Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, November 11, 1943, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXII. No. 45 LOCAL FFA BOYS WIN HONORS ATGA. FAIR Jack Eason, Billy Giles, and Glenn Johnson of the local F. F. A. chapter were awarded the Georgia Planter Degree at the State FFA Rally in Macon. This is the highest honor that the state can give to any F. F. A. member. This award was re ceived because of outstanding leadership, character, scholar ship and money made on pro jects. Each boy had cleared from Project Program and had invested $250.00. These boys are to be commended for this out standing accomplishment. Local F. F. A. members also exhibited poultry and livestock at the fair. Billy Giles won all places in his class with five Brah ma hens. Charles Hicks won a second place with a Rhode Island Red Hen, a first place with a White Wyandotte hen and a first with a white Wyandotte Rooster, jack Eason won second place with a New Hampshire Rooster, while Frank Giles won second place with a-Barred Rock Roos ter. Virgil Cosey and Billy Gray each won second place with their Hereford steers. A tree, seed, shrub, cotton,and corn judging team also repre sented the chapter. It was com posed of Aldene Rape, Millard Locke, and Jack Shurling. LIBRARY NOTES Novels, many by distinguished authors, are being published this fall. “The Promise,” by Pearl Buck, is a continuation of “Dra gon Heed,” a powerful story of wartime in China and Bermuda. An appealing story of boys, adults and horses is, “Thunder bird,” by Mary O’Hara, the au thor of “My Friend Flicka.” Aristocratic families and beau tiful old mansions are woven into a colorful and lively historical novel by Harriet Daniels entitled “Muller Hill.” Centennial Sum mer, by Albert Idell, is a gay novel with the Centennial cele bration in Philadelphia as a back ground. Wholesome humor, strong characterization and a clever plot make Joseph Lincoln’s first novel in two years one of the most interesting book of the year. “Bradshaws of Harvis” has aCape Cod background. Kathleen Norris has added another novel to her long list of faction, “Corner of Heaven,” is a romantic story of wartime America. Library hours: 1:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m. Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. Verniece Beavers, Librarian. STALE NEWS BRIEFS Georgia’s civilian population has declined from 3,123,723 in 1940 to 3,026,728, according to the latest Census Bureau esti mates in Washington. The figures are based upon the number of registrations for War Ration Book Two. For the purpose of speeding up consideration of applications, the State Department of Public Wel tare is streamlining its Social Se curity Division, It also was an nounced that the Welfare De partment is going entirely on the njorit system in the future em ployment of workers both in state and county offices. Expanding its service to meet the growing needs and demands °f the general public during war tjme, the State Department of Public Health cost $187,854 more to operate during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1948, reports. Operating costs totaled $1,633,- ■•’9o, compared with $1,446,146 in !942 and $1,195,883 in 1941. Increased employment of moth tjfs in war work, combined with tne reopening of schools, has re suited in an enrollment of 1,704 children in 80 war nurseries and c f hild care centers in Georgia, ‘federal Works Agency reports. n the previous month, 1,249 children were enrolled in 58 cen trs in Georgia. Our boj i must keep on fight ing—we must keep on buy -1 ing WAR BONDS until vic tory is won. Keep on BACK ING THE ATTACK. Houston Home Journal MRS. J. B. HUNT PASSES AFTER LONG ILLNESS' B. Hunt, age 89,1 died bunday at her home at! Kathleen after a long illness. Mrs. Hunt, a native and life-i long resident of Houston county, would have been 90 years old Nov 27. She was Miss Alice Sandetur before her marriage. Mrs. Hunt had been a member or Beaver Creek Primitive Bap tist church since 1888. Survivors include three sons, Geo. B. Hunt, Jeff M. Hunt, and Barnette J. Hunt all of Kathleen; one daughter, Mrs. A. W. labor of Fort Valley: nine- 1 teen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 3:30 p. m. Monday at Watson and Whipple Funeral Home with Elder Geo. R. Hunt officiating and Elders Chance and W. H. Hancock, assisting. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery, Perry. CHRISIMIS MAILINB IST BE DONE IBIS WEB Delivery of the annual flood of! Christmas gifts and cards on I time, always a serious problem, “will be more than a problem this year —it wili be an impossi bility—unless Christmas mail ings are made largely in Novem ber,” Postmaster General Frank C. Walker warned today. “Transportation facilities are burdened to the limit with war materials and personnel, and the Postal Service has sent more than thirty-one thousand experi enced employees into the Army and Navy,” Mr. Walker said. “The only solution to the Christ mas problem is: Mail In Novem-! her. Mark your parcels, ‘Do Not Open Until Christmas,’ That is the only way to avoid disap pointment on Christmas Day not 1 only for many civilians but also for millions of members of the armed forces who are still in this country. “It is also the only way to avoid the possibility of a Christ-j mas emergency in the transpor-; tation and postal services. If the public will cooperate by mail ing their Christmas parcels dur ing November, we can handle a small volume of light, last-min ute mailings, such as cards, up to December 10 —but we can do that and avoid emergency only if November is really ‘Christmas Mailing Month.’ ” Postal officials pointed out that the volume of mail now is far above any previous records, that railway cars by the hundreds have been diverted to war ser vice and that the air lines have only about half as many planes as they once operated. More than two hundred thous and extra temporary employees normally are employed to help with the holiday postal rush. This year, the extra employees will be largely women and high school boys and girls who are unable to work the long hours usually required and whose work will be relatively slow. To deliver the Christmas mails on time, therefore, it is neces sary that mailings be spread out over a longer period so that avaiable transportation equip ment and postal personnel can I be used during more weeks. It I will be utterly impossible to I make the deliveries by Christ-1 mas if mailers wait until the last, three weeks before the holiday, j as in normal years. ! There is another reason for! shopping and mailing earlier| than before. Retail stores are shorthanded. Purchasers can; avoid shopping in crowded stores,! Jong waits for service, and other j inconveniences of late shopping! if they buy now. They will also, doubtless have a better choice of I merchandise than will be avail-1 able later. 1 Postmaster General Walker ob served that this warning is not| an attempt to tell the people what to do; it is only an advance j notification of what will happen if they mail late. He feels that the public is entitled to the facts, and that when they know them, they will decide to Mail In November. You can eat your cake and bave it, too—if you invest your CHRISTMAS savings Wk in WAR BONDS. Keep on AJL BACKING THE ATTACK. jsg_ ‘ PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1943 Legion’s Drive For Bond Goal Is Under Way Gov. Arnall Asks Georgians To Answer $10,000,000 November Appeal Off to a flying start with statewide rallies and radio broadcasts, the Amer ican Legion’s $10,000,000 November War Bond drive in Georgia is striving to reach its million-dollar-a-day ob jective by Armistice day. Under the militant leadership of Campaign Chairman Quimby Melton, Editor of The Griffin News, come 16,500 veterans of World War 1, and about as many women auXlliarie*, were petitioning Georgians to invest in American victory and security through every conceivable means. Newspapers, s ;hools, churches, banks, factories, theaters, local gov ernments, civic clubs, stores, offices, households, farms even Georgia’s football gridirons were all called upon by the hustling Legionnaires to help sell bonds faster than they have ever been sold in Dixie before. Luke and Cheatham Commander Clarke Luke addressed a great rally of Ninth District Legion naires at Gainesville; Captain C. Ar thur Cheatham, Legion Service Offi cer, covered a dozen centers from the Piedmont to the wiregrass, an im pressive Armistice memorial was an nounced in Atlanta and scores of events were scheduled throughout the state as the big push got under way. Governor’s Indorsement Governor Ellis Arnall backed up the Legion’s second sponsorship of a No vember War Bond drive by issuing the following stirring indorsement: “It is both fitting and fortunate that Georgia Legionnaires are again dis tinguishing themselves nationally by launching their second War Bond ap peal to the people of Georgia in No vember. “This means that the men who helped win World War 1 are signally reinforcing their young buddies who are going to win World War 2, as well as substantially enhancing assurance of wellbeing for our men and women in uniform when they come home. “The Georgia Legion’s determina tion to surpass a $10,000,000 quota by Armistice Day is both courageous and dramatic. My hat is off to my friends, Editor Quimby Melton, Commander Clarke Luke, their patriotic cohorts of veterans and women’s auxiliaries and to Chairman Charles A. Stair’s loyal standing army of volunteer Bond workers. “I bespeak the prompt and gener ous response of all good Georgians and all Georgia interests for forward ing this splendid enterprise to a tri umph that will resound across Amer ica.” To Help Schools School officials, P.