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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. Ill—NO. 12
AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK, NOV. 9-15
COLUMBIA OUTCLASSES
THE BOBCATS, 26 - 14
Houston County, of Columbia,
Ala., quarterback Billy Baxter,
filled the air with footballs here
Fri. night and shot down the Early
County Bobcats 26 to 14. The
passing and running sensation
completed 22 of 24 passes and
gained 292 yards. One pass
was intercepted and the other
non-completion was tipped by a
lineman.
Houston's first play from
scrimmage was 39 yard touch
down run by Baxter. Glenn
V^nn booted the extra points.
The Bobcats of Blakely took the
lead for the first and only time
when Robert Newberry threw a
9-yard touchdown pass to Stan
ley Holley and John Ricketson
ran for the two extra points.
Dwayne Knowles put the Lions
out front to stay a few plays
later on an 80-yard TD run.
Vann’s try for the PAT was
blocked. Baxter ran five yards
for the next TD set up on his
passing and Louis Teague's
ground gainers. Vann booted
the PAT. At this juncture Blak
ely lost regular quarterback
Newberry, and Hqlley finished
the job for the Bobcats.
Jerry Snellgrove ran seven
yards for the final Lions TD.
Stanley Holley set up the final
Bobcat touchdown on a 30 yard
play to Luvon Fowler, and John
Ricketson scored a few plays
later from the 2 yard marker.
The Bobcats close out the sea
son next Friday night against
Businessmen's Challenge;
COMPETE OR PERISH
COMPETE OR PERISH is the
challenge being faced by the na
tion's small businessman. Large
firms and new, efficient, small
firms entering the business
world are causing other small
business owners to take a hard
look at operating more effective
ly. One of the tools providing
a competitive edge for some'
businesses in the real world of
“survival of the fittest” is auto
matic data processing (ADP).
The importance of ADP to the
small businessman is seldom
a matter for debate today. The
argument boils down to: In what
way and when should ADP be
applied? The small farmer fac
ed a similar problem several
years ago when farm machinery
was recommended for survival
in the agricultural community.
Those who didn’t listen are out of
farming or are rapidly being
pushed out by declining incomes.
Those who did listen are con
sidered in the businessman cate
gory and are faced with another
decision on ADP.
The small businessman re
fuses to consider ADP for many
reasons:
1. Someone told him, "It
costs too much!”
2. His employees resist, fear-
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V. F. W.
Sat. Night Nov 22
9:00 P. M. Till!
BOBBY & THE
DIAMONDS
Public Invited
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Abbeville, Alabama, the number
2 ranked team In Alabama, pro
vided the Alabama Yellow Jackets
don’t receive an invitation to
play in the Dothan Peanut Bowl.
Score by quarters:
Houston 13 7 6 0 26
Eany 8 0 0 6 14
Player of the Week
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Jack Ricketson
Player of the Week for the
Bobcats is William Ricketson.
William, 190 lb. senior tackle,
played well both offensively and
defensively in the Columbia
game.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Ricketson.
ing displacement by "the com
puter.”
3. He doesn’t really under
stand how ADP can help him.
4. He’s just too busy to look
around and see what's happening.
5. He may lack "start-up”
money.
There are, of course, many
other important reasons that he
can think of to put off finding
out about the applications of ADP.
But when the chips are down,
the businessman will need to
look for information and find
away to get the job done. The
question is will he start too
late ?
The previous words may sound
pretty harsh, but they express
the findings of a Senate Sub
committee on Automatic Data
Processing and the Small Busi
nessman. The concern express
ed by the Senate Committee is
that direct effort is necessary
now to assure that small busi
nesses might be:
1. Informed about ADP.
2. Provided access to infor
mation regarding private busi
ness sources for required ADP
applications.
The University of Georgia’s
Center for Management Systems
(CMS), directed by Fred Wise,
provides a Federal/State-fund
ed direct assistance to small
businessmen. This Center may
be able to provide you the in
formation you need about ADP
In the small business.
Your County Agent, Judson
Cooper, located In County Of
fice Building, will put you in
contact with the CMS.
