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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Garden Spot of
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME NO. 113—NO. 22
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BLAKELY”S WINTER-WONDERLAND
A scene in the yard of Ulmer Davis, Monday morning when the therometer dropped to 14
degrees in Blakely. A spraying water hydrant formed icicles in varied angles on shrubs, trees
and small plants and made a solid wall of the fence across the back of the picture. By noon
the sun was wrecking the icicles in the upper branches of the trees.
Early County’s List
of Progress For 1972
A sl/2 Million Sewage
Improvement and Expansion Pro
gram; a City Engineer to head
Blakely utilities; and a new zoning
and subdivision regulations head
the list of progress for 1972
while the City-County Planning
Commission has drawn up three
alternatives for a county-wide
solid waste disposal system and
a local civic club is working for a
vocational school for the area
to be established in Blakely.
The City of Blakely expects
the Sewage and Expansion pro
gram now underway, to be
completed by June 5, 1972 the
contract completion date. The
program project is being built
at the estimated cost of $534,784.
Gay Plumbing and Heating
Company of Albany is the con
tractor.
City Clerk Alex Howell said,
“Actual work began September 1,
1971 when the contractor began
excavation on Oxidation ponds
located two miles south of Blak
ely off U. S. Highway 27, South.
There will be another oxidation
pond in the north section of the
city to the east of U. S. Highway
27, north. One pumping station
will be installed, all other sew
age lines have the force of gravity
in their favor for the many miles
of lines to be laid for the project.”
“The project was begun over
three years ago when Hugh Red
ding was mayor; securing grants,
obtaining land, and the advance
of cost and materials has delayed
the project. The city officials
continued to work on this ex
pansion program during the time
Mr. Howell was mayor, it got
underway in September after
Lysle McNeal became Mayor of
Blakely.
A new position has been
created, a City Engineer for
Public Utilities is expected to
be employed. Rick Allen, Dir
ector of the Lower Chattahoochee
Valley Area Planning and
Development Commission stated,
“Through the Employment Im
provement Act, this agency has
secured funds for the City of
Blakely to employ a city engineer
(Sadp (County ^ews
ninety per cent of the cost will
be funded through a grant.”
The agency has prepared a
capital improvement plan for
1971-1977 for the city which was
part of the City’s plan in entering
the Certified City Program for
1972. A grant for $1575 for the
Summer Police Cadet program
and for SI9OB for the County
for a Drug Abuse Educational
Program was made available thr
ough to APDC. Six policemen
attended a FBI taught school
and six law enforcement officers
attended the Drug Abuse
Program.
A joint City-County Planning
Commission has worked on the
feasibility of a county-wide gar
bage collection. The planning
commission was re-organized
during the past year, technical
assistance was given by the
Lower Chattahoochee Valley
APDC; a county-wide solid waste
disposal system is being de
signed. A current zoning
ordiance; streets and through
fare plans and subdivision re
gulations are being prepared.
The City of Blakely has the
first certified landfill in the State
of Georgia. The certificate was
issued in June, 1971. The land
fill is in the northeastern part
of the city, back of the Drive-
In; it has a small office and a
shed to house the bulldozer; it
is serviced by seven city gar
bage and dump trucks. The 23
acre site was an old sand pit,
the city owned six acres and
bought 17 acres from the Under
wood estate.
In Beautification and Clean
up a special State award was re
ceived by the Inter-Club Council
who participated in the Stay and
See Georgia program, sponsored
by the Tourism Committee of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
Over 2,500 junk cars were hauled
in for scrap iron and shipped
to Mobile, Ala. to be used in
some way for reclaimed metal.
This was an important part
of the program but the coopera
tion of civic clubs and individ
uals was of the utmost import
ance. In the Clean-up Campaign,
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts - “Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead”
the city was divided into sec
tions; a map of Blakely was cut
up and a section given to each
club. The clubs were asked to
take the responsibility of con
• tacting people and getting that
area cleaned up. Many secured
the help of youth organizations;
many areas took on a new look
through the efforts of this com
mittee.
An economic profile has been
compiled by Georgia Tech I.D.D.
and filed with Georgia Tech; also
filed with the Georgia Depart
ment of Industry and Trade; the
State Chamber of Commerce;
Georgia Power Company I. D.;
Southern Railroad and C&S Bank
I.D.
Blakely and Early County In
dustries supply related indust
ries in many foreign countries.
