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EARLY COUNTY, GA. !
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY I
VOLUME LXXXIII > NO. \6
RAYMOND DUKE
IS REPORTED AS
MISSING BY NAVY
A pall of gloom was cast over this
little city last Thursday, when it was
learned that Raymond H. Duke, of
the U. S. Navy, was missing follow
ing action in the service of his
country, according to a message re
ceived by the parents of the young
man from the war department.
... Young _ Duke, , 22 of „ the ,,
years age,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Duke, enlisted in the Navy in 1937
and was stationed at Pensacola until
early in 1941, when he was 'trans
ferred to ship and had been at sea
since. He was a graduate of Blake
ly high school and was a member of
the footbaall team. He was a hand
some youngster, with a fine person
ality, which made for him a host of
friends over the county, to whom the
report from the Navy department
brought distinct sorrow and who
deeply sympathize with his
and brothers and sisters in their be
reavement.
In part the telegram from the
Navy Department to Mr. Duke read:
“The Navy Department regrets
inform you that your son,
mond Hamilton Duke,
mate, second class, U. S. Navy,
missing following action in
ance of his duty in the service
his country.”
Raymond had seen action in
eral engagements, he confided to
father last August when he was
the States. At that time he was
California, but due to a short
was not able to come home, and
father went out and visited him
several days. The Navy did not
close the exact engagement in
Raymond was taking part.
Brothers and sisters of the
ing youth are Bill and Miss
Duke of Blakely, C. D. Duke, Jr.,
Edison, Miss Peggy Duke, an
ta business college student, and
Claude Brown of Dothan.
Blooming Plants, the cheerful
GREENBRIER FLORAL CO.
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FROM THE CHRISTMAS STORE
FOR HER—
LINENS, all kinds
Hull Pottery
Electric Lamps
Stationery
Photo Albums
Compacts and Jewelry
Gloves - Handkerchiefs
Pajamas - Gowns
Panties - Slips
Bed Jackets
Robes - House Coats
Hosiery — Bed Room Shoes
FOR HIM—
Ties by Botany and Nor-East
Manhattan Shirts
Silk Ties by Manhattan
Leather Coats - Jackets
Fitted Dressing Kits
Socks, plain and fancy
Hickok Jewelry
Belts and Suspenders
Smart Styled Gloves
Manhattan Sweaters
Pajamas - Robes
Replogle Globes
Free Gift Wrapping Service
AH of Weaver’s Gifts may be attractively Christmas
Gift Wrapped at no additional charge. :.
OUR DRY GOODS STORE WILL BE CLOSED
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25 & 26
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
- C. E. POYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1942.
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead."
AUTO ACCIDENT
KILLS ONE AND
INJURES ANOTHER
One person was killed, another is
confined to a local hospital, while a
third is being held by local authori
ties charged with drunken driving,
as the result of an automobile acci
dent which occurred on Flowers
Drive early last Thursday morning,
according to Deputy Sheriff C. C.
Swann, investigating officer.
The dead man is Jesse Daniels, 70,
0 f Randolph county, formerly of
Early county, who died shortly after
the accident after being admitted to
were l°£ held a J hospita}- for him Friday. Funeral The services in
jured man, who is suffering with a
broken jaw and other injuries of a
minor nature, is J. E. Taylor, also of
Cuthbert.
Ezra Welch, 18-year-old Early
county youth, who was piloting the
automobile, received minor injuries
and was dismissed from the hospital.
Deputy Swann made a charge of
drunken driving against Welch and
released him under bail.
The deputy said the accident oc
curred when the machine, which was
said to have been driven at an ex
cessive rate of speed, struck a tree
near the home of City Clerk C. C.
Lane on Flowers Drive. The party
of men were en route to a wine shop
on the Columbia road which has been
the scene of many disturbances in
recent months, Deputy Swann said.
They had just left the roadhouse a
few minutes before and had come to
town and were returning.
SUGAR STAMP NO. 10
GOOD FOR 3 POUNDS,
DEC. 16 TO JAN. 31
Those who had hoped for addi
tional sugar for the holiday season
are to be disappointed, for the OPA
announced Monday that sugar stamp
No. 10 will be good for only three
pounds, and will cover the period
December 16 to January 31—which
is a continuation of the one-half
pound per person per week allow
ance.
