Houston Home Journal
JQI' LXXI. No: 22. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA„ THURSDAY. MAY 28, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870
COMMENCEMENT
)ECIItS NEXT WEEK
Commencement exercises of
Perrv High will begin with the
baccalaureate sermon at 11:30 a.
” Sunday at the school audi
torium. H ev - J- A - Ivey, pastor
If the Perry Baptist church, will
the preacher.
Miss Willie Ryals, music teach
er will present her pupils in a
recital Monday evening in the
auditorium. .
Graduation exercises will be
held Friday evening. 8:30 o’clock
in the auditorium. Rev. Pierce
Harris, pastor First Methodist
Church, Atlanta, will deliver the
address.
The faculty party for the sen
iors will be Friday night this
week. It will be a barbecue at
Houston Lake.
Senior Party
The Perry High Seniors enjoy
ed a delightful party Friday
night, May 22, which was given
them by the American Legion
Auxiliary at the American Le
gion Home.
Several contests conducted by
Miss Evelyn Hunt and Mrs. Bill
Marshall were enjoyed by the
group. A signature hunt (which
explains why you saw seniors
running all over town handing
you a pencil and paper to sign)
was a main event of the party.
Vonceil Summers, Felton Deese,
and Howard Griffin came back
first with their list of names
completed.
This was followed by a trial of
all seniors for the crimes they
were accused of. Each man up
for trial answered with some
unheard of alibi causing much
fun for the group.
Icecream and cake were serv
ed after the games. A relay
race consisting of eight boys
dressed in women’s clothes end
ed the party. Punch was served
throughout the evening.
U, BAILEY JR. WINS
TECH SCHOLARSHIP
Tom B. Bailey, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas L. Bailey, 1408
North University street, Peoria,
111, received notification by wire
Saturday that he had been award
ed a George Westinghouse five
fear scholarship at Carnegie In
stitute of Technology, Pitts
burgh, Pa.
His winning of the award
bnngs such an honor for the
second consecutive year to a
student of Peoria high school.He
graduates in June.
The youth is one of only 10 in
the United States to be so bon
ded.
The scholarship, worth $3,000,
J'dl enable him to study some
branch of engineering at Carne
fl6. It is awarded on a compet
[tive basis. Approximately 200
[°°h it this year from a vastly
®| er list of original applicants.
Ihe five-year program is a co-
Bperative one in which the stu
dent is given class work on the
■®ipus and experience in shops,
®ices and laboratories at West
uighouse Electric and Manufac-
® ln g Co, Any branch of en
imeeringin which regular in
duction is given,may be chosen,
torn has not yet definitely de
but thinks he will bcome
‘civil engineer.
tom, who works after school
ur the Kroger Co., is athletical
inclined in addition to being a
t od student and ran the quarter
me on the Peoria high track
■ e m last year.
I If and his parents came here
“November 1940, from Wash-
C. Mr. Bailey is con
the Northern Re
)rja ‘gt^ esearc h laboratory. —Pe-
man’s mother was
fo'L'k It Gilbert, of Perry, be-
Jl ner marriage. He is the
gßbew’of l. H. Gilbert and
Kny An derson Jr. of
jpIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
each Sunday morn
5,?5"' n u s Wor ship Service 11:30.
T°“ W the pastor.
Ev£‘- 8t Training Union 7p. m.
Mifi!w g .Worship 8:30 p. m.
tesdav ir P ra yer Service Wed
ay Evening 8:30.
•I- A. Ivey, Pastor.
'ICITIZENSHIP COURSE
I FOR TWO PERRY BOYS
Two Perry boys, members of
the senior class of Perry High 1
- School, will have the privilege of
, taking a Citizenship Course at
Oglethorpe University, Atlanta,
. June 7-14.
. Durward Wilson has been
1 given a scholarship by the Rob
ert D. Collins Post of the Ameri
. can Legion. Albert Skellie has
i been chosen by the Perry Kiwa
> nis club for a scholarship.
These boys will be guests of
> the Kiwanis club Tuesday, June
; 16, to tell about the course.
: PEBfiy~PJ.il. COMMITTEES
. NAMED 81 NEW PRESIDENT
The Perry P. T. A. held its
May meeting at the school audi
torium Tuesday afternoon, May
. 19, with the new president. Mrs.
r Clifford Grimes, presiding. The
i following committees were an
i nounced for the new year: Ways
. and Means, Mrs. Felton Nor
wood, Mrs. Eugene Beckham, Mrs.