D. M. Carter Manufacturing
Co. has just completed shelling
plant equipment for a company
in Nicaragus, Central America
with the companies salesman and
supervisor Herbert Sims, in
charge of installation. They have
an order from Cairo, Egypt for
a large shelling plant. Appar
ently they grow peanuts in Egypt
as well as the farmers in the
Wiregrass plant peanuts.
All speed zones in the city
have been revised and traffic
signals revised. Traffic pro
blems have been studied and
improvements recommended.
There are two additional park
ing lots in downtown Blakely.
A survey has been made con
cerning the expansion of the
Blakely-Early County airport at
present there is a 3200 foot
asphalt, lighted runway.
A new Health Center was com
pleted in 1971 at the cost of
$103,000 and a new Nursing Home
was added as a wing to Early
Memorial Hospital, built at the
estimated cost of $637,000. The
inside of the Courthouse was re
novated; the Courtroom was
painted, carpeted and refurn
ished.
Early Countians are joining'
with the Blakely Rotary Club to
secure an Area Vocational-Tech
nical School in Blakely which
BLAKELY GA., THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 20. 1972
Gov. Carter’s Budget
Plays Second Fiddle
Gov. Jimmy Carter’s $1,313-
billion budget request-the largest
in state history --is playing se
cond fiddle to the governor’s
controversial state government
reorganization plan in the current
legislative session at the State
Capitol.
Reason: The chairmen of both
the House and the Senate appro
priations committees agree that
it would be useless to begin work
on the administration’s huge bud
get until after Gov. Carter’s
governmental reorganization is
sue is resolved.
And both chairmen - Rep.
James H. (Sloppy) Floyd of Trion
and Sen. Lamar Plunkett of Bow
don -- seem in agreement that
the delay could possibly force
the legislature into a special ses
sion to take up the budget mat
ter. But beyond that, their opin
ions are vastly different. For
example, Sen. Plunkett, a close
friend of the governor, says Car
ter has proposed a spending pro
gram for the state that can be
used with or without reorganiza
tion.
High School Principal
To Name Star Student
This week high school princi
pals from throughout Georgia’s
accredited public and private high
schools will receive in the mail
forms for naming their 1972
STAR Students from the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce.
To compete for this distinctive
honor, high school seniors must
have taken the College Board
Scholastic Aptitue Test (SAT)
either on November 6, 1971 or
December 4, 1971 and scored
for each part of the test at least
equal to the latest available na
tional average (Verbal - 391 -
Math - 402). In addition, a stud
ent must be unmarried, a senior
in an accredited public or pri
vate high school in Georgia, re
gularly or jointly enrolled,
(maintain at least one course
in a high school in the first
Bobcats And
Bobkiftens, past
victories
The Early County Bobcats and
Bobkittens both put two wins
under their belts over the past
week. The girls extended their
record to 12-2 while the boys
stand at 8-6.
Defeat Mitchell
Saturday night the Mitchell
County teams journeyed to Blak
ely only to suffer defeats at the
hands of both Early County teams.
The Bobkittens showed their
talent early and went in at half
time leading 31-11.
Coach Dunahoo sent in his
subs the second half to coast
to a 47-25 win.
Dana Jane Brown led the scor
ing with 26 points, Beverly John
son had 7, Cheryl Harvey 4,
and Faye Butler, Nancy Miller,
Cynthia Cleveland, Vickie Dixon,
and Gwen Tinson had 2 points
■each.
Bobcats Win
The Bobcats built a 42-23 half
time margin, and came back
the second half to hand the Mit
chell boys a 61-51 defeat.
Bobby Smith led the scoring
with 18, Bill Odum had 11, Ro
bert Newberry and Andy Bush
had 9 each and Scott Starr and
James Cannon had 7 each.
Journey to Donalsonville
Tuesday night the Bobkittens
won a thriller in the last min
ute over the Seminolegirls. With
less than one minute left, Semi
nole led 39-38. Jayne 'Collier
hit a 17 ft. shot to put the Kittens
ahead. The Seminole girls lost
the ball out-of-bounds and Early
had it with 30 seconds left.
Cheryl Harvey scored the last
two points as the buzzer
would benefit five or six counties
in Southwest Georgia, an area
not presently being serviced in
this department of education by
vocational schools.
