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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 1970
ALFRIEDA JARRETT
Locals
Mrs. C. A. Grubbs has re
turned from a three weeks'
visit with her daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cot=
ton, Cathy and Rick, in Willing=
ton, Delaware. The entire area
was covered with snow most of
the time Mrs. Grubbs was in
Delaware reaching up to six
inches deep at times in the Cot~
ton’'s yard. She returned home
in time to attend the Past Ma=
tron's and Past Patron’s OES
luncheon in Albany, January 12,
Rev. and Mrs. L. H. Meadors
and sons, Todd and Jeff, have
returned to Southern Baptist
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky,
after spending several days with
Mrs. Meador’'s mother, Mrs,
Hollis Still.
Mrs. R. B. Davidson of San
Antonjo, Texas is visiting her
mother and sister, Mrs. W, H,
Alexander and Miss Annette
Alexander. Mrs., Davidson's
granddaughter, Miss Robin Red
man, made the trip to Georgia
with her grandmother, and spent
several days here, returning to
Texas last week to be able to
enroll at SMU, [ullas, Texas,
January 12.
Sp/5 Ralph Hobbs has return
ed to Germany where he is sta
tioned with the U, S Army,
after spending a month in the
States.
Recently spending the week
end with Mrs. Hollis Still were
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McLendon,
Albany; and Mr. and Mrs. Tho
mas Kirkland and children,
Tommv and Lorie, Douglas, Ga.
On Monday of this week W, [,
Collier and Mrs. Collier of the
Colomokee Community left for
Houston, Texas where Mr,
Collier will underfo heart sur
gery at ‘St. Luke's Hospital in
Houston, the operation taking
place Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.
University of Alabama football
teams have appeared in 23 bowl
games. .
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BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stanley,
Jr., announce the birth of a
son, Steven Todd, born Jan=
uvary 4, at Southeastern Gene
ral Hospital, Dothan. Todd
weighed only 4 pounds 10 oz.
and hopes to join his parents
at home soon.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Still. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Stanley, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mid
dleton, announce the birth of a
son, Mark Howard, born Jan=
uary 10, Early Memorial Hos=
pital. Mrs. Middleton is the
former Judy Carter of Orlando,
Fla.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Middleton of
Blakely; Maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Edward
Carter, Orlando, Fla. Great
grandparents are: Mr. and Mrs,
T. H. Willlams, Blakely; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Howard Middleton,
Colquitt; P, J. Clark, Blakelyand
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Carter, Or
lando, Fla.
Mr. and Mr 3. Sterling Jones, of
Atlanta, announce the birth of a
son, Christopher Samuel, born
Friday, December 26, 1969. Mrs.
Jones is the former Louise Wil
liams.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs, S, A, Willlams. Pa
ternal grandparents are Mrs.
Charlie Lewis and the late Mr.
Roselle Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W, Smith
of Orlando, Florida announce the
birth of a son, William Alexander
Smith, born December 17, at
Orange Memorl ! Hospital, Or=
lando, Fla., Mrs. Smith is the
former Angeline Alexander. Ma=
ternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Norman C. Alexander; pa
ternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Smith, all of Blakely.
Great grandparents are Mrs. W,
R. Alexander, Mrs. Clarence
Pullen and Mr. and Mrs. Dun
can Smith, Sr., all of Blakely.
Gl sl SR e
AMELIA BDARKSDALE
Reverend Fields
attends Pastor’s
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Cons. in Nashville
The Reverend Milton B, Fields
pastor of the First Free Will
Baptist Church of Blakely, re
cently returned from a denomi
nation-wide Pastor’s Conference
at Free Will Baptist Bible Col=
lege in Nashville, Tennessee.
This is the second annual con=
ference of this type sponsored
on a‘denominational lavel.
Featured speakers for the
week’'s activities were from
several institutions of higher
learning and included some of
the most outstanding pastors and
evangelists in America today.
These included Dr. Jack Hyles
whose church has one of the ten
largest Sunday Schools in Ameri
ca. His pastorate, the First
Baptist Church of Hammond, In
digna, operates 78 bus routes
and averaged 5,027 in Sunday
School last year. Dr. Hyles
is a prolific author and has to
his credit such outstanding works
as Blue Denim and Lace, lLet's
Go Soul Wiming and The Hyle's
Church Manual. He is one of the
most outspoken proponents of
Fundamental and Evangelical
Christianity in the world today.
Also featured was Dr. Frank
Sells who is a well known Bible
Conference speaker and profes
sor of Theology at Columbia
Bible College, and others were
Dr. L. C. Johnson, president
of Free Will Baptist Bible Col=
lege; Professor Leroy Forlines
of Free Will Baptist College;
Jerry Ballard, Director of Com=-
munication for the Foreign Mis
sions Department of the National
Association of Free Will Bap
tists and the Rev. Jack Para
more who is Director of Develop=
ment for Free Will Baptist Bible
College and who is an outstand=
ing evangelist.
