Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, October 05, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIII. No. 40. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1870 fORUMSTO BE HELD I MONTHLY IN COUNTY! A committee to have charge of Forum administration in Hous ton county was elected last Thursday in Perry by a group of fifteen citizens representing the educational and agricultural in terests of the county. These citizens by unanimous consent agreed that a Public Forum to discuss matters of vital interests to the county would be held once a month during the fall and winter months, Mrs. J. L- Hodges, editor of j the Home Journal, was elected chairman and Mrs. J.L. Beavers, city librarian, secty. Other members of the Forum commit-1 tee are: S. W. Hickson, county school supt.: W.T. Middlebrooks, county agricultural agent; G. W. Rhodes, president of the Kiwa nis club; C. E. Andrew, com mander of the American Legion Post; Mrs. G. W. Rhodes, presi dent of the Perry P. T. A. and member of the Auxiliary; Mrs. G. E. Jordan, regent of the D. A. R. and member of the U. D. C.;Mrs. G. C. Nunn, president' of the Garden Club. Mrs. Beav ers also represents the study I clubs, being a member of the Book club. First Forum on Oct. 12 Directly after the organization meeting, the administrative com mittee met and decided to hold the first Forum on Thursday, Oct, 12, at Bp. m, at the Perry School auditorium in observance of Citizenship Day. The four lo cal patriotic organizations, the Legion and its Auxiliary, the D. A. R., and the U. D. C., con sented to sponsor this Forum on j Citizenship with the junior and senior classes of Perry High as co-sponsors. AI 1 citizens of Houston county are invited to attend, and especially young people. It was decided by the commit tee to have a Forum on Health and Child Welfare in November with the Perry P. T, A. and the Kiwanis club as sponsors. In December, a Forum on Soil Conservation will be held with the agricultural organizations as sponsors. Early next year, the commit tee plans to have a Forum at Bonaire with the junior and sen ior classes of Bonaire High school as sponsors and C. L, Williams, supt. as attendance chmn. Purpose of Forum The purose of the Forum is to interest and inform adults on public and community affairs. The conduct of Forums is con sidered one important way by which public education and pri vate initiative may safeguard the democratic way of life. The Fo rum is a project of the Federal Government. baptists complete STEWARDSHIP DRIVE The Perry Baptist church brought a Stewardship Revival to a close last Thursday night with a Fellowship Supper in the Sunday school rooms and began a week’s Stewardship campaign Dr. Aquila Chamblee of Fort! Valley preached at all four even- j mg services held last week, I The church’s program of work and year’s budget were outlined to the members last Thursday flight. Each member was re quested to make a financial Pkdge to the church for 1939-40. The attendance was good and the response encouraging during) the series of meetings and es-i pecially at the closing service, i Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor, express ed himself as pleased with the) fine response. This personal subscription cam-1 Paign will close Thursday night, | Oct. 5, with reports to be made j at the board of Deacon’s meet-| mg. , Delegates will be elected Sun- ( ( ay to the Rehoboth Association meeting at Tattnall Square; ( hurch, Macon, to be held next! week, 4, . Gifts for Weddings, Birth days, Anniversaries, and any and all occasions. Perry Furniture Co. I j WATERWORKS SYSTEM | GREATLY IMPROVED j The filtering plant of the Per ry Waterworks system has been completed and is being used. A concrete floor is being built around the plant. The water from the new well reaches the consumers in the city in a very clear condition since the water tank has been scraped inside and painted and a new 10 in. riser pipe from the ground to the tank has replaced the 6 in corroded pipe there. The i water is chemically correct since ' the filtering system is in use. j The public will be invited in a few days to inspect the water-' j works system. DEBT ADJUSIMENI HELP AVAILABLE ID FARMERS County Farm Supervisor Har- t ley W. Jones this week reminded | Houston county farmers that the farm debt adjustment assistance i offered by the Farm Security Ad- i ministration is available to all [farm families whether or not they are on rural rehabilitation I program. | Under the plan, farmers who i are facing foreclosure or who otherwise are over-burdened 1 with debts, may receive free of charge the services of a county farm debt adjustment commit- ; tee, composed of local citizens. The job of this committee is to act as mediator between farmers and their creditors in arranging settlement of excessive debts, and of recommending ways of avoiding foreclosures. The work in conjunction with the farm su pervisor, and all dealings are kept confidential. Members of the Houston coun ty committee are: Miller G. Ed wards, S. W. Hickson, William T. Middlebrooks, 