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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD'S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 110—NO 48
Sue Johnston Wins
Sweetheart Contest
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Sue Johnston
Sue Johnston, Early County
High FFA Sweetheart, won the
Area I Sweetheart Contest Satur
day, May 10. The contest was
held in conjunction with the Area
I Annual FFA Rally at Abraham
Baldwin Agricultural College in
Tifton.
The morning program includ
ed the final eliminations in the
Public Speaking Contest with
representatives from Unadilla,
Fort Valley, and Brooks County.
The Fort Valley FFA member
won first place and will repre
sent Area I in the State Public
Speaking Contest.
The next event was the Quar
tet Contest. Those competing
were Unadilla, Cairo, and Wil
cox County, with the Cairo
Quartet placing first.
The Sweetheart Contest was
held next with representatives
from Cairo, Perry, and Early
County, and Sue Johnston was
selected winner of this contest.
The participants in each of the
three above listed contests had
been selected winners in two
previous eliminations prior to
Rally Day.
The Sweethearts were judged
on participation in and contri
bution to their chapter, extra
curricular activities, general
beauty and appearance, in
terview, and talent. The com
petition is keen, and we are very
fortunate to have a Sweetheart
who has shown the interst and
ability that Sue has demonstrated
this year. We were very proud
of her when it was announced
that she had been selected as
Area I Sweetheart, 1969-70.
Sue is a Senior at Early County
High School, where she has been
very active in FHA and is pre
sently serving as Secretary. She
has also been a cheerleader for
four years and a member of the
Beta Club for five years. She
was elected “Best All Round”
and “Best Dancer” in the Senior
Class and is an Honor Graduate-
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She was a delegate to Girls’
State during the summer where
she was elected Senator. This
year she served as Sports Edi
tor of the High School Annual.
Sue represents the FFA in the
Early County Fair Beauty Pa
geant and was selected 3rd run
ner-up. In November, she was
Ist runner-up in Blakely’s Junior
Miss Pageant and was recently
selected 3rd runner-up and Miss
Congeniality in the Miss South
west Georgia Pageant. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Johnston of Blakely.
Mary Brown, who was the 1967-
68 Chapter Sweetheart was se
lected as Area I Sweetheart one
year ago, and has served as the
1968-69 Area 1 Sweetheart. Mary
appeared on the program and an
nounced the winner of the Sweet
heart contest, and Lt. Governor
George T. Smith, presented the
Sweetheart Trophy to Sue and the
other two runners-up.
During the time these two con
tests were beingheld, FFAmem
bers from the various Chapters
in this area were competing in
five farm shop events at the Col
lege Engineering Building. These
events were: Arc Welding, Ace
tylene Cutting, Farm Electrifi
cation, Hardfacing, and Rafter
Cutting. Members of the Early
County High Chapter competing
in the shop events were Gary
Hunt, Steve Singletary', Larry
Wiley, Hal Alston, and Joe What
ley. Steve Singletary, Chapter
Vice President and Senior Ag.
Student, won first place in die
Acetylene Cutting event.
Jimmy Balkcom and Bob Wil
liams were the two official dele
gates of the Chapter and Mrs.
Johnny Johnston, Sue’s mother,
also attended the Rally Day Pro
gram.
Winners in the FFA Quiz Con
test and the String Band Contest
were also announced during the
morning program.
Large Number
Sign For Summer
Recreation
Two hundred and sixty boys
f have signed up for the summer
program at Howell Field, accord
ing to Ray Knight, Director of
Little Boys Baseball in Blakely
for the coming season.
Opening night at Howell Field
begins at 7;30 p.m. Friday night,
May 16- When managers, coaches
and players will be introduced
under the bright lights. The
midget teams will play exhibi
tion game of two innings each,
interested spectators, parents
and friends are invited to the
opening events Friday evening
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Rice Appointed Jurors Drawn To Serve
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Charles B. Rice was appointed
Southeastern District Manager of
the Industrial Fastener Division
of Standard Pressed Steel. SPS
is ranked as one of the Nations
leading five-hundred Industrial
Corporations and is among the
first twenty companies in the
fabricated metal classification
The company has over ten thou
sand people with thirty plants
and supply centers in eleven
countries and on six continents.
