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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. Ill—NO. 20
Blakely’s Junior Miss
Enters State Pageant
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Jeanie Clinkscales, the flying Junior Miss of 1970 from
Blakely, combines hobbies, talent and scholastic ability to
make an outstanding contestant for Georgia’s Junior Miss to
be chosen in Atlanta, January 17.
Blakely’s Junior Miss, Miss
Jeanie Clinkscales, Early County
High School senior, is one of
many high school seniors enter
ed in the Georgia's Junior Miss
Pageant on January 13 thru 17
in Atlanta, Georgia. Miss Clink
scales, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Clinkscales of Blakely, won
the local Pageant in November.
She will leave for Atlanta Tues
day with her mother.
Since the local Pageant in
November she has been busy
with school activities and getting
ready for the state contest. The
state contest is to select this
state's "ideal'' high schoolgirl.
The contestants will be judged on
talent, evening dress and sports
wear division, plus individual
interviews which will be held
during the week to test their
intelligence, poise, personality,
and also, with particular atten
tion to scholastic achievement.
An exciting and busy week
is in store for Early County’s
charming Junior Miss at the
state Pageant — rehearsals, in-
Jeffery Baxley Undergoes
Bone Marrow Transplant
The first bone marrow trans
plant ever attempted to save a
victim of a normally fatal birth”
defect was performed this week
at the University o f Alabama
Medical Center, a spokesman
said late Wednesday.
The five-month old son, Jeff
ery Baxley, of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Frank Baxley, Blakely,
Georgia, received the transplant
ed bone marrow from his two
year-old brother, Rodney. The
infant Suffers from Swiss Agam
maglobulinemia, a rare birth de
fect which renders the body de
fenseless against any kind of in
fection, the spokesman said.
A six-week-old sister of the
patient died of a similar condi
tion in the past. The spokes
man said such a transplant with
a donor from outside the family
is near impossible.
The disease has been record
ed less than 50 times in medical
history. Monday’s transplant,
if successful, will be only the
fourth successful bone marrow
transplant in the world.
The transplant team included
pediatricians and pediatric sur
geons from the UAB Department
of Pediatrics.
The infant is a patient in the
UAB research unit. He is being
kept in isolation to reduce the
possibility of infection.
Identification of doctors was
withheld.
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terviews with the judges, meeting
girls from all over the state,
and readying her talent entry.
Miss Clinkscales is president
of the Beta Club, has been chosen
Miss ECHS for 1969-70 and was
named Girl of the Month for
September. She is co-captain
of the Cheerleaders Squad, was
in the Homecoming Court each
fall for the past four years and
named Best Looking in the Senior
Superlatives. She was chosen
Class Beauty earlier this fall
and held that title when she was
a sophomore. She also was
crowned Queen of the Early
County Peanut Festival in Sept
ember.
For her talent, she will play
the piano. Her hobbies and talents
are intermingled, they include:
piloting her father’s airplane,
swimming, reading and horse
back riding.
Miss Clinkscales plans to at
tend the University of Georgia
this fall and has already been
accepted.
(Editor’s Note: Here is the
.story of another bone marrow
transplant operation. This story
might better inform the reader
of the seriousness of Agamma
globulinemia.)
The Camp family knew
about birth defects long be
fore their son David was
born. Although they had
four healthy daughters, the
life of one of their nephews
had been claimed by a he
reditary disease seven years
earlier.
Every father wants a son,
but Mr. Camp knew that his
nephew’s illness had been
“sex-linked” — that is, girls
carry the gene but boys get
the illness—and that if his
wife bore a son, he would
run a 50-50 chance of being
afflicted.
When David was born on
March 19, 1968 in Wallingford,
Conn., his parents and doctor
were on the alert. At first,
David seemed a fine, healthy
looking 7 pound 10 ounce baby.
But Dr. Jerome L’Heureux did
not relax. He knew that if
David was suffering from the
same condition as his cousin,
the signs might not show up
initially.
Three months later, the in
sidious illness was discovered
in laboratory tests. As feared,
the diagnosis was sex-linked
lymphopenic immunologic de
ficiency.
The prognosis was not good.
Effects of this disease had al
ways destroyed its victims’
lives before their first birthday.
