Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, January 27, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text\ Houston Home Journal - ■■ t * ————— - ... - VOL. LXXIII. No. 4, • PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 27. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 4TH WAR LOAN DRIVE UNDERWAY Committees of the War Sav ings Staff of Houston county are engaged in canvassing business sections and home districts in an effort to sell bonds during the 4th War Loan Drive. Houston county’s quota is $342,800 and J. P. Etheridge is county chairman. Mr. Etheridge presented Cant. O. W. Teeples, of Robins Field, Post War Bond officer, as speak er at Tuesday’s meeting of the Perry Kiwanis club. Capt. Teep les said that 90 percent of the employees at Robins Field were buying War Bonds under the pay reservation plan. He praised Perry and Houston county for meeting bond quotas in previous War Loan Drives and inspired confidence in their ability to do this again. The captain said that War Bonds should be bought for both selfish and unselfish reasons; be cause they are a good investment and because the government wants the loan of our money to finance the war. The women’s division of the War Savings Staff met Monday p. m. at the home of Mrs. G. C. Nunn, chairman, and made plans for a house-to-house canvass to promote the sale of bonds. The special sales committee will sell war bonds in local drug stores in the afternoon. SERVICE GUILD MEETS Officers were installed and a pledge service held by the Wes leyan Service Guild at its Janu ary meeting held last Thursday night at the home of Mrs. G. C. Nunn. Rev. J. E, Sampley conducted the installation service. Officers are: Miss Dorothy Jones, presi dent; Miss Norine Swanson, vice president:Miss Audrey Andrews, secretary; Miss Elizabeth Short, treasurer; Mrs. J. L. Hodges, counselor. Composing the committees are; Christian Social Relations and Local Church Activities—Misses Louise Rainey, Phoebe Harper, and Ruby Pickens. Spiritual Life—Misses Frances Couey, and Allene Ryals. Stewardship—-Misses El i z a beth Short, Edna Barrow, and Margaret McFarland. Publicity—Mrs, J. L. Hodges. Membership—Misses Thelma Bickley, Gertrude Frederick, Vonceil Summers, and Frances Couey. Music—Misses Allene and Willie Ryals, and Mrs. W. W. Driskell. Missionary Cultivation—M rs. Cater Rogers and Mrs. J. L. Hodges. Social and Recreational-Misses Ruby Pickens, Audrey Andrews, and Marianne Nunn. Library-Misses Louise Rainey, Louise Houser, and Phoebe Harper. Prior to the pledge service, Mrs. G. C. Nunn made a timely and challenging talk on missions. $93 was pledged by members present. The Guild made a pledge of $5O to the Woman’s Society of Christian Service. The devotional was given by Miss Frances Couey, Twenty-one were present in cluding five new members. Miss Jones, Miss Couey, and Mrs. Nunn served refreshments during the social hour. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church Services, 11:30 a. m., and 7;30 p. m. Church School--10:15 a. m Young People’s Service. 6:30 p. 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. Training Union, 6;30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. A. W. DAHLBERG Certified Public Accountant Perry, Georgia Audits - Systems • Income Tax H. ALBEAT TUCKER DIES AT CENTERVILLE Henry Albert Tucker, Houston county farmer, died at his resi dence near Centerville at 11, a. m Friday after a lingering ill ness. Mr. Tucker was a life-long resident of Houston county, born here April 28, 1874, the son of Charlie Tucker and Mrs. Fannie Thompson Tucker, a prominent Houston county family. Mr. Tucker was a member of the Board of Tax Assessors of Houston county for severrl years. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Gertrude Leaptrot; two daughters, Mrs. C.F.Thomp son, Hawkinsville; Mrs. H. T. Simons, Warner Robins; two sons, J. B. and H. A. Tucker in the U. S. Army; three brothers, Perry Tucker, Pinehurst; Charlie Tucker, Birmingham; B.D. Tuck er, Fitzgerald: two sisters, Mrs. R. D. Britt and Mrs. W.O. Leap trat, Pinehurst. Funeral services were held at the Perry Baptist church at 3 p. m. CWT Sunday. Elder Will Green, Elder G. R. Hunt, and the Rev. J. A. Ivey officiated. Active pallbearers were Ru burn Scarborough, Wesley John son, Wilburn Renfroe, Hubert Watson, Emmit Akin and Donald Smith. Honorary pallbearers were E. W. Traylor, C. E. Brunson, Dr. ; C. F. Cooper, M. E. Akin, T. Rad Turner, C. Boss Watson, Clint Watson, J. Alva Davis, C. C. Pierce, and John L. Hodges. HEBE'S HOW ' By W, T. M,, County Agent Q. When water faucets drip and there is no plumber to call, how can I stop the drip? A. If you have the ordinary ; compression faucet, first cut off water, then screw out the valve stem and look for the rubber washer at the bottom of the stem. Examine its size and thickness, then get a new washer of the same size from your plumber or : hardware dealer. Now remove the washer screw and put in the i new washer and replace the washer screw, then screw the valve stern back into the faucet, i If you have further difficulty go to your plumber and get him to show you a faucet just like your : own, how to take it apart and to replace the old washer with a new one. “Fix your own” is a i good slogan in war time and will save you much trouble if you i know how, I Q. What points should I ob serve in making my victory gar den supply the needs of the family? A. Have your victory garden large enough to fit your needs; increase its size if necessary to i supply plenty of fresh vegetables throughout the growing season and surplus to can, store and ■ dry for winter use. Test seed i for germination, treat seed to prevent disease, and inoculate seed whenever necessary co in ■ sure good stands. Take precau tions to protect young seedling plants from disease while in the i frame or hotbed. Order needed ; seed early for garden crops. Plant in hotbeds or cold frames ■ things necessary for early spring planting; have ground well pre pared and fertilized for these crops. Remember to get your 1 planting maps for Georgia gard i eners through the office of your local county or home demonstra tion agents and follow planting schedule to furnish a continuous l vegetable supply throughout the year. Q. I have three sons in the army. I want to grow enough food for sale to supply them with essential needs. How much should 1 estimate for each? A. The average man in the service eats yearly 150 pounds of beef, 80 pounds pork, 45 pounds poultry, 35 dozen eggs, 250 pounds Irish potatoes, 25 pounds sweet potatoes and 250 pounds shelled peanuts. Perhaps you can grow enough for three other service men, also. A'VMR/% QACKw ATTACK I LET S ALL BACK THE ATTACK (EDITORIAL) i! . I The Fourth War Loan is part [and parcel of the preparations I for the all-out smash at Ger many and Japan. Th e slogan, 1 “Let’s All Back the Attack,” conveys the note of urgency to everyone of us to do our utmost to make certain that we do not have another Dunkerque or Diep pe on our hands. If you have | anyone near the battlefront —and ' who has not —you will want to sacrifice to the point of hurt to : buy extra war bonds. :i This is a kind of a war you as an individual can’t brush off. You’re in it to the hilt. Not since • the very beginning of the Re public have the ringing words of the Founding Fathers —“w e ! pledge our lives and our for tunes’’ —resounded so clearly and so truly. Because if we lose, we lose all—not only as a nation but as individuals. ; In the big assault, in which men from this community—men I from your very home town and . your neighbor’s homes —will be braving every terror a Hitler can ■ hurl against them—you have a ■ job to do. You can’t afford to ; take the chance that you will not [ be needed. Every man and wo man and even our children must deny themselves comforts and luxuries to put the money into extra war bonds in order to achieve in some measure the sacrifices which their sons, broth ers, fathers, husbands and friends will make in the next few months, perhaps weeks. The fatal days are here. In the years to come you will look back at the early months of 1944 and recall what you did to help I I save yourself, your family and your country-. Every home which displays the ’ Treasury Department’s 4th War Loan, red, white and blue shield • with its proud message, “We’ve Bought Extra Bonds,” is adding its weight