0.8. Muse, and G. C. Nunn. Mr. Jones said creditors as well as debtors may request the aid of the county farm debt adjust ment committee. Through the efforts of the committee, a cred itor is often able to avoid ex penses and losses which some times result from court action. “While committees have no le gal right to enforce their recom mendations,” the supervisor pointed out, “they perform a valuable service in a neighborly way for the benefit of farmers and creditors alike.” Debt-distressed farmers desir ing assistance in adjusting debts may apply either to one of the members of the county commit tee, or to the county farm super visor, or write to James E. How ard, District Farm Debt Adjust ment Supervisor, P. 0. Box 236, Macon, Ga. KIWANIS CLUB MEETS The Perry Kiwanis club heard a talk by Rev. L. H. Wright,pas tor of Tattnall Square Baptist church, Macon, at its Tuesday luncheon meeting. John Lewis, young blind pianist, played a so lo number. | Officers for 1940 will be elect ed by the club next Tuesday. Three new directors are to be chosen to replace W. K. Whip jple, J. A. Ivey and W. T. Mid dlebrooks, who are ineligible to serve. G. W. Rhodes, retiring president will succeed E.P. New hard, past president, on the board. The nominating committee is composed of J. J. Rooney, C. E. Andrew, and W.T. Middlebrooks. | I METHODIST CHURCH NEWS I l 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. Rev. Paul Muse, Pastor. CHURCH BUILDING Tharpe Memorial Baptist ' Church, six miles from Perry on the Macon highway, has been renovated inside and out. It has been painted white and has an, attractive sign across the front, j 1 NEW’PHONE SYSTEM MAY BE INSTALLED The City of Perry has had a tentative proposal from the Southeastern Telephone company to improve the telephone service here through the installation of a battery system, a new tele phone exchange, new telephones to all city subscribers,new cables, and improvements on the coun try lines. This total equipment and improvement is to cost the Telephone company approximate ly $16,000. This proposal was submitted to Mayor S. A. Nunn, the City Council, and a committee from the Kiwanis club Friday night by A. N. Seward, Georgia man ager of the Southeastern Tele phone Co., Fitzgerald, Ga., as a result of a conference, held in Perry two weeks previously, by the parties named above with an engineer of the Georgia Public Service Commission. Due to nu merous complaints made by Perry citizens as to the poor telephone service, the city officials took the matter up with the Public Ser vice Commission which investi gated the system and the service and requested that something be done to improve same. The proposal made by the Telephone company carried with it an increase of 50c per month in service charges to all business and one-party residence tele phones and 25c per month in crease to all two-party residence phones and no increase to the country telephones. Under this proposition, the country phones will still have the hand ringing sets but all city phones will have battery sets which will do away with the hand ringing. The Mayor and Council and the Kiwanis committee were unanimously of the opinion that the increase in rate x-equested was too high and that 25c per month increase to all business and residence subscribers in Perry with no increase in rate to the county subscribers would be sufficient and any higher rate would be opposed. The matter of whether an in crease in rate will be granted will be passed upon finally by the Public Service Commission. The Telephone company has agreed to notify the city before Oct. 15 as to whether they will accept the 25c per month in creased rate on the proposal to install new equipment and new telephones. TRY IT A FEW TIMES By PAUL MUSE The Lay Organization of the Macon District has named Octo ber as “Loyalty Month” among the Methodists of the district. The emphasis is upon church at tendance during the entire month. Of course the preachers are cooperating with the laymen in this loyalty, or go-to-church cam paign. The preachers know per haps better than any one else how grievously the Church is hurt through non attendance on the part of numbers of its mem bers. They know, too, that the px’eacher himself has nothing to contend with that is so dis couraging as the absence from clxurch services of large num bers of his members. Without any desire to appear “smart” or sensational, but just to state “cold facts,” it may be said that here is something more hurtful to the Church and its work than all the murders, thefts, arson, and all other no table crimes combined—j us t plain indiffierenceand non church attendance. Some one has said that we have Methodists who “wouldn’t know a sermon if they met one in the road”—it has been so long since they heard one. I can think of nothing better for those who have fallen into the unfortunate habit of not go ing to church than to try it a few times during this month. See G. E. First. General Elec tric Radios, Refrigerators, Rang es, Water Heaters, and Water Pumps at Houston Hdwe. Co. FARMERS TO VOTE i ON COTTON