Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, June 22, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXIII. No. 25. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 22. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 ARMY EXHIBITION TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY The Warner Robins Air Ser vice Command, largest Army Air Forces installation in the south eastern United States, will pre sent an exhibition of equipment and war supplies in Perry, Fri day evening, June 23, as a part of a caravan now recruiting civil ian workers for the mammouth air depot. Warner Robins, one of eleven air depots in the United States devoted to maintaining and sup plying planes, plane parts and equipment for our flyers over seas, needs workers to man ma chines and tools to keep those planes flying. With the Second Front now a realty, more and more equipment and supplies must reach our men in the com bat theatres. Warner Robins helps to keep those supplies mov ing. But, in order to keep up the present high output of re paired and modified planes and to handle the ever-increasing tonnage of hundreds of thous ands of supply items, more work ers of every type are needed. There are job opportunities for mechanics, mechanic-learners, mechanic-helpers, electricians, painters, store keepers, typists, stenographers, secretaries, and laborers. In order that the people of Ferry and the surrounding towns might see tne type of machines used in keeping our planes flying, the Warner Robins Air Service Command Caravan will include four 55-foot trucks loaded with lathes, drills, power presses,elec trical equipment, hundreds of items of supplies, as well as the fuselage of a B-26 (Martin Ma rauder) medium bomber, a 75 milimeter cannon which is now being mounted in the nose of B-25 (Mitchel) medium bombers, a 2,000 pound block buster bomb, a gun turret from a medium bomber, machine guns used by American doughboys on the beaches of France, Chemical Warfare equipment,Signal Corps equipment, rubber life rafts, “K” rations, Mae West life pre servers, and many other items and weapons of war. The demonstration of war equipment is being presented in cooperation with the Houston County War Finance committee, in charge of the Fifth War Loan Drive. Booths for the sale of W at- Savings Bonds will be open during the exhibition. The United States Employment Service will also be represented in the Caravan by a mobile field office trailer, making it possible for prospective Warner Robins workers to sign up for jobs on the spot. Age is no barrier to employ ment, according to Robins Field officials. There are jobs for male and female workers, white or colored, experienced or inexperi enced. If an applicant has never worked before, he or she will be trained by government experts in model classrooms. And, the workers will be paid while learn ing a trade. B. T. U. OFFICERS NAMED The Intermediate and Young People’s B. T. U. elected officers at their meeting Sunday night at the church. They are Melvin Nelson, president; Annis Jean NeSmith, vice-president; Chas. Watts, 2nd vice-president; Mrs. Ben Adkins,secty. and treasurer; Sara Ivey, pianist; Dan Nelson, Bible Quiz leader. Group leaders were named as follows: Sara Ivey, Martha Lee Payne, Annabelle Watts and Cene Ethridge. Sponsors are Mrs. Hugh Law son, Mrs. B. H. Avera, Mrs. Alton Hardy, and Mrs. D. M. Ryle. A Junior B. T, U. was organiz ed Sunday night with Miss Doro thy Avera and Mrs. Ida Whitten as leaders. Committees will be named at the next meeting, Sunday night. What comes after prayer? All °f us have prayed—prayed with deep, heartfelt sincerity for our men’s success. But after prayer comes action! Buying War Bonds is one thing you can do — and DO right NOW—that will really and actually help. ! WASTE PAPER COLLECTION i ! The Boy Scouts will collect j Waste Paper in Perry next Wed inesday night, June 28. Because -1 the boys are working in peaches r or have other summer time jobs, . the collection must be made at . night. Those who have Waste Paper are urged to tie this paper into ; bundles and place on the porch . of their homes. Don’t make the i Boy Scouts, who have worked at some job all day and who are pa , triotic enough to give of their j time for this collection, tie up . your paper. Please have the [ paper stacked and tied in bundles . to save time and effort for those . doing the collecting. • Those who do not wish to wait 1 until June 28 to clear out their [ Waste