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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXIV. No. 19 PHS COMMENCEMENT PLANS ANNOUNCED Commencement plans of Perry High School were given out Tuesday by Supt. E. P. Staples. The programs will be presented by the students with no out-of town speakers. An innovation will be the delivery of the ser mon to the seniors at night in stead of in the morning on the Sunday preceding graduation. The graduation exercises will be held Friday night. May 25, g:3O p. m. in the Perry school auditorium. The honor group students will present the pro gram. These students and their subjects will be announced later. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Perry Baptist church, on Sunday, May 20, 8 p. m. in the school auditorium. On May 21 and 22, Miss Willie Ryals will present her music pu pils in Recitals in the auditorium. On Friday, May 11, 8:30 p. m., the senior class play, “Almost Eighteen,” will be presented. This Friday night, May 4, the annual Junior-Senior Banquet will be held at the American Le gion Home. The mothers of the Juniors are assisting in arrange ments for this outstanding social affair. Last Friday night, April 27, the annual Faculty party for the seniors was held. It was an en joyable barbecue supper at Hous ton Lake. Members of the coun ty board of Education, the Perry school trustees, County Supt. S. W. Hickson, State Health Co-or dinator J. M. Gooden and their wives were guests, along with the seniors, of the Perry school faculty on this occasion. A number of other social af fairs for the seniors are being planned, SENIOR PLAY, MAY 11 The dress rehearsal for the P. H. S. Senior play “Almost Eighteen” will be conducted Wednesday evening, May 9. After several weeks of practice the Seniors will present this three act comedy-drama the fol lowing Friday evening at eight thirty o’clock. Tommy Marshall plays the leading role as Eddie Barry, the boy who is almost eighteen. Opposite him is Babe Hunnicutt as Ann Sherman, his sweetheart. Fra n k Satterfield, Wendell Whipple, and Emogene Kennedy appear in good comedy roles. Others who add drama, laughter, and enjoyment to this fine pro duction are Nan Thompson, Elizabeth Scarborough, Betty Boler, Walter Skellie, Gene Ethridge, Martha Ann Gordon, and Sue Webb. The play is being directed by Mrs. J. 0. Coleman, the senior home-room teacher. Attention is called to the fact that the doors will be closed promptly at eight-thirty for the first act, Ine entire senior class will fake part in the grand finale, NOTICE Renew your driver’s license on Tuesday, May 8. There will be at State Patrol Headquarters in ' err y a Driver’s License Validat ing Machine for renewing Ga. Drivers’ License. Any one having a license that expired as recent as June 30, 1943, can renew, ‘Heads of fam dies must renew before wives or minors can get a license at fam ily rate. One day only, May 8, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m . ! . j METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Church School-10:15 a. m.,' Church Services, 11:30 a. m, 1 an d 8:00 p. m. . Sermon subjects for next Sun-j day are: Morning, “How Much Does It Mean to Me”; Evening, i Challenge.” Young People’s Service, 63:0 P- m. Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor. No Trace of Letter ‘P’ • In all the Celtic dialects (spoken oy native Irishmen, Scots and welsh) there is no trace or sound of me letter “P t ” 1 Houston Home Journal ' HODGES AND PATTON { ADVANCED IN RANK I! j Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges,! commander of the U. S. First! .| Army and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., U. S. Third Army commander, were confirmed as [ four-star generals by the U. S. . Senate April 25. Both promo ! ons were made by President , Iruman who said two such ex . cellent fighting men should have , the increased rank. Gen. Hodges’ First Army made I the historic junction on the Elbe river in Germany with the i Ukranian Fifth Army of Russia i l ast week, A celebration of this , was held Monday and the flag , of the First Army was exchang ed for the plaque with whieh i Premier Stalin rewarded the Russian victors at Stalingrad. Gen. Hodges is a native of Perry, Ga. and his mother, Mrs. J. H. Hodges, lives here. , i Perry relatives and friends of , Gen. Hodges take pride in this deserved promotion and all other honors that have come to him. ' JOHNNIE J. ROGERS DIES : Johnnie J. Rogers, 61, died suddenly at his home near Perry ; Thursday morning, April 26. He, • was born in Thomaston, Ga. but 1 had lived in Plouston county for the past 23 years. He was a merchant. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mattie Mae Daniel, of Thomaston; two daughters, Mrs, Capers Wright and Mrs. Carson Wright, Perry; his fath er, E. F. Rogers, Thomaston; one sister, Mrs. W. M. Edison, Thomaston, and three grandchil dren. Funeral services were held at the Rogers home Friday after noon at 3:30, with the Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Perry Bap tist church, in charge, assisted by Rev. C. H. Tucker, of Perry. Interment followed in Ever green cemetery, Perry. SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS By W. J. CAMPBELL Brown Wimberly has mowed off his pasture where he has es tablished white dutch clover. Mowing is one of the important things in establishing a good : pasture and can be done when it is too wet to work in the culti vated field. During the recent rains it was quite noticeable that the fields which were planted to small grain and winter cover crops had very little erosion. The blue lupine is developing! rapidly and will be ready fori harvest in a few weeks. It should be harvested as soon as I it is ripe for it will shatter on the ground in a few days if not harvested. MRS. S. J. HOSE DIES Mrs. Leila Mae Bennett Hose, widow of the late S. J. Hose, was buried in Evergreen cemetery, i Perry, Friday afternoon, April I 27. Mrs. Hose, former resident of Perry, died Wednesday at her home in Macon. Dr. Ed. F. Cook of Macon con ducted the last rites. Pallbearers were Claude Andrew, Jim Shan non, Silas Middlebrooks. Benny Funderburke, Raymond Johnson, j i and Joe Garrett. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. L. H. Colquitt and Mrs. Mary Dell both of Macon; Mrs. Martha Smith of New York, and Mrs. Robert E. Diggers, Chatta nooga; a son, John W. Hose, | Charlotte, N, C.; a brother, Gor-i don Bennett and a sisfer, Mrs,! I-Lucy Massey, Atlanta; seven! [grandchildren. j NOTICE Since the Red Cross report i iwas published the following| .amounts have been turned in; |j 1 $150.50 from the city of Warnerl (Robins and $315.18 from the! I Warner Robins School. The to-1' : tal amount raised in Houston i (county for the Red Cross Wari Fund Drive is, $6,500. ' v — : PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1945 I SERVICE WEN UNO WOMEN i ; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ryals of j Centerville have received a card from their son, Pfc. John F. Ryals, written Jan. 28 in a Ger man prison camp. This is the first news of their son since he was reported missing in action Jan. 20. Posthumous presentation of the Air Medal, awarded to Sgt. I Otis H. Linton, Perry, Ga. was made April 26 in formal military ceremonies at the Robins Field parade ground. Jacob Linton, father of Sergeant Linton, re ceived the award for his son who was killed in action. The pre sentation was made by Maj. Gen. R. B. Colton, Air Communica tions officer of the Air Technical Service Command Headquarters, Wright Field, Ohio. The Air Medal, with one silver and one bronze oak-leaf cluster, representing six a d d i t i o n a 1 awards of the same decoration, was accompanied by the follow ing citation: “For meritorious achievement while participating in 20 sorties and in sustained operational ac tivities against the enemy from Oct. 20, 1943 to Nov. 26, 1943; from Dec. 1, 1943 to Dec. 30, 1943; and from Jan. 4, 1944 to Jan. 11, 1944.” The award was authorized in general orders issued by the North Africa Strategic Air Force. Cpl. Julian P. Cauthon, Perry, Rt. 2, is a topographic drafts man with the 66ist Engineer Topographic company which map immediate and future battle areas for the U. S. Seventh Ar my troops in Gen. Jacob L. De vers’ 6th Army Group. The oldest topographic com pany operating in the European Theatre, the 661st achieved a record production of 795,000 maps during January this year. These included color maps up to six colors, and photo maps. Maps are current in every detail with changes in roads, streams and woodlands charted from aerial photographs. MEMORIAL DAY SPEECH MADE BY S.M.MATHEWS “For world peace to become a reality, a Bill of Rights for the world must he adopted,” said Sam M. Mathews of Fort Valley in the Confederate Memorial Day speech in Perry on April 26. A program honoring the heroes of the Sixties was held in the Perry school auditorium last Thursday under the auspices of the Sgt. j Clinton C, Duncan chapter of j the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The South fought for the prin ciples embodied in the Bill of Rights of the U. S. Constitution —freedom under law, Mr. Math ews said. The principles we contend for in those days are the same that we contend for today. Now, we are fighting a war for individual freedom and world [peace. Experience has taught (that the Bill of Rights has work ed in the United States, he con tinued. The World Security Confer ence in session in San Francisco, Calif, now must face issues squarely if they succeed in set ting up an effective peace or ganization. Tarriff walls must be removed, a world monetary system adopted, and freedom guaranteed to individuals if peace come to this war-weary world, the.speaker concluded. In his timely address, he in cluded eulogies for the people of the South and its leaders during (the War between the States and [the Reconstruction Period. Mrs. C. S. Gurr, president of the U. D. C., presented Mr, Mathews a gift as a token of ap preciation from the chapter. Sam A. Nunn introduced the speaker and E. P. Staples pre sided. A group of Perry High stu dents sang a medley of Southern songs. After the program, the U. D. C. had a luncheon at the New Perry hotel. Red, white, and blue flowers and Confederate flags decorated the luncheon table and also the stage at the school. Graves of Confederate vet erans and the Confederate mon ument were decorated with flags and flowers. SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS ’ By G. FRANCIS NUNN Resuming play after a Sunday of inactivity, the