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VOL. LXXIV. No. 8
NEWS CONCERNING !
THOSE IN SERVICE!
1
pfc. John Frank Ryals is mis
sing in action in France since
Jan. 20, according to message re
ceived last Thursday by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ryals,
of Centerville. Pfc. Ryals was
with the medical detachment,
79th division of the Seventh Ar
my. He was 19 years old and
had been in the Service one year.
He was the youngest son of his
parents who have the sympathy
of friends in their anxiety.
Pvt. J'dius D. Stembridge has
been awarded the Silver Star
posthumously for gallantry in
action on the Fifth Army front
in Italy. He served in the 361st
Infantry Regiment of the 91st
Powder River Division.
Pvt. Stembridge was a mem
ber of a six-man patrol on Sept.
16, 1944, which was sent to con
tact another company. The pa
trol surprised and captured an
enemy machinegun crew of five
men. As the patrol started back
with the Germans it encountered
heavy fire from enemy machinei
pistols.
In order to cover the with
drawal of his comrades with their
prisoners, Stembridge volunteer
ed to remain behind and although
greatly outnumbered by the ene
my and subjected to heavy auto
matic weapons fire, he boldly at
tacked the hostile force.
His rifle fire killed several and
others scattered. Meanwhile, the
remainder of the patrol returned
to their company with the prison
ers. While attempting to follow
them, Stembridge was fatally
wounded by a sniper.
His indomitable courage and
devotion to duty was an inspira
tion to his fellow soldiers, stated
the award citation.
He was the husband of Mrs.
Margaret K. Stembridge, 160
Williams St., Macon, and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stem
bridge Sr. of Houston county.
KEESLER FIELD, Biloxi,
Miss. —Pvt. Eugene Lashley Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Lashley Sr., Perry, Ga., has re
ported to Keesler Field to take
the Army Air Forces Training
Command examinations to deter
mine his qualifications as a pre
aviation cadet.
T-Sgt. Harmon L. Knight, son
of Mrs. J. G. Heard of Kathleen,
Ga. No. 1, has been assigned to
the AAF Training Command Ra
dio School at the Sioux Falls Ar
my Air Field, Sioux Falls, S. D.,
for training as a radio operator
mechanic. Upon completion of a
26-week course, he will be fully
trained to take his place as a
member of a highly skilled
bomber crew of the Army Air
Forces. _ . _ . ,»
Marti ‘ t'M d f i
Kj m
SOIL CONSERVATION MEETING
A State meeting of all district
conservationists of the Soil Con
servation Service was held in
Perry, Ga. last Thursday and
Friday.
A school on Forestry fire con
trol was conducted with the co
operation of the State Depart
ment of Forestry. Among those
present were J. M, Trinke, State
Forester: T. L. Asbury, State
Conservationist; and representa
tives of the Regional 'Soil Con-j
servation Service office at Spar-j
tanburg, S. C. and other repre-1
sentatives of the State Depart
ment of Forestry in Atlanta.
PREVENTING ACCIDENTS |
Georgia farmers who are|
spending some time during the
winter months finding and cor-1
reeling accident hazards m a y.|
prevent painful injuries and loss
of time during the busy season
this year.
Language is the armory of the
human mind; and at once con
tains the trophies of its past and
the weapons of its future con-i
quests.—Coleridge.
Houston Home Journal
| CAMELLIA SHOW TO BE |
I HELD HERE SAT. FEB. 17
j The Camellia Show sponsored;
by the Auxiliary to the Robert 1
ID. Collins Post of the American
Legion will be held Saturday,
Feb. 17, at the Legion Home.
Miss Katharine Cater is general
chmn. of the Show.
All local growers of Camellias
are invited to have exhibits.
Awards will be made on horticub
ture and arrangement. Exhibitors
may call the chairman for furth
er information.
The show will open to the pub
lic at 2p. m. There will be no
admission fee but cash donations
from visitors will be used by the
Auxiliary for the entertainment
of soldiers.
