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VOL. LXX. No. 47.
iIIILDING OF HOMES
iN PROGRESS HERE
Building activity continues at a
a picl rate in Perry. Twenty
e|-en homes are under construc
jon now and about sixty more
re to be built within the next
months. With the twenty
loUS es already completed this
■ear. Perry will have 100 new
louses.
Perry Homes, Inc., local build
ni r corporation, let the contract
his week for eight houses to be
milt in the Smoak subdivision,to
M. Page of Americus, These
louses will range in price from
4.000 to $4,500. They are Pe
ng built under the F. H. A. rent
ilan.
Andrew & Company, another
ocal corporation, has twenty
louses under construction in An-
Irew Heights; nine almost com
peted and eleven more inspected
jy F. H. A. and ready to be car
ied to completion. Andrew and
Company have commitments for
,0 more houses from F. H. A.
'his company has purchased land
rom R. E. Brown containing 25
ots. This property is adjacent
o Andrew Heights and has now
lecome a part of it. The price of
hese houses will range from
3.000 to $4,500.
J. M. Tolleson, local lumber
nan, is building three houses on
ns property adjoining his home
lace on Swift street. These
louses are of brick veneer and
re in the $5,000 and $6,000 class.
Four private homes are now
nder construction. (See per
onals.)
The Masonic Building on the
orner of Carroll and Jernaghan
treets is to be re-built at an
arly date at a cost of $9,000.
he new building will face Car
oil street. The lower floor will
ie a modern office building with
n attractive filling station on
ne corner. The upstairs will be
onverted into a modern Lodge
(all and anterooms.
AX OFFICERS MOVE
OFFICES TO BALL ST.
The office of M. E. Akin, tax
ollector, has been moved to the
ffice of the late Dr. H.E.Hvans,
rhich is next to the Perry Loan
nd Savings Bank, on Ball street.
The office of E. W. Marshall,
ax receiver, is now located in
he Bank building. It is in the
ffice of the late Dr. J. W. Story.
Mr. Akin and Mr. Marshall
loved from the Masonic Build
ig which is soon to be re-built
ito a modern office building and
.edge Hall.
FARM FOOD DEFENSE PUN
Our nation’s all out drive for
Mre food has reached out to
ieorgia farmers. In every com
nunity, AAA committeemen are
onducting a farm-to-farm cam
>aign seeking an answer to the i
iuestion: “What Can You Do?"’
or each of the 216,000 farms in
leorgia, there is an “intention”
heet which must be filled out.
luch farmer is asked what he
Tew in 1941, and how much he
an increase it during the next
"elve months.
Georgia's share in the nation
wide campaign to grow “Food
or Victory” is a sharp increase
n the production of peanuts,
r ‘dk, beef, oats, and eggs, and a
mailer increase in producing
;a L vegetables and hogs. Cot
n acreage, on the other hand,is'
reduced, while tobacco
Ratings will be stepped up:
‘■ghtly. The national campaign j
a united effort on the!
)art of all federal agricultural
'Pencies to grow enough food,
lot only enough to supply
ttnerica-—with its soldiers, its
jfizens, its laborers —but also to
ample quantities for all
a tions resisting aggression.
Georgia’s tax collections
• *ring the last four months
'towing an increase of $2,210,-
y J over the corresponding pe
‘;yi a year ago, Revenue Com-
Jack Forrester predicts
minimum goal of $55,000,000
; jr the state’s revenue in the
, :f en t fiscal year, compared
ll " last year’s $52,431,090.
Houston Home Journal
[CITY ELECTION TO BE |
| HELD TUESDAY, DEC. 21
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1 ; Notice is hereby given that un
der the charter of the City of
Perry, an election will be held on
. Tuesday, December 2, 1941 for
, Mayor and three Councilmen.
, The three Councilmen whose
terms of office expire on Decem
ber 31, 1941 are George C. Nunn,
H. P. Dobbins, and J. A. Bed
dingfield.
Under the City Charter any
, person desiring to offer for one
of said places as Councilmen
! must file a written notice of his
intention to offer for election and
, the office for which he is offer
ing, at least ten days before said
. election. Such candidate must,
■ at the time of filing such inten
tion to offer for election, pay to
. the City Clerk the sum of One
Dollar. The same rule applies to
, the candidate for Mayor except'
that the entrance fee is $5.00 in- 1
stead of $l.OO
W. F. Norwood, City Clerk.
FARM LOINS AVAILABLE
Emergency crop and feed loans
■ for 1942 are now available to far
mers in Houston county, and ap
plications for these loans are now
being received at Rooms 405-6 P.
