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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. Ill—VO 17
Blakely Basketball
Teams Still Undefeated
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Early County Girl's Basketball Forwards are: Nancy Holman,
Junior; Dana Jane Brown, Sophomore; and Cheryl Harvey,
Sophomore.
The Early County Bobcats and
Bobkittens remained undefeated
this past week by posting three
games each in the win column
This give s the boys a record of
7-0 and the girls a record of
8-0.
It started Friday night as the
boys defeated Miller County 68-
43 and the girls won 43-25. For
the boys, Rex Howell and Marvin
Earnest tallied 16 points each
while Cliff Starr netted 1). The
scoring was rounded out as fol
lows: Dewey Cannon 8, Tim
Everson 4, Scott Starr and Jim
Daniels 4, Stanley Holley 2 and'
Robert Newberry 3.
Dana Jane Brown led the scor
ing i n the girls game with 28
points followed by Nancy Hol-
Jackie Gentry Named
DAR Good Citizen
Jackie Gentry
The members of the Peter
Early Chapter NSDAR are hold
ing their meeting for December
this afternoon at the Town and
Country Club. At this meeting
the recently selected Good Citi
zen for 1970 will be an honor
guest. She is Miss Jacqueline
Rene’ Gentry, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A J. Gentry.
Miss Annette Alexander,
Chairman of the Good Citizen
Committee, is in charge of the
program. She is also explain-
it was Abraham Lincoln wno
made Thanksgiving Day an of
ficial holiday.
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V. F. W.
Sat. Nite, Dec. 27
9:00 P. M. Till!
BOBBY & THE
DIAMONDS
Public Invited
Ceuples Only
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man 8, and Cheryl Harvey 7.
Kerry Waller, Debra Ducati and
Loyette Stephens were the start
ing guards for Blakely.
TWO MORE WINS
Saturday night the Cats
knocked off the Dothan Tigers
61-46. The game was tied at
halftime, but the Bobcats pulled
away during the second half.
Marvin Earnest led the scoring
with 27 points followed by Howell
at 22. Starr was next with 6,
Cannon 4 and Everson with 2.
Earlier in the night the Bob
kittens dropped the Albany Girls
56-47. Dana Jane Brown had
30 points, Cheryl Harvey 15 and
Nancy Holman had 11. Again
the guards, Waller, Ducati and
ing the process by which the
Good Citizen is chosen each year.
According to the regulations
draWn up by the National Society,
Daughters of the American Re
volution, the Senior Class of any
accredited High School may be
invited to take part in this work.
The Senior Class votes on three
girls in the class who are out
standing in upholding and de
veloping the qualities of Depen
dability, Service, Leadership ana
Patriotism. These three names
are presented to the high school
faculty and the final choice is
made from the winners by the
faculty after examining the quali
fications.
This has been a part of the
DAR Program for many years.
Mr. Frank Buckner, Supervising
Principal of the Early County
High School, and Mrs. Hugh L.
Martin, Faculty Adviser, have
been most helpful each year.
Miss Alexander wishes to ex
press appreciation to these for
their interest and assistance.
Mr. and Mrs. A J. Gentry
have been invited to attend this
meeting as guests and to see
their daughter receive the Good
Citizen Certificate and a Good
Citizen Pin. The presentation
will be made by Mrs. Herman
Richardson.
-NOTICE-
Early County Schools will dis
miss at the end of the school
day on Friday, Etecember 19,
1969, for the Christmas holi
days, and will reopen on the
morning of Monday, January 5,
1970.
Lonnie Chester
County School Superintendent
-notice-
The Blakely Garden Club
changes it's meeting date from
January 1 to January 8; meeting
at the Bank of Early, 3:30 P.M.
Hostesses for the meeting will
be Mrs. J. M. Richardson and
Mrs. L. E. Wallis.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Stephens, held Albany’s scoring
down.
BIG WIN
The big win of the week came
when the Bobcats defeated the
previously undefeated Cairo
Syrupmkaers 45-34. The 'Cats
outscored the Syrupmakers in
every period as they won their
seventh game. The game was
close thru the first two periods
as the half ended at 19-16, Blak
ely-
Blakely pulled away in the third
period outscoring the Cairo team
17-9. Howell led the scoring
with 18 points followed by Earnest
with 14, Starr had 5, John Ricket
son 4 Cannon and Everson had
2 each.
