Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, November 23, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIII. No. 47. FORESTRY PRACTICE MAY GET PAYMENTS County Agent W. T. Middle brooks this week advised Hous ton county farmers that they can earn benefit payments by carrying out 1940 forestry prac tices under the federal Triple-A farm program. Mr. Middle brooks pointed out that, in addi tion to the usual allowance for soil-building practices, an addi tional payment of $3O will be granted per farm for the plant ing of trees. This sum, he said, is to be earned at the regular rate of $7.50 per acre. •'Forest trees planted on farms under the program which include shrubs beneficial to wildlife or in protective plantings,” Mr. Mid dlebrooks said. ‘‘They must be protected from fire and grazing, and cultivated in accordance with good tree culture and wild life management practices. “To earn the $7.50 payment per acre, shortleaf pine, loblolly pine, and black locust must be planted at the rate of 1,000 trees to the acre, while a rate of 700 seedlings per acre are called for when planting slash pine, long leaf pine, or oaks.” For cultivating, protecting,and maintaining, by replanting if necessary, a good stand of forest trees, or a mixture of trees and shrubs suitable for wildlife, a payment of $3.00 per acre will be made, Mr. Middlebrooks ex plained, provided they have been planted between July 1, 1936 and July 1, 1940. “Under this practice, all trees except pines must be cultivated twice between May and August, and stands of at least 50 percent of the trees planted per acre must be maintained,” he stated. “Fire breaks must be construct ed around the forested areas. “Any area which can be plant ed to the required number of trees per acre and still be ‘in ac cordance with good tree culture and wildlife management prac tice,’ can be planted for credit. Thus, sedge fields and worn-out pasture land may be reforested under the program.” Mr. Middlebrooks also said that where trees are furnished free by either the Soil Conserva tion Service or the Tennessee Valley Authority, and labor for planting is furnished by the far mer, only a half practice, or $3.75 per acre, may be earned. THANKSGIVING BEING OBSERVED HERE TODAY Thanksgiving is being observ ed in Perry this Thursday, Nov. 23, the date proclaimed by Pres ident Roosevelt and Gov. Rivers. The schools, the post office, the Perry Loan & Savings Bank, the Home Journal office, all of the stores, and public offices will be closed in observance of the day. The drug stores will close at noon today (Thursday). AUXILIARY MEETING The Auxiliary to the Robert D. Collins Post of the American Le sion met last Thursday p. m. at the Legion Home with the presi dent, Mrs, Hollis Kezar, presid ing. Hostesses were Mesdames p ; M. Ryle, H. W. Huff, C. C. Pierce, and J. B. Calhoun. Proceeds from the Poppy Sale were $63.77 as reported by Mrs. C, A. King, chmn. Forty-three members with seven new ones were reported by Mrs. R. E. Ugletree and Mrs. Max Moore, co-chmn, of the membership campaign. Mrs. B. H, Andrew, Jr. chmn. Children’s Group, announced that the next children’s meeting would be Thurs., Dec. 14. The program consisted of aj I ribute to the Poppy Lady by j Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr. and a read-1 >ng, “Things for Thanks,” by 1 Mrs. A. P, Whipple. Mrs. O, A.; kmg was program chmn. In conclusion, a salad course was served. It costs you money every time you Don’t read Want Ads in the Home Journal. 1 CITY ELECTION TO BE I HELD TUESDAY, DEC. 5 I i i A City Election will be held | Tuesday, Dec. 5, to elect a may jor and three councilmen for the i city of Perry to serve a two year term. The councilmen whose terms expire Jan. 1, 1940 are Joe Beddingfield, G. C.Nunn, and H. P. Dobbins. Sam A. Nunn, the present mayor, was elected in September, 1938, to fill the unexpired term of A. M. Anderson, resigned, which ends Jan. 1, 1940. The mayor and councilmen are all eligible for re-election. All candidates for these posi tions must file with the clerk of the city, W.F. Norwood, at least ten days before the election a written and signed notice of their intentions to offer for elec tion and the office for which they are offering. Therefore, this Saturday, Nov. 25, will be the last day on which candidates may qualify in this election. BASKETBALL NEWS The Perry Panthers defeated the Bonaire Wildcats Friday night by a 23-9 score in an ex citing game played on the Bon aire Court. Buddy Tolleson, Le roy Boswell, and Dot Roughton shared honors in Perry’s scoring. Junior Perdue was Bonaire’s star, Tuesday night, the Perry lads won another victory when they defeated the Fort Valley Green Wave 50-19. Leroy Boswell was Perry’s