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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
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;s to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.
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R. C. Howell sold his drug business,
the Howell Drug Company, to Robert
Hall, the druggist, and C. A. Bell,
former county agent of Calhoun
county. The store will operate un
der the name of Howell Drug Store.
Both Mr. Hall and Mr. Bell are well
known in Blakely, as Mr. Hall has
been connected with the Howell Drug
Company as prescription^ for sev
eral years, and Mr. Bell was assistant
county agent here until last year, and
is the son-in-law of Mr. Howell.
These three business transactions
removed from the business life of
Blakely three of the oldest business
firms in the city. Mr. Tarver had
Jbee^Q jMrattng^hiSr-stare "uarter ...fox more
j^^Hlthan Bf a of a Wade century, had while been
Mr. Howell and Mrs.
in business nearly that long.
Wallace Beery and Marojrie Main
in “The Bugle Sounds” at the Blake
ly Theatre Thursday and Friday.
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AKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1943.
LECT OFFICIALS
The County Commission
ers, holdinj ^ first meeting of
the new year Tuesday, re-elected the
following officials to serve for the
current ^
CoL den: J. F. Grimsley.
»: J. F. Reid.
■ney: W. L. Stone.
Bian: C. R. Barksdale.
Mated $175.00 to the
Bi-^Unit ■ffdqual (No. ters 124),
g on
of the build
Muardsmen are using
■Magnolia Lodge No,
■esday’s meeting were
IH. C. Fort, chairman,
an, O. H. King, and
VICTORY ROLL
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
WEEK ENDING JAN. 2
Mrs. C. G. Brewer
Mrs. Ed Chancy
Mrs. George Gee
Mrs. C. A. Grubbs
Mrs. C. L. Glessner
Mrs. A. H. Gray
Mrs. J. F. Grim^£&
Mrs. S. P. H<i
Mrs. Emory ■
Miss Madge ■
Mrs. Joe LisJ
Mrs. J. H.
Mrs. R. C. V !
Mrs. R. O.
Miss Emily
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General Marshall
A WEEK OF THE WAR
COMPILED BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
v Year’s day 1943 marked the
1 mniversary of the formation of
Jnited Nations. In his first
conference of the New Year,
lent Roosevelt recalled the
£ situation that existed one year
X’ 1 .'hen 26 nations, bound togeth
the universal ideals of the
tic Charter, signed, the United
ns declaration and thus cre
the mightiest coalition in his
’ (Three other nations have
| joined this coalition.)
[day the unity achieved by these
Signatory powers is bearing rich
The United Nations, said the
Ident, are passing from the de
jive to the offensive, ever coo
ps, however, of the supreme ne
Ity of planning what is to come
r, of carrying forward into peace
.common effort which will have
■ght them victory in the war.
task on this New Year’s day
Bee-fold, Mr. Roosevelt said—
to crush completely the present
’’assault” upon eivlization;
to so organize relations among
nations that forces of barbarism can
again break loose; and, third,
Bfcooperate to the end “that man
may enjoy in peace and in free
the unprecedented blessings
which divine providence through the
progress of civilization has put with
in our reach.”
Axis economic strength and weak
ness was outlined in a “beginning-of-
1943” balance sheet issued by Milo
Perkins, Executive Director of the
Board of Economic Warfare. Germ
any, said Mr. Perkins, has passed her
production peak but is still economic
ally formidable, with little likelihood
of economic collapse in Germany in
1943. Japan, however, is much
stronger in raw materials than she
was a year ago, and except for a
major weakness in shipping, is now
reach of a powerful and en
trenched economic position. The abil
of the Axis powers to support
defensive warfare is especially mark
he said, but as both economies
strained, inflicting
on Germany and attacking
shipping will have inline
effects on these countries’
As for U. S. war production, Chair
Nelson said that in 1943 this
expects to produce about
as many arms as were pro
in 1942, spending better than
for war, as com
to 1942’s $52,000,000,000.
armament production
the greatest monthly gain
the U. S. began to rearm in
summer of 1940—four and one
times more war material turn
out than in the month before the
attack on Pearl Harbor. Mr.
gave the box score of No
war production (over Octo
: Airplanes, up 18 per cent; ord
up 13 per cent; army and na
vessels, up 9 per cent; merchant
up 26 per cent; and other
up 9 per cent.
'Special attention has been given
jNetus t PULL PULL FOR —OR— BLAKELY OUT •—•*
• The other 33 would be the first to tell you
that when President Roosevelt, in the threat
ening summer of 1939, chose the nation’s
thirty-fourth ranking general as his chief of
staff, he picked the right man for the job.
