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EARLY COUNTY, GA
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GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. Ill—NO. 8
Channel in Chattahoochee River
Discussed with Local Officials
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G. Fred Steele, Co-ordinator of the Coastal Plains Region Title 5 Commission (center) dis
cusses a nine foot Channel in the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee Rivers with local officials,
from left, Virgil Jones, president Blakely-Early County Chamber of Commerce; Alton Fendley,
president of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley Area Planning and Development Commission;
A. D. Wilkerson, Chairman, Early County Board of Commissioners; Mayor Alex Howell; and
James B. Murdock, Jr., President of the Tri-Rivers Development Association.
The possibility of developing
the Chattahoochee River, by
working toward establishing a
nine-foot channel from the Gulf
to Columbus, Georgia, en
couraged officials of the Tri-
Rivers Development Association
and the Lower Chattahoochee
Valley APDC whenG. Fred Steele
of Washington, D. C., Federal
Co-ordinator for the Coastal
Plains Region visited Blakely
and Early County Thursday.
A former resident of Buena
Vista and Columbus, Georgia,
Mr. Steele pledged the support
of the Title 5 Commission in
assisting this area. "The pur-
Mitchell County
Downs Bobcats 12-6
Mitchell County, led by quar
terback Robert McCaskill, down
ed the Bobcat's here Friday night
by a score of 12-6.
Mitchell scored in the first
quarter when McCaskill set up
the touchdown with runs of 30
and 19 yards. The touchdown
came on an 11 yard scamper by
Walter Williford. The Panther's
second touchdown came in the
third period when McCaskill ran
35 yeards on an attempted pass
play.
The Bobcats couldn’t get on the
board the first half, but in the
closing seconds the 'Cats put to
gether a drive combined of hard
running and side line passes only
to have the clock run out.
The 'Cats scored early in the
forth quarter on a drive sparked
by passes from quarterback Ro
bert Newberry to Randall Wil
liams and Luvon Fowler, John
Ricketson scored from 1 yard out.
The young Bobcat’s stand now
with one win and four losses.
They will seek their second win
next week when they meet Ken
dricks in Columbus.
Player of the Week for the
Bobcats is Robert Newberry. The
sophomore quarterback complet
ed 12 passes for 123 yards in
the Mitchell game and added
15 more yards in 3 carries.
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Sat. night Oct. 18
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pose of the commission is econo
mic development", he said in
letting it be known that this trip
was made to determine how this
agency can cooperate and co
ordinate assistance with other
federal organizations and what
the Title 5 Commission might
do in aiding the development of
this region.
The Coastal Plains Region is
composed of 159 counties in North
Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia, these counties are lo
cated below the fall line. The
Commission is a Federal and
State partnership with a co
chairman in each state, Gov.
Player of the Week
Robert Newberry
Bad Cat
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Stanley Holley
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Olin Newberry of Arlington.
Bad Cat was safetyman Stan
ley Holley, a defensive standout.
Several of Stanley's tackles were
in situations where he was the
last defender who could prevent
a touchdown. Stanley also broke
up numerous passes, recovered
a fumble, and caught two passes.
The 135 lb. junior is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. W, Holley.
Success to Alf Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Lester Maddox is Co-Chair
man in Georgia.
"There is a serious income gap
between the agricultural people of
the south and those of other
regions. Sixteen percent are in
agriculture here compared to
six percent throughout the nation;
we have SI,OOO per person a year
less than the average person in
the United States."
"We want to encourage private
capital, encourage private firms,
then there will be more people
on payrolls- The Commission
wants to do all they can do to
encourage industrial develop
ment of new agricultural trends,
expand education and manpower,
and plan trained personnel.
He told of one county in N.C.
where 30 agricultural related in
dustries were interested in
locating in the county which has
less than 5,000 people. There
are 60,000 acres with mixed row
crops in the county.
In the Coastal Plains Region
there is a density of unemploy
ment and underemployment, we
want to have more jobs avail
able, and keep people here, not
moving to the cities and form
ing more ghettoes.
The rivers in Georgia have not
been developed as those in other
parts of the country. We have not
developed our natural resources,
he said. Cheap transportation
would be an incentive for addi
tional industries to locate here.
Transportation by water is just
the same today as it was in
1840, one ton of cargo moved
one mile costs three mills, when
carried by water-
Representatives from Dothan,
Alabama questioned Mr. Steele
on the possibilities of establish
ing a nine foot channel on the
Chattahoochee River. Pointing
out that it is the Apalachicola
River that gives the most trouble
with the river flattening out from
residue, the channel closes. Eu
stace Bishop said, "for Colum
bus, Georgia ( and Atlanta) to be
a port city, they have to get
by us and Atlanta is at the top.