Paper may take it in j bundles to the Perry school Ag . ricultural building and leave it on j the porch there. The Scouts will . move the paper from the Ag. > building to a storage spot. Don’t forget the collection 1 date, Wednesday night, June 28. • Have your Waste Paper ready. ! The Waste Paper situation is . still critical. Paper mills are in i danger of closing down because • of lack of waste paper. The war effort requires a large amount of paper of all types. Save newspapers, magazines, 1 boxes. Have them ready for collection, or carry to Ag. build ’l ing tied up so they wont scatter! ‘ BOND RALLIES TO BE HELD | $226,687.50 of War Savings ! Bonds had been bought in Hous -1 ton county through June 20 to j apply on the sth War Loan Drive ; which began June 12. Houston’s ! j quota is $503,000 in this Drive of : which Mayo Davis is chairman. • Robins Field soldiers will put 1 on an exhibition here Friday, June 23, to spur Bond Sales. Children of those buying Bonds wifi be given a ride in a Jeep. J Fort Terming soldiers will | bring a band here and have a ; big Bond Rally Saturday p. m. • July 1. 1 The public is urged to attend these patriotic programs. i ' . MRS. H P. HOLLINSHEAO BIES i Mrs. R. P. Hollinshead died at i her home in Myrtle, Beach, S. C. Thursday. Prior to moving to i South Carolina Mrs. Hollinshead : lived in Fort Valley for 25 years, i She was the former Miss Carolyn Houser, of Perry. Her parents ; were the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred 1 M. Houser, prominent citizens of 1 Perry, : The body of the deceased was i brought to Fort Valley Friday i afternoon and a committal ser vice was held at the cemetery ■ with Rev. J. M, Yarborough. 1 Methodist minister, officiating. ; Mrs.Hollinshead is survived by : her husband; one daughter, May ■ beth, and one son, Frederick ’ Hollinshead, all of Myrtle Beach; ; a brother, Harry Houser of Mia i mi, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. H. ; W. Rice of Mobile, Ala.; Mrs.W. • W. Driskell and Mrs. G. C.Nunn of Perry. Pallbearers were: A. J. Evans, )!Sr., Russell Edwards, Harris Turner, F. B. Little Sr., Sanders Harris, of Fort Valley and Fran ;i cis Nunn of Perry. I BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS 1 Dr. W. H. Faust, state secty. Evangelism, of Atlanta, will preach at the morning hour. ’ I No night service. Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. I Morning Worship Service 11:30. ! | Training Union, 7;30 p. m. l | FIRST COTTON BLOOM ! i ' i The first cotton bloom of the ! season was brought to the Home Journal office Friday June 16, by ,W. W. Gray of Sugar Hill com-' Imunity. About half an hour) ‘ after Mr. Gray was in the office, | l i George Hardy of Perry, brought j J in a cotton bloom. : j The blooms are late this year due to late plantings. I CARD OF THANKS i The family of C. B. Whitworth • wish to express their sincere ap • preciation for the kindness and - sympathy extended them by 1 friends during their recent be reavement. V FOR FIVE AND V FOR VICTORY ! ; D. R. Fitzpatrick — Si. Louii Post-Uitpatch Why Farmers Should *\ _ /** Buy and Hold War Bonds Ly Charles 11. Merchant i Head, Dept, of Agricultural Economics University of Maine . WE ARE winning this global war but final victory may be a long way off. We all hope the end is near, but we must plan for a long war, one which may last two or more years. Certainly, it is disheartening to think that much of our fighting on both the Euro pean and Asiatic fronts is ahead of us, accompanied by long casu alty lists. Unpleasant as this out look appears it is much better than being enslaved by the mur derous and plundering dictators of Germany and Japan. Hitler was right when he stated that this would be a total war. All of us must share its responsi bilities and endure its many sacri fices. Unfortunately, all of us can not share them equally. It is the farmer’s job and his part in this war to produce farm products as never before, under the most try ing and difficult conditions. In some countries food pro duced by farmers is taken away from them, but here in America farmers in general receive good prices for their farm products. Some of the extra money received should go into the purchase of War . Bonds for the financing of this war. All must buy War Bonds, for our boys at the front must be the best trained and equipped fighters in the world. It is much better to sacrifice material and equipment than the life of your boy or that of