star, scoring 21 points. Coach E. P. Staples took the boys’ basketball team to Frank lin, Ga. for a game Wednesday night. The Perry Panthers will play again tonight (Thursday) in Woodbury. Friday they will visit Warm Springs and Columbus and play Preston Friday night. They hope to see President Roosevelt at Warm Springs Fri day. The team will return home Saturday. BOOK CLUB MEETS The Wednesday Aft e r n o o n Book club met last week at the home of Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr., with Mrs. S. W. Hickson as co hostess. Mrs. A. P. Whipple, the presi dent presided, and conducted the study based on “Study in Practical English.” A round table discussion of Democracy versus Facism, as Related to Secondary Schools and Colleges centered around Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s latest novel “Seasoned Timber.” This book was reviewed by Mrs. D. M. Ryle. Mrs. C. B. Andrew presented the program. Delightful refreshments were served by the hostesses at tea time. SOME WINTER CHORES With winter time here, many Georgia farmers are making sur veys of their farms and homes to see what improvements can be made before the weather gets too cold. These include: Check ing on flues and chimneys in the homes, fixing sagging doors and cracked walls which allow cold air to penetrate into the home, reshingling houses, repairing fences, and many other needed improvements which make farm life more pleasant and the ap pearance of the farm home more attractive. PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE Perry Church Sunday School-10:15 a. m. Worship Service—ll:3o a. m. Clinchfield Sunday School-3;00 p. m. Worship Service-8:00 p. m. Rev. R. F, Boyd, Pastor. The out-of-town teachers of the Perry High School will go to their homes for the Thanksgiv ing holidays: Misses Louise Moore and Opal Hughes, Macon; Miss Margaret Powell, Villa Ri ca; Miss Nell Warren, Hawkms ville; Misses Allene and Wihie Ryals, Eastman: Miss Elizabeth Stewart, Moultrie; Miss Mary Lee Greene, Gray, Ga. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1939 THOU OPENEST THY HAND By GRACE NOLL CROWELL Thou openest thy hand—the good sun pours Its warmth and light upon us day by day; The vaulted clouds release their precious stores To send the silver rain upon its way; The grain is ripened, and the golden yield Is like a benediction down each field. Thou openest thy hand. O blessed One, Because of this men live and laugh and sing; The flowers unfurl their petals in the sun The little birds take bright ecstatic wing: Thy love has kept Thy great and mighty hand Opened for every people, every land. We acknowledge, Lord, Thy mercy through our days, And give Thee our united, joyous praise. —The Christian Herald. METHODIST PASTORAL CHANGES Perry’s loss is Eastman’s gain in the removal of Rev. Paul Muse from Perry to Eastman by the recent session of the South Ga. Conference of the Methodist Church. During his one-year pastorate here, Rev. Mr. Muse and his lovely wife made many warm friends who regret their removal to another charge. The Muses are receiving a cordial welcome from the peo ple of Eastman. Last week and this week, also, they have re ceived numbers of letters from the citizens of that town ex tending greetings and expressing welcome. Among these was an official welcome from the board of stewards of the Methodist church. It is a source of joy to their friends here to know that the Muses are being well received in Eastman. Any town is fortunate to have such cultured, high-minded, Christian people as Mr. and Mrs. Muse for residents. Any church is fortunate to have as godly a man and as good a preacher as Mr. Muse for its pastor. He has the best wishes and esteem of many friends here as he goes to his new charge. Perry’* New Pastor A cordial welcome awaits Perry’s new pastor, Rev, Roy Gardiner, and his family who will arrive here Friday from Columbus. Rev. Mr. Gardiner comes highly recommended as a man and as a pastor. He has done a wonderful work at his last charge which he served four years. He is a young man and a very active pastor. Rev. Mr. Gardiner will occupy the pulpit of the Perry Methodist church for the first time next Sunday morning. The Perry church has grown in numbers and increased its finances during the past two years. The financial budget this year was the largest in the church’s history. Uiider the lead ership of Rev. Gardiner, the church should go forward to greater achievements and go deeper in its spiritual attain ments. It will be the duty and the privilege of every Metho dist to co-operate with the new pastor in every possible way. TRUTH about ADVERTISING By CHARLES B. ROTH WHEN SHOULD A BUSINESS men often talk about the problem of when they should advertise most. Should it be when business is good and sales come easily or when business is slow and sales are hard? Those who believe in advertising most intensively when everybody has money, argue logically enough that it is wise, as Shakespeare him self pointed out sev eral centuries ago, when it serves.” Ad- vertising then will prove of most value, ■ jLW some men believe. ’* ir Those, on the other hand, who believe a business should spend money for tell ing its story most aggressively when v,\k.