GIRLS WIN
The Bobkittens beat the Cairo
girls 57-39 for their eighth
straight win. Brown led the scor
ers with 28 points, Holman had
20, Harvey 7, and Johnson had 2.
The Cairo girls held the Bob
kittens lead to 9 points at half
time, but the local girls came
back stronger the second half.
CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT
The Christmas Tournament
will begin in Colquitt Friday night
at 7:00 p.m. with the Miller
girls meeting the Seminole girls.
At 8;15 the Seminole boys will
play the Calhoun boys. Satur
day night the Bobkittens play
the Calhoun girls at 7;00 p.m.
and the Bobcats will meet the
Miller boys at 8;15. The finals
will be held Monday night, Dec
ember 22.
WEATHER
SUMMARY
The following is a summary
of local weather conditions for
the month of November, 1969:
TEMPERATURE: Average
daily high, 67.1; average daily
low, 40.3; average, 53.7; depar
ture from the normal,-4.0. High
est, 78 on the Bth and 11th;
lowest, 22 on the 15th.
PRECIPITATION: Total, 1.46
inches, departure from the nor
mal, -1.45 inches. Greatest in
any 24-hour observational
period, .59 occurring during the
24-hour period ending 7 a.m.
E.S.T. on the 14th. Number of
days with .01 inch or more,
7; with 0.50 inch or more, 1;
with 1.00 inch or more, 0. To
tal so far this year, 48.02 inches;
deficiency, -1.79 inch.
LOWREY S. STONE, Observer
U. S> Weather Bureau
Blakely, Georgia
Funeral services
for Mrs. Wiley
held in Damascus
Mrs. Inah Torbert Wiley, wife
of the late Lemuel W. Wiley, of
Damascus, died of a heart attack
in Blakely on themorningof Dec
ember 9. While visiting in Blak
ely, she suffered a seizure onthe
street and was rushed by ambu
lance to the local hospital where
she was pronounced dead upon
arrival.
A native of Clay County, she
was born March 10, 1895, and
had lived in Damascus most of
her life, and was a member of
the Damascus Free Will Bap
tist Church where she served
as secretary and treasurer, and
was a member of the Eastern
Star. Funeral services were
held in the church at Damascus
the past Friday, the Rev. S. T.
Shutes officiating. Interment was
in the Cross Roads Cemetery'
near Damascus.
Survivors are one son, George
R. Wiley, Mt. Pleasant, S. C.;
two daughters, Mrs. W. C. Tho
mas, Homestead, Fla.; Mrs. Gwin
E. Aultman, of Charleston, S.C.;
two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Barron,
Baxley, Ga.; Mrs. Terrell John
son, Albany.
Read the Early County News!
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 18,1969
Featured Seniors
named this week
at Early Co. High
Featured Seniors at Early
County High School this week
are: Glynda Sharon Chandler,
Wanda Gail George, Ronald Eu
gene Hayes, and Thomas Gary
Harvey.
TOMMY HARVEY
Tommy Harvey, 16, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harvey
is a member and secretary of
the Science Club and a member
of the Glee Club, he was named
to Who’s Who in the Senior Class,
and is a well known musician.
He is a former drum major of
the ECHS band- A member of
the First Baptist Church, he
serves as church pianist, and
is a member of the choir. His
hobbies are music and horse
back riding. He plans a law
career.
RONALD HAYES
Ronald Hayes, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs. 0. & Hayes, is a well
known member of the Bobcat
Varsity football squad. He is a
member of Hi Y Club at ECHS
and of the Southside Baptist
Church. His hobbies are hunt
ing, fishing and shooting pool.
He plans to attend college af
ter graduation.
SHARON CHANDLER
Sharon Chandler, 17, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Chandler,
is a member and serves as
treasurer this year of the Future
Business Leaders of America.
She is an office assistant at
ECHS and a member of the South
side Baptist Church. Her hob
bies are skating and dancing.
She plans to be a secretary
after completing her work at
Early County High School.