S. A. Nunn; Hospitality, Mrs. S.
1 L. Norwood Jr., Mrs.C.C.Pierce
Mrs. E. W. Traylor, Mrs. B. H.
i Andrew, Jr.; Program, Mrs. D.
i M. Ryle, Mrs. J. 0. Coleman,
; Mrs. Joe Beddingfield; Library,
Miss Louise Rainey, Mrs. J. L.
Beavers, Miss Frances Foster;
Health, Mrs. G. C. Nunn, Mrs.
Alton Hardy, Miss Evelyn Hunt;
i Safety, Mr. L. C. Walker, chair
man; Mrs. J.B.Calhoun ;Grounds,
Mrs. E. P. Staples, Mrs. G. E.
Jordan; Publicity, Mrs. W. K.
, Whipple, Miss Nell Warren; Par
liamentary Advisor, Mrs. Mayo
Davis; Lunchroom Advisor, Mrs.
Max Moore, Mrs. G. W. Rhodes.
Grade Mothers for the year
will be: First grade, Mrs. Lewis
Tabor, Mrs. Carl Huggins, Mrs.
Joe Beddingfield, Mrs. Eugene
Beckham; Second grade, Mrs.
Pat Muse, Mrs. Lee Powell, Mrs.
Tom Mobley, Mrs. Eva Spencer,
Mrs. John Williamson: Third
grade, Mrs. D. M. Stripling,Mrs.
Parks Houser, Mrs. Felix Daniel;
Fourth grade, Mrs. Paul Middle
brooks, Mrs. Floyd Tabor, Mrs.
Marion Houser; Fifth grade.
Mrs. A, C. Pritchett, Mrs. Hom
er Chapman, Mrs. Frank Moody,
Sixth grade, Mrs. Mayo Davis;
Mrs. Robert Tuggle, Mrs. J. M,
Tolloson; Seventh grade, Mrs.
Henry Mathews, Mrs. Henry
Parker, Mrs. J. B. Calhoun;
Eighth grade, girls, Mrs. B. H.
Andretf Jr., Mrs. Carson Wright;
Eighth grade, bo>s, Mrs, S. L.
Norwood Jr., Mrs. C. C. Pierce;
Ninth grade, Mrs. C. P. Hunni
cutt, Mrs. Grace Boler; Tenth!
grade, Mrs. Max Moore, Mrs. D. i
M. Ryle; Eleventh grade, Mrs.J.'
L. Beavers, Mrs. Albert Skellie. t
Miss Willie Ryals’ music de
partment presented the program
for the afternoon. Those taking
part were Marilyn Hunnigutt,
Annis Jean NeSmith, Barbara
Whipple and Bess Houser Nunn.
The fifth grade won the atten
dance prize.
i
LIBRARY NOTES
The last book to be written by
Rachel Field, “And Now To
morrow,” is a heart warming
love story. It will delight the
many enthusiastic readers of
“All This And Heaven Too.”
Again, Mary Roberts Rinehart
comes forth with a thrilling mys
tery. “Haunted Lady” ranks
with her best.
Novels recently added to the
library are:
Baldwdn —District Nurse.
Buck— Dragon Seed.
Chase— Windswept.
Cushman—l Wanted To Mur
der.
Eberhardt-With This Ring.
Hauck— Whippoorwill House, j
Loring—Stars In Your Eyes.
Seely -Chuckling Fingers.
Siefert— Army Doctor. •
Walker—Unless the Win d j
Turns.
Library hours: 1:30 p. m, to
6:30 p. m. Monday, Thursday,
and Saturday.
Verniece Beavers, Librarian.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Methodist W. S. C. S. will
meet at the church Monday, June
1 4.30 p, m. Rev. J. E. Samp
ley will be the speaker. Members
are urged to attend.
! fiATIONING BOARD REPORT
The Rationing Board is now
j ready to take applications and
issue certificates for sugar foi
canning, Each person will be
allowed five pounds per year for
this purpose. It will be neces
sary for the person who makes
application to bring the War Ra
tion Books for each member of
the family to the Ration Office, i
1 Information coming from many'
localities indicate an “X” card
, having been supplied individuals
who are not qualified to use it.