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Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
JURORS DRAWN FOR
JANUARY TERM, 1970
The Early Superior Court will
convene January 19, 1970 at 9
A.M. with Judge Walter L Geer
presiding.
GRAND JURORS
Marvin Cannon, W. E. Mc-
Dowell, Shelton Bruner, Marvin
Belisle, John C. Holman, Joe
Bridges, Fred H. Brooks, J. O.
Brown, Leron slower, Will
Tiner, H. E. Parr, Warren Whi
taker, Bishop Turner, M. H.
Bundy, Fred Sawyer, John J.
Amrich, Rueben Roberts, R. L.
Swann, W. Carey Powell, Ran
dall McDowell, Judson E. Coo
per, Vince L. Hilliard, Henry
Collier Haddock, Billy Newberry,
J. W. Miller, H. L. Prince, Vin
son Evans, A. J. Singletary, Lo
well S. Daniels, Bobby Holmes,
Marion C. Mock, & C. Owen,
L. A. Pitts, George Lewis, H.A.
Mobley, H. J. Middleton, Steve
Dunning, Wayman Thomas, H. R.
Clifton, C. E. (Pete) Houston.
TRAVERSE JURORS
January 21, 1970
R. L. Swann, Jr., Ronnie Still,
Edwin Swann, James R. Tedder,
William B. Hobby, James N. Re
vels, Bishop Hunter, Jim H.
Montgomery, Carl Rogers, Sam
H. Hicks, Albert Jones, George
Keith, Melvin Jenkins, Guy Stan
ley, E. L. Wasdin, Clifford Love,
Thomas G. Jenkins, Alvin Thom
pson, Tom Henry Tolbert, H. A.
Walton, Hilton Hightower, Jr.,
Wonzie Merritt, Nelson Hatta
way, B. W. Holley, Clifford An
derson, J. C. Temples, H. C.
Martin, M. F. Still, Fred Fos
ter; David Pittman, J. E. Da
vis, W. T. McKinnon, Olin Thom
pson, Jr., E. M. Kenney, Jack
Settles, James Edward Deal,
Warren Garrett, C. P. Gay, Jr.,
David N. Moore, Freddie F. Da
vis, Artell Lord, Gordon Lane,
Grady Floyd, Robert G. Gilbert,
W. H. Fleming, T. H. Gilbert,
Commissioner of
Agriculture to
address Rotary
Georgia Commissioner of
Agriculture, Tommy Irvin, will
address the Blakely Rotary Club
at the noon meeting on Friday,
January 9.
Irwin, a native of Hall County,
Georgia, was appointed Commis
sioner of Agriculture in January
1969 to succeed Phil Campbell
who resigned to accept the posi
tion as Under Secretary of Agri
culture in Washington.
This is Irvin's first speaking
engagement in Early County and
a good crowd Is expected to be
present to hear him.
425 new togs
sold in county
since Jon. 1
The Tax Commissioners office
has been a busy place Friday,
Monday and Tuesday according
to W. J. Hammack, Tax Commis
sioner. Over 425 tags have been
sold.
The first tag went to W. T.
Smith for a 1966 Dodge with the
number 74 J 1; A. W. Horning
captured the tag, 74 1 for a
1957 Chevrolet; and 74 R I for
a truck. Miss Ellen Smith bought
the tag 74 A 1 for a Chrysler;
B. C. Reese 74 AT 1 for a boat
trailer; Chester Clardy, for a
Ford Falcon, 74 D 1 and for a
Willis station wagon, 74 E 1;
Moseley Livestock Yard bought
:tht tag 74 T 1 for a large
trailer. Records of the first
tags-bought Friday morning were
released by Miss Kathleen Smith,
assistant at the Tax Commis
sioner’s office.
The Blue Ridge Mountains
got their name because of
a blue haze seen on the high
er elevations.
American Indians used the
red juice of the bloodroot
plant to make paints and dyes.
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 8, 1970
Jr., G. W. Fountain, John W.
Hunter, Jr., Jack G. White, Larry
Spann, Pat McCorkle, Bobby
Royce Smith, Sherrod Sessions,
George Gee, 111, Don Bynum,
George Wall Nash, Charles Bush,
T. H. Sirmons, Marvel Smith.
TRAVERSE JURORS
January 26, 1970
Cecil George, Milton Ander
son, Bobby S> Creel, Robert W.
