Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, March 16, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXIII. No. 11. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 16. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 PERRY LIBRARY HAS INCREASE IN FUNDS The board of directors of the Perry Public Library re-elected Mrs. J.L. Beavers, librarian, and voted to keep the library open five afternoons every week, at a meeting held Monday p. m. at the Library. Rev. J. A. Ivey, chairman, presided. The board members expressed thanks officially to the county commissioners for the financial support they have agreed to give the Library monthly. The funds paid by the county will be matched by the City of Perry to support the Library. The Perry Kiwanis club, original sponsors of the Library, also contribute monthly to its operation. The Library was begun in 1939 as a WPA project. Since 1942, the Library has been operated on funds received from the City of of Perry, the Kiwanis club, per sonal donations, rental fees and fines. Funds have been inade quate to operate on a full time schedule, so the Library was opened only three half-days a week. In the future the Li brary will be open every week day afternoon except Wednes day. Because the Library serves the county people as well as the citi zens of Perry, the county com missioners were asked by the Li brary board and other citizens to aid in the support of this civic project. The circulation is increasing every month and is meeting a real patriotic need as soldiers and their wives, temporarily re siding here, are subscribers. The circulation increased by 200 dur ing me month of January. The board also agreed to buy a number of new books this year. Directors are Mr. Ivey, Geo. Francis Nunn, Mrs. W.K, Whip ple, Mrs. T. D. Mason, and Mrs. J. L. Hodges. Mrs. Whipple is secretary and Mrs. Beavers, treasurer. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Rally Day and Church School Day will be observed with a special program next Sunday following the lesson period in the Church School. The purpose of the day is to inform and chal lenge the community with re gard to the church’s program of religious education. An offering will be taken for the annual con ference board of Education for the program of its Local church division. Each class is urged to make an' effort to have its entire member ship present and to bring in as many new members and visitors as possible. Last Sunday the Men’s Bible class of the Baptist Sunday school met with the Methodist Men’s class. There were 32 Bap tists and 33 Methodists,making a total of 65 men present. The Methodist men will go to the Baptist Sunday school next Sun day but will return to the Metho dist church for the Rally Day program. 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 W.M.S. MEETS The Baptist W. M. S. met at the church Monday p. m. with the president, Mrs. C. E. Brun son, presidint. Mrs. G. E. Jor dan gave the devotional and pre sented the program on the topic, “Kingdom of Righteousness for the Wreckage in Europe.” Those taking part were Mrs. E. W. Traylor, Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, and Mrs. A. I. Foster. The Consecration of Money was the subject of Mrs. Alton Hardy’s talk. Mrs. Hardy pre sented her Sunday school pupil, Sarah Ivey, who talked on Tith ing. Mrs. Brunson read a poem. “Friendship.” A collection was taken for the Red Cross. The Sunbeams met at the same time Monday. Capt. and Mrs. D. C. Ander son had as their guests for the weekend Miss Dorothy McCoy and Miss Wilma Alexander of Xenia, Ohio. GIVE GENEROUSLY TO RED CROSS FUND By RUBY C. HODGES I Here it is the middle of March and the Red Cross War Fund Drive period half over and Hous ton county has raised less than $1,000.00 of its $5,000.00 quota. W hat’s the matter with us? Let’s speed up and pass that $5,000 quota before April 1. The Red Cross is the most di rect medium through which we can serve the men and women of the armed forces. 90 per cent of every dollar given to the Red Cross is used for the benefit and comfort of our armed forces. This year the need is so much greater when Red Cross is serv -1 ing eleven million Am eri c a n fighting men. The usual $1 mem bership fee or Roll Call dona tion is not enough to give. Donations should be generous this year—generous in humani ty’s name —generous to “The Greatest Mother of Them All” — generous to the Red Cross which is at “his side wherever he is.” Remember that the Red Cross depends upon gifts from individ uals. The Red Cross is You. Give! Give! Give! RATIONING REMINDERS Numerous reductions in the point values of rationed foods, particularly pork and some can ned vegetables have been an nounced by OPA for the period of March 5 through April 1, but rationed values of canned fruits will be sharply higher. Lard has been removed from the ration list. Veal, lamb and mutton point values, as well as those for but ter, cheese and all other rationed fats and dairy