O. Building, Macon, Ga., by C.
G. Hayes, field supervisor, of the
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan
Section of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration. The early opening
of the loan program in Houston
county is a part of a plan recent
ly announced by the Farm Credit
Administration, whereby emer
gency crop and feed loans are
being made available immediate
ly in all areas where farming
conditions are seriously affected
this year by abnormally low crop
yields.
These loans will be made as in
the past to farmers whose cash
requirements are relatively small
and who are unable to obtain
from other sources including pro
duction credit associations loans
in amounts sufficient to meet
their needs.
As in former years, the loans
will be made to meet the appli
cant’s necessary cash needs in
preparing for and producing his
1942 crops, or in purchasing or
producing feed for his livestock.
Mr. Hayes pointed out that eligi
ble farmers desiring to do so
might apply now for loans to
take care of their crop produc
tion needs for the entire 1942
season. Loans may include im
mediate advances to the borrow
er to meet his cash requirements
this fall, such as for the plant
ing of grain crops. Mr. Hayes
also said that the balance of the
approved amount of the loan
will be disbursed when the bor
rower needs it to finance his
spring crops. Interest at the
rate of 4 percent will be charged
only during the period the bor
rower actually has the use of
the funds.
Farmers who obtain loans for
the production of cash crops are
required to give as security a
'first lien on the crops financed,
or, in the case of loans for the
purchase or production of feed
for livestock, a first lien on the
livestock to be ted.
In Georgia Thanksgiving will
be celebrated November 27,a10ng
with fifteen other states, includ
ing Arkansas, Deleware, Florida,
lowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebras
ka, Nevada, New Hampshire,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and
Vermont.
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I
'[ When Dr. Ellis A Fuller, of
Atlanta, was re-elected presi
dent of the Georgia Baptist Con
! vention last week, it marked the
j third time a minister has held
1 the office for three years, the
limit under the convention. Oth
'■ers who have headed the 2,500
'churches and the 500,000 mem
' bers in Georgia for three years
i were Dr, J. Ellis Sammons, of
; Macon (1931-1933), and Dr.
;! Aquilla Chamlee, of Fort Valley
; | (1936-1938).
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Plenty of home-grown food |
i and feed has always been advo
) cated by the Agricultural Exten
sion Service. The food-for-free
i dom program is just a boost in
1 that production. I
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1941
1 HENRY TUCKER GILBERT,
! CLERK OF COURT, PASSES
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Henry Tucker Gilbert, clerk of
court of Houston county since
1930, passed away at his home
here Saturday night after an ill
ness of four months. Mr. Gil
bert was 71 years old.
Prior to his election as clerk,
Mr. Gilbert was a merchant,
banker, and farmer. He was in
the dry goods business in Perry
for many years. Mr. Gilbert
served on the city council and the
local school board for a number
of years. He was treasurer of
Houston Masonic Lodge, No. 35,
for 22 years.
Mr. Gilbert was a consecrated
Christian gentleman and a de
voted and faithful member of the
Perry Presbyterian church, which
he served as elder for 46 years.
; He was also an officer in the Ma
' con synod of the church.
Mr. Gilbert was born in Perry,
son of the late Dr, Julius C. Gil
bert and Maria West Gilbert, and
had lived here all his life.
He was married first to Miss
Laura Killen, who died in 1911.
In 1916, he married Miss Blos
som Davis, who survives him.
Other survivors include three
sons, Joseph W. Gilbert, Jack
sonville, Fla.; H. T. Gilbert, Jr.
Rome, Ga.; Louis H. Gilbert,
Perry; two daughters, Mrs. Tom
Bailey, Peoria, 111., and Mrs. A.
M. Anderson Jr., Perry, and
five grandchildren.
Mr. Gilbert’s passing is a dis
tinct loss to Perry and to the
entire county. Truly a good man
has gone to his Heavenly reward
and the memory of his good
deeds and upright life will linger
as a benediction in this commu
nity.
Characterized by gentleness,
kindness and cheerfulness com
bined with steadfastness of pur
pose, faithfulness to duty, and
loyalty to ideals, Mr. Gilbert was
an exponent of true culture and
gentility.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 3 p. m. at the Presby
terian church here. Interment
followed in Evergreen cemetery.
The pastor, Rev. Robert F. Boyd,
officiated with Rev, J. A. Ivey,
Baptist pastor, assisting.
Mrs, W. V. Bass and G. F.
Nunn sang two songs with Mrs.
