cattle and
608 hogs sold.
No. I’s sold for 18.05; Light
I’s, 18.00; No. 2’s, 17.25; No.
3’s, 15.50; No. 4’s, 13.40; No.
s’s, 14.00; Heavy’s, 17.60; No.
1 Rough, 12.00; No. 1 Meat Type,
19.25; Light No. 1 Meat Type,
18.60.