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••• •< 5 > i EARLY J j COUNTY, GA. j GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY »v VOLUME LXXXIII } NO. II Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’ Civilian Defense .Units To Have Forest Fire Fighters Atlanta, Ga.—Those who want to do some fighting on the home front can join the Forest Fire Fighters of the Civilian Defense for the dura tion, according to State Forester Walter Dyal, who has been selected as coordinator of all agencies under taking forest fire control in the state. The plan is for the county unit of Civilian Defense to enlist Forest Fire Fighters in each civil, or mi litia district, whose special respon sibility is to suppress fires consider ed detrimental to war efforts in their districts, and to respond to calls for aid in other districts in the county. In viey of the scarcity of fire fighting equipment and tools, such as fire trucks, handpumps, and rub ber swatters, Mr. Dyal says the For est Fire Fighters will have to use rakes, pine brush, hoes, shovels, old sacks, and other tools and materials on the farms in fighting fires. As soon as local units of the For est Fire Fighters are formed, it is stated, a short course in methods of fire fighting is to be given by district foresters and their assistants. The Division of Forestry, it is stated, is issuing a forest-fire-fighting manual as an aid to the FlFF’s. The Office of Civilian Defense has been assigned to Forest Fire Control to aid in the war effort, it is claimed, because of the necessity for protecting critical war materials provided by the forests and to pre vent the smoke and haze of forest fires from interfering with airplane observations and operations, also to prevent forest fire smoke from ob scuring targets of anti-aircraft guns and artillery. From the standpoint of forestry, Mr. Dyal says that forest fire haz ards are greater than usual because of the slash left in the forests by heavy logging operations in meeting war demands for timber ,also, be- ilE ‘t 1 ' p V « 53 ! IP 1 * Suits Ws Overcoats Hats ‘V I & - o H Southwest Georgia’s largest and most complete stock (colors, styles and sizes) for your seelction and prices you can afford to pay We have good hard finish worsted 100% wool suits in brown, blue, grey, and other colors, priced $ 19.50 to $ 35 . 00 . You will find a com plete range of sizes from 34’s to 48’s. Men’s Hats by Stetson, Etchison and Wright, all colors, sizes, etc., priced from $2.95 to $ 7 . 50 . • ••• Visit Weaver’s Today • ••• T. K. Weaver & Co. Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. ®Erig Contitg $tm BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1942. O. R. BROOKS OFFICIAL RECRUITING OFFICER FOR MARINE CORPS O. R. Brooks was this week com missioned official -recruiting officer for the U. S. Marine Corps in Blakely and Early county. Any young man desiring to join up with the Marine Corps is asked to contact Mr. Brooks at his office in the Ameri can Railway Express building. ‘The Marines are best trained and best equipped outfit in the U. S. armed forces,” Mr. Brooks said, “and any young fellow who is thinking of entering the service of his country would do well to investigate the possibilities of the Marine Corps.” The age limit is from 17 to 25. In cases where men possess unusual qualifications, men from ages of 25 to 30 are accepted, Mr. Brooks said. Application blanks may' be se cured from Mr. Brooks at his office on Cuthbert street. He invites any young man in Early county to come to his office, where he will explain the details of entering the Marine Corps. BABY’S ARRIVAL PAID FOR IN NICKELS Pvt. James Smith, of the U. S. Army, stationed at Greenville, Miss., is a happy man today for two rea sons—first, because he became the father of a son last Friday, October 16, and second, because he doesn’t have to be worried about a hospital bill. Because Mrs. Smith had been looking forward to this event and had been preparing acordingly, she had been saving all the nickels she could. get her hands on, and last week when the baby arrived she counted out 700 shiny nickels and paid the doctor “cash on the barrel head.” Quoth the attending physi