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VOL. LXXIV. No. 17
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10 LATE PRES!DENT|
Perry citizens joined with thej
rest of the nation Saturday af- 1
ternoon in paying tribute to the
late President Franklin D. Roose
velt, who passed away suddenly
last' Thursday afternoon (April
12) at the “Little White House”
in Warm Springs, Ga.
In response to a proclamation
issued Friday by Mayor Sam A.
Nunn of Perry, places of busi
ness in Perry were closed from
2:30 to 4 p. m. and services were
held on the Court House lawn
from 2:30 to 3 p. m. C. W. T.
(President Roosevelt’s funeral
was held in the White House in
Washington, D. C. from 4 to 4:30
E, W. T. or 3 to 3:30 C. W. T.)
At the memorial service in
Perry, Rev. J. B. Smith, Metho
dist pastor, voiced the senti
ments of the audience as he paid
tribute to the late President of
the United States as a great lead
er and champion of Freedom who!
aspired for a better world.
“A man has lived successfully!
when by his life he has chal-i
lenged the admiration andl
respect of his fellow-man. Judged j
by that standard, the world to-!
day respects his name,” Rev. Mr.
Smith said of Mr. Roosevelt.
“He lived and spent his all for
a Cause which he would not
want to die with his passing.
Like other great leaders such as
Washington, Jefferson, and Wil
son, his spirit will live on in the
national life.” the speaker stat
ed in his eulogy.
I “While we mourn his loss, we
turn to the task before us with
faith that America will carry on.
Now, we have a new leader,
President Harry Truman, whoj
needs and desires our help and j
prayers as he faces the biggest
task in all the world. We must
hold up his hands and pray for
divine guidance in national and
international affairs,” the minis
ter concluded.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Baptist pas
tor, led the prayer invoking
God’s blessings on the Roosevelt
family, the nation, and the
world and concluding with a plea
for world peace.
Geo. Francis Nunn led the au
dience in singing “America,”
“How Firm a Foundation,” and
“God Bless America.”
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
By W. J. CAMPBELL
Some of the farmers planning
to harvest relatively large acre
ages of blue lupine seed are W.
B- Miller, A. R. Talton, J. N.
Buff, W. W. Gray, and Earl
Ogletree. Most of this lupine
will yield over 1,000 pounds per
acre.
. fhe blue lupine has done well
m the county this year and it is
estimated that we will have about
GJO.OOO pounds of seed harvest
ed. Since best results have been
received where early and heavier
seeding was practiced this will
only plant from 6,000 to 10,000
acres. Since there is over 100,-
lll|( i acres of crop land in the|
county we will only produce seed
plant about one tenth of this
land.
FATHER-SON BANQUET HELD
The joint Father-Son Banquet
<>l The Perry F. F. A. chapter
and the Mother-Daughter Ban
quet of the Perry High Home
makers was held Friday night,
«Pnil G, at the Perry school with i
1111 ' present. L. C. Walker, vo-i
national agricultural teacher, is I
adviser for the Future Farmers]
and Miss Juliette McKinley, home I
economics teacher, is adviser fori
The Home-makers.
L M. Gooden, state health co- !
mdinator, spoke on Health Edu-;
cation. Richard Ogletree, presi-I
cent F. F. A., presided.
\ *. r £il Cosey outlined the ac- :
‘yities of the F. F. A. and Sara
lve y, president Home-makers,,
T ! d of their activities.
Guests included County School
■^ u Pt. S. W. Hickson, Perry!
'hool Supt. E. P. Staples, the
( unty board of education, Perry 1
school trustees, and fathers and
mothers of the host groups,
CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE !
RATS SET FOR APRIL 21-27
In an effort to prevent typhus
fever in the community, the City
of Perry has arranged with the
state board of Health to put on a
Rat Eradication Campaign next
week, beginning Tuesday, April
24, and running through Friday,
April 27. The campaign will be
supervised by Sanitarian Geo. S.
Birch of the Macon Field Office
of the State Board of Health.
The city will pay for the poison
which will be obtained through
the state board of Health. Ground
scrap meat with which poison
will be mixed is to be furnished
by the City. The poison to be
used is Red Swill which is not
harmful to pets.
Meat and poison will be fur
nished every business house and
home in Perry with instructions
as to use. Information will be
available at the City Hall by next
Tuesday.
The co-operation of the peo
[ pie of Perry is urgently request
ed in this Rat Eradication Cam
paign that the danger of typhus
1 fever may be eliminated as far
| as possible.
The campaign may have to be
; repeated at intervals during the
year depending upon its effec
tiveness and the co-operation of
the public.
SERVICE MEN AND MEN
Pvt. Elizabeth Short, Women’s
Army Corps, has been assigned
to Denver, Colorado.
