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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXIII $ NO. 9
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Red Cross Chapter
Completes First Quota
Surgical Dressings
The Early County Chapter Amer
ican Red Cross Surgical Dressings
Program completed its first quota
■of dressings for the United States
.
Army on Friday, October 2. The
Work on this quota covered a period
of three weeks. This particular quo
ta consisted of 9,000 4x4 sponges
which are used for drying incisions,
for temporary drains and as prelim
inary dressings after operations.
The next quota is identical and
should arrive this week, having been
delayed by mis-shipment to Colum
bus.
The sponges were completed under
the most sanitary conditions and
were subjected to a rigid inspection.
The workers were not allowed to
Wear lipstick or nail polish, either
of which could ruin a bandage, or
should it happen to pass inspection,
which is not likely, could cause se
rious trouble. The hair was covered
and only cotton dresses or smocks
allowed, and the hands kept clean.
The tables were scrubbed each day
and the building was kept clean and
neat every hour. Each sponge re
ceived three inspections before being
packed, first in bundles of 25 each
and then twenty bundles to a bag.
They are packed uniformly accord
ing to specifications, sealed and
identified with stickers as to type,
code and number.
Almost all the ladies in the t-own
worked and from out in the county
came Mrs. John Hudspeth, Mrs.
Shelly Simmons, Mrs. Guerry Loy
less, Mrs. Billy Hall, and Mrs. Rich
ard Alexander. It is hoped that
more of the ladies in the county will
find the time and ways and means
of getting in to help us with our
enlarged quotas for October, The
quota will be tripled this month.
OATS—Finest quality seed oats
at WEAVER’S.
Get Ready for Winter
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WEAVER’S
Men’s Winter Needs—
Men’s Leather Jackets ---------------------- $8.95 to $12.95
Men’s Wool Melton Jackets ------------- _________________ $4.95
Men’s and Boys’ Corduroy Pants .— $3.50 to $3.95
Men’s Heavy Unions -------------------------- _ 98c to $1.49
Men’s Duck-Head Overalls ----------------- $1.98
Men’s 8-oz. Sanforized Overall Pants ______ $1.69
Home Goods Staples—
Best grade LL 4 yard Sheeting, yd. 15c
27-inch Outing, all colors, yd. 15c
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Best grade Cotton Ticking, yd. 18c to 25c
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Part Wool Blankets-------------------------- $2.95 to $5.95
Boys’ Winter Needs—
Double-Header Overalls $1.19 and up
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Boys’ Matched Suits --------- ______________ $2.99
Boys’ Heavy Unions---------- 60c to 89c
Boys’ Boots---------------------———— $2.95 to $4.95
Boys’ Work Shoes-------------- _____________ $2.49
Boys’ Sweaters, all colors _ $1.49 to $2.95
In the Shoe Department—
Men’s Peters Diamond Brand Work Shoes ______________$2.95
Men’s Raw-cord Oxfords ----------------------------- _____________ $3.95
Men’s Field Boots---------------------------------------- ______________$8.95
Men’s Lace Boots--------------------------------------- $6.95 to $9.95
Men’s Dress Shoes--------------------------------------- $3.95 to $9.95
GIVE YOUR SCRAP THIS WEEK—Don’t fail to help.
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store ”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
Counts
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1942.
FUEL OIL RATIONING
IS NOW IN EFFECT;
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN
The rationing of fuel oil became
effective in the 17 Eastern Seaboard
States, including Georgia and 13
Middle Western States, '■beginning
Oteober 1st.
Users of fuel oil and kerosene
for heating should do the following
four things in order to be ready to
register for their fuel oil ration:
(1) Check the amount of fuel oil
in your tank on October 1. You will
be asked for this figure later when
you apply for your ration.
(2) If you have not been able to
obtain up to 275 gallons of fuel oil,
you may receive a delivery from
your dealer by promising in writing
to turn over to him coupons totaling
the amount of delivery as soon as
you get your ration.
(3) Ask your dealer for a certi
fied statement on the amount you
purchased from him last year for the
12 month period ending May 1, 1942.
