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__ PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870
PERRY FFA BOYS WIN
HONORS AT GA. FAIR
Ten boys from the Perry F. F.
A. chapter attended the State
Fair and F. F. A. convention
p r iday and Saturday in Macon.
Three of these boys receiv
ed the Georgia Planter Degree
and Georgia Planter Key. These
were Roy Johnson, Walter Gray,
an d John Overton. This is the
highest honor that any boy can
receive in the state organization.
To be a Georgia Planter a boy
must be of good character, a
leader in the chapter and must
have earned and have invested
at least $250.00 from his Project
Program. The local chapter
feels proud of the record that
these boys have made.
Three local boys entered live
stock and poultry in the Fair.
Billy Giles won Ist place in the
lightweight with his Hereford
steer and won two first places
and a second with his Brahma
chickens. Frank Giles won
third place in the heavyweight
with his Hereford steer and won
a first and second place with a
Barred Rock rooster and pullet.
Jack Eason was placed fourth in
the lightweight with his Black
Angus steer.
Boys who represented the
chapter in the Plant, Tree, Seed,
and Shovel identification contest
were Walter Johnson, Aldene
Rape, Walter Overton, and Rich
ard Ogletree.
L. C. Walker, counselor, and
all chapter members are proud
of the showing that all local boys
made in the contests they en
tered,
METHODIST WOMEN
STUDY LATIN AMERICA
The Methodist Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service began
amission study Monday p. m. on
Latin American countries with
special emphasis on the “Good
Neighbor” idea. Mrs. G. Nunn,
study superintendent, is con
ducting the study which will
cover four sessions.
The first session was devoted
to a study of the geography of
Latin America, characteristics of
its peoples, and a history of the
20 nations who constitute Latin
America. Those taking part
were Mrs, M. M. Dean, Mrs.
Nunn, Mrs. S. L. Norwood, and
Mrs. E. P, Staples. Mrs. H. D.
Gordy brought the devotional.
Thursday (today) at 3:45 p.m.,
the W, S. C. S. will meet for
another study. Inter-American
Relations will be outlined by
Mrs. J. L. Hodges. The Power
of the Printed Word in Latin
America will be told by Mrs. W.
C. Jones, Mrs. C. H. Tucker,and
Mrs. H. E. Evans Jr. Mrs. J.
M. Gooden and Miss Norine
Swanson will sing a Mexican
song.
Next Monday the study will
he on Evangelical Missions in
Gatin America. Mrs. G. W,
Hicks, Mrs. J. E. Sampley, and
Mrs. W. V. Tuggle will present
this program.
The final study on Thursday,
Oct. 29, will consider the Prob
es and Needs of Latin Ameri
ca and their Solution based on
applied Christianity, Mrs. R. E.
pgletree, Mrs. W. T. Middle
brooks and others will take part,
oongs will be given by high
school girls in costume.
All members of the W.S.C.S.
ar o invited to attend this study
course.
CARD OF THANKS
lam grateful to my friends,
“°th white and colored, for the
pit presented me on my 49th
anniversary as pastor of Oak
lev ’el Baptist church for colored.
Rev. S. Johnson.
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j Dedication Set Sunday
I For Kiwanis Board
, The dedication of the sign-!
board, erected by the Perry Ki
wanis club to honor Houston
county men in the U. S. armed
forces, will take place Sunday
at exercises to be held on th e
Court House Square at 3:30 p. m.
Dr. Josiah Crudup of Mercer
University will be the speaker
and Judge A. M. Anderson will
preside. Plans are underway to
have a band furnish music. Rev.
£‘n Ive y is P r °g rar n chairman.
hollowing the exercises, some
I"®.IState 1 State Guard Units of the
12th district will have a drill and
field maneuvers here with Major
S. A. Nunn in charge.
The families of the men to be
honored are invited to be pres
ent at these exercises.
Members of the Kiwanis club
| will be seated on the speakers
stand.
The public is invited to attend
this dedicatory program.
MAIL O'l/ERSEfiS SQLDIERS 7
CHRISMS GIFTS BK NOV. 1
ATLANTA, Ga. —Soldiers over
seas may have written home for
matches, cash money, cigarette
1 lighter fluid, or intoxicants, but
don’t send overseas troops any
'of these items. Headquarters
Fourth Service Command warn
ed today.
Mailing restrictions were listed
to insure delivery of Christmas
presents sent the foreign-duty
’ soldiers by December 25 and the
Army Postal Service reissued a
plea for all Christmas parcels of
overseas destination to be mailed
between October 1 and Novem
ber 1.
