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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. Ill—NO. 31
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A portion of a 110 gallon whiskey still was destroyed March 18 in Early County located in the
Freeman section of the county near the river. The agents were State Agent Herman Hendley and
diaries Dudley, Federal Agents Lee Purvis, Raymond Harrison, and Jim Aldred, and the Early
County Sheriff’s Department.
On March 16 State Agents Herman Hendley and Charles Dudley, and Federal Agents Charlie
Talbott and Billy Moore located and destroyed a 1150 gallon still and 1100 gallons of mash.
One hundred and seventy five gallons of liquor was also destroyed. The still, located in Clay
County, was in operation when discovered. The person operating the still ran off but a 1960
pick-up was confiscated. Arrests will be made later.
WDHN -TV Staff
member speaks
to Lions Club
A staff member of Dothan's
new television station was the
speaker at Tuesday’s meeting
of the Blakely Lions Club. The
speaker, Thomas Bracewell said
the station was now under con
struction on the Blakely-Dothan
road, near Webb, Alabama, and
will go on the air about June
1, on Channel 18. The ultra
high frequency station will have
as its call letters WDHN-TV.
The new station, owned by
26 Dothan businessmen, will be
affiliated with the ABC and
Hughes networks.
The program was arranged
by Lion Olin Thompson and the
speaker introduced by Lion Joe
Cannon. President Stanley Hous-
DANCE
Sat Nite, Mar. 28
9 P. M. Tilll
BOBBY & THE
DIAMONDS
Public Invited
Couplet Only
Early County news
EDA survey Arch Avary
conducted at speaks to
G N Plywood Co. Rotary Club
Great Northern Plywood Com
pany is cooperating with the Eco
nomic Development Admini
stration (EDA) which is a part
of the U. S. Department of Com
merce, in a survey to determine
the number of jobs and types of
jobs which have opened up through
out the country during the past
four years.
Tills survey is to find em
ployment patterns, what new jobs
have opened up, what happens
when people change jobs, etc.
Great Northern Plywood Com
pany had 230 employees, this
number includes part time em
ployees and full time. The ans
wers to the questions asked will
be combined with other em
ployees’ of new industries to get
a cross-section of employment
patterns throughout the country.
Some 5,000 executives, foremen,
supervisors, office personnel,
maintenance men, engineers,
truck drivers, and laborers
throughout the United States have
been asked 10 answer the ques
tionaire compiled by Chilton
Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
ton presided, and luncheon music
was played by Mrs. Norman Alex
ander in the absence of the re
gular pianist, Mrs. Merle Hais
ten, who is ill.
Visitors at the meeting were
Bill Chestnut, Charlie Anderson,
guests of Jim Malsberger; Dud
dle Collier, a guest of Warren
Cleveland; Butch Clark, a guest
of Robert Hall, and E. J. Plow
den, a guest of Paschal Jenkins.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
J. Arch Avary, the cancer
crusading Atlanta banker,
brought his message to the mem
bers of the Blakely Rotary Club
last Friday. Mr. Avary, a cur
ed cancer patient himself, re
lated the importance of having
a check up, and emphasized that
cancer can be cured if detected
in time. Marvin Singletary ar
ranged the program and John
Holman introduced Mr. Avary.
Club president Pete Underwood
presided.
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed Mrs. Charles E. Boyett and
Mrs. George Nelson, guests of
George Nelson; Harold Dunna
way, Robert Sheffield, Seaborn
Grist and Ronnie Jones, guests
of their fathers, Bill Kitchens,
Albany, a guest of Jack Collier:
Joe Schock, Cleveland, Ohio,
guest of Charles -Alford; and
Norman Alexander, who heads
up the Cancer Crusade in Early
County for this year, a guest of
Hoyle Fleming.
Rex Reeves
appointed to
Coroner office
Rex Reeves, of Blakely, was
appointed to the office of county
coroner last Thursday by Ordi
nary Roscoe Hodges. Mr. Reeves
will serve the unexpired term
of the late Casey Jones, who
died on March 15. The term
runs until December 31, 1972,
Ordinary Hodges stated.
