Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, March 20, 1941, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXX. No. 12. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941 ESTABLISHED 1870 TELEPHONE SYSTEM I being installed: The new telephone system, Jerly awaited by the citizens fpe/ry is being installed by Se Southeastern Telephone com anv The common battery sys fem is replacing the old magneto type of telephone. ill subscribers’ phones have been changed during the past t D ; n jays and work is now being done on the lines and at the ex change to clear up all trouble caused by the changing of the of the Perry exchange are served now by two operators at an enlarged switch board, thus guaranteeing more prompt and efficient service. The plant of the company has been enlarged and the old office renovated. At an early date, “Open House” will be held so that the public may see the many improvements and the attractive appearance of the telephone ex change plant. , , This improvement in the tele phone service was brought about through negotiations with the Southeastern Telephone company by the City of Perry, acting upon a recommendation of the Perry Kiwanis club. S.A.Nunn, mayor and president of the Ki wanis club last year, carried through the negotiations in which the subscribers agreed to pay twenty-five cents more per month for 'phone service. Mrs. J. B. Hawkins is operator in charge of the local office of the telephone company and Rob ert Morris is the linesman. Operators are Miss Erie String fellow, Mrs. A. B. Irby, and Mrs. B. J. Hunt Jr. BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN Just a reminder that the bar rels at Moore Dry Goods Co. and Perry Furniture Co. are ready to receive bundles of clothing fcr Britain. Folks, don’t delay! At tend to this today! Place your bundles in the barrels and help people in need in Great Britain — people who have lost their all in the war. $2O in cash has been deposited in the boxes in the drug stores and cafes. This money will be used for knitting wool, which has been ordered. Mrs. G. E. Jordan, local chair man, expressed appreciation for the cash donations and bundles already given and the hope that more people would make contri butions at an early date. D. A. R. MEETING The Gen. Daniel C. Stewart chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution made the state and national Honor Rolls, according to the annual report of the local regent, Mrs. Geo. E. Jordan, made at the March meet ing of the chapter, Wednesday last week. The meeting was held at the! home of Mrs. L. M. Paul Jr. with Mrs. L. M. Paul Sr. as co hostess. Belegates to the national con gress which meets in April in Washington, D. C. were chosen as follows: Mrs. Jordan, dele gate; Mrs. Hugh Lawson, al ternate. The program on D. A. R. Ap- T' ° ved Schools was given by r r f; E. W, Traylor and Mrs. H. • Gilbert. Miss Roselyn Paul ordered several piano numbers. Bunng the social hour, Miss vj - Mrs. J. M, Gooden, andj i r f T ; G. Harris assisted in en-i tertaining. j ( INCREASED EFFCIENCY \ Characteristic of the American! mer is his continual search new methods that will in-! Thf S i 18 income from the land, j h no ac *°Pt 10n of new methods' .brought tremendous increas f.'„ n tht! Producing power of the! arm worker. From 1870 to 1930, 01 T* Stlmate d that the average i n put j Gr , a gricultural worker ased about 140 percent. Dlant^ ZU * s - a va Dable grazing soil, 1. Particularly on upland in Lhp are to ° dr y and too low tory sod nf to support a satisfac- °d of pasture grasses. | Houston Draftees Are i Called Into Service, j Houston county has called seventeen men, ten white and seven colored, into army service under the Selective Service Act. Of the above number, two white and one colored have been re jected. On Monday, two colored men left for service: Murphy Sparks, draftee, and Clay Caperton, vol unteer under 21 years of age. The local Draft Board has been notified that three white and two colored draftees are to be sent from Houston county during the remainder of March and that two wh.te and two colored men are to be called into service during the first part of April. John S. Langston, white, has been selected to leave for service March 25. James Wright, colored, and James Dinkins, colored, are to leave March 26. Emrnitt Sullivan and Oscar T. Parker, both white, have been selected for March 27. The two white and two color ed draftees for April 4 and 8 orders have not yet been chosen. The call during April, May, and June will be heavier than in the past months, the local office has been advised. Mrs. Lewis Harper, secretary of the local Draft board said that Houston county had a total of 482 white