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VOL. LXXIII. No. 88
KIWANIS SPONSORS!
“GREEN ACRES” PLAN,!
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Gerald W. Humphrey, general)
agricultural agent Southern Rail
way System, of Atlanta, was the
speaker at Tuesday’s luncheon
meeting of the Perry Kiwanis
club. Mr. Humphrey spoke on
the “Green Acres Program’’ now
being sponsored by the Kiwanis
club.
“Green Acres are the founda
tion of our prosperity,” Mr.
Humphrey stated. !‘We must
put organic matter back into our
soil through planting cover crops.
We must get away from the row
crop system and increase yield
per acre on crops,” the speaker
said.
Green acres lead to the de
velopment of the livestock in
dustry which the South needs to
develop, Mr. Humphrey con
cluded.
The speaker was introduced by
Sam A. Nunn as a naturalized
Englishman who had had farm
ing experience.
A. W. Dahlberg, chmn. Agri
cultural Committee, announced
that the Kiwanis club was offer-1
ing $250 in prizes to the farmers
of Houston county for the largest
number of acres planted in cover
crops. First prize is $100; sec
ond, $75; third, $5O; fourth, 25.
Mr. Dahlberg stated that the
these projects of the agricultural
committee were (1) Green Acres
Program, (2) Livestock Display
Day, (3) Development of Sweet
Potato Industry. The committee
is composed of Mr. Dahlberg,
S. A. Nunn, G. F. Nunn, W. C.
Huggins, L. C. Walker, A. C.
Pritchett, Mayo Davis, and W.T.
Middiebrooks.
E. P. Staples, president, pre
sided. Visitors present were T.
Sgt, Lewis Hammock, Lt. Dan
Grant; Capt. Mullins, provost
marshal, Robins Field; Lewis
Brown, chief of Investigations,
Warner Robins; Floyd Tabor, '
vice-president Ga. Farm Bureau;
Paschal Muse, president Houston
county chapter Farm Bureau:
Dallas Ryle, college boy; and
Mrs. J. L. Hodges, editor Home
Journal.
LIBRARY NOTES
Written with great feeling for
things both aeronautical and
human is, “Pastoral,” by Nevil
Shute. It is a tender love story
of a bomber pilot and a girl in
the service. A cheerful novel is
“Cluny Brown,” by Marjorie
Sharp. With the author’s usual
skill she has created a character
both lovable and amusing.
Most popular of the escapist*
books are murder mysteries.
New selections in the library
are: Brand, “Green for Mur
der;” Dodge, “Bullets for the
Bridegroom;” Knight, “Intrigue
for Murder;” and Mason, “The
House that Hate Built.”
“I Never Left Home,” by Bob
Hope, is one of the season’s most
popular books. “America,” is
Stephen Benet’s last book. A
short history of the country
which was so dear to his heart, i
Library open every afternoon I
except Wednesday from 1:30 toj
6:30 p. m.
Verniece Beavers, Librarian.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS |
Church School-10:15 a. m,
Church Service, 11:30 a. m,.
and 8:00 p. m.
Young People’s Service, 7:001
p. m.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS I
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Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. !
Morning Worship Service 11:30. f
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. i
Prayer Service Wednesday, I
8:00 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Executive meeting of the
W. S. C, S. will meet next Mon
day at 4 p. m.
Horace Braddock has been
elected city clerk of Perry to suc
ceed Harry Palmer who resigned.
Homer Chapman is the new
street engineer. *
Houston Home Journal
! REPORT ON CANNING PLANT
By L. C. Walker, Supervisor
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j The Houston County Canning
| Plant closes another very suc
cessful canning season. Although
there was not as much canned
this season as last our average
was above that of the surround
ing communities.
From the opening day this
year, on June 14 until Sept. 15,
23,369 pts. have been canned-
This compares with approximate,
ly 33,500 during the same period
last year. Of this amount 13,009
pts. were vegetables; of which
corn, peas, butter beans, soup
mixture, tomatoes and beans
were the principal ones. We
canned 10,296 pts. of fruit, com
posed mainly of peaches and
pears. There were 64 pts. of
meats canned, which was com
posed of chicken, ham and rabbit.
