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Fletcher B. Philmon
Succumbs to Attack
Os Pneumonia
Succumbing to an eleven-day ill
ness with measles and pneumonia,
Fletcher Brown Philmon, 31, of Ce
dar Springs, died at at the hospital
here late Monday.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o’clock at Bethel
church, with the Rev. T. B. Mellette
officiating. Interment was in Bethel
cemetery, with Minter, Fellows &
Forrester Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements, and Leon H. Baugh
man, Jim S. Pyle, Alton Mercer,
George W. Davis, R. H. Wingate,
and Curtis Smith serving as pall
bearers.
Mr. Philmon, who was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Philmon, was a
native of Early county, where he
was born April 20, 1911, and was
engaged in farming operations. He
■had many friends who learned with
regret of his passing.
Surviving are his parents; his wid
ow, Mrs. Alma Carter Philmon; six
children, Berrien, Merle, Charles,
Cecil, Edward and Edna Philmon;
and the following brothers and sis
ters: Mrs, Fannie Williams of Ja
kin; William Henry Philmon of Chat
tahoochee, Fla., Reba Lou Philmon
and Mrs. Ruth Davis of Hilton, and
Mrs. Gertrude McMullen of Jakin.
ROTARIANS HEAR
TALK BY CITIZEN
OF ARLINGTON
Mr. Carl Clements, prominent
young business man of Arlington,
was the guest speaker at last
week’s meeting of the Blakely Ro- j
tary Club, held Friday at noon at
the Early Hotel.
Mr. Clements, who was introduced
by Rotarian Marvin Sparks, gave an
interesting account of a recent va
cation trip which he took through
the states of Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas, emphasizing
farming and cattle-growing condi
tions as he found them.
The club voted to hold its meet
ings in future beginning at one
o’clock War Time.
The meeting was presided over
by President Henry Wall, with Ro
tarian Felix Barham program chair
man for the day.
ROY PARRISH TO
ADDRESS LIONS
Roy Parrish, of Camilla, will ad
dress Blakely Lions at their noon
meeting at the Early Hotel next
Tuesday, C. G. Brewer, program
chairman, has announced.
Mr. Parrish is head of the Na
tional Peanut Council and secretary
of the G'FA Peanut Association and
is one of .the nation’s outstanding
authorities on the growing and mar
keting of peanuts.
The Lions’ anniversary party,
which was previously scheduled for
this month, has been postponed to a
later date, President Philip Shef
field announced,
STATE INCOME TAX
REPRESENTATIVE HERE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
A representatiye of the. State De
partment of Revenue will be at the
court house in Blakely on next Wed
nesday, February 18, for the purpose
of assisting taxpayers'-™ preparation
of their state income and intangible
tax returns, it was announced this
week by J. M. Forrester, revenue
commissioner. This is a public serv
ice rendered by the Department of
Revenue. The representative will be
here one day only.
Remember your “best girl” with
flowers from GREENBRIER FLOR
AL COMPANY.
The time to start another crop year
is here and we would like to have the
opportunity of serving you in any way
we can. If you need to borrow any
money, we cordially invite you to come'
discuss your needs with us.
Don’t forget to buy Defense Bonds
Bank of Early
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All
Deposits Insured up to $5,000
High School and
College Students May
Enlist in Navy Reserve
The U. S. Navy has announced
opportunity for Georgia youths to
serve their country and at the same
time prepare themselves for future
civilian work.
High school and college students
between the ages of 17 and 19, in
clusive. can now enlist in a new
Naval Reserve group and will not be
called to active duty until the com
. pletion of their current school year
if they so desire.
The .students will enroll in the
Navy’s V-l class, a general service
branch of the reserve, and when
they became enrolled, they will not
be subject to the draft.
Naval authorities have declared
the new plan offers opportunities
that have never been equalled for
students in American schools and
colleges. . . „ „
Besides being patriotically enroll
ed in the world’s hardest fighting
navy, each young man who is accept
ed will be furnished food and lodg
ing and initial uniforms while on
active duty. Pay will start with
the base amount for seamen and
will be increased as the man ad
vances in ratings.
Enrollment in the class also offers
youths the opportunity of obtaining
free $1,500 worth of training in
any of the 45 trades or vocations.
