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VOL. LXXIV. No. 10
CONTRACT LET FOR
FREEZER-LOCKER!
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Houston Frozen Products Cor- i
poration, up to now just a name
to a few stockholders and mean
ingless to most of the public, bids
fair to soon become a reality as
plans move forward rapidly for
the construction and operation of
the local freezer-locker plant of
that title. President A. W.Pratt,
Vice-pres. W. T. Middlebrooks,'
and seven other directors, after |
spending many hours of their
time listening to the possibilities]
as presented by representatives]
of several different construction!
and refrigeration firms, have]
given the contract to the North!
Bros. Construction Co. and the'
Carrier Atlanta Corporation.
These two firms, working togeth
er in the erection of the building,
the insulation of the low tem
perature rooms, and the installa
tion of the refrigeration equip
ment, have offered to the direc
tors a complete lock and key job
and a first class plant.
First of all, the building will
be designed to please the eye in
its external appearance, and will
be a distinct asset to the lower
portion of Main Street on which
it will front. Secondly, it is
planned in accordance with the
work that must be carried on
there. A pleasing front opens
into a small lobby. There will be
a direct entrance into the zero
degree locker room from the lob
by so that the public will not
have to pass through the pro
cessing rooms in using the locker
room. In addition there is a
large double room provided for
the chilling and aging of beef
and other meat, and a salt curing
room designed to take care of
the curing needs of the entire
county. Ample space has been
provided for the processing of
meats and vegetables and fruits
which must be specially prepared
before being frozen. It the rear
will be the lard kettle, steam
boiler, steam blancher, chicken
processing space, smoke room,
and other facilities necessary to
the operation of the plant,
The two contracting companies
have assured the directors of
their interest in seeing the plant
pushed to a rapid completion, and
it is hoped|that unless unforeseen
difficulties arise, the Houston
Frozen Products Corporation will
be open for business in time to
preserve for next winter some of
the fine fruits and vegetables for
which our county is famous.
G. F. Nunn, Secty. & Treas.
HOME LOAN GRANT
The first veteran in Houston
county to obtain a home loan un
der the “G. I. Bill of Rights” is
A. M. Kicklighter of Perry who
was granted a 100 per cent loan
Tuesday by the Perry Federal
Savings and Loan association to
purchase a brick home on Second
street from Emmit Akin.
BOOK CLUB MEETS
The Wednesday Afternoon
Book club met last week at the
home of Mrs. S. W. Hickson
with Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, co
hostess. Mrs. S. A. Nunn,presi
dent, appointed Mrs. W. E. Mar-|
shall Jr. chairman of the Book
committee.
The following reviews were
given; ‘‘The Time for Decis
ion,” Sumner Wells, Miss Louise
Rainey; ‘‘By Your Leave, Sir,”
Helen H. Jacobs, Miss Mary Lee
Greene; ‘‘Miracles Ahead,” Nor
man M. Carlisle and Frank B,!
Latham, Mrs. L. M. Paul Jr.
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Conkey’s Chicken Remedies.,
Chick Feeders, Waterers,Char-I
coal, Oyster Shell, Leg Bands.!
HOUSTON HARDWARE CO. j
Perry, Ga.
i
Jf good people would but make
their goodness agreeable, and,
smile instead of frowning in their
virtue, how many would they!
win to the good cause. —Usher.
As wisdom without courage is
futile, even so faith without hope
is nothing worth; for hope en
dures and overcomes misfortune
and evil. —Martin Luther. •
Houston Home Journal
PIS. BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT !
By G. FRANCIS NUNN i
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j The printed word is entirely!
] insufficient as a carrier for the
i drama and feeling that was pack
ed into the three game finale to
the local basketball season. Meet
ing Americus in the final of the
Third District *‘B” tournament,
the Perry lads were caught off
stride Tuesday evening in Ameri
cus and dropped a slow, dull
game to the Blue Panthers by a
score of 24-20. But it was a dif
ferent story when the Americus
j boys returned the game in Per
! ry, and the Staples-men were at
j the peak of their game to win
I easily by a margin of 37-19. Then
|the final show in Americus found
I Perry fighting hard and smartly
against an inspired team which
would not be defeated, and drop
ping the game in as great a bat
tle as one could see anywhere by
the thinnest of margins—26-25.
