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Houston Home Journal
VOL. LXXIII. No. 13. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 30. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870
HOUSTON SUPERIOR
COURT TO CONVENE
Houston Superior Court will
convene next Monday with Judge
Malcolm D. Jones presiding. In
dications point to short sessions
of both civil and criminal court.
Only twenty warrants have been
prepared for presentation to the
Grand Jury.
All civil cases have been set
for trial on next Monday. The
list of grand and traverse jurors
follows;
Grand Jurors—W.E. Beckham,
C. M. Walker, V. B. Abram, L.
JSJ. Paul, Sr.. B. J. Hunt, C. E.
McLendon, J. E. Carney. H. G.
Braddock, S. T. Bryan, J. I. Da
vidson, Henry Rose, C, E. An
drew, L. W. Houser, A. C.Pritch
ett, E. W. Traylor, D.E. Corder,
L. J. Garvin, C. K. Watson, G.
W. Hicks, J. 0. Coleman, C. L.
Kersey, B. H. Andrew, W. Mel
ton Jones, Roy L. Bloodworth,
W. G. Gray, T. M. Gamble, J. 0.
Jacobs, Eric Staples, H. B. Gil
bert, Chas. P. Gray.
Traverse Jurors, First Week —
E. Holtzclaw, D. M. Stripling,
S. W. Hickson, Uhland Carter,
Herman Watson, Henry Parker,
11. W, Carlisle, Alton Hardy,
Harry D. Palmer, J. G. Lyles,
W. S. Peek, Edgar E. Bateman,
Lewis W. Tabor, C. F. Cooper,
Sr., F. E. White, W. C. Langs
ton. Jr., Alfred W. White, C. K.
Cooper, Clarence E. Sasser,Free
man Jenkins. B. L. Casey. D. S.
Marshall, J. Meade Tolleson,
Hugh Lawson, J. N. Cosey, J. C.
Sasser, W. R. Jones, G.T.Pierce,
Sr., W. H. Lewis, J. D,Edwards,
M. F. McCormick, Jr., J. S.
Jones, A. A, White, E. E. Ton
dee, Harold Thompson, 0. G.
Boler, C. S, Wright, R. L. Batch
elor (Lower Town), James C.
Johnson, Travis Ackers.
WITH THE HOUSTON
SOIL CONSERVERS
By LOUIS SKINNER
Soil Conservation Service
A test was made last week on
Austrian winter peas and blue
lupine that was planted at the
same time last fall to determine
which had the most green weight
per acre. The results were that
the lupine had several times
more green weight, on the ten
foot square plot, than the Aus
trian peas. Both of these cover
crops were planted later than
they really should have been
planted, but it was interesting
to note the difference in plant
growth.
Beckham Construction Co. has
completed construction of Hous
er Gilbert’s dam, and they have
moved the equipment to Mayo
Davis’ farm to begin on his dam.
The fish for all the ponds that
have not been stocked have been
ordered and confirmation has
been received on them. So may
be we’ll have some fish in the
near future,
1 hear that B. H. Newberry
didn’t get much sleep last week
while ic was raining so hard. I
think he stayed down at his
pond to keep the flood waters
from washing his dam out—he
saved it too —good work “Pep.”
Speaking of these hard rains
last week, they certainly were a
strain on terraces, especially
where the ends hadn’t been
opened up and the low places
filled in. This is the reason that
these jobs are so essential.
Clint Cooper, a cooperator of
the district, had a few terrace
lines surveyed on his farm last
week. I think Clint is trying to
find a place where he can build a
fish pond.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The circles of the Baptist W.
M. S. will meet Monday, April 3,
at 3:30 p. m. as follows: No. 1,
Mrs. W. B. Roberts; No. 2, Mrs.
A. C. Cobb with Mrs. Frank i
Moody, co-hostess.
The Methodist W. S. C. S. will'
meet at the church, 3:30 p. m,,
Monday, April 3. Reports from
annual conference will be made.
The executive meeting of the
W. S. C. S. will be held Friday,
3:30 p. m. at the home of the
president, Mrs. G. W. Hicks.
