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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 43
DEATH CLAIMS
MR. OWEN E. HALL
OF ROCK HILL
Mr. Owen Elijah Hall, 89, one of
the oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens of Early county, died at
his home in the Rock Hill community
Monday morning at four o’clock. He
had been ill for about three weeks.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning at 11 o’clock at his
home, with the Rev. W. E. Brown of
ficiating. Interment was in Rock
Hill cemetery, with Minter, Fellows
& Forrester Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements, and Ernest Ses
sions, Ottis Hall, Lowell Hall, Free
man Hall, Emmett Williams and
John Hall serving as active pall-bear
ers. An honorary escort was com
posed of A. H. Gray, H. C. Haddock,
J. W. Bonner, B. R. B. Davis, D. W.
Sasser, John H. Williams, F. B.
Melton, and F. M. Mosely.
Mr. Hall was a native of Stewart
county, where he was born Novem
ber 11, 1852. He came to this
county in December, 1869, when he
was 17 years of age and had resided
here since, engaging in farming
throughout the years. He held mem
bership on the County Board of Ed
ucation for many years and also
served on the Board of County
Commissioners. He was a member
of the Rock Hill Baptist church. Up
until his last illness, Mr. Hall was
unusually active for one of his years.
'Surviving Mr. Hall are the fol
lowing children: C. H. Hall of Ma
con; J. B. Hall of Iron City; M. D.
Hall of Albany; 0. E. Hall, Jr., of
Ocean Park, Calif.; Mrs. R. T. Mc-
Grady and Miss Cora Hall of Blake
ly; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Smith and
Mrs. Mattie Swann of Blakely; one
brother, J. B. Hall, Sr., of Blakely;
eighteen grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Many friends throughout this sec
tion mourn the passing of this el
derly Early countian, who was so
highly esteemed by his fellow citi
zens.
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FATHER’S DAY
Sunday, June 21st
20 WAYS TO MAKE DAD HAPPY:
Manhattan Shirts Neckwear
Handkerchiefs Sport Shirts
Hosiery Pajamas
Slippers Traveling Bags
Sport Slacks Slack Suits
Curlee Suits , Straw Hats
Sport Coats Raincoats
Swim Trunks Sport Sweaters
Hickok Belts Stetson Hats
Bill Folds Beach Robes
DON’T FORGET FATHER ON HIS DAY,
JUNE 21
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
Conntn JNew
Early County Makes
Good Showing in Bond
Buying for May
Early county didn’t quite make its
bond quota for the month of May,
but the amount of sales was large
enough to cause Bond Chairman S.
G. Maddox to be in a jubilant mood.
Early county, in population compari
son, has the largest quota of any
county in southwest Georgia. The
amount of bonds bought during the
month of May was $18,600, a little
more than $4,000 short of the quota
of $23,300.
“This,” said Mr. Maddox, “is a
little more than SI.OO worth of bonds
for each person in Early county. I
hope all loyal Early countians will
continue to buy bonds and that the
June quota will look even better
than this.”
NAVY RECRUITER TO
VISIT BLAKELY THREE
DAYS DURING JUNE
A recruiting agent from the Al
bany U. S. Navy Recruiting Sub
station will be in Blakely in the
interest of securing recruits for the
Navy on Thursday, June 11, Fri
day, June 19, and Monday, June 29,
it was announced this week by W.
J. B. Conner, recruiter-in-charge.
It was stated that the recruiter
will be stationed at the postoffice
building all day on each of these
days, and anyone interested in en
listing in the Navy may secure all
desired information at the postoffice
on any one of the above named dates.
C. L. TABB SUCCEEDS
FRED E. GODWIN AS
AIR RAID WARDEN
C. L. Tabb has been appointed
chief air raid warden of Early
county by the Civilian Defense Corps.
Mr. Tabb succeeds Fred E. Godwin,
who has been called into the mili
| tary service.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1942.
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’
SPRING TERM OF SCHOOL CLOSED WITH
GRADUATION EXERCISES FRIDAY NIGHT
Forty Young Graduates Receive Diplomas Last Friday Night
at Methodist Church, When 1941-’42 Term of Blakely-
Union School Is Officially Ended.
Forty young graduates—sixteen
girls and twenty-four boys—re
ceived their diplomas at the gradua
tion exercises of the Blakely-Union
school, held Friday night in the
Blakely Methodist church.
The church auditorium was filled
to capacity to witness the colorful
exercises which brought to a con
clusion the high school careers of
the twenty-four boys and girls and
ended the 1941-1942 term of the
school.
With Ralph Daniel, class presi
dent, announcing the numbers, the
following program was presented:
Processional: Miss Evelyn Du-
Bose.
Invocation: Rev. W. F. Burford.
Class Song: Class.
Salutatory: James White.
