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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXIII. No. 15. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, APRIL 13. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 JUDGE ATKINSON TO GIVE SPEECH APR. 26 Judge Mallory Atkinson has accepted an invitation from the Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to deliver the ad dress on Confederate Memorial Day in Perry. Judge Atkinson was recently appointed judge of the Macon circuit to succeed Judge A. M. Anderson who is on active duty in the U. S. Navy. The Memorial Day exercises will be held at 12 o’clock Noon Wednesday, April 26, in the Per ry school auditorium. Supt. E. P. Staples of the Perry school will be master of ceremonies. Following the program, the U. D. C. members will have a din ner at the New Perry hotel with Judge and Mrs. Atkinson as special guests. Plans for Memorial Day were made by the chapter at its April meeting held Tuesday last week at the home of Mrs. C. E. Brun son. Mrs. Clyde S. Gurr, president, appointed the following commit tees for the April 26th obser vance: Program—Mrs. H. P. Dobbins and Mrs. E. W T . Traylor. Decorations —Mrs. W. F. Nor wood, dinner; Mrs. G. E. Jordan and Mrs. G. S. Riley, stage; Mrs, Agnes S. Marshall and Mrs. C.S. Gurr, monument: Mrs. Brunson, Mrs. F. M. Greene and Mrs. E. F. Barfield, graves. The program at t h e April meeting was as follows: “Found ing of the Confederacy,” Mrs. Brunson; “RobertToombs,’’Mrs. Dobbins; “Judah P. Benjamin,” Mrs. Traylor: “Our Flag,” Mrs. Riley. WITH THE HOUSTON SOIL CONSERVERS By LOUIS SKINNER Soil Conservation Service Clifford Grimes had more ter race lines surveyed on his farm last week and he also began con struction of his terraces using a six disc tiller plow. S. H. Ferguson also began construction of his terraces, Mayo Davis’ fish pond is still at a standstill due to a break down in the machinery. It is hoped that construction of his dam can be resumed in a few days. Houser Gilbert has closed up the drain pipe on his dam so that the pond can now begin to fill up I with water. I think Houser has' a nice arrangement for his even flow drain pipe. Instead of hav ing a brick chimney he is using a metal pipe connected to an elbow which can either be turned down or disconnected for complete drainage of his pond. E. D. Alexander, Extension Agronomist, was here in the county last week to take pictures of grazing fields and winter cov er crops. He took several pic tures-of S. A. Nunn’s crimson clover and other temporary graz ing fields and also several shots of his permanent pasture. Mr. Alexander was very interested in some of the lupine fields he saw here. He was especially inter ested in some of the experimen tal plots showing the early plant ing of blue lupine and Australian winter peas in front of digging peanuts. He took a number of pictures of this experiment from which he intends to make some colored slides to be used in il lustrated lectures. OPA STORE CHECKUP The OPA made a second Emer gency check in Houston county last week on prices and posting. Ihe following stores were checked and found in full com pliance; T. D, Mason, J. H. Davis & S°n, J. J. Rogers, Perry; E. E. j bateman, William Bateman’s! Grocery, J. M. Matthews, Byron;, TC. Leverett, Bonaire; B. H. Hdwards, Kathleen; Mrs. Ester Teed, Clinchfield; E. Wynnes, Henderson; Langley’s, and Hlaney’s Oak Park. Seaman 2c Marvin Garvin and Mrs - Griffin announce the birth V a son, Ronny Allen, on Tues day, April 4. lt.dan grant to tag BOMBS FROM HOUSTON i Lt. Dan L. Grant of Perry, pi-| lot of U. S. Army Air Corps in the European war theatre, wrote a letter March 16 to C. E. An-i drew,, president of Perry Loan and Savings Bank, which con tains the following: “Congratulations to the citi zens of Houston County for the tremendous success in the War Loan Drive. As a token of my appreciation for your backing, I am having a load of bombs on my plane tagged: ‘From the Citizens of Houston County, Georgia, with the promise that! many more await delivery.' I am waiting to select the appro priate target and will mail you pictures of the bombs and plane when this is