We have been working for ten
years to have a nine foot chan
nel available for river traffic
and this is the most encour
aging information we have had.
Following the luncheon meet
ing, officials of the Tri-Rivers
Development Association and the
Lower Chattahoochee Valley
APDC accompanied Mr. Steele
on an airplane trip down the
Chattahoochee River to Blounts
town, Fla.
The luncheon meeting was
planned by the two organizations,
and the Blakely - Early County
Chamber of Commerce. Hos
tessing the luncheon were the
City of Blakely and the Early
County Board of Commissioners,
who also planned the trip down
the river.
President of Tri - Rivers
Association, James B. Murdock,
Jr., was master of ceremonies,
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BLAKELY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1969
WATER POLLUTION PRESENTS
SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS
BY AMELIA BARKSDALE
Pure water and the necessity
of proper disposal of sewage and
industrial wastes are of worth
while interest to many through
out this area and probably should
be publicized more to alert people
with individual wells of the pos
sibility of using contaminated
water which heretofore has been
pure-
Felix C. Pickron, Albany, of
tiie State Health Department, told
the Blakely Rotary Club here
Friday "the average Georgian
uses over 100 gallons of water
a day, costing less than the price
of a Coca Cola, most of us take
too much for granted the unlimit
ed supply of water which is al
ways available, but this inexpen
sive luxury was slow in its de
velopment in this country (in 1652
the first piped water supply was
built in Boston, Mass., it was not
under pressure), in the year 1800
there were only nine waterworks
in the U.S.”
"There are more than 1,000
public water systems in Georgia
and over 25,000 in the country
today which furnish over 30 bil
lion gallons of water every day.
In North Georgia, above the fall
line most of these public sup-
"The Odd Couple” to be
Presented Oct. 22-23
The forces of order and dis
order will meet in head-on hila
rious conflict on the stage of the
Mangham Auditorium on Oct- 22
and 23 when the Randolph Little
Theatre presents the Nell Simon
comedy hit, "The Odd Couple”
for a run of 2 performances
through Oct. 23- This outstand
ing event is sponsored by The
Blakely Lions Club with pro
ceeds being used to establish
a Scholarship Fund.
These forces, to be sure, are
always meeting in conflict - is
there any family anywhere in
which one member isn’t exas
perated with another over the
failure to recap the toothpaste
tube ?
But the battle of neatness-vs—
sloppiness has probably never
been so comically portrayed as
in "The Odd Couple", which
drew audiences for over two
and a half years in New York
through its appeal to the house
keepers and anti-housekeepers
in us all.
Billy Burgin (Oscar) and Larry
Belt (Felix) are starred in this
comedy devoted to the antics
of two wifeless husbands who
decide to share an apartment
after their two marriages have
blown up — and who discover
that the traits which made their
wives discard them, render them
incompatible to each other as
roommates.
Mr. Burgin will portray a
divorced newspaper sportswriter
named Oscar who lives alone
in untidy grandeur in an eight
room apartment from which his
wife has fled with their children
to escape the climate of clutter
he enjoys. He admits that when
his wife would ask when he’d
want dinner, he'd say he didn't
know - and then wake her up at
3 a.m. and demand "NOW!"
Mr. Belt will be seen as an old
chum named Felix whose marri
age also has just busted up. He
is so distraught at this develop
ment that he seems on the verge
of collapse, until Oscar suggests
that he share his over-roomy
apartment, thus helping him meet
his alimony payments and alle
viating the loneliness of his solo
life in an eight room apartment.
Once linked in this domestic
arrangement, however, the two
men then discover what they had
nver know n about each other as
casual friends — they’re temper
amentally unsuited for living to
gether under the same roof.
Where Oscar, a born slob, is
compulsively messy and enjoys
living in fraternity-house disar
ray, Felix is compulsively neat,
an obsessive tidier-upper, and a
.meticulous housekeeper and
plies use surface water from
streams and lakes. In South
Georgia there is an abundance
of water in the ground within
reach of drilled wells (50 feet
to 1500 feet)," the speaker said.
The Ocala aquifer, a limestone
formation, which extends from
the Carolinas through South
Georgia, into Florida and lowe^
Alabama has more underground
water than any other aquifer in
the U. S, Deep well water is
not available without problems
(iron, low pH, and carbon dio
xide) but the iron sulfides can
be controlled by chlorination.
Deep wells which are loaded
with hydrogensulfide (a rotten
egg odor) can be helped by aera
tion or chlorination." Mr. Pick
ron cited several other natural
chemical problems, adding infor
mation on ‘ ‘what the water plant
superintendent must do contin
uously to provide us with good
chemical quality water.”
