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PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR COUNTY-WIDE
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE CANVASS IN INTEREST
OF WAR SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS
Early county’s set-up for the
house-to-house canvass of the county
to secure the pledge of every wage
earner to buy war savings bonds and
stamps has been perfected. The can
vass will begin Monday and contin
ue through the week.
Early county’s quota for the pur
chase of bonds and stamps for the
month of May is $23,300.
R. C. Singletary, Sr., is honorary
chairman for the Early county drive,
S. G. Maddox is executive chairman,
James B. Murdock, Jr., is chief of
staff, and J. Emory Houston is col
onel for the city of Blakely and
Bert Tarver is colonel for the rural
section of the county. Their ap
pointments, including’ the majors,
captains and lieutenants are listed
in this story, together with the dis
tricts represented.
Preliminary to the drive, meetings
are being held in every area of the
county this week. On Wednesday
night Major Felix Davis assembled
his group of Rock Hill and lower
Lucile workers at the Hilton school
house. Plans for the campaign were
carefully made, and Mr. G. M. Sparks
made some timely remarks concern
ing the vital need of every patriot
ic American buying his or her part
of bonds and stamps in this trying
time when American liberty and
peace is at stake.
On Thursday night, meetings will i
be held at Damascus Blakely and'
Springfield. At Damascus, Judge A. [
H. Gray will speak to Major Geer’s 1
corps of workers, the meeting to be
held at 9:00 p. m. at the school aud
itorium.
Philip Sheffield will address the
staff of Major Howell, representing
the UnionnFreeman-Colomokee areas,
at a meeting to be held in the city
hall in Blakely on Thursday evening
at 9 o’clock. Major Howell proposes
to complete plans for his campaign
at this meeting and urges every
person named on his staff to be pres
ent.
Major Leon H. Baughman has des
ignated the Springfield school audi
torium as the place of his meeting
to be held Thursday night at 9
o’clock. Judge James W. Bonner
will speak to officers and workers of
Major Baughman’s staff, and plans
will be laid at this meeting to launch j
the campaign in the Cedar Springs-;
Jakin-Lower Lucile districts next)
Monday.
The meeting for the City of Blake-'
ly, under the direction of Col. J. I
Emory Houston, will be held at the I
city hall in Blakely at 9 p. m. on 1
Friday evening, and Coolnel Hous-,
ton urges every person whose name '
appears in the Blakely appointments
to be on hand for this meeting.
The following is the official per
sonnel for the week’s campaign:
CITY OF BLAKELY
Division No. 1: Mrs. S. P. Holland,
Sr., Major; Mrs. W. R. McKinney,
Captain; Mrs. S. P. Holland, Jr.,
Mrs. Grady Holman, Jr., H. B.
mer, John Underwood, Lieutenants.
Division No. 2: Mrs. J. M. Coile,
Major; Mrs. J. W. Bonner, Captain;
Mrs. C. H. Loback, Captain; Mrs.
Hunt Westbrook, Mrs. W. M. Barks
dale, Earl (Tige) Pickle, Mrs. Oscar
Hooten, Mrs. Ed Minter, Mrs. W. H.
Wall, Frank Bridges, Lieutenants.
Division No. 3: Mrs. J. D. Rogers,
Jr., Major; Mrs. W. R. Stewart, Cap
tain; Mrs. 0. H. Snyder, Mrs. Iva
Herring, Mrs Ruth Warrick, Miss
Evelyn Dußo.se, Lieutenants.
Division No. 4: Mrs. Thomas Deb
nam, Major; Mrs. Lewis Fryer, Cap
tain, Mrs. Oscar Whitchard, Mrs. J.
ANSWER THE KNOCK AT YOUR
DOOR
It’s Your Country Calling for Your
War Bond
PLEDGE, MAY 11-16
The Bank of Early Invites You to Discuss
With Them Your Banking Needs
Bank of Early
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All
Deposits Insured up to $5,000
Don’t Guess at the Weight of Your
SCRAP IRON—
ITS VALUABLE
We Weigh and Pay Highest Market Price.
We Buy and Sell Used Tires
J. W. ALLEN
NEAR DEPOT
G. Standifer, Mrs. Dunbar Grist, Mrs.
J. H. Williams, H. A. Walton, J. E.
Beckham, Lieutenants.