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"Meet the People
(Each week in this of space will be whose presented a is picture news.)
and word portrait someone name
! v ' 3 • Hard on the heels of our entry into our sec
ond year of war came the announcement that
■■ President Roosevelt has given to Paul Vories
McNutt complete authority over the nation’s
j:: manpower resources for the urgent purpose of
co-ordinating gun with gunner, farm with
table, supply with demand, and of preventing
the haphazard migration of essential workers.
• Under the new set-up McNutt will control
selective service, with Gen. Hershey remain
ing in active charge. Enlistment is out, but
selectees may still indicate a preference for
03 particular branch of service. A worker in a
> ital war industry may quit, or may leave
one job for another paying more money. But
$ he can also be asked to go where he is most
Sill i needed.
• McNutt’s task is chiefly administrative, and
he is well prepared for it. He has been, suc
$ WK cessively, dean of the University of Indiana
, „ V: law school, governor of Indiana (1933-37),
•i , / •■< 8 U. S. High Commissioner to the Philippines
| & (1937-39), Federal Security administrator and
.
director of the War Manpower Commission *
Paul McNutt
Wartime Policies Set
Up for Operation of
All School Busses
As a part of the total war effort,
the government, through the Office
of Defense Transportation has set
up definite wartime policies for the
operation of all school busses and
has ruled that use of busses for
sports events, such as basketball, will
not be authorized this winter.
Stressing the fact that pupil trans
portation is absolutely essenial to
the operation of Early county’s
schools, County Superintendent B.
R. B. Davis said Guy Kelcey, region
al director of ODT’s local transport
division, had authorized a 12-point
policy for conserving busses in Geor
gia’s 159 county school systems.
Among other things, the policies
specify that transportation will be
provided only for individuals who
would have to walk more than two
miles to school or at least one mile
and a half to reach the main school
bus route and that bus stops will be
spaced from one-eignth to one-quar
ter mile apart, except for crippled
children.
Dr. M. D. Collins, state school su
perintendent, said he had been noti
fied by the ODT that “only upon the
submission of demonstrated proof
that the conservation policies have
been carried out will school busses
be allowed to have gasoline, tires 1.”
and spare parts after February
In halting the use of school busses
for athletic events, Joseph B. East
man, national ODT director, said
that “no longer can each community
look upon its school bus as some
thing to be used at will for its own
exclusive benefit.” He added that
“each school bus has become a pre
cious link in the nation’s transporta
tion system, something to be care
fully conserved for the benefit of
the entire community.” people of
iSupt. Davis said: “The
Early county are just as patriotic as
other Georgians and the people of
the nation. The parents and their
children affected in this county will
gladly cooperate in this wartime
measure.”
NOTICE TO HOLDERS
OF FUEL OIL RATION
COUPON SHEETS
The local War Rationing Board
this week called attention of fuel
oil users to the following provisions
of the rationing program:
fuel oil coupon sheets that have
been, issued for heating (Form OPA
R-1105 and R-1106) contain coupons
with a value of one (1) and ten (10)
units, respectively, Such coupon
sheets also contain coupons of a
definite gallonage value. Unit cou
pons are non-valued but have been
issued based on 10 gallons for each
unit, and are valid during the fol
lowing periods: including Dec.
No. 1—Up to and
19, 1942.
No. 2—From Dec. 6, 1942, to
January 16, 1943, inclusive, Feb.
No. 3—From Jan. 3, 1943, to
19, 1943, inclusive.
No. 4—From Feb. 6, 1943, to Mar.
20, 1943, inclusive.
No. 5—From March 7, 1943, to
Sept. 30. 1943, inclusive.
Definite value coupons on each
sheet can be used at any time.
REPORT ON EARLY COUNTY
COTTON GINNED TO DEC. 1
in 6,341 Early bales county of cotton from the were ginned j
crop
1942, prior to December 1, as com
pared with 10,463 bales to the same |
date in 1941, it was announced the |
past week by W. R. Pullen, special
agent of the department of com
merce. J
Board
Tire Report Period
November 17-30
New Passenger Car Tires: P. M.
£
1 tube; P. N. Evans, 1 tube;
Underwood, 1 tube.
Obsolete Tires: Augustus Jackson,
W. J. Hunter, 2; Will B. Bran-
2; Charlie Pate, 2; L. P. Ship-
2; Ralph Lindsey, 5; Boyd Jar-
2; Silas Love, 1.
Second Grade Passenger Car Tires:
Emmett Williams, 2.
Truck Tires and Tubes: Mrs. J. S.
