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EARLY COUNTY, GA
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. Ill—NO. 6
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WA girls get the Christmas spirit in September by writing
personal messages on Christmas cards to include in Ditty
Bags for servicemen in Vietnam. Seated, L-R, Brenda Mul
key, Pam Collins, Sylvia Hollinhead, Debra Williams, Cathy
Jo Brown, Janet Cooper, and Vicky Still. Standing, L-R, India
Haddock, Beverly Johnson, Diane Collier, Camille Jordan, Pam
Jordan, and Dana Jane Brown.
"The Odd Couple” to be
Presented Oct. 22-23
The Blakely Lions Club
announces that arrangements
have been completed with the
Randolph Little Theatre to pre
sent their production of “The
Odd Couple” in Blakely at the
Mangham Auditorium, October
22 and 23, at 7:30 p.m. Ad
mission will be $2.00 for adults
and SI.OO for students. Pro
ceeds are to be used for the
Scholarship Fund. This is the
long running Broadway comedy
hit by Neil Simon.
Simon is the playwright with
the magic touch for funnybone
tickling that he demonstrated in
such other hits as ’ ‘Barefoot in
the Park,” "Come Blow Your
Horn,” "Little Me,” "Sweet
Charity” and "The Star Spangled
Girl.” He came to bat, so to
speak, six times as a broadway
playwright in the mid-thirties
and scored a huge hit on each
occasion.
"The Odd Couple” was one of
the biggest of these comedy
smashes, drawing capacity
Broadway audiences for over two
and a half years after its resound
ingly successful opening in the
spring of 1965, when the New
York Times described it as
"wildly, irresistibly and contin
uously funny.”
"The Odd Couple” tells the
rollicking tale of two men, old
friends and charter members of
Major Brooks Lovelace is
New Boy Scout Executive
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Maj. Brooks Lovelace and B. J. Sumner
Major Brooks Lovelace Is the
new District Boy Scout Execu
tive for Central District and was
welcomed'by Council President
B. J. Sumner. Major Lovelace
had wide experience in Scouting
during his twenty years with the
U, & Air Force. His last year
was spent in Thailand.
He and his wife and six chil-
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a weekly poker game, who decide
to share an apartment together
after their respective marriages
have blown up. Billy Burgin
(Oscar) and Larry Belt (Felix)
will portray these two pals who
get into uproarious situations
when they find that in bunking
together they are as unsuited
to each other as they had been
with their respective wives, and
their irritations are as keen.
Billy Burgin (Oscar), for ex
ample, is a gruff, messy sports
writer, content to live in a clut
ter, and Larry Belt (Felix) is
insanely neat, given to delicate
cookery and spotless cleanliness.
Their most amusing difference
is in their attitudes to two chicks
living in a neighboring apartment,
English sisters appropriately
named Pigeon — to be played
by Margarete Burgin and Kathy
Yokum. Others in the cast will
be Ralph Hague, Jimmy Gilbert,
Fred Darden and Jack Israel,
as the inveterate players.
This cast has been directed by
Dr. Robert Smith, in the style
and tempo set for the orginal
New York production by Mike
Nichols, hailed as one of the
most brilliantly comic and in
ventive directors of our time
for this staging of this comedy
as well as of "Barefoot in the
Park-”
dren live in Albany. The Cen
tral District includes: Dough
erty, Miller, Early, Clay, Cal
houn, Baker and half of Lee
counties.
Statistics show that 86 per
cent of all houses selling for
$12,000 or less in 1968 were
mobile homes, according to the
Institute for Business Planning.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Hight, Then Go Ahead”
Stock Market
discussed Friday
at Rotary Club
Blakely Rotarians heard an
interesting talk on the stock mar
ket and investments in general
at last Friday’s meeting at the
Town & Country Club. The
informative speaker was Henry
Murfrey, director of research.
First Federal Savings and Loan
Association, an Alabama securi
ties company. Mr. Murfrey was
introduced by Mace Holman, of
Dothan, Alabama, manager of the
Dothan office- The program was
arranged and introduced by Ro
tarian Jim Holman.
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed Harrison Gee, a guest of his
grandfather, George Gee, Jr.;
Ben Houston and Billy Under
wood, guests of their fathers;
L. B. Fryer, 111, guest of "Tige”
Pickle: Buster Lockett, Cuthbert
and Gifford Garner, of Ozark,
making up attendance.
Early County High School
senior class president and hono
rary member. Clink Alexander,
had as his guests classmates
Rebecca Knighton, Jeanie Clink
scales and Bill Warrick.
President Pete Underwood
presided, and Mrs. Merle Hais
ten gave a selection of piano
music during the luncheon.
