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Mrs. Ronnie Still
Miss Sharon Yvonne Mc-
Clenny, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe McClenny of Colum
bia, Alabama and Ronnie
Moseley Still of Blakely were
married at a four o’clock wed
ding Saturday afternoon, Janu
ary 15, 1972 at the First Baptist
Church, Columbia, Alabama. The
Reverend James DeFee per
formed the double ring cere
mony.
The bridegroom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Still
of Blakely.
Nuptial music was by Mrs.
Perry L. Bridges of Blakely,
organist; Danny Kennedy of Col
umbia, soloist sang, “The
Twelfth of Never” and “The Wed
ding Prayer”.
The altar in the church was
centered with a fifteen-branched
crescent candelabrum Hanked by
fifteen-branched spiral candela
bra; nine and seven branched
candelabra, all holding white
bridal tapers were placed at
vantage points behind the choir
rail. The focal point of the de
corations was a massive basket
of white gladioli, large chry
santhemums and pom pons. In
the background were trees of
emerald foliage. Family pews
were marked with valley lilies
and white satin. The couple knelt
on a brass and white satin kne
eler for the benediction.
Given in marriage by her
father, Joe McClenny, the bride
wore a lovely white velvet bridal
dress, the empire waist featured
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long sleeves and a mandarin
neckline edged in seed pearls.
Her floor length veil of illusion
was attached to a crown of vel
vet petals edged in seed pearls.
She carried a bridal bouquet of
white roses and stephanotis cen
tered with a white orchid. Os
special sentiment was the dia
mond pendant a gift of her bro
ther. Joey McClenny, U. S. Army,
Vietnam.
Miss Diane Armstrong of Col
umbia was maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Miss Jenni
fer White of Columbia; Miss
Lynn McLain and Miss Faye
Rouse, both of Albany and both
are cousins of the bride; Mrs.
Ronald Reese of Dublin, Ga.,
sister of the groom; the junior
bridesmaid was Miss Teri Ward
of Jakin.
The attendants were, gowned
alike in turquoise velvet floor
length dresses with cap sleeves
designed with an empire waist.
They carried nosegays of pastel
mixed flowers with matching
streamers.
Martin Still, father of the gro
om, serve his son as best man.
Ushers were Walter Sessions,
Billy Parrish and David Still
all of Blakely; and Mike Mc-
Clenny of Columbia, David Mc-
Clenny of Columbia was junior
usher.
The mother of the bride wore
a green double knit dress with
long sleeves and a pearl trim.
The mother of the groom chose
a light blue double knit dress
Rural Manpower Volunteers
Receive Appreciation Awards
Nine certificates of apprecia
tion were awarded to volunteer
workers in the Southwest Geor
gia Rural Manpower project at
a banquet held at the Town and
Country Club in Blakely, Friday,
January 14.
Ennis Quinn of Atlanta and Don
Byran of Albany, who had just
returned from a Rural Manpower
Interstate Conference in Cali
fornia told of similar projects
throughout the United States but
none afforded volunteer workers
like the SOWEGA project, they
stated. It is unique and of a great
value to the Georgia State Em
ployment Service.
"You have developed into a
cooperative team and we want
to thank you for what you’ve done
to make SOWEGA Project a
success, “Mr. Bryan, presiding
officer said. Mr. Bryan men
tioned each volunteer worker and
interwoven with silver metallic
thread. Their corsages were
white orchids with yellow
throats.
RECEPTION
The parents of the bride en
tertained at a reception at the
Columbia Community House im
mediately following the wedding.
Guests were registered by Mrs.
Billy Griffin. The registration
table held a memory candle and
a small arangement of carna
tions and camellias in a low milk
glass container.
The beautifully embossed
three tiered wedding cake was
topped with a cluster of white
spun sugar wedding bells. The
cake was encircled at the base
with folds of tulle and camellias.
A silver candelabra at the other
end of the table held white bridal
tapers. Miss Diane Hicks cutand
served the cake.
The bride’s table and the re
freshment table were covered
with similar white cloths. Punch
was served from a crystal bowl
by Miss Kathy Smith and Miss
Deborah Sconyers of Abbeville,
Ala. At the other end of the
refreshment table an epergne
of glads, chrysanthemums and
pom pons decorated the table.