-T.A. leaders and the pupils themselves were reminded in a special bulletin that widespread and growing bond-selling activity at educational institutions would be em phatically benefited by the Legion ef fort, since the schools would receive full credit for all bonds they sold dur ing November. This applies also to any organization forwarding a bond project. Chairman Melton’s three - plank platform for realizing victory in time to celebrate on Armistice Day is: Every Legionnaire and Auxiliary per sonally sell $3OO worth of bonds; every city and county government buy at least $5 in bonds for every local man and woman in military service; every Georgian buy at least one $25 bond for every close relative in Unci* Sam’s uniform. Radio Speeds ' Legion Drive For U. S. Bonds Georgia Counties Respond to Melton’s Appeal for #11,000,000 Sales. Evans, Newton and Pulaski counties led Georgia by going over the top in the first day of the American Legion’* November War Bond drive and Quim by Melton, Campaign Chief and Edi tor of the Griffin News, joined with Charles A. Stair, Chairman of th# State War Finance Committee, in pre dicting a great victory celebration on Armistice Day. Spurred on by daily "Georgia Bond wagon” broadcasts over Station WAG A, Atlanta, at 4:30 P.M., CWT, sponsored by The Constitution and an nounced by Lambdin Kay, 30,000 Le gionnaires and auxiliaries at 170 Posts were urging all citizens to buy bonds at the rate of a million dollars e day in honor of Georgians wearing Uncle Sam’s uniform. The city of Griffin became the first municipality, and the Pomona Prod ucts company, of the same city, ranked as the stated first Industry to recog nize its fighting employees by bond purchases. Decatur, Ga., soon followed suit and the Georgia Power company and the Covington Mills joined the parade by respectively buying $200,- 000 and $150,000 of Treasury Savings Notes In tribute to workers In the armed forces. Undismayed by a raise in the state’s November bond quota from $10,000,000 to $11,000,000 three days after the big push began, Legionnaires in Barrow, Hall, Bibb, Heard, Rockdale, Musco gee, Habersham, Baldwin, Dougherty, Floyd. Ware, Glynn, Fayette, Troup, Sumter, Thomas, Houston, Crisp, Tel fair, and Fulton counties made early reports forecasting complete success. Clarke Luke, of Ocilla, Commander of the Georgia Legion, announced that the annual convention of Post Com manders and Adjutants In At.-mla last Sunday, at which Senator R'chard B. Russell wan the principal speaker, con verted itself into an enthusiastic War Bond rally. ■A- ★ lilkai fcuif. With WAR BONDS ★ ★_ That new cooking range, whether it be gas, electric or otherwise, is something to look forward to when the War is won. But you can start saving now to buy it. Put a definite amount every payday, ten percent of your pay check . . . into War Bonds today. When your Bonds mature you will have the money ready for that new range. You will have made a good investment, getting back $4 for ev ery S 3. And your purchase of War Bonds is helping that boy, husband or sweetheart on the fighting front. PASTORS ASSIGNED TO COUNTY METHODISTS Rev. J. E. Sampley was re turned to the Perry Methodist church as pastor, by the South Ga. conference which met in Tifton last week. Rev. Mr. Sampley has served the Perry church for two years and his re appointment was requested. The Elko circuit in Houston county was given a new pastor, Rev. Edward Roy, supply, who is a student at Emory University. Rev. Gordon King was sent from Elko to Rocky Ford, Ga. Warner Robins Methodist church has a new pastor, Rev. W. V. Dibble, who comes from Doerun. Rev, F. N. Champion, supply, was moved from Warner Robins to the Wrightsvilie cir cuit. LOW SHELL QUOTA BLAMED ON POOR LICENSE SALES Georgia’s low pro-rata share of war rationed shotgun shells has been partially laid to the hunter who fails to buy a license. The State Game and Fish Com mission has explained that Geor gia’s allowance of less than 600,- 000 was near the bottom of the list because of the poor sale of 1942-43 hunting license. The Ctmmission reported that only $112,328.40 was collected from sale of hunting licenses for the fiscal year 1942-43. Allotments of shells this year were based on the number of licenses sold last year. States with heavy sales have been al lotted larger quotas of ammuni tion. The Commission admitted that this appeared to be a fair meth od of distribution. It pointed out that adjoining