Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, April 08, 1943, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA„ THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1943 ESTABLISHED 1870 Irand jury passes ! I WORK RESOLUTION fto the Honorable A. M. An- Judge of Superior Court, Ht aston County, Georgia: ■Whereas a state of National ■nergency exists by proclama tftn of the President of these tjfcited States, and whereas our iHesident has announced a very dfhnite policy of “Work or fight” by which all citizens of this republic are to be tried in jit eyes of their fellow citizens, aid whereas we, the Grand Jury fa Houston County, April Term, 1943, (serving through until Au- JBst, 1943) are united in our ■eking of the President’s poli cy: be it hereby resolved: Hi. That we wish to commend tie city and _ county authorities Mr the positive position they hjve assumed and maintained in tip handling of the problem in tas county of idleness on the Hrt of any of its citizens. |w. That realizing the desperate B»d of the farmers and all those IHmected with the production aid distribution of food and ■■thing, which has been called |Br “second front,” we wish to afcure said authorities of the •||Hmty of Houston and the city that they have our com pHte and undivided support in vigorous prosecution of any Hes which might arise as a re of the strict administration President’s aforemention —“Work or Fight.” :|». That we further wish to the cooperation of every of this county in the ex |Hition of this policy that the C«nmon good may be served to best interest of all during Hese trying times. Respectfully submitted, County Grand Jury of Houston County, April Term, 1943. S. W. Hickson, Foreman. sHrry, Ga. Hril 5, 1943 IELECTiVE SERVICE REPORT ■The following white regis mnts of Houston county were inducted at Fort McPherson on MErch 4, 1943: ■Joseph D. Prince, Kathleen; Malcolm E. Tucker, Bonaire; Hilliam T. Hill Jr., Perry; Jas. D. Lance, Fort Valley; Cecil R. Armstrong, Clinchfield; Homer Jr., Wellston; Obie McCommon, Hawkinsville; IHck R. Holland, Fort Valley; C. Lowery, Bonaire; P. Rogers, Perry. ■ The following colored regis trants were inducted at Fort on March 4, 1943: ■ Olympia Bryant, Hawkins iHlle; Robert Crowder, Wellston; fis Hamilton, Perry; Grover C. Bairdston; Louis Cleve- Mnd. Perry; Stonewall E. New |Hrry, Hawkinsville; Ulysses ■olmes, Perry; Roosevelt Gran ■ He. Bonaire; Charlie Fann.Per ■ : Essie Hayward, Elko; Willie Toomer,Perry ;Robert Black ■on, Elko; Robert Lumpkin, Per #; Horace E. Laidler, Perry; like W, Little, Perry; John H. Hcrrv. Perry. lethodist announcements M Pre-Easter services will be ■eld April .18-25 at Bp. m. The ■astor asks that the community that week with Christ ■d that they be in prayer for Hiese services. Further an nouncement will be made next week. I Church School--10:15 a. m. I Church Services, 11:30 a. m., ■ r 'd Bp. m. I Young People’s Service, 7:00 m. I Prayer Service Wednesday, H:00 p, m. Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor. ______ I I Remember Bataan I » I Invest J M A Dime Out of 1 Every Dollar in U.S.War Bonds 2nd WAR LOAN DRIVE BEGINS IN U. S. APR. 12 The campaign has begun to raise 13 billion dollars through the 2nd war loan drive, called by the U. S, Treasury the greatest in world history, which begins next Monday, April 12. Treasury Secretary Morgen thau has called upon the nation’s newspapers which last fall help ed America get over its scrap metal shortage through a drive that raised six million tons—to take a leading part in this bond drive, They pledged the Treasury edi torial and advertising support, the latter to come from donated ■ space and commercially sponsor ed copy rather than from gov ernment paid advertisements. Georgia’s quota is $60,000,000. Houston county’s quota is $139,- 500. E. P. Newhard, county chair man War Savings Staff, will hold i a staff meeting Friday night 8:30 p. m, at the Legion Home i to plan the drive in Houston i county. PLAY BEGINS IN SOFTBALL LEAGUE The Community Softball Lea gue opened its official season Sunday afternoon with an en thusiastic crowd to witness two good ball games. In the opener, the Tigers took a 5-2 decision over the Bulldogs in a fast game i marked by the tight defensive play of both teams. The second game was a high scoring contest, featured by the batting power of the Panthers, who won from the favored Bears by a score of 21-5. Mgr. Marshall of the Bulldogs started Emmett Cater on the mound, while Mgr. Skellie of the Tigers countered with Jack Wilson. Both pitchers displayed fine form and each went the route for his team, Wilson allow ing six hits and Cater ten. For the winning Tigers, A. Brad dock and F. Nunn each collected two hits, and for the Bulldogs, Cater led the batters with two safeties. The Panthers, at first consid ered the underdogs in the second game, showed tremendous