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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 110—NO. 37
State Tournament - March 5
CAT’S WIN REGION 1-A
DOWN CAIRO, 44 ■ 41
The Early County High Bob
cats became the 1969 Champions
in the Region 1-A Basketball
Saturday night, winning over
Cairo in a close game 44-41.
The arch-rivals met Saturday
for the fourth time this year in
Tifton’s Abraham Baldwin Col
lege gym. The teams won the
honors Friday night with vic
tories over Center of Waycross
and Perry. Cairo won over
Center 62-45 and the Early Bob
cats downed Perry 80-45.
The Bobcats came from behind
in the last four minutes of the
fourth quarter of the Champion
ship game to win by a three
point margin.
High scorers for Early County
were Rex Howell and Marvin
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Fryeson Chandler
Fryeson B. Chandler has ser
ved with the Blakely Police De
partment since February, 1968;
he resides at 314 College St,
Born and educated in Early Coun
ty, his parents are the late Mr.
and Mrs. Edmund F. Chandler.
He is a veteran of World War
II and a member of the Bethel
Baptist Church. His wife is
the former Frances Garrett.
They have four children, Mary
Lee, who is a Senior at Val
dosta State College; Fryeson,
Jr., who is serving with the U.S,
Marine Corps and is stationed
at Cam p Lejuene, N.C.; Carol
and Lynn Chandler of Blakely.
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Seventy school bus drivers and assistants took mental and
physical driving tests here last week,(l to r) Carl Roddam,
lab supervisor (L) keeps tab on the tests; Forrest Middleton,
School Bus Maintenance Supervisor(Standing, back); and those
taking the tests, J. W. McCormack, Charlie Moore, Mrs. Ira
Reese, Buddy Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland.
MARKET REPORT
Sales totaling $48,709.39 were
reported at Moseley Livestock
Barn Tuesday as 218 cattle and
513 hogs were sold.
No.l’s sold for 19.30; Light
l’s, 19.01; No. 2's, 18.56; No.
3’s, 17.30; No. 4’s, 14.60; No.
s’s, 14.30; Heavy's, 19.05; No.
1 Rough, 15.85; No. 1 Meat Type,
20.00; Light No. 1 Meat Type,
19.45.
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Earnest with 12 points each; John
Brown, 9, Franklin Arnold, 6, and.
Larry Hollington, 5, added the
needed points for Early.
Cairo was led by Tom Taylor
with 15 points; Stan Strickland
had 11 points; Spider Harper 8,
John Higgenbotham, 6, and Joel
Rackley 1.
Cairo had 8 fouls; and 13-27
free. Early had 19 fouls; and
6-9 free. Early and Cairo will
go to State with the Bobcats
beginning their play in the State
Tournament on Thursday, March
6, at Macon, Georgia. 'The tour
nament begins Wednesday, March
5.
Scores by quarters:
Early 12 5 13 14 44
Cairo 11 14 10 6 41
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Madison Allen
Madison (Matt) Allen has been
with the Blakely Police Depart
ment two years and has resided
in Blakely fifteen years. A native
of Early County, he attended
the New Hope Elementary School
in Early County and is the son of
Mrs. Phoebe Allen of Albany
and the late Mr. Joe Allen.
He is married to the former
Ouida Cleveland} they have two
children, Miss Eugenia Alien of
Albany and James Allen of Blak
ely. The Allen’s reside on West
view Drive in Blakely and he is
a member of the Westview
Methodist Church.
DEATH
Eddie Fleming Doswell, 61,
of Fort Gaines, died in a hos
pital there Tuesday at 11:30
o'clock p.m. Funeral plans to
be announced by Manry-Jordan
Funeral Home.
The Ladies Golf Association
regular monthly luncheon meet
ing will be held Tuesday, March
4.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Two Blakely Men
Receive Notice
Os Promotion
Edward Balkcom, Jr., and Col
lier P. Gay, Jr., have received
orders from the Air Force pro
moting them to the grade of
Lieutenant Colonel in the United
States Air Force Reserve, ef
fective February 3, 1969. These
officers are assigned to the
9908th Air Reserve Squadron.
Both Mr. Balkcom and Mr. Gay
are World War II pilots and
each has been active in reserve
affairs for the past 20 years.
They are members of the ready
reserve Component of the Air
Force Reserve. A ready re
servist is subject to immediate
recall to active duty in the
event of a war or upon the di
rection of the President in a
National emergency.
Lt. Col. Balkcom is a teacher
of Vocational Agriculture in the
Early County High School. He has
a son, 2nd Lt. Edward Balkcom,
Jr., who is in Pilot training
at Reece AFB, Texas.