RATIONING REMINDERS
.
Old Gas Coupons Invalid
The OPA has announced that!
after March 31, the following!
ration coupons and stamps will j
be invalid:
1. Old-type “B” and “B-l”
coupons and “C” and “C-l”
coupons which have not been is
sued since November 30, 1943.
2. Old type “E” and “R”
coupons which have not been is
sued since October 1, 1943.
3. All strip “T” coupons
which do not bear a quarterly
designation which expire on
Murrh
„ Most of the old type “B”,
“C”, “E” and “R” coupons
still in circulation represent ex
pired rations. In the few cases
in which they are part of cur
rently valid rations with an ex
piration date later than March
31, ration holders may exchange
them at their local boards for
coupons of the types now valid.
Gasoline dealers who have any
of these invalidated types of ra
tion evidences on hand on April
1 must surrender them by April
10.
Tire Inspection
“A” coupon holders, deadline
March 31.
“B” coupon holders, deadline
June 30.
“C” coupon holders, deadline
May 31.
Corn Prices Up
OPA has announced an in
crease in ceiling prices for yel
low and white dry corn milling
products which reflect recent in
creases in corn prices. New
ceilings are established so that
millers, who must pay higher
corn ceilings, can continue pro
duction, OPA said.
OPA also said it plans a slight
reduction in wholesale and retail
markups on such corn milling
products that go to the grocery
trade so as to hold any increase
to consumers down to the actual
advance in processor prices.
Meats and Fats
Red AB, thru FA (Book 4)
valid at 10 points each, for use
with tokens, expire May 20.
Red GB, HB, and J 8 become
valid March 26; expire June 18.
Processed Foods
Blue A8 through E8 (Book 4)
valid at 10 points each, for use
with tokens, expire May 20.
Blue F 8 thru K 8 become valid
April 1; expire June 20.
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.
Canning Sugar
Sugar for home canning will
be made available at the same
rate as last year and in much the
same way.
As in effect now, five pounds
of canning sugar may be bought
with sugar stamp 40 and the re
mainder, a maximum of 20 lbs.
I per person, will be granted on
application to the local boards
any time after March 23. There
will be no restrictions on the
amount of sugar for each quart
of finished fruit, as in former
years.
Applications will be made to
local boards on new and simplifi
ed form and the entire transac
tion can be handled by mail, so
that a single application may be
filed for all persons living at the
same address.
In order to make it unneces
sary to send ration books through
the mail, OPA has arranged for
the use of Spare stamp No. 37
as an identifying claim check.
This stamp should be attached to
the application form for each
person applying for canning
sugar. !
Gasoline
No. 9 coupons in “A” books]
expire May 8.
Shoes
Stamp No. 18 expires April 30.
Another shoe stamp will become
valid May 1.
Stamp 1 on “airplane” sheet in
Book 3 valid for one pair indefi
| nitely.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
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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.
OPPOSE SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
(EDITORIAL)
Today, Thursday, March 30, is Doctors’ Day, so designated
j in memory of Dr. Crawford W. Long, that famous Georgian
who first used anesthesia in surgery on March 30, 1842. The
purpose of observing this day is to honor the members of the
medical profession.
Doctors’ Day affords an opportunity to show appreciation
to the family doctor for his faithful and untieing service, for
his personal interest and loyal friendship.
There is another way in which everyone can observe this
Day and at the same time help to keep personalized medicine;
that is by opposing the Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill which pro
poses to set up a federal health insurance program to be sup
ported by heavy increases in Social Security taxes.
If enacted into law, this bill would 'create by taxation
against payrolls a medical dictatorship over the American peo
ple. A fund of three billion dollars each year would be spent
by one man, the surgeon general of the Public Health Service,
who would be responsible for providing medical care and hos
pitalization for 130,000,000 people.
The best medical care is based on personalized service and
government control would mean the restriction of the choice
of physician and of hospital. In brief, the passage of this bill
means socialized medicine and we are opposed to this.
