VOL. LXXIV. No. 6
OFFICIALS ELECTED
FOR HOUSTON CORF.
The first annual stockholders
meeting of the Houston Frozen
Products Corporation was held
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 30, at
the courthouse for the adoption
of the charter and by-laws and
the election of directors. This
corporation is the outgrowth of
the movement placed on foot
three months ago by the seven
man Callaway Farms Committee
of this county to build a freezer
locker and meat-curing plant for
Perry and Houston county.
The activity began in Novem
ber when W. T. Middlebrooks,
placed in charge of the move
ment, persuaded a group to go
with him to the Reynolds Locker
Plant. After inspecting this
fine, attractive plant and listen
ing to the enthusiastic praise ac
corded it by the citizens who used
its facilities, the group decided to
organize a local corporation to do
for Houston county what has
been done for so many other
Georgia counties and with such
marked success on every hand.
So the adoption of the charter
and election of officers was the
culmination of the organization
phase of the project. The nine
directors elected were W. E.
Beckham, Mayo Davis, W. D.
Kersey, W. T. Middlebrooks, C.
E. McLendon, G. F. Nunn, A.W.
Pratt, F, H. Tabor, and A. R.
Talton. From this group, the
officers of the corporation were
elected to serve for the current
year and were: A. W. Pratt,
president: W. T. Middlebrooks,
vice-presideut; and G. F. Nunn,
secretary and treasurer. The
corporation was capitalized at
$25,000.00, with some 68 stock
holders holding from one to ten
shares of stock each.
The site for the new plant will
be the lots fronting on Main St.
and situated immediately behind
the county jail, and options to
purchase these lots have been se
cured. Only one thing now holds
up the letting of the contract to
build. Sixty percent of the an
ticipated lockers must be sold
and the money in hand before
priorities will be granted and to
date this sale is lagging. It is
well known from the experience
of other plants that immediately
after opening for business there
will be a rush to rent lockers,
but it is necessary that at least
the sixty percent must be sold in
advance. So citizens, get your
selves interested in this fine com
munity project and rent your
locker immediately so that con
struction can go forward. Any
of the following men will take
care of your rental: F. H. Ta
bor, A. W. Pratt. R. R. Pratt,
W. N. Johnson, W. D. Kersey,
A. R. Talton, H. C. Talton, W.
G. Gray, Doyle McElhenny, J. E.
Eason, J. L. Davis, W. K. Whip
ple, W. S. Gray, W. T. Middle
brooks, W. W. Gray, G. F.Nunn,
and Alton Hardy.
G. F. Nunn, Secty.
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
By W. J. CAMPBELL
A large part of Houston coun
ty is timberland; however, too
much of it is burned over every
year and the trees are stunted so
that the production per acre is
relatively low. Floyd Tabor hes
several acres of woodland that
have not been burned over for
about ten years. He states that
woodlands, if properly cared for,
will produce a surprising amount
of lumber.
John L. Davis in the Hender
son community plans to plant
about eleven acres of sericea les
pedeza. Johnny Johnson, a col
ored farmer in this same commu
nity, plans to plant about four
acres to be used both as a water
disposal area for terraces and as
a pasture. Sericea being a per
ennial plant is especially good
fur both of these uses.
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Houston Home Journal
! SERIMN HD WOMEN
——
J The Bronze Star Medal was
j awarded to 2nd Lieut. Harold P.
I McAnally of the 6th Armored
i 1 Division, U. S. Army, on Dec,29,
i j 1944, “for meritorious achieve
-1 ment in connection with military
; operations against an enemy of
i the United States in France on
1 Dec. 7, 1944. When he observed
5 a five-man enemy patrol, he,
: with three enlisted men, fired on
the patrol. Four of the enemy
'escaped but Lt, McAnally ag
. gressively and courageously pur
. sued them until all had been
- taken prisoners.”
Lt. McAnally is the son of
. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. McAnally of
, Perry. Mr. McAnally is super
. intendent of Penn-Dixie Cement
) Corp.’s Plant N 0.2 at Clinchfield.
r Lt. McAnally entered the mili
-3 tary service from Pennsylvania
. in July 1942. He was a junior
. at the Carnegie Institute of Tech
] nology, Pittsburg, Pa. when he
j entered the service. He is a
) graduate of Allentown, Pa. High
5 School.
r Lt. McAnally has been avvard
i ed the Purple Heart, also, hav
ing been wounded Aug. 8, 1944,
-1 in action in France.
