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VOL. LXXI. No. 28. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. JULY 9. 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870
MERCHANTS STOCK
WAR STAMPS IN JULY
plans for Houston county’s
ar t in the nation-wide “Retail
ers for Victory” drive for pro
moting sales of U.S.War Stamps
j n j u jy were made last Thursday
a t a luncheon meeting called by
Chmn. Max Moore at the New
p P rv Hotel. Mr. Moore is
chmn. Retail Sales and E. P.
Hew hard is county chmn. of War
Bonds and Stamps committee.
The nation-wide drive, volun
tarily sponsored by retailers, has
as its objective the sale of $l,-
01)0,000 worth of Bonds and
Stamps through retail stores dur
ing the month of July. Every
-tore in the nation is expected to
keep a supply of Stamps on
hand and urge every customer
to take his change in United
States War Stamps. Houston
county’s quota for July is $4,900.
The object of the drive is
three-fold: to stimulate sales to
retail customers through re
quests that they accept War
Stamps as change; to promote
through the retail stores a 10 per
cent salary payment in stamps;
to strive to keep before the pub
lic the government’s need of
funds with which to produce the
necessary implements of war.
The drive began in Perry Tues
day when $2l worth of stamps
were sold at Max Moore’s store
by a group of local women head
ed by Mrs. G. E. Jordan. These
ladies will sell stamps Thursday
at Pritchett Drug Co. and Fri
day at Rogers. A portable booth
for this purpose has been
erected.
The following chairme.% were
appointed by Mr. Moore for this
drive: W. K. Whipple, publici
ty: A. C. Pritchett and Lewis
Harper, drug, dry goods, and
grocery stores: Horace Evans,
other stores: C. E. McLendon,
garages and filling stations; Mrs.
G. E. Jordan, women’s groups;
W. V. Bass, officials and hotels.
Friday, July 17, will be known
as ‘‘American Heroes Day,”
while the third big sales event
will cake place July 30 and 31
during the “Victory Days.”
The public is urged to buy
War Stamps through local places
of business during the month of
July.
A. T. SMITH PASSES
Augustus Troup Smith, age
52, died suddenly Wednesday,
July 1, at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Virgil Hay Jr. near
Perry. He was a native of
Houston county and lived in
Perry all his life until he moved
to Miami, Fla. three years ago.
He was visiting his daughter
here at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Esther Thompson of
Perry ;two daughters, Mrs. Walter
Preen of Miami, and Mrs, Hay ;
one son, Tracy Smith of Miami:
one grandchild; his mother, Mrs.
P. R. Smith, Perry; a brother,
Claude Smith, Macon; two sis
ters, Mrs. G, T. Fierce of Perry
and Mrs. Bobbie Lee Dooling,
Pooling, Ga.
t Services were conducted Fri
oay at 4p. m. in the chapel of
V’ hippie Funeral Home by Rev.
■H A, Ivey. Burial was in Ever
green cemetery, Perry.
LIBRARY NOTES
Ranking high in national pop
lar favorites is “Rock and the
Wind,” by Viven Bretherton.
His a novel of suspense and
brilliance. A Cornish girl is the
dynamic heroine and the Pacific
Northwest the background. You
oan’t be too Careful, is a bold
and distinguished novel by the
•arnous author H. G. Wells.
Light novels for your summer
■ojoyment recently placed in the
■ • drary are:
Christie —Sad Cypress.
Cushman—The Other Brother.
Hill- Beauty to Ashes.
Larrimore—Two Keyes to a
Cabin.
Loring-- Give Me One Summer.
ay lor—Death Lights a Can-
Library hours: 1:30 p. m. to
, J 'j P. m. Monday, Thursday,
an d Saturday.
Nerniece Beavers, Librarian.
I RATIONING BOARD REPORT |
All owners of passenger cars
are to register this week, Thurs
day, Friday, and Saturday, (July
i 9-1011) for permanent gasoline
. ration cards good for one year,
beginning July 22. Registration
for Houston county will be at
at the Perry school building.
Supervisors are W. T. Middle
brooks, W. V. Bass, and L. C.
i Walker. Helpers are:
THURSDAY
Mrs. A. Braddock, Miss Agnes
Agerton, Miss Carlene Ogletree,
Mrs. C. H. Tucker, Mrs. B. H.
