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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
VOL. LXVIII. No. 18.
members RECEIVED !
BY BAPTIST CHURCH!
Revival services came to al
defeat the Perry Baptist church
Sunday night with a baptisimal
service and reception of new
members. Thirty eight we re
hantized and received into the
church by Rev. J. A. Ivey Sun
day night. Three of this num
ber uniting with the church on
profession of faith joined during -
the Methodist revival.
During the Baptist meeting,
thirteen persons united with oth
er churches of this or other com
munities and seven Baptists
placed their letters in the Perry
Baptist church, making a total
of fifty five church members re-
CL \Vith the addition of forty-five 1
new members, the Perry Bap
tists have a membership of 248.
100 new members have been'
added to the church during the
past two and one-half years, the
period of time that Rev. Mr.
Ivey has been pastor.
During the revival, Rev. E.M.
Altman of Atlanta did the
preaching and Rev. Ben Scar-1
borough led the singing. The
children took an active part in'
the song services.
The attendance was fine dur
ing the meeting and Sunday
night the building was filled to
its capacity.
Rev. Mr. Ivey and his mem
bers appreciate the cooperation
and splendid spirit shown by the
other churches of the communi
ty and by the business men of
the town during the series of
services.
Those baptized Sunday were:
C. A. Boswell, Thomas Hudson,
Dever Chapman, Martha Peek,
Edna Todd, Helen McElhenny,
Warren Lee, Gay Ragan, Ludie
Smith, T. F. Hardy, Mrs. Clint
Hardy, Mary Bowman, Mrs. W.
E. Livingston, Charlotte Living
ston. Billy Lee, Betty Lee, Ver
ner Lee Lasseter, James McKin
ley, Margaret Leaptrot, Janet
Parks, Nan Thompson, Emily
Thompson, Annice Jean Ne-
Smith, John Overton, Walter
Overton, Bobby Ivey, Richard
Leaptrot, Mrs. Henry Parker,
Norliss Chapman, Durwood Wil
son, Jack Wilson, Norma John
son, Mrs. Price Satterfield, June
Satterfield, Olenza Lewis,Charlie
Logue, Lamar Pickett, Lee
Pickett.
Received by letter were: Mr.
W. E. Etheridge, Mrs. W. E.
Etheridge, Billy Etheridge, Gene
Etheridge, Mrs. Roy Miller,Mrs,
Charlie Logue, Hazel Bowen.
Regular services will be held
next Sunday.
( The regular meeting of the
Board of Deacons will be held
Thursday evening, May 11.
The W. M. S. general meeting
will be held at 4p. m. Monday
at the church.
Sunday Preaching Services,
11:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed
nesday, 8:00 p, m.
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
library notes
The library is adding the most
outstanding books of the season.
Song of Years, ”by Bess Street
er A drich, is the story of an
American family with a refrain
°1 love and happiness through- 1
out,
Lcrothy Canfield’s first book
m six years, “Seasoned Tim
her, ’ has a New England set
ting. The principal character is
t ‘ e Professor of a small town
acaaemy.
Historical fiction plays a large
Part in current literature. “Guns!
ot Burgoyne, ” by Bruce Lan-i
paster, is a stirring and power-!
ml story. The author has spar-j
ta no research work in obtain-j
| n g material for this excep-1
«onal novel.
Verniece Beavers, Librarian, j
NOTICE
fire siren recently pur- i
chased by the City of Perry will
mown every day at 12 o’clock
°cn).for the next three weeks'
/‘-ginning Thursday (today) to’
lest it thoroughly.
n . l t' e Pe ,rry P. T. A. will meet
ne school next Tuesday at
0...0 p. m
PERRY FLOWER SHOW
I TO BE HELD FRIDAY
I
j The Flower Show sponsored by
the Perry Garden Club will be
held Friday at the American Le
gion Home from 2 p. m, to 8 p.
m. The public is invited to at
tend and enter exhibits.
The hours for entering exhib
its will be from 9:30 a. m. to
11:30 a. m. Entries will not be
accepted after the closing hour.
Only one entry in each division
of a class will be received from
an exhibitor. All entries must
be registered at the Legion
Home.
Four new classifications have
been added; soup tureens, gob
lets, pitchers, and brass.
The first five classifications are
horticultural and must be grown
by exhibitor. The others are
decorative and artistic ar
rangements.