; j Pvt. James T. Moss, U. S. Ar
|jmy Air Forces, was wounded in
faction on Dec. 19 in Belgium, ac
-1 cording to message received by
■ his wife, Mrs. Ruth Locke Moss,
of Perry on Dec. 29. Pvt. Moss
1 has been overseas for nine
; months. His wife and baby
; daughter live here. Recently
; Mrs. Moss had another message
' saying that her husband was im
proving.
, Mrs. A. C. Watts has heard
; from her son, Pvt. Eugene Boyd,
t who is a war prisoner of the
- Germans, that he is well.
‘ WITH U. S. ARMY FORCES
[ IN NEW CALEDONlA—Techni
cian Fourth Grade Clifton B,
| Turk, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
, Turk of Pitts, Ga. has been
awarded the Motor Vehicle Me
. chanic’s Badge in recognition of
, the excellence of his service as a
skilled automobile mechanic at
I this South Pacific base.
, Before entering the army at
\ Ft. McPherson, Ga. in August
, 1942, Sgt. Turk was employed by
, a service station in Perry, Ga.
Because of his experience with
, cars, he was sent to Fort Francis
E. Warren, Wyoming, for basic
training in motor mechanics. In
J June, 1943, he left the U. S. for
. overseas duty with his present
organization, a motor vehicle as
. sembly unit. As a member of
. the Army Ordnance Department,
. the Sergeant is helping to keep
, army vehicles moving forward on
' the road to Tokyo.
OPA INFORMATION
Processed Foods
■ Blue X-5, Y-5, Z-5 A-2 & B-2
now valid at 10 points each ex
pire March 31.
Blue C-2 thru G-2 valid thru
April 28.
Blue H-2 thru M-2 valid Feb. 1
thru June 2.
Meats and Fats
I Red Q-5, R-5 & S-5 now valid
at 10 points each expire March 31.
Red T-5 thru X-5 expire
■ April 29.
J Red Y-5, Z-5, A-2 thru D-2
valid Jan. 28 thru June 2.
> c
, Sugar
3 Sugar Stamp No. 35 now valid
t for five pounds thru June 2. Su
- gar Stamp No. 36 becomes valid
t May 1. Sugar Stamp No. 34
good through Feb. 28.
t Fuel Oil
Period 4 and 5 coupons from!
"Hast year, and Period 1, 2 and 3l
M coupons for current season now
■ I valid at 10 gallons each.
Shoes
Stamps 1,2, &3 on‘‘airplane”i
- sheet in Book 3 now valid for onej
3 ! pair each.
Gasoline
1 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.
" ’ “ I
It is men of faith who have
saved the world, not men of
knowledge. —Sir Wilfred Gren
fell.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1945
"Be Prepared"
BOY SCOUT WEEK
FEBRUARY B™-I4 th 1945
THE 35 TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
EOT SCOUTS OF AMERICA
| Over 1,800,000 Members
As the United Nations move forward to victory, programs such
as Scouting step forward to do tiieir part in insuring the peace.
, Tiie theme of the 35th anniveisary celebration of the Boy Scouts
of America from Feb. Bth to 14th is “Scouts of the World
Brothers Together.’’
LOCAL STATE GUARD NEWS
Co. F, Georgia State Guard, of
Perry was re-activated on Jan.
25. Capt. W. J. Campbell is
company commander and Ist Lt.
Paul W. Massey is second in
command.
Co. F meets every Thursday
night in their room in the Ma
sonic building. Wool uniforms
will be issued topight (Thurs.)
Cotton uniforms were issued last
Thursday night.
Rifle marksmanship is being
stressed; also training in machine
gun Airing. The company had
target practice with these
weapons Sunday p. m.
Co. F was the guest of the
American Legion Post in Macon
Wednesday night at a wrestling
match.
At the re-activation meeting
Jan. 25, talks were made by Ma
jor Sam A. Nunn (inactive) and
Major Charlie Morgan of the
State Guard Office in Atlanta.
Twenty members of Co. F were!
placed on an active status and
nine new members were sworn
in.
Visitors present included the
Battalion staff and fifteen enlist
ed men from Americus and all
officers and thirty enlisted men
from Company D of Fort Valley.
Major Morgan was in Perry
Tuesday this week and spoke to
the Perry Kiwanis club.
INCOME TAX MAN COMING
A Representative from the In
ternal Revenue Office will be in
Perry Feb. 26 and also on March
3 for the purpose of assisting
taxpayers in general with the
preparation of 1944 Income Tax
returns and declarations of Esti
mated Income Tax for 1945,
which are required by law to be
filed on or before March 15, 1945.
Every individual who received
gross income of $5OO or more in
11944 is required to file a return.