products will be the same for March as in Feb ruary. Meats and Fats Brown Y and Z (Book 3) ex pire March 20. Red AB, 88, C 8 (Book 4) valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens, expire May 20. Processed Foods Blue A8 through E8 (Book 4) valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens, expire May 20. March 20 —Green stamps K, L, and M in War Ration Book 4 ex pire. Sugar Sugar Stamp No. 30 in Book 4 good for five pounds indefinitely. April I—Sugar1—Sugar Stamp No. 31 (Book 4) good for 5 lbs. sugar, | Sugar Stamp No. 40 in War 'Ration Book 4 good for five lbs. of sugar for home canning. Stamp valid from February 1, 1944 to February 28, 1945. Gasoline No. 9 coupons in “A” books valid Feb. 7, expire May 8. Rationing rules now require that every car owner immediate ly write his license number and state on all gasoline coupons in his possession. Every motorist who receives a renewal of his “B” and “C” supplemental gasoline ra t i o n s and every farmer or other off highway user who gets new “E” and “R” coupons will receive, instead of the ration book he is accustomed to, a strip of cou pons in a cardboard folder, each coupon bearing a number. Serial number of coupons is one of OPA’s strongest weapons against the black market, be cause it makes it possible to warn gasoline dealers and OPA inspectors to be on the lookout for stolen coupons. Moreover, the serial number on a coupon identifies the part of the country in which it was issued. Tires March rationing quotas of tires and tubes show slight increases over February in passenger and truck tire allocations and a de crease in the farm tractor and implement field. The new tires will be distribut ed by local boards on the new “occupational” basis which was substituted last month for the ; old “mileage” basis. Shoes Stamp No. 18 expires April 30. Another shoe stamp will become : valid May 1. r Stamp lon “airplane” sheet in ; Book 3 valid for one pair indefi nitely. Red Cross Field Men Tackle i j j Yanks’ Problems Overseas One of the very Important function* of the American Red Cross Is the direct communication it affords between the fighting man and his people back home. Here Red Cross Field Director John L. Barnes (left), of White Plains, N. Y., gives a message to Sgt. William J. McDonald, Jr., of Mamaroneck, N. Y. Picture was made In Sicily outside a straw Italian hutch with the rear headquarters of the Ist Division near Mt. Etna. , On Masera Island, up in the Persian Gulf, where there is not a single tree standing and the wind blows across the island ceaselessly. Red Cross Held men brought fishing tackle, books and I writing paper to service men. Most ; welcome gift from the Red Cross was j clippers tor hair cutting—the boys had been without a barber for months. ! In Persia, a Red Cross Field Direc tor was able to locate a soldier’s moth er whom he hadn’t seen for 25 years. 'I In Africa. Red Cross field men flew In Army planes, hitch-hiked in supply I trucks, bumped in jeeps over bombed ! convoy routes, through blinding sand storms and glaring sun to help men with personal problems and emergency communications, and to deliver maga zines and books, cigarettes and choc olate to isolated posts and bases. In Italy. Red Cross field men ac -1 companied the troops in on the inva t sion barges. In India, a sergeant was sentenced to the guard house tor disorderly con duct. His officer couldn’t understand the boy’s behaviour. He was a nice kid , —he’d never gone to pieces before. The officer asked the Red Cross Field Director to see him. The Red Cross man discovered a very worried boy. His wife had not been receiving his allotments, she wasn’t well and needed an operation. She thought the soldier must have cancelled his allot ments and a misunderstanding had arisen between them so that she was no longer writing him. The field man got in touch with the ‘ Red Cross chapter in the boy’s home town Immediately. It took care of her, FIRE. DAMAGES STORE , Fire which broke out early Tuesday morning in Massey's , Market and Bramblett’s Grocery ’ resulted in considerable damage to their stock of merchandise. ' The building which is owned by S. L. Norwood was damaged to the amount of $1,000.00. The fire is supposed to have , been caused by a shortage in an electric motor in the meat I market. The damage to the grocery stock was largely from , smoke and water. The loss was ’ partially covered by insurance. | The store will be open Thurs day again for business. I AUXILIARY MEETS ) The Auxiliary to the Robert D. Collins Post, American Legion, - had its monthly luncheon meet ( ing last Thursday at the Legion \ Home. , Hostesses were Mesdames C. |E. Andrew, W. G. Riley, W. C. (Jones, O. A. King, H, C. Arm -1 strong, E. Wynne, and Mamie 3 j Winn. The president, Mrs.L.M. 3 Paul Jr. presided, flans for the 1 (Legion birthday party on March -115, were made. ij Members did Red Cross work jin the afternoon. 