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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1972
Obituaries
Mrs. Fannie Alice
Alexander dies
at age of 96
Mrs. Fannie Alice Jones Alex
ander, one of Blakely oldest and
most beloved women, died early
Saturday morning at the Early
Memorial Hospital in her 96th
year. She was born in Blakely
August 2, 1875, and lacked only
a few months of having attained
her 97th birthday.
Mrs. Alexander, the widow of
Dr. Wyatt H. Alexander, Blakely
physician, had spent her entire
life in Blakely, and taught in
the public schools of Early county
for many years. Many people
in Blakely and Early county have
benefited from the teaching and
influence of Mrs. Alexander and
were saddened to learn of her
passing.
Her parents, A. L. Jones and
Louvenia Collier Jones, were
prominent and pioneer citizens
of this county, and it was her
grandfather, Benjiman Collier
who gave the land on which the
downtown section of Blakely was
built. As a teacher in the public
schools and a devoted teacher and
worker in her church, the First
Baptist of Blakely, she made
rfiany lasting contributions to this
community and county.
; Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon, 3 o’clock, in
the First Baptist Church with
the pastor, the Rev. Glenn Shep
pard, officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the family plot in the
Blakely cemetery with Manry -
Jordan Funeral Home in charge
qf arrangements. Active pall
bearers were Sam Owen, Bill
Houston, S. A. White, Grady
Holman, Jr., Charlie Houston
and Jimmy Holman. Forming an
honorary escort were S. G. Mad
dox, Sr., Jack White, C. P.
Gay, Sr., A. D. Harriss, Dr.
J. H. Crowdis, John Amrich,
Hugh Redding and Emory
Houston.
Survivors are a son, Wyatt
H. Alexander, Coral Gables,
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Funeral Services
held for Otis
Etheridge Roney
A heart attack was fatal to
Otis Etheridge Roney, 50, of
route 2, Arlington, on January
5. Following the attack at about
one o’clock in the morning he
was pronounced dead upon ar
rival at the Arlington hospital.
By trade he was a mechanic
and had lived at Arlington for
the past 2 years. He was a
native of Henry County, Alabama,
and was born Nov. 23, 1921,
and was a member of the Salem
Baptist Church, near Edison.
Funeral services were held
in the chapel of Manry-Jordan
Funeral Home Firday afternoon,
the Rev. Glenn Sheppard offici
ating. Burial followed in the
Blakely cemetery. Pall bearers
were William Bonner. W. C.
Roney, Bill White, Roy Roney,
Alfred Cleveland, Jr., Russell
Nash.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Alma B. Roney, Donalson
ville; 3 sons, Otis Roney, Jr.,
Arlington, Ronnie Roney, Phenix
City, Alabama, Jimmy Roney,
Albany; 3 daughters, Mrs. Ruby
Dewi, Mrs. Inez Pope, Albany,
Mrs. Linda Phillips, Donal
sonville.
Florida; three daughters, Miss
Annette Alexander, Blakely,
Mrs. R. B. Davidson, San An
tonio, Texas, Mrs. R. D. Norton,
Winter Park, Florida, and five
grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
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DISCHARGED
Steven Swords, Maggie Mc-
Dowell, Ellie Cherry, Cheryl
Butler, Baby Girl Butler, Helen
Lee, Jennifer Lee, Baby Girl
Lee, JoAnn Gray, Gray Baby
Boy, Classic Mitchell, Annie
Wells, Baby Girl Wells, Walter
Oliver, Cornelius Davis, Fra
neces Howard, Mallie Wade,
Wanda Taylor, Tommy Good
year, Rachel Love, Bobby Bost-
Chehaw Council Boy
Scouts Have Good Year
Gains in 1971 that benefited
more boys in this area were
noted by officials of the Che
haw Council, Boy Scouts of Am
erica, in a review of last year’s
program of events and activities.
“One of the most heartening
reports is that we are now pro
viding Cub Scouting, Scouting and
Exploring to more young people
than ever before,” B. J. Sumner
Council President of the local
council, said.
Year-end membership figures
show a total of 2278 Cub Scouts,
1860 Scouts, and 466 Explorers,
a total of 4604. These boys, young
men and young women are mem
bers of 181 Cub Scout Packs,
Scout Troop and Explorer units
which are related to approxi
mately 90 partner organizations.
Sumner said that one of the
major highlights during 1971 was
Project SOAR, the national con
servation good turn. More than
40 tons of litter was removed
from streets, parks, roadways
and public areas in addition to
House To Operate
“Information Line”
ATLANTA (PRN) - The
Georgia House of
Representatives Public
Information Office will again
man a toll-free Information
Line for citizens who have
questions about House
activities.
The toll-free number for
persons outside the Atlanta
calling area is 1-800-282-5800.
For persons in the Atlanta
calling area the number is
656-5083.
House Speaker George L.
Smith II of Swainsboro said
the unique Information Line,
which proved successful
wick, Ermine Waller, Maggie
McDowell, Carolyn Alexander,
Baby Boy Alexander, Jimmy
Monday, Wilber Evans, Anna
Williams, Judy White, Addie
Taylor, H. H. Carlan, Ramona
Chase.
other educational and beneficial
activities.
Among the other activites car-’
ried on in southwest Georgia
area were summer camp, high
adventure expeditions, Explorer
Road Rally and the annual Scout
Show.
The BSA council, which is sup
ported financially through the
Dougherty County, Americus-
Sumter County and Tift County
United Fund organizations and an
annual sustaining membership
enrollment, made plans in 1971
for new activities this year in
cluding Operation Reach, a posi
tive approach to drug abuse pre
vention, which is now getting
under way. The council will con
tinue its conservation program
in conjunction with Project SOAR
and will feature a Scout-o-ramaj
this spring for the public to see
Scouting in action.
