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VOL. LXXII. No. 50,
AUX. U.S.O. PLANNED
BYSOROSIS CLUB
The Perry Sorosis club made
plans to sponsor an auxiliary U.
g. 0. in Perry during weekends,
at its December meeting held
last Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Mayo Davis with Mrs. F.
M. Houser and Mrs. W. B.
Evans as joint hostesses with
Mrs. Davis. Mrs, J. L. Galle
fnore, president, presided.
The committee named to be in
charge of this U. S. 0. work is
composed of Mrs. Houser, Mrs.
L. H. Gilbert, and Mrs. Mayo
Davis.
The Robert D. Collins Post of
the American Legion will permit
use of its Home for this purpose
and members of the Sorosis club
will act as hostesses. Entertain
ment, refreshments, reading
matter and writing materials
will be supplied.
Certain funds will be provided
for this cause by the United War
Fund, Inc., according to Eugene
Baker, director for Georgia, who
was in Perry recently. This
money cannot be used to pay
workers but will help defray
other expenses in connection
with the project. All hostesses
will be volunteer workers.
Christmas Baskets
The Sorosis club provides
Christmas baskets every year
for needy families in Houston
county. Recipients’ names are
obtained through the county
Welfare office. 150 baskets of
provisions, candy, toys, etc. are
usually prepared and distributed.
This year there are only thirty
six families in the county in need
of this Christmas help at Christ
mas.
The club worked at the Red
Cross Room from 2to 4 p. m.
last Thursday and then went to
Mrs. Davis’ home for a business
and social meeting. The club
hasn’t had programs for nearly
two years but devotes its time
and activities to patriotic and
civic work.
CHRISTMAS CANTATA
PRESENTED BY CHOIRS
A cantata, “T h e Music of
Christmas” by Wilson was pre
sented by local church choirs
Sunday evening at the Perry
Baptist church. Geo. Francis
Nunn was director and Mrs.
Mayo Davis, organist.
Solo parts were sung by Mrs.
Herndon, Miss Norine Swanson,
Miss Willie Ryals, Mrs. Joe
Mitchell, Miss Barbara Whipple,
W. K. Whipple, and G. F. Nunn.
Arrangements of familiar and
best loved carols were included
in the cantata, which was" beau
tifully rendered. This union
Christmas service is looked for
ward to each year by the com
munity. The cantata rendition
this year came up to the highest
anticipation although there were
fewer voices.
Those who gave their time to
the preparation of this cantata
during these busy and troubled
times have made a valuable con
tribution to this community and
deserve praise for the pleasure
and inspiration they have
brought to others.
NOTICE
Next week’s issue of the Home
Journal, dated Dec. 23, will be a
Christmas Greeting edition con
taining holiday features and
greeting advertisements. No
personal or local news will be
published. Christmas visitors,
visits, and entertainments not
carried this week will be pub
lished Dec. 30. Readers are re
quested to notify The Editor of
their family news for this Dec.
30 issue. Thanks.
The Editor.
kiwanis club news
The Perry Kiwanis club will
cave their annual Ladies’ Night
Program on Tuesday. Jan. 4, at
the Legion Home. Officers and
directors will be installed at this
time.
SNOW FALL
It snowed in this section Wed
nesday for the first time in sev
eral years. The fall lasted four
hours but melted rapidly. How
'VeL there were evidences of
snow in some places Thurs, a. m.
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY MASONIC LODGE
Houston Lodge No. 35 F. & A.
M. elected officers for 1944 at a
meeting Monday night at the
Lodge Hall. They are: L. C.
Walker, worshipful master, Glea
Gray, senir warden; Alton Har
dy, junior warden; E. W. Tray
lor, secretary; L. H. Gilbert,
treasurer; Wm. Barfield, tyler;
L. M. Paul Jr., business man
ager.
E. P. Staples is retiring wor
shipful mester.
