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VOL. LXXIV. No. 2
PROGRESS MADE ON !
freezer-locker!
Progress on the proposed!
building of a freezer-locker and
cold storage plant for Perry and
Houston county is being pushed
along with enthusiasm by the
committee headed by W. T. Mid
dlebrooks. Under his leadership
and the direction of C. E. Mc-
Lendon, the money for construc
tion is now in hand, but for those
who still wish to purchase stock,
there are a few more shares
available through Mr. McLendon.
Floyd Tabor is directing the sale
of lockers, and this is progress
ing satisfactorily, with several
points in the county still to be
heard from and most of the citi
zens of Perry are not yet con
tacted, However, it is urged
that you not wait to be seen by
one of the committeemen, but
that you go to see them and give
them your check or the money
for the first year’s locker rental.
It is necessary that a minimum
of 60% of the proposed locker
space be rented and the money
in hand before government pri
orities for construction can be [
obtained. Your rental begins j
then with the opening of the 1
plant for operation, and should'
any hitch occur and the plant be
unavailable all rents will be re
funded as well as stock sub
scribed.
Two companies together with
their experts on refrigeration
and insulation have been inter
viewed by the committee con
cerning the actual construction
and installation of the plant and
each has cited countless ex
amples of the value to a commu
nity of such a plant. A flexible
plan has been drawn to embody |
the ideas of the committee and j
and subject to revision after
drawing the best suggestions
from the men who have built
similar plants for a long time.
The most oft-repeated sugges
tion from those who have been
interviewed thur far is that we
make special provision for ex
pansion, and they refer us to l
town after town in Georgia and;
other states which has found it!
necessary to add more lockers
and additional chilling and cur
ing space after a short period of
operation.
A well situated location has
been selected and plans are al
most completed for its purchase.
The construction companies as
sure us of their intense efforts
and belief of success in the mat
ter of obtaining priorities for the
building and equipment. The
capital fund is in hand or in
sight. All now depends on
whether you, the public, wants
this plant badly enough to plank
down for the lockers. The goal
is 350; the long range prospect is
that we all need more; the ur
gency now is that you who will
use and benefit most from this
plant purchase these lockers im
mediately in order that plans
may proceed for construction.
Those who will serve you in
the renting of locker space are:
F. H. Tabor, A. R. Talton, H. C.
Talton, Wyatt Kersey, R. R.
Pratt, W. N. Johnson, W. Glea
Gray, W. W. Gray, Wordna
Gray, J. L. Davis, Doyle McEl
henny, J. E. Eason, W.K. Whip
ple, Alton Hardy, Marion Hous
er, W. T. Middlebrooks, and G.
F. Nunn. See them now.
FOjy/ICTORY
ill buy
UNITED |
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Contributions at 30
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several hundred noted chemists in
world history shows that their most
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Houston Home Journal
COUNTY BUYS MILLION j
DOLLARS WAR BONDS 1
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j Over a million dollars of Bonds'
were bought in Houston county
{during the 6th War Loan Drive
held in Nov. & Dec., 1944, ac
cording to report released Wed
nesday by the Ga. War Finance
committee. Houston’s quota
was $514,000 for the 6th War
Loan Drive so the amount pur
chased, $1,149,083 is 223.5 per
cent of quota.
Houston’s E Bond quota was
$444,000 and $915,489 were
bought making 206.2 per cent of
quota. Mayo Davis of Perry is
War Finance chairman of Hous
ton county.
The 13th Bond district of Geor
gia led the state in percentage of
purchases, buying 161.6 per cent
of total quota and 147.6 per ct.
of E Bond quota. Houston coun
ty is one of the nine counties in
the 13th district of which J. P.
Etheridge of Perry is chairman.
The bond purchases during the
6th War Loan in Houston county
brought the county’s total for
1944 to around four million dol
lars. The figures for the 1944
Drives are: 4th Loan, $575,000;
sth, $699,157; 6th, $1,149,083;
j total, $2,423,240. Purchases for l
jthe other six months of 1944
iwere over $1,500,000 making
nearly $4,000,000 bought during
the past year.
METHODIST MOMENTS
Perry Methodists are conduct
ing the first phase of the Crusade
for Christ movement during the
month of January; that is raising
their $2,500 quota lor post-war
relief and reconstruction. The
(Crusade was presented last Sun
day by Sam A. Nunn and Mrs.G.
W. Hicks and on the previous
Sunday by Mrs. G. C. Nunn.
