Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, January 25, 1940, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIX. No. 4. PRIMARY ENTRIES ! CLOSED IN HOUSTON! Entries in the Houston Coun ty Democratic Primary closed Saturday with incumbents in nine offices seeking re-election and only the school superinten dent opposed for his place. The primary will be held Feb. 15 The candidates are as fol lows: Sheriff, C. C. Pierce; or dinary, John L. Hodges; superior court clerk, H. T. Gilbert; county commissioners, Alva Davis, A.L. Sasser, and W. D. Kersey, all in cumbents; school superintendent, S W. Hickson, incumbent, and F. Mi Greene: tax receiver,E.W. Marshall; tax collector, M. E. Akin; coroner, T. S. Chapman; and county surveyor, Rhodes Sewell. . , , H. P. Dobbins who had an nounced for tax receiver failed to qualify before the closing of entries. The County Democratic Exec. Committee met Tuesday morning and declined to re-open entries. J. P. Etheridge is chmn. and J. W. Bloodworth, secty. and treas. of the committee. These two officers with Warren B. Hodge were the sub-committee who fixed the rules and regula tions for the primary. There are 1,058 citizens quali fied to vote in the county pri mary, Over 500 qualified during the last three days before the entries closed Jan. 20. BASKETBALL NEWS The Perry Panthers will play the Chauncey Comets on the local court next Wednesday night, Jan. 31, at 8:15 o’clock. An exciting game is promised the fans. KIWANIS CLUB MEETS Dr. Alvin E. Siegal, Macon, spoke in behalf of the Drive Against Infantile Paralysis at Tuesday’s luncheon meeting of the Perry Kiwanis club, J. P. Etheridge introduced Dr. Siegal and made announcement of local affairs to be given to aid the drive. Sam A. Nunn, president an nounced that next Tuesday’s program would be a Forum on Municipal Affairs. E. P. Newhard, chmn. of the Finnish Relief Drive, made an appeal for this cause. DIRECTORS ELECTED Stockholders of the Perry Fed eral Savings and Loan Ass’n. met Jan. 17 and elected directors for 1940. J. M. Tollessn, one of the organizers and vice-presi dent of the association, declined to serve again. Appreciation of Mr. Tolleson’s services were ex pressed by S. A. Nunn, presi dent. F. M. Culler was elected to succeed Mr. Tolleson as di rector. Those re-elected are: S. A. Nunn, F. M.Houser, C. E, An drew, W. K. Whipple, Max Moore, and G. C. Nunn. LIBRARY NOTES A timely book i-s “Days of Our Years,” by Pierre Van Paassen. The author is a correspondent and tells a gripping story of present day events. The noted French aviator, An toine De Saint Exupiry, writes of dramatic episodes of his ex periences in his book, “Wind, Sand, and Stars.” “Rich Soil, Poor Soil,” by Stewart Chase, is an indispensa ble book for those who love the land. A valuable aid to students and also writers and public speakers is Roget’s Thesaurus. Light Fiction Always Tomorrow—Ayres. Christmas Bride—Hill. Glass Slipper—Eberhart. Lonesome Ranch-Seltzer. Safe Road—Burt. Library hours, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m, Verniece Beavers, Librarian. BARBECUE & MEETING SET BY FARM GROUP The Houston County Chapter of United Ga. Farmers is enter taining the farmers and busi ness men of Houston county and their wives at a barbecue and meeting today (Thursday) at the Perry High School auditorium. 800 people have been invited to this meeting which begins at 11 a. m. R. M. Stiles, Cartersville, state president of the United Ga. Farmers, will be the speaker. W. W. Gray, president of the Houston chapter, will preside. Other officers of the county chap ter are Floyd H. Tabor, vice president, and Lewis Tabor, secty. and treas. BAPTIST GROUPS MEET An Intermediate group of the Royal Ambassadors was organiz ed last Thursday night at the church with Hugh Lawson as counsellor. A program and a social period were enjoyed. The Junior R. A. met at the church Tuesday p. m., last week. Mrs. H. T. Gilbert and Mrs. Mayo Davis are sponsors of this group. Rev. J. A. Ivey is to work with both groups. Tuesday p. m., this week, the Girls’ Auxiliary held a meeting at the home of Mrs J. L. Galle more. Mrs. A. C. Pritchett and Mrs. Gallemore are leaders of the G. A. Those taking part on the pro gram were: Sara Ivey, Betty Boler, Sue Webb, Jerry Cater, Margaret Leaptrot, Merryl Hun nicutt, Emily Thompson,Carolyn Moody, Nan Thompson, Mae Hardy, Nanette Parks. Carol Fain, and Annabelle Watts. Officers were elected as fol lows: Emily Thompson, pres.; Annis Jean NeSmith, vice-pres.; Sue Webb, secty.; Merryl Hun nicutt, treas.; Margaret Leap trot, reporter. The G. A. will meet next Mon day at 3:30 p. m. at Mrs. Pritch ett’s home. The Workers’ Council had a monthly meeting Tuesday night at the church. W. M. S. To Meet The executive committee and members