cian, wiping a beady brow, after he had counted the five-cent pieces: “I didn’t know there was this much metal money this side of Fort Knox.” cause every effort should be made to rehabilitate the depleted forests for future needs. Rotarians Hear Interesting Talk On Character Building Character Building and Idealism formed the topic for an eloquent ad dress delivered before the members of the Blakely Rotary Club at its regular weekly meeting held Friday at noon at the Early Hotel. The speaker was the Rev. W. F. Burford, pastor of the local Method ist church and member of £ e club. He stressed the need S’ r character building in early life, in the home, in the schools and church es, and in various walks of life, and the application of idealism in com munity, and national life. The need for unity of purpose in all endeav ors was also stressed in this interest ing talk by the speaker, who was introduced by Rotarian Alvan Flem ing, program chairman for the day. Rotarians Bill Boyett, Robert Stuckey and Dick Rogers were ap pointed a committee for gathering books and magazines for the service men at the Bain-bridge Air School, and were instructed to enlist the support of the Lions Club and the Boy Scouts in this work. -These books and magazines, if left at the Rogers 5c & 10c Store, will be deliv ered weekly to the boys at the Bain bridge school. Last Friday’s meeting was pre sided over by President James B. Murdock, Jr. WHAT CAN BE DONE ON EARLY COUNTY SOIL A well-known farmer of Early county sold from his farms in Blake ly last Saturday, October 17th, the following varieties of vegetables: Collards, mustard, turnips, field .peas, Kentucky Wonder beans, tomatoes, okra, sweet and hot pepper, and squash. BLAKELY CHAPTER FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA AWARDED PLAQUE AS THE TOP RANKING CLUB IN STATE CONTEST Three years of diligent labor bore fine fruit for E. H. Cheek last Satur day at Macon, when his Blakely chap ter of the Future Farmers of America was awarded a plaque for being the top-ranking chapter in the State of Georgia and Mr. Cheek was made an honorary Georgia Plantei along with Commissioner of Agricul ture Tom Linder, Robert Strickland, of the Georgia Trust Company, and other well-known Georgians. What makes Mr. Cheek’s record so remarkable is that he accomplish ed the task of building the number one chapter within a period of three years. He came to Blakely in 1939 from the Baker county schools, or ganized the first FFA chapter here, started from “scratch,” and at the end of his first year gained recogni tion in many, of the district contests. Along with the plaque for having the best chapter in Georgia, his chapter was also awarded a first place tie in the state secretary con test. He was also awarded a war bond and a cash prize in two other contests. Joel McDowell is the chap ter’s efficient secretary. Awards and cash prizes are given on the following basis: Project programs, leadership, cooperative ac tivities, community service, conduct of meetings, financial and recrea tional activities. The job of which the, Blakely chapter is proudest is the building of a modern canning plant, which rendered valuable service to the city of Blakely and surrounding com munities. The chapter was advised that because of the war and a short age of materials that the canning plant couldn’t be erected this year, but Mr. Cheek went right ahead and built it anyway, and during the short canning season preserved more than 13,000 pints of fruits and vegetables for frugal Early countians. The plant is modern in every respect and is located on the high school campus. During the year just ended the Blakely chapter engaged in a variety of educational and financial activi-' ties, which included pure-bred hog and cattle raising, fertilizer demon- i strations, terracing lands for Early county farmers, reforestation, rais ing pure-bred chicks, peanuts, corn, .summer legumes, oats and dairy cows. There are no slackers or lazy workers in the Blakely chapter, for Mr. Cheek requires each of the^53 members to engage in some kind of financial activity. This year the boys established a rather enviable record, making a total of $4,862.13 on ten projects, which