Mrs. G. E, Jordan is general
chmn. of the show and Mrs. G.
C. Nunn is president of the Gar
den club.
METHODIST CHURCH NEWS
i
The Methodist Church School
will observe Rally Day, Sunday
May 14, Mother’s Day with a
program suitable for both occa
sions. The church school will
assemble in the main auditorium
at 10:15 o’clock Sunday morning
for a program on “The Living
Book,” based on the Bible with
music suggestive of Mother’s
Day. There will be a table ex
hibit of old Bibles.
Next Sunday, May 7, at 11:30
a. m. several new members will
be received into the church and
I the communion administered by
the pastor.
Worship Services—Sunday
11:30 a. m. and 8:00 p, m.
Mid-week Service
Wed. 8:00 p. m.
Church School—Sunday
10:15 a. m.
Young People’s Service—Sunday
6:45 p. m.
Rev. Paul Muse, Pastor.
BONAIRE METHODIST
W. M. S. IS ORGANIZED
A Woman’s Missionary Society
was organized at Bonaire Metho
dist church last Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Cater Rogers, of
Perry, zone leader, Mrs. J. W.
Cowart, of Walden, Macon dis
trict secretary, and Mrs. G. C.
Nunn of Perry, conference offi
cer, assisted in the organization
and spoke on the work and value
of the W. M. S. Rev. W. J.
Erwin, pastor, brought a devo
tional message.
Officers were elected as fol
lows: Mrs. H. C. Talton, presi
dent; Mrs. George Collins, vice
president; Mrs. Jack Ammons,
secty.; Mrs. J. H, Watson, treas
urer; Mrs. W. H. Talton, supt.
Missions and Bible Study: Mrs.
R. P. Walker, supt. Literature
and Publicity; Mrs. W. B. Wills,
supt. Christian Social Relations.
SAFETY SLOGANS
They gathered him up in a bas
ket,
I And carried him back to town,
He saw the warning, “Danger”
sign,
But wouldn’t take time to slow
down.
He didn’t believe in signs, he
said,
As he came to the railroad tracks.
The village coroner gathered
, him up,
(And nailed him together with
I tacks.
I
(Noah took into the ark
'Two critters of a kind,
I But mention of the road hog,
! We've never been able to find.
! Georgia led all other states in
reforestation under the Triple-A
program by planting 4,300 acres
to trees in 1937, the latest year
■ for which figures are available.
J In addition to the planting un
der the A. A. A. records show
that Georgia farmers in 1937
planted to trees 14,500 acres for
which they did not receive gov
| ernment payments.
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1939
121 LIVES SAVED IN
GEORGIA LAST YEAR
A total of 121 lives were saved
on Georgia highways in 1938, ac
cording to figures compiled by
the accident Reporting Division
of the Dept, of Public Safety
and released this week by L. E.
Sullivan, deputy commissioner.
In 1938, 823 people were killed
in motor vehicle traffic accidents
in Ga. as compared to 944 killed
in 1937. 28,805 were injured in
1938 which was 4,235 less than
the 33,040 hurt in 1937. The cost
of these accidents was $37,035,-
000 in 1938 and $42,480,000 in
1937.
The peak month in 1938 for
accidents was September when
90 occurred. October was sec
ond with 89 and July lowest with
45 accidents. In 1937, Decem
ber had highest number of acci
dents, 102, and May, the lowest
with 60,
Causes of fatal accidents in
1938 were as follows: 420, driv
ing too fast; 122, improper equip
ment; 82, drivers drunk; 65, fail
ure to observe signs and signals;
24, illegal parking; 43, miscella
neous causes.
359 people were killed on Sat
urday and Sunday. 59 residents
of other states were killed in ac
cidents in Georgia. 248 pedes
trians were killed. 661 males
and 162 females were killed in
these accidents.
From Macon to Florida on U.
S. 41, twenty-nine were killed
and 1,015 injured in 1938.
In Houston county the deaths,
5, and injured, 175, were the
same in 1938 as in 1937.
When the new compulsory ac
cident reporting law begins to
function, it will enable the map
ping of a more definite and se
lective plan of education,enfroce
ment and engineering, Mr, Sulli
van says. This new law re
quires that all accidents involv
ing $50.00 or more, or personal
injury or death, be reported on
regulation forms within twenty
four hours by the driver or other
occupants if the driver is in
capacitated.
