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Houston home Journal
VOL. LXXIII. No. 36. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870
WELFARE FUNDS OF
HOUSTON REPORTED
’ Judge A. J. Hartley, director
of the State Department of Pub
lic Welfare, announces that the
department paid $34,701.00 in
public assistance benefits in
Houston county in the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1944. The amount
included funds paid in Old Age
Assistance, Aid to the Blind, Aid
to Dependent Children and the
Crippled Children’s program.
These figures were made pub
lic by Judge Hartley through
Mrs. Aurelia C. Evans, of Perry,
Houston county director of Pub
lic Welfare.
Since the state department
was created in 1937 a total of
$159,165.15 has been paid m
benefits in Houston county. The
$34,701.00 paid in the year end
ing June 30, 1944 is an increase
of $21,694.35 over the $13,006.65
paid at the end of the fiscal year
in June 1938.
In the state Judge Hartley’s
figures show that $10,363,311.50
paid out in the fiscal year 1943-
44 as compared to $9,394,335.50
paid out in the preceding fiscal
year, an increase of $968,976.
Since the department was creat
ed in 1937 it has paid out a grand
total of $43,971,704.72 in benefits.
Judge Hartley has also suc
ceeded in putting the Public As
sistance programs on a current
basis for the first time since the
department was created. This
means Ithat Old Age Assistance
rolls, the Aid to the Blind rolls
and the Aid to Dependent Chil
dren rolls are on a current basis.
No longer do applicants have to
wait for several years to have
their applications approved.
Another important achieve
ment of Judge Hartley which af
fects Houston and other counties
was the adoption of a policy un
der which insane patients are ad
mitted to the State Hospital im
mediately after their commital
by proper courts. This means
that no longer such patients will
be allowed to languish in county
jails for months and even years
without proper medical and
nursing care.
The foregoing figures are for
public assistance benefits alone.
They do not include the adminis
tration expenses for the county
welfare departments which
would materially increase the
totals.
Besides the distribution of pub
lic assistance benefits the Hous
ton county welfare department
also performs many other valua
ble services for the community.
Included in these are the child
welfare activities, children’s ser
vices, general relief, free medi
cal aid service, representation of
the state’s institutions, the tu
berculosis program and child
placement services. The county
directors and county welfare
boards work immediately under
the supervision of the State De
partment of Public Welfare.
Members of the Houston Coun
ty Welfare Board are: R. L.
Mathews, chmn.; Mrs. S. P.
Houser, J. T. Miller Jr,, John
Gray, and C. H. Horton,
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m
Church Service, li:30 a. m,,
and 8:00 p. m.
Young People’s Service, 7:00
p. m.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
8:00 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
NOTICE
The Houston County Singing
Convention will meet at the
Houston Factory Baptist church
next Sunday, Sept. 10, at 2 p. m.
Everybody is invited to come and
spend the afternoon singing gos
pel songs.
With a crop of approximately
200,000 bushels of Georgia pears
on the market, housewives will
be wise to use fresh or preserve
as many of them as possible.
! SELEciisEicE REPORT
i
! ! Only two men were sent from
j Houston county in August for
j service in the armed forces. Both
rof these were white. They are
. John S. Heller of Perry and Roy
3 T. Thompson of Elko. Not any
i men were sent in July.
i A Re-employment Committee
r has been named as follows: J. P.
t Etheridge, John L. Hodges, and
3 F. M. Greene Sr. The duty of
I this committee is to assist the
3 Selective Service board in re
turning veterans to their old jobs
. or in obtaining new jobs. Veter
i ans are to report to their Selec
, five Service board if they need
. help in getting employment.
i RATIONING INFORMATION
1 Fuel Oil
Renewal applications for next
, season’s fuel oil rations have
• been mailed. As soon as cou
, pons are received, fuel oil tanks
should be filled. Period 4 and 5
. coupons for current season good
j until Sept. 30. Period 1 coupons
' for next year now valid.
I Canning Sugar
1 j Sugar Stamp No. 40 good for
'five pounds of canning sugar un
. | til February 28, 1945. Apply at
1 local board for supplemental ra
tions.
Meats and Fats
' Red AB, thru Z 8 and A5 thru
G 5 (Book 4) valid at 10 points
each, for use with tokens, in
-1 definite period.
Processed Foods
Blue A8 through L 5 (Book 4)
valid indefinitely at 10 points
, each, for use with tokens.
Sugar
Sugar Stamps N 05.30,31, 32, &
33 in Book 4 good for five pounds
each 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 2 on “airplane”
sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair
each indefinitely.
