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VOL. LXXIV. No. 5
BOY SCOUT WEEK TO !
BE OBSERVED HERE!
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The members of Perry Troop!
No. 96 Boy Scouts of America!
will join with the 1,800,000
Scouts in America in commemo
rating Boy Scout Week Feb. 8-
14. The theme, “Scouts of the
World —Brothers Together,” was
selected for this Boy Scout Week
celebration as well as the restl
of the year, because there are'
unmistakable evidences that in
1945 Scouting will find its re
birth in nation after nation, asi
fast as the forces of freedom lib-1
erate them. • Membership in the 1
48 Boy Scout associations in 701
different lands at the outbreak of i
World War II in 1939 was over
3,000,000.
Boy Scout Week marks the
35th anniversary of the founding
of the movement in America.
In recent months, Boy Scouts
have performed many services
vital to the war effort. Among
these services are the collection
of waste paper, assisting in War
Bond campaigns, Rationing and
Salvage programs.
Sunday, Feb. 11, is Boy Scout
Sunday and Scouts and their
leaders will attend their local
church services in uniform. Ser
mons address to the Scouts will
touch on the World Brotherhood
theme of the birthday celebra
tion.
Ferry Troop Plans
In addition to attending church
services, the Perry Troop of
which Eric P. Staples is Scout
Master will put on a program
Friday, Feb. 9, at the Perry
school during the chapel period.
The Scouts will wear their uni
forms to school on Feb. 9 and
also while attending a district
meeting in Macon that night. On
Saturday, Feb. 10, the Troop will
go on a hike.
The Perry Troop had a meet
ing Sunday p. m. and selected
the following projects for this
year:
(1) Clean-up Campaign to
keep School and Church Grounds
and streets around them cleared
of paper and trash.
(2) Waste Paper Collection
every two weeks on Tuesday p.
m., Jan. 30, being the first this
year, and Feb. 13, the second
day for collection.
(3) Scout Demonstration
Camps once or twice a month at
Armory Park.
(4) Make provision for games
such as Basketball Goal, Bad
Minton Sets, Horse Shoe, Volley
Ball, etc. with permission of the
City and sponsorsip of Kiwanis
club.
The members and patrols of
Perry Troop are as follows:
Flying Eagle Patrol—G en e
Ethringe, Leader; Clint Cooper.
Billy Whipple, Bobby Sutton,
and Bobby Satterfield.
Panther Patrol—Tommy Mar
shall, Leader; Earl Marshall,Sea
bie Hickson, Edwin Chapman,
and George Davis,
Eagle Patrol—Harry Dubois,
Leader: Wendell Whipple, John
Blue Calhoun, Horace Matthews,
and Jeff Pierce.
Flaming Arrow Patrol—S a m
Norwood, Leader; Derryl Whip
pie, Charles Irby Shelton, Rhett
Milam, and James Matthews.
Derryl Whipple is secty. and
treasurer of the Troop. Other
members are to be enrolled at an
early date,
VALENTINE CARNIVAL TO
BE AT CENTERVILLE SCHOOL
Come to the Valentine Carni
val at Centerville School Wednes
day night, Feb. 14.
We are sponsoring a contest
to select the most popular baby
m the community. Each grade
has a candidate in the contest as
follows: Ist grade, Margie
Story; 2nd, Tommy Simon; 3rd,
Emory Harrell; 4th, Jeanette
Bassett; sth, Alma Carter; 6th,
bharon Jackson; 7th B a r b a r a
•Jackson.
the baby getting the most
votes at 1c per vote will be the
most popular.
A short program will be given
at the beginning of the Carnival,
to be followed by a full evening
°t entertainment.
G. R. Hunt, Principal.
Houston Home Journal
| CAMELLIA SHOW TO |
i BE HELD HERE FEB. 8|
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i A Camellia Show will be held;
in Perry at the American Legion
I Home next Thursday, Feb. 8, be
j ginning at Ip. ra. The Auxili
ary to the Robert D. Collins Post
is sponsoring this Show and Miss
Katherine Cater is general chair
man.
Every person in Perry and
Houston county who grows ca
mellias is invited to have ex-
J hibits. The show is to be non
commercial and non-professional.
