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EVERYONE NEEDS A HOBBY,
BOTTLE COLLECTORS GROWING
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BOTTLE COLLECTION
BY MRS. FRED BROOKS
A famous Canadian physician
once said, "no man is really
happy or safe without a hobby,
and it makes precious little dif
ference in what the outside in
terest might be-”
If you don’t have a hobby of
some kind you are apt to be
come a burden to yourself and
associates. Without a hobby
you run the risk of being
classified a fuddy-duddy, crack
pot, old crone, dirty old man,
character assinator or one of
many other Nothingisms.
With that introduction let us
state that because of the interest
expressed by a number of people
in this area, and because few
people realize how this hobby
has grown, we undertake to write
these articles on bottle collect
ing.
Bottle collecting has grown to
be, in the last five years the
third largest hobby, in terms of
participants in this country to
day. This includes our neigh
bors to the North, Canada and
to the South, Mexico.
There are always reasons for
wishing to present facts. Most
of us who collect bottles are
familiar with the look of in
credulity that passes over the
face of a person when we tell
them of our interest in bottles.
We like to invite people to see
our collections so they will know
what we mean.
There are times when we feel
the need to explain our appear
ance - when we have been on a
“dig.” All of us try to avoid
being seen when we leave the
old dump for we are clad in
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the growing population!
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at the same time the moon-rockets are being built. That's
space right here on Earth . . . where the population is
growing at a fantastic rate. Each farmer will have to
feed twice as many people in 1975 as he does today . . .
Through increased efficiency and mechanization he can
do it . . .
And that's where we come in. We constantly plan for
the future needs of our Members — both farm, and non
farm. These needs for electric power double about every
sto 7 years. Our mission is to provide dependable, low
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clothes that hardly befit a ditch
digger. Add to that the dirt,
ashes and rust of the average
old dump and you see a sight
that you would seldom apply to
sane, intelligent people-
Most people will ask if we
have been fishing. They surely
must think we fell in, and when
we say bottle digging is when we
get the "look.”
When we say old dump let us
explain that we mean the places
where refuse of all kinds was
taken at least fifty years ago.
Anything newer than that holds
very little interest for us. If
you continue to read these arti
cles you will understand why.
Mostly, people want to know
why one is interested in collect
ing old bottles and other con
tainers. Most of us who collect
will tell you that it is not easy
to explain in a few words.
There are several main rea
sons. Perhaps first there is
curiosity about that which is
lost, a real desire to "find.”
The search is part of the plea
sure of collecting anything.
You will find the average bot
tle collector is really sold on
his hobby, to the point that he
may give up some bad habits
in order to pursue this hobby.
Second, very quickly one
learns the esthetic value. The
color in a collection of old bot
tles is remarkable. They run
the whole gamut of the palette-
From black to red, to dark and
honey amber, shades of blues,
cobaets and purples, every shade
of green from olive black to
peacock, emerald, grass and very
pale green or aqua. The latter
two being the natural color of
grass. To be clear glass must
have an additive because there is
enough iron in the natural sand
to cause the color.
Perhaps a third reason is that
most of us feel the recreational
value. If one digs it involves
getting out in the open air. It is
good exercise- One is apt to
discover muscles one never knew
before. And there is no time to
think about those things about
which we can do nothing.
Scuba divers are having great
fun along the coast and we might
add that they are finding the best
and oldest bottles. They account
for much of the old free blown
bottles that we see only occasion
ally. If this writer could recall
a number of years the additional
hobby of scuba diving would be
seriously considered.
Another reason for collecting
is the historical value- Not only
does it depict away of life about
which we confess to no little
curiosity, it also clearly dis
closes the growth of an indus
try.
Humorously, we might say that
those of us who dig, and spend
hours cleaning them will all ad
mit that bottles have real char
acter.
While collectingwe very quick
ly realize that the early glass
blower was an artist. Perhaps
as with other artists not appre
ciated in his day. There is
evidence of pride in his work.
Even the every day item thatwas
to contain something that would be
used and the bottle thrown away.
Although we do have reason to
believe that many were used
over and over before being dis
carded, such as the lovely old
peppersauce bottles. The Cathe
dral bottles will win the heart of
anyone who loves beautiful glass.
With fewexceptions glass blowing
seems to be a lost art. Notwith
out reason. The bottle machine
is part of the growth of the indus
try. And the glass blower was
short lived due to the lung pres
sure required to blow day after
day- We have read that a good
blower could blow forty eight
hundred medicine bottles per day.
We are hoping there will be
a revival of interest in the art
as a result of the interest being
shown by collectors. Not to re
produce so much of the old but
to produce something of today
that will be worth saving for
posterity.
