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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 31
Marine Corps Needs
Radio Technicians,
Amateur Operators
An urgent call for all expert radio
technicians and amateur operators in
Blakely and vicinity has been is
sued by the United States Marine
Corps.
Qualified men accepted for enlist
ment in the Marine Corps Reserve
will be assigned to special duty im
mediately and appointed to the rank
of staff sergeant, according to an
announcement by Marine Corps re
cruiting officers in Macon.
Applicants for this rank must be
high school graduates between the
ages of 17 and 35 and must hold an
amateur radio operator’s license,
class A or B, or a commercial radio
telegraph or radio telephone opera
tor’s license, first or second class.
Certified experience in connection
with design, repair, or construction
of high frequency transmitting or
receiving equipment will be accepted
in the absence of license qualifica
tions. Physical requirements are the
same as for general enlistment but
no recruit training is required.
Men enlisted will be given special
training in radio operation and main
tenance. Those who fail to comply'
will be discharged or at their own
request be retained in the service
for other duty with appropriate
rank.
The Marine Corps will enlist also
technicians and amateur operators
of lesser qualifications as privates
for general radio duties. Age limits
and physical requirements are the
same for this classification but a
high school education is not re
quired.
Those enlisted as privates must
complete recruit training before be
ing assigned to advanced radio train
ing and those who fail to qualify
will be retained for general duty,
according to Marine recruiting of
ficers.
Recruiting stations are located in
Macon, Atlanta, Columbus, Rome
and Tallahassee.
‘"■Sergeant York,” one of the
screen’s really great pictures, with
Gary Cooper as Sergeant York, at
the Blakely Theatre Thursday and
Friday.
Upstairs
THIS WEEK
at Weaver’s
TAKE THE STAIRS AT WEAVER’S AND
SAVE MONEY ON THESE TEN ITEMS.
MANY MORE SUPER VALUES FOR
YOUR SHOPPING PLEASURE:
$1.39 value Men’s 2.20 weight Overalls— 98c
$1.25 value Boys’ 8-oz. Sanforized
Overalls - 98 c
SI.OO value Men’s Blue Work Shirts 69c
$1.95 value Men’s Work Shoes $1.48
1 table Men’s Work Pants, pair $1.39
$1.69 value Men’s Denim Pants $1.39
1 table Broadcloth, yard 14c
1 table 20c Play Cloth, yard I2y z c
1 table 80 Square Prints 20c
1 table Men’s $1.48 Dress Shirts 98c
WEAVER’S UPSTAIRS BARGAIN ANNEX
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store’ 9
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
ConntD
Roster of Blakely
Company of Georgia
State Guard
County Commander and Com
mander of Unit No. 124 (Blakely)
O. R. Brooks.
Staff:
S-l—lst Lieut. J. M. Coile.
S-2—Com. Sergt. H. B. Fulmer.
S-3—Org. Sergt. W. C Cook.
S-4 —Sup. Sergt. W. C. Jordan.
Medical Unit lst Lieut. J. G.
Standifer.
Rifle Unit Officers:
Commander —Ist Lieut. J. M.
Coile.
Ist Sergt.—John Holman.
Platoon Sergt.—W. P. Smith.
Corporal—C. M. Dunning.
Corporal—V. L. Collins.
Corporal Bill Farris.
Active Unit— Bill _ Belisle, Abe
Berman, I. M. Bramblett, 0. R.
Brooks HI, E. R. Brown, Herman
Cheek, J. W. Craft, C. D. Duke, Sr.,
Hubbard Grimsley, J. F. Gilbert,
Jr., Dunbar Grist, Billy Hall, J. J.
Howell, J. A. Hammack, J. T. Jor
dan, B. M. Lindsey, Bert Puckett,
J. F. Reid, J. B. Rice, John Scarbor
ough, R. C. Singletary, Jr., Bert
Tarver, E. L. Williams, L. S. Willis,
Jack White.
Signal Unit— Corporal T. C. Wil
lis.
Reserve Unit— Alex Carswell, Ar
thur Creel, Fred E. Godwin, Mack
Granger, A. C. Hartley, J. W. Ham
lin, Sevola Jones, C. H. Monfort,
Bill Palmer, C. C. Swann, J. B.
