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VOL. LXVIX. No. 15.
dist. school meet
to BE HERE APRIL 19
Porry has been selected by the
cf „ te department of Education as
nne of the seven towns in Geor
gy where a district meeting for
educators and laymen will be
held in April for the purpose of
devising ways of improving ru
ral education. The meeting in
Perry will be on Friday, April
19 at the school auditorium, be
ginning at 2:30 p, m.
District Supervisor J. M. Good
en will direct the panel discus
sion at the Perry meeting. Rural
education problems will be dis
cussed by laymen and educators
with the audience privileged to
as k questions and participate.
Patrons of all the school districts
of Houston county are especially
invited to attend the meeting
here April 19.
M- E. Thompson, assistant state
superintendent of Schools and
director of the Georgia Program
for Improvement of Instruction,
will explain the purposes and
general scope of the discussions.
M. D. Collins, state superinten
dent of schools, will summarize
and stress important points de
veloped by the discussions.
Announcements state that the
panels will be composed of per
sons from various parts of each
district and will include a repre
sentative of the county school
superintendents, principals or su
perintendents of rural schools,
teachers of vocational agricul
ture and home economics, county
board members and local trus
tees, Parent-Teachers Associa
tions, laymen, administrators of
vocational education, clergymen,
and classroom teachers.
The panel at each meeting will
be called upon to discuss an en
larged program of public service
by rural schools. Among the
questions to be discussed will be:
“What responsibility should the
school assume in dealing with
the farm problems with which
people are confronted?” ‘'What
adjustments in our present school
program must be made in order
for them to best serve our farm
people?” Other questions deal
with improvement and beautifi
cation of homes, health, recrea
tion, the advisability of develop
ing school community canning
plants and shops for repairs of
farm implement, and finally the
training of rural teachers for
these services.
Setting a program to deal with
rural problems not only for
boys and girls in the schools, but
for out-of-school youth, and for
adult men and women will be
discussed.
Georgia Schools Go To The
Farm
A moving picture ‘‘Georgia
Schools Go To The Farm” is to
be presented to show how teach
ers of vocational agriculture and
home economics are dealing with
rural problems. This picture
was filmed in Georgia and releas
ed as a production of the State
Board of Education as a contri
bution to the Georgia Program
for Improvement of Instruction,
and was made by the Division of
Vocational Education.
METHODIST W.M.S. MEETING
.The Methodist Woman’s Mis
sionary Society met at the church
Monday p. m. with the president,
Mrs. G, W. Hicks, presiding.
Reports from the annual con
ference meeting at Moultrie last
week were given by Mrs, Hicks
snd Mrs. G. C. Nunn. The con
ference theme was ‘‘The Bible
as a Guide to Victorious Living.”
Progress in all lines of work was
made by the conference in 1939.
ft was announced that the all
day mission study would be held
April 29.
The Circles will meet next
Monday at 4p. m. as follows:
Ao. 1, Mrs. Floyd Tabor; No. 2,
u rl Fain; No. 3, Mrs. H.
P- Houser.
NOTICE
, . AH dogs must be inoculated by
May 1 and have tag indicating
same.
c-2 w. F. Norwood, Clerk.
Houston Home Journal
COMMISSIONERS ARE
GUESTS OF KIWANIANS
The Houston County Commis
sioners were guests of the Perry
Kiwanis club at its luncheon
meeting Tuesday when steaks
from the first prize calf of the
Houston County Fat Calf Show
were served. The commission
ers sponsored the sale of this
beef in Perry,
Talks on the value of training
boys how to grow cattle were
made by County Agent W. T.
Middlebrooks, chmn. J. Alva
Davis and T. L. Warren of the
board of commissioners. W. D.
Kersey and A. L, Sasser were
the other two commissioners
present.
Sam A. Nunn, club president,
announced tnat the commission
ers had agreed to employ a health
nurse for Houston county within
the next few months. This was
one of the projects sponsored by
the club.
POSTMASTER ATTENDS
CEREMONIES MONDAY
Postmaster 0. A. King attend
tended the ceremonies marking
the sale of the first Crawford W.
Long memorial stamp, at Jeffer
son, Ga, Monday.
This famous Georgian was the
first surgeon to use ether anes
thetic in an operation nearly 100
years ago. Among those pres
ent at Jefferson Monday were
Mrs. Eugenia Long Harper, the
only surviving daughter of Dr.
