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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
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VOLUME LXXXIII ^ NO. 14
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
Early County 4-H
Clubs to Have Display
Courthouse Saturday
The courthouse here in Blakely
will resemble a veritable arsenal of
foods, farm products, and canned
fruits Saturday, when scores of the
county’s 313 4-H Club boys and girls
gather to display their work in cele
bration of National 4-H Club
Achievement Week..
County Agent J. F. Reid an
nounces that the wide corridors of
the courthouse will be filled with
booths displaying the canned fruits
and vegetables and handiwork of
these boys and girls. All exhibits
are to be placed by one o’clock and
the judges will award cash prizes at
2 o’clock. Miss Frances Hatcher,
home ^demonstration agent, and
County Agent D. C. Brumbalow,
both of Clay county, and N. D. Mc
Rainey, Baker county agent, will
serve as judges.
There will be booths displaying
canned fruits, vegetables, pickles,
preserves, corn, cotton, sweet pota
toes, and booths showing the adept
ness in handiwork, such as rug-mak
ing and other useful household arti
cles. National Achievement Week
brings to a close a great year in 4-H
Club work here, Mr. Reid explained.
The boys and girls here have been
engaged in varied projects this year
which include home demonstration,
garden, corn, potatoes, cotton, for
estry, wildlife, poultry, beef cattle
and hogs, food and nutrition, health,
clothing, home management and
salvage.
One of the projects of which mem
bers are most proud is the Rifle
Club. Scores of members are en
rolled and have diligently practiced
shooting the rifle all the year.
Following the judging of the ex
hibits, a program will be held in the
court room upstairs. Skits, songs
and readings will be given by the
members, for which medals and war
stamps will be awarded the winners.
Saturday’s achievement day is ex
pected to draw hundreds of people
to Blakely, making it the largest
4-H Club day ever held here.
Melvyn Douglas and Joan Craw
ford in “They All Kissed the Bride”
at Blakely Theatre Thursday and
Friday.
More Winter Needs
at Weaver’s
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T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1942.
Crawford Williams
Dies Suddenly Of
Heart Attack
Succumbing to a heart attack,
Crawford Williams, well-known cit
izen of this city, died suddenly Sat
urday morning at 9 o’clock at his
home on Liberty street.
Mr. Williams, who was 56 years of
age, was a native of this county, and
had many friends in this section
who were saddened by the news of
his passing.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Sardis
Methodist church, of which he d'as a
member, with the Rev. W. T. Wiley
officiating. Interment was in the
Sardis cemetery, with Minter, Fel
lows & Forrester in charge of ar
rangements. The pall-bearers were
his four sons, Alton, James, Theo
and O. B. Williams, and his two
sons-in-law, Quentin Edmondson and
Idus Brownlee. A large number of
friends attended the last rites.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Callie Sullivan Williams; the four
sons previously named; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Idus Brownlee, of Blakely,
and Mrs. Quentin Edmondson of
Barnwell, S. C.; one brother, J. D.
Williams, of Blakely, and ten grand
children. These have the sympathy
of friends in their bereavement.
ROYAL ARCH AND
COUNCIL CLASSES TO
BE HELD NOV. 24-25
Plans of the local Masonic bodies
for the Royal Arch and Council
fall class have been changed and
the dates have been moved up to
Tuesday and Wednesday, November
24th and 25th, it was announced
this week. Already a large number
of Blue Lodge Masons are signed
up for the higher degrees and others
are expected to join the class. Sev
eral prominent members -of the
Georgia Grand Chapter and Council
are expected to be present on this
occasion.
Truck, Bus Operators
Must Have Certificate
Of War Necessity
Operators of trucks, busses and
taxis must have their Certificates of
War Necessity before applying to
the local War and Rationing Board
for their mileage rations, the local
War Price and Rationing Board an
nounced today.
The Certificates of War Necessity,
issued by the Office of Defense
Transportation, form the basis for
the issuance of transport rations to
these commercial vehicles, it was
explained. When applicants go to
the board they must have with them
these certificates, together with prop
erly executed application for a mile
age ration.
Each War Necessity Certificate
states the number of miles the ve
hicle for which the certificate js is
sued will be allowed to travel during
a three-month period. The certifi
cate also states the number of gal
lons of gasoline needed to cover
this mileage.
The OPA rationing board will de
termine the amount of transport
rations to be issued for the vehicle
on the basis of the mileage -allowed
on the certificate. In no case is the
board permitted to allow, more gaso
line than is stipulated on the certifi
cate.
In the eastern gasoline rationed
area the transport (T) rations take
the place of the service (S) rations.
All outstanding S coupons will be
come invalid at 12 rOl a. m. Novem
ber 21. The T books will be tailored
to the allowable mileage by tearing
out coupons.
