Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, October 31, 1940, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXVIX. No. 43. DEMOCRATIC RALLY TO BE HELD TONIGHT ( The Democrats of Houston! county will have a Rally at the! Court* House in Perry tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. J. p Etheridee, chairman, and J. \V, Blood worth, secretary, of the Democratic Executive commit tee have invited all the Demo crats of the county to meet with the Executive committee Thurs day night. Harry Strozier, prominent at torney of Macon, will be the principal speaker. He will be introduced by .Mr. Blood worth. Mr, Etheridge will preside. The Executive committee is acting as the Democratic Cam paign committee for Houston county for the purpose of get ting out a large Democratic vote in the General Election, Nov. 5. All Democrats are urged to at tend this important meeting Thursday night. Young Democrats The Young Democrats of Houston county organized last Thursday night at the Perry school. Officers are; Glea Gray, president: Cohen Walker, vice president: Lewis Harper, treas urer; and Miss Martha Cooper, secretary. This group is co-operating with the older Democrats in the county in the rally to be held to-night (Oct. 31) at 7:30 o’clock at the Court House. At a later date the young people expect to have a meeting of their group. The Houston county young people expect to be represented at the Democratic Rally in Ma con Friday. REV. W.P. BLEVINS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Numerous Perry friends of Rev. and Mrs, W. P. Blevins are grieved over his death which occurred Wednesday, Oct. 23, in Wesley Memorial Hospital, At lanta, Ga. Mr. Blevins had been in bad health for two years. He was 68 years old. Rev. Mr. Blevins was pastor of the Perry Methodist church for four years, 1933--37. He was greatly beloved by this commu nity. Rev. and Mrs, Blevins were planning to move to Perry in November to make their home. They were having a home built in Andrew Heights. Perry has lost a good citizen in the passing of Mr. Blevins. Since leaving Perry, Rev. Mr. Blevins had been the pastor of the Sylvester Methodist church. Funeral services and interment were held Thursday p. m. at. Florence, Ala. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS The pastor will present two interesting themes in the ser vices Sunday. In the 11:30 hour, he will preach on the subject, Old and New.” Special music will be rendered, and the Lord’s Supper will be observed. In the Sunday night service, 7:30 o’clock, he will speak on “Jesus and Creative Living.” As these are the last preaching services before An nual Conference, Rev. Gardner urges the attendance of all Church members upon both ser vices. In place of the Prayer Service next Wednesday night there will he a meeting of the Workers’ Council of the Church School. All officers, teachers, and assis-1 '■ant teachers are urged to bej present. j BRIDGE PARTY Mrs. Royce Hobbs who has re-j cently moved to Perry fronr Lumpkin was honoree of the \rii e part M £>ven by Mrs. Jack Muler Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 23. Ouests were Mrs. F. M. Houser, *. rs. W. T. Middlebrooks, Mrs. u' Pritchett, Mrs. W. C. juggins, Mrs. Harvey Averett, 3 , Albert Skellie, and Mrs. W. aL .hippie, Mrs. T. C. Rogers listed in entertaining. Mrs. \ iolet Gamel and family .Amoved into a new house in Clinchfield subdivision. Houston Home Journal Project Approved For Perry Hi Gymnasium j The gymnasium of the Perry j High school is to be ceiled over head and the interior walls i finished, within the next two months, according to informa tion gi ven out this week by Hon. Stephen Pace, congressman from the third district of Georgia. This work is to be a N, Y. A. project. Application for it has been approved by the state di rector of the National Youth Ad ministration upon recommenda tion of Congressman Pace. This project, which is sponsor ed by the Perry Kiwanis Club and the local board of Trustees, will begin operation some time next week and will employ about twenty-five semi-skilled youths for a period of two months. N. Y. A. will furnish the project supervisor and expend $9OO for labor. The sponsors will furnish materials. This project will furnish prac tical work experience with ap propriate related training lead ing to private employment for youths of the comjnunity be tween the ages of 17 and 24 in clusive, who are out of school, unemployed, and certified as eligible. Scott R. Williams, N. Y. A. Area director, with headquar ters at Fort Valley, is working out details of the operation of the project with Supt. E. P. Staples. Mr. Pace expressed himself as being “delighted at the approv al of this project.” { The patrons and friends of Perry High school appreciate the interest of Mr. Pace and are pleased with the success of his efforts in this matter. The gymnasium can be heated in the winter and made much more comfortable by this finish ing of the ceiling and walls. PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES' The Perry Tri-Hi-Y-Club is ex pecting a representative from the Valdosta High School Junior Tri-Hi-Y on Friday, November 8, to formally induct them into the Tri-Hi-Y. Mrs. G. C. Nunn and Mrs. Earl Ogletree have consented to be on the advisory council of the Tri-Hi-Y. Mrs. Nunn is the religious worker representative and Mrs. Ogletree is the representative of interested mothers. The advis ory council is composed of Supt. E. P, Staples, Principal L C. Walker, Miss Nell Warren and Miss Elizabeth Anthony, coun sellors, Mrs. G. C. Nunn and Mrs. Earl Ogletree. There are thirty girls from the Junior and Senior classes who have applied for membership in Tri-Hi-Y. Basket-ball News Perry High will play Fort Val ley High in Perry Friday at 8 p. m. This game should prove to be one of the best games of the season and afford the fans i plenty of excitement. Fort Val ley has four of her reams from last year and Perry, two. Perry defeated Abbeville by the score of 35 to 7. The game was one-sided and many of the second and third team for Per ry played quite a bit. Future Home Makers The Future Home-Makers Club decided at its meeting Tuesday to give a basket of fruit to some family in need on Thanksgiving. The program committee present ed a program. The Girls’ Drill Squad and the IF. F. A. Chapter are sponsoring !a play, “Bound to Marry,” {Thursday night, Nov. 7, at the Jhigh school auditorium. Is. A. NUNN TO SPEAK OVER RADIO TONIGHT i Hon. Sam A. Nunn, chairman |of the Independent Democratic 1 Party of Georgia, will speak over 1 radio station, W. S. 8., Atlanta i to-night (Thursday) from 7:30 to 7:45, E. S. T. Mr. Nunn will make another radio address Saturday night overW. M. A. Z., Macon from * 7:30 to 8. E. S. T. For Sale-1939 Chev. Sedan, ■ low mileage, reasonable terms. , See Marion Houser, Perry, Ga. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1940 ‘PERRY METHODISTS ! REPORT GOOD YEAR The Perry Methodist church • observed Victory Day at the morning service Sunday. G. C. Nunn, chairman of the board of stewards, praised the pastor, Rev. Roy Gardner, for the splen did work accomplished during his first year here. Mr. Nunn expressed appreciation on behalf of the stewards to the member ship for the fine response !to the financial program of the church. The church budget, which was larger than usual this year, had I been raised Sunday with the exception of $2OO which was pledged to be paid this week. Perry Methodists raised $4,380 through the church this year in cluding $2OO spent on repairs and $4OO for incidentals. In cluding $491 raised by the Church School and $5lB by the Woman’s society, the Perry church raised over $5,3000 this year. VV. V. Tuggle is the church treasurer. Officials were elected at the fourth quarterly conference held at the church Wednesday night, last week, with Rev. Silas John son, district superintendent, pre siding. All the stewards were re-elect- 1 ed as follows: C. E. Andrew, W. V. Tuggle, A. C. Pritchett, S. A. Nunn, F. M. Houser, G. C. Nunn, G. W. Hicks, R. E. Ogle tree, E. P. Staples, Mayo Davis, T. C. Rogers, C. P. Gray, J. F. Bonner, J, O. Coleman, M. G. (Edwards, C. C. Pierce, and G. W. Rhodes. J. O. Coleman was named recording steward. Trustees re-elected were: S. A, Nunn, J. C. Mathews, T. C. Rogers, and E. F. Barfield. W. B. Sims who has