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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI > NO, 35
Boards Ordered to
Classify at Once
February Registrants
Selective Service Local Boards
throughout the nation have been in
structed to start classification at
once of the several million men who
enrolled on February 16 and to pre
pare to fill the Army’s June call for
men, and possibly the May call, with
these registrants and registrants
from the first age group.
Registrants of the second regis
tration, July 1, 1941, were included
with the registrants of the first
registration, October 16, 1940, so
that the registrants of both regis
trations constitute one group which,
for the purpose of this release, will
be referred to as the first age group.
Registrants of the third registration,
February 16, 1942, will be referred
to in this release as the second age
group.
Any Local Boards wkich have not
completed the mailing of selective
service questionnaires to all of the
registrants of the first age group
have been directed to continue to
mail out questionnaires to such first
age group. At the same time, the
Local Board will proceed to mail
selective service questionnaires to
registrants of the second age group
in sufficient numbers to insure the
filling of the June call (estimated
not to exceed the call of February,
1942) entirely from the third regis
tration, if such action is required.
In the event that the Local Board
does not have a sufficient number of
registrants of the first age group
available in Class 1-A to fill its call
for May, 1942, the Local Board may
deliver for induction such number
of men from the second age group
as may be required to fill its call.
The War Department has indicated
that, beginning June 1, 1942, requi
sitions will probably call for men of
both age groups.
Manhattan
Shirt Sale
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One table of slightly soil
ed and broken sizes, all
colors, some whites in
cluded, good merchan
dise far below today’s re
placement cost. Retail
values $2.00 to $3.50,
only one table at
$1.89
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“Buy DeSense Bonds
and Stamps Today”
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
(Scixlp Conntp News
LOW-FLYING PLANE
SENDS RURAL CITIZENS
SCURRYING FROM “JAPS”
To let his parents know that he
was at home, an army corporal with
his commanding officer, flew low
over his home in the Cubp commun
ity Saturday afternoon and had the
whole neighborhood panicky from
fear of a Jap invasion.
The soldier was Corporal Parks
Hester, who flew over the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Hester, late Saturday afternoon
and dropped several flour bombs.
Negroes working nearby started up
some of the gosh-awfullest hollering
and shouting which you have ever
heard. Pandemonium really reigned
there for several moments as the
Negroes dropped what they were
doing and scurried under the house.
Peace was finally restored when
Corporal Hester and his superior of
ficer, who was flying him home for
the week end, flew low enough to
be recognized.
McNAIR BROTHERS,
SIX OF THEM, ALL
IN U. S. NAVY
If his name is McNair, his address
is probably care the U. S. Navy.
Lester and Charles McNair, who
are well known in Blakely, both be
ing the foster sons of Dr. W. 0.
Shepard, of Bluffton, are in the
Navy and have four other brothers
who are also in the Naval service.
They are: Dewey, Perry, John F.
and A. G. McNair.
Lester is visiting Dr. Shepard at
Bluffton this week, it being the first
time he has been at home since he
enlisted. He has just returned from
Iceland. One of the McNair broth
ers was chief mechanic aboard the
U. S. S. Augusta when that ship made
its history-making trip out to sea
with the President of the United
States aboard, who went out to meet
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
for that now famous conference.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1942.
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
April 27 Date of
Registration for Men
Ages 45 to 65
Distribution of instructions to all
local boards concerning the forth
coming registration on April 27 of
“all men who attained their forty
fifth birthday on or before February
16, 1942, and have not attained
their sixty-fifth birthday on April
27, 1942,” was announced today by
National Headquarters, Selective
Service System.
Although the men to be registered
on April 27 are not liable for mili
tary service under the Selective
Training and Service Act of 1940,
as amended, they will be registered
in much the same manner as men
who enrolled in previous registra
tions.
Local boards, aided by volunteer
registrars, will conduct the registra
tion and will record the same in
formation on registration cards as
was recorded for men of the first
three registrations.
Hours of the registration will be
between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. on April
27, but State Directors have been
authorized to begin registration on
April 25 and to keep registration
places open on April 26 as well as
the following day or on any other
additional days in advance deemed
desirable.