In addition to providing aid to
peoples in war-torn countries,the
Crusade for Christ fund also will
permit expansion of missionary
work in other countries, increas
ed education services in Metho
! dist colleges of this country, a
[Wider program of Christian
[teaching, greater spiritual minis
try in many needy communities,
and continued service to Metho
dist chaplains in the armed forces
now and after the war.
Perry Methodists are joining]
with 41,000 other churches in
raising Methodism’s Crusade for
Christ Fund of $25,000,000.
Committees
Standing committees for 1945
were announced last Sunday by
the pastor. They are as follows;
Publicity —Mrs. J. L. Hodges,
E. P. Staples, Dr. A. G. Hen
drick, and F. M. Houser.
Evangelism—C. E. Andrew,
E. D. Mason, Wm. Barfield, Sam!
A. Nunn, and Mrs. L.C. Walker.
Worship —G. W. Rhodes, G. F.
Nunn, W. K. Whipple, and Mrs.
T, C. Rogers.
Members In Service —M is s
Frances Couey, Miss Vonceil
Summers, and Miss Joyce Tol
leson.
Church Publications —Mrs. S. |
A. Nunn, Mrs. E. D. Mason,
Mrs. L. C. Walker, Mrs. W. T.
Middlebrooks, and Mrs. W. V.
Tuggle.
Church School--10:15 a. m.
Church Service, 11:30 a. m,,
and 7:30 p. m.
Morning Subject—“ What Je
isus Saw in the Temple.”
Evening Subject—“ Ruins but
Roads.”
Young People’s Service, 6:00
p. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
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I YOUR WAR ROXU
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Crumbs From Toaster
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after each using. This saves the i
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11. 1945
iP.H.S. BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT
j By G. FRANCIS NUNN
i The Panthers cut another
notch on their victory stick last
week and this time in a little
sterner competition. Having a
game in Fort Valley cancelled on
them, the Panthers invited the
Cadets from Cochran Field down
for a tussle last Friday night,and
trounced them by a score of
29-27. The Cadets will be re
membered as the soldier team
which played the Perry Athletic
club team here some four weeks
ago in such a fast and close ball
game. But be it said in their fa
vor that they were minus a cou
ple of their better players from
that previous appearance.
However the local lads played
one of their best games of the
year in stopping them, and de
serve a world of credit. They
went into the game one big bun
dle of nerves, having listened to
the speculative genius of some of
the more loquacious fans, and in
about two minutes found them
selves on the more embarassing
end of a 4-0 score. But in wit
nessing the scoring of those four
points by the Cadets, the Pan
thers had also witnessed the
fact that these particular sol
diers were not of the direct line
of Superman, and that with a
little hard effort, it was possible
to score on them and to prevent
their scoring at will. So with this
in mind, Walter, Rubber, and
Blue began cracking at the goal
and in two more minutes the
lead had changed hands and the
Panthers were cavorting about
with a 7-4 advantage. After
this they were never behind
again, though the soldiers
threatened in every quarter, and
in the fourth period tossed a su
per scare into the cheering sec
tion by pulling up to within two
points of the lead.
After getting over their bad
case of jitters in the first quar
ter the Panthers played one of
their better games. Pierce,
tricky little forward, repeatedly
shook loose from his man and
weaved in and out under the
basket for points. He amassed a
total of 12 to lead both teams in
this all-important department,
and was closely followed by
Skellie with 11, For the Cadets,
Krofton was the scoring leader
with 10 points, but Knott was
the favorite of fans and com
mentators for his smooth, ver
satile, and sportsmanlike play
throughout the whole game.
The Perry guards, Wilson and
Marshall, were outstanding on
defense, with the latter time af
ter time breaking up shots and
1 passes that would have been
very damaging to the Panther
cause. Bledsoe also was indis
pensable both as a guard and a
■ floor man, and contributed a
couple of goals of the swishy
type at crucial moments. But
the handling and freezing of the
ball in the closing minutes of
game was the final payoff, and
the boys are to be commended on
keeping both their heads and
the ball.
Next Friday, Jan. 12, that
Staples boy, Don, will be here
with his black-shirted battlers
from Leslie, and nothing would
please him more than to snap
Brother Eric’s victory string.
But snap or hold, it will be a
game that you can’t afford to
miss, as the Leslie boys have a
ifine team, and will be remember
ed as forcing the Panthers into
an extra period early in the sea
son, So be there and be pulling
for your favorites and may the
better team win.
i BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
f 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,
J 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.