1 In such cases the holders are re
quested to return the card and
receive the proper one or the
Rationing Board will be forced
to recall all cards that are not
1 needed.
You need not be reminded that
we are at WAR, and there is
j now a Gasoline Rationing Pro
. gram, which means ALL OF US
, must make such other arrange
ments for transportation as pos-
I sible, to save gasoline, until the
' emergency is over.
, Weekly Report of Houston
J County Rationing Board.
Passenger Car Tires issued
, week beginning May 16, 1942:
Tires Tubes
Dr. J. L. Gallemore 1
Truck Tires and Tubes
E. F. Bellflowers 2 2
Bethlemem Steel Co. 1
Dan Gunn 1
J. H. Davis & Son 1
Sam Hobbs for REA 1
Passenger Car Retreads
A. C. Blackmon 1
A. A. Garrison 2
Truck Retreads
J. E. Burney 1
J. W. Story Jr. 2
i The final report of Gasoline
Rationing is as follows:
A cards issued, 423.
B-l cards issued, 186.
B 2 cards issued, 302.
B-3 cards issued, 1,373.
X cards issued, 307.
EAT MORE LETTUCE
Local stores are now featuring
exceptionally good buys on let
tuce and local homemakers are
taking advantage of excellent
crops this year, according to
statements of Houston county
merchants today.
W. T. Middlebrooks, county
agent, said the lettuce crop is es
specially abundant this year and
he urged local homemakers to
serve as many lettuce dishes as
possible.
According to nutritionists of
the United Department of Agri
culture, green lettuce is a good
source of carotene which the
body changes into vitamin A. In
'addition it has some vitamin 81,
(some riboflavin and some vitamin
jC. Besides these vitamin con
tributions, lettuce is a good
source of the minerals, iron and
calcium. The white leaves,called
bleached lettuce, are not as good
a source of these food value as
are the green leaves. As far as
iron and corotene are concerned,
the thinner and greener the leaf,
the more of these the lettuce
j contains.
Mr. Middlebrooks passed on
these “tips” from the Depart
ment of Agriculture about the
preparation of lettuce:
‘‘Cut out the core of the lettuce
with a sharp pointed knife. Then
put the head under running wat
er and let water run in where
core has been removed. This
loosens and freshens the leaves—
making it easy to slip the leaves
off—each leaf, whole or unbrok
en—for use in preparing salads
and sandwiches.
“Naturally, a lettuce leaf un-
Ider a salad or in a sandwich will
(not contribute a wffiole lot of
food value. To get the good
from lettuce eat more of it.
“There are many ways to fix
lettuce. It is a perfect vegetable
•for salad and it gets along well
with almost any vegetable com
bination. Wilt shredded head
! lettuce or leaf lettuce in a heavy
! skillet with some well-flavored
1 fat—and season it with vinegar
jand chopped onions. Or cut
head lettuce up in fourths and
braise it just like you do cab
bage.”
Buy War lands Tft fU
1 Every Pay Day \\/m
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Lot's Double
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CIVILIAN DEFENSE NEWS j
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I
The men and women of Perry I
began the operation of a 24 hour j
Air Warning Service for the
Perry Post Monday.
Each woman works once a:
week on a two hour shift. The!
i women serve during the day,
from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. There
■ are seventy-two regular observ
ers and about thirty reserves.
They work in pairs.
The men stay on duty four
i hours at a time and each man
serves once every three weeks.
140 men are engaged in this vol
unteer work. There are eight
i groups with the following cap- 1
tains and alternates, C. P. Gray I
and Max Moore, W. V. Bass and!
E. W. Traylor, Harry Palmer and I
Mayo Davis, D. M. Ryle and N. j
’ M. Parker, W. W. Martin Jr.and
. W. G. Etheridge, C. E. McLen
-1 don and W. G. Riley.F.M.Greene
. and R. E. Brown, W. B, Roberts
. and Curley Bramblett.
, Complete schedules for men
and women will be published
! next week.
Men’s Activities
1 The men are in the sixth week
of a studv course which is being
i taught by Troopers of the Perry
Patrol Headquarters.
The men have learned the du
ties of each department of the
Civilian Defense and how each
functions in relation to the other.
They have been taught how to
distinguish and extinguish in
cendiary bombs and how to treat
and combat different types of
gas.
