VOL.LXXI. No. 6
ItiKTIVE SERVICE
KffI.ffBATIONFEB.I6
■ A ll m ale persons not previous-
■ v registered, who attained their
■ venuetd birthday on or before
■December 31. 1941, and who
Kve not attained their forty,
■fifdi birthday on or before Feb-
Hrnarv lb. 1942. must register as
HtAlieir home address between 7
K m and 9p. m. on February
■ f j n other words, all unregis-
■ t pn.d men who were born be
Ht wen February 17, 1897 and De
■cemberM, 1921 must register.
H Men between 21 and 36 years
Hof age who registered in 1940
Hand 1941 are not required to
again.
H This is the third national regis-
Htralion for selective service and
His compulsory for the male age
Hgroups named above.
H Places of registration in Hous
es ton county are as follows:
■ For White
■I Local Board Office, Perry.
■I McCormick’s Store,Hayneville.
B Wynne’s Store, Henderson.
H Clark's Store, Elko,
■I Chester Edwards’ Store, Heard
H District.
■ W’atson’s Store, Kathleen.
■ Watson & Leverett Store,
H Wells ton.
B For Colored
II Colored men from 20 through
■44 years of age must register at
Hthe Perry Training School in
■ New Hope.
■ CITIZENS’ defense
I GROUP OPENS OFFICE
B The Citizens’ Defense Com
■mitt.ee of Houston county opened
■ headquarters Monday at the
■ American Legion Home in Perry.
B Mrs. W. V. Hass, chairman of
■ the Staff Assistance Corps, and
■ Mrs. W. B. Hodge, vice-chmn.,
■ are in charge of the office. They
■ are being assisted this week by
■ Mrs. L. H. Gilbert, Miss Eleanor
■ Kelly, Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, Mrs.
■W. K. Whipple, Miss Cleo 6rad
■ dock, Mrs. Wyatt Kersey, Mrs.
■ Horace Evans, Mrs. Bob Massee,
■ Mrs. L. M. Paul 111, Mrs. S. W.
■ Hickson, and Mrs. S. L. Nor
■ wood Jr.
■ Other volunteer workers will
■ assist in the office work next
■ week.
■ Citizens who did not register
■ >'i the registration period in Jan
■ u nry are requested to register for
■ volunteer civilian work as soon
■ as possible at the Legion Home.
■ PURPOSE OF PRESENT
I DAY MISSIONS TOLD j
■ ! Mrs. George C. Nunn who was
B a conference delegate to the
B meeting of the Southeastern Ju-
B Hsdictional Missionary Council
B of the Methodist church, held in
B Nashville, Tenn. last week, gave
B a report on the Women’s Work
Bof the Council at the February;
B meeting cf the Perry Auxiliary, j
B pOman’s Society of Christian
B Service, at the Perry Methodis
B church Monday p. m.
I Mrs. Nunn said that Metho
dists have mission work in 82
counties, much of which is being
carried on now by native leader
ship which is proving worthy.
4he women in these counties
have formed a Christian World
federation.
In China, the progress of the
Christian movement has been
greater in the last five years
man in the past fifty years,”
llrs - Nunn quoted the Chinese
representative as stating to the
Council. The courage and faith
? the workers in Malaya as told
Y their representative was a
challenge to women of the Coun-
Cl ‘ in America, Mrs. Nunn said.
Methodist women gave $3,500,-
Wto missions in 1941 through
.250.000 members of the W.
S. C. S.
4 hat the supreme purpose of
present day missions is to keep
nnstian fellowship fue around
e world while every other rela-
f ° n I s severed was the consensus
opinion of leaders at the Mis
ery Council, Mrs. Nunn said.
l e rea bzation of this ideal will
a great victory for Christian
Tpons. the speaker concluded.
n T JF W. V. Tuggle, president,
Houston Home Journal
1 PERRY F.S. & L. ASSN.
HAS RECORD YEAR
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{ The financial statement of
the Perry Federal Savings and
. Loan Association published in
. this issue shows that the asso
j ciation is in sound financial
j condition and had a marvelous
. growth in 1941.
The total assets of $152,720.-
; 33 are a 40% increase over
’ those of 1940. The association
r has over $B,OOO in reserves and
■ undivided profits.
The association has financed
■ 69 mortgages with a value of
$168,000. Fifty of these mort
-5 gages are on houses in Perry.
1 162 people own $130,782.88
* of shares in the association. A
dividend of four per cent per
annum is paid these stockhold
ers.
The same officers and direc
tors were re-elected at the an
nual meeting held last week.
They are as follows:
S. A. Nunn, president; C. E.
Andrew, vice-president; F. M.
. Houser, secretary and treasur
er; S. A. Nunn, G. C. Nunn,
Max Moore, F. M. Culler, F. M.
1 Houser, C. E, Andrew, and
W. K. Whipple, directors.
F. f. 11. PROJECTS FOR 1941
1 A summary of the Productive
' Projects for 1941 shows that 29
boys made an average profit of
$128.18. The most profit was
made on peanuts. Eleven boys
made a profit of $780.28 on 26.7
acres of peanuts. The largest
profit was made by Edgar Bate
man Jr. who made 3 tons on 4
acres and made a profit of
$170,15.
Hogs were second on profit
made. Twenty-one boys made a
! profit of $715.36. Ralph Tabor
, made most profit with two pure
bred Duroc Jersey sows. His
profit was $246.50, while John
Overton made $166.47 on two lit
ters of pigs.
Four boys had potatoes and
made a profit of $682.28. Roy
Johnson rrrrfde most profit which
was $315.85 on 3 acres, Th e
average production of all pota
toes was 157 bushels per acre
Corn was next in profit made.
Twenty-five boys had 49>4 acres
of corn and averaged 32.8 bush
els per acre against a county
average of about 9-10 bushels.
Ralph Tabor made highest pro
duction which was 218 bushels
on 3 acres of corn. His profit
was $137.40 on this corn. What
ley’s Prolific was planted by al
most all the boys.
Cotton came in next in amount
of profit made. Six boys had
14 y-z acres and made a profit of
j 5457.58 profit. Highest profit
•was made by'Malcolm Rape who
made $214.10 profit. Glenn
Johnson was next with a profit
of $136.20 on 5 acres.
Beef calves also proved to be
rather profitable. Nine boys had
ten calves and made a profit of
$332.08 on them. Highest profit
was made by Jack Eason with
‘two black Angus steers. His
1 profit was $194.54 on these two
calves.
Other projects completed dur
ing the year were peas, wheat,
beef cow, turkeys, chickens,
Austrian winter peas, and gard
en.
Our profit for this year was
J the most ever realized by each
member, however we are striv
ng to do even better next year,
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
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Perry Church
j Sunday School-10:15 a. m.
I Worship Service-11:30 a. m.
Clinchfield
Sunday School-3:00 p. m.
I Worship Service-8:00 p. m.
Rev. R. F. Boyd, Pastor.
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j BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
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! Bible School each Sunday morn
ing 10:15. "
[ Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Sermon by the pastor.
, Baptist Training Union 7p.m. j
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. |
Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed-1
; nesday Evening 7:30.
; J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1942
Houston To Be Honored
Over W.S.B. Broadcast
A special broadcast honoring
Houston county will be present
ed here in Perry on Feb. 22, when
station WSB, Atlanta, puts on
an actual radio show in its series
of “Salute to Georgia Counties”
programs. Th e entertainment
will be held at the Perry school
auditorium beginning at 8:30 p.m.
All musicians and other per
formers appearing on the show
will be selected from the citizens
of this county. Before the radio
program is presented, auditions
will be held by a special commit
tee to select those talented en
tertainers who are to appear on
the air. WSB will bring its
equipment to transcribe the en
tire program.
Later, on Saturday. April 4,
1942 at 6:30 p.m., EST, the
show will be broadcast over WSB.
Persons desiring to appear on
this all-star broadcast may con
tact J. P. Etheridge, G.F. Nunn,
E. P. Staples, or Mrs. J. L.
Hodges, committee in charge.
Musicians and singers, or other
entertainers are eligible. Jimmy
Bridges, special events man of
WSB, is to be here for the show
to supervise the selection of per
formers.
Preparations are going for
ward to make this one of the
county’s biggest entertainments.
Hundreds of persons are expect
ed to attend the show, which will
include good music, singing and
brief talks by prominent citizens
of the county. Highlights of im
portance about the county and
its chief towns will also be men
tioned.
This occasion will allow many
persons, who have never seen a
radio program, to watch the
South’s oldest station put on an
air show with all of the latest
broadcasting equipment.
SCHOOLS TO OPEN AT
10A.M.& CLOSE 4:30 P.M.
Houston county schools will
open at 10 a; m. Monday, Feb.
9 instead of 9 a, m., according
to F. M. Greene, county school
superintendent. This action was
taken to meet the national change
of time to daylight saving time.
The schools will close at 4:30 p.m.
The county board of Education
set this time schedule because of
the difficulty of transporting pu
pils under daylight saving time.
This ruling governs all schools
in the county.
''NOTICE
Through the cooperation of the
Veterans Service Bureau of At
lanta, three of their Field Repre
sentatives, will be in Perry on
Feb. 9, to assist Veterans of All
Wars and their dependents in
any claim they might have
against the Veterans Admistra
tion.
Mr. Leon Hobby and Mr. Paul
S. Leverett of Moultrie, Ga. and
Mr. Otis N. Pharr of Louisville,
Ga. are the men to be sent here,
and their headquarters for the
day will be the Sheriff’s Office in
the Court House.
Any Veteran or dependent of
a Veteran are urged to get in
touch with any of the above men
if they have any claim for com
pensation or other matters to be
presented to the Veterans Ad
ministration.
Robert D. Collins Post No.
24, American Legion.
To Help Win The War
WAR NEEDS MONEY!
It will cost money to defeat
the Axis Lowers. Your Govern
ment calls on YOU to help NOW.
Buy defense bonds or stamps
today. Buy them every day, if
you can. But buy them on a
regular basis. !
Bonds costas little as $18.75.
Stamps come as low as 10 cents.
Defense bonds and stamps can
be bought at all banks and post (
offices, and stamps can also be
i purchased at local stores. j
! The Houston Home Journal |
i urges its readers to support their,
government with their dollars.
Perry High Activities j
TIME CHANGE
Starting Monday, Feb. 9,1
School will open in the morn-)
ing at Ten O’clock. Lunch will
be at one o’clock. School will
be dismissed at four thirty in '
the afternoon. This time sched
ule was adopted by the County
Board of Education and the lo
cal Board of Trustees.
Perry Hi defeated Chauncey
Friday night by the score of
24 to 9 in a game that was fast
and furious and the difference
in the two teams was that Per
ry did the better shooting. Both |
teams made about the same |
number of attempts at the has- )
ket. Unless the dope bucket is I
upset these two teams will j
meet again in the finals of dis
trict tournament.
Tuesday night this week the
Panthers lost a tough game to
Lanier High of Macon. Lanier
scored first with a field goal
and Gray tied the score at two
all and from then on Perry j
was ahead but during the ear- j
ly part of the fourth quarter |
Boswell left the game due to j
too many fouls and Skellie re-i
placed him and played a beau-j
tiful game and Perry was still
leading two points with one I
minute to play and Chapman
made his fourth foul and Lan-j
ier took the ball out of bounds |
instead of shooting the foul j
shot. Lanier scored four points:
in the last few seconds to de-j
feat a hard fighting Perry high !
team and this will really test I
the boys to see if they can come [
back fighting after a defeat, j
Perry plays Adel Friday i
night, Feb. 13.
Perry High School is active-j
ly cooperating in the Victory j
Book Drive. All the school chil
dren are urged to bring books’
to be given for the benefit of
the soldiers in Army camps.
Miss Ruby Pickens is head of
the drive in the school, and all
books are to be turned over to
her. Everyone should contrib
ute to this fine patriotic cam
paign.
The R. T. C. held its meeting
in the Home Ec. department on
Friday. The club is planning a
trip to Montezuma on Feb. 7
for a state meeting of the
Home Economics Department.
Also it was voted to pay fees
to the state to became an af
filiated club. The meeting was
then turned over to Martha
Parker, Pauline McClintic, and
Lolita McCormick, the recrea
tion committee. Winners in
games played were Dorothy
Busbee and Merryle Hunnicutt.
The R. T. C. welcomed sev
eral new members. They are
Nell Wood, Flora Lewis, Pau
line McClintic, Evelyn Adams,
Frances Adams, Lilliam Peters,
Louise Moore, Frindell Sin
yard, Audrey Meadow’s, and
Sara Henry. They were initi-1
ated into the club this week.
SOROSIS CLUB SQUIBS
Let’s clean up Perry.
Perry is a pretty town. Let’s
make it a clean town.
The school children are trying
to keep up trash. Are you?
Let’s clean up Perry to help
keep our health.
Cleanliness is next to Godli
ness.
Health means life, cleanliness
means health. Let’s clean up
Perry.
Will you do your part in mak
ing Perry a clean, healthy town
to live in? i
One visitor to Perry s a i d : J
“Perry is such a pretty town,;
but it looks dirty,’’ Can we doj
something about it? Let’s clean I
up Perry. |
The streets, sidewalks, vacant)
lots and alleyways up town are;
full of trash. Did you help put)
it there? Did it come from your]
1 garbage or the other fellows?
CARD OF THANKS
‘ Please accept our heartfelt
, thanks for your kind expressions
of sympathy and tokens of friend
ship in our recent bereavement.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W.
1 Dahlberg.
|COUNTY GIVES $329
TO PARALYSIS FUND
Houston county citizens con
tributed $329.45 to the fund to
fight Infantile Paralysis in the
annual drive conducted over
the nation Jan. 30, the birth
day of President F. D. Roose
velt. No entertainments of any
kind were held in this county
and all donations were volun
tary.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, county chair
man of the drive, expressed
himself as pleased over the
generous response of the peo
ple of Houston county to this
worthy call. The county com
mittee was composed of Mrs.
jO. A. King, J. P. Etheridge,
W. B. Hodge, C. B. Watson,
•E. C. Leverette, C. L. Williams,
Mrs. J. B Graham., Mrs, E. F.
Tharpe, J. Alva Davis, and The
Union at Clinchfield.
Contributions by communi
ties were as follows; Perry—
s2lo, Wellston—s2s, Clinch
field — 25, Henderson $2l,
■ Centerville —$17.45, Kathleen
—sll, Bonaire —$10, Houston
I Lake—slo.
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i VICTORY BOOK CAMPAIGN
The Victory Book Campaign,
Ibegun over the nation Jan. 12
jfor the purpose of collecting
books for soldiers, sailors, and
marines is being sponsored in
i Perry by the Wednesday After-
I noon Book club of which Mrs. C.
i B. Andrew Sr. is president. Miss
i Louise Rainey, librarian of the
j Perry School Library, is chair-
I man of the Book Campaign in
I Houston county.
1 The collection of books will be
j made Tuesday, Feb. 10, with a
! house to house canvass. Boxes
I are being placed in the local drug
j stores and the public library as
i containers for books. People who
can do so are requested to bring
books for the men in the service
and deposit them in these boxes
between now and Feb. 10.
Be a “Book Buddy” to those
in the service. Give some of
your best books. All donations
will be appreciated.
mrs. McDowell dies
Funeral services were held at
the Henderson Methodist church
Sunday at 3p. m. for Mrs. An
nie Lary McDowell of Fitzgerald
who died early Saturday morn
ing at a hospital in Atlanta.
She was born and reared in
Houston county where she had
lived until moving to Fitzgerald i
a few months ago.
She is survived by her husband
A. G. McDowell; ope son, Wal
lace; five daughters,Misses Ruth,
Mary, and Pauline McDowell,
Mrs. Clay Childers of Unadilla,
and Mrs. Carl Gibson of Moun
tain City, Ga.: one brother, J.H.
Lary, of Henderson; two sisters.
Mrs. Joe Andrews of Henderson
and Mrs. J. E. Mathews of Tam
pa, Fla.
MRS.J.T. HANCOCK DIES
Mrs. Sallie Davidson Hancock,
1 member of a prominent family
in this section, died early Satur
day after a long illness. She was
the wife of the late Jim T. Han
cock and was a resident of Lake
view all of her life.
Surviving are three sons, Gur
vis F., Joe, and J. T. Hancock,
and a daughter, Mrs. O. E. Shel
ley of Powersville; and nine
grandchildren: a sister, Mrs.
