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Mrs. Richardson Continued
tees. As Chapter Regent, she
presented the Americanism
Medal from the Peter Early
Chapter to Bryant Baker, re
nowned British-born Amercan
sculptor, who did the bust of
Governor Peter Early for whom
her DAR chapter was named.
The presentation was made at the
unveiling of this bust at the
Georgia Hall of Fame in the
rotunda of the State Capitol, At
lanta- She led her chapter to the
Gold Honor Roll, a status the
chapter has maintained for the
past nine years.
In the Georgia State Society
she has served as State Treas
urer, State First Vice Regent
and Regent. She has served
as State Chairman of the fol
lowing committees: Honor Roll,
National Defense, Marking Re
volutionary Soldiers' Graves, and
has been a member of many other
committees.
As State Regent Mrs. Richard
son capably led the Georgia Dau
ghters to higher standards in
DAR activities and increased
membership. Mrs. Richardson
secured the much sought after
rare signature of Georgia's First
Governor, John Adams Treutlen,
on indefinite loan for the Ameri
cana Room. Mrs. Richardson
chose a Recreation Area at Kate
Duncan Smith DAR School, as her
State Project- Given by the
State Society in her honor, today
the Annis Mann Richardson Re
creational Area at KDS, is the"
answer to one of the necessi
ties for the school’s accredia
tion, as well as an area for re
creation. Scholarships were
given by the State, honoring Mrs.
Richardson to Tamassee DAR
School and Berry College.
She was elected an Honorary
State Regent at the Georgia State
Conference, March, 1968. She
is a State and National Promoter
of the DAR and is presently
serving as Senior State Chair
man of National Merit Awards.
In 1968 the Sons of the Ameri
can Revolutionpresented her with
the DAR's Gold Medal of Appre
ciation.
Mrs. Richardson is National
Lineage Research Chairman and
is a member of the DAR National
Membership Committee. In Sept-,
ember spot announcements over
WSB Radio Station, Atlanta,
throughout the day honored her as
Awards Night Continued
Contest is engraved each year;
a SSO cash award given by the
Blakely Lions Club; and the Na
tional FFA Foundation Public
Speaking award.
The Star Chapter Award went
to Steve Singletary who also re
ceived two National FFA Foun
dation awards; the Star Chapter
Farmer award and the Foundation
Livestock Producers award.
The Howard Nelson Harrison
award, given by Mr. and Mrs.
George Nelson, for the best Soil
Conservation Essay went to
Jimmy Balkconi, with Hal Alston,
Doug Lacey, Robert Pullen
and Jack Davis as runners-up.
Recipients of other FFA Foun
dation awards were Robert Pul
len, who received two awards.
Crop Farmer and Farm Mechan
ics; Jimmy Balkconi, ornamental
horticulture; Doug Lacey, Star
Green hand; Hal Alston, Soil
and Water Management. Jimmy
Balkconi and James Rogers were
second and third place winners
in the Public Speaking Contest
and received cash awards from
the Blakely Lions Club, present
ed by Stanley Houston, vice presi
dent of the Lions Club.
Honorary memberships in the
local FFA were presented to
Chapter Sweetheart Sue Johnston;
Principal Joe Cannon; Livestock
producer Pete Houston, Manager
of WBBK, Wayne Foster; and Dr.
C. Q Horton, pastor of the First
Baptist Church. Presenting the
MOTHER’S DAY
Hollingsworth & Kings
CANDIES
(come in and taste)
BILLFOLDS by Buxton
COSMETICS
Elizabeth Arden, Chanel 5
and others
Hall Drug Company
Blakely Ft. Gaines
"Woman of the Day in Lineage
Research in Georgia".
She Is a member of the Na
tional Officer’s Club, Life mem
ber of the National Vice Regent’s
Club; a member of the Georgia
-State Officers Club and the past
State Regents’ Club.
Mrs. Richardson's member
ships in other organizations in
clude: The National Society
Magna Charta Dames, which she
served as State Chaplain of the
Georgia Division; The Society of
Friends of St. George’s Chapel
Association of Descendants of the
Knights of the Most Noble Order
of the Garter, Windsor; she was
recently appointed by the Regent
of the United States Assembly,
Knights of the Garter, as the
only woman of a committee of
three to select for deceased
members a memorial to be placed
at St. George's Chapel, London,
England-
She is the past State Treas
urer, United Daughters of the
Confederacy; past Registrar,
past recording Secretary and
presently is Historian for the
Columbus Chapter, Daughters of
the American Colonists. A mem
ber of the Sons and Daughters
of the Pilgrims, State Ameri
canism Chairman of the Hugue
not Society, Founders of Mana
kin in the Colony of Virginia
and a member of the Honorary
Order of Kentucky Colonels.
Active in the religious, cul
tural and civic life of the com
munity, she is a member of the
First Baptist Church, has taught
Sunday School classes in Blak
ely, Savannah and Atlanta; is past
President of the Blakely Study
Club, a charter member of the
Early County Historical Society
and the Blakely Garden Club
and is a Red Cross Gray Lady.
She was officially appointed
county Historian and is com
piling a history of Early County,
she was instrumental in getting
the County Courthouse records
microfilmed and laminated. She
was presented an honorary life
membership in the Blakely-Early
County Chamber of Commerce
in recognition of her late hus
band's services.