Collier, Robert R. Chapman, J.
A. Mercer, Robert Chandler, Ro
nald Bruner, Warren Cleveland,
Joe R. Bowman, J. W. Bowen,
Tilton Ellis, John H. Hayes, Jim
Nolan, O. R. Brooks, John W.
Hunter, Sr., Charles Emmett
Houston, Martin T. Howard, S.G.
Maddox, Sr., W. D, Callahan,
Bert Puckett, H. G. Collier, Mar
shall Gilbert, Hoyle White, Bobby
Bostwick, J. D. McDowell, Moses
Ford, Carl Askew, Walter P.
Brooks, Troy Temples, A. J.
Gentry, Will Harris, Donald E.
Curran, A. H. Redding, James
M. Kitchens, L. E. McNeal, A.J.
Moulton, W. H. Ivey, Harold Wil
lis, Garland Middleton;
J. D. Cook, Ji W. Clower,
B. C. Williams, S. W. Shingler,
Arthur H. Powell, Floyd Sam
mons, A. B. Hayes, Benjamin
E. Merrill, Jerry Creel, Otis
Johnson, S. G. Maddox, Jr., Earl
John Pack, George Gee, 11, J.R.
Puckett, W. K. Dekle, Drew
B. Thompson, Jr., Lewis W.
Cleveland, Arthur George, J.W.
Cannon, E. T. Tedder, Thur
man W. Jenkins, J. B. Rice,
Mack Temples, Jr., G. W. Grif
fin, Robert E. Bush, Gerald Lum
pkin, C. W. Shierling, Joe H.
Pittman, William H. Callahan,
Edsel W. Bryan, H. O. Brown,
Marvin S. Singletary, W. S. Smith,
& T. Dunning, Melton Smith,
J. E. Cox, Clarence EX Gandy,
B. R. (Bob) Houston, Howard
Pugh, F. G. Plowden.
23 ARRESTS MADE
BY STATE PATROL
DURING DECEMBER
Sergeant C. R, Worthy of the
Donalsonville State Patrol Post
announced today that his post has
investigated 12 traffic accidents,
made 23 arrests and issued 33
warnings in Early County during
December, 1969.
Commenting further Sgt.
Worthy said 6 persons were in
jured in the 12 accidents along
with 0 killed.
Estimated property damage a
mounted to $6000.00.
Also the post commander said
a total of 47 pending traffic
cases were disposed in the City'
court with the following disposi
tions: 3 guilty pleas, 26 bond
forfeitures, 8 Nolle Pros, dis
missed, 9 no record, and 1 nolo
contendere plea.
Also Sgt. Worthy pointed out
that fines and forfeitures amount
ed to $1635 which were paid to
the City court of Early County.
Georgia trucks
pay S4B million
in road rental
Trucks are now paying a S4B
million-a-year rental fee for use
of Georgia highways, latest fig
ures show.
Statistics released by the
Georgia Motor Trucking As
sociation show that in 1968 truck
owners paid $47,953,000 in state
"highway-user" taxes in Geor
gia, representing license tag fees
and state motor fuel taxes, chief
ly.
The truck payment represented
28.2 percent of the $169,992,000
paid by all motor vehicles.
Truck licensed in Georgia totaled
429,122 or 18.4 percent of the
grand total of 2,331,516 motor
vehicles, GMTA’s figures
showed.
GMTA pointed out that the truck
highway-user tax payment nearly
doubled the $25 million highway
maintenance expenditure in
Georgia in 1968.
City employees
continue serving
nt present jobs
The following employees will
continue to serve at their res
pective jobs for the City of Blake
ly, according to C. P. Gay, Jr.,
City Clerk.
L. E. Wallis, Planning Engi
neer and Building inspector.
Jimmy James, Supervisor of
Labor and Work Force of the
Light Dept., John Slaton, Durrell
Lofton, Alton Kimbrell, Rickey
Middleton, Bill McMullen.
Administrative Dept. - C. P.
