,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.
