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Short Stops
Miss Marilyn Reeves, of Dothan,
spent the week end in Blakely.
Mr. Woodrow Grimsley, of Chil
dersburg, Ala., spent the week end
in Blakely.
Mrs. T. F. Davis, of Fort Valley,
is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs.
J. G. Standifer.
For fresh pure Milk, call HALL’S
DAIRY. All cows regularly tested
by State Veterinarian.
Miss Melba Sparks and Miss An
nette Alexander, of Augusta, were
week end visitors in Blakely.
Miss Ouida Mobley, of Atlanta,
was a recent guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mobley.
Ray Lindsey left Tuesday for Mo
bile, Ala., where he has accepted a
position for the summer months.
Misses Maribel and Clarice Weav
er left Sunday for St. Louis, Mo., to
spend the summer with their brother.
Miss Eugenia Thompson left Tues
day for Columbus, where she will
attend Truman-Smith Business Col
lege.
Miss Betty Fuqua left Wednesday
for Tallulah Falls, where she will
spend several weeks at Gamp Chat
tooga.
We pay highest cash price for
blackberries, delivered in Blakely.
CURTIS L. MIDDLETON, opposite
postoffice.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Pippin, of
Sylacauga, Ala., are in Blakely this
week visiting Mr. Pippin’s mother,
Mrs. Lucile Pippin.
Mrs. E. F. Atkinson and daughter,
Mary Ann, of Jacksonville, are visit
ing Mrs. Atkinson’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Buchannon.
Mr. C. H. Loback and Mr. Thomas
F. Debnam attended the convention
of the Southeastern Peanut Associa
tion in Pensacola, Fla., last week.
Little Misses Delores and Ouida
Henley, of Viena, and Dot Whelchel,
of Rochelle, are spending some days
with their great-aunt, Mrs. Spencer
B. King.
The friends of First Lieutenant
John H. Williams, Jr., will be inter
ested to know that he has been trans
ferred from Burkank, Calif., to Camp
Davis, N. C.
Blackberries—Rolling stores and
country stores will accept them in
trade. We pay highest cash price
delivered in Blakely. CURTIS L.
MIDDLETON.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Barham, of
Toccoa, and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bar
ham and son, Felix, Jr., left Wed
nesday to spend several days at
Pensacola, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Coggins, of
Stuart, Fla., are now making their
home in Blakely. Mr. Coggins is
construction engineer with the new
flying field near Bainbridge.
DR. O. H. PATRICK, of Pelham,
is located in the building next door
to the WESTERN UNION and is
prepared to test your eyes and fit
glasses. He is here ONLY ON TUES
DAY. If you are having eye trouble
visit Dr. Patrick. The date, TUES
DAY ONLY.
VISIT US
THESE
HOT DAYS
Refresh yourself with a delightful cold drink
or delicious ice cream.
Linger a while under the cooling fans.
A good place to meet your friends.
THE PLACE YOU SAVE WITIH SAFETY
Now Serving This Community for Nearly 30 Years
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Miss Patsy Dunn, of Chattahoo
chee, Fla., is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
J. C. Peters.
Miss Marjorie Standifer, of Al
bany, spent the past week end with
home folks in Blakely.
Mrs. N. H. Strickland and Mrs. S.
F. Gammon, Sr., of Miami, Fla., are
guests of the family of Dr. J. G.
Standifer.
Private Julius (Dude) Harpe, of
Fort McPherson, will return to his
post Friday following a ten-day fur
lough.
We carry all good polishes. Lei
us keep your shoes like new with
our fine shoe repairing. BLAKELY
SHOE SHOP.
Lieutenant and Mrs. 0. F. Morton
and baby daughter, of Brandenburg,
Ky., a’-e guests this week of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Sessions.
Messrs. Charles E. Boyett and
Ralph Scarborough attended a meet
ing of the Georgia Retail Grocers
Association in Atlanta this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Richardson, of
Pensacola, Fla., spent the week end
in Blakely with Mrs. Richardson’s
mother, Mrs. Julia Mae Williams.
Rev. H. B. Shepherd spent Tues
day with the family of Rev. Spencer
B. King, coming for Mrs. Shepherd
and their small daughter, Beverley,
who returned with him to their
work in Louisiana.
Friends of Homer P. Williams will
be interested to know that he has
been promoted to the rank of Tech
nical Sergeant. Sgt. Williams is sta
tioned at the infantry school at Fort
Benning as instructor.
His friends throughout the county
will be interested to know that Mr.
B. R. B. Davis, county school super
intendent, has gone to Rochester,
Minn., where he will undergo treat
ment at the Mayo Clinic.
Friends of Pvt. Jaek J. Cox, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Cox of this
county, will be pleased to know that
he has reached his destination, place
not announced but supposely some
post in the present theatre of war.
Blakely friends will be interested
to know that the name of Miss Lor
raine Pritchard is included in the
Highest Honor Roll of Huntingdon
College, Montgomery, Ala., as an
nounced today by Dean L. L. Clifton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kent, of De
troit, Mich., were visitors in Blakely
this week. Mr. Kent is a former res
ident of Blakely, but has been mak
ing his home in Detroit for 25 years.
