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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 110—NO. 45
Spring Flower Show
Being Held Today
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Junior Garden Club members Lea Chapman (L) and Donna Waller will be exhibiting specimens
such as these in their arrangements at the Spring Flower Show today at the Blakely Woman’s Club.
Today is the day of the Spring
Flower Show, presented by the
Blakely Garden Club at the Blak
ely Woman’s Clubhouse between
the hours of three and seven
o'clock.
The Show and Silver Tea is
co-sponsored by Blakely busi
nessmen, merchants and in
dustries. The co-sponsors are
announced by Mrs. Eton Curran,
Chairman of the 1969 Show, as
follows: Great Northern Paper
Hanson Presents
Program of Folk
Songs for Lions
A delightful musical pro
gram was presented to the
members of the Blakely Lions
Club at the meeting held Tues
day at the Town & Country Club.
The featured singer was tenor
vocalist, Dan Hanson, minister
of music and youth, of the First
Baptist Church.
The program, titled "folk
songs around the world’’, con
sisted of songs from five dif
ferent countries. These were,
from Czechoslovakia, "Dance
Song,” "The Falling Dew"; Ger
many, "Yon Maiden's Lips Are
Rosy Red”; Spain, "I Like Them
AU”; Russia, "Cossack Cradle
Song"; America, "Black Is The
Color Os My True Love’s Hair”,
and "Bird Courtships”. Mrs.
Norman Alexander, an accom
plished pianist, accompanied Mr.
Hanson, andboth received a warm
round of applause from the club
and its visitors. Lion Fletcher
Thompson was program chair
man and introduced the perform
ers.
Special guests were Lionesses
Pauline Tarver, Roanie Warrick
and Marjorie Gilbert, who were
observing birthdays; Early
County High School STAR Stu
dents, Danny Westbrook and Pa
tricia Bridges, and STAR Teach
ers, Miss Mildred Tarver and
f^rs. Bruce Houston, and senior
class valedictorians Jane Collier
and Carole King (it was a tie)
and supervising principal Frank
Buckner, all presented by Lion
Lonnie Chester. Miss Hazel
Moulton, class salutatorian, was
unable to be present because
of recent injuries in an auto
accident. Another special guest
was Officer Mallie Cleveland in
co-operation with the City’s
"know-your-police” campaign.
Other visitors were Rinney
Fulmer, of Albany, a guest of
Lion Stanley Houston; Jack
Crowder, of Albany, a guest of
Lion George Warrick; Ralph
Balkconi, a guest of Lion Frank
Gilbert; Lioness Charles Ro
berts, Lioness Carey Houston,
guests of their husbands; Mr.
and Mrs- Perry Bridges, guests
of Lion Woodrow Houston; Mrs.
Jack Collier and Mrs. Robert
Collier, guests of Lion "Tige"
Pickle.
Vice president Stanley Houston
(Early County
Company, Great Northern Ply
wood Corp., Bank of Early, First
State Bank, Felder and Son, Puck
ett Brothers, Grist Oil Company,
J. B. Rice Plumbing Co., Hall
Drug Company, Davenport Motor
Co., Peoples Warehouse, Felder
Hardware Co., Farmers Gin and
Warehouse, Early County News
and WBBK.
Junior Garden Club members
will exhibit arrangements and
flowers for the first time- The
Royal Arch Masons
Hold Convention
in Macon
The Grand Chapter Royal
Arch Masons of Georgia held
their 147th Annual Convention
at the Grand Lodge Building in
Macon, April 16-17. Most Ex
cellent Ira Huffaker, Grand High
Priest, presided. Thomas J.
Brake, was elevated to the office
of Grand High Priest to serve
during 1969-70.
The 126th Annual Assembly of
the Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masters of the State of
Georgia was held in Macon at
the Grand Lodge Building on
Wednesday, April 16. Austin
P. Phillips of Bainbridge, pre
siding. Harry E. Copeland, of
Rossville, Ga., was elevated to
the office of 111. Grand Master
for 1969-70.
O. H. King, Jr., of Blakely,
serving as Grand Sentinel, was
elected 111. Grand Steward.
Blakely, Chapter #44 R.A.M. and
Blakely Council #39 R, & S, M.
were not officially represented
since Roy Arnold, 111. Master and
High Priest and Edsel W. Bryan,
High Priest of Blakely Chapter,
expecting to fly up were grounded
by fog- However, O.H. King, Jr.
and Dr. Jack G. Standifer, Sr.