to the attack. In doing your duty in the - forthcoming invasion to crush our enemies, you are first being : loyal to your country. However, : you must not lose sight of the : fact that “buying bonds” and ! keeping them is actually saving money. Bonds are savings. They 1 are real social security, real old 1 age insurance. They are the safest and best investment for • the average man, against a 1 rainy day. | Where else can you find an op -1 portunity for small investment 1 today, such as in E Bonds, that guarantees a 23-1-3 per cent in ■ crease in 10 years? Thus, from a standpoint of ! sound reasoning, every person should put every dollar they have 1 into War Bonds, for the good of i the country and for the good of 1 the individual citizen. Let’s all > back the attack. i 1 ■ Kims CLUB COMMITTEES j , President E. P. Staples of the I Perry Kiwanis club has announc- I ed the following committees for 11944: . Boys’ and Girls’ Vocational ! Guidance—G. Francis Nunn, A. 1 C. Pritchett, L. C. Walker, B. 0, , I Scruggs, F. M. Houser, and J.L. ; Gallemore. Sign—T. S. Hunt and C, C. , Chapman. Agriculture—A. W. Dahlberg, S, A. Nunn, W. ,T. Mobley, Louis , Skinner, W. V. Tuggle, W. T. 1 Middlebrooks, G. C. Nunn, Mayo Davis. , Public Affairs & Inter-Club ; Relations--J. P. Etheridge, C.P. (Gray, C. E. McLendon, A. G. | Hendrick, J. W. Bloodworth, 'Max Moore, and E.P. Newhard. ,j Attendance—-William Barfield, [John Williamson, W.C. Huggins, land Emmit Akin. [j Publicity--W. K. Whipple and 'John Hodges. House Committee—J. J. Room ’ ey, C. E. Andrew, W. E. Beck -1! ham. Church and Library—J. A. | Ivey, S. A. Nunn, and Joe Bed | dingfield. Agr. Advisors—L, C. Walker 'and W. C. Huggins. Club speakers during the month of January were C. P. Gray, former district governor; Judge A.M. Anderson, and Capt. ‘O. W. Teeples. RATIONING REMINDERS Gasoline No. 8 coupons in “A” books expire Feb. 8. A special notice, urging gaso line coupon holders to endorse their coupons, will be inserted in newly issued gasoline rations by all local War Price and Rationing Boards about Feb. 1. The purpose is to tell every holder of gasoline rationing books the important part he can play in stopping criminal traffic in gaso line sales. OPA has emphasized that each separate gasoline rationing cou pon must bear the license num ber of the car driven by motor ists. This endorsement should be in ink or indelible pencil on the face of every coupon as soon as it is received from local boards. OPA is trying to leave no loose ends in its drive to round up thieves, petty chiselers and counterfeiters who are guilty of making the gasplipe black mar ket a thriving racket. Coupon endorsement has been extremely valuable in tracing stolen and counterfeit cop-pons. Beginning February 1 through out the states of Georgia and Florida, “R” gasoline coupons issued to farmers, boat owners and other “off-the-highway users will not be valid in service sta tions to purchase gasoline. Instead, only those suppliers who have delivery facilities in the form of tank vehicles or port able drums and who regularly make deliveries to consumers in lots of 25 gallons or more will be permitted to honor “B” coupons. In order not to inconvenience the smaller consumer who re quires gasoline in one gallon units for “off-the-highway” pur poses, the “E” coupon, worth one gallon.will still be acceptable in service stations. Holders of “R” coupons can exchange these for an equivalent value in “E” coupons when they can clearly demonstrate to their local War- Price and Rationing Boards their need for “E” coupons. Shoes Stamp No. 18 valid for ope pair of shoes for indefinite period. Stamp lon “airplane” sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair Nov, I Retail shoe stores have been given an extra week—through February s—to make ration-free sales of certain slow-moving and “novelty” types of w o m e n ’ s shoes at $3 per pair or less. Stores had previously been grant ed a two-week period, January 17 through 29, for ratiou-free sales. Meats and Fats Brown Stamps R and S (Book 3) valid through January 29. Brown V valid thru Feb. 26. Red stamps A-8 through M-8 (Book 4) (10 points each or a total of 120 paints) valid indefi