EARLY COUNTY
Major: Leon H. Baughman—Ce
dar Springs-Jakin-Lower Lucile.
JAKIN: Roy McClellan, Captain;
Clark Mosely, C. C. Crook, Mrs. Tom
Harvey, Mrs. A. H. Mosely, Mrs. W.
H. Roberts, Frank Fuller, Walter
Williams, Lieutenants.
REESETOWN & BURKETT’S
STORE SECTION: Amos Reese,
Captain; Mrs. Tullis Reese, Floyd
Amos, J. B. Gaulden, Mrs. Sanford
Burkett. Lieutenants.
LOWER LUCILE DLST.: Mrs. C.
B. Miller, Captain; E. J. Houston,
!j. O. Evans, Mrs. P. W. Evans, John
iM. Knight, Mrs. W. M. Sheffield,
Mrs. T, T. Swann, Gordon Tolar,
Mrs J. C. McFather, Lieutenants.
HOWARD’S MILL COMMUNITY:
Curtis Dunning, Captain; A. Arthur
Eason, Gaston Cannon, Lieutenants.
CEDAR SPRINGS COMMUNITY:
Early A. Reed, Captain; C. H.
Baughman, Miss Bina L. Smith, J.
S. Willoughby, Mrs. Berrien Martin,
J. A. Mercer, J. D. Hoover, Jim
Pyle, A. C. Chandler, H. L. Margin,
|C. A. Love, Charlie Hogan, Lieuten
j ants.
Major Geer Damaicui-Cuba-Ar
lington.
CUBA: Mrs. Adlin Mclver, Cap
tain; Mrs. Tom Moore, Mrs. Ralph
Moody, Lieutenants.
CENTERVILLE: Mrs. Will Bry
ant, Captain; Mrs. Chambers, Mrs.
E. A. Dußose, Mrs. Leslie McLen
don, Lieutenants.
NEW HOPE: John Riley George,
Captain; Lulleen Houston, Mrs. Sam
Lindsey. Mrs. George Mock, Mrs. S.
B. Blackshear, Lieutenants.
TINER TOWN and LOWER NEW
HOPE DISTRICT (down to Miller
County Line) : Charlie Tiner, Cap
tain; Chester E. Middleton, Lieuten
ant.
LIBERTY HILL: J. R. Prince,
Captain; C. W. Bridges, Buck Toole,
Mrs. M. L. Simmons, Lieutenants.
OLD DAMASCUS: Mrs. S. J. Col
lier, Captain; Mrs. Cecil Godwin,
Mrs. Buddy Weblb, Lieutenants.
DAMASCUS: H. C. Hddock, Cap
tain; J. D. Haddock. Mrs. Tom Pull
en, Mrs. Frank Mathis, Miss Sara
Brown, Mrs. Bubber Haddock, Mrs.
Roy Pullen, Mrs. Rush Whitehurst,
Mrs. Paschall Jenkins, Mrs. Hugh
Billings, Buford Houston, Mrs. H.
C. Haddock, Miss Sara Brown, Lieu
tenants.
TABB-TOWN: Beechum Houston,
Captain; I. A. Walton, Lam Douglas,
Lieutenants.
NICHOLS VILLE: Charlie Ross
Davis, Captain; Bill Newberry, Otis
Garrett, Mrs. W. C. Bryan, Lieuten
ants.
ROWENA: Rollin Taylor, Captain;
Clarence Cook, Duncan Sasser, Mrs.
Simon Taylor, Lieutenants.
ARLINGTON: W. B. Bostwick,
Captain; Mrs. W. W. Calhoun, Oscar
Powell, Lieutenants.
Major Sid Howell Union-Free
man-Colomokee.
FREEMAN ROAD: Bill Williams,
Captain; E. W. Jones, Joe Bowman,
Lieutenants.
RIVER ROAD (Ebb Grier Place
to Mrs. Nelson’s): W. J. Bynum,
Captain; Jim Tedder, D. K. Bynum,
Lieutenants.
GEORGE NELSON’S PLACE TO
RALPH HUTCHINS’ FARM: Mrs.
George Nelson, Captain; I. D. FeW
der, Fred White, Guy White, Lieu
tenants.
