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THIS WEEK
, By
W J Earl
“Tige”
Pickle
The Lions Club’s all-Negro boxing
bout went off in grand style last
Friday night. It was a riot of laugh
ter from start to finish. We saw
some people laughing who had not
done so since the autumn of 1929.
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For us to give a lesson in gram
mar is sort of like a member of the
station wagon set trying to teach a
cowboy how to ride a horse, but we
wish people would quit telling us
things and describing them as being
“most unique.” When anything is
unique, it’s just unique and nothing
more. It has no comparison and
is like the adjective “round.” When
an object is round, it’s round, and
that is all there is to it.
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“What’s the difference,” asks a
writer, “between telling a girl her
face would stop a clock, and time
ceases when you look into her eyes?”
Just say it to any member of the
fair sex and the answer will be
available on short notice.
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Far be it from us to revive a
flood of mother-in-law jokes, but
here is an ancient one which has
been inhabiting our feeble mind much
lately:
“Are you going to your mother-in
law’s funeral?” asks a person to
the busy man at his desk.
“■Can’t make it,” answers the
busy man, “I am working today and
my business always comes before
pleasure.”
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READER RESPONSE
At intervals for lo these many
months we have been carrying on a
little private campaign to get the
city’s newly-paved streets beautified.
Now comes forward Mrs. S. P. Hol
land, hard-working president of the
Woman’s Club, who informs us that
this work is already under way.
Residents along Albany street have
been busy planting dogwood, red
bud and crape myrtle trees, which
will greatly enhance this street’s
beauty when these trees start bloom
ing. Mrs. Holland and her club
hope that residents along the other
streets will follow suit and make
Blakely the prettiest little city in
southwest Georgia. This plan is
well worth consideration and we
hope property owners will cooperate
when the club’s committee calls on
them.
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Representative J. O. Bridges
dropped by our sanctum-sanctorum
(we don’t know what that means,
but it sounds good) over the week
end and informed us that we are
all mixed up. He says Rally Rand
isn’t his favorite of the distin
guished people who have appeared
before the august General Assembly.
He says it’s Tallulah Bankhead,
daughter of the late famed Speaker
Bankhead of Alabama. We know
Tallulah is beautiful and one of the
greatest actresses ever to step be
hind the floodlights, but we’ll stick
to Sally. Any gal who makes her
living as does Sally and can keep
out of jail, either has ' some in
fluence, or knows something that we
don’t, and her friendship should be
cultivated.
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Smiling Pat Akins, Kolomoki Park
foreman, stops by to thank us for
the nice words about the construc
tion of the park. You’re welcome,
Pat, but the pleasure was all ours.
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A letter addressed to “Dr.” Si
Moses, in our care, came this week
from W. 0. Bridges, Augusta, who
tells Si that he knows a rheumatic
sufferer in the suburbs of Augusta,
who also needs some quick service
on a chimney repair job. This, thinks
Mr. Bridges, is a chance for Si to
slaughter two birds with one stone.
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Look what we clipped from The
Atlanta Journal’s Sunday edition,
which we found in the “Quaint Tales
from Georgia Quills” column, writ
ten by the inimitable Olin Miller:
“CHIMNEYS, RHEUMATISM:
Notice —Chimneys repaired or built.
Will also cure your rheumatism. S.
L. Moses, Route 3, Blakely, Ga.”—
Classified ad in the Early County
News.
Building chimneys and treating
rheumatism are two widely unrelated
fields of activity, and we can’t fig
ure any connection between, unless
in this case the “doctor”’ massages
the patient’s rheumatic areas with a
KENNEY-WILLIAMS
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kenney an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Clara Elizabeth, to Robert
Arnett Williams, of Dawson, the
marriage to be an event of March 4.
COSTELLO-WILLIAMS
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Williams, of
Blakely, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Nellie Amelia, to
Staff Sgt. E. J. Costello, of Detroit,
Mich., December 28, in Manassa, Va.,
the Rev. John Mcßyrd officiating.
The above announcement will be
read with cordial interest here where
Mrs. Costello was born and reared.
She is the third daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. T. Williams, of this city. Her
mother is the former Miss Flewellen
Strong.
Mrs. Costello attended school at
Blakely where she was a member of
the 1939 graduating class. After
graduation she entered Gallinger
Hospital School of Nursing and was
enrolled there at the time of her
marriage. She was a popular member
of the younger contingent in Blakely
and by her ingratiating personality
won many friends who will be inter
ested in this announcement.
Staff Sgt. Costello is the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Costello,
of Wilkes-Barre; Pa. He is with the
41st Pursuit Squadron, Air Corps,
Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich.,
near Detroit.
SORORITY NEWS
Do you live anywhere near Lay’s
Case? Think back to Valentine Day.
Did you hear the “jook box” play
ing till way late? You probably did,
and, if you did, you certainly must
have wishfully thought how golden
silence is. Well, just for the infor
mation, I’ll tel] you who was making
all that noise—it was the Hi School
Sorority and don’t dare say a word
against us!