The companies stock is traded
on the New York Stock Exchange.
Today, SPS is a major inter
national force in the manufactur
ing and marketing of highly sophi
sticated fastener systems. With
in the corporate organization,
Mr. Rice is directly responsible
for the overall operations of
the thirteen Southeastern states,
presently being serviced by a
forty thousand square foot dis
tribution center located in At
lanta, Georgia. The three Cor
porate plants that service the
Atlanta distribution center are
The Cleveland Cap Screw Co.,
located at Cleveland, Ohio; The
National Machine Products Co.,
located in Utica, Michigan; and
The Detroit Diamond Screw Pro
ducts Co. located in Wyandotte,
Michigan.
The precision fastener divi
sion produces all types of thread
ed products made from a wide
variety of materials including
ultra-high precision screws,
hexagon head screws, cold form
hex steel nuts, and all metal
steel locknuts, and numerous
other standard and special items.
Prior to the appointment, Mr.
Rice was a sales representative
for IFD-SPS for three years,
covering North Georgia, South
Alabama, Tennessee, and por
tions of Virginia.
Mr. Rice, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Rice of Blakely is
a graduate of Blakely High School
and Georgia State College, At
lanta.
He has worked with National
Engine Co. as a controller for
six years.
He and his wife, the former
Nancy Hughes of Athens, Geor
gia , reside on Brieridge Circle,
Doraville, Georgia.
The City of Blakely will seek
bids to buy a bucket truck and
a unit to use with the work of
the Water and Light Department,
it was decided at the May meet
ing of the City Council Tuesday
night.
Week Os June 2- 7 Named
Deadline For Clean-up Project
The week of June 2-7 has been
selected as the deadline for a
Clean-up project in the City of
Blakely by representatives of
Civic Clubs and school clubs.
Mayor Alex Howell has issued a
proclamation declaring the first
week in June as Clean-up and
Beautification Week and has
pledged the full cooperation of
the city in picking up trash and
garbage.
Twenty-eight members of var
ious organizations met Monday
night at the First State Bank
Community Room at the request
of the Beautification Chairman of
the Stay and See Georgia Pro
gram, Mrs. Don Curran.
The chairman exhibited news
paper clippings showing activi
ties in the city the past two
months, with 4-H Club girls,
Junior Garden Club girls and
OEO workers at work on the
anti-litter campaign and beauti
fication projects. She exhibited
posters with clippings from area
newspapers showing what neigh
boring towns have accomplished.
"The Inter-Club Council offi
cially entered the Stay and See
Georgia Program earlier this
year with the backing of the Blak
ely-Early County Chamber of
Commerce. Wayne Foster, man
ager of WBBK Radio, was named
chairman of the program in Early
County", Mrs- Curran said as she
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1969
Jurors drawn to serve at the
May, 1969, term City Court of
Blakely (May 19th, 1969) are as
follows:
J. E. Craft, W. L. Moseley,
Jr., Colley E. Eldridge, Vince
L. Hilliard, Hoyle McLendon,
D, T. Pickron, Larry Middleton,
Joe Bryan, Thomas G. Jenkins,
J. L. Jones, L. J. George, H.L,
Martin, B. G. Houston, Ivey
Chambers, C. D, Phillips, G.E.
Bates, S. G. Maddox, Jr., Billy
English, S. J. Clinkscales, Ben
R. Moseley, Essie Donalson, W.
J. English, W. V. Willis, Felix
P. Davis, 111, Ralph English,
Aubrey Jenkins, Thomas H.
Gilbert, Jr., Charles Emmett
Houston, Perry L. Bridges, Eu
gene T. Fincher, Sherman Nic
hols, G. A. Tedder, Olin Thomp
son, Jr., Freddie Davis, Ber
nard Herring, Roy Tedder,
E.C.H.S. Band
Presents Concert
Tonight, May 15
The Early County High School
Band will present a concert at
8 p.m. Thursday, May 15. The
concert will represent the efforts
of the band since their Christ
mas Concert.
