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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
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GOD’S COUNTRY
VYOLUME NO. 111—NO. 21
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The severe winter storm that
blanketed Early County with ice
and frost was probably the rea=
son no one was injured Saturday
afternoon when a pulpwood truck
carrying an estimated 50,000
pounds of logs emptied its car
go on the courtsquare in Blakely.
At the time of the accident no
one was on the street.
A cable broke on the pulpe
wood truck as it rounded the
northwest corner of the Court=
house Square about 1:00 p.m.
Saturday afternoon, scattering
the logs over four cars and a
truck parked in front of Fryer’s
Pharmacy, Collier’s Insurance
Agency, Keenan's and B. C,
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—~NOTICE-
Students attending schools in
Early County will not attend
school on January 21, 1970, Tea=
chers of the Early County School
system Wwill be participating in
their fifth day of the Pre-planning
Week.
Lonnie Chester:
Supt. of Early County Schools
—NOTICE-
The Blakely Shrine Club will
meet Thursday night, January
22 at 8:00 o’clock at the Ameri=
can Legion for the purpose of
electing offices for the year
1970 and other important busi=
ness that may come up.
The evening meal will be ser=
ved.
Sales totaling $67,658.54 were
reported at Moseley Livestock
Barn Tuesday as 235 cattle and
701 hogs were sold.
No. I's sold for 25.90; Light
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Coaxlp Countp News
Moore & Sons. George Clark
of Ft. Gaines was driver and
John Graham, owner.
Traffic was snarled for al
most two hours as workers load=
ed the logs onto two trucks by
hand to be taken on to Great
Northern Paper Co.
Two cars damaged worse were
owned by Willie C. Daniel, Ft.
Gaines, Rt. 1 and Grady Wright,
Damascus, Rt. 1. The occu
pants of both cars had come to
Blakely shopping.
City Policeman Bruce Middle=-
ton, investigating officer, said
charges were made against
George Clark for improper load=
ing,
HOSPITAL LIST
Patients listed as being admit
ted and discharged the past week
at Early Memorial Hospital were
as follows:
ADMITTED
Mary Knight, Ruby Lee Tay
lor, Rosa Velt Mozee, Lester
Wilkerson, Linda McKnight, Ro
bert Johnson, Beulah Loyless,
Nellie Barham, Dessie Johnson,
Roy Howard, Joanna Dean, Judy
Middleton, Betty English, San
dra Williams, Rayfield Williams,
Mary Freeman, Frances John
son, Mary Deal, Foy Bass, Louise
Craft, Claude Barfield, Fay
Lamb, Mary Pierson, Merle Hai=
sten, Beatrice Epps, Ida Bell
Mose, Mary Price, Johnny Mells,
Yarborough Worrell.
DISCHARGED
Linda Wiley, Mabel Hender=
son, Myra Thomas, Ruth Odum,
Marion Holmes and Baby Boy,
Mary Price, Vinson Evans, El=
zelia Flowers, Don Suggs, Ruby
Hightower, Mack Strickland,
Jerry Kimbrell, Frances John=-
son, Nettie Nobles, Cora Chap=-
man, W, L. Stone, Griggs Lind=
sey, Frank Jefferson, Foy Bass,
Mary Freeman and Baby Boy,
Dannie Carter, Foy Lamb, Mary
Knight, Yarborough Worrell,
Charlie Roberson, Joanna Dean,
Corry Ford, Jerry Battles, Roy
Howard.
I’s, 25.70; No. 2's, 25.40; No.
3's, 24.50; No. 4’'s, 22.00; No.
S’s, 21.50; Heavys, 25.45; No.
1 Rough, 20.50; No. 1 Meat Type,
26.62; Light No. 1 Meat Type,
26.20,
The torreya, or gopher wood
tree, from which Noah made his
ark, once was found in many
lands, but this now almost ex
tinct tree is found only in one
Northwest Florida area near the
beach resort center of Fort Wa
lton Beach.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
BASKETBALL TEAMS
REMAIN UNDEFEATED
This past week the Bobcats
and Bobkittens kept rolling and
chalked up two more victories
each.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Friday night the boys defeat
ed Calhoun County 76-60 after
the girls dumped the Calhoun
girls 64-56.
Marvin Earnest led the boys.
to their Ilth victory with 30
points, followed by Rex Howell
with 25.
Dana Jane Brown was the big
scorer for the girls with 45
points as the Bobkittens won
their 12th straight.
Board of Commissioners
Holds First '7O Meeting
Early County’s Board of Com=~
missioners held its first meeting
of the new year, Jan. 8, and re=-
elected all department heads and
employees including A. D. Wil
kerson as chairman for another
year.