MIDDLE ROADS: G. H. Owen,
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Captain; M. W. White, W. G. Gill,
Wesley Allen, Bert Puckett, Lieu
tenants.
GRIMSLEY’S MILL: Theo White,
Captain; Gordon White, A. W. Stan
ley, Lieutenants.
SHELLY SIMMONS FARM (to
Town): Shelly Simmons, Captain;
Stuart Chandler, Fred Chandler,
Lewis Floyd, Lieutenants.
PLEASANT GROVE COMMUNI
TY: John Hudspeth, Captain; R. W.
Woolf, R. Cleveland Harris, Lieu
tenants.
INDIAN MOUND TERRITORY:
Ross Averitt, Captain; R. Harris, W.
J. Kenney, T. B. Kenney, Lieuten
ants.
CGC ROAD (to Blakely): Mrs.
Berta Balkcom, Captain; Mrs. W. W.
Brunson, Howard Harpe, Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Ivey, Lieutenants.
HARTLEY’S CROSS ROADS: J.
L. Bethea, Captain ; J. Guy Collins,
Charlie Tedder, B. B. Tedder, John
W. Hall, Mrs. John W. Hall, Lieu
tenants.
NORTHEAST SECTION COLO
MOKEE DIST.: K. J. Hodges, Cap
tain; R. D. Hodges, Cecil Cobb, W.
|D. Sammons, Jack Sammons, Mrs.
Jack Sammons, Lieutenants.
COLOMOKEE SCHOOL AREA
(Paved Road, etc.) : James Balkcom,
Captain; F. B. Melton, Mrs. F. B.
Melton, Mrs. Fred Pipkin, Paul G.
Bostwick. Herman Smith, Mrs. J. G.
Corley, Henry Balkcom, W. J. Col
lier. Lieutenants.
ARLINGTON ROAD (Bancroft
Area): W. J. Hunt, Captain; Tom
Dozier. Ralph Lane, Mrs. Ralph
Lane, Lieutenants.
Major Felix Davis—Rock Hill and
Blakely Rural.
ROCK HILL: Mrs. Marie Wil
liams, Captain; E. L. McLendon, Mrs.
Freeman Hall, Clarence Mosely, J.
R. Donnan, Lieutenants.
HILTON: Gordon Hall, Captain;
Mrs. P. E. Alexander, Mrs, C. E.
Martin. Lieutenants.
SOWHATCHEE: John B. Still,
Captain; Homer Willis, Jimmy Wil
ey, Emory Cannon, Millard Still,
Lieutenants.
UPPER LUCILE: Robinson Mc-
Lendon, Captain; Mrs. R. R. McLen
don, B. H. Thomas, Mrs. D. D. Can
non, R. E. Mills, C. E. Wills, Robert
Swann, Lieutenants.
JULIAN-LOYLESS
Mr. J. C. Loyless, of Blakely, an
nounces the marriage of his daugh
ter, Emmie Albina, to Staff Sergeant
Donald E. Julian, Saturday, May 2,
Graymont, Ga.
Centering cordial interest in this
section is the marriage of Miss Em
mie Albina Loyless to Staff Sergeant
Donald E. Julian, of Arab, Ala., and
Turner Field, Albany. The cere
mony was quietly solemnized Friday
night, May 1, at 8 o’clock in Gray
mont, with the Rev. David Cripps,
pastor of the Methodist church, of
ficiating.
The bride was lovely in dusty
rose crepe with navy blue accessor
ies and a navy blue hat. After the
ceremony the young couple left for
a short wedding trip and on their
return will be at home at 432 Ogle
thorpe avenue, Albany, where they
have an apartment.
Mrs. Julian is the daughter of Mr.
J. C. Loyless, of Blakely, who for
many years was tax collector of
Early county. Her mother was the
former Albina Singletary, of Blakely.
The last two years Mrs. Julian’ has
lived in Albany, where she is secre
tary to W. J. Grist, agent for the
Standard Oil Company.
Sergeant Julian is the son of Mr.
Ruby Julian, of Arab, Ala. He has
been stationed at Turner Field about
a year.
MRS. SOLOMON, JR., HONORED
AT TEA
Mrs. Barnett Solomon and Mrs.