Past 111. Grand Master of the
Grand Council and Past Grand
High Priest of the Grand Chap
ter attended- Dr. Standifer ser
ved as Most 111. Grand Master
39 years ago in 1930 and served
as Most Excellent Grand High
Priest, thirty years ago in 1939.
FHA Hobo Day
The Early County High FHA
Executive Council is having a
Hobo Day on Saturday, April
26, to raise money for Chapter
activities. Homemakers, plan to
relax and leave the work for these
eager FHA’ers. They’ll be glad
to: Wash Dishes, Polish Silver,
Baby Sit, Sweep, Dust, and any
other general housework. So
plan ahead so that you will have
something for these girls to do!
presided in the absence of Presi
dent Warren Cleveland, and Mrs.
Merle Haisten returned to the
key board to present some de
lightful music, after being absent
for several weeks while the piano
was being repaired.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
eight winners who were selected
in a flower show at their club
will enter in Class I and II of
the Junior Division.
All members of the Junior
Garden Club are urged to bring
their horticultural specimens
(check schedule - Horticultural
Division Rules) between 8 and
11 a.m. Also those who are
entering the Artistic Division
and exhibiting house plants should
bring them in early.
Early Health Dept.
To Give Free Test
For Diabetes
The Early County Health De
partment has announced that a
Diabetes Defection Clinic will
be held at the local health De
partment Friday, May 2. The
hours will be from 9:00 to 11:30
a.m. and 1:30 to 4;00 p.m.
The test is a simple finger
prick for 1 drop of blood, and
the complete results will be
known in 1 minute. The Clinic
will not diagnose Diabetes, but
persons found with elevated blood
sugar levels will be sent to their
private doctors for more tests,
diagnosis, and treatment, if
necessary. The test is FREE.
Diabetes is the 7th leading
Cause of death and the 3rd leading
cause of blindness in the United
States. Although there is no
cure for Diabetes, Diabetics can
follow their doctor’s treatment
and advice and almost always
lead happy, active lives.
Some of the symptoms of
Diabetes are: excessive thirst,
hunger, or urination; frequent
changes in vision; itching; pain
in fingers and toes; slow healing
wounds; and drowsiness.
Diabetes is most often found
in people over forty, relatives
of known diabetics, people who
are overweight, and women who
have had babies weighing over
nine pounds at birth. Everyone
in Early County is encouraged
to take this FREE test, but es
pecially those people who fall
into the above listed catagories.
Two Early Co. Men
Suffer Injuries
In Accident
Two Early County men were
injured in an accident Sunday
afternoon on the upper Kolomo
ki State Park Road, when their
pickup truck left the road, near
the Lake Yohola bridge and over
turned.
Harold Ragan of Blakely was
treated at Early Memorial Hos
pital and taken on to Southeas
tern General Hospital with head
and knee injuries; Walter D.
Buckhalter of Jakin who receiv
ed lacerations abou t the head
was admitted to the local hos
pital.
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 24,1969
Blakely wins Track
Meets- 2 Straight
In the first track meet of the
year for the Early County Bob
cats last Wednesday they scored
81 1/2 points to defeat Miller
County with 58 points and Bain
bridge with 30 1/2 points.
Results of th meet are as
follows:
Shot Put: Hunt(B), Hattaway
>(E), Glass(E), Kale(B) D-44’4” -
Discus: Arnold(E), Hunt(B), Hat
taway(E), Davis(E) D-130’ -
Broad Jump; Jarrett(E), Clower
(E), Duncan(M), Gilbert(E) D-18’
8” - Triple Jump: Singletary
(E), Howell(B), Johnson(E),
Goodyear(E) D-36'5” - Pole
Vault: Holt(M), Kirksey(B), Ho
well(B), Sims(B) and Askew(E)
tie D-U’ - High Jump: Holt(M),
Layton(M), Kitchens(E), Philyaw
(M) H-5'4” - 440 Relay: Miller
#l, Early #1 (Jarrett, Middleton,
Kithchens and Evans) T-46.8 -
120 High Hurdles: Middleton
(E), Alston(E), Sims(B), Gowan
(M) T-19.0 - 100: Duncan(M),
Jarrett(E), Smith(B), Middleton
(M) T-11.0 - Mile: Mathis(M),
Corker(B), Clower(E), Stone(E)
T-506.8 - 440: Hobbs(E), Evans
(E), Layton(M), Howell(B)T-53.0.
180 Low Hurdles: J. McNease
(M), Middleton(E), Alston(E), R.
McNease(M) T-23.5 - Two Mile:
Corker(B), Ford(E), Goodyear
(E), Mathis(M) T-ll: 45.3 - 880:
Warren(M), Sheffield(E), Gilbert
(E), Touchton(M) T-2;17 - 220;
LXmcan(M), Evans(E), Middleton
(M), Jarrett(E) T-24.0 - Mile
Relay: Early (Middleton, Alston,
Arnold, Evans), Miller T-3;55.8.
Wayne Middleton was the high
point man for Early County with
10 points.
The Early County Bobcat track
team raced to it’s second vic
tory of the year last Friday
scoring 119 points to crush Mil-
Services Held In
Atlanta Wed.
For Mrs. Hall
Mrs. Cleopatra Farmsworth
Hall, 83, a former Early County
resident, died Monday night in
an Atlanta Hospital following a
short illness. Mrs. Hall re
sided at Pershing Point Hotel,
Peachtree St., Atlanta, with her
daughter.
A native of Dalton, Georgia,
she spent her girlhood in Ox
ford, Georgia and was a graduate
of Oxford College(now Emory at
Oxford) and attended Agnes Scott
College. She taught school in
Porterdale, Conyers, and Blak
ely. While teaching in Blakely
she married William Alexander
Hall, and they resided at Boling
broke Plantation, east of Blakely.
The late Mr. Hall was a former
Representative to the General
Assembly from Early County and
owner of Hall Lumber Company
here as well as a prominent
farmer.
Mrs. Hall moved to Atlanta
in 1951, and until recently re
sided at 1343 Peachtree St. She
suffered a broken rib earlier
this month.
Graveside services were held
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at West
view Cemetery, Atlanta, inter
ment was in a family lot at West
view .
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Mary Hall Singleton and a
son, William (Billy) Alexander
Hall, Jr., both of Atlanta; two
grandchildren, Mrs. Wesley Hall
Van Knowles, Augusta; and Cap
tain W. A. Hall, 111, with the
U. S. Air Force in Germany
and several great grancjchildren.
Awards Night
The Early County High Chap
ter, Future Farmers of America
will hold their 30th annual FFA
Awards Night Program at the
High School Cafeteria Thursday,
April 24, at 8 p.m. Hal Cham
bliss, State Vice President of the
Georgia Association of the Future
Farmers of America, will be the
guest speaker.
Read The Early County News
ler County with 30 points and
Deerfield Academy of Albany with
17 points.
Results of the meet are as
follows:
Shot Put: Hattaway(E), Glass
(E), Arnold(E), Cannon (D) D
-40’ 4 1/2” - High Jump: Ric
ketson(E), Kitchens(E), Hollis
(D), Layton (M) H-5’2” - Pole
Vault: Askew(E), Peters(E) H
-10’ - Triple Jump: Singletary
•(E), Heath(D), Goodyear(E) D
-34’5” - Broad Jump: Clower
(E), Jarrett(E), Gilbert(E), Mc-
Nease(M) D-17’5 1/4” - Discus:
Arnold(E), Hattaway(E), Glass
(E), Mock(M) D-123’11” - 440
Relay: Early #1 (Middleton, Jar
rett, Kitchens, Evans), Miller
#1 T-47.3.
Mile: Mathis(M), Ford (E),
Clower(E), Scott(D) T-5;19-440:
Hobbs(E), Evans(E), Farmer(D),
Womble(M) T-55.1 - 100; Jar
rett(E), Middleton(M), Barker
(D), Kitchens(E) T-11.3 - 120
H. H.; Middleton(E), Alston(E),
Ricketson(E), Starr(E) T-18.7 -
880: Hobbs(E), Warren(M),
Clarke(D), Gilbert(E) T-2:13.2 -
220; Evans(E), Middleton (M),
Jarrett(E), Kitchens(E) T-24.9-
180 L. H.: Middleton(E), Mc-
Nease(M), Alston(E), Layton(M),
T-23.0 - Two Mile: Mathis
(M), Goodyear(E), Ford(E), Hol
lis(D) T-12:07 - Mile Relay:
Early #1 (Middleton, Arnold,
Evans, Hobbs), Deerfield #1 T
-3:45.9.
Wayne Middle ton was high point
man for Early County with 12
1/2 points. Middleton and Carl
Hobbs were double winners for
the Bobcats. Track meets are
held every Wednesday and Fri
day at the track at Standifer
Field.
Early County
Blanks Miller
3-0 Here
Early County Blanked Miller
County here Monday, 3 to 0,
with Danny Westbrook hitting two
for two, one hit was a double.
Johnny Edmondson was the win
ning pitcher, giving up three hits.