The Lodge will observe its cen
tennial in the early part of 1944.
An unusual thing in connection
with this 100th anniversary is
the fact that the Lodge has had
only four treasurers and that
these include only tw r o families, a
father and son of each having
held this office. These men were
the late George Paul and his son,
the late L. M. Paul Sr., grand
father and father of L. M. Paul
Jr., and the lamented H. T. Gil
bert and his son, L. H. Gilbert. 1
PERRY HIGH ACTIVITIES
The Perry schools will have a'
White Christmas Tree in the
school auditorium Friday morn
ing followed by trees in every
class room where each pupil will
receive a gift.
The sixth grade will be given
a party Thursday night at the
Legion Home by their grade
mothers, Mrs. A. C. Pritchett,
Mrs. D.J. Jones, Mrs. Fred Thom-;
son, and Mrs. joe Mitchell.
Bth Grade Program
An unusual and interesting
program was presented in chapel
Friday by the eighth grade boys
under the direction of t h e i r 1
teacher, Mrs. W. W. Driskell.
The subject was Education for
Victory and How Science Af
fects Our Lives. Changes in ed
ucation were revealed through
quotations recited by the boys.
Richard Burdette talked on
‘‘What is Education.”
There were three display tables
around which sat the speakers
on these subjects;
(1) Education for Work and
for Sound Health; (2) Educa
tion for Wartime Citizenship,
World Understanding, and World
Peace; (3) Education for the Air
Age or meeting the Emergency
in Education.
The last table had a display of i
model planes made by the Bth
grade boys and pictures of U. S.
planes. The second table held
posters on its topic and the first
table had food displays and
health posters.
Prayers were read by Derryl
Whipple and Billy Houghton.
Patriotic songs and Christmas
carols were sung. The class
gave the Pledge to the Flag.
The stage was appropriately
decorated by Mrs. G. C. Nunn
for the occasion.
Basketball
Perry Hi Panthers will play
Fort Valley in Perry Friday
night (Dec. 17) at Bp. m. The
Perry team is eager to win this
basket-ball game to even its
score this fall as the team has
lost five games and won four.
Perry won from Leslie High
28-16 Friday night in Leslie.
Perry has been victorious over
Marshallville twice this season
and once over Bonaire,
Perry has lost games to Fort |
Valley, Byron, Leslie, and
Cochran, two to Cochran.
Walter Skellie is captain of the
Panthers.
Christmas Seals
The school is sponsoring the
sale of Christmas Seals in Perry
under the direction of Supt.
E. P. Staples, county chairman. ■
The children have sold $l5B of;
seals in Perry to date. The seali
sale is expected to reach $3OO forj
the entire county, Mr. Staplesj
says.
COTTON REPORT
Census report shows that 2,628]
bales of cotton were ginned ini
Houston county from the crop of
1943 prior to Dec. 1, as compar
ed with 3,691 bales for the crop i
of 1942. I
NOTICE
The schools of Hounton county <
will close Friday, Dec. 17, for
the Christmas holidays. Opening
date will be Monday, Jan. 3,1944. 'i
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1943
| Mother Nature Is a Good Assistant
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K IF YOU live in the country, you
$ are unusually lucky, because
» you have close at hand the means
j? for making your house lovelier
R than ever this Christmas. And
85 even if you don’t, you can make
m the most of the greens, the fruits
S and the flowers you can get.
g Fruit on a plate, surrounded
85 with sprays of evergreen or hol
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2 And taffy apples make grand
R place cards. To the stick in each,
g tie a sprig of green with a colored
R ribbon, a different color for each
g guest. Let your guests draw dupli
u cate pieces of ribbon and find
' g their places that way. It’s fun,
| w and it will save you the grief of
[S deciding whether to seat Aunt Bes-
K sie next to Grandma or opposite
g Uncle Pete.
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METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
The pastor will bring a Christ
mas message at the morning
service next Sunday, Dec. 19.