Single exhibits as well as collec
tions of camellias are wanted.
'Exhibitors must furnish own con
tainers.
j Ribbons will be awarded on
both horticulture and arrange
jment. Classifications as to va
rieties and groupings are being
worked out. I 1 o r information
call Miss Katharine Cater, Phone
1, Perry.
There will be exhibits from
some of the oldest camellia bush
es in Perry, several of which are
65 years old, as well as from
some of the youngest bushes.
The public is invited to the
Show. There will be no admis
ision charge and the voluntary of
fering made by the spectators'
will be used by the Auxiliary for
entertaining soldiers.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday, Jan. 28, was a great
day in the history of the Perry
, Methodist church. The Crusade
for Christ fund was dedicated at
■ an appropriate service at the
morning hour. $1,096.65 was
laid on the altar Sunday to bring
the total Crusade offering to
153,517.81. The pastor is deeply
gratified over this fine response.
A large white lighted candle
and a globe were placed on the
altar table to typify Christ, the
Light of the World, and give
added emphasis to the pastor’s
sermon on this text.
The Crusade cause was pre
sented by G. C. Nunn.
1 The pastor will preach on the
1 following texts next Sunday:
morning, “Looking Up” and
evening. “The Secret of Great
Living.”
Church School-10:15 a. m
Church Service, 11:30, a, m,,
and 7:30 p. m.
[ Roads.”
1 Young People’s Service, 6:00
p. m.
, Rev. J. B, Smith, Pastor.
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: CHRISTMAS SEAL REPORT
’ $334.50 was realized from the
. sale of Anti-tuberculosis Christ
mas Seals in Perry. Supt. E. P.
Staples of Perry schools was the
1 local chairman of Seal Sales.
School children sold the seals.
The above amount is the largest
in several years for this fund.
LIBRARY NOTES
Seattle is the setting for Edna
Berber’s new novel,“Great Son.” ]
I with fine characterization and
concise description the author’s
story of a prominent family
I I promises to be popular. Thelma
. Thompson, a Georgia author,
' chose the Warm Springs Foun
, dation and a mill town for the
. background of her novel, “Give
Us This Night.”
1 Small town life is interestingly
pictured in “Buffalo Coat,” by
Carol Brink. A brief and hear
ty doctor dominates the story.
“The Building of Talna.” by
Mago De La Roche, is the new
est of the Talna series.
Among the new mysteries in
the library are: The Key, Went-1
.■worth; Panic, McCloy; Body in|
.!the Library, Curistie; Beware
I the Hoot Owl, Rutledge: and Die
I- j She Did, Ollerichs.
J Most attractive in illustrations
Jand color is “Decorating for
jiYou,” by Florence Terhune. It
’'contains much practical informa
'i tion.
j I Library open every afternoon
[except Wednesday from 1:30 to
j 16:30 p. m.
, Verniece Beavers, Librarian.
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1945
I PIS. BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT
j By G. FRANCIS NUNN
: The golden Panthers of Perry
[High, sporting an eighteen game
winning streak, were finally
stopped last Tuesday evening
by the Poets of Lanier High
School for Boys in Macon. Going
into the game with the odds
figured as high as 25 points
against them, the Panthers
fought with all they had and for
three and a half quarters breath
ed fire on the heels of the flash
Poets. And then after Lanier
put on an extra spurt and ran
their lead to 39-24, the Panthers
still fought back and when the
final whistle blew were still
shooting and had closed the gap
to only nine points. So the Poets
won by a score of 43-34, but
when the game was over there
was no doubt in the Lanierian’s
mind that they had been up
against the best team they have
bested all season.
Coach Tom Porter, one time
Mercer football luminary, an d
for several years now, coach of
football and basketball at Lanier,
brought a fine team to Perry
with him. In Wright and Rod
denberry at forwards he had two
of the best in the GIAA or Big
1 Seven High School Conference.
In Burgamy, a guard, he had the
best floor man and ball handler
shown us by a visiting team this
year, and Kitchens at the other
guard post was only a step be
hind. But Jim Nolan, his super
duper 6 ft. 7 in. center was his
real ace-in-the-hole, with hi s
ability to play easily and com
paratively above the heads of all
the others. He had a dogged,
unrelenting defense and a swift,
flashy offense, and he had re
serves three deep at every post.
