Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, January 06, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXIII. No. 1. PERKY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 6. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 OFFICERS INSTALLED BY KIWANIS CLUB Officers were installed by the Perry Kiwanis club Tuesday night at a Ladies’ Night dinner, held at the Legion Home. Mayo Davis, retiring president, was toastmaster. Rev. J Maurice Trimmer, pas tor of Tattnall Square Baptist church, Macon, was the speaker, bringing a new year message in terspersed with humorous re marks. Judge A. M. Anderson introduced this guest speaker. C. P. Gray, retiring lieutenant governor, installed the new of ficers and directors who are: E. P. Staples, president: G.F.Nunn, vice-president; Alton Hardy, secty.-treasurer: John William son, William Barfield, W.C. Hug gins, Tommy Hunt, directors. A musical program was render ed by Miss Willie Ryals, pianist, during the dinner. A group of high school girls, members of the Home Econo mics class of the Perry school, served the dinner and after wards sang for the guests. They were Barbara Whipple, Jane Ri ley, Annis Jean NeSmith, Doro thy Busbee, Bess Houser Nunn, and Lillie Brooks, Francis Nunn rendered two vo cal solos with Miss Ryals as pianist. The dining tables were dec orated with clear crystal candle holders holding white lighted tapers and bubble bowls contain ing pink gladioli florets. Sprays of smilax were used as table streamers and to decorate the mantel, piano, and pedestals which held pot plants of pink begonias. The decorating committee was composed of Mrs. Mayo Davis, Mrs. A. C. Pritchett and Mrs. F. M. Houser. RATIONING REMINDERS Sugar Stamp 29 in War Ration Book 4 good for 5 lbs. of sugar until Jan. 15, 1944. Sugar Stamp No. 30 in Book 4 becomes valid on Jan. 16 and will be good for five pounds thru March 31. Gasoline No. 8 coupons in “A” books expire Feb. 8. The gasoline quota assigned to civilian motorists in the eastern seaboard area for the month of January, 1944, has been reduced 7,000 barrels daily by the Petro leum Administrator for War. At present 36 per cent of all our gasoline is being used for military purposes. During 1944, the amount going to the Army and Navy will be increased to 40 per cent. Fuel Oil Jan. 3, 1944—Period 1 coupons valid through this date. , Shoes Stamp No. 18 valid for one pair of shoes for indefinite period. Stamp lon “airplane” sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair Nov. 1. Meats and Fats Brown Stamps R and S (Book 3) valid through January 29. Processed Foods Green D, E, F, Stamps (Book 4) expire Jan. 20. Green, G, H, J, become valid Jan. 1 and ex pire Feb. 20. MRS. ELLEN EVANS DIES Mrs. Ellen J. Evans, age 69, passed away Sunday p. m., Jan. 2, at home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Boland, in Fort Valley af ter an illness of several years. She was born in Tennessee May 4, 1874. Funeral services were held Monday 3p. m. at the home of her son, Mr. Loye Evans, at Clinchfield. Services were con ducted by Rev. R. E. Allen of Macon, Interment followed in Evergreen cemetery, Perry. Survivors are her son; two daughters, Mrs. Boland, and Mrs, Marie Denton of Toccoa, Ga, and several grandchildren, Mrs. Evans made her home in Perry for several years and moved to Fort Valley four years ago. WITH THE HOUSTON SOIL CONSERVERS By LOUIS SKINNER Soil Conservation Service A number of business houses throughout the Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conserva tion District provided funds for the production of a number of soil conservation calendars, which are sponsored by the Supervisors of the district. Each month has timely reminders of soil conser vation practices that should be applied during that month. It is believed that this calendar will stimulate interest in applying conservation practices on our farms.. In the last few months I have noticed numerous articles on soil conservation in some of our lead ing magazines. This goes to prove that a lot of people are vitally interested in preventing soil erosion. R. H. Howard, who is a co operator of the district, had ter race lines surveyed on his farm last week. Construction will be gin as soon as the weather per mits. We have just received notice in the last day or two that kudzu crowns will be rather limited this year, so it is urgent that all orders be placed for crowns im mediately. We had not antici pated this acute shortage, but if we get our orders placed im mediately, we think they will be filled all right. Remember these crowns can be purchased through the AAA program. CENTERVILLE NEWS Mrs. Ira Garvin spent several days last week with her sister, Mrs, Donald Jones, and Mr. Jones in Atlanta. Pfc. Julian B. Tucker has re turned to Camp Butner, N. C. after a 10 day furlough with his wife and relatives, Pfc. and Mrs. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and daughter, Angela, spent Wednesday of last week with Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Lev erette in Fort Valley. Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Stembridge spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F, McEachin in Warner Rob ins, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Garvin had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scarborough, Gor don Jr, and James, and Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Scarborough. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vissage and daughter, Toni, visited Mrs. Vis sage’s father, Mr, W. E. Rape. , Mrs. J. M. Holloman and 'grandson, Jimmy Lee, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stembridge last Thursday. Mr. W. E. Rape and family spent last Wednesday with his sister, Mrs. Cliff Newell, and , family. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Stafford had as their guests for the ■'weekend Mr. and Mrs. Pat Staf -1 ford and sons, Sonny and Art, of Fitzgerald, Ga. They had as their guests New Year’s Day ■ their son, Cpl. Connell Stafford, who is home on a 15 day fur lough, from Camp Shelby. Miss. Mrs. Stafford and son, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Newell and family of Powersville, and Mr. Sheffield of Macon. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Methodist W. S. C. S. will have their general meeting at the church Monday, Jan. 10, having postponed it from Jan. 3 - to this date. The Baptist W. M. S. will meet at the church next Monday at 3:30 p. m. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends for their kind expressions of 1 sympathy in our recent bereave : ment. Loye Evans Mrs. Lucy Boland ■ Mrs. Marie Denton. (RESUME OF 1943 HAPPENINGS AS REPORTED IN HOME JOURNAL I * 1 JANUARY ’ I China Relief Drive results in 1 double of goal being raised. ’ Deaths of G. L. Slocumb, G. . C. Harrison, Mrs. D. M. Johnson * occur. J War Production Goals for far [ mers announced. 1 Perry Bank has its largest re sources to date. ; H. D. Palmer elected city ’ clerk to succeed W. F. Norwood, | resigned. ;I Perry High School Victory I Corp organized. I Postal Receipts in Perry in : crease 25% during 1942, I I Infantile Paralysis Drive nets ■ $2OO. * Emmit Akin purchases Pritch ‘ ett’s Pharmacy and changes ■ name to Akin Drug Co. Bandage rolling begun at Red ‘ Cross Work Room. Workers ‘ needed. 1 Collection of Tin Cans begun. ‘ Quotas for farm machinery fixed. Mayo Davis, president Perry Kiwanis club, names committees. : Senator J. W. Bloodworth ap pointed to 17 committees of Gen j'eral Assembly. M Perry Federal Savings & Loan ' I Association has successful year. ;| Tire Inspection Required by I OP A. ; FEBRUARY . Community meetings held by | County Agent W. T. Middle brooks. War Ration Book II for foods issued. Food Panel of Ration ing Board named as follows: Mrs. Ruby C. Hodges, Francis Nunn, and Paschal Muse. 1 Perry High receives Victory Corps award. A. E. Barnes Sr., court re porter for over 50 years, dies. Shoe Rationing goes into ef- I feet. . Date for holding Houston Su [ perior Court changed to first , Monday in April and December. School building for Warner ( Robins approved. ' Perry wins Third Dist. Basket ball Tournament, held in Perry. , Methodist observe Layman’s Day. i MARCH . Annual Fat Cattle Show spon sored by Kiwanis club. Richard 1 Ogletree has champion calf. ■ Black Angus calf of Eugene 1 Pyles champion of Macon Cattle . Show. 1 Planting of Victory Gardens urged. . Warner Robins incorporated as town with C. B. Watson as may -1 or under bill introduced in Gen- J era! Assembly by Senator J. W. Bloodworth. Red Cross War Relief Drive | held, $2,700 raised. 1 Mrs. H. E. Talton passes. Rationing of meats, fats, etc. * begun Mch. 29. J Community Soft Ball League ' organized. | Demonstration of Dehydration ' of foods given. ' Sgt. Josef Raieff, concert pi -1 anist, gives concert in Perry for ’ benefit Red Cross. i APRIL 1 j f Canning Plant building f erected. 2nd War Loan Drive held. (County passes $109,500 quota [buying $200,000 of bonds. Softball League opens season. J Book of Poems published by (Mrs. Bessie Houser Nunn, j Staff Sgt. W. C. Cauthon Jr. ’,!dies in North Africa, j Baptists begin Revival Ser vices. t Confederate Memorial Day ex tlercises held with Judge A. M. ! Anderson as speaker. | Perry gets grant of $52,000 for | sewer system. i Warner Robins Army Air De- I pot dedicated. MAY -I Farm Bureau has membership drive. Perry votes for a $30,000 Bond [issue for sewer system. | $250 raised for Perry Public 1 Library. I Price ceilings set on Butter, Eggs,, Chickens. Home Guard gets 11 new members. Housewives urged to save waste fats. P. H.S. commencement begins. Boy Scouts Re-organized. 