Christmas carols will be sung.
The young people will be in
charge of the music at the even
ing church service.
The Church School will have a
White Christmas next Sunday,
following classes, for the con
ference Orphans’ Home at Ma
con, according to C. P, Gray, 1
school superintendent Offer
ings of money and provisions
will be acceptable.
The Men’s Bible class will pre
sent gifts to the classes in the
Beginner, Primary, Junior, and
Intermediate departments. A W.
Dahlberg is chairman of this
gift committee. Mayo Davis,;
class president, will present the!
gifts.
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.,J
and 7:30 p. m.
Church School—10:15 a. m |
Young People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor,
WITH THE HOUSTON
SOIL CONSERVERS
By LOUIS SKINNER
Soil Conservation Service
We were very disappointed in
the number of farmers that turn
ed out for the terracing and kud
zu planting demonstration last
week. I certainly hope there is
more interest in the county, in
terracing construction, than was
represented by the size of the
crowd at the demonstration. The
seriousness of soil erosion
sion still must not be realized by
the majority of farmers.
E. S. Wheeler, cooperator of
the district, had terrace lines sur
veyed on his farm last week.
Construction of the terraces was
begun immediately after the sur
veying was started.
K. H. Howard has applied for
terrace line service, and his
farm will be surveyed at an early
date.
The crimson clover that Frank
Rozar sowed on E. M, Beckham’s
farm, seems to be getting off to a
good start. We are very anxious
to learn the possibilities of crim
son clover for this section of the
State.
For those who would like to
have terraces constructed, but
have no machinery with which to
do this, we hope to have a plan
worked out by the first of Jan
uary, in cooperation with the
AAA, in which we will have con
struction work done. Several
farmers have agreed to contract'
with the AAA to do terrace con-j
struction work.
Cover the whole with sprays of $
evergreen. Add candles if you 8
like. a
«Tie wreaths «
of evergreen $
or holly to your 8
front door and « ,
hang them in « j
your windows.
Tie evergreen 8
to the base of ||
it to y o u r 8
Ch t i s t m a s g
to use it where *
you like to give your home a S
friendly appearance. g
Evergreen or holly corsages $
make excellent party favors, and W
you can make them in a twinkling a
by tying the sprigs together with S
ribbon. You can wire them for g
added security, but it really isn’t 8
necessary. Use them for place a
cards, too. S
And if you didn’t do it this year, %
be sure next fall to grow your 8
own Christinas 3
flowers for dec- vl
orations and &
for gifts—espe- mi 8
dally to shut- a
in friends. A I up/1 r. *
few cents’ «|SiU
cissus bulbs |
will provide
you with rfiany weeks’ pleasure.
Half the fun of Christmas is in 8
getting ready for it. Most of the
other half is in doing it yourself. §
Let nature help you! 3 i
JUDGE ANOEHSON ACCEPTED
FDR SEME IN U. S. NAVY
Superior Court Judge A, M.
Anderson of Perry has been ac
cepted and inducted into the U.
S. Navy.
Judge Anderson has served as
jurist of the Bibb circuit’s crimi
nal circuit since August, 1939,
is married, and has three chil
idren. He is 35 years old.
The jurist said he expected to
make no change in his official
status as judge of the Superior
courts of this circuit until he was
‘‘definitely established in the
Navy. ”
Disclosure of his induction into
the armed forces was made Mon
day while the judge was holding
j court in Perry,
I Judge Anderson was ordered
■ to report for induction Saturday,
j but has requested from the Navy
!an extension of time to wind up
| official work and to adjust per
sonal affairs.
Judge Anderson has served
slightly less than one year of his
present term, which expires Jan.
1, 1947.