"New problems and pres
sures require new tools and tech
niques. Government and Indus
try must combine forces to en
sure that the small business
community not only survives but
flourishes. ’'
ADP is here to stay!! Are
you??
The Peace Corps is eight years
old.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Lions Club views
Program on Am.
Education Week
In observance of National Edu
cation Week three members of the
Early High School and Elemen
tary School presented a program
to members of the Blakely Lions
Club. Appearing on the program
were Mrs. Warren Cleveland,
president of the Early County
Educational Association, who
discussed education in general,
Mrs. Diane Strickland, speech
therapy, and Mrs- Bruce Hous
ton, the new transformational
grammer. The program proved
most interesting, and the speak
ers were warmly applauded.
Lion Lonnie Chester was pro
gram chairman and introduced
Mrs. Cleveland, who in turn,
introduced the other speakers.
President Stanley Houston pre
sided and announced that the an
nual ladies’ night Christmas
party will be held December 12,
with Lion J. W. Willis as general
program chairman.
Jimmy Brewer, a member of
the local JAYCEES, was a special
guest and challenged Lions to a
touch football game- His
challenge was immediately ac
cepted and so Lions versus Jay
cees will be the lineup at Standi
fer Field, November 20. Ad
mission will be a toy, and these
will be donated to the Empty
Stocking Fund-
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed Bridges Ezell, a guest of
Tony Rogers; Riney Fulmer, of
Albany, a guest of Stanley Hous
ton, and Lioness Exa Perkins,
who was having a birthday, a
guest of the club.
Bob Oertel, Soil
Conservationist,
speaks to Rotary
Bob Oertel, assistant state
soil conservationists, was the
speaker at last week's meeting
of the Blakely Rotary Club. The
talk was interesting and dealt
with the soil conservation prac
tices and the water shed pro
gram. He was introduced by
Raymond Singletary who arrang
ed the program.
President Pete Underwood
presided and Mrs. Merle Hals
ten, pianist, gave the usual good
listening music during the lunch
eon.
Visitors were Buster Lockett,
of Cuthbert, a guest of James
Bryant; Dave Herman, guest of
Ben Rogers; Hank Haddock, a
guest of his father, Hal Had
dock, and the following high
school seniors, Doug Thompson,
Ann White, Brownie Widener,
Richard Ward, guests of the class
president, Clink Alexander, and
Chester Clardy, Early County
soil conservationist, a guest of
the club.
Singletary Farms
25 Anniversary
Sale held Wed.
In observance of their 25th
Anniversary of acquiring regis
tered hereford and polled here
ford cattle, Singletary Farms
held their first private sale at
the Mill Place Bam Wednesday.
A breakfast at the bam prior
to the sale drew approximately
two hundred buyers and other
interested cattlemen. Oscar
Lewis was caterer.
Buyers from throughout the
State of Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Carolina jnd Tennessee
attended. Seventy bulls and thirty
females were up for sale-
W'illy Brandt, West Germany's
chancellor, Is a former news
paper reporter.
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY, NOV. 13,1969
ERNEST W. HARTSELL, JR.
HEADS MANUFACTURING
Ernest W. Hartsell, Jr., has
been nominated to a vice presi
dent’s post at Magna-Tech Cor
poration, it was announced to
day by J. Herbert Orr, board
chairman and president of the
corporation. Mr. Hartsell is
a member of Magna-Tech’s re
search and manufacturing team.
At present he is temporarily
assigned to the corporation’s
Jackson Tubing divislonwhere he
is in charge of manufacturing.
Magna-Tech is a corporation
of diversified interests and is
presently operating two di
visions. Jackson Tubing & Con
duit division. Cedar Springs,
Georgia, manufactures electrical
metallic tubing and rigid conduit.
Montfort Manufacturing Com
pany, tool and die division, Cuth
bert, Georgia, produces acces
sories for the magnetic tape in
dustry.
Magna-Tech also is engaged
in a research and development
program aimed at producing a
superior grade of magnetic oxide
for all types of magnetic record
ing tapes.
