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VOL. LXXIV. No. 12
FAT CATTLE SHOW TO
BE HELD HERE MCH. 16
Everything is in readiness for
th e seventh annual Houston
County Fat Cattle Show to be
held in Perry this Friday begin
ning at 2:30 p. m. The Perry
Kiwanis club and the Houston
County Farm Bureau are spon
soring the Show. $175 in prizes
will be awarded.
There will be twenty-three ex
hibits from sixteen FFA and
4-H club boys and a large num
ber of exhibits of pure-bred
cattle from livestock growers in
this section. The Show will be
held in one of the warehouses of
G. C. Nunn and Son.
G. Francis Nunn, president of
Kiwanis club, Paschal Muse,
president Farm Bureau, L. C.
Walker, counselor of F, F. A.
chapter, and W.T. Middlebrooks,
counselor of 4-H clubs, have
worked out plans for the Cattle
Show.
FFA boys who will exhibit
calves are: Billy Gray, Eugene
Pyles, J. L. Davis, Richard Ogle
tree, Charles Hicks, Virgil Co
sey, Frank Giles.
4-H boys exhibiting calves are:
David Gray, Horace Griffin, Billy
Davis, Lindbergh Ferguson, W.
B. Miller Jr., H. C. Talton Jr.
Colored 4-H members who will
have exhibits are: Neal Wil
liams, Fred Lattimore, and Nor
man Durham.
Everyone interested in the de
velopment of the livestock indus
try in this county is invited to
attend the Show.
IS. LIZZIE CONNELL DIES
- -
Mrs. Lizzie Connell, age 80,
passed away Wednesday, March
7, at her home here following a
long illness. She was the widow
of the late R. H. Connell, both
of whom were born and reared in
Houston county.
Mrs, Connell had been a faith
ful and devout member of the
Perry Methodist church for the
past 72 years. She was regarded
as a true Christian for her sacri
ficial life and saint-like demeanor.
Her passing is a great loss to her
church and the memory of her
genuine Christianity will ever
remain a blessing to the entire
membership as well as to her
family and friends.
Funeral services were held at
the Perry Methodist church
Thursday, Mch. 8, at 4 p. m.
with the Rev. J. B. Smith, pastor,
officiating and Rev. J. A. Ivey,
pastor Perry Baptist church as
sisting. Interment followed in
Evergreen cemetery, Perry,
Tucker Funeral Home was in
charge.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Miss Sudie Connell of Perry;
five nieces and nephews, J. T.
Lary, Perry; Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Andrews and Mrs. J. F. Irby,
Marshallville; and Mrs. Mat
thews of Tampa, Fla.
FUNERAL OF WIFERGUSON
Funeral services for W.W. Fer
guson of Bonaire were held last
Thursday (Mch. 8) at 3p. m. at
the Bonaire Baptist church. Rev.
venneth Sellars officiated with
Rev. James Mcßae assisting.
Mr. Ferguson was accidentally
killed March 5 when his team
ran away and tossed him into a
( htch. Survivors include hi s
five sons, three daugh
ters, one brother, and three
sisters.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Sunday School —10:15 a. m.
Church Service —11:30 a. m.
Supply Pastor —
C. W. Frerking.
Assistant Supply
Owen Gumm.
CARD OF THANKS
For the many kindnesses shown
p‘ e ar| d my mother, Mrs. Lizzie
fionnell, during her illness and
the time of her death, I am
r e Ju y gra^e Tul and take this
I ethod of expressing my ever
'i'ting appreciation to each and
Ver y°ne who remembered us.