Requests made by the soldiers
for matches and cigarette lighter
fluid because of the difficulty of
obtaining matches in many parts
of the world will have to go un
filled because of the danger of
spontaneous combustion in mail
sacks is too great. However,
cigarette lighters may be mailed
but be sure to leave out the fluid;
Cash money is useless as a
gift to troops overseas because
in many places where U. S. sol
diers are stationed there is a lo
cal prohibition against importa
tion of United States money, so
such money could not be spent.
When sending money to soldiers
in other countries use Domestic
Postal Money Orders which may
be cashed at Army Post Offices
anywhere. Money orders over
seas are paid in local foreign
currency at the current rate of
exchange.
Postage for these Christmas
packages must be fully prepaid
at the regular parcel post rate,
only to the port of embarkation.
Each should be limited to the
size of an ordinary shoe box and
weigh no more than six pounds;
should be securely wrapped to
withstand rigorous handling; and
should be wrapped so as to per
mit ready inspection of the con
tents by the censors. Not more
than one Christmas parcel may
be mailed in any one week to the
same addressee.
Gifts of a personal, utilitarian
nature should be sent overseas
troops, according to the Army
Postal Service. Miscellaneous
contents such as candies, soaps,
toilet articles and the like should
be packed tightly. Sharp-point
ed or sharp-edged instruments
suen as razors, knives or scis
sors should have their points or
edges protected. Thin paste
board boxes should be enclosed
in wood, metal or corrugated j
pasteboard. I
Sealed packages of candy,!
cigars, tobacco and' toilet arti-j
cles may be enclosed within par
cels without affecting the parcel!
post classification of such pack-i
ages.
A recent War Department sur
vey conducted at ports of em-:
barkation disclosed that approxi-i
mately ten per cent of all mail |
intended for delivery to members |
of the armed forces overseas is!
incorrectly or insufficiently ad-1
dressed.
The Army Postal Service re-:
issued the request that all mail (
addressed to Army personnel:
serving outside the continental)
limits of the United States should
clearly show: the full name, se
rial number, service organiza
tion and Army Post Office num
ber of the addressee.
| BATIONiTBOARD REPORT
• -A new price ceiling panel to
; handle price ceiling regulations
has been appointed. Members
are Rev. J. A. Ivey, Rev. M. D.
Agerton, and D. M. Ryle.
Fuel Oil Rationing
Fuel Oil Rationing registration
dates for dealers will be October
27 and 28. All dealers will reg
ister at their Local Rationing
Board.
The dates for the general reg
istration. at the school houses,
for consumers who use kerosene
or fuel oil for lighting and cook
ing will be announced later.
Sugar Stamp 9
Sugar Stamp No. 9 will have a
weight value of three pounds for
period November 1 to December
15 inclusive. The sugar allot
, ments for institutional and in
i dustrial users for November and
December has been set at 60 and
[ 70 per cent, respectively, of the
sugar base established by them.
Tire Inspection
Motorists in the present gas
rationing area must file a tire
inspection certificate with the
local rationing board by Novem
ber 22. Car owners must list the
, serial numbers of all their tires,
■ and if there are more than five
per car, the owner will be denied
gasoline ration books until he
has disposed of the extra tires,
i The Government has already
. started to purchase from car
owners all new or used tires in
[ excess of five per auto,
i The defense supplies corpora
tion, which has advanced $150,-
000,000 for the program, has
i designated 160 wa r e h o u s e s
1 throughout the country as de
livery points and the 23,000 of
. fices of the railway express
agency will collect the tires and
bring them to the warehouses.
MRS. PAULINE BROWN DIES
Mrs, Pauline Newman Brown,
70, died at the home of her son,
Lewis Brown, in Perry early
Tuesday morning. She had been
ill about six weeks. Her home
was in Cartersville, Ga. but she
had been in Perry with her son,
who is chief of Identification at
the Wellston Air Depot, for sev
eral months.
She is survived by one other
son, Julian E Brown of Carters
ville and one daughter, Mrs.
Panline Brown Casey, of Perry.
Funeral services were held at)
the Sam Jones Methodist church
in Cartersville at 3:30 p. m.
Wednesday with Rev. Hancock
officiating. Burial was in the
Cartersville cemetery.
ELECTION NOTICE
Whereas, there is a vacancy in
the office of Justice of the Peace
of the 928th District, G. M.
Houston County, Georgia:
An election for Justice of the
Peace of the 619th District, G.
M., Houston County, Georgia, is
hereby called for Saturday, No
vember 7, 1942. for a term ex- ■
piring December 31, 1944, said
election to be held at the Court
House of said county.
This 19th day of October, 1942.
John L. Hodges, Ordinary,
Houston County, Georgia.