'j Camellia Cuttings and Grafts, /for sale, 10 cents each, Enrico 5 Bettoni and others. Miss Katherine Cater, 3:30 Phone 1, Perry, Ga. ( This is a family war. Put wSII your War Bond buying through 1 Hi * he P a y roll savings plan on m • j 7/jL. family plan, which means flg- MmL urc it out yourself. financed her operation and saw that she had adequate funds to provide for herself until the allotment again came through. When the Red Cross man explained what had happened to the soldier’* Commanding Officer, the latter prompt- I ly released the boy from the guard house. From then on the boy was all right. His worries were over, and the Army had gained a good fighting man. All over the world, in every thea tre of war and active battle front go the American Red Cross field men— helping soldiers with major and minor personal problems, bringing them rec reational items such as magazines, books, comfort articles, athletic equip ment, and re-establishing their contact with home. These men share the con ditions and hazards under which the soldiers fight. They also share their lives. They are on call day and night whenever they are needed. G.l.’s overseas have many problems. Often home seems very, very far away. With the Red Cross there at hand wherever he may be, the soldier knows he can always get in touch with home —that he need never feel alone with problems he doesn’t know how to solve himself. More than 3,000,000 service men passed through Red Cross field men’s offices last year. On the mud clogged roads of Italy, through the fur jungles of New Guinea, on lonely desert posts. Red Cross field men take your place beside your boy. In order to continue this service, the Red Cross urgently needs contributions from the American people to Us $200,- 000,000 War Fund drive this month. D. A. R. MEETING The Gen. Daniel Stewart chap ter of the D. A. R. met Wednes day, March 8, at the home of Mrs, G. S. Riley with Mrs. Ma mie Winn as co-hostess. Mrs.G. E. Jordan, regent, read her an nual report which she will make next week at the state conven tion in Atlanta. Mrs. J. Alva Davis gave a talk on “Freedom in Europe.’’ Mrs. Jordan read a poem, “Old Glory.” A social period was held fol lowing the program. MISS BETTY GOODEN LEADER AT COLLEGE MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. —Miss Betty Gooden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gooden, was in stalled Monday as Recording Secretary of the Recreation As sociation at the Georgia State College for Women for 1944-45. She has been an outstanding leader on the GSCW campus and has been identified with the fine traditions and activities of the college since coming to school here. Election to one of the major offices at GSCW is regarded as a distinct honor since no student can even be nominated for one except on the petitioning of at least twenty-five students who deem her worthy of the honor. | Miss Gooden was dormitory manager of Terrell B in her freshman year, vice-president of her class freshman and sopho more years. She is a member of the Band and of the Penquin club. iHOUSTON LEADS DIST. > IN WAR LOAN DRIVE I Houston county pur chased; $575,000 of all types of Bonds during the recent 4th War Loan Drive, according to final reports received by J. P. Etheridge, county chairman. The county’s quota of $342,800 was oversold 108%. The quota of E Bonds was oversold 192% as purchases totaled $488,400 on a $254,400 quota. Houston county led the 13th War Bond district in the total amount of sales and was second in the district in percentage of the quota. The 13th district of which E. P. Newhard is chairman was second in the state of Georgia in total sales which amounted to $2,360,000. The district’s quota, $1,573,400 was oversold 150%. All ten counties in the district exceeded their quotas in E Bonds and all other type Bonds. TIRE SITUATION SMS The following letter was sent to tire inspectors this week from the Atlanta office of OFA: This is an outline of the pres ent tire supply situation together with some additional informa tion as to how the very serious condition can be met and your complete co-operation is urgently requested. Th e allotment of synthetic rubber previously scheduled for civilian tires in the next five months has been cut in half. Military requirements for Thousands of rubber boats, rafts, etc., have rocketed. The armed services will take a larger chunk of production than anyone fore saw. Result —t h e “starvation diet” of 30,000,000 civilian tires which Dewey once firmly pre dicted was the absolute minimum to keep U. S. cars rolling will not be supplied. Haunted by all this and by the still tricky problem of fabricat ing synthetic, tiremakers will do well to turn out 24,000,000, may even urop lo ZU.UUO.OOO. Also, the stockpile of some 10,000,0(L prewar tires that eased t h t ournps has been either used up or tagged for some essential use Truck tires are an even more critical problem. Truckers ac tually talk of a transportation col lapse. Furthermore, all the fat is likewise gone from the