WANDA GAIL GEORGE
Wanda George, 16, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur George,
is a member of the Future Busi
ness Leaders of America and is
co-chairman of FBLA Week.
Her hobbies are swimming and
sewing. She is a member of
the Blakely Church of Christ.
She plans to attend vocational
school to continue her studies
in a business course.
Accident fatal
to 18 year old
F. Cody Coleman
The son of a former Blakely
resident was accidently killed
Saturday afternoon in the Brent
wood Subdivision, off Old Daw
son Road in Albany while on a
hunting trip.
F. Cody Coleman, 18, a stu
ctent at Albany Junior College,
and the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin T. Coleman, Jr., Al
bany optician, was hit with a
charge from a 12-gauge shot
gun while he was sitting in the
driver’s seat. Apparently he
was hit when the gun fell from
inside the car and discharged.
Companions with him were John
Samford and Louie Taylor, both
of Albany.
A 1969 graduate of Albany
High School, Coleman was pre
sident of the DECA Club and a
member of the Interact Club while
in high school.
The funeral was held Monday
at 2 p.m. in Porterfield Memo
ri".! United Methodist Church,
interment was in Crown Hill
Cemetery.
His paternal grandparents, Ms.
and Mrs. F. T. Coleman of Al
bany are well known in South
west Georgia. Mrs. Ella Mae
Coleman, a member of the Or
der of the Eastern Star, assisted
in organizing the Blakely Chapter
282, OES.
Two of every five manufac
turing establishments in Geor
gia are forest-based industries,
says Nelson Brightwell, forester
with the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service.
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A Georgia cotton crop of 245,
000 bales was indicated on Nov.
1, based on Information by cot
ton growers and ginners, ac
cording to the State Crop Re
porting Service-
Superintendent
Lonnie Chester
Rotary speaker
Lonnie Chester, superinten
dent ot Early County schools,
was the interesting speaker at
last Friday's meeting of the Blak
ely Rotary Club. The pro
gram was arranged and the
speaker introduced by Rotarian
J. 0. Brown.
Two new members were of
ficially inducted into the club,
with Rotarian Jim Richardson
conducting the Induction ritual.
These new members are John
Puckett and Herbert Sims.
Visitors were Rotarian Dan
McLeroy, a former Blakely re
sident, of Englewood, Fla.; and
a district governor-elect, Garnie
Brown, of Moultrie, a guest of
Dr. C. Dl Horton; Dave Herman,
a guest of President Pete Under
wood; John Graham, of Fort
Gaines, a guest of Jim Richard
son. High school senior visitors
were Carol Ann Trawick, Ilene
Reed, Danny Brewer and Donnie
Hull.
Underwriters
hold annual
Christmas party
The Blakely Association of Life
Underwriters held their annual
Christmas party last Wednesday
night at the Woman’s Clubhouse.
Those present were President
and Mrs. Jerry Rogers, Mr. and
Mrs- Ralph English, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Sirmons, Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Culbreth, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Wil
liams, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Collier,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A Cheek, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Temples, Mr.
and Mrs. T. & Chandler, and
W. G. Sheffield. Guests were:
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Taylor,
and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hat
cher. After a delicious steak
dinner, games were enjoyed by
all.
John T. Sutton
dies in Fort
Gaines hospital
John Thomas Sutton, 81, of
Fort Gaines, died in a hospital
there Saturday morning after a
short illness. He was a native
and life long resident of Clay
County, and was a retired street
superintendent of the City of
Fort Gaines. He was a vete
ran of World War I and a mem
ber of the Fort Gaines Baptist
Church where funeral services
were held Sunday, the Rev. Comer
Williamson officiating.
Interment was in the New Park
cemetery. Manry - Jordan Fune
ral Home was in charge- Pall
bearers, all nephews of the de
ceased were Bert Puckett, Ro
bert Puckett, Eddie Clate Puc
kett, Bob Puckett, Bill Mack
Cole, Floyd Puckett, Wallace Sut
ton Cole and Earl Peel Sutton.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Eva Murphy Sutton, Ft. Gaines;
one son, Billy Tom Sutton and
one grandson, Daniel Thomas
Sutton, both of St. Marys, Ga.
