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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXI. No. 27. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. JULY 2, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870 REGISTRATION FOR CAS TO BE JULY 9-11 Registration for gasoline cou pon books will be held next week on Thursday, Friday, and Satur day (July 9, 10, 11) at the Perry Rijrh school and at the Wellston Air Depot for employees there. Hours of registration are from 930 a. m. to 6:30 p. m., July 9,' 10. 1L Volunteer helpers are needed for this gas rationing. It will be impossible for the two regular workers of the Rationing Board to handle this registration for , /aS by themselves. Men and wo men are needed for this work. Merchants are asked to give the services of one of their em ployees for at least one day and to serve one day themselves, if possible. Civilian Defense heads have been asked to line up volunteers for this work. Those who will help are re quested to notify the Rationing Hoard, Phone 60, by next Tues day. All volunteer workers are asked to be at the office of the Rationing Board Tuesday, July 7, at 3p. m. to receive instruc tions for the gas registration. “A"’ Cards to be Issued Only the basic, minimum-value A cards will be issued. Each will contain 48 coupons, design ed to provide 2,880 miles of driv ing for a year, on the basis of 15 miles to the gallon. To get B or C books providing for supplemental rations, motor ists will have to apply to local ration boards, and there show that the A book will not meet their occupational driving needs. Applications for B and C cards will be available at the registra tion places. They may be mailed or presented in person to local boards. The A book is intended to al low 1,080 miles for “family pur poses,” and the remaining 1,800 for driving to and from work or for business use. Thus any A card motorist, in order to get a Bor C card in addition must prove his occupational driving exceeds 1,800 miles a year. The other prime requirement —and one which OPA has indi cated it intends to enforce fully I —is membership in a car-pooling •club of at least four persons,car owners or nonowners. Failing to join such a club, applicant must prove that he cannot carry three other persons but is haul ing as many as possible and that other means of transportation are inadequate. Filling Station Operators Filling station operators must register with the Rationing Board July 22. Canning Sugar Applications for sugar for can ning purposes cannot be accept ed until July 23, as the board will be busy with gas and lire appli cations and other duties imposed on it. Volunteer workers helped for several days with sugar applica tions. REVIVAL SERVICES AT ANDREW CHAPEL Revival services will begin at Andrew Chapel Methodist church next Sunday,, July 5, at 9:30 p. w., Rev. Gordon King, pastor, announces. Rev. J. E. Sampley, pastor of the Perry Methodist cburch, will do the preaching. Services will be held twice daily, at 11 a. m. and 3:30 p. m , throughout next week. The public is cordially invited to attend all services. ANNOUNCEMENT The circles of the Baptist W. •V S. will meet next Monday at dp. m. in the following homes: l, Mrs. J, P. Duggan; No. 2, -drs. G. P. Hunnicutt; No. 3, Mrs. D. H. Smith with Mrs. Lrady Daniel, co-hostess; No. 4, Mrs. Henry Parker with Mrs. Fugene Livingstone, co-hostess. tit’s common sense to be thrifty. If you save you are thrifty. War Bonds help you to save and help to save America. Buy your ten per cent every pay day. 436 BOYS REGISTERED IN HOUSTON TUESDAY 1 456 youths from 18 to 20 years old registered in Houston county Tuesday in the nation’s fifth Se lective Service registration. Of this number, 195 cards will be sent to other counties. Some 60,000 Georgia youths registered June 30, Only the 20-year-olds among these grey card holders will be liable for military service im mediately. The others will not be liable until they become 20. The order by which Tuesday’s registrants will be called will be in the order of their ages—not by national lottery. With this registration,the gov ernment has a record of every male between the ages of 18 and 65, approximately 43,000,000 men. CANDIDATES QUfILFIED Entries in the Houston County Democratic Primary, to be held at the same time as the state primary on Sept. 9, closed Wed nesday, July, 1, at noon with two candidates for the state sen ate and two for the state legisla ture and no opposition in the county commissioners race. Candidates for the senate are J. W. Bloodworth of Perry, mer chant, lawyer, and farmer and Rhodes Sewell of Elko, county surveyor and farmer. Opposing W. W. Gray, present legislator, for re-election is Pas chal Muse of Perry, farmer and Peach grower. Mr. Gray is a farmer of the Old 13th district and has served one term in the House of Representatives. T. L. Warren and Warren Hodge, county commissioners, are unopposed. Judge Qualifies Judge A. M. (Phil) Anderson of Perry has qualified for elec tion to a full term of office as Judge of Superior Courts of the Bibb Circuit. Judge Anderson has been serving an unexpired term to which he was elected two years ago. The full four year term will begin Jan.l, 1943. Judge Anderson has an envia ble record on the bench. He has proven himself an able jurist and his friends predict that he will be elected without opposition. 