Not only our streams and lakes
are polluted with dangerous bac
teria and chemicals; we find that
individuals, industries and even
towns have been pouring sewage
into the ground through leaching
cesspools and limesinks, and
even drilled wells which have
cook.
Apparently Felix's wife didn’t
discard him for demanding his
dinner at 3 a. m., but because
with his delusion that he is a
great chef - he insisted on re
cooking the dinners she had pre
pared.
As Felix settles into Oscar's
home he institutes changes that
begin to get under sloppy Os
car’s skin — and that of his
poker-playing pals, who resent
having to put coasters under
their beer-glasses around the
gaming table-
The climax comes when the
two ill-matched roommates have
a date with two giggling sisters,
both divorcees, who live on the
floor below in the same apart
ment house. Oscar, looking for
ward to an evening of fun and,
maybe, games, is driven to dis
traction when the date dissolves
into mournful tears because Felix
can’t help recounting his sor
rows. Felix's compulsive neat
ness has driven Oscar to such
unforgiveable reactions as de
liberately dropping cigarette
ashes on a newly-vacuumed rug,
and trampling a sofa with dirty
shoes.
Told by Neil Simon with the
same gift for gaiety that dis
tinguished his other major hits,
"Barefoot in the Park” and
"Come Blow Your Horn,” "The
Odd Couple” has been called a
"hurricane of hilarity.” Jack
Isarel, Jimmy Gilbert, Fred Dar
den and Ralph Haque (Murray,
Speed, Roy and Vinnie) will por-
Mrs. Kirksey, 75,
dies Tuesday
A well known and prominent
Edison woman, Mrs. Effie Pal
mer Kirksey, 75, died Tuesday
afternoon in the Calhoun Memo
rial Hospital in Arlington after
a lengthy illness- She was a
native and life-long resident of
Calhoun County and was a
member of the Edison Baptist
Church.
Funeral services will be held
this (Thursday) morning at 10:30
o'clock in the Edison Baptist
Church. The Rev. Eugene Brock
and the Rev. G. L. Brooks will
officiate. Interment will follow
in the Salem cemetery.
Survivors Include one sister,
Miss Naomi Palmer, Edison; two
nieces, Mrs. Alton Dews, Edi
son; Mrs. Lee McGhan, Fort
Meyers; two nephews, Grover
Palmer, Alexandria, Va.; Hughes
Palmer, Ellaville, Ga.
Manry-Jordan Funeral Home
Is in charge.
been found to have bearing in
the formation from which the
community's drinking water is
being pumped. All of our drink
ing water should be properly
handled, protected and chemi
cally treated so that the water
is safe to drink.
Describing a "cross-connec
tion", a common cause of pol
lution, as a connection between
a consumer’s drinking water sys
tem and another system through
which it is possible to introduce
anv used water, industrial fluid,
gas or substance. Pickron asked
“How do we prepare for and pro
tect ourselves against the unseen
and unannounced attacks by these
deadly bacteria?. • . He answer
ed, " by chlorinating all water
pumped from the ground and
maintaining a chlorine residual
of about 1/2 of one part per
million chlorine in all the water
mains.”
This immediate area is spot
ted with limesinks, all of these
limesinks are collecting sewage
and chemical wastes from hu
mans and animals. Where does
it go from the limesinks ? It pas
ses through limerock formations
and moves underground toward
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Lions Club
Views film
on Ga. deer
An unusual motion picture
filmed by the Georgia Game and
Fish Commission was shown to
Blakely Lions Tuesday. Filmed
in Georgia forests the film’s
subject was Georgia’s white
tail deer. In charge of the pro
gram was Wildlife Ranger Buddy
McDowell. One of the graphic
scenes showed a beautiful doe
being killed by wild dogs.
At the end of the film. Ran
ger McDowell said the greatest
threat and menace to the deer
population were wild dogs and
night hunters. He called upon
Lions as good citizens and
sportsmen to lend their efforts
towards eliminating such situa
tions and unlawful practices. The
program was arranged by Ro
tarian Leßoy Haddock and Mr.
McDowell was introduced by Lion
Tige Pickle.
President Stanley Houston pre
sided and announced that the club
netted $866.00 on the birthday
calendar.
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed Lioness Billie Harvey, guest
of her husband, Tom, and John
Mauldin, of Camilla, guest of
Lion Warren Cleveland; and
Chester McKnight, a guest of
Lion Preston Fulmer-
Rotarians hear
Health Official
A veteran official of the State
Health Department spoke to the
Blakely Rotary Club the past
Friday and made a strong plea
for the chlorination of public
water systems. Felix C. Pick
ron, a native of Early County,
who serves as water safety
engineer with the Health Depart
ment, was the speaker.
