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I OPENING SATURDAY I
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: ROGERS 5 & IO CENT STORE j
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• Having been closed for the past two months while our store has been enlarged, •
• renovated and beautified we will throw open our doors Saturday
• business again. » *
• We modestly claim that we have one of the most beautiful and complete Dime a
• Stores anywhere in this trade area and we cordially invite the public to come in •
• Saturday and see our new store. •
• We have a complete stock of goods and a large sales force to adequately serve you J
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: The Opening Date is Saturday, March 7th. :
j Come Early. :
I ROGERS 5 &IFCENT STORE I
• BLAKELY CAIRO COLQUITT •
t J. D. ROGERS, JR., Owner and Manager *
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Rogers’ New 5 & 10
Store to Reopen
Saturday Morning
A store of which all Blakely and
the Early county trade area should
be justifiably proud will re-open Sat
urday morning:, when the Rogers 5
& 10 Cent Store throws open its
doors for business again after hav
ing been closed for the past two
months while undergoing a complete
remodeling and renovating.
The store has been enlarged until
it is now one of the largest stores
in Blakely. Not only does it rank
thus in roominess, but in beauty as
well. New counters and shelves
have been installed and the whole
store is completely modernized
throughout. One of the many new
features of which this store boasts
is a new candy bar attractively built
of glass and metal in which to dis
play the store’s candy stock.
This new and beautiful store will
open Saturday morning and Mr. J.
D. Rogers, Jr., owner and manager,
invites the public to come and see
the new store, which has one of the
largest and most complete stocks to
be found in any dime store in this
section and which has a large and
efficient sales force to adequately
serve everybody.
AIR STEP SHOES for women at
WEAVER’S. Blue, black, gabardine
and patents. Price $6.00 pair.
We would like the opportunity of serving
you in any way we can. If you need finan
cial help, come discuss your needs with us.
Your cancelled check is a good receipt
and a checking account is a convenient way
to pay bills. We cordially invite you to open
a checking account with us.
Help save America by buying Defense
Bonds.
Bank of Early
BLAKELY. GEORGIA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All
Deposits Insured up to $5,000
REV. S. B. KING
COMPLETES 35 YEARS
IN THE MINISTRY
Rev. S. B. King, pastor of the
Baptist church, this week completes
his thirty-fifth year as a minister
and announces that on next Sunday
morning he will talk on his exper
iences as a minister of the gospel
during those 35 years, some fifteen
of which have been as pastor of the
Blakely Baptist church. He was
ordained to the ministry on March
10, 1907, by the First Baptist church
at Rome and has been “in the serv
ice” continuously since that time.
His message Sunday morning should
prove of unusual interest and will
no doubt be heard by a goodly num
ber.
MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL
Only routine business was trans
acted by the mayor and council at
their regular meeting held at the
city hall Tuesday afternoon. All
members were present.
FOR RENT— B-room house, suit
able for two families or one large
family. Telephone 39. DR. W. O.
SHEPARD, Bluffton, Ga. 19-ts
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
EARLY’S TIRE AND
TUBE QUOTA FOR
MARCH ANNOUNCED
The Office of Civilian Defense an
nounced the past week the tire and
tube quota for Early county for the
month of March. The quota is 8
new tires and 7 new tubes for pas
senger cars and light trucks, and 32
new tires, 14 retreaded tires and 36
new tubes for heavy trucks and
busses. These figures are slightly in
excess of those for February, it was
announced by F. H. Brooks, chair
man of the Early County Civilian
Defense Committee.
MURRAY CHANDLER
HEARD FROM FOR FIRST
TIME SINCE WAR BEGAN
Anxious relatives received a letter
this week from Murray Chandler,
Early county boy, who has been in
the Navy for the past eleven years,
the first word they have heard from
him since the outbreak of the war.
Chandler is a son of H. B. Chand
ler and brother of Mrs. G. H. Owen,
both of this county. He writes that
he is “o. k.” and says: “We qre
too tough for them and will prove it
in due time.” Due to censorship,
his exact location could not be given.
He is aboard the U. S. destroyer
Dobbin. He spent many years aboard
the battleship Arizona, which was
sunk by the Japs at Pearl Harbor
on December 7.
WILBERT BRYAN
RECEIVES “HIS WINGS”
Dothan. Ala.—Wilbert T. Bryan,
former student of the Houston Coun
ty High School, at Columbia, is be
lieved to be the first Wiregrass sol
dier to receive his “wings” as a
member of Uncle Sam’s rapidly ex
panding parachute troop forces.
Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ton H. Bryan, of Columbia, and
grandson of Mrs. T. S. Chandler, of
Blakely, volunteered for the Army
in July, 1941, and was sent to Camp
Wheeler, Ga., for preliminary train
ing. Later he went to Fort Ben
ning and joined the parachute bat
talion, completing his course in para
chute packing, ground training and
jumping from a plane in flight on
February 4. At ceremonies on Feb
ruary 4 he received his certificate
of credit and his wings.
Although a number of Wiregrass
soldiers are now in the parachute
corps. Bryan is believed to be the
first from this section to actually
complete the course.
State Guard Officers
Inspect Blakely Unit
Tuesday night the Blakely com
pany of the Georgia State Guard
was inspected by the District Com
mander and his staff from Albany.
The district officers included Major
L. W. Smith, District Commander,
with his staff, including Capt. R. S.
Yarborough, Adjutant; Ist Lieut.
Lansing Mays, Training; Ist Lieut.
Harold Wethenbee, Communications;
and Ist Lieut. R. H. Warren, Jr.,
Intelligence.
Capt. O. R. Brooks, Jr., Com-
of the Blakely unit, with
Ist Lieut. J. M. Coile and Ist Lieut.
J. G. Standifer, Medical Officer, met
the inspecting officers. Practically
the entire personnel of the active
unit and the reserve company were
present for inspection. The entire
outfit marched out to the Blakely
High Scrool football field, where the
drills, manual off arms andi inspec
tion were held 1 under the floodlights.
Major Smith was high in his praise
of the Blakely company, particularly
complimenting the men on their sol
dierly showing. The Major said that
some of the units in Georgia looked
good on paper but that the Blakely
unit looked good on the drill ground.
The Major expressed the hope that
all the units of this district would be
able to have a district rally in Al
bany on July 4th. The District Com
mander said that the splendid show
ing of the Blakely company, both
the active unit and the reserve com
pany, reflected great credit on Capt.
Brooks and Lieut. Coyle and on the
loyal and self-sacrificing men of the
company.
Capt. Brooks announced that the
Blakely company is still enrolling
men. A complete roster of the
Blakely company, both the active
unit and the reserve company, will
be published in The News next week.
commissionersTn
SESSION TUESDAY
The Early County Board of Com
missioners, meeting in regular
monthly session Tuesday, employed
C. R. Bush & Company, certified
public accountants, to make an audit
of all county records to date.
The Board granted a request of
the local unit of the State Guard for
a donation of S2OO with which to
buy needed equipment.
Present at the meeting Tuesday
j were Commissioners H. C. Fort,
i chairman, Leon H. Baughman and O.
H. King.
Velvet Beans for sale $2.50 bush
el. RICHARD GRIST, at Grist’s
Service Station.
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