During the season several per
sons canned food to be sent to
boys overseas. These foods were
mainly meats; however one per
son canned boiled peanuts and
others sent cans of candy.
The canning plant is now open
only by appointment. During
the summer very little meat was
j canned but a number of people
have made appointments to can a
calf this fall.
Those assisting at the canning
plant during the summer were
Miss Juliette McKinley, Mrs.
Clifford Grimes, Frank Giles.and
L. C. Walker.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS HAS
HIGHEST LEVEL IN 28 YEARS
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis reports that
1 up to September 3 infantile pa
ralysis reached its highest level
since 1916, and more than $l,-
000,000 already had been ex
pended by the Foundation and
its Chapters in battling the 1944
epidemic of the disease.
Epidemic aid in money, pro
fessional personnel, supplies and
equipment has been rushed to 19
States and the District of Co
lumbia, the Foundation calling
into use all of its respirators or
iron lungs.
Up to September 1, the Na
tional Foundation has sent $397,-
639.95 to 12 states, said Mr. Ba
sil O’Connor, president of the
Foundation. States which have
received financial aid include
North Carolina, Virginia, Ken
tucky, Ohio, Florida, Illinois,
lowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Cali
fornia, Oregon, and New York.
In Georgia, we have been more
fortunate in the number of cases
of infantile paralysis. /
From January 1 to September
10, 1944, 66 cases in Georgia
were reported to the State
Health Department. This is con
sidered normal particularly at
this season of the year, and the
50 per cent of funds retained by
our Chapter from the March of
Dimes has been sufficient to pro
vide proper medical care for all
victims regardless of age, race,
creed, or color.
Estimating that the National
j Foundation and its Chapters have
[expended more than $1,000,000
| up to September 1 on the 1944
epidemic alone, Mr. O’Connor
declared: “What the full cost
of this epidemic will be we do
not know, but certainly, in ad
dition to what it totals this year,
there will be the necessity of
caring for many of its victims for
years to come, meanwhile con
tinuing the care of those of for
] mer years.
“But we do know that any
scientific program, however cost-j
ly, will be inexpensive and eco-
I nomical in the end for it will j
[some day develop the means that|
j will permit us to cure and pre
sent this crippling malady. The!
| American people and their Na-j
! tional Foundation for Infantile
[Paralysis are determined that]
j that day will come.”
If you know of an infantile]
paralysis victim who needs as
sistance, contact Rev. J. A. Ivey]
I or call the Georgia State Chap-i
j ter, Atlanta, telephone MAinl
5134. j
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1944
j SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
By G, F. NUNN
'[ The Community Softball Lea
gue moves into its final day of
regular play next Sunday with
the Hawks leading by a game
and a half and needing only one
victory in their double-header
with the Parrots to sew up the
last half pennant. All teams
won and lost a game each Sun
day. as the Hawks and Parrots
split the opening twin bill and
the Owls and Eagles followed
suit in the second duo.
After a two weeks layoff the
Parrots and Hawks were rearin’
to go and each got two runs in
the first inning, but after that
Wilson was untouchable to the
Parrots and the Hawks pecked
away for three more runs to take
the game 5-2. Errors and walks
kept the Parrots in constant
trouble and featured in every
run the Hawks got, but each one
counted a tally and so went the
ball game. Th e second game
was a reversal of form wit
Walker taking the box for the
Parrots and turning in a fine
performance to shut out the
Hawks on four hits, while his
mates got three runs for him on
just five blows. Dubose, dimin
utive speed demon of the Par
rots was the hitting star of the
day with four knocks in six trips
to the plate, and also contributed
a fine catch in right field, grab
bing a low liner at his shoe tops,
just as he was mounting the
bank at the roadside, and hold
ing it even though he stumbled
and fell. For the Hawks, the
pitching of Wilson and the catch
ing and throwing of Smith was
all the defense that was neces
sary in the first game, while the
second was just a case of too
much Walker,
The Owls came out for their
twin bill with the Eagles breath
ing defiance after being threat
ened with the loss of four games,
and jumped on Eagle pitching
for 7 hits. However, the Eagles
couldn’t seem to do anything
right in the opener, and allowed
two splurges of three runs each,
which with Walker pitching for
the Owls was plenty, as the bor
rowed righthander rang up his
second shutout of the afternoon.