The “common sense” rules of
safety of the department are:
1. Apply the Golden Rule to
your driving,
2. Learn how fast your car
will stop—not how fast it will go.
3. Keep to the right on hills
and curves.
4. Never pass with less than
700 feet of clear highway ahead.
5. Have two good headlights
and a good rear light.
6. Have good brakes and tires.
7. Don’t drive while drinking.
8. Observe ALL traffic signs.
9. Never cross a railroad track
without CAUTION,
10. Dim lights within 700 feet
of approaching car.
11. In weUweather keep 100
feet behind all vehicles on your
side.
12. Yield the right-of-way to
pedestrians.
PIKERS-OR SLACKERS
By PAUL MUSE
“Piker” or “pike, ” is a term
that is given in Webster’s New
International Dictionary. W e
are told there that “pike” is an
American word, or “U. S.” It
originated on the Pacific coast
and was used to designate a class
of shiftless, worthless people, the
first of whom came, it was
thought, from Pike county, Mis
souri. At any rate, it was a
term of contempt which the
sturdier and more thorough-going
settlers used to express their
feelings about the lazy “no-ac
counts.” From it has come
■piker,” describing the person
who gets from under and lets
some one else do it. Expressing
about the same thing, as well as
feeling of contempt, is the word
“slacker,” which during the
World War branded the fellow
who “slinked out” if he could,
while h i s fellow countryman
faced shot and shell. During
those tense days it would have
been considered more of a dis
grace to be a slacker than a
thief.
Truth is a piker, or slacker,
whichever you like, is not so
distantly related to the thief.
That is, in principle. And there
are too many pikers. If there
were only one that would be too
GEORGIANS NAMED
ON MELON CONTROL
Five Georgians are included in
the membership of the 12-man
control committee designated by
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
to administer the 1939 watermel
on marketing agreement. The
watermelon program has been
in effect in four Southeastern
states since August, 1934.
The designations were made
by the Secretary from nominees
chosen by growers and shippers.
Each year, under the terms of
the program, a control commit
tee of six growers and six hand
lers is selected from the various
districts included in the produc
ing area. The southeastern states
included under the marketing
agreement program are Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, and
North Carolina.
Georgia control committee
members and their alternates,
named to serve until April 1,
1940, or until their successors are
selected, are as follows;
L. H. Cook, Rentz, member,
and Max L. Mcßae, Mcßae, al
ternate, representing producers
in the North Georgia District.
C. W. Johnson, Albany, mem
ber, and Earnest Lawson, Mor
ven, alternate, representing pro
ducers in the South Georgia Dis
trict.
H.L. Cartwright, Tifton, mem
ber, and P. N. Whitehurst, Adel,
alternate: Roy E. Parrish, Adel,
member, and J. B. Easterlin.Jr.,
Montezuma, alternate, represent
ing handlers in the South Geor
gia and North Georgia Districts.
W. P, Bryan, Tifton, member,
and Chas. H. Cannon, Moultrie,
1 alternate, representing the So
wega Melon Growers’ Associa
tion.
The control committee is in
charge of administering opera
tions under the marketing agree
ment program and has the re
sponsibility of recommending
regulations governing shipments
of watermelons from the four
'southeastern states. Regulations
■ put into effect last year, for ex
ample, were designed To improve
marketing conditions and returns
to growers by preventing ship
> ment of low grade watermelons.
J
BONAIRE BAPTISTS
| REPAIRING CHURCH
i
1 Repairs are being made on the
Bonaire Baptist church. Mrs.G.
L. Slocumb is treasurer of this
church fund.
Dr. Aquila Chamblee, pastor,
preaches at the Bonaire church
every fourth Sunday. Sunday
• school and B. Y. P. U. services
are held every Sunday. The W.
J M. S. meets the Wednesday af
ternoon after the the third Sun
, day. Mrs. A. L. Sasser is presi
dent of the W. M. S.
many. But it is not uncommon
to run across pikers in all walks
of life. There are a few fortu
nate cases in which the piker is
himself the greatest sufferer
from his piking. But in most in
stances society as a whole is the
sufferer. Out in the big world
of hurry, pikers may put up a
successful bluff, and not be
recognized as such. Organize
institutions furnish a more re
stricted circle in which these
hangers-on are most easily dis
covered. No institution escapes
having to support certain pikers,
and also carrying their reproach.
