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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. Ill—NO. 18
BLAKELY TEAMS WIN
CHRISTMAS TOURNEY
The Early County Bobcats and
Bobkittens added two games to
their string while winning the
Christmas Tournament in Col
quitt this week. The Bobcats
now stand at 9-0 while the Bob
kittens have a 10-0 record.
Saturday night the Blakely girls
trounced the Calhoun County girls
by a score of 58-44. Dana Jane
Brown led the scoring with 34
points while Nancy Holman added
15. The Bobkittens held a nar
row 25-20 margin at halftime
but pulled away in the third
quarter.
In the second game of the night,
the Bobcats trampled the Miller
County Pirates 71-42. Four
Bobcats hit the double figures
as Rex Howell scored 18, Mar
vin Earnest 17, Cliff Starr 16,
and Dewey Cannon hit for 10.
The 'Cats built up a big half
time lead 42-17, and coasted
through the second half to vic
tory.
Saturday night’s wins put the
Buster Redding
Bluffton farmer,
dies Saturday
Buster Brown Redding, 62, re
tired Bluffton farmer, died at the
family residence Saturday night
following a long illness. He was
born July 21, 1907 in Clay County
and had spent all of his life
there- He was a member of
the Vincent Methodist Church
in Bluffton, where funeral ser
vices were held Monday after
noon, the Rev. W. R, Wilder
and the Rev. R. E. Dorsey of
ficiating.
Interment was in the church
cemetery, Manry-Jordan Fune
ral Home in charge. Pall bear
ers were Jack Hattaway, Clinton
Gay, Curtis Hubbard, Joe Pate,
Charlie Williams, Arthur King.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Edna Hayes Redding, two sons,
Phil Redding, Bluffton; John Red
ding, Monroe; a daughter, Mrs.
A. R. Holiday, Macon; five bro
thers, Chester and Russell Red
ding, Tallahassee; Robert Red
ding, Blakely; Jim Redding, New
nan; Wayne Redding, Albany;
three sisters, Mrs. Alene Bat
chelor, Tallahassee; Mrs. Eloise
Harris, Bluffton; Mrs. J. C. Loy
less, Blakely.
Dan Davis, 70,
Macon resident,
dies Friday
Dan Hammack Davis, 70, of
Macon, the brother of Josh Davis
of Blakely, died at a Macon
hospital Friday following a short
illness.
A native of Clay County, he
was the son of the late Woodson
F. Davis and Lena Singleton Da
vis. He had resided in Macon
since 1921 and was a retired
manager of Sears Roebuck & Co.
He attended Mercer University
and was a member of Pi Kappa
Phi fraternity while in college.
He was a Mason, member of the
Civitan Club and of the Vineville
Baptist Church, Macon.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at Memorial
Chapel and interment was in
Memorial Gardens, Macon.
Survivors include, his wife,
Mrs. Floride Barton Davis, Ma
con; two sons, Dan Davis, Jr.,
Alexanderla, Va., and Robert Da
vis, Cocoa, Fla.; a brother, Josh
Davis and a sister, Mrs. Fannie
Mae Donnan, both of Blakely.
(Sat Ip Counts
Blakely teams in the playoffs
with the two tough Seminole teams
Monday night.
In the finals the Bobkittens
blasted the Seminole girls by a
score of 52-30 to clinch the
Tourney. Dana Jane Brown net
ted 24 points, Cheryl Harvey hit
17 and Nancy Holman scored
11 points to lead the Kittens to
their second victory over Semi
nole. The tough Blakely defense,
consisting of Ducati, Waller,
Stephens and Hunt, held Semi
nole’s Norma Mims to 20 points.
Mims game average is between
30-35 points per game.
The Bobcats trounced the
Seminole Boys by a score of
66-36. Howell led the scoring
with 27 points, Ricketson fol
lowed with 12, Earnest with 11,
Cannon 2, Starr 6 and Holley
2- Seminole’s leading scorer
was Carey Horne with 13. The
Bobcats had a 32-19 lead at
half time and came back to build
up a 30 point margin.
Funeral services
held Sunday for
former resident
Mrs. Georgia Lore ne Erwin
Moore, of Leesburg, a former
resident of Blakely died sudden
ly the past Friday in the Ar
lington hospital. Death was
attributed to a heart attack. She
was a member of the Byne Mem
orial Baptist Church in Albany.