J. B. Calhoun as pianist,
Pallbearers were Eby Holtz
claw, C. P. Gray, W. V. Tuggle.
C. C. Pierce, R. L. Crawford and
Julius Heard.
Honorary pallbearers were: A.
B. Ramage, J. C. Ward, J. R.
Fudge, W. C. Watson, John L.
Hodges, C. E. Brunson, C. C.
Chapman, J. W. Bloodworth, M.
G. Edwards, J. P. Etheridge,
Sam A. Nunn, Judge M.D. Jones,
Chas. Garrett, A. E. Barnes, G.
C. Nunn, R, E. Brown, L. M.
Paul, Dr. C. F. Cooper.
Ushers were Robert Fudge and
J. B. Calhoun, two of the elders
of the church.
Among the out-of-town rela
tives and friends attending the
funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. T.
L. Bailey and son, Tom, of Pe
oria, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gil
bert and son, Joe, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilbert
and daughter, Mary, of Rome;
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Almon, Mrs.
W. B. Norton, Miss Larine Ed
wards, Mr. and Mrs. Joe David
son, Dave Strother, Leonard Wil
son, Mrs. D. H. Anderson, Mrs.
J. E. Bledsoe, Miss Ernestine
Bledsoe, and Mrs. Robert Harris,
of Fort Valley; Israel Mannheim
of Hawkinsville; B. T. Ware, W.
J. Wallace, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Hicks of Roberta: Mrs. Will
Pace and Miss Willie Walters of
Albany; Mrs. Ava Short, Ben T.
Huiet, Ralph Macon, Clay Pen
ick, Ira Everett, Rev. John Leith,
of Atlanta; Judge and Mrs. O. T.
Gower, Mrs. Bruce Williams, and
Miss Caroline Gower of Cordele;
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Bailey Sr.
and Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bailey,
of Cochran; Mr. and Mrs. B. W.
Holtzclaw and daughters, Misses
Mary and Evelyn Holtzclaw, Mrs.
B. C. Holtzclaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Walker, Mrs. Maggie Gad
dy, Mrs. W. F. Bennett, Mrs. A.
H. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shi
ver, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bethune,
Miss Juanita Ross, Miss Sara Me-,
Ginty, Charlie Peacock, Guyton 1
Sloan, Penning Grice, and Frank
! B. West of Macon.
Mrs. Chas. Harris was called
to Paris, Ky. Monday on account
) of the serious illness of her sister.
JUU. COIMEN to be
ELECTED IN DECEMBER
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“Democracy at work," sym
bolized by fanner-organized ag
ricultural conservation associa-j
tions throughout the State, will
be limelighted again throughout
December, when Georgia farm
producers go to the polls to elect
more than 4,100 committeemen,
delegates and alternates to rep
resent them in operations of the
Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration.
The elections may be held any
time in December, the dates for
each county to be determined by
its incumbent county committee
men. Dates for the elections
will be posted in county A.C.A.
offices at least 10 days before the
time is set.
Present representatives of the
Houston county A.C.A. are:
County committee: L. W. Ta
bor, of Community No. 2, chair
man; H. B. Gilbert, of Communi
ty No. 3; and W. N. Johnson, of
Community No. 1.
Committees: M. H. Stubbs,
of Com. No. 1; J. F. Hammock,
of Com. No. 1; J. W. Kersey, of
Com. No. 2; W. W. Gray, of i
Com. No. 2; J. C. Ward, of Com.
No. 2; J. E. Eason, of Com. No.
3; L. M. McCormick, of Com.
No. 4; and C. E. Blackmon, of
Com. No. 3,
The initial step in the demo
cratic election procedure will be
taken in community meetings to
be held during the remainder of
this month and prior to the De
cember balloting. In every es
tablished agricultural community
in the State, farmers will elect
delegates and alternates to rep
resent them at county conven
tions. County A.C.A. commit
teemen and alternates will be
chosen at the county assemblies.
Georgia farmers, through their
county agricultural conservation
associations, thus are given full
opportunity to participate in the
formulation, development and
administration of their own ag
ricultural program.
MILK IS NEEDED
We have been asked to in
crease the production of dairy
products in Georgia in 1942 as
one of the steps in the national
defense program. Of course, one
way to get this increase is to
milk more cows on Georgia
farms. And until our farm fam
ilies are more adequately
supplied, we need more cows.
We have too many farms with
no milk cow at all.
Another method of increasing
the method of dairy products,
and one which should be used
along with increasing numbers,
is to increase production of the
cows we now have.
