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EARLY COUNTY, GA
Garden Spot Os
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 112—-NO. 16
DENISE KILLEBREW FIRST ELECTED
AREA FORESTRY QUEEN
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Denise Killebrew is the Blakely Area's first Forestry Queen. The 16 year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J.D. Killebrew of Damascus was chosen during a recent contest held at Southwest Georgia
Academy. She will compete for the title Miss Georgia Forestry next June at Jekyll Island.
Members of Queen Killebrew’s court are Sharon Hunt, left and Pam Turner, right, who were first
and second runnerups respectively.
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Marcia Elaine Culbreth, six year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond English was chosen as Little Miss Southwest Geor
gia Academy during the same contest.
NOTICE
The Blakely Jaycees will spon
sor a Christmas Turkey Shoot
December 19th, beginning at 9:00
a.m. on Court Square-
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A concerto is written for one or
more solo instruments with an
orchestra in the background.
Success to AU Who Pay Their Honest Debts — “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
Pilot Club
meets with
Mrs. Brown
The home of Mrs. Sarah Brown
was Holiday House for the Pilot
Club of Blakely at their Decem
ber meeting for the combined
business and dinner meetings.
Members gathered in the spa
cious den where gifts were ex
changed from under an artistic
modern Christmas tree decor
ated with large red birds and red
satin balls.
The supper tables were cen
tered with greenery and red can
dles. Each part of the den was
beautifully decorated in the
Christmas theme. Club members
were invited to visit the other
rooms of the house which were
elaboratly decorated. Prior to the
regular dinner meeting the ex
ecutive board met in the living
room.
Miss Marshline Giles, presi
dent, called on the chaplain,
Miss Bessie Lewis for the open
ing prayer; Mrs. Thomas Hart
ley, Patriotic Emblem Chairman,
led the pledge to the flag.
The Governor’s bullentine, a
letter from P.I. President Barba
ra Calhoun, Past President Wild
er Richardson and the Inter-Club
Council were read by Mrs.
Brown, secretary. Reports were
made by Mrs. A.D. Jones, Miss
Ellen Smith, and Mrs. R.W. Muel
ler. Highlights from committee
reports were: letters of congrat
ulations sent to Carmen King and
Shirley Neilson Anglin who were
named to Who’s Who a Flag Eti
quette message; and letters to ab
sentees.
Mrs. A.D. Jones has a birthday
this month and was recognized
with the Happy Birthday song.
The business session was given
over mainly to committee reports
and plans for the Golden Age
Christmas Party to be held Sun
day, December 13, at 3 p.m. at
BLAKELY,. GA., THURS. MORNING, DEC. 10, 1970
1$ My Husband Alive?’
1s My Daddy Okay?’
‘Where Is My Son?’
Most Americans can answer those questions.
Some . . . the families of 1,500 American Gl’s
missing or imprisoned in Indochina . . . cannot. And
many have not known for six years!
The silence is agonizing. With rare exceptions,
Hanoi has been tightlipped. Information about Ameri
can prisoners has been withheld. North Vietnam is
violating the Geneva Convention, a pact which it signed.
Besides not knowing if the servicemen are dead or
alive, the families are exposed to further anguish by
reports of inhumane treatment of prisoners. Only nine
American prisoners have been repatriated. Their phy
sical condition upon release was far below normal.
The families of missing or imprisoned servicemen
are seeking the truth about their loved ones. They have
formed the National League of Families of American
Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia.
Other organizations and individuals have joined these
families in the struggle for information. YOU CAN, TOO!
How? Write a letter to Hanoi. Urge North Vietnam
to release information on prisoners and to comply
with the terms of the Geneva Convention. Also, you
can write to other governments. Ask them to make
similar demands.
North Vietnam does care about American public
opinion. Millions of letters can turn the tide. Write
yours today. Address: Office of the President, Demo
cratic Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi, North Vietnam.
It only costs a quarter. And your letter is earnestly
needed.
There are other ways you can help. You may obtain
further information by contacting the Area Coordinator,
National League of American Prisoners and Missing
in Southeast Asia, 1230 Valencia Drive, Dalton, Georgia
30720.