served as an official of the Perry church for forty years resigned as chairman of the board of trustees. Mr. Sims was named an honorary trustee. W. V, Tuggle was elected to succeed Mr. Sims, S, A. Nunn was named dis trict steward with C. E, Andrew as alternate. J. O. Coleman was elected delegate to the annual confer ence which meets in Savannah Nov. 6 -9. W. V. Tuggle was chosen as alternate. G. C. Nunn, T. C. Rogers, and .Mrs. J. L. Hodges were elected as the pastoral commit tee for one year. The pastor reported a growth in the work of the children and young people. Twenty-one members have been added by certificate and vows. A good foundation has been laid for another year and progress has been made in aU lines of work, C. P. Gray, superintendent of the Church School, and T. C. Rogers, secretary, reported $491.26 raised this year, 275 en rolled, which is an increase of 55 members, and 144 as an average attendance, which is a 10 per ct. increase over last year. Mrs. Cohen Walker, director 1 of young people’s work, report ed an 100 percent increase in en rollment and attendance this year. Mrs, G. W. Hicks, president of the Woman’s Society of Chris , tian Service, said this new or i ganization into which the W. M. S. was merged had a charter membership of 100. Mrs. J. L. Hodges reported $23 collected for the Golden J Cross. Mrs. G. C. Nunn, chair ' man of the board of Christian ; Education, said that meetings were held quarterly and that the Church School was function ing exceptionally well. ; County Commissioners’ ; Meeting Is Postponed Election day coming on the first Tuesday in November, the regular November meeting of the County Commissioners will ' be held on Friday, November 8, instead. By order of the Board. C. E, Brunson, Clerk. r TAX NOTICE i 3 The books are now open for the payment of state and county r taxes for the year, 1940. Please i t'pay taxes on or before Dec. 20,! i 1940 and save interest and cost. M. E. Akin, T. C. ■; Houston County, Ga. ! 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beasley have an arartment with Mrs. H. Houser. REGISTRANTS’ LIST PUBLISHED IN FULL Editor’s Note: As a patriotic service, the list of Houston Coun ty Registrants for Selective Ser vice is being published this week at a considerable cost to this newspaper. We are glad to ren der this service and thus com ply with a request from state headquarters for Selective Ser vice. The national lottery began at noon Tuesday in Washington, D. C. with 158 being the first num ber drawn by Secretary of War Stimson. An estimated 6,175 men holding this draft serial number, 158, will be the first drafted for military service in the nation’s first peacetime con scription. In Houston county, Frank Da vis, colored, of Clinchfield, be came order No. 1 as he had draft No. 158. The second number drawn was 192 which was held locally by Warren Leaptrot, white, of Per ry, an employee of Moody’s Ga rage. Houston county’s third num-j her drawn came as 19th on the I national list. It was 105, John j Jefferson of Perry, boot-black at B. & S. Barber Shop. The 41st number drawn was the next applicable to this coun ty. It was 188, James Henry Self, white, of Bonaire. Then the 46th drawn, No. 120, was the next touching a Houston county registrant, Albert Davis, colored, { of Perry. The 94th number was 846, Willie James Thomas, colored, Perry, Ga. The 119th drawn was 161, John Lee Mclntosh, colored, of Clinch field. The 131st number was 14, Wil liam E. Vinson Jr., white, of Byron R. F. D. These eight men named above are the only Houston registrants affected by the 200 numbers drawn Tuesday. By Nov. 4, the local draft board will send out 8-page ques tionnaires to these men and oth ers whose numbers may be drawn this week. The answers given on these questionnaires deter mine deferment or immediate call to service; in other words, the classification of registrant. Houston county’s 1,232 regis trants are as follows: 1. Robert Edward Davis, Kath leen, wh. 2. John Jackson, Byron, col. 3. Ruel Webb, Perry, col. 4. Clarence E. Sasser, Bonaire, wh. 5. Clinton Lee Banister, Perry, col. 6. Murphy Sparks, Grovania.col. 7. Alvin Kay Smallwood, Kath leen, wh. 8. Earnest Scott, Hawkinsville, col. 9. Lee Pitts, Perry, col. 10. Mose Lane, Grovania, col. 11. Gus Junior Miller, Hawkins ville, wh. 12. Charlie William Sullivan,Bon aire, wh. 13. David Goins, Wellston, wh. 14. William Emmett Vinson, Jr., Byron, wh. 15. J. P. Morgan Todd,Elko, wh. 16. Walt T. Gilbert, Perry, col. 17. John Calvin Hardy, Jr., Per ry, wh. 18. Daniel Webster Webb, Per ry, col. 19. Hilliard Roundtree, Kath leen, col. 20. Melvin Thomas, Hawkins ville, col. 21. Joe Davis Cason, Perry, wh 22. Richard Allen,Ft. Valley,col. 23. Arthur Franklin Fain, Jr., Perry, wh. 24. William Bryant, Jr., Kath leen, col. 25. De 1z i a Duhart, Hawkins ville, col. 26. Sol Gray, Hawkinsville, col. 27. Charlie Williams Johnson, Elko, wh. 28. James R. Kersey, Elko, wh. 29. George Henry Redmond, Perry, wh. 30. James Clark Adkison, Elko, col. 31. William Kinchen, Elko, col. 32. Willie Lee Wellons, Ft. Val- I ley, col. 33. William Robert Heard, Kath leen, wh. 34. Elijah Wimberly, Perry, col. 35. Pascal Odell Land, Kath leen, wh. 36. Harry Fanning Griggs, Per ry, wh. | Roads Being Built To [ Cemetery & New Hope j A new approach to Evergreen | Cemetery is being built by the city officials of Perry from state ; highway No. 7. The city bought the property on which this new road is being built from the members of the Perry Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal Church. The church building which was in a very dilapidated condition was torn down by 'county labor and the lumber moved from this property to a new location in New Hope. The city paid the colored peo ple $550 for the church property and purchased a lot in New Hope for $l5O for the location of a new church building. In addi tion to this expense, the City will lay a large sewer pipe through the deep gully directly in front of the cemetery. This pipe will cost approximately $5OO and is necessary in the building of the road across this gully. The fill on which the church was located is being graded down by E. M. Beckham, local road contractor, who has the contract on the widening of Big Indian 'Bridge and its highway ap proaches, now under construc ! tion. On the western side of the highway, Houston county is building a new road across Fan nie Gresham branch into New Hope. The county will widen the road through New Hope which joins the Fort Valley pav ed road on the west end of Per |ry. Both of these improvements, the cemetery road and the New Hope road, have been needed for some time. poppydaylo be observed NOV. 11 BY LEGION AUXILIARY Poppy Day will be observed in Perry this year on Monday, Nov. 11, when memorial poppies to be worn in honor of the World War dead will be distributed through out the city by the Robert D. Collins Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. The Auxiliary women are making extensive preparations for the observance of the day under the leadership of Mrs. Cater Rogers, Poppy Day chairman. The poppies, made of crepe paper by disabled veterans, will be offered on the streets by vol unteer workers from the Auxil iary Unit and cooperating organi zations. “Poppy girls” will dis tribute the flowers in the busi ness districts throughout the day, and will also work m the outlying shopping centers. Con tributions for the welfare of the disabled veterans and needy families of veterans will be ask ed in exchange for the flowers. “Wearing the poppy is a per sonal tribute to the men who gave their lives in the country’s service,” Mrs. Rogers said. “By! having a poppy on the coat on Poppy Day, all can show that they still remember and honor the sacrifices made for America during the World War, The poppy is the flower which bloom ed on the battle fields whert they fell and on Poppy Day it blooms again over tne patriotic hearts where they are remem Ibered. “Wearing the poppy also gives I the wearer a part in the vast work carried out by the Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary for the war’s living victims; the disabled, their families and the families of the dead. Every penny con tributed for a poppy goes to the support of this work, the bulk ol the money being used here in ! Perry in the welfare activities ol ithe local Legion Post and