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LOCAL SLATE GUARD NEWS
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The Houston County Unit of j
Ga. State Guards has been is-j
sued 30 shot guns and a supply
of ammunition. Complete win-1
ter uniforms are to be issued at
an early date.
The squads have on an atten
dance contest. The two highest
in attendance will be entertained
at a fish fry in November by
the four squads with the lowest
attendance record.
The county unit has four new
members, P. M. Satterfield, J.A.
Taylor, L. M. Hartley, and R, E.
Ogletree. At least 20 m ore
members are needed to replace
those who have been called into
active service or have moved
away. The unit has 38 members
at present.
The unit meets every Tues
day night at the Basket-ball
court. Activities are mainly
drilling this month in preparation
for the District Field Maneuvers
to be held here next Sunday p.
m., Oct. 25.
Gen. Wood of Fort Benning,
officer in charge of training, held
a Forum in Perry Oct. 11, for
officers and men of this district,
which is headed by Major S. A. i
Nunn of Perry.
R. E. JACKSON, ELKO
GROWS CROTALARIA
Crotalaria is one of the le
gumes being counted on to pro
duce nitrogen to replace com
mercial supplies during the war,
according to W. V. Bass of the
Middle Western Ocmulgee River
Soil Conservation District.
“This explains why more far
mers are harvesting seed this
fall,” the conservationist says.
“With the prospect of a limited
supply of commercial nitrogen
for the duration, larger acreages
of such crops as crotalaria will
be grown to add nitrogen from
the air.”
Besides supplying nitrogen for
succeeding crops, crotalaria
grows unusually well on poor
land. It grows after other crops
are laid by and has resulted in
large increases in yields.
For example, R. E. Jackson of
Elko, who has been growing cro
talaria for several years says that
he followed one field of crotala
ria with corn without any other
fertilizer and on the adjoining
t piece of land which was similar
jin type, planted corn fertilized
neavily with a good complete
fertilizer. More corn was made
per acre where it was planted
behind crotalaria than on the
field where the complete fertiliz
er was used.
Crotalaria seed has been har
vested successfully with com
bines though many farmers strip
the seed pods by hand and beat
the seed out with sticks. Seed
will be ready to harvest during
the next few weeks. Many farm
ers in this section with estab
lished stands of crotalaria are
planning to harvest seed for
more extensive plantings next
year.
Harvesting seed will not pre
vent the crotalaria from volun
teering next summer, Mr, Bass
says. Enough seed will be left
to insure a good stand next year. I
RED CROSS WORK
The Houston county Auxiliary
to the Macon Red Cross chapter
began bandage work this week j
at the Legion Home. 20 women ,
are taking a training course in j
bandaging so they can instruct ,
and supervise other workers.
Mrs. G. E. Jordan, chrnn. local ,
Red Cross work, Mrs. E. W. ,
Traylor, co chairman, and Mrs. j
A, C. Pritchett took training in j
bandage work in Macon last j <
week. They are training work-i,
ers this week in Perry.
The Red Cross work room willjj
be open on Wednesdays and Fri- j
days every week for bandage |j
making. The women of thejj
county are urged to take part in I (
this work. (
Workers are asked to bring [
scissors and a cap or scarf for|.
their hair. ,
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Houston Scrap Drive
| Gaining; Reports Asked
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j The Newspaper Scrap Metal
Drive gained momentum this
week with the sale of scrap
metal from farms in the county
and additional collections by
school children.
Dp to Wednesday noon this
week 126,105 lbs, of scrap had
been sold during October to E.F.
Bellflowers, local junk dealer.
The Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. at
Clinchfield has shipped 76,100
lbs. scrap iron during the drive,
making the total reported for
October 202,205 lbs.
Houston county’s quota for
September and October is one
million pounds, To date only
269,305 lbs, or a little over one
fourth of the quota, has been
reported.
The Salvage committee feels
sure that much more scrap metal
has been collected and sold by
Houston county people. Th e
committee urges those who sell
their metal outside Houston
county to report the amount sold
to C. P. Gray, chairman, or W.
T. Middlebrooks, secretary.
Full reports from all the
schools will be published next
week with the names of children
winning Buttons for collecting
100 lbs. of scrap.
J.R. FUDGE DIES SUDDENLY
James Robert Fudge Sr., age
76, died suddenly Saturday p. m.
downtown in Perry, of a heart
attack, Mr. Fudge was Justice
of the Peace and also Registrar
of the Perry district.
Mr. Fudge was born in Octo
ber, 1865 in Dooly county, the
son of the late John and Sallie
Fokes Fudge. He had made his
home in Perry for the past 50
years. He was a salesman for
the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
for a number of years.