ranged from raising hogs and cattle to garden and truck crops. The chapter alone on other small projects made a total of $480.00 to carry on chapter ac tivities and to take recreational trips. This year the boys took a trip to Houston Lake, went fishing and swimming and engaged in other wholesome recreational activities. Fruits of Mr. Cheek’s three years of work here can be readily seen all over the county. Improved farm lands, cover crops, young pine tim ber and pure-bred hogs and cattle are to be found all over the county. The chapter has been active in war and defense efforts. The mem bers have collected hundreds of pounds of rags, rubber and scrap metal and turned it in to junk deal ers to be used in making war im plements. The chapter members al so bought almost $1,500 worth of war bonds. Besides the boys’ regu lar projects they have a war gar den, or a peanut crop, which is re ferred to as the “Uncle Sam Proj ect.” Members who attended the state rally in Macon with Mr. Cheek Sat urday were Tom Jones, Charles Shierling, Sanders Cheek and Billie Peters. Young Peters exhibited the grand champion at the Early County fat cattle show this year. Prospect for another banner year has been dimmed by reason of the fact that Mr. Cheek has joined the U. S. Army Air Corps and is now awaiting a call to active duty. School children and school authorities regret, very much to see him go, but are looking forward to his safe return after the war. Bethel Baptist Ass’n. Meets Tuesday in Annual Session The Bethel Baptist Association, meeting at Cuthbert October 27, will be unique in two particulars: It is to be a ONE DAY meeting, and there will be four NIGHT SES SIONS. These night meetings, held at Cuthbert, Shellman, Edison and Blakely, with identical programs, will review the day sessions, so the many who could not get to Cuth bert may be informed as to what has been don-e, and close with an address by one of the speakers visiting the association. In Blakely this message will be brought by Rev. D. B. Nicholson, of Athens, Director of Student Work for the Georgia Baptist Convention. The program for the day session at Cuthbert includes reports on the various phases of denominational work submitted by Carnegie, Shell man, Fort Gaines and Georgetown churches, and reports by the leaders of the Auxiliaries in the Associa tion: Mrs. L. C. Clark, Cuthbert, for the W. M. U.; Claud W. Lowe, Edi son, for the Sunday Schools; Miss Ruth Snelson, Coleman, for the Training Union; and C. L. Barlow, Cuthbert, for the Baptist Brother hood. Cuthbert, host of the association this year, is expecting a large del egation to this one-day meeting, and will serve lunch at the noon hour. Rev. Gordon L. Brooks preaches the sermon. “THE LADY HAS PLANS” Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland in “The Lady Has Plans” at the Blakely Theatre Thursday and Fri day. PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT $1.50 A YEAR WILBUR BRYANT SPEAKER AT TUESDAY MEETING OF LIONS CLUB Chaplain Wilbur Bryant, lieuten ant (jg), of the U. S. Navy, spoke to the members of the Blakely Lions Club here Tuesday and gave an in teresting account of the chaplain’s duties, which was interspersed with a touch of Navy humor. Chaplain Bryant is a Blakely young man now at home on furlough, and his talk was very much enjoyed by all the members. Other guests at Tuesday’s meeting were Rev. Spencer B. King, a guest of Lion “Tige” Pickle; Eugene Sikes, who has recently moved to Blakely and is in charge of the local AAA office, a guest of Lion Felix Davis, and Lion Lyle Ormsbee, a special representative of Lions Internation al, a guest of the club, who spoke briefly on the job confronting the Lions Cluibs during the war. Vice President Herman Cheek pre sided and Mrs. Ben Haisten render ed! a program of piano music. OVERSEAS PACKAGES MUST BE MAILED NOT LATER THAN NOV. 1 Postmaster J. Emory Houston this week again cautioned parents and friends of service men overseas to mail their Christmas packages by November 1 to assure delivery by Christmas day. No clothing or foodstuffs may be sent and all packages must be strong and tightly wrapped. Making a few suggestions, Mr. Houston says the following