Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, January 04, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXIV. No. 1 KIWANIS OFFICIALS INSTALLED TUESDAY Officers and directors were in stalled by the Perry Kiwanis club Tuesday night at a Ladies’ Night dinner held at the Ameri can Legion Home. They are Geo. Francis' Nunn, president; Alton Hardy, vice-president; and Tommie Hunt, secty. and treas urer: J. A. Ivey, Mayo Davis, Emmit Akin, L. C. Walker, Wm. Barfield, E. P. Staples, and Johnny Williamson, directors. Dr. R. L. Saunders of Monte zuma, lieutenant-governor sth Division, Ga. District Kiwanis International, installed the of ficers and directors. Eric P. Staples, retiring presi dent, presided and introduced the speaker, Rev. Pierce Harris, U. D., of Atlanta, Ga. In his inimitable style, Dr. Pierce discussed youth as the tragic victim of war and the hope of the future. Interspers ing thought-provoking remarks with humor, the speaker enlarg ed the idea that youth deserves the chance to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually. Dr. ] Pierce concluded with the thought that a civic club is a suitable channel through which to promote the proper develop ment of youth. The Kiwanis colors, blue and gold, were featured in the decorations. Raised streamers of blue and gold paper centered the table length-wise. Crystal bowls filled with blue and gold chrysanthemums flanked by tall blue candles in low crystal hold ers decorated each table. The mantel had a large Kiwanis em blem in its center with gold-col ored candles and magnolia foliage on each side. Each lady was given a corsage of blue iris tied with gold ribbon as a favor. W, K. Whipple was chmn. of the decorations com mittee. The Perry Kiwanis club had a successful year under the lead ership of Mr. Staples.. Proiects sponsored by the club were: the Boy Scouts, the Perry Public Li brary, the Fat Calf Show in March, a Bond Rally and Barbe cue in July, Sweet Potato Dehy dration Plant, a Green Acres Contest, the Softball League, and the “Keep America Ameri can” movement. The club has kept up the Service Men’s Board and contributed to the Red Cross, the United War Fund, the Community Christmas Fund, and the Anti-Infantile Paralysis Fund. Committees for 1945 were an nounced by the new president, G. F. Nunn. They are: CLUB PROGRAMS J. P. Etheridge, Chmn. C. P. Gray J. A. Ivey W. E, Beckham J. W. Bloodworth Attendance, Kiwanis Educa tion, Interclub Relations W. K. Whipple, Chmn. T. S. Hunt J. J. Rooney F. M. Houser J. A. Beddingfield AGRICULTURE S. W. Hickson, Chmn. S. A. Nunn G. C. Nunn Mayo Davis A. W. Pratt L. C. Walker W. E. Barfield J. P. Middlebrooks PUBLIC AFFAIRS C. E, McLendon, Chmn. J. E. Adams Hugh Beatty W. V. Tuggle A. C. Pritchett J. L. Gallemore S. G. McAnnally Underprivileged Children and Community Health A. W. Dahlberg, Chmn. Max Moore J. B. Smith C. C. Chapman A. G. Hendrick Boys and Girls Work and Vocational Guidance E. P. Staples, Chmn. Alton Hardy Ernmitt Akin C. E. Andrew B. 0. Scruggs J. H. Williamson PUBLICITY W. T. Middiebrooks, Chmn. W. C. Huggins J. L. Hodges Houston Home Journal | MASONIC OFFICERS ELECTED FOR 1943 j I Both Masonic groups in Perry ; [elected officers for 1945 at their; I December meetings. Officers of i Houston Lodge No. 35 F. & A. M. for the year are: W. Glea Gray, worshipful master: Alton Hardy, senior warden; Alton Rainey, junior warden; L. H. Gilbert, treasurer; E. VV. Tray lor, secty.; L. C. Walker, busi ness manager: E. F. Bellflowers, tyier. L. C. Walker is the retiring worshipful master. Ho ust o n Lodge observed its centennial i this year with a celebration in October. Elective officers of the Perry chapter Royal Arch Masons are F. M. Greene Jr., high priest; J. B. Hawkins, king; Wm. Bar field, scribe; W. J. Brannan, sen tinel. Retiring officers are E. P. Sta ples, high priest: J. L. Beavers, king; C. P. Gray, scribe; and Wm. Barfield, sentinel. CITY UNO COUNTY OFFICIALS BEING SWORN INTO OFFICE I City and county officials for Perry and Houston county are being sworn into office this week by John L. Hodges, Ordinary of Houston county. Mr. Hodges was sworn into office last Friday by Judge Mallory Atkinson of the Macon circuit. Councilmen sworn into office Monday night for a two year term were W. V. Tuggle, Hugh Lawson, and Wordna Gray. Oth er members of the council are G. F. Nunn, J. A. Beddingfield, and [Alton Hardy. Sam A. Nunn is mayor. County officials being sworn into office this week are: T, S. Hunt, clerk of court; C. C. Chap man, sheriff; M. E. Akin, tax collector; E. W. Marshall, tax receiver; T. §. Chapman,coroner; J. A. Davis, W. D. Kersey, and A. L. Sasser, commissioners; S. W. Hickson, county school super intendent. SELECTIVE SERVICE REPORT The following white registrants were inducted into the armed forces during December, 1944: Norman 0. McCommon, Haw kinsville; Alton W. Shurling, Clinchfield; Robert W, Terrell, Elko: Oscar E. Sullivan, Warner Robins; Clarence R. Kite, Jr,, Perry. LT. SAM N. HODGES JR. PRISONER OF WAR* Ist Lt. Sam N. Hodges Jr., U. S. Army Infantry, is a prisoner of war in Germany, according to the message received by his fam ily Jan. 3 from the War Depart ment. Lt. Hodges had been re ported missing in action in Ger-| many since Oct. 4, 1944. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam N. Hodges Sr. of Atlanta and the grandson of Mrs. John H.Hodges of Perry. PSALM 51 A Selection Have mercy upon me, 0 God, according to thy loving-kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from I mine iniquity, and cleanse me! jfrommysin. I | For I acknowledged my trans-j Igressions: and my sin is ever be-1 i fore me. Create in me a clean heart, 0| God, and renew a right spirit within me. . . | 0 Lord, open thou my lips; and 1 my mouth shall show forth thy [ praise. For thou desireth not sacrifice;: else would I give it; thou de-l lightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt not despise. I So live that those who know and survive you won’t smile when they read your obituary. PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA. t THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1945 I OPA INFORMATION | . . Institutional and industrial users of rationed food items are required to take a net point in ventory as of the close of busi ness December 31, 1944, and file such inventory with the local board with which he is regis tered. This inventory must be filed under all circumstances by Jan uary 7 unless one or more estab lishments are registered togeth er. In that case, the inventory must be filed by January 14. This action applies to meats, fats and processed foods having a point value and to sugar. Tire Reduction Civilian tire quotas face a shorp reduction in the Ga. dis trict in January and the district Office of Price Administration to day urged complete utilization of present conservation facilities until war needs have been met “The quota for tires is greatly decreased,” an OPA spokesman states, “and the need for prompt recapping is necessary as never before.” “Passenger car and commercial vehicle owners are swamping lo cal War Price and Rationing Boards, as well as the emergen cy truck tire boards, with appli cations for new tires. The plain facts are,” the spokesman said, “that the demands of our mili tary forces must receive first consideration in the allocation of tires.” Meats and Fats The sale of farm slaughtered meat is subject to the provisions of wartime rationing which af fects meat obtained from any other legitimate source unless the meat is slaughtered for home use. Farm families may borrow or lend meat to each other without exchanging points, but when ra tioned cuts are sold or given away, red points must be col lected, an OPA spokesman ex plained. Farm butter remains at 12 red points, although creamery butter is now up to 24 point's. The exact number of points to collect for any home canned food is listed on the official table of point values, OPA said. Gasoline A-14 coupons valid thru March 21, 1945. Rationing rules now require that every car owner write his license number and state in ad vance on all gasoline coupons in his possession. Processed Foods Blue X-5, Y-5, Z-5, A-2 thru G-2 now valid at 10 points each. Meats and Fats Red Q-5 thru X-5 now valid at ,10 points each for use with tokens. Sugar Stamp No. 34 good indefinitely for five pounds. Canning Sugar All home canning sugar cou pons and stamps invalid. Fuel Oil Period 4 and 5 coupons from last year, and Period 1, 2 and 3 coupons for current season now valid at 10 gallons each. Shoes Stamps 1,2, &3 on “airplane” sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair each indefinitely. GEORGIA AUTO TAGS FOR 1943 PUT ON SALE Georgia automobile tags for 1 1945 went on sale Tuesday, Jan. j 2, according to J. A. Latimer, di jrectorofthe motor vehicle di- I vision of the State Revenue De | partment. j The 1945 plates are standard I size—l2//2 by 5 inches —and ; have white numerals on a black j background. Mr. Latimer said that no spe jcial numbers would be reserved, i “The tags will be sold on a first |come, first-served basis” he de j dared. There is no change in the 'price of the 1945 plates. They range from $1.50 to $lO, depend ing on the weight of the vehicle to be licensed. Application blanks have been distributed to peace officers throughout the state, Mr. Lati mer stated. He urged Georgians to get their tags early. GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET 1 The stage is set in Atlanta for jjanother biennial session of the • Georgia General Assembly. The - session, which begins January 8, > will be unique in the state’s his -1 tory. It will mark the first time - state legislators have ever gath ered for their regular pow-wow 1 without first