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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXIII. No. 45 HOUSTON MASONS ! HAVE CENTENNIAL! Houston Lodge No. 35 Free! and Accepted Masons of Perry held their centennial celebration Monday night, Nov. 6, at the Perry High Gym. L.C. Walker, worshipful master, was master of ceremonies and C. P. Gray was chairman of the arrange ments. The celebration consisted of a barbecue supper, speeches, sing ing and dancing. Music was furnished by T. Sgt. Jack Sar doff and his Orchestra from Rob ins Field, Ga. W. K. Whipple led the singing. The address of the evening was made by Rev. W. V. Dibble, pas tor of Warner Robins Methodist church. He was introduced by C. P. Gray. Declaring that persons or groups are the result of their at titudes, Rev. Mr. Dibble said Houston Lodge No. 35 has had fine attitudes to steer its course during the past 100 years and that the Lodge can boast of sym pathetic service and brotherly love as well as long years of ex istence. There are four attitudes the Lodge members should have, the speaker said. These are: (1) Appreciation for the past, (2) Adjustment to the times with out any change in ideals and teachings, (3) Attachment to a higher Power so as to move on ward and upward, (4) Anticipa tion so as to look to the future with faith and courage. C. E. Brunson who joined Houston Lodge in 1897 and serv ed as worshipful master for 19 years paid high tribute to Masonry. A brief history of Houston Lodge was given by Mr. Walker. It was the 35th lodge chartered by the state of Georgia which had its first Masonic lodge in 1734, founded by Oglethorpe in Savannah, Ga. There are now 460 lodges in Georgia,Mr. Walker stated. Masonry goes back to Biblical times and the date of its exact beginning is unknown. The first known lodge in the United States was in Boston, Mass, in 1729. Houston Lodge began with seven members on Nov. 6, 1844 and initiated ten others during its first year, Mr. Walker said. Today it has 157 members, the largest in its history. Twenty seven new members have been added in 1944. Charter officers of the Lodge were: T. M. Furlow, W. M.; James Holmes, S. W.: S. B. Webb, J. W.; Bryant Batton, Treas., T. S. Dennard, Secty.; P. D. H. Culler, S. D.; E. D. Harvey, J: D.; T. B. Aldrich, Tyler. Present officers are: L, C. Walker, W. M.; VV. G. Gray, S. W.j Alton Hardy, J. W.; L. H. Gilbert, Treas.; E. W. Traylor; Secty.; Alton Rainey, S. D.; A. A. White, J. D.; W. E. Barfield, Tyler. Living past masters are: C. E, Brunson, Eby Holtzclaw, E. W. Traylor, L. M. Paul, J. 0. Cole man, L. H. Gilbert, C. P. Gray, I G. W. Rhodes, and E. P. Staples. Deceased past masters are; T. M. Furlough, S. D. Killen, P. B. D. H. Culler. John L. Birch, C. H. Smith, John B. Smith, John I A. Hafer, J. D. Martin, A. S. Giles, J. C. Burton, J. B. Edge, C. E. Gilbert, A. C. Riley, W. C. Davis, Fred Bonner, and H, P. I Houser. The late A. B. Schilling was I Tyler for 56 years, 1871-1927. | The late A. S. Giles was worship-1 ful master eleven years. The Masonic building in Perry i was dedicated Nov. 17, 1893. Visitors Present Visitors present at Monday i night’s celebration included Hen-| ry Hollingsworth, 33rd degree; Mason of Macon;Bill Penn,secty. j Grand Lodge Royal Arch Chap-: ter of Ga., of Macon; Tom Bate-i man, W. M. Fort Valley Lodge 110, T. M. Anthoine, N, W. Jor dan, J. W. Anthoine, John W. Saunders, R. U. Morell, W. D. Jennings, R. A. Hall, W.A.Wood, H. F. Smisscn, and G. C. Poole, all of Fort Valley. The program was opened with prayer by Rev.' C. H. Tucker, chaplain, and closed with prayer by Rev. J. A. Ivey. • Announcement of the 6th War Houston Home Journal \ (armistice PROGRAM 1 PLANS ANNOUNCED | Armistice Day, Nov. 11, will I be observed in Perry with a pro gram at the school Friday a. m., Nov. 10, a supper for World War I and II veterans Friday night, Nov. 10, the sale of Poppies Nov. 10-11, and a union church service Sunday night, Nov. 12, at the Baptist church. The Auxili ary to the Robert D.Collins Post, American Legion, is arranging this entire observance. Mrs. Joe Mitchell is president of the Aux iliary. Mrs. Earl Ogletree, American ism chmn., is in charge of the program for Sunday night, 7:30 o’clock, at the Baptist church and also of the