Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, September 18, 1941, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXX. No. 38. Eool ENROLLMENT ■large opening day ITi e Perry High School began term Monday morning ■U an enrollment of 447, which to reach 475 in two m Z This number is an in ■L e 'of 30 over last year’s en- BJllment, Sup'u E. P. Staples enrollment by grades is as ■jlihvs: First, 41; second, 31: Kd, 28; fourth, 41; fifth, 42; H.'.h’ 43; seventh, 42; eighth, s4; K th ’ 44; tenth, 42; eleventh, 39. ■ The opening exercises Monday ■rereattended by a large num ■erof patrons and friends.Coun ■lSchool Supt. F, M. Greene and K cV . j.A. Ivey made brief talks. B' k. Whipple sang two solos. Bev. Roy Gardner said the invo Btion. ■ The new students and the new ■teachers were introduced by Mr. ■Staples. The teachers are Miss of Montezuma, commercial ■ork: Miss Byrd of Butler, home ■economics; Miss Moore of Tifton; ■public school music. ■ The W. F. A. Lunch Room is ■peiating again this year. 114 ■indents were served Tuesday K the four workers. I Other Schools I All of the white schools in ■Houston county and the Perry ■colored school opened Monday ■iirning. The total enrollment ■ the white schools on opening ■ay was 838. The enrollment by ■schools follows: I Bonaire, 181; Centerville, 67; ■Henderson, 54; Elko, 24; Grova ■nia, 42; Hayneville, 23;Perry,447. I The Perry Training School for ■colored had 200 pupils which was ■ record enrollment for opening ■ay, I Opening exercises were held at Bonaire with Rev. Roy Gardner ■sspeaker. The enrollment at ■Bonaire is expected to pass the If)mark before Christmas due lie the influx of defense workers liiWellston. Included in the 181 iroliment at Bonaire were 22 children of defense workers. Henderson has a new teacher, Mrs, H. H. Averett of Perry, who will assist Miss Lessie Langston, principal. WELLS! ON ORGANIZES SOCIETY FOR WOMEN i A group of women of the new ly oiganized Wellston Methodist chinch met at the home of Mrs. hid Carter Thursday afternoon, W. 11, and organized a Wo man’s Society of Christian Ser vice. Mrs. Gordon King had charge wthe meeting. Mrs. George C. Nunn and Mrs, V. P. Folds, dis trict secretary, were present and Have interesting talks on the Purpose of the W. S. C. S. Of hcers were elected and a social hour was enjoyed. Those attending were; Mrs. bed Goetz, Mrs, J.P. Stalnaker, JJfs. W. C. Watson, Mrs. Royce hatr, Mrs. Albert Pratt, Mrs. hfod Carter, Mrs. Gordon King, Misses Laura Watson, Blanche prison, Mildred Watson, and Hbt tie Laura Stalnaker. Reporter. FIREWORKS AT SOUTHEASTERN FAIR ATLANTA, Ga. —A glorious reworks spectacle every night ner the grandstand show is one the dazzling features sched for the 1941 S. E. World’s klik be K’ nn ing in Atlanta Sep mber 26. The grandstand L| Ws an d the fireworks spec ,J e a are both absolutely free •a offer to thousands of Fair Z ltors more than two hours of entertain ftL. Whis year’s free grandstand L V I S anc * fireworks are gofng to ton->, ln est in the Fair’s his dPZ’ /aid Mike Benton, presi the S. E, Fair Associa cJh° r F ia ’ 3 18th selective service H'o' s * or U 826 white men and ' negroes to report for duty j-, Be , n October 1 and 20. The a ‘ready has furnished 14,- selectees. Houston Home Journal ■ j Whipple Appointed r ! Insurance Agent I i mmm A | 3 R' § t y i r ■»-• ~ tf- * i|kt| 5 WENDELL K. WHIPPLE j W. K. Whipple has been ap ; pointed representative of the ’ Connecticut Mutual Life Insur s ance Co. of Hartford, Conn, for : Perry, Houston county and vici- J nity. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. is the fourth oldest life insurance company in Ameri i ca, having been founded in 1846. ' It has been in Georgia for 75 1 years and has had representa . tion in the vicinity of Perry for ; over 60 years. The home office is Hartford, Conn. P. L. Bealy Smith of At lanta is the General Agent for • Georgia and John Selser of Ma . con is the District Agent. ■ Mr, Whipple will offer Con -5 necticut Mutual service to all [ policy holders in the Perry terri tory. t Mr. Whipple is the proprietor ’ and operator of Whipple Funeral . Florae in Perry. He was in the : drug store business for several ! years. i Mr. Whipple is president of the Perry Kiwanis club. He is a ! gifted vocalist and was a mem ber of the Emory Glee club when he attended Emory University. He is a member of Delta Tau : Delta fraternity and a Mason. DRIVER’S LICENSE Major John E. Goodwin, in an interview today, stated that there are over 3,000 driver’s licenses that have been returned to the office of the Department of Pub lic Safety unclaimed for lack of proper address. Goodwin further stated that