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VOL. LXXIV. No. 18
GREEN ACRE CONTEST
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Winners in the Green Acres j
Contest sponsored by the Perry
Kivvanis club and the Houston
county chapter, Georgia Farm
Bureau, were announced at Tues
day’s luncheon meeting of the
Kiwanis club.
Paschal Muse, president coun
tv Farm Bureau, awarded prizes
as follows: first prize, R. E.
Ogletree, $lOO for 100% of till
able acreage in cover crops; sec
ond, Roy L. Bloodworth, $75 for
67% of land in cover crops;third,
James C. Johnson, $5O for 54%
land covered; fourth, Henry Du
mas, $25 for 42% of land in
•'Green Acres” this winter.
Mr. Muse announced that 250
farms participated in the ‘‘Green
Acres” contest and 350,000 lbs.
of seed were planted. The in
crease in farmers planting cover
crops in 1944 was 100% over
1943. 500,000 lbs. of Blue Lu
pine will be harvested in Hous
ton county in May, it was stated.
Fifteen other farmers in addition
to the winners had 30% or more
of their acreage in cover crops'
this winter.
Lt. Wm, Grahl of Robins Field
spoke on Convalescent Activities
at the Army hospital there. These
activities are physical and educa
tional and conform to the* needs
of each individual patient. The
purpose of convalescent activities
is to promote physical recondi
tioning, increase knowledge of
military affairs, broaden educa
tion by study and learning new
avocations,and to keep up morale
through recreation such as mov- j
ies, USD shows, bicycle rid-!
ing, etc.
‘‘Don’t over-help or pity ampu
tation cases when they return
to civilian life, but help them to
maintain their self-respect,” the
speaker concluded.
Visitors present at the club in
cluded M. L. Silcox, new supt.
Penn-Dixie Plant No. 2 at Clinch
field; G. W. Rhodes, former act
ing supt. of Penn-Dixie Plant
No. 2, and chief chemist there;
Johan Norvig, general superin
tendent Penn-Dixie Cement
Corp., of Nazareth, Pa.;and Ma
jor Duval, public relations of
ficer, Robins Field, Ga.
G. W. Rhodes who is leaving
soon to make his home in Des
Moines, lowa was praised by Rev.
J. A. Ivey for the fine contribu
tions Mr. Rhodes has made to
community life in Perry. Mr.
Rhodes was the second president
of the club.
Inter-Club Relations
G. Francis Nunn, club presi
dent, presided. Mr. Nunn an
nounced that the Fort Valley Ki
vvanis club would be entertained
m Perry on Tuesday, May 8, and
ttat the Perry club would go to
W arner Robins on May 15.
Twenty-one members of the
Perry Kiwanis club attended a
■luncheon of the Fort Valley club
[‘fiday in Fort Valley. W. K.
v hippie, chmn. Inter-club Rela
■mns, arranged transportation.
Lr. Josiah Crudup of Macon was
tne speaker.
Mr. Sam A. Nunn was speaker
‘•f the luncheon meeting of the J
Montezuma Kiwanis club Wed
nesday last week. His subject
was The Future Peace of the
World. Mr. J, J. Rooney was
Mso a guest of the club that day.
MISS GOODEN CHOSEN
PRESIDENT OF CLASS
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—Miss
Betty Gooden, of Perry, was
ejected president of the senior!
emss at the Georgia State Col-j
j-ge for Women in elections held ]
week under the direction of,
. e . College Government Asso-I
cation.
Miss Gooden will play the!
■ arinets in the Milledgevillej
Concert Band’s program at the!
Recreation Center in Macon Sun-!
day. April 29. The band, di
rected by Major W. T. Verran;
an {J Lloyd Outland, has a person- 1
nel that includes students from|
che Georgia State College for
..men and cadets from the
Georgia Military College here.
Automobile accidents often
leave frightful scars on the face
that disfigure it for life.
Houston Home Journal
RAT ERADICATION
PROGRAM UNDERWAY j
j The City of Perry has on a Rat- :
Eradication program this week
I from Tuesday through Friday.
Business concerns and home
owners are requested to contact
the City Hall for instructions and
poison to be used in this pro
gram. The poison to be used is
harmless to pets.
