Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, April 06, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIII. No. 14. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. APRIL 6, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1870 HOUSTON SCHOOLS TO I OPERATE 9 MONTHS! All of the white schools, both! grammar and high schools, will operate the full nine months’ tprm it was announced by Coun- S School Supt. S. W Hickson Tuesday afternoon, following a jjint session of the board of Ed ucation and the board of Com missioners. Through the co operation of the county commissioners, the several local school boards, and the board of Education, the schools will be able to continue, ° ! Tlfrough the diligence of M.E. \ Akin, tax collector, and C. C. f Fierce, sheriff, in collecting past ■ due taxes, the schools are being greatly assisted in financing the nine months’ term. Citizens pay ing delinquent taxes are helping finance the schools. In other words, the co-operation of tax payers, collectors, school and county officials is enabling the schools to remain in operation. The teachers will be paid the state salary schedule without any supplements. All of the colored schools of Houston county have closed for lack of finances to operate except the Perry Training School, Mt. Nebo, and Hayneville which are being financed with private sub scriptions from the patrons. The colored schools have only a seven months’ term except Perry which runs nine months. MEMORIAL DAY PLANS MADE BY U.D.C. CHAPTER Plans for observance of Con- 1 federate Memorial Day, April 26, were made at the April meeting of the Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, held Tues day afternoon with Mrs. R. L. Cater. Rev. Paul Muse, pastor of the Perry Methodist church, will be the speaker. Sam A Nunn, son of a Confederate veteran and mayor of Perry, will be master of ceremonies. Mrs. E. W. Traylor, chapter president, appointed the follow ing committees for the Day: Program—Mrs. H, T. Gilbert, -Mrs. E. F. Barfield, and Miss Norine Swanson; Stage Decora tions--Mrs. G. E. Jordan, Mrs. Felton Norwood, and Miss Kath arine Cater; Monument decora tions—Mrs. Tom Cater and Mrs. C. C. Pierce. All members were requested to decorate the same Confederate graves they decorated last year The chapter voted to place flowers on the grave of Hon. J. P. Duncan, who served as mas ter of ceremonies for many years prior to his death last April 23. Tuesday’s program consisted a paper, '“Vicksburg, ” given by Mrs. J, A. Davis; vocal solos, Mrs. Joe Mitchell; poem, “Our Lag/; Mrs. G. S: Riley. During the social period, Mrs. Cater was assisted in serving a delightful salad course by her daughters, Mrs. Eliza C. Massee and Miss Katharine Cater, and Mrs. Felton Norwood. Eighteen were present. D - M. THOMPSON DIES f funeral services for Daniel 1 I Marion Thompson, 26, who died I I !!f t an Atlanta hospital Sunday I I “f ter a long illness, were held * I Mwffiay afternoon at the Fort ■ - alley Methodist church. I r D. Read and the | I p ev : ,• L. Anderson officiated. : I /unal was in Oak Lawn ceme [ I te Df a t f ort Valley. /1 /; m fhompson, an employe of : I ie Rogers grocery store in Ma t I ~,n • r the past nine years, is . I by his widow, the for- I 1 r J ISS Tirgie Pearson; his I I E are nts, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. f I Perry; three sis- I I Mr*’ } r m J ’, P- Kemper and II anrf'Ai Wbder °f Fort Valley II and Mrs. A. T. Smith of Perry; II T ree . brothers, M. E. Thompson, 11 tD V ‘ J h° m P3on and R. L. II Tompson, all of Perry. II Lju like to read our paper— || |Jk. to read your checks ! COUNTY FORUM TO I i BE HELD APRIL 14 j A Public Forum for the citi zes of Houston county will be I held Friday, April 14, at 8 p. m., at the Perry school auditorium. Miss Emily Woodward, director and leader of Ga. State Public Forums, will conduct this county Forum here. The subject to be discussed will be “The School Situation in Georgia.” Patrons and teachers alike are urged to attend the Fo rum and enter into its discus sions. The Forum is being sponsored jby the Perry Kiwanis club, Per ry P. T. A., and the Book club. It has the endorsement of local educational leaders and the coun i ty paper. METHODIST CHURCH NEWS Revival services began at the Perry Methodist church Sunday with Rev. Silas Johnson, presid ing elder of the Macon district,as preacher. The attendance has been good and steadily increas ing each day. The services will continue twice daily, except Sat urday, through We d n e s d a y, April 12. The theme of Rev. Mr. John son’s evening sermons has been “The Eternal God, Giver of The Life through His Son, JesUs Christ.” His morning messages have had “Witnessing for the Savior” as a general subject with this central thought: “A life centered in Christ cannot be wasted,” Sunday morning the choir will render special Easter music and the serman will be appropriate I for this occasion. Rev. Paul Muse, pastor, in vites the public to attend these services. Church School—Sunday 10:15 a. m. Young People’s Service—Sunday 6:30 p. m. FLOWER SHOW HERE, MAY 5 A Flower Show will