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Newspaper Page Text,Houston Home Journal VOL. LXXL No. 20. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MAY 14. 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870 Sr DEPOT OFFICES moved to wellston Perry Asked For Aid In Housing Employees Colonel C. E. Thomas Jr.,com •nanding officer, and his military ind civilian personnel for the Wellston Air Depot began opera tions Monday in the new post headquarters building at Wells l°All offices of the depot except one moved away from Macon over the weekend. The employ ment office at 419 Broadway is the only section of the depot re maining in Macon. A skeleton force now operates the employ ment offices. The beginning of operations at Wellston yesterday brought many Middle Georgians back to their homes here after weeks of work and training in air depots at Fairfield, Ohio and Middletown, Pennsylvania. The opening of the offices at Wellston placed hundreds of cars on the overcrowded highway. This week additional state high way patrolmen are on duty on the highway warning Wellston employees of traffic, regulations. The Georgia Department of Public Safety has placed signs along the highway reading: "Military Highway—M edi u m Speed Limit of 35 Miles An Hour,” Construction on other buildings at the depot is being expedited and probably will be completed within a few weeks. Citizens in communities adja cent to the Robins Field, Wells ton Air Depot, were urged today by the Pulic Relations Office to open their homes to civilian em ployees as a temporary remedy for the housing shortage. “We of Wellston would appre ciate hearing from citizens with in 25 or 30 miles of Wellston who have rooms or apartments,” Ma jor Allmayer, Public Relations Officer, said. “We must have places for our employees to live until we can get homes construct ed at Wellston.” Colonel C. E. Thomas Jr.,com manding offices, asked the de pot’s public relations office to in stitute a drive immediately to secure rooms, apartments or houses for the civilian employees. This morning the public rela tions office sent publicity on the drive to newspapers in Macon, Ferry, Hawkinsville, Roberta, Forsyth and Gray. Citizens who desire to rent a room, apartment or house to civi lian employees are urged to write or telephone the Wellston Public Relations Office, 7469, extension 13. A list of available places will be made and turned over to Sam Mayer, housing director for the depot. MRS. EMMA JONES DIES Mrs. Emma Jones, 87, died at her residence at Wellston Friday. Mrs. Jones was born in Craw ford county, the daughter of Jelder Jackson and Mrs. Martha O’Qwynne Jackson,and had lived rear Wellston most of her life. She was the oldest member of the Fellowship Primitive Baptist church. Surviving are a brother, Au gustus Jackson, Tuskegee; four daughters, Mrs. Nora Aultman a i'd Mrs. Alma Langston of Ma con, Mrs. W. 0. Cole of Elko and Mrs. Beulah Wilder of Fort Val ey; five sons, J. S. Jones of kathleen, J. F. Jones of Wells ton. J. T. Jones of Bonaire, B.F. dones of Byron and Curtis Jones °f Unadilla. Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Hill church at noon Saturday. Elder George Riley bunt officiated and burial was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. U. D. c. MEETING The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan I chapter of the U. D. C. met May “With Mrs. E. W. Traylor. Mrs. J - E. Jordan, vice-president, Presided. Mrs. G. S. Riley gave a His tory of the Univ. of Miss, and tl rs - C. E. Brunson, the Early land° ry °* Mary befreshments were served. ! PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES j The senior class will present; their play, "I’m In the Army 1 Now,” Friday night, May 15, 8:30 o'clock, in the school audi torium. This play is Ned Al bert’s latest comedy and its theme is timely. An evening of fine entertainment is promised those who attend. Mrs. J. 0. , Coleman is the coach. Junior-Senior Banquet The seniors of Perry High ■ school were entertained Friday night, May B,by the Juniors with a banquet. The theme of the i banquet was “Dixie.” Each ■ person was given a straw hat, i which