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VOI.UX. No. 25.
igSTON CHOSEN
lon air depot site
I u'dlston »W definitely chosen
■ "S- as the site for the con-
of a $14,000,000 Air
■f C depot- Col. Robert A.
■St assistant secretary of
lrair gave his approval to
iflouston county site, which
■Steen miles from Perry and
■line distance from Macon,
■Baconhad .net all condi
■plaid down by the war de
■ Advance crews of engineers
| ir ; expected to begin _ actual
■lion the project within a
■"Approval of the project cli-
Imixed a long and arduous fight
■(tribeplant by Macon citizens
■jer the leadership of Con
■ ressman Carl Vinson. Macon
■lonover Atlanta in the race to
■obtain this air depot for the
■southeast. Atlanta sought to
■locate the depot at Ellenwood,
■ K arthc Conley Quartermaster
■jepot, or at Jonesboro.
■ Army engineers were located
■inferry this spring while sur
veying the Wellston site. No
■publicity was given to this fact
■inresponse to a government re
quest The engineers found the
■wellston site to be superior to
■others fr o m an engineering
■standpoint.
■ The conditions laid down by
■the government for this project
■',m outlined Tuesday to the
■ferry Kiwanis club by Ellsworth
Hall, Macon attorney. Chief
■among the conditions was the
■supplying of 2,000 housing units
■ tohouse the 0,000 people who
■ till be employed at the air depot,
■ Mr. Hall said. Some of these
■ bouses will be built in Perry and
■ other nearby towns, the speaker
■ stated.
I The Air Depot will have three
■ runways of 5,000 ft. to 7,000 ft.
■ each. There will be three main
■ buildings covering eleven acres
■ each, Mr. Hall said.
■ Mayor Sarn A. Nunn in his in
■toiuction of the speaker praised
the work done by Macon in se
curing this project and pledged
the co-operation of Perry.
Mr, Munn stated that Perry
had been placed in the Defense
Area upon request of citizens
"do were represented in the mat
ter by Judge A.M, Anderson and
f E. Andrew.
Perry is now in a position to
have homes built here for those
connected with the government
defense project at Wellston, Mr
Nunn said.
famous bicyclist
VISITS IN PERRY]
Irof, Fred A. Birchmore, mu--
Sician, singer, lawyer, explorer,
author, and now teacher at South
btorgia College at Douglas, Ga.,
Hunt Tuesday and Wednesday in
erry talking with prospective
I'whmen for South Georgia Col-
Prof .Birchmore’s first bid to
jational fame came in 1934 when!
e graduated twice on the same
d: ./giving simultaneously
IV' a "<? LL. B. degrees
he University of Georgia com
r exercises. (He had
earl; dls U- degree 2 years
. earl >or m 1932).
. After accepting a scholarship
manJ° gn f University in Ger-!
ing 40 onn s f se( i uentl y travel
on» V J(j b miles around the world
settle i Ce Birt -hmore tried to
his hr down to law practice in
travel to , wn ’ Ath ens. But the
be e ] n J )l | g ) h ac i bitten him so that
tcok t S A d u down his law office and
12(inn° m ?P en road again on at
e.Lcyde tour of North i
and Sa Voting both New York (
in Hi« r/ h raneiseo World Fairs 1
gia tn fl rcu, t° u s route from Geor-:
torv n n u da ’ Northwest Terri- 1
Mevi a d herders of Alaska and I
tuinrr/V soon er had he re-1
bicycle thia second kreatj
■w, lt P than Mr. Birchmore i
himself a wife” andj
in Amp°°° iles through Lat-1
on a tar f a and the West Indesi
Hav;J dem honeymoon. |
ever settlin IVe i n up all hope of 1
Ur Uvpi! ng d( ? wn In one place i
Birchm, e f traight months, Mr. !
pr °miw e i has glven up a very l
ed to fl?V aw Practice and turn-
He tear-f'' lln ? a ? his hfe work.
school tem du U ng the regular
Summer InL a fu d spends the long i
m onths traveling to the
Houston Home Journal
| METHODISTS HAVE
VACATION SCHOOL
i A Vacation Church School be
gan at the Methodist church
i Monday to continue through
Wednesday, June 25. Mrs. W.