A physical fitness program will de
velop healthier men.
The periods of enrollment are
two, three or four years, but those
enlisting will be required to serve
only throughhout the duration of
the war. Not unless the nation’s mil
itary situation necessitates the call
ing of the men, will any one enroll
ing now be required to report for
duty before the school year is ended.
Further information about the
class can be obtained from Navy
Recruiting Stations at Macon, At
lanta and Savannah.
WOMEN, 16 AND OVER,
ASKED TO MEET CITY
HALL MONDAY 3 P. M.
All women, 16 years of age or
older, who are interested in taking
a Red Cross class in nutrition are
asked to meet at the city hall on
Monday, February 16, at 3 o’clock,
for a short meeting to organize
classes.
The class will probably be held
in the afternoon at the hour most
suitable to a majority of the group.
The course consists of 24 hours of
instruction. It will be taught by
Mrs. E. D. Morton, former teacher
of Home Economics at Leesburg.
“Plenty to eat” does not always
mean “Well Fed,” and this nutrition
course, planned by food experts
for the Red Cross, will be a great
help toward helping women .plan a
better diet for their families. The
course will also cover ways of mak
ing the family food dollar go fur
ther and do more in the way of
maintaining good health.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONFERENCE
Edison Baptist church will be hos
tess to the leaders in Sunday School
work in the Bethel Association on
Tuesday, February 17th, 10 a. m. to
3 p. m. It is hoped that all church
es will be well represented.
FOR SALE AT
PUBLIC OUTCRY
Courthouse Saturday, Feb. 14,
2 O’Clock Old Time
I’m retiring from 50 years in ac
tive farm life; packing uip my world-
Ily assets to meet another dawn. I
am offering my farm- implements,
! consisting of cultivators, harrows
and general plow tools, several hun
| dred bushels of corn and three
mules. Also store fixtures, consist
ing of cash register and show cases.
Come with your money, if you
have it. If not, come any way. I’m
an easy paymaster.
JOSEPH FREEMAN.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
THIS WEEK
IN THE WAR
(Continued from page 1)
machines in 1941, to cut its normal
production 25 per cent immediately
and convert its facilities to war
production.
CENTRAL INFORMATION
SERVICE—
President Roosevelt directed the
United States Information Service to
expand its facilities “so that visitors
shall have one central place to which
they can go for direction and in
formation.” The President said be
cause many businessmen and other
citizens are “coming to Washington
in increasing numbers seeking in
formation and the assistance of their
Government ... it has become more
anl more difficult for those coming
... on specific business to locate
the Government official who can give
authoritative answers to their ques,
tions ... It is now necessary that
there be an integration of the va
rious offices having direct contact
with the public, and that their ac
tivities be coordinated under the di
rection of a central office.”
CIVILIAN DEFENSE—
The Senate passed and sent to the
House a bill to create a $1,000,000,-
000 fund to compensate American
property owners for war damages.
The fund would compensate for loss
es other than life or personal injury
to the extent of $15,000. OCD Ex
ecutive Landis announced cities in
target areas wil not be required to
submit requisitions for protective
equipment including gas masks and
auxiliary fire-fighting equipment to
be provided by $100,000,000 of Fed
eral funds. He said the equipment
would be allocated to the various
areas according to their likelihood
of attack, vulnerability and present
equipment. Attorney General Bid
dle established a special War Frauds
Unit within the Department of Jus
tice to prosecute all cases involving
frauds in connection with the war
effort.
CIVILIAN SUPPLY—
Price Administrator Henderson
announced rationing of new passen
ger autos to eligible users will not
begin before February 26, and de
livery of cars purchased but not
delivered before the Government
froze all sales will begin February
12. The WPA Food Supply Branch
asked sugar retailers to take care of
small industrial users who have
bought sugar from them in the past
so they can conduct business on a
minimum basis. The OPA Consum
er Division said wool products sold
during the emergency still must car
ry a label telling the fiber content
of the article.
PRICES—
Price Administrator Henderson
set ceiling prices for electric phono
graphs, radios and all tubes and
parts at the levels of last October
15. He also set ceiling prices for
washing machines and ironers.