Already the collector of old
bottles must beware of repro
ductions. In a few cases the
experts have been fooled. That
is one reason why we like to dig,
and one reason why one seldom
finds really clean bottles in a
shop that deals in old bottles.
There is a desire on the part of
the digger and dealer to leave
evidence of its antiquity.
We are hoping, along with other
collectors of antiques that a law
will be passed making it manda
tory that the reproducer use a
mark to distinquish it from the
old. This is nothing but fair
And we invite anyone who is in
terested to write their Congress
man to this effect. There is a
forth coming bill that could be
effective if properly supported
by the people.
There have been numerous
books written on the subject of
old bottles. In our research
we have found contradictions.
We think they have done a re
markable job of uncovering evi
dence and hope that in the near
future many puzzles will be sol
ved. There are research teams,
sent out by museums to explore
the sites of early glass compan
ies. This should be a help.
Sometimes they think we make
a mistake by not saving bits and
pieces of things that are strange
to us. That is the only way re
searchers can piece together the
whole story. Mr. T. O. Whit
chard, Sr., in his book mentioned
the beginning of a glass making
industry in Georgia. It obvious
ly never materialized. We will
check it out to see what hap
pened. Indications are that glass
making is an expensive opera
tion. How else can you account
for the use of so much plastic ?
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1969
Major Taliaferro
to be promoted
to Lt. Colonel
Major William Taliaferro, son
of Mrs. Ben S. Taliaferro, Rt.
1, Arlington, Ga., has been se
lected for promotion to Lieute
nant colonel in the U. & Air
Force-
Major Taliaferro, a navigator,
is assigned at Phan Rang AB,
Vietnam, in the 17th Special Op
erations Squadron, a unit of the
Pacific Air Forces.
A graduate of Arlington High
School, he received his A.A.
degree from Chipola Junior Col
lege, Marianna, Fla., and his
B. A. degree in education from
the University of Florida, where
he was commissioned in 1953
through the Air Force Reserve
Officers Training Corps pro
gram. The major holds an M.S*
degree from Florida State Uni
versity.
Brother and
Sister enlist
together in Army
U. S, Army Recruiting Station,
Atlanta, October 24,1969 —Blak-
ely’s Wimbush—not Ambush.
On October 10, 1969, brother
and sister, Randy and Annie Wim
bush, son and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Randolph Wimbush,
Route 2 Box 193, Blakely, en
listed in the U. S, Army.
No, they aren't twins, Annie
is the younger, and normally the
older brother takes care of his
kid-sister, however, in this case
Annie's motivation was to try
and keep tab on Randy. "Her
brother was enlisting and she
wanted to follow suit, ’ ’ she said.
Both Army privates; Randy
and Annie graduated from Wash
ington High School in Blakely,
where Randy was active in sports
and a member of the DCT Club,
and Annie was a member of the
high school choir, French Club
and Social Service Club.
Randy is married to the for
mer Mary Frances Stevens,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russel
Stevens, Route 1 Box 161, Damas
cus, Georgia.
Private Randy is currently un
dergoing basic training at Fort
Benning, Georgia, and upon com
pletion will take advanced indi
vidual training in automotive
maintenance. Private Annie is:
at Fort McClellan, Alabama, tak
ing basic training, she enlisted
in the Women’s Army Corps for
three years unassigned.
Staff Sergeant Henry R. Le
sieur, Army Recruiter, counse
led these young people and will
be happy to discuss the Army
Opportunities with all young men
and women who are interested.
John Gleaton
opens Pharmacy
in Monroe
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John Gleaton announces
that he will open Gleaton’s
Pharmacy in the Monroe
Plaza Shopping Center dur
ing the first week of Novem
ber. Plans for Grand Opening
festivities are scheduled for
a later date.
Mr. Gleaton, a native of
Blakely, has made his home
in Monroe since May 1966.
He is married to the for
mer Miss Dianne Marchant
of Tifton, and they have two
Bill approved
for allotment
acreage transfer
Washington, Oct. 20, 1969—
A bill introduced by Congressman
Maston O'Neal (D-Ga.) to extend
for one year the authority to
transfer peanut acreage allot
ments by sale or lease was ap
proved today by anoverwhelming
voice vote in the House of Rep
resentatives.
The bill, which extends the
authority of Public Law 90-211
through the 1970 crop year, per
mits farmers to transfer peanut
allotments to each other within
their own county.
O'Neal's bill, H. R. 14030, is
now pending before the Senate
where it must receive a favorable
vote before being cleared for
the President’s signature-
The Southwest Georgia Con
gressman said the original leg
islation which he introduced in
1967, "has met with nearly un
animous approval throughout the
peanut industry in every geo
graphical area."
He explained during the debate
which he managed that "this
legislation is needed primarily
to permit farmers to increase
the size of their allotments in
order to realize a more reason
able return on their considerable
investments.
