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NEW MEMBER PRESENTED
FRAMED COPY OF THE
OBJECTS OF ROTARY
A framed copy of the Objects of
Rotary was presented to Ohlan R.
Brooks, Jr., newest addition to the
club, at last week’s meeting of the
Blakely Rotary Club, held Friday at
noon at the Early Hotel.
/ The presentation was made by Ro
tarian Felix Barham, past president
of the club and one of its charter
members, who gave an interesting
talk on the Rotary work.
Rotarian Brooks responded with a
^■fepledge ^^E^tivities. to fill his place in the club’s
HEH.Rotarians Marvin A Sparks and Ed
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attendance on the part of the Ro
tarians for the year ,1943.
The meeting was presided over by
President James B. Murdock, Jr.,
With the music in charge of Mrs. Ben
Haisten, club pianist.
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DRY GOODS - SHOES - CLOTHING
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New location in the building formerly
^ccupied by Mrs. D. M. Wade
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“ Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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/A<AKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1943.
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of North Africa, is
‘Ciw£e5ll above. Secretary of State
Hull hailed the naming of
General Giraud to the new post and
said this would go far towards in
suring the common victory, with
the restoration of French liberty
everywhere.
EARL PICKLE NAMED
COMMUNITY SERVICE
MEMBER RATION BOARD '
To interpret the price control and
rationing programs as they affect ev
ery resident of Early inforpi|.t%n' county ^and to
carry through an enab!$\tjiftj^t^ pro
gram which will t Co
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program Earl F. 3]
News staff, has been
munity Service MemMSCfol®# .JiSc** ■
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Board, it was announced th
Mr. Pickle’s job as chiWiunity
service member of the Wa^ Price an
Rationing Board will to iVgi
Early county residen
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the war effort. 1, 1 ^
As liason officer
Price and Rationing Des 9
fice of Civilian
ers and service c<
ami will sive
up-to-the-minute information about
the activities of the Office of Price
Administration.
The first of a series of articles on
the rationing program appears this on
the editorial page of The News
week.
SUPERIOR COURT
TO BE CONVENED i
HERE MONDAY
The January term of Early Supe
rior Court will be convened next
Monday morning, January 18, with
Judge C. W. Worrill, of Cuthbert, |
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judge of the Pataula ciricuit, presid
ing, and Solicitor General R. A. Pat
terson handling the procecution of
criminal indictments returned by the
grand jury.
The civil docket of the court will
be taken up Monday, upon the com- ■
pletion of which court will be re- i
cessed until the f ollowing Monday, j
when indictments returned by the
grand jury are brought up for trial.
The following have been summon
ed for jury service at this January
term of court:
Grand Jurors
W. C. Harris, T. S. Sawyer, N. M.
Davis, W. L. Mosely, B. J. Turner,
T. L. Dozier, T. H. Smith, Ralph B.
Scarborough, James E. Houston, C.
W. Bridges, R. H. Stuckey, J. O.
Bridges, R. W. Woolf, R. 0. Waters,
Sr., J. H. Hunt, W. R. McKinney, H.
L. Martin, J. H. Moye, J. W. Taylor,
John O. Newberry, W. M. Reeves, J.
L. Bethea, Sr., B. D. Mitchell, H.
G. Killebrew, B. M. Garrett, J. W.
Strickland, Grady I. George, S. T.
Dunning, P. W. Evans, E. A. DuBose,
D. D. Knighton, B. D. Ingram, Alto
Warrick, John W. Hall, J. E. Beck
ham, J. G. Houston, C. W. Mosely,
A.^D. Ivey, M. A. McDowell, R. L.
verse Jurors—First Week
Vjjiweemah in ix, W. C. Hall, Jordan, J. W. J. Walters, M. Jernigan, Hen
ry
k. .C. Ward, W. N. DuBose, L. O.
TJineiy’Rex Reeves, Forest H. Wil-
1 s, C. E. Fincher, L. L. George,
L Middleton, J. H. J. Waller, J.
jnKenis, *-*\‘iike, Caz-y Sr., James Houston, S. Willoughby, R. D. Grist,
*;6- iones, C. L. Tabb, H. D. El
Whitehurst, J. M. Gar
fe/FJz, George, C. P. Gay, Sr., J.
J. R. Prince, W. T. Evans,
Mathi s, Jack Paul, N. E. Ev
k’ \ R. Stovall, S. W. Howell, Jr.,
wVlitcheU, W. C. Houston, John
j^£IJpian, 9PR|ns, L. C. Jobie Houston, Temples, J. H. Duce, Fred
William Byrd, C. J. Cox, Chazdes E.
