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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL- LXX. No. 17. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1941 ESTABLISHED 1870 0 businesses & j IMPROVEMENTS HERE: In addition to the building ac tcihesand public improvements ‘■K have taken place m Perry during the Past few months, the own is to have a new industry 2 a new retail business con- Ce The Southern Fruit Distribu- J. Inc. has purchased what is known as the Dasher property, adjacent to the Central of Ga Railroad tracks and just beyond their depot on Jernaghan street, nr the purpose of installing a la re e fruit packing house, a po tato curing plant, and a canning P ‘\Vork has already begun on the narking house in order to have it ready for the peach season. The notato curing plant will be built this summer and plans call for the completion of the canning plant by next spring. The Southern Fruit Distribu tors Inc. is a Florida corporation with interests in Georgia. They own a peach orchard six miles south of Perry and another or chard near Griffin. _ . The coming of this new indus try will provide seasonal employ ment for some local people. The potato curing plant and the can ning plant will mean much to the farmers of this county and sec tion in helping them to utilize and preserve their vegetable and fruit crops. The new business concern is the Western Auto Asso ciate Store to be opened by Hor ace E. Evans Jr. Saturday, May 10, in a store on Carroll street. Chief among the public im provements is the widening of the concrete bridge over Big In dian creek and the approaches to the bridge. This road and bridge work was completed this month. Other improvements in clude the enlargement of Ever green cemetery and the construc tion of a new road through New Hope. A number of new homes have been built in Perry this year. Plans are underway for the building of six more homes this summer. Several more houses are to be built for renting pur poses. The large commercial building of Paschal Muse, completed this year, is an addition to the busi ness section. This building houses Perry Furniture Co., Southern Cafe, and Moody Mot or Co. Another business addition is planned by Andrew Hardware Co. who have purchased the old building on Main street back of their store. This building will be improved and used for ma chinery display and storage. The blacksmith shop of W. A. Curtis in this building will be moved to a new shop now being built by Mr, Curtis on Jernaghan street. 18. JERRI H. CAI/IS PASSES Mrs. Jerry H. Davis, age 86, passed away Wednesday morn ln£ at her home at Houston Lake alter an illness of two years. Mrs. Davis had lived in Houston county all her life. She was Miss Sara Elizabeth Bryan of kathleen before her marriage which took placesixtv-four years ago in November, 1876. Survivors include her husband, tP &v * s » three children, J. Alva Davis and Mrs. H. T. Beall Perry, and Dr. E. B. Davis of tiyromville; six grandchildren, fcl .ght great grandchildren, one mece and one nephew, funeral services will be held nursday (today) at 3 p. m. at T- e home with Rev. Gordon Pastor of Andrew Chapel • ethodist church, of which Mrs. avis was a member for many v e n rs > officiating. Interment will |J <ow m Evergreen cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Max Moore and HsV lerbert and Elaine vin A?? lly Allard, and Mr. Cal lurabus!’ 0 G t a spent Sunday in Co ‘ t J 'y '■' rd . meeting of u‘ini meri . can Legion Auxiliary m orde^e on Tuesday, |METHODISTS PLAN I SOCIAL FOR TUESDAY i I i The renovation of the Chil dren’s Department of the Perry Methodist church will be com pleted this week. The formal opening of the department will take place Sunday morning at 10:15 o’clock. All of the chil dren’s work will now be carried on in this beautiful new plant. The two rooms in the annex, for merly used by the Junior De partment, will now be classrooms for Young People. This renova tion and other improvements of the church property have been made at a cost of approximately $960, and only a small amount of this yet remains to be raised. The work of the church can now be carried out on a much more ef ficient basis. On Tuesday night, April 29, “Open House’’ will be held in the