pow er at the plate, with B. Massey, F. Griggs, and W. Smith crack ing out home runs in succession in the second inning, and each going on to collect three hits during the game. Mgr. Walker started B. Etheridge on the mound and he allowed the Bears 12 hits, but coasted in with a big (lead. Mgr. A. Hardy of the ' Bears opened with W. Boler on the mound, and himself relieved in the fifth inning. W. Skellie connected for three hits for the Bears. Next Sunday finds the two losers of this week, the Bulldogs and Bears, tangling at 2:30 p.m., after which game the Tigers and Uhe Panthers will meet in a con test which will test the defensive power of the one against the terriffic batting attack of the , other. Much credit for the efficient handling of the games is due the umpires who were W. G. Riley, J O. Coleman, and C. C. Pierce. These will be assisted by E. Holtzclaw and Hilt Gray and the scorekeepers will be T.C. Rogers I and H. D. Palmer. Come out and witness some good play and good fun. » i Ircp/ICTORY : Jm buy UNITED WJj STATES ’ fwT WAR SJM BmDS Mwm STAMPS The Houston Lodge F. & A.M. No. 35 had a fish fry Tuesday ! night. INFORMATION GIVEN , ON FOOD RATIONING : OPA today reminded all farm ers that both large and small 1 producers of country butter must report their retail sales of ration ’ ed items and turn in all point 1 coupons collected within 15 days of the end of the first reporting | period—which in the normal 1 case will be the period ending | April 30. ‘ OPA recommends that farm ers adopt the calendar month as their reporting period, although they may elect to use either a four week period or a combina tion of four or five week periods, the result of dividing the year into twelve equal parts. Small producers, whose gross ’ sales during the first period of all items rationed under the j meat and fats program were less [ than $2,000, must turn coupons “ collected from consumer sales ! into their local War Price and 1 Rationing Board. As part of this report, they will indicate their inventory and their sales of any rationed commodities. A duplicate of their first report will \ constitute their registration. Meat Retailing Sale of meat without surrend i er of red stamps is flagrant vio . lation of regulation and subject > to prosecution. Retailers so vio lating regulation will be cut off l from their supply. . Meat retailors are permitted . during first two months of ra i tioning to lower point values be low regular value when abso- I lutely necessary to move perish > able items threatened with spoil age. Detailed reports to the lo j I cal boards must be made. Points ; lost in that way can be recovered ' from the local board if applica ; tion is made within 30 days after I the month in which the loss oc ; curred. Recovery of points dur [ ing any month limited to two r percent of allowable inventory. 1 The requirement that ceiling } prices be shown on each cut of pork has been eliminated. Prices ) must be posted in the store as usual, according to Rev. J. A, . Ivey, chmn.Houston Price Panel, I WPR Board# Canning Sugar Housewives will be able to ob { tain adequate amounts of sugar j for canning this year’s crop, ac . cording to Mrs. Ruby C. Hodges, ! chmn. Houston Food Panel, WPR , Board. i Under sugar rationing regula ’ tions, one pound of sugar may be I issued for each four quarts of [ finished fruit. Home canners [ must furnish the local ration ! board with a statement of the 1 amount of fruit they have to be canned, and the correct amount j of sugar will be issued them. 3 When they have canned this, and have more fruit on hand, ad [ ditional sugar rations will be granted. j For preserving purposes, an j allowance of one pound of sugar \ per person per year will be made. Civic Clubs \ Confusion in connection with 5 regularly scheduled luncheon 1 and banquet meetings of civic ' clubs and other organizations has * been clarified. OPA has placed * no ban on such meetings. Churches 3 Churches which use unfer mented grape juice for religious rites such as communion may qualify as institutional users of rationed foods and be granted certificates by the local Ration Board for the purchase of this commodity. I I RATIONING REMINDERS I April 4--Red coupons “B” be ! came valid. : April 11—Red coupons “C” be i come valid. April 18—Red coupons “D” be come valid. April 25—Red coupons “E” be come valid. April 30 —Red coupons “A”, 1 “B”, “C” and "D” expire. April 25—Coffee coupon No. 26 j expires; good for 1 lb. May 31—Sugar Coupon No. 12 . 