Two old friends met recently
on a ship in the Pacific and were
happy to see each other. They
happened to sit across the table
from each other at breakfast one
j morning. They are Lt. Com
j mander Morgan Driskell, U. S.
Navy doctor, and Lt. (j.g.) Fred
Thomson, U. S. Navy, of Perry.
Lt. Com. Driskell is the son of
Mrs, W. W. Driskell of Perry.
Mrs. Fred Thomson and son,
Fred Jr., are making their home
in Fort Valley while Lt. Thomson
is in the service.
Lt. Col. A. Ward Gillette, hus
band of Mrs. Helen Smith Gil
lette of Grovania, Ga., was
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
in Germany on Feb. 16, 1945 by
Major General John E.Dahlquist,
commanding general, 36th Infan
try Division, 6th Army Group.
Lt. Col. Gillette who was cited
for meritorious service is in the
142nd Regiment of the 36th Di
vision.
ALLIED FORCE HEAD
QUARTERS, It a 1 y—M aj o r
Thomas L. Hendrix, Jr., son of
Mrs. May H. Hendrix, of Perry, j
Ga., recently was awarded the
Air Medal at Allied Force Head-'
quarters. Major Hendrix is with
the Field Artillery Section of the
headquarters.
The citation for the award
read;
“Thomas L. Hendrix, Jr,,
0338370, Major, (then Captain),
Field Artillery Section, Allied
Force Headquarters, for merito-1
rious achievement while partici- j
patingin aerial flight as a Field
Artillery Pilot, by performing
thirty-five sorties against the
enemy in Italy during the period
20 September 1943 to 3 June
1944. Entered service from
(Lakeland, Florida.”
Major Hendrix has been over
seas 30 months. He wears the
Mediterranean Theatre Ribbon
with two Battle Participation
Stars. The Major saw combat
with 6th Corps Headquarters.
He is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Florida, class of 1935, and
before entering service was em-1
ployed by the C. & O. Railroad.!
! Major Hendrix is a nephew ofj
! Lieutenant General Courtney H.
j Hodges.
Two Perry, Ga. men are re-j
jceiving their initial Naval indoc-
Itrination at the U. S, Naval]
(Training Center, Great Lakes,*
: Illinois,
When their training is com-'
j pleted, these men will receive a;
! period of leave. They are; Ar-j
temus Braddock, husband of,
Mrs. Nona S. Braddock, and
j Percy C. Hardy, husband of Mrs. I
! Mary J. Hardy. [
j Mrs. J. L. Riley of Uniontown,
i Pa. will arrive today (Thurs.)
i from a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Andre Tillman, in Miami,
! Fla., for a visit with her mother,'
‘Mrs. N. C. Wellons,
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 19. 1945
Entire Nation Mourns Death 11
Of Franklin D. Roosevelt; I
Vast Tasks Face Truman S
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
JANUARY 30, 1882—APRIJ, 12, 1945.
AS THE guns of America’s fighting forces sounded ever closer
. the doom of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, Franklin]
Delano Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia, where he had j
been resting for 10 days.
Death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage at 4:35 p. m. On j
April 12. Mr. Roosevelt was 63. He had been President for 12
years, one month and nine days. The White House was announced
as the site of the funeral, with interment at the family estate at
Hyde Park, N. Y.
Less than four months had elapsed since he had taken his his
toric oath of office for a fourth term. Only a few weeks before he
had returned from the Yalta conference where in company with
Marshal Stalin of Russia and Prime Minister Churchill of Great
Britain he had labored to built an enduring peace.
Fate denied Franklin Roosevelt the chance to enjoy the fruits
of victory over the Axis. Yet history seemed destined to enshrine
him as one of the immortal American Presidents. And every citi
zen who mourned the untimely passing of the Commander-in-
Chief felt that he was a casualty of the war just as every G.1.,
Marine and Sailor who had fallen in battle.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
33rd PRESIDENT OF U. S.
As the American people from
Main Street to Riverside Drive
mourned the death’ of Franklin
Roosevelt, their prayers went up
for his successor, Harry S. Truman.
For on the shoulders of this slight,
gray, 60-year-old Missourian had
been laid a responsibility such as
no American President had ever
borne.
What the consequences of the
President’s death would be to
the United States and the
j world, time alone would tell.
( But as Americans recovered
from their first shock at the
I news, they quickly determined
i two things. The war must be
prosecuted to as speedy and
victorious a finish as possible.
I Lasting peace must be eslab
j lishcd.
