Georgia Historic Newspapers

    Houston home Journal
VOL. LXXI. No. 16. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870
musical program
By CHOIRS FRIDAY
The program to be presented
t t h e school auditorium Friday
night by the choirs of the three
churches, for the benefit of the
Perry B°y Scout troop, is as fol
f Patriotic Airs Children’s
Chorus directed by Miss
Frances Moore
2 (a) Anvil Chorus (From II
Trovatore)
(b) Gipsy Love Song
(c) Romany Life Victor
Herbert —Mrs. Bass and
Chorus
3, (a) Beauteous Night—Offen
bach —Mrs. Mitchell, Mr.
Nunn and Chorus
(b) Coin’ Home
(c) Swing Along
4, (a) Listen to the Lambs
(b) Li’l David —Mr. Whipple
and Chorus
(c) Swing Low, Sweet Char
iot
Intermission
5, Old English Hunting Song—
Men’s Chorus
Loch Lomond —Scotch Melody
A Dream —Mr. Whipple and
Chorus
6, Indian Love Call—Mr. Nunn
—Mrs. Bass
Home on the Range
7, Quartet Numbers
8, Old Folks at Home
01’ Black Joe Dr. Shepard
arc! Chorus
01’ Man River—Mr. Nunn and
Chorus
National Anthem
Singers will be Sopranos: Mrs.
\V. V. Bass, Mrs. J. M, Gooden,
Mrs. Joe Mitchell, Miss Frances
Moore, Miss Aline Ryals, Miss
Willie Ryals; Altos: Mrs. G. F.
Nunn, Miss Norinne Swanson,
Miss Barbara Whipple, Mrs. E.
W. Traylor, Miss Evelyn Hunt,
Miss Helen Gray, Mrs. Gowdy;
Tenors: Mr. Tom Neff, Mr. Av
erill Paine, Mr. W. K. Whipple;
Basses; Mr. J. 0. Coleman,
Mr. Ben Hartsfield, Dr. R. P.
Shepard. G. Francis Nunn is
director; Mrs. Mayo Davis, ac
companist, and Miss Frances
Foster stage director.
Boy Scouts will have charge
of ticket sales.
METHODISTS PLAN
FELLOWSHIP MEETING
Perry Methodists are making
plans for a Fellowship Meeting
Wednesday evening, April 29, at
the church. Dr. Vliet of New
York City will be the guest
speaker.
The occasion will be in cele
bration of the birthday of the
pastor. Rev. J. E. Sampley. A
barbecue supper will be served.
The following committees for
the affair have been appointed:
General—H. E. Evans, L. C.
Walker, G. F. Nunn, M. M.Dean,
Wm. Barfield.and Carlton Hicks.
Attendance —Mrs. G.IC. Nunn,
Mrs. A. M. Anderson Sr., Mrs.
L. M. Stripling, and Mrs. W. C.
Jones.
Tables—F. M. Houser, Wm.
Barfield, and Carlton Hicks.
Decorations —Mrs. W. F. Nor
wood, Mrs. C, E. Andrew, and
Mrs. C. E. McLendon.
Food Preparation—Mrs. W. V.
juggle, Mrs. B. H, Andrew Jr.,
Mrs. S. L. Norwood Jr,, Mrs. H.
H- Averett, Mrs. S. A. Nunn,
Mrs. W. C. Huggins,and Mrs. A.
M. Anderson Sr.
Serving—B. H. Andrew, Mayo
Davis ; Lee Paul, W. G. Riley,
hot Gray, Carlene Ogletree,Bet
t-v Gooden, Barbara Whipple,
vonceil Summers and Helen
Gray.
Mrs. r. l. uhels dies
..Mrs. Ida Newell Uhels, 69,
oied at her home near Perry
tuesday after a brief illness. She
had been in bad health for a num
ber of years.