items may be sent: Hard candies, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, to baccos, razors and razor blades, books, bill folds, stationery, service diaries, toothpaste and toothbrushes,' and other articles which are not per ishable, breakable or inflammable. FUEL OIL REGISTRATION DATES SET FOR OCT. 27-28 The Fuel Oil and Kerosene Dealer registration dates have been set for October 27 and 28, it was announced this week by the Office of Price Ad ministration. The registration will be handled in a similar manner to the dealer registration in Gasoline Rationing. Every retail dealer, jobber, distrib utor, and supplier who sells fuel oil or kerosene will be required to reg ister, indicating their inventory on hand as of October 1, as well as their maximum storage capacity. All except primary suppliers will receive inventory coupons in 1 gallon and 100 gallon denominations for the difference between their stock on hand as of October 1 and their max imum storage capacity. Primary suppliers will register with local boards, and will be licensed by OPA in Washington, and will function in fuel oil rationing in the same man ner as the licensed distributors func tion in gasoline rationing. F. H. Brooks, of the local office, said registrations will take place at the school houses in Damascus and Jakin on October 27 h 28 between the hours of 4:30 to 6:00 p. m.. and at Blakely on the same days between the hours of 10 a. m. and 6 p. m. ♦ ! BANK LOANS FOR ♦ ALL ESSENTIAL NEEDS ♦ | are available as always at the ♦ First State Bank «■ t ♦ Wartime regulations discourage unnecessary bor rowing. The First State’s policies have always done so. But if you need funds in your business, for prop erty repairs, or for sound personal uses, The First State Bank officers will discuss your require ments with you. No account necessary. J FIRST STATE BANK : BLAKELY, GEORGIA ♦ Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor Throw Your Scrap Into the Scrap—Drive Next Week Victory Roll Of Surgical Dressings Week Ending Oct. 17 Mrs. J. W. Bonner, Mrs. C. E. Sr., Mrs. C. E. B-oyett, Jr., Mrs. C. G. Brewer, Miss Mattie But ler, Mrs. Ed Chancy, Mrs, V. L. Col lins, Mrs. Otis Deal, Mrs. P. D. Du Mrs. F. P. Davis, St., Mrs. H, C. Fort, Mrs. Lewis Fryer, Mrs. George Gee, Mrs. C. L. Glessner, Mrs. C. A. Grubbs, Mrs. C. P. Gay, Mrs. A. H. Gray, Mrs. J. Albert Hammack, Mrs. John Holman, Mrs. Grady Holman, Jr., Mrs. S. P. Hol land, Sr., Mrs. Emory Houston, Mrs. John Hudspeth, Mrs. Guerry Loyless, Mrs. Gary Mashburn, Mrs. Max Mid dleton, Mrs. J. C. Peters, Mts. R. C. -Singletary, Jr., Mrs. R. C. Single tary, Sr., Mrs. Sam Stein, Mrs. E. P. Whitehead, Mrs. R. O. Waters, Mrs. Dunbar Grist, Mrs. John Hol man, Mrs. Lon Willis, Junior Red Cross 41 1-2 hours, Stitch & Chat ter Club 30 1-2 hours, Eastern Star 22 hours, Baptist and Methodist Woman’s Circles 30 1-2 hours. What is the Victory Roll of Surg ical Dressings? The Victory Roll is the names of workers who give eight hours or more each week to the. Surgical Dressings program. Why is it necessary? Because the chapter promised that a number of workers would give a given number of hours each week to the program. Is it ever possible to make less hours and be on the roll? Yes, when you have made the extra hours in any previous week. Sometimes the Victory Roll hours are reduced to six each week. This happens when we are well ahead with our quota and enough women have come in during the week to reduce the quota re quired of each individual. Added to the workers this week were members of the Commercial Club whose hours will contribute to the Junior Red Cross. These were organized by Miss Evelyn Morgan. Miss Betty Fuqua is the Junior Red leader. Has your name been on the Vic Roll? Make up your mind to have it there this week. The Red Cross and our army need you. You not fail. It doesn’t matter how much or how little in hours you give, you receive credit at National Head quarters in Washington for each half hour given to this worth-while cause. SECOND QUOTA SURGICAL DRESSINGS COMPLETED Mrs. George Gee reported Wednes day morning that the second quota surgical dressings were completed at the Red Cross work room Tues day afternoon.