Sumner noted that the 1971
successes of the Chehaw Coun
cil came becuase of the dedi
cated interest of over 1000 adu
lt volunteer leaders.
during the 1971 legislative
session, should be even more
helpful this year as more
people learn how it can be
used.
During 1971 an average of
125 calls per day were
received during the final weeks
of the legislative session.
Citizens used the line to
leave messages for House
members, to check the status
of certain bills, to find out
how their legislator had voted
on a certain issue and even to
get the name or mailing
address of their legislators.
“The Information Office
stands ready to answer just
about any question pertaining
to House activities,” Smith
said. “We encourage citizens
to call the free number when
they have a question about
what’s going on in Atlanta.”
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ATLANTA (PRN) - Many,
many times I have heard
people comment that they
would never go hunting, or
some even have quit hunting,
they claim, because “it’s too
dangerous, too many people
get shot.”
So, instead of going
hunting, they decide to take a
weekend sightseeing trip. Are
they safer?
According to figures from
the National Safety Council, a
hunter is safer after he gets to
the woods, than he was on the
highway reaching his hunting
spot.
I’ve claimed this for years,
but didn’t have solid figures
on just how much safer a
hunter might be. Now, thanks
to the National Safety
Council, I have some figures to
quote. NSC claims that a
person is 67 times more likely
to be killed in a vehicle
accident than he is in a
hunting or firearms accident.
Just how these figures were
obtained, I don’t know. I do
know that the Georgia
Highway Patrol just recently
released figures that 1,766
persons died on Georgia’s
highways during 1971. . .and
that was an improvement over
the previous year.
During 1970 (I don’t have
1971 figures yet), there were
10 fatal hunting accidents in
the state. Sure, there are a lot
more people riding in vehicles
than are hunting .. .and many
more days, too. Nonetheless,
when there are something like
600,000 persons hunting
about 17 days apiece, you
come up with 10 million, 200
thousand days of hunting,
resulting in only 10 deaths!
Friends, that isn’t a bad record
in anyone’s book! I daresay,
you’ll have a mighty hard time
finding anything much safer.
Why, I’d almost bet there were
that many fatal heart attacks
in the past few weeks, while
watching bowl games and pro
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION
BANK OF EARLY — BLAKELY, GA.
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1971
ASSETS LIABILITIES
Loans & Discounts $4,085,547.89 Capital Stock $150,000.00
U. S. Govt. Bonds 910,094.68 Surplus 250,000.00
Other Bonds 882,862.56 Undivided Profits 130,419.56
Other Assets 1,764.58 Other Liabilities And Reserves 140,690.80
Capital Stock, Bank Bldg. Unearned Interest 104,529.07
Furniture & Fixtures 202,189.35 Deposits 6,430,352.21
Overdrafts 5,352.6 1
Cash & Due From Banks 71st, 170.97
Federal Funds 400,000.00 $7,205,98 2.64
$7,205,982.64
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BLAKELY. FMIW
BY DEAN WOHLGEMUTH
Georgia Game and
Fish Commission
Play Safe! Don’t
Drive, Go Hunting
championship football garnet
on the tube! Okay, I’m not
really serious there, but I
really am betting that golf is a
far more dangerous sport than
hunting, both from being hit
by stray drives, and from heart
attacks. I’m not picking on
golf, it’s a fine game and I love
it.
But let’s once again pick on
you the driver, as opposed
to you the hunter. You know,
some 60 persons were killed in
Georgia traffic accidents over
the holiday weekends,
Christmas and New Years? It
took 11 years for that many
hunting fatalities to occur in
our state.
The Highway Patrol
pointed out that their record
is improving. I’m glad to hear
that. I’m also happy to be able
to point out that hunting
accidents are going down at a
faster pace than any other
leading cause of fatalities.
Why? Well, public
education is probably the
answer. Right now, 16 states
require a person to pass hunter
safety training before they can
get a license. In the other
states, voluntary response to
such training has surpassed
expectations. People are
hungry to learn to hunt safely.
We found that out in Georgia
last year, when some folks
drove more than 200 miles to
take a voluntary safety course.
The Game & Fish Magazine
Hunter Safety Program played
to a full house, and there was
no pressure applied to anyone
to attend. We just told the
world it was available.
Certainly, 10 fatalities are
too many. If there is just one
hunting fatality in the next 10
years, I’ll shout that is too
many. Carelessness is almost
always the cause of firearms
accidents.
I still say, though, that
hunting isn’t nearly as
dangerous as people think. It
is one of the safest forms of
recreation.
SOWEGA Center
To Have Workshop
The SOWEGA Edifcational Ser
vices Center will sponsor a tut
orial workshop January 25-26-27
at the Center in Leary for se
lected personnel from the nine
teen participating counties’
school systems.
Dr. Phillip Harris, professor
of Psychology and Education
from Indiana University, Blo
omington, Ind. will conduct the
workshop assisted by Dr. Doug
las Elison, Dr. Larry Barbee
and other associates from the
University staff.
A most successful tutorial
program for non-readers has
been developed by Dr. Harris
and his associates after eight
years of experimenting with
more than 3,000 participating.
Nationally Renown
The Ginn Publishing Com
pany of New York bought the
rights to adapt the program to
the basal reading program which
has been used four years
throughout the United States in
selected schools.
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be a follow-up session in five
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will assist in working out pro
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Dr. H. Boyd Israel, in announc
ing this workshop the last week in
January said, “Many who receive
this training will acquire reading
skills they would not have re
ceived otherwise.”
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A sea lamprey is capable of
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