Stokes, C. W. Shierling, C. H, Tison,
0. F. Thompson.
Junior Reserve Unit— Borden Bar
ry, Mack Balkcom, Milton Bryant,
Jr., Joe Brooks, Bowdre Carswell,
James Collier, Ralph Daniel. Max
Holman, Milton Pierson, Kenneth
Tabb, Josiah Williams.
Air Patrol Unit Unattached — 2nd
Lieut. Woodrow Grimsley, 2nd Lieut.
A. J. Singletary.
WOMANS CLUB TO MEET
FRIDAY AT 4 O’CLOCK
The Blakely Womans Club will
meet Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the club building in Woodlawn
Park, it has been announced.
Buy Defepse Bonds and Stamps.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1942.
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Hunting and fishing come mighty
close to being necessary recreations
in most Southern cities and towns.
When war affects the price of trout
lures or the cost of shells, it hits
plenty of folks. The OPA stepped
in last week.
Prices of sporting goods have been
rising like a flushed covey of quail.
No more of this, the OPA declared.
Sporting goods are needed to main
tain civilian morale, and prices have
been ordered back to January levels.
The War Production Board took a
trip into the woods and banned
new firearms for civilian use. Out
door men may still hunt, but they’ll
have to dream about new shotguns,
pistols, and rifles until the war is
worn.
SAVE YOUR ANTI-FREEZE
Here’s a tip to car-owners:
The anti-freeze mixture in your
radiator is now a strategic war ma
terial. Don’t drain the precious
fluid into the ground; get a funnel
and catch it in bottles or cans—any
thing which may be sealed up tight.
(You’ll need containers for about
two gallons of the stuff.)
Store in a cool place and when
cold weather arrives next fall, the
probable shortage of anti-freeze
won’t worry you.
OPA says a civilian who applies
for a priority rating in hopes of
purchasing a new tube or tire is
just wasting his time. Decisions are
up to local rationing boards.
NO FANCY PANTS
War styles in men’s clothing be
come effective the end of this month.
Nutrition Classes
Held Tuesdays
And Thursdays
The Nutrition Class continues to
meet in the city hall on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. The hours on Tues
days are from 3:30 to 5:30, and on
Thursdays from 3 to 5. The class
is currently studying meal planning
and economical buying. The text
book, ‘‘Food and Nutrition,” has
just arrived. Those women who
have missed several classes are
urged to re-join the class, as Mrs.
Morton will be glad to help them
make up their time. Anyone who is
interested is cordially urged to visit
the class at any time, even though
they are not interested in obtaining
credit for it.
The average diet can stand many
changes which will make for a
higher level of health. Here are
some suggestions that any home
maker can carry out without any
extra cost:
1. Switch from plain white bread
to whole wheat or enriched.
2. Use a whole grain cereal every
day.
3. Utilize every drop of the water
in which vegetables are cooked.
4. For cheap sources of vitamin
C, serve daily some vegetable such
as raw cabbage, tomatoes in some
form, and raw apple, and potatoes
in jackets.
5. When necessary supplement the
whole fresh milk with canned or
dried milk.
. THE HOME FRONT •
“HIGH FLIGHT”
(Note: The following poem was written by John Gillespie
Magee, Jr., 19-year-old American flyer killed last December 11
while in action with the Royal Canadian Air Force. His sonnet
has been ranked by Poet Archibald McLeish, librarian of Con
gress, along with John Mcßae’s “In Flanders Field” and Rupert
Brooke’s “The Soldier”):
“HIGH FLIGHT”
By John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Os sun-split clouds—and done a hundred things
You’ve not dreamed of —wheeled and soared and
swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up along the delerious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
No more trouser cuffs; suit-coats
will be an inch shorter, while patch
pockets, pleats, trucks and frills are
out. And—brace yourself for a
shock, boys—no more full dress
suits with tails! With these few
changes, five suits can be cut from
the cloth which now goes into four.
The stuff that whitens the weekly
wash chlorine has become so
scarce that laundries and makers of
cleansing agents were ordered to
cut down on its use 10 per cent.