K. Whipple is general superin
tendent.
There are forty-six pupils en
rolled and sixteen workers. En
rollment by departments is as
follows: Juniors, 20; Primary, 13;
Beginners, 13.
Workers are; Mrs. W.E. Mar
shall Jr., Misses Dorothy and
Margaret Newhard, Miss Mari
anne Nunn, and Mrs. G.C. Nunn
in Junior Dept.; Mrs. Roy Gard
ner, Mrs. Violet Camel, Mrs. H.
H. Averett, Misses Helen Gray
and Mary Paul in Primary; Mrs.
G. W. Hicks, Miss Norine Swan
son, Barbara Whipple, Shirley
Wilkinson, and Nell Evans in
Beginners.
ASS L WOODARD PASSES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Funeral services for Asa Leon
i Woodard, 54, who died at Ogle
thorpe Infirmary, Macon, Friday
night, were held in Tucker fu
neral home chapel at 3 p. m.
Sunday.
The Rev. J. A. Ivey officiated
and burial was in Evergreen
cemetery, Perry.
Pallbearers were: C.C. Pierce,
C. B. Andrew Sr., C. C. Chap
man, T. R. Summers, J. W.
Bloodworth, and T. D. Mason.
The Robert D, Collins Post of
the American Legion was repre
sented by C. E. Andrew and G.
W. Rhodes, past commanders,
who conducted the flag ceremo
ny of the Legion at the grave
side.
Mr. Woodard was a member of
the local Post. He went to the
World War from Houston county
and served overseas in some of
the major conflicts of the war.
He was presented a Service Cross
by the Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
chapter of the U. D. C. several
years ago. He w r as a native of
this county. His parents were
the late Mr. and Mrs. Beaure
gard Woodard.
Mr. Woodard’s death was un
expected as he was ill only one
day.
Survivors include his wife, one
daughter, Mary Bernice Wood
ard; one sister, Mrs. Eby Holtz
claw of Perry; one aunt, Mrs. W.
M. Prator of Macon, and several
nieces and nephews._
Out-of-town relatives attend
ing the funeral included Mr.
Charles West Holtzclaw of Ma
con, Miss Mary Holtzclaw of At
lanta, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Wood
'ard of Bonaire, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Justice, Messrs. Jack, Lee
and Virgil Justice, all of Ma
jestic, Ky.
“Let’s Come Oftener!”
—That’s what the whole fam
ily will say after a meal at
LEE’S. It’s an occasion the
children will enjoy. Mother,
too, will welcome the relief
from cooking this hot weather.
Bring all the family to
Lee’s —and find the food
and service so perfect
you’ll be back soon.
LEE’S ALL AMERICAN CAFE
Perry, Ga.
I
I
ifar corners of the world and
j writes books, magazine and
| newspaper articles of his adven
-1 tn tgs.
Though Birchmore’s travels
I interfered with his law practice
I thev coincide perfectly with his
’career as teacher of Contempo
rary Georgia and Contemporary
I Civilization. Instead of reading
1 about the modern world, Bircn
jmoregoes out and gets first
hand information, bringing back
[thousands of projection .pictures|
Ito show to the students in class- 1
[rooms. . . ’
! Though he’s received a num- |
1 ber of better-salaried positions in
! other universities and colleges in
1 the U. S. Prof. Birchmore is
planning to stay on at South |
Georgia College next falh
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. JUNE 19, 1941
|C.C.C. ENROLLMENT
. TO BE HELD JULY 18
i
i A recent survey has disclosed
• that on May 1 approximately 4,-
900 young men and war veterans
enrolled in Georgia CCC carrps
- were receiving training related
directly or indirectly to national
3 defense.
! All junior enrollees receive job
training and basic CCC training
- which is of the greatest value to
• them whether they are called to
duty under the Selective Service
1 law or obtain jobs in national de
■ fense industries. The job train
■ ing includes truck driving, trac
tor operation, surveying, draft
ing, etc.
■ Of the 4,900 men enrolled in
the 32 Georgia camps in April,
1 578 were taking special national
defense vocational training
courses in camp or nearby trade
schools in cooperation with state
vocational training authorities.
Another 66 men were taking full
[ time vocational courses at the
I two CCC radio schools and the
central motor repair shop located
in the state.