No indulger in sword-rattling and personal
pyrotechnics, George Catlett Marshall is a
soldier’s soldier, a quiet advocate of prepared
ness who became the efficient manager of an
army that is run like a business.
•Although General Marshall is best known as
an organizer, he has also demonstrated his
ability as a strategist Early in his army
career he drew an impromptu plan for the
defense of Manila that astounded his fellow
officers, most of whom were still thinking in
terms of Dewey’s sweeping assault on Manila
Bay.
•A graduate of Virginia Military Institute,
General Marshall entered the army in 1901 as
a second lieutenant of infantry. He is still an
infantryman at heart, although he under
stands the need for mechanized warfare and
has the skill to see that he gets it. *
to the items most needed in the type
of warfare now being waged in
North Africa, with outstanding
gains recorded in the output of sin
gle-engine pursuit planes, medium
bombers, smaller transport planes,
navy fighters, and in production of
the self-propelled guns used in tank
warfare.
Right now the U. S. is turning out
enough rifle and machine gun ammu
nition each month to fire 83 rounds
at each individual soldier in the Axis
armies. In one year of war, produc
tion of small-arms ammunition has
increased 550 per cent—and is still
going up.
Backing np oar production of fin
ished war materiel is our production
of metals and minerals. A year-end
report from the Bureau of Mines
announces that in 1942 we produced
more metals and minerals than in any
year of our history.
RATIONING—
Agriculture Secretary Wickard di
rected OPA to begin rationing about
200 canned, frozen and dried vege
tables and fruits as soon as machin
ery could be set up. U. S. civilians
will eat nearly one-third less of
these foods in 1943 than they have
been accustomed to eating, Wickard
said, but their diets can still be well
balanced and healthful. Rationing
in the U. S. does not mean sub
standard diets.
OPA said the rationing would be
gin in early February, under the
“point” system. Supplies of goods
to be .rationed will be temporarily
and briefly frozen on retailers’
shelves and in distributors’ and pro
cessors’ warehouses. Before being
issued a ration book, consumers must
declare canned goods they have on
hand. These goods will be deducted
from their allowances. Heavy penal
ties will be imposed for giving false
information.
Under the point system, the house
wife uses her stamps when she buys
rationed foods from, the storekeeper,
the storekeeper uses the stamps when
} 16 buys from his supplier, and the
supplier, in turn, uses the stamps to
j, U y fj-o-m his canner or from another
supplier, All along the line, there
is complete freedom of choice. And
since the point values are the same
in every store throughout the nation,
the retailer’s business in these ra
tioned foods will be limited only by
the point value of the stamps he
takes in from his customers. Thus,
according to Elmer Davis, Director
of the OWI, competition in the trade
will be maintained, and a minimunT
of record keeping will be required
of the storekeeper.
RELATIONS WITH NORTH
AFRICA—
A communique from the Office of
General Giraud, French High Com
missioner, said no attempts to divide
the French people in North Africa
will be tolerated. The communique,
explaining that steps had been taken
to insure tranquility behind the fight
ing lines, said most persons had ac
cepted the recent developments calm
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$1.50 A YEAR
LOCAL WEATHER
SUMMARY FOR
THE YEAR
Temperature: Mean, 65.8; aver
age mean, 66.6; maximum daily tem
perature, 100 on July 20th and 21st;
minimum daily temperature, 15 on
Janary 11; highest monthly mean
temperature, 81.7 during July; low
est monthly temperature, 47.1 during
February.
Precipitation: Total, 60.28 inches;
yearly average, 56.50 inches; great
est amount in any month, 9.09 inch
es during June; least amount in any
month, 1.09 inches during October.
Miscellaneous: Last killing frost
in the spring on February 28; first
killing frost in the fall on November
28th, giving a total of 272 growing
days out of a possible 365.
SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER
Temperature: Mean maximum,
65.0; mean minimum, 42.2; mean,
53.6; maximum, 79 on the 26th and
27th; minimum, 25 on the 17th.
Precipitation: Total, 5.47 inches;
greatest amount in any 24-hour pe
riod, 2.68 inches on the 30th.
Miscellaneous: Number of days
with 0.01 inch or more of rainfall,
15; clear, .10; partly cloudy, 8;
cloudy, 13; high winds on the 1st;
light fog on the 7th; dense fog on
the 1st, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th;
killing frosts on the 2nd, 14th and
17th.
J. G. STANDIFER, Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau.
RED CROSS APPEALS
TO WOMEN TO KNIT
SWEATERS FOR SOLDIERS
The Red Cross is sending out an
appeal for those who can do so to
knit sweaters for the men in the
armed forces.