Gay, Jr., Lucile Batchelor, Merle
Buckner, Guy Jones, Jennifer
Millner, Sharyn S, Moore.
Fire Dept. - Byron White,
Chief, J. B. Bowman, Howard
Askew, Willie Jim Nolan.
Police Dept. - Carl Gilbert,
Chief, Herbert Glass, Asst.
Chief, Fryerson Chandler, Ollin
Goocher, Madison Allen, Bruce
Middleton, Robert Freeman, H.A.
Middleton, J. B. Lingo, Bobby
Smith, Byron E. Hayes, Meter
Patrol, E. H. Craft, Radio Ope
rator, Julian Moore, C. A. Peak.
Water and Sewage Dept. - J.A.
Bruner, Raymond Wright, Nor
man Cox, Willie C. Lindsey,
James Carr, James Harris, Da
vid Hardrick, Kenneth Foster,
Kenneth Holt, John Jefferson,
Jimmy Jinks, Willie Davis-
Stree t Dept. - Bennett Smith,
Supt., Jessie Johnson, Andy Ran
some, Lawyer Neal, Ponzee Mos
es, Willie James Smith, Willie
Williams, Louie Lee Henderson,
Willie C. Anthony, C. L. Taylor.
Sanitary Dept. - Homer Salter,
Mitchell Williams, J. W. John
son, Ulmer Davis, Leonard Ever
ett, Elder Bryant, J. T. Leonard,
A. T. Parker, Burt Lee, Willie
Fleming, Elton Igles, James Fos
ter, Claude Owens, John B. Duke,
Jr., Willie James Sols, Dan
Amos, Jr., Robert W. Johnson,
Arthur Wiggins, Johnny B. Grif
fin.
Cemetery Dept. - Wesley Jen
kins, Robert Gentry, R. R.
Royals.
Jimmy James is the man resi
dents are to contact for informa
tion concerning electrical pro
blems, Phone Utility Services -
723-432 0 at the City Hall.
Commissioners
re-elect County
employees
Employees re-elected by the
Early County Board of Commis
sioners at the January meeting
of the Board include:
J. O. Evans, D. L. McArthur,
Lemuel Tiner, Jack Sammons,
A. D. Wilkerson, L. E. Lindsey,
C. E. McEntyre, C. P. Smith,
Sue Rogers Houston, Theresa
Davis, Lois Cannon, P. L. Brid
ges, Larry Taunton, Judson Coo
per, R. D. Hodges, Joe Shef
field, James G, L.oyless, Phil
lip Sheffield, Mary Kate McLen
don, N. C. Alexander, Kathleen
Smith, Ruby S, Chandler, W.J.
Hammack, O. R. Thompson, E.
H. Middleton, M. K. Cleveland,
Earl F. Pickle, Edwin Swann,
Billy Shelley, Jr., Edward T.
Reed, Brant Kirkland, Auburn
T. Roberts, Randal Sheffield,
Thomas J. McDonald, W. L. Ri
vers, H. R. Johnson, Imais C.
Murrell, Milton Sols, Jr., Clau
dle Wimberly, Ruben McGriff,
E. F. Cowart, Bob Bankston,
George W. Moore, Samen Smith,
Joe Kennon, T. E. Tyler-
Ga. Automobile
tags to cost more
Georgia motorists will pay an
additional 50 cents fee across
the board for 1970 automobile
tags.
The increase In the Georgia
motor vehicle tag fee will be
used during 1970 to cover the
additional costs for the initial
manufacturing of five-year re
flectorized tags to be used in
the state beginning in 1971.
Beginning in 1971, plates will
be made for five-year use. In
stead of a new plate every year,
a car owner will purchase a de
cal to be affixed to the five-year
tag.
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It has been called to the attention of the Early County Historical Society that the T. F. Jones
house on South Main Street may be demolished for the site to be used as an area for a shopping
center.
The architectual beauty, a priceless example of 19th century architecture, was cited in this
house, which several local people would like to see preserved. It is one of the few left intact
in this area; its handhewn beams, boards and sandstone foundation are unique.
And so the question is asked. Are we interested in preserving this house?