Rep. Floyd, on the other hand,
feels that Gov. Carter has based
the budget almost entirely on his
plans to reduce budget agencies
from 66 to 21 and group them
according to functions. Said he:
“Reorganization has to be
adopted or the budget is mute,
so to speak.”
Floyd says the current budget
anticipates an 8.5 per cent
revenue increase for this fiscal
year (1972) and 12 per cent
in fiscal 1973.
“If we are just making 8.5
per cent now, how onGod’sgreen
earth can we make 12 per cent
next year?” asked Floyd, “This
is simply ridiculous.”
Plunkett disagrees that the
spending plan would be useless
without reorganization. How
ever, he admits: “It will have to
he changed, but it could be
adopted.”
Meanwhile, Gov. Carter’s
ambitious, far-reaching govern
ment reorganization plan hangs
in the balance and his all-time
high budget request stands in the
wings.
semester of the senior year)
and in the upper 10% of his class
for the first semester of the
senior year.
The qualified student in each
school making the highest SAT
score will be named the High
School STAR Student.
Each High School STAR Student
then names the elementary or
high school teacher (One still
teaching in Georgia) who in his
opinion made the greatest con
tribution to his scholastic achi
evement. The teacher must be a
faculty member of a public or
private school accredited when
selected. Teachers so named will
be designated STAR Teachers and
will share the recognition ac
corded the STAR Students naming
them.
Early Superior
Court convened
Monday, Jan. 17
The January term of Early
Superior Court was convened
here Monday morning by Judge
Walter I. Geer. A grand jury was
enpaneled as the first order of
business, and G. C. (Buddy) Da
vis, was elected foreman, George
Pyle, clerk, and the jurors named
Julian Moore as bailiff. District
Attorney Joe Ray is assisting the
grand jury with it deliberations.
The civil docket was taken
up on Wednesday, and the crimi
nal docket is scheduled for next
Monday morning.
School to be
out Jan. 26
Students at the Early County
Elementary School, at the Early
County Junior High School and
at Early County High School will
not attend school on Wednesday,
January 26, 1972 because of an
in-service training program for
the teachers, it is announced by
Lonnie Chester, Superintendent
of Early County Schools.
sounded.
Brown led the kittens with 21
points, Harvey had 13, Johnson
4, Collier 3 and Butler had 2.
Cats down Indians
The Bobcats held a one point
margin at halftime and came back
in the second half to defeat the
Seminole Indians 62-53.
Scott Starr turned in a sterl
ing performance for the Cats,
scoring 18 points and grabbing
16 rebounds. Bill Odum had 14
points, Newberry 10, Smith 7,
Bush 7, James Cannon 4 and
Davey Brown had 2 points.
Play in Cairo
The Cats and Kittens travel
to Cairo Friday night to tangle
with the arch-rival Cairo teams.
MASONS INSTALL 1972 OFFICERS
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Officers recently installed at Magnolia Lodge No. 88 are (front row-left to right) Rev W F
McDuffie, Chaplain; Lamar Brookins, Sr. Warden; A. J. Gentry, Worshipful Master; and Roy
Arnold, Jr. Warden. Back row (L-R) Phillip Moore, Sr. Deacon; Ralph Jenkins, Jr. Deacon;
Owen Fussell, Sr. Steward; 0. H. King, Secretary; and Bobby Royce Smith, Tyler (Not pic
tured - Tony Rogers, Jr. Steward).
Alex Howell to
speak at Ga.
Southwestern
Blakely’s City Clerk, Alex
Howell, will take part on pro
gram at the February 2 Solid
Waste Disposal Forum at Geor
gia Southwestern College,
Americus, Ga., beginning at
9:30 A. M.
Mr. Howell will be one of
three speakers at the afternoon
session to talk on Adminstration
Techniques of Local Solid Waste
Disposal where he will discuss
the city’s landfill and the steps
taken to make it Georgia’s first
certified landfill. Buford Mc-
Crane and Robert Cannon are the
other two men to take part on
the afternoon program, talking
on this subject.
Topics and speakers at the
morning session are: Mose Mc-
Call, “Legal Requirements”;
Randolph D. Williams, “Sanitary
Disposal and Closure of Existing
Dumps”; John Demons, “County-
Wide Collection and Disposal”.
Thomas C. Leslie will speak
on “Disposal Site Planning” at
the opening of the afternoon
session.
Mayor of Arlington, E. E.