four teams staged a demonstration Sunday that included everything in the book. When the day ended the terrible Blues were still the scourge of the league with two more victories tucked away,mak ing a total of five games without a loss for them. The Reds were sticking gamely to their task of keeping up. however, as they won their single game for a rec ord of three wins against only one loss, and now have a chance for a direct attack on the leaders as they meet in a three game se ries in the next two Sundays. Still lagging badly are the Greens with only one win and the Browns who have yet to taste victory. In the opener Sunday, Mgr. Walter Skellie’s Reds got the jump on the Brownies of Bubber Pierce in the first inning by com bining two doubles and two sin gles for two runs. C. Walker’s long double was the payoff in this flurry, and the lead was sufficient incentive for Pitcher Hardy to hold the opposition scoreless un til the ninth inning. The Browns were constantly threatening with men on base in five innings, but only in the ninth were they able to push across any runs, and by that time it was too late. The Reds batted completely around in the eighth inning to score six runs and insure their victory. For the Browns B. Bledsoe and Pierce led at bat with two hits each, while for the Reds Hardy, Nunn and Boswell each had two. The double-header went to the Blue Bombers of "Blue” Bledsoe by scores of 7-2 and 12-0 as the hapless Greens were powerless to stop the barrage laid down by the league powerhouse. Break ing out in the early innings each time, the Blues completely got the "goat” of Mgr. Jack Wilson, who put on a rather sorry spec tacle of managerial incompetence by blowing up himself and ver bally condemning his players for the slightest mistake of judg ment. It is somewhat oi a shock to the sportsmanship of the average fan to see a pitcher al low a string of solid base hits on his own part, and then run up the white flag in disgust when one of his hustling teammates makes an honest error, and the performance takes on a stronger odor when that pitcher happens to be the manager, charged with the responsibility of leading his team in spirit and hustle. The first game of the twin bill featured the finest defensive play seen by this reporter on the field this season. Fast, hustling, Mgr. Lewis Bledsoe hit a sharp grounder to his rival Greenie shortstop, Blue Calhoun, Blue made a nice stop of the ball, but his throw to Firstbaseman W. Gray was wild —high and to Gray’s left. Gray left the bag, leaped high to his left, snagged the ball with one hand (he plays first without a glove) and in the same motion, swept the ball downward to tag Bledsoe, as he had no chance to beat him to the base. Such hustling as this and the beautiful shortfield coverage by Massee made it doubly hard on the Greenies to swallow two beatings, but the power of Rob erts and Lasseter at the plate was not to be denied. The fans got a big kick out of ribbing the Blower when Wilson struck him out on his second trip to the plate. Ivey led both teams at bat in the first game with two hits, while Massee had three hits for honors in the nightcap. Soldierboy Roberts banged another "lost ball” homer in the first game to continue hi s slugging. Next Sunday the Blues meet the Reds—only team pushing them in the standings—in the opener, and this will go far toward determining the first half winner. The Browns and Greens tangle in the double feature and are closely matched. Come out and see these fine games.i BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Training Union, 7:00 p. m. Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, 8:00 p. m. Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. ‘GRAY LADIES” UNIT ORGANIZED IN PERRY 1 A training class for women in terested in volunteering their services with the Gray Ladies will be held May 7, 8 and 10, at the Hospital at Robins Field, Ga. The Gray Ladies count as their duties, distributing flowers to wards, writing letters for pa tients, errands such as tele grams, money orders, mailing packages and making small pur chases. They teach simple recreational handicraft to convalescent pa tients and participate in games with individuals or groups. Each Gray Lady is asked, af ter taking the training course, to volunteer her services one day a week from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Sixteen ladies of Perry and Elko have already volunteered their services. Others interest ed in this work are requested to contact Mrs. E. W. Traylor, chairman. Ipa infobmatioT Facts About The Meat Shortage 1. The Meat Shortage Stems Directly From the War. The mili tary requires about 35 percent of all federally-inspected meat. 2. Urban Areas Are Depen-1 dent on Federally-Inspected j Meat. Since only federally in spected meat can cross state lines, the military drain on such stocks leaves a small proportion of meat for urban areas with! their great defense plants and over-populated centers. 3. In th e Meat Producing Areas, the Meat Shortage is Not so Acute. In thousands of farm communities throughout the Southeast, people have been re ceiving more than ample shares of the available civilian meqt supply. This situation is due to the fact that meat slaughtered l in these rural communities could not be shipped across state lines, and was naturally sold to and consumed by the local people. 