Mr. Hartsell has an impres
sive career in welding techno
logy. He has served as welding
and fabricating supervisor with
Southeastern Shipbuilding Cor
poration, Savannah, Georgia, and
as welding and fabricating in
structor and liaison fabricating
engineer with Union Bag and
Sunday P. M.
services for
W. 0. Bridges, 78
William Otis Bridges, 78, well
known Blakely man, died in the
local hospital Friday afternoon,
after a long illness. A native of
Alabama and born Nov. 17, 1890,
he had spent most of his life in
Blakely and Early County. Until
ill health forced his retirement,
Mr. Bridges had represented
several large tailoring firms in
the men's clothing business. He
was a veteran of World War I, a
member of the VFW, the Ameri
can Legion and the First Metho
dist Church.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon in the chapel
of Manry-Jordan Funeral Home.
Conducting the services were
the Rev. John Quillian and Dr.
C. D. Horton. Interment was In
the Blakely cemetery. Pallbear
ers were Hubbard Grimsley, Hi
ram Sims, W. E. McDowell, Bill
Hudson, Edward Martin, J. 0.
Napier. Forming an honorary
escort were Oree Thompson,
Bruce Lindsey, Floyd Lindsey,
Son Jones, Shelly Simmons,
Guerry Loyless, Herman Smith,
Sam A. Williams, Alvan Day,
Hursteen Rollins, Fletcher
Thompson, W. S, Aiderman, Dr.
Earl Taylor, George Warrick,
Lawrence Lane, Frank Gilbert,
Howard Davenport, Ben White,
Bill Knighton, Tlge Pickle-
Surviving is the widow, Mrs.
Nannie Hudson Bridges.
Those attending the funeral
from out-of-town were Tom Hud
son, Mrs. Elva Hunter, Mrs.
Lizie Clifton, Mrs. Alice Re
gister, Turkey, North Carolina;
Mrs. Dave Barlow, Hamlet, N.C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Best, West
Palm Beach, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs-
Robert Bridges, Mr. and Mrs.
Sammy Bridges, Dalton, Ga.; Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Lomax, Athens,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. James Glass,
Mr. and Mrs- L. E. Bridges,
Mrs. Edna Bridges, Cuthbert;
Mr. and Mrs. Baker Bridges,
and son, James, Buena Vista,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs- Willie Pol
lock, and Mrs. Eugenia Whitaker,
Albany.
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Paper Company, Savannah.
During the latter period he
attended Armstrong College, Sa
vannah, and Georgia Tech, grad
uating from Tech with a BS/ME.
He was welding engineer with
A.C.F. Industries, Nuclear Pro
ducts, Erco division, Buffalo,
New York, and later joined
American-Standard’s industrial
division in Buffalo, New York,
where he was chief weldingengi
neer and assistant to the plant
manager.
He was with Phelps Dodge
Copper Products, South Bruns
wick, New Jersey, as chief weld
ing engineer and assistant re
search director. Here he ini
tiated and directed R & D pro
grams and welding research pro
grams, developed procedures for
fabricating processes and de
signed some important automa
tic equipment.
Mr. Hartsell is a member of
the American Society for Metals,
American Welding Society,
American Society for Testing and
Materials and the British Insti
tute of Welding. He has served
on a number of important com
mittees in these professional so
cieties.
He has authored several arti
cles relating to welding in trade
publications and is the co-author
of several other articles in pro
fessional journals.
Shelia Rabon, 2
dies Wed. after
short illness
Shelia Denise Rabon, 2, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Bruce
Rabon, Jr., of Blakely, died Wed
nesday, Nov. 5, in an Albany
hospital, after a short illness.
Funeral rites were the past
Friday In the Church of Christ
conducted by the minister Cla
rence Ware. Interment was in
the Blakely cemetery with
Manry-Jordan Funeral Home in
charge. Pall bearers were Joe
Rector, Greg Rabon, Earl Cherry
and Johnny Temples.
Survivors are the parents, of
Blakely; paternal and maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Rabon, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Buck Nobles, Blakely; paternal
grandfather, W. F. Jarrett,
Panama City; maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Cherry and Mrs. Nettie Nobles,
Blakely.