PIS. BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT
By G. FRANCIS NUNN
The regular basketball season
drew to a close last Friday even
ing at the local gym as the Pan
thers of Perry Hi walloped the
the Fort Valley Lions by a score
of 31-16. Earlier in the week
the local lads dropped their sec
ond game to the Lanier High
Poets in Macon the score being
39-26. This combination of a
win and a loss gives the Panthers
a season’s record of 21 victories
(eighteen of them in a row)
against 3 defeats—two at the
hands of Lanier and one to
Cochran High. Such a record
against as good competition as
can be had in this section is
worthy of the highest praise for
team and coach alike, and sends
them into the Third District,
Tournament this week the fa
vorite to win.
I The game in Macon was a
heart-breaker. Team and fans
alike went there with the knowl
edge that they were going up
against the toughest competition
of the whole season, but were
hoping to make a real tussle of
it and give a good account of
themselves. This they did with
plenty to spare, as they hawked
the ball throughout, completely
outplayed Lanier on the floor,
worked into scoring position time
and again, and constantly
watched their shots drop off the
rim without going in. After the
first three minutes they stopped
Jim Dolan, Lanier’s 6 ft. 7 in. i
center cold, and they had been
able to make good even a fair
percentage of their shots would
have had the Poets on the ropes,
but luck completely deserted
them and so they absorbed their
worst licking of the year.
Friday evening Fort Valley
came to town minus their star
center, Young, and the Panthers
seemed to think alktheyhad to do
was trot out on the court and I
holier boo, and scare the Lions
away from the goal. But in the
first few minutes Fort Valley ran
iup a lead of six points and the
| p anthers had a long hard come
i tack to make before they finally
ftrot control of the ball game. But
M lally Skellie and Wilson began
■Bating the netting and with a I
Pgde assistance from Cooper and
USedsoe soon had the game well
jin hand. The team missed the
’fine services of little Bubber
Pierce, and altogether looked
pretty stale and sluggish. ’Tis
probable that with a good rest,
however, and the added enthu
siasm of being in the annual dis
trict tournament, they will snap
back to normal and ride the op
position ragged in the next few
games.
This week finds our side play
ing hosts to Hawkinsville on
Tuesday evening and Cordele oni
Thursday, then journeying to j
Cordele on Friday and in thej
I event of a 1-1 tie in games with
| the Crisp county capital, they
|will return here on Saturday!
ievening. Should we win these!
rounds, there will be other op-j
ponents next week and so on un
til the winner emerges and goes!
[to participate in the state meet, j
|Se let’s turn out and give the |
1 boys all the support possible ini
I the hopes that they will add one!
(more laurel to the illustrious
basketball history of our school.
The Perry-Fort Valley lineups
follow:
PERRY 31
Bledsoe 4
Satterfield 0
Skellie 10
Wilson 10
Marshall 2
Cooper 5
CAMELLIA SHOW TO BE
HELD HERE SAT. FEB. 17
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1945
1 ■
, Red Cross Faces Greatest
Task in Fourth War Year
WASHINGTON. D. C. Facing the
greatest task in its history in serving
American fighting men on advancing
war fronts overseas, their families at
home, their buddies returning to the
. United States after discharge, and the
American people in emergencies on the
home front, the American Red Cross
will launch its third War Fund cam
’ i paign March 1.
' j That the American people will re
j ipond with overwhelming generosity
to the appeal for $200,000,000 to carry
i an this world-wide program is already
I Indicated in the nation-wide determina
i Hon to meet all its war needy and to
oring the live-year struggle to an early
'l and successful conclusion.
In every Invasion during the past
rear, Chairman Basil O’Connor of the
American Red Cross said, Red Cross
workers have either gone with the
troops, or have followed within a very
j ihort time. Red Cross field directors
were with General Eisenhower's men
in the great amphibious Invasion of
France, and with General MacArthur’s
forces when they returned to the Phil
ippines.