and 778 colored draftees. PERRY W fICIM As spring is approaching, Per ry High is planning a definite program for athletics in which each student can take a part. There will be croquet,dodge ball, and diamond ball for girls; base ball, diamond ball, marbles, und other sports for boys. Tri-Hi-Y-Club The Tri-Hi-Y club has enjoyed having Miss Madge Moss of the University of Georgia as their helper, and the club regrets to see her leave. As a token of ap preciation, the club presented Miss Moss a little gift at the last meeting of the club. At this meeting Miss Anthony gave an enjoyable talk. Future Home Makers The Future Homemakers club met Friday with Jean Evans pre siding. After the business was discussed, the program commit tee presented a quiz program on the types of clothes worn by young girls today. The program committee consisted of Janet Clark, Alice Arnold, and Opal Logue.Then games were enjoyed. Barbara Whipple, Reporter. Chapel Program Rev. J. A. Ivey gave a lecture on “Attitudes of Youth in Fac ing Difficulties” to the High School Friday morning, March 14. This is one of a series of ad dresses on “Attitudes of Youth” which are being given at Perry High, Carlene Ogletree intro duced the speaker. MRS. D.H. SMITH HEADS CANCER CONTROL ARMY Captain of the Houston County Women’s Field Army for the control of Cancer will be Mrs, Donald Smith. Mrs. Maxwell Murray, Fort Valley, vice commander for the third district in the Georgia army, said that the month of April will be the month for special empha j sis on this work. She also urges the cooperation of all clubs and -,PTA organizations when called (upon by the captain to aid in this drive. ! The drive this year will be pri | marily educational, “Because cancer in its early j stages is curable, it is the aim of •the army to place in the hands of {every person in the third district I some facts concerning the early {symptoms of the disease.” PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE Perry Church Sunday School-10:15 a. m. Worship Service-11:30 a. m. Clinchfield Sunday School-3:00 p. m. Worship Service--8:00 p. m. Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor. BONAIRE HONORS i HER STATE CHAMPS Bonaire honored its first state basketball champions in history Friday night with a barbecue as both the champion boys’ and girls’ team members attended as guests of honor. The Bonaire boys, coached by Supt. C. L. Williams, won the | northern division, Third district C title, the district-at-large championship and the state class C title. They won their last 20 games, including a decision over Rebec ca for the Third district C cham pionship, over Americas, district B champion, in the play off, and Talbotton, Stilson and Daculaen route to the Georgia state dia dem at Athens, The girls also turned in a creditable record, winning the division crown in the Third dis trict, but losing to Byron by one] point in the play off. The barbecue was arranged by Leon C. Watson. Billy Talton, Jim Story and John Story. The Bonaire team paid tribute to its arch rival. Perry High school, with the assertion that “Perry was the best team we played all season.” j Guests included Perry School! Superintendent Eric Staples and! Mrs. Staples, Houston County Superintendent F. M. Greene and Mrs. Greene and members of the board of Bonaire trustees includ ing C. B. Watson, H. C. Talton, C. L. Kersey, G. D. Davis and Mrs. G. F. Collins. Tribute was paid to Coach Wil liams, who after 13 years of ef fort, won in a single season three trophies. Only off note of the program, attended by Bonaire players and their dates, was the absence of All-State Star and Captain Charles Stafford Jr., ill with a case of measles. Members of the team are: Manager George F. Collins Jr., Homer J. Walker Jr., Ray Wheelus, Charles L. Kersey, Chester Ferguson, Edwin Outler, Tommy Holloway, Steve Child Jr., Capt. Charles Stafford Jr., Junior Perdue and Leslie David son Jr. Carol Coburn was a “bush- menl planned its settlement rat’s” daughter, who left project. And here against this Alaska for an education. When background of fantastic social her father died on the trail experiment, Carol’s affairs she headed back North, where mount swiftly to climax on a shadow had fallen on the .climax. Sidney Lander, mining claim that should have been engineer, is in love with her, hers, though she returned pri- but is engaged to the daughter marily to teach in an Indian of his employer. Still another school. woman is in love with him. When the school burned, There are, indeed, a few I Carol moved to Matanuska threads to unravel, and the Valley, sub-polar land of author does it skillfully, promise—the latest American Don’t miss this absorbing frontier —where the govern- story of the Far North— IN THIS NEWSPAPER i Beginning Next Week, March 27 This serial story is just one of the many interesting features brought you every week by your home town paper. Read Kathleen Norris, H. I. Phillips, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, Washington Merry-Go-Round, S. S. Lesson, Household News, Sewing Circle, Garden Tips, Sportlight, Comic Page, Farm Stories every week. Local News of Interest in Every Issue. Just think of it! All this for $1.50 a year. FILE SHEETS EARLY ! UNDER COTTON PLAN! Houston county cotton farm! operators who expect to take] part in the supplementary cotton' program this year should file in tention sheets with the county AAA office as soon as possible, W. T. Middlebrooks, county Ex tension agent, announced this week. The supplementary program 'requires that all farmers who plan to earn cotton stamps through voluntary acreage re duction. be on record to this ef fect. They will sign a form in dicating the acreage they expect to plant to cotton in 1941. While only the operator of the farm is required actually to sign this intention sheet, he does so on behalf of his tenants and sharecroppers, as well as him self, Mr. Middlebrooks said. Intention sheets must be on file jin the county AAA office not later than June 14. However, the agent urged that farmers I file these sheets as soon as pos sible. Under the supplementary cot ton program, a cotton farmer who is interested in only one 1 farm may receive up to $25 in {cotton stamps. Operators of 1 more than one farm, or a land lord with more than one tenant, may receive a maximum of $5O in stamps. Cotton stamps, which can be used to buy cotton goods, will be issued on the basis of 10 cents a pound on the normal yield of the acreage reduced be low the 1941 allotment or 1940 measured acreage, whichever is smaller. Participation in the supple mentary program will not affect the farm’s cotton allotment in future years, except possibly in those few cases where no cotton was planted in either 1939 or 1940, he said. Neither will the farmer’s conservation and parity payments under the 1941 AAA program be affected. In addition to receiving stamps for cotton acreage reduction, the participating farmer becomes eligible to earn a $3 payment for carrying out an average food production practice. j Perry AC Team Wins Championship Title | i j Perry’s Athletic club won the (Middle Ga, AC Championship in i basket-ball last Thursday night Jat Cordele by defeating the Cor dele boys 66-33. The large tro phy presented Perry’s team is on display at Houston Drug Co. To reach the championship, Perry won over Sylvester, Rhine, and Vienna on previous nights. Members of the Perry AC 'are Hugh Braddock, A. Brad dock, Donald Clark, Lory Gun ter, Aldene Lasseter, Paul Mas sey, Norman Parker, and Dot Roughton. Horace Braddock is manager. Selected on the all-star tourney team were Hugh Braddock, for ward; N. Parker, center; A. Lasseter, guard. Each player was given a small trophy similar to the large tro phy, and H. Braddock was awarded several other honors for his skill as a player. MOIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church School -10:15 a. m. All parents are urged to continue their children in Church School, as other rooms in the church are being used, while the Children’s . Departments are being renovat ed. A good beginning has been i made on this work, and it is ex pected that it will be finished soon. i Morning Worship 11:30 a. m. Reception of Children into . Church Membership. Message i by pastor, subject, “The Lifted Christ Draws All Men.’’ Epworth League for Inter mediate and Senior ages meets at 16:30 p. m. The pastor will lead the program. Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. The pastor will preach on the theme, “Following Christ To , day.” Prayer Service Wednesday night. 8:00 o’clock. A talk on Prayer. . The public is cordially invited . to all services. i Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor. PLANS BEING MADE FOR NEW LICENSES Drivers were advised by the Department of Public Safety to day not to apply lor new licenses yet. Major John Goodwin, commis sioner, said numerous applica tions and fees are coming into the Department every day, only , to be leturned to senders. He | said the exact date for opening the renewal period has not been set but that it likely will come early in April. Regular applica tion forms, whicn the driver must fill out, will be made avail able when the opening date is announced. New legislation, enacted byd the current general assembly, 1 will be effective this renewal 1 period. It provides that minors , who live with a parent who has a driver’s license