Long, who received the first
stamp, and Postmaster-general
James A. Farley.
Mrs. L. M. Paul, Jr., received
a letter Wednesday from her
friend, Mrs. Harper, bearing the
Crawford W. Long stamps.
LOYALTY CAMPAIGN
We are nearing the end of the
Church Loyalty Campaign. It
closes Sunday, April 21. We feel;
that much good has been accom
plished. Old habits of church
attendance have been strength
ened, and new habits have been
formed by other people. Inter
est and enthusiasm have been
kindled in many hearts. The
churches and their people have
been blessed and the pastors
have been inspired. Figures
could be given which would show
a fine increase in attendance at
both churches. Quite a few
members have not attended at
all, and many only a few times,
but many have attended regular
ly. Many good friends of the
churches have also attended.
Rev. Roy Gardner.
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
The members of the Baptist
W. M. S. heard a program on
‘‘Unchanging Moral Standards”
at the April general meeting held
at the church Monday afternoon.
Mrs. W. B. Evans, the leader of
the afternoon, spoke about ‘‘Law
Enforcement” and conducted a
Quiz on ‘‘Moral Standards and
W. M.S. Facts.” ‘‘God’s Stand
ards for Individuals” was the
1 topic discussed by Mrs. J. A.
Beddingfield.
Special features were a read
ing ’‘Home” given by Mrs. E.P.
Staples and a vocal duet, ‘‘Home
Sweet Home” rendered by Mrs.
H. T. Gilbert and Mrs. E. W.
Traylor.
Mrs. C. E. Brunson, president,
was in charge of the business
session. Thursday, April 18,was
set as the day for cleaning the
church. Plans were discussed
for the Mercer pilgrimage on
April 26.
i The Sunbeam Band also, met
!at the church. Mrs. Curtis is
| the leader.
R. M. LOGUE DIES
Funeral services for R. M.
Logue, 55, of Perry will be held
at Gibson, Ga. at 4p. m. today
(Thursday). Mr. Logue died un
expectedly in Macon Wednesday
after suffering a cerebal hemor
rage on the street. He lived a
short while after being carried
jto the Macon hospital,
Surviving are his wife, two
Isons, Joe and Charlie Logue,
Perry: two daughters, Mrs. J. B.
! Hawkins, of Perry, and Mrs. H.
H. Hawkins of Gibson, and sev-
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, APRIL 11. 1940
W. P. A. GIVES INVENTORY OF WORK
ACCOMPLISHED IN HOUSTON COUNTY
The Georgia Work Projects Ad
ministration has just completed
an inventory of all work accom
plished in Houston county by the
WPA and local sponsors since
the beginning of operations on
July 1, 1935,
This inventory is an account
ing to the people of Houston
county on how the WPA has
carried out its responsibility to
assist in putting unemployed peo
ple to work on the most construc
tive public projects that can be
found.
The WPA operates entirely
through local sponsorship, which
initiates projects and provides
part of the cost. All these pro
jects that have been completed
are property of the county or
other local government units.
In addition to these county and
local projects, Houston county
has benefited from district and
statewide projects.
In the matter of employment,
WPA rolls during one typical re
cent week included 79 men and
women. This figure has varied
up and down over a period of
years, according to local condi
tions, amount of need, and fed
eral and local funds available.
But all through the years the
money paid for wages of these
people has been spent with
Houston county merchants and
farmers for food, clothing and
shelter; for fuel, and for medi
cal services. It has helped create
purchasing power in this county
and has contributed to better
conditions.
The WPA pay roll, in most
cases, has been the largest pay
roll in each county. WPA wages
have flown in a steady stream
into the economic life of the
state.
Among the tangible benefits
from WPA projects in Houston
county have been improved roads
and streets. With sponsorship
of local government units which
initiated and planned the pro
jects and paid part of the cost,
WPA labor built or improved
23,760 linear feet of paved high
ways and 22,704 linear feet of
unpaved rural highways in the
county.
These rural highways are part
of the vital “farm-to-market”
roads so necessary to an agricul
tural state like Georgia. Along
these improved roads flows a
steady stream of farmers’ trucks,
busses, and cars of doctors visit-
PRINCESS THEATRE DAS
GOOD PICTURES SCHEDULED
‘‘The Biscuit Eater,” the mo
tion picture made in Albany,Ga.,
will be shown in Perry at the
Princess Theatre, Wednesday,
April 17, just six days after its
world premiere showing at Al
bany. The power and glory of
this true-to-life drama of two
boys and their trouble-making
dog cannot be described but
must be seen to be realized.