Surviving are her husband,
Robert Lee Uhels of Perry; a
roster daughter, Mrs. Earl Ogle
free of Perry, and two brothers,
h F. Newell of Byron, and Ben
Newell of Orlando, Fla.
r uneral services were held in
“ e chapel of Tuckers funeral
.'°me a t 3 p. m, Wednesday with
p; e Rev. J. A. Ivey officiating.
Ur ‘al was in the Perry cemetery.
1 CLEAN-UP WEEK SET |
FOR APRIL 27-MAY 2\
n i
The week of April 27—May 2?(
has been proclaimed as “Clean-L
1 up Week” in Perry by Mayor!(
j Sam A. Nunn. The Sorosis club! j
a and the Garden club are spon- 4
j soring this clean-up campaign. t
For several weeks, the Sorosis \
club has urged citizens of Perry
3 to be more careful about keeping (
3 streets and premises cleared of (
waste paper. This effort has (
j had some good results but more j
are needed.
It is hoped that everybody will 1
r co-operate fully in this clean-up (
j campaign so that Perry will be 1
an even more beautiful town. (
1
HOUSTON BOARD ASKED 1
FOR SCHOOL AT WELLSTDN I
2 Establishment of a school in '
the Wellston area to serve the
■ thousands of families who will ,
be connected with the depot was \
sought by Col. C. E. Thomas, |
- Wellston commander, and Maj. ,
M. S. Altmayer, public relations ]
7 1 officer, in a conference with the ]
I Houston county school board ]
'Friday in Perry. <
1 Major Altmayer said that the
school has been under discussion
for some time. It is hoped that
it can be ready for opening at
the coming fall term.
1 He said “a big influx of popu- ]
lation will result from the im- '
1 mense development of Wellston '
Air Depot” and said that this
same development argues for ed
• ucational facilities near the field. '
; The Houston county board of \
3 Education has made application j
3 for federal funds to build and ,
• maintain a school at Wellston.
» F. M. Greene, county school ]
• supt., stated that the board ,
; would do its best to obtain the ,
> school. |
•
; DEFENSE SAVINGS STAFF 1
; TO HOLD MEETINS APRIL 2U
5 1
The Houston County Defense ‘
j Savings Staff has been called to a j
meeting Monday night, April 20, 1
at Bp. m. at the American Le- j
gion Home by E. P. Newhard, j
executive chairman. <
This meeting is being held pre- <
; paratory to the house-to-house
pledge canvass to be conducted
the first week in May throughout
' the nation under the direction of ;
!: the U. S. Treasury Dept, and
t State Administrators.
7 Citizens of the U. S. will be ,
- asked to voluntarily sign a pledge ‘
for regular monthly purchases of ,
■ War Savings Bonds and Stamps.
- Each county will be assigned a .
k definite quota. 1
“ MEN BETWEEN 45 &65 1
TO REGISTER APRIL 27 5
,
Distribution of instructions to 1
all local boards concerning the s
forthcoming registration on April 1
27 of “all men who attained their .
forty-fifth birthday on or before 1
February 16, 1942, and have not
attained their sixty-fifth birth
j day on April 27, 1942, ” was an- \
nounced today by National Head- (
quarters, Selective Service Sys- j
tern. 1
Although the men to be regis- (
tered on April 27 are not liable r
for military service under the (
Selective Training and Service <
, Act of 1940, as amended, they
will be registered in much the j
same manner as men who en- (
rolled in previous registrations, | j
, Local boards, aided by volun-j (
teer registrars, will conduct thei (
registration and will record the [
same information on registration j [
cards as was recorded for men ol j j
the first three registrations. 11
Hours of the registration will I <
be between 7a. m. and 9 p. m. it
r on April 27.
1 Places of registration in Hous-|t
. ton county will be; IE
Watson’s Store, Kathleen ;|J
Edward’s Store. Heard; Lodgejs
t Hall, Wellston: McCormick’s).