The first meeting was opened
with a short devotional and praver
given by the Rev. John Quillian,
pastor of Blakely’s First United
Methodist Church. Other county
officers were invited in to hear
the Reve Mr. Quillian open the
first session.
Chairman A, D, Wilkerson an
nounced that bids for the con
struction of Early County’s health
center will be opened on January
13, and that the Hospital Authority
is receiving bids for the con
struction of the extended facility
at Early Memorial Hospital, and
that these bids will be opened on
January 14.
To fill a vacancy on the Hos
Commissioner of Ag.
Speaks at Rotary Meet
Georgia's Commissioner of
Agriculture Tommy Irvin spoke
to the members of the Blakely
Rotary Club at last Friday's
meeting. The comimissioner,
a former North Georgia farm
boy, lauded Early County as a
vital part of South Georgia~-~the
state’s breadbasket.
Mr, Irvin stated that Georgia
was sending too many of its
products outside of the state for
processing, and that processing
plants should be established in
Georgia--an aim which the State
Department of Agriculture is
worming towards.
Mr. Irvin, making his first
speaking engagement in Early
County, was introduced by Rep.
Mobley Howell, who arranged
the program.
Two new members were wel=
comed into the club by President
Pete Underwood. @ These are
Bob Horton and Dave Herman.
lcy steps and
walks injure
Earl i
arly Countians
Several Early Countians were
injured Sunday morning when ice
covered the steps and walks at
their homes and the doctor’'s
office.
Mrs. Guerry Loyless sustain
ed broken ribs in a fall at her
home as she and Mr. Loyless
were leaving for church Sunday,
and is undergoing treatment at
Early Memorial Hospital.
Perry Bridges and Miss Joan
Chandler slipped on the steps
at the doctor’s office, their fall
resulting in minor injuries. Miss
Annette Alexander, Miss Ellen
Smith and Mrs. E., E, Hearn
were among the other victims
of the ice at their own steps
at home.
The world's oldest golf course
is believed to be St. Andrews
in Scotland, which was used as
early as the 16th century.
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 15, 1970
SATURDAY NIGHT
Saturday night the Bobcats and
Bobkittens both tallied wins over
the Thomasville teams.
Rex Howell and Marvin Ear
nest led the Bobcats to a 64=31
win with 21 points each.
The Bobkittens, winning their
13th game, beat the T'ville girls
'6O-51. Dana Jane Brown had
36 points and Nancy Holman net=
ted 20 points.
Friday night the Bobcats will
travel to Dothan to play the
tough Dothan Tigers. Then Sat=
urday night the 'Cats will play
Columbia, Ala. in Columbia.
pital Authority, the board nomi
nated Stanley Houston, Chester
Middleton and Buddy Williams.
The Authority chooses one of
these to replace Clinton E, Wills
whose term has expired. Mr.
Wills has been a member since
the Authority’s inception and had
the distinction of never having
missed a meeting.
Chairman Wilkerson was
named to represent the board at
a meeting of the Early County
Historical Society. The Society
is interested, it was announced,
in acquiring and restoring the
Frank S, Jones old home as a
historical site.
The board voted to up the pay
of jury commissioners to $16.00
per diem. The present pay is
$6.00 per day.
All members were present at
Tuesday’s session--Mr. Wilk=~
erson, Jack Sammons, J. O.
Evans, Lemuel Tiner and Donald
McArthur.
Their wives were special club
guests to see their husbands
indicted into the Blakely Rotary
Club.
Guests included Fletcher and
Linton Thompson, guests of Care
roll Rogers; Cherlie Will John=-
son, of Arlington, a guest of
Mobley Howell; Lemuel Tiner,
a guest of ‘‘Tige’’ Pickle; Don
Miller, of Colquitt, a guest of
Gerald Bruner; Tommy Ogden,
of Bainbridge, a guest of Lewis
Fryer; Gilbert Plowden, a guest
of John Holman; Rotarian Sam
Weil, of Cuthbert, making up
attendance; Buck Wheeler, of
Bainbridge, and Charles Pea
cock, of Macon, guests of John
Amrich, and high school seniors
Tommy Harvey, David Moseley,
Debra Stephens and Janet Foster,
guests of class president and
honorary Rotarian Clink Alex
ander.
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City Council
meefs, re-elects
City employees
The City Council of Blakely
re-elected all city employees
and voted a five per cent raise,
effective January 1, at the Jan=
uary meeting with Mayor Alex
Howell presiding.
Bids for petroleum for the
city for the coming year were
opened. BP was the lowest
bidder.
A new group insurance policy
for cityemployees which will give
better hospital coverage was ac
cepted from Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company.