BLAKELY. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1970
Early Society Represented
at Ga. Historical League
Members of the Early County
Historical Society, an affiliate of
the Ceorgia League of Historical
Societies, are urged to attend the
April 3 annual meeting at the
Ceorgia Archives and Records
Building, 330 Capitol Avenue, S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs. E. P. Whitehead, president
of the local Society, has appointed
Mrs. Robert L. Green, 369 Mea
dowbrook Drive, Atlanta, a mem
ber of the Early County Society
and a former Early County resi
dent to represent the local group.
How to build your own tradi
tional-style log cabin is one of
the topics proposed for discus
sion at the annual meeting.
“Youth and History” is the
theme of the 1970 meeting, ac
cording to Dr. Kenneth Coleman,
of the University of Georgia, Pre
sident of the League. The Georgia
Department of Archives and His
tory will be the host organization.
Registration (no charge) will be
held from 8 until 9 a.m., when the
morning program begins. There
will be a dutch luncheon at 11H5
a.m. in the executive dining room
at the State Cafeteria. A busi
ness meeting at 3 p.m. will con
clude the day’s activities.
Members of the editorial staff
of Foxfire, students at Rabun Gap-
Nacoochee School, with faculty ad
visor B. Eliot Wigginton, will give
Young Players Improve
During Bobcat Drills
The Early County Bobcats
moved Into the 3rd week of spring
football drills Monday with hopes
of better practice conditions.
Rain and wet grounds have ham
pered the Bobcats throughout the
Ist two weeks of practice. Two
weeks remain before the annual
Blue-Gold game, April 3.
Rain washed out Friday's sche
duled intra squad game. However,
In a brief controlled scrimmage
before the rains came, the Blues
achieved an 8-6 victory to a
venge an early 12-6 White tri
umph.
The play of several boys up
EASTER EGG HUNT
Hundreds of children are ex
pected to comb Kolomoki State
Park Sunday in an all-out effort
to find the eggs left by the Easter
Bunny for the Blakely Shrine
Club’s annual Easter Egg Hunt.
The hunt will begin at 2:30 p.m.
In charge of the event are
Sb G. Maddox, Sr., and Virgil
Jones, Chairmen, and Oscar
Whitchard and A. J, Gentry, co-
Graveside
Services held
for infant Sat.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Matkin, of Atlanta,
died on March 19, and graveside
services were held here Saturday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev.
A. H. Lanier and the Rev. Joe
Hodges. Manry-Jordan Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange
ments.
Besides the parents, the sur
vivors are the grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Matkin and Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. McDonald, of Blakely,
and a sister, Kimberly Dawn
Matkin, of Atlanta.
Spring Holidays
scheduled for
Early Co. schools
Schools in Early County will
dismiss at the end of the school
day on Thursday, March 26,1970,
for the Spring Holidays.
Schools will re-open on the
morning of March 31, 1970.
Lonnie Chester
Supt., Early County Schools
an account of their study of log
cabins and how they are built.
Vincent Ellis, Director of the
Southeast Region National Park
Service, in speaking on "Youth
and Environmental Quality,” will
tell how 4,000 young people have
learned of total environment in the
curriculum-oriented program at
the Ward Creek Environmental
Study Area in Cobb County.
Another program speaker, Wil
liam J. Atkinson, organizer of
“SOPS” (Searchers of the Past),
a junior historian group in Mor
gan County, will speak on the
activities of these teenagers in
studying and preserving their
county’s history.
Miss Marsha Webb of Rincon,
Georgia, a member of the History
Club at Effingham County High
School, will head a group of his
tory students from Effingham
County coming to the conference
to learn of programs her club can
undertake. An Informal discus
sion session for young partici
pants will be held during the af
ternoon business session.
Special exhibits on work of
youth groups will feature art,
photography, tombstone rubbings
and historical writing.
There are some 51 historical
societies in Georgia, and all are
expected to be represented at the
annual all-day gathering.
from the B team and junior
team highlighted the second week
of drills. Danny Vickers and
Joe Jordan are new backs push
ing for varsity' positions while
Tommy Goodyear, (Tiarles Fet
ner, Jimmy Megahee, Dean
White, and John Stone are young
linemen making progress.
