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VOL. LXX. No. 45.
FARMERS’ MEETINGS
SCHEDULED FRIDAY!
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Houston county farmers will |
Ijg informed as to each one’s part 1
in die Defense Program outlined
tv the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture at community meetings
to be held this Friday, Nov. 7.; '
At 10 a.m., Friday, farmers
ff iH meet at Centerville, J. T.
Miller’s Store, Bonaire, Kath
leen, and J. M. Hunt’s Store to
receive information regarding
their part in the production of
additional food for this nation 1
and also enough to feed 10,000,-
000 British people and other al
lied nations.
At 2:30 p. m, Friday, farmers
fill gather at the Court House in
Ferry, at Hayneville, Elko, and
Henderson to learn all they can
about the government food pro
gram and what is expected of
each individual producer.
Farmers are asked to attend
the meeting nearest to them or
most convenient for them to at
tend. The different government
agencies in this county will as
sist at these meetings.
Those who will speak at one of
the above meetings are: W. T.
Middlebrooks, county agent; L.
C. Walker, vocational education;
W. C. Huggins, W. V. Bass, Mr.
Edwards, soil conservation ser
vice; James L. Faircloth, A.A. A.
administrator; Lewis Tabor, H.
B. Gilbert and W. N. Johnson,
county committeemen; W. H.
Jones, J. P. Stowe, Walker L.
Hawes, Mrs. Mary Brown, and
Mrs Annie Warley, of Farm Se
curity Admr.
A meeting of these workers
was held Tuesday p. m. in Perry
for them to receive final instruc
tions on this defense farm pro
gram. L. W. Tabor, county A.
A. A. chmn. presided.
Farmers in Houston have been
urged by County Agent W. T.
Middlebrooks to attend one of
these educational meetings Fri
day.
, Following these meetings, a
/sign up campaign begins Mon
| day, Nov. 10. Every farmer will
be expected to sign a farm plan
sheet setting forth the exact
acreages of crops needed in the
defense program.
CEMENT LABORATORY
The Portland Cement Associa
tion of Chicago has purchased
five acres of land near the Penn-
Dixie Cement Corporation’s
plant at Clinchfield from Sam A.
Nunn and the J. P. Duncan es
tate. This land will be used for
experimental purposes and for a
research laboratory to test
types and combinations of ce
ment to determine the strength |
and adapability of such products,
WINTER LEGUME DATE
The closing date for seeding
winter legume seed has been ex
tended to Nov. 30 by the U. S.
Dept, of Agriculture upon rec
ommendation of the Georgia
State Agricultural Conservation
Committee. T. R. Breedlove,
state A. A. A. administrative of
ficer, advises farmers to com
plete plans for crops seeded this
fall with this date in mind.
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U. D. C. MEETING
The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
chapter of the U. D. C, met
Tuesday p. m. at the home of
Mrs. C. C. Pierce with Mrs. B.
H. Newberry as co-hostess. In
the absence of the president, Mrs. j
H. T. Gilbert, Mrs, C. E. Brun
son presided. i
Mrs. F. M. Greene gave a pa
per on North Carolina in the Re-i
construction Period. Miss No-!
hue Swanson, pianist, played a!
Medley of Southern airs.
Mrs. Agnes Smoak Marshall |
as welcomed as a new member.;
A salad course was served dur-|
ln £ the social hour.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
, Services will be held at An-!
drevv Chapel Methodist church
nex t Sunday, Nov. 9. In the ah-!
sence of the pastor, Rev. Gordon j
, n B* who will be at annual con-|
C. P. Gray of Perry,
p lt ‘ speak at 11:30 a. m. and E.
I - Staples of Perry will conduct
r * e < :30 p. m. service.
Houston Home Journal
WORLD WAR VETERANS’ [
SUPPER TO BE NOV. 10,
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World War Veterans and their
wives will be entertained Mon
day night, Nov. 10, at 8 p. m. at
a supper at the American Legion
Home in celebration of Armistice
Day, Nov. 11. The Legion Aux
iliary will be hostess on this oc
casion.
The Robert D. Collins Post of
the Legion held its November
meeting Tuesday night at the
Home with Eby Holtzclavv, com
mander, presiding. Supper was
served before the business ses
sion.