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Attend Sunday School
About 22,000,000 persons attend
Sunday school regularly throughout
world,
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
By W. J. CAMPBELL j
The deep sandy lands a n d (
those with a clay subsoil that are j
badly eroded are adapted to tlie j
growing of pine. Farmers plant
ing pine trees in Houston county
this year are David Crockett, El
mer Wolfe, and W. H. Felton.
The Union Bag and Paper Cor
poration of Milledgeville is fur
nishing them the trees at no ex
pense.
Several fanners have been
plowing up their terraces during
the past week, but there are a
lot more terraces that will break
and wash the fields if they aren’t
given a maintenance working be
fore the heavy rains commence.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
INCREASE 1 2 PER CT.
Perry Post Office receipts for
1944 are the largest in the his
tory of the office and show al
most twelve per cent increase
over 1943.
Postal receipts for 1944 were
$16,486.27 as compared with
$14,755.32 for 1943, approximate
ly al2 per ct. increase, accord
ing to 0. A. King, Postmaster.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES
APPOINTED BY MAYOR
Mayor Sam A. Nunn has an
nounced the following council
committees for the city of Perry
for 1945:
Finance —W. V, Tuggle, chair
man; Hugh Lawson.
Water, Sewerage & Sanitation
—Alton Hardy, chairman; J. A.
Beddingfield, and Wordna S.
Gray.
Police & Fire Department —
G, F. Nunn, chairman; Hugh
Lawson, and Alton Hardy.
Streets & Cemetery—-Wordna
S. Gray, chairman; Hugh Law
son, and W. V. Tuggle.
w elfare DiRECn cfc”
FOR WARNER ROBINS
Miss Frances Ansley of States
boro, Ga., reported to work Jan
uary 2 with the Houston County
Department of Public Welfare.
Miss Ansley will be county wel
fare worker assigned to the dis
trict around Warner Robins.
, Miss Ansley graduated from
Wesleyan College 1943. Since
her graduation she has done
graduate work at the University
of Mexico and personnel work
with Eastern Air Lines. Her of
fice will be in Warner Robins
where she will make her home.
Mrs. Aurelia C. Evans is direc
tor of the Houston County De
partment of Public Welfare.
Mrs. Jacque H. Cooper is Public
Welfare Worker for the county
and Miss Evelyn Hardin is ste
nographer and office manager.
OPA INFORMATION
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 thr u
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.
Blackest Soil, Whitest People
In Greenville, Texas, there is a
sign over the main street proclaim
ing that "Greenville has the black
, est soil and the whitest people,"
WORK SHOP CLASSES
i BEGIN HERE JAN. 16
Regular shop classes will be
' gin at the Vocational Agriculture
! Building Tuesday night Jan. 16,
at 7p. m, with L. M. Hartley
teaching the classes and L. C
Walker, supervisor. Reg u1 a r
meetings will be held each Tues
day and Thursday night from
7 to 10 p. m.
The two main purposes of these
classes are (1) getting farm ma
chinery made or repaired and (2)
to teach farmers how to repair
a piece of machinery or build
some item of equipment.
The first purpose is very im
portant because of the shortage
of equipment now on hand and
the fact that the outlook for get
ting new equipment is very un
certain. The shop will be equip
ped to do all kind of work, in
cluding welding, metal work of
all kind, repair of all kinds of
machinery and construction of
items made of wood. The sec
ond purpose is important because
plan is to make this shop course
permanent. These tools have
been purchased by the Federal
Government and it is your duty to
use them to the greatest advan
tage.
There will be no charge for
using the shop and equipment.
The only expense will be the ac
tual cost of the material used.
Everyone is urged to attend.
MiODISHSIs7MEETS
The Methodist W. S. C. S. had
its annual Pledge Service Mon
day p. m. at the church with the
president, Mrs. G. W. Hicks, in
charge, and several members as
sisting in the impressive ob
servance.
Mrs. Sam Nunn presented the
program on the topic, “The
Open Door.” Sixteen took part
on the program.
The attendance was good and
the response to the Pledge Ser
vicejin^
TELEPHONE GO. REQUESTS
SUBSCRIBERS’ CO-OPERATION
Due to labor shortage we are
requesting our subscribers to ob
serve the following rules:
1. If you pay your bill at the
office please arrange to pay be
tween 9:00 and 12:00 a. m.
2. If your bill is in error call
9000 as soon as you receive the
bill so the correction can be made
and save time when you go to
pay the bill.