program at the school Friday morning. J. A. Moore of Milledgeville will be the guest speaker Sunday night and he will be introduced by Rev. J. A. Ivey. G. F. Nunn will render a solo and Mrs. Mayo Davis, organist, will be in charge of the music. Following the Roll Call, taps will be blown by Tommy Mar shall and John Blue Calhoun. The annual supper for veter lans will be held at the Legion Home at 7:30 p. m. Friday with' Mrs. C. C. Chapman as chmn. Poppy Sales, Nov. 10-11 are in charge of Mrs. D. H. Smith,Mrs. P. M. Satterfield, and Mrs. O. A. King. The public is invited to attend: the service Sunday night. MAJOR HUR3T PRAISED PELELIU, PALAU ISLANDS, —Leading hi s battle-scarred troops through 22 consecutive days of hard fighting, Marine Major Hunter Hurst, 27-year-old Georgian who is one of the youngest infantry battalion com manders on Peleliu, drew the praise of his commander for his coolness and efficiency. Peleliu was Major Hurst’s first campaign. The young Marine officer, who was born in Fort Valley, Ga., was praised by his regimental commander, Marine Colonel Herman H. Hanneken.of St. Louis, Mo., for coolness un der fire and for the prompt and efficient manner in which he car ried out orders. Major Hurst’s troops played a leading role in destroying all ene my resistance on the southern portion of Peleliu in three days. In their 22 days of fighting, his battalion killed at least 1,582 Japanese. Following mopping up opera tions in the south, Major Hurst was ordered to march his troops to the main front to the north of the airfield where the Marine ad vance had bogged down amid, heavy casualties in the coral J cliffs and ridges. There, the battalion engaged in some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific war for more than two weeks. Despite extremely heavy casual ties, Major Hurst’s men succeed ed in pushing hundreds of yards through strongly defended and almost impassable terrain. Major Hurst is a front line commander. He constantly ex poses himself to enemy sniper land mortar fire, touring his front lines to see for himself what tac tical situations are faced. All three of his combat com-i pany commanders were casualties and a high percentage of his I fighting strength was lost in the constant fighting to wipe out the Japs before the battalion was finally relieved and sent to a | rest area. Major Hurst is the nephew of | Mrs. J. Alva Davis and Miss! j Lula Hurst of Perry. j The Houston County Singing] | Convention will meet at Bonaire I school, Sunday p, m. Nov. 12, at 12 o’clock. Everybody is invited j jto come by J. P. Farrow, presi -1 dent of the convention. j Loan Drive quota for Houston ' county was made by Mayo Da ■ vis, chmn. The quota is $514,- 000 with $414,000 in E Bonds. Attractive programs were given out. The stage decorations were very effective with a blue and white background containing the Masonic insignia in its cen ter. White floor baskets holding red flowers and foliage flanked the front, 300 attended including Masons and their families and their 1 friends. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1944 jP.H.S. BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT j By G. FRANCIS NUNN |i The Maroon and Gold Panthers of Perry High opened the local basketball season here Friday night, with a rousing 53-24 vic tory over the crimson clad war riors from Marshallville High. Featuring a fast, smart attack throughout, the Panthers were never in trouble, and gave the fans all they wanted to cheer about in a scoring way. The gym was shined'and polish ed after the orgy of the Hallow e’en Carnival; the ten glamor ous cheer leaders were a picture in their Maroon skirts and white sweaters with the big gold em blem on the front, and were do ing a picturesque and voluminous job of extracting enthusiasm from the rooters; then the team trotted out in their usual sloppy, slovenly dress with their jersies hanging outside their pants and pointing with drooping, uneven raffles toward their not too beautiful thighs. This rather spoiled the picture until the game started, but as they swung into action, one could well afford to forget their errors in dress as they ripped through play after play to score almost at will over a bigger, taller team than they were. Marshallville opened the