A native of Cartersville, Mrs.
Moore was born June 9, 1895,
and had lived in Leesburg for
the past five years. Her hus
band was the late William Henry
Moore.
Funeral “services were held
in the chapel of Manry-Jordan
Funeral Home Sunday afternoon,
the Rev. Virgil Lee and the Rev.
Jack Fryer officiating. Inter
ment was In the Blakely ceme
tery. Pall bearers were Char
les Rhodes, Ronnie Hatcher, Jar
rett Ray, Ed Vinson, Buddy Paul,
Tim Bedford, Ray Vlramontez
and Jimmy Hall.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Charlie Ray, Mrs. Johnny
Hatcher, Arlington; Mrs. H. G.
Hall, Leesburg; five sons, Floyd,
E. L. and W. H. Moore, of Al
bany; Erwin Moore, Jacksonville;
Terry Moore, Bainbridge; a sis
ter, Mrs. E. E. Waller, Blakely;
one brother, Joe Erwin, Jackson
ville.
HOSPITAL LIST
Patients listed as being admit
ted and discharged the past week
at Early Memorial Hospital were
as follows:
ADMITTED
Rufus Brackin, Lois McHellon,
Keith White, Lester Ray Wiley,
Ginger Johnston, Jayne Hendley,
La Shon Davis, Chase Abston,
Jimmie Alice Miles, Florrie
Oakely, Elaine West, Joyce D.
Mitchell, Martain Cramer, Betty
Jean Weaver, Ed Middleton,
Clyde Carter, Geraldine Wil
liams, Hellie Lee Carpenter,
Glenwood Price, Janice Collins,
Gary Sutton, Calvin Cook, Edna
Jordan, Joseph Gilbert, Juanita
Washington, Jessie Daniels, Ho
race Henderson, Jewel L. Glenn,
Jessie Knighton, Jessie M. Mc-
Griff, Ester Willie McLendon,
Ruby H. Houston.
DISCHARGED
Foy Williams, Edward Burden,
Carole Williams, Edna Jordan,
Rufus Taylor, Emory Durham,
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is a man who was born of Jewish parents in an obscure
village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in
another obscure village. He worked in a carpenter shop until
He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant
preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office.
He never owned a home. He never had a family. He never went
to college. He never.put his foot inside a big citv. He never
traveled two hundred miles from the place where He was born.
He never did one of the things that usually accompany
greatness. He had no credentials but himself. He had nothing to
do with the world except the naked power of His divine
manhood. W hile still a young man the tide of popular opinion
turned against Him. His friends ran away. One of them
denied Him. He was turned over to his enemies. He went
through the mockery of trial. He was nailed to a cross
between two thieves. His executioners gambled for the only
piece of property He had on earth while he was dying, and that
was his coat. W hen he was dead he was taken down and
laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.
Nineteen centuries have come and gone and today He is the
centerpiece of the human race and the leader of the column
of progress. I am far within my mark when I say that
all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that were
ever built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all
the kings that ever reigned put together have not affected the
life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that. . .
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VFW Auxiliary Christmas Party
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The children gather around Santa at the Christmas party given Dy tne VFW Auxiliary to say
Goodbye, following a supper and distribution of Christmas stockings. Members of the Auxi
liary (standing, back) Mrs. Lee Goocher, Mrs. Lois Nolan, Mrs. John Still, Mrs. Hubbard Grim
sley; (front, extreme left) Mrs. Freddie Davis and Mrs. Bob Glover assisted in directing the boys
and girls in taking their turn to talk to Santa and in serving hot dogs and drinks.
The Auxiliary of the Dwight-
Floyd-Pyle Post 5259, VFW, en
tertained over a hundred chil
dren and their parents Friday
night, December 19 at a Christ
mas party and supper given
in the large dining room of the
post home on Albany Road.
Mrs. Bob Glover registered
the guests. The registration
booth was decorated with a minia
ture white Christmas tree. As
From the Editor and Staff of the
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 25,1969
they arrived the boys and girls
and parents with younger chil
dren, were seated at the long
banquet-style table which was
decorated with greenery and red
berries. Assisting in seating
the guests were Mrs. Freddie
Davis, Mr. Hubbard Grimsley
and Mrs. W, S, Aiderman.