! A taxpayer whose income is less
jthan $5,000 may file a return on
Form W-2 in lieu of Form 1040,
1 provided the income is entirely
(from salary, dividends and inter-
I est and the portion there of from
I which no tax has been withheld
Sis not in excess of $lOO. If the
I income of the taxpayer does not
j meet the above requirements a
return must be filed on Form
*lO4O.
j The fact that a taxpayer filed
a Declaration of Income and Vic-
I tory Tax for the year 1944 on
Form 1040 ES does not relieve
such taxpayer from liability for
filing a final return on Form W-2
!or 1040. Likewise, a final return
is required on Form W-2 or 1040
even though the entire income of
the taxpayer was subject to with
holding by employers.
HERE’S HOW
W. T. M,, County Agent
Q. How can I rid my kitchen
land closets of cockroaches?
| A. The best prevention is to
i leave nothing for the roaches to
eat. Sodium fluoride is the best
roach poison. Apply very spar
ingly along the back of shelves,
1 drainboards, door sills, or where
roaches run at night. Keep it
■ away from children or pets, and
entirely away from food. It is
' poison to people and animals.
Q. How can I preserve the
green color in green vegetables,
the red color in red vegetables
and yellow color in yellow vege
tables?
A. Green vegetables contain
a pigment known as chlorophyll.
Heat and acid are its enemies.
From the color standpoint, the
most satisfactory way to cook a
green vegetable is to boil it in an
open kettle. While acid destroys
green vegetable coloring matter,
alkali, or soda, intensifies it but
tends to destroy the vitamin con
tent so it should not be used in
vegetable cookery. High tem
perature is also destructive, the
higher the temperature and the
longer the cooking time the
greater the loss of green color.
Therefore, green vegetables
should be cooked for as short a
time and at as low temperature
as possible. They should always
be started in boiling water, as
this shortens the time. Red
vegetables, as beets and red cab
bage, contain pigments which
are readily soluble in water. This
loss of red color we speak of as
“bleeding." Acid intensifies the
red color. If beets are always
canned or cooked in boiling water
to which a teaspoon of vinegar
to each pint of water has been
added, the red color remains. The
yellow pigment is called caroti
noid; it is only slightly soluble in
water and is not affected by acid
or alkali. Because the yellow
color is so stable, preserving it
does not present a problem.
Q. What new vegetables
would you recommend to victory
gardners for 1945?
A. Some new varieties of
beans worth a trial by victory
gardeners are the improved Com
modore bean, a bunch type of
Kentucky Wonder, with long,
tender pods and stringless; the
Logan bean, a heavy producer,
suitable for canning and disease
resistant: and the Lima Ford
hook 242, an early and heavy
bearer able to withstand hot, dry
weather. Two new varieties of
sweet corn are Golden Grain Hy
brid, and Louisiana Bayou. A
All-American selection
of lettuce, known as Great Lakes,
Louisiana Green Velvet okra, and
White Creole onions are also rec
ommended.
PIS. BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT
I By G. FRANCIS NUNN
It was down and then up again
for the Panthers last week as the
fast and accurate shooting outfit
from Cochran High rode rough
shod over our darlings on Tues
day evening by a score of 50-41
and then the P’s snapped back
with one of the best played
games of the year to lick a pow
erful Byron team on Thursday
evening 37-18.
Capt. Walter Skellie jinxed our
team in the first game by swap
ping his regular No. 4 jersey for
a No. 17, and it seems as if the
rest of the guys would always
hunt a 4 to pass the ball to, and
he happened to be on Cochran’s
team. But in reality, it was
Cochran’s deceptive fast break
that did the damage as at least a
dozen times in the last half alone
they had three men away with
the ball and down into scoring
territory before any of our de
fenders except guard Tommie
Marshall could get down there to
hold them. And if you think one
man can do much good trying to
keep three fast, accurate shots
from scoring, you should try it
sometimes.
The team was handicapped to
some extent by the ejection of
Wilson from the game in the first
quarter, but the other four regu
lars responded splendidly to their
added duties and made a game of
it all the way through. In fact,
they were ahead at the halt by a
score of 17-15, but were soon
overtaken in the third period
and were never able to grab the
lead again. But the last quarter
was one of the best ever witness
ed from the fans’ standpoint, as
the game was fast and wide
open, and both teams were shoot
ing fast and scoring often. The
Holland brothers, Billy and Bob
by, for Cochran accounted for
36 points between them, 26 in
1 the last half, while Skellie was
' the scoring ace for Perry with
* 15 points.
But on Thursday night, it was
a different story when the Pan
; thers met the fast Byrorn team
I and soundly drubbed them by a
| score of 39-18. Every man was
1 hustling all the way through, and
though Byron had on two pre
! vious occasions given Perry un
told trouble, they were duck
soup this time. Skellie account
ed for 20 points this time and
Bledsoe followed with 9, while
the best Byron could scare up
were a couple of six-pointers in
Murdock and Hardison. The usu
ally tricky Howard and White
were completely bottled up and
managed only two points be
tween them.