The opening game in Americus
was the poorest exhibition the
Perry Panthers have put on the
whole year. They seemed per
fectly content to accept the de
cision of Americus to play a very
slow, cautious game and wait for
| the breaks instead of making the
breaks. In addition they were
careless about their fouling, com
mitting 13 to 4 for the opposi
tion, and scoring only two points
via the free shot route, while the
! Blues were ringing up eight.
! Thus, though outshooting their
1 opponents from the floor, they
were beaten from the foul line,
which is just as decisive.
! Then came the second game as
the teams moved to the local gym
; for the Thursday night go. This
. time there was no waiting by the
Panthers of Perry for a break.
,j They broke out the fastest and
| most elusive offense seen on the
court here the whole season,
; quickly took a four point lead,
ran it to 11-4 at quarter time,
1 kept right on through the second
quarter to lead 26-13 at half,then
eased up as the second string
played the last quarter and ran
the winning margin to 37-19.
L. Bledsoe led the scoring in this
1 game with a flashy exhibition of
shooting for 12 points, and he
was ably assisted by all the oth
er team members. Of especial
note is the fact that the team
scored 13 foul shots of 19 tries
as Wilson had a perfect record
with five in a row. Americus
fought hard but was never in the
ball game after the opening min
utes, and evidently saved their
energies for the final game in
their home lair.
That final game saw the Perry
lads open the scoring on a neat
under goal play with Bubber
Pierce sinking the shot to send
the Perry rooters off on a yelling
spree. But the yells soon turned
to sighs as Americus struck right
back with a nice shot by Duke
and a follow up shot by Popwell
that put them in the lead. Then
it was nip and tuck for the bal
ance of the first quarter and the
period ended with the score tied
at 9 all. In the second quarter,
little Duke took over for the
Blues and with three “shut-eye”
shots, rammed his team into a
lead which they never relinquish
ed. At half time Americus led
16-12, and the Perry fans groan
ed as Wilson was given a rest
after committing four fouls. In
the third quarter big Pilcher,
only senior on the Blue five, took
I charge and purely manned his
way by the stout Perry defense,
to score three field goals and
three fouls and give his team a
26-16 advantage, with only one
quarter to go. It was in that
last quarter that the Perry Pan
thers showed of what stuff they)
were made, as they held the big]
! Blue team scoreless and rang upj
'nine points of their own. But!
jnine was one short of a tie, and|
, two away from victory, and itj
j was enough to break the heart 1
lof the toughest rooter there]
•to see that gallant bid denied.!
| Three times Capt. Skellie made]
|accurate shots only to see the'
jball bound from side to side in
hoop and then bounce out; twice!
]little Clint Cooper slipped under!
'the goal for shots that by all the
; laws of the game should have]
{gone in, but off they rolled: five
| foul shots netted only one point, ]
and so it seems that it was not|
intended that we add the first)
place trophy to our large collec
tion, or that we compete this
year in the state tournament. (
1 But we are glad that the district
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. MARCH 1. 1945
' Army, Navy Leaders, Others
Endorse Red Cross War Fund
WASHINGTON. D. C.—ln answer to
President Roosevelt’s appeal to the
nation on behalf of the American Red
Cross to fulfill the $200,000,000 Red
Cross War Fund goal for 1945, Ameri
ca’s foremost military and naval lead
ers. the press, and educational, rellgl-
Stimson Gen. Marshall
ous, fraternal. Industrial and labor
groups pledged unstinting support.
Secretary of War Stimson expressed
his gratitude to the Red Cross for dis
charging its responsibilities to the
Army “with efficiency and humanity”
throughout the war.
Chief of Staff General Marshall add
ed: “The Red Cross has kept pace with
the growth of the Army by enlarging
its services to meet soldier needs both
In this country and overseas.”