But the never-say-die gang from
Perry High fought ’em all to a
standstill (that is all but one),
and they cracked their defense
wide open to shoot twelve goals
from the field. But there was
oue factor they couldn’t lick, and
that was the long, limber, lean
ing tower of Pisa, Jim Nolan.
Jim wasn’t any surprise sprung
on the Panthers. They knew
about him all the time, but there
simply wasn’t anything that
could be done about him. He ac
counted for 21 points, and the
only free shots he had were the
ones awarded him by the referee.
All the balance of the time he
was superbly guarded from his
elbows down, but that extra
foot-and-a-half of reach was too
much for the Panthers. And
how the Poets used that reach to
advantage. Their only defense
was to work the ball down and
shoot it at Nolan, not the goal.
Nolan did the rest, and how well
he did it can be attested by the
400 fans present, any one of
whom will bet you down to the
.ground that without Nolan, La
nier would be duck soup for our
Panthers. But despite the de
feat, it was a grand game. Perry
trailed by only two points at the
half, 15-17, and opened the third
quarter by tying the score at 17
all. They tied it again at 21, but
from there Lanier pulled away
I for the victory. Only once did
Coach Porter dare substitute and
that was in the last period when
Roddenberry went out on fouls.
So it was a heart-breaking loss
for the Panthers, but the way
they lost took all the sting out
of the defeat, and no one could
deny that they gave all they had.
! In Fort Valley Friday evening,
Coach Staples feared a letdown
after the peak of Tuesday night,
but the Panthers came through
with a smartly played ball game
and a 36-21 win. The Green and
Gold Lions offered the usual
j tough opposition, but the only
j threat they presented was Mar
shall Young who garnered 12
(points to lead both teams in scor
ing. Skellie was outstanding for
Perry in shooting 11 points and
j Bledsoe and Pierce each worked
| beautifully for 8 points each.
[Wilson and Marshall dominated
lithe ball handling and directed
[the floor play. The game was
I enlivened toward the end when
[the Fort Valley boys, seeing they
i: were beaten, decided to inject a
little rough stuff, thinking that
Perry was far enough ahead to
. take it good naturedly. Appar-j
ently the referee concurred in'
the view that the Perry boys
out to absorb a little physical
punishment in return for the
athletic beating they were ad
ministering, for when two Pan
continued To Back Page)
BETTER HOME TOWN ESSAY
(Essay on “5 Ways In Which!
to Improve My Community" won
$5O War Bond Prize for Mrs. J.
0. COLEMAN of Perry in Con
test of Georgia Power Co.)
1. Wake Up.
If my community is to be made
a better place in which to live
and work, we must begin at the
place where all worthwhile
movements start —in the minds
and hearts of the people. So
long as we are satisfied with
things as they are, so long as
we see no need for improve
ments. just so long will our com
munity fall short of being the
place that it should be. To want
an improved community and to
to be willing to work to make
one is the first big step. We
must have a group of leaders
who will work at this job until
every man, woman and child is
awake to our opportunities and
realizes that the time to do some
thing about realizing these op
portunities is here.
Talk improvements and keep
talking them; get the organiza
tions—civic, religious, fraternal
and social —interested, and so
sell the idea to the people that a
demand for action will be made,
We don’t have to wait until af
ter the war is won to wake up.
2. Get up.
Talking is a good way to make
a start, but to amount to any
thing the talks must be followed
|up by deeds. Definite plans must
be made so that when the time
has come the go-ahead signal can
be given. I believe that the mem
bers of our town council, working
with a committee of men and
women from the community,
should formulate these plans,
and should have them definite
and workable.
3. Clean Up.
When the plans for community
improvement are being drawn
up, the first job might well be
that of a general cleaning up.