-X>WLa. times are slow, say Charles Roth that advertising is a business-building force and that it is, therefore, needed most when business needs building. Whenever we have a temporary lull in business we see the specta cle of many advertisers “drawing in their horns” and refusing to spend money for advertising until times are easy once more. The late P. D. Armour, great packing magnate, had the sanest view on the subject. He always told his associates: “Advertise when times are good, be cause then your dollars show great est returns. Advertise when times MUSIC CLUB MEETS The Mozart Music club recent ly elected the following officers: Helen Gray, president; Marianne Nunn, vice-pres,; Vonceil Sum mers, secty. Charlotte Livings tone was appointed chmn. of program committee and Gwen dolyn Irby, reporter. Mrs. E. P. Staples is vis iting her parents here while Mr. Staples is away on a basket-ball trip. MAN ADVERTISE? are poor, because if you don’t ad vertise then your public won’t know what you have to sell.” The public responds immediately to the man with courage enough to invest his money in advertising even when the condition of the market is not so good as he would like to see it. The public responds always to courage. In 1921, when America had a short business depression, A. W. Erick son, now dead, made the directors of a company in which he was inter ested, agree to spend $150,000 a month for advertising during the next 12 months. Business fell off. The directors wanted to renege. Mr. Erickson wouldn’t let them. He made them spend their monthly advertising al lowance. He had faith. When prosperity returned, as it always does, that company, because of courageous leadership, skyrocket ed to the top, a position it still holds. What had happened was that its public, you consumers, read those advertisements and subconsciously became friendly to a business which would continue to tell you its story, in bad times as well as in good. The public reciprocated by giving it its trade. Whenever a business man adver tises it shows he has faith in him self, in his community, in his goods and In his customers. He is a good business man with whom to trade. © Charles B. Roth. NOTICE Bills were mailed to all Home Journal subscribers this week. Responses to these statements have been fine. We want to thank those who have mailed checks and those who have come to the office and paid. We, also, want to remind those who have not paid to please do so at their earliest convenience. The Editor. The wisest words in the world are those that are not spoken by a man when he is angry. j PERRY FLYING CLUB TO j SPONSOR AIR SHOW An Air and Ground Show will be held next Sunday, Nov. 26, at 2:30 p. m. at the Perry Airport under the auspices of the Perry Flying Club. The program will include the following twelve thrillers: 1. Exhibition Parachute Jump from 2,000 feet. 2. Auto Crash thru Flaming Wall. 3. Auto Trick Riding. 4. Auto Jump thru Wall (50 feet). 5. Plate Glass Crash (motor cycle). 6. Auto Roll Over. 7. Death Drag, 8. Motorcycle thru Flaming Board Wall. 9. Safety Driving Demonstra tion. 10. Stunt Flying. 11. Batwing Parachute Jump. 12. Lowering Airplane by Parachute (2,000 feet.) The Perry Flying Club was re cently organized with Arnold Smith, president; Sam Spencer, secty.; and Frank Ward, instruc tor. RED CROSS ROLL CALL DIRECTORS APPOINTED Community directors to be in charge of the Red Cross Roll Call in Houston county have been appointed by G. W. Rhodes, gen eral chmn. Those named are: Miss Mar tha Cooper, Perry; W. G. Riley, Clinchfield: Miss Margaret Holmes, Elko; Mrs. W. K. Pierce, Grovania; Mrs. H. C. Talton, Kathleen; Miss Mary Leverette, Wellston; Mrs. Will Tnarpe,Cen terville. The Perry Kiwanis club is sponsoring the Roll Call in Hous ton county. Last year over 200 members were enrolled in the Red Cross. GARDEN CLUB MEETS A wide variety and large num ber of exhibits were displayed at the November meeting of the Perry Garden club held Friday p. m. at the Legion Home. In cluded in the entries were four teen varieties of chrysanthe mums, camellias, pansies, blue salvia, alyssum, violets, oxalis, marigolds, nandina berries, roses, and duranta. Mrs. M. G. Edwards, chair man of the library committee,ap