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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 32
REPRESENTATIVE
OF NAVY TO BE
HERE FRIDAY
R. T. Horrocks, a representative
of the Navy, will be in Blakely Fri
day (tomorrow), March 20, at the
court house from 8:00 a. m. to 6:00
p. m., to interview young men in
terested in enlisting in the Navy or
Naval Reserve. Men may be enlist
ed now to serve for the duration on
ly. To qualify, they must have
reached them 17th birthday, be able
to read and write, and if married,
must have the written consent of
wife, or if under 21 years of age,
must also have written consent of
parent.
A man can enlist in the Navy aft
er he has registered. Any regis
trant, whether he is in the first, sec
ond or third registration, is permit
ted to enlist voluntarily in the Navy
up to. and until he is actually order
ed to report for his final army phy
sical examination.
The Navy is particularly anxious
to enlist several thousand young
men who are 17 years of age and
have not yet reached their twentieth
birthday. Those who are in high
school may enlist now, and upon
their own request, be placed on in
active duty until the end of the
current school term. The Navy is
also anxious to enlist several hun
dred young men for the Navy Con
struction Corps who are well quali
fied as carpenters, plumbers, black
smiths, metalsmiths, electricians,
crane and shovel operators, and
transent and level men.
SECOND STANDARD
FIRST AID CLASS
STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT
A meeting to organize a second
Standard First Aid Class will be
held Friday night, March 20, at the
City Hall. All persons 17 years or
older are eligible to enroll in this
class.
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SPRING TIME IS SHOE TIME
at WEAVER’S—
Ladies, here are New Rope Sole Sandals
and Kedettes, all the new colors for
spring s2.4s to $3.50
White and Brown and White Oxfords,
low heels, widths AAA to C
52.95 to $5.00
Tan and Beige Pumps, Cuban heels and
junior heels, all sizes $2.95 to $5.00
Brown and white and all white Pumps
and Ties, all widths s3.so to $6.00
Children’s Shoes by Peters, the . famous
Weatherbird, patent straps, white kid,
white oxfords and brown and white, all
sizes and widths.
Men’s Shoes, new two-tones, tans, reg
ular staple colors and sandals. Roblee-
Crosby Square—Peters-Nunn-Bush, all sizes
and widths.
VISIT WEAVER’S TODAY—
YOU WILL SAVE MONEY
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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Lions Perfect Plans
For Victory Dinner
On Friday Night
Tuesday’s meeting of the Blakely
Lions Club was given over mainly to
business, final plans being made for
the big Victory Dinner which is to
be held at the Woman’s club build
ing, in Woodlawn Park, Friday night
at 8:30 o’clock.
President Philip Sheffield, who
presided over the meeting, an
nounced that Abe Conger, promi
nent Georgia attorney, of Bain
bridge, would be the main speaker.
A delightful program of entertain
ment is also being planned for the
occasion, it was announced. Lion
Jack Standifer, chairman of the
ticket committee, said that tickets
were being sold rapidly and that at
least 125 people would be present.
Herbert S. Hatton, owner of the
local Western Auto Associate Store,
was welcomed into the club as a
new member by Lion Sheffield.
The entertainment portion of the
program featured Mrs. Ben Haisten
at the piano and solovox.
MRS. L. E. RADNEY, OF
COLQUITT, DIES AT
BAINBRIDGE HOSPITAL
Mrs. L. E. Radney, of Colquitt,
died at a Bainbridge hospital on Wed
nesday of last week, after an illness
of only a few days. Her death
was attributed to a heart attack.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day at the Colquitt Methodist church.
Interment was in the Colquitt cem
etery.
Mrs. Radney was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Haddock, of Da
mascus. Other survivors include her
husband; one son, Liston Radney;
one brother, W. H. Haddock, of Da
mascus, and one sister, Mrs. Turner
Hendry, of Macon.
Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner
in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,’’ at
the Blakely Theatre Thursday and
Friday.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1942.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
Harold Saxon Talks
To Rotarians On
Work of N. Y. A.
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J. Harold Saxon, prominent Geor
gia educator who is at present con
nected with the Georgia division of
the National Youth Administration,
was the guest speaker at last
week’s meeting of the Blakely Ro
tary Club, held Friday at noon at
the Early Hotel.
Mr. Saxon gave an enlightening
talk on the work of the NYA, citing
several examples of Georgia youths
who had “made good” as the result
of the federal government offering
them an opportunity through the N.
Y. A. movement. Mr. Saxon was in
troduced by T. B. Clyburn, Jr., su
perintendent of the Blakely schools,
who was also a guest of the club.
Other guests included Mrs. Louise
Carter, of Savannah, worthy grand
matron of Georgia of the Order of
the Eastern Star, a guest of Rotar
ian Emory Houston, Alex Carswell,
a guest of Rotarian James B. Mur
dock, Jr., and Milton Martin, a guest
of Rotarian Guy Maddox. Mr. Martin
asked the club to sponsor a corn
contest for the Hilton chapter of
the Farm Bureau Federation, and
the Club voted to grant his request.