COMMISSIONERS HELD
MONTHLY SESSION
HERE THURSDAY
The Early County Board of Com
missioners, meeting Thursday last,
voted to age a convict as janitor of
the court house, with the work on
the building and grounds to be un
der the supervision of the sheriff’s
office.
The Board also voted to sell to
the C. C. Foster Construction Com
pany three pieces of road machin
ery now in the county’s possession.
It was brought out at the meeting
that the government had been in
correspondence with county officials
in regard to the amount of road
building machinery the county now
owns, and was likely to com
mandeer part of the machinery un
less it was sold to some company
working on government projects.
The Foster company is engaged in
government contract work and will
use the machinery in their work. On
the motion to sell the machinery
Commissioner C. L. Cook voted in
the negative.
The Commissioners approved a new
bond submitted by Tax Commission
er J. L. Houston.
Present at Thursday’s meeting
were H. C. Fort, chairman, C. L.
Cook, 0. H. King and Leon H.
Baughman.
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nine leap to his death in delirium, and another die of exposure and
starvation. They are the survivors of the crew of a Flying Fortress
forced down in the vast Pacific. The heroes are pictured as they con
valesced aboard a U. S. aircraft carrier, examining a bottle and can
in which their water and tomato juice spoiled.
Rev. W. F. Burford
Returned to Blakely
Church By Conference
The Rev. W. F. Burford has heen
returned to the pastorate of the
Blakely Methodist church for an
other year. This became known Sun
day when assignments were an
nounced at the closing session of the
South Georgia Conference in Savan
nah.
Rev. Mr. Burford has served the
church here for one year, during
which time the church has enjoyed
a substantial growth in membership
and closes the year with an excellent
financial report. The news of the
return of Pastor Burford was re
ceived with pleasure by the many
friends he and Mrs. Burford have
made during their residence here.
The Rev. L. Cecil Wimberley, who
has served the churches on the
Blakely Circuit the past year, was
assigned to the Chauncey church, in
the Americus District. The new ap
pointment is a promotion for this
popular young minister.
The appointments for the Thomas
ville district as announced at the
Conference, are:
W. M. Haywood, district superin
tendent; Albany, First Church, H. T.
Freeman; Albany Trinity-Grace,
J. W. M. Stipe; Arlington, L. S. Hol
loway; Attapulgus, W. C. Bryant;
Baconton, D. A. Lastinger; Bain
bridge, H. H. Heisler; Barwick, F.
C. Meyer; Blakely, W. F. Burford;
Boston, H. P. Stubbs; Brinson, Mar
vin Vincent; Camilla, N. H. Wil
liams; Cairo, M. P. Webb; Cairo Ct.,
J. W. Lilly; Colquitt, J. W. Patter
son; Donalsonville, C. L. Nease; Ed
ison, J. P. Touchton; Faceville, J. A.
Wiggens .(S); Leary, W. W. Taylor;
Meigs-Ochloeknee, W. S. Johnson;
Metcalf, J. 0. Aiken; Pavo, J. W.
Hays; Pelham, E. J. Grimes; Sale
City, James Agee; Thomasville, J.
C. G. Brooks; West Bainbridge, J.
Paul Barrett; Whigham-Climax, B.
R. W. Knowles; District Missionary
secretary, E. J. Grimes.
Rev. E. M. Overby, a former pas
tor here, was returned to the church
at McRae. Another former Blakely
pastor, the Rev. 0. B. Chester, who
has served the church at Arlington
for the past five years, was assigned
to the church at Talbotton.
THE COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEETS
The newly-organized -Commercial
Club of Blakely High School staged
its first social activity Monday night
with an old-fashioned moonlight pic
nic complete with a barn fire. The
fun was added to by some 35 mem
bers walking out to our newly
discovered picnic grounds and after
arriving everyone was ready for all
that good food which everyone so
cheerfully contributed.
We wish to thank Miss Morgan
and the faculty members who helped
to make this such a success.
It was suggested by more than
one of our members that we have a
picnic every Monday night.
—REPORTER.
Joan Crawford and Melvyn Doug
las in “They All Kissed the Bride”
at Blakely Theatre Thursday and
Friday.
$1.50 A YEAR
All Passenger Car
Owners Must File Tire
Inspection Record
In order to retain their right to
use mileage ration books already
issued them, passengeV car and mo
torcycle owners in Early county must
file with their local War Price and
Rationing Board the new application
form and tire inspection record,
it is announced by a local board
member.
The forms, which are being used
in other sections of the country as
an application for a basic “A” ra
tion, are now available at nearby
service stations, garages and other
conveniently located places. Auto
ists and motorcyclists are urged to
pick up copies at once and mail them
to the War Price and Rationing
Board as soon as they are filled out.
