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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXIII ^ NO. 19
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead."
MASONS ELECT
AND INSTALL
1943 OFFICERS
At the regular meeting of Mag
nolia Lodge No. 86 Free and Accept
ed Masons, held Monday night, the
following officers were elected and
installed for the year 1943:
Worshipful Master: Alex Carswell.
Senior Warden: A. Boyett Hayes.
Junior Warden: Woodrow W.
Houston.
Treasurer: Shelly Simmons.
Secretary: Dr. J. G. Standifer.
(Senior Deacon: J. M. Coile.
Junior Deacon: L. B. Jones.
Senior Steward: C. H. Loback.
Junior Steward: Wm. B. Standifer.
Chaplain: Rev. W. T. Wiley.
Marshal: Abe Berman.
Tyler: Wm. P. Smith.
The new officers were installed l5y
Past Master J. G. Standifer.
Magnolia Lodge has closed a very
prosperous year, with a number of
new names added to the rolls. The
lodge also reported all dues paid for
1942 as early as last October and
some three-fourths of the members
have already procured their 1943
pass cards. This has enabled the
Lodge to purchase $1,000 of War
Bonds and to make extensive im
provements in and on the lodge hall
and to purchase some needed equip
ment.
The retiring Worshipful Master, J.
T. Jordan, under whose administra
tion this was done, was presented a
Past Master’s jewel, Dr. J. G. Standi
fer making the presentation.
With a capable line of officers and
the continued interest displayed in
the Lodge by all the members, Mag
nolia will continue during 1943 tc
be one of the outstanding lodges
in the state.
CHRISTMAS CANTATA
SUNG SUNDAY NIGHT
AT METHODIST CHURCH
A choir of female voices from the
choirs of the Methodist and Baptist
churches sang a beautiful Christmas
cantata at the Methodist church last
Sunday evening.
As a setting for the cantata the
church was impressively lighted in
candles, and decorated with a mini
ature tree and Christmas greenery.
The organ accompanist was Miss
Evelyn DuBose, with Mrs. Tom Deb
nam as reader.
The program, which lasted only
forty-five minutes, was attended by
a large congregation, which listened
attentively to the beautiful but fa
miliar story of the Birth of Christ
in song.
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(Compiled By the Office of War Information)
DECEMBER WAR
BOND CAMPAIGN
SHOWING UP WELL
Members of the Georgia Bar As
sociation who accepted the responsi
bility of putting Georgia over the
top on its $6,000,000 December War
Bond quota, today were well on their
way toward a great “home front”
victory.
(Georgians purchased $3,560,000
worth of Series E War Monds dur
ing the first fifteen days in Decem
ber, putting the lawyers well above
their half-way-mark quota, it was
announced by E. Smythe Gambrell,
of Atlanta, chairman of the Georgia
Bar Association’s War Bond cam
paign.
Georgia’s $6,000,000 War Bond
quota for December is based entire
ly on the sale of Series E bonds.
During previous months the state’s
quota was based on the sale of three
types of bonds, Series E and Series
F and G. On December 1 the Treas
ury Department placed the sale of
F and G Bonds in the hands of the
recently created Victory Committee,
leaving the War Savings Staff with
the responsibility of promoting the
sale of Series T Bonds.
BODENHAMER TALKS
TO EARLY COUNTY
TEACHER GROUP
The Early County Teachers Asso
ciation held its monthly meeting here
last Thursday night, with W. T.
Bodenhamer, ‘ district school super
visor, as principal speaker. Mr. Bo
denhamer stressed the three funda
mentals of educational work in his
enlightening (talk, stating that the
best method of education was to train
a child for the job for which he or
she was best .adapted and to teach
the child to always keep a healthy
body in both the physical and moral
sense. If a child receives these fun
damentals, you need not fear as to
his education, Mr. Bodenhamer said.
Entertainment portion of the pro
gram was in charge of Mrs. William
Cox, teacher in the public schools,
who gave a series of quiz questions,
for which war stamps were awarded
for correct answers. The recipients
of these stamps then donated them
to the Empty Stocking Fund.
A Christmas tree, laden with gift
toys and Principal F. B. Melton, of
the Colomokee school acting as San
ta Claus, was also a feature of the
program. These toys were also do
nated to the Stocking Fund.
The Christmas Day attraction at
the Blakely Theatre is “Sleepytime
Gal,” reaturing Judy Canova.
Washington, D. C.-—The program
for utilizing college and university
facilities to give specialized training
to young men in the armed services
was announced jointly by Secretary
Stimson and Knox. Mr. Stimson said
the program would go far toward
temporarily destroying liberal edu
cation in America so far as the able
bodied men of college age are con
cerned, but would not have a perma
nently bad effect. Mr. Knox thought
it an attempt to preserve liberal
education during the war, as prefer
ence would be given to smaller not
so-highly-endowed colleges whose ex
istence might be threatened by the
war. Meanwhile, a new bulletin has
been sent to local Selective Service
Boards granting temporary defer
ment for college and university stu
dents and instructors in certain med
ical, engineering and other technical
fields. All university men have
been advised to remain in school
until called for military service, and
the 18 and 19-year-olds have been
told not to hesitate to enroll to be
gin their college training.
The rules and regulations under
which schools will be selected for the
program will be prescribed by WMG
Chairman McNutt, after consultation
with Secretaries Stimson and Knox,
the actual selections to be made by
a joint committee consisting of rep
resentatives of the armed services
and the WMC. A questionnaire on
staffs and facilities has already been
sent bo all the higher educational in
stitutions in the country, and the
schools chosen will, under contract
with the Army and Navy, furnish
instruction in prescribed courses
and also furnish the necessary hous
ing and messing facilities. Qualified
young men detailed to these institu
tions will be on active duty, in uni
form, with regular service pay and
subject to general military disci
pline.
MANPOWER—
By the end of 1943 or early in
1944, according to WMC estimates,
there will be 9,700,000 Americans in
the armed forces, 20,000,000 in war
industry, 19,600,000 in civilian indus
try, and 7,900,000 in year-round
farm work. In addition, millions will
be needed seasonally in the various
agricultural areas. In November
52,800,000 people were employed
and 1,700,000 unemployed, but the
Census Bureau said there were 5,
000,000 people—most of them house
wives—who could take full-time em
ployment but had not done so. The
Department of Agriculture said that
7,272,000 family workers and 2,-
279,000 hired hands were working
on farms on December 1, and the
Department of Labor reported that
employment on new construction
projects in 1943 would drop to an
average of little more than 1,000,
000 workers, making an equal num-
WPB states that 1943 production for
war alone will have an equal the
value of all the goods and services
produced by the nation in its years
of greatest prosperity. Although the
U. S. is making as many combat
weapons today as the entire Axis, in
1943 it will have to do a “better
than $90,000,000 war job.”
Under Secretary of War Patterson
gave the following figures for 1942
production of war weapons More
than 23,000 tanks, more than 3,000
90-M.M. anti-aircraft guns, more
than 9,000 40-M.M. antiaircraft
guns, more than 300,009 .50 Cal.
machine guns, and more than 500,
000 machine guns of all types, and
small arms ammunition coming off
the lines at better than 1,000,000,
000 rounds a month. Maritime an
nounced a new monthly record in
the production of liberty ships—68
liberty’ships were turned out in No
vember at an average of only 56
days from keel-laying to delivery.
This is a cut of 10 days from the
October average, and represents
one-fourth the time necessary last
January when the program was
started.
The dollar value of military sup
plies aequred for the Army in 1942,
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ber available for other war employ
ment.
THE WAR FRONT—
Elmer Davis, director of the OWI,
said there is no reason for Americans
to be disheartened about the Allies’
progress in North Africa, as it was
natural for the drive to' slow down
after its initial start. While the
enemy there still has a measure of
air superiority, that “will be taken
care of when we establish our for
ward bases.” From the beginning of
the North African campaign through
December 12, U. S. fliers destroyed
70 Axis aircraft and damaged 43,
at a cost of 3‘5 American planes lost
and eight missing; and communi
ques throughout the last week have
reported another 11 Axis planes
downed, another 10 destroyed, and
100 Axis soldiers killed and scores
taken prisoners. U. S. losses of the
week were" set at three planes lost
and one missing.
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters,
after reporting the capture of Buna
by Allied troops, opened a heavy
new attack today on the Japanese
beachhead at Buna Mission. On Fri
day, December 18, U. S. submarines,
operating in Pacific and far eastern
waters, sank seven more Japanese
ships—one large tanker, one large
cargo ship, one medium-sized trans
port and one trawler. From Guad
alcanal came reports that U. S. fliers
subjected the Munda Area of New
Georgia Island to numerous damag
ing attacks, and the week’s action
reported one Japanese destroyer
sunk, one set on fire and probably
sunk, one damaged, one destroyer or
cruiser damaged, eight planes down
ed and one destroyed. In this action
the U. S. lost one motor torpedo
boat and one plane, and one plane is
reported missing.
WAR STRATEGY—
Admiral Darlan’s declaration of
intention in regard to French North
Africa has been issued by President
Roosevelt. The text reads in part—
“In leading North and West Africa
against Germany and Italy and into
the ranks of the United Nations, I
seek no assistance or support for any
personal ambitions . . . my sole pur
pose is to save French Africa, help
free France and then retire to private
life with a hope that the future
leader of France may be selected by
the French people themselves and by
no one else.” Admiral Darlan pledged
co-operation to the cause of the
United Nations, and said he had
already taken steps granting amnes
ty to Allied sympathizers, restoring
to rank French officers, releasing
United Nations prisoners, and stop
ping persecution of Jews. Also, he
said, he had placed armed forces in
the field to fight beside the Allies
and made available to the Allies
whatever posts, air-fields, railroad
and communications facilities and
buildings the military situation de
manded.
PRODUCTION—
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WEEKLY MEETING
OF ROTARY CLUB
HELD FRIDAY
The Blakely Rotary Club held its
regular weekly luncheon meeting at
noon last Friday, with President
James B. Murdock, Jr., presiding.
A short talk featured the meeting,
the speaker being Eugene Abell, of
the vocational rehabilitation depart
ment of the State Department of Ed
ucation. Mr. Abell told in an inter
esting manner of the work being
done to train and find employment
for physically handicapped Geor
gians, of how many who had been
considered hopeless had been trained
and placed in useful and remunera
tive positions. Many Early countians
are expected to be benefited by this
work of the Department of Educa
tion.
Other visitors at Friday’s meeting
were Mr. Reed, of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission, of Atlanta, a
guest of the Club, Sgt. Felix Barham,
Jr., a guest of his father, Rotarian
Felix Barham, and Charles A. Dean,
a guest of Rotarian Lewis Fryer.
It was announced that no meeting
of the Club would be held Friday
of this week because of Christmas
observance, but that the Club would
hold a Ladies’ Night entertainment
on Thursday night, December 31.
SCHOOLS HAVE ONE
WEEK’S HOLIDAY
FOR CHRISTMAS
Early county school children have
been given only this week as a holi
day season for Christmas.
Dismissed last Friday afternoon,
they will return to their studies next
Monday morning, it is announced by
B. R. B. Davis, County School Su
perintendent.
476 POUND'S PECANS
PRODUCED ON ONE TREE
From Early county’s current
bumper crop of pecans, E. K. Odum,
local farmer, seems to have the top
record in a one-tree production.
From one of Mr. Odum’s trees
near the city airport, 476 pounds of
pecans were gathered, which brought
the sum of $75.76. This tree, Mr.
Odum said, was planted by his moth
er forty years ago.
COLUMBUS ROBERTS
NAMED CHAIRMAN STATE
PLANNING COMMISSION
Columbus Roberts, former com
missioner of agriculture and candi
date for governor in 1940, has been
appointed by Governor Talmadge a3
chairman of the state planning com
mission to succeed H. T. McIntosh,
of Albany, who resigned the place
some time ago.