nitely to purchase pork from far mers only. Not from retail stores. Processed Foods Feb. I—Green1 —Green stamps K, L and M in War Ration Book 4 valid thru Mch. 20. These are the last green stamps on the page, and also the last green stamps that consumers will use for the time being. Feb.27—The new blue stamps, to be used with ration tokens, come into use. Between Febru ary 27 when the blue stamps be come valid and March 20 when the old green stamps run out, customers may use both sets of stamps for a single purchase. Tokens will be given in change for both colors of stamps. Green stamps will continue to have the same point value as at present — 8,5, 2 and 1 points; the new blue stamps will have a uniform point value of ten. Since the green stamps expire long before the blue, consumers are advised to spend their green stamps first. After March 20, processed foods will be bought with blue stamps and blue tokens. Fuel Oil Fuel oil coupons for periods 4 and 5, good for 10 gallons each, became valid January 25, These are the last coupons for the cur rent heating year, and the oil ob tained with these coupons will have to last through Sept. 30, Sugar Sugar Stamp No. 30 in Book 4 became valid on Jan. 16 and will be good for five pounds thru March 31. WITH THE HOUSTON SOIL CONSERVERS 1 By LOUIS SKINNER Soil Conservation Service Roy Bloodworth has begun construction of his terraces, and will have them completed in a few more days. For terrace con struction he used a small tractor with a two disc plow. Roy is co operating with the District one hundred per cent in carrying out his conservation program. Charlie Cox had terrace lines surveyed on his farm last week. Along with the terrace lines kud zu meadow strips were planned, and the disposal areas have al ready been prepared for kudzn planting. Fifteen thousand kudzu crowns were delivered to W. B. Miller last week, and planting of the kudzu was begun immediately. Plans have been made to sur vey lines on Charlie Kersey’s farm and also on Joe Langley’s farm. Charlie has begun clear ing his farm fish pond site, and expects to begin construction of the dam very soon. In planting these kudzu crowns don’t forget to have the top of the crowns covered with about an inch and a half of soil. This will protect them from injury, against freezing, and also keeps them from drying out. P. H. S. ACTIVITIES The Perry boys will tackle Thomaston High boys in Perry Friday night after playing La nier in Macon Wednesday night. The Perry boys defeated Les lie in a hard fought game Friday night by the score of 26 to 11. Jack Wilson was the sparkplug that kept the Panthers in the game with Leslie, and Skellie neatly tucked it away midway the third period when he made six points in about one minute. The whole team played inspired ball and looked good cn defense. Next week, Perry will have a full week of basketball for two ot Perry’s greatest rivals will in vade Houston county to play the Panthers. Byron will meet the Panthers Tuesday night and Fort Valley will tangle with the local lads Friday night, C. L. SHEHARD DIES Funeral services for Charles Leighton Sehpard, 64, widely known Methodist layman and temperance leader, were held at the Fort Valley Methodistchurch Sunday afternoon, January 16, at 4 o’clock. The Rev. J. M. Yar borough, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was in Oak lawn cemetery. Mr. Shepard was found dead in his bed by members of his family at his home here early Saturday morning. Although he had not been feeling well for several days his condition was not thought se rious and his death came as a shock to family and friends. Born at Reidsville, Ga.. Mr. Shepard came to Fort Valley 35 years ago to practice Jaw. His farming interests were extensive. 4 member of the Methodist church, he was for many years an outstanding figure in the af fairs of the church in Georgia and throughout the south. He was president of the Georgia Temperance League and for the past year had devoted much time and effort to this cause. He was a graduate of Emory University. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Annette Shepard; one Son, Charles Leighton Shepard, Jr.; two grandchildren, Elizabeth anu C. L, Shepard, 111; a sister, Mrs. Frank Vance; three brothers, T. J. Shepard, Wallace Shepard of Bellville, Ga., Will Shepard, u, Hileah, Fla., and several niece* and nephews. Acting as pall bearers were: A. J. Evans, A. L. Luce, W. R. Edwards, H. Huckabee, Homer Avera, and D. W. Wells.—Lead er-Tribune, Fort Valley. REAL ESTATE VALUES Farm real estate during the past year rose 13 percent which is the highest rate of increase on record outside the boom year 1919-20, the Extension Service reports. Land values on Nov. 1, 1943 were 44 percent above the 1933 depression low. FARM TOOL REPAIR I COURSE OFFERED I Special shop courses to help farmers meet the wartime short age of implements needed to pro duce record food and feed crops this year are being offered by the vocational agriculture de partment at Perry High School, it was announced by L.C. Walker. These courses will start January i3lat 7 p. m. Those interested please see Mr. Walker. Farmers living in or near this community may enroll in these classes during February and ! March by 1 communicating with the vocational agriculture teach er. They will be taught how to ■ repair tools, machinery and ve i hides and will have the use of the school shop facilities in fix ing broken or worn out equip i ment which can be restored to service on farms. It is going to be difficult, if not impossible, to get new plows, ■ fertilizer distributors, wagons, tractors and other farm equip ; ment this spring, yet there is a demand at home and abroad for increased production of food and feed crops. By using the school shops dur ing the winter months farmers can have their implements ready when the time comes to go to the fields. Old machinery that in ordinary times would be junked can be put in working order and used for another season at least. There are now about 350 farm shops operated by Georgia schools. Last year, farmers used these facilities in learning to build or repair more than 56,000 pieces of equipment. i D. I. KING PRSSES AT HOME IN UNADILLA UNADILLA, Ga., D. I. King, 72, prominent citizen in this sec tion of the state, died at his home here Jan. 22 after an ill i ness of several months. , Born near Perry, Mr. King moved to Unadilla 47 years ago i and was one of the founders of : the city. At the time of his , death he was president of the 1 King Lumber and Oil Company here. He was a member of the Baptist church. Mr. King is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Borum King; one daughter, Mrs. Edra Wynne of , Henderson; one son, A. B. King of Unadilla; two brothers, J. A. King of Unadilla and George E. King of Lake Park, Ga., and three sisters, Mrs, J. R. Gable and Mrs. Mattie K. Smith, both of Newnan, and Mrs, J. C. Pick ren of Unadilla. Funeral services were held at U p, m. Sunday at the First Baptist church here with the Rev. J. V. Pittman and the Rev. U. P. Nelson officiating. Inter ment was in Walnut cemetery, NOTICE A representative of the Inter nal Revenue Service, U.S. Treas ury Dept., will be in Perry Feb. '2l through Feb. 25 at the Post Office for the purpose of assist ing taxpayers in preparation of their 1943 income and Victory Tax returns. Office hours will be 9a. m. to 5 p. m. All single persons must file a return fur 1943 if their gross in ’ come is $500.00 or more. Every married person is required to file ' if his or her income is in excess of $624.00 or if the combined in come of husband and wife is $1,200.00 or more. Every single or married person who was liable I tor a tax on 1942 income must ! rile a return for 1943 regardless jot tne amount of income in 1943. Taxpayers requesting assis- I cance of a Deputy Collector in j preparation of returns must be I ibie to readily furnish the fol- I lowing information: ! 1. A record of all income re ceived in 1943. 2. An itemized statement of all deductions they wish to claim on •the return, such as taxes, inter est, contributions, etc. 3. The total amount of tax lia bility reported on his 1942 return. 4. The total amount of income and victory tax withheld by em ployers during 1943. 5. The total amount of all pay ments made on 1942 liability. 6. The amount of tax paid on declaration of income and victory tax returns filed in 1943.