In a recent survey by Opinion Research Corp., it was
shown that 84 per cent of the people polled were opposed to
government control of medicine. A poll of the medical profes
sion showed 91 per cent disapproved the Wagner bill.
The American Bar Association recently issued a critical
analysis of the Federal Medical Security Bill, together with the
disapproval of the measure because it constitutes a direct at
tack on the “rights and liberties” of the American people.
The association’s report farther points out that medical ser
vice in the United States provides today the highest level of
health and the lowest death rates ever known under similar
conditions, and insists that the poor, who are most in need of
medical care would not be covered by this measure. The state
ment is made that inevitably it would produce communistic
medicine in the United States.
Every person who wants the right to choose his own doc
tor and who is opposed to being taxed to pay a doctor should
write his congressman and senators his views on this matter.
If you are opposed to socialized medicine, let it be known now.
METHODISTS DISCUSS \
ATTENDANCE PROBLEMS 1
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A. W. Dahlberg, chairman!
membership committee of the
Methodist church, held a meet
ing of the committee with of
ficials of the church and Church
School Wednesday night last
week at the church.
Mr. Dahlberg discussed atten
dance problems and revealed that
only 30 per cent of church mem
bers attend services.
The establishment of a church
library, in the Sunday school de
partment, for children and young
people was proposed by Mr,
Dahlberg.
A delightful supper was served
preceding the meeting. Assist
ing Mr. and Mrs. Dahlberg were
Rev, and Mrs. J. E. Sampley,
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gray, Mrs.J,
H. Short, Mrs. A. P. Whipple,
Mrs. E. F. Barfield, and Mr«. G.
W. Hicks.
SPRING GLORY
“Spring Glory” is the title of
an Easter Booklet of poems,,
written by Mrs. Bessie H.Nunn,
which is just off the press.
The booklet has attractive
Easter lily cover and contains
ten poems of Springtime. Price
25c. The sale is under the
charge of the Susannah Wesley
Bible class, Methodist church.
Mrs. Horace E. Evans Jr. is
chairman of sales.
The book is also on sale at
Anne Woodard’s Gift Shop and
at Barfield’s Furniture Store.
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FIRST AID FIRE KITS
Although a clean house seldom
burns, some fires may still occur
after papers and rags have been
turned in for salvage; after dir
ty chimneys and flues cleaned
and repaired and other precau
tions taken, J. E. Phillips, State
fire project leader for the Ex
sension Service says. Farms far
removed from organized fire pro- 1
tection, should have a kit of fire
fighting aids on hand, and ac
! cording to the National Fire Pro
' tection Association, each farm
I should have buckets of sand,
water, hose and axe reserved
solely for use in case of building
fires. A ladder long enough to
reach the roof of buildings not
protected with fire resistant roof
ing should be readily available.
WOODS FIRES
According to the Southern For
estry Survey woodlands of Geor
gia grow only about 1-3 of what
they could if properly protected
from uncontrolled fires and well
managed. The State’s wood
lands are not producing as much
timber as they should the Ex-\
tension Service says.
GEORGIA CORN
I Corn is the chief grain crop in
I Georgia. During the 5-year pe
riod, 1939-43, it occupied 3,988,-
000 acres of the 10,177,000 acres
of cropland in the State and pro
duced an average of 42,656,000
bushels or 10.7 bushels per acre.
The reasons for the low yields
per acre are improper soil selec
tion, unimproved soils, poor soil
preparation, low quality seed and
low yielding varieties, improper
fertilization, interplanting, poor
planting methods, late planting,
improper spacing, improper cul
tivation, disease and insects, loss
in harvesting, and rotations
which do not take into account
soil fertility and disease and in
sect control, according to the
Extension Service.
FARM LABOR RESULTS
The farmers of Georgia
lished a new production record in
1943 in spite of difficulties which
seemed unsurmountable, accord
ing to Extension Director Walter
S. Brown. Furthermore, they
saved this enormous production
with no serious Josses due to in
sufficient labor at harvest time.
This achievement was due to (1)
good weather, especially during
the harvest season, (2) hard
work, longer work days and ex
cellent, systematic cooperation
by farm people, (3) splendid as
sistance and co-operation from
town people, schools, business
firms, newspapers,radio stations,
and civic and other groups, and
(4) assistance from the Army in
supplying Prisoners of War to
help harvest peanuts and other
crops.
CORN PRODUCTION
Corn makes the best growth
on well-drained fertile.loam soil,
the Extension Service points out.
The soil should be kept improved
and prepared to give plants good
range and anchorage and hold
moisture and plant food.
Mrs. Celeste Greene Sellers of
Perry, Ga. has been accepted for
training as a war worker with
Warner Robins Air Service Com
mand. Mrs, Sellers is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M.Greene,
Sr. She attended the Georgia
State College for Women, Mil
ledgeville, and Mercer Universi
ty, Macon. Before coming to
Robins Field she was engaged in
teaching. Her husband, Thomas
K. Sellers, is serving in the U.S.
Navy. Upon completion of her
training she will be assigned to
the supply division, signal sec
tion.
Lt. Joseph C. Davis, U. S. N.
\Air Corps, Porto Rico, is at his
home at Clinchfield on furlough.
SELECTIVE SERVICE REPORT j
The following registrants were;
inducted into the armed forces
during March, 1944;
WHITE
In U. S. Army: Henry J.
Mathews, Perry; B. W. Boze
man, Ferry; James L. Hudson,
Perry; Horace E. Evans, Jr.,
Perry: Richard W. Jones, Haw
kinsville; Eddie D. Cheek, Ma
con; Claudis Anderson, Clinch
field,
In U.S. Navy: William L. Mc-
Cormick, Hawkinsville.
COLORED
In U, S. Army: Milton C.
Durham, Clinchfield; Edward
Kiilen, Perry; Robert Williams,
Perry; Eddie Soloman, Clinch
field; Clarence Bogans, Port Val
ley; Edward Vance, Perry.
In U. S. Navy: J. C. Holmes,
Perry; Freddie Williams, Perry.
EXTENSION SERVICE ITEMS
It is not necessary to have a
large herd or be a dairyman to
sell cream.
Georgia homemakers are being
urged by the Extension Service
to prevent waste of food in homes
caused by improper storage.
Georgia poultry producers can
make limited supplies of feed go
further by using fresh green
grass and by culling out non
producers.
Lespedeza can be used for hay,
grazing, soil improvement and
■ seed production.
April and May are good months
to plant garden varieties of soy
( beans.
Progressive planning of the
. garden should reduce costs and
5 increase quality and variety.
In garden planning, varieties,
) fertilizers, crops and their rota
, tion should be considered.
> A good home garden can con
• tribute more to the health and
! happiness of the family than any
I other spot on the farm.
■ Summer vegetables require
more care and skill than those
’ in the spring garden.
3 Onions can be grown in every
, home garden and can be grown
I either as a winter or summer
“ crop. Many varieties of onions
, can be stored.
In transplanting plants, get
the root system quickly reestab
lished.
It is not practicable to save
seed from all vegetables grown
' but many may be saved, and
1 with selection and care in stor
-1 age, be better tnan ones bought.
A fresh supply of vegetables
. every monin is important,
i In planning tne garden, pro
vide space for and select varieties
of vegetables for canning.
IMPORTANCE OF COTTON
For every 500-pound bale of
cotton lint there are 900 pounds
, of cotton seed, with not a pound
i wasted, not even the hulls. This
yields 140 pounds of vegetable i
oil for food; 400 pounds of meal
i and cake for livestock feed;
• about 240 pounds of hull for feed
• and chemicals, and finally, 80
pounds of linters for smokeless
powder, plastics, and other
things. Linters—fuzz on the
seed—are the best natural form
( of alpha-cellulose for making
smokeless powder. From hulls
come transparent nose sections
of bombing planes and the finest
synthetic yarns and fabrics.
About two-thirds of the bil
lions of yards of cotton cloth go
to war. They use cotton in self- 1
sealing gasoline tanks for air-l
planes: for electrically heated j
flying suits; for parachute cord; I
and harness; for jungle ham-]
mocks, canteen covers, and rot- j
proof shoes for jungle wear; for I
tarpaulins, camouflage netting,
surgical supplies. The list is al-j
most endless. Every soldier re-|
quires 250 pounds of cotton or 10 [
times what the average civilian
wears.
