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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. £&&&& 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. ConnW Jfeum 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. X 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 ik hHH ' *Mr / J 1 ? '' j s i 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. r —.— ■ 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.