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WASHINGTON
AND SMALL
BUSINESS
Somewhat akin to one of
Mark Twain’s well known re
marks, everybody talks about
inflation, yet no one seems to
do very much about it.
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It thus, will be interesting to
see what steps the new admin
istration takes in this direction.
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There are some people of con
siderable stature, who feel that
the inflationary spiral will nev
er be corrected unless wage and
price controls are decreed.
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But this Is an unwholesome
remedy to the American prin
ciples and It Is doubtful, barr
ing an extreme emergency, that
such laws could be passed.
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It is a known fact that before
the Congressional elections of
1966 plans were already well
underway for the issuance of
ration books in January of 1967
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However, the results of the
Congressional elections caused
a hasty retreat from this posi
tion and nothing more was
done to advance this program.
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Os course, the reasoning be
hind this all was that the Viet
nam war created what is
known as a “demand-pull” in
flationary spiral, which merely
means that too many dollars
are chasing too few goods
» » »
However, as It was plainly
evident at that time, and is
even more apparent now, des-
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her of Commerce and locally
by the Blakely-Early County
Chamber of Commerce.
STAR Students are chosen on
the basis of scores made on the
November 2 or December 7,
1968, College Board Scholastic
Aptitude Test(SAT) and scholas
tic averages the first semester
of the senior year.
School System STAR Students
and STAR Teachers from all over
the State will be awarded a trip
to Atlanta by their sponsors to
be specially honored at the Geor
gia Chamber of Commerce STAR
Banquet at The Regency Hyatt
House, Friday, April 18, 1969.
Congressional District STAR
Students and STAR Teachers,
Ist runner-up System STAR Stu
dents in each District and tour
top-ranking SAT scorers from
the State at large will leave
irnnedlately thereafter for a
week-long educational STAR
Tour of Georgia.
GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY
NOTICE
The Tax Books are now open for
The return of 1969
State and County Taxes.
Returns Must Be Made By March 31, 1969
To Get Homestead Exemption.
Also 1969 Automobile License Tags
Must Be Purchased
By April 1, 1969
Get Your Tags Early
And
AVOID PENALTY
W. J. HAMMACK
TAX COMMISSIONER, EARLY COUNTY
How Far Inflation?
pite Vietnam war, there is no
shortage of goods for consum
ers to buy. In fact, the offerings
of merchandise during the past
Christmas season was prodig
ious and would stagger the Im
agination of any observer.
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Obviously, the inflation today
has been created by what is
known as a “cost-push" pres
sure. In other words, more and
more costs are being added to
the price of goods by climbing
wages, by higher taxes which in
turn reflect higher expendi
tures by government While
Vietnam's estimated S3O billion
per year costs are a factor,
waste and extravagance in the
operation of such fancy furbe
lows as the War on Poverty
have also playr*d a large part
♦ » «
Couple this with unrestrain
ed demands by the unions for
more money which had not
been blocked, again due to poli
tical expediency, and the loaf
of bread, the new washing ma
chine, or the new auto Is bound
to cost more.
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This is quite a basic prin
ciple the new administration
must face
* * •
Government, federal, state
and local, are In the same posi
tion as would result if a per
son quit riding street cars or
buses to work, but Instead
used taxicabs to and from work
and then asked the boss for
more money due to the Increas
ed cost of transporatlon.
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President Stone announced that
the annual ladies' night party will
be held tomorrow (Friday) night
at the Town & Country Club at
7;15 o’clock. Burkhard Rheineck,
of West Germany, the club’s
exchange student at Andrew, and
an accomplished pianist, will
present the program. A dance
will follow the banquet and pro
gram.
Visitors at Friday’s meeting
included visiting Rotarians Mer
rel Gray, of Vidalia; Nolan ('loud,
Bainbridge; Jeff Davis, of Al
bany, a guest of Raymond Single
tary; Joe Whatley, president of
die Early County High School
FFA, a guest of Jim Crowdis;
Jim Rish, of Macon, a guest of
Virgil Jones; high school seniors
John Brown, Sue Johnston, Jackie
Colson, guests of Danny West
brook, class president and hono
rary Rotarian.
MASS MEDIA promotes ear
lier treatment EDUCATION to
save lives from cancer NOW!
E. C. McDowell
Dies Saturday
After Long Illness
Edwin Colquitt McDowell, Rt.