COCA-COLA COMPANY
ENTERTAINS DEALERS
The Fort Valley Coca Cola Bot
tling Co. of Fort Valley enter
tained their dealers in Houston
county with a barbecue supper
Monday night at the American
Legion Home in Perry. Com
munities in this district are Per
ry, Clinchfield, Kathleen, Hous
ton Lake, and Henderson.’Forty
two of the fifty-seven dealers in
this territory were present at the
supper,
W. G. Brisendine, of Fort Val
ley, president of the company,
and Sanders Harris, general
manager, were the official hosts.
They were assisted in entertain
ing by Mrs. Brisendine, Mrs.
Harris, Mrs. Annie Laurie Sam
mons, Mrs. Edna Towery, Roy
Batchelor, salesman of the Perry
Route, and four other salesmen
of the company.
The delightful supper was
served by the girls of the Young
People’s department of the Per
ry Methodist church under the
I direction of Mrs. A. P. Whipple
and Miss Merriamme Rhodes.
Following the supper, a mov
ing picture depicting the value
of all types of advertising was
shown the dealers and salesmen.
Edra Wynne won the atten
dance prize, five cases of Coca]
Cola. Other guests were Mrs. I
| John L. Hodges of the Home
{Journal and Harry Palmer, city j
| clerk and personal friend of the
i hosts.
SOCIAL AFFAIR
The senior group of Legion-i
• jnaire’s children had a party Fri-|
, j day night at the Legion Home in
honor of those of the group who!
are going away to college this!
fall. Honorees were Jane Riley,
! Buck Tolleson, Allen Whipple,]
[David Wynne, Earl Marshall,and]
i Dallas Ryle.
Sponsors were Mrs. B. H. An-j
drew Jr., and Mrs. Max Moore,
i Assisting in entertaining were
1 Mrs. J.B. Calhoun Jr., Mrs. Mil
, dred Schnell, and Miss Merriam
‘me Rhodes.
| WOOD PROTECTS FOOD SHIPPED
, (Official Signal Corps Photograph) 164543
An Army travels on it's stomach, and Army rations travel in wood
> boxes. 15,500,000,000 feet of lumber are needed for boxing antf
’ crating in 1944. Send your trees to war.
’ FOODS SERVE THE BODY j
. Foods furnish the body with'
some forty different nutriments
(elements or substances in the
' chemical sense.) Dr. H. C.
Sherman, former chief of the
Bureau of Human Nutrition and
Home Economics. U. S. D. A.,
i suggests as a convenient starting
> point, a four-way grouping of
■ nutrients: 1. Those that burn
as fuel in the body and so yield
energy; 2. the proteins and their
amino acids; 3. the mineral ele
, ments; and 4 the vitamins. Re
search shows that all foods fall
into one or another of these
groups, some having more than
one function, In general, food
1 nourishes the body in three main
ways—furnishing fuel to yield
energy, which appears as warmth
■ and work; supplying the structu- 1
ral materials for growth and up
i keep of body tissues; and pro
, viding substances which keep
bodily conditions right; so that
life processes proceed normally.
NANCE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. W. L. Nance of Fort Val
ley has announced that Dr. B, B.
Bishop has taken over his dental
practice. Dr. Bishop was re
, cently honorably discharged from
the U. S. Army Dental Corps in
which he served from 1940 with
the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Prior to his entry in the army,
Dr. Bishop practiced dentistry in
' Trion, N. C. for 17 years.
Dr. Nance has retired from the
practice of dentistry, after a
number of successful years, on
account of his health, In an
nouncing his retirement, Dr.
Nance expressed appreciation to
his Perry and Houston county
friends and recommended highly
Dr. Bishop as a dentist.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The circles of the Methodist
}W. S. C. S. will meet Monday,
[4 p.m. at the following homes:
No. 1, to be announced: No. 2,
Mrs. N. W. H. Gilbert: No. 3,
Mrs. Cohen Walker.
The general meeting of the
Baptist W. M. S. will be held
next Monday, 4 p, m. at the
ohurch.
!
The Red Cross Sewing Room is
closed until October 1.
The Susannah Wesley class of
the Methodist Church school will
elect officers at a business meet
|ing to be held next Sunday dur-
I ing the class period, The mem
jbers are urged to be present.
(
Pvt. Henry Mathews of Camp
i Sibert, Ala. was at home for the
{ weekend.