The intermediate group of
veterans’ children was entertain
ed Tuesday p. m. at the Legion
Home by Mrs. Max Moore and
Mrs. J, B. Calhoun.
DR. JOHN W. STORY PASSES
Dr. John Wesley Story, 70,
died at his home at Kathleen at
5:30 a. m. Tuesday after a long
illness. He was a life long resi
dent of Houston county.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Sadie Wardlow iStory; two
sons, J. W. Jr. and J. E. Story
of Kathleen; a daughter, Mrs.W.
W. Woolfolk Jr. of Perry; a sis
ter, Mrs. J. I. Pollock of Lover
ly; and several nieces and neph
ews.
Funeral services were held at
the home in Kathleen at 11 a. m.
Wednesday, with the Rev. R. L,
Bivins of Cuseta officiating, as
sisted by Elder George Riley
Hunt of Centerville. Burial was
in the Bryan cemetery in Kath
leen.
Dr. Story was County Physi
cian of Houston county for sev
eral years and had practiced
medicine in the county for near
ly fifty years. He was a man of
high integrity who was held in
great esteem and affection by a
wide circle of friends.
LANDING FIELDS
The U. S. Government has
leased two tracts of land in
Houston county to be used as
subsidiary landing fields for Ar
my planes in use at the Cochran
Aviation Training School at
Avondale in Bibb county.
One of these landing fields is
an 130 acre tract on Sam A.
Nunn’s farm, five miles from
Perry and just off U. S. High
way 341. The other is on the
Gunn place near Centerville.
CURING SWEET POTATOES
Where sufficient volume is
[grown to justify the expense,
■curing sweet potatoes in storage
houses is an ideal method. But
where the volume will not justi
fy houses, banks may be used
satisfactorily if properly con
structed.
The banking or hill method of
curing and storing sweet pota
toes is probably practiced more
'generally throughout Georgia
than any other. If it is built
right the bank is a very satis
factory way of keeping sweet
potatoes. However, if the bank
does not provide proper ventila
tion and is not protected by a
shelter, it ceases to be a curing
practice and is merely a crude
! storage place conducsive to large
losses of sweet potatoes.
If sweet potatoes are stored in
banks a spot should be selected
which is well-drained. If less
than 20 bushels are to be stored
the cone-shaped may be used. If
more than 20 busheles are to be
[stored the bank should be long
land narrow with a V shaped
(trough inverted and laid in the
| bottom of the bed.
Supports should be placed un
iderthe trough so as to hold
j about two inches above the
[ground with the ends extending
| beyond the bank. The ridge of
i the trough is cut to allow the air
| from the trough to pass through
I the banked potatoes from the
j bottom. These openings should
Ibe covered by hardware cloth to
! keep out rats. An upright flue
extending out the top of the
I bank is placed over the inverted
trough, with the top covered to
1 keep out rain. The edges of the
flue should be left open along its
entire length so the air can cir
culate from the potatoes into the
flue. Use plenty of good, clean
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1941
PERRY METHODISTS
CLOSE GOOD YEAR
The Perry Methodist church is
now closing a good year. All de
partments of the church have
been active and have made pro
gress.
The Church School enrollment
has increased since last October
from 275,t0 316, and the average
attendance has been 147 per Sun
day. The chief project of the
School was the complete renova
tion of the Children’s Depart
ment and other improvements of
property at a cost of $l,OBO. This
amount was raised in a short
time. The Vacation School en
rolled 49 children. Extra ses
sions for children twice a month
have averaged 30 in attendance.
Attendance upon the Youth Fel
lowship is growing.
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service has done fine work.
It has 103 members. A Wesleyan
Service Guild for employed wo
men has been organized and has
20 members. The Woman’s So
ciety for its fiscal year paid
$409.26 for Missions and $124.77
for Local Activities and Christian
Social Relations.
The church has had a total in
come through all channels of
$6,744. Most of the year $5O a
month has been paid on the
World Service Collections (for
merly called Conference Collec
tions), through the church treas
ury, and the Church School has
paid monthly on these collections,
i The Church, the Church School
and the Youth Fellowship have
paid $982.36 for World Service
Collections, Superannuates, and
Bishops. For other causes out
side the local church $320 has
been paid.