Mgr. Skellie turned in the finest
game of his long argumentative
career in the opener as he twice
raced back of second base for a
catch and a stop which each time
saved his team from being scor
ed on, and which brought cheers
from the stands. Th e modest
manager blushed red clean back
to the nape of his neck as he was
congratulated on all sides. He
kept his team fighting all the
way through the second game
also, but dropped this one as the
Eagles snapped back to their
.usual brand of play and marched
in to win 4-3. For the Owls,
Bledsoe was a continual menace
at bat, slamming out four hits,
and playing his usual fine game
afield, while Massee was again
the mainstay of the Eagles with
three solid hits and several fine
catches in short field. Whipple
I Sr, also connected for 3 safeties.
Emmit Akin robbed himself of
his next months profit on rub
bing alcohol as he drove out the
longest hit of the day and had to
chug all the way around to third.
Thus every team won and lost
and the standings remain un
changed except that the leading
! Hawks benefitted by the sched
ule moving inexorably nearer : ts
close. The Eagles attack the
Owls again next Sunday in the
opening d-h and must win both
games to keep alive their hopes
for the pennant, while the Parrots
[and Hawks wind things up in
[the final set, and the Hawks can
istring up the flag by taking
(either of these games. Enthusi
j asm continues to run high and
• there is strong possibility that
j the last half winner will be de
cided in the final game of the
[season. You’ll enjoy it if you
| get there.
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SAFETY SLOGANS
i Keep your papers moving out
lof the house and you are rerr.ov-
I ing a fire hazard.
Many hospital beds are occu
pied with victims of accident!
I that a little extra care could have
prevented.
Holidays and crowded high
! ways sort of go together, make
sure your automobile is still iu
good mechanical condition.
GEORGIA STATE GUARD NEWS
Col. R.W. Collins, Commander
. of the Georgia State Guard, has
just issued a General Order mak
ing available to Georgia Guards
men three Service Ribbons for
service in the Georgia State
Guard or its antecedent,the State
Defense Corps. These ribbons
are optional for wear on the left
breast of service coat or shirt for
both officers and enlisted men
and are the“ Defense Ribbon.’’the
‘‘Active Duty Ribbon” and the
‘‘Service Ribbon.” The design
and reason of issue for each rib
bon follows: The ‘‘Defense Rib
bon” will be yellow with two
sets of two pin stripes (White
and Red) from each end
with the .letters GA (Blue) in
center, and issued for service in
the State Defense Corps (Ante
cedent of the Georgia State
Guard) prior to December 7,
1941. The ‘‘Active Duty Rib
bon” will be white with 3-8”
Red at each end with the letters
GA (Blue) in center of white,
and issued for active duty for a
total period of one hundred sixty
eight (168) hours under a call
of the Governor or by order of
the Commander of the State
Guard under authorization of the
governor, whether or not renu
meration is involved for any part
of the period. Credits for short
er periods than 168 are cumula
lative. The ‘‘Service Ribbon”
will be blue with 3-16” alternat
ing Red and White (1 White, 2
Red) at left end (wearer’s view)
with the letters GA (Red) in
center of White, and issued for
service in the Georgia State
Guard, or its antecedent State
Defense Corps, since December
7, 1941 for a period of more than
ninety (90) days. There is also
to be issued a ‘‘Length of Ser
vice Mark,” corresponding to the
armed forces ‘‘Hash-marks,’’and
this is a sleeve mark of gold rib
bon 4” x 2” and is authorized
for each full year of service as
enlisted man in the Georgia State
Guard, or its antecedent the
State Defense Corps. The rib
bon will be worn on the sleeve of
the service coat with the lower
end of the ribbon 3” from the
bottom of tne sleeve with the
ribbon extending upward toward
the rear at an angle of 450 and
center of ribbon at the center
line of the outward half of the
sleeve.