Miss Mary Ann Duke of Blakely
assisted in serving.
REHEARSAL SUPPER
The groom’s parents enter
tained at a rehearsal supper
Friday evening at Fellowship
Hall of the First Baptist
Church, Columbia. The buffet
table was centered • iwith 1 a
silver container holding gladioli
and mums. •' “a
White mums, yellow daisies
and white gladioli in a silver
and crystal dish decorated the
table were the bride and groom
were seated. Candle holders with
blue candles flanked the center
piece. The bride and groom pre
sented gifts to their attendants.
Thirty-five members of the wed
ding party and relatives attended.
Among the special guests at
tending the wedding ceremony
were Mrs. J. F. Hamm of Blak
ely and Mrs. Henry McClenny
of Columbia, Ala., grandmoth
ers of the bride; and Mrs. C.
W. Moseley of Blakely, grand
mother of the groom.
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Mrs. Verna Sammons, secretary, Blakely-Early County Cham
ber of Commerce, a volunteer worker for the State Employment
Office in their SOWEGA Rural Manpower Project, was hostess
at the Town & Country Club Friday Jan. 14 at an appreciation
banquet for volunteer workers in 16 counties in southwest
Georgia. Assistant Director Fulton Lovell presented awards to
the volunteer workers.
the fine job they have done.
Fulton Lovell, Assistant Dir
ector of the Employment Security
Service, made the awards, first
paying tribute to Representative
Mobley Howell for his worthwhile
representation of this area. Mr.
Lovell expressed the opinion that
this type of project would go
state-wide, region-wide andpos
sibily nation-wide. It’s basis is
a line of communication where
there are more jobs . . you are
doing a worthwhile job for your
fellowman and Commissioner
Sam Caldwell is especially in
terested in this project”.
The Blakely-Early County
Chamber of Commerce was host
for the supper, Lewis Fryer, Jr.,
president of the Chamber
extended the welcome and
expressed appreciation for the
work done by Mrs. Verna Sam
mons and Executive Director
Mobley Howell in assisting local
people in securing jobs.
Among the officials of the
State Employment Office present
besides those already mentioned
were Miss Jackie Fletcher, Mrs.
Blanche Staples, Bill Durham,
CONT.FROM FRONT
where authors, poets, composers
or artists would receive inspira
tion and recognition, Congress
kicked the idea around from the
time Adams was president until
Eisenhower’s term. The money
had already been appropriated
when it was decided to name it
for the late President Kennedy.
Rabbi Freedman was intro
duced by Mrs. Joanna S. Dean.
The program was planned by
Mrs. Evelyn S. Gee. Rabbi
Freedman has been in Albany
since 1959; a native of Connecti
cut, he is a graduate of Wash
ington College, he was ordained
and awarded a Doctor of Divinity
degree from Hebrew Union Col
lege and served as chaplain in
the Armed Services for 30years.
He takes an active part in the
Southwest Georgia Art Associa
tion and Albany Community
Council.
Mrs. E. P. Whitehead, presi
dent of the Historical Society
welcomed Mrs. Freedman as a
guest. Suggestions for money
making projects for the Society
were requested. The Society
needs to make enough money to
take care of the interest on the
bank loans for financing the So
ciety’s publication, “Collections
of the Early County Historical
FREE decoupage class
to be held Feb. 1 at the
Miller County
Community Center
9 A. M. - 4:30 P. M.
If interested, please register
at Brooks Ace Hardware
& Gift Store
U. S. 27 So., Colquitt, Ga.
758-3561 or 758-2428
MADAME LESLEY
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4 Miles E. of Donalsonville Hwy 84 f A Iron City
Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeLoach
and Ernest Fuller, all of Albany;
0. R. Kitchens, Macon, Mr. and
Mrs. Butch Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell Sampson, all of Moul
trie; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Young
Bainbridge; Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Turley and Mrs. Linda Martin,
Camilla; Clarence Murphy,
Thomasville.
Certificates of appreciation
were presented to Mrs. Ozella
Lynn, Cuthbert;Mrs. Irma Rude,
Dawson; Mr. and Mrs. Don Wil
liams, Edison; Mrs. Marion Ro
berts, Donalsonville; Mrs. L.
Anderson, Fort Gaines; Mrs.