Newberry, Mrs. W. B. Hodge,
Miss Willie Gunter, Mrs. C.
Grimes, Mrs. E. Garrett, Miss
Ann Gordy, Mrs. D, H. Smith,
Mrs. Fred Fudge, Miss Margaret
Salmon, and Mrs. J. B. Calhoun.
FRIDAY
Miss Frances Hall,Miss Gladys
Hall, Mrs. C. Grimes, Mrs. D.H.
Smith, Mrs. Fred Fudge, Miss
Dorothy Jones, Miss Willie Gun
ter, Mrs. E. B. Lewis, Mrs. J.A.
Beddingfield, Miss Sara Allen,
Mrs. N. M. Parker Jr., Mrs. H.
H. Averett, and Mrs. J, L.
Hodges.
SATURDAY
Mrs. C. Grimes, Mrs. J. L.
Hodges, Mrs. J. L. Gallemore,
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, Mrs. Alton
Hardy, Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, Mrs.
M. M. Dean, Mrs. W. B. Hodge,
1 Mrs. B. H. Newberry, Mrs. J.M.
! Satterfield, Mrs, Robt. Morris.
Other helpers are needed for
: Saturday.
Workers at the Wellston Air
.Depot will register there, Mr.
1 Gray and Mr. Bragg will handle
this registration.
1,716 applications for sugar
for home canning have been re
-1 ceivod. The total weight value
' of certificates issued for this
1 purpose is about 41,548 pounds.
Weekly Report of Houston
County Rationing Board.
Passenger car tires and tubes
issued week beginning June 30,
1942:
Tires Tubes
Ga. State Patrol 1
F. M. King 1
S. R. Highnote 2
F. W. Leverett 2
Truck, Tractor and Bus Tires
and Tubes:
W. L. Owens 1 4
A. W. Davis 1
J. P. Etheridge 11
R. F. Farr 1
A. W. White 11
C. G. Harris 2
J. E. Scott 1
G. E. Perdue 1
Passenger Car Recaps:
B. J. Hunt Jr. 1
H. C. Bessinger 2
A. C. Ishee 3
Harry Mills 4
Elisha Taylor 3
Steve Allen 1
, E. A. McLendon i
H. H. Park 2
Robert N. Greer 3
J. W, McLendon 2
Lowery Blackwell 2
Mrs. Mary L. Brown 3
James Broward Story 2
G. B. Leggett 2
Truck and Bus Recaps:
D. H. Daniel 2
W. H. Thompson
E. L. Langston 1
B. H. Newberry 1
PICTURES WANTED
!
The state department of Edu
cation wants to obtain pictures
of 18 of the early governors of
Georgia to place in a new
seventh grade history of Georgia
to be published in August. They
are:
William Stephens, 1743-51;
Henry Parker, 1751-53; Patrick j
Graham, 1753-54; John Reynolds,
1754-57; Henry Ellis. 1757-60;i
James Wright, 1760-76; John
Houstoun, 1778-79; John Wereat,
1779-80; Richard Howley, 1780; i
Stephen Heard, 1780-81; Nathan)
Brownson, 1781-82; John Martin, i
1782-83; Samuel Elbert, 1785-86; |
Edward Telfair, 1786-87 and|
1790-93; George Matthews, 1787-1
88 and 1793-96; George Handiy,;
1788-89; David Emanuel, 1803;
and William Rabun, 1817-19. i
Houston county was named for;
Gov. John Houstoun, included in
i the above. If anyone in this
(county has a picture of him, he
i! or she is requested to let the
state dept, of Education have it
'to make a reproduction for this
! new history.
i Need of Public Facilities For Perry and
Wellston Presented At Meeting Here
To determine the needs of the
City of Perry and of Wellston
for additional utilities and pub
lic facilities on account of war
activities in this vicinity, a meet
ing was held in Perry last Thurs
day with Mayor Sam A. Nunn,
the city councilmen, F. M. Greene,
county school superintendent,
Major M. S. Altmayer, public re
lations officer of Wellston Air
Depot, and others present.
C. G. Powell of the Federal
Security Agency presided at the
meeting.