. I Store, Hayneville; Clark’s Store,)
j Elko; Wynne’s Store, Henderson; -
1 Court House, Perry. . I]
Negroes and whites will regis-)•
1 ter at same place in each commu- 1
I'nity. ,
1: As the men of the fourth reg- s
' istration are not liable for mili-G
tary service there will be no Na- 1
CIVILIAN DEFENSE NEWS
A Red Cross Home Nursing
Course will begin next Tuesday,
April 21, at the Legion Home.
Classes will be held on Tuesdays
and Fridays for six weeks, on
through May 28. Mrs. Don Pow
ers of Macon, certified Red Cross
instructor, will teach the course.
Plans are to hold classes twice
daily on Tuesdays and Fridays if
enough women enroll for two
classes. Hours of instruction are
from 10 a. m. to 12 noon and
from 3p. m. to 5 p. m. The
maximum number allowed in
each class is twenty: so forty wo
men in Perry and Houston coun
ty may take the course. Text
books are 75c.
Those who wish to take this
training in Home Nursing should
notify Mrs. Sam A. Nunn of
Perry at once.
The women of this community
are fortunate in having the op
portunity to take this course. The
Red Cross is not supplying in
structors in Home Nursing out
side cities. Because of Houston
county’s affiliation with the Ma
con Red Cross chapter, the Civi
Man Defense committee is privi
leged to offer this course. Wo
men are urged to avail them
selves of this opportunity.
Child Welfare and Health
Work
The committee on Child Wel
fare and Health Work will meet
next Monday at 4:30 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. J, L. Gallemore,
chmn. to plan for this work in
Houston county. Emphasis is
being placed at this time on diph
theria and smallpox protection.
An effort will be made to immu
nize pre-school children and
those of the primary grades
against these two diseases.
Teachers in the schools and
P. T. A, groups are being asked
to make a survey of children to
determine those who have not
been vaccinated against small
pox and given the toxoid vaccine
against diphtheria.
Red Cross Work
Mrs. G. E. Jordan, chmn. Red
Cross Auxiliary, has called a
meeting for next Monday, April
20, at 11 a. m. at the Court
House. At this time, sewing
materials will be given out. Those
interested in this work should
be present or notify Mrs. Jordan
of their desire to help if they
can’t attend the meeting.
Salvage
There will be another collec
tion of old newspapers next
Tuesday, April 21. At this time
old magazines and clean cloths
will be collected, also. The Boy
Scouts will gather these articles
which will be bought by E. F.
Bellflowers.
Please have each of these
items; newspapers, magazines,
and cloths in separate bundles,
all ready for the Scouts Tuesday
p. m. This collection will be
made every two weeks. Don’t
forget that next Tuesday is the
time and have your papers, etc.
ready and on your porch, if pos
sible.
P.T.A. ELECTS OFFICERS
Officers were elected Tuesday
by the Perry P, T. A. Mrs.
Clifford Grimes was chosen pres
ident to succeed Mrs. J. O. Cole
man, who declined re-election,
Other officers are: Mrs. E. W.
Traylor, vice-president; JVI is s
Opal Hughes, secty.; Mrs. Pas
chal Muse, treasurer.
The P. T. A. voted to co-oper
ate with the Civilian Defense
committee on Child Welfare and
Health in a drive to immunize
children against smallpox and
diphtheria.
Annual reports showed much
progress. Mrs. Max Moore, chmn.
Lunch Room, was praised for
her work. Grade mothers were
commended for their co-opera
tion.
Health pictures were shown
through the courtesy of the
State Medical Auxiliary. Mrs.J.
L. Gallemore arranged for the
showing.
Mr. J. C. Ward le£t Tuesday to
attend the meeting of the Macon
Presbytery in Columbus, Ga.
tional Lottery for them and no
order numbers issued although
serial numbers will be placed on
registration cards by local
boards.
GOANO JURY PRESENTMENTS
r To the Honorable Malcolm D.
