Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, April 20, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXIII. No. 16. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 20. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 MEMORIAL DAY TO BE OBSERVED APR. 26 Confederate Memorial Day will be observed in Perry next Wed nesday, April 20, with a pro gram in the Perry school audi torium at 12 o’clock Noon. Judge Mallory Atkinson of Macon will be the speaker. Supt. E. P. Staples of Perry schools will be master of ceremonies and intro duce the speaker. Miss Willie Ryals is in charge of the music and Miss Margaret McFarland will give a reading. The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are sponsor ing this observance. Chapter members will decorate the Con federate monument, the graves of Confederate veterans, and the stage of the Perry school on Me morial Day. The public is invited to the program at the school at noon. Following the exercises, U. D. C. members will have a dinner at the New Perry hotel with Judge and Mrs. Atkinson as guests. There are no surviving Con federate veterans or women of the Confederacy in Houston county. Only six widows of vet erans live in this county. FARM LEADER URGES BUYING OF WAR BONDS The No. 1 job of all farmers is to produce a maximum of essen tial food and fiber, but to take care of their own best interests they can well put some* of the profits into War Bonds, L. I. Skinner, assistant director of the Agricultural Extension Service, said this week. In this way a profitable investment can be built up that will serve as a post war reserve. Georgia farmers, by investing regularly in War Bonds, have an opportunity to build financial re serves for the future and at the same time make an important contribution to the war effort, he continued, Mr. Skinner recom mended the following farm fi nancial program: 1. Keep debts at a safe level. Farmers with heavy debts should use part of their increased income to reduce them to a safe level, but they should buy some bonds. 2. Avoid speculation. The fi nancial welfare of agriculture for the next two decades will de pend to a great extent on the use farmers make of their high er income during the war. With prices high, now is the time to save —not speculate. 3. Build financial reserves and help win the war by invest ing in War Bonds. A sound fi nancial program is to invest in bonds the cost of needed repairs and replacements of buildings and equipment that cannot be made now, invest in bonds the cost of desired improvements for the farm and home, and then in vest as much as possible in these bonds as a general reserve for unfavorable years that may come later. W. C. NIPPER PROMOTED William C. Nipper, of Clinch field, Ga., and the 397th Infan try Regiment, 100th Infantry Division, has been promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, division headquarters has announced. Sgt. Nipper has also been awarded the motor vehicle driv er’s silver badge for having per formed his duties with a rating of excellent and without traffic violations or accidents. The award was issued to only 35 per cent of the Division’s assigned drivers. PREVENT FIRES Timber destroyed is this coun try by fire during the past five years would have built 20,000 Liberty ships or 2,000,000 truck bodies, according to J. E. Phil lips, forester for the Georgia Ag ricultural Extension Seevice. f armers are being urged to co operate in the spring clean-up campaign to prevent fires. An exchange notes that some pranksters of that community hung a sign on the car of some newly weds which read: “Anoth er result of careless talk.” PERRY POLICE CHIEF DIES AFTER ILLNESS I — H. D. Gordy, chief of police inj Perry for the past 17 years, died at his home Monday morning af-j ter several months of declining! health. Before accepting the post of police chief, Mr. Gordy was a prominent Houston county farm er. He was a member of the Methodist church of Perry and the Perry Kiwanis club. He is survived by his wife; his mother, Mrs. Kate Gordy of At lanta; three daughters, Mrs. L. H. Pafford and Mrs. H. E. Smith of Perry, and Mrs. Huey Ruther ford of Gulfport, Miss.; three sisters, Mrs. E. L. Duke Sr. of Fort Valley, Mrs. G. M. Davis of Atlanta, and Mrs. Darden Eure of Morehead City, N. C.; and three brothers, H. I. Gordy, W. F. Gordy and Sith Gordy, all of Atlanta. Funeral services were held at the family home at 11:00 a. m, Wednesday with the Rev. J. E. Sarnpley and the Rev. J. A. Ivey officiating. Interment was in Evergreen cemetery, Perry. Tucker Funeral Home was in charge. HERE’S HOW W. T. M., County Agent