(4) Measure the rooms in your
house that are used as living _ quar
ters to determine the floor area.
This will be a basic factor in de
termining your ration.
OCTOBER TIRE QUOTA
REDUCED FROM THAT
OF PREVIOUS MONTHS
The October quota of tires and
tubes for Early county, received the
past week, shows a reduction from
the September quota and emphasizes
the seriousness of the situation as
regards the rubber situation.
The October quota is:
Passenger cars: 2 grade II tires, 3
new tires, 10 recaps, and 8 tubes.
Trucks and busses: 22 new tires,
15 recaps, 23 new tubes.
Officials of the local rationing
board face a difficult task in their
handling of the tire problem, the
number of applications of eligible
purchasers being many times in ex
cess of the quota, and in awarding
tires and tubes the cases of direst
necessity must come rfist, rationing
officials said.
—Throw Your Scrap Into the Scrap—
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as a preview of the new five-cent • piece which will soon replace those
containing the war-necessary nickel. That metal will go into the war
effort. The new coin is made up of a silver, copper and manganese
alloy—an alloy that will click subway turnstiles just as well as the old,
and buy the same package of gum.
Col. Choate Speaks to
Joint Meeting Lions
And Rotary Clubs
Col. R. E. L. Choate, commanding
officer of the U. S. Army Air Forces
Basic Training School, at Bain
bridge, addressed a joint meeting of
the Lions and Rotary Clubs of
Blakely at the Early Hotel at noon
Tuesday. The speaker gave an in
teresting account of the operation of
the various training schools where
pilots are given their training pre
paratory to assuming their duties as
pilots in the air force and stressed
the importance of the part the air
force is to play in the successful
prosecution of the war. The Air
Corps organization was discussed in
interesting detail, after which Col.
Choate added the following com
ment on how the civilians can help
in the war effort:
“Wars are not won on paper—nor
by wishful thinking—nor by letting
the other fellow do the job; wars
are won by back-breaking sacrifice,
and as Mr. Churchill so aptly stated,
■by blood and sweat and tears.
“Quite often I am asked whether
I think Germany or Japan is our
rifssrJFz. ■2T&;
But I do know this—unfortunately,
we have a third enemy to worry
about. He has no guns, no planes,
no tanks, but his forces are un
numbered and his power is terrify
ing. It was with his assistance that
Hitler brought France to her knees,
reduced Holland to a bloody pulp,
destroyed Poland, Austria, Czecho
slovakia and Greece. His name—
complacency. His battle cry, ‘Don’t
worry—everything will come out
all right.’
“It is time each and every one of
us faced the facts. , If every man,
woman and child in the country
doesn’t throw aside personal inter
ests, greed, selfishness, indolence,
and get down and dig for all they
are worth, we can, a.nd probably
will, lose this war.
“This is not a war of high-minded
principle. Hitler, Hirohito and Mus
solinia have chosen to make this a
bestial, bloody program of extermi
nation. We are fighting not only
for the preservation of democracy,
I but for our very lives—against a
foe, to whom pity, humanity and
].sportsmanship ’and weaklings. are the cries of fools
j j “Our armed have forces, already thousands made the of
Americans,
supreme sacrifice, Many more will
die. It falls that we, behind the
lines, both in civilian and military
life, owe it to these men to make
every possible sacrifice, in order
that the men who are fighting the
battle may have planes, guns, tanks,
and food.
j “What can we do? We, in the
military training command, have our
job cut out for us, but there are
just as important things you as
1 civilians can and must do: (1) Buy
[war Government bonds; needs (2) Collect bit scrap—-our of iron
; every
and metal scrap that can be had to
! make planes, guns, tanks and bul
lets; (3) Aid in recruiting drives;
ithe Air Corps especially needs skill
jcd men; (4) Collect magazines,
books and papers and give them to
[your nearest U. S. 0. Office or other
service recreational offices; (5) Aid
in recreation; do all you can to en
tertain service men —no man can
work at his best unless he has the
opportunity for rest and relaxation;
(6) Be on the lookout for people
who are opposed to our system of
government—if you have good rea
son to believe that some one is en
gaged in un-American activities, re
port it immediately to your nearest
law enforcement agency; (7) Save
rubber and gasoline—they are as
valuable as guns and bullets in mod
ern warfare; (8) Last, but not least,
back up your President and my
. Commander-in-Chief to the fullest
Scrap Metal Drive
On This Week; Have
You Done Your Part?
