personal mention
vi-a Rol Pate, Atlanta, spent
„ ' night and Monday
, with her sister, Mrs. R.
glSSrTand Dr. Cater.
Mr and Mrs. C.C. Wright and
daughter. Sue Barnesvil e. spent
Dec 8 24 and 25 here with rela
tives.
M n r t Sunday in’Barnesvil^fth
z Vied their granddaughter, Sue
Wright, home after a visit here.
Mr and Mrs. Albert Skellie,
Mrs Freeman Cabero and Mrs.
I r McLendon and Miss Pau-
L McLendon spent Dec. 22 in
Atlanta and attended the movie.
-Gone With the Wind,
Mr Eugene Boyd, Martins
hiirr* Va., Visited his mother,
Mrst'A c. Watt?, during the
holidays.
Mrs S.J. Ellis, Grovania,spent
the holidays with her daughter,
M rs . W. G. Riley, and family.
Miss Jean Vance, Fort Valley,
Las the guest of Miss Anna Lee
Beavers Xmas Day.
I Mr and Mrs. C. E. McLendon,
I Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Andrew, and
Ur and Mrs. Redding Talton
I spent Dec. 27 in Atlanta and at
tended the movie, Gone With
the Wind.”
I piny Debbins spent the week
end in Fitzgerald with relatives.
5 Lieut, and Mrs. Avon Bow
man spent Xmas Day with her
[elatives at Woodbury.
i Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Baird and
Kiss Frances Griffin, Macon,
[ere guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.
■ Pierce Dec. 27. Mrs. R. E.
Bouse and daughter, Mary
Julia, Atlanta, spent last Friday
Jith the Pierces.
Mr. V. A. Pickard, Jr., of the
■ S. Marines, located at Nor
■lk, Va., was with his parents
Jesr Perry for several days last
Keek.
I Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Bass re-
Irned Tuesday from Tuskegee,
■la. where they spent the holi
«ys with his relatives.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Ben Griffies and
Peggy Ridgeway spent; Dec. 25-
25 at Temple, Ga. with Mrs.
( riffles’ relatives. On Dec. 27,
t ley were at Villa Rica, Ga. to
I tend the funeral of his grand
ill other.
S Coach and Mrs. E, P. Staples
entertained the Perry High
bliys’ basketball team and their
i’dj.tesat a delightful barbecue
sjpper Friday night, Dec. 29, in
|tl e Home Economics department
fo! the school. Other guests in-
Aded the county board of Edu
ction and the city board of
ijstees and their wives and a
fjw friends.
I Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walters
«(id daughter, Emma Sue,Tifton,
aid Mr. and Mrs. Licester Slo
cjlmb and son, Billy, Macon,
ssent Dec. 24-25, with their par
<ats and grandparents, Mr. and
|rs. G. L. Slocumb, at Kath
leen.
I Miss Dorothy Howard, who
Uhches at Darien, Ga., was with
■ r parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
■ ward, at Kathleen during the
holidays.
yjMisses Dorothy and Margaret
I iwhard and Carolyn Coleman
I ent Saturday in Atlanta to at-
I nd ‘‘Gone With the Wind.
I Mr. and Mrs. John Heller spent
I s Xmas holidays with his fam-
Pl at Robertsdale.Ala.
ItMr. V. T. Crane, Atlanta, and
J ss Evelyn Whitehurst, Macon,
Ipt Dec. 24-25 with his sister,
I p. W. T. Hill.
BJr. and Mrs. P. H. Christian,
“ Marys, Ga. and Mr. Dick
istian, student of Vander-
Medical College, Nashville,
[*?•» spent last week with Mrs.
K- Christian and Mrs. L. F
er. Mr. and Mrs. J. M
'istian, Jr., Atlanta, spent
and Saturday here with
grandmother, Mrs. T. M.
ustian, while enroute home
a trip to Florida.
?r. and Mrs. W.C. Talton and
pßuests, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Hall, of Buena Vista, were
a motor trip in Florida from
Way through Friday last
-K. They went down the
c °ast to Key West, Fla.
*lr. and Mrs. Carl Gillespie
V u 1 ! re . n > Abbie and Carl,
m Abbeville, and Mr. and Mrs.
ml 1 . Haunius and daughter,
■jy. Asburn, spent Dec. 24-25
bJ.-? ei . r . Parents and grand
■r nts - Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
at Kathleen.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Andrew
entertained members of her
family at a lovely dinner Friday
evening at her home. Present
were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Riley,
Shelley Riley and Mr. Jake Riley.