Q. What plantings do you recommend for silage? A. (1) Corn and sweet sor ghum—-plant in same row, 3 pounds of sorghum seed and 7 pounds of corn per acre; (2)Corn alone —10 pounds per acre; (3) Sweet sorghum alone —12 pounds per acre; (4) Grain sorghum (Hegari or Grohoma) alone—l 2 pounds per acre; (5) Corn or| sweet sorghum and Biloxi or Mammoth Yellow Soybeans— plant in alternate rows; (6)Small grains—alone or in combination with vetch. i Q. Are dried vegetables as good as canned and frozen foods? A. Home dried vegetables and fruits are probably not as good in nutritional value, nor as pleas ing in flavor and taste as canned and frozen foods, but they are satisfactory foods. They have other advantages in the small storage space required, the cheap ness of drying, and the speed with which products can be dried. Q. Can fresh fish be brined and cured at home? A. The Fish and Wildlife Ser vice of the U. S. Department of the Interior has a fishery leaflet which gives methods of home I preservation of fishery products Iby salting, smoking and brining. Q. Can I make a new cover for my old umbrella? A. Yes, with a little time and care, if you can find proper ma terial. First remove the old cover, then rip out one section and cut a pattern. Count the number of sections or triangular ; pieces required. Fold the pat tern in half and measure the straight side. Buy material at least as wide as this measure ment. To find the number of yards of material which you will need to buy, measure the straight or outside edge of one piece, multiply this distance by half the number of sections and and enough for another section. Cut out the pieces crosswise of j the cloth. Be sure you know! how to place the pattern. Look! at an umbrella and see just how to put it together. Q. How can I keep rabbits from eating vegetables in my victory garden? A. Have a fenced garden, if possible, using a wire mesh small enough to shut the rabbits out. If the garden must be in! the open, locate it away from! woods, and trap or shoot the | rabbits during hunting season, i The Georgia Education Asso-j cion adopted a resolution last' week asking Gov. Ellis Arnall to! reconvene the Legislature to deal! with the school situation. So! many school teachers are leaving] for better paying jobs that the j situation is said to be critical. j They keep fighting- You keep buying WAk SOUPS ML SDK SUM NEWS 1 I Largely through the efforts of j Second Lieutenant Paul Massey, ] the roster of Company F, Geor i gia State Guard, of Perry, has been increased by the following named men: Burdette, Owen Marvin, Lee, William C., Satterfield, Frank E., Watts, William C., | Whitten, Olin Lee, I Reeves, Charles Edward, Etheridge, William G. Jr., Skellie, Walter E., , Hardy, William R. Jr., Beavers, John G., Ethridge, Gene, Wilson, Jack. The above men were enlisted on April 4 and April 11 and al ready show more than satisfac tory progress. As the local company is con stantly losing men to the armed forces, it more than ever be comes the duty of any able bodied, patriotic citizen who has not offered his services to do so now. Capt. F. M. Houser is com mander; Ist Lt. T, C. Rogers, 2nd in command; and 2nd Lt. 'Paul Massey, 3rd in command. RATIONING REMINDERS' Meats and Fats Red AB, thru J 8 (Book 4) valid at 10 points each, for use 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 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. per person, will be granted on application to the local board. 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. Stamp I on “airplane” sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair indefi nitely. Stamp 2on Airplane Sheet in Book 3 becomes valid May 1. Ifomictoryl isM BUY UNITED | VQppa STATES Wf WAR vi/«P ONDS Ms T a m p S i _ / I I - I KEEPOM_^ WAR BONDS INSUREpd/uta ikwiTH WAR BONDS SOFTBALL LFAGUE NEWS ~ By G. F. NUNN In a continuation of play be tween the first game opponents, the Hawks under Mgr. Staples again crushed the Eagles in a loosely played game to the tune of 8-6. Mgr. Nunn’s charges, hampered even more by the ab sence of three regulars from the j lineup, but hampered even more 'by the presence of their regular third baseman, jumped off to a 4-1 lead and appeared headed for their first win of the season, but in the sixth inning, their defense at the hot corner completely col lapsed and the Hawks circled the bases almost at will for three runs, then went on to win. It is a rare privilege of this reporter to be able to lash out against the inexcusable bungling of a player, but it is only just that I say here that but for the complete lack of support he had from 3rd base