Newspaper Page Text
VOL. LXXII. No. 38
3RD WAR LOAN DRIVE
ENDS SEPT. 30; BUY
Only one week remains until
the close of the Third War Loan
on Sept. 30. $144,737.00 of the
$264,000 bond quota had been
purchased by the citizens of
Houston county through Tues
day, Sept. 21. This amount does
not include purchases at Warner
Kobins as report on these will
come in later.
Thirty women in teams of two
have made a house-to-house can
vass in Perry urging people to
huy bonds during September and
if possible to buy at least one
SIUU bond extra during the 3rd
War Loan drive. The women
have secured verbal pledges
amounting to $42,000 which does
not include those buying on the
payroll plan. Many gave prom
ises to buy but did not commit
themselves on the amount -of
their intended purchase. Ten of
the fifteen teams have reported.
Team No. 2, Mrs. A. C. Pritch
ett and Mrs. Mayo Davis, report
ed the largest amount, $19,381.-
25, pledged. The women were
not competing with each other
and every team reporting has
turned in complete and compre
hensive reports. Mrs. J, L.
Hodges is chairman of the wo
i men’s group. •
j The men under the leadership
[ Max Moore are hard at work in
the business section on the bond
drive. Reports on their activi
ties will be given later.
The schools of Houston county
and the other communities are
busy promoting the sale of bonds.
Claud E. Andrew, county
! chairman, said Wednesday in
speaking of the drive:
"Just as our fighting men
utilize every victory as a step
ping stone to final triumph, we
on the home front must use the
various loan campaigns to march
to a full mobilization of our fi
nancial resources for a final tri
umph for our military might and
against the home front enemy—
inflation.
"This war is ever changing.
Every day brings new problems
and greater demands upon the
home front for support. It is
practical reasoning for us at
home to do our very best at this
time when it is apparent to every
one that we have the Axis on the
run.
"On 50 different fronts men
from Houston county fight to end
this terrible war as quickly as
possible. Every day the war is
prolonged the casualty list grows
longer. Every day of fighting
means more American lives are
lost. To shorten the war even
by minutes will save lives, some
of them possibly from this com
munity. War bonds are our ve
hicle for transporting our fight
ing strength as civilians to our
men in uniform.”
"No one can do too much.
Many are doing too little. Let’s
do our best.”
WITH THE HOUSTON
SOIL CONSERVERS
By LOUIS SKINNER
Soil Conservation Service
It. L. Bloodworth, who is co'
operating with the Middle West
ern Ocmulg'ee River Soil Con
servation District, had a water
disposal system laid out on his
fsrm last week. Mr. Blood
"mrth intends to sow this
meadow strip immediately to a
mixture of oats, vetch and Aus
trian winter peas. This winter
be plans to lay his kudzu beds
off, on the contour, and plant
kudzu in the spring. By putting
this thick cover on his waterway
Mr. Bloodworth can safely turn
terrace water into his meadow
s( rip without fear of erosion.
For those who plan to com
bine crotalaria seed, they should
be combined when you think the
majority of the seed are ready l
tor harvesting. If you try and!
w ait until all of the seed are'
ready for combining, you will
Probably lose more than you will
gain by waiting on the late seed.
Most varieties of crotalaria are
Ve ry late about maturing their
Sefe d. which causes some handi-
Ca P in trying to save the seed.
the experiments we mention
ed several weeks ago, on plant-'
[■jg Austrian winter peas and:
Plue lupine in front of peanut
LOCAL STATE GUARD NEWS
By G. FRANCIS NUNN
The local unit of the Georgia!
State Guard is continuing its up-i
hill battle against adverse con-1
ditions and is slowly GrnGrging
as a military unit under the
careful and efficient guidance of
Capt. H. L. Evans, Full equip
ment tor eacn man now includes,
besides his regular uniform and
rifle, leggins, shoes, helmet,pack,
[fincoat, tent, and gas mask.
Besides this equipment for each
man, the unit is also equipped
with Thompson sub-machine
guns and ammunition, and the
men are becoming increasingly
proficient in the use of all arms
and equipment.
Last week, letters were mailed
to seventy men in and around
Perry who were thought to be
prospective members of the lo
cal unit, and these were asked to
meet the officers at the school
house on Thursday night. Of
the seventy asked, four showed
up, and two of these enlisted.