Rotarians Guy Maddox, Tom Deb
nam and Alvan Fleming were ap
pointed a committee to work with
Mr. Martin in furthering the contest.
Rotarians James B. Murdock, Jr.,
Felix Barham and Emory Houston
were named as an “On-to-Macon
committee,” with emphasis on hav
ing a large attendance at the Rotary
conference to be held in that city
this month.
Friday’s meeting was presided ov-
Because the Japs have made
rubber so scarce that it must be saved
for Army caterpillars and trucks, no
more rubber-tired farm tractors will
be made after May 1, says the War
Production Board. It didn’t halt
manufacture of steel-wheeled equip
ment, however. So one way or anoth
er, America will get in the crops,
save rubber—and get out the tanks.
Folks who find worn-out tires
around the place can help relieve the
rubber shortage; theOPA says: Take
them to the nearest scrap and junk
dealers.
Some people who have done a good
job in the Southland’s treasure hunt
for scrap rubber, metal, arid paper
ask where the junk dealer fits into
the campaign, say they thought scrap
went to “the government”.
It does. “Junk” dealers act as
forwarding agents; from their untidy
yards critical materials go to plants
which—operating on government
contracts—produce war sinews for
our fighting men.
AUTO BAN IS HELPING—
Quotable facts on results of the
No-New-Autos program show that
for every 24 cars we are NOT mak
ing:
America is now saving enough
steel and rubber for one tank. . .
enough tin to coat 20,000 cans of
food for the fighters. . .enough alum-
Newest Gadget for U. S. Fighters
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This one-horse radio sei, invented by Corp. Edwin Block of the Cali
fornia State Guard, is the newest gadget for Uncle Sam’s fighters. Cor
poral Black, right, is shown explaining the new instrument to Lieut, j
Burt J. King. The radio, which weighs five pounds, is equipped with i
a special crystal, and is used for sending messages in Morse or simpli
fied codes. Messages are sent by pressing a pn the belt. «*
. THE HOME FRONT •
Report of Tire
Rationing Board
March 1 to 14
The Early County Office of Civil
ian Defense announced this week
that the local Rationing Board had
issued certificates for the purchase
of tires and tubes during the period
March 1-14 to the following persons
(eligibility classification given):
O. F. Thompson: 2 tractor tires,
2 tractor tubes; eligible class F.
W. A. Fuqua: 1 truck tire; eligible
class E-9.
J. G. Craft: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
eligible class E-9.
C. S. Chandler: 1 truck tire, 1
tube; eligible class E-9.
Shelly Goocher: 1 school bus tire;
eligible class D-2.
J. O. Oliver: 2 passenger car
, tires; eligible class Obsolete.
C. E. Willis: 2 light truck tires, 1
tube; eligible class E-9.
J. B. Hasty: 1 truck tire; eligible
class E-9.
V. R. Moody: 1 truck tire; 1 tube;
eligible class E-9.
C. W. Reed: 1 trailer tire; eligi-
1 ble class Obsolete.
C. C. Swann (deputy sheriff): 2
■ passenger car tires, 2 tubes; eligible
class C-3.
Hollis Sawyer: 1 truck tire, 1
■ tube; eligible class E-9.
City‘of Blakely: 2 toad ma-
I chine tires. 2 tubes; eligible class
E-3.
Early County: 2 truck tires, 2
tubes; eligible class E-2.
H. H. Willis: 1 light truck tire, 1
i tube; eligible class E-9.
Richard Grist: 2 light truck tires;
eligible class E-9.
’ O. L. Hooten: 1 light truck tube;
i eligible class E-9.
i J. B. Still: 1 school bus tube;
eligible class D-2.
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j er by President Henry Wall, with
Mrs. Ben Haisten furnishing the mu-
- sical part of the day’s program.
inum to make a fighter plane. . .
enough nickle for 2,400 pounds of
nickle steel to make armor-piercing
bullets. . .enough zinc and copper
to make brass for 14,400 machine
gun shells.
That gives concrete meaning to
WPB stop orders.
Auto dealers in the South are ad
vised to turn their repair shops into
small factories for war items which
they can make. A few alert auto
men have done this already. OPA’s
Cyrus McCormick told Miami auto
men that 25 of the 30 million cars
now operating will be laid up for
lack of tires by the end of this year
unless the Japs are crushed out of
existence before then. That won’t
leave much repair business for those
of the 44,000 auto dealers who fail
to contact the nearest WPB Con
tract Distribution office.
TIPS ON WOOLENS—
With warm weather at hand it’s
a temptation to cast off badly worn
woolens. A shortage of the fleecy
stuff has uncovered this fact—there’s
no such thing as useless wool today.
