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personal mention
Mrs J B. Calhoun was called
to Laurel Hill. N.c. Monday by
illness in her family. Mr. Cal
houn carried her by motor and
returned Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs. J.M. Gooden and
mi « Betty Gooden attended the
So "Gone With the Wind,”
Atlanta Friday night They
spent Friday and Saturday in
Atlanta.
Miss Marianne Nunn spent
New Year’s weekend in Atlanta
2fth Miss Elizabeth Mayo Miss '
Mayo came to Perry with her
for a few days visit last week.
Mr Arthur Cobb, Atlanta,was :
With his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A, C. Cobb, for the weekend.
Miss Elizabeth Brunson has
ffone to Miami, Fla. to make her
home. She has a secretarial po
sition there. ■
Mr and Mrs. J. R. Miller, Syl- ;
vester, were the guests of her
sister Mrs. C. E. Brunson, and
family Sunday.
Mrs. C. P. Marshall,lLakeland,
Fla., visited her father, Mr. A.
A.Smoak, several days last
week.
Dr J. L. Gallemore attended
the funeral of his grandmother,
Mrs. T. I. Horton, in Jefferson
ville, Monday.
Mr. John Winn, Richmond. Va.,
spent the weekend with hi s
mother, Mrs. Mamie G. Winn.
Mrs. Clara Gallemore, Macon,
spent last week with her son, Dr,
j. L. Gallemore, and Mrs. Galle
more.
James Cross, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Cross, was badly
burned Wednesday, Jan. 3, at
their home. He is improving as
well as could be expected. Friends
regret the child’s injuries.
Those from Perry attending
the annual W. M. U. meeting of
th e Rohoboth Association in
Montezuma Tuesday were: Mrs.
A. C. Pritchett, Mrs. J. L. Galle
more, Mrs. W. E. Beckham,Mrs.
Mayo Davis, Mrs. E. P. Staples,
Mrs. H. T, Gilbert, Mrs. C. E.
Brunson, Mrs. J. A. Ivey, Mrs.
J. P. Etheridge, and Mrs. G. E.
Jordan.
Mrs. Mabel Quinn, Alachua,
Fla., who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. A. C. Cobb, for
three weeks, has been quite sick
for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs, Wilson Martin
will spend next week touring
Florida. They will visit relatives
inSebring, also.
Miss Bertha Garrison spent
several days last week in Atlanta.
Miss Mary Alexander is spend
ing several days in Reidsville.Ga.
Mrs. Malcolm Dean is teaching
in Cordele schools for three
weeks.
Mrs. D. H. Smith and Mrs.
Grady Daniel spent the weekend
in Atlanta.
Mrs. G. A. Smith and daugh
ter, Marguerite, and Mrs. Mattie
Collins, of Green Cove Springs,
Fla., were the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Daniel last week.
Friends of Mrs. W. E. Swan
son will regret to learn that she
sustained a broken hip in a fall
Tuesday at her home. Mrs.
Swanson is in Oglethorpe Infir
mary, Macon.
Mr, J. P. Etheridge and Mr.
Ed. M. Beckham attended the
Jackson Day dinner in Atlanta
Monday night.
Friends of Mr. John L.Hodges
will be glad to know that he is
improving rapidly after an ill
ness of six weeks. He will soon
be able to be out again.
Mr. Felix Jones has accepted
a position in Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Jones will join him there
m a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barnes
M son, Mr. J. H. Barnes, Jr.,
pt Paris, Ky,, were guests of
fer sister, Mrs. C. G. Harris,and
f? r - Harris last week. Another
I'ster, Mrs. Louise Enloe, Atlan
ta spent the weekend here with
r lr> and Mrs. Harris.
announcements
I The Baptist W. M. S. will meet
Pf the church at 3 p. m. next
flonday.
I The Sunbeams of the Baptist
fmirch will meet at the church
r nnday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
[The Sorosis Club will meet
I May at 3:30 p. m. at the home
I Mrs. Mayo Davis. Mr, Ralph
•mr . °f Macon, will speak
■ interior Decorating.
Hi Auxiliary will meet
Hhcjr ?• m - next Thursday at
H he Legion Home.
ARMSTRONG-MOODY
Miss Jessie Floyd Armstrong
and Mr. Lawrence H. Moody of
Fort Valley were married Satur
day afternoon, January 6, in Ro
berta at the Methodist parson
age. Rev. Lory Anderson offi
ciated, using the ring ceremony.
The bride was gowned in a
teal blue silk crepe dress with
which she wore black accessories.
Mrs. Moody, the second daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Arm
strong, is a graduate of Perry
High school. The groom who is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Moody of
Fort Valley, received his educa
tion in the schools of that city.
Mr. Moody and his bride will
make their home in Fort Valley,
where he holds a position.
P. T. A. MEETING
The Perry P. T. A. held its
January meeting at the school
auditorium Tuesday afternoon, i
Rev. Roy Gardner, pastor of the
Perry Methodist church, talked
to the association on the wise
uses of time, suggesting that we
take stock for the new year and
discover ways we can improve
our uses of the time ahead of us
in 1940.