The strong point of the Blak
ely attack in drills to date has
been the overall performance of
the offensive backs. Pass pro
tection has beeen the area caus
ing the most concern in previous
sessions as Flobcat quarterbacks
have been continually dropped
for losses trying to pass.
chairmen. Ted Whitchard and
Hugh Redding are in charge of
refreshments.
All Shriners and friends of
Shriners are invited to partici
pate In the Easter Egg Hunt.
For Shriners and their fami
lies, there will be a picnic be
ginning at 1:00 p.m. Each family
is to bring their own lunch.
John Beckum
dies March 19
in Calhoun Hosp.
John Lewis Beckum, Route 2,
Edison, died March 191 n the Cal
houn Memorial Hospital, Arling
ton, after a long illness. He was
66 years of age, and was born in
Washington county, December 8,
1903. He was a retired farmer
and had lived In Calhoun county
since 1953.
Funeral services were held in
the Salem Baptist Church, con
ducted by the Rev. J. C. Brad
shaw and the Rev. J. B. Redd,
interment was in the church cem
etery, Manry-Jordan Funeral
Home in charge. Pall bearers
were Archie Coleman, Lincoln
Williamson, Quinton Williamson,
Calvin Schramm, H. G. Collier,
Don Williams.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Ida Jane Jewltt Beckum; two sons,
James and Thomas Beckum;
three daughters, Mrs. James
Kelly, all of Edison, and Mrs.
Arthur White, Arlington, and
Mrs. Sybil Addison, Albany; and
one brother and six sisters.
A rare book is one that comes
back after you’ve loaned it out.
J. ARCH AVARY, JR. TELLS
OF GIVE AWAY PROGRAM
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Mrs. Sam Zlpperer (left) treasurer of the Ella Jones PTA who was elected president of PTA
for the coming year presented Mrs. Mary Jane Powell (right) a Life Member Certificate to the
Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers, the speaker, Arch Avary, Jr., (center) congratu
lates Mrs. Powell who has served as President for the past year.
J. Arch Avary, Jr., Atlanta
banker, who is dedicated to sav
ing lives and souls, told mem
bers of the Ella Jones PTA
here Thursday night how he came
about conceiving the "Give-Away
Program” In inducing people to
have a check-up. "Somehow
those who are most afraid that
they are the victim of this dread
disease are the ones who keep
putting it off - yet early detec
tion is the way of handling can
cer,” he said.
File day he had to take his
coupons in to redeem them, he
decided that was what the Ameri
can people want, something free,
and began his canvas of the state
contacting his friend* who head
industry asking them to donate
their wares.
Sixteen major firms in Georgia
back up his program of giving
prizes to those who will have a
check-up. He has spoken to 206
schools and colleges the past four
years telling the teen-agers the
importance of getting their
parents to have a physical.
He spoke of social problems
which must be solved along with
fighting cancer. These three
problems are: the liberal left’s
condemnation of our private
enterprise by SDS; the unrest of
students; and the effort to totally
destroy the religion of our
fathers.
Hie railroads in Georgia sup
port the Cancer Crusade, giving
a private car to Mr. Avary for
his use as he carries the mes
sage of the Crusade throughout
Mr. Peterson
dies March 18
in Tampa Hosp.
Franklin Peterson, 37, for
merly of Blakely died Wednes
day, March 18, at the Tampa
General Hospital of injuries suf
fered in an automobile accident
in Tampa, Fla. He had been
hospitalized since Feb. 7.
Mr. PetersonwasbornOctober
4, 1932 at Madriam, -Ala. He was
a poultry farmer who resided on
Dean's Dairy Road in Zephyr
hills, Fla. He recently worked
at the Great Northern Plywood
Mill in Cedar Springs.
Survivors include a son,
Franklin, Jr., of Valdosta, Ga.;
a daughter, Mrs. Susan Young of
Atlanta, Ga.; his mother, Mrs.
Willie Mae Blalock of Zephyr
hills, Fla.; step-mother, Mrs.
Edith Peterson o f Blakely; 2
brothers, Lee Peterson of Tam
pa, Fla. and Bobby Peterson,
of Blakely; 3 sisters, Mrs. Louise
Whitaker of Colquitt; Mrs. Shir
ley Chambliss of Blakely, and
Mrs. Inez Evans of Cedar
Springs.