1970 March of Dimes
Slated for January
The annual January fund-rais
ing appeal for the prevention and
treatment of birth defects will
take place in Georgia January
2 through 31, according to Jimmy
Carter, 1970 March of Dimes
campaign director.
"Science is uncovering more
and more ways to prevent birth
defects," the director pointed
out. "Only an enthusiastic pub
lic response can continue these
gains.”
In discussing the goals of the
campaign Mr. Carter noted that
when the March of Dimes turned
its energies and resources to
ward the prevention of birth de
fects in 1958, the challenge was
electrifying. It was the first
major attack on these diseases
that affect a quarter of a mil
lion of newborn annually.
"During the intervening years
The National Foundation-March
of Dimes has concentrated top
flight research, outstanding
medical talent and the most mo
dern equipment and rehabilitation
techniques into a nationwide net
work of 111 Birth Defects Cen
ters,” he said.
Contributions aid the progress
in research, education, patient
care and community services
conducted at these centers. The
two in Georgia are located at
the Emory University School of
Medicine, 69 Butler Street, S.E.,
Atlanta, and at the Medical Col
lege of Georgia, in Augusta-
Campaign contributions directly
benefit the Georgia centers.
After centuries of neglect and
indifference, the fight against
birth defects is taking on new
dimensions. The campaign di
rector explained that a new vac
cine can eliminate the tragedies
of Rh disease. The rubella
vaccine had the potential to mark
the beginning of the end for
afflictions traced to German
measles when contracted during
pregnancy. Pediatric surgery is
another weapon in treating birth
handicaps.
"During January we are
seeking funds to Insure that this
vital work continues,” Mr. Car
ter said. "For the sake of our
children and the.'r children, each
of us has a stake in the success
of this campaign. ”
"What can 1 do for my baby?”
asks the desperate mother of
a child with a birth defect. In too
many instances, she asks one
person or agency after another
and gets only partial answers.
When a baby is born with a
birth defect, much can be done
than most people realize. It is
often possible to control a con
genital disease, repair a handi
capping condition or in someway
restore the child to health and a
useful life.
There are two medical facili
ties in Georgia especially set up
to deal with birth defects pro
blems: the March of Dimes
Birth Defects Special Treatment
Center at Grady MemoriaU-ios
pital In Atlanta, operated by
Emory University School of Med
icine, and another in Augusta,
operated by the University of
Georgia Medical .School. There
are 109 other centers across the
nation, all financed by the March
of Dimes and benefiting from the
annual January fund drive-
Since birtn detects are ex
tremely complicated medical
problems, a ‘‘team'' approach
is used at the centers where
specialists from many fields are
brought together to consult and
deal with all the problems of a
child born with defects. The
"team" approach eliminates the
confusion and frustration that
come when a family must see
each specialist in a separate
place- The skills of a pedia-,
trician, neurologist, orthopedist,
physical therapist, and other ex
perts may be focused on the
patient in a single visit.
F’atients are referred to the
Birth Defects Centers by private
physicians or public health doc
tors for diagnosis, possible
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FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE of 8-year-old Marty Mim Mack, 1970
National March of Dimes Poster Boy from Santa Clara, Calif.
Contribute to the January appeal to prevent birth defects. Your
support aids year-round programs of research, education, patient
and community services, dedicated to overcoming diseases which
strike 250,000 American babies every year. Marty, student and
sportsman, is their symbol of courage.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
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$3.09 PER ANNUM
treatment, referral to other
medical sources, or advice on
how the problems can best be
handled at home.
Research projects into the
causes, cures, and prevention of
birth defects are carried on at
some of the centers as well as
treatment for thousands of little
patients, professional education,
and public health education pro
grams.
Parents wishing additional in
formation on Birth Defects Cen
ters in Georgia should contact
their local chapter of the Na
tional Foundation - March of
Dimes or the State office, 443
East Paces Ferry Road, N. E.,
Atlanta, 30305.
The 1970 March of Dimes Cam
paign for Early County is the
month of January and during
this month the following will be
helping with this campaign:
Blakely: Mothers March -
Blakely Woman's Club
Business Drive: Blakely Jay
cettes - Roadblock
Blakely Jaycees: Arlington -
Leary - Mrs. James Tindol -
Lucille Area - Mrs. R. L. Jor
dan.
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