Hollington has said the Arling
ton City Council voted at the
regular January monthly meet
ing not to issue a whiskey lic
ense within the City Limits of
Arlington, with one member
electing to abstain from voting.
Dr. Reasoner to
conduct Reading
Workshop
Robert May, TitlelCoorinator,
has announced a two-day reading
worship, January 25-26, to be
held at the Early County High
School. The workshop will be
conducted by Dr. C. F. Reasoner,
Department of Elementary Edu
cation, New York University. Dr.
Reasoner has become nationally
renowned in the academic world
by his new approach to the metho
dology and techniques in the
teaching of the reading skills.
Adjoining county systems have
been invited to attend, and it is
estimated that approximately one
hundred teachers of reading and
language arts will be in at
tendance. Mrs. Maurine Bost
wick, Title I Curriculum Super
visor, is largely responsible for
securing the services of Dr. Rea
soner in the important edu
cational endeavor.
Title I strongly feels that if
children are taught to read, it
will greatly enhance their abili
ty to succeed in school. When it
is realized that some ninety per
cent of the curriculum is in the
content areas, which demand
reading competency, the value
of such a reading workshop can
be readily realized.
Rabbi Freedman Speaks
On John Kennedy Center
. Rabbi Joseph H. Freedman of
Temple B’nai Israel of Albany,
a member of the advisory Coun
cil, John F. Kennedy Cultural
Center for Performing Arts, was
the speaker at the January meet
ing of the Early County Histori
cal Society here Tuesday.
Rabbi Freedman is the only
clergyman on the 100 member
advisory council; there are
thirty members o f the board.
“We serve without pay, but have
expenses paid”, he explained, as
he discribed the delightful ex
periences of he and his wife
attending the council meetings
at the nation’s capitol, especially
having meals in the Kennedy
Center where the food is superb.
Located in Foggy Bottom near
the airport, the Center houses (1)
the National Opera house which
seats 2200; (2) National Symphony
Hall and (3) the Eisenhower Thea
ter. There are three large build
ings and two halls: the Hall
of Nations and the Hall of States.
17 Acres, One Roof
Edward Durrell Stone was the
architect. The National Opera
house houses the American Ballet
Theater; the National Film In
dustry has headquarters in the
Center and there are Exhibition
Galleries; it covers seventeen
acres and is all under one roof.
Largest Single Room in the World
The building has the largest
single room in the world, 630
feet long, 300 feet wide and 100
feet high. It houses some of the
most priceless treasurers in the
world . Built on the Potomac
River, part of the Center has
been built out over the Potomac,
some of its treasurers include
Mrs. Joanna S. Dean, Mrs. Evelyn S. Gee and Rabbi and
Mrs. Freedman of Albany look over a 1894 newspaper printed
by the Early County News, “The Southern Pit Games”, printed
in Spanish; Editor Jeff Fleming published the paper which con
tained many pictures of game cocks. One of the pictures in the
paper was of Editor Jeff Fleming’s nephew, Earl Fleming, with
one of his pet game cocks. The newspaper was published monthly
until 1905 with a circulation throughout the southern U. S.,
Mexico and Cuba.
PULL FOR BLAKELY
- OR -
PULL OUT
$3.09 PER ANNUM
gifts from foreign countries, a
chandelier from Austria, fifty
feet in diameter; a painting from
France; carpets from Turkey;
beautiful stainless steel from
Switzerland; 18 chandeliers from
Sweden; 11 chandeliers from
Norway; a sl/4 million in murals
from Israel.
“The John F. Kennedy Center
for Performing Arts is not an
entertainment center-rather it
is to inspire the creation of arts,
to stimulate creativity in all the
performing arts. One of the re
gular competitions involves over
1000 universities and colleges
where the best of their talented
students go to the capitol to
try out for music, opera, jazz,
drama, etc.
An SBO million Building
The center is one of the most
palatial buildings in Washington,
D. C., built at the cost of SBO
million; its S2O million parking
area is under the center. The
popularity is tremendous they
turn away two-thirds of the peop
le. With a bit of satire and
humor he said, “The National
Foundation belongs to the Ameri
can people and they are taking
their part of it, bit by bit, a
piece at the time, pieces of
carpet, draperies or anything
they can move which poses a
problem”.
Already plans for a cultural
center had been made under the
Eisenhower adminstration which
is one reason it became a reali
ty so quickly, .. Back when John
Adams was president he envis
ioned a national capital which
would have a cultural center
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