Tattle-tale gray won’t smudge the
Southland where smart housewives
hang their wash out in the sun and
let nature bleach away. Years ago
they found that sun-whitened clothes
last longer than those bleached with
chemical soaps.
NO SCARCITY EXISTS
Despite shortages, we face no
alarming scarcity. Tin is needed by
the army. So what? Millions of
glass jars are now being manufac
tured to replace tin cans. Result —•
the same food in a visible container,
and no more husband jokes about
the little wife who cooks with a
can opener. <
Typewriters were frozen last
week. All right, we’ll peck away
on the old . . . extra telephones were
limited ... if we got along with one
before, we’ll keep walking those
few extra steps ... no more “all
wool” blankets, but blankets there
will be—Bo per cent wool, and not
many people can tell the difference.
Even with this gigantic war to
win, there wilil be plenty of food,
lots of clothing, ample shelter for
all the folks back home.
Last Rites for J. O.
Strickland Held at
Centerville Sunday
Joseph Oscar Strickland, 58, died
at his home in Jacksonville, Fla.,
last Friday after an illness of two
years. His body was brought back
to Blakely and interred in the Cen
terville church cemetery Sunday
afternoon.
Funeral services were held in the
Centerville church and conducted by
the Rev. W. T. Wiley. The Minter,
Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements and
the following served as palUbearers:
J. E. Houston, Woodrow Houston.
J. T. Jordan, Ralph Scarborough,
John Scarborough and Robert R.
McLendon.
Mr. Strickland was a native of
Miller county, but had resided in
Jacksonville for the past 21 years.
He was a member of the White
Plains Baptist church. Survivors in
clude his wife, Mrs. Sallie E. Strick
land; one son, Wallace C. Strick
land; and the following brothers and
sisters: John B. Strickland of Abbe
ville, Ala., Luther A. Strickland of
Bluffton, Ga., Rufe Strickland of
Colquitt, Ga._ Mrs. Nettie Warren
and Mrs. Ada Warren of Florida,
Mrs. Alma Warren of Coleman, Ga.,
and Alfe Strickland of Texas.
“Sergeant York,” featuring Gary
Cooper, at the Blakely Theatre
Thursday and Friday.
FBI Calls Police
Officers Conference
At Albany March 19
The law enforcement officers from
Wilcox, Sumter, Crisp, Clay, Ran
dolph, Terrell, Lee, Worth, Turner,
Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, and
Baker counties will gather in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, at Al
bany, Ga., at 1:30 p. m., March 19,
1942, to attend the first quarterly
conference for the year 1942 to be
held in this district under the FBI
Law Enforcement Officers Mobiliza
tion Plan for National Defense. This
will be the first quarterly conference
of police officers in this district to
be held by the FBI since the entrance
of the United States into the war,
and will be followed by conferences
at Columbus and Atlanta, Ga., on
March 20, and 27, respectively. Con
ferences for Macon, Athens, Gaines
ville, Rome, Valdosta and Thomas
ville are scheduled for March 10, 11,
12, I<3, 17, and 18, 1942, respective
ly-
Major Trammell Scott, prominent
Atlanta civic leader, sportsman, and
president of the Southern Associa
tion of Baseball Clubs, will be the
guest speaker at the Albany confer
ence.
The war-time statutes, espionage,,
sabotage, treason, and sedition' will
be thoroughly discussed and the ele
ments of these offenses will be illus
trated by slides.
Another very interesting subject
to be discussed and illustrated by
slides will be that of “Photography
in Crime Detection”, which will be
presented by a Special Agent of the
FBI.
Chief of Police Robert L. Troy, of
the Dougherty Cbunty Police Depart
ment at Albany, will discuss the
subject, “Training of Auxiliary Po
lice.”
These quarterly conferences of
law enforcement officers are being
held throughout the United States
under the direction of the Special
Agents in Charge of the FBI Field
Offices for the purpose of coordinat
ting the efforts of all law enforce
ment agencies in combating espion
age, sabotage and fifth column activ
ities. Instruction in latest develop
ment and procedure in connection
with handling these matters is furn
ished the assembled officers and an
open forum discussion is held, giving
the officers an opportunity to dis
cuss problems arising in connection
with these matters. Officers repre
senting every law enforcement
agency are urged to be present at
the conference covering their respec
tive communities and to take an
active part in the discussions.
