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VOL. LXX. No. 49.
I CHRISTMAS SEALS
AID ANTI-T.B. FIGHT
CHRISTMAS The annual sale
SEALS of Christmas Seals
to aid local, state,
the Perry School,
|»w»ro«usTMAsi is general chair
l— man 0 f t h e g ea j
Project Sale in Houston
Your Home from county. Each
Tubertv out se hool in the coun
ty is co-operating in an effort to
sell the Christmas Seals in its
community.
In Perry, local solicitors will
sell the one-cent at tractive
Christmas Seals beginning an in
tensive drive Thursday, Dec. 4.
Assisting in the Perry drive
are the following; Mesdames H.
E. Evans Jr., W. V. Bass, A. C.
Pritchett, W. V. Tuggle, D. M.
Stripling, Chas. Andrew, L, C.
Walker, 0. A. King, and E. P.
Staples,and Misses Phoebe Harp
er, Evelyn Hunt, and Nell War-
When one of the above solici
tors call on you, buy as many of
the Christmas Seals as you pos
sibly can and thereby help to
protect your home and loved
ones from Tuberculosis as well
as give aid to those already suf
fering from the White Plague.
The proceeds from the annual
sale of these little Seals has had
a major role in the 75 per cent
reduction in the tuberculosis
death, rate since 1907 Seventy
five per cent of all local sales
will be kept in Houston county
to help fight the dread disease at
home.
Houston county has a number
of cases of tuberculosis. Surely
the people of this county want to
help these unfortunate ones.
The Christmas Seals are more
attractive this year than ever
before, having the picture of a
lighthouse casting its beams of
cheery light and hope over a lit
tle snow covered cabin.
BOY SCOUTS TO HOLD
DIST. MEETING HERE
The annual meeting of the
Peach Belt district, Boy Scouts
of America, will be in Perry on
Thursday night. December 11, at
7 p. m.
Scouts and their families from
Perry, Bonaire, Fort Valley, and
Roberta will assemble in Perry
for a "pot-luck” dinner, recogni
tion of Scout leaders and election
of officers. The 1940 meeting
was held in Fort Valley.
Members of the program and
arrangements committee consist
of Wendell Whipple, Perry; W.
H. Lee, Fort Valley; and Homer
Bankston, Roberta. On the at
tendance committee are T. M.
Anthoine, Fort Valley; Charles
Andrew, Perry; and D. Donald
son, Roberta.
Those on the nominating com
mittee include G. W. Rhodes,
Perry; and T. M. Anthoine, Fort
Valley.
Scout leaders for the district
are; Rev. James Goad, W. H.
Lee, Rev. M. D. Reed, Charles
Andrew, W. E. Marshall Jr.,and
<1- W. Lowe, Jr.
The troops will fake part on
the program.
HOUSTON TEACHERS
HAVE DEC. MEETING
The Houston County Teachers
Association held its monthly
meeting at the Perry school Mon
day. County School Superinten
dent F. M. Greene, announced
that payment of salaries would
he on time. He also told of the
interest of the county board and
state superintendent in increas
mg teachers’ salaries and their
hope that, it would be possible in
the near future.
Announcement of the Christ
mas holidays was made. They
extend from December 19 to Jan-
Uar y 5. Full support of the an
nual drive for the sale of Christ
mas Seals was pledged.
Good cows are an asset to any
farm. The value of the milk
b 1 an d other products produced can
not be overestimated.
Houston Home Journal
|S. A. NUNN RE-ELECTED
MAYOR OF PERRY
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• Sam A. Nunn was re-elected
Mayor of Perry Tuesday in the
, City Election to name a mayor
. and three councilmen to serve a
two-year term. Mr. Nunn de
. feated J. P. Etheridge by 20
, votes, receiving 99 votes to 79
for Mr. Etheridge. 178 votes
were cast from a total of 203 on
' the qualified voter’s list.
The three councilmen had no
. opposition. Those elected are:
I J. A. Beddingfield, G. Francis
Nunn, and H. P. Dobbins. G. F.
Nunn is anew member of coun
cil who will succeed his father,
G. C. Nunn.
PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
Perry High Panthers defeated
the Freshmen from Gordon by
playing the best game that they
have played this year. The
game was hard fought and the
score at the end of the first
quarter was 4 to 0 for Perry. The
half ended with Perry leading 11
to 2. The final score was 24 tp
4. This game mede it one game
for Gordon and one game for
Perry.