This will give the public some
idea of what the officers are up
against in trying to keep ever
thinning ranks built up to the
required size. There is no doubt
in the minds of any one that
should an emergency arise, volun
teers would flock to the assis
tance of the trained unit, but
without having themselves had
the training their value would be
considerably lessened. So what
this column is urging is that
without hunting trouble, we
nevertheless anticipate the
emergency and become trained
and prepared to meet it.
In the recent reorganization
under the new unit commander,
Capt. H. E, Evans, the following
appointments have been made
and are now effective: First
Sergeant, .T. C. Rogers; Supply
Sergeant, Louis Harper; Ser
geants, Paul Massey and J. A.
Grubb; Corporals, Alton Hardy,
Robt. Horton, Paul Brown, Geo.
Keeler; Corporal (Clerk) T. S.
Hunt; Privates Ist Class, Henry
Matthews, W. W. Hunt, H. B.
Rossier. L. I. Skinner.
CENTERVILLE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Stafford
had as their guests Sunday Mrs.
Maud Newell and Mrs. Connell
Stafford of Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stembridge
and family have returned to
their home in Birmingham, Ala.
after a week’s visit with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. D.
Stembridge.
i Mr. Tom Blankinship and Mr.
'Jack Hamilton visited in Buford
over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Farrow and
children of Bonaire visited
friends here Sunday.
Mrs. J. D. Stembridge, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Stembridge and
children, Ross and Kate, Mrs.
Gordon Scarborough and chil
dren, Gordon and James, visited
Mrs. J. M. Holloman and Mr.and
Mrs. Avery Lee Thursday after
noon.
Friends of Mr. J. D. Stem
bridge will be glad to know he is
much improved after two week’s
illness.
Little Joe Smith of Butler vis
ited his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. D. Blankinship, last
week.
Friends of Mrs. Frank Rambo
will be glad to learn she is much
better after a serious operation
in the Middle Ga. hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ryals visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Stembridge
Wednesday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batchelor
visited Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Scarborough Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Rape visited Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Marshall Sun-:
day and attended a family re-j
union. j
harvesting operations, are pro-'
grossing very nicely. Both the 1
lupine and Winter peas are up to
a good stand. These seed were
inoculated and planted in Au- :
gust in very hot weather,and we j
feared at the time of sowing that
the hot sun would be a little too
much for the inoculation to
stand, although the inoculation
did survive. , a ..
How many have made definite
plans about covering up that pea
nut land? Let’s not let this land
go through the winter without
cover. Soil washes fast but re-,
builds slowly.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1943
Lt.-Gen. Hodges Honored By Perry Citizens
\ * |
WS m f. ■ A.
Iplk.
is
jHI i BUhMHHH
LT. GEN. COURTNEY H. HODGES
Lieut. General Courtney Hicks
Hodges, native of Perry, Geor
gia, is now Commanding Gen
eral of the Third Army and
Southern Defense Command with
headquarters in Fort Sam Hous
ton, Texas, having received his
appointment in February, 1943.
Lt. Gen. Hodges holds the high
est rank in the U. S. Army ever
attained by a Georgian.
As evidence of their interest in
Gen. Hodges and their pride in
his career, a group of Perry citi
zens presented his picture to the
Perry High School Friday morn
ing at exercises in the school au
ditorium.
Judge A. M. Anderson, chmn.
of the picture committee, presid
ed and made the formal presen
tation after reviewing General
Hodges’ military career.
Mayor Sam A. Nunn, a per
sonal and life-long friend of Gen.
Hodges, gave a personal sketch
including human interest stories
of the boy and man.
Supt. E. P. Staples accepted
the picture in behalf of the
school and its trustees with ap
propriate remarks.
Stage decorations included
baskets of flowers sent by the
Perry Kiwanis club and Mrs. J.
H. Hodges, of Perry, the gen
eral’s aged mother who was too
feeble to be present. The pa
triotic colors, red, white, and
blue, were used in the decora
tions.
A telegram from JackG.Holtz
claw of Richmond, Va., brother
of Eby Holtzclaw of Perry and
president of the Virginia Light
and Power Co., was read. It
was as follows:
“I sincerely wish that I could
be present at the unveiling of
the picture of my dear friend,
i boyhood companion, and class
mate at Perry High school, Lt.
General Courtney Hodges. He
is all that I predicted he would
be in our last official session be
fore he went away the first time,
as we sat together on the side of
a ditch in front of the Baptist
church and seriously discussed
his future military career,”
Picture Presentation
In presenting the picture of
Gen. Hodges to the Perry School,
Judge Anderson said:
"It is not necessary in the pre
sentation of this picture for us
'to endeavor to honor Gen.
j Hodges. Great men need no
j herald of their greatness. “ Their
'deeds alone can praise them.”