of the W. M. S. are in vited to meet at the church at 2 p. m. today (Thursday) for a study of the W. M. U. Yearbook to be taught by Mrs. Alva Davis. COLORED 4-H MEMBERS RAISING BEEF CALVES 15 members of the colored 4-H clubs of Houston county are feeding 15 beef calves for show and sale this spring. Each of these calves is making progress. Those in the lead belong to Eunice Fluellen, Clifford Thomp son, M. B. Latimore, Norman Durham. Nelson Hudson, and Neil Williams. O. S. O’neal, Agent. NOTICE A representative of the Army Recruiting Service will be in Perry Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1940, to accept young men for enlist ment in the Regular Army. I All young men between the ages of 18 and 35, who are un married, free of dependents and in good health, should meet the Recruiting Sergeant at the Post Office promptly at 1:30 p. m. The recruiting officer will beat Henderson, Jan. 31, at 9:30 a. m. i Mr. Thomas Stocker attended !a meeting of Ford tractor deal ers in Atlanta last Thursday. The Stocker Automobile Co. of Perry has been appointed dis tributors for the new Ford trac tor for six counties; Houston, Peach, Crawford, Bibb, Monroe, and Lamar. For Sale-Several good mules. Andrew Hardware Co. 2:8 Perry, Ga. Buy a Button! Help Infantile Paralysis Victims! Mr. C. P. Gray attended a meeting of Chevrolet dealers in Macon Tuesday. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25. 1940 METHODIST CHURCH DAMAGED BY FIRE A committee has been appoint ed to repair the damage caused by fire last Sunday at the Perry Methodist church. A new chim ney will be built on the outside of the church to prevent the re currence of a similar fire. Services were interrupted last Sunday when the wall surround ing the chimney became over heated and began smoking. It was thought that the fire was put out Sunday a. m. but the flames broke out again Sunday p. ni. and had to be extinguish ed. The damage was all on the outside, on the northeast wall. It is hoped that regular ser vices can be resumed in the building next Sunday morning. If no notice to the contrary is heard by the public, regular ser vices will be held at the church Sunday. If services have to be held at some other place, an nouncement to that effect will be made at the Perry School Chapel Friday morning. The pastor announces the fol lowing subjects—Sunday morn ing 11:30, “Loyalty to God.’’ At 7:30 Sunday night, “Why Go To Church.” In this latter mes sage he will list the excuses peo ple give for not going to church, and will discuss good reasons for going to church. The pastor urges all Loyalty Campaign Team Captains and assistant captains to be present at the Sunday morning service as the Loyalty Campaign work will be explain ed and the campaign materials distributed. DR. M. H. PEARCE DIES Funeral services for Dr. H. M. Pearce, 56, who died in a Haw kinsville hospital Saturday after noon were held at the Henderson Baptist church at 3:30 p. m. Sunday. Dr. Pearce, who had practiced medicine in Henderson for the past 25 years, had been in de clining health for several months. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Chester Pearce of Henderson, he was born in Houston county. Be fore beginning practice, he lived for several years in Howell, where he was married to Miss Ollie Daughtry. Dr. Pearce is survived by his wife; a daughter, Miss Mattie Florence Pearce; three sons, Chester, Levin, and Duke Lee, all of Henderson, Surviving also are a sister, Mrs. M. Tharpe, Washington, D. C., and a broth er, D. R. Pearce, Hawkinsville. The Rev. B. C. McWhorter, pastor of the Henderson Baptist church, of which he was a mem ber, conducted the services. Burial was in the Henderson cemetery. PLANTING SEEDLINGS Due to the fact that the 1940 Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration program ends Novem ber 30 rather than on December 31 as heretofore, county agents in Georgia are advising farmers, who care to take advantage of the additional $3O offered by the Triple-A for planting trees, to get their seedlings immediately. The agent points out that, since nurseries seldom begin shipping seedlings before December 15, seedlings will not be available soon enough next fall to do any planting before November 30— the deadline of the Triple-A pro gram. If interested you may turn in your order for seedlings through county agent. EXEC. BOARD MEETS The Methodist W. M. S. had an executive board meeting Monday p. m. at the home of Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr, Co-hostess es with Mrs. Paul were Mrs. L. F. Cater, Mrs. A. P. Whipple, and Mrs. E. B. Wolfe. Th e president, Mrs. G. W. Hicks, | presided. Buy a Button! Help Infantile iParalysis Victims! CALVES BEING FED BY 4-H & F.F.A.BOYS A total of twenty-two 4-H Club and F. F. A. boys, under