Class History: Jane Bonner.
Prophecy: Elon Hayes.
Last Will and Testament: Wilson
Fryer.
Giftorian: Pauline Livingston.
Valedictory: Margaret Boyett.
Raymond C. Singletary, Jr., chair
man of the Blakely-Union school dis
trict board of trustees, awarded di
plomas to the following graduates:
Jane Bonner, Margaret Boyett, Peg
gy Duke, Pauline Livingston, Elean
or Pritchard, Iris Weathersby, Mary
Patterson, Eugenia Thompson, Rena
Bell White, Elon Hayes, Juanita
Corley, Virginia McDowell, Dorothy
Whatley, Edna Williams, Neva No
bles, Marie Monfort, Ralph Daniel,
Bowdre Carswell, Fred Pressley, Jr.,
Wilson Fryer, Onley Whitehurst,
Milton Bryant, Jr., Mack Balkcom,
John Moseley, Ben Moseley, James
Collier, Joe Brooks, James White,
Reuben Roberts, John Pipkin, Robert
Hoover, Clarence Faison, James Wil
liams, William Jordan, Hamp Clark,
Thomas Byrd, Borden Barry, Daniel
Bailey, Harry Sirmons, Harold Wil
lis.
Awards of medals were made to
the following: ,
The Peter Early Chapter D. A. R.
medal, to the best all-round girl in
the Senior class, based on scholar
ship, dependability and patriotism,
to Elon Hayes.
The Magnolia Lodge F. & A. M.
medal, for the highest general aver
age for the four years in high school,
to Margaret Boyett.
The Harry Stone medal, to the
best all-round boy in the Senior
class, based on scholarship, athletics
and dependability, to Milton Bryant,
Jr.
These medals were presented on
behalf of the D. A. R., the Masonic
Lodge, and Mr. Harry E. Stone, by
Dr. J. G. Standifer.
For the most outstanding member
of the Blakely F. F. A. chapter, a
$5.00 award was made to James
White by Mr. E. H. Cheek, chapter
advisor.
The program was ended with the
singing by the class of their class
song, and the recessional by Miss
Evelyn Dußose.
Serious Business Under Discussion K
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Meeting in Chicago to consider problems raised by the war emer
gency are, left to right, Will Harridge, president of the American league;
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, high commissioner of baseball; and
Ford Frick, president of the National league.
“Little Commencement’’ Presented
Thursday Night
The “Little Commencement,” or
Grammar School graduation exercis
es, under the direction of Miss
Frances Balkcom, grade teacher,
were presented at the Methodist
church last Thursday night, when
certificates were awarded to a class
of 41—-13 boys and 28 girls. A
large crowd also attended this pro
gram, which was as follows:
Pre-Graduation Music: Miss Alyce
Rhodes, pianist.
Processional: Grand March from
“Aida.”
Invocation: Rev. Spencer B. King.
Class Song: Follow the Gleam.
Salutatory: Tom Jones.
Dedication: Ruth Ann Clyburn.
Giftorian: Winifred Alexander.
Solo, The Beautiful Blue Danube:
Nancy Harrison, with Carol Beck
ham, accompanist.
Valedictory: Marion Dunning.
America: Class and Audience.
Talk: Miss Ted Phelps.
Delivery of Awards and Diplomas.
Benediction: Rev. W. F. Burford.
A scholarship medal, given by
Blakely Chapter No. 44 Royal Arch
Masons, for the highest general aver
age for the four years in grammar
school, was awarded to Marion Dun
ing, the presentation being made on
behalf of the Chapter by Dr. J. G.
Standifer.
Perfect attendance certificates
were awarded to Billy McCormick,
Sara King, Carol Beckham, and Hel
en Patterson, who were neither ab
sent nor tardy during the entire
school year.
Members of the class receiving
certificates included: Winifred Alex
ander, Mary Allen, Luctetia 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
erly Pierson, Carolyn Pullen, Nettie
Quattlebaum, Gwendolyn Tolar, Car
oline Whatley, Addie White, Edwin
Brasington, Fred Darden, Marshall
Day, James Hoover, Thomas Howard,
Tom Jones, Lee Roy Lane, Billy
McCormick, Billy Peters, Fred Saw
yer, Lloyd Dale Sheffield, Billy Tal
iaferro, Elvin Williams.
SPECIAL SESSION OF
MAGNOLIA LODGE
TONIGHT (THURSDAY)
Magnolia Lodge No. 86 Free and
Accepted Masons will meet in spe
cial session tonight (Thursday) to
confer the Entered Apprentice de
gree. Tomorrow (Friday) night the
degree team and members of Mag
nolia Lodge will go to Damascus to
assist the Lodge at that place in
conferring the Masters degree on six
candidates.