Aux iliary Unit. 37. Woodrow Wilson Moody, Perry, wh. 38. Bowman Jackson, K a t Ei leen, col. 39. Richard Coles, Kathleen, col. 40. Johnnie Madison Perdue, Bonaire, wh. 41 Walter Dean Ferguson, Bon aire, wh.; 42 Vassa Arnold, El ■ ko, col.; 43 Conney Perkins, Bonaire, col.; 44 Albert Tilmon, ■ Perry, col.; 45 Jack Buckles, Elko, col.; 46 Phillip C, Sulli . van, Wellston, wh,; 47 Hay ■ wood Marlin Murphy, Kathleen, wh.;4B Julian Marcus Fields. ■ Wellston, wh.; 49 Capers David j (Continued to Page Four) ESTABLISHED 1870 ALL PARTIES PLACED ON OFFICIAL BALLOT Official ballots for the Gener al Election of next Tuesday, Nov. 5, are being prepared this week throughout the United States and its possessions. These ballots with other election pa pers will be turned over to elec tion managers during the week end. In Georgia, this year, the tick ets of all political parties will be combined on one large ballot, which is three feet long and ten inches wide. This arrangement is different from those of past years when each party had its i own separate ballot. The method of voting is chang ed, also. Instead of marking names as in primary elections or of placing ballot without any mark as in other previous gen eral elections, voters must place a cross mark in the bracket de signated on the party ballot they desire to vote. No split tickets may be voted. If a cross mark is placed under the Democratic party, the voter votes that tick et solid from president through county officers. If a voter marks more than one party, his vote cannot be counted as he will have voted more than once and man agers will not know for which party he intended to cast his vote. In Houston county, there will be five parties on the ballot; Democratic, Republican. Prohi bition, Independent Democratic, and Independent. The Democratic ticket is the first one on the ballot and as long as the other four combined for it contains candidates for president and vice-president, presidential electors, state offi cers, county officers and con gressional officers. The name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, candidate for re-election as President of the United States, heads the Demo cratic ticket. The candidates for presiden tial electors on the Democratic ticket are: Clark Howell, Abie Nix, John J. Bcuhan, Henry Mclntosh, Columbus Roberts, Quimbly Melton, Ivan Allen, Sr., R. Earl Camp, N. A. Morris, 0. E. Raynor. Mrs. Fred Haynes and John C. Evans. The ticket of the Republican party is headed by Wendell L. Willkie, candidate for President of the United States. The can didates for presidential electors are: Robert L, Anderson, Mrs. H. D, Pollard, Thomas H. Gig niliiat, Paul A. Keenan, Frank 0. Jones, W. M. Cobb, J. H. Porter, Mrs J. Ben Warren, John R. Barclay, T. J. Townsend, W. H. Slack Jr., and G. Pierce King. The Republican ticket has no candidates in Georgia besides president and vice-president (Chas. L. McNary) and the elec tors. The Independent Democratic party ticket is headed by Wen dell L. Willkie and Chas. L. McNary and has the same elec tors as the Republican party. Appearing on the Independent Democratic ticket are these names: Eugene Talmadge for governor, Tom Linder for com missioner of agriculture, Eschol Graham for judge of Oconee cir cuit and James C. Davis for judge of the Stone Mt. circuit. The Prohibition Party has the following candidates: Roger W, Bobson, president: Edgar V. Moorman, vice-president; Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, C. F. John ston, John W. Roach, Mrs. Robt. Travelute, E. B. Atkinson, Mrs. fdus Robertson, H. A. Robinson, Mrs. W. C. Tribble, W. M. Kel ley, L. E. Pierce, J. A. Crum bley, L. P. Glass for electors; J, L. R. Boyd, governor; E. 0. Jolly, state treasurer; R. E. L. Whitworth, atty-general; R. H. Lee, comp-general; A. F. Nace, state supt. of schools; John Wes ley Adams, commissioner of ag riculture; C. M. Ledbetter, state prison and parole commissioner. The Independent candidates are; Joseph M. Wallace, gover nor; Thomas L. Akins, commis sioner of agriculture: John H. Payne, judge Atlanta circuit. NOTICE Fi fas will be levied on 1939 1 City Taxes if not paid by Nov. 4, W. F. Norwood, Clerk.