dune.” Lt. Grant has been awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster by the U. S, Government “for exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in five separate bomber combat missions over enemy occupied Europe.” Lt. Grant could have returned to the United States at an early date following completion of his missions over there but he peti Honed for an extension of duty in this theatre. He writes: “My request has been approv ed so I will now be with them ‘til the allied soldiers are stand ing at ease among the ruins of Berlin. lam quite happy over that.” All praise for such a splendid patriotic spirit is the response of the citizens of Houston county who appreciate the recognition given them by this outstanding native son. RATIONING REMINDERS Compulsory periodic tire in spections for passenger cars will > not be required after April 20, OPA has announced. In making public the end of the inspection program, OPA de clared that “this does not mean that the tire picture has become any brighter. It simply means that the inspection program has fulfilled its primary objective—to make motorists conscious of the extreme need for tire conserva tion and tire care,” Motorists must continue to have an inspection made of pas senger tires they wish to re place. Elimination of periodic inspections for autos does not affect the truck tire inspection program. I OPA pointed out that a short age of civilian passenger tires still exists, and that production this year will run below civilian needs. According to the latest estimates of the Office of the Rubber Director, 22 million tires will be produced for civilians this year as compared with more than 34 million new replacement tires ; produced in 1941. • Again OPA emphasized the im portance of continuing to do everything possible to conserve the tires now on passenger cars. Meats and Fats Red AB, thru J 8 (Book 4) valid at 10 points each, for use j with tokens, indefinite date. Red KB, LB, and M 8 became valid April 9, good indefinitely. Processed Foods Blue A8 through K 8 (Book 4) | valid indefinitely at 10 points each, for use with tokens. Sugar Sugar Stamps No, 30 and No. 31 in Book 4 good for five pounds indefinitely. Canning Sugar Sugar for home canning will be made available at the samej rate as last year and in much thei same way. ] As in effect now, five pounds i of canning sugar may be bought! with sugar stamp 40 and the re- i mainder, a maximum of 20 lbs. j per person, will be granted on | application to the local board. I 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. I SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS j By G. F. NUNN I I j In a game packed with thrills (from start to finish, the Owls and the Parrots opened the 1944 Community Softball League sea son, with the former, under the expert management of W. A. Skellie, fighting an uphill battle all the way and finally emerging as winners over the underlings of Mr. Glea Gray by a score of 6-5. The batting superiority of the Owls showed up down the stretch, but the Parrots though hampered by the absence of their regular pitcher, C. Walker, made a game stand, and led all the way till the “lucky seventh” when the Owls finally went ahead to stay. For the Owls, A. Hardy was outstanding at bat, with two doubles and a single in fourtimes up, while Mr. Gray led his Parrots both at bat and afield in a well played ballgame. The Hawks, under Mgr, Eric Staples, struck in the first inning against the Eagles, and then with big guns Lasseter, Evans, Davis, and Staples continuing to roar out their thunder, breezed through both games of a double header, to flatten the charges of F. Nunn by scores of 8-5, 10-2. The Eagles made a battle of it in the first game, pulling up to within one run of the fast flying Hawks when Heller homered with one on, but two homers by Lasseter and the heavy hitting of Evans held them off. In the second game, after Morris allow ed the Hawks an 8 run lead, Eaglet Sam Norwood came in to pitch and held them well in hand. But the damage was done, and the Eagles were never in it after that. The fielding gems of the day were contributed by two “rookie” outfielders of the Hawks, N. Bernstein