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VOL.UXI. No. 8
IIiUIE TO HOUSTON
I BROADCAST FEB. 22
111 I special salute to Houston
■ ~‘ntv broadcast will be present-
H ( i i, e re next Sunday night, Feb.
■oo at 8:30 p. m. in the Perry
■“chool auditorium by radio sta-
Hti o n WSB, Atlanta. The enter
■tajnnient will be free to the pub-
B lie and citizens from every com-
Hnninity in Houston county are in-
Hvited to be present.
H Many persons who have never
Hseen a radio show will get to
[■watch WSB handle one with all
■ the latest broadcasting equip-
Bnient. No efforts are being
Bspared in making this a presen -
Bration of the highest calibre, and
■ one of which the people of Hous-
B ton county can be proud.
ml Local people will present the
Bprogram which will consist of
■ singing, brief talks, and other
B features to make up an hour’s
B entertainment. Representatives
B from VVSB will select numbers
B from this entertainment to record
B for a3O minute broadcast to be
B made over WSB at 6:30 p. m.
B April 4.
I The program is being sponsor-
Bedbythe Perry Kiwanis club
B and its president, J. P. Ether-
B idge, will make general remarks
Bon Houston county. Floyd H.
B Tabor will speak on the Agricul
B tural Interests of Houston and
Bb- P- Newhard on Industries and
B Mineral Resources. These talks
B will each one cover three min-
B utes.
I Mrs. G. C. Nunn,local poetess,
B will read one of her patriotic
B poems.
I Musical numbers are being ar-
B ranged by G. F. Nunn and E. P.
■ Staples. The school children
I with Miss Willie Ryals as pianist
I will present the following;
I Vocal Duet—Billie Davis and
I Jean Pierce.
I Vocal Solo —Annis Jean Ne-
I Smith.
I Vocal Solo —Lillian Perdue.
I j Chorus—Grammar School,
jp Chorus—High School.
I Numbers from adults will in
■ elude: A vocal sclo, “Lullaby”
with words written by Mrs. R.L.
Cater of Perry, sung by Mrs. W.
V. Bass; a male quartet, and
choruses from the Choral Union.
Mrs. Mayo Davis, pianist, will
accompany the singers.
The local committee in charge
of arrangements is composed of
J- P. Etheridge, G. F. Nunn,
EP. Staples, and Mrs. J. L.
Hodges.
Any adult desiring to take part
on the program should contact a
member of the committee men
tioned above.
The program will be concluded
with mass singing by the en
tire audience.
WSB is presenting a series of ■
salute programs to acquaint per
sons everywhere with the ad
vantages to be found in-Georgia.
The program in Perry Sunday
night will be highly entertaining
end instructive as well as unique,
the public is invited to attend.
Pe on time, 8:30 p.m. War Time.
I
821REG1STERJN HOUSTON
821 men, including both white
and colored, registered in Hous
tmAcounty Monday, Feb. 16, in
the third National Selective Ser
vice Registration. 200 of those
who registered in this county are
} rom other counties and their
cards will be sent to the boards
‘ n their home counties. A num
ber of cards will be received by
the Houston board from other
counties. The total registration I
will be known March 1.
Serial numbers will be assign-!
cd by the local Selective Service
tmard on March 9, according to
a j ew * s Harper, secretary. \
Order numbers will be deter- j
Joined when the third national
ottery is held in Washington
“bout the middle of March.
. Houston county has 1,356 reg- j
■ ■-cants from the first and sec- 1
end registrations.
CARE FOR TIRES
. automobile tires aren’t 1
■" 1 tlres any longer. They are I
r v stragetic civilian weapons in
war. The better you take j
t v^ e . y° ur tires, the longer
la-/ . as t. The longer they,
'• he l e ss strain civilian needs:
j. ‘P l^, 00 °ur supplies of that
--w-ntial war material —rubber.
