Houston Home Journal
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY DECEMBER 31, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1870
SCHOOLS ORGANIZE
NEW VICTORY CORPS
Mobilization of Georgia youth
for more extensive participation
in the war effort will be the aim
of the new High School Victory
Corps, an organization in which
every high school student in the
state can perform a meritorious
service for his country.
Plans for organizing units of
the corps throughout the state
already are under way and Dr.O.
C. Aderhold, former professor of
vocational education at the Uni
versity of Georgia, has been
named state director by Dr. M.
D. Collins, state superintendent
of schools.
The purpose of the Victory
Corps is two-fold: (1) to pre
pare young people for a larger
service in the war effort after
they leave school, and (2) to mo
bilize them for more effective
participation in the co m
munity war program while they
are still in school.
Objectives which will be pur
youth into critical services and
classroom are: (1) guidance of
youth into critical services and
occupations; (2) wartime citizen
ship training to insure bettor un
derstanding of the war; (3) phy
sical fitness; (4) voluntary mili
tary drill for selected boys; (5)
competence in science and mathe
matics; (6) pre-flight training in
aeronautics for those preparing
for air service; (7) pre induction
training for critical occupations;
and (8) community service in
cluding training for essential
civilian activities.
Every student enrolled in high
school will be eligible to join the
general membership division of
the High School Victory Corps.
Students within about two years
of completing high school are
eligible for admission to any one
of the five special service divis
ions.
The special service divisions
are; (1) land service, which calls
for pre-induction training for all
branches of the Army except the
air; (2) air services; (3.) sea ser
vice, which provides training for
all branches of the Navy except
the air; (4) production service,
preparing for war industries and
agriculture; and (5) community
service, preparing for medical
nursing, teaching and numerous
other professions, and for busi
ness and civic services.
What the plan will mean to
the individual student enrolled
in the Victory Corps has been
detailed in a manual prepared
for school administrators and
principals.
Membership in the organiza
tion will be a distinct honor.
Every school and every Individ
ual member of the corps will
have to meet definite standards
before being certified.
Dr. Aderhold said arrange
ments had been made with the
University System of Georgia
whereby any student completing
a certified Victory Corps project
will be admitted to any unit of
the University System.
This will eliminate the usual
custom of requiring high school
graduates to have so many units
°f mathematics, English, science
and other subjects before they
can enter the University System.
Every Georgia high school,
from the largest city system to
smallest rural unit, is being call
ed upon to enlist in this move
ment.
. Dr. Aderhold pointed out that
m many cases the program would
bring major adjustments in
school curriculum because the
schools would have to turn large
ly to this wartime program. The
need today, he emphasized, is
highly-trained specialists.
“The grim, stark situation we
face today,” he said, “permits
°f no wishful thinking, no men
tal hide-out in the hope of car
ding on as we have always car
ried on the routines of our daily
fives. The most important test
of every day’s decisions must be
this: What can;we do to hit the
enemy harder; to contribute toj
ms destruction? If what we are;
d°ing is not clearly an immediate I
°f remote contribution to win-
n >ng the war, then we should |
not be doing it.”
Dr. Aderhold praised the work i
°t the newspapers in the recent!
Sc 'rap campaign and declared the:
same type of cooperative effort 1
jS needed to insure the success of 1
the Victory Corps.
1 HOPE and PROMISE
all other American communities, ours has felt in full
measure ' m P ac * a V ear for the most part has
been filled with the desolation that is war.
Yet even such somber days cannot wholly detract
rom i°V *hat the New Year traditionally echoes.
For in this New Year of 1943, as always, is born anew
—the HOPE and PROMISE of the ages.
Hope that our world will in the coming year bo
made a better place in which men may live and PROMISE that with free men
aligned on the side of right—such HOPE cannot help but be fulfilled,
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Dlood has been spilled by our sons to weight emphasis on such HOPE and
PROMISE. To those American boys who have perished in the wilds of Bataan,
in the depths of the seven seas, and on the reefs of the Pacific’s coral islands,
must we dedicate ourselves in the coming year.
