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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1969
ALFRIEDA JARRETT
Locals
Chaplain (Major) Harvey J.
Mills, of Fort Knox, Kentucky,
spent several days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E,
Mills, Sr., recently.
Mrs. Cyllene Dunn and Mrs.
Jetta Childs were guests over
the week end of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hayes of Columbus, Ga.
attending the Hayes and Young
wedding Saturday, Oct. 25 in
Columbus.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mills,
Jr., and sons, Ralph, 111, and
Steve have returned to Atlanta
after spending the week end with
Mr. and Mrs- R. E. Mills, Sr.,
and Mr. F. B. Melton.
W. L. Moseley who has been
a patient at Pheobe Putney Hos
pital, Albany, for the past two
weeks undergoing treatment, has
returned home.
Mrs. E. P. Whitehead recently
visited her daughter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Plyer in
Miami, Fla. Enroute home Mrs.
Whitehead visited her aunts who
reside in Florida.
Mack Jarrett, Jr., is back in
school following surgery Friday
at Pheobe Putney Hospital, Al
bany.
Eugene Brown of Blue Ridge,
Ga., has returned to his home
after spending some time with
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Corley of
Colomokee Community, His
mother, Mrs. Florence Brown
of Miami, Fla., is presently visit
ing Mr. and Mr st Corley.
Miss Suzan Houston of Kansas
City, Mo. spentlastweekwithher
parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hous
ton in Blakely.
Mrs. Cleo Grubbs is visiting
her brother and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Elliott in Kite, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall have
returned from, a trip to Chicago
and Gatlenburg, Tennessee-
A new Sunday School Class
has been organized at the First
Baptist Church. The Queen
Esther Class was organized the
first of October with Mrs. John
Hudspeth as teacher, Mrs. Ralph
Hutchins is president and Mrs.
R. B. Durham Is secretary. Eight
members have enrolled-
Mrs. Carey Houston has as her
guests Monday, her aunts, Mrs.
Neal Clark, Mrs. Gladys Murphy
and Miss Beatrice Newberry, all
of Decatur, Georgia.
Little Donna Toole and Troy
Toole of Albany are visiting their
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Don
Curran in Blakely this week while
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Danny Toole are attending a
Cotton States Insurance Confer
enceat Callaway Gardens.
WYNNE’S
DEPARTMENT STORE
CLEARANCE
MEN’S SUITS AND SHOES
- TWO DAYS ONLY -
Friday & Saturday
237 PAIR
MEN’S SHOES
Values to $13.95
$6.88 &
SIZES 7TO 12 SB.BB
WYNNE’S DEPT. STORE
HELEN TYE
Clardy's return
from visit to
South America
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Clardy
returned Friday from a three
week visit to South America.
They drove to Miami and went
by Pan American Airlines to
Caracas, Venezuela. They spent
a week seeing Venezuela by bus,
taxi and cable car; then went to
Bogota, Columbia by Viasa Air
lines.
Mr. Clardy says that they saw
as much of Venezuela as pos
sible by aeroplane, train, bus,
taxi and private car but will have
to go back some other time to
see the rest.
They visited the Salt Cathe
dral near Bogota with Mr. Go
mez and daughter, Lucia, and
enjoyed a real Colombian meal
with them. Mr. Gomez is the
father-in-law of Lint Willis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Linton Willis
of Blakely.
The Clardy’s returned to Mi
ami by Braniff Airline.
IN MEMORY
In Memory of my Wife and our
Mother, who passed away Oct.
30, 1964
On the vacant place, the empty
chair
We see them day by day and oh
how sad our hearts are since our
loved one went away.
The golden gates did open, God
saw you needed rest,
His garden must be beautiful
for he only takes the best.
Charles IL Pate and Children
birth
Mr. and Mrs. John Wayne
Trawick of Sylvester, announce
the birth of a 8 lb. 2 1/2 oz.
daughter, Remona Lisa, October
22 at Worth County Hospital in
Sylvester. Mrs. Trawick is the
former Ruth Varnadoe of Col
quitt.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Hayes
and daughter, Iva Jean, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Edge, and Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Laing and daughter, Julie,
all of West Palm Beach, Fla.
were guests the past week of
Mrs. Cylene Dunn and Mrs. Jetta
Childs. They attended the Hayes
and Young wedding Sat., Oct. 25
in Columbus, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Watson
from Mobile, Ala. spent Satur
day night and Sunday with Mrs.
Watson's sister, Mrs. John Al
len. They were returning home
from a visit with their son, B.A.
Watson, Jr., also visiting Mrs.
Watson’s brother, C. E. Robison.
They met their new great grand
daughter.
Mrs. A. EX Cleveland and Mrs.
John Allen spent Thursday after
noon and night with Mrs. Cleve
land's son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Cleveland, Albany.