A cleaning up of trash, rubbish,
useless buildings, dead trees, un
sightly signs, and so on, would
help the looks of our town. There
are several vacant lots in the
community where weeds grow
waist high and rubbish of all
kinds is allowed to collect. Be
sides being very unsightly, these
places are hazards to the commu
nity health, as they harbor
snakes, rats and mosquitoes. If
the waking up is perfectly car
ried out, the owners will clean
up these places, but if they fail
to do so, let’s make them do it.
Then we have in the communi
ty a few old buildings that are
veritable fire-traps. Why should
they be allowed to stand —a men
ace to the occupants and to oth
ers near by? They can either be
remodeled or torn away.
A park belonging to the town
is grown up with weeds and full
ed with rubbish, while the chil
dren of the town have no place
to play. Something needs to be
done with that space. The half
hearted efforts put forth on the
park a few years ago have been
abandoned, and the only use
made of it today is a parking lot
for fruit and melons in the sum
mer time.
There are certain places and
practices in the community that
need a clean up and a clean out.
No place should be allowed to
operate in any community that
represents a hazard to the health
or morals of the people.
4. Build Up.
There are so many ways in
which my community can be built
up. Better homes and more
homes are needed. Even with
all the new homes that are being
built since we have been in the
defense area, the demand for
suitable living places exceeds the
supply. Another school building
is urgently needed, for the build
ing now in use was designed to
accommodate about half as many
students as it now houses. Our
churches need some improve
ments. One of the greatest
needs is a place of recreation for
our young people. The commu
nity has no place for them to
hold their social meetings, and
commercialized recreation has
become a habit with them,
A hospital or a clinic, enlarged
I library facilities, and better'
streets and sidewalks may be
mentioned among our building
needs.
Build up friendly feelings,
build up interest in our commu
nity and in one another, build up
church attendance, build up the
iMRS. MINNIE N. WELLS
i DIES AT HOME HERE
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Mrs. Minnie Norwood Wells,
age 78, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2
p. m. at her home in Perry fol
lowing a long illness. She was
the widow of George B. Wells
Sr. of Macon who died in 1905.
Mrs. Wells was born and rear
ed in Perry and had spent her
entire life here. She owned and
operated the Wells Hotel here
for 50 years. She was the daugh
ter of the late Wm. Henry Nor
wood and the late Mrs. Fannie
Killen Norwood.
Survivors are: one son, Geo.
B. Wells and one daughter, Mrs.
i Eunice W. Houghton, both of
: Perry; eight grandchildren, Miss
, Eunice Houghton of Dublin; Sea
i man 1c Hawlings Houghton, U.S.
1 Coast Guard, Pvt. Doddridge
i Houghton, U. S. Army, England,
I Richard Houghton, Merchant
. Marine, George and Billy Kough
. ton, of Perry. Geo. B. Wells 111.
and Billy Wells, Perry; four sis
, ters, Mrs. E. F. Bronson of Eat
. onton, Mrs. D. H. Cooper of
1 Perry, Mrs. G. P. Flanders of
(Scotland, Ga., Mrs. Arthur
! Doyle of Memphis, Tenn.; a
brother, W. H. Norwood, Shreve
. port, La.
Mrs. Wells was a member of
the Perry Methodist church.
, Funeral services were held at
; 3 p. m. Tuesday at Watson and
i Whipple Funeral Home with
Rev. J. B. Smith, pastor Perry
[ Methodist church officiating, and
I Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor Perry
Baptist church, assisting. Inter-
P ment followed in Evergreen
; cemetery here.
Mrs. J, M. Gooden and Miss
Norine Swanson sang ‘‘Hock of
, Ages" and ‘‘Beautiful Isle” with
Mrs. G. C. Nunn pianist.
Pallbearers were: John A.
Houser of Fort Valley, G. C.
; Nunn, S. L. Norwood, W. F.
, Norwood, R. A. Anderson, and
John L. Hodges.
Out-of-town relatives and
friends attending t h e funeral
I included Mr. John A. Houser,
. Mrs. Burton Collins, Mrs. W. B.
; Norton, Miss Larinne Edwards,
; and Mrs. J. L. Long, Fort Val-
I ley; Mr. and Mrs, G.P. Flanders,
and Chester Flanders, Scotland;
, Mrs. E. F. Bronson, Eatonton.
: SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
; By W. J. CAMPBELL
1
W.H. Felton has planted about
50 acres of peach orchard on the
contour. This orchard is divided
by the road and should be a
beautiful demonstration when
the trees start growing. Terrace
; construction on these fields was
completed berore planting was
started,
Jake Eason is giving all of the
terraces on his farm a mainten
■ ance plowing.
! C. T. Kersey plans to build
terraces this week and is also in*
! terested in a fish pond.
The winter clovers on the
street banks in Perry look good.
Too bad we don’t have enough of
them in our pastures.
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.
health of our people, build up a
real community spirit.
5. Light up.
The street lights in our town
are too few and too small. There
are many dark corners and alleys
that need lighting up. The ones
who would do evil always hunt
the dark places, so we should not
invite the evil-doer by furnishing
him with a hiding place. The
park mentioned above, the school
grounds, the vacant lots and the
dark streets need a few extra
lights.
Let us light up our minds by
'studying and thinking, let us
light up our spirits by building
up the health and happiness of
our people, let us light up our
souls by right living, and by
building the kind of community
in which the four freedoms shall
forever flourish.
ESTABLISHED 1870
FARM PRODUCTION
GOALS FOR ’45 SET
ByW. T. MIDDLEROOKS
Production goals set up for
Houston county call for farmers
to produce about as much in 1945
as they were asked to produce in
1944. Houston county farmers
have made magnificient produc
tion records of crops vital to the
war effort during the past three
years, despite shortages of labor,
equipment, and supplies.
A production goal in 1945 as
great as the production obtained
in 1944 may appear unreasonable
but there is nothing in the war
situation at present to indicate
that the need and demand for
most agricultural commodities
will be less in 1945.
The major goals for Houston
county farmers are as follows:
Corn, to maintain 1944 produc
tion; Cotton, a 4 percent increase
suggested: Wheat, a 13 percent
increase suggested; Oats, a 15
percent increase suggested; Pea
nuts, a 3 percent decrease sug
gested; Sweet Potatoes, a 20 per
cent increase suggested; Water
melons remain the same as 1944;
Cantaloupes, a 10 percent in
crease suggested; hogs, beef,
cattle and poultry about the
same as 1944.
A group of farmers met in my
office last Wednesday to work on
an agricultural program for 1945.
It was decided that four major
items should receive special em
phasis during the year for a four
point program as follows; 1.
Soil Conservation and Pasture
Improvement. 2. Ado qua t e
Foods and Feeds for Home Use.
3. Livestock Improvement. 4.
Farm Labor.
Committees were appointed to
work out a plan of work for each
point on this program. As soon
as this plan of work is completed
a copy of it will be sent to each
'neighborhood leader, and we ask
their cooperation in carrying this
information to all the people in
their respective neighborhoods:
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,
ITALY—CpI. Lee E.Ellis of Gro
vania is a member of the 894th
Tank Destroyer Battalion, re
cently awarded the Croix de
Guerre avec Etoile de Vecmeil in
recognition of support given
French troops fighting on the
Italian front.
The 894th supported the French
Expeditionary Corps with the
Fifth Army in the capture of
Poggibonsi, San Gimignano,
Castelfiorentino, and Siena.
The TDs are largely credited
with having saved the medieval
center of culture, Siena, from
destruction. Rapidly outflank
ing the city, they forced the
Geemans to evacuate Siena be
fore a shot had been fired into it.
> Cpl. Ellis is the brother of Mrs.
W. G. Riley of Perry and Jack
Ellis of Grovania.
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA-
Pvt. Sarah Elizabeth Short of
Perry, Ga., the third member of
her family to enter service, is
taking basic training at the
Third WAG Training Center. A
sister, Lt. Margery F. Short, is
in France with the medical corps
in physiotherapy work, and a
brother, Lt. James H. Short, has
recently returned after 15 months
overseas with the Army Air
Forces.
Pvt. Short is the daughter of
Mrs. Margaret E. Short of Per
ry. Prior to enlistment in the
Women’s Army Corps she was
employed by the Perry Loan and
Savings Bank, Perry.
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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