Houston Home Journal
IWELLSTON THEATRE 1
DESTROYED BY FIRE,
1
Despite a heavy rain, flames
destroyed the new Weflston thea
tre and the Wellstonian, a cafe
and beer parlor, Monday night.
Damage was expected to ap
proximate $35,000.
Three fire companies came
from Macon and succeeded in
saving Watson's filling station.
Contents had been removed be
cause owners feared for a time
that it, too, would be destroyed.
The flames started in the thea
tre, which was built soon after
announcement was made that
the Georgia Air Depot would be
located at Wellston. The picture
house had just been remodeled
and had been re-opened last
week. The house was reported
to have cost between $30,000 and
$40,000. It was owned by the
Martin and Thompson interests.
Approximately fifty patrons I
were in the movie house when
the fire was discovered in the
upper section. The building was
vacated without panic.
Two big stoves heated the
theatre and the fire apparently
started in the vicinity of one flue
and spread quickly.
The air depot was not threaten
ed. The fire was across the
highway from the multi-million
dollar development.
KiANIS CLUB SPONSORS
SOI BEAN CONTEST PROJECT
The Perry Kiwanis club is
sponsoring a contest in the pro
duction of soy beans for oil. Rea
lizing our country is in need of
fats and oils and that our soil
and climate is adapted to the
production of soy beans, a soy
bean production contest is being
promoted and sponsored by our
club.
The basic rules of the contest
are as follows;
1. Any producer is eligible to
enter contest, no entrance fee
required.
2. Each contestant to register
with county agent by planting
time.
3. Size of contest plot to be 5
acres planted in a separate field.
4. Only varieties suitable for
oil may be used (yellow varieties
only).
5. Contestants may plant any
time they may choose and use
any width rows and spacing in
the drill preferred. Inoculation
recommended but not required,
fertilizer recommended but not
required to enter contest.
6. Prizes will be as follows:
First, $l5; 2nd, $10.50; 3rd, $7.50;
4th, $5; sth, $2.50.
7. No prizes will be awarded
unless as many as 10 farmers
compete in this contest. Accurate
records on yields to be verified
by party threshing or combining
seed. Acreage will be verified
from A. A. A. measurements,
those not planting in separate
fields, will have field measured at
their own expense.
Perry Kiwanis Club,
[ W. T. Middlebrooks, Chmn.
Agricultural Committee.
PEANUT SEED ~
In Georgia, a seed supply for
planting the oil peanut acreage
is being made available on liberal
terms by the Commodity Credit
Corporation, through the facili
ties of the GFA Peanut Associa
tion, reports C. G. Garner, Agri
cultural Extension marketing
economist. Under this plan, the
grower has only to go to his lo
cal AAA office, state the number
of acres he intends planting to
I peanuts for oil purposes and se
j cure a certificate of need of seed
■ for those acres to present to the
jseed dealer or warehouseman
where GFA seed stocks are
! handled. There he may pay cash
|or sign a simple note which js
not a lien or mortgage on his
j crop, this not to be paid at har
dest time in cash or by delivery
[of peanuts from the grower’s
11942 crop. Seed so secured are
jto be used for planting oil acre
: age only, and seed for planting
of quota acreage or for hogging
| purposes can be secured from the
usual dealers or other sources.
'And the less the strain on ourj
[rubber supplies, the more rubber|
there will be for armored trucks, I
airplane landing wheels, pneu-j
matic rafts, and the hundreds of j
other items of military and navaP
equipment using rubber.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1942
"FIRST AID TRAINING
COURSE COMPLETED
Eighty-nine white adults in
Perry and vicinity completed a
First Aid Training course last
week and thirty others attended
a number of classes, making a
total enrollment of 119 for the
fifteen hour course. The instruc
tor was Claude P, Dempsey of
the Bureau of Mines and the
sponsor was Penn-Dixie Cement
Corporation’s Plant No. 2 at
Clinchfield.