Early countians are this week
participating in the national cam
paign to raise 17,000,000 tons of
scrap metal with which to feed the
foundries producing steel for the
manufacture of implements of war.
Evidence of the campaign in
Blakely may be seen in the large
pile of scrap placed on the north
east corner of the square, which,
while resembling an excellent start,
is yet many tons short of th&
amount expected to be contributed
by the citizens of Blakely.
It is urged that every resident of
Blakely who has not yet done so
will place all scrap metal they can
possibly locate around their premises
and place it in front of their resi
dences that the city trucks maj
pick it up, either today or Friday,
and dump it on the pile on the
square.
The rural campaign is under tho
direction of the principals of the
several schools, and it is not yet
known how much scrap they have
by the county trucks at the end of
the week.
County Chairman T. B. Clyburn
Wednesday urged that every citizen
of the county join in this drive to
secure the scrap metals so urgently
needed by Uncle Sam to keep the
implements of war rolling from
the production line. It is the hope
that Early county’s contribution to
the national pile may be largo
enough by the end of the week to
bring the campaign to a close. If it
is not, then the campaign will have
to be continued, for Mr. Clyburn and
those assisting him in the campaign
are not going to close the drive in
Early county until it is felt that
Early county has done its part in
the national drive.
Join in the scrap drive today.
Place all scrap collected in front of
your home, and enjoy the feeling
of contentment that comes to those
who know they have done their best
in this effort to furnish the necesary
implements of war to the men in the
U. S. fighting forces.
CORRECTION
The Farm Machinery Rationing
Board for Early county was not
named by the County Agent, as
stated in The News last week, but
was selected by the County War
Board, the News is informed by
County Agent Reid.
limit. The President has the hard
e st job in the world and needs our
unquestionable loyalty. Finally, sac
riflee long after it hurts—therein
lies the key to victory.”
Adding further enjoyment to the
progi’am was the rendition of two
vocal solos, “The Sunshine of Your
Smile” and Alice Blue Gown,” by
Mrs. Edward Sealey, of Cuthbert,
with Mrs. Ben Haisten as accom,
panist. introduced by
Col. Choate was
Lion William Cox, program chair
man for the day, and the meeting
was presided over by Lion Vice
President E. H. Cheek. A number
of visitors, including Lieut.’ H. E.
Hightower, of the Bainbridge school
who accompanied Col. Choate here,
enjoyed the program as guests of
the Lions and Rotarians.
$1.50 A YEAR
LOCAL WEATHER
SUMMARY FOR MONTH
OF SEPTEMBER, 1942
Temperature: Mean maximum,
87:5; mean minimum, 64.9; mean,
76.2; maximum, 98 on. the 18th;
minimum, 46 on the 28th; greatest
daily range, 34 degrees.
Precipitation: Total, 3.84 inches;
greatest amount in any 24-hour pe
riod, 2.22 inches on the 27th.
Miscellaneous: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more 01 „ ram .... taH, j
8; clear, 1,3; partly cloudy, 11;
cloudy, 6. Dense fog on the 4th and ;
5th; thunderstorms on the 9th,
10th, 26th, 27th.
J. G. STAN'DIFER, Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
Abuses Forfeits Right
To Secure Tires and
Tubes, OP A Warns
The local Rationing Board has re
ceived the following instructions, re
leased by the Office of Price Admin
istration, for guidance in issuing cer
tificates for tires and tubes, which
is printed for the general informa
tion of owners of motor vehicles:
1. Abuse Standards for Guidance
Inspector and Local Board. Local
boards through inspectors’ reports
will be governed by the following
Abuse Standards, even though the
applicant is otherwise eligible:
(a) Certificates for new, retread
ed or recapped tires should not be
issued if the tires to be replaced
have been run beyond the point
where they can be repaired or re
capped, as outlined in specifications
for repairing and recapping.