27 MEN’S SUITS
Values to $37.95
FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY
ONLY SIO.OO
AMELIA BARKSDALE
American Legion
Auxiliary honors
Mrs. Tyndall
The American Legion Auxili
ary of the P.H. Fitzgerald Post
11, honored Mrs. Mary K. Tyn
dall with a surprise birthday
party at the State Hospital in
Bainbridge on Friday.
Mrs. Tyndall is a retired RN,
who has been "adopted” by the
local American Legion Auxiliary.
Gifts were sent by members of
the Auxiliary and party refresh
ments of cake and punch were
served to the honoree and twenty
of Mrs. Tyndall's friends at the
hospital by the Blakely Auxiliary
members.
The gifts and refreshments
were carried to Bainbridge by
Mrs. G. J. Correll, president
of the Auxiliary; Mrs. Clyde
Griffin, secretary-treasurer;
Mrs. Bill Collins, and Mrs. Hoyle
Fleming, committee chairmen.
Mobile Home
Dealers meet
in Montgomery
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rogers at
tended the Alabama Manufactors
Housing Institute in Montgomery,
Alabama last week where Mobile
Home Dealers, Manufactors, and
suppliers gathered throughout the
nation.
Blakely House, a product of
Blakely Homes, Inc. was display
ed, there were two mobile homes
on display from the local mobile
homes industry, along with four
others. Many dealers showed
interest in the modern, efficient
and attractive products of Blak
ely Homes, Inc.
Among the speakers at the
institute were representatives
from General Electric, a direc
tor of the Housing and Urban
Development, and a represen
tative from the Finance Indus
try.
Officers for the coming year
were elected and George Keel of
Dothan, Ala., was named presi
dent. Mr. Keel plans to estab
lish a dealership in Blakely after
the first of the year.
Blakely Homes, Inc. completes
approximately eleven mobile
homes each week. As they leave
the assembly line, these attrac
tive units are parked on the
Columbia Road, making an ex
cellent display.
The Southeastern Division Mo
bile Home Show will be held in
Sarasota, Fla. next week. iMr.
and Mrs. Ben Rogers plan to
attend and there again have two
of the new "Blakely Homes" on
display.
Veterans wh o do not want
further education or training are
provided assistance in finding a
job at Veterans Assistance Cen
ters In 21 large cities, as well
as at VA offices, locations of
which are in the white pages
of telephone directories.
Magnolia Dist. of
Ga. Garden Clubs
meets, Columbus
The Springer Opera House in
Columbus was the scene of the
eleventh annual fall meeting of
the Magnolia District of the Gar
den Club of Georgia, Inc., held
Friday, October 17. Prior to
the business meeting, delegates
were invited to a coffee in the
Opera House Saloon which is
adjacent to the Springer.
Mrs. Clarke Duncan, of Buena
Vista, District Director, pre
sided. Dr. Othell Hand, Col
umbus, gave the invocation. Mrs.
Melvin Hardy, Columbus Garden
Club Council President welcomed
the guests and Mrs. Hudson Ma
lone of Atlanta, the response.
Mrs. James T. Anderson, pre
sident of the Garden Club of Geor
gia, was an honored guest, and
stated that there are 21,000 ladies
active in garden club work, and
800 clubs throughout the state.
The latest project of the state,
is the Botanical Gardens, con
sisting of 250 acres at the Uni
versity of Georgia, where work
has begun. Mrs- Anderson urged
the Magnolia Dist., to contribute
every known specie of the Mag
nolia to the Gardens.
The State and District Officers
and Chairmen were seated in a
reserved section, which held
nosegays of the magnolia folige,
red pods and greenvelvet ribbon.
Mrs. Duncan asked for nomi
nations for two to serve with
Mrs- Sam Singer of Lumpkin on
the nominating committees. E
lected were Mrs. Ford Pearce
and Mrs. Charles Q. Hall both
of Columbus. Mrs. Duncan also
recognized Mrs. R. A. Kobs of
Columbus as being the only Ac
credited Flower Show Instructor
of the District that is recogni
zed by National Council.
Mrs. Linton West, Cuthbert,
Year Book Chairman and Mrs.
Ralph Allison of Camilla, His
torian presented the following
awards. Year books and Pro
grams: Class I- Home and
Garden, Fort Gaines, First; Gar
denia, Cairo, second; Cherokee,
Americus, third; Beautiful View,
Buena Vista, fourth; Dogwood,
Arlington, honorable mention.
Class II- Cuthbert Garden Club,
Cuthbert, first; Dawson Garden
Club, Dawson, second; Lumpkin
Garden Club, third; Donalsonville
Garden Club, Donalsonville, and
Butler Garden Club, Butler, both
fourth- ClassV- Cairo Garden
Club, Cairo, honorable mention.
