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CITIZENS TO
THE COLORS!
—By—
DOROTHY BALK.COM
It makes me, as a Southerner,
proud to read in the papers that
since the beginning of the present
world crisis the South has led the
nation in recognition of our danger,
in the determination to defeat Nazi
ism, in the number of volunteers for
the armed forces, in morale.
Americans right here in our town
and county are among those South
erners who have answered their
country’s call to service—
Hiss Helen Chipstead is giving
her time and skill in knitting for
Britain, knitting for the women who
give their time standing guard
through ehill nights as lookouts for
Nazi planes.
Mr. G. N. Reeves gives his money
for the use of our Government by
buying Defense Bonds, and gives
aluminum for defense planes.
Mrs. Roy Thompson, Mrs. Holt
Darden, Mrs. Merle Haisten, Mrs. J.
C. Peters, Mrs. C. M. Mock, Mrs.
Jack Sammons, Mrs. B. B. Godwin.
Mrs. Chipstead Grubbs, William Moil
fort, Messrs. Dewey Houston, Al
phonse White, Richard Kenney, Roib
ley Johnson and Marvin Tedder are
among others who have given alumi
num.
From one American’s giving a
leaky coffee pot, to another Ameri
can’s giving an old dish-pan, multi
plied many times, already there has
been collected enough aluminum to
make 2,000 airplanes.
“I’ve picked up several pieces
from along the road,” said Mr. Al
bert Houston. “Last Sunday after
noon, ridin’ to Alabama, I saw an
old aluminum bucket lyin’ alongside
the road; I stopped my car and got
it, and .when I got back home I drove
by the aluminum pen and threw it
in.”
In talking with Alfred Felder the
other day, I brought up the subject
of this needed metal. He looked
across the street to the aluminum
pen. “I put eleven pounds in there
the first day of the drive, and have
put more in since.”
A man sitting nearby said, “I can
tell you somebody who puts some in
there nearly every day—Mr. Wel
born Balkcam; brings it in from his
route, I guess. I declare, he brings
some in looks like every day!” A
salute to Mr. Balkcom and the Amer
icans along route No. 3!
Georgia Children to
Learn of Their
Natural Resources
Georgia school children are to be
gin learning about the natural re
sources in their own state and how
to conserve them.
The State Board of Education re
cently adopted resolutions urging “all
local school authorities to give par
ticular attention to this branch of
instruction.” During the “present
national emergency,” the Board de
clared, “it is more vital than ever be-'
fore to place emphasis on the con
servation of our natural resources.”
For years conservation leaders
throughout the State have tried to
have the study of Georgia’s natural
resources made a part of the standard
school curriculum and recently Com
missioner of Natural Resources Zack
D. Cravey uncovevred an old law
which provides that at least 25 min
utes per week must be devoted to
this subject in all grades.
Dr. M. D. Collins, state supervisor
of education, has given the project
his “hearty endorsement” and said
he would ask the Department of
Natural Resources to help pl'an and
carry on the instruction in the
schools.
In their resolutions, the members
of the State Board 1 of Education urg
ed that the “practical value of con
serving and protecting birds, animals,
fish, forests and other forms of wild
life be taught.”
Blakely F. F. A. News
Last Wednesday night, a regular
meeting of the Blakely Future Farm
ers Chapter was held. The program
consisted of a short talk and musical
selection by Herman Collier. Mr. T.
B. Clyburn, high school superintend
ent, gave a very interesting and in
spiring talk to the members of the
National Defense class in Woodwork
ing. Mr. Clyburn also awarded the
diplomas to the members of the
class.
Headquarters for the Vocational
Agriculture classes have been estab
lished at the Masonic Hall. This lo
cation will be both desirable for the
regular classes and the National De
fense classes. This year the Voca
tional Agriculture department will
again offer courses in Mechanics,
Woodworking, metal work, Element
ary electricity to youths out of
school who desire this training. All
of these courses are made possible
through funds allocated by the Fed
eral Government and disbursed
through the State Department of
Vocational Education and the County ■
Board of Education.
t The chapter will hold another I
meeting this week.
