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Houston Home Journal
VOL. LXXIII. No. 19. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MAY 11. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870
NEED OF SALVAGE
REMAINS URGENT
By RUBY C. HODGES
The government Salvage Pro
gram has settled down into a
continuous one for the duration
of the war in the collection of
prepared tin cans, kitchen
grease, waste paper, rags, and
scrap metals.
The need for salvage is as ur
gent as ever. In the rush of
war-time living, salvage needs
are sometimes forgotten. This
article is to point out again the
needs and to give information as
to collection of salvage items.
First, kitchen grease will be
discussed as Houston county
along with the rest of Georgia
has failed to come up with its
quota. Rogers store in Perry
has shipped 736 lbs. of waste
fats this year for use in the war
effort. This is good but not
what the county should have
done. So far as is known, no
other store in the county has
turned in any waste fats, al
though Massey’s Market has 150
lbs. ready to send off next week.
Arrangements have been madel
for G. Bernd of Macon to pick 1
up waste grease from the meat
markets in Perry every Wednes-|
day morning. Housewives are |
asked to bring their surplus
kitchen grease to Rogers, Mas- j
sey’s Market, or Barfield’s Mar
ket in Perry and receive two red
points and four cents a pound
for same.
Fats and greases are vitally
needed. Calculations show that
one teaspoon of grease per per
son per day is needed in war
production. Let’s all “spoon in
our bit” and help our boys blast
the enemies of our country.
Bring it in every week and let’s
try to have a big amount for
next Wednesday.
Tin cans should be carried to
grocery stores for collection. The
Fort Valley Coca-Cola truck has
resumed the collection of tin cans
in Ferry. Please prepare these
cans and bring in right away to
your grocer.
Waste Paper
Waste paper is being collected
in Perry every two weeks by
Boy Scouts who will be in charge
of the paper collection this sum
mer, also.
Collection was made this week
and 3,160 lbs. were received,
bringing the total this year to
9 Y? tons.
Waste paper is now a most vi
tal war material. It has many
war uses and its shortage is
critical.
The next waste paper collec
tion in Perry will be May 23-24.
Save your papers and have them
ready in bundles when the boys
call.
Bellflowers Junk Yard in Per
ry will buy all scrap metals and
rags brought to them. At the
present time rags are badly
needed.
LIBRARY NOTES
Martin Flavin has the honor of
receiving not only the Pulitzer
award but also the Harper!
prize for his novel, “Journey in
the Dark. ” A book by Somerset
Mangham is a literary event.
‘Razor’s Edge,” is a sophisti
cated novel and good entertain
ment.
National favorites in the Perry
Library are: Smith, Tree Grows
in Brooklyn: Douglas, The Robe;
Asch, The Apostle; Bromfield, j
What Became of Ann Bolton;i
Mclnnis, While Still We Live. |
Non-fiction: Carlson, Under!
Cover; Seagrave, Burma Sur-|
geon; Stowe, They Shall Notj
Sleep.
Beautifully illustrated picture |
books with fascinating stories for I
the very young are among the |
new books being added to the i
library.
Library open every afternoon
except Wednesday from 1:30 to
6:30 p. m .
Verniece Beavers, Librarian.
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.
Key. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
PERRY HIGH MAKES
! COMMENCEMENT PLANS
I
.
j The senior class of Perry High
school will present their class
play Friday night, May 19, 8:30
o’clock in the school auditorium.
The play this year is a musical
comedy _called“Cinderella Rose.”
All thirty-nine seniors will take
part either as a member of the
cast or in the chorus. Mrs. J.
O. Coleman is the director and
Miss Willie Ryals,choral director,
Sunday, May 28, will be com
mencement Sunday for the sen
iors. Friday night, June 2, is
the date for the graduation ex
ercises. Plans for these occa
sions will be announced later.
Miss Willie Ryals will present
her music pupils in recitals May
29-30. The high school program
will be Monday, May 29 and the
grammar school program, Tues
day, May 30.
The Junior-Senior banquet will
be held this Friday night, May
12, at the Legion Home.