Preceding the High School Band
will be the Junior and Elemen
tary Bands- directed by Band
master Ernest Boone- The Jun
ior Band will play “Holiday”
and “Village Charm."
The High School Band will
play four compositions by various
composers. In addition, the band
will also be conducted by two
student conductors, Tommy Har
vey, conducting the "Traveler
Overture" and Roger Sammons,
conducting the "Elmira March.”
Students in the Band will }>e
selling tickets and admission at
the door will be .25 and .50
respectively, for students and
adults.
Honors Day
The Honor's Day Program at
Early County' High School will
be held Friday morning, May
23, at 10:45 a-m. at Mangham
Auditorium. Scholarships, club,
literary and sports awards, ma
sonic medals, civic awards
will be made at this time.
Mrs. E. L. Lewis and Mrs.
J. O. Brown are coordinators
for the Honors Day Program.
introduced Mr. Foster.
"What is the reason for this
program ? Mr. Foster asked and
answered this question with the
objectives of the STAY and SEE
Georgia Program given by Mrs.
Mozell Christian, Secretary of
the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce and Director of the
STAY and SEE program, at the
time of her visit here earlier
this year.
"Tourism is a billion dollar
business in Georgia," Mrs.
Christian said- “By beautifying
our communities we can better
attract tourists. There is a great
profit potential in the Tourist
Industry' ’.
Each year, since 1963 when
40 communities participated, ad
ditional participants have em
braced the program, 298 commu
nity organizationshave taken part
in the last six years and are
cashing in on the financial profit
and enthusiastic community
spirit engendered by the pro
gram, the director said.
Featured by the STAY and SEE
program besides "Clean-up and
Beautification” have been,
"Courtesy and Hospitality”
(1965); "Points of Interest"
(1966); "Accommodations and
Facilities” (1967); and “New At
tractions.”
The main reason we want a
F. E. Davis, Roscell Ellis, Ar
thur English, H. A. Felder, Jr.,
E. H. Sheffield, G. F. Oldham,
Dwight Harris, Herman Smith,
Mack Jarrett, J. C. Loyless,
J. Durwood Evans, Crozier Bat
chelor, Clifford Love, Herman
Harris, J. E. Perkins, Jackie
Frith, G. W. Davis, Jr., Sam
Bable, Billy Wilson, E. L. Lewis,
Jr., James Edward Kelly, C.M.
Cantrell, Hugh Frazier, T. W.
Reese, John F. Moseley, Hamp
Clarke, Louis Jones, J. C. Hill,
Mrs. W'illiam F. Arnold, Don
Tiner, Hansford Cleveland, J.W.
Farriss, Elbert J. Henderson,
Feryl Evans, Roscoe Langley,
J. D. McDowell, Tom Henry Tol
bert, Norman Nobles, Adam
James Moulton, Leron Clower,
John W. Hunter, Don Waller,
L. A. Wiley, CL W. Griffin.
Touchdown Club
To Honor Bobcats
And Coaches
Monday night, May 19, the
Blakely Touchdown Club will
honor the players and coaches
of the Blakely Bobcat football
squad. Awards and letters will
be presented to the players,
coaches, and managers. All fans
are urged to come out to the
Town and Country Club at 8 p.m.
on May 19.
The speaker will be Coach
Max Howell of Troy State Uni
versity, winner of National
('hampionship for small colleges
this past season.
All T-D club members are
■ asked to please bring a prospec-,
tive member because we need to
get all set for the coming season
as well as say farewell to last
season. A short business ses
sion will be held during the even
ing to elect new officers and
directors for this year.
There will be a $3.00 dinner
charge for non members-
MARKET REPORT
Sales totalling $29,034.01 were
reported at Moseley Livestock
Barn Tuesday as 113 cattle and
310 hogs were sold.
No. I’s sold for 21.50; Light
I’s, 21.40; No. 2’s, 20.35; No.