1 America's entire National De
| fense System owes a debt of
| gratitude to the Civilian Conser
jvation Corps. The Army finds
that CCC boys in most cases
qualify physically for active ar
my service, while a large per
centage of our civilian popula
tion are still physically unfit for
the armed forces. CCC boys ad
vance much faster in the service
than raw recruits. They have
the fundamental training in dis
cipline and camp life that is so
essential to a good army. It
isn’t a far step from a tractor
operator to a tank operator. The
CCC has thousands of excellent
truck drivers to furnish our
, mechanized forces with drivers.
Its trained mechanics help keep
: the army’s equipment in force.
, Truly, the Civilian Conservation
Corps in this hour of emergency
is repaying the nation with com
; I pound interest for its original
1 investment.
1 On July 18, there will be
another enrollment for an un
-1 limited number of Junior White
boys. The requirements are
few and simple, the age limit is
17 through 23)4 fer unmarried
! boys out of employment and in
need of work and physically fit.
! The pay is thirty dollars per
montn of which the enrollee may
spend eight, save seven and send
fifteen home, or if his family
does not need the money he may
deposit $22.00 with the Govern
ment until his enrollment is com
pleted. Food, clothing, medical
care and recreation facilities are
furnished by the Government
free of charge. All boys are
urged to see their local County
1 Welfare Director at the county
site and put in their application.
The Houston County Depart
ment of Public Welfare has an
unlimited quota for the July en
rollment, according to Miss Sal
lie Frank Thompson, director.
PARTIES FOR VISITORS
The presence of four visitors
in Perry last week was the in
spiration for several parties.
These visitors were Harriet Mc-
Phaul of Tuskegee, Ala,, Carol
Culpepper of Atlanta, Ann Whip
pie of Cochran, and Alice Lyons
of Atlanta.
Wednesday night, Barbara
Whipple honored her house
guest, Ann and Alice, with a
party at her home.
Wednesday afternoon, Anna
Lee Beavers had a small party
for these visitors.
Thursday morning, Barbara
Whipple had a Coca-cola party
for her guests.
Thursday night, Dallas Ryle
was host to a group of boys and
girls in honor of the visitors.
Friday morning, Meredyth
Hunnicutt had a Coca-cola party
at her home. Besides the hon
orees, the guests were Olive Lee
Thompson, Anna Lee Beavers, :
and Barbara Whipple.
Friday, Mrs. A. P. Whipple
gave a small luncheon at her|
i home for her niece, Barbara,and
j her guests. 1
Friday night, Mrs. Alva Da- (
! vis, gave a buffet supper for her
niece, Harriet McPhaul.
This week on Tuesday evening,
J Miss Katharine Cater gave a
KIWANIANS PLAN
CLUB ACTIVITIES
Georgia Kiwanians attending
the 25th annual convention of
Kiwanis International being held
in Atlanta have announced pro
grams for 1941-42 agriculture
and youth activities.
Over 1,500 clubs in the U. S.
and Canada are engaged in ag
ricultural work and in Georgia
there are 61 clubs engaged in
these activities. The Kiwanis,
rural projects include diversified
farming experiments, promoting]
pure bred stock raising, sponsor
ing 4-H clubs, Future Farmers
of America and other youth
groups, promoting county fairs,
sponsoring farm institutes and
forum discussions on land-use
planning and farm problems.
Annual reports of the comit
tees on boys and girls work and
and child welfare are to be heard
at the closing session today
(Thursday), All voluntary com
munity groups will be united for
training youth in handicrafts and
defense activities. Clubs will
also promote hobby shows and
instruction in music, drama, lit-!
erature, etc. All agencies such I
as churches, YMCA, YWCA,Red!
Cross, Girl and Boy Scouts will
be asked to take part in broad
social programs for citizenship
and pro-democracy education.
Child welfare work will in
clude medical and dental service
for children, providing food and
clothing, supervised playground
and juvenile court assistance and
general charity work.
The annual Georgia district
fellowship dinner*was held Tues
day night. All Kiwanians and
their wives attended this dinner
and the reception and ball in
honor of Mark A. Smith, of Ma
con, president of Kiwanis Inter
national, which followed.
