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Early QJnunty News
Volume 124-No. 7
© Early County News, Inc.
City To Tighten
Utility Bill Penalties
The Qty of Blakely will begin much
tighter enforcement of the City’s dis
count and penalty policies on the utili
ty bills beginning this month, accor
ding to Mayor Billy Fleming.
Many of the City’s Customers have
began sending their checks to City
Hall much past the discount deadline,
but deducting their discounts anyway.
Beginning this month, the City will
carry over these discounts as an un
paid balance on the customers’ utility
bills.
“This policy will be strictly adhered
to,’’ stated Fleming. “The City is a
business and this is a sound business
practice.”
Court Square Arts Council
Town Hall Meeting
Come one, come all to the Townhall
Meeting of the Court Square Arts
Council next Thursday evening,
September 23. Located in the Early
County High School cafeteria on Col
umbia Road, the annual meeting will
begin at seven thirty to kickoff the
membership drive for the 1982-83
season being coordinated by Mrs.
W.F. Arnold and Mrs. Brad Wall.
The Early Arrivals, under the
musical direction of Mr. David Smith
will present series of popular vocal
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"Battle Os Unbeatens"
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are becoming more and more ap
parent here at home.
First, several months ago, an
undercover investigation resulted in
approximately 22 felony drug indict
ments. Then, a couple of months later,
two local men were arrested and
charged with conspiring with an
undercover GBI agent to break the
arms and legs of one of the local
undercover informants.
Drug Awareness
These incidents with several other
“Besides, this is only fair to the
large majority of City customers who
do strive to pay their utility bills on
time,” he added!
The City’s utility bills are due by the
10th of each month. If paid by the 10th,
the customer is able to receive c 10
percent discount.
If the utility bill is not paid by the
20th of the month due, a 5 percent
penalty is to be added, and the service
is subject to be disconnected.
Any customer complaints should be
presented to the assistant city clerk at
City Hall (7234320) before the 20th of
the month billed.
numbers for entertainment.
An exciting program has been lined
up for the coming season at the
Mangham Auditorium in the school
complex. According to Council Presi
dent, Mrs. Norman Alexander. On
November 22 the Asolo State Theatre
Company of Florida will present
“Angel Street”, a mystery thriller at 8
p.m.
On February 2-3 the Green Grass
Cloggers, accompanied by their
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The Tanglewood Apartments
located on Liberty Street in Blakely
will soon be complete, providing the
community with 49 new 1,2, and 3
bedroom apartments.
Diversified Development
Associates, Ltd. of Blakely and
Dothan is constructing the new Sec
tion 8 Housing Development.
There will be 16 one bedroom apart
ments for the elderly and handicap
ped, 20 two bedroom apartments for
families, and 12 three bedroom
drug-related activities have prompted
a number of local officials from the ci
ty, county, Chamber of Commerce,
Board of Education, and other
organizations that the people of Early
County had to somehow be made
aware of our drug problems.
Through their joint efforts a county
wide Town Hall Drug Awareness
Meeting has been scheduled Thurs
day, September 30th at 7.30 at the
Early County Courthouse.
The purpose of the meeting is to
Thursday, Sept. 23, 1982
Early County - Blakely, Georgia 31723
Judges Present Agri-Business Award
Size County Up For State Award
The Blakely-Early County Chamber
of Commerce received the award last
week as District Winner in the 1982
Georgia Agri-Business Development
and Leadership Recognition Program
for the second straight year.
Early County is now among five
counties competing for state honors.
Judges will announce the state winner
at the 1982 Georgia Harvest Ball in
Atlanta on October 29.
A group of judges and sponsor
representatives were in the county
Tuesday and Wednesday to make the
district presentation and to judge the
community for the state competition.
The judges included, Mr. Cecil R.
Spooner, Director Department Plant
Food, Feed and Grain, Georgia
Department of Agriculture, Dr. C.C.
Murray, Former Dean, College of
Agriculture, and Mr. O.H. (Dick)
Bowden, President, Atlanta Farmers
Qub.
Also visiting were representatives
of the sponsoring organizations, Dr.