Secretory of the Navy James V. For
-1 restal, citing Rod Cross war contribu
tions of blood plasma, prisoner of war
food packages and civilian war aid,
I said, "In the blackness of war, the Rod
Cross stands as a beacon of mercy of
which we can all be proud. Never has
money been put to better use.”
Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-
In-chief of the United States fleet,
pointed out that “every time the Red
Cross assists a man in the armed forces
I in any way. There can be no doubt
that the humanitarian activities of the
American Red Cross have a direct
bearing on the outcome of the war.”
! Both the American Newspaper Pub-
I Ushers Association and the National
j Editorial Association’s presidents prom
t Ised complete cooperation from the
| American press.
Among groups endorsing the War
Fund are:
AMERICAN LEGION: “The Red
Cross has exemplified the fine, tradi
tional spirit of American helpfulness.
The approach of the postwar recon
struction period will not lessen the
calls for Red Cross services."
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LA
BOR: “We are determined that the
MRS. HOLT SKELLIE PASSES
Mrs. P. Holt Skellie of Elkton,
Va., former resident of Perry,
died late Friday in a Virginia
hospital.
Mrs. Skellie was Miss Anne
Twitty, daughter of the late Rev.
and Mrs. Peter S. Twitty, of
Cuthbert. She was a member of
the Baptist church, the DAR,
and UDC.
She is survived by her husband
and two sons, Peyton and Or
mand Skellie of Elkton; two sis
ters, Mrs. Thomas H. Smith of
Atlanta and Mrs. Helen T. Keen
of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two
brothers, Peter D. Twitty of
Washington, D. C. and Russell J.
Twitty of Hawkinsville; two
grandchildren and a number of
nieces and nephews,
Mr. Skellie was Ordinary of
‘Houston connty for several years
and later was connected with
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. Plant
No. 2at Clinchfield. After leav
ing Perry several years ago, Mr.
Skellie was with Ga. State
way Dept, in Atlanta before'
moving to Virginia.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The circles of the Baptist W.
W. S. will meet next Monday,
March 5, 3:30 p. m., as follows;
No. 1, Mrs. F. M. Greene Jr.;
No. 2, Mrs. Emmit Akin with
(Mrs. A. C. Watts, co-hostess.
j The Legion Auxiliary will meet
(Thursday, March 8, 12:30 p. m.,
J at the Legion Home.
i The Methodist W. S. C. S, will
I meet next Monday, March 5, 3:30
| p. m. at the church.
The deacons of the Baptist
I church will be entertained by
I Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Roberts
(Thursday, March 8, 7:30 p. ra.
jat their home.
I '
Hope is like the sky at night;
! there is no corner so dark but
that a persevering eye will dis
| cover a star. —Octave Feuillet.
! can be represented by a team
that was good enough to beat us
(twice, and we wish them luck in
Macon.
war shall be won. Let us be equally
determined that the Red Cross shall be
enabled and permitted to measure up 1
to the needs of the situation and the
high standard which we have set for it.”
CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL OR
GANIZATION: “Each one of our mein-
Forrestal Adm. King
hers knows that the Red Cross is con
stantly at that loved one’s or friend’s
side in his time of need.”
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED
ERATION: "Such vital Red Cross pro
grams ns homo nursing, nutrition, dis
aster relief and other helpful activities
during recent years have combined
closely to identify this national organ
ization with rural life in America. The
American Farm Bureau Federation . . .
urges every member to give it whole
hearted support through the organiza
tion’s local chapters.”
FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH
ES: “It is obvions that the world situa
tion at the present time will make
greater demands upon Red Cross than
ever before. We commend to the
churches of the various communions
in the United States the appeal for tlio
American Red Cross War Fund in 1945.”
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MANUFACTURERS: "American busi
nessmen stand ready to assist in every
way possible the American Red Cross
in its fund raising efforts."
NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE
CONFERENCE; “The great worth of
the American Red Cross has become
more obvious as the war develops and
1 as our fighting men testify. Gladly,
therefore, we recommend every gener
osity on the part of the American peo
ple in the 1945 campaign. . . .”
I CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF
• AMERICAN RABBIS: “The Red Cross
. is the most appealing philanthropic
- cause before the American people to-
J day. May the outstanding success of
the 1945 Red Cross War Fund cam
• palgn demonstrate the spiritual calibre
s of the American people."
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Martha Koestline, conference
director of youth work, will be at
the Methodist Youth Fellowship
meeting Sunday afternoon from
> 5 until 7:30 p. m. All the young
people of the Methodist church
■ are urged to be present. The
• conf. director will have charge
|of all the recreation and worship
program that night.
I The pastor began a series of
. sermons on “Characteristics of a
. Great Church” last Sunday,using
: “A Going Church” as his first
i topic.
> Next Sunday, March 4, the
■ sermon subjects will be “A Wor
shiping Church” at the morning
j hour and “A Praying Church” at
r the evening service.
The topics for March 11 are
r ’A Fellowship Church” and “A
Church,” and for
I I March 18, “A Missionary Church”
and “An Evangelistic Church.”
J G. C. Nunn gave a fine address
on “The Church Meeting Its Re
sponsibility” at the Layman’s
.’TDay program presided over by
Chas. P. Gray last Sunday
morning.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
Church Service, 11:30 a. m,,
and 7:30 p. m.
Young People’s Service, 6:00
. p. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
i
SAFETY SLOGANS
Remember if you are driving a
car you are not only responsible
for your safety but the safety of
those riding with you as well as
the safety of other car drivers.
Driving is a big responsibility.
It is every bit as necessary to
walk safely as it is to drive
safely.
Regardless of his personal
opinion no driver is as good with
a drink of liquor in him as he is
without it.
When you drive keep your
mind and attention on the matter
of driving. Many accidents hap
pen when the driver’s attention
becomes momentarily diverted,
i With the approach of spring
i and spring clean up comes the
i danger of trash fires. Watch
iyour trash fires.
| SERVICE HEN Hi WOMEN
LEXINGTON, Va. —A m o n g
the graduates of the Informa
tion and Education course at the
School for Personnel Services,
| Lexington,Va., last week was Ist
Lt. Dan L. Grant of Perry.
In Army Information and Edu
cation activities. Lt. Grant will
aid in bringing the War Depart
ment’s Information program to
American troops ail over the
world. The objective of this
program is to aid the individual
soldier in becoming better adjust
ed to Army life, and to equip
him mentally as well as physical
ly to be a more efficient lighting
man and citizen.
The working program includes
increasing the soldier’s under
standing as to why we are fight
ing by developing his knowledge
of the background of the war
and the nature of our enemies.
It aims to keep him informed as
to the course of the war and the
news of the world, to strengthen
his knowledge of his personal
contribution to the defeat of the
enemy. Its scope aims too, to
give the fighting man an oppor
tunity to add to his effective
ness both as a soldier and citizen,
through individual and group
study.
Perry friends will be interest
ed to learn that Sgt. Coleman
(Jube) Strother has been located
at Camp Walters near Weather
ford, Texas for a year. Mrs.
Strother and their daughter,
Marcie, are in Weatherford to be
with him. Mrs, Strother writes:
I “We’re getting along nicely but
so often we’re homesick for Per
ry and our friends there.”
Sgt. Strother’s brother, Lt. W.
A.Strother, U.S. Army Air Forces
pilot of B-29, is located at pres
ent at McCook, Nebraska. They
are the brothers of Mrs. A.
Braddock (nee Nona Strother) of
Perry.
Pfc. Ralph Tabor who suffered
a shrapnel wound Jan. 23 in Ger
many has recovered sufficiently
to be returned to the Re-distri
bution center of his Army,
Lt. John H. Houser has been
transferred from Columbia, S. C.
to Greenville, S. C.
Lt. Courtney H. Mason has
has been transferred from West
over Field, Mass, to Charleston,
S. C.
Corp. Jimmie Rountree (negro)
has been promoted from pfc to
corporal recently. His wife is
Bertha Rountree of Perry.
