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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXX > NO. 35
1940-41 DRIVER’S
LICENSES ARE
ISSUEDTHIS WEEK
DELAY MAY BE AVOIDED BY
MAKING APPLICATION
AT ONCE
The first of Georgia’s 650,000 li
censed drivers began receiving their
1940-’4l licenses this week.
The annual renewal period open
ed Monday and on-the-minute driv
ers, some of whom sent their appli
cations in last week, found theii
licenses in Monday night’s mail.
Major Lon Sullivan, Department
of Public Safety Commissioner, has
assured drivers that if they will ap
ply now they can avoid the delay
they experienced last summer. He
said the Department is prepared to
handle from 20,000 to 25,000 li
censes per day and he hopes driveis
will cooperate by sending applica
tions in at that rate.
Renewal application blanks are
available at the offices of sheriffs
and chiefs of police, filling stations,
garages, chambers of commerce,
motor clubs and at patrol district
and sub-district stations. He re
minded drivers to tear the renewal
stub off their present license and at
tach it, with a cashier’s check (not a
personal one) or a money order, to
the blank. He reminded them also
to sign the blanks and mail them to
the Department of Public Safety,
box 1741, Atlanta.
“Beginners” or new drivers can
not obtain their licenses until they
stand and pass the safe driving ex
amination, the Commissioner said.
Also, drivers who fail to renew their
1939-’4O license before the end of
June must take the examination.
William Powell and Myrna Loy in
“Another Thin Man” at the Blakely
Theatre Thursday and Friday.
W-E-A-V-E-R-S
PROUDLY SALUTES
THE BLAKELY HIGH SCHOOL BAND
Under the Capable Direction Os
PROF. GUYTON McLENDON
Upon Winning Second Place in the Parade
Contest Held in Connection With The
Premiere Showing of “The Biscuit Eater”
in Albany, Ga., Last Week.
Despite the fact you contested against bands
representing schools of Atlanta, Americus, Moul
trie, Thomasville and Valdosta, all of whom have
been well organized for many years, you brought
home to the people of Blakely the honor, of
SECOND PLACE after but one single year’s
training.
The people of Blakely appreciate the efforts of
every single member of the band and its direc
tor, and we extend to you our heartiest congrat
ulations and best wishes for your future progress.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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SATURDAY’S COLD
LOWEST FOR APRIL
IN LOCAL RECORDS
MERCURY TUMBLES TO 30 AND
BRINGS DAMAGE TO
VEGETATION
Following a light rain Friday,
amounting to only 0.17 inch, a cold
wave swept down on this section Fri
day night on the wings of a north
west gale and tumbled the mercury
to an even 30 degrees on Saturday
morning. This was two degrees be
low the freezing point and there was
plenty of. ice. Cotton, fruit and
spring gardens were badly damaged
and in many instances entirely killed.
This will necessitate replanting.
The low reading of 30 degrees on
the 13th was the lowest recorded by
the local weather bureau in over 25
years. Detailed records are not avail
able further back than 1915, although
the records of the Blakely station go
back as far as 1879. The low mark
of 30 was reached in April, 1920,
but it occurred on April 6th, one
week earlier than the present freeze.-
It was 31 on April 12th, 1918. and
on April Ist, 1923. A minimum of
32 was reached on April 2nd, 1924.
It was 33 degrees on April 10th,
1916.
MAN REPENTS,
PAYS 5 CENTS
Milledgeville, Ga. —Debt takes a
holiday. But doesn’t forget to come
back and pay. That’s the story of a
motorist.who stopped at Carl Mas
■ sey’s filling station in Milledgeville
last week for gas. While gas was
being put into the car, the driver
drank a soft drink. He forgot to
pay for it and drove off. Later the
motorist sent Mr. Massey a money
order for five cents. The money
order itself cost two cents.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1940.
BLAKELY HIGH SCHOOL BAND WINS SECOND
PLACE IN ALBANY PRIDE AND PROGRESS DAY
By EARL “TIGE” PICKLE
The Blakely high school band,
marching 60 members strong, under
the direction of Guyton S. McLendon,
and led by drum majorette pretty
Jean Nelson, won second place in
the parade of bands which took part
in the Pride and Progress Festival
held at Albany last Thursday.
They were placed almost last in
marching order and the crowd had
begun to grow tired when the Blake
ly Band passed in review, but
despite this, the crowd quickly rec
ognized a well-drilled and champion
ship outfit and applauded vociferous
ly as the band passed the huge lines
of people which stood on either side
of the streets.
The Tech High School Band of
Atlanta, Ga., which has an enroll
ment of near 5000 students, was the
first place winner. Moultrie took
third place. Shortly after the an
nouncement of the winners was made
at the ball park before an audience
of 7,000 people, I heard some one
shout my name from away back in
the stands. I looked around and saw
the curly head of Superintendent
Alex Carswell. Has face was one
big smile. He waved at me and
shouted so that everybody could hear
him: “Did you hear that, Tige? Hur
rah! for Blakely.” And I need not
say that Mr. Hoyle Fleming and I,
who were taking advantage of our
press tags and sitting down near the
distinguished guests, shouted back to
Mr. Carswell to let everybody from
Hollywood to Hoboken know that we
were proud of the Blakely band.
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ALBANY, GA.—Everybody knows
that the city of Albany can stage an
excellent show. Everybody knows'
likewise that the Paramount Com
pany, which has a fine disregard for
expense accounts, can put on a show
that is postively stupendous. But
when they team up together like they
did last Thursday to celebrate the
world’s premiere of “The Biscuit
Eater,” a motion picture filmed en
tirely at Albany, then that is a show
that is super-super extra.