he had to wear the entire evening. The Legion Home was beautifully decorated with rows of peach trees and cotton stalks; roses were hung over the fire place, extending over an impro i vised old well. Straw sun hats were used on the walls as bask ets to hold summer flowers. At the beginning of the ban quet, “Is It True What They Say About Dixie,” was sung. The menu was characteristically southern, consisting of grape fruit cocktail, chicken, peas, ta ters, pear salad, pickled beets, biscuits and butter, ice cream and cake, iced tea and goobers. In the course of the meal a minstrel dance was given by Cul len Talton and Wayne Smith. Also there was a southern song contest which was won by Betty Gooden The corn shelling con test, which was won by Deaver i Chapman, wound up by every body throwing corn. Jack Ar nold won the “hog calling” con test. The faculty entertained with a song, after which the ■ banquet ended with everyone singing “Dixie.” PARITY PAYMENTS GORE Georgia farmers will receive agricultural conservation pay ments on the same crops as in the past, but parity payments ' will be made only on wheat, W. ! R. Huey, county AAA adminis trative officer, announced this week. “This means no cotton or to bacco parity payments this year,” he said. “The wheat parity payment rate has been set at 13.5 c a bushel.” Conservation rates have been announced as follows: Cotton, 1.2 c a pound; flue-cured tobacco, 5c a pound; hurley tohbaco, 6c a pound; Type 62 tobacco, 8c a pound; peanuts, $1.25 a ton; wheat, 9.9 c a bushel, and pota toes, I.Bc a bushel. GEORGIA LEADS U. S. IN KAOLIN OUTPUT Georgia produced 72 percent of kaolin mined in the United States last year, according to Captain Garland Peyton, director of the States Division of Mines, Mining ( and Geology. A total of 1,087,848 short tons, valued at $9,205,892, was pro- 1 duced in this country, 787,013 tons of which was furnished by Georgia. South Carolina ranked second with 177,276 tons or 16 percent of the total and Pennsylvania came third with 44,277 tons or| four percent. Other states came j in the following order: _ Florida, j California, North Carolina, Vir ginia, Delaware, Illinois, Alaba ma, Maryland, Vermont, Utah, and Tennessee, The value of Georgia’s kaolin “crop,” has risen steadily since 1939. In that year it brought! $4,135,727; the next year, $4,- 826,826 and last year it rose to $6,573,605. . | Kaolin is used extensively in the manufacture of high-grade! paper, pottery, sanitary wares, j rubber, paint, and other commo-, dities. Last year the paper in-j dustry alone consumed 56 per ; cent of the total output; 110,000 j more tons than in 1940. i BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS I Bible School each Sunday morn ing 10:15. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Sermon by the pastor. Baptist Training Union 7 p. m. | Evening Worship 8:30 p. m. ,i Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed nesday Evening 8:30. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. |Maj. H. Parks Houser I Given Bravery Citation I Word was received here Wed nesday by the family of Major Houston Parks Houser Jr. that he was awarded the Silver Star with a citation for gallantry in action, on March 11, 1942. Ma- ( jor Houser was assistant chief of staff, First Philippine Corps, be fore the fall of Bataan and Cor- ji regidor in April. No word of Major Houser has been received since the Philippine Islands were overpowered by large Japanese forces. A copy of the citation was re ceived in Perry by Major Hous er’s wife, who with their two sons, Parks and David, landed in the United States about a year ago after they were evacuated from the Philippines. It was sent by Major Houser with a per sonal message to his family. The citation reads as follows: i Ma-ch 11, 1942 U. S. Army Forces in Far East, i Headquarters First Philippine Corps In the Field Award of Silver Star Citation for Gallantry in Action Major Houston P. Houser Jr., Asst. Chief of Staff, G-l, I Phil ippine Corps, in Bataan, P. I. on Jan. 20, 1942, with a mission from the Commanding General, 1 Philippine Corps, of making a reconnaissance to obtain infor mation