4. The Principle of Rationing is to Share and Share Alike. The farmers of the Southeast will wish to join their government’s drive to secure even distribution of meat by sharing their supplies with both the military and the urban areas. Farm slaughterers belong to Class HI in the meat program and consists of more than 175,000 to 180,000 farmers in the Southeast who sold less than 6,000 pounds of meat in 1944. Program For The Farm Slaughterer (This order does not apply to meat slaughtered for home con sumption.) 1. Farm slaughterers will be permitted to sell no more dress ed meat in any quarter of this year tnan in the corresponding quarters of 1914. 2. Every farmer who slaught ered meat for sale up to 6,000 pounds in 1944 will be issued a permit to slaughter for sale from his local War Price and Ration ing Board, The permit will as sign a quarterly quota to the farmers, based on his sales in 1944. 3. If the farmer did not sell any meat in 1944, but wishes to sell in 1945,he still obtains a per mit from the War Price and Rationing Board which will al low him to sell only up to 400 pounds in 1945. Processed Foods Blue H-2 thru M-2 valid thru June 2. Blue N-2 thru S-2 valid thru June 30. Blue T-2 thru X-2 valid thru July 31. Blue Y-2 thru C-l valid thru Aug. 31. Meats and Fats Red Y-5, Z-5, A-2 thru D-2 expire June 2. Red E-2 thru J-2 expire June 30. Red K-2 thru P-2 valid thru July 31. Red Q-2 thru U-2 valid thru Aug. 31. Sugar Sugar Stamp No. 35 now valid for five pounds thru June 2. Su gar Stamp No. 36 became valid May 1 and expires Aug 31. Gasoline A-15 coupons valid from March 22, 1945 thru June 21, 1945, ESTABLISHED 1870 ■* «■—■ mir—imiiim—m ij KIWANIS PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR MAY Melvin E. Thompson, execu tive secretary of Gov. Ellis Ar nall of Georgia, was the principal speaker at Tuesday’s luncheon of the Perry Kiwanis club. The South should insist on re-admis sion into the Union in an eco nomic sense, Mr, Thompson said. The South has been treated as a colony of the North and East since the War between the States, said Mr. Thompson as he pointed out the discrimination in freight rates as evidence of this statement. The people in this section should be intelligent enough and courageous enough to face facts about the South and take steps to make this a land of opportuni ty so that our young men and women will return here to live and others will remain here af ter the present war comes to a close, the speaker concluded. G. Francis Nunn, president, presided, and E. P. Staples in troduced the speaker. Mr.Nunn announced that the Perry club would be guests of Warner Rob ins on Wednesday, May IG. J.P. Etheridge, program chair man for May, has arranged for the following speakers: May B—Roy8—Roy Harris of Augus ta, speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives. The Fort Valley club will be guests of’the Perry club next Tuesday. The meeting will be held in the Le | gion Home with lunch served by , the New Perry notel. | May 15-Dr, R. S. Young, as | sistant director of the Ga. State I Dept, of Corrections. May 12—Dr, R. H. Saunders, |of Montezuma, lieut-governor sth district Ga. Kiwanis. May 29 —Virgil Y. C. Eady of Emory College at Oxford, state governor of Ga. Dist. Kiwanis. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS Examinations are tentatively planned to be held the first part cf June by the State Merit Sys tem for thirty-seven classes of positions with the State and County Departments of Public Welfare and Health, and the Bureau of Unemployment Com pensation in the Labor Depart ment, announces Edwin L. Swain, director. Salaries range from $3lO to $95, and cover such positions as clerks, typists, stenographers, business machine and telephone operators, accountants, personnel officers, public welfare workers, county welfare directors, super visors, field representatives, con sultants, and nurses. “Applications must be filed by May 26, 1945, or postmarked not later than this date,” advises Mr. Swain. All qualified persons are urged to secure information and appli cation blanks now from any Lo cal County Health or Welfare Department, United States Em ployment Service Office, or write or call State Merit System, 301 22 Marietta Street Building, At lanta 3, Georgia. Applications can be secured from U. S. Employment Service Representative who will be at Court House in Perry, Georgia at 10:00 a. m. on May 4, 1945 and every other Friday thereafter until further notice. REGIMENT SPONSOR Perry friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. H, Averette of Ashburn, Ga., former Perry residents, will be interested to learn that their 16 year-old daughter, Lauta Averette, has been chosen spon sor of the Georgia-born “Old Gray Bonnet” Regiment, the 121st Infantry, now a part of the Bth Division of the First Army, but formerly a unit of the Geor gia National Guard with head quarters in Macon. The sponsor was chosen after a search of weeks which produced more than 400 nominations for the honor. Lauta’s picture which appeared in Sunday’s Atlanta Journal showed her wearing the dove gray bonnet which is a re plica of the insignia worn by the Regiment of which she is now the sponsor.