, Court Session
Judge George S. Carpenter of
Milledgeville, judge of the Oc
mulgee circuit, presided over
Houston Superior Court here
Tuesday and Wednesday to re
lieve Judge Anderson,
Oscar Felder, charged with
murder, entered a plea of guilty
on Monday and was sentenced to
life in the penitentiary, Ulysees
Gilbert was found guilty of rnur
; derby jury on Tuesday and sen
tenced to the electric chair. An
, appeal for a new trial will be
made by his attorney, George
Garrett. The case of Arthur
Pritchett, also charged with
murder was postponed.
The court adjourned for the
term Wednesday afternoon.
'CENTERVILLE NEWS"
Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas
of Jacksonville, Fla. spent the
weekend with relatives.
Mrs. Ida Hagabrook of Monte
zuma spent several days with her
brother, Mr. R. F. Scarborough,
and Mrs. Scarborough last week.
Mrs. J. M. Holloman visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stembridge
recently.
Mrs. Sara Stafford, Warner
Robins, spent last week with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Will Bassett spent last
week with her son, Mr. Elzie
Bassett, and family.
Mrs. Paul Calhoun spent last
jweek with relatives in Vienna.
A.A.A. COMMITTEEMEN
FOR 1944 ELECTED
A. A. A. community commit
teemen for 1944 were elected Fri
day by Houston county farmers.
They are as follows;
Perry—J. C. Ward, W. W.
Gray, and W. C. Langston Jr.
Centerville —J. T. Garvin.
Wellston--M. H. Stubbs,
Lonaire —C. E. Sasser,
Heard —J. G. Heard
Hayneville—L. M. McCormick
and V. B Abrams.
Elko--J. E. Eason.
Henderson— C. E. Blackmon
and John L. Davis.
The county A. A. A. commit
tee is composed of the following:
L. W. Tabor, chmn,; H. B. Gil
bert, vice chmn.; W. N. John
son, member: A. R. Talton, Ist
alternate: J- E. Eason, 2nd alter
ternate. E. W. Traylor is sec
retary of the committee and ad
ministrative officer for the
county.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
We, the Grand Jury sworn for
the December Term, Houston
Superior Court, wish to make the
following presentments;
We have had for our considera
tion 33 bills of indictment and
have returned 27 True Bills and
6 No Bills.
Due to the fact that the Grand
Jury for the April Term of this
Court made a most thorough ex
amination and detailed report on
i the conduct of the County Of
jficers and property, we have not
deemed it necessary to place the
additional expense on the county
of making another inspection at
this time.
We note, however, that in the
presentments of the preceeding
Grand Jury, certain vitally need
ed improvements and repairs for
the court house were recommend
ed, These repairs and improve
ments have not been made and
we again earnestly recommend
that these be made.
We approve and recommend
for payment the bills of Court
Officers for service rendered this
body as follows:
To Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk, for
issuing 131 Subpoenas at 15c,
$18.65
To C. C. Chapman, Sheriff, for
serving 131 Subpoenas at 5(Jc,
$65.5(J.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in one
issue of The Houston Home Jour
nal at a cost not exceeding $l5.
In taking leave of Uie Court
we wish to express our apprecia
tion to the Court Officers lor the
many courtesies extended to us
during our deliberations.
Respectfully submitted this
7th day of December, 1943.
L. H. Gilbert, Foreman; Hugh
Lawson, Clerk: K. T. Tuggle,
Doyle McElhenny, Thomas D.
Mason, Jr., L. M. NeSmilh, B.
H. Newberry, J. W. Kersey, W.
D. Henson, H. V. Brarnblett, J.
T. Overton. K, E. Dunbar, Jr.,
J. Frank Rozar, G. E. Perdue,
E. Bateman. Richard W. Jones,
L. S. Hayes, 1. M. Langston, W.
E. Vinson, Jr., Robert E.Horton.
Georgia, Houston County.
Let the above and foregoing
Presentments of the Grand Jury
be filed and recorded according
to law and published as therein
recommended.
This December 7, 1943.
A. M. ANDERSON,
Judge S. C. M. C.
CHAS. H. GARRETT.