Lt. Col. Gay is employed as
the City Clerk for the City of
Blakely and has active interests
in farming in Early County.
Blakely Shrine
Club Installs New
Slate Os Officers
The Blakely Shrine Club e
lected and installed officers at
the February meeting Thursday
night at the Masonic Hall. Noble
J. Frank Gilbert was installed
as president; Noble Howard Pugh,
Ist vice president; Noble Sid
Jones, 2nd vice president; Noble
Hoyle Fleming, secretary
treasurer. Noble Fletcher
Thompson was installing officer.
Noble Dr. James H. Crowdis,
retiring president, called the
meeting to order, and presided
as the new officers were elected
and installed. Following the
installation, the new president,
Noble Gilbert, gave a brief ad
dress.
A new committee was advo
cated and was formed which will
serve as an advisory or Planning
Committee. The Nobles voted to
continue to sponsor the Easter
Egg Hunt.
Dr. J. G, Standifer, past po
tentate, addressed the group.
HOSPITAL LIST
Patients listed as being admit
ted and discharged at Early
Memorial Hospital during the
past week include the following:
ADMITTED
Jimmy Barksdale, Adele Ro
binson, Duncan Smith, Cynthia
Cherry, Thomas Style, William
Johnson, Ralph Hobbs, Jimmie
Dunn, Alfonso White, Maggie Mc-
Dowell, Emma Williams, Melvin
Belcher, Mamie Cannon, Judy
Willis, Eva Lee Russell, Etta
McMullen, Alma Hoover, Terry
Davis, Philip Moore, Clarence
Gandy, Charolette Cashwell,
Clyde Carter, Rawlelgh Hall,
Danny Ricketson, Jimmie Shef
field, Gordon Houston, Dorothy
Holman, John Dicky, Sonny
James, Mae Bell Reed, Jeffery
Grier, Regie Davis, Baby Reed,
James Moore, Carolyn Lee, Tom
Holder, Mary George, Virginia
Jarrett, Ray Lindsey.
DISCHARGED
Virginia Easom and Baby Boy,
Jerry McLain, Annette Cham
bers, Mary Murray, Betty Brid
ges, Alma Lane, Jeffery Grier,
Mae Bell Reed, Baby Reed, Al
ma Hoover, Ray Lindsey, Danny
Ricketson, Vinnie Belcher, Jim
mie Sheffield, James Moore,
Lester Wiley, John Hallman, Sue
Wilson, Ada Clark, Curtis Smith,
Minnie Sexton, Ida Lindsey,
Charolette Cashwell, William
Jenkins, Dorothy Holman, Mary
George, Wade Zero, Sonny
James, Virginia Jarrett, Baby
Swords, Hattie Mulky, Regie Da
vis, Rawleigh Hall, Bronnie
Crook, Eva Lee Russell and Baby
Boy, Annette Chandler, Clarence
Gandy.
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1969
Gen. Truman Tells Lions
That ’Georgia’s Got It’
Lt. General (ret.) Louis W.
Truman, who took over Geor
gia's trouble-riddled Department
of Industry and Trade, after a
37-year Army Career, is ap
parently running this job with the
same efficiency as when he com
manded the Third Army. This
was the impression Blakely Lions
Club members and a number of
guests received when the retired
officer spoke at the Lions Club
Tuesday.
General Truman said Georgia
had enjoyed its greatest year in
attracting new industries and
expanding existing ones. A total
of $527,000,000 was invested in
Georgia in 1968, an increase of
$102,000,000 over the previous
year. "We expect to go over
the 600 million mark in 1969",
the speaker added.
The speaker gave much credit
for the upsurge in industry to a
big advertising campaign, which
is placed in the nation's busi
ness magazines and the Wall
Street Journal. "From this
source and personal contacts, we
now have in our files a list of
300 prospects who are interest
ed in locating plants in Georgia."
The general told his audience
that every citizen ought to spread
the good news about Georgia
Funeral Services
Held In Columbus
For E. G. Willis
Funeral services were held
January 22 for Eugene Gordon
Willis in the Stribbler Funeral
Home, Columbus, Georgia.
Reverend J. Ellis Brashear
officiated with the Reverends Eu
gene Barlow and R. Wills assist
ing. Interment was in Park Hill
Cemetery, Columbus.
Mr. Willis was the oldest son of
the late G, A. Willis and Mary
Singletary Willis, pioneer citi
zens of Early County. He spent
his childhood near Blakely, Geor
gia and spent several years con
structing roads in Stewart
County. From there he went to
Chattahoochee County serving as
Superintendent of Roads until
entering the Armed Forces.