HERE’S HOW '
W. T. M., County Agent
j Q. Should I can more than
(enough food for one year?
j A. In general, canned food
(should not be kept longer than
j from one canning season to the
j next. When kept too long, can
i ned fruits and vegetables tend to
lose nutritive value as well as
color, flavor and texture. Since
certain fruits, as peaches, apples
and pears, do not bear every
year it seems a good practice to
can enough fruits when the sup
ply is plentiful to carry over the
“lean” years.
Q. How can I tempt the ap-
Ipetites of my family in order to
get it to consume more canned
foods before fresh foods are
ready for the table?
A. Remember the adage, “va
riety is the spice of life which
gives it all its flavor,” applies
equally to foods. If you take
special care in seasoning and
serving, dishes will be more
tempting and attractive. Use
colorful combinations of food,
and use herbs from your garden
to add “spice” to the meal.
Q. When should flavoring be
added to cake mixtures?
A. Home economists of the
Department of Agriculture ad
vocate adding the flavoring to
fat when it is creamed, as most
flavoring extracts are oils which
combine with the fat and so give
more even and lasting flavor to
cakes and cookies.
Q. What special care should I
give to my electric refrigerator?
A. Study the instruction book
which came with your refrigera
tor and follow it. Defrost it be
fore the frost gets one-fourth
inch thick; this frost forms from
the moisture from uncovered
foods so keep all moist foods
covered. Clean thoroughly and
regularly; use a teaspoon of bak
ing soda in a quart of warm
water to wash the inside. Next
use a cloth and clear warm water
to go over it and then wipe dry. j
Place the refrigerator in a cool,
dry position with plenty of space
for air to circulate around it.
When it fails to work as it should
or makes unusual noise, call the
service company to make adjust
ments. Open the door as little as
possible and do not put hot foods
in it. If it is the type which
needs oiling, be sure to oil it as
directed.
Q. My young brooder chick
ens peck at each other. What
lean 1 do to prevent this?
A. This is called cannibalism.
It frequently may be cured by
giving an increased amount of
I salt for one or two days. If all
! mash is being fed, add two per
cent salt, hut if both mash and
(grain are being fed, add four
• percent salt to the mash. Or if
(you find it more convenient, give
(the salt in the drinking water,
(one teaspoonful of salt to a gal
-1 lon of water. Be careful of your
proportion for too much salt is
I harmful.
BAPTIST ANNOUNGEMENTS
J 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.
1 Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
( SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
*j By G. F. NUNN
i Fans of the Community Soft
ball League were treated to three
and a half hours crammed full
of a lot of softball Sunday after
noon at the local park, as the
Parrots of Mgr. Glea Gray hand
ed the Hawks under Mgr. E.
Staples their first defeat of the
season by a score of 8-5 in the
longest game on record for the
league—a sixteen inning affair,
while the Eagles lapsed back into
a losing rut to drop two games to
the Owls by a score of 5-4 and
6-2. Wilson and Walker tangled
in a tight pitchers battle in the
extended game and it appeared
that Walker had all the better of
it until Lasseter, star center
fielder for the Hawks, poled a
long homer in the eighth to tie
the score and send the game into
extra innings. It was Lasseter
again in the llth who singled
and then stole everything but
the catcher’s mitt (and made a
grab for it) to put the Hawks in
the lead, but the Parrots would
not be downed and came back in
their half the llth to tie it up
again on a hit by H. Braddock
and a costly error by the Hawks.
Then the bleacherites on the 3rd
base line climbed on pitcher Wil
son and rode him till he finally
walked W. Gray to start the
16th. This seemed to be what
the Parrots had been waiting for
and they promptly pushed three
runs across and then held the
Hawks down in the final half for
the victory. It was a bang up
game from start to finish and
the crowd seemed to sense the
fact that the Hawks were to
taste defeat for the first time,
but it was a long time coming
and both teams deserve credit
for fighting every inch of the
way. Davis, portly first base
man for the Hawks, led the hit
ting for his team with five safe
ties, while Mgr, Staples inserted
himself as a pinch-hitter in the
seventh and banged out a triple,
then collected two singles on sub
sequent trips to the plate. H.
