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I ”p£RSONAL mention
I cfflff Set. Nathan Gilbert,!
I ramp Claiborne, La. will leave
■ today after a week ’ s furlough at |
I home.
I rs . J. T. Davis of Miami,
■ via is’ visiting her parents, Judge
■ and Mrs. C. E. Brunson.
I high school and college i
■ o-roup of Legionnaire’s children
■ had a social Friday night at the
■ eeion Home. Mrs. W. E. Mar- j
■ ahall Jr. and Mrs. J. M. Gooden j
I were chaperones.
I Misses Betty and Hazel Cole-'
I man of Vidalia were guests of !
II their uncle and aunt. Mr. and
■ Mrs. J. 0. Coleman, last week,
| ggt. and Mrs. Norman Parker
I j r " of'Salt Lake City, Utah an- j
■ noun ce the birth of a son on;
■ Wednesday, Aug. 25. Mrs. Park- j
I er was Miss Helen Gray, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P.
■ Gray of Perry. The paternal
■ grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. j
I N M. Parker Sr. of Perry.
I A group of Perry boys are on
I a trip to Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
I this week. They are Frank Sat
■ ier fi e ld. Neal Stembridge, Billy
I Wilkinson, Charles Watts, Al
■ bert Skellie and Walter Skellie.
I Mrs. A. C. Watts went to
I Sandston, Va. Tuesday to visit
I her son, Mr. Eugene Boyd, and
I Mrs. Boyd,
I Miss Jane Riley spent last
I week with Miss Betty Chilton in
I Marietta, Ga.
I Gene Etheridge and Benny
I Marshall spent last week in At-
I larta.
I Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Ivey are
■ visiting relatives in Milledge
■ ville, Ga.
■ I Mr. and Mrs. J. M, Gooden
■ spent Sunday and Monday in At
■ lanta. Their daughter, Miss
Hetty Gooden, returned home
■ with them after a two weeks’
■ visit in Atlanta.
■ Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Roberts
■ spent Sunday in Haddock, Ga,
■ with relatives.
I Mr. and Mrs. Johnny William
■ son spent Sunday in Oglethorpe
■ with her mother, Mrs. Bentley.
■ Their son, John Thomas William
■ son, is spending this week with
■ his grandmother in Oglethorpe.
I Dan Wright and “Buck” Tol-;
■ leson left Tuesday for Georgia i
■ Military Academy, College Park, j
■ Ga. where they will attend
■ school.
I Mr, and Mrs. Jack Lee of At
■ lanta announce the birth of a!
■ son, Carlton Edmund, on Friday,
■ Aug. 27, at Crawford W. Long
■ hospital, Atlanta. Mrs. Lee was
■ Miss Dorothy Newhard,daughter
■ of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Paul
■ Newhard of Perry.
II Miss Margaret Newhard left
■ Tuesday for Atlanta where she;
■ will have a position with the
■ First National Bank.
■ Miss Merriamme Rhodes is at
for two weeks before re
«timing to Shorter College, Rome.
■ Fred Thomson Jr. has returned
■ from Lake Waccamaw, N. C.
■ where he spent the summer with
■ his grandparents,
■ Mr. David Thomson of Lake
■ '\accamaw, N. C. spent Sunday
■ with his brother, Mr. Fred
■ fhomson, and family,
I Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Tuggle
■ spent several days last week in
■ Atlanta.
I Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Johnson
■ and daughters are spending two
■ weeks in Dothan, Ala.
I Warrant Officer Wm. Blood
■ and Mrs. Blood are in Tallahas
■ Se e, Fla, for two weeks.
■ Pfc. John Henry Houser has (
I at Keesler Field, Bi- ■
■ pF Miss, a unit of the Army
■ Air Forces Training Command,
■ to begin training as a pre-avia
■ tint, cadet. He is the son of
■ ■nrs. S. P. Houser of Perry and
■ u ill spend 28 days there before
■ Foing to a college or university
■ : °n five months of further work
■ Separatory to becoming an air
■ tadet
1,, and Mrs. H. H. Griffies of
■ u ‘imingham, Ala. were guests
■ Mr. and Mrs. Doyle McElhen
■ several days last week.
I ;^ r - and Mrs. Tommy Hunt
■ son, Nelson, visited rela
■ s at Hawkinsville several
■ da ys last week.
■ t. 8 ! 1 ' 1 ? Davis celebrated her
■ .l el Hh birthday Friday, Aug.
■ with a delightful party at her
I Her mother, Mrs. Mayo
I /•'•‘s, assisted her in entertain-
BRIDE-ELECT HONORED
J Miss Betty Cooper Jones, bride
elect of Lt. J. E. Robinson of
Robins Field was honored with
; a tea and handkerchief shower
bunday afternoon by Miss Jean
Brown at her home.
A variety of summer flowers
I was used in decorating.