3's, 19.35; No. 4's, 17.90; No.
s’s, 17.80; Heavy’s, 21.51; No.
1 Rough, 16.70; No. 1 Meat Type,
22.21; Light No. 1 Meat Type,
21.85.
nice-looking, attractive commu
nity is to make visitors feel
welcome and promote tourism.
HIGHWAYS CLEANED
One of the main projects to
be undertaken within the next
th re e weeks will be to clean
the highways through Blakely,
U. S. 27, Georgia 62 and 39,
was the consensus of opinion
of those present at the kick
off meeting.
Color slides of areas which
need special attention were shown
by Mrs. Curran; a majority of
the pictures were of unsightly
spots along the entrances to
Blakely. These were the "Be
fore” pictures- She plans to
make the "After" pictures fol
lowing the week of June 2-7
and hopes to be able to show
a great deal has been accom
plished through this needed
clean-up program.
Sewing with cool, sum
mery fabrics like cotton
voile, dotted swiss, or cotton
eyelet, calls for a little extra
care with seams. They should
be as invisible as possible,
neat and narrow. The French
seam is the best choice.
Check sewing books for ex
act instructions for stitching
this seam.
Cotton soaks up moisture.
Mr.; Mrs. Bridges
Present Program
To Rotarians
Blakely Rotarians were treat
ed to a program of songs at
last Friday’s meeting by the
inimitable, Mr. and Mrs. Perry
L. Bridges, better known as Pat
and Bam. With Mrs- Bridges
at the piano, Mr. Bridges sang
a series of songs, featuring girls
of a by-gone era, such as
"Louise”, “Lili Marlene”,
"Mame” and “Laura Lee”. Mr.
Bridges had prepared a script
describing the days and condi
tions which prevailed at the time
these songs were popular, and
this added a nostalgic appeal to
the program.
The program was arranged
and Mr. and Mrs. Bridges intro
duced by Rotarian J.O. Brown.
President Lowrey S. Stone pre
sided.
Visitors present were High
School Seniors Theresa Moore,
Diane Jarrett, Tyronne Goolsby,
Ernie McCormick and Roger
Evans, introduced by Class
President Danny Westbrook, hon
orary Rotarian; John Wade Shep
pard, of Greenwich, Conn.,
a guest of Dunbar Grist; Ralph
Ivey, of Bainbridge, guest of John
Quillian; Dr. Paschal Brooks, a
guest of Carey Logan; George
Harrison Gee, a guest of his
grandfather, George Gee, Jr.,
and Rotarian M.J. Steensland,
Dothan, making up attendance.
Final Rites For
Dr. W. 0. Shepard
Held In Bluffton
Dr. William Olva Shepard, 80,
widely known and esteemed phy
sician of Bluffton, where he prac
ticed medicine for more than a
half century, died in an Albany
hospital the past Saturday after
noon following a long illness.
Dr. Shepard was born in Mil
ler County, March 26, 1889, the
son of William Byrd Shepard
and Lizzie McNair Shepard- He
graduated from the Emory Uni
versity Medical School in 1912
and was a member of the Over
50 Practice Club for Physicians,
and was a member of the Georgia
Southwestern Medical Society.
For fifty years, he maintained
an office in Bluffton, where he
resided and was a member and
deacon of the Bluffton Baptist
Church. In addition, Dr. Shepard
engaged in farming and other
business ventures and held ex
tensive land ownings in Clay,
Miller and Early Counties. He
was held in high regard by all
who knew him, as was evidenced
by the large number of friends
from throughout this area who
were in attendance upon the last
rites. For the past two years,
since Dr. Shepard's health be
gan to decline, he and his wife,
the former Miss Aileen Hayes,
and whose devoted life to each
other had been a n inspiration
to their friends, had lived in
Edison.
Final rites were held in the
Bluffton Methodist Church Sun
day afternoon, the Rev. W.R.
Wilder, and the Rev. Dr. C.D.
Horton officiating. Interment
followed in the Bluffton ceme
tery with nephews of the de
ceased serving as pall bearers.
These were Leßoy Shepard, J.O.