Lieutenant Coile
Speaker at Meeting
Os the Lions Club
First Lieutenant J. M. Coile, of
the local State Guard Unit, was the
principal speaker at Tuesday’s meet
ing of the Blakely Lions Club, giving
an enlightening talk on the pro
cedure of the Guard Unit.
Lieut. Coile said that the unit was
organized with thirty men, and now
has fifty-five men and officers. He
explained the organization of the
local Guard units and outilned the
duties they would be called on to
perform. The State Guard Unit has
7,500 men and there is still a “cry
ing need” for more volunteers, Lieut.
Coile said, despite the fact that
when these units were first organ
ized the personnel was limited to
5,000 men.
Lieut. Coile was introduced by
Lion Jack Standifer, who presided
in the absence of the president.
Guests Tuesday included Brown
Hobbs, W. C. Jordan and Billie Lane.
Lion Fred Godwin, who is sched
uled to go into the Army next Wed
nesday, was made a member-at-large
by the club.
A delightful program of piano
music was given by Miss Carolyn
Middleton, substituting for Mrs. Ben
Haisten, the club’s regular pianist.
STANDARD RED CROSS
FIRST AID CLASS TO
BE ORGANIZED HERE
Mrs. R. C. Singletary, chairman of
the local chapter of the American
Red Cross, announced yesterday that
a standard Red Cross first aid class
will begin here and all who are inter
ested in enrolling in this class are
asked to meet at the city hall Fri
day afternoon at 5 o’clock. The min
imum age limit, Mrs. Singletary ex
plained, is 17 years.
FIRST OPEN COTTON
BLOOMS THIS WEEK
The honor of the first cotton
bloom for the year 1942 goes 'to
W. H. Haddock, of Damascus, with
Cyrus L. Peterson running a close
second.
Early Tuesday morning Mr. Had
dock brought in a bloom. About the
same time Wednesday Mr. Peterson
deposited his bloom on ye editor’s
desk. Now the race is on to see who
gins the first bale. (We just had a
most brilliant idea. Whoever gins
the first bale, let him bring it to the
News office and leave it. We will
give that party a full-page write-up.)
HILTON CANNING PLANT
OPEN ON MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY
The Hilton canning plant will be
open each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, from 8 to 4 o’clock, it was
announced yesterday. Cans will be
available at the canning plant at 3c
for No. 2 cans and 4c for No. 3 cans.
OUR LOANS
Speak Louder
THAN WORDS
Hyou need money temporarily for some
sound business purpose, come in and lay
all the facts before us. If these facts warrant
the loan, there will be no other obstacle.
We have money to lend and we are lend
ing it every day. This is the best proof we
can give of our willingness to lend.
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
WPA SCHOOL
LUNCHROOMS
DO GOOD WORK
In Early county during the last
school year 390 children were served
an average of 7,908 hot lunches
monthly in the school lunchrooms
staffed by the Works Project Admin
istration of Georgia.
The WPA school lunchrooms in
Early county are among the 991
WPA staffed lunchrooms in Georgia
which during the school year served
more than 23,000,000 hot lunches,
according to State WPA Administra
tor Harry E. Harman, Jr.
Located in 147 of Georgia’s 159
counties, these WPA staffed lunch
roms which are locally sponsored by
the P.-T. A. and other appreciative
groups, serve only hot lunches with
three or more items on a menu
which is scientifically arranged by a
WPA supervisor with home econom
ics training and prepared under su
pervision.
“The value of the school lunch
program is beyond question,” Mr.
Harman said. “School officials from
all sections of the state have advised
us that since the inception of the
program in their respective schools
the children have gained weight,
been more regular in their classes
and have improved in their studies.”
With the closing of the schools for
the year many of the WPA workers
who have been assigned to the lunch
rooms have been transferred to work
in victory gardens and on projects
where the produce from the gardens
will be canned and dehydrated for
use in the lunchrooms next fall, it
was announced.
ROTARIANS ENJOY
DANCE NUMBERS GIVEN
BY MISS MIDDLETON
Miss Carolyn Middleton, talented
young dancer of this city, who has
for the past year taught dancing in
the Kingstree, S. C., schools, enter
tained the members of the Blakely
Rotary Club with several tap dance
numbers at last week’s meeting of
the club, held Friday at noon at the
Hotel Early. Miss Middleton, who
was introduced by Rotarian Claude
Howell, program chairman for the
day, received hearty applause from
the club members and was thanked
by President Henry Wall for her
program of entertainment.
The program of music was by
Mrs. Ben Haisten, club pianist, who
also played the accompaniment for
Miiss Middleton’s numbers.
Mr. A. D. Roberts was a guest of
Rotarian Claude Howell.
The Early County Library will be
open each day from 9 a. m. to 7 p.
m., except Thursday afternoon,
when a half-holiday will be observed.