Morgantown, W. Va.; Mrs, An
dre Tillman, Miami, Fla.; Mr,
and Mrs. Walter Riley and Mrs.
W. C. Jones.
Miss Theresa Hodges left Mon- ;
day for Petersburg, Va. after a
visit of several days with her
sister, Mrs. T. D. Mason, and
Mr. Mason.
Mr and Mrs. M. E. Kilpatrick i
and children, Indianapolis, Ind., i
and Mr. and Mrs. Z. 0. Single
ton, Montgomery, Ala., have re
turned to their homes after
spending the holidays with their
sister, Mrs. Arthur White, and
Mr. White at their home near
Byron.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. NeSmith
had as their guests during the
holidays Mr. and Mrs. R. W. 1
Maxwell, Thomaston, Ga., and
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey NeSmith,
Macon; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. But
ler and daughters, Iris and Mon
tine, and Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Butler and daughter, Margaret,
Fort Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Mason, Sr.
were hosts at a barbecue dinner
at their home Sunday when they
entertained their children and
members of her family. Those
present at this delightful affair
were: Mrs. T.L. Hendrix,Lake
land, Fl*,; Col. C. H.Hodges and
Mrs. houses, Fort Benning. Ga,;
Miss Theresa Hodges, Peters
burg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. W. R
Williams and children, Cherrell
Jean and Theresa Mae, Sacra
mento, Calif.; Mr. Arthur Hen-,
drix, Annapolis, Md.; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Borders, Fort Valley;
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houser, Mr.
John Houser, Mrs. J. L. Hodges,
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Mason, Jr.,
Mr. and Mr. Edward Mason, Mr.
Courtney Mason, and the hosts.
Mrs T. L. Hendrix returned
Monday to her home in Lake
land, Fla., after a visit of sever
al days with her sister, Mrs. T.
D. Mason, Sr., and Mr. Mason,
Mr. Arthur Hendrix motored his
mother to Florida where he and
his wife will be located two
months at Lake Wales before re
turning to Annapolis Md. Mr.
Hendrix, a former amateur ten
nis player of national reputation,
is now tennis instructor at the
U. S. Naval Academy.
Miss Norine Swanson went to
Atlanta Sunday to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. A. L. Wilkinson, and
Mr. Wilkinson for two days.
They attended the movie, “Gone
With the Wind” on New Year’s
Day. Billy Wilkinson returned
to Perry with his aunt Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Gooden and
Miss Betty Gooden spent from
Tuesday through Friday in Les
lie with her relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Williams
and daughters left Monday for
their home in Sacramento, Calif,
after a visit with her sister, Mrs.
Sam Houser, and Mr. Houser.
Mr. Sam N. Hodges, Atlanta,
visited his brother, Mr. J. L.
Hodges and other relatives here
last Thursday.
Mrs. Dwight Cooper s p e n t
several days during the holidays
with her sister, Mrs. G. P.
Flanders, and family at Scot
land, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomson
and son, Fred, Jr., spent Xmas
Day in La Grange with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Sam
mons.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Bramb
lett announce the birth of a son,
Noel Vaughn, on Sunday, Dec.
24, at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Eddie Cooper Adams, in
Fort Valley.
Mrs. Louise Cater and Miss
Stella Cater, Macon, spent Xmas
Day with Dr. and Mrs. R. L
Cater.
The Perry Presbyterians had a
Christmas tree and program at
their church the night of Dec.2o
Mrs. W. T. Williams was
brought from Sycamore to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. E.
F. Barfield, Dec. 22. Friends
regret Mrs. Williams’ illness but
will be glad to know that she
is some better. Mr. J. T. Butler
and Mrs. C. W. Brannon, Cor
: dele, visited Mrs. Williams Sun
day.
Mrs. Mamie Winn spent Dec.
24-25 in Macon with Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Winn and Mrs. Mag
gie Gaddy.
1 Miss Edna Todd is leaving
Wednesday for Atlanta where
she is going to make her home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bedding
field entertained the pastor and
deacons of the Perry Baptist
church at a dinner at their home
the night of Dec. 28th,
Mr, and Mrs. Henry Grimes
and son, Henry, Jr., of Peoria,
111., left Tuesday for Lakeland,
Fla. where they are spending the
winter, after a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. J. L Beavers.