Friday night of this week the
two teams meet in Perry to play
the final game of the
Both teams will be bat
tling for this third game of
the series. You can’t afford to
miss this game for we’re sure
you remember the game two
weeks ago when the Freshmen
beat Perry in a most exciting
game by the score of 28 to 27.
Penn-Dixie will play a team
from Cochran Field and the
British Cadets have beeli invited
to come to see the game as our
guests.
Don’t miss this game.
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HELP NEEDY TO HAVE
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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In several hundred homes in
Perry the children bounce out of
bed every morning with the cry
“How many more days till
Christmas?” But there are two
hundred homes in this county
where Christmas will be just
another day except for the gen
erosity of those more fortunate.
Just another day only a little
drearier than the rest, drearier
by contrast, because it is sup
posed to be the brightest.
But Perry and Houston county
are not going to let them down.
In every community in the coun
ty there are workers busy col
lecting toys and food and cloth
; ing to fill those empty stockings.
In Perry the Boy Scouts will take
over the job of collecting the do
; nations.
On the night of Monday, Dec.
. 15, the Scouts will call at every
house in town. It will help tre
mendously if you will have your
, donation ready at that time, be
’ cause, believe it or not, it’s a big
job to cover the town completely.
Food, money,toys, and clothing
J will be needed for the boxes.
. Keep on the lookout and have a
big order ready for the Scouts
when they call. They are giv
ing their time and their services,
. so make it worth their while to
[ call on you.
Let’s begin now to do without
some of the things we don’t need
to provide a Merry Christmas for
those who are in need.
TWO HOUSTON BOYS
‘ ATTEND N.Y.A. CENTER
;j Ira B. Griffin Jr., Rt. 3, ,Fort
|Valley, Ga., and Carson Hender
(son, Elko, Ga,, are two Houston
I I county boys who are now attend
ing NYA Resident Centers. Ira
.j is obtaining valuable work ex
i I perience in electricity and auto
I mechanics at Madison, Ga. Resi
dent Center: and Carson Hender
j son is preparing for radio and
I auto mechanics at the Jackson
(Lake Resident Center located in
’j Covington, Ga,
CARD OF THANKS
Words are inadequate to ex
press my appreciation to the peo-
T pie who assisted in saving my
: home last Friday. May the Lord
i reward every one of you.
Lucie Felder.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1941
FORESTRY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN |
PLANNED FOR HOUSTON COUNTY j
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Photo courtesy Sou. States Forestfire Commission, Atlanta.
A campaign of education to
help reduce losses by woods fires
in Houston and adjoining coun
ties is contemplated by the
Southern States Forestfire Com
mission of Atlanta, it is stated
by W. L. Shaddix representing
the organization who is in this
area discussing the work with
various education and conserva
tion leaders relative to the work.
The program contemplates an
extensive campaign of education
to interest the school children in
helping keep fires out of fields
and forests of this section, Mr.
Shaddix states. The Commission
is sponsored and financed by va
rious land owners of the state,
including some leading lumber
men.
“One of our main objectives
just now is to offset the idea that
woods burning will destroy the
boll weevil menace,” Mr. Shad
dix stated while in Perry. “Burn
ing woods to kill the boll weevil
is about like burning a house to
destroy the house flies next sum-,
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It takes sixteen workers in overalls to supply one soldier
in uniform —that’s the manpower behind America’s defense
effort. The National Youth Administration is helping furnish
the nation with new workers. Here are three N. Y. A. boys
in the sheet metal shop at the resident work center at Blythe
Island, gaining the valuable exparience which will qualify
them for defense jobs. Graham Black is in the foreground
with the soldering iron. James Royals and Edwin Norton are
at the layout table. All three boys are from Valdosta.
FIVE CANDIDATES
ANNOUNCE FOR CLERK
There are at present five can
didates for Clerk of Court of
Houston County. They are K.
E. Brown, Tommie Hunt, E. W.
Traylor, Felton Norwood, all of
Perry, and Hubert H. Watson,of
Centerville.
The special election will be
held Tuesday, Dec. 16, to name a
successor to the late H. T. Gil
bert.
Pines, set out on badly eroded
land which is too steep for culti
vation, will pay dividends in fu
ture years, Extension forecasters
say.
mer,” he stated. 801 l weevils
multiply almost as fast as house
flies he asserts.
The Cammission is sponsoring
a move to organize consolidated
and high school teen age boys
into volunteer forest fire units,
the plan being to enlist the boys
in a program of the future, and
in order that the present genera
tion of youngsters may have tim
ber when they grow up.