QUOTAS i Houston county farmers will vote December 9 on whether marketing quotas similar to i those in effect for the last two seasons shall be applied to the 1940 cotton crop. Most cotton farmers are fa miliar with marketing quotas, as they have used them for the last , 2 years to avoid adding to the already large cotton supply and to protect the markets of farm ers who plant within their acre age allotments. The national cotton quota pro claimed by Secretary of Agricul ture Wallace for 1940 is the same as for 1939. This will make pos sible, with normal yields, the marketing within the quota of approximately 12 million bales during the year beginning Au gust 1, 1940. Approval by two-thirds of the nation’s eligible cotton growers who vote in the December 9 referendum is required to con tinue quotas in effect for 1940. The 1939 quota was approved by 84.1 percent of the growers voting. The conservation phases of the Agricultural Conservation Program will continue to operate, regardless of the outcome of the December 9 referendum. How ever, marketing quotas assure growers participating in the AAA farm program who plant their : acreage allotments that their ef ; forts to adjust supplies will not , be nullified by non-cooperators, i Farmers who plant within ■ their acreage allotments will be able to market all of the cotton they produce on their allotted acreage without penalty. If marketing quotas are in effect, i a non-cooperator must pay a pen ; alty of 3 cents per pound on all cotton sold in excess of the marketing quota for his farm. Officials believe world condi tions and present supplies of American cotton make the 1940 marketing quota necessary, if : cotton farmers want to prevent disasters that have affected them in the past. The Agricultural Adjustment Act provides the means, through cotton loans and conservation measures, to pro i tect farm interests. 1 FARM SUGGESTIONS With harvesting of crops being completed rapidly, farmers in this section can begin making plans for early planting of then winter cover crops and thereby gain valuable time and secure better results, according to W. , T. Middlebrooks, County Agent, ' and Messrs. Morgan and Bass of ! the Soil Conservation Service. Winter legumes when planted early and properly inoculated, it is pointed out, will make good ; growth before cold weather comes and provide better protection : against erosion. Legumes plant -1 ed late will not make sufficient growth to provide protection dur ’ ing the winter months when that ; protection is needed most. 5 Farmers who plan to plant 1 kudzu later can now begin pre paring the land. Early prepara : tion of seedbeds for kudzu is of } primary importance, it was pointed out, as the broad fiat 1 beds after plowing and adding manure must be allowed to set tle before they can be planted, This time of the year, it was ; further pointed out, is also an ' excellent time to clean off pas- J ture areas by brushing and grub ’ bing. All pasture areas should ’ be cut to a mowing surface so they can be maintained properly. ' BAPTIST CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS i ’ Sunday Preaching Services, . 11:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed nesday, 7:30 p. m. ’| Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. I The church welcomes you to i its services. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. Have your bicycle put in : good condition at Houston | Hdwe. Co. POLIO COMMITTEE FOR COUNTY NAMED I Governor E. D. Rivers, chair-i man of the Georgia State Chap -1 ter, The National Foundation for • Infantile Paralysis, Inc., has i named the personnel of the | Houston county committee. They are J. P. Et h e r i d g e, chmn.; Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, co chmn.;Dr. J. W. Story, county physician: J. L. Hodges, Ordi nary; S. W. Hickson. School Supt.; Miss Sallie Frank Thomp son, county welfare director. This executive committee of the permanent county organiza tion will approve applications for help from county citizens to the state chapter. FIRST BASKETBALL GAME OF SEASON TO BEJQCTOBER 13 The Perry High Panthers have been going full force for the past two weeks getting ready for their first game of the season with Coach Alien Martin’s Haw kinsville team. This game will be on Friday night of next week, Oct. 13. The team shows promise of be ing one of the best in recent years. Returning from last years’s team are Leroy Boswell, Dot Houghton, Bobby Holtzclaw, Ralph Tabor, Buddy Tolleson, William Hunt, and Julian Caw ; thon. Others out for the team who show great promise are Freshmen Walter Gray and Al bert Skellie. Edwin Pierce is really going to give somebody a race for a place on first team. Worth Bryant is fast and should develop in the weeks to come. The man to watch is big Fred Johnson who is six feet, seven inches tall and wears a number twelve shoe. Much is being ex pected of this lad who hails from Centerville. He gets about ex ceptionally well to be so large and will prove a source of power t under the basket. Don’t miss the first game of the season