Houston Home Journal
11 RED CROSS BENEFIT
| BASKETBALL GAMES
;! p
j For the benefit of the Red
Cross Drive now in progress a
• I program of basketball games will
! be presented at the local gym on
. Friday night, March 23. The
feature game of the three which
will be presented will be a con
test between the Boy Scouts and
the Kiwanis club, with the
; Scouts on the challenging end of
the duel. How many of you fans
. would not pay and pay well to
1 see a supple, nimble outfit com
. posed of Alton Hardy, Mayo Da
vis, Gene Beckham, W. T. Mid
fidlebrooks, and Vernon Tuggle
> I tangle with a quintet of Scouts
• of the dimensions of Deryl Whip
ple, Horace Mathews, S e ab i e
' Hickson, Sam Norwood, and
Harry Dubose. At first glance
one would say that the Kiwan
ians have the edge in weight,age
and experience, with a capable
> supply of reserves such as Sam
, Nunn, J. Williamson, Jim Ivey,
C. C. Chapman, and John
- Hodges. But the boys would
. make up for their deficiency in
. manpower with an edge in speed
. and endurance. At any rate, it
i should be a most enjoyable game,
. and one in which every one in
r town and around should be in
terested.
Other games that evening will
I feature the Senior Class of Perry
. High against t|je Byron Seniors,
while the next edition of the
Panthers will engagp the coming
, attraction from Fort Valley. Both
, of these should be fine games and
i should be interesting to all fans
who have seen the games this
year and expect to see those of
next season.
Admission for this bill of fare
will be 50c and 25c and every
body who enters the gate, ex
cept the players from Fort Val
ley and Byron, will be expected
to pay. Let’s turn out the finest
crowd of the whole year for this
occasion.—G. F. N.
KIWANIS CLUB MEETS
“Population Trends in Georgia
and their Effect on the State’s
Economy’’ was the subject of
the chart lecture made by M. D.
Mobley, director Vocat ion a 1
Education, Ga. State Dept, of
Education, at Tuesday’s luncheon
meeting of the Perry Kiwanis
club. Mr. Mobley was introduc
ed by J. M. Gooden of Perry, who
is with the State Dept, of Educa
tion. G. F. Nunn, president,
presided.
Population trends show that
there has been a progressive mi
gration of farm youth in Georgia
to urban areas, the speaker said.
1 Between 1930 & 1940 rural areas
in Ga, lost 49.4 per cent of
youths up to 21 years of age and
69.9 per cent of young people up
| to 35 years of age.
’ Surveys reveal that rural farm
areas in Ga. lost 15,88% popula
tion between 1920 and 1930 and
gained only 3.52 per cent popula
between 1930 and 1940 despite
the fact that the birth rate of
farm areas during these years
was almost twice as high in ru
ral areas as in urban areas, Mr.
Mobley pointed out.
In Houston county 44.97 per
; cent of youths between 15 and 19
years of age left farms for
towns and cities between 1930
i and 1940.
“Young people are our great
- est resource and we should make
i every effort to keep them in our
i rural areas,’’ Mr. Mobley sadi.
j To change this population
. trend, Mr. Mobley Suggested the
! establishment of small industries
in rural sections to balance agri
culture and the training of youth
in vocational education. Onl yj
•one-seventh of our high schooli
j graduates in Ga, go to college
land the six-sevenths need voca-l
tional training so that they mayj
remain at home, the speaker
concluded.
I
SAFETY SLOGANS
It is worse luck to look in a!
'dark closet with a match than to
[see the new moon over your left
shoulder,
i Fire is a slow starter but a
; good finisher.
1 When you meet a road hog
i while driving, the only thing to
5 do is to give Hfm the road. Later
- if you meet him while neither of
1 you are driving, you can use your
best judgment. I
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, MARCH 15. 1945
!
Through the Red Cross Vhe American people serve the men of their Army-
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
i MEMORIAL DAY PLANS BADE
Plans for the observance of
Confederate Memorial Day on
April 26 were made by the Sgt.
Clinton C. Duncan chapter, Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederecy,
at their March meeting held
Wednesday last week at the
home of Mrs, J. F. Bonner with
Mrs. Mamie Winn as co-hostess.