OLD-FASHIONED
CHRISTMAS
Way back in 1828,
Clement C. Moore inspired
the legend of Santa Claus
and one of the first things
Santa said, in a voice most
impassioned ...
* Let’s keep Christmas
gentle and old-fashioned”.
And we in America have,
too, with our brightly
lighted Christmas trees and
Santa Claus bringing gifts
and toys to good little girls
and boys.
(But, we wonder a little
about how he gets down the
chimney with his avoir
dupois ).
The wonderful sounds
and aromas of Christmas —
the spices of baking, the
sounds of the Yule Log
crackling by the fireside,
and the children who are
starry-eyed.
Lions Hold Ladies’ Night
And Annual Christmas Banquet
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Lions Club Ladies Night, 1 to r: President Stanley Houston, Dr. Jack G. Standifer, Earl (Tige)
Pickle, and J. Ellis Swint of Columbus, Georgia read the inscription on the plaque presented to
Dr. Standifer as an outstanding citizen of Blakely and Early County and past president and dis
tinguished member of the Blakely Lions Club.
The Blakely Lions Club held
their annual Ladies Night and
Christmas supper and dance at
the Town & Country Club re
cently when J. Ellis Swint of
Columbus, Georgia was guest
speaker andentertainedthe group
with many humorous stories for
which he is well known.
President Stanley Houston was
master of ceremonies. Dr. Jack
G. Standifer was presented an
engraved plaque from the club in
appreciation for his leadership
in Lions activities. Earl (Tige)
Pickle made the presentation and
cited Dr. Standifer as a past
president of the Blakely Lions
Club, past Mayor of Blakely,
and Blakely’s No. 1 citizen who
has attained great heights in
Masonry, and his church.
K. J. Hodges was recognized
as the outstanding Lion for his
J. L Pickle, 58,
funeral services
held Saturday
John Lewis Pickle, Sr., 58,
well known Blakely man, died
early Friday morning, of an ap
parent heart attack, at his resi
dence, 613 Oklahoma Street, after
a long illness. A retired me
chanic, he serve d with the U. S.
Navy during World War 11, and
was a member of the local posts
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the American Legion. He
was a member of the Westview
Methodist Church, where funeral
services were held Saturday af
ternoon conducted by the pastor,
the Rev. Ronald Clark, and the
Rev. H. H. Morgan.
Interment followed in the Blak
ely cemetery, Manry-Jordan
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Active pallbearers
were Michael E. Hayes, Bernard
Summerford, Idus Brownlee,
Walter Brooks, George Gee, Sr.,
Randol Sheffield, Dr. Hamp
Clarke, John Emmett Craft.
Forming an honorary escort were
the following, G. W. Griffin, Der
rell Clark, Clayton Gentry, Wade
Jarrett, David Beasley, W. L.
Stone, Forrest Williams, Elwood
Martin, Frank Davis, Jim Per
kins, Hansford Cleveland.
Mr. Pickle was a native of
Early County, born July 6, 1911,
the son of Mrs. John Pickle, and
the late Mr. Pickle. He had
spent practically all of his life
in Blakely and Early County.
His first wife, the former Miss
Ila Bush, passed away in 1963.
Survivors, in addition to the
mother, are the widow, Mrs.
Myra Nell Bush Williams Pickle,
a son, Johnnie Pickle, a step
son, Michael T. Williams, all of
Blakely: a step-daughter, Mrs.
June Roberts, Kenai, Alaska; a
brother, Lynwood Pickle, New
York City, and one sister, Mrs.
Dred Hayes, of Fort Gaines.
Read the Early County News!
work as Chairman of Sight Con
servation and Blind and several
other areas, Ist vice president
Lonnie Chester made the presen
tation. Other chairmen recog
nized were Bernard Herring,
Turkey Board; Lemuel Tiner,
Birthday Calendar; and J. W.
Willis, Ladles Night.
Gifts were presented to Mrs.
Merle Haisten, Club pianist and
Mrs. R. B. Durham, who prints
the Lions Bulletin. Door prizes
went to Mrs. Roscoe Hodges,
Mrs. C. P. Jenkins, Mrs. Wal
ton Knighton, Mrs. A. H. Lanier
and Mrs. Charlie Houston. 2nd
vice president Marshal Day was
in charge of the gifts and door
prizes.