of the situation on the flank of the I Corps in the vici nity of Mount Silanganan, did with utter disregard of his own personal safety lead three sepa rate patrols and friendly infan try units in the face of heavy hostile rifle fire along different trails in the vicinity of Mount Silanganan, thereby obtaining information of the enemy which was of great value in subsequent operations of our troops in that area. By command of Major Gen. Wainwright, W. F. Maher, Colonel, G. S. C. Chief of Staff. J.M. GOODEN TO TEACH AT EMORY IN SUMMER J. M. Gooden, of Perry, state school supervisor, will be a full time staff member of the Teach ers’ Workshop, to he held June 15 to July 18 at Emory Universi ty for high school principals of Georgia schools. Ways of im proving their respective schools will be studied by the school heads attending. Dr. M. D. Collins, state school superintendent, has stated that one of the problems to be dis cussed at the sessions is the role individual schools must play in the war effort. J. H. Cook, Georgia co-ordi matorforthe National Commis sion on Teacher Education, will be director of the Workshop. Mr. Gooden is one of eleven full-time instructors. Mr. and Mrs. Gooden will be in Atlanta during this five weeks’ period. LIBRARY NOTES The coveted Pulitzer prize for the best novel of the year has been awarded to Ellen Glasgow for her story of a troubled fam ily, “In This Our Lives.” Like “Rebecca,” the background for “Frenchman’s Creek,” is roman tic and mysterious. Daphne du Maurier again fascinates her readers with this full flavored novel, Kathleen Norris has re cently completed “Dina Cash mann,” a glamorous story of a California girl. New books are replenishing i the juvenile shelves. Timely [stories are: Deming —Ginger Lee, War Nurse. O. S. Patrol. Lent—Aviation Cadet. Mac Neil —Soldier Sammy. Library hours: 1:30 p. m. to 16:30 p. m. Monday, Thursday, land Saturday. j Verniece Beavers, Librarian. WAN DEFENSE NEWS There will be a collection of : newspapers and magazines next Tuesday, May 19, by the Boy i Scouts, Please have these ready and on your porch. Perry Boy Wins Award | In State Essay Contest; i Durward Wilson of Perry High] School, who was Houston Coun-| ty’s first prize winner in Rich’s■ Diamond Jubilee Essay contest, 1 was the guest of Rich’s Satur day, May 9, at a Luncheon in At lanta. For the best essay from this county, Durward was given [a $25 War Bond as well as the trip to Atlanta. The subject of this state-wide contest, in which every senior' in every high school in Georgia i was given an opportunity to par ticipate, was “What Citizen of j My County has made the great est Contribution to the State of Georgia.” Durward chose the late Judge Clinton C. Duncan as his subject, Carlene Ogletree was second prize winner from Houston coun ty, She was awarded $lO for her essay on Mrs. Bessie Houser Nunn (Mrs. G. C.), Carlene is also a student of Perry High. The third district winner was Ruth Reid of Pitts, Ga. who was' awarded $25 in cash and a trip to Atlanta. Her English teacher, | Miss Annis Kelly, was given $lOOl and a trip to Atlanta. SOROSIS CLUB HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR A condensed report of the year’s work was given by Mrs, Warren Hodge, secretary, at the May meeting of the Sorosis club, held Friday at the home of Mrs. W. C. Talton with Mrs. W. K. Whipple, co-hostess. The report showed a successful year under the leadership of Miss Martha Cooper, president. I The activities and study for the year centered around Com munity Defense. The activities included; A Toy Collection, Christmas boxes for 200 needy families, the raising of $175 Com munity Fund for Welfare Work, a Clothes Warehouse begun, the organization of the county into a Welfare Unit to carry on wel fare work in each community, the registration of Civilians for the Citizens Defense Committee; of Houston County, the enlist ment of merchants in Perry to sell Defense Stamps, the enter tainment of British Cadets and a Clean-up Campaign in Perry. Out-of-town speakers discuss ed Social Security, Red Cross, Civilian Defense, and Welfare Work at the monthly meetings. At Friday’s meeting