The Memorial Day program
will be held in the Perry school
auditorium at eleven o’clock on
Thurs., April 26. Sam M. Mat
thews, attorney and legislator,
of Fort Valley, will be the speak
er. Following the exercises, U.
D. C. members will have a
luncheon at the New Perry hotel.
Mrs. Clyde S. Gurr, president,
presided at the meeting and ap
pointed the following committees:
Stage Decorations —Mrs. G. E.
Jordan and Mrs. G. S. Riley.
Monument—Mrs. Eby Holtz
claw and Mrs, Gurr.
Cemetery—Mrs, C. E. Brun
son, Mrs. F. M. Greene Sr., and
Mrs. E. F. Barfield.
Program—Mrs. H. P, Dobbins,
Mrs. J. F. Bonner, and Miss No
rine Swanson.
Mrs. J. L. Hodges and Mrs.
Jordan were named at the Feb.
meeting to secure a speaker for
Memorial Day.
The program last week con
ssted of two readings: Sidney
Lanier, by Mrs. Jordan and
Alexander Stephens, by Mrs.
Barfield.
Refreshments were served dur
ing the social hour.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
i
The pastor will continue his
i series of services on “Character
istics of a Great Church,’’preach
ing next Sunday on the following
topics: “A Missionary Church”
at 11:30 a. m. and “An Evange
listic Church” at 7:30 p.m.
The 2nd quarterly conference
will be held on Wednesday.
March 21, Bp. m. by Dr. S. T.
Senter, district superintendent.
I The entire church is invited,
j Special Evangelistic services
will begin March 18 and continue
through Easter Sunday. The
! first week there will be one ser
jvice each day at 3:30 p. m. This
service will be for children and
will include singing, recreation,
|and worship.
During the second week there
j will be two services each day for
] the whole church and communi
;ty. Services wiil be held from
10:15 a. m. to 11 a. m. and at
Bp. m. The pastor will do the
preaching.
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.
FARM BUREAU CHAPTER MEETS
The Farm Bureau Ladies of
the Dunbar community assembl
ed and prepared the meal for the
Bureau’s March meeting which
was held Thursday night, March
1. A delightful chicken supper
was served by Mesdames Pratt,
Sexton, and Dunbar. There were
about 75 present.
The meeting was presided over
by President Paschal Muse. Sev
eral members aiding in securing
registration for tax free gasoline
for use in farm tractors made re
ports on the work that had been
accomplished. A. W. Pratt,
, president of “Houston Frozen
Products Corporation” made a
report on the progress of the
I freezer-locker plant.
W. T. Middlebrooks introduc
ed Miss Annie C. Newton, who
has been placed as Home Demon
stration Agent for Houston
and Peach counties. Miss New
ton made a short talk on Home
1 Demonstration work and asked
‘the farm wives present to co
operate in making this much
needed service available to all
the people of the county.
The project the Bureau spon
sored for treating fence posts in
• cooperation with the County
Commissioners is now ready. All
. farmers having fence posts cut
■ from small pine saplings and
1 bark removed can let them dry
from 60 to 90 days and carry
posts to county prison camp and
. get them treated. Charges will
be made by County Warden ac
cording to cost of material and
labor.
, W. T. Middlebrooks,
I Publicity Chairman.
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
A timely program on “The
Things Which Make For Peace
In To-Morrow’s World” was pre
sented by Mrs. Mayo Davis,Mon
day, at the March general meet
ing of the Baptist W. M. S. Oth
ers discussing this subject were
Mrs. J. L. Gallemore and Mrs. J.
F. Rozar. Mrs. G. L. Parrish
gave the Bible study.
Mrs. W. B. Roberts, president,
'conducted the business session.
It was voted to increase the ap
portionment for the year 16%
over that of last year.
The Sunbeam Band met with
Mesdames A. C. Watts, Emmit
Akin, and Hugh Lawson in
charge.