Services were held at 2:00
p.m. Friday, March 20 at the
Assembly of God Church with
tiie Rev. Mrs. R. B. Womack
and James Seegers officiating.
Interment was in the Oakside
cemetery. Lairs Funeral Home
of Zephyrhills was In charge of
arrangements.
the state, which in itself is a
news item, 'a banker, traveling
by railroad car, storming for
people to have physical check
up to save their lives, on a
cancer crusade.’
Forms are available at the
local Chamber of Commerce for
those who would like to take ad
vantage of the free gifts for can
cer examination.
Jack Collier, program chair
man for the year, introduced the
speaker. Slate of officers for
1970-71: President, Mrs. Sam
Zipperer; Vice President, Mr.
Noel Haskins; Secretary, Mrs.
Curtis Smith, Jr.; Treasurer,
J. M. Talley; Historian, Mrs.
Shorty Cleveland.
Mrs. Mary Jane Powell, pre
sident of the Ella Jones PTA,
was presented an Honorary Life
membership in the Georgia Con
gress of Parents and Teachers.
Mrs. Sam Zipperer, treasurer,
made the presentation.
Superintendent Lonnie Chester
announced Early County was one
of the sixty counties in Georgia
under a court order fordesegre
gation that chose a freedom of
choice plan which was rejected
by the court. There were 81
counties included in the Decem
ber 1969 court order, 21 plans
were apparently accepted. The
Early County Board of Education
is working on a plan and they
hope to have the plan in line with
the court order by April 1, the
superintendent said.
Principal Joe Cannon announ
ced Spring Holidays on Friday
Last rites Monday
for Frank S. Jones
Funeral Services were held at
the First Presbyterian Church
last Monday afternoon at three
for Frank Standifer Jones, 94,
who passed away at Memorial
Hospital early Sunday morning
after an illness of several months
duration.
The deceased, a native of Early
County, came to Bainbridge at
the turn of the century, and spent
his entire adult life in banking
institutions in Bainbridge. He
was one of the best loved and
most respected citizens to ever
live in this city and county.
Frank S. Jones was born in
Blakely on January 30, 1876, and
was the son of the late Thomas F.
and Fanny Calhoun Standifer
Jones, both members of pioneer
families in Early County.
He attended school at Blakely
and then entered the University
of Georgia, graduating in the
Class of 1898 Phi Beta Kappa, and
was a member of Kappa Alpha
Fraternity. On his return to
Blakely after graduation he
received early training in the
banking business, and then
moved to Bainbridge in 1900 to
become President of the Decatur
County Bank. He was made
PULL FOR BLAKELY
— OR —
PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
and Monday, March 27 and 30.
School will be out at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday and resume Tuesday
March 31, at 8;30 a.m.
W. C. Williams, Chairman of
the Stay and See Blakely/Early
County Program, spoke to the
PTA members about a county
wide garbage collection system,
“Let’s prepare the way for our
children. How will our county
look 20 years from now if we
permit trash and garbage to be
scattered over our woodlands,
fields and roads?” he asked.
Mr. Williams related, “One lo
cal farmer said he had to spend
$25 to hire someone to clean up
his field, before he could start
plowing for this year's crop.
Someone or several people had
dumped trash' and garbage in
many places over the site after
the crop was gathered last fall.”
“Let’s keep Early County
growing. Let's keep it progres
sive looking”, Mr. Williams said,
"let’s let the Early County Com
missioners know if we want our
county to have this facility (at the
cost of $40,000) but this truck
and these garbage containers will
not be any good if they are not
used. Let’s talk this up and in
form every citizen in the county
of this project and have one hun
dred per cent cooperation in the
Stay and See Program.”
Mrs. Jerry Collier's sth Grade
won the attendance award. Re
freshments were served by the
7th, Bth and 9th Grades hospi
tality committees.
Frank’s. jones
Cashier of the First National
Bank in 1902. In 1935 when the
First National and the Bain*
bridge State Bank merged into
the First State National, he
became the first president of the
new institution. He served in this
capacity until 1954 when he
became Chairman of the Board,
and in 1966 on the Seventy-fifth
Anniversary of the First State
National Bank, he retired and
was made Chairman Emeritus.
In 1903 the deceased married
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