Names of city employees and
departments omitted through er
ror from the list published last
week were: the Natural Gas De
partment, with Thomas J. Mc=-
Donald, Superintendent, and
James Reddick, assistant, who
were re-elected with the other
city employees.
FEDERAL COURT ORDER RECEIVED
FROMSTATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Lonnie Chester, superinten=-
dent of schools for the Early
County system, has revealed re
ceipt of a lenghty and involved
Federal Court order from the
State Board of Education de=-
creeing, in substance, that the
County Board of Education here
must prepare and submit a de
segation plan to the State
Department of Education by
March 1.
The order states that the plan
shall be processed and review=
ed by the state board, with the
assistance of the U, S. Depart=
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, and that on or before
April 1, they must report their
findings to the Federal Court,
specifically stating whether or
not the plan for the school dis
trict, among others, complies
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Mrs. Vivian Bush Sammons
Mrs. Vivian Bush Sammons,
secretary to the Blakely-Early
County Chamber of Commerce,
has been selected as one of
America’s Outstanding Young
Women and has been presented a
certificate in recognition of this
honor.
A complete biographical sketch
of Mrs. Sammons achievements
will be featured in the 1969
edition of Outstanding Young Wo
men of America. Mrs. Sammons
was nominated by the Pilot Club
of Blakely and the Blakely Wo=
man’s Club for this honor, which
is designed to recognize and
honor young women between the
ages of 21 and 35 for their a
chievements.
Mrs. Sammons was cited for
her work with the Inter-Club
Council, as treasurer, and as
Banquet Chairman and Tickets
Chairman of the Sesquicenten
nial Celebration, sponsored by
the Inter-Club Council. Shehelped
design the award winning Ses
quicentennial float entered in the
National Peanut Festival Parade
in the fall of 1968,
She served as secretary of
the Stay and See Blakely/Early
County Program in 19%9; Presi=
dent of the Young Blakely Home
Economics Club, 19%8-69; Mem«
bership Chairman of the Ella
Jones PTA, 1968-69 with over
300 members on roll; and Pube.
licity Chairman, PTA, 1969-70.
She served as Chairman of
the decorations committee at
Homecoming at the Colomokee
Baptist Church; hasassisted with
vacation Bible School and is a
former Sunday School teacher.
Prior to being employed by the
local Chamber of Commerce, she
was bookkeeper for Gray Jewelry
Co. and The Early County News,
with the standards established
by the court.
The order further requires
that where any plan does not
comply with the standards set
forth, the state board is direct
ed to endeavor to secure coms
pliance on or before May 1,
and that any plan upon appro=
val shall be fully implemented
no later than September 1.
The order further provides
that the state board shall have
no option but to cut off all state
funds from districts that do not
comply as ordered by the court,
Supt. Chester reported.
The Early County Board of
Education met for the first time
Tuesday, since receiving the
Federal Court order from the
State Board of Education. No
decision was made by the board
she also served as Society Editor
at the local newspaper office.
Mrs. Sammons is the daughter
of Mrs. Lucille Peterson Bush of
Bartow, Florida and the late
Eager A. Bush. She is mar
ried to Verna F. Sammons, and
they have one son, Scott Alan
Sammons. They reside at 807
River Street, Blakely.
The Board of Advisors for
Outstanding Young Women of A=
merica is composed of:
Mrs. Dexter Otis Arnold,
Chairman and Honorary Presi=-
dent of General Federation of
Women's Clubs; Mrs. W, W,
Andrews, Past National Presi
dent of the American Legion
Auxiliary; Mrs. lley B, Brown
ing, Most Worthy Grand Matron,
Order of the Eastern Star; Mrs.
Robert W, Claytor, National Pre=
sident, Young Wemen's Chris~
tian Association; Mrs. Charles
O, Dean, National President, Na~
tional Council of State Garden
Clubs; Mrs. Norman Folda, Na=
tional President, National Coune
cil of Catholic Women; Miss
Ethel Lord, National President,
Soroptimist Fed. of the Ameri=
cas; Mrs. Marie L, Newton, Pre
sident, Pilot International; Dr.
Anne G, Pannell, National Pre
sident, American Association of
University = Women; J. Maria
Pierce, Past International Pre=
sident, Zonta International; Mrs.
Holton R, Price, Jr., National
President, Girl Scouts of the
U.S.A.; Mrs. Mary S, Resh, In=
ternational President, Altrusa
International; Mrs. Dorothy Pat
terson Sayre, International Pre
sident, Quota International; Mrs.