And so, regardless of party or of I
past political differences, the peo- j
| pie have rallied behind Mr. Truman. |
j The new President faces the im
mediate task of directing American ,
1 participation in the United Nations' j
blueprints for a permanent world 1
I organization. He likewise faces the |
j responsibility of establishing work-
I ing relations with other members
I of the Big Three, so that the per
i sonal cooperation which existed be
| tween Franklin D. Roosevelt, Josel
j Stalin and Winston Churchill in
' leading the Allies toward victorj
Known as a plain, modest
man who has not dramatized
himself personally, President
Truman nevertheless has dem
onstrated on many occasions
that he can be a leader of force
and determination. His work as
chairman of the Truman com
mittee in the U. S. senate in
vestigating the conduct of the
war Is cited as an example of
this. And his conduct of the
Vice Presidency has shown that
he can work successfully with
political leaders of both parties
in getting needed measures
passed and in reconciling op
posing points of view.
The 33rd President was born in
I Lamar, Mo., May 8, 1884, although
the home of the family for four
generations had been on a farm
I acar Independence, Mo.
Served in World War I.
I When World War I broke out,
I Truman became captain of Bat
tery D in the field artillery of
the 35th Division and saw ac
tion at St. Mihiel and in the
Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Back in Independence, Truman
and a war buddy opened a haber
dashery business. He married his
boyhood sweetheart, Bess Wallace,
and they have one daughter, Mary
Margaret.
Truman later turned to politics
for a career, which started with his
election as County Judge of Jack
son county, Mo. In 1926 he became
the presiding judge of Jackson
county, with the endorsement of
Tom Pendergast, political boss of
Kansas City. He studied law at
night and supervised the construc
tion of a great highway system.
I '
Self-Government in Prison
j The plan of self-government in
: prisons was first introduced at Sing
I Sing by Thomas Mott Osborne, the
j famous prison reformer.
I Mrs. Ed. Wellons and daugh
ter, Mrs. Tribble, Mrs. John
Birch and son, Jackie, and Mrs.
John Lert, all of Atlanta, and
Mrs Lloyd Newberry and Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Wallace, of
Macon, visited Mrs, N. C. WeL
ons Saturday.
I SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
j By G. FRANCIS NUNN
The Blues, under the able
managership of Lewis Bledsoe,
sailed off from the rest of the
league by capturing the single
opening game from the able but
hard-luck Brownies on a 7-4
score. The Browns hopes were
immeasurably raised by the ab
sence of the hard hitting and
tough pitching soldier, Roberts,
and the presence of their own
star pitcher, Milt Beckham. But
the Blues were not to be denied
and climbed on Milt for four
solid bingles and three runs in
the very first inning, then re
peated with three more hits and
as many runs in the second, and
that was the ball game. After'
that they were held well in hand,
but the damage was already
done. The Brownies fought back
gamely and Rubber Pierce led
his team brilliantly by wham
ming out a home run and making
catch after sparkling catch in
short field, but the four runs
they-garnered were not enough.
For the Blues, Bledsoe, Lasseter,
and Satterfield each had two
hits, and Harry Dubois pitched
well in the pinches, even though
allowing eleven hits, the same
number his team gathered. The
Brown hitters were led by Coop
er with three safeties and Stap
les, G. Gray, and Watts with 2
each.
The twin feature was a fast
affair with the Greens taking the
first game behind the superlative
pitching of Mgr. Jack Wilson by
a score of 5-2, and dropping the
second as the Reds rose up in the
opening inning for a two run
lead and went on to win, 5-3.
Wilson took the mound in the
1 opener and blazed his fast ball
i by the hapless Reds throughout
j the game, allowing only four hits
! and never being behind. His
j mates tore into big Alton Hardy
(pitching half of the Reds two
; ton battery of which L. Bosv/ell
is on the catching end) and with
Evans leading off with a double
in the second inning, being fol
lowed in rapid succession by sin
gles off the bats of G. Ethridge
and W. K, Whipple, and then a
terrific home run by W. Gray
that cleared the bases, Mgr.
Jack found himself with a four
run lead and was invincible from
there out. Evans’ second double
of the game drove in the final
tally for the Greens, and Slick
Ethridge also had two hits. The
, fielding and hustle of Calhoun
were outstanding in both games,
while for the Redlegs only the
continued hitting of the venera
ble A. Skellie was cheerable in
the first game. But the second
match was a different story, as
the rusty gates of the Red bat
ting order creaked into action
and then limbered up as Nunn
and Hardy opened the first in
ning by slamming out a double
and a triple respectively and C.
Walker followed with a beauti
fully placed and executed sacri
fice to score Hardy —and BANG
the game was . well nigh won.