Three classes were taught dai
ly by Mr. Dempsey, Twenty
nine employees of the Penn-Dix
ie plant will receive certificates
of First Aid. Included in this
number are several of the wives
of employees. Fifteen others
connected with the plant were
enrolled but did not complete the
course.
From the Citizens’ Defense
Committee of Houston County,
sixty out of the seventy-five en
rolled will receive certificates.
In order to receive a certificate,
class members had to attend
every session and do the work
assigned.
At the last session, apprecia
tion was expressed to E.P. New
hard, superintendent of Penn-
Dixie’s plant at Clinchfield, for
making this First Aid course
available to the citizens of Hous
ton county. In behalf of the
Citizens’ Defense Committee,
Mrs. John L. Hodges thanked
Mr. Newhard and expressed ap
preciation to Mr. Dempsey, the
teacher, for his interesting and
thorough instruction and his pa
tient manner; and to G. W.
Rhodes and W. G. Riley of Penn-
Dixie for their able and kind as
sistance.
In behalf of the employees of
Penn-Dixie Cement Plant No. 2
and of the members of all three
training classes in First Aid, Mr.
Newhard presented Mr. Demp
sey with a pen and pencil set as
a token of appreciation for the
fine service rendered by this in
structor of the U. S. Bureau of
Mines. Mr. Dempsey responded
graciously to these expressions.
Those who completed the First
Aid Course are:
Mrs. L. M. Paul 111, Mrs. T.
D. Mason Sr,, Mrs. E. W. Tray
lor, Mrs. Jim Taylor, Mrs, Rob
ert Fudge, Mrs. Drew Harris,
Mrs. Parks Houser, Mrs. Carleton
Hicks, Mrs. G. W. Hicks, Mrs.
A. I. Foster, Mrs. C. H. Tucker,
Mrs. Ben Hartsfield, Mrs. A. P.
Whipple, Mrs. W. F. Norwood,
Mrs. W. D. Kersey, Mrs. Paschal
Muse, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert, Mrs.
Tom Mobley, Mrs. Redding Tal
ton Jr., Mrs. W. K. Whipple,
Miss Phoebe Harper, Miss Ed
wina Ozier.Miss Ann Gordy, Miss
Frances Foster, Miss Eva Borom,
Mrs. H. D. Gordy, Mrs. S. D.
Harrison, Miss Margaret Salmon,
Mrs. J. L. Hodges, Mrs. H. H.
Averett, Mrs. O. A. King. Mrs,
W. G. Etheridge, Mrs. Lucile
Gibson, Mrs. J. L. Gallemore,
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, Mrs. J. P.
Duggan. Mrs. Jack Miller, Mrs.
M. M. Dean, Mrs. Frank Moody,
Mrs. W, E. Beckham, Mrs. S. W.
Gunnison, Mrs. Eva Spencer,
Mrs. Mayo Davis, Mrs. Grace
Boler, Mrs. Warren Hodge, Mrs-
W. W. Boler, Jr., Mrs. G.E. Jor.
dan, Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, Mrs.W.
V. Tuggle, Mrs. J. A. Ivey, Mrs.
S. L. Norwood Jr., Mrs. R. E.
Adams, Mrs. Dan Bledsoe, Mrs
Tom Cater, Mrs. J. O. Coleman.
Miss Cleo Bradclock, Mrs. Cecil
McCraven, Miss Evelyn Hunt,
Miss Mary Ann Riley, Miss Mary
Armstrong, Mrs. Robt. Horton,
Mrs. W. B. Roberts, Mrs. Henry
Giles, Mrs. E. P. Newhard.
W. T. Middlebrooks, C. H.
Tucker, R. E. Ogletree, James C.
Johnson, J. R, Fudge Jr., J. H.
Williamson, M. J. Harrison, E.
P. Newhard, Harry V. Thomp
son, Wm. Hunt, James F. Da
vis, J. G. Giles, R. E. Horton,
L. B. Moody Jr., W. B. Killen,
Dan Bledsoe, C. E, Hutton,D.M.
Ryle, D. S. Marshall, J. M. Sat
terfield, H. C. Armstrong, W. G.
Riley, G. W. Rhodes, W, B.
Roberts.
Those who attended several of
the classes but did not complete
I the course were: J. D. Fulling-j
j ton, G. F. Thomson,L.B. Spears,
I A. Braddock, G. W. Ford, P. M.'
[Satterfield, J. A, Grubb, Mrs. J.
!M. Satterfield, L. A. Humphreys,
! E, Holtzclaw, C. R. White, O. L.
Hutto, Amos Collins, Connie
METHODISTS PLAN !
LAYMEN’S SUNDAY!
I
Laymen’s Day will be observ-j
ed next Sunday, Feb. 22, through-j
out Methodism. Perry laymen
will conduct services in the Ma
con district and a Macon layman
will speak here.
Lester Grady, prominent mer
chant of Macon, will be the
speaker at the 11:30 a. m. ser
vice Sunday. C. P. Gray, local'
lay leader and chmn. board ofj
stewards, will preside.
Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock;
the Methodists will join with the i
Baptists and Presbyterians in a
union service which will be a I
farewell for Rev. R. F. Boyd,
i Presbyterian minister. This ser
i vice will be at the Presbyterian
1 church,
■ Perry Methodist laymen who
will speak at other churches Sun
> day are: E. P. Staples at Elko,
12:30 a. rn.; C. P. Gray at Elko
8:30 p. rn.; A. M. Anderson at
Second St., Macon in morning
and at East Side,Macon at night;
1 G. C. Nunn at Ingleside, Macon
; in morning; S. A. Nunn at Lib
erty church, Macon in morning. !
Rev. C. H. Tucker preaches at I
Wellston at 12 Noon Sunday and
again that night.
Revival Services
1 Revival services will begin at
’ Grovania Methodist church next
! Sunday at 7:30 p. m. Services
, will be held every night next
week at 7:30 p. m. Preaching
will be by Rev. Vernard Robert
; son of Collins. Ga.
The public'is invited to attend
by the pastor, Rev. G o r don
; King.
f WHEAT ACREAGE
3 According to some inquiries
■ that have been coming in about
• Wheat we think it wise to call
3 ypur attention to the following
3 definition: Acreage Planted To
; Wheat means: (1) Any acre
: age seeded to Wheat, and (2)
any acreage of volunteer wheat
which is harvested or remains on
the land after May 1, 1942. In
other words, at the time the
wheat acreage is checked it is too
late then to use any seeded wheat
as a green manure crop. If you
would like to know what your
wheat acreage is now, you should
take your individual farm map,
mark the field off, bring it into
the A. A. A. office and we will
calculate the acreage and enter it
on your map.
Saturday, May 2, 1942, has
been set by Secretary of Agri
culture Claude R. Wickard as the
date for the wheat referendum
1 in which wheat farmers through
out the nation will vote on wheat
marketing quotas for the second
successive year. Quotas were
proclaimed on the 1942 crop last
July when it became apparent
1 1942-43 wheat supplies would far
exceed the marketing quota level
set by law. However, to be
placed in effect, quotas must
have the approval of two-thirds
of the wheat farmers voting ini
a national referendum.
James L. Faircloth.
I
MRS. J. W. MOODY DIES-
Mrs. Alice Scarborough Moody,
75, died at her home in Perry
late Wednesday, Feb. 11, and fu
neral services were held Friday
at 3 p. m. at Salem church in
Crawford county, of which she
was a native.
She was the wife of J. W.
Moody and had come here early
in life. Surviving are her hus
band; four sons, C. A. Moody cf |
Macon, L. B and Frank Moody;
of Perry, and W. O. Moody of I
Fort Valley; two daughters, Mrs. j
Carl Hamlin of Fort Valley, and|
Miss Gladys Moody of Perry. j
There are 27 grandchildren and |
16 great grandchildren.
Jones, Mitch Rutherford, Mrs.E.
E. Peed, W. R. Walton, J. B, j
Calhoun, J. F. Bonner, James L. 1
Faircloth, Mrs. E. V. Peed, Mrs.
(Grady Daniel, Mrs. E. D. Mar
’cott, Mrs. J. F. Bonner, E. W, i
'Traylor, Mrs. C.M. Walker, Mrs.!
Korah Taylor, Mrs. A. G.
drick, W. V. Bass, and J. C.j
Mathews.
Visitors were present at every,
night session but did not enroH;
|f.F.A. & 4H BOYS HAVE I
| 22 CALVES FOR SHOW J
1
Nineteen boys will enter twen
[ty-two calves in the 4th Fat Calf
| Show to be held in Perry Satur
iday, March 7, under the spon
Isorship of the Perry Kiwanis
club.
The twelve F. F. A. boys and
their calves are as follows: Jack
Eason, two Black Angus; Walter
Gray and Eugene Pyles, two
Herefords each; Clarence Shur
ling, Jack Shurling, Richard
■ Ogletree, one Hereford each;
Glenn Johnson one grade Here
jford; Billy Giles, Frank Giles,
i Malcolm Rape, Aldine Rape, and
(John Teal Lewis, one Shorthorn
land Hereford Cross, each.
The seven 4 H club boys and
their calves are as follows: Ches
ter Ferguson, Marvin Griffin,Jr.,
A. A. White Jr., John L. Davis
Jr. Billy Davis, Herman Davis,
and C. K. Cooper Jr., one Here
ford each.
L. C. Walker is counselor of
the F. F. A. and W. T. Middle
brooks of the 4 H club.
$l3O in prizes will be given to
the entrants.
The show will be held on the
1 vacant lot opposite the Court
j House on Jernaghan street.
This year’s calf show promises
Ito be the best yet. There are
not as many entries but the
calves are in fine condition.
PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
Basketball is in the air and the
Itown of Perry seems to be thrill
ed over the tournament being
here again this year. The pair
ing seems to be in such away
that the rivalry will be very
(keen. For instance on Monday
night we will have one of the
most fierce battles of the century
when Fort Valley meets Haw
kinsville. Each team has one
victory to its credit. Both teams
will bring large crowds from 1
their respective homes.
In the Third District Tourna
ment to be played in Perry be
ginning on Monday, Feb. 23,
Perry plays its first game with
Buena Vista on Tuesday night at
8:30 and meets the winner of the
Eastman-Ashburn game on Wed
nesday night. The semi-finals
are to be played on Thursday and
the finals on Friday night. All
games will be played by Day
light Saving Time (War Time).
Friday night of this week the
Panthers of Perry High will play
their last game of the season and
it is one of the strongest teams
in the district and many predict
that Cordele will give plenty oil
trouble before the tournament is I
over The girh drill squad will
perform at the game Friday
night.
The Adel girl’s basketball team
defeated the Les.ie girls 55-3
last Friday night.
In a second garrm played that
night, Perry defeated the Adel
boys 27-8. !
GIVE!
Give! Give to the Victory Book
Drive,
To the soldiers who keep our
| country alive,
I To those who make our standards
survive.
Give to our Army True!
Give! Give to the man of the
sea.
To those who cause our foes to
flee,
Till we are certain of Victory.
Give to the Navy Blue!
Give! Give to the Marines who
e’er,
Keep us from all harm or fear,
Who hold this country we Jove
so dear.
Give to the Marines too.
■So give your books to the USA!
{Give to your men at home or
away!
(Give to some soldier or sailor
today!
