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Vaughan Houston
Dr. and Mrs. Rafe Ashley
Houston announce the engagement
of their daughter, Vaughan
Bledsoe, to James Edward Rich
ardson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Wiley Richardson, of
Blakely.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Walton Bledsoe of Geor
gjetown, Ga., and the late Mr.
and Mrs. Benny Edgar Houston
of Colquitt, Ga.
Miss Houston attended the Uni
versity of Georgia.
NOTICE
The Blakely Garden Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. A. D,
Wilkerson , October 2, at 3:30
p.m. Mrs. A. H. Lanier is co
hostess.
The Inter-Club Council meets
at 7;30 Thursday night at die
Bank of Early according to W.C.
(Buddy) Williams.
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1969
Mr. Richardson is the grand
son of Mrs. Edward Madison
Brantley and the late Mr. Brant
ley and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Windham Richardson of Banks,
Alabama.
The future bridegroom re
ceived his BS degree in Agri
cultural Economics from Auburn
University. He is now employ
ed by Saunders Leasing System
Inc. in Anniston, Alabama.
A November wedding is plan
ned.
Card Os Thanks
I would like to express my
sincerest thanks for the many
cards, flowers, phone calls, and
prayers during my recent stay
in the Southeast Alabama Gene
ral Hospital in Dothan.
Guy King
Linda Freeman
weds David Bush
in Atlanta
Mr. and Mrs. David Eugene
Bush, Jr., are residing in At
lanta following their marriage
September 27 at Calvary Bap
tist Church of Atlanta. The Rev.
Billy S. Cobb officiated.
The bride is the former Miss
Linda Carleen Freeman, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
W. Freeman, and Mr. Bush’s
parents are Mr. and Mrs. David
Eugene Bush, Sr., all of Blak
ely.
Miss Theresa Anne Dorsey
of Atlanta was the bride’s maid
of honor and the bridegroom’s
best man was his cousin, Judson
O. Boss, IIL
The bride wore a street-length
white sleeveless dress featuring
a scooped neckline. She carried
a bouquet of tube roses and or
chids-
The reception was held at the
home of George Temples, in
Atlanta.
Harold Dunaway
pledges Lambda
Chi Alpha
A total of 435 Auburn Univer
sity men pledged membership
in the 25 fraternities at the end
of fall rush, a slight increase
over the number of pledges last
fall, according to E. Garth Jen
kins, assistant to the Dean of
Student Affairs.
Jenkins said 557 men partici
pated in the annual rush this year
and that a number of them may
pledge at a later date.
New pledge from this area is
Guy Harold Dunaway, Lambda
Chi Alpha, of Blakely.
George Hammond
graduates from
Massey Tech Inst.
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Tony Hammond
C. A. Barringer takes great
pleasure in announcing that
George Anthony Hammond gradu
ated from Massey Technical In
stitute on June 13, 1969, with a
diploma in Electronics Techno
logy.
George, an honor student, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nolan
R. Smith of 803 Pine Street
Livingston, Texas. He gradu
ated from Early High School in
June 1968.
Mobley Howell Speaks
to Blakely Pilot Club
Executive Director of the Blak
ely-Early County Chamber of
Commerce, Mobley Howell, was
guest speaker at the dinner meet
ing of the Pilot Club of Blakely
Tuesday night, at the home of
Mrs. A. D Jones on South Church
St.
Mr. Howell showed slides of
Early County and industrial
areas. The slide presentation
was prepared by the local Cham
ber to use in showing interesting
highlights of Blakely and Early
County to visitors and indus
trial prospects.
The Publicity Committee was
in charge of the program with
Mrs. Guy King, Chairman. Mrs.
King was not able to be present,
due to the illness of her husband
who has been a patient in a Dothan,
Alabama hospital.