Braddock led the Parrot attack
with three bingles.
The day’s double-header was a
loose affair in which Mgr. Nunn
of the Eagles made the mistake
of shifting a winning lineup and
coming up with a losing one.
The Eagles stepped off to a com
fortable lead in the first game,
then blew it as the Owls scored
twice in the 6th without the aid
of a hit, then rushed the win
ning tally over in the ninth on a
close play at the plate featuring
a fine peg by Heller, Engle cen
terfielder, and a beautiful hook
slide by L. Bledsoe to score by
Catcher Marshall. The Sunday
“Blue Sky Law” cut the closing
game to seven innings, but by
•that time the Eagles were a well
beaten outfit —t h e score 6-2.
Burdette with five hits for the
day (three of them in the short
second game) and C. Cooper Jr.
with two hits and as many runs
in the nightcap, led the hitting
for the Owls, while Heller was
about all the offense the Eagles
i had, accounting for four of his
team’s six runs, and the same
number of hits. Though it pains
me to mention it, I must keep
my solemn promise to Mgr. Skel
lie and note here that F. Nunn’s
leaping stab of Bledsoe’s hard
smash was the defensive gem of
the last game.
! Next Sunday finds the same
teams battling away at each oth
er again, this time with the
Owls and Fagles leading off in
the first game and the Parrots
and Hawks staging the double
feature. That bill of fare will
j conclude the first round of play,
jso watch next week’s paper for
istandings and averages of the
(teams and players.
,1 ■
■i CARD OF THANKS
I
' To the People of Houston
j County:
■i I have tendered my resignation
■(as County School Superintendent
3 i of Houston County and take this
(method of thanking my friends
i for their support and encourage
jment during the time it has been
my privilege to serve the County.
I have earnestly tried to serve
! all the schools of the County to
(the best of my ability and am
'( leaving the office with a cash
■ balance of $16,992.34, and no
1 outstanding loans and no in
debtedness due.
Sincerely,
F. M. GREENE.
LOCAL STATE GUARD NEWS
To All Georgia State
Guardsmen:
1. In joining the Georgia
State Guard you showed the
spirit that is ever present in the
minds of the true, tried and best
citizens of our State and Nation,
.You recognized the fact that
eternal vigilance is necessary to
preserve the many privileges of
such citizenship and voluntarily
assumed the obligations inherent
in the maintenance of these
privileges. To properly discharge
the obligations that you have as
sumed will require continuous
preparation to perform the mis
sions that you may be called
on to accomplish.
2. Our federal government is
depending more and more on
State Guardsmen to secure the
safety of utilities and installa
tions vital to the war effort,
3. Our State relies on you to
be prepared to defend the lives
and property of its citizens when
Domestic disturbances and dis
turbances arise which are beyond
the capacity of our Civil Au
thorities.
4. It is my sincere desire that
all members of the Guard realize
their responsibility to Communi
ty, State and Nation and do their
utmost to be worthy of the uni
form of the Georgia State Guard.
When you wear it you make
known to all who see you that
you represent the great State of
of Georgia.
5. To be prepared to properly
represent our State will require
that you devote some effort to
preparation which can best be
done by attending all scheduled
drills, exercises, maneuvers and
schools. If you also want to
show the Federal Government
that your organization is ready
you can do so by attending the
Federal inspection unit.
6. Let’s all be there when our
presence is needed.
R. W. Collins, Colonel,
G. S. G. Commanding.
PIANO AND VOICE RECITAL
Miss Willie Ryals presented
Miss Bobbe Whipple and Miss
Lillian Perdue in a piano and
voice recital Friday evening at
the Perry school auditorium.
Bobbe is a senior of Perry High
and Lillian of Bonaire High,
The varied program was well
received by an enthusiastic au
dience. The performance of
both girls was a credit to them
and their teacher.
The stage was decorated with
white floor baskets containing
white gladioli and calla lilies.