crude rubber stockpile. Within months it may be below the “irreducible minimum” of 100,000 tons. Totaled up all this has only one meaning' —the crisis in rubber, which the U. S. t luughc it had slid past months ago, has finally arrived. At the present time tire deal ers in many cases have large stocks of tires, which has given , rise to the erroneous impression ■ on the part of some that the situation is easing up. These in ventories will have to last a long . time, and they constitute a very small reserve against the total , demand: therefore.no one should be deluded by any false hopes in this regard, but ,should con tinue to practice the utmost con servatism. Unless the maximum conser vation is practiced everywhere, the chances of essential cars and trucks ceasing operation are en hanced—our local situation be come serious—and the war ef ■ fort at home seriously impaired. Every tire inspector can do his bit toward lessening the serious i ness of the situation in his own community. Although most of you have lived up to the regula ■ tions 100%, there have been nu merous reports of tire abuse, which might have been corrected through closer checking and re porting on the part of inspectors. i CONTEST COMMITTEE 1 J. P. Etheridge, member of the Ga. State Democratic execu • tive committee, has been ap i pointed one of five on the special ; contest committee to decide the i contest over the Sheriff’s race in ; Cobb county. NOTICE The American Legion has a ; supply of application forms for mustering out pay and will be ; glad to furnish them on request ’ to World War II Veterans, i Blanks may be secured from G. W. Rhodes, Perry, Ga. FARMER BENEFITS FROM PULP WOOD USE ( “The farmer helps himself as well as Uncle Sam when he pro duces pulpwood,” L. D. Hall, of International Paper Company, Panama City, Florida, said to day in urging increased produc tion now to meet the 14,000,000- cord goal set by the War Produc tion Board for military and es sential civilian needs. “The farmer helps himself be cause pulpwood is needed to manufacture the containers he uses to market his farm pro ducts. Without these containers and wraps, liners, pads and bags the farmer would find him self in a serious predicament. “Current shortages in supply have been attributed in part to a slackening in production from farm woodlands,” Mr, Hall said, “and government officials, there fore, are urging increased pro duction by farmers themselves to help meet their own needs. “War Food Administrator Marvin Jones, in a recent state ment said: ‘Every farmer has a direct personal interest in the shortage of pulpwood because so many pulpwood products enter into the marketing of his pro ducts. The War Food Adminis tration is working with the War Production Board and the War Manpower Commission ta in crease the production of pulp wood and other forest products. If you have any time at all in which you could cut pulpwood, get in touch with your County War Board or County Agent.’ “Apart from satisfying the needs of the Army and Navy, for pulpwood products—a n d their demands are increasing as the in vasion hour approaches—t h e farmer must help meet his own demands for pulpwood,” Mr. Hall said. “To market the fruit and veg etable crop in 1944, millions of i cartons, containers, bags, wraps and liners are required. These can be obtained in the necessary quantities only if every farmer does his share.” The Mill official also pointed out that farmers can profit by catting pulpwood, particularly at this time, before the spring planting season is underway. By following good forestry practices, they can improve their wood lands and make possible an an nual pulpwood harvest; in addi tion to producing products urg ently needed by the Armed Forces. LOCAL STATE GUARD NEWS Capt. F. Marion Houser has , been appointed commander of Houston county Unit 102 of the Ga. State Guard to succeed Capt. Horace E. Evans who entered active service in the U. S. Army last week. Lt. Col. Sam A. Nunn, district commander, made the appointment of Capt. Houser. BAPTISTANNOiCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. [ Training Union, 7;00 p. m. I Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. ! PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE Mr. C. W. Frerking of Colum bia Seminary, will preach at the ' Perry Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Match 19, at 11:30 a. m. j The public is cordially invited to j attend this service. Ij MAIL DELIVERY SERVICE i I 4 i An * ffort is being made to ob j tain mail delivery service for the city of Perry. Residents are ve il quested to sign a petition to this ■ I effect. Those who have not al j ready signed are requested to 1 stop by J. P. Etheridge’s office ;j or McLendon Auto Co, and sign this petition. • CARD OF THANKS i We wish to express our sincere ■ appreciation to our friends for i the many acts of kindness shown ; us during the illness and death of our loved one, Mr. S. B. Cole man. Wife and Children.