Tom or worn-out knitted gar
ments may be unraveled on stiff
cardboard or a chair’s back. If kinks
develop, merely dip the hank in luke
warm water. New garments may
then be knit from old.
Another woolen tip—front panels
(Continued on page 5)
Volunteers Needed
For State Guard
Defense Training
To the Citizens of Early County:
I would be derelict in my duty if
I did not warn you that the State of
Georgia and, possibly Early county,
is in danger of enemy attack—attack
by bombing planes and parachute
troops. The purpose of such attacks
would be destruction of industrial
plants engaged in military produc
tion, crippling of transportation by
blowing up vital bridges, etc., and
demoralization of the public morale.
Instead of this being a possibility
so remote as to be unthinkable, as
so many of us apparently believe,
actually, it is an imminent probabili
ty. I have the most competent au
thority for that statement.
For more than a year we have been
trying to develop and train a military
unit in this county., hoping to attain
a state of efficiency that would make
us of some value in the event of
such attack. We have asked men
of public spirit who have a sense
of responsibility to their country to
volunteer for this service and take
the necessary training, without which
they would be of no benefit. The
results so far have not been satis
factory. About 50 men have shown
a desire to perform their duty in this
emergency. For them I have a lot
of respect. However, it is not the
business of these few to do a job that
belongs to all of us. Every able
bodied man from 18 years up should
offer his services. If you are in
ducted into the army the training
which you will have received in the
State Guard Unit will be worth some
thing to you.
Certainly every man can give two
hours of his time each week to train
to meet possible emergencies. If you
can’t, what kind of a man are you?
Those in authority recognize the
seriousness of the situation. We have
been ordered to organize immediate
sections of volunteers, who will equip
themselves with shot guns. Men who
wish to volunteer for this home duty
will report to the City Hall in Blake
ly at 8:30, March 19th, or any
Tuesday or Thursday evening there
after.
Lieut. Code .and I will be glad to
give you the benefit of all the knowl
edge we have and I assure you that
you won’t be wasting your time.
O. R. BROOKS,
Capt. Unit No. 124,
Georgia State Guard.
WSB to Broadcast
Important Information
To Agriculture Councils
B. R. B. Davis, chairman of the
Early County Agricultural Council,
announced yesterday that import
ant organization information would
be broadcast to all county councils
Saturday afternoon over radio sta
tion WSB.
Mr. Davis said that a radio would
be installed in the main courtroom
of the courthouse and all farmers,
members of the councils and farm
laborers and workers are urged to
attend and hear this information
broadcast. The program begins at 2
o’clock.
—Buy Defense Bonds
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
O. H. PERRY DIES
OF CEREBRAL
HEMORRHAGE
Succumbing to an illness of only
a few hours, Oliver Harris Perry,
77, native and life-long resident of
Early county, died at his home in
Cedar Springs Saturday night at
10:35 o’clock. His death was attrib
uted to a heart attack.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at noon with interment in the
Cedar Springs cemetery. Officiating
were the Revs. T. B. Mellette, W. T.
Wiley and P. Z. Smith, with Minter,
Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Serving
as pall-bearers ■were Jim Smith, Leon
H. Baughman, Charlie Blanchard,
G. H. Rhodes, Robert Pyle and J. A.
Mercer.
Mr. Perry was born in the Jakin
community off January 7, 1865, and
had resided in this county contin
uously since. He was engaged in
farming for many years and recently
retired from that activity because of
his age. He was highly esteemed by
those who knew him and will be
greatly missed in the community
where he spent so many years.
Surviving are the following chil
dren: Mrs. W’illiam A. Sheffield of
Blakely, C. J. Perry of Slocomb,
Ala., W. G. Perry and H. O. Perry
of Cedar Springs; 21 grandchildren
and 8 great-grandchildren.
ABE CONGER SPEAKER
AT LIONS CLUB VICTORY
DINNER FRIDAY NIGHT
Abe Conger, prominent attorney
of Bainbridge, will address the Lions
Club Victory Dinner to be held at
the Woman’s Club building in Wood
lawn Park Friday night. The ‘ pro
gram begins at 8:30 o’clock and the
public is invited to attend. Admis
sion will be charged and the pro
ceeds will go toward the purchase of
a defense bond.
LIQUOR STILL, BEER
AND WHISKY DESTROYED
BY DEPUTY SATURDAY
A 60-gallon liquor still, 10 gallons
of whisky and 150 gallons of beer
were destroyed last Saturday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff C. C. (Tuck)
Swann and Jailer Thomas Martin.
The still was located near the
Clay county line in the northwest
part of the county. The still was
not in operation and no arrests were
made, Deputy Swann reported.
ADVANCE FIRST AID CLASS
The advance first aid class will
start Tuesday night, March 24, at
8:00 o’clock in the City Hall. Those
having completed the Standard course
with a passing grade in the last three
years are eligible for enrollment.