man Nunn, Sam Norwood would have won himself a well pitched ball game. Staples and Evans with two doubles each led the hitting for the Hawks, while for the Eagles, Heller and B. Bled soe had two hits each. In the day’s double-header, the colorful Parrots, with their regu lar pitcher back in harness an nexed both games from the “hootin” Owls by scores of 3-2 and 7-1. C. Walker turned in a fine performance in the first game, holding the Owls to four scattered hits, and then went on to win the second, allowing only one run. The fine defense of the Parrots can best be imagined; when one realized that the Owls hit safely in every inning of the second game, but could shove across a run only in the sixth, when L. Bledsoe led off with a double and scampered home a moment later on A. Braddock’s line single. Special citation is due “rookie” Jack Beavers, who pitched well in his first appear ance and contributed two solid singles to his team’s attack in the second game, two of them of the well-known “bloody” va riety, but safe, timely blows nevertheless. At this stage of the show, the Hawks led with three wins and no losses, followed by the Par rots with two and one. Mgr. “hootin” Skellie’s Owls have one i win and two in the red, while the lowly Eagles have yet to crack the win column. Next Sun day finds all hands looking at new pitching, with the Eagles in the single opening game against the Parrots, and the Hawks and Owls featured in a double-header attraction afterward. At a meeting of the directors and managers since Sunday’s games, some of the ground rules were clarified, and the strict en forcement of a “no argument” rule was urged. To the specta tors of Sunday’s games a note of apology is due for the wrangling which occurred over the failure of the rules committee to clear up some of the ground rules ap plying to play on this particular field, but the public can be as sured that such will not occur again and that their support and enthusiasm is tremendously ap preciated. Play begins at 2:30 p. m. Be there. GET OUT AND GARDEN If in doubt as to whether to take on the work of a Victory Garden this season, the decision should be to do it. Victory Gardeners need to grow just as much food as possible, for use fresh or for storage. This is the word that comes from the War Food Administration. The Office of Price Administration agrees. “Future ration values of canned vegetables,” says Chester Bowles, “depent on this year’s Victory Garden.” Victory Gardening is a war job, an obli gation for everyone who has the time to do the work and can make arrangements for a suit able place. AdnJpin the point ration values of some processed foods in March is regarded by Victory Garden headquarters as the main reason for some tem porary slackening of garden in terest. But there is no possible chance that this country can grow more food than will be needed. WITH THE HOUSTON SOIL CONSERVERSj By LOUIS SKINNER Soil Conservation Service i I Well, after so long a time we finally got the last small ship ment of kudzu last week. It was a little late to plant kudzu in this section but under favorable con ditions the majority of the crowns should live. For this planting season a total of 95,600 crowns were planted to water ways and field planting. Last week’s shipment was distributed as follows: A. C. Pritchett re ceived 5,000 crowns which will be planted to both waterways and field planting. S. H. Fergu son received 5,500 crowns to be planted in waterways. C. W. England, on M. C. Roberts farm, got 8,000 crowns to be used in field planting. Terrace lines were surveyed last week on Pat Muse’s farm. Terrace lines were also surveyed on Lewis Tabor’s farm. Both of these farmers are cooperators of the Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation District. I noticed Jake Eason’s lespe deza sericea meadow strip the other day. The sericea seems to be doing fine this year as it has gotten off to fine start. This is its second year. Sericea makes good grazing if it is grazed while young and around six to eight inches tall. After it passes this stage the plant becomes woody and therefore is not very palat able for grazing. FEED BROfIDJOWS PROPERLY The problem of properly feed ing brood sows before pigs are farrowed has been greatly in creased by the protein shortage and farmers should now double check sows’ rations, according to a warning issued this week by County Agent W. T. Middle brooks. “The lack of protein feed can be compensated for, to a certain extent by allowing sows to run on good pasture and by not feed ing corn too liberally during the gestation period,” Mr. Middle brooks