James V. Carmichael, of Mari
etta, governor of Ga. Kiwanis
district announced that the an
nual Georgia district convention
will be held in Savannah in Oc
tober.
George W. Kimball, of Chica
go, acting secretary, in his
report stated: “Kiwanis has
reached a new high peak in mem
bership and clubs. We have to
day 2,175 clubs with a member
ship of over 113,000 in the Unit
ed States and Canada.”
The convention has lasted four
days and has attracted over
6.U00 delegates and many visi
tors from all parts of the United
States and Canada.
Mark A. Smith, president of
Kiwanis International, in his an
nual message said: “Both the
United States and Canada are
united in their efforts in the task
of bringing a victory for those
who see life as a spiritual adven
ture and not merely a blind will
to live. Our common faith is
that we live for one another and
upon our sacrifices depends the
future of civilization.
“Our strength lies in the capa
city and the swiftness with which
we produce. In many ways Ki
wanis can participate in defend
ing democracy. We shall con
tinue to insist upon the full
recognition of human values and
see in totalitarianism the death
of the finer human and spiritual
values of life,
“We are in an area of the
world where democracy is the
strongest. Our rapid growth in |
Kiwanis is due to our belief in
democracy and in many fine wel
fare and civic projects. In a
world of war the spirit of Ki
wanis, of tolerance, of free
speech and of fair play must be
kept alive. This calls for unity
and courage among our entire
membership,” lie said.
J. C. Jones, Jr., of Thomaston, i
Ga., explained that no communi-j
ty can rise above the composite;
character of its citizenry. “Every j
citizen is either an asset or a li I
ability from the boot-black up to[
the bank president,” he remark
ed.
Mr. Jones presented a business 1
standards program which would!
include the application of the!
Golden Rule. He said from a
long-range business viewpoint
the Golden Rule always pays.
picnic supper in the grove at her
home for her nephew, Emmett
Cater, and Harriet McPhaul.
|jUNE 30, DEAD LINE
I ON DRIVERS’ LICENSE
;i r
j Commissioner John E. Good
win, of the Department of Pub
nlic Safety, has called attention to
’jthefact that there is only 15
I more days in which to secure
Driver’s License.
In a statement today Major
Goodwin pointed out that a great
many people seem to think that
the Family .Driver’s License is
all one license, however, this is a
mistake, as there will be no dif
i ference in the number of a per-
Ison’s license —each person hold
ling the same Driver’s License
number held in former years.
The Family Driver’s License Law
only changes the price of the
wife’s and children’s license.
Major Goodwin further stated
that there will be no grace given
after June 30, and that road
checks on autompbiles would not
be made until after that date,
giving everyone a chance to get
their license.
REGISTRATION OF MEN. AGE
21 SINCE OCT, TO BE JOB 1
I
j
On July 1, from 7 in the morn
ing until 9 in the evening, every
male citizen and every male
alien who has become 21 years of
age since October 16,1940,0 r who
is 21 years old on July 1, is ex
pected to register at his Local
Board in Georgia. This is in ac
cordance with the Selective
Training and Service Act of
1940, and the President’s Pro
clamation of May 26, 1941.
Director Hawkins asks that no
one get the idea that this act of
registration is the deciding fac
tor in any man being chosen for
any kind of service in connection
with this Act. Registration gives
the necessary information so
that your Local Board ma y
quickly communicate with each
registrant in order that further’
details of information, classifi
cation, and selection, may be
easily and speedily obtained.
In Houston county, the Regis
tration will be held in the ortice
of the Draft Board in the Ander
son Building with Mrs. Lewis
Harper, clerk, in charge.
Three white men were sent
from Houston county for service
on Friday, June 13. They are:
James Cleveland Mitchell ol
Perry, Julian Boyce Tucker of
Bonaire, Hugh Frank Armstrong
of Clinchfield. They were sent
to Fort McPherson Ga. for in
duction.
Next Wednesday, June 25, the
following white men will be senti
to Fort McPnersoa for induction;]
Robert Lee Sasser and Walter
Brown Wnitten.
On the same date, June 25,five
colored draftees will be sent to
Fort Penning, Ga. for induction.
