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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 41
City Court Jury
Awards Mrs. Hester
$2500 in Damage Suit
A city court jury has awarded
Mrs. W. B. Hester $2,500 damages
for the death of her son, Ferris
Hester, which occurred April 27th,
when he was struck by a car owned
by Mrs. W. R. Leach and the Stuart
Motor Company, of Stuart, Fla.
The case came up for trial Mon
day morning and was completed and
given to the jury shortly before mid
night of the same day. After a sev
enty-minute deliberation, the jury
returned a verdict awarding Mrs.
Hester judgment in the sum of
$2,500.
Young Hester was killed instant
ly on the afternoon of April 27th,
1941, when he was struck by Mrs.
Leach’s car while riding a bicycle
with another youth, Joe Brown, who
was also killed instantly.
Attorney A. H. Gray represented
the defendant and Attorneys Menard
Peacock and Rosser Malone, of Al
bany, and Philip Sheffield, of Blake
ly, represented the plaintiff. The
original suit called for damages of
$20,000. The case was tried before
Judge James W. Bonner.
ARTHUR JOHNSON
GRADUATES FROM
RADIO SCHOOL
Pvt. Arthur L. Johnson last week
graduated from the School of Ra
dio at Scott Field, 111., where he has
been stationed for the past several
months since his induction into the
armed services.
From his post at ' Scott Field,
Private Johnson will go to Las Ve
gas, Nevada, to attend gunnery
school. His friends here in Blakely,
where he worked until he entered
the service of his country, will be
pleased to hear of his graduation.
He is a brother of Mrs. Bennett
Smith, of this city.
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Early County News
C. G. Brewer Is
Named President
Os Lions Club
C. G. Brewer, Southern represent
ative for the Benthall Machine Com
pany, was nominated for the presi
dency of the Blakely Lions Club at
Tuesday’s meeting at the Early Ho
tel. Lion Brewer is a charter mem
ber of the club and will assume his
duties in July following the state
convention.
Other officers are: E. H. Cheek,
vice president; Robert Hall, 2nd vice
president; C. C. Lane, third vice
president; Earl Pickle (re-elected)
secretary and treasurer; J. F. Reed,
tailtwister; Herbert Hatton, Lion
tamer; and J. G. Standifer and Phil
ip Sheffield, directors.
The speaker at Tuesday’s meeting
was W. Lowrey Stone, local' attor
ney, who was introduced by Lion
Fred Godwin, program chairman.
Sheriff Clarence E. Martin at
tended the club as a guest of Lion
J. G. Standifer.
Lions Standifer and Thomas Fel
der were appointed delegates to the
International Convention by Presi
dent Philip Sheffield, who presided
over the meeting. ,
BLAKELY STUDENTS AT
HUNTINGDON COLLEGE
Miss Lorraine Pritchard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Pritchard, of
Blakely, who is a sophomore student
at Huntingdon College, Montgomery,
Ala., was recently elected secretary
of the Brannon Historical Society
for 1942-1943.
Miss Ann Nelson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Nelson, of
Blakely, freshmen student at Hunt
ingdon, was recently elected vice
president for the Baptist Student
Union for 1942-1943, while her twin
sister, Miss Nan Nelson, also a fresh
man, was elected sophomore repre
sentative to the Athletic Association
for 1942-1943.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1942.
Success to AU Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Blakely School
Commencement
Plans Announced
Blakely school commencement ex
ercises will begin Sunday morning
at the Blakely Baptist church, when
the Rev. Spencer B. King will deliv
er the annual baccalaureate sermon
at 12 o’clock to 39 members of the
high school -graduating class.
On the following Monday night,
May 25, at 8:30 o’clock at the city
hall, the grammar school music pu
pils of Miss Evelyn Dußose will give
their recital. On Wednesday night,
at the same place, the high school
pupils will give their recital.
Thursday night at 9 o’clock at the
Methodist church, certificates will be
awarded to 41 grammar school pu
pils who will next year enter the
high school.
The following night, Friday, May
29, the high school graduation exer
cises will be held in the Methodist
church. Thirty-nine boys and girls
will be awarded diplomas by Super
intendent T. B. Clyburn. Miss Mar
garet Boyett will give the valedictory
and the salutatory will be igven by
James White.