Thomas Debnam entertained in their
home with a tea Thursday afternoon
honoring Mrs. Barnett Solomon, Jr.,
a recent bride.
Meeting the guests in the hall
was Mrs. McKenzie Mangham. In
the receiving line were Mrs. Solo
mon, Mrs. Solomon. Jr., Mrs. Edward
Hawkins of Dothan, Ala., mother of
the bride, and the hostesses.
Punch was served on the terrace,
bright with blooming plants in box
es and hanging baskets which over
looked the lovely wooded grounds.
In the dining room the guests were
served heart-shaped ice cream with
nosegay cakes encircled with lace
paper tied with pink and green rib
bons. The mints were shaped as
wedding rings, hearts and bells.
The table was covered with an ex
quisite yenetiqn cloth and the cen
terpiece was of gladioli, roses, gyp
sophilia, and stocks. Crystal cande
labra with pink tapers graced the
table and mantel.
Assisting the guests were Mrs.
John Williams, Mrs. Price Holland,
Miss Lucille Barksdale. Miss Thelma
Duke, Mrs. Edward Morton, Mrs.
Price Cochran, Mrs. Hubert Farr,
Mrs. George Gee, and Mrs. Dan Ham
mack of Edison.
About 100 guests called.
ROTARIANS HEAR
INSTRUCTIVE TALK ON
FIRST AID MEASURES
Members of the Blakely Rotary
Club, meeting last Friday at noon at
the Early Hotel, heard an interesting
talk on First Aid measures. The
speaker was Dr. J. G. Standifer, lo
cal physician, who is instructing a
class in first-aid treatment as a part
of the civilian defense program. His
talk, highly instructive, was enjoyed
by the Rotarians.
Ben B. Godwin and H. Alfred
i Felder attended the club as members
! for the first time and were welcomed
I into its membership by Vice Presi
dent James Murdock, Jr., presiding
;in the absence of President Henry
I Wall.
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LOCAL MINISTER
SPEAKER AT LIONS
CLUB MEETING
The Rev. Spencer B. King, pastor
of the Blakely Baptist church, spoke
interestingly on the need of a “re
vival of religion” at the noon meet
ing of the Lions Club held at the
Early Hotel Tuesday. Lion Lewie
Stein was in charge of the program
and introduced the speaker.
Frank B. Bridges was a guest of
the club and was elected to serve
as Scoutmaster of Troop 91, of
which the Lions are sponsors. Other
guests were Borden Barry, Robert
Collier, Max Holman, Hal Beckham
and Leonard George, first-class
scouts of the troop, who were intro
duced by Lion E. H. Cheek, scout
master.
President Philip Sheffield presided
over the meeting and Mrs. Ben Hais
ten furnished a program of piano
music.
RAT ERADICATION
PROGRAM DISCUSSED
AT COUNCIL MEETING
A general discussion of the city’s
rat eradication program was taken
up at Tuesday’s meeting of the May
or and City Council, held at the city
hall.
It was announced following the
meeting that the program would be
gin just as soon as the shipment of
poison and other materials arrives.
Carl Hobbs, of this city, has been
employed to conduct the campaign.
The program was instigated in an
swer to a plea from the two local
civic clubs.
A board of tax equalizers and
registrars was also appointed. H. C.
Fort, W. L. Rhodes and C. S. Fryer
will comprise the board, all members
being re-elected.
GOOD NEWS AWAITS
SERGEANT COSTELLO
IN AUSTRALIA
Staff Sergeant C. J. Costello prob
ably doesn’t know it yet, but some
good news will reach him at his
post “somewhere in Australia” just
as soon as possible. His wife, Mrs.
Costello, presented him with a beau
tiful daughter at a local hospital
last Friday, and the little girl has
been named Vivian Arline Costello.
Mrs. Costello is the former Miss
Nellie Williams, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry T. Williams of this city.
The Sergeant is a member of Gen
eral MacArthur’s fighting forces.
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■LEE GOOCHER.
P. E. PAFFORD DIES
AT HOME IN ATLANTA
P. E. Pafford died at his home in
Atlanta April 27, after an illness of
long duration. Mr. Pafford formerly
lived in Early county, where he
taught school for a number of years.
Survivors include his wife, the for
mer Miss Ruby Anderson of this
county, and two children.
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