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BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
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.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor,
PENN-DIXIE GROUP
HONORS NEWHARD
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The foremen and office work
ers of Penn-Dixie Cement Cor
poration Plant No. 2 at Clinch
field were hosts at a dinner
Wednesday night last week at
the American Legion Home. This
affair was a farewell party for
E. Paul Newhard, superinten
dent for the past thirteen years,
and a welcome party for 6. G.
McAnally who succeeds Mr.New
hard as superintendent. Mr.
Newhard becomes supevrising
chemist of the Penn-Dixie Ce
ment Corp, on April 1 with resi
dence in Nazareth. Pa.
Mr. McAnally came here from
New York where he was con
nected with the Leonard Con
struction company. He is a
graduate of the University of
Glasgow Scotland, and has had
23 years of experience in indus
try in England, Brazil, and the
United States.
Mr. Newhard has been promi
nently identified with civic
groups and Masonic circles dur
ing his residence in Perry.
Hosts at the dinner were; W.
G. Riley, G. W. Rhodes, D. M.
Ryle, G. P. Hunnicutt, H. C.
Armstrong, C. E. Davis Sr,, J.
M. Satterfield, D. S. Marshall,
J. A. Grubb, J. 0. Coleman, W.
A. Skellie, D. W. Bledsoe, Eby
Holtzclaw, T. J. Smith, Walter
Nunnally, W. W. Hunt, W. B.
Roberts, J. L. Beavers, Miss
Caroline Braswell, and Mrs.
Mary A. Davis.
W. G. Riley was general
chairman of the dinner and G.
W. Rhodes was toastmaster.
Mrs. W. G. Riley and Mrs. C. E.
Andrew, assisted in entertain
ing, Assisting in serving were
Misses Mary Ann Riley, Jane
Riley, Meredyth Hunnicutt, Mer
ryll Hunnicutt, and Annie Ruth
Braswell.
Mrs. E. P. Newhard was a
guest at this delightful affair.
POULTRY INCREASE
Georgis’s farm poultry enter;*
prise advanced in value from
$3,428,000 in 1935 to $.424,000 in
1943, Catherine V. Wood, assis
tant poultry specialist for the
Extension Service, said this
week, pointing out that Georgia
farmers have gone above State
goals for poultry and poultry
products for every war year
since 1941.
Commercial broiler production
in the State has increased from
400.000 with a value of $192,000
in 1934 to 16,500,000 valued at
$9,242,000 in 1943. Georgia rank
ed 4th in the entire Nation in
broiler production during the
past year.
"Meanwhile,” Miss Wood
said, "the number of hens and
pullets on Georgia farms has in
creased from 5,703,000 in 1935 to
8.562.000 in 1943. The National
Improvement Plan which went
into effect in Georgia in 1936 has
i helped make poultry production
jin Georgia more profitable,” she
continued.
Pullorum disease, one of the
most infectious and injurious di
seases of chickens, has been
greatly reduced since then, Miss
Wood pointed out.
The poultry specialist revealed
that the number of hatcheries in
Georgia has increased from 109
with an egg capacity of 1,582,-
948 in 1932 to 173 hatcheries
with capacity of 5,923,000 eggs
in 1943.
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I AID FOR SERVICE MEN
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j
f Georgia service men returning
;o civi ian employment will be
j tided in this thorough special
I machinery set up in the form of
a State Veteran’s Advisory Com-
I mittee, with Jackson P. Dick of
j Atlanta as chairman. At a re
icent meeting the committee was
• addressed by Governor Ellis Ar
-1 nail and Colonel J, N. Keelin,
Jr., state selective service direc
tor, both urging the necessity for
such an organization and point
ing to the large scope of the
work before it.
The Governor said that "noth
ing can contribute more to the
welfare of the state and nation
than to care for these returning
servicemen and find employment
for them.”
