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

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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXIII. No. 29. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. JULY 20. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 SAFETY PROBLEMS FACE ATTACK BYGA. REA GROUPS —■— ■ - ■ —■ - I Many of Georgia's 42 REA-fi-l nanced rural power systems are ceaselessly attacking the safety! problems created by improper use of electrical facilities, and this educational program, among the 68,000 rural consumers on KEA power lines in the State, was cited this week by the Rural Electrification Administration as a means of helping to achieve the goal to which National Farm Safety Week, July 23-29, is dedicated. Among Georgia REA borrow-1 ers which have recently publish ed effective safety messages in their newsletters for consumers is the Flint Electric Membership Corporation, of Reynolds. This cooperative advised its members in case of trouble involving a break in the line to “guard the broken line or get someone else to guard it to keep curious folks away. Don’t climb the pole to get at the source of the trouble. Get word to your Co-op. Then wait for the lineman. They will make repairs as quickly as possi ble.” Rural electrification specialists point out that electricity, when properly used, is the safest and most efficient helper in farmyard and household, eliminating many of the old hazards associated with matches, oil lanterns, in flamable fuels, long power belts and other farm equipment. Some of the more urgent pre cautions advocated for safety reasons include proper installa tion and inspection of wiring, lo cation of switches beyond reach of children or animals,grounding and insulation of equipment wherever recommended, use of I appliances in a dry location and only when operator’s hands and feet are dry, adequate lighting around equipment, enclosure or guarding of gears, rotating parts and belts, and proper use of A blown fuse is an indication fuses. of too much load on the electrical circuit, a wiring fault or short, circuit. Safety demands that the trouble be located before a new fuse is inserted and that only] fuses of the proper size be used. Overloading the electrical cir cuit, using metal sockets instead of porcelain ones, permitting wire insulation to become frayed or worn, and using extension cords as permanent installations are a few of the dangerous prac tices often reported to rural pow er system managers. Many avoidable electrical acci dents occur along high-voltage power lines as well as on the farm wiring circuit. High ob jects, such as well casings or hay loaders, sometimes come in con tact with a power line as the re sult of farmers’ carelessness. The moving of farm buildings under high-lines involves another hazard, and children should be forbidden to fly kites near power lines. The breaking of power line insulators, by gunshot or other means, is risky because of the chance that a charged Wire may fall to the ground. REA system managers are constantly warning farmers to keep people and livestock away from fallen wires and to report line trouble to system headquart ers so that experienced mainten ance men can make repairs promptly. CARNEY FAMILY REUNION The reunion of Mr. and Mrs.! J. E. Carney’s family, Kathleen, Ga. was held at the Carney home Sunday, July 9. The picnic dinner was spread! on a table under the ancient oaks I which grow in the yard and was' enjoyed by all. The guests included the seven | children and their families and other guests. Those present l were: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Car-! ney, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Carney, Atlanta, Ga. ;| Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Clark and! children, Alice, Paul Jr,, Fay, I and Martha Clark, Bonaire, Ga..! Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Byrd and baby, Annette Byrd, Kathleen, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Buchan an and children, Jimmy and Phyllis Buchanan, Woodland, Ga.: Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Helms and boys, Edward and David Helms, Kathleen, Ga.; Pfc. John Carney, Fort Custer, Mich.; and Miss Thelma Bickley, Perry, Ga. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS! I. ! Chaplain Thomas J, Pardue of! I Robins Field will preach at the ' 11:30 a. m. hour next Sunday. The pastor will preach at the evening service. The district superintendent, Rev. G. E. Clary, held the 3rd quarterly conference at the church Wednesday night. . The pastor will take his vaca tion during the month of Au gust. There will be no preach ing services on Aug. 6 or Aug. 27. On Aug. 13, Rev. J. O. J. Tay lor, agent of the Methodist Or phans’ Home, Macon, will preach at 11:30 a.m. On Aug. 20, Rev. Mr. Clary will preach at 11:30 a. m. There will be no evening services on these Sundays. The Vacation Bible School for the children will be held July 24- 28 from 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. each day. 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. ADDITIONAL PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Rawlings Rough ton whose wedding took place July 11 in Atlanta are visiting his mother, Mrs. R.H. Roughton. The bride is the former Miss Cleo Worley of Ball Ground,Ga., who make her home in Perry at one time when she was employed at the F. S. A. office. Mr. arid Mrs. S. L. Norwood and son, Sam, have moved to the W. C. Talton home. I Mrs. Lucy Doster of Milledge ville, Ga. is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. F. Cooper, and Dr, Cooper. Jimmy Etheridge of Jackson ville, Fla, is visiting his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Etheridge, Mrs Beulah Beverley of Haw kinsville spent Friday with Mrs. G. S. Riley. Mrs. Lester and Miss Allie Houser of Fort Valley I visited Mrs. Riley Sunday p. m. Lila Pate Garner of Buford, Ga. is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Rol Pate, in the home of Mrs. R. L. Cater. Miss Katharine Cater returned Tuesday from Franklin, N. C. where she spent several weeks. Mrs. Eliza C. Massee spent Sunday with friends in Bain bridge. Twenty Boy Scouts and Scout Master E. P. Staples are on a camp this week at Camp Benja min Hawkins near Macon. Seaman 2c Wm. B. Pate, U. S. Seabees, of Jacksonville, Fla. spent Tuesday with his mother, Mrs, Rol Pate. Pfc. John W. Carney has re turned to Fort Custer, Mich, af ter spending al5 day furlough with his parents. Mr, and Mrs.J. E. Carney, Kathleen, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. W, T. Middle ] brooks and daughter, Mary, are visiting relatives in McDonough and East Point, Ga. Miss Willene Powell of Bain bridge is visiting Mrs. Eliza C. I Massee. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Rogers spent Tuesday in Atlanta. ! MISS COOPER HOSTESS I Miss Martha Cooper was host less at a supper party Wednesday, j July 12, when she entertained j I twenty-five soldiers from Robins' (Field at her home. Several! (young ladies of Perry were invit-j [ed to meet these young men. Supper was served on the lawn | land dancing was enjoyed in the i house afterwards. I Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Evans as-j j sisted their sister in entertaining, j j VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL The Perry Methodist Church School will have a Vacation Bi ble School for children July 24- 28. Hours of operation are from 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. i All children of the junior, pri -1 mary, and beginner departments , are invited to attend. This in t eludes those from 4 yrs. to 12 ‘yrs. of age. | No! No! You Can’t Come Buy an extra War Bond for protection against the wolves of inflation. MAKE YOUR OWN ■■ ■ ~ * i 1 Photo Courtesy Ball Bros. Co. j Be determined to do your part toward saving food, canning equip- j ment or no canning equipment. Don’t glibly use the shortage of equip ment as an excuse for not getting busy and filling those pantry shelves with jars of non-rationed food, put up just the way your family likes it best. You will do well to follow the advice of Gladys Kimbrough, Home Service Director for Ball Brothers < Company. To all who lament the lack of canning conveniences she suggests: "It is true that a skilled workman requires good tools but when he can’t buy what he needs, he makes the best use of what he has and makes what he hasn’t.” A few of Miss Kimbrough’s sug gestions for home-made canning equipment are illustrated in the pho tograph above. They are: 1. A