If all the milk cows in Georgia
produced as much as those in
Herd Improvement Associations
in this state, we could have more
than a 50 percent increase in
dairy products without increas
ing cow numbers. The average
Georgia milk cow produces about
3,200 pounds of milk and 160
pounds of butterfat yearly while
the cows in herds doing herd
improvement work in Georgia
average 5,700 pounds of milk 1
and 269 pounds of butterfat
yearly.
Dairy herd improvement work
helps bring about better feeding
and management methods and
more efficiency in the herd. Each
cow is tested monthly to keep
a record of her production, the
feed she eats and other informa
tion. The tester maks sugges
tions as to better feeding practi
ces, helps determine which cows
are not profitable and guides the
herd owner in his breeding pro
gram. Then by putting these j
suggestions into practice, that!
is, culling low producers, feeding l
more liberally, increasing and!
improving roughage and grazing!
crops, the herd can be made
more profitable.
With prices for dairy products
supported at a satisfactory level
and with the need for more
dairy products both at home and
abroad, Georgia farmers can
plan with safety to expand farm
[dairying. More land is now de
voted to feed crops and pasture
than ever before and the dairy
. enterprise offers a cash income
which fits into Georgia’s perma
nent farm program.
Frank W. Fitch,
Extension Dairyman.
| SPECIAL ELECTION TO
1 NAME CLERK OF COURT
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1 A special election to elect a
I clerk of superior court for Hous-
I ton county to fill the unexpired
j term of the late H.T. Gilbert has
J been called for Tuesday. Dec. 16,
by John L. Hodges, ordinary.
Mrs. H. T. Gilbert was ap
pointed Tuesday by Judge
Hodges to serve as clerk of court
until the successful candidate
chosen in the special election
qualifies and is sworn into office.
Mrs. Gilbert will not run for the
unexpired term which is of three
years duration from Jan, 1, 1942.
I Mrs. T. C. Mayo, deputy clerk
under Mr. Gilbert, has been ap
pointed by Mrs. Gilbert as her
deputy.
Notice of Special Election
Georgia, Houston County.
Whereas H. T. Gilbert, Clerk
of the Superior Court of Houston
County, having departed this
life, leaving a vacancy in said of
fice as clerk, it is therefore
ordered that a Special Election
be held in said County to fill said
vacancy on Tuesday, December
16, 1941.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this November 19,
1941.
John L. Hodges.
Ordinary, Houston Co. Ga.
PERRY HIGFaCTIVIIIES
Perry High School is sponsor
ing a plan for promoting the
sale of Defense Savings Stamps.
At a general assembly meeting;,
the student body voted unani
mously to set as their goal—
every student to buy some
stamps. Much interest is being
I shown in the drive.
The Perry Panthers bowed to
the Gordon College Freshmen
27-28 in a thrill-packed game
Friday. Perry led at the half
13-9; tied up again at the third
quarter 19-19 and the final count
gave the Freshmen 28-27.
Boswell led with 17 points,
Daniels and Gray following with
5 points each. Perry will play
Fort Valley Friday night in Fort
Valley.
The Rip and Tear club met in
the auditorium Friday. Th e
meeting opened with a play pre
sented by the program commit
tee, named “Thanksgiving at
Grandmothers." Those taking
part were Jacqulyn Watson, Vir
ginia Swearingin, Barbara Whip
ple, Juanita Nash, Merryl Hun
nicutt, Eva Roy Bloodworth,
Montine Harrison, Ruth Hatta
way and Ruth Smith. After the I
play games were enjoyed. Betty I
Boler won a prize. Evelyn Har
rison presided over the business
meeting in the absence of the
president and vice-president. It
was voted that the club would
have a joint entertainment with
the F. F. A. boys.
The F. F. A. basketball team;
will play the Fort Valley F. F.
A. team Tuesday, Nov. 25. The
Ferry team played Bonaire B
team Nov. 7 and defeated them
23-19. Members of team getting
uniforms were Clarence Shur
ling, Walter Johnson, Glenn
Johnson, Clarence Smoot, Mal
colm Tucker, Malcolm Rape,Jack
Arnold, and R. G. Brannen.
The Perry F. F. A. chapter
had a regular meeting Thursday
night which included a marsh
mallow roast and a Green Hand
initiation at which they initiated
six officers of Byron, six from
Fort Valley, and four new Perry
members. Those from Byron
and Fort Valley were Roger
Chapp, Bill Hardison, Arthur
White, Grover Cleveland, C. H.
jKeep, Riley Young, Robert Sal
|man, George Hancock, Virgil
lYoung, Hugh Smisson, Howard
1 Hardison, and Zellne Young.
[Those from Ferry were Millard
I Locke, Wilbur Harrison, Walter
j Davis, and Billy Harrison.
j The Library club has been!
