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Gariy (Enunty News
Volume 124 - No. 13
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Drug Awareness: Fourth in a Series
Schools: Extention Os Our Community
This is the fourth of a series of ar
ticles about drug awareness in Early
County, the purpose of a September
30th Town Hall meeting. Following
are some remarks made by Early
County School Superintendent Ray
Knight.
I don’t know if this is related to
drugs tonight, but I do know that for
the past five consecutive weekends the
Elementary School has been broken
into. I don't know if this is drug
related or not, but I do know that they
have been broken into and property
has been destroyed. We have also had
some items stolen - in your school.
It makes me feel good to see your
county in full support of our natural
BUI Arnold Remembered A t MSU
Mrs. William F. Arnold, Franklin
Arnold of Macon, Ga., and David Ar
nold of Duke University were recent
guests at Mississippi State Universi
ty, Starkville, Miss, where they at
tended the reunion of the 1941
Mississippi State football team. Their
husband and father, the late William
F. “Bill” Arnold, was the captain of
this team which has the distinction of
being the only team in the history of
the university to win the Southeastern
Conference championship. Their
record for the year was 8-1-1 with the
only defeat to non-conference Du
quesne in Pittsburgh, 16-0. From 1939
through 1942 the Maroons earned a
sparkling 34-5-2 record. On January 1,
1941 they defeated Georgetown
University in the Orange Bowl, 14-7.
New Drunken Driving
Law Aimed A t Teens
The Georgia Department of Public time of driving under the influence or
Safety wants to make an impression speeding will lose their drivers’
on teen-agers that could help to save licenses for at least 60 days, will be re-
their lives - even if it keeps them off quired to attend a driver improve-
the state’s highways for as long as two ment school and pay a S2O reinstate-
years, a spokesman said Friday. ment fee afterwards, he said.
A new law, effective today, man- A second conviction results in
dates stiff penalties for 16 and 17 year- license suspension until the
old drivers caught driving under the teenager’s 18th birthday or 90 days,
influence of intoxicants or exceeding whichever is longer. Teenagers con-
the speed limit by 25 mph, said victed a third time are designated as
spokesman Mark Lott. habitual violators, which brings a
Teen-agers convicted for the first five-year license suspension.
resource, and certainly that is our
' young people in our community. I
have worked with these young people
; for thirty years. This is probably by
' far, the most serious problem that I
' can remember since I have been in
Early County.
> Our schools are an extension of our
Community and a mirror of our socie
> ty. When you have a problem in the
i Community, you certainly are going
; to have that problem in the schools,
r Our reasons for existing in our
- schools are to provide a quality educa-
I tion for all of the children in Early
County. Anything that disrupts this
education, we will try to do something
I about it. We are open for suggestions;
The team members and other
special guests were honored at a ban
quet on Friday night, October 22. In
pre-game ceremonies at the
Mississippi State - Auburn Homecom
ing game, Mrs. Allyn McKeen of Mon
tgomery, Ala., widow of Head Coach
McKeen, and Mrs. Arnold led the ‘4l
champion Bulldogs on to Scott Field
where each team member was in
troduced.
In addition to the athletic honors of
being team captain and an All S.E.C.
tackle while at Mississippi State, Mr.
Arnold was named Mr. Mississippi
State, was a member of Blue Key na
tional honor society, received the
O.D.K. Outstanding Graduate Award,
and was listed in ‘Who’s Who in
American Universities and Colleges’.
Thursday, Nov. 4,1982
Early County - Blakely, Georgia 31723
we are planning; we do not have a
great deal of things right now that are
concrete, but I would like to mention a
few things that shows we are concern
ed about the evils of drugs, we want to
do this in our schools; we want to give
out information on the evils of drugs.
Our health courses in schools have
always contained units on drugs and
tobacco. Maybe our curriculum needs
to be updated. Somethings might need
to be changed to include more infor
mation, up-to-date information on the
evils of drugs. This we may need to
do.
We have talked with our teachers;
we have talked with our students
about the evils of drugs. We also ask
that any visitors who come to our
campuses, to please first go to the of
fice. If you have a legitimate excuse
or reason for being on our campus, go
by the office and let the office note
your reason for being there.
We find at our schools occasionally,
non-students coming in; occasionally
during the day we have cars of non
students and recent graduates of our
schools. On afternoons after school oc
casionally we have non-students com
ing in. We ask that these people stay
off of our campuses unless you have a
good reason for being there, go by the
office and report - that’s no problem.
