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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
RUBY C. HODGES, Editor.
Official Organ of Houston County
and City of Perry.
Subscription, $1.50 per year.
Entered at the Post Office in
Perry, Ga., as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
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flO% OF INCOME
! !S OUR QUOTA
IN WAR kONDS
GRADUATION TIME
The season brings a lovely thing.
Today . . . „ . ,
My heart rejoices in the fine girls
and boys
At graduation time. With me -
ured step
They march: bright youths in
somber caps and gowns.
Warm lights shine out from eag
er eyes that lift
With purpose true. What docs
the future hold?
Love stirs within their hearts
high loyalty:
Strong speakers urge them choose
the right
Climb high press on
Life does have worthy goals!
'But 0 that music with its mar
shal tread —
And now the trumpets blare. . .
calling young men.
Was it for such our precious.sons
were born?
Must war forever crush our
mother hearts?
The music changes,and the mood
must too.
“God’s Truth is Marching On,”
Lift high that torch,
The call is clear; the victory
waits on youth.
B. H. N.
FARMERS . . .
Make every market
day BOND DAY!
For our fighting men,
for our country's future
and for freedom we
JLM must meet and best our
county War Bond
quota and keep on doing it.
Pick up your War Bonds and
Stamps on your second stop in
town ~ . right after you’ve sold
your eggs, milk, poultry, stock
or grain. No investment is too
small and no investment is too
large . . . the important thing
is to buy every time you sell!
V. S. Treasury Department
ON THE OFFENSIVE
AMERICA!
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Wars ara won by •Hacking, not by
lifting in a fortl
And today America ii taking tha
offansiva against tha Axil with hard
fighting, non-itoppabla man and
materials!
We'ra taking tha offensive, too,
against the enemy at home—tha infla
tionary 6th column that blows prices
sky high.
You can help in both fights by saving
at least 10% of your money in U. S.
War Bonds every pay day. Attack the
Axis with your dollars today.
You can start with as little as a 10c
War Stamp and you can get a $25.00
War Bond (maturity value) for only
$18.75 —at your local post office, bank
or other convenient sales agency.
U. J. Treasury Department
Intellect Based sin Chemistry
Scientists have found that the
water balance of the brain is inti
mately bound up with the acid base
equilibrium. The epileptic brain is
an alkaline brain, it was discovered.
Recent experiments at the Univer
sity of Maryland indicate there is
a ‘‘chemistry of human intelligence.”
It was further learned that the dia
betic brain is an acid brain and, if
not balanced by proper treatment,
results In retarded mentation and
stupor.
DARING YOUNG MAN
George Conkbn, a well-known '
menagerie superintendent, once in
terviewed a Negro who was anxious
to be an animal trainer. Conklin,
famed as the first man to put his
head in a lion”s mouth, eyed the
applicant somewhat quizzically.
‘‘How do you get along with
lions?” he asked.
"I ain't afraid of dem, boss,” said
the colored man.
"Well,” said the superintendent, i
‘‘we need a man to put his head :
into a lion’s mouth. Come along
| and I’ll show you how it’s done.” |
Picking out the most ferocious
looking animal on the lot, Conklin
| entered its cage and put his head |
i between the shiny teeth, then with- I
| drew it.
“Now you try it,” he said.
“Sure,” said the applicant, step-
I ping forward swiftly. Then he hesi
tated; a puzzled look came into his
! face. “Suppose,” he stammered, j
“just suppose that lion should close
| his mouf. Den what?”
“In that case,” said Conklin, “you
can have the rest of the day off.”
CHATTERBOX
MISU
Mrs. Nagg—l’ve talked to you till |
I’m tired, and what good does it do?
Mr, Nagg — None! You talk just as
much as ever.
A Good Example
An office boy dashed into his em- j
ployer’s office and asked loudly if he
might go to the baseball game.
Startled, the employer looked up. j
“That is no way to ask permission,”
he said. "Let me give you a lesson
in etiquette. I will go out and |
act your part. You sit at my desk
and make believe you are the boss.” 1
The youngster sat down and the j
man left the office. Presently he |
knocked on the door. The boy told
him to come in.
The employer entered, noiselessly.
“I wonder, sir,” he asked, meekly, I
“if you would be so kind as to let !
me have the afternoon off? I want |
very much to see a baseball game.”
The youngster looked up, grinning
broadly. “Why certainly!” he ex- j
claimed. “And here’s a dollar to
have some fun with!”
County Cork
Turning round a corner rather too
[ quickly, a taxi ran into a trades- j
man’s cart, upsetting it and scat- ;
tering its contents all over the road. |
Promptly a policeman appeared,
| and began taking particulars.
"What’s your name?” he asked
j the taxi-driver.
“Michael O’Brien.”
"Indeed, and that’s my name,
I too! What part of Oireland do ye
| come from?”
| "Cork.”