I Sgt. David Crockett of Camp
| Rucker, Ala. spent the weekend
jin Perry.
|
An abnormally large crop of
small size potatoes is now on the
market and should be utilized
immediately. They cannot be
stored for any length of time and
will deteriorate rapidly because
of the heat.
The total population of t h e
world is estimated at 2,145,200,-
000.
i FEED CROPS IN 1944
i
Georgia farmers are faced with
prospects of the smallest total
production of feed crops in 1944
than for many years. This situa
tion was brought about by sea
sonal conditions which reduced
both the acreage and yield of our
principal summer-grown feed
crops. A cold, wet, late spring
followed by prolonged periods of
dry weather in many parts of the
State have reduced feed crop
prospects to the point that farm
ers must give serious considera
tion to ways and means by which
this situation can be overcome.
The principal feed crops grown
in Georgia are feed grains, har
vested roughages, and crops
grown for grazing.
SAFETY SLOGANS
Be courteous, for a courteous
driver is a safe driver.
Even though YOU drive safe
ly, there are many other holiday
drivers who forget that high
speed driving is illegal, unpatri
otic and unsafe.
Be wary of your highway
neighbors—one of them may
have taken that extra drink.
A thin tire is a constant haz
ard in fast driving. Don’t take
the risk.
Your car is no safer than its
brakes.
Learn what to do in the com
monest of emergencies such as
drowning, fainting, a poisonous
snake bite, arterial bleeding,
severe burns, heat exhaustion,
electric shock, sunstroke, and in
ternal poisoning.
A striking illustration of the
difference in magnitude between
this war and World War I is to
be found in the report of Senator
Tom Stewart’s Surplus Property
Subcommittee of the Senate
Small Business Committee. The
report estimated the total value
of surplus war property at the
end of this year at $103,800,000.
Surplus from World War I was
$6,000,000,000. Half of the pres
ent war surplus is in foreign
countries and will be sold there.
It is predicted that rationing
will continue for some time after
the war ends. It will be recalled
that it was after World War 1
that runaway prices and infla
tion really got in its work.
It is estimated that at the end
of the war troops can be return
ed to this country at the rate of
250,000 a month. At this rate a
year and a half will be required
to bring all the troops home.
According to automobile man
ufacturers at least ninety days
will be required to convert auto
mobile plants now engaged in
war work to the production of
automobiles. The first cars man
ufactured after the war will be
sold on priority.
For our troops to continue to
advance it is necessary that they
have continuous supply of
wood products. Georgia farm
ers can have a year-round job by
cutting their own sawlogs when
they are not busy with other
crops.
SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
By G. F. NUNN
1 _
With many of the players and
a manager taking the day olf
Sunday, the teams almost had to
choose up and play out the sched
uled three games. The results
gave the Eagles a single win
over the Parrots and the Hawks
a twin victory over the hapless
Owls. Thus the Hawks gained
another half game on the field
and stretched their lead over the
second place Eagles to a full
game and a half while the Eagles
now hold a full two game lead
over the Parrots. Th e Owls
seem to be now out of the run
ning, having lost their mathe
matical chance to win the last
half race, and unless the Parrots
can turn the fast traveling
Hawks, they seem to be headed
for the playoff spot opposite the
Parrots, first half winners.
The first game found two well
matched teams putting on a snap
py exhibition and the Eagles
emerging on the long end of a
3-2 win. Beckham pitched his
usual fine game for the winners
and Massee, the one man outfield
of the league was always in the
right spot, repeatedly robbing
opposing batsmen of drives that
should have gone for hits. He
also led his team at bat with
three safeties, driving in two
runs. This virtually eliminated
the Parrots from the last half
race, but as they won the first
half, they already have one of
the play-off spots cinched, and
are now pointing for that series.
The double header was a long, j
slow affair in which the Hawks
scored at will over the Owls and
licked them by scores of 13-5 and
16-3. Mgr. Skellie billed him
self as a hurler and hooked up
with Lasseter of the Hawks in
the first game, but neither one
was effective, and the concensus
of opinion was quickly formed
that the teams should keep pitch
ers in the box. Smith led the
Hawks at bat in the opener with
two long singles, while in the
second game Whipple Jr. found
his batting eye and was on base
five times with three hits, a
walk and a fielder's choice, scor
ing four runs. The wild base
running of the Hawks and the
wilder throwing of the Owls kept
the games in a constant uproar
and gave the fans something to
keep them from dozing off, but
the general brand of play was
considerably off from what has
been turned out in the past few
weeks. W. Skellie turned in the
catch of the day with a leaping
stab of a smash by Lasseter and
whirled to double Mathews off'
first on a nice play.