Every Georgian should see this
picture if only to instill in their
hearts once more the beautiful
scenery that is Georgia’s very
own.
“Geronimo”, April 11-12
The thrilling story of the
greatest of all Indian wars, the
thundering battle between Ge
ronimo, the Red Raider, and an
entire regiment of the U. S. Ar
my, told against the flaming
background of the Golden West,
will be shown at the Princess
Theatre, Perry, Thursday and
Friday this week. Don’t miss
this thriller.
“Home of Today”
‘‘Homes of Today” in techni
color is a short movie distributed
by the Federal Housing Admr.to
show modern homes for mod
erate incomes and how these
homes may be owned for 65c a
day. It is a colorful all-across
the-U. S. glimpse of new homes,
built to fit modern life and de
signed to fill small incomes.
This motion picture will be
shown at the Princess Theatre.!
Perry, April 18-19 on the pro-)
gram with ‘‘Remember the 1
Night.” J
eral graddchildren.
Mr. Logue was born in Glas
cock counly. He had farmed in
Houston county near Perry for
several years. He was a member
of the Baptist church.
ing the sick and improving health
conditions.
Other road work in the county
includes the building of 53 cul
verts totaling 1,606 feet, and the
digging of 3,260 feet of roadside
drainage ditch along with the
paving of 918 feet of drainage
pipe. Three miles of roadsides
were landscaped.
In the field of public buildings,
Houston county undertook an ex
tensive school improvement pro
gram. Eight schools were re
paired and one addition built.
The repaired schools are the
Hayneville and Grovania, for
white children, and Jerusalem,
Hayneville, Henderson, Perry,
Piney Grove, and Oak Ridge, for
negroes. The addition was made
at Bonaire.
A new basketball shell was
constructed at the Bonaire school
and the school gymnasium at
Perry was repaired.
Houston county also had a part
in the statewide campaign
against malaria, one of Georgia’s
worst health hazards. Cooperat
ing with county and state health
authorities, WPA labor drained
37 acres of swamp land and im
proved drainage of nineteen
acres, requiring the digging of
6,900 feet of ditches and im
provement of 6,700 feet of ex
isting ditches.
These manual projects, how
ever, are only part of the pic
ture. WPA assisted local spon
sors to bring many other benefits
to the county.
For instance, adult education
teachers paid by WPA taught
301 grownups in Houston county
to read and write, as a part of
the great effort to stamp out
illiteracy in Georgia. The coun
ty also had a part in the school
lunch program, which provided
lunches to children who other
wise might have been deprived
of food during school hours.
While the program was in opera
tion 19,920 lunches were served.
The WPA paid for the labor
that went into these projects, but
the projects were planned and
initiated within Houston county
by the sponsors, and the com
pleted work belongs to the coun
ty and its municipalities for the
use of all the people.
In Georgia the WPA belongs
to all the people of Georgia and
is a part of Georgia, operated by
Georgia people for the benefit of
Georgia people.
UMCHJPIER MAKES PUNS
FOR MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
chapter of the U. D. C. met
Tuesday, April 2, with Mrs.
Clyde Gurr. The president,Mrs.
Alva Davis, appointed commit
tees for Memorial Day, April 26,
Committees are: Mrs. H. P.
Dobbins, program; Mrs. G. E.
Jordan and Mrs. H. T. Gilbert,
stage; Mrs, Tom Cater, Mrs. W.
F. Norwood, and Mrs. C. C.
Pierce, monument; Mrs. C. E.
Brunson, flags on soldier’s
grave; Mrs. G. S. Riley and Mrs
Eby Holtzclaw, decoration of
Col. J. P. Duncan’s grave.
The chapter requested those
who have soldiers’ graves in
their family lots to decorate
these graves on Memorial Day.
Everyone is requested to help
the U. D. C. decorate soldiers’
graves on this day and not to
use their flowers for graves of
loved ones.
Memorial Day exercises will be
held at the school auditorium at
2:30 p. m., April 26. Mrs. Oscar
McKenzie, former president of
the Ga. Division U. D. C, and
former vice-president general of
the U.D.C., will be the speaker.