Rose E. Seeley, President, In
ternationai Assua. Rebehak Asw
semblies: Mrs. Erwin Frees Sei-
Continued on Society
according to Chairman Ralph J.
Balkcom.
‘We do not know what plans
we can formulate,”’ the hard
working chairman said, ‘‘we are
going to the people of Early
County, because they must back
up any plan we submit. The pzople
must agree to the plan sent in
March 1. We will go to both
PTA'’s, at Early County Elemen
tary and High and Washington
Elementary and High, and indivi=
dual groups of both races. Any
change in the operation of our
schools will be as much a schock
to one as the other and will have
to be adopted."’
Early County Schools have not
recelved Federal aid since July
14, 1967. If funds are rein
stated $295,000 will be re-tro
active as of July 1, 1969, At
Jeanie Clinkscales in
State Jr. Miss Contest
Miss Jeanie Clinkscales, Blak=
ely’s Junior Miss, is in Atlanta,
this week, competing for the title
of Georgia's Junior Miss. Miss
Clinkscales is sponsored by the
Blakely Jaycettes. The North
DeKalb Jaycees are in charge
of all activities in Atlanta for
this Pageant.
This is the third time Blakely
has had an entry in the State
Junior Miss Contest. Miss
Cheryl Houston, Blakely’'s first
Junior Miss participated in 1968
and was first place winner in
the Scott Paper Company’'s Teen=
age Party. Prior to going to the
contest, Miss Houston had plan=
ned a party for ten teen-age
girls, using paper products. A
circus theme was used. She
received a $250.00 scholarship
and a lovely sterling silver cup
and dip~dish as winner. This
Pageant was held in Cartersville,
Georgia.
Miss Jackie Colson, Blakely's
Junior Miss fer 1969, was fourth
runner-up in the Miss Georgia
W. Ashbury Stembridge
Addresses Lions Club
W. Asbury Stembridge, gover=
nor of Lions International dis=
trict 18-C, paid his official visit
to the Blakely Lions Club Tuese
day. Governor Stembridge was
introduced by Lion Noel Haskins,
a deputy district governor.
Gov. Stembridge, a Cordele
business man and civic leader,
told his listeners the wide area
of service the Lions movement
now encompasses. It is now the
largest service club in the world
with a total of 23,000 clubs in
145 countries and géographical
locations and boasts 911,000
members, he stated. Relating
some of his own personal ex
periences in his travels he told
how he had come to know and
respect people from other lands,
and understand their problems
and make them understand the
problems of the United States.
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tion to District Governor Lion Asbury Stembridge.
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present there are over 2,000
colored students attending school
in Early County and over 1400
white students. There are 84
colored teachers and 69 white
teachers.
Another member of the board
was somewhat chagrined in the
attitude of the State Board, in
turning this decision over to the
local boards. Up until a few
months ago they kept the reins
tight, handing down decisions re=-
gardless of the opinion of the
local boards in what is best for
the individual community, he
pointed out.
Another said, ‘We want to
preserve public education in
Early County."’
Meanwhile several citizens are
going ahead with plans to form a
private school in the county.
Junior Miss Contest which was
also held in Cartersville, Geor=-
gia. She was awarded a SIOO.OO
check, luggage, camera, and a
trophy. Miss Colson placed se=
cond in the Scott Party Planning
competition, she received a
sterling silver server.
Miss Clinkscales has planned
a party and designed a hair-do
which will be part of the con=
test. Her activities during the
week will include, meeting girls
from all over the state, rehear=
sals, and interviews with the
judges. She will stay in a pri
vate home while in Atlanta.
Blakely's Pageant Chairman,
Mrs. Ben Cooper; Mrs. Bobby
Henderson, Jaycette President;
Mrs. Robert Campbell, Jaycette
Vice President; Mrs. Ronald
Taylor, Pageant Co-Chairman;
Mrs. Norman Chadwell, Publi
city Chairman; and Mrs. Rex
Newman, Mrs. Eddie Martin,
Mrs. Arthur Powell, Miss Lynda
English, Miss Barbara Widner
Continued on Society
‘‘Lionism has proven a great
friendship builder’’, the speaker
said.
Governor Stembridge con
gratulated the Blakely Club for
its devotion to community pro=-
jects, called especial attention
to the club’s work in sight-con=
servation, and saying the Georgia
Lions Peach Bowl football game
was headed for great success
and that the funds raised from
this project would enable Lions
to widen its area of service.
President Stanley Houston pre=
sided and announced that in ob=
servance of the club’s 30th an=
niversary the meeting on Feb=
ruary 10th would be a Ladies’
Day meeting, with all Lionesses
as honor guests, and that special
recognition would be given char=
ter members and past presidents.