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We know this is awfully silly,
but we thought you W'ould like to
know why fire engines are red. The
fellow who wrote it, and whose
name we do not know, probably got
shot for doing so, and certainly it
was a fate he well deserved. We hope
something less drastic happens to us
for re-printing it:
Why Fire Engines Are Red
Why are fire engines red?
A fire engine is a truck.
It takes two people to truck.
Two people have four feet.
Four feet, less trhee feet, is one
foot.
One foot is twelve inches. -
Twelve inches is a ruler.
King George is a ruler.
Queen Elizabeth is his wife.
Queen Elizabeth is a ship.
■Ships sail the seas.
The seas have fish.
The fish have fins.
The Finns fought the Russians.
The Russians are red.
Fire engines are always rushing.
Therefore, fire engines are red.
Os course, you’ve heard the one
about the fellow who was accused of
being drunk. And he answered with
these words:
“I may be slightly under the in
fluence of inkahol, but I’m not near
as think as you drunk I am.”
Oh, well, maybe it is ancient and
not funny, either, but one of these
days you’re gonna tell one and we
aren’t going to laugh.
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Apparently the fellow who left
this on our desk was inspired by the
American soldiers in Australia who
are so hastily being united in matri
mony with those Australian gals.
These are the words, you can supply
your own music. (On second thought,
it might be better if you just forget
it):
Soldier: Over there, over there,
I’m going over and I’m not coming
back, back, back from over there.
Girl: 0, dear, o, dear, why aren’t
you coming back, back, back from
over there?
Soldier: My sweet, my sweet, you
are complete, you are complete, but
who wants to come back from a land
so fair where men are so rare, rare,
rare?
Additional ironic notes of the war
concern the fellow who survived for
ty days in the open sea after his
ship had been torpedoed, returned
to New York and was instantly kill
ed by a subway train.
Purely Personal: If we were pub
lishing a magazine and wanted a
pretty girl for the cover, we would
select Dynva Miller, cute little red
headed high school student at Ja
kin. (We’ve always been prejudiced
toward red-heads—blondes and bru
nettes —all of which reminds us of
the one we printed a long time ago
about the college boy who had these
words printed on the side of his ja
lopy: “I stop for blondes and bru
nettes and back up for red-heads.”
Columnist Morgan Blake, of The
Atlanta Journal, is a candidate for
mayor. Several of Blake’s planks in
his platform demonstrate that he
has given the matter considerable at
tention and definitely prove that he
is the man for the office.
Mr. Blake proposes to take all the
lettuce from drug-store sandwiches,
and to pass a law compelling restau
rant operators to install enough ham
in a ham sandwich whereby it can
be seen with the naked eye. Mr.
Blake did not put it so bluntly, but
he hinted that in some eating places
around the city you could read a
newspaper through the ham.
Another equally astute plank is
the one whereby, immediately upon
being elected, he will take “Blues in
the Night,” ‘Deep in the Heart of
Texas,” and other such records from
all juke-boxes in Atlanta. This plank
alone should be all that is required
to carry Mr. Blake into the city hail
by a sweeping majority.
To show that Mr. Blake has taken
all problems into consideration, he
promises to furnish guides to visitors
who contemplate visiting Ansley
Park. This is very commendable of
Future-Mayor Blake and shows , a
marked gift of foresight.
Park has some of the most winding,
confusing and wholly incredible
streets in the whole South. You may
have wandered forlornly in a jungie
for 30 days, and gone hungry on a
mountain-top for three weeks while
seeking a route to civilization, or you
may have drifted at sea for months
seeking a ship with a compass, but,
brother, you have never been really
lost until you have lost your way in
Atlanta’s Ansley Park. It has been
reported, but not confirmed, that Ed
Danforth, Journal sports editor who
has lived in that section for a num
ber of years, once wandered about
for six days and nights before he
was rescued. He was found three
blocks from his own home, with the
aid of a dozen St. Bernard dogs
carrying some kind of liquid in lit
tle kegs around their necks. It has
never been known whether the dogs
found Mr. Danforth, or vice versa.
Until this very day it is said that
Mr. Danforth goes home by the way
of a taxi equpipped with two boy
scouts, a compass, a slide rule and
a pair of strong Navy binoculars.
We are casting our vote for Mor
gan Blake and are advising all our
Atlanta relatives to do likewise.
Blakely F. F. A. News
Last week the Blakely F. F. A.
Chapter held its regular meeting.
The program consisted of a trumpet
solo by Kenneth Tabb, and the finals
of the chapter public speaking con
test. Participating in the speaking
were James White, Leonard George,
and Andy Lanier. Andy was chosen
as the winner to represent the chap
ter in the speaking contest at Bluff
ton last night. The quartet, con
sisting of Mack Balkcom, bass, An
dy Lanier, bass, Wilson Fryer, ten
or, and Fred Presley, tenor, also en
tered the quartet contest.
Last week mambers of the chapter
set 520 eggs in the chapter incubator.
Wednesday, April 22, the annual
Father and Son banquet of the
chapter will be held at the Wom
an’s Club. Members of the chapter
will have as guests their fathers.
—REPORTER.