Perhaps the church, because
of its peculiar nature and pur
pose, has more pikers in it than
any other institution. But wheth
er in the church, order or club,
the piker is a dead weight. He
or she, or perhaps better still, it,
that is a piker, with no fine sense
of mutual responsibility, is will
ing to let others do whatever is
done; or just as destructive to
character, will shirk with doing
the least that it can “get by”
with. Without the least em
barassment it will “let George do
it.” Pikers need to “thank their
stars” that the rest of the folks
are not such as they, for if they
were the whole community
would “go to the dogs.”
PERRY F.F.A. BOYS WIN
IN CHAPTER CONTESTS
The Perry F. F. A. chapter
was well represented at the Pub
i lie Speaking-Quartette Contest
i held in Vienna Friday. Perry
and Dooly County High went
i from-the contest sharing top
honors, each winning a first and
i second place.
Ralph Tabor, using as his sub
ject, “Is Soil Conservation the
Answer to the Farm Problem?”,
won second place in the speak
ing contest in which a Dooly
county boy was first.
The Perry F, F. A. Quartett
composed of Nathan Gilbert,Jr.,
Worth Bryant, James Williams,
and Tom Huff, won first place in
this contest and Dooly County
High was second.
Twelve Agriculture Depart
ments in this section took part
in the contest.
PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
Honor Roll
Much interest has been shown
in the honor roll and it is quite
an honor to be picked.
Frances McLendon, Anna
Grubb, Betty Jones, Elise Bron
son, William Hunt. Louise Peed,
Orita Lashley, Margaret Hunni
cutt, Martha Peek, Marion Grubb,
Jean Grubb, Pauline Jones,Doro
■ thy Giles, Evelyn Bernstein,
Catherine Hickson, Meriamme
Rhodes, P. J. Allen, Marzelle
Cawthon, Bill Bostick, Durward
■ Wilson, Betty Gooden, Violet
Nash, Carlene Ogletree, Vonceil
Summers, Eugene Lashley, Al
bert Skellie, Billy Wilkinson,
Dorothy Busbee, Herbert Moore,
• Virginia Swearington, Barbara
Whipple, Betty Boler, Merryll
Hunnicutt, Sue Webb, Bobby
1 Ivey, Bess Houser Nunn, Carl
■ ton Pierce, Sam Norwood.
; MRS.EMMA ROQUEMORE
| PASSES AT HOME HEPE
j
. Mrs. Emma Bryant Roque
' more, 72, died Sunday night af
ter an illness of about ten days.
She developed pneumonia Wed
nesday of last week.
Mrs. Roquemore was a lifetime
resident of Houston county. She
was born near Perry June 1,
[ 1866, the daughter of the former
Asbury Bryant and Angie Hobbs
Bryant.
For a number of years Mrs.
! Roquemore operated a milliner^
; shop in Perry, but retired from
’ business about 15 years ago.
Survivors include one sister,
' Mrs. W. M. Prator of Macon;
* three nieces, Mrs. Eby Holtz
' claw of Perry, Mrs, Daisy Pha
’ ter Jennings of Macon and Mrs.
' Alice Bryant Lucky of Decatur;
two nephews, Asa Woodard ot
■ Perry and Asbury Bryant of
- Chattanooga, Tenn., and several
: great nieces and nephews.
, Funeral services were held at
the Tucker Funeral home in
Perry at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday.
During her last illness, Mrs.
tioquemore requested that her
! funeral be brief and simple and
5 named those whom she wanted
. for pallbearers.
, The Rev. Paul Muse, pastor of
- the Perry Methodist church of
. which Mrs. Roquemore was a
. member, led in prayer. Rev. J.
jA. Ivey read the scripture.
Rev. C. H. Tucker, her next
, door neighbor, paid tribute to
i her Christian character, eulogiz
ing her sweet, gentle manner,
, her unselfish spirit and her up
rightness in daily living.
Interment was in Evergreen
Cemetery here.