3. You will not be called
about your bill as in the past.
4. Please pay your bil 1
promptly.
5. Do not Jet children play
with the telephone.
6. Do not ask the time.
7. Gall by number. If the
subscriber is not listed in your
directory get th'> number and I
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.
9. If you answer the tele
phone and the calling party has
left the line don’t get angry with
the operator if she can't remem
ber who called. She is too busy
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 Jong 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.
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Buymore^Mnow
security, too!
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Over-head Type Door
The over-head type door is now be
ing used extensively on all kinds of
garages. They are easily installed
and can be operated by hand, elec
trically or hydraulically with equal
ease, _ .
ESTABLISHED 1870
PERRY BANK ASSETS
INCREASE 40 PER CT.
The semi-annual statement of
the Perry Loan and Savings
Bank at the close of business
Dec. 30, 1944 shows the bank’s
assets to be $1,736,279.73, which
is a half million dollars increase
over 1943, or a4O per cent in
crease.
The assets at this time are the
largest in the Bank’s history.
At the close of 1943 the assets
reached $1,235,093, a new high
at that time. On June 30, 1944
the assets climbed to $1,368,935.
Deposits now total $1,645,394.
The stockholders held a meet
ing Jan. 3at the Bank and re
elected the directors v/ho are
C. E. Andrew, C. E. McLendon,
W. V. Tuggle, Mrs. Bessie
Houser Nunn, and T.C. Rogers.
The directors re-elected the
following officers: C.E. Andrew,
president: C. E, McLendon, vice
president; W. V. Tuggle,cashier:
Miss Aubrey Rainey, assistant
cashier, Miss Jean Grubb, book
keeper. M. M. Dean, asst, cash
ier and Miss Elizabeth Short,
book-keeper are on leave with
the U. S. Army.
A 20 per cent dividend for
1944 was declared by the di
rectors.
Wednesday night (Jan. 3) the
directors and officers and their
wives and husbands had a dinner
at the New Perry hotel.
PULP WOOD NEEDED
FOR WAR PURPOSES
Appearing in this issue of the
Home Journal is the first of a se
ries of four Union Bag & Paper
Corporation sponsored advertise
ments soliciting the aid of farm
ers in the present shortage of
pulpwood which has been re
' ferred to by the War Production
Board as “America’s Number 1
critical material ”
Farmers and other timber tract
owners in this community are
asked to get in touch with the
pulpwood dealer whose name ap
pears in the Union Bag & Paper
Corporation ad vertisement or to
communicate direct with this
firm’s Woodlands Division at Sa
vannah.
The Savannah plant of Union
Bag & Paper Corporation, which
is recognized as the world’s larg
est convertor of pulpwood into
kraft paper, board and bags, is
presently engaged in the manu
facture of paper packaging ma
terials, which are in urgent de
mand by the armed forces,
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
The Baptist W. M, S. commit
tee chairmen for 1945 were ap
pointed by the president, Mrs.
W, B. Roberts, at the January
meeting held Monday p. m. at
the church.
They are as follows: Mrs. J.
A. Beddingfield, White Cross
chmn.; Mrs. J. P. Duggan, com
munity mission; Mrs. D.M. Ryle,
publicity: Mrs. Annie Watson,
stewardship; Mrs. Alva Davis,
mission study; Mrs. Alton Hardy,
program; Mrs. G. E. Jordan,
publications; Mrs. Emmit Akin
and Mrs. A. C. Watts. Sunbeam
leaders: Mrs. 1. M. Bramblett
and Mrs. Culma Harris, Junior
Girls Auxiliary: Mrs. Mayo Da
vis and Mrs, Rhett Milam, Inter
mediate Girls’ Aux.
Circle leaders elected last
week are: No.l.Mrs.A. C. Pritch
ett; No. 2, Mrs, W. E. Beckham;
Business Women, Miss Martha
Cooper.
The program Monday was on
the topic; “Working Together
for a Century.” Mrs. C. E.
Brunson was leader. Those tak
ing part were Mesdames G. S.
Riley, G. E. Jordan, C. F. Coop
er, F. M. Greene Jr., Alton
Hardy, Mayo Davis, Henry
Matthews, and Rhett Milam.
The Sunbeams met Monday p.
m. at the church.
Electrical Appliances
Repaired Promptly
All Makes Elec. Irons Repaired
Call 2202
ROBERT W. GILBERT
Perry, Ga.