, Jones and the Honorable A. M.
. Anderson, Judges, Houston Su
-3 perior Court.
1 We, the Grand Jury, sworn
-for the April Term, 1942, of
3 Houston Superior Court, hereby
. make the following report of our
? deliberations.
f We have considered forty-four
) (44) bills of indictment and have
2 returned thirty-five (35) True
1 Bills and nine (9) No Bills.
i Our committee, the Jail and
1 Court House, finds the Jail clean
- and efficiently kept. They find
the mantel in the Ordinary’s Of
t fice and the floor in the Sheriff’s
Office badly in need of immed
s iate repair and we recommend
1 that these repairs be made with
f out delay.
Our committee for inspection
/ of the public works camp finds
- the grounds and buildings in
e good condition and reports the
- following property located there
- on: One Motor Grader, One Gas
1 Shovel, three Caterpillar Trac
- tors, three Road Machines., one
Automobile, one Concrete Mixer,
- three Concrete Pipe Forms, one
- Bucyrus 10 Yard Pan, twenty
- two (22) Convicts, 7 Hogs, and
2 Milk Cows.
The Grand Jury as a body vis
ited the Army Air Depot at
Wellston upon the personal invi
" tation of Chief Bullard and we
wish to commend the officials and
2 law enforcement officers for their
’ efficiency in the manner that
1 that they have handled a situa
-3 tion that could be very difficult
considering the vast number of
• people employed on the project
' and the number of quick business
1 places that have been establish
-3 ed. We find the number of com
, plaints before this body to be
j small. We believe the publicity
3 given crime in the News Papers
0 is exagerated and has done the
c community an injustice. We be
lieve that the law is being en
-0 forced there exceptionally well
and we only ask that these of
ficers see that the places of busi
-1 ness observe the Sunday laws
a and that they guard against slot
1 machines and the violation of the
t prohibition law.
I We also wish to urge that the
3 Board of Commissioners of this
I county use every effort to com
-1 plete the hard surfaced road
f from Wellston leading to Kath
leen, and repair the road from
Kathleen to Perry which we be
iieve will be of great benefit to
t the county as a whole.
e We also recommend to the
s Houston Commissioners that the
. Australian Ballot System be
g adopted by Houston County as
recommended by the Grand Ju
ries of the April and October
B terms 1941.
We have appointed the follow
’ ing members of the Houston
’ County Board of Education to
g succeed themselves for a new
7 term of office; S. L. Norwood,
g Perry, Ga.; J. N. Buff, Elko.Ga.;
R. F. Scarborough, Byron, Ga.,
; R. F. D. No. 1.
We appoint the following N P.
and Ex-officio J. P.: J. H. Clark,
, 541 Dist. G. M.; W. H. Talton,
5 500 Dist. G, M.; J. R. Fudge, 619
Dist. G. M.; C. K. Watson, 769
Dist. G. M.; J, J. Culler, 765
’ Dist. G. M.; J. D. Stembridge,
; 771 Dist. G. M.
] We have ordered the following
bills paid:
’ To Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk of
’ Houston Superior Court, for is
b suing 333 Subpoenas at .15 each,
' $49.95.
To C. C. Pierce, Sheriff, for
’ serving 333 Subpoenas at .50
j each, $166.50.
g We wish to extend our thanks
j and appreciation to the Hon.Mal
x colm D. Jones and Hon. A. M.
1 Anderson, Judges, and the Hon,
Charles H.Garrett, Solicitor Gen
'r eral, for their courteous treat
g ment and able advice.
' We order that these present
ments be published in the Hous
ton Home Journal at a cost not
g to exceed $lO.OO.
Respectfully submitted,
a E. W. Traylor, Foreman, T. C.
“fßogers, Clerk; E. P. Staples,
Claude Watson, W. R. Watson,
‘ E. F. Barfield, H. C. Talton, L.
