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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. FIRST STATE BANK BLAKELY, GEORGIA Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT $1.50 A YEAR 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.