Houston, H. H. Reeves, I. H. Cleve
land, J. W. Tedder, A. D. Smith, Sr.,
T. W. Reese, Curtis B. Smith, R. B.
Smith, E. L. Durham, W. L. Rhodes,
Floyd Tedder, Floyd Amos, Tom
Gr;er, W. 0. Gilbert, G. L. Dykes,
J. W. Nix, H. T. Billings.
Traverse Jurors-Second Week
Oscar Powell, R. C. Singletary,
Sr., R. E. Mills, Sam George, V. L.
Cannon, Alvin Day, J. L. Bethea,
Jr., Gordon White, Jack Sammons, O.
H. King, Jr., J. J. McLendon, M. W.
Weaver, C. G. Brewer, H. J. Hudson,
W. P. Smith, Curtis Dunning, Bar
ney Wynne, H. M. Temples, J. O,
Gimber, Frank Bridges, J. H. Mor
gan, F. N. McNair, Gerald Single
tary, W. H. Ivey, Julian A. Peavy,
B. E. Houston, S. S. Timmons, G. O.
Lindsey, E. C. Spence, H. B. Ains
worth, D. L. Waller, W. K. George,
O. L. Hooten, W. 0. Creel, W. T.
Williams, R. D. Hodges, J. B. Still,
Sr., G. W. Hooks, J. N. Hobby, D. L.
Hayes, C. C. Black, Walter Gay,
Chester Stokes, R. H. Jones, J. G.
Craft, George Lewis, W. Hubert
Gilbert, M. C. DeWolfe, C. H. Lanier,
Marvin Belisle, W. C. Hay, Oscar
Whitchard, John M. Knight, R. L.
Jordan, D. W. Grimes, Sam Moody,
Ho-ban Martin, B. L. McNair, T. T.
Swann, J. 0. Oliver, Hal Clinkscale,
G. M. Moulton, W. T. Mitchell, M. T.
Howard, V. B. Mock, J. Wesley
Hatcher. B. M. Lindsey, D. G. Lisen
by, A. C. Chandler, A. G. Moulton,'
J. W. Bowen, A. M. Moulton, Edwin
Swann, Clarence Harper.
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•As important as the military strategy by
I which we opened the African “second front”
i I was the diplomatic strategy which insured its
I success. Planned by Robert Murphy, coun
selor of the American embassy at Vichy, it
was carried out by Mark Wayne Clark who,
sill 1 I for his secret trip to Algiers, was made the
tmiM nation’s youngest (46) lieutenant general.
4 j 1 I •Handpicked (like Generals Patton, Freden
$ dall and Ryder), General Clark was chosen
i/TrX 1 by General Dwight D. Eisenhower as his sec
ond in command in the African theater of war,
where co-ordination is probably the most im
portant military factor.
m •The long, lean West Pointer is a stem dis
I ciplinarian, a veteran of World War I. Com
M I missioned a second lieutenant of infantry in
April, 1917, he served in the infantry until
wounded, then finished the war in the service
of supply. Promoted through grades to colonel
in 1940, he held the rank of major general at
the time of his promotion to lieutenant gen
eral.
General Clark
S. G. MADDOX
TAKES OFFICE AS
MAYOR OF CITY
S. G. Maddox, prominent local
business.man, took the oath of office
ag M of B]ake i y at the January
session of the City Council held
Monday night, postponed from Tues
day night of last week. The oath
was administered by City Clerk C. C.
Lane.
Mr. Maddox succeeds R. C. Single
tary, who completed a two-year term
as Mayor with the end of the year
1942.
The chief business before Council
Tuesday night was the election of
city officials for the current year.
Three changes were made in the gov
erning body, C. J. Waller being
elected fire chief to succeed Cecil
George, Mack Strickland was named
chief of police (filling the vacancy
caused by the resignation of J. R.
Puckett), and A. H. Gray was chosen
city attorney to succeed W. L. Stone.
The complete slate for the current
year is:
City Clerk: C. C. Lane.
Supt. Water,-Light, Ice and Cold
Storage Plant, and Streets: A. R.
Killebrew.
Manager Ice and Cold Storage: W.
M. Barksdale.
Fire Chief: C. J. Waller; assistant
fire chief, Emmett Peterson.
Chief of Police: Mack Strickland.
Assistant: J. L. McArthur.
Marshal: Ollin Goocher.
City Attorney: A. H. Gray.
Cemetery Caretaker: J. J. McLen
don.
The meeting Monday night was
opened by Mr. Singletary, who
retired after his successor had
been sworn in. Mr. Singletary,
who had completed a two-year term
as Mayor, had prior to his election
as Mayor served on the Council for
more than a score of years, a record
of service unparalleled in Blakely’s
political history,»and a record of
which both he and his friends are
justly proud. His successor, Mr.
Maddox, had also served as Council
men for several years and carried in
to office with him a thorough knowl
edge of the city’s problems. His
friends predict that he, like his pred
ecessor, will give the city a progress
ive administration.
The new administration will nat
urally be restricted in the matter of
improvements, due to the war, the
new Mayor stated, but will try to
maintain streets and other city
property in first-class condition.