8,000-ACRE BOOST IN WHEAT FOR ’43 SHOWN Georgia wheat growers will gain nearly 8,000 acres in allot ments for the 1943 crop, an nouncement of next year's 55,- 000,000-acre national allotment has disclosed, T. R. Breedlove, state administrative officer of th e Agricultural Adjustment Agency, said this week. A breakdown of the national wheat acreage allotment for 1943, Mr. Breedlove said, gives Georgia 146,327 acres, compared with 138,403 acres this year. “However,” he added, “we appeal to wheat producers whose lands and equipment are suitable for growing other crops, needed more urgently in the war effort, ta hold this land for those crops rather than plant it to wheat this fall.” Mr. Breedlove cited an in creasing surplus of wheat enough on hand to fill every con ceivable domestic demand for two years. He also called attention to the wheat purchase program just in augurated in Georgia, whereby growers who comply with cer tain provisions of the law will receive more for their crop, and at the same time relieve an acute farm storage situation. Commenting on pending cases attacking the validity of the wheat marketing quota provis ions, the state AAA head said administration and enforcement of quota regulations will continue without interruption pending fi nal decision by the United States j Supreme Court. i “There is no ground for fear,” he said, “that persons who com | ply with the provisions of the act and with existing regulations j pending court action will be pre judiced in the event quotas should be declared invalid in any respect. In such an event, ap plications for refund of penalties would be expedited.” | CIVILIAN DEFENSE NEWS ; Civilian Defense workers have : been occupied during the past month with assisting the Air Warning Service. Men and wo men, both, have done a good job as observers for the Service, However, more workers are needed. Some of the observers are working in peaches or are out-of-town on a vacation trip! for the next two weeks* Women' or girls are needed for the fol lowing hours: Wed. Ba. m. to 10 a. m.; Wed, 6 p. m. to 8 p. m.; Thurs. 4. p.m. to 6 p. m.; Sat, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Please call Mrs, J. L. Hodges or Mrs. S. L. Norwood Jr. if you can serve during any of these hours. Many women in Perry are working at Wellston or at the fuse plant; others are work ing in peaches: others have com pany or are away on trips;others are cooking; and others have babies and small children. Con sidering all these things, there are very few women and girls available for patriotic work, and , these work despite home duties and working outside their homes. Surely there are others who can make sacrifices, if necessary, to help do civilian defense work. Regular observers must get their own substitutes for one time. If they are to be away for longer than one week or wish to be relieved of the watch for a stated time, observers should notify Mrs. Hodges at least 24 hours before time for their watch to begin. Gas Registration The Rationing Board has ap ' pealed for volunteers to assist in the registration for gasoline ra [ tioning cards on July 9, 10, 11 at Perry school. Please call the Board’s office, No. 60, by Tues day, July 7, and offer your ser vices if you can help on either of i these days. Those who have al ready volunteered are: Mrs. > Hodges, Mrs. J. B. Calhoun,Mrs. 1 S. L. Norwood Jr., Mrs. A. P. 1 Whipple, Mrs. C. H. Tucker, I Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, Mrs. B. H. 1 Newberry, Mrs, W. B. Hodge, ’ Miss Dorothy Jones, Miss Mer riamme Rhodes, and L.C. Walker. Many others are needed. I Open House 1 Open House for the young peo ple of Perry is being held every Friday night at the Legion Home. The Legion Auxiliary is being assisted by the Morale Committee of Civilian Defense in '* planning this entertainment for the youth of Perry. Scrap Rubber The scrap rubber drive has . been continued to July 10 by . President Roosevelt. Civilians ; in Houston county are urged to their scrap rubber and f bring it to the nearest filling t station. This is important! Do it today! 