Mrs. L.R. Eden, Atlanta,spent
the weekend here with her
mother, Mrs. A. H. Lawler. Mr,
Pat Cartledge. Atlanta, is spend
ing ten days here with his grand
mother, Mrs. Lawler. Mr. and
Mrs. Lawler, Mrs, Eden, and
Pat Cartledge spent the Xmas
holidays in Birmingham, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pritchett
were hosts at a lovely Bridge
supper Thursday evening, Dec.
21, at the Legion Home. Christ
mas decorations were used and
the menu featured the holiday
colors. Thirty-six guests enjoy
ed this party,
Mrs. Albert Skellie was host
ess at two tables of Bridge Sat
urday p. m. in honor of Miss
Marjorie Brown of New York
City.
Mr. Albert Skellie spent Dec.
20-21 in Charleston, S. C.
Mr. John W. Carney, who is
with Union Central Insurance
Co., has been transferred to
Rock Hill, S. C.
Miss Blanche Metts, Dublin,
spent the holidays with her sis
ter, Mrs. Zenie Whipple. Two
other sisters, Mrs. H.A. Knight,
Dublin, and Mrs. Frances White
head, Gaine viile, Ga. spent Dec.
23 here.
Mrs. J. A, Tvey and children'
visited relative in Milledgeville]
several clays during the holidays, j
Bess Houser Nunn celebrated
her tenth birthday, which was
Dec. 19, with a theatre and drug
store party on Dec. 20. Ten lit
tie friends enjoyed this occasion.
Mrs. Roy Miller and son are
spending this week in Atlanta
with her sister, Mrs. Carl
Chance.
Mr. and Mrs, J. L. Riley and
daughter, Shelley, have return
ed to their home in Uniontown,
Pa. after spending the holidays
with Mrs. N. C. Wellons and
other relatives.
Ann Whipple, Cochran, was
the guest of Barbara Whipple
several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hay,
Thomaston, spent Dec. 24-25-26
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
V. B. Hay.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sutton,
Abbeville, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rhodes
had as their guests during the
Xmas holdays his brother, Mr.
Ward Rhodes, and Mrs. Rhodes,
of Baltimore, Md.. and his sis
ter, Mrs. Claude Vance, and Mr.
Vance, of Harrisonburg, Va.
The Perry P. T. A. will meet
next Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 3:30 p.
m. at the school.
Mrs. T. M. Evans and daugh
ters, Nelle and Jean, spent sev
eral days last week with friends
in Marianna, Fla.
Miss Willie Powell, Leesburg,
Ga., was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. W. V. Tuggle, and Mr.
Tuggle for several days last
week.
Rev. and Mrs. Roy Gardner
and children spent from Monday
through Thursday with relatives
in Reidsville, Ga. Friday, they
spent in Oglethorpe with rela
tives. Sunday, they were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Alien Ware, of
Marshallville, for dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tabor en
i tertained at a family dinner at
their home Christmas eve. Those
present were: Mrs. J. B. Hunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tabor and
son, Wesley Ramage; Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Tabor and children,
Allen and Sylvia; Mr. and Mrs. )
Marvin Griffin and son, Marvin,
; Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Wordna
| Gray.
Miss Marjorie Brown will re
ctum Friday to New York City
’after a visit with her parents,
; Mr, and Mrs. R E. Brown,
i The friends of Mr. Wordna
3 Gray will regret to learn of his
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Huggins
and son, Billy, returned Tuesday
from Athens, Ga. where they
visited her family for several
days. Mr. Huggins parents,Mr.
and Mrs. T, E. Huggins, of Oliv
er, Ga., spent the Xmas holi
days here.
MR. & MRS. W. G. GRAY
HAVE HOLIDAY PARTY
One of the most festive occa
sions of the Yuletide season was
the bridge dinner given Wednes
day evening, Dec. 27, by Mr.and
Mrs. Wordna Gray at their love
ly new home, entertaining mem
bers of her bridge club and sev
eral additional guests.
The doorway was attractive
with two tall burning outdoor
candles and a large Christmas
wreath. The reception rooms
were effective with Christmas
decorations. Blue and silver
was the color motif in the living
room. The mirrored wall over
the mantel was draped in smilax
entwined with blue iridescent
balls and silver leaves and bells
and the mantel held eight blue
candles with two small Christ
mas trees, made of silver balls,
on each side. Garlands of smi
lax and clusters of blue irrides
cent grapes were draped from
the wall lamps which held blue
lights.