Solicitor General.
Georg:a, Houston County.
I, Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk of
Superior Court of Houston Coun
ty, Georgia, do hereby certify
tnat the within and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the
Grand Jury Presentments, as
same appears of record in th .
office. .
Witness my official signature
and seal of this Court.
This December 13, 1943.
TOMMIE S. HUNT, Clerk
of Superior Court, Houston
County Georgia.
TAX NOTICE
Houston County Tax Books are
now open for payment of 1943
taxes. Pay on or before Dec.2o,
1943 and avoid penalty.
M, E. AKIN, Tax Collector
12;15 Houston County, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1870
CORD OF PULPWOOD
MAY SAVE MAN’S LIFE
A cord of pulpwood means only
a few hours’ work to an experi
enced woodsman, but to a boy on
i the fighting front it may mean
the saving of his life or at least
the assurance that he is ade
quately equipped to fight.
“Few of us who have been
working with pulpwood most of
our lives realize how widespread
is its use in wartime,” F. G.
Gragg, of International Paper
Company, Panama City, Florida,
said today in urging the cutting
of an extra cord of pulpwood be
fore the end of 1943.
“One cord of pulpwood takes
on real meaning today when we
pause to consider some of its
many uses by the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, and Air Corps.
With trees so plentiful we can
not risk endangering the lives of
our boys overseas by failing to
produce whatever amount of
pulpwood the War Production
Hoard says is essential.
“Here are a few things a cord
of pulpwood will do for our
fighting forces:
“It may be converted into a
basic part of the smokeless
powder used to fire 90,000 bul
lets in a Garand rifle or 420 shells
from a 105 mm. artillery gun, or
24 shells from the gib 16-inch
guns on the U, S. S. South
Dakota.
“It can be turned into 4,200
weatherproof packages to carry
life-saving blood plasma, 3.330
containers for first-aid kits with
emergency battle dressings and
the almost miraculous sulfa tab
lets, or into 1,644 hospital wad
dings for field treatments and
emergency operations.
“Nearly 1,600 fibre parachutes
for bombing flares or food sup
plies can be made from one cord
of pulpwood, as can 1,440 anti
tank mine covers, 2,148 water
tight jackets for 37 mrn. shells,
or 800 warm vests for aviators in
high altitudes.
Much of the food and equip
ment sent overseas today is
shipped in the now famous wat
ertight V-boxes of which 156 can
be made from one cord of wood.
That same cord could also be
changed into 1,560 durable con
tainers for the servicemen’s K
rations, 900 tough multiwall
‘Commando’ bags for the ship
ment of bulk foods and supplies,
or 1,200 yards ot ordnance wraps
to protest valuable airplane en
gines from rust and other dam
aging elements of the weather.”
Mr. Gragg said that at the be
ginning of the war, military
operations were sometimes re
garded when maps became soak
jed with water from storms or in-
J vasion landings, and fell apart,
j Sometimes they were soaked in
■ blood. Maps are made water
proof by fibre compounds, and
one cord of pulpwood will make
6,120 military maps able to with
stand the toughest battle condi
tions.
Bombs and shells destined for
Hitler and Tojo were once ship
ped in critical-material protec
i live cases but are now virtually
I wrapped in trees. One cord of
pulp can provide 72 protective
rings for 1,000-pound bombs or
more than 1,800 “grommets” for
; the 5 inch shells.
“When the nation, particularly
the farmers and woodcutters,
realize what one cord can mean
to every mother’s son of ours in
battle, I know the shortage will
be overcome just as surely as the
Nazis and Japs will be over
come,” Gragg concluded.
i BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
1
!
Sum’ay School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
j Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
! 7:30 p. m.
I The public is cordially invited
j to all services.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
BASKETBALL GAME
PERRY HIGH
vs.
1 FORT VALLEY HI
Fri., Dec. 17, 8 P. M.
i PERRY COURT
