Grand Theater and Dr Pepper Plant during WW2 Those Who Stayed Behind: The Georgia State Guard In World War II - It was with this spirit that recruits, young and old, came to the ranks of the Georgia State Guard. Generally speaking, the State Guard was open to men (and later women) who were between 16 and 65, too young or too old for military service or otherwise deferred. - Everyone it seemed was pitching in to make the Georgia State Guard a viable organization. This appeared in a newspaper article about the Guard unit in Ben Hill: Through the generosity of Martin Theatres the local State Guard is now housed in one of the finest headquarters of any in the state. The local theatre had intended to use the space as a roof garden and later as a gathering place for young people. But because interest was lacking on both accounts, the projects had been abandoned. When approached for use of the rooms, the article continued, Mr. Roy Martin, president of the theatres, readily agreed that it might be used for the headquarters of the State Guard, without expense. - State Guard Lt. E. A. Ears Barfield, for example, was one of the first fathers registered by the Selective Service in Bibb County to be drafted. He could have asked for deferment as a father and also as an essential man having a defense industry-related job. Lt. Barfield and his wife decided not to ask for a deferment and he answered the call while his wife stayed home in Fitzgerald, to run the Dr. Pepper Plant while Ears starts into the army as a buck private. The Lions Club, reported the State Guard newspaper, will have to find a new president. hsgng.org/legacy/pages/gsg.htm
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