As the men of the fourth regis
tration are not liable for military
service, there will be no national
lottery for them and no order num
bers issued, although serial numbers
will be placed on registration cards
by local boards.
Under the direction of the State
Director, the Chairman of each lo
cal board will be charged with pro
viding registration places and secur
ing volunteer registrars, without ex
pense to the Government, -in such
numbers as are necessary to com
plete the registration in the local
board area. The experience gained
in the third registration will be used
as a guide in fixing the numbers of
registration places and registrars.
Because of the difficulties which
may be experienced with elderly reg
istrants, registration places must be
carefully located throughout the
area, and sufficient registrars pro
vided so that registrants will not
face transportation difficulties or
long delays at the registration
places.
The questions on the registration
card pertain to the registrant’s name,
place of residence, mailing address
(if other than place of residence),
telephone, age in years and date of
birth, place of birth, name and ad
dress of a person who will always
know the registrants’ whereabouts,
his employer’s name and address, and
the place of his employment or busi
ness.
Coming to the Blakely Theatre
today and Friday—Henry Fonda and
Barbara Stanwyck in “You Belong
to Me.”
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Above you see one phase in the assembly of U. S. submarine chas
ers built by the Dravo corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa. The 173-foot craft
are built upside down, sections being welded in that position. The hull
sections are then braced and turned right side up. The bow section
above is being turned over, preparatory to being Joined to the stern sec
tion at left. Below: A wash drawing showing sub-chaser assembly line
•fust to the left of the indoor barge assembly shop at the Dravo yards. «-
District Governor
Speaker at Tuesday’s
Lions Club Meeting
William B. Freeman, of Forsyth,
Ga., addressed the noon meeting of
the Blakely Lions Club at the Early
Hotel Tuesday.
Mr. Freeman, who is a prominent
attorney of Forsyth, is district gov
ernor of 18-C Georgia district of
Lions International. He was paying
the Blakely club an official visit.
As the subject for his entertaining
and inspiring address, Mr. Freeman
chose “the importance of Lions
Clubs throughout the world in rela
tion to the war.” He said there are
more than 4,000 clubs in the United
States and eight foreign countries,
with a membership of 160,000.
“When this war is finally ended
and hostilities cease and the world
is again at peace, it will be the duty
and privilege of Lions and other civic
organizations to incorporate their
principles in the terms of peace.
These principles, which include un
selfishness, charity and other com
mendable virtues, shall be spread
about the world in order for it to
be a better place in which to live
and that our nation might enjoy a
better peace than it has ever known
before,” the speaker stated.
Mr. Freeman was warmly applaud
ed' at the conclusion of his speech.
He was introduced by Lion “Tige”
Pickle.
A report on the Lions Victory
Dinner, recently held, was made, and
it was announced the proceeds will
go toward the purchase of a victory
bond.
Upon motion of Lion Jack Stan
difer, a committee was appointed to
meet with a committee from the
Rotary Club and with the Mayor
and City Council looking toward the
mapping out of a rat eradication
program for the city.
Guests at the club Tuesday were
W. L. Stone and H. D. Hitchoek.
Lions Cook and Hatton, newest
members of the club, were presented
their lapel buttons by President
Philip Sheffield.
THURSDAY HALF
HOLIDAYS FOR SUMMER
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Blakely merchants begin today
the observance of the Thursday half
holidays for the summer months.
The business houses of the city
observing the half-holiday will close
at 1 o’clock for the remainder of
the day. Shoppers are urged to
bear the closing in mind and do their
shopping before the closing hour.
The half-holiday observance will
continue through the month of July.
WOMAN’S CLUB TO
MEET FRIDAY AT 4 P. M.
The Blakely Woman’s Club will
meet Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the club building in Woodlawn
Park.
LOCAL WEATHER
SUMMARY FOR THE
MONTH OF MARCH
Temperature: Mean maximum,
68.2; mean minimum, 46.3; mean,
57.2; maximum, 82 on the 16th;
minimum, 33 on the 4th; greatest
daily range, 35 degrees.
Precipitation: Total, 8.61 inches.
Greatest amount in any 24-hour pe
riod, 2.82 inches on the 21st.
Miscellaneous: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more of rainfall,
12; clear, 14; partly cloudy, 5;
cloudy, 12. Dense fog on the 12th,
14th, 15th, 16th; thunderstorms on
the Bth, 13th, 17th, 20th.