This week the Panthers have a
heavy schedule, taking on the
Lanier Poets in Macon on Tues
day night and entertaining the
Lions from Fort Valley here on
Friday. These will be among
the last games before the Third
District playoffs begin so don’t
miss the chance to see your fa
vorites again.
The Perry-Byron game lineups
follow:
PERRY 39
Bledsoe 9
Pierce 5
Skellie 20
Wilson 5
Marshall 0
Satterfield 0
Cooper 0
BYRON 18
Murdock 6
Howard 2
Hardison 6
Clark 2
White 0
Keys 2
OPA CLOTHING MEET
Wearing apparel merchants in
the vicinity of Macon will be
given an opportunity of hearing
a full and complete discussion of
OPA’s regulations governing
ceiling prices on clothing at a
meeting to be held Friday, Feb.
16, 2:30 p. m. C. W. T. at the
Lanier Hotel, Macon.
OPA is now undertaking an
intensified drive to bring cloth
ing prices into line, and is, there
fore, urging apparel merchants
to attend this meeting.
If the blind put their hand in
God’s, they find their way thru
the dark more surely than those
who see but have not faith or
purpose.—Helen Keller.
ESTABLISHED 1870
FARM BUREAU GROUP
HOLDS FEB. MEETING
The local chapter of Farm Bu
reau and the Associated Women
held their February meeting at
I Perry High school building last .
Thursday night. Those present *
enjoyed a delightful spaghetti
supper.
Several members had attended
the District Farm Bureau meet
ing during the week at Americus
and a report of business transact
ed at this meeting was given by
Mr. W. W. Gray and Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Tabor.
The Associated Women elected
the following officers: Mrs. W.
E. Vinson Jr., president; Mrs. B.
H. Newberry, vice-president;
Mrs. A. W. Pratt, secretary
treasurer. The following com
mittees were appointed: Recre
ational Committee —Mrs. Charlie
Farmer, chmn.; Mrs. R. E. Dun
bar, member: Refreshment Mrs.
W. T. Middlebrooks, chmn.; Mrs.
Paschal Muse, Mrs. Houser Gil
bert; Membership—Mrs. B. H.
Newberry, chmn,; (additional
members to be appointed later);
Program Planning—Mrs. Floyd
Tabor, Mrs. W. E. Vinson Jr.,
and Mrs. E. P. Staples.
With the ladies taking an ac
tive interest in our programs, I
■ am sure we will have a very ac
' live year in Farm Bureau activi
ties. A total of 350 members for
i 1945 has been pledged by those
attending the district meeting,
i To accomplish this goal we will
■ need the active support of every
1 district in the county.
The men’s department headed
i by Paschal Muse, president; W.
i E. Vinson Jr., vice-president;
• and H. B. Gilbert, secretary
! treasurer, appointed the follow
■ ing committees to work in con
■ junction with the ladies. Enter
i tainment—Glea Gray, chmn.;
i W. C. Langston Jr., C.O.Grimes,
i E. P. Staples, Freeman Cabero;
Planning—S. A. Nunn, F.H. Ta
i bor, A. W. Pratt; Membership—
• W. W. Gray, chmn.; H. B. Gil
\ bert, W. C. Cauthon, Fred Car
i ter, W. E. Vinson Jr., J. T.
i Lewis, Mayo Davis; Publicity—
I W. T. Middlebrooks.
The membership for Georgia
in 1944 was 20,420 members. The
: goal for 1945 is 40,000 members.
Every Houston county farmer
I will be expected to do his best to
i help us reach this goal. Our
i chapter meets the first Thursday
i night in each month. Ladies,
make your plans to come and
1 bring your husband with you.
W. T. Middlebrooks,
Publicity Chmn.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
The pastor will preach next
Sunday morning on the text,
“Commanding Respect.” The
Boy Scouts will attend in uni
, form as part of their observance
of National Boy Scout Week,
Feb. 8-15.
The topic for the evening ser
mon is “Expanding Experienc
es.” The young people will lead
the singing.
The public is invited to all
services.
Church School-10:15 a. m
Church Service, 11:30 a. m,,
and 7:30 p. m.
Roads.”
Young People's Service, 6:00
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—ll:3o a. m.
Supply Pastor —
C. W. Frerking.
Assistant Supply
Owen Gumm.
"notice
New Telephone Directory will
be issed soon. Pleaab notify us
at once af any change desired in
listing in Directory.
Southeastern Telephone Co.
Perry, Ga.