new department from 8 o’clock to 9:15 o’clock. An in formal reception will be given, to which all members of the church and friends in the community, who have made any contribution to the work, are cordially invit ed to attend. You may come at any time from 8 to 9 o’clock, and: goon to other engagements, if you have them, but come and let us enjoy a time of social fellow ship and music, and see the im provements which have been: made. Roy Gardner, Pastor, C. P. Gray, Chmn. Building Committee. BONAIRE HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Miss Mary Leverett entertain ed with a dinner party at her home in VVellston Tuesday night. Guests included the Bonaire fac ulty and Mr. Lloyd Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy "Hunt, Navelle and Nelson, are spend ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunt. Friends of Navelle will be glad to know that she is improving since her return from Daytona Beach, Fla. Miss Evelyn Langston visited her family Sunday. The senior class will be guests of Mercer University this Fri i day. On Friday night, the jun iors will honor the seniors with a picnic supper at Recreation, fol : lowed by a theatre party, i Miss Eunice Hunt visited friends in Folkston last weekend. Mrs, E. S. Wellons and Mr.and Mrs. Alton Tribble and young son of Atlanta visited Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Leverett at Wellston i Sunday. ' Mrs. B. H. Edwards, Mrs. [Chester Edwards, and Miss ■ Catharine Edwards gave a mis- I cellaneous shower Thursday af- Iternoon in honor of Miss Ruth Langston, bride-elect. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunt ; spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. : William Hudson near Macon. PERRY HIGH ACHVItTs i Perry F. F. A. Chapter At noon Friday, members of the F. F. A. chapter and several other high school boys left for St. Marks, Fla. where they went i deep sea fishing. They were ac companied by Prof. Staples and ; Prof. Walker. Despite the fact ! that nearly all these fishermen ? became seasick, they report that 1 it was a most successful trip. The group of Perry High fish ermen included: Prof. Staples, Prof. Walker, Billy Boone, Alton ’ Tucker, Ralph Tabor, Eugene j Lashley, Emmett Cater, Edgar • j Bateman, Clarence and Jack Shurling, Wendell Whipple. Bill ; Bostick, Walter Gray, Bobby ' Spencer, Scarborough Watson, ] Billy Giles, Herman Davis, Cul len Talton, Jackie Beavers, Jack :! Eason, William Hill, and Lawton i Daniel. | Senior Class News ‘ i The Seniors have selected red 1 land white as class colors, the 'rose as class flower, and Do ! right and go forward” as their motto. _ i Friday, April 20, the senior 1 class will attend the annual pil ’ primage day program at Mercer. ’ On the following day several * members of the class will go to Americus to stand the Umversi f ty of Georgia scholarship exami vi nation. . , , . „ The junior-senior banquet has ■been set for Friday, May 16. 'MEMORIAL PROGRAM TORE HELD FRIDAY Hon. Benning Grice, Macon attorney and legislator, will be the speaker at Confederate Me morial Day exercises to be held in Perry Friday at 12 noon at the school auditorium. Mr. Grice is the descendant of illustrious Confederate ancestors who lived in Perry. Mr. Grice will be introduced by Judge A. M. Anderson. Supt. E. P. Staples will preside. Confed erate widows will be honored guests. The public is invited to attend this patriotic observance. The program is as follows; Invocation —Rev. Roy Gardner Song, “Dixie” —Boysand Girls of County Schools. Introduction of Speake r Judge A. M, Anderson, Address—Hon. Benning Grice. Solo —“The Pilgrim Song”— Tchoikovsky—G. Francis Nunn. Songs, Old Kentucky Home — Stephen Foster. Glorious Heritage - Han del’s ; Largo, by Glee Club. Benediction—Rev. J.A. Ivey. The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is sponsoring the exercises. Mrs. H. T. Gil bert, president, has named the following committees to assist: Program—Mrs, C. C. Pierce, Miss Norine Swanson, Mrs. G.E. Jordan; Speaker, Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, Mrs. J. A.Davis. Assignment of Graves, Mrs. C. E. Brunson; Placing of Flags, Mrs. C. E. Brunson, Mrs. E. F. Barfield, Mrs. Clyde Gurr. Decoration of