:No other praise is of any effect
where worthy men are concern
ed. It needs but the simple
story of deeds faithfully per
formed to create and sustain
glory.
"It was a beautiful custom of
the old Romans to erect statues
of their great on high places so
that the Roman young, as they
said, ‘in looking upward might
be lifted.’
"So it is today that on behalf
of the proud citizens of this com
munity I have the high privilege
of presenting to Supt. Staples,
representing Perry High School,
this picture to be appropriately
placed in the School library.
‘‘May it lead present and fu
ture generations to a reali
zat i o n that a key posi
tion is not necessary to unlock
the door of opportunity —but that
success and renown can be at
tained by him who possesses
high character, noble ideals, un
yielding determination and a wil
lingness to energetically and un
ceasingly apply his every ability
to the accomplishment of a
worthy purpose in life.”
Personal Sketch
Excerpts from . Mr. Nunn’s
speech are as follows;
"This community today is pay
ing tribute to its most distin
guished son. I feel greatly hon
ored in being requested to pre
sent a personal sketch of the life
lof Courtney H. Hodges. Lieuten
jant General. U. S. Army. While
I am a little younger than Gen
eral Hodges, I have known him
all my life. I attended school
[with him, played with him.learn
-led to swim with him in the old
[town swimming hole, played sol
dier under his command as a
boy, fought with him in the U.
IS. Army In France, though not
lin the same command with him.
‘‘He was born in Perry, Geor
gia, January 5. 1887. He is the
Ison of Mrs. John H. Hodges ai d
! the late Mr. Hodges. His mother
(lives with us today and she is
1 now 86 years of age. His father
1 was editor and publisher of the
Houston Home Journal for 45
years. Courtney Hodges had a
great father and has a great
mother. In his immediate fam
ily he has a brother, Judge John
L. Hodges, Ordinary of Houston
County, and two sisters, Mrs.
Sam Houser and Mrs. T. U. Ma
son, Sr., living in Perry. Another
brother, Sam N. Hodges, resides
in Atlanta. Two sisters, Miss
Theresa Hodges and Mrs. T. L.
Hendrix, reside in Petersburg,
Virginia, and his youngest sis
ter. Mrs. W. R. Williams, re
sides in Sacramento, Calif. Gen
eral Hodges’ wife was the form
er Mildred Alston Lee, of Mont
gomery, Alabama. She is a most
attractive and charming woman.
"T h e boyhood of General
Hodges was similar to that of
other boys in the community.
Perry wasnn those days a vil
lage of about 500 inhabitants.
There was no telephone system,
no water works and no electric
lights. We drew our water for
drinking, bathing, and water for
the family cow, from the deep
well in the back yard. It was
the day before automobiles so
the recreation and entertainment
of the boys of the community
consisted of what their ingenuity
could devise and provide. Cer
tain seasons brought certain
sports. The beginning of spring
was always heralded by games of
marbles on the sidewalks in
(Continued To Page Three)
| RATIONING REMINDERS
The rationing office will re
main open during the noon hour
in the future. The office will be
open, to the public from 9 a. m.
to 3 p. m. every day except
Sunday.
War Ration Book Four, for use
beginning in November and de
signed to last two years will be
issued at a nation-wide registra
tion the last 10 days in October.
It will combine point and unit
stamps. There will be 384
stamps, printed in blue, red,
green and black.
The red and blue stamps will
be used in conjunction with red
and blue tokens, to be introduc
ed early in 1944 and given as
change in stamp expenditures
for meat, dairy products and
processed foods.
The green stamps will be used
on an "interim basis” with blue
processed food stamps, much in
the manner the brown stamps of
Book Three are now being used
in the meats-fats program.
Twelve of 96 unit stamps,
printed in black, are designed
for sugar. The same number are
marked for coffee, which no
longer is rationed. These and 72
others marked "spares” will be
reserved for any additional foods
rationed, OPA said.
Brown stamps A and B, be
came valid on Sept. 12 and 18
respectively, both will expire on
Oct. 2. The next four brown
stamps, all expiring on Oct, 30,
will become valid on the follow
ing dates; Stamp C. Sept. 26;
Stamp D, Oct. 3; Stamp E, Oct.
10; and Stamp F, Oct. 17.
Between Sept. 12, when the
first series of brown stamps be
comes valid, and Oct. 2, when
the final sets of red stamps ex
pire, both red and brown stamps
will be usable. After Oct. 2 only
the brown stamps will be used.