Twenty-five members have
been added to the church, eight
of these coming by profession of
faith and vows, and seventeen
by letter or transfer, The pastor
has stressed evangelism through
out the year, and this will be a
major emphasis, if he is here
another year.
There has been a fine spirit of
co-operation and good will mani
fested by the leaders and mem
bers of the church. Much has
been accomplished, though a
number of worthy goals remain
unaccomplished. Plans are
being made to push on toward
these goals another year.
Rev. Roy Gardner, now com
pleting his second year as pastor,
wishes to express his deep ap
preciation for the friendship and
help of the members of the
church and of other people in the
community.
CHINESE RELIEF FUND
If you have a spare nickle or
dime or more, please give it this
week to same Wesleyan alumna
for the Chinese Relief fund.
It may seem silly with as much
suffering as there is at home to
collect money to send across the
world. But their suffering is as
much if not more and your dimes
will mean so much to them.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10;15 a. m
. No preaching service either
morning or night since the pas
tor is at annual conference. You
are invited to attend the services
of our sister churches.
Youth Fellowship for Inter-
I mediate-Senior ages meets 6:30
. p. m. Sunday.
The appointments will be read
Sunday night and they can be
heard over the radio about 9
o’clock Sunday night.
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 7:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. Roy Gardner, Pastor.
Mrs. Cecil Moody and son, Bil
ly, returned Tuesday from a visit
; of several days at Tavarsa, P la.
• I straw (about four inches) under
I I and over the potatoes. Cover!
1 1 with enough earth to prevent'
I freezing. In cold weather close
> all openings. A bank five or six
;: feet wide at bottom and four,
ij feet high and 20 feet long will
■ store around 200 bushels of pota
: toes.—Elmo Ragsdale,
i 1 Extension Horticulturalist.
|POPPIES TO BE SOLD !
IN PERRY SATURDAY!
Poppies will be sold in Perry I
Saturday. Nov. 8, by the Legionj
Auxiliary committee of which
Mrs. 0. A. King is chairman.
These red paper poppies recall
to mind the thousands of dis
abled veterans in government
hospitals: for these men
make the poppies and proceeds
from the poppy sales go to make
life more pleasant for these vet
erans. Because of them the
Poppy is a symbol of undying
courage, fortitude, and faith.
The wearing of a Poppy is proof
that their sacrifices have not
been forgotten.
AMERICA REMEMBERS
Does America remember
Those who gave their lives for
her?
Those w'ho died on fields of bat
tle?
From her acts may we infer
That she solemnly remembers
How they saved her at such
price
That m spite of much indifference
She recalls each sacrifice.
Crimson Poppies of remembrance
Proudly wears —since she must
prize
These small sacrificial emblems
For the lives they symbolize!
That America remembers
And is grateful, let us say
Writing it across the Nation
In red Poppies—Poppy Day.
—Ruth H. Hickman,
Greenfield, Missouri.
LOCAL BOYS JOIN NAVY
Willie Frank Leaptrot of Perry,
Ga. was among a group of appli-|
cants enrolled at Macon Monday
in the U. S. Naval Reserve for
active duty during the National
emergency only. Seaman Willie
F. Leaptrot has two brothers in
the Navy namely: David P.
Leaptrot, Radioman Third Class,
who enlisted in 1935 and Walter
H. Leaptrot, Seaman First Class,
who enlisted in September 1940.
These Leaptrot brothers are
the sons of Mrs. D. P. Leaptrot
of Perry. The newest enrollee,
Willie F., has gone to Norfiolk,
Va. where he is in training at the
U. S. Training Station.
Pierce Leaptrot is on the U. S.
S, Maury at Hawaii and Walter
Leaptrot is on the U. S. S. Os
prey, Norfolk.
Donald W. Hanson of Hayne
ville in Houston county enlisted
in the U. S. Navy Monday at the
Macon Recruiting Station.
WORLD’S GREATEST CIRCUS
TO SHOW 111 BACON NON. 11
The Big Show -Ringling Bros,
and Barnum & Bailey—will ex
hibit in Macon Tuesday, Nov. 11,
and here’s a synopsis of its 1941
features:
Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua the
Great, the world’s most publiciz
ed and fascinating gorilla couple;
the new fairyland fantasy, “Old
King Cole and Mother Goose”,
designed and costumed by Nor
man Bel Geddes, of New York
World’s Fair Futurama fame, in
which 2,000 people and animals
take part. Geddes has redesign
ed the circus from front to back.