an d J. Mathews, who each made fine catches on long fly balls tagged for extra bases. An enthusiastic crowd, led by the redoubtable “Tab” Wellons, was on hand, and cheered the antics of their favorites through out. “RC’s” were for sale and went well, but from the appear ance, at the last, of such stal warts as Tom Cater, Mayo Da vis, and “Rip” Evans, a good, soothing liniment would have sold better. But as muscles are ironed out and batting eyes sharpened up, the all-round play of the teams will improve great ly, and a lot of good softball looms before us for this summer. Next Sunday the Hawks open with a single game against the Eagles, and the Parrots come back with a double-header against the Owls. Play begins promptly at 2:30 and a wealth of fun is in store for all. CENTERVILLE NEWS Mr. and Mrs.lrie Roberts spent the weekend with relatives in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mathews visited relatives in Macon Sun day. Mrs. Olin Moody and Miss Margaret Stafford of Greenville, S. C. visited their mother, Mrs. J. T. Stafford, during the week | end. Mrs. Ira Garvin had as her guests on Friday her mother, Mrs, A. P. Brown, Mrs. Dur ward Griggs and danghter, Mrs. Lois Etheridge and daughter, Mrs. Eva Seay, and Bobbie Brown of Macon, Cpl. Paul Brown of Louisiana. Mrs. Brown spent the weekend in Macon with her mother. Mr. and Mrs.Elzie Bassett had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Horace Preston and family of Byron, Ga. j The first, second, and third (grades of Centerville school had i an Easter Egg hunt Friday, j The fourth, fifth, sixth and | seventh grades had a weiner i roast Friday. i j Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Newhard I spent the weekend in Atlanta with their daughters, Miss Mar garet Newhard, and Mrs. Jack Lee and her family. Shoes Stamp No. 18 expires April 30. Another shoe stamp will become valid May 1. Stamp I on “airplane” sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair indefi nitely. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS We, the Grand Jury sworn for s the April term of Houston Su , perior Court, wish to make the j following presentments: We have had for our considera j tion 16 Bills of indictment and have returned 14 True Bills and j 2 No Bills, ' Inspections, heretofore, made ’ jin county and improvements rec ’■'ommended have and are being l- made as fast as possible. ; We approve the following ap ' pointments: R. E, Jackson’s ap , pointment as N. P. and Ex. Of , ficioJ. P. for the 541st. G. M, [ (Elko) to fill unexpired term of i J. H. Clark, deceased, and W.H. . Talton, N. P. Ex. Officio J. P. for the 540th. Dist. R. M. (Bon aire) to succeed himself. The committee to inspect the I County Jail made a favorable re- I port on the County Jail. The plumbing, bedding, sanitary con , ditions kept in a neat and orderly ! manner. ; The committee appointed toin -1 spect the County’s Work Camp ( for prisoners found the camp in good shape. The buildings were kept clean also the grounds clean ■ and in good order. They have 17 prisoners in camp. We think Mr, Parker is doing a good job. | We reappointed Mr. Floyd H. . Tabor to succeed himself and ap pointed H. C. Talton to succeed ; C. B. Watson as members of the ■ County School Board. , We approve and recommend ' for payment the bills of court of ficers for service rendered this body as follows: To Tommie S, Hunt, Clerk of Court, for issuing 60 subpoenas . at 15c each for April Term 1944 • Houston Superior Court, $9.00. ( To C. C. Chapman, Sheriff, for , serving 60 subpoenas at 50c each, • $30.00. , We recommend that these pre [ sentments be published in one is sue of the Houston Home Jour nal at a cost not exceeding $l5. In taking our leave of the Court we wish to express our ap preciation to all court officers for the courtesies extended us during our deliberations. Respectfully submitted this 4th day of April, 1-944. E. W. Traylor, foreman; H. G. Braddock, clerk; W.E. Beckham, C. M. Walker, L. M. Paul Sr., B. H. Andrew, Roy L. Blood worth, W. G. Gray, C. E. An drew, L. W. Houser, Eric Staples, D. E. Corder, G. W. Hicks, J. E. Carney, S. T. Bryan, J, I. David son, Henry