Early County had seven hits,
and scored in the first, third,
and fifth innings.
Rentz, of Colquitt, was the
loser, Sloane hit two for three-
Early County’s next game is
with Worth County in Sylvester,
Friday. They play Cairo here
Saturday at 2 p.m. at the High
School baseball diamond.
J. R. Hall Dies
Wednesday After
Long Illness
J. Rawleigh Hall, 78, of Bluff
ton, a retired farmer, died Wed
nesday morning at Early Memo
rial Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Houston County, Ala.,
lie was born Feb. 17, 1891, came
to Early County in 1938 and had
been living in Bluffton for the
past four years.
Interment will be in Slocomb,
Alabama, and the time and place
of funeral services to be an
nounced by Manry-Jordan Fune
ral Home.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Mae Melvin Hall, pf Bluffton;
two sons, Horace and Howard
Hall, of Blakely; four daughters,
Mrs. J. H. Williams, Slocomb;
Mrs. James P. Bruner, Panama
City; Mrs. John O. lyerly, Col
umbus; Mrs. Ira Lee Jordan,
Davenport, Fla.; one step-dau
ghter, Mrs. Charles Ingle, two
stepsons, T. O. and E. R. John
son, all of Columbus.
Anyone who has any questions
concerning Medicare or social
security is urged to contact the
Social Security Office at 500
Pine Ave. The telephone num
ber is 435-2074. Office hours
are 8;45 A.M. to 5;00 P.M. Mon
day through Friday andB;3OA.M.
to 12:30 P.M, on Saturday.
APRIL 20-26 NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
"BE ALL YOU CAN BE, READ”
Last year as one part of the
total National Library Week pro
gram sponsored by the National
Book Committee and American
Library Association, some ten
million posters, bookmarks,
streamers, buttons, and other
aids conveyed the theme, "Be
All You Can Be, Read”. News
features ‘through all media in
tensified the observance.
For National Library Week
1969 the special "Week” is April
20-26 and the theme of last
year has been retained, that is,
"Be All You Can Be, Read”.
This catchy slogan will serve as
an umbrella for a variety of
ways, some new, some old, to
promote the benefits of reading
and library use for everyone,
patrons of all ages, especially
the young, in both urban and ru
ral areas.
Rotary Views
"Right To Work"
Film Friday
A short motion picture film,
made by the late Cecil B. de
Mille, noted Hollywood film pro
ducer, built around the subject
of "the right to work law” made
an interesting program at last
week’s meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club.
The film dealt with Mr. de
Mille’s difficulties with a labor
union after he failed to pay his
union dues. The union shut down
his motion picture operations,
caused his radio show to be
cancelled because of his refusal
to pay dues, the film showed.
The short film was narrated
by the late Mr- de Mille, and
he refused, he declared, to pay
the dues because one dollar went
to a political cause which he
considered repugnant. The pro
gram was arranged by Rotarian
John Amrich.
President Lowrey S> Stone pre
sided at the meeting.
Visitors were Bruce Ellen, of
the Dothan Club, making up at
tendance, a guest of Jim Rich
ardson; Dr. Paschal Brooks, a
guest of Jim Crowdis; Bill Whit
taker, of the Dawson Club, mak
ing up attendance, and Harry
Barnes, of Los Angeles, guests
of A. J. Singletary.
HOSPITAL LIST
Patients listed as being admit
ted and discharged the past week
at Early Memorial Hospital were
as follows:
ADMITTED
Louise Favors, Johnie John
son, Doris Bankston, Roma Lam
bert, Tommie Tedder, Addie
Floyd, Franklin Barron, Terry
Kirkland, Allie Wilbourn, Sylvia
Sapp, Walter Buckhalter, Nina
Gordon, Norman Cox, Milton
Martin, James Loyless, Simon
Pittman, Homer Eldridge, Mary
Jane Timmons, Ruth Jordan,
Cheryl Hodge, Geraldine Brooks,
John Hallman, Jeanette An
derson, Rosa Martin, Herman
Monday, Sharon Culbreth, Irene
Drinkard, Eva Hill Hobbs, Imo
gene Hillman, Lee Peterson,
Margaret Wright.