Mr- Pickron pointed out the
abundance of water in this par
ticular area, but also said It
could very easily get contami
nated and cause a major health
problem. He cited some of these
and told how the water in wells
in an adjoining county became
dangerous when a bridge build
ing crew, tapped a water vein
which also was the same on
which the wells drew their water.
Mr. Pickron said that Blakely
was the largest city in Georgia
without a chlorination system.
The program was arranged by
Rotarian Lewis Wallis, city engi
neer, and the speaker was Intro
duced by Rotarian Wayne Foster.
Three new members — Ralph
Foster, attorney; Ben Rogers,
mobile home manufacturer;
Gerald Bruner, certified public
accountant — were welcomed
into the club as new members
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Blakely Jaycettes Seeking
The 1970 Junior Miss
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(Seated left to right) Miss Jeanie Clinkscales, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Clinkscales, Mrs. Ronald Taylor - Co-
Chairman of Pageant, Mrs. Rex Newman - Contestants Com
mittee, and Miss Jackie Gentry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Gentry. (Standing left to right) Miss Judie Thompson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W, O. Thompson, Miss Glenda Mul
key, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. George Mulkey, and Miss Re
becca Knighton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Knighton.
The Blakely Jaycettes are
going all out to find Early
County’s Junior Miss for 1970.
Mrs. Ronald Taylor, Co-
Chairman and Mrs. Rex New
man, Contestants Committee met
with a group of entrants Friday
afternoon who will be competing
for the title of Early County’s
Junior Miss for 1970.
The Junior Miss Contestants
will be judged In five different
categories as listed below:
Scholastic Achievement, Judges
Conference, Creative and Per
forming Arts, Poise and Appear
ance, and Youth Fitness.
Earl "Tlge” Pickle will be
the Master of Ceremonies for
the Pageant.
Miss Jackie Colson, daughter
Mrs. Goolsby
formerly of
Arlington dies
Mrs. C. W. Goolsby, 81, for
merly of Arlington, died in Dekalb
General Hospital the past Friday
after an illness of only three days.
She had been a resident of Bain
bridge for the past 20 years.
She was a member of the Arling
ton Methodist Church where final
rites were held Sunday afternoon
conducted by the Rev. Virgil Lee.
Interment followed in the Arling
ton cemetery with Ivey Funeral
Home of Bainbridge in charge of
arrangements. Grandsons —
Jimmy Clifton, Cecil Clifton,
Wilton Garrett, Tommy Monk,
Hubert Campbell, Robert Camp
bell — served as pall bearers.
Survivoring are three daugh
ters, Mrs. T. C. Monk, Bain
bridge; Mrs. Marzene Garrett,
Arlington; Mrs. Cecil Clifton,
Atlanta; a step-daughter, Mrs.
Beatrice Campbell, Elmodel.
Women’s work? Male sunfish
build the nest, guard it, fertilize
the eggs and defend the young
that hatch among the pebbles.
Wayne Foster Given Award
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Wayne Foster (center), manager of local radio station WBBK,
is shown receiving an award for editorials and the promotion
of water safety. Making the presentation are (left) Harvey Jor
dan, assistant reservoir manager, and Buck Earnest, Chief
Ranger, Walter F. George Reservoir at Fort Gaines. The
presentation was made at a recent meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club.
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$3.09 PER ANNUM
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Colson,
Early County’s reigning Junior
Miss will be present to make
a farewell address and to award
the prizes to the new 1970 Junior
Miss.
Interested students between the
ages of 16 and 19 can enter by
filling out an entrants blank which
are available from any Jaycette.
The girl receiving the title of
Early County’s Junior Miss will
travel to Atlanta, Georgia, in
January to compete in the State
Pageant.
The Pageant is to be held at
7;30 p.m., November 22, 1969,
at Mangham Auditorium in Blak
ely. Advance tickets will be on
sale by November 1, 1969.
Former Early
Countian dies
in LaGrange
Miss Teasie Craft, 87, passed
away in a La Grange, Georgia
hospital Tuesday night, October
6, following a stroke- She spent
the early days of her life in
Early County but moved to Ho
gansville in 1926 to live with her
sister, Mrs. Lila Craft Conway
who passed away in May of this
year.
Aunt T., as she was lovingly
called, resided with a niece,
Mrs- Frances Hartman in Ho
gansville at the time of her
death. She was a member of
Antioch Missionary Baptist
Church there- Funeral ser
vices were held in the chapel
at McKibbens’ Funeral Home
Wednesday afternoon. She was
loved by all who knew her.
Survivors are one sister and
brother, Mrs. Bob Everson and
Jake Craft of Colquitt, and a
number of nieces and nephews
in Early County and Hogansville.
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