1, Damascus, well known and
highly esteemed Early County
citizen, a retired farmer passed
away Saturday morning in the
Early Memorial Hospital follow
ing a long illness.
A native of this county, where
he was born January 8, 1884,
he was the son of John Wesley
McDowell and Sallie Black
McDowell, and nad spent all of
his life here. He was a mem
ber of the White Pond Free
Will Baptist Church, where fune
ral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, conduct
ed by the Rev. Paul Ervin and
the Rev. W. F. McDuffie. In
terment followed in the Cross
Roads Cemetery near Damascus,
with Manry-Jordan Funeral
Home in charge. Active pall
bearers were A. H. Lanier, Jr.,
F. C. Pickron, Joe McDowell,
Randell McDowell, Manuel Mc-
Dowell, and Oscar Lewis. Mak
ing up an honorary escort were
Leslie Prince, Lewis Cleveland,
Drew Thompson, Albert Jones,
Marcine Ezell, C. W, Bridges
Virgil Jones, Pat Carmichael,
Leroy Haddock, Eddie Martin,
Chester Middleton, Joe Bryan,
Hal Haddock, Donald McArthur,
Liston Radney, Billy Moore, O.F.
Thompson, Sam Clinkscales,
Norman Alexander, Lonnie Ches
ter, Ralph Lane, Bill Sanders,
Billy Lewis, and 0. B. Everson.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Nancy Lou Wiley McDowell and
five sons, W, E., Ewell, Lester,
Donnell and Buddy McDowell, all
of Damascus; one daughter, Mrs.
Walter Gay, Decatur, Ga.; one
brother, Tom McDowell, Bain
bridge; one sister, Mrs. Butler
Spooner, Pahokee, Fla.
There are nearly 9,000 local
FFA chapters in the United
States.
FEATURED SENIORS
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western College to prepare her
self for the teaching profession.
She is a member of the First
Baptist Church, Blakely.
Jimmy Driver, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Driver, is a
member of the Vocational In
dustrial Clubs of America at
Early County High School. Hunt
ing is his special interest. He
is a member of the First Bap
tist Church, Blakely. After
graduation, he plans to attend
college.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1960
J. L. Page, 65,
Dies In Cuthbert;
Interment Here
John Luke Page, 65, Cuthbert
service station operator, and a
former resident of Blakely, died
in the Patterson Hospital, Cuth-,
bert, on February 12, following
an illness of one week. Death
was attributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Page had lived in Cuth
bert since 1966. He was a native
of Moultrie and was born July
6, 1903. Final rites were con
ducted in the Chapel of Manry-
Jordan Funeral Home the past
Friday by the Rev. Robert V.
Snead. Burial was in the Grier
Cemetery in this county'. Pall
bearers were Curtis Freeman,
Hoyt Harris, Gilbert Harris, Jud
son Freeman, Peter Page, Her
schel Christmas.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Grace Freeman Page, Cuthbert;
one son, John M. Page, Vero
Beach, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs.
Tommy W right, Blakely: two bro
thers, Edgar J. Page, Raleigh,
N. C., Bernard E. Page, Al
bany; three sisters, Mrs. W.D,
Carden, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.;
Mrs. Hazel Abderson, Orlando;
Mrs. Mildred Sparkman, Detroit,
Mich.
Durwood Mills
Dies Tuesday In
Veterans Hospital
W. Durwood Mills, 74, died
Tuesday at the Veterans Hospital,
Tuskegee, Alabama, following an
illness of three weeks.
A native of Clay County, he was
a former resident of Early County
and had resided in Salem, Ala
bama for several years. He was
a member of the Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held
at Colonial Funeral Home, Phenix
City, Alabama at 10 a.m. Thurs
day morning. Interment will be
in the Blakely cemetery with
graveside rites at 3 p.m.
Survivors include, his wife,
one daughter, Mrs. Neil Koon,
Phenix City, Alabama; one son,
Donald Mills, Eufaula, Alabama;
one sister, Mrs. Gordon Hall,
Hilton, Ga., and two brothers,
Ralph E. Mills, Blakely and Ever
ett Mills, Jackson, Mississippi,
and four grandchildren.
However,
sensitive Pis
carians mean
well, so don’t
.be surprised if
’they often
send flowers
A Piscarian
just can’t resist picking up the
phone and asking a florist to
send a big bouquet on special
days and events.
GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY
SPECIAL
NOTICE
ANNOUNCING
A REDUCTION
IN ALL
MOBILE HOMES
SAVE-SAVE-SAVE
OVER 100 MODELS
TO CHOSE FROM
TWO, THREE, A
FOUR BEDROOMS
SAVINGS
OF
SSOO TO
SI2OO
SOME MODELS
AVAILABLE FOR
NO DOWN
PAYMENT
PMTS. AS LOW
AS nrn
$48.00 S
NATIONS LARGEST
MOBILE HOME
BROKERS INC.
1601 E. Albany
Expressway
Albany, Ga.
By SSG H. R. LESIEUR
Few people realize what an
important job the Army does
here in the United States for all
of us. We're thinking of the ex
cellent work done by the Corps
of Engineers. The Corps is
responsible for flood control
projects and, among other things,
the planning, maintenance and
improvement on all rivers, har
bors and waterways in the United
States. It operates the locks on
the Ohio River, maintains the
American part of the St. Law
rence Seaway and dredges New
York harbor. Next time you see
a red castle on a white sign
or a red flag with a white castle
in its center, you will be watch
ing the U. S. Army in action in
the United States. The castle
is the symbol of the Corps of
Engineers.
FACTS ABOUT THE ARMY: Did
you know ??????????
**That John Eisenhower, the son
of former President Eisenhower,
is a colonel in the Army Re
serves ?
**That former President Harry
S, Truman was a major in the
National Guard and saw combat
duty in France during World War
I?
♦♦That 138,073 babies were born
in U.S. military hospitals
throughout the world last year?
Thats one baby approximately
every three minutes!
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
How old does a girl have to
be to join the WAC’s? The ans
wer is eighteen. However, young
women need consent of a parent
if they are under 21 years of age.
If you have any additional WAC
questions, contact me, Sgt.
Lesieur, in Blakely, any Monday
at the Selective Service Board
between the hours of 9:30 a.m.
until 2:30 p.m. 1 will be glad to
answer all questions.
RECORD NUMBER OF ENLIST
MENT: More men and women
enlisted in the Army the year
ending June 30 than in any one of
the past 20 years. A total of
210,101 took the oath of office
as enlisted men, officers, WAC’s,
and student nurses.
EARLY COUNTY
Expenses - Disbursements
MONTH OF JANUARY 1969
AOKI IISTMTIVB:
Tax re-evaluation (final payment) $12,000.00
Salaries, fees
Chamber of Commerce 200.00
Social security tax ^22.61
Travel 136.h8
Photo-mapping (re-evaluation) 2,660.00
Telephones 152.69
Lower Chatt. Agency (membership) 225.00
Insurance and bond premiums 989.00
Supplies, equip., printing, etc. 1,562Ji8 $21,992.73
BUILD!MGS & BRIDGES:
Lumber $ 1,081.00
Wages 200,00
Mater, lights, heat 589.95
Repairs, fixtures, supplies 459.51 2,330.66
CCRTS, JAIL, SHERIFF:
Sheriff department $1,500.00
Salaries, fees, clerk, judge 229.28
Jail, prisoners 1138.32
Auto safety device 287.50
Gun and a uno 1211.86
Auto expense 121.63
Superior Court baliffs, jurors 1,1110.00
Ordinary Court 65.00
Miscellaneous 312.87 11,219.116
ROAD DEPARTMENT:
Payroll $5,578.00
Water, lights, heat, telephone 170.25
Fuel, gas, oil, greases 679.81
Repairs, parts, supplies 1,650.38 8,078.511
HEALTH DEPT., VITAL STATISTICS 2,021.25
COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE 773.93
DEPT. OF FA ILY & CHILDREN SER. 5,500.00
FORESTRY DEPT, (quarterly payment) 1,668.00
AMB’’LA :CE SERVICE, HOSP. INS. 1,361.89
LIBRARY 11U1.5U
AIRPORT 120.00
TOTAL $U8,210.90
EARL “TlGfe” PICKLE
TREASURER EARLY COUNTY
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
News of Area Servicemen
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Jacky Temples
Private Jacky T. Temples, 19
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Troy C. Temples of Route 1,
Jakin, was recently enrolled in
the U. S. Army Signal Center
and School, Fort Monmouth, New
Jersey, for intensive training
in one of the 50 specialist cour
ses taught there.