Tai DuVall, Director, Cooperative Ex
tension Service, Olin W. Ginn,
Manager, Agribusiness Development
Department, Georgia Power Com
pany, Hugh C. Craig, President,
Georgia Agribusiness Council,
William B. Land, Assistant Manager,
Agribusiness Development Depart
ment, Georgia Power Company, and
Charles E. Crowder, Executive Direc-
townhouse apartments.
All of the apartments will be equip
ped with carpet in the bedrooms and
living rooms, tile in the kitchen and
baths, drapes, stove, refrigerator,
central air and heat, and a 4 by 8
storage room.
The Complex will also be served by
a coin laundry and a community
room. Applications for tennants are
now being taken at an office located at
the apartments.
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make our community - especially the
parents - aware of the seriousness of
the drug problem and the conse
quences for those who use them or get
caught selling them.
A panel has been set up to discuss
before the group the various aspects
of our drug problems.
Included on the panel will be,
Charles Ferguson - Pataula Circuit
District Attorney, Harris Hodges
-Early County Probation Officer,
tor, Georgia Agribusiness Council.
The presentations were made at a
dinner meeting at the Great Northern
Paper Co. guest house on Tuesday
night following a train ride on one of
Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad’s
locomotives.
Wednesday morning the judges and
sponsors were given a presentation of
how our community does follow its
theme of “Lets All Pull Together” at
the Early County Library.
Following the presentation by some
very special clowns and circus per
formers, the judges toured the county,
viewing facilities in Blakely,
Damascus, and Arlington.
The other counties in competition
for the state Agri-Business Award are
Laurens, McDuffie, Elbert, and
Newton.
New Drug
Task Force Office
The Blakely-Early County Drug
Task Force has moved into a new of
fice located on Court Square, upstairs
over Collier Realty.
The Task Force phone number is
723-3158. Task Force members are
Delano Evans, Mike Thomas, Charles
Middleton, and Robert Love.
Banks to Recognize Peanut Producers
As Georgia’s 16,000 peanut farmers
harvest another successful crop,
banks across the state will be
recognizing the important financial
contributions the producers make to
their local communities during the
sixth annual “Georgia Peanut Bank
Week”, September 27 - October 1.
This year, the theme for the event is
“Georgia Peanuts Pay... You Can
Bank On It”, and, according to Emory
Murphy, Georgia Peanut Commission
assistant coordinator and event chair-
Charles Middleton - Drug Task Force
Member, Ray Knight - Early County
School Superintendent and a con
victed drug felon.
Hopefully, the meeting will alarm
the people of our community about the
drug problems facing - not someone
else-but us!
Hopefully, the people attending the
meeting will say, “maybe we can’t
stop our nation's or even our state’s
drug problems, but we can try to keep
District Agri-Business Award Presentation (L-R) - Mr. Olin W. Ginn and Mr..
William B. Land, both of the Agribusiness Development Department of Georgia
Power Company, Donna Boggs, Chamber secretary, Paul Angeloff, Chamber
President, Nancy Kinsey, Chamber Executive Director, Billy Broadway, County
Administrator, Wilbur Evans, Chairman of County Commissioners, and Wayne
Tankersley, Early County Extension Agent.
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Tn a circus atmosphere, the judges and sponsors were shown how the communi
ty had followed through with its Agri-business theme of “Lets All Work
Together.”
man. “This year the banks have real
ly gone all out to plan a good celebra
tion. They participate on a voluntary
basis, and we have had an over
whelnung response with at least 150
banks committed to the event.”
“These banks understand that the
economic welfare of their community
and a large segment of our state rests
with the peanut farmer and his ability
to make a good crop. A good crop adds
almost two billion dollars to the
state’s economy, supplies raw
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our own community as free as possi
ble from these drug problems.
And finally, “What can I do to help
eliminate our drug problems?”
Mark your calendar now! This
could be the most important meeting
you have ever attended in our com
munity. It might mean the difference
between happiness or sorrow for your
family. It might give you some insight
of how easy drugs can darken your
son or daughter's future.
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materials to more than 75 Georgia
businesses, and will pay the bills for
more than 50,000 persons directly in
volved in peanut production, plus
countless others in related
industries,” Murphy said.
Murphy urged everyone to stop by
their local participating bank and
discover how peanuts pay in their own
community.
“Find out how your town reaps
benefits at peanut harvest time. While
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