scor ing with a snappy one hand shot from the corner which swished j through the netting as if it were expected to do just that. That, I however, was the only field goal the visitors scored on the first team all evening, as they were forced thereafter to witness one of the finest defenses that could be thrown around their goal. Bledsoe opened the scoring for the locals by sinking a beauty from the sideline. Skellie follow ed with two fast ones under the goal, the second on a perfect sac rifice by Tommy Marshall, who slipped him a submarine pass when either could have tried for the goal. Then the spree was on and with Pierce joining the first two scorers, they ran up a 38-4 advantage for the second team to work on. The real contest of the evening came with the advent of the “B’s” They were outscored 20-15, but in scoring those fifteen points they showed Coach Staples their value as substitutes. Clint Cooper and Wendell Whipple led the way with 6 and 5 points each and both were cool as an ice cube in the doing. Beavers plow ed through the line for several fine gains and Etheridge and B. Bledsoe showed good defensive ability. The game offered nothing much in the way of thrills but as an opener, gave the fans a good pre [viewofwhat they may expect • out of this year’s squad. A tight defense, a fast breaking, high scoring offense with one of four men likely to tally at any minute, and a heads-up, confi dent passing attack were all on exhibition, and these, coupled with the assurance of capable substitutes, gave local fandom promise of the classiest season we have had in many a year. On Nov. 9th (and please note that this is Thursday evening— tonight) the Panther will be host to the Leslie team, coached by Don Staples, brother of Eric. I This is one of the strongest out | fits in the southern part of the 1 state, and you will remember the extra period game that the Pan thers won from them in Leslie three weeks ago. This should be one of the best games of the whole season, so you really can’t afford to miss it. Let’s pack the j shell and see which Brother I Staples chews up his cigar first (tonight. The lineups: PERRY 53 Pierce 6 Bledsoe, L. 10 j Skellie 19 Wilson 1 Marshall 0 Satterfield. 2; Cooper, 6; B, ■Bledsoe, 2; Ethridge, 0; Whipple, i 5; Beavers, 2; Dubose, 0; Nor wood, 0. MARSHALLVILLE 24 Middlebrooks, M 1 McKenzie 0 Johnson 6 , Vining 4 • Middlebrooks 6 Philman, 6; Wortham, 1. 11 SHITE FARM BUREAU MEETS The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed -3 eration which held its sixth an ] nual convention in Macon Frl j day and Saturday went on rec . ord as continuing its stand of op . position to payment of subsidies, endorsing prompt passage of the ■ Pace Parity Bill,and recommend j ing removal of tax upon gaso -1 line used in farm tractors and 1 stationary engines. A delegation of approximately . 1,000 Ga. farm men and women . re-elected H. L. Wingate of Pel ham, president: Floyd H. Tabor lof Fort Valley and Perry, vice , president: and H. Y. Tillman of ’ Valdosta, second vice-president. Miss Katie Willingham of Pel , ham will continue in her capacity , as secretary and treasurer of the . Federation which has set 40,000 as its goal for 1945. 5 Edward A. O’Neal, president [ of the American Farm Bureau [ | Federation and honor guest at j} the 1944 convention, discussed . the present and postwar outlook ; for farmers. \ Representative Paul Browm of , the Tenth Georgia District re . viewed the legislation passed in ! Congress favoring agriculture, , emphasizing the difficulty expe , rienced in getting it passed, and relating the part the American Farm Bureau Federation played in putting over this legislation. [ Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, Ad , ministrative Director, Associated I Women of the American Farm I [ Bureau Federation, pledged the ; “side by side” support of farm ;| women. Mrs, Sewell conducted ;’an organizational meeting of j Georgia farm women. Among the Houston County , Farm Bureau members attending r the convention were; Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Tabor, Mr. and Mrs. j H. B. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. W. ' E. Vinson Jr., Paschal Muse, W. W. Gray, W. C. Cauthon, John . L. Davis, and W. T. Middle ! brooks. t This annual convention was a . decided success, Vice-president [ Tabor says. The 25,000 member ship goal for 1944 will be reached by Nov' 30, the end of the Bu r reau year, Mr. Tabor states. | SELECTIVE SERVICE REPORT ! The following registrants were : inducted into the Armed Forces I from Houston county during i October, 1944: ; WHITE Homer E. Weaver, Perry; 1 Prentess B. Hayes, Bonaire; Coleman C. Garner, Bonaire, i COLORED Isaac Holmes, Perry; J. T. i Hose, Perry; Ulysees Small, Fort i Valley: Otis Nathan, Grovania. Presbyterian Notice Rev, E. P. Moye, beloved for mer pastor of the Perry and Clinchfield churches will return ■ to his old charges as guest [ preacher on Sunday, Nov. 12, * 1944. He will preach at the Per ! ry church at the morning service 1 at which time the Sacrament of 1 the Lord’s Supper will be ob served. He will preach at the ! evening service at Clinchfield. All members of the congrega : tions and former friends of Mr. ' Moye are cordially invited to at ■ tend these services. ; METHODIST W.S.C.S. MEETING Mrs. J. E. Sampley was pre -2 sented a Life Membership in the : Methodist Woman’s Society of ; Christian Service Monday by the : Perry W. S. C. S. at its general ; meeting at the church. The pre sentation was made by Mrs. L. C. Walker in behalf of the W. S. C. S, in appreciation of Mrs. Sampley’s service to the organi zation and to the church during the three years of her husband’s pastorate here, Mrs. G. W. Hicks, president, presided and Mrs. Minnie Couey gave the devotional. The mis sion study course, “West of the . Date Line” was completed with . Mrs. G. C. Nunn as leader, as - sisted by Mrs. S. L, Norwood. Funeral services will be held Thursday for the infant daugh ter of Major Earl V. Wolf and Mrs. Wolf of Warner Robins,Ga. with Watson & Whipple Funeral Home in charge. The Wolfes made their home in Perry for over a year in the T. L. Warren home. ROOSEVELT WINS IN GENERAL ELECTION In the general election held . Tuesday, Nov. 7, Houston coun .ty voters cast 725 votes.Of these, . 535 were Democratic; 161 Repub lican; and 29 Independent Demo > cratic. In line with the state of Geor . gia and a majority of the states 1 of the nation, Houston county voted to return President Frank • lin D. Roosevelt to office for a fourth term and to elect his run . ning-mate, Sen. Harry D. Tru man of Missouri, vice-president . for his first term. Two precincts in Houston coun ty, Bonaire and Hattie (Genter . ville), went Republican; the oth ers, Democratic. The vote by i precincts was as follows: i Dem. Rep. Perry 325 65 Hattie 14 26 i Bonaire 8 14 Wellston 100 30 Heard 16 4 Kathleen 14 9 Henderson 17 3 Hayneville 20 8 Elko 21 2 The Independent Dem. votes were cast as follows; Perry, 20; Hattie, 2; Wellston, 3: Heard, 3; Hayneville, 1. NEGRO FARM GROUPS RAVE EXHIBITS S MEETING IN PERRY The consensus of opinion of all who attended the Food for Vic tory Exhibition, 4-H Achieve ment Parade, Educational and Agricultural Mass Meeting staged by Negro farmers, farm wives and 4-H club members of Hous ton county at the Court House, Oct. 26—28 was the best, most outstanding and far-reaching one ever held and staged. Over 100 products and articles were put on display which dem onstrated the fact that progress has been made in producing and conserving these vital products and articles, foremost in war and in peace. The 4-H Achievement Parade was made up of 400 4-H club members, one dressed up repre senting Uncle Sam, another car rying U. S. Flag, others with ag ricultural products and 4-H ban ner. These 4-H club members 1 marched through the main street of Perry, assembled on th e Court House square, sang Ameri ca, gave 4-H Motto, Pledge and Flag Salute, then with others ■ marched int" the auditorium and took part in the program which consisted of spelling match, re ports, and addresse-’ by high ■ ranking government officials and educators. The broadminded, fine, white men and women of the business firms, Board of Education and other enterprises of Perry made i donations which made it possi i ble to meet the premium list and ; other expenses. Agents O. S. Oneal and M. L, ; Toomer, who supervised the ; staging of the exhibits and who have worked with farmers, farm ■ wives and 4-H club members i during the past 25 