1 Health Work 700 children, including white | and colored, were vaccinated against smallpox, in May at the k i clinics held at the schools. Adults ;]are urged to protect themselves ; against smallpox by being vac : cinated again if it has been years since their vaccination, as it proves effective in most cases | only about seven years. ; POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS OPEN IN GA. ON JULY 4 ; On July 4 all roads lead to - Newnan—or Moultrie —depend- i ing upon your political point of • view. For on that, our Indepen dence Day, at least two of Geor ligia’s gubernatorial candidates ijformally will open their cam |p aig n s with high-powered 5 j speeches. ;l Governor Taimadge, who is seeking another term in office, is li bidding for a large crowd at L; Moultrie, while Attorney Gen eral Ellis Arnall, who is seeking -1 to dethrone him and be crowned 5 1 chief executive himself, is bally hooing the rally in his hometown ’ of Newnan. Both of them are ■ offering Georgians almost every > inducement in the catalogue if 3 they will attend—big barbecues, band concerts, parades, baseball i games, music, songs, etc. r So, regardless of which road • you take, the one to Newnan, or 5 the one to Moultrie, on July 4, there’ll be fireworks. BUSINESS CHANGE IN PERRY j i A business change in Perry be-j came effective July 1 when Mayoj Davis assumed charge of the warehouse and ginnery which he 1 purchased this spring from J, P. { Etheridge. Mr. Davis, a native of Be thune, S. C., has been a resident of Perry for the past eleven J years, during which time he was connected with the Federal Land Bank. Mr. Davis has had farm ing interests in Houston county for several years. Before coming to Perry, he was in the insurance business in Dothan, Ala. where he married Miss Katharine Gaines. They have one daughter, Billie Davis. Mr. Davis is a graduate of Au burn Polytechnic Institute, Au burn, Ala, where he was promi nent in athletics. Mr. Davis is a steward in the Perry Methodist church and president of the Men’s Bible class. His wife, an accomplish ed musician, is organist of the Perry Baptist church and active in its organizations. Mr. Etheridge Mr. Etheridge will continue the operation of his Corn Sheller. He has been in the warehouse business and operated a cotton ginnery in Perry for over 22 years. Mr. Etheridge sold part of his business interests because he wished to be relieved of the responsibility of operating such a diversified business. Mr. Ethe ridge has an office in the Beck ham warehouse on Jenaghan street close to his corn sheller plant. Mr. Etheridge is a former legislator of Houston county and a prominent Baptist layman. He is chairman of the Houston Coun ty Democratic Exec, committee. In expressing appreciation for the patronage accorded him dur ing the past 22 years, Mr. Ethe ridge recommended Mr. Davis highly to his patrons and bespoke their continued favors for the Davis Warehouse. The Davis Warehouse will handle cotton, wheat, oats, pea nuts, and cotton seed and sell fertilizers and feeds. RATIONING BOARD REPORT Weekly Report of Houston County Rationing Board. Tires Tubes Passenger Car Tires & Tubes; Ga. State Patrol 2 L, B. Moody, 1 H. E. Gordon 1 J. W. Perdue 2 C. H. Tucker (Bonaire) 3 J. P. Crutchfield 2 L. H. Norman Jr. 1 Truck, Bus, & Tractor Tires and Tubes: L. W. Clark 1 Thos. A. Brittingham 2 John Monoghan Inc. 2 A. H, Lawler 3 H. W. Hall 1 Lone Oak Fruit Farm 1 J. E. Eason 2 J. C. Leverett 11 J. D. Linton 1 Kersey Bros. 2 Dan Gunn 2 R. H. Watson 1 Passenger Car Retreads: H. B. Saye 2 H. W. Beckham 2 Roy S. Alfred Jr. 3 J. C. Hardy Jr, 4 E. W. Marshall Jr. 5 L, W. Tabor 2 Mrs. J. T. Ryals 1 Newton R. Pinson 2 • Otis C. Lowery 2 W. H. Jamison 3 L. H. Norman Jr, 1 Robert Edgar Dunn 3 J, M. Tharpe 4 Truck Retreads; J. B. Bennefield 1 W. L. Owens 2 C. F. Johns 2 A. H. Lawler 2 W. M. Smith 2 W. G. Gray 2 Dan Gunn 2 Fred Langston 2 J. M. Hunt 2 C. A. Hamsley 2 C. G. Harris 2 - A dim* out of every « dollar we earn IS OUR QUOTA for VICTORY with U. S. WAR BONDS |COUNTY HAS CALL FOR | 30 DRAFTEES FOR JULY i j The Houston County Selective Service board has a call for thir | ty draftees, 15 white and 15 col lored, for the month of July, ac cording to Mrs. Lewis Harper, secretary. All married men have been deferred for the present, Mrs. Harper said. In June, the local board had one white man and three colored men accepted for service. They are Grady Lee Willard (white), Augusta Hodges, Wm, L. Bryant, and Clint Duncan Davis (color ed). Five white and one colored i draftees of the June call were rejected. In May, these four white se lectees were accepted: James W, Rainey, John W. Dukes Jr., A. Redding Talton Jr., and E. Harris Rape. One white and three colored draftees were' re jected for service by the Army in May. "A WEEK OF THE WAR" President Roosevelt extended until midnight July 10 the scrap rubber collection campaign be cause the response was disap pointing and yielded only 219,- 000 tons as of July 27. Rationing The OPA announced that plans for permanent gasoline rationing for the East, effective July 22, provide all passenger car owners are entitled to A books based on 2,880 miles of driving a year and containing six pages of eight coupons each-each coupon worth four gallons. Application for supplemental rations may be filed when motorists register for A books on July 9, 10, and 11. In order to qualify for supple mental B or C books, A motorists must prove occupational driving is in excess of 1,800 miles a year and that he has formed a car sharing club, S-l and S 2 books for trucks, taxis, ambulances and government vehicles will contain 96 and 384 coupons, respectively, each coupon good for five gallons. Filling stations may give pref erence to defense workers, trucks and ambulances, after