! The guests made a bridal cos
tume of white crepe paper with
the honoree as a model and pre
sented her a bouquet of handker-
I chiefs.
Twenty friends of Miss Jones
l.were present at this delightful
. affair.
Mrs. W. M. Baker and Mrs.
Ben Griffies are visiting Pvt. W
M. Baker at Fort Dix, N. J.' this
| week.
j tt Pharmacist Mate Hollis Kezar,
IU. S. N., Norfolk, Va. was on
[ furlough last week at his home
j at Elko.
j Mrs. H. M. Bedell and son,
Rodney, have returned to Miami,
Fla. after a visit with her
mother, Mrs. W. J. Braddock.
Mrs. Hugh Braddock and
daughter, Joan, are visiting rela
tives in Atlanta.
Misses Vonceil Summers and
Joyce Tolleson will go to Atlanta
today (Thursday) to visit for
several days.
Mrs. W. J. Braddock, Mrs. C,
N. Ray and daughter, Anita
Ray, are visiting relatives in
Gibson, Ga.
Lieut. Joe Davis is visiting his
wife and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Davis Sr. at Clinch
field.
Friends of Mrs. Minnie Wells
will regret to learn of her illness.
Sam Norwood is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. B. E. Hatch, in At
lanta.
Miss Katharine Cater is spend
ing several days at Franklin,
N. C.
Mrs. Louise Dodd and son,
Jim Dodd, of Atlanta are visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. E. E. King.
Mrs. Duncan Pate of Bards
town, Ky. spent the weekend
with Mrs. R. A. Pate and Mrs.
R. L, Cater.
Mrs. Joe McDuffie, Mrs. Da
vid Bryan and son, Bill, and
; Miss Wylene Powell, all of Bain
bridge, and Mr. and Mrs W. C.
Massee and daughter, Keith, of
I Milledgeville, were guests of
| Mrs, Eliza Massee Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pate and
daughter, Willard, of Bartow,
were guests of Mrs. R. A. Pate
and Mrs. R. L. Cater Saturday
night.
David Houser entertained a
group of little friends at a picnic
at Houston Lake Friday, Aug.
27, in celebratien of his seventh
birthday. His mother, Mrs.
Parks Houser, assisted him in
entertaining.
Air Cadet George Brown, U,
S. N., is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Brown He is
enroute from Memphis, Tenn. to
Pensacola, Fla.
Miss Marjorie Brown returned
j to New 7 York City Wednesday af
ter a visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Brown.
Mr. Alton Hardy has returned
from a trip to New York City.
Mrs. Alton Hardy and sons visit
ed relatives in Comer, Ga. while
j he was away.
Mr. and Mrs. E, P. Newhard
spent Tuesday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Aldine Lasaeter
and children are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R.
Young, near Byron.
Mr. and Mrs. Felton Norwood
and son, Felton, spent the week
-1 end with her mother in Augusta.
Mrs. Jack Miller of Fort Val*
ley visited friends here Wednes
day.
Mr. H. D. Gordy returned to
his job as chief of police of Per
ry Wednesday after a leave of
absence of several months on ac
count of illness.
Mrs. J. H. Holcomb of Macon
spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. H. P. Houser.
Perry friends will be interest
ed to learn that Tech. Sgt. John
Hendrix, grandson of Mrs. J. H.
Hodges, has been awarded the
air medal and oak cluster by
the U. S. Government. These
citations are for bravery in ac
tion. Sgt. Hendrix operates ra
dar and radio in one of the war
zones. His mother, Mrs. T. L.
Hendrix, of Petersburg, Va. is
here visiting her mother, Mrs.
Hodges. Sgt. Hendrix has visit
-1 ed here many times.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Defense Access Project No. DA
WR 16-D (1) and DA-WR 16 A
(1) CT.2 Counties of Houston-
Bibb.
Sealed proposals will be re
ceived by the State Highway De
partment of Georgia at the Gen
eral Office at No. 2 Capitol
Square, Atlanta, Ga,, until 10 a.
m. Central War Time, September
10, 1943, for furnishing all labor,
materials, equipment and other
things necessary for widening
two existing bridges at Echecon
nee Creek and Widening 0.242
Miles of Shoulders and paved ap
proaches at the bridge ends, lo
cated in Houston & Bibb Coun
ties on what is locally known as i
the Macon-Hawkinsville road, |
otherwise known as Defense Ac- 1
cess Projects DA-WR 16-D (1),
and DA-WR 16-A (1) CT.2 in
Houston & Bibb Counties. The
work will be let in one contract, j
A preference rating of AA-3 has.
been assigned to this project.
The approximate quantities for j
roadway are as follows:
3000 Cu. yds. Common an d |
Borrow Excavation.
1000 Sq. yd. Sprigging Slopes
and Shoulders,
185 Cy. yd. 8” Comp. Pebble
Soil Base —inch Material and
Hauling.