may secure theirs for 25 cents. Also a wife, J or husband as the case may be, : whose spouse already has a li cense may obtain one for 50 cents. Under the present setup each driver, with the exception of j chauffeurs, pay $1 each. Chauf- ■ feurs pay $2 and will continue to do so under the new plan. REGARDING FOOD In order that more bins and pantries may be filled with food- | stuff this fall, there are several 'things to which farm families [ would do well to give attention during the next few months- Plant additional acreage to food and feed crops. Expand the home garden, and plan now to can several hundred quarts of vegetables and fruits for use next winter. Remember the AAA is offering payments for growing a home garden and for food preservation. Then, too, the farm program provides a payment for voluntary reduction of cotton acreage. This retired land can be used for production of foodstuff. To sum it up,make use of every opportunity to have an adequate supply of food for home consumption. (GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CLOSE MARCH 22 Georgia legislators reassembl ed in Atlanta Monday for their last week of the present session which must end Saturday night under a constitutional provision limiting a session to 10 days for organization and 60 days for con sideration of legislation. The session started on January 12. Although bills and resolutions began slowly, enough have now dropped into the hopper to make about the average number for the past several years. There have been 749 bills and 132 reso lutions introduced in the House iof Representatives, and 227 bills and 59 resolutions offered in the Senate. The total number of bills is 976 and the total number of resolutions 191. The grand total of both is 1,167. More than half of the bills have been passed by both branch es, but they are largely local measures, affecting one county or one community only. The remaining bills are threat ened by the usual last-minute jam and probable disagreement between the two branches. Practically all administration bills have been passed. The chief exception is a measure to give Governor Talmadge the right to reorganize the State Welfare De partment and directing that all eligible persons be placed on the old-age pension rolls. The Sen ate has passed this measure, and a house committee voted unani mous recommendation for its passage Monday. The bill as previously adopted by the senate, was amended slightly by the welfare commit tee to provide for home county hearings where welfare directors or board members are suspended by executive action. It also would halve the contributions of counties for welfare work. Bills already passed and ap proved include measures that gave the governor complete con trol over all state funds; four year terms for constitutional of ficers; the right of candidates to contest primary elections; annual sessions of the Legislature and reorganization of the Highway Department. The Senate carried over as un finished business a bill to regu late small loan companies, limit their interest rates and place both salary buyers and small loan companies under the super vision of the State Department of Banks, This bill was adversed by a House committee and will [start serious trouble in the Sen ate, although roll calls last week indicated a small majority for it. General judiciary committee No. 2of the Senate passed on the pipe line bill Monday after noon and it reached the floor of the Senate Tuesday. A substi tute has been offered for the original pipe line bill, giving any corporation the right of eminent domain for a project approved by President Roosevelt and Govenor Talmade as important to the na tional defense. However, rail road interests and employes are still fighting it. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Bible School each Sunday morn ing 10:15. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Evening Worship Service 8:00. Baptist Training Union 6:45. Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed nesday Evening 8:00. To each and all of these ser vices the public is cordially in vited. A hearty welcome awaits you. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. WINTER COVER CROPS Georgia’s half million acres of winter legume cover crops will add some 32,000,000 pounds of nitrogen to state farmers’ soil resources this season, provided average yields are obtained, E, D. Alexander, Extension agro nomist, says. With average growths of 8,000 pounds of green weight per acre, the acreage of legumes, if turned under proper ly, would provide nitrogen equi valent to 100,000 tons of nitrate of soda at a value of $3,400,000 and organic matter equivalent to , 1,500,000 tons of manure.