posting notices to that effect, if their supplies are insufficient to meet all demands, OPA ruled. Tire and tube quotas for July were increased over June to take care of greater wear uunng hot summer months. Selective Service Selective Service Headquarters said local boards should segre gate registrants into four cate gories and call them to service in the following order; 1. Those without financial dependetns: 2. Those with financial dependents other than wives or children; 3. Registrants who married prior to December 8, 1941, and who are maintaining bona fide family relationships; and 4. Registrants who have wives and children or children only with whom they maintain bona fide family rela tionships. SS headquarters said local boards will decide on dispo sition of men who were in pro cess of being inducted at the time the categories were set up. Agriculture Agriculture Secretary Wickard said the U. S. will have to rely more and more on the contribu tion small farmers can make toward meeting wartime goals for food production. He said the Agriculture Department is doing everything it can to help such farmers purchase new equipment and stock for expand ing crops. The department esti mated the 1942 pig crop at a record total of IUS million head, •.compared with 85 million head in f 1941. Total milk production as lof June 1 was more than 3 per cent greater than last year. The department reported almost 12 million persons were employed on farms June I—more than a million above the May 1 total and 99 percent of the 1910-14 aver age. Farm wage rates on June 1 were 183 percent of the 1910-14 average. MAKE EVERY PAY DAY WAR BOND DAY STOP SPINDINC SAV I DOLLARS 'REGULATIONS GIVEN ON PRICE CEILINGS Regulations governing the operations of price ceilings were explained to merchants of this section last week by Alexander P. Gaines, chief price attorney for the OPA in Atlanta at a meeting in Macon Thursday. Merchants have to do the fol lowing: (1) Compile a basic price list, showing all goods and commodi ties they sold, or offered for sale, in March of this year together with the prices asked. (2) File with the Houston County Rationing and Price Board the list of what are known as “cost of living commodities’' they offered for sale, or sold, during March with the top price for which these were sold. (3) Mark plainly on each ar ticle for sale the ceiling price that can be asked for it. He explained that the basic list must be kept on file in the place of business and be made available to any person asking to see it. This list is to contain all articles handled by the merchant regardless of whether or not it is classed as a cost of living com modity. There are several ways in which the merchant could com ply with the price-marketing regulation. One would be to at tach to each individual article the ceiling price; another would be to have the price plainly marked on the container, such as a barrel or bin; post a large sign in each department, listing each commodity separately and giving its ceiling price. He explained that if the March ceiling price on a commodity was so low, in view of changed con ditions the merchant faced a loss, that the merchant first should try to obtain a better price from the jobber from whom he bought it, and failing in this he should consider if it was absolutely nec essary that he continue to handle the commodity. After this, if he could get no relief, he then could take the matter up with the OPA. If that organization should decide that he needed relief, it could force the jobber, or wholesaler to cut the ceiling price to the mer chant, but it would not permit an increase in the original ceiling price to the consumer. If the jobber stood to take a loss by this procedure, it would be arranged to have the price to him reduced, and so on down the , line to the source of the article. He tcld the men and women , that they were required to pre serve all of their March records and henceforth they would be . required to keep no more detail ! ed records than were kept in , March. The merchants also were in ; formed they would be required . to give a customer a sales slip, or , receipt, if the customer demand . ed it, regardless of whether or ; not this had been customary in the store. It was explained further there ; would be special regulations governing the prices of seasonal goods, such as summer shoes and clothing which were not on sale 1 in March. This also will apply to any cost of living commodity ' which was not offered for sale 1 during the month of March. ! METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS i Church School-10:15 a. m. Morning Worship 11:30 a. m. 1 Youth Fellowship for Inter -1 mediate-Senior ages meets 7:45 ‘ p. m. Sunday. s Evening Worship Service 8:30. Prayer Service Wednesday ' night, 8:30 o’clock, j The public is cordially invited to all services. | Rev, J. E. Sampley, Pastor. .. ■■ ■ 1 BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS 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 8:00 p. m. Mid-Week Prayer Service Wed nesday Evening 8:30. j J. A. Ivey, Pastor.