Laura Bryant of Fort Valley,and
two brothers, Joe E. Davidson of
Fort Valley and J. W. Davidson
of Bonaire.
j Services were held in the Per
!ry Baptist church Sunday at 3 p.
|m. with the Rev. George Riley
j Hunt officiating. Burial was in
j Evergreen cerncterv at Perry.
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| PRESBYTERIANS MEET
At a congregational meeting
j of the Perry Presbyterian church
j held Sunday, L. H. Gilbert was
’chosen ruling elder to succeed
his late father, H. T. Gilbert.
Wm, T. Hunt was elected a dea
con.
The resignation of Rev. Robert
Boyd, pastor, was accepted with
regrets and he was formerly re
leased from his pastorate, to be
come effective March 1, when he
will go to Charlotte, N. C.
ESTABLISHED 1870
FIRST AID COURSE
GIVEN THREE CLASSES
118 civilians in Houston
county are taking a course in
First Aid this week. The course
is being taught by Claud P.
Dempsey, principal Safety in
structor of the U. S. Bureau of
Mines, and is being given to
the citizens of Houston through
the courtesy of the Penn-Dixie
Cement Corp. The course will
continue through Wednesday
night next week, Feb. 11.
Three classes are being held
daily: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. at
Legion Home, 2:30 p. m. to
4:30 p. m. at Penn-Dixie plant
at Clinchfield, 8 p. m. to 10
p. m. at Legion Home in Perry.
Thirty-two women are enrolled
in the morning class; twenty
six men in the afternoon class
and sixty men and women in
the evening class.
Mr. Dempsey is assisted at
night by E. P. Newhard, super
intendent of Penn-Dixie’s Plant
No. 2 at Clinchfield; G. W.
Rhodes, asst, superintendent;
and W'. G. Riley, safety direc
tor.
Mrs. John L. Hodges, chmn.
Woman’s Division Citizens’ De
fense Committee of Houston
’ county, and Mrs. M. M. Dean,
’ chmn. First Aid, have assisted
in keeping records for the
1 morning and evening classes.
Penn-Dixie officials and Mrs.
Hodges who worked with them
1 in promoting this First Aid
course are gratified over the
fine response of the citizens
1 and over the type of instruc
tion being given by Mr. Demp
sey, who is an expert in First
! Aid work.
Besides those who have en
rolled as students, there are
’ others who attended the night
. class as observers.
To those who attend every
session, eight of two hours
each, and complete the work
required, a certificate of First
! Aid will be awarded. >
HOUSTON TEACHERS
ASS’N. HAS MEETING
The Houston County Teachers
Association held its regular Feb
ruary meeting in Perry, In the
absence of the president, the
vice-president, Mrs. J, 0. Cole
man, was in charge.
The high school group program
was presented by the Bonaire
teachers with Miss Annelle Hall
[leading. The subject was the
1 “Part of the School in Defense,”
Miss Mary Moore talked on “How
the Schools Can Help Win the
War;” Miss Kathern Hudson on
“Salvage for Victory:” and Miss
Susie Daniel on “Children in a
Nation at War.”
The intermediate group dis
cussed “Music in the Curricu
lum” with Miss Frances Moore
in charge. The primary group
studied the topic of “Problem of
Crowded Conditions in School at
the Present Time.”
Mrs. H. H. Averett was elect
ed secretary in the office left va
cant by the resignation of Mrs.
Mary Houser B. McKinley.
TAG PURCHASE DATE
EXTENDED TO FEB. I 3
Governor Talmadge Saturday
extended until midnight Feb. 15
the period for purchase of 1942
motor vehicle license plates with
out penalty.
Persons who buy their tags af
ter the deadline must have their
applications certified by the
sheriff of their county. The law
provides the sheriffs shall collect
one dollar for each application
plus 20 per cent of the cost of
the license plate.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
i Church School-10:15 a. m.
1 Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
Youth Fellowship for Inter
• 1 mediate-Senior ages meets 6:30
p. m. Sunday.
: Prayer Service Wednesday
i night, 7:30 o’clock.
Evening Worship Service 7:30.
The public is cordially invited
; ty all services.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