And now to tell you all about it.
The boys drew valentines to deter
mine whom they would take—the
girls’ names were written inside. It
was a merry mix-up, but lots of fun.
The decorations were beautiful, the
first thirty minutes anyway. Pretty
soon people began throwing our
crepe paper decorations. Then they
(or should I say “we”) gleefully
stuck holes in our clusters of bal
loons. Know the result? They
popped!
The sorority has made a practice
of always having a project between
every party. This time we made $26
for the infantile paralysis fund. And
that, if you ask me, is really a proj
ect!
We are now considering doing
British War Relief work. You’ll
probably hear more about this later.
Since important organizations are
never forgotten, be sure to keep ours
in mind.
—REPORTER
brick. Still, such a method of treat
ment for rheumatism would be as
efficacious as any other. There are,
in our inexpert opinion, only two
cures for rheumatism: (1) A new
skeletal chassis; (2) death. It’s a
great pity that one of these cures
is impossible and the other is too
drastic. —'Olin Miller, in The Atlanta
Journal.
LIVESTOCK AUCTION SALE
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AUCTION SALES EVERY TUESDAY
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
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(By Wellborn H. Fleming)
JAMES WARRICK AWARDED
PLACE WITH CHRYSLER
COMPANY AT DETROIT—
Friends in Blakely will be interest
ed to know that James Warrick, who
is at present a student at Georgia
Tech, was notified the past week
that he has been awarded a position
in the engineering department of
the Chrysler company, with an ex
cellent salary attached. Since there
are only about 25 students taken in
the company yearly, with some 250
engineering colleges to select frofii,
James’ honor is the more note
worthy. The arrangement with the
company is for a three years’'school
ing, with about two hours’ study
daily, and at the end of three years
a master’s degree is received. The
salary increases each year.
Still another honor was conferred
upon James recently when he was
elected to Phi Kappa Phi, honorary
fraternity at Georgia Tech.
James is a son of Mrs. L. F. War
rick, of this city, and was an honor
graduate at Blakely high school.
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MRS. MURDOCK RETURNS
FROM FLORISTS CONVENTION
IN ATLANTA—
Mrs. J. B. Murdock has returned
from Atlanta, where she attended
the regional convention of the Flor
ists Telegraph Delivery Association.
The sessions were held at the Bilt
more Hotel, and Mrs. Murdock states
that foremost artists from many
points in the United States and Can
ada were in attendance upon the
convention, which was one of the
largest and most instructive yet
held by the association.
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J. K. RITCHIE A VISITOR
TO THE NEWS OFFICE—
Mr. J. K. Ritchie, RFD No. 4, was
a visitor to The News office Wed
nesday. Despite his 81 years, he is
one of the most agile old gentle
men you ever saw. He has a keen
sense of humor and it was a delight
to have him visit us. As far as we
can ascertain he is our oldest sub
scriber. He is the same age as the
paper and says he has been reading
it since he was 15 years of age.
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BLAKELY MOTOR CO.
EXHIBITS ‘CAR OF
THE FUTURE’—
Through courtesy of the Chrysler
Corporation, the Blakely Motor Co.
had on display here Wednesday the
Chrysler “Thunderbolt,” which is
an example of how Chrysler plans
to build their cars in future. The
Thunderbolt is long and close to
the ground. Everything about it is
built with electric controls. The
headlights are hidden and by press
ing a button they come out. The
doors, window glasses and radio
aerial are all electrically controlled.
The Thunderbolt has the appear
ance of a sports coupe, but by press
ing a button the top, made of metal,
folds back into the trunk and the
car becomes a topless sports road
ster. It is ultra streamlined from
bumper to bumper.
OPENING SATURDAY, MARCH I
WILLOUGHBY’S
AT
CEDAR SPRINGS
New Location Across Highway from
School Building
NEW, CLEAN, WARM, WELL LIGHTED, CONVENIENT, UNIQUE
Many New Items Added to Our
Previous Lines
Gulf GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, Tender
Oil HARDWARE, DRUGS Fresh
Products AND NOTIONS Meats
Merchandise Given Away Every Hour
from 9:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. to some one
present, and another big surprise at the
end of the day.
Prices That Will Pop Your High Quality Merchandise at
Eyes Open New Low Prices
Give Us Your Business and We’ll
Give You Prices You Can’t Beat.
THIS WEEK ONLY
Safety Test
Special SAFETY LANE EQUIPMENT installed
** for testing and correcting
Headlights - Brakes - Steering
All work under the personal supervision of a
FACTORY TRAINED EXPERT
Complete Wheel Alignment and Wheel Balancing service
with accurate .7==-.
WEAVER
Equipment—used
and recommend
ed by automobile
manufacturers.
STOP THAT ROAD SHIMMEY
Faulty alignment of front end
and unbalanced wheels
Visit us and avail yourself of this
free safety test.
Blakely Motor Co.