lard can to use as a water bath canner. A pail, sirup bucket, wash boiler, or any other container in which water can be boiled, will serve, provided it is twelve or more inches deep. 2. Funnel. This was made from a No. 10 tin can. ■ 3. A rack or platform to fit in the bottom of the canner. Make by —. . ! I Economical and Patriotic If You Save More for War Bonds j Tropical heat wave* will leave you as cool aml rnlrn as this Powers model If I you wear this crisp two-piece gingham, right for town or country. You might make it in a red and white plaid, with trimming of red bias binding, besides j being fun to sew for yourself, it is economical and patriotic, for you will be j able to save for more War Bonds and stamps. A suitable pattern may be obtained at your local store. U. S. Treasury Department <*v— tacking strips of odorless wood to gether. 4. Coal tongs (part of fire set) make good jar lifter. 5. Strong string looped (slip hitch) around neck of jar. Use when nei ther jar lifter nor tongs can be found. 7. Wire basket to hold the jars while they are in the canner. Made from a scrap of wire mesh. (Poul try wire will do.) 7. Wooden paddle for stirring ap ple butter, chili sauce, etc. Whit tled from hard wood. Wooden spoons j can be made in same manner. This year the government is re-1 leasing more metal for the manu-1 facture of canning equipment. Pro- 1 duction and distribution may make it unnecessary for the housewife to assemble home-made equipment, but it can be done and done easily. SELECTIVE SERVICE REPORT The following registrants were I inducted into the Armed Forces during May and June, 1944 from Houston County: WHITE In Navy: James E. Simmons, Byron, Ga.; Hugh A. Ragan, El ko, Ga.; C. A. Boswell Jr., Per ry, Ga.; J. B. Nash, Perry, Ga.; Jessie M. Childs, Kathleen, Ga.; William B. Parker, Warner Rob ins, Ga.; William C. Henson, Hawkinsville, Ga. In Army: Frederick S.Griggs, Perry, Ga.; Edged L. Risher, Charleston, S. C,; Samuel B. Coleman. Perry. Ga,; William W. Hunt, Ferry, Ga. COLORED In Army; Joseph Brice, Kath leen, Ga.; Charlie C. Goad,Perry, Ga.: Walter French, Bonaire, Ga.; James E. Walker, George town, Ga.; Mack D, Washington, Bonaire, Ga. In Navy; Eddie C. Rag in, Fort Valley, Ga.; Marvin D. Col bert, Wellston. Ga.; Willie I. | Leary, Perry, Ga.; Dan Foster, jPerry, Ga.; John H. Fudge Jr., Elko, Ga.; James D. Lawson, [Hawkinsville, Ga. BRYAN FAMILY REUNION The descendants of the late James Averette Bryan and Cath erine Holloway Rix held their annual family reunion Sunday at 1 the old Bryan homestead at Kath leen. Their children were Dr. R. C. Bryan, Abner Council Bry an, and James A. Bryan, Laura Bryan Steadman, and Nancy Bryan Whitehurst. ! The late Dr. R. C. Bryan, who practiced medicine in Houston .county for many years, married Miss Eliza Brown and their chil dren were Mrs. J. 0. Wardiow : and Mrs. Jerry H. Davis, both deceased. Mrs. Wardiow was jthe mother of R.T. Wardiow and Mrs. Sadie Wardiow Story, wid ow of Dr. J. W. Story, of Kath leen. Mrs. Story has three chil dren, John, Jim and Mrs. Mattie Story Woolfolk. Mrs. Davis was the mother of J. Alva Davis of Ferry, Dr. E.B. Davis of Byrornville, and Mrs. Pearl Beall Davis of Ocilla.There are six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren in this line. Abner Council Bryan married Harriet Taylor and their children were John Averette Bryan, Mary Rix Bryan who married H. J. Lawrence of Baxley and Sarah Elizabeth Bryan who married Oscar Heard of Cordele. Only jMrs. H. J. Lawrence survives of this group. Her children are [John A. Lawrence of Baxley; Elizabeth Lawrence (Mrs. Stan ley P.) Brobston of Jasper, Fla,; 'Mrs. Mary Rix Lawrence Sack man, widow of G. W, Sackman, of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Yeo man lc Oscar Bennett Lawrence, U. S. Navy, Jacksonville, Fia. Mrs. Lawrence and John A. Lawrence, of Baxley,and George W. Sackman Jr. of Jacksonville, were present at the reunion Sunday. The late J. A. Bryan married Miss Lynda Lee of Covington and their children are Lee Bryan, (J. S. Navy, Mrs. Lynda Lee (Howard) Winburn, and the late Cabiness Bryan. Mrs. Lynda Lee Bryan and her friend, Mrs. Fannie McLaughlin Taylor of Atlanta were at the reunion. James Bryan married Miss Lou Finney and their children were