There has been an average at
tendance of 65 adults and 20 Boy
Scouts at each class which meets
i on Tuesday night at the Perry
school at 8:30 o’clock. Boy Scouts
will serve as messenger and of
fice boys.
Warning*
Citizens are reminded that air
raid warnings may occur this
summer. The warning signal
will be short intermittent blasts
of the city fire siren for two
. minutes.
Women’s Activities
The women are completing a
twenty hour course in Home
Nursing this week.
Clinics for vaccination of chil
dren against small pox were held
last Wednesday and Thursday
and are being held this week in
the schools of Houston county.
Dr. J. L. Gallemore and Dr. A.
G. Hendrick have given their
services free for this clinical
work. County School Supt P\M.
Greene has rendered valuable
aid in putting on these clinics.
The teachers in the schools have
also co-operated in this effort.
Figures for each school will be
given next week.
BONAIRE GIRLS TO
GRADUATE AT G.S.C.W.
MILLEDGE VILLE, Ga.—
Graduation exercises will be held
Friday, June 5, at Georgia State
College for Women with Dr.
Pierce Harris, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, Atlanta, de
livering the baccalaureate ad
dress.
Among the Bonaire students,
who are candidates for B. S. de
grees are: Grace Sasser, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sas
ser, and Sara Margaret Perdue,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G, E.
Perdue.
TRACTOR COURSE
A Victory Short Course on
tractor farming will be held at j
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural I
College for two days, June 2-3, j
according to T. M. Cordell, di-l
rector of adult education. Any|
Georgia farmer now operating a \
tractor may attend free ofi
charge. Board and room also I
will be supplied free by the col-[
lege. Farmers wishing to attend!
should notify the county agent. I
CHIROPRACTOR HERE
Dr. R. 0. Ludeman of Vienna
will open Chiropractic Offices in
Perry Monday, June 1, in rooms
above Marshall’s Cafe in the
Anderson Bldg. He will be in
Perry from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m.
on Mondays and Thursdays every
week.
Dr. Ludeman is a graduate of
the Palmer School of Chiroprac
try, Davenport, lowa and of the
Kirksville College of Ostepathy
and Surgery, Kirksville, Missouri.
| NEW BUILDING WORK
| BEGUN AT AIR DEPOT
I
j Wellston Air Depot’s $1,500,-
000 cantonment erection con
tract swung into high gear Mon
day as construction forces were
! augmented for swift action on
the housing contract.
The work is being undertaken
by Claussen-Lawrence of Augus
ta, which firm was successful
bidder at a letting on April 30.
Purposes to which the build
ings will be placed and the num
ber of men that will be housed in
them has been withheld in line
with government censorship reg
ulations. Erection of these is on
[property the government acquir
ed after the initial Wellston pur
chase and will be more than a
(mile from most of the air depot
structures.
It is one of the three increases
granted the vast depot since
work was started. The Claus
sen-Lawrence contract includes
erection of the depot hospital.
1 WEEK OF THE WIT
Chairman McNutt of the War
Manpower Commissisn directed
the U. S. Employment Service to
maintain lists of skilled occupa
tions essential to war production
in which a national shortage ex
ists, and to make more preferen
tial referrals of workers to em
ployers in war industries. He
directed the WPB to classify war
plants and war products in the
order of their urgency to the war
program. He also instructed Se
lective Service local boards to
confer with local U. S. Employ
ment Service officers before re
classifying any men skilled in
war occupations.
Rubber and Gasoline
The WPB said if Americans do
not conserve the transportation
miles in their tires it may be
necessary eventually to transfer
automobiles and tires to commu
nities where they are needed
more. The Board reported no
rubber can be spared in 1942 or
1943 to make new tires for ordi
nary passenger cars because the
armed forces need all the rubber
the nation can muster from its
stockpile, synthetic program and
greatly curtailed crude sources.
The synthetic program : might
produce 30,000 tons of rubber
this year and 350,000 tons in
1943, the Board said.
Price Administrator Henderson
reported a preliminary count ol
car owners in the Eastern ration
ing area showed about 10 per
cent received X ration cards, 31
percent received A cards, 11 per-1
cent received B-l cards, another*
11 percent received B-2 cards,
and 37 percent received B-3
cards. The OPA ruled X cards
must be surrendered if the es
sential purpose for which they
were issued does not cover “sub
stantially all” of the use of the
car for which they were provid
ed.