Houston county is one of the
finest timber growing sections in
the state, and an ordinary acre
will produce a crop of timber if
protected from fires equal in net
dividend value to livestock or
nearly as much as cotton, the
Commission contends.
Further plans for the work are
to be taken up at a later date
prior to the usual spring fires,
Mr. Shaddix added.
The above photograph was
taken in the southern area show
ing a “clean sweep” by a woods
fire. Not only game, but also
timber and soil mulch are destroy
ed for a generation.
NOTICE
Houston County Tax Books are!
now open for 1941 tax collections.}
Pay your tax before Dec, 20, and j
i save interest and cost.
I M. E. AKIN, Tax Collector,
! 12:18 Houston County, Ga.
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Take care of the soil and, in
return, it will take care of you
through increased yields.
Better food in larger quantities
means improved health for peo
ple in the United States.
More than a billion pounds of
peanuts have been picked and
threshed in the United States
yearly for the last seven years.
| AGENTS TO ATTEND
. MEETING IN ATHENS
Georgia county and home de-
Imonstration agents will gather
I in Athens December 9 for a four
|day conference in which 1942
plans will be formulated for Ag
griculture Extension Service
workers. W. T. Middlebrooks,
Houston county agent, will at
tend.
State specialists of the Exten
sion Service will be in charge of
the week’s schooling for the
agents. Highlighting the con
ference will be a study of agri
cultural trends and farm family
i living outlook, as well as inten
sive planning for increased food
and feed production in 1942 to
meet home-use and food-for-free
dom needs.
METHODIST W.S.C.S. SELECTS
PERSONNEL OF CIRCLES
The Methodist W. S. C. S. met
Monday at the church. After a
short business meeting and a
special song by Miss Norine
Swanson, Mrs. G. W. Hicks,
president, led the devotional.
The program on ’“The Power
and Tasks of Women Around the
World,” was presented by Mrs.
W. V. Tuggle. Others taking
parts were: Mrs. J. C. Heller
Sr., Mrs. E. W. Marshall, Mrs.
Ernest Garrett, Mrs. Francis
Nunn, Mrs. Eric Staples, Mrs.
Cohen Walker, Mrs. Earl Ogle
tree, Mrs. S. A. Nunn, Mrs. H.
E. Evans Jr., Miss Joyce An
drew, Mrs. G. C. Nunn, and
Mrs. Greer Hicks.
The Harvest Day meeting will
be held Monday, Dec. 8, at 3:30
p, m. at the home of Mrs. M. G.
Edwards, The Wesleyan Ser
vice Guild members are cordially
invited to attend.
Circle names for the new year
were drawn as follows:
Circle No. I—Mesdames A. P.
Whipple, H. D. Gordy, J. F.
Bonner, Carl Huggins, G. W.
Hicks, Earl Ogletree, Carlton
Hicks, C. C. Pierce, C. B. An
drew Sr., Chas. Leach, 0. A.
Mann, Houser Gilbert, N. W. H.
Gilbert, Cooper Jones, A. F.Fain,
Ben Hartsfield, W. E. McLen
don, W. T. Middlebrooks, Wilson
Martin, Eric Staples, Minnie
Couey, S. A. Nunn, T. D. Ma
son Sr,, Robert Horton, F. M
Houser, T. W. Hentz, H. H.
Averett, E. W. Marshall, Clyde
Gurr, Felix Daniels, C. G. Har
ris, and Drew Harris, and Miss
es Polly McLendon and Norine
Swanson.
Circle No 2—Mesdames W. F.,
Norwood, ,T. iV buootn, A, M.J
Anderson, B. H, Andrew Jr.,
B, H. Andrew sr., A. M. Ander
son Sr., 0. IJ. Muse, H. E.
Evans Sr., M. G. E d war d s,
Francis Nunn, A. M. Anderson,
Jr., C. E. McLendon, Homer
Hall, J. C. Heller Sr:. S. L. Nor
wood Jr,, Violet Gamel, S. W.
Hickson, J. C. Heller Jr., Robert
Tuggle, Eby Holtzclaw, Ed Wild
er, S. L. Norwood Sr., H. P.
Chapman, Floyd Tabor, Early
Cheek, H. P, Houser, L- M
Paul Jr., Eva Spencer, Lewis
Lamar, B. H. Newberry, C. H.
Tucker, Freeman Cabero, L. F,
Cater, T. M. Christian, and Miss
Nell Rogers.
Circle No. 3 —Mesdames G. C.