Also attending the conference
from this area were the Reve=
rends Jerry Johnson and Ken Fai
son of Colquitt, Georgia.
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STEWARDSHIP DRIVE
The resources of the First
Free Will Baptist Church of Blak=
ely have been mobilized for an
all-out four-Sunday Stewardship
education effort to culminate on
Sunday, January 25, 1970.
The program, which is de=
signed to involve every mem=-
ber of the congregation, will be
based on the theme, ‘“To Love
Is To Give''. The pastor began
the emphasis last Sunday with
the first in a series of steward
ship messages planned for the
emphasis. The subject was built
around the idea of being whatyou
are and realizing your respon
sibility to contribute to the cause
of Christianity through involve=
ment. Other sermons will center
upon evangelism, talent and fi
nances.
Subscribing to the church bud
get will climax the stewardship
education program when each
member of the church and Sun=~
day. School will be given the op=
portunity to pledge the amount
of support that he can give to
the church during the next year.
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Mrs. O. H. King, (left) President of the Past Matrons and
pPast Patrons Club, 0.E.5,, preseats a check to Mrs. Manley
Mathews, Augusta, Worthy Grand Matron, Order of the Eastern
Star, for the Cancer Aid project of the Grand Chapter of Georgia.
Mrs. Manley Mathews of Au<
gusta, Georgla, Worthy Grand
Matron, Order of the Eastern
Star, State of Georgia, was hon=
ored at a luncheonat Billy Heldt's
Rastaurant, Albany, Monday, at
noon, by the Past Matron’'s and
Past Patron’s Club of District
36.
Mrs. O. H. King of Blakely,
president of the newly formed
club, was master of ceremonies,
and prior to the luncheon, pin=
ned a corsage on the distine
guished guests, Mrs. Mathews
recelved a yellow rosebud cor=
sage; Mrs. Farris Davies, Past
Grand Matron, OES, of Albany,
a true blue corsage; and Mrs.
Ailene Drexel, of Augusta, Grand
Esther, received a white cor=
sage.
The invocation was given by
the husband of the president,
O. H. King.
Mrs. Mathews was presented
a check for the Cancer Aid pro
ject, one of the Grand Chapterf_s_
Guest speaker
at Ist Methodist
Dr. Norman W, Duncan, of
Jacksonville, Florida, an educa~
tional missionary to the Phili
ppines, will be the speaker atthe
First Methodist Church, Blakely,
on Thursday night, January 22,
according to the Rev. John Quil=
lian, pastor.
This will be at a Family Night
Supper, beginning at 7 p.m. at
the social hall of the church,
members and interested friends
are invited to attend the cover=
ed dish supper and hear Dr. Dun=
can. Drinks will be furnished.
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Kolomoki Society
meeting planned
The Kolomoki Society, for the
Study of Minerals and Artifacts
in the Coastal Plains, will meet
in Dawson, Georgia with Zeke
Wall as host, on Sunday, Jan=
uary 18 at the American Legion
Home, on Highway 82, west of
Dawson, beginning at 10 a.m.
The meeting will be concluded
at 4 p.m. The meal will be
conducted as usual, members
will bring covered dishes and
picnic baskets.
The announcement of the quar
terly meeting is made by J. H.
Nickles, Macon, Georgia, secre=
tary of the Kolomoki Society.
projects and was also presented
a personal gift as a momento
of the occasion. The Worthy
Grand Matron is officially visit
ing the chapters in District 36
this week.
Other distinguished guests
present, besides Mrs, Mathews,
Mrs. Davies and Mrs. Drexel
were Mrs. Martha C, Ward, Cuth
bert, District Deputy, District
36; Mrs., Charles Cundiff, Al=
bany, Grand Representative; and
Worthy Matrons and Worthy Pa=
trons of the District and other
out=of-town guests, from Daw=-
son, Cuthbert, Ft. Gaines, El
model, Newton and Blakely.
Approximately forty attended
the luncheon.
Attending from Blakely be
sides Mr. and Mrs., Kinz were
Mrs, Cleo Grubbs, PM, Chapter
Mother and Mrs. Edward Reed,
secretary of Blakely Chapter,
282 and PM; and Mrs. Mabel
Moore, PM.
Harvey Causey
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makes Dean’s List
at Ga. Southern
STATESBORO -~ Harvey La=-
voyd Causey, a Senior Political
Science major from Blakely, Ga.,
was named to the 1969 Fall Quar
ter Dean’s List at Georgia Southe
ern College, with a 3.5 grade
point average.
To be eligible for the Dean's
List a student must have at least
a 3.3 grade point average for the
quarter.
Harvey is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Causey of Blakely.