Bobcats, Bobkittens
Win two Lose one
Calhoun Loss
The Calhoun County basketball
boys defeated the Bobcats Friday
night in a fast breaking game 70-
67. The Edison boys never trail
ed the Cats more thaneight points
through out the game.
The Bobcats never gave up the
lead, however, until the game was
tied with eight seconds left with
a free throw. Another free throw
and a quick basket left the Cats
trailing three points.
The scoring was led by Rex
Howell with 28, Marvin Earnest
with 25 and Sam Wells with 11.
Wells led the rebounding with 14
grabs. Carter led Calhoun’s
scoring with 24 points. The Cats
hit 42% of their shots.
Beat Dothan
The Bobcats bounced back
strong Saturday night when they
beat Dothan 68-66. Dothan, a
strong Alabama Class 4-A team,
kept the game close and pressed
the Cats throughout the game. The
Blakely boys didn’t "have it in the
bag” until the final buzzer sound
ed.
The Bobcats hitting 50% of their
shots were led by Rex Howell 29,
Marvin Earnest 20 and Jim
Daniels with 9. Dothan’s Money
led the scoring for the visitors
with 20 points. Earnest led the
rebounding with 12 rebounds.
Maul Miller
Hie Bobcats extended their re
cord to three wins and two losses
Tuesday night when the journeyed
to Colquitt to meet the Miller
County Pirates. The Cats brought
home a 78-54 victory.
Hie pirates kept it close the
first period with the score 9 all.
the Blakely Woman’s Clubhouse.
Approximately 100 are expected
to attend.
Mrs. A.D. Wilkerson, program
chairman; Miss Bessie Lewis,
favors; Mrs. Thomas Hartley, de
corations; Mrs. J.O. Napier, Ta
bles and chairs; Miss Ellen
Smith, refreshments; and Mrs.
Iva Herring, Publicity, made re
ports to the Christmas party
Chairman, Mrs. R.W. Mueller.
The Cats went out at half with an
eleven point lead. The second half
was all Bobcats. The Cats tookthe
floor and outscored the Pirates
13-0 before the Miller boys
scored. This surge and hitting
17 of 20 free throws gave the Cats
a wide margin when the buzzer
sounded.
Marvin Earnest led the scoring
with 25. Howell had 22, Daniels
13, John Ricketson 5, Scott Starr
5, Wells 5, Carzell Pinckney 2,
Andy Bush 2 and Robert Hall 1.
They hit 50% of their shots from
the floor. Earnest led the re
bounding with 12.
Meet Cairo
The next game will be Friday
night in Cairo. The next home
game will be Tuesday night a
gainst Clay County.
Girls
The Bobkittens defeated Cal
houn County girls 47-21 Friday
night. Dana Jane Brown led the
scoring with 20 points, Nancy
Holman had 8 and Debra Dacati
had 9. Others scoring were Har
vey 2, Summerset 1, Still 2, John
son 2, Cleveland 1, and Jeanie
Holman with 2.
Albany
Saturday night the Kittens de
feated the Albany High girls
58-27. The defense stood out as
they held Dianne Denford, who
averages 30 points, to only eight
points. Brown with 26, Holman
with 14, Ducati 8, and Jeanie Hol
man with 6 led the scoring.
First Loss
The Bobkittens suffered their
first loss Tuesday night to Miller
County 51-42. Ducati, Harvey,
Brown, and Holman led the scor
ing.
The Community Service Com
mittee was in charge of the Tues
day night’s program. Christmas
songs were sung led by Mrs- R.
W. Mueller and Mrs. A.D. Wilk
erson. Mrs. Mueller distributed
the gifts, assisted by members of
the committee: Mrs. Ralph Scar
borough, Mrs. Vernon Evans,
Mrs. Wilkerson, Mrs. J.O. Nap
ier, Miss Ellen Smith, Mrs. Tho
mas Hartley and Miss Giles.
Mrs. Whitehead
sneaker at
Rotary Club
Mrs. E. P. Whitehead, presi
dent of the Early County Histor
ical Society, was the speaker at
last Friday’s Blakely Rotary Club
meeting. Mrs. Whitehead spoke
of the early history of Southwest
Georgia, especially Early county,
as in those days Early county
comprised much of what is South
west Georgia.