The operation of the city’s affairs
will be done as economically as pos
sible. Mr. Maddox added. Residents
of the city who have either com
plaints or suggestions to make are
invited to do so, either through writ
ing or .by personal appearance be
fore Council on its regular meeting
dates.
Mayo-r Maddox announced the fol
lowing Council committees for the
year:
Finance: C. E. Boyett, L. B. Fryer.
Street: C. R. Barksdale, C. E.
Boyett.
Sanitary: Oscar Whitchard, C. R.
Barksdale.
Cemetery: L. B. Fryer, C. R.
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The merchant marine cadet basic
school at San Mateo, Calif., teaches
methods of abandoning ship. Cadets
are placed in groups inside a frame
replica of ship’s quarters, built on
the deck. At the word “abandon
ship” they must go through every
detail, then right, climb aboard and
bail out a lifeboat. Photo shows
timing to see how long it takes to
put on rubber jackets.
F. D. PATRONS URGED
TO AFFIX STAMPS
TO THEIR MAIL j
The rural letter carriers of the
postoffice this week called upon
their patrons for their full coopera
tion in handling th'e mail under diffi
culties imposed by the war.
The trains are running late, and
the carriers very often leave the of
some time behind their schedule,
which delays their return. When
they do not reach the postoffice in
time, postal employees are forced to
remain in the office extra hours, and
for this extra time, the government
must pay overtime salaries, an added
expense to the people.
Patrons on the routes are asked
to affix postage to their mail when
ever possible, thus saving the car
rier the time necessary to do this.
Much time can be saved the carrier
by this cooperation on the part of
the patrons. Carriers will endeavor
to have a full supply of stamps with
them with which to supply the pa
trons.
WEEK END BRINGS
FROSTS AND FREEZES
The weather man gave Blakely
and vicinity two extra heavy killing
frosts on Sunday and Monday morn
ings that looked like young snows.
According to the local weather bu
reau, the minimum temperature Sun
day morning was 30 degrees, while
on Monday morning it dropped to 27.
C. R. Barksdale.
Water and Lights: Oscar Whitch
ard, L. B. Fryer.
Fire: C. E. Boyett, Oscar Whiteh
ard.
The new year brought no changes
in the personnel of Council, which
is composed of Charles E. Boyett
and Oscar Whitchard, whose term
of office expires at the end of 1943,
and C. R. Barksdale and L. B. Fryer,
who began a new two-year tergz end
ing on December 31, 1944.
J. M. BRYANT,
.WELL KNOWN
CITIZEN, PASSES
Following an illness of long dura
Mr. James M. Bryant, 72, died
Sunday afternoon at 6:2ft o’clock
in a Dothan hospital, where he had
been carried a week previous when
his condition became serious.
Mr. Bryant was a native of Early
county, where he was horn in Aug
ust, 1870. His entire life had been
spent here, where he had engaged in
farming and other business opera
tions for many years. He was also
at one time a member of the city
police force.
Widely known and highly respect
ed, Mr. Bryant’s death has saddened
hearts of many friends. He was
member of the 1 Blakely Baptist
a
church and of Magnolia Lodge No.
86 F. & A. M.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 3 :30 o’clock at the
Minter Funeral Home on River
street, with the Revs. S. B. King and
W. F. Burford officiating. After the
services there, the body was interred
in the city cemetery, these rites be
ing impressively conducted by mem
bers of Magnolia Lodge. Serving as
pall-bearers were Millard Arnold, E.
Cheek, Oscar Whitchard, Carl
Tolar, Earl Pickle, and Woodrow
Houston.
Surviving Mr. Bryant are three
sons, Lieut. James M. Bryant, Jr., of
Cristobal, Canal £one, Lieut, (jg)
Wilbur Bryant, chaplain in the U. S.
Navy, Jacksonville, Fla., and Ray
mond Bryant of Blakely; two broth
ers, W. 0. Bryant of Blakely and
Bob Bryant of Pensacola, Fla., and a
number of nephews and nieces.
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LOCAL HOSIERY MILL
GETS CONTRACT FOR
125,00 PAIRS ARMY SOCKS
The Georgia iery Mills, local
enterpiY^'^hap , been awarded make a
contract by the government to
125,000 pairs of army socks, the
delivery to be made by June 30, it
was announced Tuesday by J. M.
Middleton.
At present the plant is working on
a navy contract which will be com
pleted within sixty days, Mr. Mid
dleton said.
The plant was inspected and ap
proved Monday by an inspector for
the War Department.
BLAKELY COUPLE HAS
11 GRANDCHILDREN IN
SERVICE OF COUNTRY
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mosely, be
loved Blakgly cople, have a very keen
interest in the war effort, and justly
so. For they have eleven grandsons
now bearing arms for Uncle Sam.
Of this number, 10 are grandsons
and one a great-grandson. Several
of them are already in the battle
area.
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