Ben, Herbert, Stewart, Maude, and Mrs. Julia Bryan Houser. Only Stewart Bryan of Kathleen survives this group. The Bryan family reunion has been held annually since 1918 or for 26 consecutive years. The family reunions were begun by Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence Brobs ton following her graduation from Agnes Scott College. The late Oscar M. Heard of Cordele owned the Bryan homestead and during his lifetime it was called “Camp Heard.” Mrs. Lynda Lee Bryan of Atlanta now owns the old homestead. Houston county has bought $664,646 of Bonds during the sth War Loan Drive with a $503,000 quota. They that know God will be humble: they that know them selves cannot be proud. —Flavel. SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS By G. F. NUNN 1 The Community Softball Lea gue, minus its colorful presi dent, Alton Hardy, (laid up in hospital, and we wish him the best of luck), had its most in teresting day of the season Sun day, as the Hawks drubbed the Eagles 11-1, and the Parrots twice took the Owls over the hoops by scores of 10-0 and 8-4. Of the three games, there was no close competition except the first six innings of the first Par rot-Owl game. Otherwise, they were all as one-sided as the ar guments between Mgr. Skellie and the umpires, with all the losers in there fighting all the way but never winning a round. Wilson for the Hawks was in vincible on the mound, while Norwood of the Eagles showed a reversal of form from his last ap pearance, as the Hawks pounded out 16 hits and were never in danger. Lasseter with a long home run and T. Cater with 4 hits led the Hawks’ attack, while about all the Eagles could find to brag about was a beautiful div ing catch by E. Marshall of a foul pop. Mgr. Gray of the Parrots pre sented his strongest olfense of the season as his team, led by Walker and Thompson with three | hits each, collected 16 hits and j ran the bases like demons for 10 runs, while shutting out the Owls in the first game. Time j after time with runners on first and third, the Parrots worked J the double steal for a run, and not once were they stopped. With his regular first baseman gone for the season, Mgr. Gray made himself over from a star outfielder into a first sacker and j played the position like a vet eran. His proximity to the um pires also enabled him to con stantly remind them of the fine barbecue which he gave for their enjoyment after winning the first half pennant. Th e last game was featured by two as fine stops and throws by H.Brad dock as have been witnessed on the diamond all year. Going far to his right, picking up the ball in his bare hand, and throwing all in one motion, he got his man each time with a step to spare. Watts was the batting star of the game with four hits and as many runs in the same number of trips to the plate, L. Bledsoe drove out two hits for the Owls, but the highlight of the batting came in the 4th inning when C. Hardy announced to Pitcher Walker that he was about to hit one into the swings for a triple, and proceeded to do just that on the first pitch. Several teams were minus players on account of many of the boys being away at the Boy Scout camp at Camp Ben Haw kins, but they will all be back next Sunday, and competition should return to its same high pitch as the Parrots meet the Eagles in a single opening game and the Owls and Hawks tangle in the day’s twin bill. In a Mo ment of scatterbrain humor, Mgrs. Gray and Nunn agreed to pitch against each other in the Parrot-Eagle go, so this is ad vice to all batters to be on hand to fatten averages in that game. The Parrots now lead the league with three wins and no losses, while the Eagles have won two and lost one and can tie for the leadership by licking the Parrots Sunday. Hot competition is the forecast—be there. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Training Union, 7:30 p. m. Evening Worship 8:30 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. LOCAL STfITJJJABD NEWS Colonel W. R. Collins, Com mander of the Georgia State Guard, will broadcast over Radio Station WGST in Atlanta and Radio Station WMAZ in Macon on Sunday night, July 23, at 10:30 p. m. CWT, The Colonel will speak about the summer en campments just completed of the Georgia State Guard that were held at Fort Benning.