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i \A/e must pledge ourselves.to the cause that the loss of these heroes will
surely result in humanitarian gain for the more fortunate world which now
benefits from their acts. 1943 must be a constant, living fulfillment of such
a pledge.
r | For this is why these men of ours have died; That our country and the
1 world may face the New Year —and every day—with the everlasting HOPE
and PROMISE of freedom-filled days ahead...in 1943 and until the end of time.
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ti* U.S.WAR BONDS
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so bad he couldn’t read it himself,
1 and often had to call in Jack Robin
son, one of his proofreaders, who
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Neon Tubing Marks Highways
Neon tubing covered with trans
parent plastic is being produced for
marking the center of highways. | 1
>SW U.S.WAR BONDS
tNot everybody with « dollar
to spare can shoot a gun
straight—but everybody can
shoot straight to the bank and
buy War Bonds. Buy your
10% every pay day.
MIS CLUB INSTALLS
i OFFICERS ON IMS’ NIGHT
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The Perry Kiwanis club
brought a successful year to a
close Tuesday night with the
annual ladies' night banquet and
installation of officers for 1943.
Chas. P. Gray of Perry, new
lieutenant-governor of the sth
District Ga. Kiwanis, installed
the officers and directors after
he had installed by Wm.
Turner, of Cordele, retiring
lieutenant-governor. They are:
Mayo Davis, president; J. J.
Rooney, vice-president, L. C.
Walker, secty. and treasurer;
J. P. Etheridge, W. C, Huggins,
Alton Hardy, A. C. Pritchett,
W. E. Beckham, J. A. Bedding
field, and Dr. A. G. Hendrick,
directors.
J. P. Etheridge, retiring
president, was presented the at
tendance prize, a $lO War Sav
ings Stamp for not missing a
meeting during 1942. Dr. J. L.
Gallemore, who missed only one
meeting during the year, pre
sented the prize.
Mr. Etheridge thanked the
officers and members for their
co-operation and the ladies of
the Legion Auxiliary for the
meals served the club.
Dr, M. C. McPherson, presi
dent of Wesleyan College, Ma
con, was the speaker. He was
ntroduced by Rev. J. E. Sam
pley, pastor Perry Methodist
church.
Dr. McPherson said that we
must be willing to pay the price
of peace as well as price of
military victory in this war. The
speaker stated that we in the
U uea States have four duties:
(1) To produce, (2) to transport,
(3) to fight, (4) to build a peace,
“just, charitable, and enduring”
as Vice-president Henry Wallace
described it.
To maintain world peace we
must have economic opportunity
for all, no race superiority and a
World Council or family of na
tions, Dr. McPherson said.
A musical program was pre
sented by G. Francis Nunn, re
tiring vice-president of the club,
Mr. Nunn sang “Ole Man Riv
er” and “Lover, come back to
me” with Mrs. Mayo Davis as
accompanist.
Misses Dorothy Avera & Evelyn
Hunt, W. K. Whipple, and Mr.
Nunn sang” Bells of St. Mary’s,”
The club and their guests sang
several numbers with Miss Eve
lyn Hunt as pianist. Rev. J. A
Iv *v said the invocation.
The four past presidents of the
club were presented. They are;
E. P. Newhard, G. W. Rhodes,.
S. A. Nunn, and W. K. Whipple. |
The decorati-./iit, were patriotic.
Ahite narcissi, red berries, and
candles were attractively
it ranged on the tables.
Club’s Accomplishments
The Kiwanis club sponsored
the following projects during
1942: Fat Calf Show, Radio
Program on Perry and Houston!
county, Boy Scouts, the sale of
War Bonds and Stamps in con
nection with the merchants’
campaign in July, a Blood Bank,
a patriotic Board and program
honoring Houston county boys in
armed forces.