Nunn, J. B. Hall, L.M. Paul Sr.,
Paschal Muse, Ernest Garrett,
I Albert Skelli-Or R. E. Brown,
Malcolm Dean, J. L. Beavers, L.
C. Walker, C. C. Chapman, H.
E. Evans Jr., Sam Houser, J. E.
Sampley, W. E. Marshall, D. M.
Stripling, Redding Talton,
Thieball, M, M. Rainey, Lizzie
Connell, Jessie Griggs, C. I.
Ogletree, A. H. Lawler, T. R.
! Summers, J. J. Culler, E. F.Bar-
ifield, A. G. Hendrick, Claud An
drew, W, K. Whipple, E. B,
[Wolfe, Avery Lee, J. M. Hollo
jman, C. P. Gray, and J. T. Caw-
Ithon; and Miss Ann Woodard.
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
The Baptist W, M. S. is ob
serving the annual Lottie Moon
Christmas Season of Prayer and
Offering for foreign missions
with services at the church from
Tuesday through Friday after
noons.
Mrs. C. F. Cooper, program
chmn. is in charge. Leaders are
Mrs. W. C. Talton, Mrs. J. P.
Etheridge, Mrs. J, P. Duggan,
and Mrs. J. L. Gallemore.
ESTABLISHED 1870
COTTONREFERENDUM
SET FOR DEC. 13
Fewer than 30 percent of the
eligible Georgia cotton growers
voted in last year’s marketing
quota referendum, James L.
Faircloth, Houston County AAA
Administrative officer, reminded
growers this week in urging an
all-out vote in the referendum
set for Saturday, December 13.
“The man who has a right to
vote and who stays at home,”
Mr. Faircloth asserted, “is play
ing with fire.”
Of approximately 240,000 cot
ton farmers eligible to vote in
quota referenda, Mr. Faircloth
said, about 144,000 or 60%, cast
ballots in 1938. In 1939 the
number dropped to 113,000, or
47%, and in 1940 to 83,000, or
about 34%. Last year, only 70,-
658 eligible growers voted, which
was only 29.4% of the eligible
voters.
“This,” he asserted, “is not
only an unhealthy sign. It is a
dangerous trend, especially in
these war-troubled times. The
position of cotton is uncertain,
and the fate of more than 10,-
000,000 persons rests largely
on the result of the coming ref
erendum.
“Farmers have merely to com
pare present loan-supported cot
ton prices with those existing
before quotas were voted in, and
they have only to realize the de
feat of quotas means the loss of
loans, to visualize the importance
of voting.
“It isn’t the government that
sets the price of cotton, nor the
secretary of agriculture, nor the
AAA. It is the farmer himself,
casting his ballot, who most
largely determines what it will
bring in the coming season. Thus,
it is to his interest—and to the
interest of every cotton farmer —
to vote.”
Polls will be set up in every
cotton-growing community of
Houston county on December 13,
so that every eligible grower will
have the opportunity to vote
with a minimum loss of time
from other duties.
Mr. Faircloth called attention,
in connection with the referen
dum, to the drive, already be
gun, for the increased produc
tion of Food for Freedom in
1942, He urged that every far
mer use the acreage taken out of
cotton for food production, and
thus to share in improving the
national diet, and aiding Britain
and other nations now resisting
aggression.
| FARMERS ASKED TO
FILL OUT PLAN SHEETS
Farmers of Houston county
were urged this week by County
Agent W. T. Middlebrooks to fill
in the planning sheets concern
ing the farm defense program
• for such materials as limestone,
superphosphate, basic slag and
winter legume seed, which will
be needed for carrying out soil
building practices on their farms
in 1942.
“This is very important to the
farmers of this county,” Mr.
Middlebrooks said, “so that
those who are responsible for se
curing the materials for 1942
may make arrangements early,
A great deal of this soil-building
practice money is not being earn
ed by farmers of this county.
Early plantings will therefore
put them in a better position to
be able to earn it.”
The county agent declared that
when farmers fail to take advan
tage of earning these soil-build
ing payments by utilizing the
materials the money is turned
back to Washington.
“We hope that more farmers
will take advantage of their op
portunities to earn these pay
ments,” Mr. Middlebrooks de
clared. “We would like to give
them every assistance in secur
ing these materials but it is very
! important that each farmer indi
jcate on these forms the amount
|of the above materials that he
expects to use in order that the
1 greatest assistance possible may
be rendered in supplying his
needs.”
An acreage of small grain
planted this fall will contribute
much to better farm living in
1942.