he believed a large number of these people would be trying to locate their license and if they have moved, or for any other reason gave insufficient address, to please write the Department of Public Safety, P. O. Box No. 1741. All of these unclaimed licenses have been filed alphabetically and could easily be pulled and re mailed to the proper address. Major Goodwin also stated that road checks would soon be start ed and he was desirous of every one having their driver’s license by that time, as it is a misde meanor for any person to drive an automobile without one •on their possession. He elaborated on this by stating that having a license at home would not pre vent a person from being arrest ed on a misdemeanor, as this li . cense is supposed to be on the person at all times when driving. Good Intentions Wont Make A | Lame Duck Fly! 1 [ But an Ad in The Home Jour nal will stimulate any business. i| The easiest, quickest and best '| W ay to reach new customers is ■I through the Ad columns of I this newspaper. In no other II way can so many people be .j reached at such a small cost ■j and with so little effort. Get Wise — ADVERTISE HOME JOURNAL 1— ■ ; The best investment you can ■ find: Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps. Buy them regularly. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1941 FARMERS MAYBECOMEOWNERS Another chance for landless farmers in Houston county to be come landowners, and to start on their way to independence, has been opened. Tenants, sharecroppers and farm laborers in Houston county have nevv opportunity to file for mal applications for loans under the Bankhead-Jones Act with the Farm Security Administra tion supervisor in this county. He is William H. Jones, and his of fice is located at Perry, Ga. Through the operation of the Bankhead-Jones Act, more than 5,400 farmers have become land owners in the Southeastern States comprising Region V of the Farm Security Administra tion. Of these, 31 are in Hous ton county. In the current year, opportuni ty is offered for approximately . 2,350 more landless farmers of . the region to become landowners. ' Of these, 12 will be in this . county. Mr. Jones explained that get ting a loan under the Bankhead , Jones Act means more than just ■ getting money to purchase the “ land. The loans cover the neces sary buildings, barns, poultry, ■ smoke houses, etc., and ample fencing and money for perma . nent land improvements, such as pastures. Thus, said Mr. Jones, the ten ’ ant family has more than credit . to purchase a home. He has credit to attain a better living for himself and his family. The annual payments which the bor j rower Is required to make are usually about like rents now paid by tenants operating the farm . purchased. I The county tenant purchase , committee, which considers all j loans, cannot pass upon any ap plications except those of families I? that have formal applications on t file. Mr. Jones pointed out that applications filed before June 30, j 1940 are not current and there fore cannot be considered unless J the would-be purchaser goes to the county FSA office and re news his application. Members of the tenant pur chase committee of Houston county are: Walter W. Gray, , Charles E. Pyles, and John L. , Davis. i CAMPAIGN FOR MORE WINTER GARDENING > . i [ A call urging all Georgia farm 1 families to grow fall and winter ! gardens as a means of supplying , more food for the family and in 1 promoting the defense move i ment, was made this week by the Georgia Agricultural Exten sion Service. In announcing the campaign for more gardening, Extension Director Walter S. Brown de ' dared that agriculture is playing, and will continue to play, a vital ’ role in the national defense pro gram. He said the garden is a , very important phase of any | farm’s home production of food. Elmo Ragsdale, horticulturist for the Extension Service, has ’ been made chairman of the drive for more gardens in Georgia. Suggestions as to crops and in ’ formation about varieties, plant ing dates, and fertilization are available from county and home ’ demonstration agents, or by writing the Extension Service in Athens. Director Brown pointed out that gardening is being promot ed in Georgia through a joint movement of all agricultural minded agencies, including the Farm Security Administration, vocational teachers, AAA, the Extension Service, and others. The most effective help which a civilian can give Uncle Sam is )to buy Defense Savings Bonds j and Stamps as often as possible. ANNOUNCEMENT The Wesleyan Service Guild will meet Thursday, Sept. 25, at ,: Bp. m. at the home of Mrs. 1 Robert Fudge. All business wo men and teachers are invited to ■ attend. 