Before noon last Thursday all
roads that lead to Albany were fill
ed with automobiles and every other
known way of traveling, bringing the
surging crowds that came to witness
the mammoth parade and other fes
tivities that were to follow. Long I
before the parade was to begin the
gaily bedecked crowds began to line
the sidewalks of all streets that the
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parade was to follow. Men and boys,
with large sausage balloons, toy dogs,
■ birds, flowers and whistles, went
■ I about the crowds hawking their
. i wares. Everybody seemed to be in
■ a carnival mood. Newspapermen
and cameramen were as thick as ants
at a picinic. Policemen, patrolmen
and special officers rode and walked
up and down the streets keeping the ,
large crowds back.
1 The first car to arrive brought
■ Governor E. D. Rivers, still smiling
despite his recent political reverses,
and lovable little Billy Lee, 9 year
■ old star of “The Biscuit Eater”
which had its premiere at the Albany
Theatre Thursday night. Next came
gorgeous Evelyn Keyes. Hollywood
movie actress and one of the stars
’ of “Gone With The Wind.” Hand-
■ some John Howard, star of the movie,
■ “Disputed Passage”, rode right by
; the judges’ stand and did not stop
• as did the Governor, Billy Lee and
■ Miss Keyes. Howard was riding with
! two vivacious Albany girls, who act
> ed as his chauffers, and who could
i have easily been mistaken for glam
' orous movie stars..
; It was a mammoth parade to say
I the least, estimated to be over five
II miles long. Over 2,000 of your Uncle
• Samuel’s fighting soldiers were in it,
■ as were the Albany civic clubs, boy
, scouts, girl scouts, the Albany schools,
Georgia Normal College, beautifully
• decorated floats, a number of bands,
i even a boy who rode an old long
horn steer advertising something or
other on the easy payment plan, and
a galaxy of beautiful girls.
Following the parade approximate
ly 7,000 people, including the digna
taries, movie stars and the bands,
which were honor guests, adjourned
■ to the stadium to witness the opening
day ball game between the Albany
Cardinals and the Americus team.
Joe E. Brown, famous big-mouth
Hollywood movie actor, broke up the
ball game when he entered th*
stadium during the sixth inning. The
game was halted for a few minutes
as the crowd stood up and roared
when Joe waved and smiled. He
took a seat next to Governor Rivers
and Evelyn Keyes, as hundreds of
small boys and girls surged around
asking for autographs. Patrolmen
and policemen finally restored order
and the game proceeded. Joe E. was
the center of all attraction from
i then until all the festivities ended
deep into the night.
At Radium Springs, where Para
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METHODIST REVIVAL
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
Pastor E. M. Overby, ,of the
Blakely Methodist church, announces
that a series of revival services will
begin at the church next Sunday
morning, April 21st, and continue
through the following Sunday.
The hours of the services are an
nounced for eight o’clock in the
morning and 7:45 in the evening.
The Rev. N. H. Williams, of
Statesboro, will do the preaching.
Rev. Mr. Williams is one of the
outstanding ministers of his denom
ination and is a former District
Superintendent of the Thomasville
district. He is well known in
Blakely and has many friends here
who will welcome the opportunity
to hear him during the series of
meetings.
The singing will be led by Mr.
Howard Overby, of Columbus, and
is expected to prove a strong fea
ture at each of the services.
The public is cordially invited to
attend and lend a helping hand
toward the success of the revival.
William Powell and Myrna Loy in
“Another Thin Man” at the Blakely
Theatre Thursday and Friday.
WE SHOULD LIKE
TO SERVE YOU—
You would benefit in many
ways from a regular connec
tion with this bank. Nothing
would please us more than
to have your name on our
books as a depositor.
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY. GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of §5,000.00 for each depositor
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR— |
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
SALE OF GEORGIA
FISHING LICENSES
SMASHES RECORD
OVER 3,200 FISHERMEN SECURE
PERMITS FOR PRIVILEGE
IN WEEK’S TIME
Atlanta, Ga.—That Georgians are
beginning to take fishing and con
servation more seriously than ever
before is reflected in the sale of resi.
dent fishing licenses.
Early April brought a shower of
license buying that set an all-time
record. During the first eight days
of this month more licenses were dis
tributed by the Department of Reve
nue than were sold last year during
the months of April and May, it was
reported.
Over 3,200 fishermen paid in ex
cess of $4,000 for fishing privileges
in Georgia from April 1 through the
Bth, according to the Division of
Wildlife. Last year receipts from
sales in April and May totaled $3,-
667.50.
Licenses are handled by the State
Revenue Department in Atlanta and
fishermen are required to file ap
plications therefor. This system has
produced better results than the old
spoils plan in which many agents
neglected to report receipts from
licenses.
And under the periods of loose en
forcement fishermen will tell you that
it was practically as easy to fish with
out a license. So perhaps stricter
enforcement of the fishing laws is
playing a part in the sudden upturn
in sales.
Likewise, a pamphlet mailed by
the Wildlife Division last week, and
boosting Georgia game fish, may have
inspired the record reaction. Sports
men and wildlife observers greeted
the response as an indication that
fishermen are increasing and sports
manship is growing in Georgia.
•
Mrs. Balkcom Named
County Commander
In Cancer Control
Mrs. Victor Balkcom has been ap
pointed county commander of the
Women’s Field Army in the annual
campaign to aid the movement for
control and cure of cancer in Geor
gia.
Mrs. Balkcom was appointed by
Mrs. Gordon Chason, of Bainbridge,
vice-commander, and the campaign
in Early county will be under her
leadership. Mrs. Charles E. Manfre
donia and Miss Ouida Mobley are
assisting Mrs. Balkcom in the April
campaign.
Mrs. Chason, in announcing the
appointment of Mrs. Balkcom for
Early county, declared the people of
this county have shown much inter
est in the movement to control and
cure cancer and the cooperation «f
the entire community is assured.