Rats are carriers of typhus
fever. In an effort to prevent
typhus fever in the community,
the city officials are waging this
war on rats. The co-operation
of the public is needed to make
this plan successful.
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
Major Holt B. Grace was pro
moted from captain to major on
April 11, 1945, according to a
cable message received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Grace of Elko, last week. Major
Grace has been in service since
Jan. 1942 and overseas for the
past year. He is now stationed
on Saipan with Army headquart
ers in inspector generals depart
ment.
Major Grace’s wife, the form
ler Eva H. Flynt, and eleven
months old son, Holt Jr., live at
Metter, Ga. His sisters are Mrs,
Plarvey NeSmith of Elko and
Mrs. Joe Price of Norfolk, Va.
S. Sgt. Grant B. Heller is
flight engineer of the crew of
the B-29 plane called the ‘‘Tulsa
Barb.” He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Heller of Perry.
Sgt. John Satterfield was pro-
I moted recently from corporal to
sergeant. He is stationed in
j Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Since returning to Morris
Field, N. C. after spending a
week with Mr. and Mrs. Felix
Daniel, Cpl. Lawton Daniel has
been promoted to Sergeant. He
received his wings at Fort Myer,
Fla. in December.
Lt. Frank V. Daniel with the
U. S. First Army writes he is
enjoying the chase across Ger
many and expects to meet the
Russians soon.
SOMEWHEREINTHE
SOUTH PACIFIC (Delayed)-
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hunt
er Hurst, commanding officer of
a battalion in the First Marine
Division, has been awarded the
Legion of Merit for exceptionally
meritorious conduct during the
Palau Islands campaign.
A native of Perry, Ga., and a
former resident of Macon, Ga.,
Lieutenant Colonel Hurst, 28, re
ceived his medal from Major
General Pedro A. del Valle, com
manding general of the division,
at a regimental formation.
Lieutenant Colenel Hurst’s
wife, Emma Randolph Hurst,and
their daughter, Ann, live at 903
North Barvelona Street, Pensa
cola, Fla.
The citation, signed by Lieu
tenant General Holland M.Smith,
commanding general, Fleet Ma
rine Force, Pacific, states:
“For exceptionally meritorious
conduct in the performance of
outstanding services to the gov
ernment of the United States as
commanding officer of a Marine
Infantry battalion in action
against enemy forces on Peleliu
Island, Palau Group, from Sep
tember 15 to September 17, 1944.
“His landing team having
landed under severe enemy fire,
and in single file of LVT’s, due
to the heavily barricaded beach,
Lieutenant Colonel Hurst swiftly
and skillfully reorganized hi s
force, and pushed through dense]
undergrowth, rapidly eliminating!
strong enemy defense in his|
! zone of action. \
| “With bold determination and
|astuteness, Lieutenant Colonel!
i Hurst annihilated the enemy, who j
[was entrenched in strongly forti-
I fied caves and block-houses on
I the southeast peninsula, or drove'
him into the sea,
“By his inspiring leadership'
and fearless reconnoitering of:
the frontlines with utter disre-l
gard for his own personal safety. |
he did, tactically, with skill and j
perserverance, contribute materi- [
ally to the annihilation of one re
enforced enemy battalion of
about 1,600 men.
“His courageous actions and
devotion to duty throughout were
in keeping with the highest tra-,
ditions of the United States Na-J
val Service.”
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 26. 1945
CHANGES IN STAI
! There are 50 changes in the
:constitution as finally submitted
,by the 1945 assembly. The peo
ple should familiarize themselves i
with all of the changes in order 1
to vote intelligently on this im- i
portant issue in the August elec
tion. -
The 50 changes follow and
should be read carefully by every ,i
patriotic Georgian. ” i
1. Special tax exemptions fori
favored corporate interests have i
been eliminated. i
2. The poll tax as a prere- ;
quisite for voting is eliminated.
3. The “grandfather clause” i
and all property qualifications (
for voting have been removed; a I
literacy test safeguards the bal
lot box in Georgia.
4. Members of the general as
sembly are made eligible for ap
pointment to public office, pro- ;
vided the office was not created
by act of the assembly in which
they were serving at the time.