states, like North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama, with smaller hunting population, were getting a half million more shells than Georgia. This is because sportsmen in those states bought more li censes. It is likely that the same meth od of distribution will be follow ed next year, according to the Commission. “However, we hope Georgia will not be at the bottom of the list again. And we also hope that the Government will relax its rule on the manufacture ol shells so that sportsmen next winter will be able to spend at least Effew days in the woods and fields.” The Commission said that hunters should buy licenses for more reasons than to boost next year’s shell quota. A license is required by law and a person hunting without’ one is liable for prosecution. License sales also determine the state’s share of Pittman-Robert son aid to wildlife fund it was ex plained. Last year's poor col lection will seriously curtail Georgia’s share of these funds in 1945. The Commission said that the sale of licenses had been en couraging in recent days. It hopefully looks for an increase despite the various shortages. Rangers’ reports say that the large numbers of hunters answered the opening deer and waterfowl season last Monday and Tuesday. Several were ap prehended and charged with hunting without licenses. DLATH OF INFANT Betty Jean Christian, eleven month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Christian, died Nov. c at their home at Bonaire. Fu neral services were held Nov. 4 with Rev. J. A. Ivey in charge Burial was in Bonaire cemetery. Mrs. Christian was Miss Lilly Logue before her marriage. BASKETBALL GAME LESLIE HIGH • vs. PERRY HIGH Fri. Nov. 12, 8 P. M. PERRY COURT Make it a thrifty CHRIST g|i| MAS give WAR BONDS. mH Keep on BACKING THE 'Qf ATTACK. ESTABLISHED IfcTO COUNTYFARMERSTO GET AAA PAYMENTS Houston county farmers will soon be receiving payments for agricultural conservation work being done this year, according to an announcement this week by L. W. Tabor, Houston county AAA committeeman. Mr. Tabor pointed out that ap proximately 225,000 farmers will receive conservation payments during the program year. Total payments will amount to about $10,000,000, “Applications for payment which have just been approved and certified are the first to be received in the State office under the 1043 program,” Mr. Tabor said. “They were submitted from approximately twenty-five counties. “We anticipate a large num ber of applications from this county in the next few weeks and these will be handled as rapidly as possible, in order that checks may be speeded to the farmers.” Mr. Tabor urged that farmers submit applications for these payments as soon as possible. B. T. U. ORGANIZED A Baptist Training Union was organized Sunday night by the Perry Baptist church. Officers are: Jerry Drawdy, president; Dallas Kyle, vice-president; Otis Lee Whitten, secty. and treas urer; Annis Jean NeSmith, cho rister; Jerry Cater, asst, choris ter; Merryl Hunnicutt, pianist; Patsy Harris and Sara Ivey,asst, pianists; Frances Wilson, Mere dyth Hunnicutt, and Gene' Etheridge, group leaders; Miss Nell Warren, quiz leader. An open house was held for the B, T. U. Sunday night after church at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Duggan. CARD OP THANKS The people of Perry have been most kind and generous to me since my household goods and family clothing were lost by fire on Oct. 30. Mr. family and 1 are deeply grateful and take this means of expressing thanks to everyone who has helped us. Frank Butler. Mr. Butler and his family oc cupied the house, owned by Homer W. Hall, which was com pletely destroyed by fire Satur day, Oct. 30. The house was sold a year ago by Hodges Bros, to Mayo Davis, who in turn sold it to Mr. Hall. There was only a small amount of insurance on the house and Mr. Butler had no insurance on the contents. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this means to express our sincere thanks to our many friends for their kind nesses to us during our bereave ment in the death of our mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Head, of Jackson, Georgia. Mrs. F. G. Amerson, Mrs. J. A. Padgett, Mrs. C. M. Sutton, Mrs. D. W. Ham, Mrs. C. B. Ham, Mr. G. C. Head, Mr. W. W. Head. CARD OF THANKS The children and grandchil dren of Mrs. J. B. Hunt appre ciate the many expressions of sympathy in their recent be '•eavem ,nt. 'METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church Services, 11:30 a. m., | md 7:30 p. rn. Church School—10:15 a. m. Young People’s Service. 6:30 m. Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, 7:30 p, m. The public is cordially invited to all services. i Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.