The den was in green, white
and red. The mantel was bank
ed with pine, in the center was a
miniature Santa Claus and rein
deer scene and at each end were
graduated red tapers. Red
leaves and white camelias were
also used in the room.
Red and white was the color
motif in the dining room where
dinner was served. The table
covered with red cellophane and
lace, was centered by a lighted
Christmas tree and on each side
were tall red and white candle
sticks holding white tapers. The
credenza held a bowl of red and
white camellias and red candles
burned in the hurricane lamps.
After the last dinner course,
plum pudding shaped as a Christ
mas tree topped with cocoanut
snow and minute blue candles,
was served. Sleigh bells were
heard and then Santa appeared
on the scene. From his bag gifts
were presented to each one
present.
Mrs, Gray was assisted in en
tertaining by her sisters, Mrs.
Marvin Griffin and Mrs. Watt
Boler.
After dinner bridge was en
joyed until late in the evening.
High score prizes of the evening
were won by Mrs, Watt Boler
and Mr. Marvin Griffin. Cut
prize went to Mr. Joe Bedding
field and the floating prize to Mr.
Watt Boler.
The guest list included Mr and
Mrs. W. W. Weddington of Haw*
kinsvifle.
Mr. and Mrs. Loring Davis
and daughter, Rita, Bethune, S.
C., were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Mayo Davis from Wednes
day to Sunday.
WHY WE SEEK
SOUND LOANS
LENDING is an important part of our business
and one of our chief sources of income.
But our reasons for seeking loans go far beyond
direct financial returns. We know that good loans
help our community. They aid employment, build
business profits, and serve the cause of progress
and prosperity in many ways.
We are interested, too, in the farmer’s welfare,
and want to do our part to help him meet
his needs.
We know that our bank and our community must
go forward together. That is why we take a broad
and constructive viewpoint on credit. You will find
us always willing to give careful consideration on
Joan applications.
“You’ll Find Us Friendly”
Perry Loan & Savings Sank
ESTABLISHED 1889 PERRY, GA.
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Maximum Insurance for each Depositor $5,000.00.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
Joyce Andrew was given a
lovely birthday party on her
tenth birthday, Friday, Dec. 22,
by her mother, Mrs. B. H. An
drew, Jr.
The Christmas colors of red,
green, and white were used in
the decorations of the home and
in the ice course served. The
birthday cake, iced in white,
topped with ten miniature, green
candles, and embossed with hol
ly sprays, was the central dec
oration of the tea tables. White,
lighted tapers cast a glow over
the table.
Benita Andrew, sister of the
honoree, served punch.
Games were played with Miss
Evelyn Hunt assisting in the en
tertainment.
Each of the twenty-five guests
was given a favor from a pretty
Xmas tree. Elaine Lanier of
Macon, cousin of Joyce, was an
out-of-town guest.
FAMILY DINNERS
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Grimes
were hosts at three dinner par
ties during the holidays at home.
On Dec. 19, they had a birthday
dinner for Mrs. Grimes’ mother,
Mrs. T. L. Warren. Present were
Mr. and Mrs. Warren, Messrs,
byron and Edward Warren, Mr.
and Mrs. P. M. Beckham, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kitchens, of
Jacksonville, Fla.
On Thursday night, Dec. 28,
the Grimes had a family dinner
for her relatives. The guests in
cluded the Warren family, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. M. Beckham, and
Mrs. J. L. Pitts and Mrs. G. W.
Peters, of Tifton.
On Friday, Dec. 28, the rela
tives of Mr. Grimes were enter
tained. Present were Mr. and
Mrs J. R. Padrick, Misses Sara
and Frances Grimes, and Mrs.
C. B. Grimes, Byron; Mr.Christy
Mills. Cochran.
Miss Lora McPhaul, Tuskegee,
Ala., spent a few days during
the holidays with her grand
mother, Mrs, Sam Hurst. She
was returning from her old home,
Doerun, Ga., where she had been
visiting relatives and friends.
Friends of Mr. A. A. Smoak
will regret to learn of his illness.
Miss Elizabeth Mayo, Atlanta,
was the guest of Miss Caroline
Nunn Sunday night and Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gilbert,
Macon, spent Sunday night and
Monday with Mr. and Mr. and
jMrs. H. T. Gilbert.
Lieut. J. L. Riley, Jr., Fort
[McClellan, Ala., has returned to
I his post after a visit here in the
jhomeofhis grandmother, Mrs.
;N. C. Wellons.
