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BLAKELY HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
A DIARY
Wednesday Whew! We could
hardly sit still in school today, for
this is “the” day! The band is go
ing to the National Regional Music
Festival in West Palm Beach, Flori
da. What a break! The bus and
cars which are taking us get started
about three o’clock this afternoon.
We shall spend the night in Ocala,
Florida. Incidentally, the band is
“nuts” about Florida!
Thursday Today we headed
straight for West Palm Beach and
arrived a little after noon. Tonight
the drill band performed, winning a
second rating. And guess what?
(Oh, we’re not surprised—knew he
could do it all along) Hugh Eubanks
won first in his drum solo! Now, that,
my fiiends, is really sumpin’!
Friday—Ho, hum, why didn’t
sleep some last night instead of
gossiping with fellow band members.
I declare—won’t we ever learn that
one can’t subsist on so little sleep!
Oh, I mustn’t forget that our concert
band placed third this morning. If
you could see our competition, you’d
think a third is plenty good, too!
After participating in a mass parade
this afternoon, we grabbed our bath
ing suits, rushed out to the beach,
and plunged in the nicest, biggest
waves you ever saw. The salt water
was certainly “swell elegant!” To
night we took part in a mass con
cert at the stadium where we drilled
the other night. After the mass
concert, the class A bands drilled.
And they are all they’re “cracked
up to be.” One of them formed a
clock; others did waltzes, slow-mo
tion steps, and formed wagon
wheels.
Saturday—Today, as we started
home, the bus and the cars sepa
rated—some going by Miami, some
by Tampa, and others by Daytona
Beach. Practically all of us saw
Bok Tofl'er, and some “took in” Sil
ver Springs, at Ocala.
My diary stops here. We should
like, though, to thank the people
who made this trip possible, and tell
them that we wouldn’t take a million
dollars for the experience. We miss
ed those band members who couldn’t
go along, and sincerely hope that
they will be with us on our next
trip. To tell you the truth, we
meant it when we wrote or wired
home, “Are having a wonderful
time!”
—JANE BONNER.
F. F. A. NEWS
Monday night, May 20, 7:30 p. m.,
THE GREEN HAND, an epic of ed
ucation, will be shown at the Blake
ly High School Auditorium. The
script for this was written by Paul
W. Chapman, Georgia’s Dean of Ag
riculture. The cost is paid by the
Georgia people.
“The Green Hand” brings you in
eight big reels: Native Amateur Song
Talent; an F. F. A. banquet that
ends with a bang; a real deer hunt;
a boy on trial for his life; inspiring
F. F. A. initiation; camp and con
vention scene; a genuine Negro spir
itual; a four-fisted he-boy fight;
Southern scenic splendor; the story
of how F. F. A. was founded; an
insight into agricultural education at
work. It is a powerful picture of,
by, and for the people of the South.
Admission free. Everyone is invited.
The following is a revised pro
gram of work of Blakely’s F. F. A.
Chapter:
1. Every member carry to comple
tion an approved, supervised practice
program.
2. Keep accurate records of all
project work.
3. Have 100 per cent national,
state, and local dues.
4. Buy seed, fertilizers, and feed
cooperatively.
5. Sell products cooperatively.
6. Carry out school forest project.
7. Landscape school grounds.
8. Sponsor community canning
program.
9. Sponsor fertilizer demonstra
tion.
10. Have full chapter equipment.'
11. Enter quartet and public I
speaking contest.
,12. Enter essay contest.
13. Enter tree, seed, and plant;
identification contest.
14. Enter state farm shop contest.
15. Enter state chapter contest.
16. Enter national chapter con-!
test.
17. Enter reporter contest.
18. Enter secretary contest.
19. Enter Vocational Forestry
Camp Scholarship.
20. Wildlife contest.
21. Enter F. F. A. Sears camp
contest.
22. Have every F. F. A. member
commissioner as Junior Rangers.
23. Publish special edition of
county paper.
24. Publish news article every
week.
25. Enter local and other fat-cat
tle shows.
26. Be represented in all state
and district conventions.
27. Cooperate in building canning
plant.
28. Submit two or more applica
tions for Georgia planters.
29. Have Green Hand initiating
team.
30. Have Junior Farmer initiating
team.
31. All members read “Green
Hand” or see the picture.
32. Raise money for camp pledge.
33. Sponsor money-raising activi
ties.
34. Chapter begin a Thrift Bank.
35. Every member earn and save
$25.00 from projects during year.
36. Hold two meetings per month
using regular opening and closing
ceremony.
37. Adhere to strict parliamentary
procedure.
38. Hold Father and Son banquet.
39. Making annual camping trip.
40. Hold at least two socials with
girls invited.
41. Sponsor pure-bred pig chain.
APPLYING SODA TO COTTON
Authorities say that the best time
to apply soda to cotton is right after
chopping. If you apply soda at this
time, it gets the cotton off to a
quick growth. This will decrease the
hazard of boll weevil infestation and
supply food for the maturing squares.
On the 2 1-2 acre Chilean nitrate
demonstration I am carrying out, I
applied the soda immediately after
chopping and right before siding. It
will be interesting to watch the two
acres fertilized with soda in contrast
to the 1-2 acre not fertilized with
soda.
This demonstration is located on
the Freeman-Chapel road on Mr.
Wesley Hatcher’s place two miles
west of Blakely. Every one is in
vited to watch this demonstration.
—THOMAS HATCHER.
PAST MASTERS MASONIC
CLUB HELD MEETING
TUESDAY NIGHT
The Blakely Past Masters Masonic
Club held its regular monthly meet
ing at the New Blakely Hotel Tues
day night. Reports on recent meet
ings in Albany, Bluffton, Columbia
and Dothan were received, as well as
a report on the Grand Chapter meet
ing in Macon. Plans for the trip
to Panama City were discussed.