—REPORTER.
Chance for Landless
Farmers to Become
Landowners
Another chance for landless farm
ers in Early County to become land
owners, and to start on their way to
independence, has been opened.
Tenants, sharecroppers and farm
laborers in Early County have new
opportunities to file formal applica
tion for loans under the Bankhead-
Jones Act with the Farm Security
Administration supervisor in this
county. He is William T. Clearman,
and his office is located at Blakely.
Through the operation of the Bank
head-Jones Act, more than 5,400
farmers have become landowners in
the Southeastern States comprising
Region V of the Farm Security Ad
ministration. Os these, 43 are in
Early County.
In the current year, opportunity
is offered for approximately 2,350
more landless farmers of the region
to become landowners. Os these 8
will be in this county.
Mr. Clearman explained that get
ting a loan under the Bankhead-
Jones Act means more than just get
ting money to purchase the land. The
loans cover the necessary buildings,
barns, poultry, smoke houses, etc.;
and ample fencing and money for
permanent land improvements, such
as pastures.
Thus, said Mr. Clearman, the ten
ant family has more than credit to
purchase a home. He has credit to
attain a better living for himself and
his family. The annual payments
which the borrower is required to
make are usually about like rents
now paid by tenants operating the
farms purchased.
The county tenant purchase com
mittee, which considers all loans, can
not pass upon any applications ex
cept those of families that have for
mal applications on file. Mr. Clear
man pointed out that applications
filed before June 30, 1940, are not
current and therefore cannot be con
sidered unless the would-be purchas
er goes to the County FSA office and
renews his application.
Members of the tenant purchase
committee of Early County are:
Ralph E. Mills, Ben D. Ingram, and
Kenneth J. Hodges.
NAVY RECRUITER TO
BE HERE TODAY
Chief Machinist’s Mate Claude A.
Kingery, of the Navy Recruiting Sub
station, Albany, Ga., will be here at
the Post Office Building today
(Thursday), Sept. 18th, 3:30 to
4:30 p. m., to interview young men
who may be interested in enlisting
in the Navy or Naval Reserve. The
Recruiter further stated that a High
School Education is not required and |
that men who have registered for i
Selective Service, may enlist in the
Navy, but they must make an appli
cation for enlistment in the Navy be
fore they are called for induction by
their local board.
We have installed the most modern
and up-to-date
ELECTRIC and ACETYLENE
WELDING EQUIPMENT
in our regular repair shop located in the
rear of our new hardware building and
will appreciate your giving us a trial on
your next welding or repair job.
OUR WORK GUARANTEED
SATISFACTORY
MIDDLETON HARDWARE
COMPANY
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
ELLIS ARNALL SPEAKER
AT LIONS CLUB MEETING
(Continued from page 1)
ine Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tarver,
Philip Sheffield, Dr. W. H. Wall, Bil
ly Hall, Miss Catherine Brackin,
Miss Eula Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewie Stein, Mrs. H. T. Temples,
Miss Evelyn Temples, Leonard Hous
ton, Miss Jane Haisten, Lewis Fryer,
Jr., Miss Winnie Turner, B. R. B.
Davis, Miss Enid Godtwin.
Music was by Mrs. Ben Haisten,
club pianist, who rendered a pro
gram of music on the piano and
solovox. Following the meeting, a
dance was held at the Woman’s Club
building in Woodlawn Park.
EARLY COUNTY
TEACHERS ORGANIZE
On September 11, at the first
county teachers’ meeting, the Early
county teachers organized, electing
the following officers:
Mr. T. B. Clyburn, Blakely, Pres
ident;
Mr. Bill Geier, Damascus, Vice
President;
Miss Mildred Johnson, Damascus,
Secretary and Treasurer;
Miss Phyllis Spradley, Hilton, Re
porter.
The organization will set up its
objectives, announce its committees,
and secure a name at a later meet
ing.
Meetings will be- held once a
month—the fourth Friday—on school
time at the various schools in the
county. The*first meeting will be in
Damascus on October 10th at 2:00
o’clock.