be spon sored by the Perry Garden club Friday, May 5. Mrs. G. C. Nunn, president,is asking every body to get ready to have flow ers for display on this day. Fur ther details will be given later. The Perry club is planning to make a pilgrimage to several Macon gardens April 20. Mem bers desiring transportation are requested to notify Mrs. H. T, Gilbert, chmn. Those making arrangements in Macon for, this Lour are Mrs. G. E. Jordan, Mrs. Emmett Barnes, and Mrs. L. R. Eden. J. H. THORNTON DIES Jesse Plampton Thornton died in a Macon hospital March 27, af ter an illness of several months. Mr. Thorrfton was born at Wellston, April 14, 1901, the son of B. H. Thornton and Mrs. Mat tie Sullivan Thornton, and had made his home in Macon for two years. He was engaged as a farmer and was formerly asso ciated with the G. S. and F,Rail way as flagman. He was a mem her of the Baptist church. Surviving are his wife, the ! former Miss Alice Stuart of For syth; two sons, Jessie Thornton, Jr,, and James Benjamin Thorn ton of Macon; two daughters, Barbara and Joan Thornton, Ma con; his mother, Mrs. B. PI. Thornton; a brother, Evans Thornton, Wellston; four sisters, Mrs. Lillian Evans, Jacksonville; Mrs. Cleo Clark, Wellston; Mrs. jC. W. Barfield, Macon; Mrs. Be tty Cox, Daytona Beach, i Funeral services were held in [Macon Tuesday. The Rev. J.W. ; I Ballard and the Rev. E. M.Clapp ■ 1 officiated. Burial was in Ever ; ] green cemetery, Perry. j! FIRE DAMAGES HOME ;! Fire damaged considerably the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. , ! Luther Spears and family last i Friday. This one-story, frame dwelling on Washington Ave. is owned by Mrs, J. P. Cooper. ; War determines not who is [right, but who is left. 500 MEMBERS GOAL COUNTY FARM GROUP The Houston County Chapter of the United Farmers of Ameri ca held an enthusiastic meeting at the Court House in Perry Monday night with the president, W. W. Gray, presiding. Speakers included R. M. Stiles, state president, and R. G, Ar nold, representative of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion. Twenty-five new members, joined and thirty more indicated a desire to enroll. The Houston chapter will con duct a membership campaign in each community in the county during the month of April with 500 members set as a goal. Meetings have been scheduled for 8 p. m. at the following places on these dates: Centerville, April 7; Wellston, April 10; Grovania, April ll;Bon aire for Bonaire and Kathleen, April 12; Elko, April 13; Hender son, April 17; Houston Factory, April 19. A county-wide meeting will be held at the Court House Monday, April 24, at 8 p, m. PERRY BANK APPLIES FOR CHARTER RENEWAL The stockholders of the Perry Loan and Savings Bank made ap plication for renewal of the bank’s charter, at a meeting held March 29 at the bank building. The present charter which has been in effect for fifty years will expire this year on August 19. The last quarterly statement published in January,showed the bank to be in sound financial con dition with assets over $300,000. , Deposits were $261,000. Officers are: R. L. Cate r, president: L. F. Cater, vice president; C. E. Andrew,cashier; and W. V. Tuggle, asst, cashier. CARD OF THANKS In behalf of the Woman’s Aux*- iliary Medical Association of Georgia, I wish to thank The Houston Home Journal for its article “Doctors Honored Today, March 30” and for publishing the contributions from Rev. Paul Muse and Miss Martha Cooper, and to thank the Houston Drug Co. for their expression of ap preciation of doctors. The Auxiliary is making a Re search in the Romance of Medi cine. All information on this subject will be highly appreciat ed. Mrs. R. L, Cater, 3rd Dist. Chmn. of Research in the Romance of Med cine. IF I WERE A NON CHURCH MEMBER- By PAUL MUSE If I were not a member of some Church—well, I’m remind ed of a story. An Englishman and a Frenchman got into an ar gument, each one as to the great ness of his native land, each maintaining that his country was the greatest in the world. Get ting no wherein their discussion, they finally agreed to settle the matter on this wise: As they met the natives of other coun tries they would put the follow ing question to them: If you were not what you are—as Ger- i man, Italian, tiussian, etc.--i what would you rather be? The! first man they put this question ( to was an Irishman. “Pat, ifi you were not Irish what would you be?” Pat replied, “Faith, if I were not Irish I’d be asham -1 ed of myself.’’ And 1 think that if I were not a member of the Church I would be ashamed of myself. Nor is this “a natural conclusion for a preacher because of his calling 1 and particular interests.” It is a conclusion drawn, not by na -1 ture of what a man may be, but by nature of what the Church is. In view of what the Church is, its origin, its purpose and what it is trying to do in the world, I think that any man may well be i 1 ashamed of not being a member. ; j The Church is unlike other or ■ ganizations among men. Of no Mother institution did Christ ever “ say as He did of the Church, “I 5 j will build it.” Many organiza tions other than the Church ac- I complish good in the world, but 5 it has been the Christian spirit j inculcated by the Church more ROLLS CUT 38 PER CT. 1 BY WELFARE BOARD • The Houston County Welfare • Board held a special meeting : Friday to discuss the relief situa tion in the county. Houston’s allotment from the state for old people and blind and dependent children has been cut from $l,- 693.00 to $1,053.00 per month. This reduction of $640 per month will necessitate cutting 38 per cent of the recipients of aid from che rolls. The board decided that those who have food and shelter pro vided them by some individual and those whose families, or some member of them, are re ceiving an income must be re moved from the relief rolls. Members of the county wel fare board are Mrs. S. P. Hous er, W. C. Watson, Walter W. Gray, Luther Kersey, and C. E. Pyle. GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN GA. JUNE 6 A general election will be held in Georgia Tuesday, June 6, for the purpose of voting on 32' con stitutional amendments. • Only three of the amendments have state-wide interest—one to - authorize a $4,500,000 bond issue . for a four-lane Georgia coastal , highway; another to refund $5,- i 300,000 in highway bonds in 1940 and 1941 to allow matchmg of . federal funds; and a third to au -1 thorize for judges to pass on questions of law when court is ; not regularly in session. R. M. EDWARDS MAKES FINE RECORD IN NAVY Richard Marshall Edwards, ; formerly of Kathleen, has made . a splendid record in the U. S. Navy since his enlistment Jan. 18, 1939. He was selected Hon or Man for his Platoon on March ‘ 30 This selection is based on ability, achievements, and for ‘ being outstanding. ’ Edwards is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Edwards [ of Kathleen to enlist in the Na vy. He attended Perry High . school where he graduated in ' 1934. He also attended Middle Georgia College at Cochran for two years. His scholastic record ; will qualify him for a splendid I career in the Naval service. > Advertising is of no more as sistance in business than an engine in a airplane. than anything else that has prompted the founding of other organizations of this nature. Be fore Christ came and the Chris tian Church began to function the world knew nothing about orphans’ homes,charity hospitals, humane treatment of the insane, temperance movements, or any kind of organized charity. All such organizations and efforts that are outside of the Church are by-products of the Church. While “outside” the Church as to organization, they are not 'INDEPENDENT of the Church. Ilf the Church, with its motiva -1 tion spirit, were to cease, these | by-products efforts would short ly dry up. I would make haste to join some Church if I were not a member. And if I found myself so peculiarly constituted, such an odd number in the human fam ily that I could find no Church among the many that surround me that suited me—why, I’d start one of my own and get in it in the name of Christ Who found ed the Church. No one can re main outside the Church ip His name. I’d try to “face up,” too. I’d be ashamed to be any less than a participating member. I could not be content to be a sort of “tramp” member;a member who never attends or does anything for the Church; a member who moves about and lives in, and ON, a community, but leaves his memuership in “the dear old home Church.” The devil uses all sorts of tricks to keep people from being of service to Christ and His Church. BAPTISTS TO BEGIN REVIVAL APRIL 19 I_ ■ Revival services will begin Wed nesday night, April 19, at Perry 1 Baptist church and continue for ten days. Rev. Ernest Altman, pastor of Grant Park Baptist church, Atlanta, will do the preaching. Rev. J. A. Ivey,pas tor, expects to secure a singer for the meeting. The Baptists will unite with the Methodists in the Sunday and Wednesday evening services dur ing the meeting now being con ducted at the Methodist church. Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. The church welcomes you to its services. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES Mercer Glee Club The P club of Perry Hi will sponsor the Mercer Glee club at a performance here in Perry April 18. The Mercer Giee club is rated as one of the best in the (history of the University and a I large crowd is expected to at ;tend. Much interest has been shown on the part of the student body. This will be the first time in several years that the Glee club of Mercer has given a per formance here. C. A. Boswell, Pres. Honor Roll Albert Skellie, Anna Grubb, Marzelle Cawthon, Agnes Pick ard, Meriarnme Rhodes, Jean Grubb, Marion Grubb, Pauline i Jones, Bill Bostick, Durwood Wilson, Vonceil Summers, Walter Gray, Billie Wilkinson, Dorothy Busbee, Juanita Connell, Dallas Ryle, Barbara Whipple, Sue Webb, Merryl Hunnicutt, Nan Thompson, Betty Boler. Basketball The activities at Perry High school are in full swing with the pretty spring weather here. The athletic department is proud of i its new balls and bats. The boys plan to have a league or maybe ■ divide the boys into two groups and then the losers will give the