199 Gal. Bituminous Prime.
288 Gal. Hot Application Bitu
minous Material,
85 Gal. Seal Application Bitu
minous Material.
14 Tons Coarse Agg r e g a t e
Cover Material.
22 Tons Type “A” Hot Plant
Mix Seal,
The approximate quantities for
bridges are as follows:
477 Cy. yds. Class “A” Con-
Crete.
69000 Lbs. Bar Reinforcing
Steel.
LUMP SUM Structural Steel
Bridge Sta. 16-31.5.
1640 Lin. ft. Precast Concrete
Piles.
20 Cy. yds. Excavation No, 1.
1233 Lin. ft. Concrete Hand
rail.
290 Tons Bituminous Wearing
Surface-Plant Mix Type.
1.415 Acres Clearing and Grub
bing—Lump sum
800 Sq. yd. Stone plane’ Rip
rap.
4 Each Concrete test Piles.
LUMPSUM Removal of por
tion of existing bridge sta.
16-31.5.
j LUMP SUM Removal of por
tion of Existing Bridge Sta.
36-99.3.
LUMP SUM Painting existing
structural steel—Bridge Sta.
16-31.5.
Said work shall begin within
ten (10) days after formal exe
cution of contract and shall be
! completed within, 160 working
days. When contract has been
executed, written notice shall be
L given the Contractor, at which
; time, and not before, work may
I be started.
t Contract executed pursuant to
this Notice is binding on the
! State Highway Department, as
such. Said contract will not cre
ate liability, expressed or im
• plied, against the undersigned
Director of the State Highway i
5 Department, as an individual nor
• against any employee of the
State Highway Department, in
I his or her individual capacity. _ j
The minimum wage to be paid !
under this contract shall be the |
amounts set out in the Labor!
Provisions included in the Pro
-1 posal. The attention of bidders
is directed to the Special Provis
ions covering employment ot la
! i bor, methods of construction,
subletting or assigning the con
tract and to the use of Domestic
Materials.
Plans and specifications are on
■ file at the office of the undersign
ed at Atlanta, and at Macon,Ga.,
and at the office of the Board of
County Commissioners of Hous
j ton and Bibb Counties at Perry,
Ga. and Macon, Ga., where they |
may be inspected free of charge.
Copies of the plans may be ob
tained upon payment in advance
of the sum of $3.00. Copies ot
the General Specifications may [
be obtained upon payment in ad
vance of the sum of $2.50, which
sums will not be refunded.
Proposals must be submitted}
on Regular forms, which will be
supplied by the undersigned,
and may be obtained by a pay
ment, in advance of $5.00 for
each proposal issued. When the
proposal is submitted, it must be
accompanied by a certified check,
cashier’s check,negotiable United
States Bonds, or other acceptable
security in tne amount of $2,-
800.00, and must be plainly
marked “Proposal for Road Con
struction,” County and Number,
and show the time of opening as
advertised. Check of the low
bidder will be cashed and all oth
er checks will be returned as
I (Continued to Back Page)
I FWfIR LOAN DRIVE
I _ FOR /NVAS/ON
iffi • Put a circle around the date—Thursday, Bond September. That’s in juMMam' lu
\S September 9th. For that’s the day the 3rd your regular War Bond purchases, la*?*
\| War Loan Drive starts. move than $lOO-a lot more- if y***
On that day, you will be asked to go the can<
W limit to back our valiant fighting men. You The job is big. Everyone must «K« 2>«r jur
II wil { be asked to do your share in the great- thare if we are to put this drive ow the Pop.
est invasion the world has ever seen. Answer a , - - , .
your country’s roll call! . ”° nds afethe Saftst ,nvtstmert
• world, ror your own sake, for your Cowattys
Your P art is to back tbis invasion by in- sake, put every spare dime and dollarls^n
nesting in at least one EXTRA $lOO War Bonds during the 3rd War Loan JLXri«e,
BACK THE ATTACK-WITH WAR BONDS
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY
Perry Loan & Savings Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance $5,000.00
Phone 44 Perry, Ga.
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UN your vacation and business Someday they will be coming
trips in the past—as well as at back, their new job finished. You
your neighborhood Service Sta- will find them still loyal to you
tion—you have been served often when they return and change
by loyal men in the Standard Oil their uniforms again,
uniform. They were loyal to you In the meantime other loyal
—they were loyal to us. men, who have been at their
It was only natural that men in home posts, are upholding this
whom the quality of loyalty was service tradition under difficult
inbred and cherished should re* and sometimes trying conditions,
spend in large numbers to the call Loyalty is that personal trait
of their country. Hundreds of in individuals which makes a
these stanch and faithful men Company great—and wins wars,
have exchanged
M STANDARD OJiL |Ss
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