Larkin Culbreth
dies Saturday
Larkin Francis Culbreth, Sr.,
75, of Edison, World War I vete
ran and retired service station
operator, died in the VA hospital,
Dublin Saturday morning. A
native of Bluffton, he had lived
most of his life in Edison, and
was a member of the Edison
Baptist Church, where funeral
services were held Sunday after
noon, the Rev. G. L. Brooks
and the Rev. Eugene Brock offi
ciating. Interment was in the
Salem cemetery, Manry-Jordan
Funeral Home in charge- Pall
bearers were Northern Dau
ghtery, Emory Culbreth, Wayne
Brown, Gene Shepard, Willis Du
vall and Alton Dews.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Birdie Shepard Culbreth, Edison;
a son, Francis Culbreth, Winter
Park, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs.
Marcus Gibbs, Arlington; two
brothers, John Culbreth, Cocoa,
Fla., and Emory Culbreth, Balti
more, Md.; one sister, Mrs. Eu
dora C. Hayes, Arlington, and
four grandchildren.
Jurors Drawn
to serve at
November term
Jurors drawn Tuesday to
serve at the regular November
Term, 1969 City Court of Blakely,
November 18, 1969;
T. & Chandler, M. H. Willis,
Melvin C. Mulkey, Charlie Willi
ford, James Murdock, Jr., Jesse
James, L M, Cooper, Robinson
McLendon, Joseph & Freeman,
Cecil Garrett, Sterling R. Anglin,
Edward Morton, James Johnson,
J. O. Evans, Jr., Paul Turner,
Jerry Rogers, C, E. Wills, Wil
liam F. Arnold, Jerry G Pearce,
C. B. Williams, John Nobles, W. F.
Underwood, James C. Grimes,
J, R. Jarrett, John M. Still,
Bernice Mosely, David Gilbert,
Griffin Houston, David H. Dunn,
Jack Newberry.
S. T. Woodham, Willie J. Jack
son, B. H. Thomas, Jr., E. W.
Reese, Hiram Sims, J. B. Rice,
Virgil Jones, John Slaton, Ray
a Smith, Ewell Jarrett, J. W.
Gowan, J, P. Lane, Charles Fet
ner, T. P, Shepard, C. C. Mid
dleton, W. G. Whlddon, J. T.
Wright, A. M. Day, Warren Whit
aker, Jack Slaton, E. E. Ford,
Frank Echols, L. a Murkerson,
Samuel Lightsey, Jack Messer,
G. S, Blackshear, R. L. English,
J. C. Williams, W. B. Byrd,
R. E. Mills.
Ben White, Early
Co. Man of Year
in Conservation
Ben White, Route 5, Blakely,
is the 1969 "Early County Man
of the Year” in Soil and Water
Conservation, Flint River Dis
trict.
Mr- White and his family live
6 miles west of Blakely on his
600 acre farm. He is married
to the former Bobbye Slrmons,
they have three children: Ann,
17; Lyn, 13; and Benj, 8. The
family attends the First Baptist
Church, Blakely.
Working closely with the Soil
Conservation technicians in
carrying out his soli and water
conservation plan, he has ap
proximately 180 acres of crop
land, 153 acres of well managed,
improved pasture and 266 acres
of woodland to warrant this title.
He has just finished an improve
ment cutting on his woodland.
All timber cut was marked by a
professional forester.
Mr. White will be introduced
by a local banker at the award
meeting at Bainbridge, today.
Jack Fulton, 68,
funeral rites
held here Thurs.
Graveside funeral services for
John Stewart (Jack) Fulton, for
mer Blakely resident, were held
here Tuesday morning, with the
Rev. John Quillian officiating.
Mr. Fulton died suddenly at his
residence in Savannah Saturday.
He was a member of the Metho
dist Church in Cookvllle, Tenn.,
and a veteran of both World War
1 and World War IL
Interment was in the Blakely
cemetery. Manry-Jordan Fune
ral Home was in charge.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Annie Tom Chandler Fulton,
Cookvllle, Tenn.; 3 daughters,
Mrs. Robert Price, Mrs. M. E.