We are glad to have you.
We have asked the Assistant Prin
cipals in these schools to be alert and
on the watch-out for any person that is
on campus without permission.
We also hope to put in a drug educa
tion program in our schools. Maybe
we can keep them from coming to the
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The fatal combination of driving,
drinking and speeding have been
responsible for more accidents involv
ing teenage drivers than any other
age group, Lott said.
Lott said teenage drivers accounted
for 14.5 percent of the state’s accident
total for 1980, the most recent year for
which fitures are available, although
they make up only four percent of the
driving population.
1982 Peanut Queen
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Miss Laura Lynn Davis was named
Miss Early County this past week at
the Early County Peanut Festival and
Fair.
Miss Davis is the 17 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Davis of Blakely. She is a senior at
Early County High School.
She has been a nursing home
volunteer, page for the Georgia
General Assembly, a teacher's aide,
pianist at the Zion Freewill Baptist
Church, Church League Training
teacher, church choir member,
cheerleader and winner of many
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The “Little Miss Peanut” for 1983,
is Brandy Pearson. The pretty, blue
eyed, blonde was selected from
twenty-four of the cutest first graders
in Early County.
Brandy, a blue-eyed blonde, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pear
son. The first runner-up was Lisa
Atkinson, brown-eyed brunette,
daughter of Mrs. Faye McKeithen and
second runner-up was Melanie Enf
inger, the brunette, hazel eyed
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Enf
inger.
The American Legion Auxiliary
sponsored the pageant. Each “Little
Miss” received a Gold Peanut,
peanuts and fair passes, as a momen
to of this event. Mylenda Murkerson
donated a year’s training of gym
nastics to the Little Miss for 1983.
Beauty Pageant wtaaers were (L-R): CID Griffin, Miss Congeniality; Usa
Easom, Ist runner-up; Laura Lynn Davis, 1982 Peanut Queen; and Cindy White,
2nd runner up.
recipe contests.
She won third place in the National
Peanut Recipe Contest and several
first, second and third places in cakes
and candies.
The Ist runner-up was the 17 year
old Lisa Easom, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Easom of Blakely. Lisa is a
senior at Early County High.
The 2nd runner-up was Miss Cindy
White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Winners of the “Little Miss Peanut” are: Pictured (L-R) - Lisa Atkinson, Ist
runner-up; Brandy Pearson, ‘Little Miss’; and Melanie Enfinger, 2nd runner-up.
Brandy was crowned by Caroline
Bush, Little Miss Peanut, 1982. A Red
Rose was presented by Lacy Starr.
Mr. Jimmy Everson, Master of
Ceremonies, presented Loving Cups
to the three winners.
Mrs. Clifford Starr, Mrs. Don
Waller, and Mrs. William Powell
coordinated the pageant.
A special “thanks” to the parents
and the sponsors for all your coopera
tion.
Each Little Miss was a true winner
as they exemplified manners, poise
and personality.
Mary Beth Womble, Moore Logging
& Timber Company; Andrea Anglin,
Early Tractor Company; Tabitha
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Jackie White, Blakely.
Miss Cill Griffin was named “Miss
Congeniality”. She is the 17 year old
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Grif
fin of Blakely. Cill is a senior at
Southwest Georgia Academy.
The beauty pageant coordinators
were Cynthia Wright, Joy Cleveland,
Kay Regan, and Karen Everson. Billy
Joe Jordan served as Master of
Ceremonies.
Wilson, Harvey’s Super Market; Win
dy Brewer, D.M. Carter Mfg. Com
pany; Shelby Warfield, Smitty’s
Grill; Valerie Bush, Sears Catalog
Store; Heather Wade, H & R
Cleveland Farms; Angel Cochran,
Early Furniture Company; Michelle
Vickers, Blakely Drugs; Carmen
Dupree, Geneva’s Fabrics; Lori
Turner, Robert’s Small Engine
Repair; Melanie Enfinger, First State
Bank; Kimberly Thomas, Dr. Boyd
Phillips; Tiffany Enfinger, Rick’s Ole
Style Restaurant; Kelly Tedder, Neal
Logue; April Evans, Cedar Springs
Credit Union; Brandy Pearson, Beau
ty Boutique; Christy Griffin, Blakely
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