Members of the senior graduating
class who are expected to receive di
plomas at the graduation exercises
on May 29 are: Charles McDonald
Balkcom, John Fulton Moseley, Rob
ert Hamilton Hoover, Pauline Livings
ston, James A. Williams, James Ed
ward White, Benamin Robert Mose’
ley, James Edward Collier, Fred
Bostwick, Marie Inez Monfort, Har
old Willis, Reuben Samuel Roberts,
Clarence Faison, Hamp Clarke, Fred
Pressley, Jr., Joe Brooks, Thomas
Byrd, Bowdre Lucien Carswell, MiL
ton Fletcher Bryant, Jr., Carlton
Ralph Daniels, William Borden Bar
ry, Jane Bonner, Mary Juanita-Cor
ley, Mary Olivia Patterson, Margar
et Boyett, Virginia Eleanor Pritch
ard, John Andrew Pipkin, Iris
Weathersby, Edna Williams, Neva
Nobles, Fay Eugenia Thompson,
Rena Belle White, Dorothy Whatley,
Elon Marie Hayes, Peggy Louise
Duke, William Clayton Jordan, Ed
ward Wilson Fryer, Onley White
hurst, Harry Sirmons.
At the grammar school graduation
exercises, Miss Frances Balkcom,
class teacher, has announced that
Marion Dunning will deliver the val
edictory and Tom Jones the saluta
tory. Thirteen boys and twenty
eight girls will receive their certifi
cates. They are: Winifred Alexan
der, Mary Allen, Lucretia Anglin,
Carol Beckham, Helen Chapman,
Ruth Ann Clyburn, Wilma Cole,
Marion Dunning, Martha Fudge,
Marshaline Giles, Mabie Granger,
Joanne Grimsley, Myrtice Grimsley,
Mary Grubbs, Mozelle Harpe, Nancy
Harrison, Joyce Hooten, Sara King,
Alice Lanier, Velma McKnight, Dor
othy Oldham, Helen Patterson, Bev
erley Pierson, Carolyn Pullen, Nettie
Quattlebaum, Gwendolyn Tolar, Car
oline Whatley, Addie White, Edwin
Brasington, Fred Darden, Marshall
Day, James Hoover, Thomas How
ard, Tom Jones, Lee Roy Lane, Bil
ly McCormick, Billy Peters, Fred
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This photo which arrived in New York from London by clipper,
shows Adolf Hitler as he tried to cheer up wounded Nazi soldiers. There
can be no doubt that the Nazis needed some sort of encouragement to
keep them fighting and to bolster their morale for the much talked of
“spring offensive,” after the many reverses they had experienced in
Russia during the winter months. Evidently Der Fuehrer believed a
* visit from him would do the trick.
Conference of Law
Enforcement Officers
To Be Held in Albany
Law enforcement officers who
gather at Albany, Ga., for the sec
ond quarterly conference of Law
Enforcement Officers under the FBI
Law Enforcement Mobilization Plan
for National Defense on May 28,
1942, will hear Guy O. Stone, State
Commander of the American Le
gion, deliver a timely message. This
announcement was made today by
Special Agent in Charge F. R. Ham
mack of the Atlanta Field Office of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The conference at Albany will
meet in the U. S. District Court
Room at 2 p. m. on May 28, and law
enforcement officers from Wilcox,
Sumter, Crisp, Turner, Worth, Lee,
Dougherty, Terrell, Baker, Calhoun,
Early, Clay and Randolph counties
are being invited to attend the con
ference. These quarterly confer
ences of law enforcement officers
permit them to discuss the latest
developments and procedures in con
nection with investigations relating
to espionage, sabotage and Fifth
Column activities. The primary pur
pose of the conferences is to coordi
nate the efforts of all law enforce
ment in maintaining the interna]
security of the country, and instruc
tion is offered the assembled officers
and representatives of the various
police departments and sheriff’s of
fices by FBI representatives in con
nection with important phases of the
work.
The program for the closed session
of the conference will include a dis
cussion of the alien enemy control
program. Some of the more import
ant espionage cases in the United
States will be reviewed by Special
Agent in Charge F. R. Hammack and
the sound motion picture entitled
“Technique and Mechanics of Ar
rest” will be exhibited to the as
sembled officers. An open forum
round-table discussion of matters of
interest to law enforcement officers
in connection with the national de
fense program will be held and the
proper method of reporting cases
and results of investigations by law
enforcement agencies will be out
lined.
Mr. Hammack stated that a very
large number of law enforcement of
ficers from this district are expected
to attend the Albany conference
and to coordinate their efforts with
those of the FBI in combatting sub
versive elements in the United States.
evangellstTcrally
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT
COLOMOKEE CHURCH
Sunday afternon at 4:00 o’clock
(War Time), pursuant to the resolu
tions adopted by the Bethel Associa
tion in its last session, there will be
held an Evangelistic Rally for the
churches of the Fourth district (Ear
ly county) at the Colomokee Baptist
church. These meetings in the oth
er districts have been well attended
and much good is being done. It is
hoped the Sunday afternoon meeting
will be the best of all, and every
church is urged to send representa
tives.
Chairman Taylor has planned a
good program, including brief ad
dresses, on “Methods in Evangel
ism” by Rev. Wilbur Bryant and
“The Message” by Rev. H. B. Shep
herd. Mr. Carlyle Brooks, of Atlan
ta, will have charge of the music.