'expires; good for 5 lb. f July 21 —Gasoline coupon No. ■5 expires; good for 3 gallons. SHOE RATIONING i ORDER AMENDED For the convenience of work ers who need to buy “safety shoes" on short notice, OPA un der a new amendment to the shoe rationing regulation, will authorize employers, beginning April 5, to issue purchase certi ficates for such shoes to any em ploye who has spent his ration stamp No. 17. Under the new system, any employer whose plant is not served by a plant area rationing board may appoint a company representative to whom workers can apply for certificates. The local ration board, of course, will continue to act on individual ap plications if plants do not wish to make use of the plan. In applying at his place of em ployment, the worker will fill out the regular OPA application form. If the application shows the safety shoes are needed and the worker does not have a stamp 17 the company represen tative issues a certificate author izing their purchase. The certificates will be issued only after a worker has spent his own Stamp 17 from War Ration Book One. He is not required however, to use unspent stamps held by others in his family to qualify for a certificate for safe ty shoes. Another amendment to the shoe rationing order, effective April 2, allows customers to re place shoes defective in work manship or material and not easily repaired without the loss of ration currency. The new ruling requires the purchaser of such shoes to re turn them to the merchant with in 30 days of their purchase. The merchant may then write a statement setting out that the shoes are defective in workman ship or material and cannot be practically repaired. This statement may be pre ; sented to the local ration board ; which is authorized to issue a ! special shoe purchase certificate. The board also may ask to ex amine the shoes in question. Colleges and boarding houses have not authority to detach coupon No. 17 from War Ration Books One they hold, S. L. Nor wood, chairman of the Houston County War Price and Rationing Board, said today, following re ports from merchants that de tached stamps have been offered for the purchase of shoes. Although such institutions are required to hold the No. 1 ration books of those who regularly eat there. The shoe rationing regulation provides definitely that the books temporarily be given back to their owners when-they want to purchase shoes. Loose ration stamps are not ; valid for the purchase of shoes except with mail orders, or when accompanied with a refund or exchange certificate, indicating that the coupon was used in the normal way in the original pur chase transaction. Shoe dealers who have not J opened ration bank accounts, or ; who have not notified the OPA ’ office that such facilities are not available to them, after April 17 will be prohibited from doing further business in rationed foot wear until they have complied with this provision of the ration ing order. Tire Reclassification Reclassification of all new War ; Tires made from reclaimed rub -1 ber as Grade II tires has been made by the Office of Price Ad ministration. Removal of such tires from the Grade HI classifi cation leaves only used and re capped tires available to holders of Grade II certificates. This ruling applies to all Grade HI certificate holders, even though their certificates were issued prior to the reclassifica tion order. >■ ■■■'■ ■ - 111 "■ i tlO% OF INCOME IS OUR QUOTA IN WAR BONDS SUPERIOR COURT HAS | ONE DAY SESSION! I Houston Superior Court held a : one day session Monday to take judgments in civil cases and to receive pleas in criminal cases. The Grand Jury was organized Monday with S. W. Hickson, foreman and L. W. Tabor, clerk. Only matters which could not be delayed were considered. As previously announced, an adjourned session of the court will be held the third Monday in August to try criminal cases by jury. The Grand Jury will con tinue as organized and will meet again in regular session early in August. WAYS TO INCREASE PORK PRODUCTION It is important to know when the sow is to farrow so she can be separated from the herd four or five days before farrowing and put in a clean, well-bedded far rowing house. County Agent W. T. Middlebrooks, said this week. Saving more pigs at farrowing time is one way for Houston county farmers to help reach the expanded pork production goals in 1943, he said. “The farrowing house should have a floor space of 7 by 8 feet. All farrowing houses should have guard rails six inches from the walls and eight to ten inches from the floor, "the county agent said. The use of guard rails in farrowing houses sometimes i saves a pig or two in a litter. When the sow lays down and pushes the pig behind the rail, it holds her away from the wall and prevents mashing of the pigs. Mr. Middlebrooks recommend ed that sows be confined to the farrowing house and pen four to five days before farrowing and until the pigs are 10 days old. The farrowing house should be on a cultivated plot with a tem porary grazing crop such as small grains and clovers grow ing on it in the spring and sum mer legumes in the fall. At birth, pigs have 8 tusk like teeth which should be cut off to keep them from scratching each other and cutting the sow's ud der. It is