TO MY FRIENDS AND
ALL OTHERS
Please observe the drive way in
the city cemetery. Don’t back and
turn around on lots. Do unto oth
ers as you would like for them to
do unto you.
j. j. McLendon.
MEN OF WAR
General Electric men and women—thousands of them! Four
' typical scenes show the spirit with which they are tackling the
job of producing for war!
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1, Thousands of employees, only 2. Almost 85 per cent of all Gen
ten days after war declaration, era! Electric employees signed
gathered in mass meetings in up to buy U. S. Defense Savings
most major G-E plants to pledge Bonds totalling more than
all-out war effort! $20,000,000 a year!
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3. A sign chalked by a G-E work- 4. And day and night-around
man on a big machine being built the clock ®' E workmen keep
for war. The sign carried this steadily at the most important
challenge to fellow workers: job of building weapons and sup
“ Remember Wake Island!” P l} es for U.S. fighting men!
General Electric believes that its first duty as a good
citizen is to be a good soldier.
General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. K,
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Parts and our Blue Ribbon
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maintained for your con
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS. BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Report of Local
Rationing Board
April Ist-llth
F. H. Brooks, chairman of the
Early County Civilian Defense Com
mittee, announced Monday that the
local rationing board had issued cer
tificates for the purchase of tires and
tubes to the following parties for the
period April 1-11 (eligibility classi
fication noted):
New Tires and Tubes
C. W. Jackson: 1 truck tire, 1
tube; classification, E-9.
A. C. Spence: 2 passenger car
tires; classification, C-5.
J. W. Oldham: 1 truck tire, 1
tube; classification, E-9.
R. C. Howell: 2 truck tires, 1
tube; classification, F-E-9.
Mrs. Irma Sammons : 1 school bus
tire, 1 tube; classification, D-2.
Henry Balkcom: 1 tractor tire;
classification, F.
Emory Cannon: 1 school bus tire;
classification. D-2.
R. H. Westbrook: 1 passenger car
tire; classification, C-5.
City of Blakely: 2 truck tires;
classification, E-2-3.
B. S. Perry: 1 truck tire; classi
fication, E-l.
James Silas: 1 truck tire, 1 tube;
classification, E-9.
H. D. Zorn: 2 truck tires, 2 tubes;
classification, D-3, E-9.
Homer Reddick: 2 truck tubes;
classification, E-9.
J. N. Collier: 2 passenger car
tires; classification, Obsolete (B)-5.
Retreads
M. W. Balkcom: 2 passenger car
tires; classification. C-5.
C. E. Thomas: 2 school bus tires;
classification. D-2.
Passenger Car
The board issued a certificate for
the purchase of a new passenger car
to Grady Holman, Jr.; classification,
K-Armed Service.
For the first time in its forty
years of existence, the Navy Relief
Society is appealing to the public for
funds. Contribute now!
WANTED— Truck driver, prefer
married man, good house to live in.
Also two men to cut wood. JOSEPH
| FREEMAN, Blakely, Ga. It
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This desert nomad looks well
pleased with his “costume” of ma
chine-gun ammunition. He is ad
miring himself before handing the
belts over to be loaded into the
guns of an R.A.F. fighter plane in
the Libyan desert.
SHERIFF’S SALE
GEORGIA—EarIy County:
There will be sold by the under
signed at public outcry to the high
est bidder for cash, before the court
house door of said county in the
City of Blakely, on the First Tues
day in May, 1942, next, within the
legal hours of sale, the one-third un
divided interest of Mrs. Melba Wil
liams English in and to the follow
ing described real estate, to wit: All
that certain lot or parcel of land,
with the dwelling and other im
provements thereon, in lot of land
number 241 in the 6th land district
of Early County, Georgia, and in
the City of Arlington, located on
the west side of Calhoun street in
said city, fronting said street 160
feet, and running back west from
said street 270 feet, bounded on
north by what has been known as
the J. I. D. Miller lands, on the East
by Calhoun street, on the south by
what has been known as the B. S.
Fortson land, and on the West by
what has been known as the S. T.
Nance land, and being the same real
estate conveyed to Miss Mamie Jay
by Mrs. Georgia Jay by deed dated
September 29th, 1925, and recorded
at page 33 of Deed Book 38 in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Early County, Georgia.
Said one-third undivided interest
in said real estate levied upon and
to be sold as the property of Mrs.
Melba Williams English to satisfy a
certain execution issued from the
City Court of Blakely of Early Coun
ty, Georgia, on November 25th, 1941,
in favor of Mrs. Essie W. Cellon
against Mrs. Melba Williams Eng
lish, said execution being No. 1488.
Levy made and returned to me
by C. C. Swann, Deputy Sheriff.
This Bth day of April, 1942.
O. E. MARTIN, Sheriff.
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‘Alert’ Rehearsal in Australia
This photograph show» Anzac workers in Sydney, Australia,
rehearsing for the daytime “alert” by filing into slit trenches.
It takes eight minutes to evacuate the buffet in which these
workers are employed.
Our Peanut Seed
Shelters
Are now in operation, hav
ing been over-hauled and re
worked throughout.
For a Really First-Class
Job of Shelling Your
PEANUTS
Spanish & Runners
and all your other seed
BRING THEM TO
CASEY JONES
(At old Duke Shelling Plant on
Arlington Road)
TRY AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWS