Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, April 09, 1942, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextMiss Mary Paul, student at the! isity of Georgia, spent the Weekend at home. ,. r Courtney Mason came from Gordon Military Col ’g Barnesville, for Easter. Mr and Mrs. Alton Hardy had Thpir guests for the weekend I mother and sister M r s. 3„h Collier, Comer, and Miss Jarah Collier, Savannah. M rs S W. Hickson spent the ilk-end in Macon with her sis- Mrs. Dee Matthews. Mr and Mrs. E. C. Leverett nd as their guests Sunday at heir home in Wellston her moth- J Mrs Wellons; Miss Kate Wel ’ Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Rogers, S'Mr, Tom Wellons. Mrs J C. Watts of Talbotton iccompanied her sister, Mrs J. I Hodges, to the W. L. C. b. Inference at Albany and will return here Thursday p. m. to Hsit until Sunday. Mrs, Hugh Lawson and son, Hugh Jr., spent several days last ive ek in Macon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Moore. Mr, Colquitt Brantley came home from Clemson College, Clemson, S. C. for the holidays. .Mrs. T. N. Clements of De troit, Mich. spent Wednesday md Thursday with Miss Norine Swanson. Mr. Powers Lawson came home from Savannah and spent the | weekend. Mr. and Mrs, Marion Greene; and daughter, Wallis, moved last! week into the house they recent-! |y bought in the Smoak subdivi- 1 sion. Miss Anna Grubb had as her guest while at home for the spring holidays her Shorter room nate, Miss Dorothy Ann Ware. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Richards and baby daughter have moved into the Presbyterian Manse. Miss Mary Ann Riley has ac cepted a position as stenographer ( in the employment office of the , Wellston Air Depot, located in j Macon. Mrs. Clyde G. Hood and chil dren, Robert, Clyde and Martha May belle, of Dallas, Texas are visiting Mrs. S. W. Gunnison. Mrs. Irene Eden came home from Atlanta for the weekend. She had as her guest, Mrs. Lucy Nichols, also of Atlanta. Mrs. Malcolm Dean was host ess to her Bridge club Tuesday afternoon at her home. Mrs. H. J. Tague, Mrs. C. J. Jenkins and son, Bobby, of Ma con spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gurr. Mr. A. Smoak Marshall, stu dent at the School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, La., and Mr. Jack Marshall, Em ory University, were at home for the holidays. Mr. Walter Leaptrot, of the U. S. Navy, Norfolk, Va., is spend ing a ten day furlough with his mother, Mrs. D. P. Leaptrot. Miss Anna Grubb, junior at Shorter College, Rome, Ga., has recently been elected president of the Camerata Club, the or ganization sponsored by the Mu sic Majors of Shorter. She has also been made secretary of the Shorter Christian Association, and a senior representative on the Shorter Christian Associa tion Cabinet. , Mrs. Lewis Riley arrived Fri day from Uniontown, Pa. and Mrs. Gordon Rogers from Mi nrn;, fla. for a visit with their mother, Mrs. Nancy Wellons, who observed her 90th birthday r uesday, April 7. Mrs. Andre Oilman of Miami spent Saturday here with her grandmother, Mrs. Wellons. Those from Perry attending me annual conference of the Methodist Woman’s Society 9!' Christian Service, which is in at Albany, Ga. April 7-9, are Mrs. G. C. Nunn, conference historian and editor; Mrs. W, V. Ju ßgle, president of the Perry society; Mrs, J. L. Hodges, dele ft. from the local Wesleyan ‘-fcrvice Guild. Mrs. M. M. Rainey and Misses Aubrey and Florine Rainey had as their guests Sunday: Mr. and Mrs, J. L). Rainey and daughter, Willdine, Cordele; Mrs. R. B. 0 lard, Sylvester; Mrs. J. H. fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ja teman and children, Chas. Jr. «et, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank ■ °nes and daughter, Carol, of ‘ iac °n; and Miss Louise Rainey. I Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gouedy [and son, Kenneth Jr., who moved here recently from Hunts ville, Ala., have an apartment in * I the home of Mrs. A. M. Ander- 1 son Sr. ; Miss Carolyn Coleman came ] home from Monroe and spent j the weekend. They had as their 1 I guest, Miss Hilda Horne, Barnes- • ville. , Mr. Henry Parker will return today (Thursday) from a husi- ‘ ness trip to Detroit, Mich. j Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harper, Mrs. Bright Harper, and Miss ( Phoebe Harper spent Sunday in J La Grange with Mr. and Mrs.W. N. Harper and baby daughter. Mr. Derrille Greene came l ! home from Ocilla and Messrs. ! Robert and Marvin Greene from J Mercer University, Macon for the holidays. Mr. Robert Greene ac companied Mr. Roy Nichols to! Tuskegee, Ala. where they spent ( the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. 1. Nichols. Miss Louise Houser came home | from Tifton and spent the week end. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Miller, 1 Sylvester, visited Mr. and Mrs. I C. E. Brunson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. P, M. Beckham visited relatives in Thomaston ; Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Talton and son, Jimmy, visited her parents, | Mr. and Mrs. James D, DuPree, : in Hawkinsville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Forrester spent Sunday with relatives in Tifton. Mr. and Mrs, E. F. Barfield [and Mr. William Barfield visited ! Mrs. A, F. Barfield in Fitzgerald JSunday. 1] Mr. and Mrs. M, G. Edwards I spent Sunday in Macon with Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Edwards Jr. Mrs. J. L. Beavers returned Saturday from Peoria, 111. where she spent two weeks with her father and sister, Mr. J.J. Good-1 i rich and Miss Alma Goodrich. j | Mr. Tom Lear, Mr. O.A.Mann, 1 and Mr. Tom Miller have been I transferred from the Wellston ! Air Depot to Albany, Ga. and will move their families there at; an early date. Misses Margaret and Dorothy | Newhard came home from Dal- 1 ; ton to spend the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Newhard. Mr. Jack Lee,also of Dalton, was the guest of Mr. . and Mrs. Newhard and their daughters at this time. Mrs. A. S. Gossett, teacher of the girls of the Intermediate de . partment of the Baptist S. S., 1 and Mrs. J. P. Duggan, superin tendent, entertained these girls ( at a luncheon Friday in the ■ church basement. Covers were laid for seventeen. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blood ■ worth had as their guests Sun jday Mr. and Mrs. Tom Roberts, I Thomaston: and Mr. and Mrs. iHowell Walker and children, [ Macon. Miss Edwina Osier spent the holidays at her home in Monte : zuma; Miss Frances Moore, in 1 Tifton; Miss Opal Hughes, Ma con: Miss Nelle Warren, Haw-, • kins ville; and Miss Myra Byrd, Butler. ! Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Snell ing and son, Sam, spent Sunday , in Pinehurst with Mr. Snelling’s . mother, Mrs. N. J. Snelling. Mr. Joe Mitchell of Valdosta ■ spent Tuesday here with his 1 family. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pardue * and Mr. W. J. Pardue visited j relatives in Cleveland, Ga. Sun . day. '' Mrs. L. M. Paul Jr. returned I Saturday from Atlanta where 1 she accompanied her mother, Mrs. P IH. M. Holden, who became ill at ;,Mrs. Paul's home here. Mrs. ;i Holden’s friends will be glad to , know her condition is much im proved. ; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Massee . i and baby daughter, Marjorie ’ Keith, visited M r s. Massee’s ■ mother, Mrs. W. G. Powell, in 1 Bainbridge recently, Mr. Nathan Gilbert Jr., a stu | dent at Gordon Military College, j spent the weekend at home, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Cabero J spent Sunday in Hawkinsville with her mother, Mrs. Cornelia s Harvard, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Morgan, ’ Macon, spent Monday with Mrs. N. W. H. Gilbert. 1 ALLEN-THOMPSON The marriage of Miss Mary Carolyn Thompson of Fort Val ley to Mr. Robert Lee Thompson was solemnized Sunday at the Perry Baptist pastorium. The Rev. J, A. Ivey performed the impressive ring ceremony in the presence of a small group of rel atives and close Iriends of the couple. The bride wore a navy spring costume with navy accessories. Her corsage was of pink rose buds. Mrs. Thompson is a daughter of Mr. and Airs. L. E. Allen of Fort Valley. She attended Fort Valley High School. The bride groom is the eon of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Thompson Sr. He received his education at Perry High School, and is now owner of the Houston Supply Store. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are at home in the home they purchas ed in the Cater subdivision. S. S. CLASS MEETS The Susannah Wesley class of the Methodist church held its April meeting Wednesday last week at the home of Mrs. J. M. Gooden with Mrs. Joe Mitchell, Mrs. L, M. Paul Jr., Mrs. L. M. Paul 111, Mrs. Robert Horton, and Mrs. H. E. Evans Jr. as co hostesses. The class president, Mrs. Earl Ogletree, presented the devotion al, “The Pearl of Great Price”, and Mrs. M. M. Dean had charge of the program. Those taking part were Mrs. C. T. Hicks,Mrs. C. H. Tucker, Miss Pauline Mc- Lendon and Mrs. J. C. Heller. After the program a delightful salad course was served. There were twenty seven present. SHOWER FOR BRIDE Mrs. Joe Roper of Macon and Miss Barnelle Humphrey enter ! tained Monday afternoon at a i miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. G. W. Lee for Mrs. | Robert Jones, who before her , marriage was Miss Ella Belle 1 Lassiter. 1 In the contests played, prizes were won by Mesdames B. W. Bozeman, Robert Fudge, Frank | Moody, Claude Lee, Carey [Strong, and Miss Marjorie Bus [ bee. The hostesses were assisted in [entertaining and serving the dainty refreshments by Mes dames G. W. Lee, J. M. Satter field, and P. M. Satterfield. The guest list numbered thir ty-six. G. A. PARTY Mrs. S. W. Gunnison, leader of the Girls’ Auxiliary of the Baptist W. M. U,, entertained this group at a party Friday night at the church. Proms were enjoyed through out the evening. Delightful re freshments were served. The forty present included twenty members and their guests. Mrs Marvin Griffin spent the weekend in La Grange with Mr. Griffin. Mr. J. M. Tolleson Jr. return ed Wednesday to Davidson Col : lege, Davidson, N. C., after ■ spending the spring holidays at home. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Logue had as their guests during the weekend her mother and sister, Mrs. Roland Jones and Miss Sara! Jones, and, Miss Betty Jordan,al of Fort Valley, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roper, Ma con, and Mr. and Mrs. M.L, Vir den and son, Larry, Marshall ville, spent the weekend with Mr, and Mrs. G. W. Lee, Miss Thelma Bickley spent the weekend at her home in Fort Valley. Friends of Mrs. R. L. Uhek will reget to learn of her serious illness. Felix Grant has been _ assignee as a radio man in the Communi cations department of the U. S. Navy upon completion of his training at the Navy Trade School at Alemeda, Calif. Mr. Grant was one of six to make £ mark of 92 or above to be eligi ble for a radio assignment. W. R. Turner of Cordele, dis trict governor of Kiwanis, was the speaker at Tuesday’s lucheor meeting of the Perry Kiwanis club. First Vice Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jeffer son were the first two vice presi -1 dents, FREE DINNER 1 EVERY SUNDAY To One Local Couple Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harper are the lucky couple for Sunday, April 12. Watch this space every week. Your name may be next. LEE’S ALL AMERICAN CAFE Perry, Ga. Farmers Save Your Tires Pay By Check You can’t afford to take needless trips to town simply to pay a few bills. Pay them by check. Save mileage on your car and wear on your automobile tires. Under war