:,M. Paul, C. L. Holt, S. M. Rape,
1 H, E. Gordon, J. H. Lary, A. W,
. Davis, W. S. Peek, L.C. Walker,
3 L. M. NeSmith, J. E. Eason, H.
1 C. Armstrong, W. L. Owens, E.
i H. Wimberly, John C. Gentry,
j W. B. Young.
Georgia, Houston County.
147 CASES DISPOSED
j OF IN SUPERIOR COURT
. I The April Term of Houston
. 1 Superior Court, with Judge A.
|M. Anderson presiding, adjourn
1j ed Tuesday afternoon after dis
posing of all the misdemeanbr
1 and criminal cases on the calen
• dar. Of thq 47 cases disposed of
46 were misdemeanor. 9 cases
• were tried by juries; 10 entered
» pleas, 8 were nol pressed and 20
1 continued to the October Term.
The one criminal case disposed
lof was that against Edward
, Evans, alias Moose Evans, charg
! ed with murder. He entered a
'plea of voluntary manslaughter
3 1 and was sentenced to 5 to 10
. years in the penitentiary by
1 Judge Anderson.
1 jjUOGE GOWER 10 SPEAK AT
I MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
1 I -
Confederate Memorial Day will
5 be observed in Perry Sunday,
■ April 26, with a program at the
2 Baptist church at 3:30 p. m.
■ Judge O. T. Gower of Cordele
; will be the speaker.
• The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
I chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy is sponsoring
■ the observance. Mrs, H, T. Gil
: bert, president, has appointed
■ the following committees;
! Church Decorations —Mrs, W.
I F. Norwood, Mrs. C. C. Pierce,
’ and Mrs. J. F. Bonner.
- Cemetery —Mrs. C. E. Brun
• son, Mrs. Tom Cater, Mrs. F. M.
; 1 Greene, Mrs. E. F, Barfield,Mrs.
■ C. S. Gurr, and Mrs. Agnes Mar
- shall.
5 Monument—Mrs. E. W. Tray
• lor, Mrs. G. E. Jordan, Mrs. B.
- H. Newberry, Mrs. H. S. Kezar,
• and Mrs. G. S. Riley.
r Program—Mrs. H. P. Dobbins,
i Mrs. C. E. Brunson, Mrs. J, A.
: Davis,and Miss Norine Swanson.
Publicity —Mrs. J. L. Hodges.
The public is invited to attend.
I
. * Weekly Report of Houston
3 County Rationing Bqprd.
[ Truck, bus and tractor tires
' and tubes issued week beginning
, April 8, 1942.
Tires
I W. Tom Mobley 1
I Fred Langston 1
Houser Gilbert 1
! Tubes
Houser Gilbert 1
, Pasesnger car tires and tubes
Tires Tubes
j Georgia State Patrol 6 2
1 Chas. H. Tucker 4
g Alton Hardy 1
3 The tube issued Alton Hardy I
. s to be used as a curing tube 1
r for recapping tires.
Truck and bus treads and re
caps
« Houser Gilbert 1
) Passenger car retreads and re-
I caps
Frank King 5
• W. D. Henson 2
Leon Ragan 2
H. D. Gibbs 4
R. T. Tuggle 2
, Houston County was granted
, an addition to the April quota
) of 6 passenger car tires to be
) used by the Georgia State Fa
il trol,
H Federal income tax collections
Jin Georgia during March, 1942,
II showed an increase of 145 per
- cent over the corresponding 1941
, period, records show. Collec
tions for March, 1942, totaled
• $23,200,750, compared with $9,-
) 461,584 for March, 1941.
5 In the Superior Court of said
■ County. Let the above present
. ments be received and recorded
. ias provided by law and publish
■ led as therein recommended.
■j In open Court, this April Bth,
1 1942.
-I A. M. Anderson,
■ I Judge S. C. M. C.
tj Chas. H. Garrett.
Solicitor General.