After returning from the Army,
Mr. Willis married the former
Miss Freddie Mae Castellow of
Early County. The young couple
made their home in Chattahoo
chee County, where he served as
Road Superintendent until his re
tirement in 1958.
Mr. Willis was a member of
the Cusseta Methodist Church
and the Masonic Order.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Freddie Mae Castellow Wil-
February is History Month,
sponsored by the National
Society, Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, and in Early
County by the Peter Early Chap
ter, DAR.
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My Friends of Early County:
I have just learned of the celebration of
the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Early
County. I want to congratulate the fine people
of Early County for celebrating this date and
express the hope that it will be the finest
occasion you have ever had. I have a great
affection for all of the people in Early County
and in that area. My boyhood memories are
vivid and sharp, and the spirit of Early County
and the whole area there certainly contributed
to memories that are the dearest that I possess.
This is a wonderful area of Georgia.
All of the friends of Early County are
hoping that this Sesquicentennial Celebration
will mean the beginning of greater achievement
and progress for such a fine county and such
splendid people.
With best wishes, I am
Sinderely your f lend,
Secretary of St^Jbel
This attention to local history Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri
1s sponsored by the Peter Early can Revolution.
wherever he goes. "Just tell
them that Georgia's got it.''
Tuesday's program was ar
ranged by Earl Durden, vice
president and manager of the
Chattahoochee Industrial Rail
road, and he also introduced
General Truman. Lion "Tige"
Pickle introduced Mr. Durden,
and President Warren Cleveland
presided.
Special club guests were Vir
gil Jones, John C. Holman, James
W. Richardson and Earl Pirkle,
Atlanta, Truman's pilot; Liones
ses Judy Fleming, Helen Fields,
Olivia Davenport, Louise Tho
mas and Carolyn Lanier, who
were having birthdays in Febru
ary; Tracy Moulton, a guest of
Lion Frank Gilbert; Lioness Wy
nette Tiner, guest of her hus
band. Stanley Houston had as
his guest his wife. Lioness Lin
da, and Riney Fulmer, of Al
bany; H. A. Felder, Al Felder,
Sam Clinkscales, guests of Lion
Robert Puckett; Bam Bridges,
Ralph Balkcom, guests of Lion
Woodrow Houston; Tom Morgan,
a guest of Lion Roscoe Hodges;
Hoyle Fleming, W'ayne Foster,
Buddy Smith and Norman Alex
ander, guests of "Tige" Pickle;
A. J. Singletary, a guest of Lion
C. P. Jenkins.
Historical Society
To Meet March 5
The Early County Historical
Society will meet Wednesday
evening, March 5, 8 p.m., at the
Early County Library. H. Alton
Boyd, Jr., of Dothan, President
of the Wiregrass Historical So
ciety, will be guest speaker.
The objects of the Society are
to promote the collection and
preservation of the early records
and history of Early County,
Georgia, and to encourage each
member to record his indivi
dual family genealogy.
Forty-five interested citi
zens have become charter mem
bers of the Society. Meetings
are held quarterly.
Rummage Sale
Due to the bad weather con
ditions on Saturday, Feb. 22,
the Blakely Jaycettes Rummage
Sale has been postponed until
Saturday, March 1, on the Court
House Square.
lis; three sisters, Mrs. Mary
Lee Little of Lake Charles, Loui
siana, and Mrs. Christine Tho
mas and Mrs. Ellene Mathis,
both of Hunt, Texas; and several
nieces and nephews.
As Early County observes Its
Sesquicentennial year, it is con
gratulated by a former resident
of this county who holds a high
office- Ben Fortson.
TRI - RIVERS DEVELOPMENT ASSOC.
HELD QUARTERLY BUSINESS SESSION
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Pictured above are several officials who attended the Tri-River Development Association
Dinner and Business Session held recently in Blakely. Membership of the Association is com
posed of representatives living in the Chattahoochee, Flint and Applachicola Rivers Area.
The Tri-Rivers Development
Association, whose membership
is made up of representatives
residing in the Chattahoochee,
Flint and Applachicola rivers
area, met in Blakely Monday
night for a quarterly business
and dinner session. The County
of Early and the City of Blakely
hosted the gathering.
James B. Murdock, Jr., of
Blakely, one of the organizers
of the Association more than ten
years ago, was elected presi
dent, succeeding L. E. Johnson,
of Marianna, who presided at
the Monday night session.
To serve with Mr. Murdock
during the 1969-70 year will be
Robert McKenzie, of Eufaula,
Ala., elected vice-president, and
John Glausesn, of Dothan, Ala.,
re-elected secretary and trea
surer.