Women’s Army Auxiliary
Corps
Recruiting for the Women’s
Army Auxiliary Corps first of
ficer candidate school began
May 27, the War Department re
ported. Application blanks may
be obtained only by going in
person to one of the 440 regular
army recruiting stations through
out the country. The term of
I enrollment will be for the dura
tion of the war and more than
six months thereafter. Officer
candidates must be citizens of
j the United States, between the
i ages of 21 and 45, with a high
I school education or its equivalent,
in good health and of excellent
(character. They may be mar-
Iriedor single. The first class
{will consist of approximately 450
'women, and will begin about
i July 15.
I
I
Oar Job Is to Save
» Dollars
War Bonds
Ivory Pay Day
Same Name
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt did
not change her name when she mar
ried. Her maiden name was Miss
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt,
STATE’S PEACH CROP
PROSPECTS ARE GOOD
Prospects for Georgia’s. peach
: crop for 1942 are very favorable
' at the the present time, accord
ing to L. E. Farmer, marketing
[ economist of th e Agricultural
■ Extension Service, Athens.
* Georgia produces more peach
es for fresh consumption than
• any other area in the United
■ States. According to figures
1 published in 1940, there were in
; the state approximately 8,500,000
■ peach trees, 6,750,000 of which
1 were bearing fruit. These figures
were compared with the 1935
■ census of 7,500,000 trees of
1 which 6,500,000 were bearing
: Conditions for dusting and
spraying have been very favora
-3 ble, Farmer said. Moisture con
; ditions are much better at this
■ time than last year, and growers
3 have done a good job with their
cultural practices. If these con
ditions continue to exist until
harvest time, Farmer predicted
that Georgians will harvest a
large crop of quality peaches for
market.
I “The operation of the Federal
: Marketing Agreement by the
’ peach producers of Georgia
’ should be a great help in solving
_ major marketing problems,”
’ Farmer continued. He pointed
' out that the agreement program
a can regulate the grade, size, and
'maturity of Georgia-grown
[ peaches shipped in interstate
' commerce, thereby creating an
r orderly marketing procedure.
‘ If supplies become burdensome
' on the markets, they can be reg
ulated to the extent that markets
" will not be flooded. Oftentimes,
serious price declines mean that
growers do not receive anything
for peaches which they have to
> market.
: CENTERVILLE NEWS
| Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Watson
. and children, Cherry. Hubert Jr.,
and Phylis, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Sasser of
Bonaire.
, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scar
borough had as their guests Sun
day Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Scar
borough and Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Garvin,
Miss Camilla Sasser spent the
weekend with homefolks at Bon
aire.
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Lee and
littls sons, Jimmy and Joneal,
and Mrs. J. M. Holloman visited
Centerville Sunday p, m.
j Mrs. J. D. Cherry has return
led home after a two week’s visit
with her children in Jackson
ville, Fla. and Douglas, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Garvin
is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Earnest Storey, and Mr. Storey
in Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rape and
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Rape spent
; Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hom
er Long,
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ryals
spent several days last week
with Mrs. J.T. Ryals and family.
Mr, and Mrs. H, H. Watson
made a business trip to Macon
Monday.
Mrs. C. P. Stafford spent
Thursday in Macon.
Miss Margaret Stafford, Miss
Ellen Stafford, and Miss Carolyn
Tucker has accepted a position in
Greenville, S. C. with the Red
Cross.
Friends of Mr. Charles Love
regret to know that he is in the
Veteran’s Hospital, Atlanta, and
wish for him a speedy recovery.
KIWANISCLUB MEETS
1 A group of high school pupils
presented the program at the
Perry Kiwanis club Tuesday.
Durward Wilson read his prize
winning essay on the late Judge
C. C. Duncan. Joan Gunnison
gave a series of humorous read
ings. Annis Jean NeSmith sang
a solo and also a duet with Bar
bara Whipple, Betty Jane Clin
ton gave a tap dance. Miss Wil
lie Ryals was pianist.
Supt. E. P. Staples presented
the participants for John L.
Hodges, program chmn.
Dog’s Tongue
While the dog’s tongue is not ex
actly smooth, yet it is not as rough
as ig many other animala, «