“Cork, is it? Sure, just wait you
there a bit while I go over and
charge that careless follow with
backing into you.”
DOESN’T GET IT
“He speaks seven different lan- j
guages.”
“Yes, but nobody takes much in- |
terest to what he says in any of
them.”
As They Say
As a member of an amateur
dramatic company had fallen ill, a
substitute was sought at the last
moment. He had only six words to
say; “1 see a sheet of flame,” and
he soon learned them.
When the night came, he was full I
of confidence until he was actually j
facing the audience. Then he lost I
his nerve.
"I flee a shate,” he began; “I !
flee a sheet—l flay a shleet—l shay
j —Oh, the blinking house is on fire!" i
Dog House
Heck—What were you and your
wife quarreling about?
Peck— Well, she said a certain girl
was beautiful, and I made the mis
take of agreeing with her.
Small Fry
“Sammy, tell mama that papa
be detained at the office tonight.”
"All right, pop, but I’ll hafter git 1
up a new one for you. Ma’s gittin’
wise.”
Wise Words
There is some place
Where you will fit;
Go seek it out
And do your bit.
Age Limit
“Girls will be girls.”
“Yes, there seems to be no age
limit which applies to that descrip
tion.”
CAT
Said Billie, “Teacher is a boob.
And I am sure of that.
Today she asked me how to spell
A simple word like cat.”
Costly
Gladys—Was the bracelet Charlie
gave you set with precious stones?,
j Dorothy—Yes, precious few.
Marine Describes His
First ‘Look at Infinity*
The earth resembles a relief map
from 11V4 miles in the sky, accord
ing to Lieut. Col. Chester L. Ford
ney of the marine corps.
Colonel Fordney, who made a trip
into the stratosphere with Com
mander T. G. W. Settle, navy bal
loonist, in 1933, says that no rivers,
lakes or highways were visible but
that mountains could be distin
guished.
"At times we would lose the
image of the earth far below us,”
said Colonel Fordney. “Clouds
i looked like a white carpet with blue
toward the horizon.
"The stratosphere sky is a beau
-1 tiful blue as one looks into the space
; above. It was so inspiring that I
! later described it as my first look
at infinity. It was a sight that gave
i me my first real conception of
i space.”
Colonel Fordney reports that the
j radiant energy of the sun is so in-
I tense in the stratosphere that out
side temperature at the top of the
balloon’s gondola, which was paint
ed white, a color that reflects heat,
was exactly zero, while at the bot
| tom of tlpje gondola, which was
| painted black a color that absorbs
j heat, the temperature reading was
i 104.5 degrees above zero.
There was no sensation of motion
in the stratosphere although the in
struments showed the balloon was
rising at a speed of 120 miles an
| hour after passing the 35,000 foot
mark, where the stratosphere be
gins, the marine corps officer stated.
Descent from the peak began as
gas in the balloon cooled and con
tracted. The balloon dropped from
the 50,000 mark to 800 feet in 40
f minutes, or at a speed three times
| as great as that of a modern ex
press passenger elevator.
Dean Advises Workers Be
Given Personality Test
Need for new types of personality '
tests to show why workers are or
j sre not fitted for certain types of
I employment was pointed out by the
dean of the school of education,
Pennsylvania State college
"A large proportion of workers
who are fired from industrial jobs
i are well trained and fully able to do
their work, but they have personali
ty difficulties,” Dean Trabue said
recently in speaking before the Na
tional Vocational Guidance associa
tion meeting in San Francisco. Nei
ther interviews nor letters of recom
mendation give adequate indications
of the necessary personality trails,
he explained. The interviewer’s own
1 personality often interferes with an
objective estimate, and different in
j terviewers frequently disagree about
1 the applicant’s qualifications. Simi
-1 lar objections can be made to rec
-1 ommendations
While a number of good personali
ty tests have been devised, Dean
Trabue declared that some of these
I merely attempt to discover abnor
-1 rnalities and complexes rather - than
fitness for a particular job. Relia
| ble tests which give more informa
| tion about normal workers in cur
rent industrial occupations would
1 undoubtedly contribute to greater ef
ficiency in our war effort.
Army Buys Race Horses
Horses which once thrilled the
! crowds at Santa Anita race track
in California, and ponies which thun
dered across the polo fields have
j now joined the army, the war de
partment announced. Nine horses,
the pick of more than 125 recently
inspected at the Santa Anita track
I by the remount division of the
quartermaster corps were pur
chased for about $7OO each and will
be sent to various depots throughout
the country to be used for breeding
purposes. Following the outbreak
of war, horse racing was abandoned
on the West coast, and many own
ers offered to sell their stables to
the war department. The remount
division is planning to purchase
more race horses for breeding pur- 1
| poses.
Michigan ‘Building Bees’
Old-fashioned "building bees” to
| encourage the improvement of rural
shelter in the cut-over section of
| northern Michigan are being encour- i
aged by the U. S. department of \
agriculture. The idea is to demon- ;
j strate to low-income farmers how
| run-down properties can be im
j proved at small cost when neigh
i bors work together.