1 CONSERVATION SIGNS! i TO BE POT ON ROADS! ; Education—while you travel — on Georgia’s natural resources j i and how to conserve them is to i be the next step in the Depart ment of Natural Resources pro . gram to acquaint Georgians with their own state. Commissioner Zach 1). Cravey ■ said the Department will erect hundreds of attractive and edu cational road signs on forestry, : Bobwhite quail, and other native birds, game and fish. He got the idea, he said, from a trip to ■ the North central states and found that the signs are playing a big part in making citizens “conscious of their natural re sources and of the value in pro tecting ond conserving them.’’ Such reminders as these, he believes, will help to make Georgians conservation-minded: “Your best friend is nature help preserve her handiwork by protecting her trees.’’ ; “Help keep this country green.’’ “To have good agriculture we must have ground cover to pre- [ vent erosion and to hold the ! moisture.’’ “Everybody loses when timber turns.’’ s “Don’t throw live cigar, cigar et or pipe ashes in the woods or i along the roadsides; woods fires destroy our birds.” The Commissioner said the : signs will be posted so as not to 5 block the motorists’ vision of the ; roads or cause other safety haz ! ards. I METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS i Church School-10:15 a. m I The annual offering for the Methodist Orphans’ Home in Ma con will be taken in this service. 5 Morning Worship 11:30 a. m. } Theme of sermon, “Faith’s Fi ' nal Security.” ’ Youth Fellowship for Inter ' mediate-Senior ages meets 6:30 ’ p. m. Sunday. * Evening Worship Service 8:00. In this service the pastor will discuss “Overcoming Fears and Anxieties.” Prayer Service Wednesday night, 8:30 o’clock. The pastor is now seeking to deal with some of the basic prob lems and imeds of this day in his sermons. He urges all his mem bership to resume their atten dance upon church services, and 1 invites the public to attend. The church will join in a nation-wide Church Loyalty Campaign in the | months of October and Novem ’ ber, this campaign beginning World-Wide Communion Sunday, 1 Oct. 5. The public is cordially invited to all services. Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor. METHODIST WOMAN’S SOCIETY HAS MEETING I The executive meeting of the ; Methodist W. S. C. S. will be held Monday at 4p. m. at the home of Mrs. A.M. Anderson Jr. ' The general meeting was held Monday at the church with Mrs. G. W. Hicks, president, pre siding. Mrs. W. V. Tuggle, vice-presi dent, presented the program on “The Power of Women in the Church.” This program marked the first anniversary of the new group, Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service, formed from the ■ Woman’s Missionary Society. Each officer read scripture from ' a slip of paper in the shape of a! slice of cake. Rev, Robert Hicks of Lizellaj gave the devotional on the topic,' A New World. Mrs. W. A. Lee, chrnn. Baby Specials, presented a certificate! of Life Membership to Marion| Lary Brown Jr. of Miami. Fla. 1 in behalf of his maternal grand-] 1 mother, Mrs. G. C. Nunn. i ■ " I President Roosevelt bought the first Defense Savings Bond on , May 1, 1941. Your bank or post office is waiting for you to call : for yours—today! '| , I To safeguard and preserve the ij American way of life buy De ! fense Savings Bonds and Stamps. ! Ralph Tabor Given 1 Highest F.F.A. Honor I I RALPH TABOR Ralph Tabor, a member of the Perry F. F. A. chapter, has re cently received the highest honor possible as a F. F. A. member. jA few days ago he was notified that he had been awarded the degree of American Farmer. To receive this degree he must have been an outstanding F.F.A.mem ber, plan to become a farmer, earned and invested at least $5OO from his projects, a F.F.A.mem ber at least three years, and recommended by the State De partment of Vocational Educa tion to the National Department of Vocational Education. During his years in high school he was a very outstanding stu dent. He was elected to the Green Hand Degree in the spring of 1938, raised to a Junior Farm er in the spring of 1939 and awarded the Georgia Planter De gree in the fall of 1939. The Georgia Planter Degree is the highest honor given by the state organization. Ralph was the reporter of the local chapter in 1938-39, presi dent of the chapter in 1939-40 and 1940-41. He was very ac tive in the chapter work through out his high school career. During his four years in high school his project each year has consisted of Austrian peas and corn as contributory projects, hogs as a minor project and sweet potatoes as a major pro ject. From