INCREASE IN TB oTaIiTrATE
A slight increase in the death
rate from tuberculosis in Geor
gia during 1943 is shown in fig
ures released by the State Health
Department. Deaths from the
disease were 47.7 per 100,000
population as compared with 40.5
in 1942. The total number of
deaths was 1,304 and 3,067 new
cases of tuberculosis were re
ported last year.
In announcing the figures, Dr.
T. F. Abercrombie, state health
director, said the downward
trend in tuberculosis had slowed
up and warned that war condi
tions would undoubtedly bring a
further increase in the disease
unless every precaution was
taken to prevent its spread.
‘‘Resistance to the disease is
lowered under such wartime con
ditions as undue physical and
mental strain, long hours of
work, inadequate diet, crowded
housing and the unwise use of
leisure time,” Dr. Abercrombie
said.
Tuberculosis is reported to be
epidemic in warring European
countries, the health director
added, and warned that a sus
tained decline in this disease
cannot be expected to continue
unless all resources of both of
ficial and voluntary health forces
are mobilized to combat the di
sease.
Noticeable increases have been
reported in the number or Heaths
from tuberculosis in highly in
dustrial areas throughout the
United States, Dr. Abercrombie
pointed out, and said that was
particularly significant in Geor
gia among the white population
in Macon and Atlanta.
WAR BONDS.
METHODIST I P. ACTIVITIES
The young people of the Meth
odist church are making great
headway in their plans for the
recreation room in the church.
Several people have donated
games and money, but more help
is needed. Anyone who has a
donation to make is asked to see
Jean Pierce or Lillie Brooks,
The girls of the Youth Fellow
ship are at the church every Sun
day during the morning service
to look after children. They do
this free of charge, and as a help
to the parents, who wish to come
to church. They also keep them
for 30c an hour at any other
time. Half of what they earn
goes in the League treasury and
half to the individual girl.
The young people elected Joyce
Andrew and Lillie Brooks to rep
resent them on the Board of
Christian Education of the Meth
odist church.
Miss Elizabeth Short and Mrs.
J. N. Buff Jr, are the new lead
ers who have succeeded Miss
Merriamme Rhodes who has re
turned to Shorter College,
RATiGNIKGINFORMAIION
Fuel Oil
Period 4 and 5 coupons for
current season good until Sept.
30. Period 1 coupons for next
year now valid.
Canning Sugar
Those who intend to apply for
canning sugar are requested to
do so by Oct. 1, 1944.
Sugar Stamp No. 40 good for
five pounds of canning sugar un
til February 28, 1945,
Meats and Fats
Red AB, thru Z 8 and A5 thru
G 5 (Book 4) valid at 10 points
each, for use with tokens, both
good indefinitely.
Processed Foods
Blue A8 through L 5 (Book 4)
valid indefinitely at 10 points
each. Tokens not good after
October 1.
Sugar
Sugar Stamps Nos. 30,31, 32, &
33 in, Book 4 good for five pounds
each indefinitely.
Gasoline
No. 11 coupons in ‘‘A” books
expire Nov. 8.
Rationing rules now require
that every car owner write bis
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,
MAJOR HOUSER SENDS
MESSAGE TO FAMILY
Mrs. H. P. Houser Jr. of Per
ry, has received a message from
the War Department saying they
had intercepted a broadcast from
Japan, and sent her a message
from her husband, Major H. P.
Houser Jr., who was interned by
the Japanese at the fall of
Bataan,
Mrs. Houser has had the usual
prisoner of war cards from Ma
jor Houser from Philippine Pris
on Camp No. 1, but this is the
first direct message. He stated
that he was in excellent health
and that there was absolutely
nothing to worry about concern
ing him. He is getting mail,and
told her to arrange a broadcast
to him from San Francisco.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
For women who bake their
own bread; if the oven is too
hot and the loaves brown on top
before the bread is baked, place
a pan of boiling water on the
top grate. The steam will keep
the bread from scorching while
the heat thoroughly bakes the
rest.