REV. W. H. KETCHUM,
FORMER PASTOR HERE,
DIES AT DAWSON
The Rev. Walter H. Ketchum, pas
tor of the Dawson Methodist church,
died of a heart attack at his home in
that city Friday afternoon. His fu
neral was held Sunday afternoon in
the Dawson Methodist church, which
he had served since 1938.
Rev. Mr. Ketchum formerly served
the Blakely Methodist church as pas
tor and had many friends here who
were saddened by the news of his
death.
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps.
Checking Account—
You will find it very convenient to have
a checking account if you do not already
have one. There is no better receipt
than a paid check properly endorsed.
We cordially invite you to discuss
your needs with us and let us
serve you in any way we can.
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Prominent Florida
Rotarian Speaker at
Local Club Meeting
Ed R. Bentley, Lakeland, Fla., at
torney, prominent in Rotary circles
and a former district governor of
Rotary International, delivered a
timely and forceful address before
the noon meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club, held Friday at the
Early Hotel.
Mr. Bentley, who has been a lead
ing Rotarian for more than a quar
ter of a century, built his talk
around the theme of “Rotary’s Sig
nificance in the Present Era of
War.”
He said that Rotary has been in
existence for 37 years and had sur
vived one war of world-wide propor
tions, which in comparison with the
present one, would go down in his
tory as only a skirmish, and was in
condition to survive this one and
come out stronger than ever. He
cited as proof of this the strength of
Rotary in Great Britain. At the out
break of war it was proposed that
Rotary be discontinued for the dura
tion of the war. British Rotary lead
ers objected, and now Rotary is
stronger than ever in the Ises. “This
deep yearning for fellowship and
friendship on the part of all men
is the principle which holds Rotary
together,” he said, “and is to me the
primary objective of Rotary.”
Mr. Bentley charged that the com
placent attitude of our citizenry is
the chief hindrance to our winning
the war, and cautioned Rotarians to
solidfy the home front as well as
the field of battle.
“We need not think we are iso
lated,” he continued. “Our world in
comparison with that of a hundred
years ago is just a miniature world.
From a transportation standpoint,
the world is only 300 hundred miles
in circumference and from a com
munication standpoint it compares
with a town of one hundred people
one hundred years ago.”
Mr. Bentley appeared here through
arrangements made by District Gov
ernor Guy Wells of Georgia. He is
a prominent Florida attorney, being
editor-in-chief of the Florida Law
I Journal. He is a director of the
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
I and past department commander of
the Florida American Legion. His
talk was warmly applauded upon its
conclusion. President Henry Wall
introduced Mr. Bentley.
The club registered a good attend
ance at Friday’s meeting, the follow
ing being present: W. H. Wall, Rob
ert Stuckey, James B. Murdock, Jr.,
W. F. Burford, who was making his
first appearance as a member of the
club and received an official wel
come from the president, Oscar
Whitchard, Richard Grist, Barney
Wynne, Ralph Daniels, J. E. Chan
cy, L. B. Fryer, A. J. Singletary, F.
A. Barham, Emory Houston, J. B.
Jones, A. T. Fleming, V. L. Collins,
Price Holland, S. G. Maddox, Tom
Debnam, Dunbar Grist, J. W. Bon
ner, C. A. Grubbs. C. E. Boyett, Bill
Boyett, R. C. Howell, G. M. Sparks.
Visitors included Fred Godwin, A.
H. Gray, R. C. Singletary, Sr.. Dr.
R. D. Sleight of Battle Creek, Mich.,
Henry Spence of Albany, Raymond
Singletary,' Jr.. Abe Berman, Bill
Loyless, Milton Martin, “Tige”
Pickle and Philip Sheffield.
Pi»no and solovox numbers by
Mrs. Ben Haisten and Miss Jane
Haisten added to the enjoyment of
the day’s program.