The program of the April
meeting consisted of a reading,
“Unseen Beauty” by Mrs. G. S.
Riley, and “Facts About Nash
villa, Tenn.” by Mrs. C. C.
Pierce.
Delightful refreshments were
served at the close of the meet
, ing.
Mr. Hollis Kezar is recuperat
ing nicely from a serious opera
tion he underwent last week in
the Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta.
Mrs. Kezar is in Atlanta with
her husband. Mrs. C.D. Cooper
is with the Kezar children at
Elko while their parents are
away.
COUNTY FARMERS TO
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
The next regular meeting of,
the Houston County Chapter
United Georgia Farmers will be
held in the Perry High School
Auditorium, Friday night, April
12, at 8 p. m.
A Lowell Thomas picture on
SOIL will be presented at this
time by the American Agricultu
ral Chemical Corporation. This
picture deals with the soil types
found in the different sections of
our country and also shows the
proper methods and machinery
to use in order to conserve and
care for our soil.
The Houston County Chapter
of UGF urges all white farmers,
businessmen, doctors, lawyers,
and anyone else interested in
farm work and soil conservation
to see this picture as it is sure to
prove quite interesting.
MARBLE TOURNAMENT
IN HOUSTON COUNTY
The first Macon Evening News
Marble King tournament will be
sponsored in Houston county this
month, according to Ben Chat
field, sports promotor for the
News.
Five schools will have local
tourneys and the three winners
from each will meet in the coun
ty meet to be held in Perry at a
later date. The schools compet
ing in the marble tournament
will be Centerville, Bonaire,Hen
derson, Elko, and Perry.
Trophies to be awarded the
winners of the tournament are
now on display at Houston Drug
Co. in Perry.
The winners in the Houston
county meets will be eligible to
compete in the Macon Evening
News-Peach Belt finals, to be
held in Macon, Saturday, June 1.
The first place winner in the
Macon Evening News-Peach
Belt tournament, under the spon
sorship of the Macon Evening
News and the Macon Junior-
Chamber o 2 Commerce, will be
awarded an all expense paid trip
to New York to compete in the
Marble King National tourna
ment, June 17.
The county meet to be held in
Perry is being arranged by Eric
Staples, superintendent of the
Perry High School, and is spon
sored by the Houston Home
Journal.
The following mibsters are shoot
ing in the Perry tournament:
Felton Diese, Johnny Satterfield,
Milton Howell. Allen Whipple, Eu
gene Lashly, Billy Wilkinson, Wil
bur Harrison, Emmett Cater, Harold
Huff, James Richardson, Otis Whit
‘ tier, Junior Crenshaw, Dallas Pyle,
Wydell Taylor, Neal Stembridgc,
Frank Ryals, Herman Davis, Jack
Eason, Billy Giles, Jack Sherling.
Millard Locke, Luther Carter, Bil
ly Harrison, Frank Satterfield, Bob
Wright, Walter Skellie, Louis Bled
soe, Horace Stembridge, Mamie
Clark, Elizabeth Perdue, Mary Tucky,
Harriette Thompson, Bill Bledsoe,
j Gene Redmond, Deryle Whipple, Al
bert Hattaway, Bennie McCommon,
Billy Roughton.
Phil Hudson, Billy Gray, Charles
Hicks, Raymond Carlisle, Junior Har
dy, Edward Chapman, Bennie Red
mond, Earl Whipple, Charles Irby
Shelton, Eugene Nelson, John Blue
Calhoun, Douglas Fullington, Jack
Hurley, Henry 'Perdue, Ruby Mae
Crenshaw, Carolyn Moody, Sue
Wright, Marjorie Gardner, Doris Hat
taway, Jerry Cater.
Clinton Cooper, Douglas Nipper,
Wilburn Nipper, James Hattaway,
James Morris, Sam Norwood, Bennie
Marshall, Howell Chapman, Jackie
Beavers, Jack Wilson, John Lewis,
Bobby Spencer, Gene Etheridge,
Jack Gamel, Dan Wright, Leon Car
ter and Calvin Andel.
Approximately 20 girls are enter
ed in the tournament.