The girls wore white mousse
line evening dresses with cor
sages of orchids. Their opposite
types, Bobbe being a brunette
and Lillian a blonde, and their
easy stage appearance contribut
, ed to the pleasing effect of their
! performance and to the beauty
, of the setting.
! The program was as follows:
1 Duo, “Theme from Piano Con
; certo in B Minor”, Tschaikows
-1 ky, Bobbe and Lillian.
1 Song, “L’Amour, Toujours,
L’Amour,” Rudolf Friml, Lil
-1 lian, accompanied by Bobbe.
Solo, “Prelude in C sharp Mi
nor” Rachmaninoff, Lillian Per
due.
Duet, “Two Guitars” Wm.
Conrad, Bobbe and Lillian.
Solo, “Kammenio-Ostrow, ”
Rubinstein, Bobbe Whipple.
1 Solo, “Valse”, Chopin, Lillian
Perdue.
Duo, “Parade of the Wooden
Soldiers”, Leon Jessel, Bobbe
and Lillian.
; Song, “L Love You”, Cole
Porter, Lillian, accompanied by
herself.
Solo, “Rapsody in Blue,”
George Gershwin, Bobbe Whip
-1 pie.
Duet, “Why Do I Love You?”
1 Jerome Kern, Bobbe and Lillian,
' accompanied by Miss Ryals.
I Solo, “Liebstraum” Franz
’ Listz, Bobbe Whipple.
’ Song, “Will You Remember”,
Sigmound Romberg, Lillian, ac
' compamed by Bobbe.
') Solo, “Malaguena”, Lecuona,
Lillian Perdue.
1 Duet, “Wanting You” Sig
‘ mund Romberg, Bobbe and Lil
. lian, accompanied by Miss Ryals.
Duet, “Pomp and Circum
stance”, Edward Eiger, Bobbe
and Lillian.
GREENE RESIGNS AS
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPT.
i
F. M. Greene has resigned as
t county school superintendent to
, accept a position at Warner Rob
-1 ins Air Depot. His resignation
■ was effective May 8. Mr. Greene
had been county school superin
tendent for the past three and
\ one-half years.
S. W. Hickson was elected last
, week by the Houston County
- Board of Education to fill the un
[ expired term of Mr. Greene
| which ends Jan. 1, 1945. Mr.
’ Hickson was elected county
, school supt in the county pri
mary to begin a four-year term
on Jan. 1, ’45.
RATIONING INFORMATION
Whether all meats, except
, beef steaks and beef roasts, re
main point-free depends largely
on the feed grain crop.
Administrator Chester Bowles
says: “The animal population
now is of record proportions.
Whether it can be maintained
depends upon the amount of feed
and feed grains must be shared
by meat animal herd, with dairy
, cows and poultry. Part of our
feed grain must be set aside for
the making of industrial alcohol
, and of course grain goes into
’ many foods that round out our
: daily diets.”
Point values for beef steaks
and roasts, except flank steaks,
, will remain at from seven to
thirteen points per pound.
As the result of a substantial
increase in civilian allocations of
new passenger car tires by the
‘ Office of Rubber Director, the
Office of Price Administration
has widened the eligibility for
, new tires to include all motorists
using their cars for occupational
, driving. At the same time.OPA
motorists holding the basic “A”
ration book now become eligible
for the small remaining stock of
used tires and small delivery
trucks become eligible for new
Grade I tires. It was pointed
out, however, that Grade I tires
would be available immediately
only to the most essential oc
cupational drivers.
Canning Sugar
The issuance of canning sugar
is limited now to ten pounds per
person on the first application.
Upon second application for
the other ten pounds and a state
ment by the applicant that the
five pounds of sugar obtained by
the use of Sugar Stamp No. 40
and the first ten pounds on ap
plication were actually used for
home canning and that he has
additional fruit or vegetables
which he wishes to can, the oth
er ten pounds per person will be
issued.
: Consumers should have no rea
i son to believe that twenty pounds
’ of sugar had been earmarked for
them and was theirs merely for
■ the asking. The sugar is pro
r vided for home canning only and
must not be used for any other
purpose.