SOIL COPJSERVATICN NEWS
By W. J. CAMPBELL
John L. Davis plans to put
about twenty tons of crushed
limestone on his pasture. This
will be distributed with varying
amounts on different areas to de
termine the value of crushed
limestone for pastures in this lo
cality. Mr. Davis put about 400
pounds of acid phosphate per
acre on part of his pastures last
year and left part of it unferti
lized. He states that the cattle
grazed on the fertilized areas,
and the grass where no fertilizer
was put grew almost tall enough
to mow for hay.
Mr. Edmondson of the AAA
checked the fish ponds in the
county last Friday to determine
the amount of dirt moved in con
structing the dams and Mr. Eg
gert of the State Health Depart
ment checked them Monday to
see that proper mosquito control
measures were established.
Words, like fine flowers, have
their colours too. —Ernest Rhys.
Faith is the vision of the
heart. 1c sees God in the dark,
as in the day.—Young.
I WtSm
DOUBLE DUTY
Lldollars-J
Contributions at 30
A scientific study of the lives of
several hundred noted chemists in
world history shows that their most
significant contributions to that sci
j ence were made at an average age
ft 30 years,, ,
ESTABLISHED 1870
4-H CLUB WEEK BEING
OBSERVED IN STATE
Georgia 4-H club members will
take time out from their regular
activities during the week of
March 3-11 to renew their de
termination to do all they can to
help win the war, and to enroll
other farm boys and girls in 4-H
projects for 1945, W, A. Sutton,
State 4-H club leader for the
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service, declared this week.
The week of March 3-11 has
been designated as National 4-H
Club Week, he pointed out, and
during this time Georgia 4-H
members will join those through
out the Nation in checking up on
their 1944 programs and in plan
ning activities for 1945.
“Georgia 4-H club members,”
Mr. Sutton declared, ‘‘completed
one of their most successful years
in 1944, but we feel they will do
even better in 1945 because they
realize that this may be the criti
cal year in agricultural produc
tion,”
Food production, food preser
vation, salvage and War Bond
drives are being planned by
Georgia 4-H’ers and they will re
port these plans to the public
during the national observance,
Mr. Sutton said. Meetings will
be held in virtually every Geor
gia community and many coun
ties will hold county-wide rallies.
Some of the highlights in Geor
gia 4-H club work in 1944, ac
cording to Mr. Sutton, were the
enrolling of 100,324 members,the
production of 43,729 gardens,23,-
256 acres of food crops, 33,340
head of hogs and beef cattle, the
, preservation of 1,587,015 quarts
, of foodstuff and the buying and
selling of $9,500,000 worth of
War Bonds and Stamps.
NEGRO FARMERS TO STAGE
| ANNUAL HAM SHOW MCH. 8-3
The negro farmers, farm
wives, and 4-H club members of
i Peach and Houston counties will
stage their 30th annual Ham and
Egg Show, Farm Institute, and
4-H Achievement Program at
5 at the Fort Valley State College,
Thursday and Friday, March 8-9.
600 fine hams, bacon, and
shoulders and 250 dozens of
, graded egg will be placed on dis
, play by 100 farmers and 100 4-H
, club members representing 25
communities in Houston and
Peach counties. $3OO in prizes
will be awarded winners in the
contests of this show.
The 1945 Farm Goals will be
outlined by government
specialists at the Institute to be
held 2to 3:30 p. m. Thurs day
i following a barbecue dinner and
; the Ham and Egg Show in the
• morning.
.Friday, Mch. 9, will be 4-H
Achievement Day with a parade
';from 10 a. m. to 11 a. m. and a
I mass meeting from 11 a. m. to 1
. p. rn. and another from 2:30 to
4:30 p. m. following a barbecue
' dinner.
, Thursday night there will be a
spelling match between Perry
1 Training School and Hunt High
, School of Fort Valley besides
movies.
Friday at 8 p. m. there will be
, the annual Folk Festival and on
i Sunday, March 11, at 3p. m, a
' singing festival for church choirs
and quartets.
Sponsors of these affairs are
the County Agricultural Program
Planning Board, Home Dem.
Council. Fort Valley State Col
lege, O. S. O’neal, county agent,
and M. L. Toomer, home dem.
agent for Peach and Houston
counties.
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.