the supervision of W. T. Middle brooks, County Agent and L. C. Walker, Vocatianal Agricultural Teacher, are feeding out 26 calves. The original weight on these calves at start of feeding period was 10,780 lbs. and cost the boys $972.50 delivered and insured against death for any cause. Mr. Middlebrooks and Mr. Walker report that all calves are feeding out nicely and promise a fat cattle show about March 9, that will be interesting to all who are interested in beef cattle industry. The boys participating in this project were financed by Perry Loan and Savings Bank. The calves were secured from S. A. Nunn from whom 20 high grade Hereford steers were purchased and E. B. Weatherly from whom 7 purebred steers were purchas ed, one of which died. The Per ry Kiwanis club is sponsoring this project and expects to raise $150.00 in prizes for these boys. The 4-H boys feeding out calves are: Billy Holloway (pure bred Angus), Lynette Eason, Jack Eason, Frank Giles, Billy Giles, Horton Ferguson, Chester Ferguson, Eugene Pyles, Nelson Goetz, Elmer Goetz, Robert Go etz, Warren Carter, Marvin Grif fin, Jr. (Grade Hereford.) The F, F. A. boys feeding out calves are: Walter Gray, Jr., (2 pure bred Angus), Wallace Moody (1 pure bred Angus and 2 grade Herefords), Lawton Daniel (pure bred Angus), Worth Bryant (1 pure bred An gus and 1 grade Hereford), Gene Lashley, Jr., Dudder Tolleson, Bobby Pyles, Cullen Talton, Al ton Tucker, (grade Herefords.) The Macon show dates have not been definitely announced but it is understood it will be on March 11 and 12, in which case the Houston County Show will be held on Saturday, March 9. POST OFFICE BIDS The Post Office Department is now receiving bids for quarters to house the Perry Post Office. Bids must be sent in by Feb. 12 and must include fixtures and necessary equipment as well as building space. The bids are to be on a ten year lease to go into effect July 1, 1940. Further in formation may be obtained from Otis A. King, Postmaster. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank my friends for the support they gave me in my race for Tax Receiver, I regret very much that I did not under stand when the entries were to close. I thought that I had all day, Jan. 20, in which to qualify. With assurances of my sinceri ty in this matter and of my deep appreciation for the friendly con sideration shown me by so many people, I am, Sincerely, H. P. Dobbins. AUXILIARY MEETING The Legion Auxiliary to the Robert D. Collins Post met last Thursday p. m. at the Legion Home with Mrs. J. M. Gooden, Mrs. A. P. Whipple, Mrs. W. K. Pierce, and Mrs. Mamie Winn as joint hostesses. Mrs. Hollis Ke zar, president, presided. Mrs. Cater Rogers talked on the leg islative program of the Legion. The state president, Mrs. Kel ly, will be the guest of the local unit in February when the Fort Valley unit will be guests, also, it was announced. MEDICAL AUXILIARY An Auxiliary to the Houston i County Medical association was organized last Thursday p. m. Officers named were: Mrs. R.L. Cater, president; Mrs. J. W. Story, vice-pres.; Mrs. H. E. Evans, treas.; and Mrs. J. L. Gallemore, secty. Meetings will be held at intervals. FUNDS FOR FINNISH RELIEF RAISED HERE A campaign to raise money for, the Finnish Relief Fund is being conducted locally this week. E. P. Newhard is chmn. and other members of the Houston county committee are: J. L. Beavers, C. E. Andrew. W. T. Middlebrooks, A. C. Pritchett, W. K. Whipple, Mrs. G. E. Jor dan, of Perry; A. L. Sasser,Bon aire; Rhodes Sewell, Elko; C. B. Watson, Wellston. All money raised will go to aid the suffering women and chil dren in Finland, the little coun try that is fighting heroically against Russian invasion. Donations may be made thru the local committee. The public is urged to respond to this ap peal for a worthy cause. ELKO CHARGE NOTES The Annual Meetings for the Andrew Chapel and Bonaire churches were held on Jan. 10 and 17 respectively. At both of these meetings the members of the church were the guests of the Stewards and the Pastor. The work of the past year was dis cussed and plans made for the new year’s work. The monthly financial system was adopted and pledges made. Annual Meetings have been held in all the churches of the charge and all the churches have adopted the monthly financial system. We are looking forward to a great year on the Elko Circuit. The first quarterly conference will be held Feb. 16 instead of Feb. 15. as previously announced. Rev. W. J. Erwin, Pastor. GARDEN CLUB MEETS At the meeting of the Perry Garden club, held Friday at the American Legion Home, Mrs. Felton Norwood was appointed chairman of the spring flower show. Mrs. George Jordan reported that the special interest group headed by herself and Mrs. H.T. Gilbert had begun work to beau tify the cemetery. Honeysuckle has been planted along the bank of the drive leading to the ceme tery and the city through Mr. S, A Nunn, mayor, is ordering dog wood land redbud trees to be planted by this committee. Mrs. Jordan was asked to take charge of the club scrapbook. Pruning, Planting, and Trans planting was the subject of Mrs. W.E, Beckham’s interesting and practical discussion. A delightful social hour was enjoyed at the conclusion of the meeting. Hostesses were Mrs. E. P. Newhard, Mrs. W. B. I Roberts, Mrs. A. H Lawler,Mrs. G. C. Nunn, Mrs. G. S. Riley, and Mrs. Jordan. BOOK CLUB MEETS The Wednesday Aft e r n o o n Book club met for the January meeting last week at the Perry High school library. Mrs. J. L. Beavers gave the afternoon’s review of “Autobi ography With Letters” by Wil liam Lyon Phelps. The “Study in Practical En glish” was presented by Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks. Mrs. C. B. Andrew, program chairman, was m charge of the program and Mrs. A.P. Whipple, the president, of the business session. TEACHERS MEET A group of vocational agricul tural teachers from Wilcox, Pu laski, Dooly, Macon. Crawford, and Houston counties met in Perry Saturday in the Agricultu ral department of the Perry school to discuss their problems. Speakers included G. I. Martin, asst, state supervisor of agricul ture: Mr. Hussey, state forester; Mr. Morris, of Perry, Wild Life Ranger. Among those present was Cohen Walker of Perry. ESTABLISHED 1870 BENEFITS PLANNED I HERE IN POLIO WAR I In the campaign against infan tile paralysis, several benefit en tertainments have been planned by the Houston county commit tee. J. P. Etheridge, chmn. launched the campaign last Thursday at a lunchoon for the committee. Basket-ball, Jan. 29 On the program of events to raise money are a series of three basket-ball games and a barbe cue, scheduled for next Monday night, Jan, 29. The barbecue supper will begin at 6p. m. The games begin at 7p. ni. Playing will be Perry High Faculty vs Bonaire High Faculty, Perry High Panthers vs Mercer Cubs, Bonaire High Girls vs Mercer Freshmen Co-eds. Admission, 25c and 15c. President’s Party, Jan. 30 On Tuesday night, Jan. 30, the President’s Birthday Party will be given at the American Legion Home in Perry. The program begins at 8 p. m. and dancing at 9:30 p. m. Admission 50c & 25c. On Jan. 30, another party will be given at Clinchfield by The Union at the Union Hall. This affair will be a square dance, lasting from 9p. m. to 1 a. m. Admission will be 50c for men and ladies free. During this week, known as Button Week during the cam paign, Buttons are being sold at the schools in the county and on the streets of Perry. The pro ceeds are to go to the polio fund. This year half the funds raised will be held by the Ga, head quarters for the care and treat ment of Georgia’s Infantile Pa ralysis victims and the other half sent to National Headquarters for research, aid to orthopedic surgeons and hospitals. This is a non-political, non-institutional, humanitarian campaign to fight and control a nation-wide plague, everyone should be interested in it and be willing to do his or her part. At last Thurday’s meeting, Mr. Etheridge announced the following committees to help with the drive: publicity, Mrs. J. L. Hodges, chairman: Mrs.W. K. Whipple, Mrs. A. C.Pritchett; benefit basketball game, E. P. Staples, chairman; Cohen Walk er, Max Moore, Mrs. G. W. Rhodes, E. F. Bronson, Gordon Scarborough, Buddy Jones, Hor ace Braddock, G. W. Hicks, Jr., and E. V. Peed; committee on barbecue, Lewis Harper, chair man; C. P. Gray, W. T. Middle brooks, and R. T. Tuggle. Button sales, Mrs. W. V. Tug gle, chairman; Mrs. W. T. Mid dlebrooks, Mrs. O. A. King,Mrs. D. H. Smith, Mrs. G.W. Rhodes, Mrs. Warren Hodge, Mrs, L. M. Paul, Jr.; president’s birthday ball, Mrs, E. P. Staples, chair man; Mrs. Wordna Gray, Miss Evelyn Hunt, W, K. Whipple, W. E. Beckham. C. C. Pierce is chairman of district supervisors {and S. W. Hickson is chairman of school sales. C. P. Gray is secretary and W. V. Tuggle is treasurer of the executive com mittee. BAPTIST CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed nesday, 7:30 p. m, Sunday Preaching Services, 11:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. [ Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. The church welcomes you to •Jits services. i Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. 1 : 1 PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE 1— i Perry Church Sunday School-10;15 a. m. Worship Service--ll:30 a. m. Clinchfield Sunday School-3:00 p. m. Worship Service-8:00 p. m. Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor. — j NOTICE Miss Norine Swanson wishes to announce that she will re-open her Kindergarten within a few weeks.