Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, February 01, 1940, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHOUSTON HOME JOURNAL VOL. LXVIX. No. 5. CITY FIRE FIGHTERS NAMED BY COUNCIL Plans were made to give Per ry more adequate fire protection, at a call meeting of the City Council Friday night. The fire department was re-organized, new equipment bought, and all existing equipment ordered com pletely re-conditioned. A regular volunteer depart ment was organized with Clifford Grimes as fire chief, Cecil Moody as first assistant, and E. F. Bellflower as second assistant. Police Chief H. D. Gordy who has been acting as fire chief will be relieved of this duty so that he can devote his time to police duty at fires. There will be practice drills once a week and the town di vided into four zones with a sys tem of signals to facilitate locat ing fires when they start. Rub ber coats and helmets have been ordered for the volunteer fire men. During the past six weeks, Perry has had a series of small fires which have focused tbe at tention of the public on the necessity of improving the fire department. Mayor S. A. Nunn has stated that improvements will be made as rapidly as possible. Council committees for 1940 were named by Mayor Nunn at the regular January meeting and are as follows: Police and Fire—B. H. An drew, W, V. Tuggle, and J. A. Beddingfield. Water and Sewerage--H. P. Dobbins and G. C. Nunn. Sanitation—L. M. Paul and J. A. Beddingfield. Streets, Park, Cemetery—G. C. Nunn and B. H. Andrew. Finance---W. V. Tuggle and L. M. Paul. NEW PAYMENTS FOR FAMERS ANNOUNCED New payments to Georgia far mers under the agricultural con servation program were announc ed this week by S. E. Statham, chairman of the state Triple-A committee. He also said an offi cial farm program handbook, showing all 1940 provisions, will be available to farmers soon. “The handbook shows the con ditions under which agricultural conservation payments will be made and contains revised rates of assistance available for carry ing out soil-building practices,” be explained. “This marks the first year a state handbook has been devoted specifically to Georgia.” The conservation payment, figured for each pound of the normal yield for each acre of the allotment for the following crops, will be 1.6 cents for cot ton, 1 cent on flue-cured and Burley, and 1.2 cents onGeorgia- Florida Type 62 tobacco. For peanuts, the conservation payment for those who plant within allotments is cents for each 100 pounds of the nor mal yield for each acre in the peanut allotment. The conser vation payment is Scents a bush el on Irish potatoes in Chatham and Effingham counties, and 't>Fso for each acre in the vege table allotment in commercial vegetable counties. in addition to the conservation payments on these crops, ap proximately $6,000,000 is avail able to Georgia farmers as as sistance for carrying out the fol lowing soil-building practices which have been approved by the State AAA committee: Seedlings—Establishing a per manent vegetative cover by planting crowns of kudzu, $6 an acre ; seeding alfalfa, $1.50 an acre; seeding winter legumes, 50 an acre; seeding lespedeza, an acre. Application of materials— Ground limestone $3 a ton; 16 percent superphosphate, $lO a ton; basic slag, $6 a ton when applied to, or with seed of per ennial or biennial legumes, per ennial grasses, winter legumes, lespedeza, crotalaria, annual rye grass, or permanent pasture, Fasture—Establishing a per manent pasture by sodding, H5O an acre; establishing a per manent by seeding, $3 an acre; contour ridging of non-crop open (Continued to Back Page) I LOYALTY CAMPAIGN | | BEGUN BY CHURCHES 1 'j The Loyalty Attendance Cam paign of the Perry Baptist and ■ I Methodist churches opens Sun day, Feb. 4. Team captains in both churches began work last i Sunday p. m. and the plan is to visit this week every resident member of both churches able to attend services, with an invita tion to church. Each member is . placed on a team, and regular at tendance is urged by the pastors during this 12 week campaign. Attendance will be credited on the respective teams weekly. , An interesting list of helpful subjects has been drawn up, and Rev. J. A. Ivey and Rev. Roy Gardner will preach on the same subject at each service, accord ing to the schedule. The morn ing subject this next Sunday will be “Jesus and His Church,” and the evening theme will be“ Christ and His Day.” It is felt that this campaign can be of much benefit to the churches, to individuals, and to the Perry community, as similar campaigns in other places have proved very helpful. Visitors, nwhoarenot members of these churches, will be cordially wel comed. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS The repair work on the Perry Methodist church has been be gun and will probably be finish ed this week. The pastor states that he expects services to be re sumed next Sunday on regular schedule with Church School at 10:15 and morning worship at 11:30. Epworth League will I meet at 6:30 p. m. and evening worship will be at 7:30. The church opens its Loyalty Atten dance Campaign this Sunday,and the pastor and team captains ask the co-operation and attendance of all members of the church at every possible service. Prayer service will be held at the church Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. First Quarterly Conference will be held Thurs day night, Feb. 8, at 7:30 at the church, with Rev. Silas Johnson, district superintendent,presiding. RUDOLPH FLEMKEY Rudolf Flemkey arrived in Perry Wednesday to spend sev eral days. He is a quaint little man with one arm, wears a blue sailor like coat and dark cap with ; a visor that suggests rural Europe. Mr. Flemkey was born in Glu gin, Poland in 1869 and speaks ; five languages---Polish, German, ' Russian, Jewish and English.be ; sides his imitation of sounds ' made by many animals and fowls. He has served as a spy . customs official, and baseball umpire during his varied career. During the World War he was a chaplain with the 119 Infantry ; from Tennessee. Mr. Flemkey is in the Christian i Volunteer work and is here in the interest of the organization. 1 , I NOTICE The traveling Genealogical Li brary of the D. A. R. is at the home of Mrs. G. E. Jordan until ; Feb. 7. See biggest Basket-ball Game , of the season Tuesday, Feb. 6, 8 p. m., Perry High Gym. Perry vs Eaton ton, 1939 State Cham pions! j OPERETTA "Ml DRUSILLA’S GARDEN” 1 in two acts i Sponsored by PERRY P. T. A. Direction of Miss Willie Ryals, Miss Ada Williams, Mrs. E. P. . Staples, & Mrs. Wordna Gray. FRI. FEB. 9, 8:30 P. M. I School Auditorium II Admission 25c & 15c PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1940 KIWANIS CLUB HAS ACCOMPLISHED MUCH Kiwanis International is ob serving its 25th anniversary this year. The anniversary obser vance was held Jan. 22 in Detroit where the organization was founded in 1915. One of the best of Georgia’s 55 Kiwanis clubs is located in Perry. The Perry club which was or ganized less than two years ago has a number of accomplish ments to its credit. Included among these are; (1) Sponsored Red Cross Membership Drive in Houston County in 1938 and in 1939. (2) Promoted the raising of calves in 1938 for a Fat Cattle Show in 1939. Repeated this program in fall of 1939 for Show this spring. (3) Advocated new Post Office building in 1938 and 1939, Work ing now towards this end. (4) Sponsored Public Library. After aiding in the establish ment of the Library, sponsored drive to replace books and equip ment destroyed by fire last fall. (5) Developed information and stimulated interest in the Rural Electrification Admr. in Houston county. (6) Endorsed the idea of a Bond issue to improve Perry’s waterworks system. Favored the building of a complete sew age system for the city. (7) Advocated a new Tele phone System for Perry. (8) Sponsored two public Fo rums for people of Houston coun ty. At the Health Forum, a ! movement was begun to obtain a ' Health Nurse for Houston Coun (9) Sponsored a Safety Pa trol at the Perry school. (10) Sponsored an Eye Clinic and bought glasses for one child. Contributed to treatment of one child who had cancer. Trying now to place T B child in sanata rium. (11) Appointed a committee to organize a Boy Scout Troop in Perry. Past presidents are E.P. New hard and G.W. Rhodes. Sam A. Nunn is the 1940 president. The Perry club has lived up to the Kiwanis motto, “We Build.” The local club has been a worth while organization. It has pro moted friendly relations with surrounding towns and good will among Kiwanis members. The good fellowship and social side of the organization have not been paramount in its functions but foremost have been the ef forts to build up this community. Kiwanis Objects The objects of Kiwanis are: To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life. To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships. To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business, and professional standards. To develop, by precept and ex ample, a more intelligent, ag gressive and serviceable citizen ship. To provide through Kiwanis clubs a prectical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build ! better communities. To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase _of ! righteousness, justice, patriot ism, and good will. 1940 Objectives Objectives for 1940, designed to make effective the Constitu tional objects are: To render service. 