The club contributed to the
Perry school lunch room, the
Perry Public Library,the Health
program of Civilian Defense,and
the community Christmas fund
of Sorosis club.
Newcomers to Perry were wel
comed by the Kiwanis club with
a barbecue supper and enter
tainment in September. Two
high school boys were guests at
every luncheon meeting. Ah
. service men were given a stand
ing invitation to attend club
! meetings when in Perry.
| Club members who became
I fathers in 1942 were presented
silver baby cups. Seven cups
were given this year.
The club endorseed the Scrap
Metal Drive in October after a
program meeting devoted to the
needs and purposes of the Drive.
The club was able through its
president and other influential
members to nominate and elect
C. P. Gray lieutenant-governor
of the sth district at the state
meeting. This was an achieve
. ment as Perry had been in the
sth district only one year.
Tambourine
The tambourine was invented by
th« Moors and hasn’t changed in
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PRINCIPLES FOR '43
FARM WORK NAMED
Director Walter S. Brown of
the Georgia Agricultural Exten
sion service said this week that
the most serious difficulties in
agricultural production in Geor
gia in 1943 will be a definite
shortage of farm labor, reduced
supplies of certain farm machin
ery and fertilizer materials, and
limited transportation facilities.
The pattern of agricultural
production in 1943 is expected to
follow very closely the pattern
which was laid out in 1942. The
needs for various agricultural
commodities for civilian, mili
tary and lend-lease use have been
estimated by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and produc
tion goals for 1943 have been
worked out in the light of pros
pective supplies of labor and
materials.
Mr. Brown pointed out that
farmers are again being called
upon for maximum efforts in the
production of foods and oils. In
addition to the needs of our own
civilian population, and the
needs of our own rapidly ex
panding armed forces, the needs
for use by our allies are virtually
unlimited.
“These facts place a tremen
dous responsibility on Georgia
farmers in 1943,” the Director
said. “It is clear that agricul
ture will be called upon to do as
much more in 1943 as it did last
year because the needs will be
much greater.”
The supply of farm labor, he
continued, will unquestionably
be materially less than in 1942.
The extent of the reduction in
the number of farm workers will
depend upon the needs of the
Selective Service System, the
need for industrial and construc
tion workers, and the policies
which will be worked out for the
allocation of manpower.
Mr. Brown said that the sup
plies of farm machinery and ni
trogen fertilizers will likely be
further reduced in 1943. Present
policies now call for only 23 per
cent as much new machinery in
1943 as in 1940. The amount of
nitrogenous fertilizers will de
pend upon the availability of
ships to transport nitrates from
Chile, Transportation will be
come even more serious as more
and more trucks and tires wear
out.
The Extension Service Direc
tor declared that “Georgia farm
ers can add most to their own
security and contribute the most
■to the total war effort by build
ling their 1943 plans around the
following principles:
“1. Production of ample food
and feeds necessary for the
maintenance of farm people and
livestock.
“2. Use of such land, labor
and materials not required for
the maintenance of farm people
• and livestock for the production
of commodities in the state pro
duction goal program adapted to
local growing and marketing
conditions.
“3, Maximum use of avail
able labor and materials, and
conservation of equipment.
“4, The building of a cash
reserve by using increased in
come for debt retirement to safe
levels and for purchass of war
bonds.”
Georgia farmers were lauded
by Mr. Brown for their “mag
nificient” job of agricultural
production in 1942. The aggre
gate production of crops through
out the country is nearly one
third larger than the average
luring the 10-year period from
1923 to 1932.
FARM MEETING JAN. 1
H. L. Wingate, president Ga.
Farm Bureau, will speak Friday,
at Bp. m. at the Perry school
auditorium. He will discuss the
Pace Peanut Bill, the Cotton and
Peanut Programs for 1943, and
the Farm Labor Situation.
Farmers, farm wives, and
business men and women are
urged to attend this meeting.
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