these projects he cleared during the first three years $683.85. His estimated profit for this year is $475.00. Ralph recently won a livestock scholarship worth $lOO, and was awarded a freshman sophomore scholarship by the University of Georgia worth about 8135. He has also won other honors in cluding two summer camps to Lake Jackson. He plans to leave for the Uni versity of Georgia Sept. 33, where he will take an agricultural course after which he plans to start farming. SPEED LAW TO SE ENFORCED In summarizing the cause of accidents, Major John E. Good win, head of the State Patrol, stated today that “speed” was a big factor, attributing to over 1 half of the fatalities, and has ordered more rigid enforcement of the speed law by the Patrol. In ordering this action, Major Goodwin stated that the Patrol would have to bear down on speeding cases, in order that the 55 miles per hour speed limit in Georgia be enforced strictly, and ! that all trucks over 10,000 lbs. [would only be allowed to make • the 35 miles per hour allowed bi I law. He went on to say that with I the amount of traffic on the |roads today, it was becoming in creasingly dangerous for anyone to drive in excess of the 55 MPH j speed law. PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE Perry Church | Sunday School-10:15 a. m. Worship Service-ll:30 a. m. Clinchfield Sunday School-3:00 p. m. Worship Service--8:00 p. m. Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor. ESTABLISHED 1870 PROGRESS MADE IN EFFORT FOR PWA AID The P. W. A. office at Jackson ville, Fla. has sent the applica tion from the City of Perry for P. W. A. aid in building an ade quate sewerage system and ex tending the waterworks system of Perry to the Washington, D. C. office of P. W. A. Mayor S. A Nunn has been advised of this action and that appropriate recommendation has been made by the Jacksonville office, which is the regional headquarters, to the national office. Mayor Nunn has received mes sages from Senator Walter F. George and Congressman Steph en Pace that they are working on this project so vital to the city of Perry. The city voted recently in fa vor of issuing bonds to be used for building an extended sewer age system and waterworks sys tem, provided the P.W. A. would grant the city funds for this pur pose on account of Perry being in the National defense area. Progress has been made in this direction by the clearance of the matter in the regional office and it is hoped that speedy approval will come from the Washington office of P. W. A. due to the ef forts of Sen. George and Rep. Pace. PENN-DIXIE TEAM CLOSES HOME SEASON The Penn-Dixie Baseball team will close its home schedule Sun day afternoon at 4 p. m. playing the fast 14th Battalion team from Camp Wheeler on the Clinchfield diamond. This team defeated Penn-Dixie boys last Sunday afternoon by a 6to 1 score. These teams have played four games this season, - each winning two games, and Sunday’s game will decide the winner for the season. After this game the Penn-Dix -1 ie team will travel to Cobbtown Sunday, Sept. 28, for the final road game of the year. EDITORS TO ATTEND SOUTHEASTERN FAIR ATLANTA, Ga. —Hundreds of Georgia editors and newspaper men will be shown special privi leges and paid tribute on Satur day, Sept. 27, the second day of the great 10-day S. E. World’s Fair. The Fair begins in Atlan ta on Sept. 26 and continues through Oct. 5. A special Press luncheon is set for Press Day and, as part of the American Youth Jubilee fea ture of the Fair, a glorious youth float parade will march through downtown Atlanta at noon Sat urday. Editors from all over the state iannually ‘Jock up the shop” to attend the Fair, the greatest event of its kind in the entire Southeast. BAPTIsf ANNOUNCEMENTS Bible School each Sunday morn ing 10:15. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Sermon by the pastor. Baptist Training Union 7 p. m. Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed nesday Evening 8:00. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. j AUTO RACES AT FAIR ATLANTA, Ga.—Track fans from the entire Southeast will thrill anew on Wednesday, Octo ber 1, when the S. E. World’s Fair brings to Atlanta the most daring collection of auto and stock car drivers in tne country. According to Mike Benton, Fair Association president, at least six sprint races have been arranged, plus the grand final,in which the six fastest racers com pete with the six fastest stock cars. This is a twenty-mile race. Drivers from almost every state will compete in the races. There’s no finer way than the American way. Let's keep it that way. Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps.