PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs, H. T. Beall of Ocilla, Ga.
is visiting her brother, Mr. Alva
Davis, and Mrs, Davis at Hous
ton Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Davis and
Miss Lula Hurst were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Burke
Murph, of Marshallville, Ga. re
cently.
Mrs. J. W. Thompson, of Sa
vannah, and sons, Jack Knight
of Savannah, and T. Sgt. Har
mon Knight, Newport, Ark.
visited Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Clark
for several days.
Mrs, Dwight Cooper has re
turned from Memphis, Tenn.
where she visited her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Doyle. Friends will re-j
gret to learn that Mrs. Cooper
was quite ill while away.
Miss Louise Rainey spent the'
weekend in Macon with her sis- 1
ter, Mrs. J. H. Culler.
Lt. Grace Smith, U. S. Navy,!
Charleston. S. C. is visiting her|
mother, Mrs. E. D. Smith.
Mrs. H. E. Evans Jr. and son,
Horace, spent the weekend in
Atlanta with Pvt. H. E. Evans
who was at Fort McPherson.Mrs.
Evans and Horace are visiting
relatives in Vienna, Ga.
Misses Betty Gooden, Carlene
Ogletree, and Lynette Eason,
students of G. ft. C. W., Mil
ledgeville, are at their respec
tive homes for the spring holi
days.
Miss Anna Lee Beavers will ar
rive Friday from Huntingdon
College, Montgomery, Ala. to
spend the spring holidays at
home.
T. Sgt and Mrs. E. C. Hurley t
of Minneapolis, Minn, are located'
in a Houston Lake cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Harper and
daughter. Joanne, of Peru, S.
America are located at Perry
Court.
Capt. S. E. Smith Jr. and Mrs.
Smith are visiting relatives in
New York City.
Pvt. Louis E. Davis of Camp
Elliott, San Diego, Calif., is at
home on furlough this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Davis re
cently received a letter from
their son, Jerry A, Davis Jr.,
Ist Lieut. Q. S. M. C, R., telling
them of his safe arrival overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. Wordna Gray
spent the weekend in Atlanta
with Mr. and Mrs. Bowie Gray,
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What a versatile substance is wood! /
The tree felled by brawny lumberjacks I
may now wind up as delicate negli- j JBa Hjwil
I gees, svelte evening gowns, neckties JBEjU
or pairs of hose—or as dynamite!
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No crop we grow is as various In its ultimate uses as our forests.
They may house us, clothe us, protect us, fuel and lubricate our cars,
or even feed us. No wonder our forest operators are giving more
and more attention, year after year, to the problems of growth—
the means whereby this unique heritage from the past may be
come an ever-renewing resource for the future .. . . tomorrow
and always.
Jeffreys-McElrath Manufacturing Co.
MACON, GEORGIA I
LT. SAM N. HODGES JR.
TO WED MISS PEAVY
Of outstanding interest is the
announcement made Sunday by
James Clarence Peavy of Atlanta
of the engagement of his only
daughter, Anita Ophelia, to
Samuel Norwood Hodges Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nor
wood Hodges of Atlanta. The
date and plans for the marriage
will be announced later. i
The lovely bride-elect was!
graduated from Washington Sem-)
inary, where she was a member j
of the Pirate Club, Spinisten
Club and the 0. B. X. sorority, i
She was vice president of 0. B. I
IX. during her senior year. She 1
later attended Shorter College, j
’where she was a member of the
' Polymnian Society and treasurer 1
lof the Cotillion Club. She is now :
! associated with the Employers’
! Group.
Th e bridegroom-elect was
graduated from North Fulton,
High School, where he was a I
member of the S. P. 0. fraterni-j
ty, president of the Student
Body and captain of the R. 0. T.
C. He later graduated from
the Georgia School of Technolo
gy, receiving his B. S. in civil
engineering with the class of
1943. He was a member of the;
American Society of Civil En
gineers, Skull and Key, presi- j
dent of the Second Lieutenants’
Club, vice president of the sen-j
ior class, member of the Beta
Theta Pi social fraternity, and I
student editor of the Georgia'
Tech Alumnus. He is at present
a second lieutenant of infant y <
in the United States Army, st -
tioned in California.
He is the grandson of Mrs.
Kate Norwood Hodges of Perry
and the late John Hicks Hodges
who was editor and publisher of
the Home Journal for 45 years
and a newspaper man for over 50
years. His father, also a civil
engineer and a graduate of Ga.
Tech., was a captain in World
War 1. His sister i« Miss Caro
line Hodges who has visited in
Perry many times.
Miss Elizabeth Powell of G. S.
C. W., Milledgeville, spent Tues
day and Wednesday with Mr.and
Mrs. A. W. Tabor and family,en
route to Fitzgerald for spring
holidays.
BOOK CLUB MEETS
The Wednesday Afternoon
Book club met this week at the
home of Mrs. C. H. Tucker with
Mrs. A. G. Hendrick, co-hostess.
Mrs. S. A. Nunn, president, pre
sided.
Mrs. J. B. Calhoun reviewed
“Hungry Hill,’’ Daphne du Mau
rier. Mrs. L. M. Paul Jr. gave
a review of “Forbidden Fruit’’
by Lillian Smith and a list of
best books published in 1943.
| BIRTHDAY DINNER
! Mr. W. S. Peek was given a
[dinner Sunday by Mrs. Peek at
j their home celebrating his birth
day. Those present were their
'children, Mr, W. C. Peek and
I family of Thomaston, Ga.; Mr.R.
'S. Peek and family of Lenoire
!City, Tenn.; Mrs. G. B. Wells
and family of Houston Lake; Mr.
and Mrs. L. F. Mays of Macon,
Ga. Mr. and Mrs. E, 0. Sulli
van of Savannah, Ga. were un
able to attend. Mrs. Peek’s sis-
S ter, Mrs. J, R, Carsvile, was also
[a guest.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson W. Mar
tin announce the birth of a son,
Lee Wilder, on Sunday, March
12. The baby is named after his
maternal grandfather, the late
Lee Wilder, of Fort Valley.
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Do you want
[a job like this?
Want a job where every hour
you work is an hour that helps
win the war? j
Want a job that gives you a
chance to increase your skill, or
learn a new one? A job that
gives you new experiences, new
friends?
Then join the Women’s Army
Corps and take over a vital job
in the Army.
For full details about the
WAC, apply at any U. S. Army
Recruiting Station. Or write:
The Adjutant General, 4415 Mu
nitions Bldg., Washington 25,
D. C. (Women in essential war
industry must have release from
their employer or the U. S. Em
ployment Service.)
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U-NEED-A TAXICAB
! Operating from
; NELL’S CAFE
Day Phone 215
Night Phone 201
Perry, Ga.
[WALTER AND INCHCLIFFE
(another THING, WALTER,)
PRICE OF ELECTRICITY )
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locliclilTc rings llic licll again! In good times or
l bad, *be I ,r i cc eleclricily has stayed down.
-A' ySz Xj, The average kilowatt hour used in Georgia
; / j homes cost 7.60 cents hack in 1927. In 1943, it
AArSf I nA t cost 2.61 cents, a reduction of 65 per cent. The
j S | decrease lias been steady, continuous, over a pe
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Through the tangled barbs of enemy Giving to Red Cross has always been
II prison camps—over sea and jungle to a proud habit of millions of American
battle-weary, lonesome men on every families—and this year you will want
front—to unfortunates here at home to give more freely to your own
stretches the comforting hand of the Red Cross ... to your own sons and
Red Cross, with hope and tangible daughters in the service. None will
) gifts straight from your heart. Man he forgotten while your Red Cross
(, has conceived of no greater agency is on the job—and it is YOU who
for the relief of human misery and must keep it so. So dig deep and
suffering. be glad. For wherever he is
The RED tiCSj is cat his side
and the Red Cross is II!
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W. G. ETHRIDGE
For
Bicycle Repair Work
Barfield’s Grocery, Perry, Ga.
Have your Fertilizer inspected
by J. M. Butler, Hawkinsville,
a state inspector.
A. W. DAHLBERG
Certified Public Accountant
Perry, Georgia
Audits - Systems - Income Tax
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actly smooth, yet it is not as rough
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