Early County's
Feeder Calf Sale
This year’s Feeder Calf Sale
saw a total of 870 feeder calves
sold for a total of $116,692.88.
There were 401 heifers that
sold for $46,786.93 and 469 steers
that brought $69,905.95. The
average price for the heifers
was $116.68 per head and the
steers averaged $149.05 each.
The average of the sale was $134.
13 per head-
The Feeder Calf Sale Com
mittee of the Early County Cattle
men Association would like to
thank the cattlemen for parti
cipating in this years sale.
The Feeder Calf Sale Com
mittee was composed of K. J.
Hodges, Chairman; P, A. Pitts
and Jimmy Holman.
Robert A. Brown
named chairman
of Chehaw Scouts
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Robert A. Brown
Robert A. Brown, plant mana
ger for the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company, Albany, Geor
gia, has accepted the position of
chairman of Central District of
the Chehaw Council, Boy Scouts
of America. Central District
includes Dougherty, Lee, Cal
houn, Clay, Early, Miller and
Baker counties.
He graduated from the Uni
versity of Minnesota with a
Bachelor's Degree in Business
Administration. He and his wife
and four children reside at 612
Meadowlark Drive. They are
members of Covenant Presbyter
ian Church. Mr. Brown said,
"Our aim is to make quality
Scouting available to all boys of
this district- ’’
Out of a total of 55,000 persons
killed on highways In 1968, says
the National Automobile Club,
one-third of the accidents Invol
ved drivers under 25 and 40
percent of the deaths happened
on week-ends.
BLAKELY, GA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1969
Mrs. C. W. Craft
speaks to Blakely
Jaycees Sept. 8
The Blakely Jaycees held their
monthly meeting Wednesday
night, September 8, at 8;00 o'-
clock in the Community Room
of the Bank of Early.
The meeting was called to
order by Mrs. Bobby Henderson,
president. Mrs. Arthur Powell
gave a very interesting devotional
and prayer on enthusiasm.
Mrs. C. W. Craft of the Pri
mary Department of the EMR
Classes at Early County Ele
mentary School was a special
guest and speaker at the meeting.
Mrs. Craft explained the different
types and methods of teaching
these children by using special
equipment, such as, a reading
machine. Everyone thoroughly
enjoyed Mrs. Craft’s talk and
was Invited out tovisitherclass
es.
Preliminary plans for this
year’s Third Annual Blakely’s
Junior Miss Pageant were dis
cussed by Mrs. Ben Cooper,
Chairman and Mrs. Ronald Tay
lor, Co-Chairman, which will be
held In November.
The meeting was adjourned
and refreshments were served
by Mrs. Ronald Taylor and Mrs-
Rex Newman, who were hostess
es.
The Blakely Bobcats travel
over to Thomasville Friday
night to tangle with the Cen
tral of Thomasville football
eleven. The ’Cats looked
much improved against Ter
rell County as they beat the
Green Wave 14-3. Help the
Bobcats pick up momentum —
travel to T’vllle and yell
"Go 'Cats”l
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Southern Railway
seeks control of
TAG Railway Co.
Southern Railway has filed an
application with the Interstate
Commerce Commission forper
mission to acquire control of
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia
Railway Company (TAG) by is
suing Southern Railway Com
pany common stock in exchange
for TAG’S outstanding capital
stock. The basis of exchange
is to be three-tenths of a share
of Southern Railway Company
common stock for each share
of TAG stock.
As of September 15, 98.45
percent of the outstanding TAG
shares had been deposited with
an escrow agent in acceptance
of Southern’s offer.
Southern also said that it had
filed a request with the Internal
Revenue Service seeking a satis
factory ruling on the tax con
sequences of such an exchange.
The Tennessee, Alabama &
Georgia Railway operates be
tween Chattanooga, Tenn., and
Gadsden, Ala., a distance of 91.7
miles.
Mrs. Ben Tarver
dies Saturday
Mrs. Ben Tarver of Opelika,
Alabama, died Saturday at an
Opelika Nursing Home follow
ing a long Illness. Funeral
was Monday morning in Opelika.
She was the sister-in-law of J.B.
Tarver of Blakely. Those from
Blakely attending included: Miss
Mildred Tarver, Mrs. H. A. Fel
der and Mrs. Lloyd George.
— NOTICE—
— Whalen George, Blakely
Chiropractor, announces today
that Dr. Earl Dennis, associate
of Harris Clinic in Albany, would
be in Dr. George's office on
Tuesdays and Saturdays from
2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Dr.
George states that this was done
as a convenience to his patients
until he is able to resume prac
tice in the very near future.
CON’T ON CLASSIFIED PAGE!
Boy and Girl
of the month
named at ECHS
The Boy and Girl of the Month
for September at Early County
High School is Jeanie Clink
scales end Clink Alexander.