(b) Certificates for new, retread
ed or recapped tires should not be
issued to replace tires that have de
veloped ply separation due to over
loading or through neglect in keep
ing tires properly inflated.
(c) Certificates for new, retread
ed or recapped tires should not be
issued when the tires to be replaced
for new tires show evidence of abuse
by having been run flat.
(d) Certificates for new, retread
ed or recapped tires should not be
issued when there is definite evi
dence of dual tires having been im
properly matched.
(e) Certificates for new, retread
ed or recapped tires should not be
issued if there is evidence of wheels
out of alignment and operator cannot
show that steps have been taken to
correct the condition.
(f) Certificates for new, retread
ed or recapped tires should not be is
sued when there is evidence of
brakes out of adjustment and oper
ator cannot show that steps have
been taken to correct the condition.
(g) Certificates for new, retread
ed or recapped tires should not be
issued when tires to be . replaced
show evidence of having been mount
ed on a bent rim, unless operator
agrees to correct the condition im
mediately.
(h) Certificates for new, retread
ed or recapped tires should not be
issued when the tires to be replaced
show tread or ply separation due to
having been run at speeds above
forty miles per hour.
2. Therefore, eligibility may be
suspended on an application which
originates as a result of the above
mentioned abuses in tires.
Blakely Hi Bobcats
Are Trounced By
Colquitt, 68-18
Playing their first home engage
ment, the light but fighting little
Bobcat team of Blakely Hi was ov
erpowered by Colquitt here last Fri
day night by the one-sided score of
68-18.
The Colquitt team jumped off to
a 20 to 0 lead in the first quarter
and scored at will throughout the
remainder of the contest, running in
new men at frequent intervals to
wear o the the game Bob
cats, who 0) down fighting to
prove to the several hundred spec
tators present that they had the
old fighting spirit.
The Bobcats’ three scores came on
two passes and a line play. Lanier,
who quarterbacked the team, figured
in on all three touchdown plays. In
the second quarter he heaved a long
pass to Norman Thomas, who cross
ed the touchdown marker standing
up. In the final quarter Lanier
went wide around end for the second
touchdown. The third and final
score came in the same quarter when
Lanier threw another pass to Thom
as. All attempts for extra points
were to no avail.
Playing under the handicaps which
they are, the Bobcats showed up ex
tremely well. Playing without the
services of a regular coach and with
an entirely new team—with the ex
ception of Andy Lanier—-the Bob
cats lack precision and training, but
they make it up in fortitude and
the “old high school try.” Max Hol
man at center showed up well, as
did Robert Collier, who did some
good defensive work for a little
man playing his first year of foot
ball. Homer Bush, probably the
Bobcats’ fastest man, was hurt early
in the game and had to be benched.
He suffered two broken ribs and
will probably be out for the rest of
the season. Veteran Andy Lanier
played a bang-up game but and still took a
lot of punishment, like was his on
his feet and playing team
was only one point behind when the
final whistle blew.
Walter Hayes, who is said to be
the best backfield man Blakely high
school ever produced, is going to
coach the Bobcats this week, accord
ing to E. H. Cheek, and with his
help the team is expected to show
some improvement. The Bobcats
take on Cuthbert in the Randolph
capital tomorrow (Friday) after
noon.
FLORA NELL LANTION
Flora Nell Lantion, 3-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie B.
Lantion, died at the local hospital
last 'Saturday afternoon after a sev
eral days’ illness, Funeral services
for the little girl were held Sunday
afternoon at 1 o’clock at Ebenezer
church, with interment in the Ebe
neze.r cemetery, Columbia, Ala. The
last rites were in charge of Rev. Mr.
Culbreth, with Minter, Fellows &
Forrester Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
(Surviving are the parents and one
brother, Charles Lantion, Jr., who
have the sympathy of friends in
their bereavement.
.SEED OATS, Hastings and Ful
ghum, at WEAVER’S.
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