Mrs. Richardson was endorsed
■by the Georgia State Society at the
1968 Georgia State Conference
as a candidate for the office of
Vice President General, 1969.
honorary degrees were: Tommy
Jenkins, Marcus Craft, Allen
White, Bob Williams and Mil
lard Scarborough.
Junior Farmers certificates,
the highest degree awarded in
the local FFA went to fourteen
FFA’ers: Jimmy Balkcom, Jerry
Batchelor, James Cannon, Mar
cus Craft, Mike Ellis, Gary Hunt,
Bobby Jenkins, John Moseley,
Robert Pullen, Fred Reynolds,
James Rogers, Millard Scar
borough, David Temples and
George Wilkerson. The certi
ficates were awarded by Daniel
Wilkerson, Chapter Secretary
and Sonny James, Committee
Chairman.
The opening and closing cere
monies were conducted by Chap
ter Officers: Joe Whatley, Presi
dent; Steve Singletary, vice
president; Daniel Wilkerson, se
cretary; Terry Davis, treasurer;
Robert Pullen, reporter; Allen
White, Parliamentarian; Wayne
Powell, sentinel and R. E. Balk
com, advisor. Larry White ex
tended the welcome and James
Rogers, Chapter Chaplain, intro
duced the guests- Introduced in
groups the guests included,
parents, faculty, honorary mem
bers (70), Supt. Lonnie Chester,
members of the Board of Edu
cation and Trustees; Civic Clubs
presidents; press and radio;
Mayor, County Agents, Vo. Ag
teachers, Presidents of High
School Clubs and FFA Sweet-
hearts (Present and past).
Steve Singletary, vice presi
dent, introduced the guest
speaker, Hal Chambless. Terry
Davis, treasurer and Wayne Po
well presented the FFA Founda
tion Awards. Jimmy Balkcom
and Robert Pullen, reporter, gave
the Highlights of 1968-69.
The Highlights included; Elec
tion of officers, planning pro
gram of work, 18 attended FFA
FHA Camp; two participated in
Soil Conservation Workshop;
President attended State FFA
Convention; Chapter Sweetheart
provided entertainment. The
Chapter program of work was set
up in August; 150 FFA members
on roll in September; 65 Green
hands; Sue Johnston was select
ed Sweetheart; three delegates
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attended National FFA Conven
tion in Kansas City, and the
Chapter was awarded the Gold
Emblem for the 16th Consecu
tive year.
The Chapter sent delegates
to the State FFA Rally, three
received the Georgia Planters
degree; seven entered the Area
Swine Show; all members parti
cipated in the public speaking
contest; a large number enter
ed the Soil Conservation Essay
contest, the winner received the
Howard Nelson Harrison Award;
108 donated to the Empty Stock
ing Fund, officers conducted a
clinic in Colquitt; FFA Week
was observed, the theme was
the same as the Awards Night
Program theme; Ten partici
pated in Forestry Field Day,
190 attended; the chapter co
sponsored with the FHA, the
Boy and Girl of the Month Pro
ject; the Land Judging team and
Livestock Judging team went to
Tifton; 13 entered the Purebred
Swine Show. The chapter ope
rated a forestry plot and a small
chapter farm, chapter livestock
is kept at the Livestock barn on
Arlington Street, built by chap
ter members.
Entertainment for the evening
was provided by Miss Mary'
Brown, a former Chapter Sweet
heart and Area I Sweetheart,
1968-69, who has just returned
from Atlanta. Miss Brown sang,
"I’M In Love With The FFA”
accompanied by Tommy Harvey
at the piano.
At the close of the program,
Hospital List
Patients listed as being admit
ted and discharged the past week
at Early Memorial were as fol
lows;
ADMITTED
Cornelia Anderson, Noah
Velch, Edna Sessions, Earnest
Johnson, Pearlie Beasley, Ha
vous Houston, Walter Sessions,
Siirley Hill, Ludie Smith, Ger-
gifts were presented to the Chap
ter and Area Sweethearts and
Advisors, R. E. Balkcom and
T. A. Williams, with President
Joe Whatley making the presen
tation. The Rev. John Quillian,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, gave the benediction.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1969
trude Holmes, Deloris Johnson,
Linda Kimbrell, Beverly Creel,
Sara Daniels, Oatley Carter,
Viola Ealy, William Weems,
Bertha Hasty, Richard Harris,
Mattie Bryant, Melvin Moody,
Nellie Moers, John Riley George,
Sterling Wiggins, Julia Smith,
Linda Montgomery, Lester Ray
Wiley, Raymond Trawick, Adell
Washington, Jeanette Curry, Kel
ley Blankenship, Sam Jackson,
Inez Cody.
DISCHARGED
Geraldine Brooks, Kelly Blan
kenship, Johnnie Johnson, Jean
ette Curry and Baby Girl, James
Loyless, Tommie Tedder, Terry
Kirkland, Louise Favors, Roma
Lambert, Nina Gordon, Beverly
Creel, Lee Barron, Melton Mar
tin, Polly Jones, Doris Banks
ton, Norman Cox, Foy Williams,
Linda Montgomery, Lula King,
Homer Eldridge, Ida Peace,
Sam Jackson, Melvin Moody,
Julia Smith, Sara Daniels and
Baby Girl, Theo Murkerson,
Shirley Hill and Baby Girl, Linda
Kimbrell and Baby Girl, Rosa
Martin, Gertrude Holmes and
Baby Boy.
Hand-woven muslin, made in
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