OPA INFORMATION
The local OPA office will be
closed all day today (Thurs.Mch.
15) for the clerks to attend a
meeting in Macon.
Lost —Two War Ration Books
No. 3 and 4 with name Willie
James Giles. Finder return to
Rationing Office, Perry, Ga.
7TH WAR LOAN DRIVE
DATES ANNOUNCED
The government is going after
more money from individuals
than ever before in the Seventh
War Loan Drive. And the sales
period will be the longest cover
ing three months, April, May
and June.
From May 14 to June 30 indi
viduals are asked to purchase
$7,000,000,000 in bonds. Th e
quota for corporations is also
$7,000,000,000.
In the last drive the individual
quota was $5,000,000,000. The
highest previous individual quota
was $6,000,000,000 and the great
est sales $6,351,000,000.
The new series E quota of $4,-
000,000,000 is likewise the high
est established in any drive for
that security. The highest this
total ever has been was $3,000,-
000,000 and the largest E bond
i sales in any drive were $3,187,-
000,000. Series E is the ordi
nary war bond which most peo
pie buy. The lowest denomina
tion is a $25 bond which sells
for $18.75.
The total quota of $14,000,-
000,000 is the name as that of the
Sixth war loan.
COLLEGE ANNUAL DEDICATED
TO LT.GEN. COURTNEV HODGES
The 1945 Cyclops, annual of
North Ga. College, Dahlonega, is
of much interest to Perry people
because it is dedicated to Lt. Gen.
'Courtney H. Hodges and con
tains his picture and pictures of
three local boys; Pvt. Win. G.
Ethridge Jr.,. A. S. T. R. P ,
Dallas M. Ryle Jr., and David
Walton Wynne.
The dedication message under
neath the picture of Lt. Gen.
Hodges, commander of the Eu
ropean Theatre of War, is as
follows:
‘’Gen. Hodges attended North
Georgia College in 1903, at which
time he received an appointment
to and entered the United States
Military Academy at West Point,
N. Y. He has made a very out
standing record in this war and
is looked upon by students of
North Georgia as an ideal alum
nus who has carried high the
standards of North Georgia Col
lege.
To Lt.-General Courtney H.
Hodges, we proudly dedicate this
Cyclops of 1945."
LOCAL BOY SCOUTS
HOLD COURT OF HONOR
A Court of Po.ior for the local
Boy Scout Troop was held Thurs
day night, March 1, in the Perry
High School Library. The ex
aminers on the Court of Honor
included: Mr. G. W. Rhodes,
chairman; Mr. Alton Hardy, Mr.
J. E. Carpenter, and Mr. D. M.
Ryle, secretary.
There were twenty-four ad
vancements including the fol
lowing:
Sam Norwood obtained Schol
arship, First Aid, and Safety
Merit Badges; Tommy Marshall
was awarded Music, Scholarship,
and Athletics Merit Badges;
George Davis obtained Pathfind
ing, Personal Health, and Read
ing Merit Badges; Clint Cooper
obtained Corn Farming and Cot
ton Farming Merit Badges; Earl
Whipple obtained Scholarship
and First Aid Merit Badges; Der
yle Whipple earned Athletics and
Public Health Merit Badges; Ed
ward Chapman obtained Personal
Health Merit Badge; Cha r1 e s
Shelton was awarded Carpentry
Merit Badge; Rhett Milam earn
ed Gardening and Handicraft
Merit Badges and advanced from
Second Class to First Class in
Rank; Billy Whipple also ad
vanced to the First Class rank.
Another Court of Honor will be
held Thursday night, March 29.
By Deryle Whipple, Scribe.
Conkey’s Chicken Remedies.
Chick Feeders, Waterers,Char
coal, Oyster Shell, Leg Bands.
HOUSTON HARDWARE CO.
Perry, Ga.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Walter W. Fer
guson takes this method of ex
pressing deep appreciation for
the many kindnesses shown them
in their recent tragic sorrow.