History Awards went to: best
10 year history, Lyn Hills Garden
Club, Columbus; best 20 year
history, Palmiro Heights Garden
Club, Albany; best 40 year his
tory, Beautification Garden Club,
Columbus, first, and Donalson
ville Garden Club, Donalsonville,
second; best 50 year history,
Marguerltte Garden Club, Col
umbus.
Clason Kyle, Travel Editor for
the Sunday Ledger-Enquirer of
Columbus and also assistant Edi
tor of the Sunday Magazine, was
the featured speaker. Mr. Kyle,
the 1963 Man of the Year for his
efforts in the restoration of the
Springer, spoke on historic pre
servation, telling how the time,
talents and money of so many
people had brought the dream of
restoring of the Springer into a
reality. Mr. Kyle stressed the
need of Garden Club Ladles to be
concerned with the total enviro
ment of a community and to have
a critical eye on what should be
preserved. At the conclusion of
his talk, Mr. Kyle was presented
the first anti-letter stamps which
are endorsed by the state garden
clubs.
The Rev. George James, pastor
of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church, gave the grace prior to
lunch being served. After the
luncheon door prizes which were
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Miss Debra Love
wins Ist place in
Recipe Contest
Debra Love, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Love was first
place winner in the Miscellaneous
Division of the Teen-age Recipe
Contest at the National Peanut
Festival in Dothan last week.
Debra's entry was Peanut Mar
lowe, an original recipe she de
veloped last spring. Her award
of $25 is the second she has re
ceived for her recipe. The first
resulted from the participation
in a contest sponsored by the
Georgia Peanut Commission.
Debra is a second year Home
Economics student, and is as
sistant chairman of Public Re
lations in F.H.A.
Local Resident
Wins in Peanut
Recipe Contest
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Mrs. Wendon Warr
Among National Peanut Festi
val winners in the Peanut Recipe
Contest was Mrs. Wendon Warr
of Blakely. Mrs. Warr won
first place in the adult cookie
division. There were about three
hundred dishes featuring peanuts
entered into the contest- Mrs.
Warr's winning recipe was
Lemon Peanut Squares. She
received a prize of $25.00.
Southside Baptist
to celebrate
9th Birthday
This Sunday, November 2,
Southside Baptist Church cele
brates its 9th birthday with an
annual homecoming dinner.
Invitations have already gone
out to all former pastors, all
local pastors, and to all other
pastors who in one way or an
other gave assistance to the
membership during its growth,
to the Mission Committee of the
First Baptist Church, who were
instrumental in helping to begin
and establish the first mission,
also to all Interested friends who
purchased bonds to help the
Church during its building pro
grams.
The membership of Southside
and pastor, A. PL Lanier, Jr.,
take this means to extend a cor
dial Invitation to all friends who
would come and join them in
Christian fellowship.
Following the lunch hour, there
will be Congregational singing
led by Richard Stokes, minister
of Music.
donated by ColumDus merchants,
were awarded the lucky ladies.
Later in the afternoon, a heritage
tour of Columbus homes and
gardens was conducted by Junior
League Volunteers.
What constitutes a living wage
depends upon whether you are
giving it or getting it.
Kolomoki Society Meets
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Kolomoki Society officers for 1969-70, from left: James
Hardin, president; Billy Home, vice president; and Johnny
Mack Nickles, secretary-treasurer, all of Macon, Georgia.
Hardin holds a family relic, handed down four generations.
Horne holds the top to a water vessel with an eagle head ef
figy, estimated to be over a thousand years old which came
from the Flint River; also the copper bell, about 300 years
old which came from a grave in Elmore County, Alabama
when excuvations were made in 1936. Nickles exhibits an 1855
Kentucky match rifle which he rebuilt and an 1828 Colt revolver,
five shot, 31 calibur.
Each fall at the annual meet
ing of the Kolomoki Society (The
Study of Rocks, Minerals, and
Indian Artifacts) some of the
most unusual pieces of jewelry,
hand painted pictures, select
stones and imported items are on
display at Camp Hicita, Kolomoki
State Park.
About twenty-five displays
were set up by members of the
Society, who are more interes
ted in exhibiting their collec
tions than selling and are con
stantly swaping and buying from
each other; the general public
does not know of the wealth of
unusual buys they can find at this
meeting of jewelers, bankers,
chemists, wood carvers, rock
hounds who know how to polish
a rock; and collectors items in
general that have been gleaned
by insurance men, soil conser
vationists and former teachers.
There were items from Alas
ka, Mexico, South America, and
throughout the United States, the
West, Southwest, Northwest,Cen
tral states and this area, 160
members attended.