R. W. Davis, assistant chief
of operations, Corps of Engi
neers, Mobile, Ala., gave the
Association a progress report
on the Chattahoochee River De
velopment, pointingour that there
are now four dams spanning the
Chattahoochee—Jim Woodruff,
Columbia Lock and Dam, Wal
ter F. George, and the Buford
Dam in North Georgia. An
other is under construction at
West Point Georgia, and three
more are in the planning stage
on the Flint river. Olin Taylor,
reservoir manager at the Wal
ter F. George Dam, at Fort
Lester W. Giles,
Baptist Minister
Dies Sunday
Lester Wade Giles, 64, of Bluf
fton, a retired Baptist preacher,
died suddenly Sunday afternoon
of a heart attack. Although the
Rev. Mr. Giles had been ill for
several weeks, his death was un
expected. He suffered an attack
Sunday afternoon and was pro
nounced dead on arrival at the
Early Memorial Hospital.
A native of Randolph County,
Mr. Giles was born September
19, 1904. He had lived in Bluff
ton for the past three years and
was a member of the Baptist
church there. He had pastored
churches at Bethany, Beulah and
Hilton in the Bethel Association,
the Pinette Church in Tift County,
and Zion Hope and New Bethel
Churches in Dodge County.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon in the Bluff
ton Baptist Church, the Rev.
Jack McVeigh, of Valdosta, anc
the Rev. Roger Bass, of Erwin
ville, officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the Bluffton cemetery,
with nephews of the deceased
serving as pall bearers. Manry-
Jordan Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Emma Snipes Giles, Bluff
ton; four sons, Wade Giles, Cuth
bert; Johnny Giles, Lumpkin;
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James B. Murdock, Jr., left, was named president of the Asso
ciation Monday night. He will succeed L. E. Johnson, right, of
Marianna.
Gaines, assisted Mr. Davis in
the presentation of his report
by showing colored slides.
R, H, McSwain, of Abbeville,
Ala., reported that the State of
Alabama, had plans to build a
large state park somewhere in
East Alabama, and he proposed
a resolution, which was adopted,
requesting Governor Brewer to
build it in the Eufaula area.
E. E. Wakefield, of Columbia,
proposed another resolution, and
it, too, was adopted, asking the
Corps of Engineers, for a deep
er than 9-feet channel up the
Chattahoochee. He stated the
Walter B. Regan
Dies Monday
In Donalsonville
Walter Brown Regan, 88, a
well known and esteemed Early
County citizen, who resided on
RFD 4, Blakely in the Spring
field Community, died Monday
in a Donalsonville hospital fol
lowing a long illness. A native
of Miller County, but he had
resided in Early County for 62
years. He was a retired farmer
and a member of Magnolia Lodge
No. 86 Free and Accepted Ma
sons.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon in the
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church,
conducted by Elder H. L Byrd.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery with Masons from Magnolia
Lodge in charge of the graveside
rites. Evans Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Addie Easom Regan, one daugh-
Charles Paul Giles,'McKae; wai
ter Giles, Dawson; three daugh
ters, Mrs. M. L. Champion, Sel
ma; Mrs. Windell Ezell, Cairo;
Mrs. John W, Henry, Baton
Rouge, La.; two brothers, Hixon
Giles, Fort Gaines; A. F. Giles,
Phenix City; two sisters, Mrs.
Ralph Williams, Columbus; Mrs.
Lawrence Morgan, Ellerslie,
Georgia.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
— OR —
PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
shallow channel was hindering
shipping and industrial develop
ment.
Mayor Alex Howell welcomed
the group to Blakely, and the
response was by Eustace Bishop,
of Dothan. Cities represented
at the meeting were Fort Gaines,
Blakely, Donalsonville in Geor
gia, and Dothan, Columbia, Abbe
ville, Eufaula in Alabama, and
Marianna, Malone and Sneeds in
Florida.
The next meeting has been
set for Dothan, the time and date
to be announced by President
Murdock.
Cattlemen
To Meet Feb 27
The Early County Cattlemen’s
Association will meet Thursday
night, February 27, at 7;30 p.m.
at the Blakely V6man's Club.
Dr. W. L Golden, Farm Man
agement Specialist will be the
guest speaker for the program.
Read The Early County News
ter, Mrs. Alice Lewis, Blakely;
one son, Easom Regan, Lake
Wales, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs.
W. W. Hayes, Mrs. Gordon Bar
ber, of Donalsonville; Mrs.
Florence Kirkland, Blakely; five
brothers, Jessie and Charlie Re
gan, of Donalsonville; Tony, Ho
ward and Bill Regan, of Blakely
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Sat. Nite, Mar. 8
Music By
BOBBY AND THE
DIAMONDS
Couples Only
9:00 Until 111