seeing a new gov • ernor take office, or the same one ■ inaugurated for a second term. • This time the lawmakers will see, ' without fanfare, Gov. Ellis Ar nall Georgia’s first chief execu , tive to hold a four-year term - ; enter upon the last half of his term. All of which means the legis . lators can get right down to the [ business at hand and, from all indications, there will be plenty 'ofit on the calendar. Main sub :■ iect of discussion, it is generally agreed, will be the consideration of Georgia’s proposed new Con r stitution which recently was 1 drafted by a special committee ‘ appointed by Gov. Arnall for , that purpose. Whether the legislature will j adopt the streamlined revision of the 67-year old document, as rec r ommended by the 23-member ’ Constitution re-drafting commis sion, or whether it will radically change it before submitting it to the voters remains to be seen. ’ Although there was noticeable : division among the Arnall ad ■ ministration leadership in the sessions of the constitution com mission until certain compromise agreements were reached, Capi -1 tol observers definitely predict 5 this leadership will be harmon ious throughout the deliberations ’ of the General Assembly. 3 Among the 205 house members 3 and 52 senators who take their seats will be several new faces, f The administration, however, has t good reason to expect an even - better Legislature this time than i the one which two years ago - adopted virtually unanimously - Gov. Arnall’s platform. Gov. Arnall has announced the 1 administration is backing for re r, election to key npsis in the_ Gen eral Assembly Frank Goss, - sen -3 ate president: Roy V. Harris, 1 house speaker; Fred Hand, of f Mitchell county, speaker pro tern; R, T. McCutcheon Jr..house clerk; and Mrs. Henry Nevin, of j Dalton, secretary of the senate, the first woman ever to hold that 3 position. 3 i UNITED WAR FUND REPORT Dear Mr. Editor: 1 The success of the United War Fund of Georgia campaign just closing is assured. Reports from t over the state indicate that most i counties will reach or exceed their quotas and the goal of one and one-half million dollars will be attained, 1 This success has been due to the energetic and enthusiastic leadership of our county chair - men; to the thousands of volun teer workers who have given of their services, and to the support j the local press gave to this pa > triotic undertaking. \ Millions of our boys in service will receive recreation and enter tainment furnished by your War , Fund dollars and untold millions of our brave allies will receive food and clothing and medicine as a result of your generosity. We want to thank you, and through your paper, our local chairman, C. P. Gray, and the , other leaders who helped to make the campaign successful. All of . you have rendered outstanding service and we extend to you our gratitude and sincere thanks. UNITED WAR FUND OF GEORGIA E. B. Emrey, State Chairman. Eugene Baker, Executive Director. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS Accidents claimed the lives of 1,925 Georgians last year, ac cording to State Health Depart ment records. Motor vehicle ac j cidents led with 606 deaths at tributed to this cause. ( Falls were second on the list, causing 303 deaths. Other acci i dental deaths listed were 298 at tributed to burns, 122 to drown . ings, and 65 to injury by fire arms. [ ACCURACY NEEEED , IN ’45 FARM CENSUS,' \ j L > Houston county farm families I > can help census enumerators to , secure complete and accurate re .l ports in the forthcoming agricul ; tural census by having informa . tion available when the census r enumerators call, W. T. Middle brooks, county agent, declared this week Field work on the agricultural census is scheduled to begin Jan. 8, 1945, the county agent stated, and Census Bureau workers will contact every farm family to se cure the needed information. The accuracy and completeness . of the information secured in the > census will determine its usa -1 bility. r “The information obtained for . the census will not be used in r connection with any regulatory , practices,” Mr. Middlebrooks .1 pointed out, “and farm people ; can aid the Census Bureau in de . veloping a complete picture of - the Nation’s farm life by co operating in the enumeration.” 