1 Applications for War Ration Book 3 issued thru Post Office. JUNE Canning Plant begins opera tion. 30 seniors graduate from Per ry High. Town people urged to join 'Crop Corps. Nursery Schools open in Perry and Warner Robins. Home-canning demonstration held in Perry. Mrs. W. J. Ingram observes 91st birthday, W. H. Leverette dies. Memorial services held for Pfc. W. B. Whitten, who died in 1 Japanese prison camp. Price Ceilings set on I*ooo grocery items. 1 Peanut Allotment and quotas revoked. City’s first Florist Shop open ed by Watson and Whipple. JULY Watermelons an d peaches bring good prices; crops small. Farm Labor need urgent in county. Safety Trophy re-dedicated by Penn-Dixie Cement Plant No. 2, { Clinchfield. AUGUST Australian Ballot System used for first time in Houston county in General Election of Aug. 3. , Only 142 votes cast in county. Contract for sewer system awarded to E. M. Beckham con , struction company. County’s tax rate reduced two [ mills. i Soil conservation emphasized. SEPTEMBER 3rd War Loan Drive held. County buys $393,000 of bonds on a $264,200 quota; C. E. An drew, chmn. E, P. Newhard ■ named chmn. 13th Ga. Bond District. County Schools open fall term. “Bears” win season cham pionship of Softball League, I’ulpwbod shortage serious. Work on sewer system begun. E. F. Barfield dies, Capt. H. E. Evans heads local i Guard Unit. Picture of Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges presented to Perry School. Students assist in harvesting 1 crops. Prison Reform session of Gen -1 eral Assembly held. 1 Assistants named to Price Pan el of Rationing Board. J. H. Clark of Elko dies. , OCTOBER “A” Gas Ration Books re newed. War Ration Book 4 issued. Service Flag dedicated by Per , ry Baptist church. Successful year closed by Baptists. Methodists entertain District conference. War Relief Fund Drive quota i of $1,400 oversubscribed 70%. County Dem. Exec, committee meets and sets date and rules for Primary. Local people donate blood to . Red Cross. Forest Fire Prevention cam paign begun. Landowners urged to cut pulp ; wood. Houston Schools given $67,830 of federal funds. NOVEMBER Local F. F. A. boys win honors at Ga. Fair. Mrs. J. B. Hunt dies. 225,000 county farmers receive $10,000,000 in AAA conservation . payment. Laying of sewer mains com , pleted. Fire damages county commis sioners’ office. Mrs. C. A. Thurmond dies. Miss Agnes Lee dies. Houston’s fighter plane bought thru the purchase of war bonds named “The Panther” in honor of P. H. S.’s basketball team, i Mrs. Elizabeth S, Dixon dies, R. L. Thompson dies, C. H. Thomson dies. DECEMBER : S. W. Hickson elected county school supt. in county primary election. Sam A. Nunn re-elected may or; Alton Hardy, J. A. Bedding field and Francis Nunn, council ; men in city election. Superior Court convenes. Mrs. Anna L. Bonner dies. Sam A. Nunn promoted to Lt.- I PULPWOOD PRODUCERS AID WAR PROGRAM Farmers and woodsmen, busy producing the nation’s pulpwood today, are essential to our war effort as the builders of planes, ships, tanks and guns, L. D, Hall of International Paper Com pany, Panama City, Fla. said this week, “Pulpwood is not only an am munition of war, but it plays a major role in the shipment of food and the protection of our heroic soldiers,” Mr. Hall said. “Unless we can keep a steady supply of this vital war material flowing into production, our war effort will be seriously hampered. “One cord of pulpwood can become as important in the life of a soldier or sailor as an equal amount of almost any other war product. “In the endless battle of sup ply, pulywood has replaced criti cal metals, rubber, fabrics, ma nila, lumber and leather by the ton,” Mr. Hall said. “First used by necessity as a substitute, pulpwood materials have proven, in some cases, better than the original products. “When a man cuts a cord of wood today he makes possible the manufacture of smokeless pow der for 90,000 Garand rifle bul lets, 420 shells for the 105 mm. ’Long Toms’, or 24 of the big 16- inch naval shells that have blast ed dozens of Tojo’s ships to the bottom of the Pacific. “Our paratroopers who swoop down behind the enemy lines to destroy vital installations must often be supplied with emergen cy rations and ammunition. One cord of wood can be converted into 1,560 fibre containers for ‘K-rations’, 1,464 cargo para chutes and into scores of water tight cases for ammunitions. “Boffibs for Berlin and shells for Jap outposts must be care fully protected in shipment so they can be dropped on the ene my in perfect condition. One cord of wood can make protec tive rings few* 72 of our 1,000- pound bombs or 1,872 weather tight cases for the effective 5- inch shells of the artillery. “American deaths from wounds have held to a minimum in the fighting so far partly because blood plasma, first-aid kits, and other medical supplies have been delivered safely to the front lines in durable pulpwood containers. One cord of pulpwood can be changed into 4,200 weather proof containers for blood plas ma, 3,336 individual