continued. “If vegetable proteins are be ing used in the ration, farmers should bear in mind that more mineral is required than when animal proteins are used. Ade quate vitamin balance in the ra tion is also essential if strong litters of healthy pigs are to be produced.” Baby pig anemia is likely to be a common problem on many farms, the American Veterinary Medical Association states, and Mr. Middlebrooits recommended that pigs bq given access to a square of clean sod, or that the animals be treated with iron salt solution, to prevent this condi tion. LIBRARY NOTES Louis Bromfield, one of Ameri ca’s greatest story tellers, has a 1 new book. “What Became of An na Bolton,” is the character study of a girl who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and showed the world what she could do. ' “Fountainhead, ”by Ayn Rand, is a vigorous and dramatic novel, based on the rights of the in dividual. An appealing book for this troubled time is, “Dunnybrook,” by Gladys Hasty Carroll. A story of solid virtues and homely emo tions of an American family. “In the Steps of the Master,”|' by H, V. Morton, is the author’s) pilgrimage to the Holy Land, i He describes in an impressive! manner the path of Jesus. Negley Farson has had a widen range of experience in Africa I and studied its people intimately. “Behind God’s Back,” is noth only interesting but full of in-j formation. Library open every afternoon except Wednesday from 1:30 to I 6:30 p. m. Verniece Beavers, Librarian. YOUR WAR BOND hi— 1 mn I NOW BEING REVISED Georgia’s historic document, known as the State Constitution, is being revised by the Constitu tional Commission appointed by Gov. Ellis Arnall. The 67-year old instrument has many out moded provisions. The State Constitution was first adopted in 1777 and under went a more or less complete re vision 100 years later in 1877. Since that time the document has been amended so many times that the best constitutional law yers in the state admit that they are confused by its complexities and ambiguities. All last week leading state and national constitutional authori ties sat at conference at the State Capitol and adjourned to an indefinite date after recommend ing various important changes in the present document. Chief changes advocated were: Elimi nation of the provision allocating all revenue from taxes on alco holic beverages to the common schools, abolition of present state school districts, provision for partial “home rule” by counties, revision of state primary election laws, elimination of a 110-year old clause relieving the Georgia Railroad from payment of ad va lorem taxes and revision of the statutes governing procedure of all courts. Georgia’s revised constitution will retain the poll tax as a re quirement for voting, as result of decision made by the Commis sion last week. The Commission also took steps to meet requirements for holding primaries under the re cent decision of the United States Supreme court on the Texas pri mary law, but removed a section which established qualifications for voters in party primaries. The “grandfather” clause was eliminated, and the words “of good character” were inserted in the section which provides that property ownership qualifies an elector to vote. In addition to the best state authorities available the Gover nor called on such nationally known figures as Congressman Hatton Sumners, of Texas,chair man of the House Judiciary Com mittee; Frank Bane, of Chicago, director of the Council of State Government: W. Brooks Graves, Philadelphia, and Walter F. Dood, Chicago. The Commission now at work upon the revision of the 1877 document is doing a painstaking, | meticulous job, it is said. The task alone of fitting into the con stitution almost three hundred amendments, some of them con flicting, that have been adopted in an effort to modernize Georgia government, is not a small one. The Commission, quite properly, takes the view that revision is their task, not rewriting. Some needful improvements will not thereby be made, unless the General Assembly writes them [ into the document before submis [sion to the voters. However, clarification will be rather com plete, and Georgians will be able to interpret the document more readily when the new version is completed. 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. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS 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. NOTICE Through error the name of the Methodist W. S. C. S. was not listed as one of the contributors to the Red Cross Fund in the list published last week. This organization gave $5 to the Red Cross.