Jimmy Hardin of Macon was
elected president for 1969-70,
Billy Horne, vice president; and
Johnny Mack Nickles, secretary
treasurer. All of the officers are
from Macon, Georgia.
During the short business ses
sion, Sunday morning, two Life
Memberships were presented,
going to Chester Clardy of Blak
ely and Zeke Wall of Dawson.
An honorary membership was
presented to Frank Mayo of At
lanta, President and owner of
Mayo Chemical Co-, with four
plants located throughout the
southeast.
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Mr. Mayo was one of the speak
ers at the Saturday night as
sembly, showing slides and
speaking on "Geological Ages—
Ice Sheets". R. R. Stephens of
Tallahassee, Fla., retired teach
er, who recently returned from a
trip to Alaska, showed slides of
Alaska, the coldest state in the
union. He exhibited warlus tusks,
ivory and Alaskan jade he brought
back from Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Clardy
exhibited items they had just
brought back from South Am
erica, artifacts, hats, pocket
booKS, Ruana, copper, emerald,
wood carvings, and rock from
Salt Cathedral, near Bogota, Col
umbia, & A.
The incoming president’s teen
age sister. Miss Melissa Hardin
of Macon exhibited four hand- -
painted pictures of Indians (14
by 20) she had painted. One
painting, The Last of the Mo
hicans was sold at the meeting.
Nichols exhibited Confederate
buckles, money, canteen, boots,
and articles about the Confeder
acy. Among his large collec
tion of Indian artifacts was an
effigy pipe found in Mississip
pi County, Arkansas. Tho’ not
of Indian origin, an effigy of a
man in his coffin with a great
deal of carving on the coffin
(about 6 inches long) was found,
near Chattanooga at an Indian
site. Nichols prizes this find
because it is unusual.
Throughout the entire group of
displays were collections of bot
tles, an ever growing past time
for those already addicted with
the collection bug.
Two beautiful items, a cut
glass rose bowl and an eight-
REUNION
The family of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Walter A. Sheffield
met at the home of Gostie Shef
field, Route 4, Blakely, Sunday,
October 19, 1969, for a reunion.
The following were present:
The eight children - Mrs. W. T.
Evans, Route 4/ Blakely; Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Sheffield, Pine
Bluffs, Wyo.; Mrs. B. F. Richie,
Route 1, Jakin; Mr. and Mrs.
O. J. Sheffield, Colquitt; Mr.
and Mrs. D, F. Baker, Route
1, Jakin; Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Sheffleta, Donalsonville; Mrs.
Evie Bower, Route 1, Jakin; and
Gotsie Sheffield, Route 4, Blak
ely.
Grandchildren present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Durward Evans,
Mr. and Mrs. Feryl Evans, Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Evans, all of
Blakely; Mr. Edward Sheffield,
Colquitt; Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Rainey, Dothan; Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Bower, Phenix City,
Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Wat
son, Midland, Ga.; and Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Lee, Phenix City,
Ala.
Great grandchildren present
include: Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Evans, and Tim, Tallahassee,
Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Evans,
Albany, Ga.; Mr. Roger Evans,
Albany; Dale Evans, Steve and
Nathan Evans, Shirley, Mildred
Delarro and Sterling Evans; all
of Blakely; Mr. and Mrs. Wan
dall Shiver, Bainbridge, Ga.; Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Kvletkus, At
lanta; Jim Sheffield, Colquitt;
Karen and Kay Rainey, Dothan;
Randy Watson, Midland, Ga.; Ri
chard Bowen, Phenix City, Ala.;
Mr. and Mrs. George Duck, Pana
ma City, Fla.
Great great grandchildren pre
sent were: Debbie, Joey, and
Baby Evans, Albany, Ga.; Bennie
Mortenson, Atlanta; Kris and Lou
Shiver, Bainbridge; Kelly and
Trey Duck, Panama City.
Cousins present Include: Mr.
and Mrs. Collis Watford, Gor
don, Ala. Friends: Rev. and
' Mrs. Ervin Williams, Colquitt;
Mrs. J. H. Dykes, Mrs. Eliza
beth Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Ves
ter Goocher, Route 1, Jakin;
Cindy Allen, Midland, Ga.; Mr.
Mitchell and little Miss Wilburn,
Blakely and Mr. and Mrs. Clint
Malloy, Albany.
inch high cut glass vase, valued
at $250 and $225 resoectivelv,
were on display at the Zeke Wall
table. These are just two of the
hundreds of lovely items on dis
play by the several jewelers at
the week-end meeting of the So
ciety.
Jimmy Hardin called attention
to an 1780 Mexican coin he found
in Twiggs County, Georgia in the
Ocmulgee River.
Rollin R. Stephens, President
of the Kolomoki Society, pre
sided at the business session and
was master of ceremonies at the
supper meeting Saturday.