Mary Sledge, Sylvester; Louis
Powell, Cairo; Ann White,
Cairo; Lester Turley and Mrs.
Linda Martin, Camilla; Rep.
Mobley Howell and Mrs. Verna
Sammons, BlakelyjMr. and Mrs.
Glenn Sheffield and Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland Cobb, all of Colquitt.
An arrangement of pink
camellias and white carnations
decorated the head table. Guests
were greeted by Mrs. Sammons
and Miss Fletcher. Approxi
mately 45 attended the buffet
supper.
Society”. It is hoped that the
Society can pay the interest and
also retire some of the principle
by the middle of the year. Al
though the book sales in local
stores have been good, still the
Society has a large number of
books on hand.
A committee was tikhied to
explore the feasibility of a
Crafts and Ahtique Sftfcw'com
posed of Mrs. J. E. Houston,
Mrs. Fletcher Thompson, Mrs.
Robert Hall and Mrs. R. C.
Singletary.
A committee to assist in a
survey of sites in Blakely and
Early County of houses and lo
cations which should be pre
served in the county was named
by Mrs. Whitehead, they are:
Miss Virginia Harvey, Miss Dot
Harvey, Mrs. Fred Brooks, Mrs.
George Courtney and Mrs. W. M.
Barksdale.
The Georgia Historical Com
mission recently asked the local
society if there was any objection
to the expansion of the Blakely -
Early County Airport. Mrs. R.
C. Singletary and Mrs. D. H.
McDowell were named on this
committee and after searching
all possibilities and talking to
many people throughout the area
they found there were no ob
jections to the airport being
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, JAN. 20,1972
IRENE BUSH
Miss Karen Harris
Engaged To Mr. Bailey
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Miss Karen Harris
Mr. J. Harvey Harris ofßlak
ely announces the engagement
of his daughter, Karen Harris,
to Fred Burrell Bailey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Burrell Russell
Bailey, Jr. of Edison.
Miss Harris is the daughter
of the late Doris Lane Harris.
She is the granddaughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. James Har
ris of Blakely and the late Mr.
and Mrs. Glover Lane of Col
quitt.
A graduate of Early County
High School, Miss Harris at
tended Georgia Southwestern
College, Americus, and is pre
sently employed at Shands and
Baker, Inc., Albany.
enlarged.
The Society went on record
requesting the Early County
Board of Commissioners to build
a bridge over Coheelee Creek on
the old River Road and by-pass
the covered bridge, keeping it
for posterity.
It was voted that letters be
written to donors of large con
tributions toward the perserva
tion of the Speight-Jones House
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AMELIA BARKSDALE
Mr. Bailey is the grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Bailey
Sr. of Morgan and the late Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas E. Blackshear
of Edison.
A graduate of Calhoun County
High School, Mr. Bailey attended
Middle Georgia College, Coch
ran, and later attended Val
dosta State College, Valdosta.
He is presently employed with
the Goergia Power Company in
Albany.
The wedding will take place
on February 26 at Southside
Baptist Church at 4 o’clock fol
lowed by a reception in the church
social hall. Invitations will not
be sent. Friends and relatives
of the couple are invited to attend.
to determine if they would like
for the money to be refunded.
The Society regrets that they
were unable to put this project
into effect. The house was torn
down to make way for a shopping
center, it was dismanteled and
taken to Westville at Lumpkin,
Georgia.
Britian’s Prime Minister Edward
Heath plays the organ.
KAREN MCLAIN
Colomokee Bopt.
organize Acteen
Group
On January 14, 1972 Colomo
kee Baptist Church started an
Acteen organization with the
leader Miss Ellen Smith. Mrs.
Wanda Matthews was present to
help get the meeting started.
There were 8 members and 2
visitors present. The members
voted on officers. They are as
follows: President - Zada Bax
ley; Vice President - Iris Be
lisle; Study Leader - Debbie
Sims; Asst. - Debbie Averitt;
Activity Leader - Dot Cook;
Asst. - Sandy Sims; Treasurer-
Karen Hall; Secretary and re
porter - Kim Hodges.
The group will meet Friday
January 21st at 7:30 at Colo
mokee Baptist Church. Every
girl 12 and up is cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
Kim Hodges
The Library of Congress build
ing is being enlarged.
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