conditions a checking account will be especially valuable to you. Open one at this bank. 1 ‘‘You’ll Find Us Friendly” Perry Loan & Savings Bank ESTABLISHED 1889 PERRY, GA. 1 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation i Maximum Insurance for each Depositor $5,000.00. f.ocal to ’ -! Authorized Bottlers PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO., Macon, Ga. i j THE SIGN OF 1 DEPENDABLE SERVICE FOR ANY CAB!OR TRUCkJ g Today, more than ever before, this sign beck- fQR .. SERVia THAT SAT | SFIES I ons all car and truck owners who want the —SERVICE THAT saves 1 ’ If skilled, reliable service that comes with: (1) i check and Rotate Tires trained mechanics, (2) quality materials, and 2 Get Regular Lubrication II (3) reasonable service rates.... You can expect 3 Service Engine-Carburetor I S —Battery f e this kind of service from your Chevrolet dealer Test Brakes because, for years, Chevrolet dealers have had * 0 , I a 7 D Check Steering ancf Wheel the largest number of “trade-ins” and there- Alignment ! fore the widest experience in servicing and checkchJtch,Tran.mi*a»on, i ’’ conditioning ail makes of cars and trucks. 7 Check Cooling System 1 11 8 Protect and Preserve Finish ! ’ "CAR CONSERVATION KAN" 1 UNION MOTOR COMPANY Phone 136 Perry, Ga* ANNOUNCEMENTS i The general meeting of the I Baptist W. M. S will be held at jthe church Monday at 3:30 p. m. j The Sorosis club will meet Fri iday at 4:45 p. m. with Mrs, Hugh 1 Lawson. I The Methodist W. S. C. S. will meet Monday at 4:30 p. m. at the church. Reports from an nual conference will be given. Gave World tue I'runc I Louis Pellier, a French-Amcrican, 1 gave the world the prune. Skiing Indu.Try Big Forty dollars a minute is bcin* spent in the skiing industry as £• t whole in America. Big Wheal *.ar Canada’s wheat (I nn produclinra in 1938 was the hisrhe<*t in erj'ht ] years. t Katlio r ..lows i In one Austialian hospital, pa tients with head or neck injuries are supplied with a “radio” piHmv. Containing a very weak loudspeaker the pillows aie made of sponge rul>- >er. Derived From Scapegoat The origin of the expression “lo> make one the goat,” comes from the word “scapegoat.” Under Bsh lical law the sins of the people were placed upon the head of a j.yoat which was permitted to escape intu the wilderness Failure Before Success Cyrus McCormick turned **jl • many a queer machine that failed U» 1 work and consequently made him self the laughing stock of the com munity before he finally succeeded • in making a reaper that would «»rk. Millions in Mortgages Lending institutions operating* win der the FHA insured’ mortgage pro gram originated during 1940 a t«vtnl of $380,405,000 in small homo* omrtp gages accepted for FHA insurance. Federal Housing Administrator Ab ner H. Ferguson announced recex^Hy. Women Drivers Careful Bu.yr.ins When a woman buys a motmar earn she is far more critical l than a ,jn an of the car’s interior. Not ®nlj <ik*s the woman automobile huyes rde mand beauty and durability in the upholstery fabrics, she also iraaste on material that will bo easy iao Ibe i clothes and easy to clean. ‘Cradle Car Service’ In six rr.idwestern cities is- a nrn called “cradle car” service in wCiah nurses drive up to the home «f a newly born baby and present, lien. to the mother a basket containing; H 5 items such as baby food, diapers, soap, powder and evaporated iniik os good will gesture by the various brands. Intellect Based on Chemistry , Scientists have found that the [ water balance of the brain is inti mately bound up with the arid toa-sc* ( equilibrium. The epileptic briarri ss I an alkaline brain, it was dis< rwerod. Recent experiments at the Vnavee sity of Maryland indicate Ibrre- 3s a “chemistry of human intelTrgwswie.” It was further learned that iitc' dia betic brain is an acid brain and, il not balanced by proper treatment, results in retarded mentalicra jasd stupor.