For 40 years, Mr. Fudge was
an elder in the Perry Presby
terian church. He was a mem
ber of the W. O. W.
Survivors are his wife who
was Miss Mary Lou Rainey and
two sons, Robert and Frederick
Fudge of Perry.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 4 p. m. at the Presby
terian church with the pastor,
Rev. M. D, Agerton, officiating.
Francis Nunn sang “Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere” with Mrs.
G. C. Nunn as pianist.
Interment followed in Ever
green cemetery, Perry. Pall
bearers were: Fred Thomson,
F. M. Houser, C. C. Pierce, C. I
C. Chapman, A. B. Ramage, and i
J. B. Calhoun.
Honorary pallbearers we re:
J. C. Ward, C. E. Brunson, J. L.
Hodges, F. M. Greene, J. C.
Mathews, and J. L. Gallernore.
LAST CALL FOR PLANTING
SPRING GRAZING CROPS
“This is the last call for plant
ing winter legume-small grain
mixtures to provide grazing dur
ing the late winter and early
spring,” County Agent W. T.
Middlebrooks warned farmers
this week.
“The cheapest feed on the
farm is usually that harvested
by livestock,” he said, “a n d
permanent pastures cannot be
depended upon to furnish graz
ing throughout the year.”
Mr. Middlebrooks pointed out
that plantings of winter legume
small grain mixtures should be
made by the middle of October,
if possible, on good well prepar
ed land. He advised fertilizing
with 200 to 300 pounds of super
phosphate, or a complete ferti
lizer.
Thick seedings of these mix
tures will provide grazing for
two or three animals per acre i
during the late winter and early I
spring, the agent explained.
Good rates of seeding per
acre, he continued, are 3 to 4
bushels of oats, and 10 pounds
of vetch, or 2 bushels of oats, 1 :
bushel of rye, and 10 pounds of
vetch, or 2 bushels of oats, I'A 1
bushels of barley, and JO pounds
of vetch.
“Eight to 10 pounds of crim
son clover, where adapted, will (
add greatly to the mixture,” Mr. 1
Middlebrooks concluded.
PAYMENTS HIGHER
FOR LEGUME CROPS
A blitz drive for the seeding
of a record-smashing acreage of
Austrian winter peas was urged
this week by W. R. Huey, AAA
county administrative officer, fol
lowing Washington announce
ment that Georgia’s AAA pro
gram year will close August 31,
1943, instead of November 30,
As an inducement to growers
to increase nitrogen-producing
winter peas, Mr. Huey announc
ed the state AAA committee’s
recommendation of increased
payment for such crops has been
approved officially. Pay me n t
for winter legumes and winter
legumes-small grain mixtures
turned under or left on the land
next spring, has been stepped up
from $1.50 an acre to $2.50 an
acre.
In addition, ho said, payment
for winter non-legumes, except
wheat on wheat-allotment farms,
will be increased from $1.50 to
$2.00 an acre.
The change in the closing date
of the AAA year, Mr. Huey said,
means that no payment will be
made for seeding winter legumes
in the 1943 program year.
“The increased rates for turn
ing under green manure crops,’’
he said, “have been increased
because the program year will
be shortened by three months
next fall, thereby excluding the
seeding of winter legume crops
and the application of fertilizer
materials thereto during the
1943 program. In view of this
amendment, it is felt that farm
ers will wish to avail themselves
of every opportunity to increase
the seeding of winter legumes
this fall.”
The supply of Austrian winter
peas for seeding this fall, he
said, “is practically unlimited.”
He urged farmers to place orders
for conservation materials need
ed at once, in order to insure
timely delivery.
“We do not know how much
commercial nitrates will be avail
able for crop use in 1943,” he
added, “but we can be reason
ably sure that there will be less
than this year. Since the sup
ply of Austrian winter peas and
phosphate is more than adequate,
farmers have this last chance to
grow a large part of their 1943
nitrogen needs in order to main
tain an increased production.
Unless farmers act quickly, it
will be too late.”
Mi'. Huey laid particular stress
on “the things that make for a
successful legume growth,” cit
| ing particularly the need for
every producer to realize the im
portance of early seeding at a
rate well in excess of the mini
mu m AAA requirements, of
proper inoculation, and of ade
quate applications of fertilizer
materials.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday
night, 8:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to all services,
J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Perry
Sabbath School, 10:15 a. m.
Preaching Service, 11:30 a. m.
Clinchfield
Sabbath School, 3:00 p. m.
Preaching Service, 8:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to all these services.
Rev. M. D. Agerton, Pastor,
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m.
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.,
and 8 p. m.
Young People’s Service, 7:15
p. m.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
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