"There are many peanut acre
age allotments too small to con
stitute an economic unit in view
of rising production and harvest
ing costs,” O'Neal added.
He told colleagues that his pri
mary interest in introducing the
original legislation was to "allow
a new grower to acquire an allot
ment without increasing the na
tional allotment by a single
acre. ’ ’
The bill would permit a new
grower to obtain an allotment
up to 50 acres through lease or
outright purchase.
Gambill Elected
Pres. Ga. Jr.
College Assn.
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Dr. Gambill
Dr. George W. Gambill, Pres
ident of Andrew College in Cuth
bert, Ga., has been elected
president of the Georgia Associ
ation of Junior Colleges at the
Saturday morning business ses
sion of the Association's annual
meeting.
The two day meeting was held
October 17 - 18 at Middle Georgia
College, Cochran, Georgia, with
the theme "A Realistic Reach
for Excellance.”
Dr. Gambill, president of An
drew since 1956 is a native of
Ridgeville, Tennessee, and came
to Andrew from Florida State
University in Tallahassee where
he received his master’s degree.
He is an A. B. graduate of
Florida Southern College, Lake
land, Flordia; received his Bach
elor of Divinity degree from
Chandler School of Theology,
sons, six-year old Jeffrey
and Todd, one and one-half
years old.
A graduate of Tifton High
School, Mr. Gleaton attend
ed Abraham Baldwin Col
lege and received his BS
degree in Pharmacy from the
University of Georgia in
1965. He was formerly as
sociated with the Prescrip
tion Shop in Monroe, and
for the past two years has
been employed at Evans Drug
Store in Covington, com
muting from Monroe daily.
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Library News
The loan of art reproductions
is one of the most popular ser
vices available at the De Soto
Trail Regional Library. Re
cently a dozen new pictures were
added to the collection ranging
in time from the 16 century to the
work of contemporary artists.
Tie subjects include birds, flo
wers, landscapes, and abstrac
tions. Each reproduction is
custom-framed.
QUAILS AND FLOWERS is the
work of a Japanese artist named
Tosa Mitsuaki, who lived from
1617-1691. This study appeals to
southwest Georgians who enjoy
living in quail country just as the
Japanese did 3 centuries ago.
The quail is a handsome bird and
lends beauty to a canvas.
The bright cheerful cardinal
also comes in for its share of
glory with a reproduction by
Cecil Golding, a contemporary'
American artist. This picture
brings another of our native birds
inside our home, office or school
room.
A pair of perpendicular flower
prints are the work of the Japan
ese artist Sakai Hoitsu; the pri
glnals hang in the Museum of
Fine Arts at Boston. They are a
study of peonies and chrysan
themums.
Paul Klee's abstraction Fish
Magic gives variety to the col
lection. Klee advised teachers to
induce children ' ‘to see how a bud
takes form, how a tree grows,
how a butterfly develops, so
they may become as such, as
changing, as original as great
nature.” This Swiss artist prac
ticed what he preached for he is
able to evoke nature through
works that appear completely
abstract. His art has appetic
content and is at the same time
grave and mischievous.
Modern art is exemplified in
the reproduction Mandolins and
Pineapples, 1930 by one of Mex
ico’s leading artists, Rufino
Tamayo, who is known for his
mutals as well as his easel
paintings. He is an exponent
)f abstract art.
The Hudson River School of
\rt which dates back to the last
:entury is today in great demand,
asper F. Croosey’s AUTUMN
)N THE HUDSON RIVER is a
worthy example. His scenes of
Catskill and Berkshire mountains
are admired.
If you prefer realism that, too,
you will find in the collection.
For Instance, John Constable
never closed his eyes to reality
as his landscape of Salisbury
Cathedral so well illustrates.
"Imagination,” said Constable,
"can never produce works that
are to stand by a Comparison
with realities. Constable re
stricted his pictures chiefly to
scenes of his native England.
Art reproductions are circu
lated without charge, one of the
many free services offered by
public libraries.
Emory University: an LL. D.
degree from LaGrange College:
amd completed graduate studies
at Drew University plus studies
at Yale and the University of
Miami in Miami, Florida.
Andrew College, now In its
116th academic year, has ex
perienced a record of growth
under Dr. Gambill's competent
leadership that increased student
enrollment of 68 in 1957, to 457
in 1968. The college’s total
assets have grown from $513,000
to 3 1/2 million dollars. The
academic standard of faculty has
been raised above the Southern
Association Standard. New build
ings on the Andrew campus in
this period include a $150,000
gymnasium, two men’s dormi
tories costing $700,000, a $275,
000 women’s dormitory and a
new $250,000 library. In addi
tion $400,000 has been spent
on dormitory and housing im
provements.
Dr. Gambill is married to Dr.