Uncle Sam needs books from you!
j Earl Whipple,
LEASE TO BRITAIN
1 Agricultural commodities de
livered to the British Govern
ment for Lend-Lease shipment
totaled more than 3,311,000,000
pounds up to January 1, the De
i partment of Agriculture reports.
! Total cost of these commodities,
' delivered at shipping points since
j the operations started in April
11941, was over $367,000,000.0ver
, 660,000,000 pounds of food and
other farm products were de-
ESTABLISHED 1870
1
FARM GROUPS FORM
HOUSTON WAR BOARD
Houston county agriculture last
week went on a full wartime ba
sis when, by order of Secretary
of Agriculture Claude R. Wick
ard, the name of County USDA
Defense Board was changed to
that of the County USDA War
Board.
Chairman Lewis W. Tabor
coupled his announcement of the
change with a renewed appeal to
farmers of the county to give
full cooperation to the War Board
by increasing the flow of scrap
iron and steel into the channels
of industry.
“This,” he said “is but one of
the major tasks the war has
thrust upon the shoulders of ag
riculture. The great food pro
duction drive for this year is one
of our jobs, and our farmers
have responded wonderfully well.
We also were charged with
broadcasting the appeals for
early repair of farm machinery
and equipment. Many other re
sponsibilities will come to the
War Board in the dark days
ahead, and we shall need the
wholehearted coopera ti o n of
every farmer.”
The War Board, he pointed out,
is composed of the chief officers
of every Department of Agricul
ture agency represented in the
county. It is charged with co
ordinating all agricultural ac
tivities and keying them to the
national war effort.
The Houston War Board is
composed of the following: L.
W. Tabor, A. A. A. chmn.; W.T.
Middlebrooks, county agent; W.
W. Gray, R.E.A. committeman;
W. V. Bass, Soil cConservation
Service; C. B. Watson, Produc
tion Credit Ass’n,; and Mr. Lit
tle, F. S. A. representative.
Referring to scrap iron and
steel, Mr. Tabor cited an OPM
estimate that from 1,000,000 to
l, tons —enough, if com
bined with other necessary ma
terials, to build 139 modern 35,-
000 ton battleships for the U. S.
Navy—are lying idle on the na
tion’s 6,000,000 farms.
“This would be enough,” he
said, “to make possible the man
ufacture of 50,000,000 machine
guns of .50 caliber, or 156,250
light tanks,” For every 125 to
150 pounds of scrap metal now
lying useless on farm dump
piles, Mr. Tabor said, munitions
factories can turn out a 500 lb.
aerial bomb.
“Nearly every farm in Hous
ton county can contribute at
least one bomb to whip the Japs
land Nazis,” he added. “Let’s
get busy.”
AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL 10
BE OR6ANIZEO IN COUNTY
Representatives of all local,
county, federal and state Agri
cultural agencies and representa
tive farmers in Houston county
have been called to meet at 3p.
m. Friday, Feb. 20, at the Coun
ty Court House.
The meeting is for the purpose
of organizing the Houston Coun
ty Agricultural Council, its ob
ject being to formulate compre
hensive agricultural plans for
Houston county. These plans
will not only include detailed
crop production, but will incor
porate needed grain storage bins,
processing plants, grading and
packing facilities, and market
ing plans and so forth.
The Houston County Council
will report to the State Agricul
tural Council in Atlanta, which
was organized under the auspices
of the State Planning Board Jan.
20, for the purpose of creating
and sponsoring a state-wide plan
for coordinated production, pro
cessing and marketing. Mem
bers of the State Council include
the administrative chief of all
State and Federal agencies inter
ested in Georgia farms and
farmers.
F. M. Greene, superintendent
of Schools, has been asked to call
Houston County’s meeting to
order, to outline its purpose and
proposed activities, and to call
for nominations for permanent
officers. Active committees will
be immediately appointed to
make prescribed studies.
livered for shipment during De
cember, costing more than $67,*
000,000.