first-aid kits witn battle dressings and life-saving »ulpha tablets, or 1,- 644 hospital waddings for fielu treatments operations. “One curd of pulpwood will also make 1,200 yards of ord nance wraps to protect airplane engines in shipment overseas, 6,120 sheets of weather-prool paper for military maps, or hun dreds of yards of comuullage ma terials to conseal of boys from enemy bombers. “Despite the millions of trees standing idle in the fields and woodlands, the nation today fac- 1 es a serious pulpwood shortage] because of the scarcity of man power. “Claude R. Wickard, Secre tary of Agriculture, has appealed to the farmers of America to harvest this ‘forgotten crop’ now. By doing so, he said, ‘ . the farmer will add to his income; he will .improve h i s woodlot; and he will be making a valuable contribution to the war effort.” Over head Type Door The over-head type door is now be- | ing used extensively on all kinds of | garages. They are easily installed j and can be operated by hand, elec- | trically or hydraulically with equal ; ease. colonel in Ga. State Guard andj assigned to command 12th Bat talion under re-organization plan. Annual Christmas caml ser vice held. 40 new homes to be built in Perry by Perry Heights, Inc. J. P. Etheridge opens real es tate office. A. A. A. committeemen for 1944 elected. Sorcsis club sponsors Aux. U. S. O. in Perry. Masons elect officers. Judge Anderson accepted for service in U. S. Navy. 1’44 COTTON OUTLOOK 'GIVEN BY SPECIALIST ( Despite shortages of labor and farm machinery and other han dicaps, cotton farmers did a grand job in 1948, E. C. West brook, cotton specialist for the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, said this week. Only : 1,610,000 acres were harvested in 1943, the lowest since 1782. but production of 860,000 bales was only 5,000 less than in 1942. Georgia’s per acre yield of lint cotton this year was the third largest ever produced in the state, he continued. The yield this year was 254 pounds, while that in 1942 was only 240 pounds. Record years were 1937, when the yield was 270 pounds, and 1911, when it was 267. High yields per acre in 1943 were made despite heavy boll weevil infestation throughout the season. “Farmers put up the best fight against the boll weevil they have ever made. They stocked up with calcium arsenate early and used more than G million pounds,’’ he as serted. Another factor contributing to larger yields was treatment of three fourths of the planting seed to destroy seed-borne di seases. One-third of the total acreage in Georgia was grown in one variety cotton communities. Ap proximately three-fourths of the remaining two-thirds was plant ed to the same superior high yielding varieties of cotton used in one-variety communities. Mr. Westbrook lauded the teamwork that made this record possible. “The farmer did a grand job, and all of the various agricultural agencies, schools, civic, business and industrial groups worked with him as a team. “Due to the urgent need for other food and feed crops in the war program, and due to the smaller labor supply, the 1944 cotton acreage will probably be slightly smaller than in 1943, The need for cottonseed oil, cot tonseed meal and hulls will be as great, or greater in 1944, and the need for quality cotton for the manufacture of war and civilian goods, if the war con tinues, will be as great.” He predicted that the acreage of cotton of 1 1-8 to 1 1-4 inch staple will probably be greater in 1944 than in 1943. Produc tion of cotton of those lengths was successful in 1943 when planted on good land and liberal | ly fertilized. There has been a big demand for good planting seed for 1944. Indications are that most of .Georgia’s acreage in 1944 will be planted to pure seed of varieties that produce a staple length of 15-16 inch to 1 1-16 inch. Sev eral new one-variety cotton com munities were organized in the fall of 1943, and others will be organized in the winter and spring of 1944, Mr, Westbrook | continued, Indications are that there will be an ample supply of fertilizers for the 1944 crop. “There are signs that farmers will use a larger amount of fertilizer on their cotton crop next year in an effort to maintain production on a smaller acreage. This method i of maintaining production with a smaller acreage is justified,” the specialist declared. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS j Church Services, 11:30 a. m., land 7:30 p. m, j Church School-10:15 a. m. Young People’s Service, 6:30 |P. m. I Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor. | BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. j Morning Worship Service 11:30. Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. j Prayer Service Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. tThis is a family war. Put your War Bond buying through the payroll savings plan on a family plan, which means fig ure it out yourself.