Next Sunday finds the same
teams meeting again, this time
with the Hawks and Owls open
ing with one game, and the Par
rots and Eagles tangling in the
double header. The Eagles have
a fine chance to catch the Hawks
on this date and will be exerting
I every effort against their old ri
vals, the Parrots, while Mgr.
Skellie will be attempting to re
gain “face” against the Hawks.
The race is tightening up -be on
hand,
METHODIST W.S.C.S. MEETING
The business meeting of the
Methodist W. S. C. S. met at the
church Monday p. m. with Mrs.
G. W. Hicks, president, pre
siding.
Mrs. J. E. Sampley reviewed
the work of the W.S.C.S. for the
four years since it was organized
in September 1940. Mrs. Hicks
gave the meditation on the
Christian’s Response to Suffer
ing. Mrs. G. C. Nunn gave a
talk on Medical Work in the
United States, Alaska, and the
Dominican Republic.
Constantine Brumid, Italian
artist, spent over 30 .years dec
orating the walls and ceiling of
the Capitol building at Washing
ton. An accidental fall while
thus employed resulted in his
death in 1880.
Georgia farmers can help pro
duce better quality cotton by
growing the variety best suited
to the community, using good
cultural practices and producing
the highest yield and best quality
possible, controlling the boll
weevil and taking the cotton to
the gin in good condition.
IBETTER HOME TOWN
CONTEST UNDERWAY
i ATLANTA, Ga. —An essay
contest in which a total of $5,-
i 200 in War Bonds will be award
ed to 60 contest winners has
been announced by the Georgia
, Power Company. The subject of
the contest is “Five Ways to
Make My Community Better.”
The purpose of the contest, ac
cording to C. A. Collier, power
company vice president, is to ob
tain ideas from as many Georgia
i citizens as possible on the sub
ject of the improvement of Geor
gia’s home towns. The contest
is a part of the company’s Better
Home Towns program, in which
each community will be encourag
ed to make such civi<; improve
ments as will promote better liv
ing conditions and economic op
portunities. An important ob
jective of the program is the
creation of additional jobs, so
, that the postwar period will not
i bring a migration from Georgia
i of former soldiers and war work
ers seeking opportunities in oth
i er states.
The essay contest will be in
; two divisions —one for the adults
and one for boys and girls under
18. In each case the first prize
i will be a $l,OOO War Bond and
the second prize, a $5OO War
Bond. Third and fourth prizes
will be $2OO and $lOO respectively
in War Bonds. There will be six
$5O War Bonds and 20 $25 War
Bonds for the remaining prizes
in each contest.
All Georgians living in the
area of the state served by the
Georgia Power Company and
Georgia men and women in the
i armed forces located elsewhere
are eligible to compete.
In addition to the
prizes to be awarded by the
Georgia Power Company there
will be county prizes given by
individual citizens and business
firms.
According to the contest rules
announced by the Company, es
says should not exceed 1,000
words in length. They should be
mailed not later than October 31
to Better Home Towns Contest,
Georgia Power Company, Atlan
ta 1, Ga.
In each county in which there
, are participants, a committee of
citizens will select the winners
of county prizes. From among
these county winners, distin
guished judges will select the es
says to receive the state-wide
prizes.
SOIL DEFICIENCIES
REFLECTED IN HEALTH
Soil deficiencies are reflected
in the health of man, according
to Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, di
rector of the State Health De
partment.
“The strength of a nation is
dependent upon its land and a
strong, virile people cannot exist
upon weak, depleted soil,” he
said.
The human body, Dr. Aber
crombie explained, is composed
of a number of the same chemi
cal elements that the soil con
tains and depends upon these
elements to maintain its well
being. When they are depleted
through soil erosion, malnutrition
occurs.
Since soils have been in the
process of erosion for many
years, the health director said,
they do not contain sufficient
amounts of the mineral elements
that the body requires. If the
food eaten does not contain these
nutritional necessities, the body
cannot be kept at maximum
health and vigor, he added.
Soil in the southeast particu
larly, Dr. Abercrombie said, is
deficient in calcium. The long
summers and heavy rainfall de
plete and wash away the humus
content of the soil with conse
quent loss of mineral elements.
Studies made by the State
Health Department in the re
cently concluded Sparta Health
Demonstration point to the urg
ent need for soil care and en
richment as a fundamental re
quirement for adequate nutrition,
the health director said.
It is estimated that f rb m
6,000,000 to 9,000,000 Americans
suffer from hay fever.