To wash greasy dishes with
ease, dissolve a little washing
soda in the hot water. The juice
of a lemon is also good.
Before opening a can of paint,
turn it upside-down for a little
while and it will mix better
when opened.
New York harbor is the great
est port in the world from the
standpoint of tonnage handled,
London is second with less than
two-fifths as much tonnage
handled.
ESTABLISHED 1870
OPA HEARING HELD
IN PERRY TUESDAY
Price Panel Hearings were held
1 by the OPA Tuesday in Perry at
1 the local office of the War Price
1 and Rationing Board. Five mer
: chants of Houston county charg
ed with violating price ceilings
on meats made settlements for
• overcharges to customers.
These merchants and the
> amount of the settlements fol
> low: L. L. Henderson, Warner
! Robins, $312; S. W. Barr, Barr’s
1 Grocery, Warner Robins, $6O;
J. L. Knight, Knight’s Grocerv
1 and Market, Elko, $10; R. A.
Nunn, Jr., Super Market, War
ner Robins, $212; W. W. David
! son, City Cash Market, Warner
; Robins, $46. Settlement was
made to the U. S. Treasury in
lieu of rebates to customers.
All of these merchants testified
that violations of price ceilings
were not intentional on their
; part and were due to war-time
■ conditions.
Charges against other mer
chants in the county will be
heard at an early date.
Hearings were conducted by
Richard W. Florrid, assistant
District Price executive, Atlanta,
. Ga.; A. C. Fowler, commodity
specialist, Atlanta; J. H. Sims,
Jr., field price representative,
Macon, Ga.
Members of the local Price
Panel are Rev. J. A. Ivey and
D.’M. Ryle. They sat in on the
1 hearings along with Paschal
Muse, general chairman of Hous
ton county WPR Board.
AVIATION MEETING
TO BE HELD IN MACON
MACON, Ga. —AH communi
ties interested in developing avi
ation facilities and taking their
place on the postwar air map
were invited today by the Macon
Chamber of Commerce to send
representatives to the Georgia
Aviation Clinic here Oct. 3-4.
The Clinic will emphasize air
port acquisition and develop
ment, air training, feeder air
lines operation and the postwar
private airplane. It will give a
preview of Georgia’s aviation
possibilities and how citizens may
participate in realizing them.
Rep. Jennings Randolph of
West Virginia, author of a bill
proposing federal aid to states
for development and upkeep of
public airports, will be among
the prominent speakers.
Lee S. Trimble, executive vice
president and manager of the
Macon Chamber of Commerce,
said the principal object of the
meeting is to form a definite pro
gram for advancement of avi
ation in Georgia. For this rea
son, he pointed out, it is impor
tant that all sections be repre
sented. Sessions will be at the
Dempsey Hotel, starting at 10:30
a. m. (Central War Time) Octo
ber 3. Mr. Trimble urged that
that reservations be made as
quickly as possible.
Macon is host to the clinic as a
revival of the Southeastern Ae
ronautical Congress, which was
held in 1019 and gave considera
ble impetus to aviation after
World War I.
McLESTER WOUNDED
Sgt. Robert L, McLester, Jr.
has been admitted to Lawson
General Hospital, Atlanta, fol
lowing a head wound received in
France in August. Sgt. McLes
ter came by plane from England,
where he will undergo an opera
tion for his head injury.
While in the hospital in Eng
land, Sgt. McLester was visited
by his father, Lt. Col. R. L. Mc-
Lester, of West Palm Beach, Fla.
formerly of Perry, who pinned
the Purple Heart on his son.
Col. McLester had not seen his
son in twenty-eight months.
Sgt. McLester is the nephew
of Miss Hortense McLester of
Macon, formerly of Perry.
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