1. To underprivileged children 2. In work with boys and girls 3. Through vocational guidance 4. In establishing closer rela tions between rural and urban communities 5. By encouragement of intel ligent, aggresive and serviceable citizenship and To render further service; 1. By the support of churches in their spiritual aims 2. Through initiation and sup port of constructive policies of of conservation 3. By cooperation in law ob servance and enforcement UNITED FARMERS OF I HOUSTON HAVE MEET The object of United Georgia i Farmers is primarily to raise the • income of two million farmers in ; Georgia whose per annum in ; come per family is the lowest in i the United States, R. M. Stiles, i state president of the U. G. F. told farmers and business men • in a meeting in Perry last Thur s• day at the school auditorium. Agriculture, the basic income ; of the United States, needs to be brought in balance with industry i and business, Mr. Stiles said. Under the protective tariff sys tem, industry has grown while agriculture has decreased. Farm -1 ers have been exchanging dol i lars for 60c worth of manufac tured goods under the U, S. tariff system. Farmers have received i government payments for soil conservation practices in an ef fort to remedy this disparity, he said. Agriculture is not yet receiv ing the consideration it deserves and farmers need to organize to obtain their rights; for democra i cy functions through groups not i individuals, the speaker stated i Speaking broadly of the farm ers’ welfare, Mr. Stiles said that i reciprocal trade agreements pro i mote peace among nations. The 1 South, which is dependent upon • export trade more than any oth er section, benefits more from • these agreements, he stated. B. T. Brown. U. G. F, field • representative, spoke on the ob • jectives of the organization,nam i ing them as follows; (1) Legis i lation, (2) Education, (3) Pro ■ motion of Farmers’ Welfare. The U. G. F. was organized in 1920 ■ and now has chapters in 40 states, he said. : W. W. Gray, president of the , Houston county chapter, presid ! ed and introduced the speakers, : Mayor S. A. Nunn welcomed ■ the farm group in behalf of the citizens of Perry. He said that i the interests of the town and i county are the same and that the welfare and prosperity of ■ everyone is dependent upon the farmers. G. F. Nunn led the group in i singing several songs. At noon, the Houston chapter entertained the business men and farmers and their wives at a barbecue at the Perry High Gym. About 400 people attended though the weather was incle ment. The local chapter had over 100 members in 1939. Members for 1940 are now being enrolled by, Lewis Tabor, secty. ; RURAL HOUSING PROJECT - An important state-wide meet ! ing, held for the improvement of living conditions on the farm, 1 will be held in Macon, February 15, for the purpose of acquaint | ing landowners, county officials, bankers, and other interested . citizens of the facilities offered . by the United States Housing . Authority for Federal aid for ru ral slum clearance. ; Georgia can claim distinction i of having the first rural housing - project in the entire United I States. It is located in Thomas county, where in the near future I construction will start on 200 ; model small homes for tenant i farmers, with funds supplied by [ the United States Housing Au . thority, to be repaid over a long term of years on a low rental basis. The plan of financing ru ral slum clearance projects in 1 cities, of which there are several . completed and many more in progress in Georgia. 3 See biggest Basket-ball Game ; o f the season Tuesday, Feb. 6, . 8 p, m., Perry High Gym. Perry i vs Eatonton, 1939 State Cham pions! ; 4. By continued interest in public safety 5. In furnishing a broader knowledge of the fundamentals ; of popular government and the responsibilities of citizenship 6. By the maintenance of the : international good will existing between the Dominion of Canada . and the United States of America. PERRY PANTHERS WIN MACON BALL TOURNEY Displaying a sterling brand of defensive play and team work in Macon Saturday night, Perry High School’s Panthers won the first annual Mercer University- Macon Evening News invitation high school basketball tourna ment. Perry conquered the favored Albany High Indians, 28 to 23, The Perry team coached by Eric Staples, held the Braves scoreless in the final quarter. To get the championship. Per ry defeated Rhine 37--17; Fort Valley, 30 -14; Bonaire. 33--15; Albany, 24-7 in the finals. Monday Night’s Games The Mercer Freshmen basket ball team proved too strong for the Perry High boys Monday night defeating them 26 to 21 in Perry. In a preliminary game the Mercer freshman co-ed team scored over the Bonaire girls by 24 to 15. The boys’ game was close all the way, but the superior ex perience of the Mercer Cubs en abled them to win. The proceeds from Monday night’s games went to the In fantile Paralysis Fund. A large number of fans attended. J. R. STRIPLING PASSES John Robert Stripling who was born and reared near Perry, Ga., and spent most of his life in Houston county, died suddenly while sitting as a juror in Dade county courthouse in Miami,Fla., on Tuesday p. m. Jan. 16. He was sixty-seven years old. A host of friends here and elsewhere were shocked to learn of his sudden death. He moved to Miami with his family about sixteen years ago and later to Hialeah where he served as president of city coun cil for several years, retiring about two years ago on account of ill health. John Stripling en deared himself to numerous friends here and in Florida be cause of his cheerful manner, af fable and benevolent disposition. Funeral services were held in Miami Springs Presbyterian church by the pastor, Rev. Robt. L. Torrence, (a special friend of the deceased) and the body was interred in Flagler Memorial Park in Miami on Thursday, Jan, 18. The large concourse of friends and numerous, beautiful lloral | offerings attested the esteem in which this former Houston coun ty citizen was held. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Estelle Greene, of, Gray, Ga., three daughters, Mrs. J. A. Boyd, Misses Eunice and Ruby Stripling, and one son, J. R. Stripling, Jr., all of Hialeah;a brother, G.L. Striplingof Macon, (a half brother) Yancey Jordan also of Macon, and a sister, Mrs. Geo. T. Hunt, of Kathleen. i I CROP AND FEED LOANS FOR 1940 AVAILABLE Emergency crop and feed loans for 1940 are now available to farmers in Houston county, and! applications for these loans are now being received at the Court House, Perry, Ga. by Charlie G. Hayes, Field Supervisor of the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Section of the Farm Credit Ad ministration. These loans will be made, as inj the past, only to farmers whose j cash requirements are small and who cannot obtain a loan from I any other source, including pro duction credit associations, banks, j or other private concerns or in dividuals. j As in former years, the money | loaned will be limited to the ap-1 plicant’s necessary cash needs in preparing and cultivating his 1940 crops or in purchasing or producing feed for his livestock. Borrowers who obtain loans for the production of cash crops are required to give as security a first lien on the crop financed or, in the case of loans for the purchase or production of feed for livestock, a first lien on the livestock to be fed. ESTABLISHED 1870 iDISTRICT TROOPERS J MAKE FINE RECORD 1 1 i Patrolmen of State District 7, with headquarters at Perry, traveled 228,683 miles in 1939 in an effort to reduce traffic ac cidents, death, and injury toll. Sgt. R. E. Wood, district com manding officer, had a total of 622 cases made by troopers in Dist. 7 in 1939, in his annual re -1 port. Of the 622 arrests, 48 were acquitted and 574 con victed. The patrol investigated 190 ac cidents in the district last year. Fifteen of these were fatal with fifty-six lives lost. 162 people were injured in these accidents. Property damage to cars was es timated at $45,414. Warnings were issued to 2,580 motorists, assistance given to 490 travelers, and first aid treat ment to 85 injured people. Several stolen cars, valued at an aggregate of $2,800, were re covered by the patrol. School boy patrols have been organized in sixty-three schools in the district with 538 boys en listed in a safety campaign. The twelve counties in this district are: Houston, Bibb, Peach, Crawford, Twiggs,Bleck ley, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wil cox, Telfair, and Crisp. The number of fatal accidents decreased almost ten per cent in 1939 over 1937. The figures are 62 fatalities in 1937, 60 in 1938, and 56 in 1939. Troopers in the Perry District have made a fine record. They have proven that enforcement of the law without fear or favor will save human lives and reduce the number of accidents. The chief causes of accidents in the entire state of Georgia are as follows: Driving too fast,’ 52 per cent; improper brakes and equipment, 16 per cent; drunken driving, 11 per cent; slippery roads and weather conditions, 11 per cent; passing cars without sufficient clearance, 10 per cent. Nine-tenths of the arrests are made when a driver is clocked above 65 miles per hour, records show. The state speed law is 55 miles per hour. j BENEFITS HELD FOR PARALYSIS CAMPAIGN Georgians this week brought to a heart warming climax one of the greatest Fight Infantile Paralysis campaigns since obser vance of the President’s Birth day came to be coupled with the battle against the dreaded men ace of poliomyelitis. • How well the State did in the matter of contributing its share to the continuation of the gal lant fight against this great plague will be known when re ports of the county, district and section chairmen are made at the State Dinner in the Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta, on Feb. 10. Perry & Houston County Perry and Houston county did their part nobly in this cause de spite unfavorable weather con ditions. Button Sales were con ducted last week. Benefit bas ket-ball games and a barbecue were held Monday night in Per ry. The President’s birthday, Jan. 31, was observed with a party at the Legion Home and a dance at Clinchfield that night. For the Perry affair, a clever program of songs and skits was arranged by Mrs. E. P. Staples, I Mrs. Wordna Gray, Miss Evelyn j Hunt, and W. K. Whipple. The | Girls Drill Squad gave acrobatic I stunts under the direction of Miss Opal Hughes. The Legion ! Home was attractively decorated | by Mrs. A. C. Pritchett and Mr. W. E. Beckham. J. P. Etheridge, county chmn. •and Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, co jchmn., expressed appreciation 1 for the splendid co-operation of the people of Perry and Houston county. Proceeds from these affairs amounted to around $250 1 See biggest Basket-ball Game of the season Tuesday, Feb. 6, 8 p. m., Perry High Gym, Perry vs Eatonton, 1939 State Cham pions!