‘Miracle Drug* Advance! |
In Fight on Influenza:
The possibility that medical *ci-|
ence at last has found a method oft
conquering influenza has been dis-I
closed by the U. S. public health j
service. . <
The new “miracle drug” called j
sulfapyridine, already widely used'
in treating pneumonia, may come tc
be used as a preventive of the flu. 1
according to Miss Margaret PiU- -
man, associate bacteriologist at the
National institute of health.
An eight-months old baby gave Ihf
clue to the sulfapyridine method of
controlling the disease, said Miss
Pittman in her report. The intan:'
developed an inflammation of the
eyes and cars and pneumonia. In
addition to pneumonia germs, he
had a heavy infection of the ti« {
germs in his lungs, throat, eyes and
ears.
Dr. J. H. McLeod, of Washing-'
ton, who reported the case, admialv
tered sulfapyridine immediately.
“Within 24 hours the child showed
marked improvement, followed by a
rapid and uneventful recovery,'"'
Miss Pittman said.
Such success led institute scien
tists to begin immediate exper,
ments on mice. Their results were
summarized in these statements:
1— Sulfapyridine was effective in
protecting mice against experiment
al infections of none-type-specilk
hemophilus influenzae (the bacteria
which causes influenza).
2 The drug did not keep the
bacteria from entering the blbod
stream, but it apparently retarded
their increase in the blood until Ihe
natural defense forces could over
come the germs.
Two groups of mice were infected
with the bacteria. One group re
ceived no sulfapyridine. The other
group received varying amounts of
it. All the untreated mice died
promptly, and some of the treated
mice succumbed. In the treated
group, the number which lived was
directly proportional to the amount
of the drug administered, Miss Pitt
man said.
None of those which received only
one milligram of the drug survived
the experiment. In some experi
ments in the series, 100 per cent of
the mice which were given as much
as eight milligrams came through
alive. They apparently were not af
fected by doses of the germs 100
times greater than the amount or
dinarily needed to kill them.
i
Astronomical Distances
Must Be Re-Surveyed
Discovery of a special bending of
starlight near the time of sunrise
and sunset, due apparently to pecu
liar waves on top of Earth’s atmos
phere, has been announced at Co
lumbia university. ,
The diseqwery affects the basic
measurements ab astronomical dis
tances. It shrinks the estimates of
the size of the Milky Way, and indK
cates that many stars familiar to the
naked eye are two or three times
nearer than has been believed-
About 5,000 stars are affected.
They are the stars whose distances
were supposed to have been accu
rately measured by ordinary engi
neering surveying methods. The
nearest of these, such as Proxima
Centauri, the closest star, distance
four and three-tenths light yeara,,
are only slightly affected. But thee
error rises rapidly with increasing
distance.
The discovery was made by Prot.
Jan Schilt, head of Columbia’s Ru
therford observatory.
It has long been known that bend
ing occurs when light passes from
empty space into the atmosphere.
But Professor Schilt has found a.
new bending.
The twist affects astronomy’s
measurements of star distances be
cause many of these are taken near
sunrise and sunset.
Accurate measurements of these
distances are astronomy’s yardstick
for calculating the distances to the
millions of other stars too remote
for surveying.
Spaghetti Consumption
Forty-five million Italians con
sumed more than 3,000,000,000
pounds of spaghetti in 1938, accord
ing to Agostino Agnesi, so-called'
spaghetti king of Italy. His factory
turns out enough spaghetti every 48
hours to girdle the globe. Made sole
ly of wheat flour, spaghetti has
leaped into greater prominence in
Italy than ham and eggs in Amer
ica. Between 9,000 and 10,000 fac
tories are turning out spaghetti at
a mile-a-minute clip from the north
to the south of Italy. Made of the
hardest kerneled wheat, Italian spa
ghetti claims more vitamin E con
tent than any other food. Italian,
food experts have given it more
than 100 different designs, with gas
tronomical appeal second to none in-
Italy. *
Panama Canal Blackout I
Panama canal authorities have
expressed satisfaction with the re
sults of a recent blackout, the first
in the Canal Zone’s history. For;
15 minutes the entire strip from, the
Atlantic to the Pacific was plunged
into darkness. All amusement
places were closed during the Mack
out, automobile traffic was halted
and lights in homes, public build
ings and hospitals were extin
guished. The canal locks, undterr
heavy guard since the war began,
were reinforced as a precaution
against sabotage during the test.
The test was confined to the area,
under United States Jurisdiction,