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Jeanie Clinkscales
Jeanie is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Clinkscales of
Blakely. She has been in the
Beta Club 4 years and is ser
ving as president this year. She
attended Girls State the past
summer and is serving as as
sistant chairman of Honor Roll
in FHA this year. She was a
cheerleader in the 9th grade
and is serving as the
Co-Captain this year. Jeanie
participated in the presentation
of "The Silver Whistle” this
summer.
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Clink Alexander
Clink is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Alexander of Blak
ely. He has been a member of
the Beta Club for four years.
He is a Chapter beau in FHA
and attended Boys State this past
summer. Clink is serving as
Class president of the Senior
Class and he also participated
in "The Silver Whistle" this
summer.
Mrs. Anderson
dies Tuesday
at Early Memorial
Mrs. Annie Blackman Ander
son, 76, wife of John Franklin
Anderson, route 4, Blakely, died
early Tuesday morning in the
local hospital after a long ill
ness- Mrs. Anderson was born
in Holmes County, Fla., August
29, 1893, but had lived in Early
County for 40 years. She was
a member of the Cedar Springs
Assembly of God church.
Funeral services are sche
duled for this (Thursday) after
noon 4 o'clock in the chapel
of Manry- Jordan Funeral Home.
The Rev. Charlie McMullen and
Mrs. Mary Edenfield will offi
ciate. Interment will be in the
Blakely cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to the
widower, are one daughter, Mrs.
L. B. Batson, Lake Wales, Fla.;
three sons, Clifford Anderson,
Blakely; Clarence Anderson,
Lake Wales; John Anderson,
Lakeland, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs.
Lizzie Akridge, Enterprise, Ala.;
Mrs. Neal Brogden, Mulberry,
Fla.; one brother, Henry Black
man, Daleville, Ala.; 17 grand
children and 13 great-grandchil
dren.
Social Security began In Janu
ary, 1937.
Sharon Rena Lumpkin Is
Crowned Little Miss Peanut
Little Miss Sharon Rena Lump
kin, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lamar Lumpkin and a First
Grade student at Early County
Elementary School, was crowned
"Little Miss Peanut, 1969-70,”
at the Early County Peanut Fes
tival Fair here Thursday night.
The little brown eyed, brown
hair first grader will hold the
title of Queen for the coming
year and will represent Blakely
at the National Peanut Festival
In Dothan, Alabama, in the fall
of 1970.
Leslie Michelle Dennis, 5, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Dennie was named first alternate;
she is a brunette with dimples
and a first grader.
Cindy Smith, 6, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Smith,
second alternate, is a tall
blonde and in the second grade.
The three were chosen out of
thirty contestants. Jim Per
kins, Chairman of the Little Miss
Peanut Contest was Master of
Ceremonies, Tommy Harvey was
pianist. Last year's Peanut
Queen, Susan Waller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Waller, crown
ed the new queen; her cousin,
David Powell was crown bearer.
Talent presented during the
evening included; a patriotic
reading by Donna Waller; a
comedy reading by Lisa Zipper
er; James Kimbrell presented
two numbers with his guitar;
and Tommy Harvey sang seve
ral numbers accompanying with
his guitar-
Judges were Miss Allene Nel
son, Cuthbert, Public Relations,
Andrew College, formerly with
WDWD, Dawson, and has a Youth
Panel on that station; and Larry
Belt, head of the Music Depart
ment at Andrew College, Cuth
bert. Mrs. Jim Perkins direct
ed the contest assisted by Ruth
Perkins.
The thirty contestants and their
sponsors were: Sharon Rena
Lumpkin, Green Cottage Rental,
Ft. Gaines, Ga.; Donna Sue En
flnger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bobby Joe Enfinger, Hall Drug
Co.; Marianna Mulkey, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Mulkey,
Mulkey’s Trim Shop; Becky
Chambless, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lamar Chambless, Suwan
nee Store; Leslie Michelle Den
nis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George F. Dennis, Gulf Life Ins.
Co.; Valencia Gall Willis, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. W, G.
Willis, Save Way Stores; There-
Mrs. Annie Ellis
dies Sunday at
Early Memorial
Mrs. Annie Allen Ellis, 80,
lifetime resident of Early County,
died suddenly Sunday at the local
hospital. She was born in Early
County, September 12, 1889, and
was a member of the Westview
Methodist Church. Her husband
was the late Sam Tilton Ellis,
Sr.
Funeral services were held
at the church Monday afternoon,
the Rev. John Quillian and the
Rev. Donald Clark officiating.
