10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 19, 1998

ERIC BENTLEY, assistant superintendent at Kolomoki Mounds State Park, has now been named superintendent of the park.

THE FIRST Habitat House for our community was completed this week for Calvin and Emma Barber.

EARLY MEMORIAL Hospital Administrator Rodney Watford accepts the keys to a new emergency response unit from Archold Medical Services Director Hall Pullen.

SOUTHWEST GEORGIA Academy Warriors will host Edmund Burke Academy Friday night in the quarterfinals.

MR. AND MRS. Harium Frank Winn III of Birmingham, Ala., announce the birth of their daughter, Virginia Thomas Winn, on Oct. 20.

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 17, 1983

EARLY Countians will join together November 18- 24 to celebrate Georgia's 29th annual Farm-City Week.

THE YARD of Virgil and Betty Jones was selected as Garden of the Month for November.

HOLLEY Hubbard of Bluffton was crowned the Jr. Miss Peanut Queen at the Georgia Peanut Festival held in October in Sylvester.

BLAKELY Rotarians heard a most interesting talk at the past Friday meeting. The club's exchange student at Andrew College, Marcelo Zellis, of Brazil, told club members about his native country and compared it with the United States.

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 20, 1958

THE BOBCATS ended the 1958 gridiron season here Friday night in a blaze of glory, routing the highly rated Pelham Hornets 37 to 0.

MEETING at noon the past Friday, members of the Blakely Rotary Club heard an interesting talk on the Chattahoochee River development program currently underway.

TWO YOUNG Blakely men have formed a partnership and have taken on the International Harvester farm equipment line, giving Blakely its newest business enterprise, which will be operated under the name of B&W Implement Company. The young men are Harvey O. Brown, owner of the Brown Tractor Shop and Eugene "Red" Watson.

MR. AND MRS. D.B. Thompson observed their 61st wedding anniversary on November 14.

HASAN Shrine Temple, of Albany, will hold the Fall Ceremonial at Bainbridge next Saturday, it is announced.

MRS. C.A. Grubbs is spending the month of November in Wilmington, Delaware, with her daughter, Mrs. R.E. Cotton Jr., and family.

MR. FELIX Barham and children, Arthur and Annajean, and Mrs. F.A. Barham spent Sunday in Valdosta with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Barham.

DR. AND MRS. J.G. Standifer attended a ladies night meeting of Douglas Lodge No. 386 F.&A.M. at Douglas, Ga., last week. Dr. Standifer was the guest speaker.

FOR THE good work they are doing for Early County and for the new paved road which passes through their community, the people of Cedar Springs honored the Board of County Commissioners and Representative Leon H. Baughman with a barbeque dinner and fish fry at the Cedar Springs Courthouse Saturday night.

75 YEARS AGO

Nov. 16, 1933

IN THE hardest fought game of the season, the Blakely Bobcats came back from Ashford, Ala., last Friday on the short end of a 6-0 score.

MISS MADGE King has been elected to teach one of the overflow grades in the Bluffton school and left last week to assume her new duties.

MR. AND MRS. V.L. Collins announce the birth of a daughter, Monday, November 13.

MR. AND MRS. O.H. King announce the birth of twins, a boy and a girl, Sunday, November 12.

MR. J.B. Murdock Jr., was down from Columbus Sunday to spend the day with home folks.

100 YEARS AGO

Nov. 20, 1908

MR. JACK Powell has returned to the city and, we understand, will take charge of the Blakely Reporter.

MR. N.C. Griffith, of Hamilton, Ohio, is now construction superintendent of the Blakely Telephone Co.

MR. MAXWELL Davis, of Blakely, and Miss E.K. Teagut of Dothan, were married in Kestler, on Sunday.

REV. JAMES B. Lawrence, an Episcopal rector, of Americus, has been in Blakely for several days for the purpose of interesting some of our people in the organization of an Episcopal Church in Blakely. He preached at the courthouse last night.

THE NEW BOARD of Stewards of the Methodist Church, elected Monday night are: Prof. M.C. Allen, Col. W.G. Park, Mr. W.H. Flowers, Dr. E.L. Fryer, Dr. W.J. Jennings, Messrs. W.M. Johnson, Henry Butler, Roswell Smith, Ross E. Hammack, and H.S. Walker; Superintendent of Sunday School, H.S. Walker.

125 YEARS AGO

Nov. 15, 1883

REV. BEATTY Thomas preached at the Methodist Church in Blakely last Sunday.

MANY OF our citizens will regret to hear of the death of Col. Enoch Steadman, which took place at his residence in Covington, Ga., about a week ago.

MARRIED on November 14, at the bride's home, Mr. Jasper Kinnon to Miss Julia Scott, M.E. Pickle, Esq., officiating.

GEN. ROBERT Toombs was baptized and admitted into the Methodist Church roll of members by Bishop Pierce a few Sundays since.