Smith, Jacksonville; Mrs. Rose
mary Houston, Nashville, Tenn.;
a brother, D. T. Fulton, Cook
vllle; two sisters, Mrs. R. L.
Acree, Mt. Dora, Fla.; Mrs.
Grady Holman, Sr., Blakely.
Elephants eat course vegeta
tion such as tree roots, and when
their teeth wear out and are un
able to chew It, they starve to
death.
New Bond Boosters Club
Supports ECHS Bund
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Band Boosters Club newly elected officers: (seated) Derrell
Clark, president; Roscoe Hodges, treasurer; and Mrs. Carlton
Kennedy, (standing) Emory Ourtiam, vice president.
A Band Boosters Club was
re-organized here Monday night
with a large number of parents
and Interested friends attending
a meeting in the Early County
School Cafeteria.
Derrell Clark was elected pre
sident of the club which promises
strong support for the band;
Emory Durham is vice president;
Mrs. Carlton Kennedy, secre
tary; and Roscoe Hodges, treas
urer-
Bandmaster Robert Horton,
called the meeting to order and
gave a progress report of the band
since he and his wife agreed
to serve as bandmasters last
August. There are 45 mem
bers, five majorettes and one
drum majorette in the marching
band. He compared the present
band to the twenty members when
he took the position as band
master. He reported a new horn
has been purchased which will
add to the depth of the over-all
sound of the band's music.
Cushions and games were dis
played by Bandmaster Horton,
these are now on sale by band
members as money making pro
jects. Additional projects were
discussed and plans for a Sunday
dinner was announced.
Mr. Horton commended the
members of the band for their
work and long hours of practice,
stating he found each one in the
band to be sincerely desirous
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Officers of the Early County High School Band: Seated, 1 to r;
Wayne Powell, president; Joanna Dean, vice president; Judy Sims,
secretary-treasurer. Standing: Sue Rabon, librarian; Beth
Owen, head majorette; Pat Floyd, reporter; and Mike Griffin,
Uniforms Chairman.
Blakely native
dies Monday
REDDING, Calif. - Mrs. Annie
Nell Collins Ernestine, 51, of
1329 Orange Ave-, Redding, Cali
fornia, died at her residence
Monday night, following an illness
of several months.
A native of Blakely, she was
the daughter of Mrs. Alice Fudge
Collins and the late Byron R,
Collins, of Blakely. She attend-
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of a worthwhile production and a
good band image for the school.
In asking for support of the band,
its projects, transportation and
expenses, he reminded the
parents of the time it takes
for regular band practice, plus
their school load, and asked that
band members not be burdened
with the canvassing and selling.
He recognized the work done
earlier this year by Drum Ma
jorette Judy Sims, her mother,
Mrs. Herbert Edge Sims, and
the other majorettes, in putting
the football program together
for the fall of 1969. This pro
ject will be sponsored by the
Band Boosters in the future.
The nominating committee’s
report was given by Roscoe
Hodges. Following the election
of officers, President Clark ap
pointed the following committee
chairmen: Mrs- J. M. Kitchens,
Projects Chairman; Mrs. Horace
Hall, Publicity; Bill Collins,
Transportation; Mrs. Herbert
Edge Sims, Membership. The
dues will be $5.00 a year.
During the social hour coffee
and cookies were served from an
attractive refreshment table,
centered with a large circular
straw tray with bronze and gold
chrysanthemums in a massive
arrangement.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Horton and the officers of
the Early County High School
Band.
ed Blakely High School and was
a graduate of Shorter College,
Rome, Ga., she resided In Rome
several years before moving to
California.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later. She is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. B.R.
Collins of Blakely; Glenn Forest
Collins of Blakely; two sons,
Glenn Forest Ernestine, U.S,
Marines, Camp Lejuene, N.C.
and James Wesley Ernestine,
Redding, Calif.; and a sister,
Mrs. Victor Yeargen, Rome, Ga.