“Old King Cole and Mother!
Goose” cost $BO,OOO, and is the
grandest of all Big Show pag
eants; hence it is spotted on the
program to follow Alfred Court’s
three great mixed groups of per
forming wild animals,so that late
comers won’t miss it.
The new Birdland aerial ballet,
starring lovely Elly Ardelty, cos-!
turned by Max Weldy of Paris)
and staged by Albertina Rasch, j
famed Hollywood and Broad way 1
musical show dance director; anj
invasion of acts from South!
America, headed by three flying |
Diego-Fernandez troupes; the)
great Truzzi, juggler; Hubert;
Castle, tight-wire star; the Yaco-|
pis, Gauchos and Divisos,spring- j
board somersaulting troupes; Ad- j
rianna and Charly, trampoline 1
stars; Mile. Louisa,flying trapeze)
I marvel; the three Flying Concel-1
lo troupes, with Antionette; the)
famous Riding Christiani family
—in short, 800 world renowned
artists. There are 1,000 people,
50 elephants, 1,009 menagerie
animals and hundreds of horses.
—Adv.
| HOUSTON TEACHERS
ASK PAY INCREASE
The Houston County Teachers’
Association had its November
j meeting in Perry Monday with a
j large number attending. The
! president. Supt. C. L. Williams,
of Bonaire, presided at the busi
ness session during which the as
sociation voted to draw up a res
olution, requesting a 25% in
crease in teachers’ salaries, to be
sent to the State School Board,
Governor, and County Board.
After the business, the Perry
teachers entertained at a social
hour. A clever program of
'games and contests was followed
by a seated tea. The harvest
motive was carried out in the
decorations and refreshments.
PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
The Perry Panthers defeated
the Fort Valley boys Thursday
night, 56-17. This was the first
basketball game of the season
and the Perry boys made a
grand start. The Panthers were
leading 10 to 0 in the first quar
ter, and kept the lead all during
the game. Thursday night,Nov.
6, the Panthers will play Bonaire
at Bonaire. Nov. 14, Perry will
play the Gordon College Fresh
men at Perry.
The meeting of the Rip and
Tear (Home Economics) Club
was held Friday. Since the presi
dent, Olive Lee Thomason, will
not be with the club any longer,
the vice-president, Ruth Smith,
was elected to take her place.
Margaret Tharpe was elected as
the new vice-president. After
business, the club was entertain
ed with Hallowe’en games and
I refreshments.
The Arts and Crafts club has
been making small dolls, realis
tically dressed, which are to be
loaned to the library. These are
checked out with books, to illus
trate the characters in the book.
This has created much interest.
The School Boy Patrol held its
regular meeting, Friday. Plans
have been made for new caps
and belts. In the spring the
Patrol boys hope to be able to
send one or more representatives
to Washington, D. C. for a six
day trip.
The patrol includes the follow
ing:
Bill Bostick, captain; Edgar
Bateman, vice-captain; Cullen
Talton, reporter; Milton Howard,
Wilbur Harrison. Earl Marshall,
P. S. Proctor,Johnny Satterfield,
Herman Davis, Scarborough
Watson, Wallace Moody, Da n
Wright, Walter Skellie, Herbert
Moore, Kelly Hammock, Frank
Satterfield, Felton Deese, Wen
dell Whipple Jr., Dallas Ryle,
Luther Carter, Durwood Wilson,
secty.-treas.; Jack Shading,Tom
Marshall, Jack Beavers, Glenn
Johnson, Jack Wilson, Lewis
Bledsoe, Nathan Bernstein, Gene
Etheridge, Millard Locke, Walter
Davis, W. H. Carlisle, Billy
Branson, Harold Huff.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Wesleyan Alumnae club
of Houston county will meet at
13:30 p. m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at
the home of Mrs. G. C. Nunn.
All members are asked to be
present and to bring with them
the collections for Chinese relief.
The general meeting of the
Baptist W. M. S. will be held at
the church next Monday at 3:30
p. m.