This is his first visit to his old home
in a quarter of a century.
Mrs. E. F. Maddox, who had been
visiting the family of her son, Mr.
S. G. Maddox, left Saturday for An
dalusia to visit relatives before re
turning to her home in Barnesville.
Mr. Maddox accompanied his mother,
returning in the afternoon.
Friends will be interested to know
that Mrs. Robert I. Scott, formerly
Miss Mary Miles Camp, has been
awarded a gradership in English at
the University of Alabama, and will
do this work in connection with her
regular studies during the summer
months and until her graduation in
December.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
C. R. Barksdale, Jr., has returned
home from the Georgia Medical Col
lege, Augusta, for the summer vaca
tion.
Miss Edith Hay, of Montgomery,
Ala., and Miss Mozelle Hay, of Dub
lin, Ga., spent the week end with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Hay.
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Hanna, of Mil
ledgeville and Atlanta, are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Murdock this
week. Mrs. Hanna will be remember
ed here as Miss Lillian Jay.
Early county friends will be inter
ested to know that Lawson White,
with the chemical division of the
army at Max Dill Field, Tampa, was
recently promoted to Staff Sergeant.
MARTINDALE-GAY.
Miss Emma Frances Gay became
the bride of Pfc. Franklin Barton
Martindale, Jr., Monday evening,
June 22, at a ceremony performed
at nine o’clock at Mcßae Methodist
parsonage by Rev. E. M. Overby, a|
former pastor of the Blakely Meth
odist church.
The bride wore navy blue sheer
with matching accessories. Gardenias
fashioned her bouquet.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Collier Parramore Gay.
Her mother before her marriage was
Miss Gladys Stein, daughter of Mrs.
Sam Stein and the late Mr. Stein.
The bride’s father is the youngest
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Gay. Her brothers are Sam Stein
Gay, of Wilmington, N. C.. and Col
lier Parramore Gay, Jr., of Blakely.
Mrs. Martindale graduated from
Blakely High School in the class of
1937. After attending Georgia
State Woman’s College for two years
she was a popular member of the
Hilton school faculty for three years.
The groom is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Barton Mar
tindale, of Jacksonville, Fla., and
stepson of Mrs. Mary Lee Martin
dale, of Blakely. He moved here
With his family at the age of ten,
and has made many friends. His sis
ters are Mrs. D. P. Gannon, of Jack
sonville, and Miss Frankie Martin
dale, of Blakely. His only brother
is Newman Boyd Martindale, of
Charleston, S. C.
Pfc. Martindale graduated from
Georgia Military Academy in the
class of 1937 and later attended
Middle Georgia College at Cochran.
Before his induction into the U. S.
Army last February, he helped es
tablish the Early Furniture Com
pany, in which he holds half interest.
After the ceremony the couple had
a short wedding trip before leaving
for Anniston, Alabama, where they
will make their home while Mr. Mar
tindale is stationed at Fort McClel
lan.
The couple has many friends here
who look forward to their return to
Blakely to live after the end of the
war.
MR. AND MRS. C. C. SWANN
ENTERTAIN—
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Swann enter
tained Saturday evening in honor of
Miss Bernice Hay, whose marriage to
Mr. James Harold Durden occurred
Sunday, June 21. Pastel shades of
summer cut flowers carried out the
color scheme. Covers were laid for
Miss Hay, Mr. Durden, Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Hay, father and mother of
the bride, Mrs. R. L. Swann, and
Mr. and Mrs. Swann.
EAR CORN for sale. See H. H.
WILLIS.
WANTED— To buy scrap iron,
rags and metal. Located next to
Nathan Collier’s. J. B. BOWMAN.
WILL LEASE
Barber shop equipped with chairs,
lavatory, cabinets, mirrors, showers,
etc. Main street, Edison, Georgia.
Write J. D. PARKER, 1310 Comer
Building, Birmingham, Ala.
Gene Bush’s Market
On these hot summer days when planning a
meal seems an ordeal, why not dismiss this worry
from your mind by telephoning Gene Bush’s Mar
ket and let us do the planning for you.
We have a choice line of fresh vegetables
and fruits, a wide variety of meats, and a large se
lection of fancy groceries from which to choose,
which makes a meal both wholesome and de
lectable. Let us help you in planning your meals.
Whether it’s Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner, we
have the ingredients for an enjoyable meal.
GENE BUSH
Telephone 41 : : Quick Delivery
HENSON-TABB.
Miss Beth Tabb and Jimmy Hen
son were married in a simple but im
pressive ceremony performed by the
Rev. John Branscomb, pastor of the
First Methodist church in Tampa,
Fla.
Mrs. Henson is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Tabb, of Hilton.
She was graduated from the Hilton
High School and since that time has
been employed in Tampa.
Mr. Henson is the son of Mrs. M.
J. Henson, of Huntington, W. Va.
He graduated in Jackson, Ky., and
is now conected with the Ames Com
pany of Tampa and San Francisco.
After a short wedding trip, Mr.
and Mrs. Henson returned to Tampa,
where they reside at 3812 Tenth
avenue.
ALEYWINE-TEMPLES
Os interest to their friends is the
announcement of the marriage of
Miss Marion Temples of this city to
James Taylor Aleywine, of Arling
ton, announced the past week. The
ceremony was performed on Wednes
day night, June 10, at the Baptist
pastorium, with the Rev. Spencer B.
King officiating, in the presence of
a few close friends and relatives.
Mrs. Aleywine is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Temples, Jr., of
this city. She is a student in the
Blakely high school and plans to
continue her studies this fall.
Mr. Aleywine is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Lee Aleywine, of
Arlington. i
The couple, at present residing in
Blakely, plan a honeymoon trip to
Montgomery in July.
DURDEN-HAY.
Miss Bernice Hay became the
bride of James Harold Durden at a
quiet but impressive ceremony tak
'ing place at 1:00 oclock Sunday in
the First Baptist Church, Blakely.
The Rev. Spencer B. King performed
the ring ceremony before a small
group of relatives and friends.
Immediately after the ceremony
the couple left for a short wedding
trip to points of interest in Florida.
Upon their return they will make
their home in Graymont, Georgia.
MOUNT-JUSTICE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Justice an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Laurine, to Fred D. Mount, of
Panama City, Florida, on June ninth.
Mrs. Mount is the sister of Mrs.
J. B. McGuller, of this city, and was
formerly bookkeeper for Blakely
Welding and Machine Shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Mount are making
their home in Jacksonville, Fla.
FOR SALE Peanut stacking
poles and slats, car lots or less (one
pole and two slats sc), any quantity.
HARTLEY’S HANDLE CO. 25-3 t
FOR SALE— 1940 International
pickup truck, in excellent condition,
with good tires. J. B. RICE, Blake
ly, Ga.
Beatty’s Shoe Shop
Let Us Repair Your Shoes
Expert Workmanship
Invisible Half-Soling
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
ONEAL POWELL, Manager
Cuthbert Street
SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
Clippings from the Early County News of
June 21, 1917.
MR. FRED H. BROOKS, of Thom
asville, was in the city Monday.
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MiR. CURTIS MIDDLETON is at
home from Athens for the summer.
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MESSRS. C. S. Middleton and A.
E. Alexander returned Sunday morn
ing from a short trip to the national
capital. Dr. Middleton took advan
tage of the Confederate Veterans’
reunion rates to look after some
business in Washington concerning a
patent for a machine which he has
been hatching for some time.
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MR. MURRAY FAIN and Mr. Ew
ell Hammack, two of Uncle Sam’s
soldier boys, have been visiting rel
atives in the city this week.
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MRS. P. H. FITZGERALD and lit
tle daughter, Nancy, have returned
from an extended trip to Birming
ham.
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AFTER having been the grand
parents of fifteen boys, Mr. and
Mrs., Willie Wiley were very much
rejoiced this morning when the news
reached them of the arrival of little
twin girls at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Wiley. One weighed six
and the other seven pounds.
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THE County Commissioners held
their adjourned meeting Friday and
lapped into Saturday. They ratified
their agreement at the May meeting
and adopted an order creating a new
militia district from parts of Urqu
hart and Rock Hill.
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REALIZING the need of a cold
storage room in Blakely to preserve
the pork, beef, etc., to be raised in
Early county under the new method
of diversified farming, a number of
public spirited citizens of Blakely
have undertaken to raise funds by
public subscription and erect a mod
ern cold storage room in connection
with the city ice plant. The build
ing and equipment will cost $5,000
and the house is to be 30x60 feet.
MY ROSE FLOUR
12 lbs4Bc
24 lbsß9c
48 1b551.73
MASON FRUIT JARS
Pints69c
Quarts 79c
>/ 2 Galsl.lo
Table Potatoeslo lbs. 33c
46-oz. can Grapefruit Juice2oc
46-oz. can Orange Juice23c
Prune Juice —Quart 20c
Welch’s Grape Juice —Pt. 25c; Qt. 45<
Good Corn Meal—Peck 35c
Smoked Sausage—Lb. 20c
Bologna Sausage—Lb. 20c
Best White Meat—Lb.2oc
Wisconsin Cheese—Lb. 28c
Kraft American Cheese 2 lbs. 59c
Come to See Us —We’re Glad to Have You
BRYANT TURNER
Spot Cash to All One Low Price to All
THE First National Bank of
Blakely authorizes the announcement
that anybody desiring to purchase a
Liberty Bond of any denomination
can procure the same from the bank,
or if you haven’t the ready cash,
the bank will furnish you money at
6 per cent for the necessary period
of time. The bond will be sufficient
security for the loan.
FOR RENT Three apartments,
recently remodeled and repainted,
for rent. See MRS. W. A. FUQUA.
FOR RENT— Two or three rooms
for rent unfurnished. MiRS. R. M.
DUKE, 368 Cuthbert street, Blake
ly, Ga.
FOR SALE— I 934 Chevrolet se
dan, in good mechanical condition,
5 tires, $125.00 cash; also one 1 3-4
horsepower garden tractor, $75.00
—a bargain. See O. R. BROOKS.
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June 27th
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