1 County agricultural and home f demonstration agents and other . Extension workers throughout - the country are cooperating with . the Census Bureau in trying to r obtain an accurate, complete and > usable agricultural census. Enumerators for Houston > county are Mrs. C. O. Grimes, . C. L. Holt, and Byron Warren. ; SOITCONSERVATION NEWS By W. J. CAMPBELL t We are starting a new year; 365 days in 1945 in which to , practice Soil Conservation. Soil ’ Conservation means keeping our soil and using it too. ; The National Cottonseed Pro ’ ducts Association in a recent ed ' ucational bulletin “Livestock Guard the Land” had a full color , picture of Sam Nunn’s whiteface ’ cattle grazing in his pecan or-' a chard on a temporary winter “ pasture. Mr. Nunn says that ] this pasture will carry three to four cows per acre during the winter months. r If you are still making New Year’s resolutions, you might re ’ member those poor old gullies r and galded spots that you are 1 paying taxes on. ‘ TELEPHONE CB, REQUESTS SUBSCRIBERS’ CQ-UPERATION Due to labor shortage we are requesting our subscribers to ob r serve the following rules: t 1. If you pay your bill at the' office please arrange to pay be t tween 9:00 and 12:00 a. m. j 2. If your bill is in error call 3 9000 as soon as you receive the 1 bill so the correction can be made and save time when you go to 3 pay the bill. 3 3. You will not be called I about your bill as in the past. 4. Please pay your * bil 1 f promptly. t 5. Do not let children play . with the telephone. 6. Do not ask the time, j 7. Call by number. If the " subscriber is not listed in your - directory get the number and 3 write it in your directory to save ; time when you wish to call again. , 8. If you call a number give them time to answer before you [ hang up. 1 9. If you answer the tele . phone and the calling party has j left the line don’t get angry with • the operator if she can’t remein - ber who called. She is too busy i to remember each connection es tablished. 10. If you have people room ing, boarding, or visiting in your home and don’t want them to charge long distance to your phone, please tell them. Don’t leave that for the operator to do. 11. If you are on a rural line lift your receiver to see if the line is busy before you ring central. 12. Report trouble as soon as you discover your telephone is out of order. '-M W»B BOiDS ESTABLISHED 1870 METHODISTS PLAN WORLD RELIEF FUND Methodists of Perry were re quested Sunday by Rev. J. B. Smith, pastor Methodist church, to take part in raising $25,000,- 000 for world relief and recon struction. the first phase of the denomination’s nation-wide Cru sade for Christ program of post war service. The Methodist congregation here is part of nearly 8 million members of 41,000 churches in the United States who are par ticipating in the four-year five fold campaign. The (junta of Perry Methodists in the Crusade is $2,500. The board of missions of the Perry church met Sunday after noon to make plans for raising Perry Methodists’ part of the Crusade fund. Members of the Board are Mrs. G. C. Nunn, C.P. Gray, Sam A. Nunn, Mrs. G. W. Hicks, Edward Mason, and Rev. Mr. Smith. Expenditure of the Crusade fund by the regular, genera! agencies of the church will pro vide for “feeding the hungry, clothing the destitute, and free ing the minds and spirits of the ignorant, the underprivileged, the driven and the disposessed,’’ Mr. Smith said. Three-fifths of the fund has been allocated for the “rebuilding and rehabilitation of human life” in foreign countries, nine-tenths in war-devasted areas and the rest in other mis sion fields. The balance will be used for emergency, war-caused needs in this country. Other phases of the Crusade for Christ program call for con tinued education in and expres sion of opinion for “co-operation among nations in the post-war world,” renewed evangelism ef forts with special emphasis in 1940, education for Christian stewardship of ability, time and money, an d improvement pf Sunday School enrollment and attendance. .“The .Crusade for Christ i? Methodism’s organization re sponse for assuming its part in meeting the unsettled conditions and vast staggering needs creat ed by the second World War,” Mr. Smith stated. “H avi n g proved its will to live in the face of all enemies, the church is now ready to give practical and spiritual food to the hungry both of its own household and others throughout the world without distinction of race, creed or cok'r.” METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS 1—- Church School-10:15 a. m. Church Service, 11:30 a. m,, and 7:30 p, m. Young People’s Service, 0:00 p. m. Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Training Union, 6:30 p. m. Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, 7:30 p, m. Rev. J. A. levy, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE' Sunday School—10:15 a. m. Church Service —11:30 a. m. Supply Pastor— C. W. Frerking. Assistant Supply Owen Gumm. LT. HOUSER GETS WINGS Douglas Army Air Field, Ariz. —A graduate of advanced pilot training class 44-J, John H. Houser, pf Perry, Ga., Dec. 23rd received his wings and commis sion as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. Lieut. Houser, the son of Mrs. Sam P. Houser, graduated from Perry High school. Before en tering military service, he was employed at the Warner Robins Ai r Depot. Lt. Houser is a nephew of General Courtney H. Hodges, commanding officer of the First Army.