[studying children illustrators!
land Caldecott and NewberyMed-i
jals books. Robert Lawson, au-|
Thor of “They Were Strong and ;
[Good," won the Caldecott medali
[this year. The winner of the
‘Newbery award was Armstrong
Sperry’s book, “Call It Courage.”
1 The club has made displays of
these books and their illustrators
in the library and on the bulletin
board. Wyndell Taylor and the
ESTABLISHED 1870
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL UNDERWAY
The annual Red Cross Roll Call
was begun in Houston county
this week, according to G. W.
Rhodes, county chairman. Mr.
Rhodes is being assisted this year
by committees from the Legion
Auxiliary, local sponsors of the
1941 Roll Call.
Committees in Perry are as
follows;
Business houses and offices —
Mrs. J. M. Gooden and Mrs. Joe
Mitchell.
Washington Ave. —Mrs. A, P.
Whipple, Mrs.W. E. Marshall Jr.
Clinchfield—Mrs. W. G. Riley
land Mrs. G. W. Rhodes.
Ball and Jernaghan-—Mrs. D.
H. Smith.
Parkway—M rs. C. E. An
drew and Mrs. C. E. McLendon.
Andrew Heights—Mrs. C. C.
Pierce.
Evergreen St. —Mrs. S.A.Nunn
and Mrs. Tom Cater.
Swift St.—Mrs. B. H. Andrew
Jr. and Mrs. P. M. Satterfield.
Macon St.- Mrs. 0. A. King
and Mrs. R. E. Ogletree,
Workers outside of Perry are:
Houston La k e —Mrs. H. J.
Knight.
Grovania—Mrs. H. E. Gordon.
Bonaire —Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Kersey.
Henderson —Mrs. Edra Wynne.
Elko —Mrs. Hollis Kezar and
Mrs. E. I. Holmes.
Clinchfield and Hayneville—
Mrs. H. C. Armstrong.
Cement Plant —W. G. Riley.
Wellston- Macon chapter Red
Cross.
The Roll Call will continue un
til Nov. 30. Mr. Rhodes urges
the citizens of Houston county to
contribute liberally to the Red
Cross this year in view of the
urgent need at home and abroad
and of the splendid work the Red
Cross is doing.
If possible, give more than the
$1 enrollment fee. Let’s have
$5, $lO, and $25 donations this
year. Make it a Thanksgiving
offering because you are thank
ful that this country has been
spared the horrors of war.
MACON NAVY PLANT
DEDICATED SATURDAY
Prominent figures in the na
tion’s far-flung naval activities
urged co-operation of workers
and laid heavy emphasis on im
portance of the navy’s functions
in the present crisis at formal
dedication of the Navy Ordnance
in Macon Saturday.
I Heading the imposing list of
1 speakers on the program were
Rear Admiral W. H. P. Blandy,
chief of the navy’s bureau of
ordnance, and Congressman Carl
Vinson, chairman of the house
naval affairs committee.
The colorful exercises began
at Ip. m. and were followed by
an inspection of the plant by
; high-ranking navy men.
Another feature of the day
was a luncheon in the plant’s
new modern cafeteria for approx
imately 100 city, state and na
tional figures.
McKibben Lane, Macon attor
ney and master of ceremonies for
the day,presided at the program.
Perry people are interested in
this dedication of the Navy Plant
for a number of reasons, among
them the fact that several Perry
people are employed there. They
are Mrs. T. C. Rogers, Mrs. Lu
cius Schnell, Mrs. Carey Strong,
Mrs. Helen B. Davis, Mrs. J. A.
Grubb, Mrs. J. M. Taylor, Mrs.
T. R. Summers, Jake Cauthon,
Ed Weaver, Charles West Holtz
claw,
RUGBY GAME
Played by British Cadets sta
tioned at Cochran Field, some
of whom are professional play
ers in England.
SUNDAY, Nov. 23,
2:30 p. m.
Macon Stadium
Sponsored by“ Bundles for Bri
tain” committee, Mrs. G. E.
| Jordan, chmn. Tickets on sale
1 at local Drug Stores.
'committee working with him did
' much of this work.
The library has a copy of the
new anthology of modern poetry,
containing poems by Mrs. George
i C. Nunn and Mrs. R. L. Cater.