important not to crush these teeth and make the gums bleed. “When pigs are two or three weeks old they will begin crack ing corn, Mr. Middlebrooks said. “If the pigs are fed in creeps, faster growing and heavier pigs will result at weaning. It a large number of pigs are farrow ed about lae same time, self feeders in the creeps lor corn and a protein supplement should ue used." In addition to farrowing pigs on clean ground, they should be kept on cultivated fields so as to reduce the parasite infestation. This parasite infestation is got ten around old hog lots where hogs have been kept for several years. If pigs are kept on clean ground and treated when they are seven or eight weeks old, the loss from diseases would be greatly reduced. Bulletins containing additional information on this subject are available at County Agent's of fice. Also specifications for con structing A shaped farrowing houses. Buy War Bwrls Vjk Aj Every Pay Day \|\ ju L&t’s Double Our Quota V Neon Tubing Marks Highways Neon tubing covered with trans parent plastic is being produced foi marking the center of highway!. Adds Pleasing Flavor A teaspoon of mixed pickle spices tied in a bag and added to the wa ter in which fish, ham, or tongue i« boiled, will add a very pleasing fla vor. | Millions In Mortgages Lending institutions operating un der the FHA insured mortgage pro gram originated during 1940 a total of $880,465,000 in small home mort gages accepted for FHA insurance, Federal Housing Administrator Ab ner H. Ferguson announced recently. (FSA FARMERS AID iIN FOOD PRODUCTION I Food is the most discussed item of war at the present time. Food-rationing, food growing, food preservation, food ship ment to our allies and a feared food shortage. Houston county farmers are alert to this situation and are carrying their share of the load. Farm Security Administration borrowers are no exception. These families began a Food for Freedom program six months before Pearl Harbor. Up to that time their aim was an improve ment in standard of living on their small family size farms. Now the uppermost purpose is to do everything possible to help feed the great army of people who are fighting for the freedom of these and all homes, lives,and . freedom of the United Nations. Since January 1942 each family . has canned an average of 189 quarts of food which helps re lieve the commercial market of these products. 8,000 baby chicks , were bought and 2,500 fryers put on the local market. Eggs from the pullets saved are now being sold. The food rationing effects the food habits of these farmers very little, for practical , ly everything needed has been ! raised and stored at home. . The following are some things that were done last year by FSA borrowers toward the food pro i duction effort, J. W. McElmurray produced for market 51 feeder hogs, eight beef cows.seven tons of peanuts, 91 bushels of wheat, 60 fryers and 4 tons of cottonseed. Anoth er family, Roy L. Bloodworth, contributed to the farm pro gram 23 No. 1 hogs, 79 turkeys, 2 milch cows. 305 fryers, 12 tons of peanuts and 2 1 /t tons of cotton seed. Mr. Bloodworth is also serving as neighborhood leader for carrying vital war informa tion when necessary. The Harry V. Thompson fam ily boosted the food crop with \]/z tons peanuts, 65 bushels of wheat, 3 tons of cotton seed, 7 hogs and turned in 1,800 lbs. of scrap. Another contribution to the food supply was that of the Mar vin Griffin family. He marketed 9 tons of peanuts, 11/tl l /t tons of cotton seed, 7 No. 1 hogs, 100 bushels of wheat, 100 fryers, 300 dozen eggs, 200 lbs. of butter, and turned in 800 lbs. of scrap, Mr. Griffin is also a neighbor hood leader. Luther M. Harrison put 20 No. 1 hogs, 12 No. 2 hogs and 10 tons of peanuts on the market. Also, William H.Thames added to the hog market 60 No. 1 nogs. .In addition he sold 12 tons of peanuts, 182 lbs. of butter, 3 cows and 60 fryers. He serves as neighborhood leader. Six other Houston County FSA borrowers have under construc tion 1,000 capacity broiler houses and plan to grow out a total of , 12,000 broilers for the market I this year. These and all other FSA farm ers have 1943 plans to increase food production to capacity. They believe that they can do a big part toward averting a food , shortage, Mrs. Mary A. Brown, Home Management Supervisor ! F. S. A., Fort Valley & Ferry. RED CROSS WORK Mrs. L. H. Gilbert has accept ed appointment as Volunteer Horne Service Worker for the j Red Cross in Houston county. [Mrs. W. E. Beckham will assist i.vrrs. Gilbert. ( Mrs. Oil bert will be at the ] American Legion Home in Ferry j from 3-5 p, m. every Wednesday. ( Those who have men in the ser- I vice may contact Mrs. Gilbert I whenever they need any assis j tance. I V r I BONDS \ THAT m\ jjWK w uCTvt.wiV • Skiing Industry Big Forty dollars a minute is beinj spent in the skiing industry a« I whole in America. j