O. F. MORTON CALLED
FOR ACTIVE ARMY DUTY
O. F. Morton, vocational teacher
at Hilton school and one of the state’s
outstanding agriculture teachers, has
been called for active army duty and
will report on September 26. Mr.
Morton holds a commission as first
lieutenant in the reserve corps and
will be stationed at Font Knox, Ky.
For the past several years Mr. Mor
ton has been at Hilton and has done
outstanding work and his FFA chap
ter has received state-wide recogni
tion. His services will be greatly
missed at the school.
EX-NAVY MEN NAMED
TO COOPERATE WITH
NAVY OFFICIALS
Early county citizens who desire
to be informed about the United
States Navy will be pleased to know
that Commander W. C. Cook of the
local Legion post has appointed the
following ex-navy men, members of
the post, as members of the national
defense committee for the purpose
of co-operae-ing with Navy officials:
Z. D. Respess and J. E. Leger. The
Legionnaires named to this commit
tee have volunteered their services
in this capacity.
Plan Cooperative
Associations for
F. S. A. Families
Cooperative associations of low
income farmers in the Southeast, as
planned by the Farm Security Ad
ministration are expected to be a
great boon for local merchants, it
was pointed out today by William T.
Clearman, FSA farm supervisor for
Early County.
Mr. Clearman pointed out that
group action by FSA families will in
crease their purchasing power, and
said that everywhere possible the
purchasing will be done through local
business houses.
“In a few months”, Mr. Clearman
said, “purchasing and marketing as
sociations of FSA borrowers will be
organized in every county of the
Southeastern States—Alabama, Flori
da, Georgia and South Carolina—or
sound existing organizations will be
used.
“They will enable the little farm
er to buy together for great savings,
to plan production together, to sell
together and to reach markets more
conveniently and cheaply. They will
enable them to obtain machinery and
breeding stock which the little man
alone could never afford; to get m«di_
cal, dental and veterinary services
that he wouldn’t have otherwise.
“Yet none of these benefits will
involve competition with existing pri
vate agencies. A cooperative asso
ciation does not contemplate setting
up a store. On the other hand, it will
strengthen buying power and provide
more patronage for local business
men in every line.”
Mr. Clearman said the organization
of cooperative groups in this county
will be announced as soon as possible.
“We look here, as elsewhere,” he
said, “to support the Farm Security
principle, on which its new Division
of Cooperatives was set up. That is,
that cooperation among small farm
ers is not only good business, but
also good citizenship.
“Small farmers, working together
in communities for mutual benefit
for the first time, already are find
ing that they can do more things
for themselves, win more advantages
and more -consideration, than ever
before.
“More than 1,50-0,000 pounds of
poultry, produced in the ‘Food for
Defense’ campaign, have been mark
eted in the four states through group
action, without great dislocation of
markets. Could the little farmer,
alone, have done this without loss?”
WEEKLY MEETING OF
ROTARY CLUB HELD
AT NOON FRIDAY
General discussion of matters of
interest to the club consumed most
of the time at last week’s meeting
of the Blakely Rotary Club, held
at noon Friday.
President Henry Wall appointed
Rotarians V. L. Collins, Dunbar
Grist, Bill Boyett, Dick Rogers and
Oscar Whitchard as members of the
Rotary Boy Scout troop committee.
Mr. Gene Clark, of Atlanta, was a
guest of Rotarian Robert Stuckey.
Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist,
rendered a short program of music.
Radio Batteries at W. C. COOK’S.
See the New
1942
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All
Deposits Insured up to $5,000
AT McKINNEf S
USED CAR SAVINGS
Buy Now While Used Car Prices Are Low
I
We have the most dependable stock of
Used Cars ever known in Blakely. Our
prices are still the same as the summer low
prices were.
BUY NOW before the fall rush so you
can make your own selection and get the
car you want. Prices are likely to be
much higher later in the year.
If you look at our cars you will buy our
cars. They are better for less money.
MCKINNEY CHEVROLET CO.
Blakely, Georgia
and IT WILL /)
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