Mrs. Vernon Evans, Com
munity Service Chairman, re
ported the exhibit by the Sunshine
Club, sponsored by the Pilot
Club of Blakely, won second place
in the Early County Fair and
Peanut Festival Community
Booths. The Sunshine Club’s
membership is made up of senior
citizens, they meet once a month,
Miss Bates Receives Pin
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Mrs. A. D. Smith, Jr., Early County Health Nurse, presents
an American Red Cross LPN pin to Miss Duane Bates.
Miss Duane Bates is the first
LPN to receive a Red Gross
LPN pin, in Blakely. Miss Bates
has devoted over 20 hours to
services with the American Red
Gross at the Bloodmobile, dur
ing the past year and a half.
The presentation of the pin
was made by Mrs. A. D. Smith,
Jr., Red Cross Nurses Chair
man and Early County Health
Nurse. Mrs. Max Rupe is chair
man of Volunteers in Early
County for the ARC.
Miss Bates is an LPN at Early
Memorial Hospital. She trained
at George C. Wallace, Dothan,
Alabama and St. Jude’s Hospital,
Montgomery, Alabama, and did
general duty at Flower’s Hos
pital, Dothan, before coming to
Blakely.
Clay County
honored for
Family Planning
Clay County, a small county
in southwest Georgia, will be
honored this week by state health
officials as the number one county
in the state in the utilization of
health department-sponsored
family planning services.
In ceremonies to be held Sept.
25 in Fort Gaines, Dr. Albert
K. Schoenbucher, director of the
State Health Department’s Ma
ternal Health Service, and other
Department representatives will
present awards to individuals
who worked toward the success
of family planning efforts in
Clay County.
Those to be honored will in
clude local physicians, workers
in the county Office of Economic
Opportunity and staff workers
from local Family and Children
Service offices.
According to Dr. Schoenbuch
er, Clay County has achieved
as high as 50 percent partici
pation of women eligible for the
county family planning program.
The state average is "about 12
1/2 percent of eligibles,'' he
said.
Dr. Schoenbucher added, ' 'The
success of family planning In
Clay County proves that with a
concerted effort — which must
be led by local doctors—the needs
can be met.’’
The family planning program
goal in Clay, as well as in
other Georgia counties, said the
health official is "to assure
every mother the right to have
the number of children she wants,
when she wants them."
The first year Babe Ruth play
ed for Baltimore he was paid
S6OO.
many of their activities include
handwork, embroidery, quilting,
crocheting, sewing, etc. At this
time of the year they have a
chance t o display their handi
craft.
Other members of the Com
munity Service Committee are,
Mrs. A. D. Wilkerson, Miss Ellen
Smith, Miss Bessie Lewis, Mrs.
King, Mrs. Ralph Scarborough,
Mrs. Iva Herring and Mrs. J. O.
Napier.
Hostesses for the barbeque
chicken patio supper were mem
bers of the Remembrance Com
mittee, Miss Ellen Smith, Chair
man, Mrs. Jones and Miss Kath
leen Smith. A rustic setting
was used in the table cloths,
decorations, and serving pieces.
Mrs. Thomas Hartley, presi
dent, announced the October pro
gram will be presented by the
Membership and - Pilot Informa
tion Committee: Mrs. Sarah
Brown, chairman, Miss Kathleen
Smith and Mrs. Mavis Cosby.
Hostesses will be the Patriotic
Emblems Committee: Mrs. Ethel
Jenkins, Chairman, Mrs. J. 0.
Napier and Miss Duane Bates.
A native of Early County, she
is the daughter of Idus Bates
and the late Mrs. Wylene Da
vis Bates. She is a member
of the Cuba Presbyterian Church,
Early County and of the Pilot
Club of Blakely where she takes
an active part on two commit
tees, taking flowers and favors
to patients in the hospital and
convalescent home as a mem
ber of the Community Service
Committee and serving on the
Patriotic Emblem Committee-
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Warren Cleveland
and Harold Willis
ordained Deacons
Warren Cleveland and Harold
Willis were ordained as deacons
in the First Baptist Church of
Blakely on Sunday evening. Dr.