5. Publication of notice of lo
cal legislation is required. The
certificate of publication must
become part of the act itself for
the law to be valid.
6. No special or local bill can
lengthen or shorten the term of
any local elected official without
a referendum by the people.
7. Cities and counties are per
mitted to make zoning laws. This
eliminates the need for frequent
Deal amendments to the state
constitution or legislative
changes in municipal charters.
8. The right of eminent do
main is made superior to any
private use.
9. The “lame duck term” of
public service commissioners has
been abolished. Members of the
commission will hereafter take
office in January after their elec
tion, instead of a year after
election.
10. The governor is forbidden
to veto constitutional amend
ments.
11. The commissioner of ag
riculture and the commissioner
of labor are made constitutional
i officers, removable only by the
i orderly process of impeachment.
12. A board of five members
i is provided to direct the affairs
of the department of corrections,
operating the state’s penal sys
-1 tern.
13. A seven-member, veteran
controlled board is created to di
rect the affairs of the depart
ment of veterans service,
14. A seventh member of the
supreme court is authorized, to
avoid 3-to-3 divisions on th e
bench, which leads to confusion.
15. The supreme court is re
quired to sit as a full bench.
16. The assembly is authoriz
ed to require that the court of
appeals shall sit as a full bench,
instead of by divisions.
17. The court of ordinary in
1 each county is empowered to try
cases under the compulsory at
tendance law.
18. The assembly is authoriz
ed to provide procedure in di
vorce actions.
19. The assembly is permitted
to provide for the service of
J women on juries.
20. Homstead exemption is
continued as it now exists, but
the new section clarifies the po
sition of independent school dis
tricts.
21. The purposes for which
counties may spend funds de
rived from taxes will include:
Airports, parks, libraries, work
men’s compensation, retirement
funds for employees, and re
serves for public works.
22. The allocation system for
state taxes is abolished. All funds
must be appropriated by the as
sembly.
23. Political subdivisions are
| permitted to contract among
rthemselves for exchanges of ser
vices.
24. Bonds may be issued by a
| majority of registered voters vot
ing in an election.
25. A 3 percent additional
; bonded indebtedness may be con
| tracted for emergency purposes,
1 but must be repaid within rive
| years.
26. Political subdivisions may
! make temporary loans in order
Ito stay upon a cash basis, but
; such loans must be repaid before
the end of the year.
27. Counties and municipali
ties are permitted to issue reve-
I nue bonds to build or acquire
electric and gas utilities.
28. The general appropriation
act is continued in full force un-
IE CONSTITUTION
til another is enacted. I
29. The financial controls em
bodied in the budget system, un
der which we are now ridding
Georgia of debt, are made part
of the constitution,
30. All Existing local amend
ments are continued in force.
31. Each county is made a
single school district for adminis
trative and tax purposes.
32. The county board of edu
cation to levy not more than 15
nor less than 5 mills for school
purposes.
33. The assembly is authoriz
ed to provide methods by which
county and city governments can
be merged.
34. Any future constitution
must be submitted to the people
for ratification in an election.
Absence of this section was the
greatest defect of the 1877 con
stitution.
35. A merit system is install
ed, providing that employees of
the state shall be selected on a
basis of merit, fitness and effici
ency.
36. The assembly is authoriz
ed to establish a retirement sys
tem for employees under the
merit system.
37. Home rule for municipali
ties and counties is mandatory.
38. Provides for 54 senatorial
districts, so that representation
may be more equitable.
39. County officers may be
compensated upon a combination
fee and salary basis,
40. Trust companies shall be
chartered by the secretary of
state in the same manner as
banks.
41. The general assembly may
provide for carrying cases to the
appellate courts other than by
writ of error.
42. The jurisdiction of justic
es of the peace is extended to
cover actions not exceeding $2OO.
43. The -assembly may dis
trict territory within a county,
outside municipalities, for the
purpose of providing systems of
waterworks, sewerage, sanita
tion and fire protection. This
will eliminate the necessity for
many local amendments in the
future,
44. For a “local amendment”
to the constitution to be effec
tive, it must be ratified by the
people affected as well as over
the entire state,
45. A lieutenant governor is
provided. Only eleven other
states now lack such an official.