Wholesale and retail prices were set
for passenger autos under the ra
tioning program, including a provis
ion to compensate dealers for stor
age expenses. The WPA reported
that since the beginning of the de
fense program rents have been in
creased in 114 of 115 vital defense
areas surveyed.
BRING YOUR COWS AND HOGS TO US!
Our pens are located at
the old Early County ijfl
Club yards near Bryant’s ”■ '
Mill. We buy, trade or
sell. Your business will
be appreciated.
Telephones: Office 256; Residence 186
Mosely Livestock Yards
W. L. Mosely, - Blakely, Ga.
Use Red Fox Guano
Be Wise and Place
Your Orders Early
Peoples Warehouse Co.
H. C. FORT
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice to Building Contractor*.
State of Georgia, County of Early:
The Blakely Union School District,
of Early County Georgia will receive
bids at the office of the County
School Superintendent of Schools
in the court house at Blakely. Geor
gia, until two o’clock P. M. Eastern
Standard War Time, on the 25th day
of February, 1942, for the construc
tion of an elementary and high
school building, and a vocational
school building for the said school
district, to wit:
General Building Contract:
Bids for furnishing all material,
labor, plumbing, heating, electrical
work, and all other items necessary
for the construction and completion
of the said Blakely Union School
Building; the said buildings, to be
one story buildings, the larger one
of which is approximately 456 feet
long, by’ 290 feet wide, (including
courtyards), and containing 63,150
sq. ft. of floor space; and the small
er one being approximately 115
feet long, by 48 feet wide; and
containing 5,520 sq. ft. of floor
space; both constructed of masonry
walls, with floor, ceiling and (flat)
roof construction, framed with wood
joists, and a flat composition 20
year bonded roof applied; and said
buildings containing the necessary
classrooms, laboratories, auditorium,
stage, boiler rooms, fuel rooms, toil
et rooms, built-in equipment and ap
purtenances, etc.; all as required for
an elementary and high school of
675 students and 25 teachers.
Alternates are requested for the
omission of certain portions of the
building, and for substitutions of
certain portions, and options of con
structive methods are offered to the
builders, all as included in the plans
and specifications.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and/or all bids;
and/or to award the contract to the
best bid in accordance with the
opinion of the board, their decision
to govern exclusvely.
All of the above according to
plans and specifications prepared by
H. L. Holman, Jr., Architect, of
Ozark, Alabama, which plans and
specifications are on file in the of
fice of the said Superintendent of
Schools of Early County, in the
Court House, at Blakely, Georgia.
All bids submitted shall be accom
panied by a certified check in the
amount of ten per cent of the base
bid, such check representing a guar
antee that the bidder, if awarded
the contracts, will promptly enter
into a contract and furnish a bond,
as required by lav/, equal to one
hundred per cent of the contract
figure for the faithful performance
of the contract; and for the prompt
payment for all labor and material.
Check to be issued to R. C. Single
tary, Jr., as Chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the Blakely Union
School District. A bidder’s bond
will not be acceptable.
Payment upon said contracts shall
be made in cash on certificates is
sued by the Architect, as set forth
in the said plans and specifications,
on file as aforesaid.
Copies of said plans and specifi
cations may be purchased (Not de
posit) from H. L. Holman, Jr., Arch
itect, Ozark, Alabama, upon payment
to him of the sum of $12.50. Said
documents then becoming the prop
erty of the bidder, and not return
able. ,
The work shall be commenced
not later than March 15th, 1942,
and shall be completed on or before
September 15th, 1942.
Done in open meeting of the
School Board of Blakely Union
School District, and adopted as the
official advertisement for bids for
the building of the said school, this
the 2nd day of February, 1942.
SCHOOL BOARD OF BLAKELY
UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
EARLY COUNTY, GEORGIA.
By: R. C. Singletary, Jr.
Chairman.
Attest •
JOHN C. HOLMAN, Secretary.
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps.
Aircraft Plants Aid U. S. War Effort
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Lengthening aircraft production lines give the plane industry s an
swer to President Roosevelt’s call for a continuously increasing
effort. Above photo shows a section of the “Lightning” P-38 assembly
line at the Lockheed Aircraft corporation plant in Burbank, Calif. Ie
plants like this, work goes on 24 hours a day, while countless numbers
of new men constantly are being trained to aid the great national effort*
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