presided over by Miss Cooper, $5 was vot ed for the Perry Library. Miss English, state Child Wel fare worker, was a visitor. New officers were installed as follows: Mrs. L. H. Gilbert, president: Mrs. Albert Skellie, vice-president; Mrs. J. P. Dug gan, secty.; Mrs. Hugh Lawson, treasurer. The new president, Mrs, Gil bert, named the following com mittees: Program Miss Martha Cooper, Mrs. W. V. Bass, Mrs.J.A. Ivey, Mrs. W. V. Tuggle, Mrs. Hugh Lawson. Defense Work—Mrs. S. A. Nunn, Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks, I Mrs. Albert Skellie, Mrs,Paschal Muse, Mrs. W. K. Whipple, Mrs. E. P. Staples. Welfare Council —Mrs. W, B. Evans, (1) Special Service and County Work, Mrs, J. L. Gaffe more, Mrs. W. C. Talton. (2) Clothing Mrs. Mayo Davis,Mrs. A. M. Anderson Jr. (3) Fa 11 Project - Mrs. W. E. Beckham, Mrs. James Duggan. (4) Christ mas Project—Mrs. A. C. Pritch-j ett, Mrs. Warren Hodge. NAVY RELIEF DRIVE j The goal of $500.00 for the Na-j vy Relief Drive in Houston coun-' ty has not quite been reached, j according to W. K. Whipple, j county chairman. A total of $442.00 has been- turned in soj far. The contributions by com munities has been as follows: Wellston, $49.78; Perry School, $36.04; Bonaire School, $31.88; Kathleen, $2.00; Grovania, $5.00; Elko, $34.00; Henderson, $20.50; and the balance of $264.69 from Perry. Since the amount has not been sent in to headquarters anyone desiring to make a contribution can still do so. j RATIONING BOARD REPORT i , i A total of 11,805 Consumer Ap j plications for sugar have been j filed in Houston county. 142 of ! these had an excess of sugar on j hand at the time of registration ■ and did not receive War Ration Books. A total of 11,663 War Ration Books were issued. Any person who failed to register dur ing the period from May 4 thru May 7 may register at the Local Rationing Board after May 21. ; Because of the increase in work due to the rationing of sugar and gasoline the Local Board has I found it necessary to ask all who wish to appear before them per sonally on Thursday afternoons to make an appointment in ad vance. Weekly Report of Houston County Rationing Board. Passenger Car Tires and Tubes issued for week beginning May I, 1942. Tires Tubes Ga. State Patrol 4 Otis A. Terrell 1 Truck & Tractor Tires & Tubes I Sam Hobbs for REA 2 2 j Paschal Muse 1 I Fred Langston 1 [W.E, Vinson, Jr. 1 J. H. Davis & Son 1 Passenger Car Retreads and Recaps Louis Joseph Linney 2 Truck and Bus Retreads and Recaps L. W. Tabor 1 Hedge & Scott 1 CENTERVILLE TewlT Mrs. J. D. Stembridge had as hor guests for the weekend her children, Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stembridge Jr,, I Macon; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scarborough and children,Gordon Jr. and James of Centerville. Mrs. Irie Garvin spent several days last week with her mother, Mrs. A. P. Brown, in Macon. Mrs, William Rape spent the weekend in Macon with her cousin, Mrs. Myrtle Buckner. Mr. William Rape spent the weekend in Brunswick, Ga. Mrs. J. T. Ryals had as her guests for several days last week her children, Mr. and Mrs. Ma rion Ryals, Valdosta; and Mrs. Palmore Rape and son, Terry, Brunswick. Mr. Ryals leaves Wednesday for army service. Mrs. J. W. Ewing and Bon, John, spent the weekend in Sas ser with her mother, Mrs Claude McLendon. Mr and Mrs. Paschal Stafford and sons, Paschal Jr. and Nuns, of Hawkinsville visited their mother, Mrs. C. P. Stafford,Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Billie Boyd and children of Greenville, S. C. vis ited their mother, Mrs. J. T. Stafford, Sunday. Mrs. Boyd’s sister, Miss Margaret Stafford, and cousin, Carolyn Tucker, re turned with them for a visit. Mrs. J. M. Holloman and grandson, Joneah of Perry and; Mrs. E L. Reddy of Centerville spent Wednesday with Mrs. J.D. Stembridge, Mrs. C. E. Davis and son,Mrs. Earnest Davis and son of Clinch field were visitors in Centerville Sunday. The new-comers to Centerville community are: Mr. and Mrs N. D. Lee and daughter from Jack sonville, Fla. who have an apart ment with Mrs. Gordon Scar- I borough; Mr. and Mrs. Norman and son from Jacksonville who have an apartment with Mrs. E dgar Bateman; Mrs. J. A. Stogs dill and son, Jack, who have an apartment with Mrs. irie Roberts. Mrs. N. D. Lee and Mrs. Gor don Scarborough and son visited | in Macon Tuesday. ImETHOOIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church School--10:15 a. m | Morning Worship 11:30 a. rn, ; Youth Fellowship for Inter ! mediate-Senior ages meets 7:00 Ip. rn. Sunday. Prayer Service Wednesday 'night, 7:30 o’clock. ( Evening Worship Service 8:00. i The public is cordially invited : to all services. Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor. COUNTY BUYS'BONDS Houston county commissioners purchased $17,000 in War Bonds ! last week. These will be ap plied on the sinking fund of the road bonds. 2,000 CHILDREN FED | AT LUNCHROOMS Value Of School Lunches Cited By Supt. Greene A total of 2,170 Houston coun ty school children in 24 schools participated in the community School Lunch Programs during April, according to a statement made today by F. M. Greene, County School Superintendent of Houston County. These figures represent a slight decrease from the 2,430 children in the 30 schools which partici pated in the program during * March. The American Legion and Le gion Auxiliary, the Parent Teach er Associations, Home Demon stration clubs, school officials and other civic organizations in Houston county which act as lo cal sponsors are doing their part to help reach the national goal established for community School Lunch Programs this year, Mr. Greene said. Last year four and one-half million of the approxi mate nine million undernourish ed school children in the United States were reached by the com munity School Lunch Program. This year it is now estimated that more than six million of the nine million undernourished American school children will be reached. Enumerating the benefits of the program, Mr. Greene said that it: Makes under-privileged chil dren stronger physically and more alert mentally, thus build ing a stronger America of today and for the future. Provides a basis for teaching children table manners, certain fundamentals of economics and other rudiments of modern cul ture. Promotes community spirit and cooperation among the various local groups sponsoring the Program. Creates large farm food mark ets both on a local and national scale. School officials, local sponsors and health authorities every where say that the School Lunch Program is one of the greatest programs ever undertaken from a standpoint of national health defense because it is helping to abolish malnutrition at the very source. Basic foods for school lunches are furnished by the local spon sors, it was pointed out. Supple mental foods to make up well balanced meals are then furnish ed by the Agricultural Market ing Administration. These foods are stored and distributed by the State Department of Public Wel fare. The food is prepared and serv ed by the local sponsors and school officials with the assis tance and supervision, in many instances, of the WPA andNYA, The School Lunch Program has been of inestimable value to our schools throughout this entire year, Mr. Greene said. It has contributed most beneficially to a more regular attendance, better health, improved deportment and greater efficiency among stu dents, and it is hoped that the program can be enlarged and im proved for the school year 1942-43. SOUTHEAST WARNED AGAIN ON AIR RAIDS Comes another warning to the people of Georgia and the rest of the Southeast. Regional Civilian Defense Di rector Charles H. Murchison said in Atlanta facts which have been brought to his attention empha size that a sense of security from air attack is not justified in Southeastern cities. Means al ready at Hitler’s disposal place many of these cities within pos sible range of German bombers, and future developments which cannot be classed as remote pos sibilities may increase the threat, he said. Director Murchison said in an interview that he was not pre dicting the Southeast would be bombed, but merely pointing out the possibilities. He reported facts presented to state civilian defense directors at a Fourth Corps Area conference, held in Atlanta recently.