Lion Joe Cannon, 3rd vice pre
sident, introduced the distin
guished guests. Tommy Harvey
Search Continues For
Early’s Oldest Church
The search is on for Early
County’s oldest Church. At a
recent meeting of the Historical
Society, histories of five church
es were reported and the First
Baptist Church, constituted 1837,
was the oldest.
In the history of the First
Methodist Church, established a
bout 1852 or 1853, mention was
made of a log church built near
the Pleasant Grove Methodist
Church in 1830. No report has
come in concerning the history
of the Pleasant Grove Church,
nor of the Westview Methodist
Church, the church formed when
several churches were merged
including the Pleasant Grove
Church.
Mrs. Clyde Griffin, Church
Histories Chairman, appealed to
Early Countians in October, 1969
HOSPITAL LIST
Patients listed as being admit
ted and discharged the past week
at Early Memorial Hospital were
as follows:
ADMITTED
Rufus Brackins, Annie Lois
McHellon, Keith White, Lester
Ray Wiley, Ginger Johnston, Beth
Faircloth, Jayne Hendley, La
Shon Davis, Edward Arrington,
Emory Durham, Mack Strickland,
Willie Walker, Roscoe Hodges,
Rufus Taylor, Glynn Enfinger,
Carol Williams, Rossie White,
Caroline Moore, Gertrude
Blount, Betty Hardrick, Ruth
Brown, Beulah J. Justice, Tommy
Echols, Phillip Williams, Willie
Thomas, Eddie Williams, Oscar
Alexander, Annie Mae Bailey,
Lewis Cleveland, Karen Ann Cox,
Charlotte Cashwell, Claude Bar
field, Sudye Steele, Ruby Kegler,
Nick Collins, Mary Trice, Bryce
Vernon Howard, Minnie James,
PULL FOR BLAKELY
— OR —
PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
presented the special music, to
his own accompaniment on the
guitar, he sang, "Smile A Little
Smile Fo<~ Me’’ and “I Never
Saw Them At All Dinner
music was furnished by Dan Han
son, Minister of Music, First
Baptist Church, Blakely. Dr.
Standifer gave the invocation.
Mrs. E. H. Giles gave the re
sponse to President Houston's
welcome.
The speaker was introduced
by Dept. District Governor Lion
Noel Haskin a member of the
Ladies Night committee, other
members were J. 0. Napier and
George Warrick. The pledge to
the Flag was led by Lion Pres
ton Fulmer, secretary, at the
close of the program.
Favors for the ladies were
pocket size manicure sets.
to contact her concerning church
histories, only a few have re
sponded.
.Once again Mrs. Griffin is
asking members of Churches in
Early County, pastors and/ or
clerks of Early County churches
to contact her.
The Historical Society is em
phasizing Church Histories at
this time. There will be another
program on Church Histories -
but the Societies' emphasis will
be on another subject in the fu
ture.
Now is the time, while some
one is interested and working
on church histories to compile
a history of your church and sub
mit it to Mrs. Griffin or the
Early County Library so there
will be an authenticated record
on file for future generations.
Homer Eldridge.
DISCHARGED
Foy Williams, Edward Burden,
Carol Williams, Edna Williams,
Rufus Taylor, Emory Durham,
Homer Eldridge, Duncan Hudson,
Charlotte Cashwell and Baby
Girl, Gertrude Blount, Janie
Johnson, Karen Ann Cox, Jerome
Bromer, Caroline Moore and
Baby Boy, Minnie James, Elea
nor Wiley, Bryce Howard, Henry
E. Collins, Lewis Cleveland,
Dora Belcher, Eleanor Sheffield,
Jayne E. Hendley, A. D. Wil
kerson, Maurine Still, Joe Lewis
Ray, Helen Hightower and Baby
Boy, Susie Gardner, Nellie Ave
ritt, Larry King.
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Semi-hardy plants such as
azaleas and camellias will sur
vive low temperatures better if
they are planted in a partially
shaded area with protection from
the winter sun and wind, say
Extension Service horticultu
rists.