■Shepard, Jr., Edwin Pullen, Billy
Pullen, Fred S. Martin, Eddie B.
Hudspeth. Deacons of the church
served as honorary escort.
Survivors in addition to the
widow are a foster son, Dewey
McNair, Albany; two brothers,
Bill Shepard, Leary; J. 0.
Shepard, Sr., Colquitt; three sis
ters, Mrs. John Hudspeth, Blak
ely: Mrs. W, R. Pullen, Damas
cus; Mrs. Fred S, Martin, of
Hilton.
Manry-Jordan Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Jaybirds have been known to
steal partly finished nests from
other birds and rebuild them
for their own use.
A sugar cane festival is held
each year at New Iberia, La.
Thirteen popes had the name
Innocent.
Blakely Native Named
To Alabama Who’s Who
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Mrs. Alyce Rhodes Hall
Friends in Blakely will be in
terested to learn of the selection
of Mrs. Alyce Rhodes Hall for
Who’s Who in Alabama. Mrs.
Hall, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Rhodesof Blak
ely, grew up here, graduated
at Blakely High School, and af
ter completing a college edu
ction returned to teach in Blak
ely for twelve years.
In the preface of Who's Who
in Alabama, Vol. 11, released
last month, is the following no
tation by the editors: "Ours is
a Social Science Book on the
State of Alabama. No one has
or can pay their way in or buy
a listing. To be included, the
individual may be from Tim
bucktoo or the South Pole but he
must be noteworthy for something
worthwhile in Alabama."
The personal data listed for
Mrs. Hall read;
"Hall, Alyce R. Educator B:
7/16/18, Blakely, Georgia.
Parents: William L. and Alice
(Tate) Rhodes. Married John
Allen Hall of Camden, Ala-,
4/24/64. Children: Adrea D.
Brown, Lindsay D. Johnson, New
nan Hall. Education: Hunting
don College, Montgomery, '35-
37, University of Alabama, B.S.
’39, MA. '55. Career: Bevelle
FIRST SOLO FLIGHT
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Pictured is Harold Dunaway, after he made his first solo
flight at the local airport Sunday.
Harold is a senior at Early County High School and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs- Guy H. Dunaway of Blakely. He has been
active in athletics, club and social activities at ECHS, and is
a member of the Varsity baseball team of 1969.
Harold has enrolled at Auburn University and will leave
June 10 for summer school.
SPAGHETTI DINNER
Sunday, May 25, 1969
11:30 til 2:00
VFW Post, Blakely, Georgia
Sponsored by Auxiliary
Admission $1.25
PULL FOK BLAKELY
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PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
Junior High, Alexander City,
Ala., ’39-41, Blakely High School,
'4l-43, Teacher of English,
Spanish, Biology, '46- 55; Bartow
Junior High School, Fla., ’55-
57; Foley , Ala. High School,
'SB-64; Moore Academy, Pine-
Apple, Ala., '64-68; Pres, of
Early Co. Teacher Assn. '54-
56; V-Pres. of District Class
room Teachers Assn.; Chrm.
Early Co. March of Dimes;
'SO-56, Georgia State Textbook
Committee; Pres. Baldwin Co.
Teachers,’64; Pres. Wilcox Co.
Teachers Assn. '66; Pres. Delta
Kappa Gamma '6B; V-Pres. Ft.
Bowyer DAR; Charter member
AAUW, Baldwin Co.; Panhellenic
Scholarship (chrm.) Council; N.
EA, AEA; Vice Pres- New Cen
tury Club, Pine Apple; Alpha
Gamma Delia. Pol: Independent;
Religion - Baptist; Hobbies,
Bridge, Music, Travel. Honors:
Awarded NDEA Scholarship '63
WCG, Milledgeville, Ga.; H:Mea
dowbrook, Route 1, Camden, Ala.
O: Wilcox County High School,
Camden, Ala.”
Mrs. Hall, who resides in Cam
den with her husband and young
son Newnan, has many friends
in Blakely and often returns to
visit at her former family home
on 418 River Street.