Among the out-of-town rela
, tives and friends attending the
funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Prator, Macon; Mr. and Mrs. j
Asbury Bryant and Mrs. Lon
Bryant, Chattanooga, Tenn.;Mr. |
, and Mrs. Doris Stevens,Tallahas-i
see, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Lucky, j
, Decatur: Mr. Chas. West Holtz- 1
claw, Macon; Mr. and Mrs. C.B. j
, Almon, Fort Valley; Mrs. S. D.
| Tounsley, and Mr. and Mrs. Vir
. gil Holt, Albany, Ga.
I Pallbearers were; T. D. Ma
son, C. E. Andrew, J. L.Hodges,
, C. C. Pierce, B. H, Andrew, and
. Aubrey Anderson.
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For Rent--Furnished apart
r ment, large rooms. To adults
only. Mrs. J. R. Fudge.
ESTABLISHED 1870
LEGION & AUXILIARY
1 HOLD DISTJEETING
J. Jarratt Pryor of Fitzgerald
was elected Third district com
, mander for the American Le
gion to succeed A. B. Cook of
Hawkinsville and Mrs. Carl C.
Smith of Fitzgerald was re-elect
ed third district president of the
Auxiliary at the annual district
convention held at the new Le
gion Home here Sunday.
The business session was pre
ceded by a dinner at which State
Commander Logan Kelly was the
principal speaker and the retir
ing commander, A. B, Cook,
toastmaster.
The convention endorsed the
proposed re-districting plan and
approved the nomination of A.
B. Cook, Hawkinsville, for sec
ond area commander; Hoyt
Brown, Baxley, for state com
mander; Logan Kelly, retiring
state commander for national ex
ecutive committeeman and Frank
Moxley, Wad ley, for vice com
mander at large.
Commander Kelly told of the
aims and purposes of the Legion
and Georgia’s part towards their
achievement.
Corporal Red fern of the state
patrol said that the lives of 100
school children had been saved
in 1938 by the school boy patrol,
sponsored by the Legion. In
1937, 103 pupils were killed and
, in 1938, only three school chil
dren lost their lives in traffic ac
cidents in Ga.
Frank Moxley, Wadley, 2nd
i area commander, praised the
. third district for its outstanding
work in securing 1,400 members.
Drum and Bugle Corps of
l twenty-nine junior boys and
1 girls from Eastman, under the
direction of J. K. Berg, paraded
. and played several selections
during lunch.
C. C. Pierce, local commander
• of the Robert D. Collins Post,
' the hosts, welcomed the 150 del
; egates and visitors present.
Distinguished guests of the
Auxiliary were: Mrs. P. I. Dix
on of Thomasville, national
’ Southern vice-president; Mrs. W.
S. Davidson of Baldwin, depart
ment president; Mrs. R. G. Vin
son of Thomasville, 2nd vice
pres. and membership chmn.;
: Mrs. Dan Davis of Macon, pub
; licity director and sixth district
president: Mrs. J. B. Calhoun of
Perry, chmn. National Defense
1 and hostess president.
Mrs. Calhoun announced that
a Perry High school boy, T. J.
Allen, of Henderson, won first
1 prize in the state essay contest
on the subject, “What Adequate
National Defense Means to
: American Youth.” Mrs. Cal
houn urged all units to buy a
• naval print plate to help carry
on the national defense program.
■ Mrs. Davidson talked on all
phases of Auxiliary work. She
urged that the ideals and princi
ples of the Legion be instilled
into the hearts and minds of
- youth.
1 The Auxiliary business meet
ling was held in the school audi
torium. All units represented
I gave splendid reports.
ELKO CHARGE NOTES
Schedule of services for the
Methodist churches of the Elko
charge is as follows:
First Sunday---Grovania, 11:30
a. m, and 8 p. m.
Second Sunday-Andrew Chap
el, 11:30 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Third Sunday—Bonaire, 11:30
j a. m. and 8 p. m.
| Fourth Sunday—Elko, 11:30
a. m. and 8 p. m.
Rev. W. J. Erwin, Pastor.
The pastor preached at An
idrew Chapel last Sunday (Fifth)
jatll;3oa. m. Rev. Mr. Erwin
: conducted a service for young
j people at Fort Valley Methodist
| church Sunday night.
NOTICE
%
1 A group of Salvation Army
(Cadets from the Training Col
lege in Atlanta, will be in Perry,
on Saturday p. m. May 6, to hold
| a street meeting. The public is
invited to attend,
i George A. Bivins,
I Adjutant, Macon, Ga,