He is a 1967 graduate of Early'
County High School, Blakely.
Franchise Fraud
On the Upswing
AAfei"
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Government agencies like
the Post Office and the Federal
Trade Commission as well as
Better Business Bureaus across
the nation are on the receiving
end of mounting complaints
about franchise gyps.
Gripes are from people who
put up money to “own their
own business” but claim they
were taken. Among the
complaints: overpriced goods
from franchisers, sub-quality
merchandise, “exclusive” terri
tories that were sold twice,
inflated estimates of income
potential, etc.
We’ll be around town this com
ing Monday and we hope we’ll
sec you and’ get a chance to talk
with you.
Billy E. Lane
Staff Sergeant Billy E. Lane,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
M. Lane, Rt. 5, Blakely, Ga.,
has arrived for duty at Albrook
AFB, C.Z.
Sergeant Lane, a data systems
technician, is assigned to a unit
of the Tactical Air Command.
He previously served at Shep
pard AFB, Tex.
A 1957 graduate of Blakely-
Union High School, the sergeant
attended Louisiana College,
American International College
in Springfield, Mass., and Mid
western University, Wichita
Falls, Tex.
The sergeant’s wife, Masina,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H, Milton Scott, 1593 Hollyhock
Ter., Decatur, Ga.
Bobby Nolan
Sgt. First Class Bobby Nolart
is presently serving in Vietnam
in the Da Nang Signal Bn. He
also serves in the Strategic Com
munications Command which
involves working on micro-wave
Tropo-Scatter U. H, F. and
V. H.F., the newest and biggest
radios available.
Sgt. Nolan is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Nolan, Sr., Route
2, Blakely. His wife, Ramona,
and two children, Bobby, Jr.,
and Patricia Ann, live at 7105
Leman Tree Lane, El Paso,
Texas.
Says Samuel Small, presi
dent of Pilot Books, which
published the first guidebook
on franchising in 1959 when
the boom was just a whisper,
“the people with just enough
money to make that one-time
business investment are being
hurt—sometimes permanently,
with no second chance.”
Small’s advice: “Fore
warned is forearmed. Prospec
tive franchisees should investi
gate all ads and claims careful
ly, keep a lawyer on tap, read
widely on all phases of fran
chising and small business
management.”
For a free digest of low-cost
guidebooks on franchising and
small business, write Suite 701,
347 Fifth Avenue, New York
.10016.
The .FEA .provides an oppor
-1 tupity for ■ youth in agriculture
to learn, to do, to earn, and to
serve.
William H. Lance
Captain William H. Lance, 25,
son of Mrs. Sarah A. Arnold,
1144 2?rd Ave., N. St. Peters
burg, Fla., completed a helicop
ter pilot course Jan. 17 at the
Army Primary Helicopter
School, Ft. W’olters, Tex.
During the 16-Week course,
he was trained to fly Army heli
copters and learned to use them
in tactical maneuvers.
He next will undergo advanced
flight training at Hunter Army
Airfield, Ga. Upon completion
of advanced training he may be
appointed a warrant officer.
His wife, Peggy, lives onroute
2. Blakely, Ga.
William E. Barron
v Technical Sergeant William E.
Barron of Blakely, Ga., has ar
rived for duty at Albrook AFB,
C.Z.
Sergeant Barron, a surveyor,
is assigned to a unit of the U..S.
Air Forces Southern Command.
He previously served with an Air
Force Unit at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
The sergeant, who attended
Blakely High School, is married
to the former Betty V„ Jackson.
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by the commodity program can
not be used by their family, many
of these eligible for commodities
are older people who are on a
special diet and they can not use
the food available through the
commodity program. Theywould
rather have a little food thatmight
be secured through the Food
Stamp Program . . which they
could eat, than a great deal
furnished through the commodity
program which they could noteat.
Chairman A. D, Wilkerson said
he was in favor of the Commodity'
program because it reached three
times as many families. Some
time during the discussion Direc
tor Mann said, "We all know
people are spending all of the
money they get . . . .regardless
of the program in effect’’.
If application is made immed
iately for the Food Stamp Pro
gram there is a possibility of it
being approved by April 1, Mr.
Mann said. Dispensation is
usually made quarterly; it takes
from 60 to 90 days after that to
put the program into effect, that
is after a county is approved.