pointed Mrs. W. C, Talton tc plan a Thanksgiving display ii the city library and Mrs, G. E. Jordan to make one for Christ mas. As a compliment to Mrs. Geo, Riley, with whom they stayed, Mr. Chalmers and Mr. Eubanks trimmed the oak tree on the Ma con highway which has been adopted by the club. November Trees, an original poem by Mrs, G. C. Nunn, in spired by the scenery on a Flori da trip was read. Mrs. W. B. Evans spoke on Colored Twigs and Trees and Annuals. Chrysanthemums, the flower ol the month, was the subject oi Mrs. Jordan’s talk. Now is the time to root plants for next year’s bloom;rooted plants should be put out in the spring. A dozen narcissus bulbs were presented to Mrs. W. G. Talton as prize for best arrangement of chrysanthemums. Mrs. E M. Beckham won second "place. Honorable mention went to Mrs. Jordan for best miniature; Mrs, Talton, horticulture, chrysanthe mum; Mrs. E. M, Beckham, for | a beautiful vase of duranta her-1 ries and flowers; Mrs. W. E. | Beckham and Mrs. J. P. Ether idge for camellias. Mrs. A. B. Ramage, Mrs. Floyd j Tabor, Mrs. Lewis Tabor, Mrs. I Joe Beddingfield, Mrs. Wordna I Gray, and Mrs. N. W, H. Gil-1 bert, hostesses for the afternoon, i served delightful refreshments' to the thirty-six members pres ent. Mrs. Rol Pate, of Bartow and Atlanta, is spending Thanksgiv ing with her sister, Mrs. R. L. Cater. The man who is always suspi cious of others is seldom worthy of trust himself. ESTABLISHED 1870 RT. 11 PAVING TO BE I CELEBRATED DEC. 1 At an enthusiastic meeting of civic leaders an d along Route 11 from Fitzgerald to Jasper, Fla., held Nov, 14 at Lakeland, Highway Route 11 As sociation was officially organized, officers elected and plans per fected for staging a big motor cade from Macon to Jasper, Fla. on Friday, Dec. 1, which will bring together the governors of Georgia and Florida. Organization of Route 11 As sociation, to be officially called the Suwannee River Scenic Route, is the result of the com pletion of highway Route 11 which runs on a near straight line through Atlanta to Macon, to Perry, Hawkinsville, Abbe ville, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, Alapaha, Nashville, Ray City, Lakeland, Stattenville and Jasper, Fla. was recently completed and is now open to traffic. Mrs. J. L. Hodges, Perry, was elected a member of the board of directors of this association and also chairman of Perry’s com mittee to arrange the motorcade from Macon to Jasper, Florida to celebrate the completion of route No. 11 through the state of Geor gia to Florida. Governor E. D. Rivers of Geor gia, and Governor Fred P. Cone of Florida will be speakers at this celebration on December 1. The motorcade will leave Ma cun early in order to reach Jas per, Fla. by 2p, m. where din ner will be served. Mrs. Hodges requests that those who can go on this motor cade to notify her at an early date. WPA TO GET NEW CHIEF ATLANTA, Ga.—Robert L. McDougall of Atlanta will take control of Georgia’s WPA head quarters this week. Miss Gay B. Shepperson, WPA's only woman administra tor, is retiring. Miss Shepper son, declaring unemployment “remains our greatest problem” and its solution is a “challenge to every citizen in this country,” said she had no job in mind and her “only plan is to rest and take a long vacation.” LIBRARY NOTES Much time is spent indoors this season of the year so you wish to make your home a lovely place in which to live. “How to be Your Own Dec orator,” by Helen Koues, direc tor of the Good Housekeeping Studio, is a very practical book on decorating. “Home Dscoration,” by Stew art and Gerald covers every phase of home decoration. “World Poetry,” an anthology edited by Mark Van Uoren, con tains the great poetry of the world. Library hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Verneice Beavers. Librarian. KIWANIS CLUB MEETS Rev. W. J. Erwin, pastor of the Methodist churches of the Elko Circuit, was the speaker at the Tuesday luncheon meeting of the Perry Kiwanis club. Rev. Mr. Erwin made a talk appropriate for the Thanksgiving season. He said that citizens of the United States should be thankful that they lived in a land where “life, [liberty, and the pursuit of hap piness” are paramount. Indi viduals should be thankful to God for all their blessings, he said. Reginald Trice, of Macon, dis trict Governor of Kiwanis, and 0. B. Newman of the Macon club were visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harper have bought the house, known as the Nunn home, on Swift St, from Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bonner. They will move into the home this week. His mother, Mrs. Bright Harper, sister, Miss Phoebe Harper, and brother, Mr. R. E. Harper, will also move to Perry from the Harper place (near here.