Sherman, 1 tube; M L. Long, 2
tubes; J. B. Hasty, tire, 1 tube;
Herman Smith, 2 tires, 2 tubes;
Shelly Goocher, 1 tire; John Harper,
1 tire; W. L. Mosely, 1 tire; Jack
Slaton, 1 tube; W. H. Gilbert, 1
tube; W. C. Bryant, Sr., 1 tube; R.
R. McLendon, 2 tubes; B. D. Harvey,
2 tubes; T. R. Miller, 3 tubes; Hollis
Sawyer, 1 tire, 1 tube.
Truck Tire Retreads: C. E. Boy
ett. 2; S. G. Maddox, 2.
Passenger Car Retreads: T. S.
Chandler, 2; H. R. Ready, 1; H. W.
Johnson, 1; B. T. Warren, 2; A. H.
McKinnon, 2; H. C. Fort, 4; C. A.
Hayes, 1; C. B. Reese, 2; R. C. Sin
gletary, 1; B. D. Harvey, 4; J. L.
Houston, 1; Tillman Turner, 2; W.
T. Hinson. 2; W. A. Hall, 4; Dr. R.
A. Houston, 1; J. A. Hammack, 2;
A. E. Brightwell, 1; J. W. Patterson,
2; A. B. Paul, 2.
EASTERN STAR ELECTS
SLATE OF OFFICERS
FOR ENSUING YEAR
At the regular meeting of the
Blakely Chapter No. 282 Order of
the Eastern Star, held at the Mason
ic hall last Thursday night, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Worthy Matron: Mrs. Louise
Thompson.
Worthy Patron: Dr. J. G. Standi
fer.
Associate Matron: Mrs. Cyllene
Dunn.
Associate Patron: J. T. Jordan.
Conductress: Mrs. Velma Smith.
Associate Conductress: Mrs. Edna
Mills.
Secretary: Mrs. Nora Scarborough.
Treasurer: Mrs. Pearl Houston.
These officers, together with the
appointive officers, will be installed
in January. The chapter expects to
have a short business meeting on
Thursday, December 24, and a spe
cial meeting on Thursday, December
31, to confer the degrees. This will
close out a successful year for the
Eastern Star in Blakely.
CHRISTMAS CANTATA
AT METHODIST CHURCH
SUNDAY 7 O’CLOCK P. M.
On Sunday evening. December 20,
at 7 o’clock, the choirs of the Bap
tist and Methodist churches will sing
a beautiful Christmas cantata. The
chorus is composed -of ladies’ voices
and those participating have given
it much of their time, hoping to
make it really the music of Christ
mas and a most enjoyable occasion.
Miss Evelyn DuBose will accom
pany the chorus on the organ and
will play a special organ number as
well as a prelude and a postlude.
Mrs. Tom Debnam will be the reader
for the program.
The public is cordially invited to
and to remember the hour
is at 7 p. m. This occasion promises
to be one of rare musical treat, thus
giving the public a chance to get
hold of the Christmas spirit but by lis
tening to the beautiful familiar
story of the Birth of Christ in song.
$1.50 A YEAR
FUNERAL HELD
HERE FOR MRS.
H. J. BROWN
Following an illness of a few
days with heart trouble, Mrs. Jennie
Odelia Carmichael Brown, former
resident of Blakely, died at 6 o’clock
last Thursday morning at Jackson
ville, Fla.
Brief services were held Friday
afternoon at 5 o’clock at the Hardage
Funeral Home in Jacksonville, after
which Mrs. Brown’s body was
brought to Blakely, where funeral
rites were held Saturday morning at
11 o’clock at the Methodist church,
with the Rev. Spencer B. King, pas
tor of the Baptist church, of which
Mrs. Brown was a member, officiat
ing. Interment was in the city
cemetery, with Minter, Fellows &
Forrester Funeral Home in charge of
anangements. bearers Serving as pall
were Hugh L. Martin, Hoban
Martin, Fred E. Martin, Ralph E.
Mills. O. H. King, Jr., and H. Robley
Johnson.
Mrs. Brown was a daughter of the
late Hugh and Lucy Ann Buckner
Carmichael and the widow of the
H. J. Brown. She was born in
Americus, Ga., but had lived here
of her life until 1934. Since
then she had made her home in
She was widely related
this section and had many friends
received the news of her pass
with deep regret.
Survivors inculde two brothers,
Ozro Carmichael and Roscoe Car
of this county, and the fol
lowing children: J. E. Brown of Al
tha, Fla., H. A. and J. H. Brown
New Smyrna Beach, Fla., C. C.
Brown of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. E.
O. Mills of Cplumbia, Ala., Mrs. O.
H. King, ,Sr., of Blakely, Ga., and
Mrs. Lester Braddock of
ville, Fla.
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HAVE YOU MADE
YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO
EMPTY STOCKING
If you haven’t made your contri
bution to the Empty Stocking Fund,
which plays Santa Claus to under
privileged children in Early county,
then you should do so as soon as
possible, in order that Miss Annette
Alexander, chairman of the fund,
may complete her purchases of toys
and other presents for these chil
dren. Below is a list of the contrib
utors to date:
Blakely Lions Club _________ $ 66.00
Miss Ruth Smith ....... 1.00
Mrs. W. R. Stewart ........ 1.00
Miss Pauline Livingston 1.00
J. B. Stokes ------------------- 2.00
“Tige” Pickle _____________ 1.00
T. K. Weaver— 125 paper bags
EARLY COUNTY VOTES
FOR CONTINUANCE OF
MARKETING QUOTAS
In the marketing quotas referen
dum, held last Saturday, in which a
large majority of farmers voted for
marketing quotas, Early county cast
824 for to 296 against, a percentage
of approximately 74 for quotas. On
ly the Cedar Springs and Cuba dis
tricts cast a majority vote against.
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FRED BRAGAN
SUCCUMBS TO
HEART ATTACK
Friends here were shocked last
week when the news was announced
that W. Fred Bragan had died sud
denly of a heart attack in Fort
Gaines on Thursday night at 10:30
o’clock. Mr. Bragan had not been
ill and his death came unexpectedly,
Funeral services were held at the
Blakely Methodist church, of which
he was a member, Sunday afternoon
at four o’clock, with the Revs. W. F.
Burford and S. B. King officiating.
Serving as pall-bearers were Charles
E. Boyett, I. M. Bramblett, Joe Al
len, Sam Owen, Carlton Mashbum
aIU , tt< k. Wellons. Following „ the ,,
service at the ,church the body was
interred in the city cemetery with
i m p res sive ceremony of the Ma
. Maternity, , . .. of . which , , Mr. „ Bra
sonlc
gan was a member. Minter, Fallows
& Forrester Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Born at Gerald, Ala., on Septem
ber 25, 1898, Mr. Bragan was 44
years of age. He had been a resi
dent of Blakely sine© 1917 and at
the time of his death was district
manager for an insurance company.
He was of a jovial nature and had
many friends throughout this section
of the state who are saddened be
cause of his passing.
Surviving are -his wife, Mrs. Otis
Abell Bragan, of Fort Gaines; his
mother, Mrs. R. L. Bragan, of Blake
ly; two brothers, Pat Bragan, of the
U. S. Army, Madison, N. Y., and
Charlie Bragan of Columbus, Ga.;
and two sisters, Mrs. Wheeler Stew
art of Blakely and Mrs. Cecil Roney
of Springvale, Ga.
CHAPTER, COUNCIL
MASONS ELECT OFFICERS
FOR ENSUING YEAR
The Capitular and- Cryptic Masonic
bodies of Blakely, at their regular
meeting this week, elected and in
stalled officers for the ensuing year,
as follows:
Blakely Chapter Masons No. 44
Royal Arch
High Priest, Wm. B. Standifer;
King, J. T. Jordan; Scribe, J. M.
Coile; Sec.-Treas., J. G. Standifer;
Chaplain, Rev. W. T. Wiley; Capt. of
Host, A. Boyett Hayes; Principal So
ourner, C. M. Dunning; Royal Arch
Capt., K. J. Hodges; Master 3rd Veil,
I. Derrell Felder; Master 2nd Veil,
Ollin Goocher; Master 1st Veil, E.
L. Hartley; Sentinel, L. B. Jones.
These officers were installed by Dr.
J. G. Standifer, Past Grand High
Priest of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Georgia.
Blakely Council No. 39 Royal
and Select Masters
Illustrious Master, J. T. Jordan;
Deputy Master, Wm. B. Standifer;
Principal Conductor of Work, A
Boyett Hayes; Recorder-Treas., J
G. Standifer; Capt. of Guard, J. M.
Coile; Conductor of Council, C. M.
Dunning; Steward, K. J. Hodges;
Sentinel, L. B. Jones.
J. Emory Houston, retiring Illus
trious Master of Blakely Council,
installed the new officers.