winners a weiner roast. The boys out for basketball are still working three days each week and most of the time is i spent on drilling on fundamen : tals, which is the hardest of ah ■ practices. The fans can expect to see Perry with one of its best teams next year. Carl Clark, Manager. Girl Scout Club At a regular meeting of the I Girl Scouts Wednesday of lasi I week much interest was shown Iby all of the girls in the drivt I against tuberculosis. They will present a program at chapci about this dreaded disease. They’re distributing much litera > ture about the disease and plac ' ing posters in town and at school. Last Saturday, at an activity !meeting, much interest was shown in their new club room - The girls are gathering, from all corners of the globe, furniture for their room. Any donations will be gladly received. At next court of honor, Cath -1 erine Hickson will receive her 1 tenderfoot pin and several other girls will be awarded badges. Catherine Hickson, Scribe. : MOODY'S GARAGE REBUILT Moody’s Garage building has been enlarged several feet and ; encompassed with brick walls. In fact, it has been made into an attractive brick building.lt is the property of Edwards--Harper Co. KIWANIS CLUB MEETS Paul Sullivan, of Macon, dis trict manager of the Boy Scouts, s spoke to the Perry Kiwanis club at the weekly luncheon meeting 1 j Tuesday in the interest, of the i, Scout organization, i' Efforts are being made to or ganize a troup in Perry, sponsor >jed by the Kiwanis club. There r , I has been no active Boy Scout > troup here for some time. Dr. 1 J. L, Gallemore is chairman of > the Kiwanis committee sponsor ■ ing the movement. ' The bone of contention is fre quently a thick skull. i SPECIAL SERVICES ! FOR ELKO CHARGE ■ Special Pre-Easter and Easter Services will be held in the churches on the Elko charge as follows; Elko—April 6 and 7 at 8. p. m. and a sunrise service on Easter Sunday morning at 6:15. Grovania—Easter Sunday morning at 8:30. Bonaire—Easter Sunday morn ing at 10. Andrew Chapel—Easter Sun day at. 11:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend 1 these services. Parents who have infants to be baptised are urged to bring them to one of these services for bap tism. Second quarterly conference for Elko charge will be held at Bonaire Methodist church Thurs day, April 20, at 11 a. m. Rev. Silas Johnson, presiding elder of the Macon District, will preach at the 11 o’clock hour. Dinner will be served by the la dies of the Bonaire community and the business session will be held in the afternoon. Visitors are welcome and the members are especially urged to to be present. Rev. W. .J Erwin, Pastor. FORT BENNING WILL HAVE EASTER SERVICE FORT BENNING, Ga.—O n the basis of interest expressed ! and hearty support and coopera tion now being extended by in dividual church leaders in near by cities, the Fort Benning out -1 door sunrise services on Easter : Morning, April 9, will be attend ed by even greater numbers than in 1937 and 1938, when thous ands of visitors came to Fort Benning to participate in similar ! services. Brigadier General Asa L. Sin gleton, Infantry School comman dant and post commander, iiv ■ announcing the 1939 services a short time ago, extended an in vitation to all interested persons to attend. The protestant chaplain at the post, Major Ivan L, Ben nett, who is directly in charge of the ar rangements, stated recently that as in previous years features of the services will be the singing of hymns by 2,000 soldier volun teers, formed as a living cross, and the singing of spirituals by members of the 24th Infantry, Fort Benning’s colored regiment. The vested choir of the post chapel will also participate, as will two regimental bands. The services will again be held in the natural setting of the Campbell King Horse Show bowl, which is cut in a bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee River. The early risers in attendance who feel the need of refresh ment after the services will be served coffee and doughnuts by , army personnel in charge. Park ; ing facilities will be available near the outdoor amphitheatre. The services will start prompt , ly at 5:15 a.m. the time at which 1 the Easter morning sun is sched uled to appear over the horizon at Fort Benning. V. A. PICKARD SENT 10 NORFOLK NAVY YARD . Private Verda Austin Pickard, I U. S. Marine Corps, son of Mrs. Sarah Pickard, of Perry, was re , cently transferred to the Sea ,|School, Norfolk Navy Yard, 1 Portsmouth, Va.,it was announc jed by Major J. M, Tildsley,officer in charge of the Marine Corps 1 .eciuiting headquarters in Ma i con, Ga. Pickard was formerly I stationed at the Marine Bar- I racks, Parris Island, S. C., where ,! during his preliminary training I he qualified as Sharpshooter with j with both rifle and pistol. Pickard graduated from Perry • High school, 1933, and was en . listed in the Marines in February . 1939. Upon completion of the ■ course of training at the Sea School, he will be assigned to ’ duty aboard a battleship, cruiser ! or aircraft carrier of the U. S. Fleet. . 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