Stage, Mrs. G.E. Jordan, Mrs. Geo. Riley, Mrs. E. W. Traylor; Decoration of Monu ment, Mrs. Felton Norwood, Mrs. Tom Cater, Mrs. F. M. Greene; Luncheon, Mrs. J. A, Davis, Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, Mrs. E. W. Tray lor. After the program at the , school, the U. D. C. members and their husbands will have a luncheon at the New Perry hotel for Mr. Grice. ; U.D.C. ESSAY WINNERS i ______ Local winners of the U. D. C. Essay Contest, conducted this spring in the Perry school, on 1 the subject, “Our Flags; Con federate, Georgia, and United I States,” have been decided as i follows: High School First, Marvin Greene; honor ’ able mention—Carlene Ogletree, Betty Gooden, j Grammar School First, Wendell Whipple, honor t able mention —Merryll Hunni . cutt. sth and 6th Grades First, Bobby Ivey, honorable mention—Deryl Whipple. KIWANIS CLUB MEETS i 1 r The Perry Kiwanis club had a t talk by Ralph Tabor, high school : student, on Democracy in the * Perry High school, at Tuesday’s t luncheon meeting. Supt. E. P, 1 Staples, who was program chair t man, said that Perry High teach ers seek to adjust the curricula ■ to the students. > Delegates to the Kiwanis In -1 ternational convention, which J meets in Atlanta, June 15-19, r were named as follows: J. P. : Etheridge and E. P. Newhard * with E. P, Staples and G. F. 1 Nunn as alternates. W. K.Whip > pie, president, is ex-officio dele ■ gate. : Much merriment was caused 1 by announcement that a group had gone to Milledgeville to a district meeting on April 15 to I find that they were a month J ahead of schedule as the meeting ) was to be May 13. r _____ r l Miss Phoebe Harper, Mrs, '(Bright Harper, and Mr. Bob * I Harper have purchased a home *I on Evergreen street, owned by 3 ' Mr. Mayo Davis and occupied by * the W. T. Middlebrooks. Mrs. Lucius Schnell is making 3 her home here with her mother, iMrs. H. E. Evans. FLOWER SHOW SET ! FOR MAY 9 IN PERRY I . |; The Perry Garden club will' have its spring Flower Show onj Friday, May 9, at the American 1 Legion Horne. The general com mittees were announced <at the April meeting held Friday after- ; noon at the Legion Home. They are as follows: General commit tee: Mrs. W. E. Beckham, Mrs. 1 W. C. Talton, Mrs. Wordna 1 ! Gray, Mrs. Francis Nunn, Mrs. Hugh Lawson; Registration,Mrs. Mayo Davis, Miss Martha Coop er, Mrs. A. C. Pritchett; Stag-i ing, Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, Mrs. C. H. Tucker, Mrs. Freeman Cabe ro, Mrs. 0. G. Boler; Shadow] Box, Mrs. J. A. Beddingfield, > Junior Exhibits, Miss Frances Foster; Tables, mantles, trays, etc., Mrs. J. L. Gallemore, Mrs. W. E. Marshall; Schedule, Mrs. G. C. Nunn, Mrs. G. E. Jordan. A. C Brisendine of Fort Val ley was the guest speaker at Fri days’s meeting. Mr. Brisendine discussed flower arrangements, and showed slides illustrating his talk. He presented each mem ber present with a book on flow er arrangements and urged that the Perry and Fort Valley gard en clubs cooperate in an effort to have all road signs removed from the Perry-Fort Valley highway. Members of the Hawkinsville Garden club presented the sec ond part of the program, Mrs. John Delamar gave two accordian solos. Mrs. W. V. Bell discussed Growing Chrysanthemums; Mrs. Charlton Coney discussed The History and Romance of the Rose; and Mrs. John W. Greene discussed the Rose Program un dertaken this year by the Haw kinsville club. The visitors were introduced by Miss Martha Cooper. In the absence of the presi dent, Mrs. W. C. Talton, the vice-president, presided over the ; business session. Standing com -3 mittees for the year were ap i pointed as follows: Horticulture, 1 Mrs. P. W. Walton, Mrs. C. F. Cooper: historian. Mrs. H.T. Gil bert; conservation, Miss Martha Cooper; Flower Show, Mrs. W. E. Beckham, Mrs. W, C. Talton; Garden Shelf, Mrs. C. C. Pierce, Mrs. Freeman Cabero; Junior Gardens, Mrs. Felton Norwood. ’ Mrs. Max Moore; Scrap Book, ’ Mrs. E. P. Staples, Mrs. W. E. Marshall, Mrs. C E. McLendon; J Slides, programs, and pilgrim * ages, Mrs. J. L. Gallemore, Mrs Joe Beddingfield, Mrs. Hugh Lawson, Mrs. Houser Gilbert. Parks and Civic Gardens— - Parks, Mrs. E, W. Traylor, Mrs. . Emmett Barnes;Andrew Heights, Mrs. R. E. Brown, Mrs, W, K. Whipple; Main Street, Mrs. M.G . Edwards, Mrs. George Riley; , Cemetery, Mrs. George Jordan, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert: Publicity, Mrs. W. K. Whipple; Garden School, Mrs. Mayo Davis; Judg ' ing and Awards, Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, Mrs. Aubrey Ander son, Mrs. S. A. Nunn. Special feature of the displays was the weed show. First prize went to Mrs. George Riley for unique arrangement in a low x green bowl. In the horticultural 1 class first prize went to Mrs. W. > C. Talton for snapdragons. Mrs. 5 George Jordan received honor able mention for Columbine. Hostesses were Mrs. E. M. . Beckham, Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, i Mrs. A. C. Cobb, Miss Martha Cooper, Mrs. George Jordan, Mrs. . George Riley, Mrs. Alton Hardy, i Mrs. W. C. Massee, and Mrs, P. W. Walton. ! BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN RECEIVES DONATIONS 1 Donations to the Bundles for } Britain cause may be made to t Mrs. G. E. Jordan, chmn. com > mittee, Mrs. E. W. Traylor, vice x chmn: or W. V. Tuggle, cashier r of the Perry Loan and Savings Bank. The Perry school children rais ed $lO to buy a cot. The Hous ton County Grand Jury donated ’ $5 for aid to Britain, J A big bundle of clothing was ' sent last week from Perry to . Britain, The Home Dry Clean r ers cleaned the clothing free of charge. I The barrels for clothing are , located at Moore Dry Goods Co. and Perry Furniture Co. BAPTISTS TO BEGIN SERVICES APRIL 30 Rev. Rufus D. Hodges of Hartwell will conduct Evange listic Services at the Perry Bap tist church, beginning Wednes day night, April 30, and con- , tinning for ten days. Rev. Mr, ( Hodges is outstanding in evange- ( listic work, basing his preaching largely on the scriptures. He is well known to Georgians because of this fact which makes him much in demand for special meet ings. Those who enjoy Bible messages will want to hear him. Services will be held daily at 10 a. m, and Bn. m. Rev. Mr. | Hodges will preach at all ser- I vices including Sunday, May 4. Congregations of otherchurch les of the town and county are invited to attend the series. The public is also cordially invited to attend all the services by Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor. 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. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS The United States Defense Savings Bonds and Postal Sav ings Stamps will be placed on sale in the main Post Office at the opening of business on Thurs jday, May 1, as part of the na tional effort to make America impregnable. Postmaster Otis A. King an nounced today that plans are j nearly completed for this com munity, along with thousands of others from coast to coast, to do its full part at the opening of the the savings program. It is ex pected that the Mayor and other civic leaders will be among the first purchasers of savings bonds and stamps here. Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, in a letter to Postmast masters throughout the country, i said that the help of local post masters would be “a real service : to the country.” He transmitted the thanks of Secretary of the ' Treasury Morgenthau for the help that local postmasters had already given in the sale of Unit ed States securities, and also Mr. : Morgenthau’s thanks in advance • ‘‘for the co-operation which he knows you will give to this new i effort.” The new Defense Savings Bond is similar to the familiar ■ "Baby Bond”, of which more . five billion dollars worth have ■ been bought by more than two and a half million Americans ; since 1935. . A Defense Bond may be pur i chased May 1, or thereafter, for i $18.75. In ten years, this bond will be worth $25.00. This is an increase of 33 1-3 per cent, equal • to an annual interest return of 3.9 per cent, compounded semi -3 annually. Any time after sixty i days from the date of purchase, ’ the bond may be redeemed for cash, in accordance with a table I of redemption values printed on the face of the bond. To spread investments widely ■ among all the people in America, ja limit of SS,OUU has been set on I the amount of these bonds to be I bought by any one person in one i year. The bonds are in denomi nations of $25, $5O, $lOO, $5OO, and $l,OOO, all of which are sold for 75 per cent of their maturity value and all of which mature in ten years. SERVICE GUILD MEETS The Wesleyan Service Guild ”Imet Thursday night at the home > of Mrs. A. P. Whipple. Hostesses - were Miss Thelma Bickley, Miss - Ruby Pickens, and Mrs. T. C. r Mayo. s Mrs. John L. Hodges gave a devotional message. Prayer for - Peace, and a report of the W. S. - C, S. conference in Waycross. 