The Methodist W. M. S. will
meet at the church next Mon
day at 3:30 p. m. for the month
ly meeting. On Thursday, Nov.
13, the Week of Prayer service
will be held at the church at
i3;30 p. m.
! BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bible School each Sunday morn
ing 10:15.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
I Sermon by the paster.
Baptist Training Union 7 p. m.
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
| Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed
nesday Evening 7:30.
J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
! BONAIRE SCHOOL PATROL
Steve Childs, Joe Moncrief,
Warren Carter, Paul Stalnaker,
Leslie Davidson, Chester Fergu
son, Marvin Gentry, Harold
Walker, J. R. White, Roy
Wheelus.
ESTABLISHED 1870
MERCHANTS TO SELL
U.S. DEFENSE STAMPS
The Perry merchants are co
operating well in the sale of the
defense stamps. E. P. New
hard, Houston county chairman
of the Defense Savings StatT, is
well pleased that thirteen mer
chants have consented to sell
stamps in their stores. All the
merchants have not been con
tacted, but will be seen at an
early date.
Mrs. Paschal Muse and Miss
Martha Cooper of the Sorosis
club had charge of enlisting the
merchants in the Stamp Sale
drive.
The Defense Savings Commit
tee of Houston County has been
asked to meet in the Legion
Home, Nov, 6, 8 p. m., by E. P.
Newhard, executive chairman.
The Defense Savings Staff
Committee chairmen of Houston
and Peach counties are invited to
attend a meeting Nov. 10, 7:30
p. m. at Hotel Dempsey, Macon.
U. S. Senator Richard B, Rus
sell and other prominent men
will speak. The purpose of the
meeting is to provide ways and
I means for the promotion of the
sale of U. S. Defense Bonds and
Stamps in this district.
I ELLIS ARNALL ANNOUNCES
i FOR GOVERNOR IN SPEECH
Declaring that the time had
come “for Georgians to insist
that political dictatorship shall
no longer throttle and hamstring
the operations of our state,”
1 Ellis Arnall, the state’s Attor
ney General, in a radio address
i over station WSB Saturday night,
announced his candidacy for
* Governor of Georgia,
“We Georgians need to start
a crusade at home to dethrone
dictatorship here and to redeem
the reputation and honor of our
i state,” Arnall went on, and
i stated that the main issue in the
i campaign would be “efficient,
honest, democratic admin istra
i tion of public affairs vs. tyranni
cal political domination of the
state government.
“It is ‘Democracy vs. Dictator
ship’,” Arnall explained. “As a
relatively young man, I have the
energy, the enthusiasm, and the
willingness to fight for these
democratic principles. lam go
ing to take this fignt directly to
the people,” he declared, and
got off to a running start by
opening his campaign at an un
precedented early date, with the
1942 democratic primary still ten
months away.
A native of Newnan, Georgia,
Ellis Arnall had a typical “small
town” boyhood, working after
school and through the summers
in his father's grocery store. He
studied law at Mercer and the
University of Georgia, and grad
uated with honors. He practiced
law in Newnan, served as speak
er pro tern of the House of Rep
resentatives, became Attorney-
General in 1939, and was unop
-1 posed for reelection last year.
Although Arnall, in the course
of directing the activities of the
state’s law department, has been
called upon to render more
opinions than any Attorney-Gen
eral in history, he has still found
1 time for outside work.
He has carried on a vigorous
1 speaking campaign throughout
the state against Communism
I and has cooperated with the FBI
in its drive against un-American
activities. He headed the Geor
gia Roosevelt Clubs in 1940, di
rected the President’s Birthday
Celebration in 1941 which raised
a record sum to fight infantile
■ paralysis, and several years ago
served as president of the State
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and of the Young Democrats.
Arnall still lives in his native
Coweta county, and despite the
pressure of his work, spends a
jgood part of his time as a “fam
jily man,” with his wife and
young son. An effective and
forceful speaker, he is frequently
called upon to teach Sunday
' School classes and to speak to
young people’s groups.
The Intermediate G. A. of the
Baptist church had a party Mon
j day night with sixteen present.
; Mrs. J. L. Gallemore, leader,was
assisted by Mrs. W. V. Bass in
entertaining.