The local chapter has on hand
wool for Navy turtle-neck sweaters
and for army slip-on sweaters.
Mrs. Herbert Fort has charge of
this work and will be glad to render
any suggestions or help with the
knitting, it was announced.
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING POSTPONED
The first meeting of the Mayor
and Council for the year 1943, sched
uled to have been held Tuesday
night, has been postponed until to
night (Thursday), it was announced
Wednesday by City Clerk C. C. Lane,
The election of a slate of city of
ficials for the current year is
chief business to come before Coun
cil tonight after S. G. Maddov takes
the oath of office as Mayor, succeed
ing R. C. Singletary.
EARLY COUNTY BABY
FIRST IN STATE FOR
NEW YEAR 1943
From all information available,
the first baby to be born in the
state in 1943 is a boy, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson, of
the Lucile community. The baby
arrived at exactly five minutes
after twelve o’clock at the Wall
Clinic and was appropriately
named Early Peace Johnson.
OUR STATEMENT OF CONDITION
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 31, 1942
—RESOURCES—
Loans and Discounts $ 44-1652.29
Overdrafts 330.47
Banking House 3,325.00
t Furniture and Fixtures 2.210.55
Other Real Estate 160.00
U. S. Bonds 144.000:00
Municipal and Other Bonds 4,284.10
Cash and Due from Banks 567,897.54
$1,166,859.95
—LIABILITIES—
Capital Stock $ 50,000.00
Surplus 50,000.00
Undivided Profits 30,093.11
Reserves 19,500.00
Deposits 1,017.266.84
$1,166,859.95
We solicit your business on the strength of the
above report.
FIRST STATE BANK
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor
ROTARIANS HOLD
ANNUAL LADIES’
NIGHT PARTY
More than three-score Rotarians,
Rotaryannes and invited guests en
joyed a combination post-Christmas
and ladies’ night party, given by the
Blakely Rotary Club, at the Early
Hotel Thursday night of last week.
Deviating from the usual speaker
type program, an unusually enter
taining program of music and fun
was presented. With President James
B. Murdock, Jr., presiding, the din
ner ha;l hardly gotten under way
when a flood of telegrams began
pouring in addressed to various Ro
tarians, which, when read, provoked
much laughter. Rotarian Henry Wall,
who it was said, prepared all the
facetious messages, had one to back
fire when he received one allegedly
from a speaker’s bureau which want
ed to book the genial Doctor for an
extensive tour.
Following an introduction by Pres
ident Murdock and the response by
Mrs. Thomas Debnam, the prepared
program was given by Mrs. Ed Sealy
singing two well-known old songs,
accompanied by Miss Evelyn DuBose
at the piano. Mr. Virgil Oswald ren
dered two delightful piano selections,
playing “Sunrise Serenade” much in
the manner of the noted pianist,
Frankie Karl, who composed the
number. This was followed by
“Shanty in Old Shantytown.”
Miss Agnes Waters, talented
young Blakely soprano, delighted
the crowd with the singing of a semi
classical number which brought forth
so much applause she had to give
two encores. Miss Waters is study
ing voice and is a student at Agnes
Scott College and her friends pre
dict for her a bright musical future.
Rotarian Marvin Sparks engineer
ed a scheme whereby a number of
extemporaneous, but witty, speeches
were given. Rotadian Sparks, by
drawing at random names from a
box, called on these parties to make
talks. Those who spoke on this
part of the program were Rotarian
O. R. Brooks. Miss Christine What
ley, Mrs. Ec! Sealy, Rotarian Charles
Joe BoyetWSptarian StrStton, Lewis Fryer, Mrs.
Rotarian Henry Moye,
Mrs. W. J. Grist, and Rotarian Tom
Debnam.
The program was concluded with
two delightful numbers by part of
^* e high school glee club. This group
is composed entirely of girls. Their
, j numbers were “Steal Away” and
«Auld Lang Syne.” The girls were
Joyce Hooten, Winifred Alexander,
j Janet Pressley, Christine Whatley,
' Martha Patterson, Molly Sue Her
ring. Maxine Moody, and Ruth Rey
nolds. The numbers were under di
rection of Virgil Oswald, glee club
director.
Following the singing of "Auld
Lang Syne,” the party was adjourn
ed and many of those present at
tended a dance at the Woman’s
Club which was sponsored by the
local high school sorority, to which
admission was gained by the pur
chase of a war savings stamp.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to in this manner express to
you my deepest appreciation for ev
ery evidence of your thoughtfulness
and kindness during the Yuletide sea
son. Not only then, but all of the
time.
ELLA STYLES.