They are; Eugene Soloman,
John Allen, Clinton Lee Bannis
ter, Obie Duhart, James Douglas
Holmes Jr.
INCOME TAX FILED
Georgians filed 70,315 individ
ual income tax returns for 1939,
out of the total of 7,648,683 filed
1 for the nation, it was reported
Thursday from Washington.
Alabamans turned in 49,538 re
turns, Floridians 72,589, South
Carolinians 29,936, North Caro
linians 61,529 and Virginians
90,731.
There were 23,505 returns from
Arkansas, 71,488 from Louisiana,
24,704 from Mississippi, 71,846
from Tennessee. The figures were
furnished by Guy T. Helvering,
internal revenue commissioner.
Atlanta,Georgia’s biggest city,
reported some less than half the
i total for the state, 30,245 for the
!city. Fulton county (including
[Atlanta) had 31,912 returns and
j DeKalb county (including Deca
-1 tar) swelled the total by 2,084.
1
The State Highway Board an
nounced Wednesday that road
! projects totaling $647,615 would
jbe let for contract on June 27.
I There are 11 projects including
work in 12 counties.
Animals growing “Angora”
hair, are peculiar to the region
of Angora, Turkey. Dogs, rab
bits, cats, goats grow angora
hair there, but gradually lose it
- when transported to other re
i gions.
JUNE 30, DEAD LINE
ESTABLISHED 1870
Tall amendments
J PASS EXCEPT NO. 69
> While more than 80,000 Geor
> gians voted for or against the
> four-year term amendment to the
state Constitution last week, few
er than 30,000 voted either way
on the more than GO local amend
; ments.
! This fact was disclosed last
i week when the secretary of
• state got around to adding up the
vote on the local amendments, all
• of which passed by majorities of
i approximately 11,000 votes.
The vote on the hospitalization
r amendment sponsored by Fulton
; and DeKalb counties was added
i up Wednesday morning. It show
ed 37,015 votes for public hos
i pitalization and 9,072 against it,
1 giving the amendment a four-to
. one vote margin.
The state-wide amendment ex
; erupting Rural Electric Co-opera
tive Associations from all taxes
was ratified by a vote of 37,908
to 11,895.
Complete figures on all state
wide amendments disclosed that
the one doubling the jurisdiction
of justices of the peace had the
widest margin, of victory.
Constitutional amendment No.
29, increasing the jurisdiction of
the justices from $lOO to s2oo,re
ceived 42,438 favorable votes to
11,098 unfavorable, making the
margin of victory 30,740.
Amendment No. 55, giving the
state school superintendent, a
four-year term, received the sec
ond largest majority, 28,991. The
vote was 43,009 for this amend
ment and 14,018 against it.
Amendment No. 1, providing a
four-year term for the Governor
and other constitutional officials,
polled the largest total vote of
80,320, but the majority for it
was only 19,940. The vote was
50,130 to 30,190.
Amendment No, 2, providing
for quadrennial elections, receiv
ed a majority of 20,172. The
vote was 48,221 to 28,049.
Amendment No. 08, allowing
the state to advertise its natural
resources, was passed by a ma
jority of 18,419. The vote was
28,010 to 10,191, or less than half
of the vote cast on the first
amendment.
Amendment No. 09, providing
for annual sessions of the Legis
lature, was defeated by a majori
ty of 281. The vote was 28,238
for this amendment and 28,519
against it.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
I Church School-10:15 a, m.
1 Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
Sermon by the pastor.
Epworth League for Inter
mediate and Senior ages meets at
0:30 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:30 p. m.
The hour is now changed to 8:30
o’clock and this will be the hour
i through the month of August.
• The pastor will preach on “Evan
gelism and Constancy.”
A called meeting of the Board
of Stewards Tuesday night 8:30
at the home of C. P. Gray.
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:00 o’clock.
Let us each do our part to
keep our attendance good dur
ing the summer months.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bible School each Sunday morn
ing 10:15.
Morning Worship Service 11:30-
Evening Worship Service 8:00.
Baptist Training Union 0:45.
Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed
nesday Evening 8:00.
J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
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.
I FIRST COTTON BLOOM
4
The first cotton bloom of the
season was brought to the Home
Journal office Thursday, June 12,
by Paschal Muse from his farm
Inear Perry.