Dorcas Gambill, professor of
French and Sociology at Andrew
College, and they have three
children; Norman Gambill, As
sistant Dean of the School of
Fine Arts and Art History In
structor at the University of
Illinois; Janine Gambill Dover,
teacher of Mathematics and Phy
sical Education at Camilla, Ga.;
and Steve Gambill with the Na
tional Cash Register Company,
Atlanta, Georgia.
LEWIS LLEWELLYN
Should We Quit
In Viet Nam?
How many more people are
you willing to have killed in
South Viet Nam?
This is the question which we
all must answer.
While the tempo of the war in
the rice paddies and on the
mountains of South Viet Nam is
slowing, the intensity of the psy
chological warfare—in this coun
try—is building up to a cres
cendo, with protests, rallies,
demonstrations, and marches
designed to make us decide to
pull out our troops now—im
mediately!
What position should we take
on this most vital issue?
Why Not Just Stop?
Nobody—presumably—could be
more desirous of stopping the
killing in Viet Nam than the
South Vietnamese, since they are
the ones who have been on the
receiving end of this brutal war
fare for year upon weary, bloody
year.
Then why don’t the South Viet
namese just stop fighting, as the
war protestors are urging so
vociferously that the United
States should do?
One answer may be found in
the record of Hue, the city which
was held for a time by the Com
munists, after the 1968 Tet offen
sive.
When Hue was recaptured and
returned to American and South
Vietnamese rule, mass graves
were discovered, where bodies
of civilians—many of whom had
been clubbed to death or buried
alive—were found.
Altogether, about 3.000 bodies
were discovered—including those
of many women, clergymen,
physicans, and other civilians,
tied together in groups of 10 to
15.
Against Killing
It is taken for granted that
most people who are against
war are against killing.
Super Markets
discontinue items
with cyclamate
Early Countians are accepting
the switch over from cyclamate
to other sugar substitutes as
individuals, and a survey of the
retail stores showed no definate
change-
The Super Markets and grocery
stores will not buy any more
items containing cyclamate.
They have until January 1, 1970
to get the items off the shelves
and they have begun working on
eliminating them already.
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Welcome
doesn’t stop at the doormat
in a total-electric home!
The welcome extends throughout the house.
Convenience gives a prestigious and practical
touch to hospitality.
Take cooking, for instance. You cook the
coolest and most modern way. (Many electric
ranges even clean themselves!) Electric house
cooling and heating mean you can enjoy
white-glove freshness in every room.
When things do need cleaning—things like
dishes or clothes or people — major electric
appliances help. Dishwashers. Clothes washers
and dryers. Dependable water heaters.
Add the planned-for-the-future advantage of
adequate wiring, and you have a home of
exceptional charm.
People who’ve made the switch are enamored
of their total-electric homes. So don’t stay
outside. Ring the bell. And come in!
Georgia Power Company
But how many of those who
are now clamoring for an im
mediate end to our participation
in the conflict in South Viet Nam
have weighed the consequences
of the action which they are
advocating?
Before adopting the policy
which has been urged on us by
our mortal enemy, Premier
Pham Van Dong of North Viet
Nam—the pull-out policy—let us
take into consideration our moral
responsibility for the lives of the
women and children of South
Viet Nam, many of whom have
been marked for slaughter by
the Communists.
On a recent nationwide tele
cast, it was authoritatively stated
that captured enemy documents
have revealed that three million
South Vietnamese have been
doomed to death by the Com
munists. Death lists have been
captured, identifying the pro
posed victims.
If this figure seems high—and
it certainly does—remember that
3,000 bodies were actually un
covered and counted in and
around the one city of Hue.
Wash Our Hands of It?
A long time ago, at the trial
of Jesus, Pilate chose to declare
his innocence and neutrality.
Sending for a basin of water, he
washed his hands, saying, “I am
innocent of the blood of this just
person. See ye to it.”
So the Guiltless One was put
to death. Was Pilate absolved of
responsibility, in God’s sight, by
"washing his hands of it”?
Most Americans want the kill
ing stopped in Viet Nam. Many
would like to wash their hands
of the whole bloody mess.
But how many innocent peo
ple—non-combatants, women
and children—are we willing to
sacrifice to the Red-handed
slaughterers of civilians?
Meat Inspection
Short Course
For the first time in the United
.States, the State and Federal
Meat Inspectors held a combined
short course on problems of
common interest. This meeting
was held at Rock Eagle near Eat
onton, Ga., Friday-Sunday, Oct.
17 and 18, 1969.
Veterinary Doctors attending
from this area were Dr. Rafe
Houston, Blakely; and Dr. Jerry
Mitchell, Colquitt.
District IV State Inspectors
attending included Leßoy Drig
gers of Blakely.