your neighbor’s son on the bat tlefield. The purchase of War Bonds is a privilege and each of us should be ■ - - - - I fc, ■ ■ , , ■ ■ - " ■ mJ ... ~ 'LETS FILL THE PAILS. LA DIF 5 FARMER BROWN IS BUYING \ WAR BONDS WITH 20! OUT IFvmm, of smr milk dollar: I froud to share in this privilege, n fact, we should sacrifice to buy as many War Bonds as possible. The Bonds farmers buy will help to shorten the war and at the same time form the soundest in vestment ever known. These Bonds will give the greatest return to farmers and others if they are held until maturity. Also by hold ing them you will help materially in preventing inflation now and after the war. Let us pause just a moment and analyse the situation. In general, farmers have surplus funds with which they would like to buy ma chinery, equipment, and many other things for the farm and the home. But all of these things are nc* available in the quantity de sired. Therefore, farmers simply must go without them at least un til they become available. It is just common sense that all of these things which the farmers would like to buy, and many of them are desperately needed, will not be available the day after the war is over or even within a year. Dur ing this time and probably longer I feel there is going to be a strong demand and good prices for farm products. Hence, most farmers will want to hold their War Bonds. In sizing up the entire situation it looks like good sound business for farmers to buy all the War Bonds possible and plan to hold them until maturity unless the cash is desperately needed. Thus, farmers are helping their country in financing the war and in pre venting inflation by helping them selves. U. S. Treasury Department gig SOFTBALL LFAGUE NEWS By G. F. NUNN * The terrific heat of Sunday af | ternoon failed to drive the soft bailers to shade, and as a result, ; three of the best games of the season were played at the local • park to wind up the first half ' race. The Parrots of Mgr. Gray, ; having become completely ab sorbed by the winning habit, coasted to a 6-2 victory over the Hawks, although outhit 13-7. “Rip” Evans, injured two weeks ago, came back as a one armed pitcher and pitched cred itably, but walked too many men in the pinches and was the vic tim of some lucky breaks which went to the opposition, losing his first try in the box. Dubose was winner for the Parrots and be sides pitching well, chopped out two hits to aid his own cause, as did teammate Watts. For the Hawks, Staples, Chapman, and Satterfield each had two hits. In the twin bill, the Owls of Mgr. Skellie split with the Eagles, the first game going 14 innings, the Owls winning 5-4, and the Eagles copping the sec ond 6-5 as Heller crossed the plate in the last of the ninth. C. Hardy, slugging catcher of the Owls, kept the Eagles back on their heels with two long triples into the centerfield swings and an additional single. Mgr, Skellie himself scored the win ning run in the first game when he scampered home in the 14th after singling with two out. For) the Eagles, B. Bledsoe was a standout at short, an d once caught the whole Owl infield asleep and beat out a beautiful bat to third for a clean hit. Beck ham and Whipple Sr. provided the base running thrills of the afternoon, the former with his barefoot sliding into second and third, and the latter with his bare-faced sliding into home — frazzled. Thus, the final standings for the first half find the Parrots winners, with the Owls, Hawks, and Eagles trailing in that order. Next Sunday will feature the seasonal All-Star game with the winning Parrots playing a team selected from the rest of the lea gue by the president and the four managers. The team as se lected includes players from all four teams with other players chosen to replace the Parrots who were selected, but who will play with their team. The team as chosen follows; Pitchers, Walker, A. Hardy; catchers, Evans, C, Hardy; infielders, A. Braddock, H. Braddock, L. Bled soe, Nunn; outfielders, Lasseter, Heller, W. Gray, Pierce; utility, Staples. Mgr, Skellie. To re place Parrots Walker, H. Brad dock, W. Gray and Pierce, the following were selected —Wilson, W. E. Marshall, H. Chapman, and B. Bledsoe. Honorable men tion goes to Reeves, Burdette, E. Marshall, Whitten, Smith and :G. Gray—all good players and valuable men to their teams. The All-Star game will be played at about 3:30 after a preliminary game between the Boy Scout troop and the Kiwanis club sponsoring organization