Mr. K. J. Hodges, Worshipful
Master* of the Bluffton Lodge, was
received as a member. It was also
decided to accept the invitation of
Blakely Chapter No. 282 Order of
thq Eastern Star to furnish supper
and place for the regular monthly
meetings.
Dr. J. G. Standifer, president, pre
sided. Others present included
Messrs. J. D. Hall, W. P. Smith, Abe
Berman, W. C. Jordan, W. H. Ivey,
C. M. Dunning, C. A. Grubbs, E. K.
Odum, K. J. Hodges, and Shelly
Simmons.
FURNITURE!
Cash or Credit
Plenty Bargains in Slightly
Used Furniture.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
.--SLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY, GEORGIA
SUBSTITUTE CLERK
VILLAGE CARRIER
EXAMINATION
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petitive examination for filling the
position of Substitute Clerk-Village
Carrier, in the Post Office Service,
Blakely, Georgia, for which the re
ceipt of applications closes May 22,
1940, and applications must be on
file with the Manager, Fifth U. S.
Civil Service District, New Post Of
fice Building, Atlanta, Georgia, on
or before that date.
Applicants must be at least 5 feet
4 inches in height, without shoes.
At the time of appointment male
applicants must weigh at least 125
pounds in ordinary clothing, with
out overcoat or hat. Height and
weight requirements are waived for
persons entitled to preference be
cause of military or naval service.
Preference in appointment will be
given to bona fide patrons of the
Blakely, Georgia, Post Office.
Full further information and ap
plication blanks may be obtained
from C. A. Grubbs, Secretary, Board
of U. S. Civil Service Examiners,
Blakely, Georgia, or from the office
of the Manager, Fifth U. S. Civil
Service District, New Post Office
Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
BLAKELY WOMAN’S
CLUB IS ADDRESSED
BY ALBANIAN
Mr. Merrill Jackson, of Albany,
addressed the Blakely Woman’s
Club at their meeting held at the
American Legion hall last Friday
afternoon.
Mr. Jackson, who is a member of
the prominent Jackson family of
Baker county, spoke to the club on
the importance of preserving histor
ical records. Mr. Jackson said that
Early county has one of the most
complete sets of historical records
to be found in any section of the
United States, and that if these rec
ords were compiled in book form,
they would make as interesting read
ing matter as that of any section of
the country. He said because Early
county had never experienced a dis
astrous fire, all of the records of the
county were preserved and in good
condition.
Mr. Jackson has had experience in
gathering and compiling historical
data of this section of Georgia. His
talk was enjoyed and warmly ap
plauded, club members asserted.
GOOD THING IT
WASN’T AN EGG
Cartersville, Ga.—Stones are some
times shaped like a human profile,
I or a silver dollar, or even a sweet
I potato.
But Henry Owens, of Cartersville,
found one that was shaped exactly
like an egg. And the color and
surface gave it the appearance of a
petrified egg. Mr. Owens found it
about a stone’s throw from the old
Copper iron works. Now the oddity
is on display at the Tribune-News
office.
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By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
JEREMIAH DENOUNCES FALSE
PROPHETS
Lesson for May 19 Jeremiah 23:21-32
Golden Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:21.
About 625 B. C. Jeremiah, a native
of Anathoth, began a prophetic min
istry that continued forty years.
Never popular because he advocated
submission to Babylon and tried
to turn his people from their evil
ways, he was probably put to death
by a remnant of Judah that fled to
Egypt after the fall of Jerusalem.
His unpopularity was aggravated
and the people lulled into a feeling
of security by false prophets who
substituted for the word of God
their own dreams. If dreams could
make prophets, nightmares, opium
and delirium of illness would fill the
world with prophets. Contrasted
with the “lying dreams” of false
prophets, the word of God is a flame
and his judgment a hammer that
breaks the rock. And God declared
through Jeremiah, in words terrible
in their simplicity, that he was
“agaihst” the dreamers.
They who assume the role of
prophet today should be careful
what they set forth as the word of
God. Real prophets are sorely
needed—to tell men what they ought
to hear about themselves and con
ditions around them. But many who
would be prophets only echo pre
vailing opinions.
Pious platitudes are useless when
men need something more. When a
famous preacher visited New • Or
leans, a great throng filled an old
church in that city to hear him
preach about the man who tarries
“by the stuff”. An elect lady, asked
about thq sermon, explained, “What
an opportunity that man missed to
preach the gospel!” Unwise are
they who want to hear only pleas
ing and entertaining things. Im
mortal souls need more than enter
tainment. Let us insist upon hear
ing what we ought to hear for the
soul’s good, though it be sharper
than a two-edged sword.
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NOTICE.
The office of the City Clerk
will be closed on Thursday aft
ernoons during the observance
of the summer Thursday half
holidays.
C. C. LANE, Clerk.
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Ladies’ Step-Ins 10c
Full Fashioned Hosiery 49c
Cloverleaf Chambray, per yd. 5c
Men’s Heavy Work Shirts, flap
pockets 49c
Men’s White Oxfords, leather soles . 1.88
Ladies’ White Oxfords, pumps,
straps, cut outs, pr. 1.98
Ladies’ Oxfords, newest styles, black,
pair 1.98
One lot LADIES’ SILK CREPE DRESSES, new
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Ladies’ 80x80 Fast Color Print
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Men’s Match Me Suits, all colors 1.69
Ladies’ Blouses, all new styles and
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42-inch Sharkskin material, per yd 59c
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