Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, June 08, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIH. No. 23. BIBLE SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN BEGINS Tne Vacation Bible School, sponsored by the churches of Perry for the children of the community, opened Tuesday with an enrolment of eighty-six upils which number increased to 119 ’pupils and 22 faculty mem bers Wednesday. The school, which will continue until June 16, is being held this year at the Perry Bap tist church. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Baptist pas tor said the opening was mark ed by great enthusiasm on the part of both pupils and teachers and that the enrollment was ex pected to reach 135 in a day or so. Children outside the city limits and living within a radius of four miles of Perry will be brought in every morning in cars which will be operated for that purpose, Rev. Mr. Ivey said. The faculty is as follows: Beginners—Mrs. G. W. Hicks, supt; Miss Norine Swanson,Mrs. Robert Bryan, Mrs. Grace Boler, and Mrs. J. A. Beddingfield. Primary—M is s Katherine Lawson, supt.; Miss Eva Borum, Mrs. Chas. Logue, Miss Ruth McKinley, Miss Jean Brown,and Mrs. Henry Mathews. Juniors—Miss Dorothy New nard, supt; Mrs. D. M. Ryle. Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks, Mrs. Tom Cater, Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, and Mrs. W. B. Roberts. Intermediates—M rs. E. P. Staples, supt.; Miss Martha Cooper, Miss Margaret New hard, Mrs. C. F. Cooper, Mrs. J. 0, Coleman, and Miss Dorothy Jones. Music—Miss Evelyn Hunt, Mrs. W. V. Bass, Miss Anna Grubb. Handiwork—i Mr. Cohen Walk er, Rev. Ivey. Worship—Rev. Muse, Rev. Boyd, Rev. Ivey. Closing exercises, Sunday night, June 18--Mrs. W. B. Evans, director. The courses of study include; Bible stories, character stories, missionary stories, habit stories, Bible memory work, music pe riod, and handiwork. The school will be held daily from 9-11:30 a. m. Parents are urged to send their children to the school. POISON COTTON TO KILL BOLL WEEVILS County Agent W. T. Middle brooks this week urged all farm ers in Houston county to co operate in controlling the boll weevil by applying poison to cotton. The county agent said farmers will find it profitable to include plans for poisoning, just as they arrange each year to fertilize and cultivate their cotton. The cost of poisoning is small, he added, in proportion to the total value of crop, and in view of the average annual loss experienced by cotton farmers each year. Cultural methods such as planting, varieties of cot tpn grown, and proper fertiliza tion and cultivation have marked mnuence on the control of the boll weevil,” the agent pointed out. “But poisoning can be a kreat aid to farmers in making a successful fight on the weevil at mi mmum cost.” Mr. Middlebrooks offered some suggestions for the poisoning of sbortstaple cotton. the first application should e made when the cotton has six j aves, fie advised, adding that second application should bei , ea week later, and, if need-i - a third application the fol lowing week. K ca Lium arsenate dust is j’-ci instead of pre-square mop fin Jr Wl ™ a Byru P mixture, one iLi ng may be made upon the Ppearance of the first small sc iuares.” f.J,} 1 . 0 , co u n ty agent’s office can ma , niSn tar mers complete infor r,f.;vorl on a Ppr°ved methods of Poisoning boll weevils. taL 0r u Sale '" Houst °n Lake cot hamL^°wn as Eu g e °e Beck- Pripp« ottage- Attractive terms. ftu.Hi. re^ nable . Write Chas. p, n , 11J Plant Ave. Tampa, 6:15 I CITY OFFICE MOVED; I OTHER CHANGES MADE U I j Several changes in business 10, , cations have taken place recent- I ly. The office of the City of ■ Perry has been moved to the Muse Bldg., formerly occupied by the Houston Hardware Co. The building has been re-model ed to house the city fire engine in one-half of it and the City Hall in the other half. The Whipple Bldg., formerly occupied by the City, is being painted and remodeled for use of a bowling alley of which Alton Hardy is to be proprietor. The Houston Hardware com pany is located in Miss Lizzie Kunz’s building on Carroll St. New Homes Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Boswell have moved into the new home they recently built adjacent to their home they have lived in for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moody bought the former home of the Boswells and moved into it Tuesday. These houses are located on Commerce St. The home of the C.C. Pierce’s on Parkway has recently been re-modeled and re-painted. The home of the W. V. Tuggle’s was re-painted this spring. The Mayo Davis’ are building a handsome two-story home on Evergreen street. The new house built by the Dobbins is be ing occupied by Rev. and Mrs. R. S. Boyd. METHODIST CHURCH NEWS Layman’s Day will be observ ed next Sunday at the 11:30 a. m, service. T. E. Thrasher, Ashburn, prominent layman of South Georgia and former con ference lay leader, will be the speaker. Mr. Thrasher is may or of Ashburn and a former member of the state legislature. He is an interesting speaker and consecrated layman. All members are urged to at tend this service. 