Pitcher Hardy protected his lead
n by shutting out the Greenies un
h til the last half the last inning,
r and by that time the Russians
i had run up a five run lead which
was too big a hurdle for the
game Greens. But they threw a
scare into the Red camp as they
lashed out in the last gasp with
three solid hits and as many
runs, and were finally cutoff only
by a fast double play.
i And so, with the play tighten
ing up the Blues are out in front
, with three games won and none
, lost, while the Reds are breath
r ing on their heels, having won
two of three. Next Sunday the
! Blues tackle the Greens in the
! single opening game and the
’ Reds and Browns battle in the
| twosome. You won’t want to
l miss any of these games, so be
: on hand; but if you find it impos
, sible to attend, don’t miss your
Home Journal for full coverage
of the games, since the manage
ment of the paper, after a ten
minute trial last Sunday, has
I generously agreed to relieve
j your correspondent of the Sun
day afternoon struggle with his
ten-month-old son so that more
time can be devoted to the re
■ porting of these games.
i
Federal Whaling License
A federal whaling license costs an
1 operator with one boat $l,OOO. The
' charge for each additional boat is
|250. .
ESTABLISHED 1870
MEMORIAL DAY TO
BE OBSERVED APR. 26
Confederate Memorial Day will
be observed in Ferry next Thurs
day, April 2(5, with a program in
the Perry school auditorium at
eleven o’clock. The Sgt. Clinton
C. Duncan chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederary
is in charge of the program.
Sam M. Matthews, attorney
and legislator of Fort Valley,will
be the speaker. Mr. Matthews
is the son of the late Judge H.
A. Matthews who served the,
Macon circuit for many years.
Sam A. Nunn, mayor of I’erry
and son of a Confederate veter
an, will introduce his friend, Mr.
Matthews.
Eric P. Staples, superinten
dent of Perry schools, will be
master of ceremonies. Musical
numbers are being arranged by
Miss Willie Ryals.
Following the program, U. D.
C. members will have a dinner
at the New Perry Hotel.
The public is invited by the U.
D. C. to attend the exercises at*
the school.
Mrs. C. S. Gurr is president of
the U. D. C. chapter and Mrs.H.
P. Dobbins, chmn. program com
mittee for Memorial Day.
FARM BUREAU HAS MEETING
The Houston County Farm Bu
' reau held their April meeting on
Friday night, April (>, at the
, Perry school with an attendance
| of about 60. A supper was pre
pared by Mrs. C. S. Gurr, Mrs.
G. P. Hardy, Mrs. Tom Webb,
, Mrs. Robert Horton, Mrs. S. A.
| Nunn, Mrs. W. C. Huggins, and
Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks.
After a few items of business
! relative to price of pecans and
! pulpwood were handled, we had
very interesting speaker, Mr.
I Cates, representing Co-ops from
[ the Atlanta Office. He made a
, talk in behalf of the organiza
tion of a Co-op store at Macon
for farmers in the Macon trade
’ territory.
Those present voted to have at
, least one more supper meeting
before we discontinue regular
, meeting for the summer.
W. T, Middlebrooks,
, Publicity Chmn.
1 MRS. INGRAM PASSES
Mrs. Brunetta Elizabeth In
gram, age 93, died at the home
, of her daughter, Mrs. E. D.
Smith, near Perry Friday night,
( April 13. She was the widow of
I a Confederate veteran, W.J* In
* gram.
’ Mrs. Ingram was a native of
! Upson county but had made her
‘ home in Perry for the past 55
_ years.
; Survivors include four sons, W.
E. Ingram, Perry; Z, T. Ingram,
Bell Glade, Fla.; J. F. Ingram,
Fort Pierce, Fla,; J. T. Ingram,
i Powersville; two daughters. Mrs.
E. D. Smith, Perry; Mrs. H. L.
j Hackney, Philadelphia. Pa.; 15
1 grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
’ Funeral services were held
’ Saturday morning at 11 o’clock
in the chapel of Watson and
Whipple Funeral Home with
* Elder Joe Bryan, pastor of the
’ Friendship Primitive Baptist
1 church, of which the deceased
' was a member, officiating. Rev.
' J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Perry
Baptist church, assisted.
1 F. B. I. CONFERENCE
, On Monday, April 23, at 2:30
, p. m, C. W. T., an FBI Law En
. forcemeat Conference will be
j held at Robins Field, Ga. for the
i purpose of affording instruction
) and training to the police officers
. of Georgia in the latest techni
* ques and procedures of crime de
r tection and law enforcement and
j especially for preparation for the
* postwar era.
, The demonstrations will include
; blood examinations, powder burn
■j examinations, iodine fuming of
’ latent fingerprints, methyl blue
3 applications, and similar demon
u strations,
I There will be army demonstra
tions of bazookas, flame throw
ers, smoke grenades, etc.
All law enforcement officers in
this area are invited to attend.
, Sheriff C. C. Chapman, City Po
. liceman J. B. Hawkins, Troopers
i Bailey and Toler of Perry will
, attend.