Rose, J. O. Jacobs, A. C. Pritchett, H. B. Gilbert. Georgia, Houston County in i the Superior of said county. Let the foregoing General Pre ■ sentments of the Grand Jury for the regular April Terra 1944 be received and recorded as provid ed by law and published as there-, in recommended. In open court this April 4, , 1944. Chas. H. Garrett, Sol. Gen. Malcolm D. Jones,- Judge S. C. M. C. Georgia, Houston County, i I, Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk Su perior Court Houston County, Georgia, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the ■ Grand Jury Presentments, as the same appears of record in the . above mentioned office. Witness my official signature and the seal of this Court. . This April 7, 1944. 1 Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk Superior Court Ho, Co. Ga. i SUPERIOR COURT MEETS Houston Superior Court was in session for three days this week for the trial of criminal cases. Judge Malcolm D. Jones pre sided on Monday, assisting Judge Mallory Atkinson, the newly ap pointed judge, in getting the ses sion under way. Judge Atkin son presided on Tuesday and Wednesday in the trial of cases , on the calendar for the two days. At the Tuesday session Arthur Pritchett, alias Dummy, plead guilty to the offense of man slaughter, His sentence was de ferred to the December term. The trial of Donnella Smith, charged with murder, was post -1 poned to the December term. The session will be concluded i Wednesday with the trial of ■ Judge Mclntosh, negro, charged with poisoning a well. SKIT ON NEWSPAPER GIVEN BY PERRY BOYS ,1 A skit dramatizing the con ■ tents of a newspaper was pre sented by the eighth grade as sisted by other grades, at the April meeting of the Perry P. T. A., held Tuesday p. m. in the school auditorium. Mrs. W. W. Driskell, high school teacher, wrote and directed this skit which was presented recently at the school chapel program and repeated by request for the P. T. A. Heralds of the news on each side of the stage held placards which headlined each scene. These heralds were Benita An drew and Bobby Smith. The staff of the newspaper was as follows: Edwin Thompson, Billie Bledsoe, Richard Burdette, John Blue Calhoun, Jimmy Con nell, Douglas Fullington, Phil Hudson, and Billie Clarke. The contents of a newspaper were presented as follows: gen eral or world news, scientific topics, jokes, comic strips, sports, society, advertisements, editori al. The news was given in both a serious and humorous vein and with a local angle by including real happenings at the Perry school. Some of the humorous features were Mother Goose Rhymes re-vamped to war times. The comics such as Mutt and Jeff, Hambone, etc. were pre sented in costume. The sport news included activities of Perry High’s Panthers, winners of the third district basketball tourna ment, who have been “muchly” entertained of late. Perhaps the highlight of the presentation was the wedding of Miss Perry, Ga. to Mr. Houston County with Georgia Products performing the ceremony, which took place during the society news, Joye Beddingfield was the bride and Wesley Ramage Tabor, the groom, who were united by David Houser as Geor gia Products. Sherry Staples was flower girl and Larry Walk er, seed bearer. Seeds and flow ers were the emblems used in place of rings. These small children enacted their parts per fectly and almost “stole the show.” Advertisements showed the best dressed women to be those in service uniforms such as Waves, Wacs, Red Cross Nurses, etc. These representatives re cited the Pledge to the Flag. The best dressed boys were those in service uniform or in Boy Scout suit. The Scout oath was recited by these boys. Taking the women’s parts were; LaFay Carlisle, Carolyn Cowan, Kathryn Dußois, Sara] Ivey, Betty Ann McElhenny, Rhoda Belle Miller, and Anna Belle Watts. Jloy Scouts were: James Mat thews, Howard Peyton, Charles Irby Shelton, and Harry Dußois, Scout leader. The editorial pantomine, her alded with “Buy War Bonds” and “Give to the Red Cross,” was patriotic in theme. The en tire cast formed a tableau around i the central figure of Columbia, holding a U.S. flag, as an unseen voice recited “I Am The Flag” in an impersonation