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
1 as an identifying claim check.
This stamp should be attached to
the application form for each
person applying for canning
sugar.
Meats and Fats
Red AB, thru Q 8 (Book 4)
’ valid at 10 points each, for use
with tokens, indefinite date,
i Processed Foods
Blue A8 through Q 8 (Book 4)
[ valid indefinitely at 10 points
* each, for use with tokens.
Sugar
r Sugar Stamps No. 30 and No.
31 in Book 4 good for five pounds
’ indefinitely.
Gasoline
No. 10 coupons in “A” books
expire Aug. 8,
. Rationing rules now require
that every car owner write his
' license number and state in ad
vance on all gasoline coupons in
. his possession.
Shoes
Stamps 1 and 2on “airplane”
' sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair
each indefinitely.
If any man seeks for great
- ness, let him forget greatness
s and ask for truth, and he will
find both.—Horace Mann.
|FARM CONDITIONS
IN COUNTY CITED
The almost continuous rains
for the past six weeks have de
layed the planting of crops and
gardens and seriously affected
farming operations in this sec
tion. In spite of this situation
and the acute labor shortage in
Houston county, County Agent
W. T, Middlebrooks predicts that
1944 will be a good year for
farmers though not as favorable
as 1943.
The grain crop has been dam
aged very little by the rains, the
county agent says. Wheat is
damaged about 10 per cent and
Oats very little. The acreage in
grain has been increased over
that of 1943 in compliance with
the government’s request. The
corn crop will be normal with a
larger acreage this year, Mr-
Middlebrooks states.
Cotton and peaches are the
main crops affected by weather
conditions, the agent continued.
Cotton is six weeks late in plant
ing. There will be a25 per cent
reduction in cotton acreage due
to the weather and the labor
shortage. The peach crop has
been damaged 30 to 40 per cent
by the rain, hail and cold.
There is indication of a good
acreage of watermelons in Hous
ton county, the farm agent said.
Gardens have had a late start
but should turn out favorably,
he concluded.
HAWKINSVILLE ROAD
CONTRACTS AWARDED
E. M. Beckham Construction
Company of Perry has been
awarded the contract to grade
and pave 5.2 miles of road be
tween Kathleen and the inter
section of state highway 11,
north of Indian Creek, on the
Clinchfield road. The successful
bid was $124,446.91, the state
highway department announced.
A second contract, which calls
for a bridge on the same road at
Mossy Creek went to W. J. Tid
well of Douglas on a bid of $36,-
060.00.
These contracts when fulfilled
will complete the last link of
paving on the road which con
nects idawkinsville with Warner
Robins.
Work on these jobs is to begin
at an early date.
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
The Baptist W. M. S. met at
the church Monday p. m. with
Circle No. 1 in charge of the
program. Mrs. A. C. Pritchett
was leader and the topic was
“The King’s Power in the Mid
dle Kingdom, China.”
Those taking part on the pro
gram were Mesdarnes G. S. Ri
ley, W. B, Roberts, G. E. Jor
dan, J. P. Etheridge and J. A.
Ivey.
A donation was made by the
W. M. S. to foreign hospital
work and a collection for the Ga.
Baptist hospital will be made at
Circle meetings in June.
Twenty-one members were
present.
PLANTING COTTON
It is important that farmers
use every possible means to in
sure good stands of cotton, E. C.
Westbrook, cotton specialist of
the Extension Service, says. The
depth of planting will depend on
the kind of land. Moisture will
dry out on some lands quicker
than others. Also some soils
will cement together after rains.
As late as it is, it is important
that seed be planted deep
enough so there will be enough
moisture to insure proper germi
nation, and at the same time
they should not be planted so
deep that the seed will rot if ex
cessive rains should come after
planting, if the rain stops and
we get normal sunshine it may
be expected at this time 'of the
year the ground will warm up
quickly and germination and
growth should be rapid.
Greatness, after all, in spite of
■ its name, appears to be not so
much a certain size as a certain
ij quality in human lives. It may
[ be present in lives whose range
is very small,—Phillips Brooks,