Oct, 20 —Blue Coupons U, V,
& W expire.
Oct. 2 —Red X, Y, and Z ex
pire.
Oct, 31—Shoe Stamp No. 18 in
Book I expires.
September 30—Deadline for
tire inspections for holders of A
gasoline rations.
Nov. 21 —No. 6 Coupon in A
gas ration book expires.
Canning Sugar
Stamps 15 and 16 have been
designated by the OPA as use
for canning sugar. Each stamp
is good for 5 lbs. per person and
remains valid from May 24 thru
Oct. 31.
Oct. 31 —Coupon 14 in Book I,
good for 5 lbs. su->ar expires.
LOCAL CAs\l DEALERS
GIVEN RECOGNITION
In The Cas* Eagle, publication
of the J. I. Case Co,, Racine,
Wisconsin, there is published in
the August issue pictures of the
local Case dealers, Geo. C. Nunn
and Geo. Francis Nann, of Perry
and an article captioned, "Case
Dealers for a Quarter of a Cen
tury.” The pictures of Drew
Harris and John Heller, parts
and service men, are published,
also, on the same page.
Excerpts from the article fol
low:
The kind of service that this
dealership renders is greatly ap
preciated by farmers in these
times. Farmers from far and
wide come to this dealer’s place
of business for service, as they
know that there they can find
counsel and advice on what’s best
to do for their machinery.
When sending us these pic
tures, Branch Manager L. S. De
voe of Atlanta wrote —
"George C. Nunn & Son an
one of our esteemed dealert
whom we can depend on twelvt
months in the year to handle .
satisfactory volume of equip
ment, including everything in
our line that is available in their
area.”
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.
ESTABLISHED 1870
iCOTTON PRODUCTION
' RECORD NECESSARY
[
Farmers are asked to keep
records of their 1943 cotton pro
duction, and it is highly impor
tant that these records be kept
accurately, according to L, W.
Tabor, chairman of the Houston
County AAA Committee.
Mr. Tabor explained that in
past years, ginners have co
operated with the AAA by fur
nishing detailed records of cot
ton production for each farm,
but that this year these records
will not be obtained from gin
ners, due to the suspension of
marketing quotas.
In the past, the records of
production have served as a ba
sis for determining the yields
used in marketing quota pro
grams, crop insurance programs
and in determining AAA pay
ments.
“It is to a farmer’s best in
terests that an accurate record
of his 1943 cotton production be
kept because this record may be
needed in future AAA pro
grams,” Mr. Tabor said. He
said that each farmer should
keep each gin ticket, bale re
ceipt, or sales ticket for baled
cotton and for lots of seed cot
ton sold. The AAA has offered
to keep these records for any
farmer who wishes to deliver or
mail them to the county office.
SCHOOLS AT BONAIRE
& WARNER ROBINS OPEN
The grammar school at War
ner Robins opened Monday,Sept.
13, with 421 pupils enrolled. By
grades, the enrollment is as fol
lows: Ist, 82, 2nd 63, 3rd 70,
4th 67. sth 55, 6th 43, 7th 41.
The high school pupils go to
Bonaire.
The Bonaire school has 175 en
rolled in high school and 150 in
grammar school.
A. Leonard Clark of Warner
Robins is superintendent of both
the Bonaire and Warner Robins
schools. He succeeds Ted Owen
who resigned.
A new Nursery School will be
opened in Zeigler Place, Warner
Robins, with Mrs. Wm. C.
Smith in charge. There is al
ready a nursery school in The
Manor.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.,
and 8:00 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
$171.00 was contributed last
Sunday to the conference Or
phans’ Home in Macon. This is
the largest amount ever given to
this cause by the Perry church
on Orphans’ Home Day.
Promotion Day— S u nda y,
Sept. 26.
Young People’s Service, 7:00
p. rn.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
8:00 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Rev. j. A. Ivey, Pastor.
W.K. lIPELUIFE INSURANCE
I AGENT. WINS THREE AWARDS
W. K. Whipple, agent for Con
nects utt Mutual Life Insurance
company and Mrs. Whipple at
tended the annual agency meet
ing in Marietta, Ga. Friday and
Saturday,
Mr. Whipple won three
awards; the 100 case award, the
'/\ million dollar award, and the
award for the most cases for
second year men in the entire
company, the same award Mr.
Whipple won last year for first
year men. The above means that
Mr‘ Whipple wrote 100 or more
policies aggregating as much or
more than one-quarter of a mil
lion dollars of life insurance be
tween April 1942 and April 1943,.