The need for an adequate sew
erage system for the city of
Perry was presented by Mayor
Nunn, Dr, A. G. Hendrick. Mr.
Averett of the State Public
Health Dept., and John S.Wiley,
U. S. Public Health Service.
The need for plumbing, re
pairs, painting, and additional
equipment for the Bonaire school
and for the erection of a gram
mar school at Wellston was told
by Mr. Greene, H. S. Burdette,
State Dept, of Education, and
M. G. Orr, Q. S. Dept, of Edu
cation.
The need for recreational fa
cilities at Wellston was present
ed by Major Altmayer, Capt.
Frank L. Hayes of Robins Field
at Wellston; Joseph R. Clisby.
field Recreation representative of
Federal Service agency; James
D. McKinley, representative
Recreation, Federal Se c u r i t y
Agency.
Sewerage System
Perry voted $30,000 in bonds
to be applied on a sewerage sys
tem last August. The city ap
plied at that time for federal aid
to the amount of $lOO,OOO to be
used in building a sewer system
and treatment plant, and laying
several water mains. The gov
ernment has not approved this
grant to the city of Perry as no
projects are being approved un
less they are essential to the war
effort. This matter was brought
to attention at last Thursday’s
meeting. It was shown that ade
quate sewage facilities for Perry
are definitely tied up with the
war effort since about 100 hous
ing units have been constructed
in Perry since the establishment
of the Army Air Force depot at
Wellston and many of the em
ployees live in Perry.
After ail the needs were pre
sented, recommendations on
these were drawn up and sent to
Rollin Ritter, acting regional en
gineer F. W. A., and Richard H.
Lyle, regional director F. S. A.
Quoted from the recommenda
tions are the following para
graphs:
“It is, therefore, recommend
. ed that a sewer collection system
for Perry be constructed which
will discharge during the period
of the emergency raw sewage
into the Big Indian Creek below
the city well. This system should
be constructed of vitrofied clay
pipe and a minimum of critical
material such as metal man hole
{covers and etc. The provision
of sanitary sewerage for Perry is
considered to be essential to the
protection of the city water sup
ply and to the war effort.
“It is strongly believed that
the presence of numerous drain
age wells in Perry and the pres
ence of raw sewage in the small
branch above the water supply
well creates definite public health
hazards.”
Bonaire School
“It is recommended that the
much needed repairs and equip-
Iment called for in this docket be
I reconsidered and that work pro
• ceed immediately.
( “This project was approved
Feb. 1942 in the amount of $5,-
1900 subsequent to the report of
j bids the following contracts were
awarded:
1. Plumbing and general re
: pairs, $4,168.52.
2. Exterior Painting, $421.00.
3. Equipment, $749.00.
“Since the above awards did
{not include the entire scope of
I the school, supplementary appli
-1 cation was made for additional
'grant of $3,072.50 for complet-j
ing the painting and contracts:
have been executed for the.
above awards and contractors)
have filed their performance
bonds. No proceed order has
been issued due to the fact that;
priority rating for the job has
not been established.
“In our opinion this is the
most economical way in which
to provide partial school facili
ties for the Defense connected
children in this area.”
New Wellston School
“For the present it is planned
to transport high school children
from the Wellston area to the
Bonaire school and build an ele
mentary school at Wellston. It
is believed that al2 room build
ing would take care of the im
mediate school needs at Wellston.
“There is no school building or
other school facilities at Wells
ton: it is therefore requested that
an application blank be furnish
ed immediately for this project.
Recreation at Wellston
“At Wellston, where Robins
Field is located, there is an im
perative need for recreational
activities.
“It is recommended that a
Type A Federal Community
Building be constructed at Wel
lston to be used for recreation
and religious activities. Ten acres'
of land has been donated by Mr.
Boss Watson to be used for rec
reational and educational pur
poses. This land is easily acces
sible to both the civilian and
military personnel,
“We recommend that applica
tion be furnished upon request
for this project.”
250 family housing units will
be constructed at Wellston and
dormitories for 2,500 unmarried
personnel will be erected at Wel
lston, making a total of 3,000
housing units to be built in the
community.