of the league. For a good afternoon of fun, come out to see Mgr. Gene Ethridge and his Scouts take the measure of such Kiwanis stal warts as Claud Andrew,Joe Bed dingfield, Johnny Bloodworth, et ai, and then the all-stars at tempt to stop the rampaging Parrots, first half champions. MISS MARGERY SHORT GETS COMMISSION Among the assigned officers with the U. S. Army is Miss Margery Short of Perry who has been appointed a physical thera py aid in the medical depart ment of the Army with the rank of second lieutenant. She recently completed train ing at Brooke General hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and will be assigned to duty at an Army hospital in the United J States or abroad. Lt. Short is the daughter of Mrs. J. PI. Short of Perry. Lost —War Ration Book No. 4 with name Lynwood Leverette. Finder return to Rationing Of . fice, Perry, Ga. • (OBSERVATIONS ON FARMS IN HOUSTON W. T. M., County Agent Peaches are moving at a rapid pace this week. Practically all growers report they have suffici ent labor to handle harvesting. A few growers are short of labor and are being aided by labor pro vided through Extension Service. At first this labor was not so good but as they gain a little ex perience they are now making a much better showing, Houston county has just about completed harvesting the largest wheat and oat crop in a good many years. The price has been good a n d weather conditions ideal for saving the crop in ex cellent condition. B. W. Miller reports a good yield of Blue Lupine seed, also K. E. Ogletree, G. W. Hicks, J. C. Johnson, B. VV. Bleckley, and E. M. Beckham. This is a new winter legume crop from which seed can be saved in this locality. A good many farmers have indi cated they expect to plant blue lupine as a soil building crop this fall. Now is the time to begin mak ing plans to get out dusting ma chine and prepare for dusting peanuts with dusting sulphur. Any traction or power row-crop duster may be used. A short hand or drag should be used over I the nozzles of the duster. Apply at rate of about 20 pounds per [acre at 10 to 14 day intervals un til 4 applications have been made. Start dusting when first spots appear on the basal leaves, winch will be about the latter part 'of June. For more detailed infor mation you may write Georgia Experiment Station, Experiment, Ga. for circular No. 145. Now is the time to begin vine planting to grow your bedding potatoes for 1945 crop. 1 his is the only way you can have any assurance of keeping your potatoes disease free. C. B. WHITWORTH DIES Chesley B. Whitworth, 72, died Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, .Mrs. Eugene Langston, near Perry. He had been ill for several months. The deceased was born and reared in Bartow county, moving to this section about 23 years ago. and was a prominent farmer. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Lou Whitworth; two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Langs ton, Perry; Mrs. Felix Jones, Birmingham, Ala.; three sons, H. V., Greenville: F. R., Elko. Ga.; and Mack of Ocaia, Fla.; two brothers, R. W. and J. C. Whitworth, Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. B. F. Martin. Avon Park, Fla., and Mrs. Will Brown, Toccoa. The deceased was a member of Henderson Baptist church where funeral services were held Mon day afternoon,conducted by Rev. J. V. Pittman. Interment fol lowed in Evergreen cemetery, Perry, Out-of-town relatives attend ing the funeral were: Mrs. C.B. Martin, Avon Park, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. John Whitworth and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Whitworth and sons, Harper and Byron, Mrs. A. L. Roper Mrs. J. T. Jar rell, all of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sexton, Mrs. Walter Barber and daughter, Marjorie, of Adairsville, Ga,; Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Edwards, White Plains, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Felix Jones and Margery Lacy of Birmingham, Ala., Mr. and Mrs, Mack Whit worth, Ocala, Fla.: Mr. and H. V. Whitworth and sons, Jack and Jerry, of Greenville, Ga, METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENT!! Dr. G. K. Vliet of New York City, secretary of Missionary Ed ucation of The Methodist Church, will preach in Perry Sunday, June 25, 11:30 a. m. Dr. Vliet, a member of the Florida confer ence, is head of the Bureau of Specials of the church. 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,