Georgia, Houston County,
• | This is to certify that the
, | above and foregoing is a true
, and correct copy of the General
. I Presentments of the Grand Jury
, 'chosen and sworn for the April
. j Term 1942, Houston Superior
, Court.
Witness my official signature
. and the seal of this office.
, I This April 10, 1942.
Tommie S. Hunt,
1 Clerk S. C. Ho, Co. Ga.
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NAVY RELIEF DRIVE
COMMITTEES NAMED
Today there is hardly a corner
cf the globe where men of the
United States Navy cannot be
found. They are taking the
fight to the enemy. Some of
them will come back and some
will not. They know that as well
as we do. But they go forth in
the belief that if they do not
come back the people of the
United States will not let their
loved ones suffer.
In order to meet the emergen
cy the Navy Relief Society has
launched a nation-wide drive for
$5,000,000. You and I are asked
to share in the business of tak
ing care of the families of the
Navy’s fighting men.
Wendell Whipple is county
chairman.
Local committees have been
appointed as follows:
Claude Andrew, chairman of
the general committee in Perry
with Max Moore, Mrs. L. F.
Cater, Mrs. A. M. Anderson and
E. P. Staples as chairmen of the
sub-commi'ttees. Committee for
the down-town section with Max
Moore as chairman is composed
of Otis King, Clifford Grimes,
Rev. James Ivey and Rev. J. E.
Sampley, On Mrs. Cater’s com
mittee are Mrs. Carl Huggins,
Mrs. W. E. Marshall, Mrs. B. H.
Andrew, Jr., Mrs. Albert Skellie,
and Mrs. W. G. Riley. On Mrs.
Anderson’s committee are Mrs.
C. C. Pierce, Mrs. H. E. Evans,
Mrs. J. M. Holloman, Mrs. C. P.
Gray, Mrs. Alton Hardy and
Mrs. D. M. Stripling.
E. P. Staples and teachers of
the Perry school will form the
committee for the schools.
In the county committees will
be as follows: Henderson, Mrs.
Warren Hodge, Mrs. B. H. New
berry ; Elko, Mrs. Ed Holmes;
Grovania, Mrs. Jack Ellis; Bon
aire, C. L. Williams; Wellston,
Emmett Leverett; Centerville,
Hubert Watson; Kathleen, Billy
Talton • Clinchfield, W. G. Riley,
Cecil M'cCraven.
These committees will see you
sometime between now and Sat
urday, April 25. The Navy Re
lief Society for the first time in
its history has had to go outside
its own ranks to get help. Don’t
turn away the committee that
calls at your door.
Remember this When you
give to the Navy Relief Society
—you won’t get any medals for
heroism you won’t face any
torpedoes or gunfire—you won’t
I have flags flying or feel the
'taste of battle—but you will be
helping the Navy your Navy
to meet the enemy with a stout
heart secure in the knowledge
that the country they are de
fending will never let them
down.
PERRY LIBRARY TO
BE OPEN PART TIME
The Perry Public Library will
be open for three afternoons a
week, beginning immediately,
with Mrs. J. L. Beavers as li
brarian. Library hours will be
from 1:30 to 6:30 p. m. Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday after
noons.
The library has been closed
for the past month due to the
fact that the W. P. A. has with
drawn its support. It is now be
ing operated under the sponsor
ship of the Perry Kiwanis club
and the City of Perry,
It is now up to the people of
Perry and Houston county to
show whether they want a li
brary sufficiently to warrant re
opening it permanently If you
want good books in your library
keep the ones that are there in
circulation. The rental shelf
can supply all the latest books if
the reading public keeps them on
the go. So, it you want a libra
ry support it. Read the books
it has and request the ones you
would like to have. Every ef
fort will be made to put them on
the shelves.
The Navy pilot induction cen
ter at the University of Georgia
in Athens is scheduled to open
Saturday, June 11, according to
announcement from the Navy
Department in Washington.