The girl's drill squad, under
the direction of Miss Opal
Hughes gave a tumbling act, and
Misses Merrill Hunnicutt and
Betty Jean Gray sang a duet.
Miss Nell Warren talked on the
uses our children make of their
leisure time.
The P. i A. is planning to
sponsor an operetta, under the
direction of Miss Willie Kyalsand
Miss Ada Williams, at, the school
auditorium on the night of Jan
uary 26. *
The third grade won the atten
dance prize.
CITY MARSHAL’S SALE
GEORGIA, —Houston County;
Will be sold before the Court
House door in Perry, Houston
County, Georgia, on the first
Tuesday in February, 1940, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, to
the highest bidder for cash the
following described property,
to-wic:
That certain lot or parcel of
land lying and being in the City
of Perry, Houston County, Geor
gia, described as follows,: Be
ginning at the southeast corner
of J. 0. Watson’s lot and run
ning in an easterly direction 100
feet, thence north a distance of 100
feet, more or less, to the land of
A. A. Smoak, thence west 100
feet to J. O. Watson’s lot, thence
south 100 feet, more or less, to
point of beginning. Said lot of
land bounded on the north by
lands of A. A. Smoak, east by
other lands of George Taylor,
south by the Perry and Houston
Factory public road, and west by
lands of J. O. Watson.
This property levied on and to
be sold as the property of George
Taylor; found in his possession.
Same has been levied on and
will be sold to satisfy city taxes
of the City of Perry for the
years of 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937,
1938, and 1939. Tenant in pos
session notified.
This Bth day of January, 1940.
H. D. GORDY,
City Marshal.
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Modern Resort Ancient
One of the most fashionable re
sorts in France at Aix-les-Bains was
a Roman spa in 125 B. C. After the
-1 Roman period the springs were for
gotten until the Seventeenth cen-
I tury.
PRINCESS
THEATRE
A Martin & Thompson Theatre
TED MUNSON, Mgr.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, Jan. 11
Eddie Albert and Zorina
“ON YOUR TOES”
Also Science No. 1 and
Occupations No. 1
FRIDAY, Jan. 12
Richard Greene in
“HERE I AM A STRANGER”
Also Monroe Doctrine.
SATURDAY, Jan. 13
Tex Ritter in
“DOWN WYOMING TRAIL”
Cartoon Comedy and First
Chapter of Buck Rogers
Late Show
Russell Gleason in
“MONEY TO BURN”
MONDAY & TUESDAY
Jan. 15 & 16
Dorothy Lamour and
Akim Tamiroff
“DISPUTED PASSAGE”
Also Rumba Land
WEDNESDAY Jan. 17
Lionel Barrymore & Lew Ayers
“SECRET OF DR. KILDARE”
Also D"v nf Rest and the
Ash Jan Fleet.
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Perry and Houston Comity
Tuning the Piano
Piano manufacturers advise that
• piano in the home should be tuned
at least three times a year. The
better the piano, the more frequent
and careful tuning it should receive.
Pianos used for concert work are
tuned before each performance.
Inscription on Grant's Tomb
Cut , into_ the marble of U. S.
Grant’s tomb in New Ydrk are these
words: “Let us have peace." This
was the sentence he uttered at the
first convention which nominated
him for the presidency.
Boylll h
"Saving money for college for
O me...and it’s Insured against
loss...and the money earns
more money... What a Dad!”
j*on mo he min start flu accouiit
Perry Federal Savings and
Loan Association
Vitamins In Asparagus
Fresh green asparagus is high in
vitamin A and a good source of vi
-1 tamin B If properly cooked. It is
I also a good source of iron and cal
i cium. It is low in carbohydrates,
1 so lends itself to a reducing diet if
served without butter or cream
MUCC.
Women Barred From Throne
Under the Salic law in force un
der the French monarchy, women
were barred from succeeding to the
j throne.
Look Before Yon Loot
A Chester, Pa., thief who otole a
suitcase from a parked automobile
didn't take time to look twice at
his "loot." The suitcase contained
a nine-foot Texas bull snake, which
a local farmer had obtained to rid
his barn of rats.
Chinese Soldiers
No one knows how many Chinese
are in uniform in the armies scat
tered from the South China sea to
the Gobi desert, but China has ap
pealed for money to provide 3,000,-
000 garments for frontline soldiers.
First Death Sentence
The first sentence of death Im
posed by a federal court in the
United States was passed in New
Bern, N. C., in 1793, when four
sailors were hanged for mutiny at
Ocracoke island, N, C.
Suicide Cure
The city of London succeeded in
reducing by more than one-third
the number of suicides from Black- 1
friar's bridge by painting the gloomy
old structure a gay, bright green.
Machine Age Footnote
At the beginning of this year, the
number of horses on farms was the
smallest in 60 years and the num
ber of mules was estimated to be
the smallest in 30 years.
i
First Cable Message
The first cable message sent
across the Atlantic was between
President Buchanan and Queen Vic
toria on August 16, 1858.
Largest Amateur Museum
The largest amateur museum in
the world is the Washington, N. C.,
Bughouse, operated by school chil
dren.
Coyote Cattle Losses
The biological survey estimates
coyotes cause $1,300,000 damage an
nually to live stock in Wyoming.