Santa Claus arrived immedi
ately after the guests had as
sembled, after making the rounds
throughout the dining hall, Santa
took a chair near the Christmas
tree and heard the children's
requests for Christmas as they
talked to him one by one.
After their visit with Santa
the children were served hot
dogs, potato chips and drinks.
Besides the Auxiliary members
already named, others assisting
in serving were Mrs. John Still,
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Am. Legion Xmas Party
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Commander of the P. H. Fitzgerald Post, 11, Ashley Temples, Department of Georgia Com
mander, Willis Burgess (left, center); Lonnie Barrett, Albany, head of Child Welfare Dept.;
and 2nd District Commander, W. T. Parkman of Tifton, read about the treatment of mental
casualities recently reported in the newspapers, as a number of American Legion officials
attended the Christmas party in Blakely, Tuesday night.
State Commander Willis Bur
gess of Columbus, American Le
gion Department of Georgia Com
mander, made his first visit to
the P. H. Fitzgerald, Post 11,
here Tuesday, attending the an
nual Christmas party and family
night supper at the Post Home
on Albany Road.
Commander Burgess congrat
ulated the post on the leadership
it has furnished on the Depart
ment of Georgia level and on the
high esteem apparently held in
the community by the Legion.
He noted the attendance of Early
County Commissioners, adjoin
ing Calhoun County Commission
ers, members of the Blakely City
Council, ministers and the editor
of the newspaper were among the
180 attending-
The Department of Georgia
Commander was introduced by
Carey Houston, Junior Vice Com
mander of the Department of
Georgia and past 2nd District
Commander, who was program
chairman for the December
meeting of the local post and
auxiliary.
Other distinguished guests in
cluded: Mrs. Burgess, Past
Commander Karl Conradi of
Thomasville, Georgia, and Mrs.
Conradi; 2nd District Command
er W. T. Parkman ofTifton and
Mrs. Parkman, President of the
2nd District Auxiliary; Lonnie
Barrett of Albany, head of the
Child Welfare of the Department
of Georgia and Mrs. Barrett,
and Eddie Bright of Columbus,
Sgt.-at-Arms, Department of
Georgia.
Mr. Barrett spoke briefly on
Rehabilitation and Child Welfare.
"Services to veterans are being
reduced ... We are discour
aged about veterans benefits. It
is up to the American Legion
to keep this program alive with
more and better services," he
said. Reporting on a recent
conference in Charlotte, N. C.,
he related, "Two points were
emphasized concerning Child
Welfare and you on the local
post level can do much to con
trol 1) drug abuse and 2) vene
real diseases. Brochures are
available on these."
Mr. Barrett told of presenting
a TV to a cottage of sixty boys
at Gracewood School, Augusta.
The local post contributed to the
fund to buy the TV, a program
adopted by the Legion this year.
Ashley Temples, Commander
of the local American Legion,
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Carey Houston (left) Junior Vice Commander, Department
of Georgia, was program chairman at the annual Christmas
supper and visit of Santa at the P. H. Fitzgerald Post, 11,
American Legion here Tuesday; Department of Georgia Com
mander Willis Burgess of Columbus (center) and Past De
partment Commander Karl Conradi of Thomasville attended
the event, making it more interesting through their participa
tion on the program.
American Legion Auxiliary officials get together at the an
nual Legionaire Christmas supper and visit of Santa Claus:
(from left) Mrs. G. J. Correll, president of the local Auxi
liary; Mrs. W, H. Cleveland, vice president; and Mrs. W. T.
Parkman of Tifton, 2nd District President of the Auxiliary.
The supper was prepared by members of the Auxiliary.
welcomed the large gathering ot
Legionaires, their families, and
guests; and called on Mrs. G. J.
Correll, president of the Auxi
liary, who brought a word of
welcome from the ladies who
had prepared the delightful sup
per and attractively decorated
the hall for the occasion. Mrs.
W. H. Fleming and Mrs. Carey
Houston were recognized for the
attractive decorations.
Mrs. Correll especially wel-
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comed the 2nd District President
of the Auxiliary, Mrs. W. T.
Parkman of Tifton.
"Is Christmas Just for Chil
dren?” was the question asked
and the topic of the inspirational
by Karl Conradi of Thomasville,
who read the Christmas Story
from Luke 2, and followed with
a prayer. "Christmas is for all
people, children, adults, every
one; the Babe in the Manger
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