years, wish to express their sincere apprecia • tion to all the white and colored friends who have cooperated in and supported the work carried on in the county. Prizes were as fellows: I Community Prizes—l King’s Chapel, 2 Mt. Zion 14, 3 Mt. ■ Olive, 4 Perry, 5 Mclnnis, 6 ; Hayneville, 7 Grovania, and 8 Piney Greve. i Corn—l Sam Colson, 2 Charles 1 Thomas, and 3 Charlie Winters. Yellow Dent Corn-Special prize, Sam Colson. Sweet Potatoes—l Norman , Durham, 2 Charlie Whiters, and • 3 S. B. Rountree Sr. ; Meat—l Bryant 4-H Club, 2 i Mary Ragan, and 3 Sam Colson. Cane —1 Charlie Thomas, 2 Charlie Thomas, and 3 Norman - Durham, Pumpkins —1 Nettie B. Thomp : son, 2M. C. Jolley, and 3 Lu i cius Durham. Peanuts —1 Charles Thomas, 2 Sam Colson, and 3 M. C.Jolley. ■» Special Mention-Peanut Hay, 1 Neil Williams 4-H; Hog Head -llst-Hog Jowl 2nd; Co 1 1a r d s, 1 Charlie Whiters. .1 4-H CLUB BOYS 1 Corn —1 Allan Rountree Jr., i 2 Lucius Durham Jr., and 3 Fred r Lattimore Jr. i Peanuts—-1 Fred Lattimore. Reporter, ESTABLISHED 1870 , PERRY METHODISTS REPORT GOOD YEAR The Perry Methodist church closed one of the best years in its history on Nov. 1. Rev. J.E. Sampley who plans to retire this week after almost 50 years in the ministry has been pastor of the Perry church for the past three years. The church’s expenditures for all purposes this year amounted to $11,086; of which $4,264 was spent locally and $6,822 for be nevolences. The local funds included $2,700 for pastor’s salary, $321 on build ing, $986 on incidentals, and $257 for Church School supplies. For ministerial support the following was paid: to district supt. $270, to bishop $6l, to con ference claimants fund $216. The Perry church was appor tioned $9Ol by the conference and paid $2,026 for World Ser vice and conference benevolences, A special gift of $822 was made to World Service. Other benevo lent gifts included $l5 from Church School Rally Day, $l2 from Youth Fund, $6OO from W. S. C. S., and $5O from Wesleyan Service Guild. $507 was paid to the conference orphanage, $287 to colleges, $202 on Veterans Day, and $275 dur ing the Week of Dedication. Twenty new members were re ceived into the church this year, making a total of 448 members with 52 non-resident members. Stewards are: Chas. P. Gray, chmn.;J. O. Coleman, record ing; W. V. Tuggle, treasurer; C. E. Andrew, J, F. Bonner, Mayo Davis, M. G. Edwards, A. G. Hendrick, G. W. Hicks, F. M. Houser, E, D. Mason, S.A.Nunn, G. C. Nunn, R. E. Ogletree. C. C. Pierce, A. C, Pritchett, G. W. Rhodes, T. C. Rogers, and E. P. Staples. Trustees are: W. W. Gray, J. C. Matthews, S. A. Nunn, T. C. Rogers, and W. Y. Tuggle. Rev. L. G. Hendricks is the retired preacher. Mrs. G. W. Hicks is president ol the W. S, C. S.; Miss Dorothy Jones, of the Service Guild, Miss Lillie Brooks, of the Young People. Church committees are as fol lows: Membership—A. W.Dahl berg, chmn.; Woodrow Gilbert, W. M. Gibson, W. K. Whipple, Edward Mason, Rev. L. G. Hen dricks, Mrs. A. P. Whipple, Mrs. J. 11. Short, Mrs. J. M. Gooden, W. W. Gray, Mrs. Albert Skel lie, and Mrs. Floyd Tabor. Pastoral Relations—Chas. P. Gray, Mrs. J. L. Hodges, G. C. Nunn, and T. C. Rogers. Audit—C. E. Andrew and G. W. Rhodes. Records—J, O. Coleman, Mrs. R. E, Ogletree, and Mrs. L. C. Walker. Hospitals- Mrs, G. W, Hicks, Mrs. C. P. Gray, and Mrs. A. P. Whipple. Board of Education —E. P. Staples, chmn.; T. C. Rogers, Mrs. G. C. Nunn, Mrs. G. W. Hicks, Miss Frances Couey.C. P. Gray, L. C. Walker, Mrs. Frank King, Miss Lillie Brooks, Joyce Andrew, Mrs. Sam A. Nunn, Mayo Davis. Board of Missions and Church Extension—Pastor, C. P. Gray, Miss Elizabeth Short, Mrs. G. C. Nunn, and Sam A. Nunn. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Thirty-one new members were received into the church during the recent Revival meeting; 27 by baptism and four by letter. Great interest was manifested in the meeting and much good ac complished. Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:80. Training Union, 6:30 p. m. Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. 1 SCHOOL ALLOTMENT, Houston County Schools have been alloted $81,747 from the Lanham Fund, according to tele grams received by County School Supt. S. W. Hickson from Con gressman Steve Pace and Sen ator R. B. Russell.