The Wellston Air Depot and
its repair base (Robins Field),
which will serve for the service
and overhauling of airships in
the area, comprises 3,300 acres
of land. It will be a permanent
base employing 13,000 persons,
, all of whom will be Civil Service
; employees. There will also be
| between 7,000 and 8,000 men in
uniform stationed at the Air
Base. The industrial section was
completed June 1. There are, at
present, between 3,000 and 4,-
000 persons employed at the
Base, of whom 1,000 are now
training at other places.
8c PENALTY ON EXTRA
COTTON SET FOR 1942
A tentative cotton marketing
quota penalty rate of eight cents
a pound has been set for the
1942-43 marketing year pending
establishment of the cotton loan
rate about a month hence, T. R.
Breedlove, state administrative
officer of the Agricultural Ad
, justment Agency, revealed this
! week.
“Since the loan rate will not
; be set until about August 1,” he
said, “it became necessary, in
| view of early harvests, to set a
preliminary penalty rate irnmed
, lately to cover cotton marketed
in excess of the farm marketing
quota.”
The loan rate, under provis
ions of amendments to the Agri
' sultural Adjustment Act of 1938,
will be fixed at 85 percent of the
parity price on August 1, the be
ginning of the cotton marketing
year.
The cotton marketing quota
penalty rate for 1941-42 was
seven cents a pound.
UPSHAW TO SPEAK
Hon. W. D. Upshaw, former
congressman and candidate for
U. S. Senate, will speak in Per
■ ry at the Court House next Tues
; day night. He is opposing Sen
ator K. B Russell.
Mr. Upshaw is also a former
candidate for president on the
Prohibition ticket. He is a Bap
tist preacher and a temperance
leader.
The public is invited to hear
him speak at 9 p. m. Tuesday at
the Court House.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express apprecia
tion for the kindnesses shown us
in our bereavement.
Mrs. A. T. Smith & Family.
1 Mrs. R. R. Smith.
! WEEK OF THE WAR”
i —-
Scrap Salvage
j The WPB said a new and
(greatly intensified campaigh to
1 j salvage vital scrap materials will
jbe formally opened July 13, be
cause the only way the U. S, can
meet materials requirements of
war production is “to collect
every last bit of scrap from
every farm and home, and from
every commercial enterprise and
i industry in the country. The
iron and steel industry has rais
; ed about $1,500,000 and the
glycerin industry about $500,000
to finance national advertising to
stimulate scrap collection, the
Board said. The Farm Imple
ment Industry has offered to as
; sist the country’s 12,000 state
and local salvage committees in
the collection of rural scrap. Ma
terials to be sought in particular
are iron and steel, rubber and
waste fats.
The Rubber Salvage Campaign
will close at midnight July 10.
The Public Buildings Adminis
tration reported 15,000 pounds
of scrap rubber were salvaged
from Federal Buildings during
I the first two weeks of the cam
jpaign. The War Department
said the Army faces a 250,000
ton rubber shortage by the end
of 1943, but present plans do not
include military requisitioning of
civilian tires.
Rationing
Price Administrator Hender
son said consumers may pur
chase an extra two pounds of
sugar between July 10 and Aug
ust 22, in addition to the basic
half-pound-a-week ration. He
i said the new East Coast coupon
system for gasoline rationing
will grant a fraction of a gallon
i more per week than temporary
A cards, but the conditions that
must be met to obtain supple
mental rations under the per
manent system are so strict that
most motorists will have to get
along on the minimum. Motorists
will register for A books July 9,
ID and 11. Small boat owners
will be issued E and R gasoline
■ ration books and will receive a
basic six months ration of four
; gallons for each horse power for
inboard motors and five gallons
for outboard motors.
The OPA set the quota of pas
senger automobiles lor rationing
during July at 25,900; excluding
state and national reserves, which
will reduce the original inven
tory of about 402,000 cars to
about 200,000. Between July 9
and August 31, the Office will
release 230,000 bicycles for ra
■ tioning 180,000 to the states,
I 20,000 to state reserves and 30,-|
; 000 for a national reserve.
GEORGIA COMPLETES
' YEAR IN GOC D SHAPE
Considering the debts inherit
, ed from the previous administra-;
tion, the State of Georgia com
pleted the fiscal year last week
’ in surprisingly good shape, said
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher Jr.
• The budget prepared by Mr.