J. G. STANDIFER, Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
ROTARIANS TOLD OF
STATE CONFERENCE
HELD AT MACON
Rotarians James B. Murdock, Jr.,
and “Chip” Grubbs gave interesting
accounts of the recent Rotary con
ference in Macon at last week’s
meeting of the club held Friday at
ndon at the Hotel Early.
Both pronounced the conference
one of the best they had attended,
with inspirational talks at each of
the sessions and a round of enter
tainment that made the occasion
a delightful one.
Presiding over Friday’s meeting
was President Henry Wall, with the
musical features of the program by
Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist.
Georgia Hosiery
Mills Is Awarded
Navy Contract
The Georgia Hosiery Mills, of this
city, has been awarded a contract
by the U. S. government to knit
socks for the Navy, it was an
nounced yesterday by J. Melvin Mid
dleton, owner and manager of the
mill.
The contract calls for 200,000
pairs of black mercerized socks, and
within 30 days from date the Geor
gia Hosiery Mills will be knitting
these socks, Mr. Middleton said.
When the mill begins the manufac
ture of these socks, 60 per cent of
the mill’s output will be for the
government.
In making this announcement, Mr.
Middleton said that each Wednes
day, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., is
visitors’ day and the public is in
vited to visit the mill on that day
and watch the manufacture of these
socks.
BUSINESS LICENSE NOTICE
All persons doing business in the
City of Blakely must pay their busi
ness license before May 1 to avoid
penalty. Penalties will be strictly
enforced. By order of the Mayor
and Council.
C. C. LANE, Clerk.
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
Father-Son and
Mother-Daughter
Banquet at Hilton
By EARL “TIGE” PICKLE.
Songs, instrumental numbers and
a minimum of speech-making round
ed out a well-balanced program of
entertainment at the annual Father-
Son and Mother-Daughter banquet
at the Hilton high school last Fri
day night. This annual occurrence
is one of the highlights of the Hilton
school term and was attended by
more than 150 patrons of the school
and other invited guests.
Opening with the FFA ritual, with
each officer stationed at his post
and stating the duties of his office,
the program was presided over by
John Arthur Brown, president of
the FFA chapter, Virginia Tedder,
president of the home economics
club, and Catherine Houston, who
acted as the announcer. Following
the introductions of the parents of
the boys and girls and other invited
guests, the entertainment opened
wih Annie Avelon White and Na
thaniel Berry playing a guitar duet
and singing a couple of popular
songs. The entire program was
built around a patriotic theme and
the audience stood and sang “Let’s
Remember Pearl Harbor,” which was
followed by a very timely and well
written speech calling for alertness
and preparedness on the part of ru
ral America. This address was given
by FFA member Junior Houston.
C. O. Brown, FFA advisor, and
Miss Beth Williams, home economics
teacher, took no part on the pro
gram, but retired to the background
after being introduced, and then let
their pupils run the show. The pro
gram closed with the combined
memberships of the Future Farmer
chapter and the home economics club
singing their club songs.
A delicious fish dinner with all
the “trimmings” was served by the
home economics club. The fish were
prepared by Mr. Wood Smith, who
has become something of a fixture
around the Hilton school when any
parties are pulled off. Mr. Smith
and Mr. Byron Chambers, who as
sisted him, took most of the bows at
Friday night’s show for their culi
nary ability in preparing the fish.
There was some talk following the
dinjier of hiring Mr. Smith to assist
Miss Williams in teaching home eco
nomics next year, but this rumor
wasn’t confirmed by Supt. Sites, who
was so busy “masticating mullet”
that your reporter couldn’t get him
ito say anything for publication.
WILMER A. SMITH
IS NOW SERGEANT
Wilmer A. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wood A. Smith of this county,
has been promoted from the rank of
corporal to sergeant, it was an
nounced today by his commanding
officer at Gunter Field, Montgom
ery, Ala. Sgt. Smith joined the Air
Corps in August, 1941, and helps
keep ’em flying now as technical
supply sergeant at Glinter Field, a
basic flying school of the vast South
east Air Corps training center,
where American and British aviation
cadets win their wings.