’ | Ten thousand men and women wear
the Red Cross uniform overseas, serv
ing in every theatre of war and with
! svery command. They work in leave
, Hubs, clubmobilos, rest houses, hospl
] tals. Red Cross men attached to fight
l Ing units are with those outfits even
I i In actual combat. Red Cross girls dls
, I penso snacks at air fields, along truck-
I I Ing supply routes, behind front areas
I and in liberated cities.
Many, both men and women, are on
j duty at scores of isolated outposts
I throughout the world, and give aid to
i wounded men In hospitals and on hos
pital ships, planes and trains. Away
from the battle areas, thousands more
lerve at military and naval Installa
tions within the United States.
SELECTIVE SERVICE REPORT
The following registrants were
inducted into the armed forces
during January, 1945:
WHITE
Army—Osborne V. Watson,
Bonaire, Ga.; Willie B. James,
Perry, Ga.; Edgar E. Bateman,
Jr., Byron, Ga.; Kelly A. Ham
mock, Kathleen, Ga.
Navy—Lowell S. Griffin, Kath
leen, Ga.; Eerley E. Mitchell,Jr.,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
Marine Corps—Willie L.Sledge,
Elko, Ga.
COLORED
I Army—Willie F. Little, Perry,
Ga.; Hodges Milton, Perry, Ga.;
Monroe Williams, Jr., Kathleen,
Ga.; D. B. Armstrong, Jr., Fort
Valley, Ga.
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
“God at Work on Home Mis
sion Fields” was the program
subject of the Baptist W. M. S.
(meeting, held Monday p. m, at
.the church.
Mrs. D. M. Ryle was in charge
of the program. Those taking
part were Mrs. J. P. Duggan,
Mrs. A. S. Gossett, and Mrs. J.
A. Beddingfield. The devotional
was given by Mrs. Annie Watson.
Mrs. W. B. Roberts, president,
presided over the meeting. Mrs.
jJ. A. Ivey gave a report of the
Rehoboth W. M. U. meeting
which she and Mrs. Roberts at
tended Feb. 7 in Macon.
Announcement was made that
the Annie Armstrong Season of
Prayer for Home Missions would'
be held March 5-6-7, 3:30 p. m.atj
the church.
The Sunbeams met Monday at
the church with Mrs. Emmit
Akin in charge.
SOROSIS CLUB MEETS
The Sorosis club met last
[Thursday p. m. at the home of j
1 Mrs. Mayo Davis with Mrs. F.M. i
• Houser and Mrs. W. V. Tuggle, I
(co-hostesses. Mrs. A. C. Pritch-j
| ett, president, presided,
j Plans were made for the an-1
Inual party to be held Thursday!
night, Feb. 22, at the home of
jMr. and Mrs. E. M. Beckham.
I ■
Mr. Benny Hall of Macon visit
ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
! W. Hall, Tuesday.
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Whipple 0
Bledsoe, B. 0
FORT VALLEY 16
Haddock 2
Robinson 0
Wilson 8
Cannon 2
McDaniel 4
Johnson 0
Bishop 0
Red Cross service on the home front
has expanded with the ever-increasing
demand upon It, Mr. O’Connor said, in
addition to collecting more than ton j
million pints of blood for plasma sine®
the beginning of the war, the Red [
Cross has met requests of the Army
and Navy for whole blood shipments to
European and Pacific battle areas. Ten
centers on the East and West coasts
already participate in the collection of
Type O whole blood, while others stand
ready to join In that program as mili
tary needs warrant.
At four packaging centers, manned
by volunteer workers, more than 20,-
000,000 food parcels have been turned
out in a steady stream for shipment to
prisoners of war and civilian internees
in Germany and the Far East. Surgical
dressings—77s,ooo,ooo of them—wer®
prepared In the past year alone for
front line and hospital use. Production
workers in hundreds of communities
have continued the never ceasing pro
gram of making warm garments for
destitute civilians In war-torn countries
overseas, and in those countries the
Red Cross has assisted the Army In
caring for refugees and homeless peo
ple.