46. The compensation of mem
bers of the assembly is fixed at
$l5 a day.
47. The salary of the gover
nor is increased to $12,500 an
nually, beginning with the next
term, in line with other states.
48. The salary of the justices
and judges of the appellate
courts is fixed at $B,OOO, and that
of the judges of the superior
courts is $6,000.
49. The title to lands abutting
on tidewater is clarified.
50. The amendments of a lo
cal nature in the previous con
stitution are clarified and har
monized.
SIGNS FOR POSTING LANDS
District Forester, W. G, Wal
lace, Butler, Ga. will supply land
owners in the Third Congression
al District with suitable signs to
post their land against fire set
ters. To have these signs post
ed, land owners should register
their lands with District Forest
er Wallace.
The Forest Fire Laws of Geor
gia provide for the protection of
land owners who do not want
wild fires on their lands and pro
vides among other things “that
any fire burning uncontrolled on
any forest land, cut over, brush
land or grass lands is hereby de
clared to be a public nuisance by
reason of its menace to life and
property,” and further provides
that any person convicted of set
ting such a fire is guilty of a mis
demeanor and if maliciously set
is guilty of a felony.
Register your lands for posting
against fire setters by filling out
the following lines and mailing
to the District Forester.
Name
Address
MEMORIAL DAY TO BE
OBSERVED HERE TODAY
I
Confederate Memorial Day ex
ercises are planned for 12 o’clock
noon today (April 26) in the
Perry school auditorium. Sam
M. Mathews of Fort Valley is to
be the speaker. He will be in
troduced by Sam A. Nunn. Supt.
E. P, Staples of Perry school will
be master of ceremonies.
The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy is sponsoring
the observance. Chapter mem
bers will have a dinner at the
New Perry hotel at Ip, m. fol
lowing the program.
Mrs. H. P, Dobbins of the U.
D. C. has arranged the following
program:
America—School Children.
Invocation—Rev. J. B. Smith.
Sextette—Medley of Southern
Songs.
Introduction of Speaker—S. A.
Nunn.
Speech—Sam M. Mathews.
National Anthem—Audience,
Benediction —Rev. J. A. Ivey.
G. W. RHODES LEAVING PERRY
Glenn W. Rhodes who came to
Perry in Jan. 1927 as chief chem
ist of Penn-Dixie Cement Corp.
Plant No. 2 at Clinchlield is leav
ing Saturday, April 28, for Des
Moines, lowa where he will be
chief chemist and assistant su
perintendent o f Penn-Dixie’s
plant there. Mr. Rhodes has
been acting superintendent of
the Clinchfield plant for the past
two months.
M. L, Silcox who has been
with Penn-Dixie since 1921 is the
new superintendent of the
Clinchfield plant. He comes from
Des Moines, lowa where he was
chief chemist and assistant su
perintendent of the Penn-Dixie
plant. His wife, his daughter,
Miss Ann Silcox, and son, Martin
Silcox, will join Mr. Silcox in
Perry the latter part of May to
make their home.
During the eighteen years Mr.
Rhodes has lived in Berry,he has
been active in church, Masonic,
patriotic, and other community
affairs. He is a former com
mander of the Robert D, Collins
Post American Legion, former
president of the Perry Kiwanis
club, past master Houston Lodge
No. 35 F. &A. M., past high
priest Royal Arch chapter of Ma
sons, teacher in Perry Methodist
Sunday school for years, steward
of Perry Methodist church, coun
ty Red Cross representative of
Macon chapter for nine years,
and president Peach Belt Council
Boy Scouts.
The Masonic groups gave Mr.
Rhodes a barbecue supper Mon
day night and presented him a
; traveling bag as a farewell gift.
Mrs. Rhodes and their daugh
ter, Miss Merriame Rhodes, who
is a senior at Shorter College,
Rome, Ga. have also had an ac
tive part in the community life.
