Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, December 31, 1942, Image 4
■ ' ! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wishing you much joy, good luck, cheer, good health and happiness throughout 1943. . / And thanking you for having remembered us so kindly in 1942. Houston Hardware Co. ANOTHER YEAR DAWNS As we turn over a new—and let us hope—brighter page for 1943, w T e want to add good wishes for peace and good will to the grand total. At the same time we thank you one and all for your generous suppirt during the past year. J. W. Bloodworth Phone 94 : Delivery Service : Perry, Ga. NEW YEAR WISHES We remember and will always remember your kind ness to us through this and other years. We wish you and yours for 1943 the best of everything. Andrew Hardware Co. PHONE 500 PERRY. GA. New Year’s Greetings In extending you our New Year’s Greet ings at the dawn of 1943, we wish for you not only the full joys of this season, but that deep inner peace which is the foundation of all true happiness. Geo. C. Nunn & Son Phone 31 Perry, Ga. 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Tenderly placing his bc.rien on the curb, he ascended the sta.rs again and soon ner_:~fi with a tiny , dog. Placing the dcs be< de the j child, he returned ursta ns and de i scended with a second ch£d which he stood beside the hrst. (Vof more { he ascended the stairs and again returned, carrying a tr ri yccnf ■ter. These ere;utjcr.s irers eagerly cb served by a passenger seated in side the bus. wnc.. as tee father proceeded t : disc .runt •» in ms th ird offspring, eicin Ter Pete’s sake, he m_st ha ; a r est up there ” NOT FUSSY i Agent—Round ticket? Traveler Ain't carin’ nothin’ about the shape of the ticket, jist | want one that'll carry me to Slab town an’ back. Auld Lang Syne The American, newly arrived in London, sat down at his hotel table and briskly began to give his order. "I’d like a thick porterhouse steak smothered in mushrooms, some but tered toast— ’’ "Excuse me, sir,” interrupted the waiter gently, "are you trying to give an order, or just reminiscing about old times?” Time to Move Said Mr. Duck to Mr. Quack “I’m getting stout, It’s really quite an effort for me To waddle about.” "As turkey’s high at Christmas, it Will be my luck To grace b table, I’m afraid, I guess I’ll duck.” Sum Total Lieutenant (to prospective mess sergeant) All right, .sergeant, ! you’re supposed to be good at fig ures. Suppose there were this many flies on the table—one-half times eight, square the total, add ten and divide by four—and I killed one, how many would be left? Sergeant—One, sir—the dead one. Cold Wave Wifey—How nice it would be if all things in this world would work in harmony. Hubby—Wouldn’t it though? For instance, if coal would go up and down with the thermometer. Right? Her Dad—How do you expect to support my daughter on your salary? Nervy Youth—Hadn’t thought of that. I’m one of those people who believes a woman should be thor oughly independent. Hard Up "Here comes the parade! Where’s Aunty?” "She’s upstairs waving her hair.” "Goodness! Can’t we afford ■ flag?” Not Amused "I had to shoot my dog.” "Was he mad?" "Well, you’d hardly expect him to be pleased about it." DOCTOR’S ORDERS ■ ill v , j Doctor—l must forbid you to drink champagne. Patient—Forbid me to drink champagne? Doctor—Well, until after my bill is paid. His Idea "What do you think is the trouble with farming?” "Well,” replied the old farmer, "in my day when we talked about what we could raise on 60 acres, 1 we meant corn—not loans.” Unsociable "They say Jones is unsociable, but I never heard of his quarreling with anyone." "Oh well, it takes two to make a quarrel, you know; and that’s one too many for Jones.” 1343 PRODUCTION GOALS Production goals accepted by the State War Board for 1943 are as follows (First figure is indi cated 1942 production: second figure is goal set fer 1943, and third figure is percentage of 1942 production sought): Wheat, 248,000 and 244.000 acres planted, 94: rye, 23.000 and 20.000 acres harvested, 113: corn. 3.720.000 and 3,900.000 acres; planted, 105; oats, 016,000 and; 016.(H O acres planted, 100: hay. 1 ! 1.5M.U00 and 1,580.000 acres harvested, 100. Soybeans for beans, 13.000 and l 15,(H0 acres harvested; cotton. l 1 828,000 and 1,600,000 acres 1 panted 88; fiue-curtd tobacco,; >1.500 acres (suggested 1942 al-' .otment) and 81,063 acres (sug gested 1943 allotment.) Cattle and calves (marketings and farm slaughter), 282,000 and 048,U00, 123: sheep and lambs (marketings and farm slaugh ter). 4.000 and 5.000, 125: hogs to farrow. spring, 196,000 and 216,000: fall, 185.000 and 204,000, 110; milk cows (average number during year), 349,000 and 363,- iOOO. 104. Milk production. 1,110,000,000 and 1,170,000,000 pounds, 105; I eggs, 50,867,000 and 58,410,000 ,dozen, 105; chickens. 15.750,000 and 17.325.000 raised. 110, and I turkeys, 126,000 and 151,000 i raised, 120. Irish potatoes, 28,000 and 26.- 000 acres planted, 93; and sweet potatoes, 105,000 and 105,000 acres planted, 100. “Georgia farmers will do the j job, Mr. Breedlove said. “ Fac-, tories are being told what to pro- ■ iduce, and in what quantities,and 1 ! they are doing the job willingly, j Our boys are inducted into the 1 armed forces and told where to i serve, and they, too, are doing it gladly. It little behooves us farmers, then, to talk of regi mentation. We have merely been asked to do a job—and I am con vinced we will do it to keep this land of ours free.” A Farm Mobilization Day will be set in January, on which every farmer will be asked to sign up for his share in the record-shattering 1943 Food for Freedom production job. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church School-10;15 a. m, 1 C t ces, 11:30 a. m., j and 8 p. m. Ymng People’s Service, 7:15 p. m. Rev, J, E. Sampley, Pastor. . saw*huu SUBSCRIBE TODAY to The Macpn Telegraph Daily and Sunday s*7 CA -for One Year | .jU This rate is not guaranteed for longer than 10 days. Subscribe now and be protected against higher prices. The Telegraph brings you news from your nearby neighbors as well as news from war-torn Europe. It fulfills the practical require ments, expresses the principles, conforms to the taste, and delivers the service which Middle Georgians expect in their newspaper. SUBSCRIPTION BLANK The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia. 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