Mrs. Whitehead’s talk proved
most interesting andentertaining
as she brought out some hu
morous incidents about Blakely's
early citizens. Mrs. Whitehead
said she became curious about
the history of Early county when
she was in grammar school in the
7th grade and studying Georgia
History. Text books had little to
say about this section of Georgia,
so she set about to find the facts.
This led to much reading of court
house records and old news
papers. She was given a warm
round of applause at the conclu
sion of her talk. The program was
arranged and the speaker intro
duced by Rotarian Richard Grist.
President Elwood Martin presi
ded.
Visitors at the meeting includ
ed Larry Taunton, guest of Ralph
Balkcom, Jim Grist, a guest of.
Dunbar Grist; J.A. Ward, of Do
than, a guest of Charles DeLoach;
Frank Lowe and Tommy Cham
bliss, guests of Philip Sheffield;
Broadus Simpson, a guest of Jer
ry Bruner.
Santa Claus
visits Early
County Saturday
Saturday was a happy day for
Early County youngsters. Santa
Claus, riding the Fire Truck a
round the Courthouse Square,
threw candy to all the children.
The Fire Truck stopped and
Santa went into the Courthouse
where hundreds of children were
lined up to tell Santa what they
wanted for Christmas. Stockings
were given to the children and
Santa departed for the North Pole
after making out his list.
Pepper is one of the oldest
spices.
Surveyer-Gen. of State
Speaks on Ga. Frontiers
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Mrs. Philip Bryant, Deputy Suveyor-General of the State of Georgia (right) was the guest speaker
at the first social event of the Early County Historical Society when the biennial meeting was held
Dec. 1, at Kolomoki State Park; she was introduced by Mrs. E.P. Whitehead (center), president of
the Society; and was assisted by Miss Ruth Corry, head of Central Research, Department of Archi
ves, Atlanta (left). Mrs. Bryant spoke on Georgia’s Frontiers.
HELP PRESERVE OLD HOUSE
Work begins on site
of Shopping Center
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Time is Running Out — Will You Help Preserve This House ?
The Early County Historical wants to preserve the Speight-Jones
house on South Main Street. This house will be moved or torn down
to make way for a shopping center. Already the oaks, cedars and
small trees around the house have been uprooted and are be
ing pushed away. Concerned citizens ask what will happen?
Work began on the site of a new
shopping center on South Main
Street here this week. The trees
around the Speight-Jones house
have been pushed over and the
clearing of the site is continuing.
Time is running out to do some
thing to preserve the house. But
nothing can be done without
money. The house must be
brought, moved to a desirable lo
cation and completely renovated,
which includes a new roof.
No definite site has been de
cided upon, but the house can be
moved. A local person who fre
quently moves buildings has said
the house can be satisfactorily
moved by dividing it into three
parts. After it is moved a roof will
have to be put on to shield it from
the weather.
This is a chance to preserve an
1860 house and the building might
serve many purposes. Almost
every town has a museum, it is
possible that part of this house
NOTICE
Farmers Meeting - A Corn
Disease and soil Fertility Clinic
will be held in the Early County
Courthouse Thurs. night, Dec.
10 at 7:30 p.m. For more infor
mation contact the Early County
Agent’s Office. (723-3072).
PULL FOR BLAKELY
— OR —
PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
could be used in this way.
Contributions may be made to
the Historical Society at the Early
County Library, checks may be
mailed to the library. Donations
to a cause such as this are tax de
ductable. The Society hopes that
Early Countlans will keep this in
mind as they plan their contribu
tions for 1971.
Pledges would be accepted,
these could be made to allow the
Committee to plan on securing
the house, moving the house and
begin the restoration. Pledges
could be paid in the New Year.
Fred Sawyer, owner of the
Speight-Jones house has said the
house will not be disturbed with
in the next few weeks.
Mrs. George Nelson, Chairman
of the Preservation of Historic
Places has said, ”A drive will be
initiated immediately after
Christmas to preserve this
structure”.
Are you going to help ??
Catholic Church
to hold Mass
Holy Family Catholic Church
of Blakely, announces that Mass
is being held each Sunday evening
at 5;00 p.m. EST.
Ft. Conall O’Leary