A companion plan calls for the
finding of part-time employment for
those farmers whose land cannot
adequately support the family.
Farmers will be encouraged to seek
outside income through part-time
employment in reforestation, in fire
control, and in lumbering on public
ly or privately owned lands.
Whipping Post in Maryland
The customary punishment of
! whipping as a penalty for crime,
| part of the common law of England,
was adopted by Maryland in its first
constitution in 1776 and continued
through all successive constitutions
of the state down to the constitution
of 1864, and then it was removed
from the statute books, not by direct
appeal, but by force of the Consti
tutional Amendment abolishing
slavery.
The only crime for which the whip
ping post can be applied in Mary
land now is for brutal assault on
vvife, under the Act of 1882, chapter
120, codified in 1939 code, section
i 11, article 27.
I POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
To the Voters of Houston County;
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for Representative of Hous
ton County in the General As
sembly,subject to the Democratic
Primary of September 9, 1942.
If nominated and elected,! prom
ise to give my very best services
to the people of Houston County
and the State of Georgia. I take
this opportunity to thank the
voters and friends for past fa
vors and earnestly solicit their
vote and influence in the coming
Primary, On account of the tire
and gasoline shortages, I will be
unable to make a thorough can
vass of the county, but I shall
appreciate your help very much.
Very respectfully,
W. W. GRAY,
Old 13th Uist.
CLASSIFIED ADS
Apartment for Rent—Rooms
and furnishings. Apply Mrs. A.
Braddock, Swift St., Perry, Ga.
For Sale-House,s rooms and
bath. All modern improve
ments. Lot 10314 by 110.
P. O. Box 114, Perry, Ga.
A. W. DAHLBERG
Certified Public Accountant
Perry, Georgia
Audits - Systems • Income Tax
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WAR SAVING BONDS AND STAMPS!
U.S.T reasury Department
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WAR BONUS
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Ships of the Destroyer type com
prise the bulk of our fighting ships ,
in the American Navy. Their aver
age displacement is about 1800 tons,
and they arc fast, powerful, and
hard hitting. They have been par
ticularly effective in convoy duty and
gave a good account of themselves
in the Coral Sea engagement. They
cost approximately $3,600,000 each.
Every Navy shipyard is turning
out Destroyers in record time. They
are essential for our two-ocean
Navy. Purchase cf more and more
War Bonds will assure all-out pro
duction of these vital units for the
Navy. Buy every pay day. If ev
erybody invests at least ten percent
| of his income in War Bonds we can
do the job. U. !>. Treasury Deparlmeiit
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WAH BUNDS
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Our army spells and pronounces
it ponton, not "pontoon”, as you do.
Ponton bridges cost all the way
from $15,000 to $700,000. The smaller
bridge using individual metal pontons
is pictured here. The largest ponton
bridge is 1,080 feet long and is made
of rubber instead of aluminum.
One small bridge has a weight
capacity of 25 tons, using about 2,000
individual metal pontons. The small
est is used only to take troops over
smaller streams. But whether our
army uses the smaller or largest
ponton, our engineers need plenty of
' them. If you and every American
invests at least lu per cent of income
in War Bonds every pay day we car
supply our fighting forces with these
essentials to a victorious war.
TIME TO POISON COTTON '
Don’t Let WEEVILS Gather Your Crop.
Start Poisoning Early.
We have Calcium Arsenate and Molasses.
We can supply Peas, Soy and Velvet Beans, Sor
ghum Seed, Cat-Tail Millet, and Okra Seed.
Final Date for Furnishing Government Peanuts
Extended to June 30, Only a few left.
Just received Car Power Balers. Get yours quick.
No More for Duration.
Several Used Threshers, Combines, and Tractors
Hay Balers and Mowers. New Equipment Very
Scarce. See these Now r ,
SEE US FOR WHAT YOU WANT
Geo. C. Nunn & Son
Phone 31 Perry, Ga.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
We have a full supply of
Scooters, Scrapes, Plow-stock, Traces, Back
hands, Hames, Collars, Bridles, Singletrees,
and Plow Lines.
Scovill Hoes and Handies, Zinc Tubs and Buckets.
We Have Everything Needed for Farm Work.
J. W. Bloodworth
Phone 94 : Delivery Service : Perry, Ga,
HARDWARE TOOLS
For Victory Gardens
Everybody on the home front is being urged to plant a
garden this year to produce necessary foods that soon
may not be available at any price.
Take the hard work out of your gardening
plans, by equipping yourself with the most ef
ficient tools. We’re headquarters for every
wanted type of garden equipment, and you’ll
find our prices in line with smart economy.
Buy your plow points, repairs for farm machinery and
other hardware needs from our large stock.
Andrew Hardware Co.
PHONE 500 PERRY, GA.
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