Thrasher fur the ensuing fiscal
year, which began July 1, was
$10,00,000 less than the one two
years ago and slightly less than
. the one just closed. The state
auditor believes that state reve
■ nue will take care of the reduc
' led budget, unless losses from
t gasoline taxes are greater than
. now anticipated.
The state government’s oper
ating expenses for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1940, were $57,-
903,000 and left the state with a
general fund debt of $0,171,000.
. The operating expenses for the
.(year just ended were $47,001,000
•or a reduction of $10,843,000
| from the previous year. This
i figure did not include $4,915,000
j paid on State Highway Depart
. I merit debts. The budget pre
pared by Auditor Thrasher for
the fiscal year which began July
I I amounted to $40,485,182 and
(included the annual payment of
■ | $2,060,000 on county refunding
(certificates for highways.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of E. B. Wolfe Sr.
■is deeply appreciative of the
many acts of kindness and sym
pathy shown them during the
illness and death of their loved
(one.
STATE CANDIDATES
QUALIFY FOR OFFICE
Close of the 2 p. m. deadline
Saturday for qualifying in the
September 9 Democratic primary
found two candidates entered
the races for governor, and
three for United States senator.
The list of candidates follows:
Governor—Governor Eugene
Talmadge and Attorney General
Ellis Arnall.
United States Senator—Sena
tor Richard B. Russell, State Ag
riculture Commissioner Tom Lin
der and William D. Upshaw, of
Atlanta, former congressman.
Secretary of State—John B.
Wilson, incumbent.
State Treasurer—George B.
Hamilton, incumbent.
Labor Commissioner —Ben T.
Huiet, incumbent.
State School Superintendent—
M. D. Collins, incumbent.
Comptroller General—Homer
Parker, incumbent, and E. B.
Dykes, of Vienna.
Public Service Commission —
James A. Perry and Perry
Knight, both incumbents.
Prison and Parole Commission
- Vivian Stanley, incumbent,and
Mary D. Gouldelock.
Attorney General -Ra n d a I I
Evans Jr., of Thomson and
Speaker of the House, and T.
Grady Head, of Ringgold, former
state revenue commissioner.
Supreme Court—W. Frank
Jenkins, incumbent, and Samuel
Atkinson, incumbent, opposed by
J. M. Bartow Bloodworth, of At
lanta.
Court of Appeals—Nash Broy
les and Jule Felton, both incum
bents.
Flint—G. Ogden Persons.
Rome —Claude H. Porter,
James Maddox.
Brunswick—Gordon Knox.
Northeastern —T. S. Candler.
Middle —R. N. Hardeman, Rob
ert H. Humphrey.
Western —Henry H. West, Or
rin Roberts,
Macon- A. M. Anderson and
Malcolm D. Jones.
Way cross —J. A. Roberts,
Walter Thomas.
Cordele -O. T. Gower.
Atlantic —M. Price, W. C.
Hodges.
The following qualified as can
didates for solicitor general of
Superior Court circuits:
Tallapoosa—Hal C. Hutchins.
Western —Rupert A. Brown,
D. M. Pollock.
Waycross—Dave M. Parker,
Cordele—Harvey Jay, J. W.
Dennard,
Atlantic—Ralph Dawson.
Northeastern —C. Fred Kelly,
Cliff W. Brannon.
The State Democratic Execu
tive Committee officially notified
Commissioner Tom Linder Mon
day that he had not qualified as
candidate for the Senate under
the rules of the Committee; as
he failed to resign his present
office.
Linder, a lifelong po 1 i t i c a I
friend of Governor Talmadge,
immediately retaliated by calling
on the people of Georgia to de
feat Talmadge in the coming gu
bernatorial election.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Miss Pearl Edwards, deacon
ess of the Methodist church, will
teach the Susannah Wesley Bi
ble class next Sunday a. m. Miss
Edwards, whose work is in St.
Louis, Mo., spoke to the Wo
men’s Society of Christian Ser
vice Monday p. m.
Church School-10;15 a, m.
Morning Worship 11:30 a. m.
Youth Fellowship for Inter
mediate-Senior ages meets 7:45
p. m. Sunday.
Evening Worship Service 8:30.
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
I Bible School each Sunday morn-
I 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. A, Ivey, Pastor.