DISCHARGED
Annie Taylor, Vaudine Oliver,
Helen Hall and Baby Girl, Her
man Monday, Marlene Chandler,
Lester Wiley, Adell Washington,
Annie Mcßae, Billy Lamb, Irene
Drinkard, Virginia Cramer,
Margaret Wright and Baby Boy,
Noah Everett, Remmie Goodwin,
Carl Hilton, Nancy Jackson,
Merle Cannon and Baby Boy,
Lee Peterson, Lucy White, Az
zie Gilbert, Mary Ward, W.M,
Edmondson, James Williams,
Callie Lamb, Cathy Pines, Ro
ger Otzenberger, Foy Bass,
Jeanette Anderson, Mary Jane
Timmons, Sharyn Culbreth and
Baby Boy, Imogene Hillman,
Cheryl Hodge, Ruth Jordan, Syl
via Sapp, W. D. Buckhalter, John
Hallman, Alberta McGriff.
Also being stressed are the
library programs that serve the
needs of the business man, the
aspiring student, and the person
with leisure time.
You will read of National Li
brary Week as well as hear of
it. The theme will be amplified
on the air via a 1969 edition
of recorded celebrity messages
in addition to other publicity'
materials for TV and radio.
Special events will highlight au
thors and books.
The National Book Committee,
formed in 1954, proposes "to
keep books free, make them
widely available and encourage
reading,” to strengthen library
services and foster the conditions
in which a diversity of ideas
can find expression and readers.
This year is the 15th anni
versary of the committee's
Mr. Turner, 82,
Dies; Services
Held Thursday
Bryant Jackson Turner, 82,
a former Blakely citizen and a
grocery store operator for many
years, was buried here on Thurs
day of last week in the Blakely
cemetery. Funeral services,
conducted by Dr. C. D. Horton,
were held at the Chapel of Manry-
Jordan Funeral Home. Pall
bearers were IL A. Mobley, Carl
ton Scarborough, L. J. George,
Cecil George, Hoyle Fleming,
O. H. Snyder.
Mr. Turner was born in Early
County June 19, 1886. He was a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Blakely- After re
tirement he moved to South Bay,
Fla., and had lived there six
years. He died on April 15
in a nursing home in Lake
Worth. He was a personable
and friendly person and had many
friends who were saddened upon
learning of his passing.
Survivors are one brother,
Joe Turner, Atlanta; four sisters,
Mrs. Roy Whitehurst and Mrs.
Harry Fletcher, Jacksonville;
Mrs. Wayne Lindsey, Atlanta;
Mrs. Vera Moulton, South Bay,
Fla.
Georgia’s Miss Hope
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GEORGIA’S MISS HOPE: C. H. Poindexter, 1969 State EDU
CATION-Funds Crusade Chairman for the American Cancer
Society launches April Cancer Control Month designating 9 year
old Dyana Butler of East Point Georgia’s MISS HOPE. Dyana,
cured of cancer when only 15 months old, represented the 1,500,
000 Americans who are alive today and cured of cancer in cere
monies reeently with President Richard N. Nixon in Washington,
D, C. Poindexter affixed Dyana with the title of MISS HOPE
upon her return at the Atlanta Airport.
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founding; the 12th year of the
NLW programs; and the 20th
anniversary of the National Book
Awards, an effort to encourage
literature as an art. Despite
vast social and technological
changes the common purpose of
these three efforts retain their
currency.
The N L W programs provides
a major focus and impetus to
local and State reading and li
brary campaigns brings library
services and needs to the public
attention.
As an individual, please ob
serve NLW with a visit to your
public library. You will be
pleased to learn of the resources
awaiting you there.
Library Hours: Monday thru
Friday - 10:00 a.m. - 12;00noon
-2:30 - 5:30 p.m. Saturday -
10:00 a.m. - 12;00noon.
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Hatcher
Held In Hentown
Mrs. Katies Warren Hatcher,
75, widow of John D. Hatcher,
died at her residence on Route
3 Saturday morning after a long
illness. She was a native of
Miller County, and was born
there December 27, 1893, but
had lived most of her life in
Early County.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon in the Hentown
Church of Christ, of which the
deceased was a member. Offi
ciating ministers were Sam Hart
line and Floyd Heaton. Interment
was in die Flat Creek cemetery,
with Manry-Jordan Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Grandsons of Mrs. Hatcher, Ed
ker Hatcher, Micheal Dowdney,
Ronnie Dowdney, Roger Dowd
ney, Mark Dowdney and Calvin
Hatcher, served as pall bearers.
Survivors are two sons, Doug
las Hatcher, Blakely; Curtis Hat
cher, Panama City; four dau
ghters, Mrs. C, B. Gordon, Pan
ama City; Mrs. C. B. Dowdney,
Macon; Miss Eunice Hatcher,
Jacksonville; Miss Eva Hatcher,
Blakely, and 15 grandchildren
and 4 great-grandchildren.