1 Miss Thelma Bickley, presi dent, was in charge of the busi -5 ness session. ) - ANNOUNCEMENT The Methodist W. S. C. S. i have an all-day mission study . program at the church next Mon day, beginning at 10:30 a. ra. 1 PEANUT MARKETING VOTETOBE APRIL 26 Expansion of peanut produc tion far beyond normal needs, climaxed by a record-breaking crop in 1940 resulted in the re cent legislation providing market ing quotas on peanuts, according to L. W. Tabor, Houston county peanut grower and chairman of the county AAA committee. The new legislation provides that a loan or diversion program, or both, must be offered if mar keting quotas are approved by producers. Similarly, the pro visions prohibit the use of these price-supporting measures when I growers reject quotas. A refer endum on a marketing quota for the 1941, 1942, and 1943 crops will be held Saturday, April 26. Mr. Tabor pointed out that latest estimates show that the 1940 peanut crop grown for market amounted to about 825,- 000 tons, harvested from 1,907,- 000 acres. The largest previous production was 652,900 tons in 1938. Both acreage and production have bten expanding more or less regularly for the past 8 years and farmers soon realized they were growing more peanuts than they could dispose of to the edi ble trade at satisfactory prices, he said. This led to the use of excess peanuts for crushing into oil. However, peanuts for oil usually brought lower prices than those sold for shelling. To compensate the farmer for this difference in price, the Gov ernment has financed a diversion program each year since 1934,ex cept in 1936. Under this plan, the peanut farmer could deliver his peanuts to one of the peanut cooperative associations and re ceive the market price for edible peanuts. The cooperatives, in turn, sold the excess peanuts for oil, and the Government paid them the difference between the two prices. “The peanut diversion pro gram worked pretty well until last year, when the cost to the Government exceeded $10,000,- 000, or more than three times the cost for any previous year," Mr. Tabor said. “As a result, some means of stabilizing the marketing of peanuts has become necessary." All farmers who shared in the proceeds of a 1940 crop of pea nuts picked and threshed by me : chanical means are eligible to vote in the referendum. : I TRAFFIC PRESENTS ; 1 GRAVE PROBLEM NOW | With defense activities step ping up travel in general, traffic accidents never presented as grave a problem as they do today. Naturally the highways are more than ordinarily crowded • with huge army convoys trans porting troops from one end of the state to the other. Soldiers who have cars, or who can bor row or rent them, go by motor to spend their leaves with friends and relatives and the latter in turn use motor travel to visit the soldiers in camp. Moreover, the upward trend in industry has increased our na tional income with the result that motor vehicle and gasoline sales are on the increase. National Safety Council re minds us that “every accident slows down defense" and surely at this critical time America has greater need for manpower and property than to spoil them reck lessly on the streets and high ways. The Georgia Department of Public Safety advises drivers and ! pedestrians that two things will 1 keep the accident rate at a mini i mum and neglect of them will i surely send it soaring. They (1) faithful observance of the rules of safety and (2) courtesy , toward the other driver or to the • pedestrian. Surely these are a small price to pay for so great a result. Our . own local police officers and - State Patrol join in an unani mous appeal to the driving and walking public to use more cau tion and courtesy. . And the Journal makes the ap peal that we Georgians ease / Uncle Sam’s national defense - headache all we can by putting the lid on our traffic accidents.