Nor has Its service to the armed
forces on a global scale caused any
relaxation on the part of the Red Cross
to carry out Its traditional service to
the American people In time of disas
ter. More than 200 domestic disasters
—floods, high winds and fires —have
found Red Cross workers on the job to
relieve stricken families and to aid in
the rebuilding of communities.
"The need for Red Cross services In
the coming year will be greater than
ever before.” Mr. O'Connor said. “In
fulfilling the Red Cross appeal for
$200,000,000, the American people will
indicate its wholehearted backing at
men in the front lines.”
WASTE PAPER CflLLECTiiiir
The Boy Scouts will have
another Waste Paper Collection
in Perry this Friday, Feb. 16. All
the citizens are urged to donate
waste paper as the paper short
age in this country is critical.
Be patriotic and respond to
this appeal. Have your waste
paper ready for the Boy Scouts
by noon Friday, Answer your
government's call for this item.
SAFETY SLOGANS
There is no excuse that can be
offered for an accident caused by
poor brakes.
Do not start your car or allow
' the engine to run in the garage
while the doors are closed. The
exhaust fumes will produce death
in a few minutes. They attack
without warning, first paralyzing
their victim, so that ha cannot
escape.
The formula for safe driving is:
Be alert always, and drive care
fully.
Automobile accidents often
leave frightful scars on the face
that disfigure it for life.
When walking on slippery,
sleet covered walks, take very
short steps. This lessens the li
ability of slipping.
Do not allow a cold to hang on.
If you can’t break it up see your
physician. When a cold hangs
on it is an indication that the
system’s resistance is low.
CURING PORK
I Four of the basic rules for ob
taining high quality pork produc
tion emphasized by the Exten
sion Service are chilling the
fresh carcass promptly, weigh
ing meat and curing ingredients
promptly, keeping the meat cool
; while in cure and figuring curing
i time carefully.
|
PEANUT CROP
1 The Georgia peanut crop pro-
J duced and harvested in 1944 was
the largest in the history of the
j State, according to the Extension
Service. Estimates indicate the
production of peanuts picked and
threshed at 392,000 tons.
Only one previous January in
I twenty-eight years of record in
Georgia was drier than last
month, according to Captain
Garland Peyton, director of the
State Department of Mines, Min
ing and Geology.
Language is the only instru
ment ot science, and words are
but the signs of ideas.- Samuel
I Johnson.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
OBSERVANCE FRIDAY
This Friday, Feb. 16, the first
Friday in Lent, is the World Day
of Prayer, when women of 51
nations girdling the globe, will
join in prayers for betterment of
jlife everywhere on earth and for
'advancement of their own spirit
-1 ual power.
In Perry, the special service
for the day will be held at the
Methodist church at 3:30 p. m.
with Mrs. R. E. Ogletree in
charge.
The World Day of Prayer is in
terdenominational and women
from all churches are invited to
attend the service.
This special day of prayer be
gan in 1887, in America, when
Mrs. Darwin Jones called all
Presbyterian women of the U. S.
to pray for their own mission
work on one day.
Two Baptist women,Mrs.Helen
Barrett Montgomery and Mrs.
Henry W. Peabody, returning
from a trip around the world im
pressed with the universal broth
erhood of all mankind, suggested
the World Day of Prayer, and in
1920, that idea was adopted and
the first Friday in Lent set aside
as the day. First countries to
join America in observance of
the day were Great Britain, Can
ada, Australia, New Zealand and
some of the’ South American
countries. Today 51 countries
participate.
OPA INFORMATION
Ration-free Shoes
Another ration-free period,
wherein shoe dealers may get rid
of odds-and-ends and broken
sizes without ration stamps, has
been announced by the OPA.
Dealers will have a two-week
period from February 19 through
March 3, during which over four
and a half million pairs of shoes
will be offered at specified price
reduction, and without require
ment of ration stamps.
