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Sarin (Cnuntg News
Volume 125 - No. 25
© Early County News, Inc.
Thursday, February 3rd
Green Grass doggers
In Razzle Dazzle Concert
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The ever-loving, high kicking, all
stomping unbelievable Green Grass
Cloggers will perform in a razzle daz
zle concert at Mangham Auditorium
on Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. This group of
Southern Appalachian dancers and
musicians have entertained au
diences throughout the United States
and abroad since 1971. Combining
their musical and dance talents, the
Cloggers offer a self-contained enter
tainment program.
Their performances are like wat
ching a moving history lesson. Clogg
ing has been called a “melting pot”
dance of the Appalachian Mountains.
One can easily see evidences of the
early settlers-foot dancing of the
Irish, clogging of the English, and
rythym of the African and Cherokee
Indian.
An important aspect of the Green
Calhoun Co. Peanut Rally,
Appreciation Day, Feb. 3&4
The 1983 Calhoun County Peanut
Rally and Appreciation Day will be
Thursday and Friday, February 3 and
4.
Thursday evening the Georgia
Peanut Commission and the Young
Fanners will present the Peanut
Princess Pageant and Little Miss
Peanut Beauty Contests. The event
will be presented in the Calhoun Coun
ty High School Cafeteria at 7 p.m. Ad
mission will be $5 per family, $3
adults $1.50 students, and 50* under
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Bobcats Ranked 4th, Undefeated
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The Early County High Bobcats’ Basketball team went into their game Tuesday night undefeated with a 13 game winning
streak and ranked No. 4 in the state AAA rankings.
As the News was being put to bed Tuesday night, Coach Whitehurst’s Bobcats were hosting a tough Bainbridge team they
managed to beat by a two-point margin earlier in the season.
Leading scorer for the Bobcats is John Ingram, averaging 25 points per game. Leading rebounder is Kent Jackson with 11
rebounds per game.
Pictured above are: Kneeling (L to R) Earl Boozer, Nora Barnes, Elijah McCoy, and Charles Williams. Standing are Jim
Tabb, Junior Haynes, John Ingram, Alien Callaway, Roger Johnson, Kent Jackson, and Reggie Brown.
Grass Cloggers philosophy is to share
dancing with as many people as possi
ble. In addition to the concert, the
company will share their heritage
with the Early Middle School pupils as
well as the general public. The school
workshop will be held on the day of the
performance while the square dance
clinic will be held on Wed. Feb. 2 at
the American legion.
The Court Square Art Council is for
tunate to have the opportunity to bring
this energetic and very talented dance
group to Blakely. Tickets are $3.00 for
council members, $4.00 for non
members and $5.00 at the door.
Tickets may be purchased at the Book
Keeper, Collier Insurance, and
Georgia Telephone Corp, as well as
from Court Square Art Council Board
Members.
Entries into the Princess contest
are limited to families of Peanut
Farmers or quoto owners, age 17-22,
seniors or graduates, unmarried
without children. Entries may be
made through local high school voca
tional agriculture departments in
Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty,
Early, Lee, Mitchell, and Randolph
counties.
Entries in the Little Miss Peanut
Contest are open to girls age 4 to 6 in
Calhoun and surrounding counties.
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Thursday, Jan. 27,1983
Early County - Blakely, Georgia 31723
Heart Fund Kick-off
The annual Early County Heart
Fund Kick-off Dinner was held Friday
night, January 21, at the Early County
Middle School. Mrs. Dot Cannon,
President of the Early County Heart
Unit, welcomed the guests and the in
vocation was given by Dr. Joseph
Blakely Bucks
Are Returning
Blakely Bucks are coming again!
The Blakely merchants are pulling
together again this year to offer their
customers big cash prizes!
Drawings will be held Saturday,
February 12, 19, and 26 at 10:00 a.m.
on the Courthouse steps to give away
nearly SI,OOO in Blakely Bucks plus a
number of other prizes.
Also, this year two “hatchets”, a’la
George Washington, will be hidden in
the participating merchants’ stores
each week. The hatchets will be worth
$25.00. Clues will be given each week
as to where to find the hidden hat
chets.
Don’t miss out on your share of the
prizes and prize money, be watching
next week for further detail and a list
of participating merchants.
Blakely To Host
Trl-Rlvers Group
Which looms larger in the light of
history, the problems of the ACF
Waterway, or its prospects?
Association members and friends
will try to answer that question and
others at the Tri-Rivers annual
meeting Thursday, Feb. 3 at the
Blakely Country Club. Guiding their
thinking will be William J. Hull, who
over his long career as an attorney
participated in the development of
several major rivers of the Northeast
and the formation of the National
Waterways Conference and the Na
tional Waterways Foundation.
Now semi-retired and living on Sea
Island, Ga., Hull will speak at the 6:30
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Hodges, Pastor of the Emmanuel
Baptist Church.
The entertainment was presented
by Anna Hattaway and the Patty Zip
perer School of Dance. Anna, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hat
taway, presented a skating routine in
cluding the skating limbo. A
demonstration on aerobic dancing
was presented by Tina Burnette,
Elaine Bush, Kim Chapman, Glenda
Day, and Cathy Zipperer.
Mr. Paul Angeloff, 1983 State Vice
Chairman, presented Richard Grist,
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Early County Heart Unit President Dorothy Cannon and Early County Heart Fund Chairman Dr. James H. Crowdis are
pictured above in center with service awards presented at Friday night’s Heart Fund Kick-off Dinner.
Also pictured are (L to R) Veryl Garland of the American Heart Association, Mr. Paul Angeloff, State Vice-Chairman of
the 1983 Heart Fund Campaign, Mr. Gus Walters, guest speaker, and Mr. Perry Bridges, Kick-off Dinner Chairman.
Others receiving service awards at the Heart Fund Kick-off Dinner were (L to R) Denise English, Janis Still, Doris Dixon,
and Richard Grist, Jr.
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1983 Magnolia Lodge Officers
1983 Magnolia Lodge #B6 Masonic Officers are: front row (L-R) Ralph Jenkina, Chaplin; Terrell Collins, Senior Deacon;
William H. (Billy) Cobb, Worshipful Master; J.W. Gowan, Senior Stewart; and Wayne Middleton, Senior Warden.
Back row (L-R) Garlin Evans, Junior Stewart; John C. Allen, Junior Warden; Cal Cox, Junior Deacon; Franklin Swann,
Tyler; and J.O. Napier, Secretary.
Jr. with a Certificate of Appreciation
for his outstanding work with the an
nual Heart Run. Mr. Grist was one of
the original organizers of the run in
1981. Other awards were presented to
Dot Cannon, Janis Still, Doris Dixon,
and Denise English.
The guest speaker, Mr. Gus
Walters, was presented by Dr. James
H. Crowdis, Jr. Mr. Walters is a past
Chairman of the Board of the Georgia
Heart Association. He is presently
serving on the nominating committee
for the Southern Region of the
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American Heart Association and a
delegate to the meeting in New
Orleans in March. He has been a
Heart Association volunteer for the
past sixteen years and an open heart
surgery patient. Mr. Walters
presented a special award to Dr.
Crowdis for his thirty years of
volunteer service in Early County.
Mr. Perry Bridges, who, along with
his wife, pat, coordinated the Kick-off
Dinner, ended the program with a
note of thanks to the sponsors and all
of those who gave of their time to
make the supper a success.