Burial was in the Sardis ceme
tery, with grandsons of the de
ceased serving as pall bearers
and Manry-Jordan Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. Annie Lee Baxley, Auburn
dale, Fla.; Mrs- Annette Nall,
Columbia, Ala.; two sons, An
drew Ellis, Blakely, and Sam
Tilton Ellis, Cedar Springs; one
sister, Mrs. Donnie Brownlee,
Americus and two brothers, Wes
ley Allen, Blakely, and James
Allen, Lakeland, Fla.; 12 grand
children and 16 great grandchil
dren.
Band Boosters
The Band Boosters meeting
will be held October 6 at 7;30
p.m. at Mangham Auditorium.
All officers are asked to be
present. Please come - all
Band Boosters -old members
and new prospects are welcome.
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Little Miss Sharon Rena Lumpkin (center) Is 1969-70 Little
Miss Peanut in Early County, winning out over 29 other con
testants here Thursday night at the contest sponsored by the
American Legion, P.H. Fitzgerald, Post 11. Leslie Michelle
Dennis (left) was first alternate: and Cindy Smith, (right),
second alternate. The three top winners hold their loving
cups; all of the contestants were presented silver charm brace
lets and tickets to the rides on the midway.
sa Kitchens, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Kitchens, United Auto
Parts; Leah Blackwell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L.
Blackwell, Early Gas; Vivian
White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde White, Glen Sirmons, A
gent, Liberty Nat l Life Ins.;
Renee’ Wilson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. David Wilson, Fryer’s
Pharmacy; Terrie Ann Middle
ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Middleton, Peter’s Drug;
Janie Mae Thomas, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Thomas,
Blakely Auto Parts; Cindy Bar
field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sammy Barfield, Day’s Music
Center; Donnis Bates, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bates,
Climax, Ga., granddaughter of
Mr. Idus Bates, Vada Builders
Inc.; Sheila Temples, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Tray Temples,
Blakely Freezer Locker; Alexia
White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde White, Blakely Peanut Co.;
Barbara Jean Love, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Love, Har
vey’s Supermarket; Cindy Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Smith, Glass Service Center;
Wally Houston Named
Outstanding Athlete
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Wally A. Houston
Wally A. Houston of Blakely,
well-known Early County High
School basketball player of 1967-
68 who is now a student at Middle
Georgia College, Cochran, is
listed in the 1969 edition of Out
standing College Athletes of
America.
Nominated in the spring, the
book was published in July and
announcement of this honor
reached the Early County News
last week, when a letter from J.
Carrol Watson, editor, pointed
out that Houston had received
this national honor. This is the
second year Outstanding College
Athletes of America has been
published- It presents the a-
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Pamela Marie Love, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Love, Howell
Drug Co.; Ginger Barfield, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamp
Barfield, Keenan Auto Parts;
Tally Lumpkin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Lumpkin, Pa
tricia's Beauty Lounge; Roxane
Carter, daughter of Mr- and Mrs.
Renfro Carter, W. T. Dowdy
RIO Store; Wanda Cleveland, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Cleveland, Joe Bryan-Damascus
Peanut Co.; Barbara Lynn
Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Judson Cooper, Haddock Ferti
lizer Co.; Lesa Davis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Freddy Davis,
Blakely Farm Store; Tammy Wi
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Wiley, Farmers Gin &
Whse.; Evelyn (Eve) Gee, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Gee, 111, Gulf Oil Products; Glo
ria Chester, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs- Lonnie Chester, Gray
Jewelry Co.; Terra Renee Har
ris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Harris, Blakely Drugs
Inc.; Tina Maria Ferguson, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry
Ferguson, Mrs. Jim Perkins,
World Book Encyclopedia.
chievements and abilities of
over 4,000 of this country's ath
letes who have accepted the
challenge of excelleance and con
tains such names as O. J. Simp
son. The foreword is by Vince
Lombardi of the Washington Red
skins.
Permanent copies of OCAA
are placed in the Library of
Congress. James Jeffrey, Exe
cutive Director of the Board
of Advisors is a member of
the Fellowship of Christian Ath
letes.
Wally was named Outstanding
Athlete at MGC for 1968-69; his
name is engraved on the large
trophy at the college, # distinct
honor.
A sophomore at college, he is
a guard and/or forward in bas
ketball, in baseball a Centerfield
and/or short stop, and is a mem
ber of Kappa Rho Chapter of
Phi Theta Kappa fraternity. In
high school he was captain of
the basketball team and named
Most Valueable Player, averag
ing 25 points in 1968 and scored
38 points in one game- He was
the baseball team’s Best Hitter,
a member of the Beta Club,
Science-Math Club and Parlia
mentarian of Hl-Y; he was sports
editor of the Annual, Class
Treasurer, and attended Boys
State.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Griffin Houston of Blakely.