“Local ear and motorcle owners
will continue to use the coupon books
already in their possession,” the lo
cal board said, “but they need to
turn in the new forms anyhow, in or
der to give the board a record of
the tire serial numbers and to get
for themselves a tire inspection
record to be used for the periodic
tire inspections.
“Those who fail to turn in one of
the new forms will be subject to a
call from the board after November
22 to explain why he hasn’t done so,
and he may have his ration book re
voked.
“The form is simple. Most of the
information can be obtained from
the vehicle registration card. The
most important information needed
to fill out the application, however,
is the list of serial numbers on every
tire which, you or any relative living
in your house, own for that vehicle.
“The serial numbers are the in
dented numbers on the tire walls.
They are not to be confused with any
raised numbers appearing on the
tires. In case the serials numbers
have been obliterated, only the
brand name of the tire need be
listed.”
The rationing board urges car
owners with more than five tires for
each vehicle to dispose of these ex
cess tires at once, since the ration
ing board will demand an explana
tion from any car owner who lists
more than five tires. Excess tires
can be sold to the Government
through the local office of the Rail
way Express Agency.
DEATH CLAIMS LITTLE
BOY AFTER ILLNESS OF
ONLY A FEW HOURS
Julian Moore Still, 2-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. Still, of
the Sowhatchee community, died;
late Wednesday of last week, follow
ing an illness of only a few hours.
Funeral services for the little fel
low were held the following after
noon at the Zion Free Will Baptist
church, with the Revs. W. T. Wiley
and T. B. Mellette officiating. In
terment was in Zion cemetery, with
Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements and
Jim, Hollis, Martin and J. B. Still
serving as pall-bearers.
Survivors include his parents and
two brothers, John Millard Still and
Jimmie Oxford Still, who have the
sympathy of friends in their be
reavement.
Organ and Song
Recital at Methodist
Church Sunday Night
A special organ and song recital
will be presented at the Methodist
church Sunday night beginning at
7:30 o’clock, by three young men of
Turner Field Albany—William Reid,
Pvt., Aii- Corps, organist, assisted by
Eugene Corriero, Pfc., Air Corps,
tenor, and Gildo Ferrando, Pvt., Air
Corps, baritone. The/ public is cor
dially invited.
THE PROGRAM:
Organ
Prelude and Fugue in F Major
(Bach).
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor
(Bach).
Prelude and Fugue in G Major
(Bach).
Tenor
Caro Mio Ben (Giordano).
Musica Proibita (Gastaldon).
Questa o quella per me pari sono,
Rigoletto (Verdi).
Organ
Ave Maria (Schubert).
Legend (MacDowell).
To a Wild Rose (MacDowell).
Baritone
Homing (Del Riego).
Thy Beaming Eyes (MacDowell).
Invictus (Huhn).
Duet for Baritone and Tenor
Solenne in quest’ ora (Forza del
dest.ino) (Verdi).
Organ
Lament (Spiritual).
Londonderry Air (Irish Folk
Tune).
Ode to Thanksgiving (On themes
from Beethoven).
Program Note*
WILLIAM REID'—Private William
Reid has recently been assigned to
the Post Chapel as Organist and Di
rector of Music. He comes with a
rich background of training and
experience, having received the de
gree of Bachelor of Music from Syra
cuse University and Master of Arts
from Columbia University. A resi
dent of Albany, he was winner of
the Georgia State Piano Contest.
While in college, he became a mem
ber of Delta Kappa Epsilon, social
fraternity, and Phi Mu Alpha, Sin
fonia, men’s professional musical
fraternity. Private Reid’s profes
sional experience has been wide and
varied in radio, concert and church,
and the teaching of music. He was
director of the Glee Club, Radio
City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center,
New York City; in charge of all sing
ing in the “Showplace of the Na
tion,” and on the Music Hail of the
Air programs, Sundays, WJZ. He
has done conducting of chorus, or
chestra and band and has appeared
in concert as a pianist, organist and
accompanist. Last year in New York
City he was a member of the facul
ty of Cardinal Hayes Memorial High
School and was organist and choir
master Trinity Episcopal Church,
Morrisania.
GILDO FERRANDO—Studied in
Pittsburgh; Member of Pittsburgh
Opera Society; has done work in
oratorio and church; operates radio
tower at Turner Field.
EUGENE CORRIERO—From New
York City; studied voice with Mala
testa of the Metropolitan Opera
and Brunnelli, composer and ar
ranger for the Metropolitan Opera,
and coached with Zenatello, the
teacher of Martini; has done radio
work, recitals and church singing;
since going to Turner Field, Pfc.
Corriero has been studying voice
with Mrs. 0. D. Culpepper, of Al
bany; his duties at Turner Field are
those of Link Trainer Instructor.
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