Sawyer, Lloyd Dale Sheffield, Billy
Taliaferro, Elvin Williams.
Rotary Speaker Talks
On Value of Churches
To City of Blakely
The Rev. H. B. Shepherd, of New
Orleans, was the guest speaker at
last week’s meeting of the Blakely
Rotary Club, held Friday at noon at
the Hotel Early.
Rev. Mr. Shepherd, who was in
the city assisting in a revival meet
ing at the Baptist church, spoke for
several minutes on the subject, “The
Value of the Churches to Blakely.”
He stressed the importance of these
institutions to the business, moral
and spiritual life of Blakely, and
urged the full support of the Rota
rians to the churches of this city.
His talk was well received and ap
preciated by the chib members. The
speaker was introduced by the Rev.
Spencer B. King, Baptist pastor. Ro
tarian Price Hollapd was in charge
of the program for the day.
Other guests at the meeting in
cluded Rotarians Henry Spence of
Albany and Kes Forrester of Do
than, who made up their attendance
for the week.
President Henry Wall, presiding,
announced the appointment of sev
eral committees to arrange for the
banquet to be tendered Friday night
to the members of the Senior Class
of Blakely High School and to the
Rotaryannes.
WAR BOND AND STAMP
PLEDGE CAMPAIGN IN
EARLY COMPLETED
The house-to-house canvass to get
Early countians to pledge to buy
war bonds and stamps has been
completed, Executive Chairman S.
G. Maddox announced yesterday,
and the totals are now being com
piled.
A hasty check of the records shows
that the percentage of Early coun
tians who pledged to buy these bonds
and stamps is very high and looks
most encouraging, Mr. Maddox
stated. The records will be com
pleted and the exact figures will be
released within a few days, he said.
In making this announcement, Mr'.
Maddox said that he was very pleased
with the results and was greatly ap
preciative of the work of all the lieu
tenants, captains, majors, colonels,
and others who sacrificed their time
and business in order that the drive
might be made.
TYPHOID SHOT NOTICE
To the Public:
You can get your typhoid shots by
calling at my office on Fridays and
Saturdays during May and June.
Will begin next Friday, May Bth.
I will be in my office as much as
possible on Fridays and Saturdays
at the following hours: 9:30 to 12:30
in the morning and 2 to 5 in the
afternoon.
C. R. BARKSDALE,
County Physician.
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Registrants to Be
Sent Occupational
Questionnaires
Occupational questionnaires to list
the civilian occupations and skills of
registrants in the first and second
selective service registrations (Octo
ber 1940 and July 1941) who have
not been inducted into the armed
forces will be mailed to them not
later than May 27, it was announced
today by Brig. Gen. Sion B. Haw
kins, State Director of Selective
Service. The questionnaire must be
filled out by the registrant and mail
ed to his local board within 10 days
after he receives it, the Director
said.
Pointing out the vital importance
to the Nation’s war effort of the
most efficient use of its manpower
for war production, the Director
urged all registrants receiving this
questionnaire to give careful thought
to their skills, experience and apti
tudes when filling it out. He said:
“The Government wants to know
not only what you are doing now,
but also what you can or might be
able to do to assist in the war effort.
It is not merely a question of train
ing and experience, for you might
have some aptitude that could be
developed for important use in war
production.”
The handling of the occupational
questionnaires for men of the First
and Second Registrations will be
entirely separate from that of the
registrants of the Third (February
16, 1942) Registration, most of
whom already have received their
questionnaires, the Director said.
Many of the registrants of the
First and Second Registration al
ready are in the armed forces, he
pointed out, and therefore the ques
tionnaires to them will be mailed
from the Classification Record in
each local board office instead of
from the list of registrants. Fur
thermore, the local boards will add
to the questionnaires, when they
are returned by the registrants, its
current classification of each regis
trant and whatever information is
available pertaining to his physical
status. _ .
When the occupational question
naires are returned to the local
boards they will be checked for
completeness and accuracy and di
vided into the various sections of
which they are composed. One sec
tion will be sent to the Bureau of
fb.e Census, Was." r.gtoi., D. C., for
the attention of the Population Di
vision. Another section will be re
layed to the proper United States
Employment Office for the area in
which the local board has jurisdic
tion.
POULTRY SALE AT
SEVOLA JONES’ STORE
MONDAY, MAY 25
A poultry sale has been announced
for Monday, May 25, from 8:00 to
10 a. m. (EWT), at Sevola Jones’
Store in Blakely. The following are
the prices that will be paid:
Colored hens, 16c lb.
Leghorn hens, 14c lb.
Fryers, 22c lb.
Stags, 16c lb.
Roosters, 12c lb.
Turkey hens, 23c lb.
Turkey toms, 18c lb.
Ducks and geese, 10c lb.
Guineas, 35c each.