The following children have signed
up for the tourney at Bonaire:
Charles Carter, Junior Watson, Olin
McClure, Newton Bryant, Neal Hol
loman, Theo Farr, Ruby White,
Charlotte Bennett, Margaret Griffin,
Sue Morris, Callis Griffin, Carl Sheir,
Loana Ferguson, Earnest Childs,
Kenneth McClure, Paschal Law, Car
roll Lee, Ned Davidson, Milan Wat
son, Mack Burgess, Cullen Felton,
Kenneth Davidson, Kenneth Goetz,
I Glenn Goet, Marvin Childs, C. W.
Moncrief, Ray Childs, Clarence
Smith, Leroy CaiLer, Joe Moncrief,
Sammy Mitchell, Lindbergh Fergu
son, Phillips Griffin, Arthur Bowman
Bryant, Horace Melvin Griffin, James
Shedrick Farr, Hamby Gurdin Davis,
Arthur Lee Watson, James Franklin
Keys, ■ Marvin Newberg, Ray Wil
liams, Francis Marion Edwards, Har
vey Rackley, Billy Woodard, Edgar
Hines, Tom Watson, Junior Byrd,
Bobby Boyd, Warren Carter, Harold
Walker, Tommy Walker, Byron
Hayes, Paul Stalnaker, and Marvin
Griffin.
ESTABLISHED 1870
C. C. C. CAMP OPEN
I FRIDAY TO PUBLIC
I The CCC Camp Ga. SCS-19 at
Perry, Ga., company 3482, in
celebration of the seventh anni
versary of the Civilian Conserva
tion Corps will be open to the
public this Friday, April 12. It
is desired that the people of this
community visit the camp and
its work project in order to know
how the Camp is administered
and how the work is carried on
in the field.
The following schedule will be
observed:
White People
10:00 a. ni. Assembly and In
spection of Camp buildings and
grounds.
11:00 a. m. Visit to Field Pro
ject.
12:10 p. m. Refreshments.
Colored People
2:00 p. m. Assembly and In
spection of Camp Buildings and
Grounds.
3:00 p. m. Visit to Field Pro
ject.
4:00 p. m. Basketball Game.
5:30 p. m. Refreshments.
Personnel
T, M. Evans, company com
mander; Avon Bauman, subal
tern; George T. McPhail, M. D,,
camp surgeon; Alphonso A. Bar
ron, Edacational adviser; H. H.
Manley, project supt ; James N.
Gibert, engineer. Jackson C. Mil
ler, agronomist: J. V. Dupre, H.
H. Averett, E, H. Peavy, Jr.,W.
E. Johnson, H. W. Raburn, sen
ior foremen of laborers; C. R.
Du Bose, mechanic: Ernest Gar
rett, clerk.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School, 10:15 a. m. C.
P. Gray, Supt.
Morning Worship, 11:30 a. m.
Sermon by the pastor, subject,
“Jesus Our Supreme Authority.”
Baptism and reception of mem
bers.
The Epworth League meets at
6:30 p. m. Young people, ages
13-17 inclusive, are especially in
vited to attend.
Evening Worship, 8:00 p. m.
Sermon subject, ‘‘Christ and
the Spirit of Reverence.”
Prayer Service, Wednesday
night, 8:00 o’clock.
Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor,
LIBRARY NOTES
The third of Gwen Bristow’s
novels set in Louisiana, ‘‘Deep
Summer,” and ‘‘Handsome
Road,” continues with ‘‘This
Side of Glory.” It is a story
preceding the World War com
ing up to the present. It is also
the story of a beautiful woman
who struggled with her pride to
find real love.
Mignon Eberhart, author of
‘‘The Glass Slipper” combines
mystery and love in her book,
‘‘Hasty Wedding,”
j Books recently added:
Mulford-Buck Peters Ranch
man,
Mulford-Bar 20-Three.
Raine--Ridgeway of Montana.
Non-Fiction
Daniels-A Southerner Di s
covers the South.
L i n Yutang -Importance of
! Living.
‘‘Mary Poppins,” by P. L.
Travers, has brought delight to
thousands of children. It is gay
with original illustrations.
Verniece Beavers, Librarian,
| j
| BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed
j nesday, 7:30 p. m,
Sunday Preaching Services,
111:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:15 a. ra.
j The church welcomes you to
I its services.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Sorosis club will meet Fri
day afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs.
James Duggan with Mrs. J. A.
Ivey as co-hostess.
The Legion Auxiliary will meet
Thursday, April 18, at 3:30 p. m.
■ at the Legion Home.