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. LIBRARY NOTES The books in greatest demand at the library are the following: FICTION All This And Heaven, Too, Rachel Field. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier. Blackberry Winter, Ev e 1 y n Hanna. Song of Years, Bess S. Al drich. The Patriot, Pearl S. Buck. NON FICTION Horse & Buggy Doctor, Arthur Hertzler. Listen! The Wind, Anne Mor row Lindbergh. Malace Toward Some, Mar garet Halsey. ‘‘Next To My Heart,” by Hel en T. Miller, is a charming story of youth and romance. The children are showing much interest in the Vacation 1 Reading Club. A beautifully il lustrated book, “Tales From Uncle Remus” by Joel Chandler Harris has been donated to their department. Verneice Beavers. Librarian. REAL ESTATE SALES i f i Real estate transfers include ' the sale of a lot to Mr. and Mrs. ' Lewis Houser by F. M. Culler. , The lot is on the Hawkmsville I road and is adjacent to the W. 118. Roberts property. The old Culler home and land I has been purchased by M. E. ! Akin from F. M. Culler. This ■ Iproperty adjoins Mr. Akins home place. Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or 1 lose thy self-respect.-Marcus Aurelius. 1 PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1939 PERRY GRADUATION EXERCISES HELD The Perry High school award ed diplomas to twenty-six stu dents Friday night at the grad uation exercises held at the school auditorium. The address of the occasion was delivered by 1 Hon. Harrold Saxon of the Uni-| versity of Georgia system. j In his speech, Mr. Saxon said that modern education is concern ed with what is called by the state department of Education, “The Seven Persistent Problems of Living,” which have been made the pillars of the educa tional program in Georgia high schools. These problems are: (1) maintaining physical, emo tional, and mental health, (2) earning a living, (3) performing the responsibilities of citizenship, (4) utilizing and controling natu ral resources, (5) receiving and transmitting ideas and trans porting persons and commodi ties, (6) development of esthetic and spiritual impulses, (7) pres ervation and transmission of so cial heritages. Mr. Saxon expressed the be lief that the present generation of boys and girls would solve the many problems of the state of Georgia. In conclusion, the speaker wished the Perry grad uates the greatness that comes to those giving unselfish service. Supt. E. P. Staples introduced Mr. Saxon. After the diplomas were delivered by Hon, J. P. Etheridge, chmn. of the Perry board of Trustees, Supt. Staples made appropriate farewell re marks to the graduating class. Willis Harrison, class presi dent, presented Mr. Staples and each high school teacher with a gift from the class. In behalf of the class, Frances McLendon gave Willis Harrison a present. The class sang their song and the Alma Mater. Miss Willie Ryals played the processional for class entrance. The girls wore white robes and caps and the boys, blue. Honor graduates are: Elise Bronson, Anna Grubb, Betty Jones, Frances McLendon, Mil dred Webb, and Helen James. The class roll follows: Henry Andel, C. A. Boswell, Elise Bronson, Frances Colvard. Jack Culpepper, Hilda Gray, Anna Grubb, Laura Nell Henderson, Bernard Holleman, G. W. Hicks, Willis Harrison, Thomas Hud son, Helen James, Betty Jones, Watler Leaptrot, Addie Lou Martin, Carolyn Marshall, Fran ces McLendon, Russell Pickard, Doddridge Roughton, Ida Stem bridge, Richard Talton, Edna Todd, Evelyn Watson, Jeanette Walker, and Mildred Webb. During the exercises several awards were made. The citi zenship medal given by the Robert D. Collins Post of the American Legion was presented to William Bostwick, eighth grade pupil, by T. C, Rogers, past commander. The citizenship medals award ed by the Gen. Daniel C. Stew art chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution were won by two seniors, Anna Grubb and Bernard Holleman. The U. A. R. American history medals were won by Frances McLendon, a senior, and Albert Skellie, seventh grade pupil. Mrs. G. E. Jordan, regent of the D. A. R., made these awards. The citizenship medals of the Legion Auxiliary were awarded to Betty Gooden and Polly Ogle tree by Mrs. J.B. Calhoun, presi dent of the auxiliary. Mrs. Cal houn, who is state chmn. of Na tional Defense, Georgia Dept., announced that P. J. Allen of the Perry ninth grade had won first prize in the state essay con test on the subject of National Defense. P. J.’s essay has been entered in the national contest. The auditorium stage present ed a beautiful setting for the ex ercises with a background of pink dahlias, gladioli, and roses arranged in floor baskets and a foreground of blue hydran geas in jardinieres, closely spaced. The invocation was said by Rev. J. A. Ivey and the bene diction by Rev. Paul Muse. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gooden 'and daughter, Betty, went to Atlanta Wednesday to spend sev- I eral days. CLOSING PROGRAMS GIVEN BY SCHOOLS The white schools of Houston county had closing exercises last week. The Elko Grammar school had an operetta Wednes day night under the direction of . the teachers, Mrs. W. J. Boone and Miss Mollie Lou Cason. I The Grovania Grammar school had a program Thursday night with J. M. Gooden, state school , supervisor, as speaker. Miss Phyllis Pyles is principal and Miss Lessie Gray, assistant. Friday morning, the Hayne ville Grammar school had a pro gram followed by a barbecue and basket dinner at the school. Mr. Gooden was the principal speak er. Mrs. Irene Gregory and Miss Mary Houser Brown are the teachers. The Centerville Grammar school of which G. R. Hunt is principal awarded certificates to the members of its seventh grade. The main speaker was Rev. W. J. Erwin, pastor of the Elko charge of Methodist church es, whose subject was “A Cry for Christian Character.” The heart of his message was: ‘‘Pres ent day conditions constitute a challenge to youth. In order to meet this challenge, youth must have Christian character. One of the primary functions of edu cation is to build Christian char acter. Bonaire Exercises Friday night, the graduation ex ercises of the Bonaire High school were held at school auditorium. Diplomas were awarded by Supt. C. L. Williams to seventeen graduates. Honor graduates are: Mar garet Hunt, Gwendolyn Mar shall, Nannie Ruth Newperry, and Martha Honea. Other graduates are: Mary Akin, Robert Akin, Margie Davidson, Mattie Ruth Heard, Glenn Heard, Margaret Johnson, Horace Langston, William Warren Rape, James Wesley Stubbs, Jr., Er nest Kay Stafford, Hazel Sisson, Evelyn Wheelus, and Sara Fran ces Kenfroe. The seniors entered to the pro cessional march played by Miss Lucile Goss. The salutatory was given by Gwendolyn Marshall and the valedictory was said by Margaret Hunt. The class his torian was Nannie Ruth New berry and the giftorian, Martha Honea. The speaker, J. M. Gooden, was presented by County School Supt. S. W. Hickson: In his ad dress, Mr. Gooden outlined the ‘‘Characteristics of an Educated Man” as follows: (1) Has an open mind, (2) never laughs at new ideas, (3) cultivates habit of success, (4) gets along with people, (5) thinks clean thoughts, (6) knows popular notions are wrong, (7) willing to learn, (8) links himself with great causes, (9) confident of his abilities, (10) keeps busy at his highest level, (11) knows that it is never too late to learn, (12) never loses faith in himself, (13) becomes world citizen, (14) practices laws of health, (15) loves the beauti ful, (16) lives a deep religious life. The class sang their class song and the ‘‘Alma Mater”. The invocation was said by Rev. W. J, Erwin. KIWANIS CLUB MEETS The Kiwanis club held its weekly luncheon meeting at the American Legion Home on Tues day, June 6. An old-fashioned spelling bee was the feature of the program. Plans are being made to chal lenge other clubs to baseball games during the summer months. BAPTIST CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday Preaching Services, 11:30 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed nesday, 8:30 p. m. Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. The church welcomes you to its services. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. FATAL ACCIDENTS IN 1939 SHOW DECREASE Sixty-one human lives have been “saved” in Georgia during the first four months of 1939, ac cording to the Department of Public Safety. The crusade to stop killings and injuries on streets and highways resulted in the ‘‘saving” during this quarter of one-half as many lives as were “saved” all last year. The records to date reveal 61 less persons killed, 2,135 less in jured and $2,745,000 less econo mic waste than during the same four months period of 1938. Dur ing all of 1938 there were 121 less lives lost than during the previous year. The advance report reveals 57 counties showing decreases total ing 129 “lives saved”, while 42 counties showed increases total ing 68 more lives lost—leaving 61 less lost throughout the state than during the same period of 1938 and 80 less than in 1937. Houston is one of the counties showing an increase in lives lost in 1939. Three have been killed in traffic accidents in Houston as compared to two killed during the same period, first quarter, of 1938. misseslewhard LISTED IN WHO’S WHO COLLEGE BOOK “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges,” published annually through the co operation of 521 institutions of higher learning has selected Misses Margaret and Dorothy Newhard, seniors of Shorter College, Rome, and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Newhard of Perry, as two of the outstanding graduates o f 1939. The collegiate record of each is given from the “Who’s Who” book. NEWHARD, Margaret Elea nor, on Honor Roll and Honor Board, Sec.-Treas. and V-Pres. of French Club, Assistant Editor of School Paper, V-Pres. of Y. W. C. A., on Student Council and Y. W, C. A. Cabinet, Dele gate to Y. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A. State Conference, on Sports Commendation List. Majored in French, Will receive B. A. de gree and plans to teach. Hobby: Collecting Poetry. Home; Perry. NEWHARD, Dorothy Jane, Pres. Senior Class, Sec. of Stu dent Council, Sec, of Y, W, C. A. V-Pres, of International Re lations Club, Honor Board Mem ber, Sec, of Class Three Years, Member of Y, W. C. A. Cabinet and Sports Council, Captain ol Volley Bull and Baseball Teams. Majored in History. Will receive B. A. Degree and plans to teach. Hobby; Collecting Poems. Home; Perry. METHODIST WIS. MEETING The Methodist Woman’s Mis sionary society met Monday, June 5, at the church for the monthly business meeting. Th e presi dent, Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr., brought the devotional and pre sided over the business session. An executive board meeting will be held during the month of June at the home of Mrs. George Nunn. Circles will meet next Monday afternoon at 4:30 p. m. as fol lows: No. 1, with Mrs. N.W.H. Gilbert; No. 2, with Mrs. T. D. Mason and Mrs. S. A. Nunn;No. 3, with Mrs. Lewis Eden and I Mrs. A. H. Lawler. j NEW POWER COMPANY ! MANAGER ARRIVES j W. W. Weddington, local man-1 ager of the Georgia Power Co., | has been transferred to Haw- 1 kinsville to be manager of the office there. Mr. Weddington has many friends in Perry who regret that he will leave here. E. D. Wilder has come to Per ry this week from Jonesboro to succeed Mr. Weddington. Mr. Wilder will have an assistant who hasn’t been selected yet by the Power company. Mrs. Wilder and little daugh ter will join Mr. Wilder here in a few days. ESTABLISHED 1870 jCOUNTY VOTE LIGHT J IN ELECTION JUNE 6 Only 55 persons voted in Hous ton county Tuesday on the 33 1 constitutional amendments in the state general election. All of the amendments carried and the incumbent, Judtre VV. Glenn Thomas, received 35 of the 51 votes cast in the race for Solici tor-General of the Brunswick Judicial circuit. Thirty of the amendments were local in application. The vote on most of these was 36 for and 17 against. Amendment No. 11 had a vote of 31 for and 24 against. This amendment authorized the Gov ernor to issue Highway Refund ing Bonds for the purpose of re funding State of Georgia High way Department Refunding Cer tificates due and payable March 25, 1939, 1940, 1941. The vote on Amendment No. 20, authorizing issuance of bonds by Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mc- Intosh, Glynn and Camden for extension of Coastal Highway , was 34 for and 19 against. Amendment No. 6 authorizing Superior Court judges, in vaca tion, to hear and determine mat ters not requiring a jury verdict received 34 votes for and 16 against. 1 Three precincts, Elko, Hattie, and Heard, did not open polls. Public interest was apparently at a low ebb throughout the state as the vote was very light from early and incomplete re turns which gave a slight favor able margin for the amendments. COTTON BAGGING USE BY GINNERS ADVISED Houston county ginners wish ing to have cotton bagging avail able this fall should place their orders before June 30, according to County Agent W. T. Middle brooks. “All cotton ginners may, if they wish, purchase cotton bag ging for use this season,” Mr. Middlebrooks said. “The bag ging was available last year mainly to one-variety cotton gin ners, “Orders should be placed as possible, preferably before June 30, but shipments can be made as late as September,” the agent explained. Cotton bagging may be pur chased from the official govern ment contractor, the Lane Cot ton Mills, New Orleans, La , for 45 cents per pattern, F. 0. B. New Orleans. The manufacturer of the cot ton bagging receives from the Government an indemnity pay •mentof 28 cents per pattern. This payment enables the manu facturer to sell the bagging at 45 cents per pattern (enough for one bale). The county agent pointed out that cotton bagging is approxi mately pounds lighter per bale than imported jute bag ging. Cotton buyers and cotton manufacturers generally have agreed to make allowance for the IVz pounds, so that farmers us ing the cotton bagging would not lose by using the lighter weight material. ELKO CHARGE NOTES Layman’s Day will be observ ed at Andrew Chapel, next Sun day, a. m., June 11,at 11:30 o’clock. D. B. Dorsey, Macon, member Vineville Methodist church and j member Men’s Evangelistic Club, of Macon, will be the {speaker. } Laymen of all the churches of | the Elko charge are invited to ,j attend this service. I Schedule of services for the Methodist churches of the Elko (charge is as follows: j First Sunday—Grovania, 11:30 ia. m, and 8 p. m. Second Sunday-Andrew Chap el, 11:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. Third Sunday—Bonaire, 11:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. Fourth Sunday—Elko, 11:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. Rev. W. J. Erwin, Pastor. Mrs. S. L. Norwood, Jr., and son, Sam, spent from Friday un til Tuesday in Forsyth with her father.