C. D Horton brought the ordi
nation sermon. The Rev. Wil
bur Bryant of Lake Helen, Flo
rida, Baptist minister, who was
ordained by the local church,
offered the ordination prayer.
Deacons participating in the ser
vice were: J. T. Manry, J. T.
Jordan, Glenn Sirmons, Billy Joe
Jordan, Bill Houston, R. R.
McLendon, Jr., H. H. Davenport,
O. F. Thompson, J. E. Houston,
Lysle McNeal, Lonnie Chester,
Perry Bridges, Lloyd George,
Sevola Jones, N. C. Alexander.
Cedar Springs
Home Ec. Club
met Sept. 3
The Cedar Springs Home Eco
nomics Club met September 3 at
the Community House with Mrs.
William Powell and Mrs. E. R.
Cribb as hostesses.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Mrs.
Wayion Lacy and the pledge to
the flag was given. Mrs. Cribb
gave the devotional on the 23rd
Psalm.
The roll was called and there
were 11 members and one visit
or, Mrs. H. V. Herndon, present.
Mrs. Herndon joined the club.
The business session included
planning a booth for the Fair in
Blakely: a work day to be held
at the Community House, Sept.
11. Mrs. Earl Pack and Mrs.
Donald Vickers are hostesses.
A social hour followed with
a delicious salad plate and cokes
were served.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Snow,
of Decatur, Georgia, announce
the birth of a son, Nathan An
drew, September 19, weighing
nine pounds, five ounces.
Mrs. Snow is the former Fleda
Mercer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Whitt Mercer, of Blakely.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W.
Jenkins announce the birth of
a baby boy, Daniel Gordon, born
September 16, at Phoebe Put
ney Hospital, Albany, weighing
nine pounds five and one-half
ounces.
Mrs. Jenkins is the former
Carolyn Justice of Blakely. Ma
ternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Justice of Blakely and
paternal grandparents is Mrs.
Gordon Jenkins, Blakely, and the
late Mr. Jenkins.
Miss Rita Thomas
Weds Sam Clinkscales
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Mrs. Samuel J. Clinkscales
Miss Rita Thomas became the
bride of Samuel J. Clinkscales,
Friday evening, September 26,
at eight o’clock at the First
Baptist Church in Blakely. Dr.
Charles D. Horton, pastor, per
formed the double ring cere
mony in the presence of the cou
ples immediate families.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Thomas,
the groom's parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel J. Clinkscales, Sr.
A program of wedding music
was presented by Mrs. Merle
Haisten.
A center arrangement of fiji
chrysanthemums, gladioli, and
daisies decorated the choir loft.
On the altar, the open Bible
was spotlighted whch held a
white ribbon bookmark with a
small spray of white carnations.
Seven branched candelabra on
each side of the altar held tall
white lighted tapers. Potted
jade and emerald foliage form
ed the background.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a lovely
white peau de soie and Chantilly
lace A-line bridal gown, featur
ing a matching peau de soie
bow at the neckline and another
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caught at the empire waistline,
the long fitted sleeves came to a
point at the wrists. A flowing
veil fell from the high empire
waistline in the back reaching
to the hemline- Her white illu
sion fingertip veil was attached
to white satin roses, accented
with seed pearls and beads. She
carried an arm bouquet of bri
dal roses.
For sentiment she wore a blue
garter given to her by he r mother.
Tie six pence she carried was
loaned to her by her aunt, Mrs.
Billy Wiley.
Immediately following the
ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Clink
scales left on a wedding trip.
They are residing at West Texas
Trailer Park, Athens, Georgia,
where both are students at the
University of Georgia.
— NOTICE—
— regular luncheon meeting
of the Ladies Golf Association
will be held at the Town &
Country Club Tuesday, October
7, 1969. All members are urg
ed to come to this meeting as
the new officers will take over
at this time-