Friday, Oct. 13. Come out and support the boys! B.W.M.U. DIST. RALLY “Telling The Story’’ was the theme of the Rehoboth B. W. M. U. Second District rally held here Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. George P. Fiske, Macon, superintendent of the associa tion, used “Joy In Salvation” as ' the topic of her inspirational ; talk. She cited the fields of op portunity for service among the [ rural and negro churches. Associational chairmen bring ' ing messages on their work : were: Mrs. M. F. Freeman, Per- j sonal Service; Mrs. Alex Came- I ron, Young People’s leader; Mrs. J. C. Estes, Training School ;and , Mrs. W, R. Finch, Publications; ; | all of Macon. Mrs. M. D. Reed, ’ Fort Valley, Stewardship chair -1 man, brought the devotional ’ message. Miss Martha Cooper, district ’ Young People’s leader, presenl ' ed the Girls’ Auxiliary of the Perry church in an original play ' let depicting the activities of this unit of the W. M. U. Mes ’ dames A. C. Pritchett and J. L. ; Gallemore are leaders of this or . ganization, ; Mrs. C. E. Brunson, local 1 president, welcomed the visitors, and Mrs. J, A. Davis made the , response. Mrs. W. V. Bass ren dered a vocal solo “Open The | Gates of the Temple,” with Mrs. Mayo Davis as accompanist. i Mrs. W. B. Roberts, district ‘ secretary, arranged the program and presided at the meeting. CARD OF THANKS * We deeply appreciate the many kind acts of friends during the illness of our mother, Mrs. F. W. Poole, and the expressions of . sympathy at the time of her death Mrs. B. H. Newberry, > Mrs. C. L. Morphew, Mrs. L. D. Hamilton. Gifts for Weddings, Birth i days, Anniversaries, and any i and all occasions. Perry Furniture Co. iCITIZENSHIP DAY I PROGRAM ON 0CT.12 i Next Thursday, Oct. 12, will be observed as Citizenship Day in Georgia in honor of the esti mated 50,000 young men and wo men who have become twenty one years of age this year. Since this date concides with Colum bus Day, a national holiday,state wide observation of the day is faciliated. The plan for an annual citizen ship program beginning with Oct. 12 this year, originated with Ralph Ramsey, secty. of the Georgia Education Association and director of the Better Edu cation for Georgia Movement. Civic and patriotic organizations are co-operating in plans for the celebration. Program in Perry The four patriotic organiza tions in Perry will join with the Perry school in sponsoring a Fo rum on Citizenship, Oct. 12, at 8 p. m, at the school auditorium. These sponsors are: The Robert D. Collins Post of the American Legion, its Auxiliary, the Gen. Daniel C. Stewart chapter of the D. A. R., the Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan chapter of the U. D. C., the junior and senior classes of the Perry High School. Four students will take part on the program. There will be an out-of-town speaker who will conduct the Forum. He is Dr. Carl Brown, a young professor of the University of Ga. system, who is considered an able speak er. Representatives from these or ganizations who are acting as leaders in the promotion of the Forum on Citizenship are: Attendance Committee: Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr., chmn. of Citi zenship for the D. A. R. and for the Auxiliary; Mrs. Hollis Ke zar, president of the Auxiliary; Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, U. D. C. representative; Sam A. Nunn, chmn. Citizenship for Legion Post; and E. P, Staples, supt. of Perry High School. Hospitality: Mrs. J. M. Good en and C. E. Andrew. Place and Decorations: Mrs. G. E. Jordan. Publicity Director: Mrs. J. B. Calhoun. These organizations invite all the citizens of Houston county and especially young people to attend the Forum, Oct. 12. It will be a time for telling anew the glorious story of citi zenship in America, where men are free because men before them died that freedom should be established. It will be a time for telling the ones who have newly arrived in to the estate of citizenship that jit may not be necessary to die, but it will be necessary to live and to work for freedom. F.F.A. TO PRESENT PLAY, The F.F.A. chapter and Girls' Drill Squad are now practicing I for a play which will be given at th e school auditorium Friday night, Oct. 6. Name of the play is “Two Days to Marry.” Those with parts in the play are: Meri amme Rhodes, Betty Jane Lee, Catherine Hickson, Ralph Tabor, Courtney Mason, Durwood Wil son, and Worth Bryant. Between ! acts skits and musical numbers will be given by other members , of the drill squad and F. F. A. chapter. Several of the F. F. A. mem bers are planning to get pure bred gilts for their livestock pro jects this year. | PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE Perry Chinch Sunday School--10:15 a. m. Worship Service-11:30 a. m. ,| Clinchfield Sunday School—3:00 p. m. 1 Worship Service-8:C0 p. m. .1 Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor. J TAX NOTICE Houston County Tax Books for 1939 are now open. Please pay your tax on or before December 20, 1939 and save interest and '! cost. M. E. AKIN, Tax Collec tor Houston County, Ga.