Men’s and women’s shoes alike
are featured in the odds and ends
and broken sizes; but children’s
shoes are not included. The de
mand for children’s shoes ex
ceeds the supply, and there is no
surplus accumulated on dealers’
shelves.
This two-week sale, listed of
ficially as “OPA Odd Lot Re
lease,” does not affect the sale of
i a dealer’s regular stock, which
i still requires ration stamps on
i the regular basis.
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
1 thru June 2.
Meats and Fats
Red Q-5, R-5 & S-5 now valid
at 10 points each expire March 31.
Red T-5 thru X-5 expire
April 28.
Red Y-5, Z-5,, A-2 thru D-2
expire June 2.
i Sugar
Sugar Stamp No. 35 now valid
for five pounds thru June 2. Su
gar Stamp No. 36 becomes valid
May 1. Sugar Stamp No. 34
good through Feb. 28.
Fuel Oil
Period 4 and 5 coupons from
last year, and Period 1,2, 3,4, 5
coupons for current season now
valid at 10 gallons each.
Shoes
Stamps 1,2, &3 on “airplane”
sheet in Book 3 now valid for one
pair each.
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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The meeting of the Wesleyan
Service Guild has been postponed
to Wednesday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.
m. and will be held at the home
of Miss Marianne Nunn.
Think all you speak; but speak
not all you think; thoughts are
your own; your words are so no
more.—Henry Delaune.
ESTABLISHED 1870
FARMERS URGED TO
PLANT LESPEDEZA
By W. T. MIDDLEBROOKS
Lespedeza is a crop of many
uses. It can be cut for hay or
used for grazing: it produces
abundant seed for farm use and
for sale and it controls erosion
and improves the soil.
Although lespedeza makes its
best growth on moist fertile soil,
its real value is its ability to
make enough growth on less fer
tile land to justify its seeding.
This growth can be increased
greatly by the use of lime, phos
phate and potash.
Houston connty farmers should
sow their lespedeza in February.
One of the best methods for
planting is to sow 30 to 40 pounds
per acre on a moderately firm
seed bed and cover them lightly
by harrowing. Lespedeza can
be sown on small grain land, pre
pared land, stubble or weed land.
With labor conditions as they
are today, the local Extension
Soil Conservation Committee
composed of S. W. Hickson,
chmn.; F. H. Tabor, and S. A.
Nunn, recommend that lespe
deza be planted on small grain in
order to conserve labor, and have
a cover on the land that can be
used for hay, seed crop or
grazing.
This committee further advo
cates the planting of lespedeza
on fields that will not be culti
vated this year. This practice
will build your soil, afford graz
ing and keep your soil from
washing away.
War conditions are bringing
about drastic changes in our
farming system. With our pres
ent labor conditions, and the fact
that it is not anticipated that
this condition will very greatly
improve after the war, this com
mittee wishes to call to the at
tention of Houston county farm
ers that ways and means must
be found to afford us a high level
of income for all farmers.
See your seed dealer and get
1 your lespedeza this week. It is
time that it should be planted.
If dealer does not have seed for
you, see your County Agent or
A. A. A. office for nearest supply
of seed and prices.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m
Church Service, 11:30 a. m,,
and 7:30 p. m.
11:30 a. m. Sermon Subject—
I “God, Man’s Essential,”
The Young People’s Depart
ment will be in charge of the
i evening church service, which
will be largely a song service.
The young people will present a
program on Fannie Crosby’s
hymns, interspersing the singing
of these with their history.
Adults and young people are
. urged to attend this inspirational
service.
; 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.
HARDY-SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hardy of
Perry announce the marriage of
their daughter, Willie Mae, to J’
W. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Smith of Perry, on Jan, 20
at the bride’s home in Perry.
Conkey’s Chicken Remedies.
Chick Feeders, Waterers,Char
coal, Oyster Shell, Leg Bands.
HOUSTON HARDWARE CO.
Perry, Ga,