of the Flag. As the grand finale the cast sang the “Star Spangled Banner.” Supt. E. P. Staples closed the program with prayer. The sec ond grade won the attendance prize. Mrs. E. W. Traylor act ing president, presided over the business meeting. The stage was decorated in the patriotic colors, red, white, and blue. “VICTORY” EGG A “Victory” egg was laid last| week by a New Hampshire Reu| hen belonging to J. T. Over tor of Elko. This novelty ‘‘Easter’ ! egg has a distinct “V” on one! end. This extra large, 2 yolk egg, is on display at the Home] Journal office. i Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Wall and 1 Mrs. Jesse Boler of Decatur werej guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emmiti Akin Sunday. Mrs. J. L, Wall and daughter, Linda, who are with Mrs. Wall’s sister, Mrs. Akin, for the “duration” went to Decatur with her husband’s parents to visit for two weeks. Mrs. Hugh Braddock and daughter spent several days this week with her parents in East Point. j HOUSTON EXCEEDS ! RED CROSS QUOTA ( Houston county raised $5,704 for the Red Cross War Fund dur ing the annual drive conducted throughout the nation during the month of March. G. W. Rhodes, county chairman, is gratified that the county exceeded its $5,000 quota and expressed appreciation for the efforts put fourth by all workers. Perry raised $3,423 and other communities and groups in the county, $2,281. Donations by communities and groups are as follows: Warner Robins, $390. Elko $l5B, Miss Carolyn Bras well, chmn. Henderson $l2O, Mrs. E. Wynne, chmn. Clinchfield $l7, Mrs. Joe Da vis, chmn. • Kathleen $ll2, Mrs. A. R. Tal ton, Sr., chmn. Bonaire $45, Mrs. Jack Am mons, chmn. Centerville $156, Mrs. E. F. Tharpe, chmn, Warner Robins Theatre $359. Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. Em ployees Plant No. 2 $5OO, Cement, Lime, and Gypsum Workers Local 23 $22.75. F. M. Greene, chmn. County Schools, reported these amounts from the county schools; Warner ' Robins and Bonaire $200; Henderson $11.55; Hayne ville $3.80; Elko ss;Grovania $l5. Perry High School under the direction of Supt. E. P. Staples raised $524 which is included in Perry’s total. Perry Training School (color ed) with Principal A. D. Red mond as chmn. raised $145 of Perry’s total. The colored schools of the county under the direction of Supervisor Helen Martin con tributed $166 of the county’s total. The drive in Perry was con ducted by the Sorosis club assist ed by a men’s committee. The ladies of the club with Mrs. Mayo Davis as chmn. were in strumental in collecting $1,954, Th e men’s committee raised $BOO. These sums totaling $2,- 754 plus $524 from the white school and $145 from the colored school swelled Perry’s total to $3,423. Included in Perry’s total in the Sorosis club amount are contri butions from the following groups: Men’s Bible Class, Methodist church, $28.75. Perry Baptist Church, $25. Masonic Lodge, $25. Kiwanis Club, $25. Roxy Theatre, $9O. Robert D. Collins Post Ameri- Ican Legion, $25. Legion Auxiliary, $l5. Presbyterian Women’s Auxili ary, $l7. Book Club, $5. Sorosis Club, $5. Wesleyan Service Guild, $5. Baptist W. M. S., $6.10. There were a large number of i generous contributions from in dividuals whose names are not published in the belief that such persons would prefer to remain unknown to the general public. The response to this worthy cause was fine and the'people of Houston county can be pleased that they reached the goal ex- Ipected of them. This goal was almost twice as much as the county raised in 1943 for the Red Cross. Houston county is an auxiliary of the Macon Chapter Red Cross. Contributions of workers at j Robins Field and Warner Robins Air Depot were reported directly I to Macon. liMOISI ANNOUNCEMENTS A Chaplain from Robins Field, j Ga. will occupy the pulpit next i Sunday morning in the absence J of the pastor. Chaplain Thomas Pardue of j Robins Field will preach at the i evening hour. Church Services, 11:30 a. m., and 8:00 p. m. Church School-10:15 a. m. Young People’s Service, 7:00 p. m. Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor, Cadet Corp. Allen Whipple, Gordon College, Barnesville, was at home for the weekend.