Mrs. Rnodes is a former presi
dent of the Legion Auxiliary and
of the Perry Parent-Teacher As
sociation, has taught a Sunday
school class, and participated in
Red Cross activities. Miss
Rhodes graduated in the high
honor group from Perry High
school and has done effective
work with the young people in
the Perry Methodist church.
The best wishes and apprecia
tion of the entire community go
with this family as they leave
for a new home. Perry’s loss in
their departure is another’s gain.
SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
By G. FRANCIS NUNN
RAIN
Schedule next Sunday;
Reds vs. Browns (1) 2:00.
Blues vs. Greens (2) 3:00,
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m.,
Church Services, 11:30 a. m,
and 8:00 p. m.
Sermon subjects for next Sun
day are: Morning, “Thunder of
an Angel’s Voice. Even in g,
“God in Everything.”
Young People’s Service. 63:0
p. m.
Hev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
ESTABLISHED 1870
FARMERS TOLD TO
INCREASE FOODS
The food situation is such as
demands the best efforts of every
one in a position to produce and
conserve food, County Agent W.
T. Middlebrooks and Home De
monstration Agent Miss Annie
Newton, declared this week.
“It is apparent that civilian
supplies of many essential foods
will be materially less this year
than in 1944,” they declared,
“although we have had record
breaking crops for the past three
years. The demand upon Ameri
can food producers will be the
greatest in history.”
Most farmers in Houston coun
ty have already made their plans
and started work on crops for
1945, the Extension agents as
serted. By making slight ad
justments, however, many farm
ers can increase their food out
put during the remainder of the
year. In addition, a great many
non-farm people also can make a
worth-while contribution to the
food supply.
Miss Newton and Mr. Middle
brooks outlined the following
steps to supplement the food
supply:
1. Increase the production of
vegetables for home use. This
includes the production of vege
tables for fresh use and canning.
Home gardens offer the greatest
possibility now of increasing the
food supply during the weeks and
months immediately ahead.
Every family in position to do so
should grow a garden this year.
In planning the gardens for
maximum production, careful
consideration should be given to
(a) an adequate variety of pro
ducts with emphasis on green
and yellow vegetables and peas
and beans, (b) successive plant
ings so as to have a continuous
supply in so far as possible, and
fc) proper cultivation and insect
and disease control.
1 2. Increase the production of
poultry and eggs. Th e most
practical means of increasing the
meat supply within the next few
weeks is by heavily expanding
the production of broilers and
fryers. This can be done by city
families as well as by farm
families.
Poultry and egg production can
be increased by (a) culling the
flocks for undeveloped and poor
producing hens., (b) keeping
chickens healthy by proper feed
ing and by insect, parasite and
disease prevention control, (c)
buying chicks from a reliable
hatchery, (d) hatching and brood
ing chicks with hens where
hatchery chicks and brooding
equipment are not available, (e)
eating or selling roosters where
hatching eggs are not produced,
and (f) gathering eggs twice
daily and keeping in cool place.
1 3. Increase milk production.
Every possible effort should be
made to increase the production
of dairy products during the re
mainder of this year and this can
be done by (a) not selling good
dairy heifers and cows for beef,
(b) providing summer grazing to
1 supplement permanent pasture,
; (c) making sure milk cows have
plenty of clean and fresh drink
ing water, (d) being regular in
the time of feeding and milking,
and (e) avoiding waste by care
ful handling of dairy products.
4. Increase and conserve meat
supply. Steps which should be
taken are (a) make certain that
all meat now on hand is saved,
(b) provide as much late spring
and summer feed crops as possi
ble to rush growth of meat ani
mals, (c) reduce loss by treating
animals for common diseases,and
(d) breed animals promptly.
Meat substitutes can be pre
pared by (a) using soybeans in
breads and as supplements to
meat dishes, (b) using peanuts
and pecans in breads, cookies
and meat loaves, (c) using eggs
in main dishes as meat substi
tutes, (d) using peas and beans
as meat substitutes and supple
ments, and (e) using rabbits,
where available, to supplement
other meats,
5, Increase food preservation.
It is imperative that no food be
wasted. Observance of the fol
lowing points will help make this
possible: (a) save all food sur
pluses, (b) make use of comrau
! nity canneries for large quanti
ties, (c) use pressure cookers in
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