Ga. Southwestern
students named
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to Dean’s List
Dean Harold T. Johnson and
the faculty of Georgia Southwes
tern College, Americus, come=
mend the following area students
for their outstanding scholastic
achievement, making the Dean’s
List for the Fall Quarter, 1969,
They are: Courtney Houston,
Arlington; Johnese Threadcraft,
Bluffton; Louie Anne Harris,
Cheryl Houston, Carmen King,
Kathleen Phillips, Brenda C, Rol=
lins, Joseph Stein, all from Blak=
ely; Shirley Neilson, Damascus.
PTA to hear
State Welfare
Representative
The Ella Jones PTA will hold
its first meeting of 1970 at 8:00
p.m., Thursday, January 15, at
the Early County High School
Cafeteria with the topic on (Fos=
ter Homes) - ‘'Children - Who
Needs Them?'. Miss Joan Ty=
ler, Community Development Re=
presentative with the State De
partment of Family and Chil~
dren Services, will be the speak=
er.
Miss Tyler, a native of Tho=
masville, Georgia, has a mas=
ters degree from Springfield Col
lege in Community Develovment.
She has worked with Hospital
Recreation in New York City,
and as a YWCA Program Di
rector in Rhode Island.
She is presently assisting the
local Department of Family and
Children Services in recruiting
foster homes in this area. She
will show a slide presentation
on Foster Homes at the Thurs
day meeting.
A brief discussion will be con
ducted by Early County School
Supt. Lonnie Chester, Chairman
of the Early Board of Education,
Ralph Balkcom and Early County
School Attorney, W. L. Stone,
on the recent court order ren=
dered against the Early County
Board of Education which indie
cates if a plan of desegregation
is not processed by March 1
all state funds will be withheld
from the Early County School
system.
Mrs. Phillip Moore will have
the devotional.
Parents, teachers and in=
terested persons are urged to
attend this meeting.
A hypothetical case is one
where on the 11th of the month
all of the familybills are paid.
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Woman’s Club Discusses.
School Situation
Ralph Foster, attorney at law,
who recently opened offices here
on Columbia Street, Blakely, was
the guest speaker at the Blakely
Woman's Club at their January
meeting.
The program was planned by
the Legislative Department, with
Mrs. E. H. Giles, chairman.
Mr. Foster, who resides on the
Foster Plantation near Bluffton,
Georgia, was introduced by Mrs.
Glles. A graduate of Middle
Georgia College, Emory Univer
sity and University of Georgia,
he was in the armed forces
for several years and came to
Blakely from Tampa, Florida.
Speaking of the problems of
the community, Attorney Foster
stated the one most prominent
in the minds of local citizens,
is the school situation. The
State Board of Education has
requested the Early County Board
of Education to submit a plan for
school intergration by March 1;
if it is approved by April 1,
they will be notified; if not ap=
proved they have until May Ito
make adjustments. Plans are to
be put into effect by September
1, 1970.
He stated there are 2049 color
ed students in Early County; and
1414 white students. The pro
blem will be taken to the public.
Supt. Lonnie Chester, Chairman
of the Board of Education in Early
County, Ralph J. Balkcom and the
County attorney will go to the
PTA’s here, and ask the people
to help make the decision.
He told of John Mize, State
Board of Education member,
visiting Blakely and telling the
local board of the State Board’s
decision to turn over this pro=
blem to the local boards.
After a brief talk, Mr. Fos=
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FORD &Z2p
ter asked did anyone have aques=
ton, or an opinion, about hew
to solve Early County’s school
problems. Approximately twenty
five members of the club had a
great deal to say, ‘which proved
to be most interesting, :
A committee was named to
send some of the suggestions
made by the club members ‘to
the local board, headed by Mrs.
Tracy Moulton, Blakely’s only
women lawyer.
The suggestions included se
gregation of the sexes, separat
ed according to learning ability;
and using standarized student
tests, which are familiar to seve
ral of the members who are for
mer teachers.
The president, Mrs. James
Kitchens, postponed routine busi=-
ness until the Feb. meeting.
The women expressed the de=
sire to preserve publiceducation
in Early County. Hostesses for
the covered dish luncheon were
Mrs. James Kitchens, Mrs. Dil
lon Smith, Mrs. Phil Aycock,
Mrs. J. W. Bancroft, and Mrs.
Jimmy Chambers. Mrs. Cham=-
bers gave the invocation.
Yellow chrysanthemums in a
silver and crystal bowl centered
the speaker’'s table. An attrac
tive epergne of fruit and flowers
decorated the buffet table.
OUTSTANDING WOMAN
Continued from front
mes, President General, National
Society of D. A. R.; Mrs, Wil
mer Smith, National President,
National Extension Homemakers
Council; Mrs. Joseph Willen, Na=
tional President, National Coun=
cil of Jewish Women; Miss Anita
Capp, Director.
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