ESTABLISHED 1870
G. BILL OF RIGHTS
DISCUSSED BY NUNN
The Servicemen’s Re-adjust
ment Act of 1944, known as the
“G. I. Hill of Rights”, was dis
cussed hy Sam A. Nunn, local
attorney and Legionnaire, at last
Thursday's luncheon meeting of
the Auxiliary to the Robert D.
Collins Post of the American
Legion.
This Act includes the benefits
for veterans of World War II or
those who entered the service on
or after Sept. Id, 1940 and apply
to both men and women. These
benefits are personal and are not
extended to the family of the
veteran, Mr. Nunn said.
The Titles of the Act are: (1)
Hospitalization and Claims, (2)
Re-education or Education of
Veterans, (3) Loans for purchase
of Home, Farm, or Business
Property, (4) Employment of
Veterans, (5) Unemployment
Benefits.
Under Title 2, the government
agrees to give one year of col
lege or schooling to those under
25 years of age or to those whose
education was interrupted bv the
war even if they have passed 25
yrs. of age. This gift includes
up to $5OO to the school or col
lege and payments of $5O per
month if single and $75 per
month if married to the veteran
for board and other expenses. If
advisable, the government will
extend this education period for
several years.
Under Title 3, the government
will guarantee a loan up to $2,-
000 and interest on same to lend
ing agencies for a veteran to
purchase a home, a farm, or a
business. The borrower must
pay the appraisal fee for the
writing and recording of the
deed, and 4 per cent yearly in
terest on the loan as well as re
pay the principal over a period
of years.
Under Title 4, veterans are as
, sisted in obtaining employment,
i Under Title 5, veterans are paid
unemployment compensation up
to $2O per week until they obtain
employment.
Legion Supper
Announcement was made of
the barbecue supper to be given
the Auxiliary Friday night, March
16, by the Legion Rost at the Le-'
gion Home. The Auxiliary won
the recent membership contest
with soventy-three members en
rolled so.the Legion will be host
at the supper.
Mrs. G. W. Rhodes, vice-pres.,
presided at Thursday’s meeting
in the absence of Mrs. Joe
Mitchell, president. The follow
ing committees were named to
assist with the supper;
Decorations —Miss Katharine
■ Cater, Mrs. B. H. Andrew Jr.,
and Mrs. W. E. Marshall Jr.
Entertainment —M rs. A. P.
Whipple, Mrs. J, M. Gooden, and
Mrs. J. H. Calhoun.
; Mrs. Calhoun was appointed
chairman of the Scrapbook com
mittee to collect pictures and
data on Service men and women
r of World War 11.
1 Mrs. Gooden reported $76 real
ized from the recent Camellia
; Show and expressed appreciation
for the work put forth by Miss
K. Cater in behalf of the Show.
The entertainment groups re
• ported on the parties held for the
1 young people and juniors. Mrs.
» S. A. Nunn was named to form a
children’s group.
1 Hostesses were Mrs. S. A.
Nunn, Mrs. C. C. Pierce, Mrs.P.
1 M. Satterfield, Mrs. W. C. Cau
thon, Mrs. E. Wynne, and Mrs.
H. C. Armstrong.
The luncheon tables were dec
orated with blue vases of yellow
narcissi, suggesting the Legion
colors, blue and gold. Sprays of
Lady Banksha Roses adorned the
mantel.
Thirty-eight were present at
the meeting.
SELECTIVE SERVICE REPORT
The following registrants were
inducted into the Armed Forces
during February, 1945:
WHITE
Earnest P. Christian, Bonaire;
George F. Collins Jr., Bonaire;
■ Andrew Boyd Jr., RFD, Perry;
■ Don L. B. Wiggins, Warner
■ Robins; Clifford H. Shurley,
i Kathleen; Troy F. Fogarty, Elko;
Vassar L. Pettis, Warner Robins,
