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VOL. LXXIV. No. 20
V-E DAY OBSERVANCE
HELD IN PERRY MAY 8
In Perry, a V-E Day obser
vance was held Tuesday night in
the school auditorium under the
auspices of the Perry Kiwanis
club.
President Truman Tuesday at
Ba. m. proclaimed complete and
unconditional victory in Europe
Jn a V-E proclamation he said
“our blows will continue until
the Japanese lay down their
arms in unconditional surren
der,” The president., set next
Sunday—Mother’s Day—as a day
of prayer in which he wanted all
to join.
The observance in Perry was
both a religious program and a
patriotic rally. All speakers in
cluding the main speaker, Rev.
J. B. Smith, called upon the peo
ple for serious meditation and re
dedication for the task ahead.
The terriffic cost of the war in
lives, money, and other sacri
fices was pointed out.
War II to-date has cost American
armed forces 132,000 lives and
more than 550,000 other casual
ties in three years, four months
and seven days of fighting
against the Axis in the European
and Mediterranean theatres.
The terriffic task remaining
and the sacrifices ahead before
the Japanese forces lay down
their arms as Nazi Germany has
done were emphasized by the lo
cal speakers.
Sam A.Nunn, veteran of World
War I and Mayor of Perry, paid
tribute to the service men and
women of World War 11, also to
their loved ones. Mr.Nunn made
special mention of Gen. Courtney
H. Hodges, native of Perry, who
is commanding general of the U.
S. First Army.
Rev. J. A. Ivey opened the
program with a devotional pe
riod. G. Francis Nunn, presi
dent of the Kiwanis club, led the
audience in singing patriotic
songs, Supt. E, P, Staples of
Perry schools presided. Talks
were made by J. P. Etheridge,
chmn. 13th War Bond Dist. of
Ga., and Mayo Davis, chmn, 7th
War Loan Drive for Houston
county.
A large audience listened in an
earnest and prayerful manner to
this inspirational program.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
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■
Next Sunday will be a red let
ter day in the history of the Per
ry Methodist church. The morn
ing service will be a Mother’s
Day observance. All parents
with young children are request
ed by the pastor to bring them
tor dedication in tloly Baptism
at the beginning of the morning
hour.
, Tie pastor’s sermon topic will
be The Name of Woman.”
At the evening hour, there
uul be a candle light Communion
with emphasis on men
and women in the Armed Ser
vices, preceded by a Prayer Ser
vice which will be in accord with
I resident Truman’s request in
connection with V-E Day:
A.I members are urged to at
tend both these services and the
Public is cordially invited to be
present.
Ghurch School-10;15 a. m.,
9 Church Services, 11:30 a. m,
and B;UU p. m .
t oung People’s Service, 63:0
P. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ihe Sorosis club will meet this?
I aiternoon, May 10, 4p.m. at the 1 .
I home of Mrs. W. B. Evans with I
I fr ls ® Martha Cooper and Mrs. A. |
I I V Pritchett as co-hostesses.
I Legion Auxiliary will meet!
I . f ,, rsda y- May]?, 12:30 p. m.,
I e ,,, Legion Home. Mothers
I o- World War I veterans will be
I honor guests.
I „ e . baptist W. M. S. will meet
I chu[ c^° n<^ay 4p - at th e
I nl e circles of the Methodist
I C. S. will meet May 14,
I 1 Allows; No, 1, Mrs.
■ A. W. Dahlberg; No. 2, Mrs. J.
M tv Cooden; No. 3, Mrs. C. ,E.
M McLendon.
; Iruim, passes
I M rs - Lee Minor Paul Sr., age
74, passed away Monday, May 7,
m an Atlanta hospital following
a long illness. Mrs. Paul who
i was Miss Nettie Hook before her
marriage was a native and life
long resident of Perry. Her
husband who was a prominent
merchant of Perry preceded her
to the grave 25 years ago.
Survivors are a son, Lee M.
Paul Jr., and a daughter, Miss
Roselyn Paul, and two grand
■ children, L. M. Paul 111, U. S.
Coast Guard, and Miss Mary
Paul, senior of Brenau College;
and a great grandson, James Lee
Paul.
Mrs. Paul was a member of
the Perry Methodist church and
took an active part in its work
tor many years. She was treas
urer of the Woman’s Missionary
Society for 15 years and presi
dent for several years. She was
church organist and pianist and
taught a Sunday school class for
a number of years.
Mrs. Paul was a charter mem
ber of the Gen. Daniel Stewart
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and served
a term as Regent of the chapter.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, 4p. m., in the Perry
Methodist church with Rev. J.B.
Smith, pastor, officiating. Rev.
J. A. Ivey, Baptist pastor, as
sisted. Mrs. Joe Mitchell and
Miss Norine Swanson sang with
Mrs. G. C. Nunn as pianist.
Hymns sang were ‘‘Rock of
Ages” and ‘‘Nearer My God to
Thee.”
Interment followed in the fam
ily lot in Evergreen cemetery in
Perry.
Pallbearers were Chas. Garrett
of Macon, Carl Gillespie of Ab
beville, Ga.; G. C. Nunn, C, P.
Gray, E. P. Staples, and S. L.
Norwood.
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,
ITALY—Lee E. Ellis, brother of
Mrs. Catherine E. Riley, who
lives in Perry, Ga. has been pro
moted from private to private
first class on the Fifth Army
front in Italy. He is a half track
driver with the 894th Tank De
stroyer Battalion.
Pvt. J. M. Tolleson is attend
ing Officer Candidate School in
Paris, France for four months.
The Presidential Unit Citation
awarded to Sgt. Edward Warren
for the invasion of Saipan and
Tinion was sent by him to his I
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. War
ren of Perry, who received the
award last week.
Sgt. Warren arrived in the U. •
3. last week after four years in
the Pacific area.
Sgt. Robert L. McLester, Jr,
is now improving, following a
head operation at Lawson Gen
eral Hospital, Atlanta, April 10,
Sgt. McLester landed in Eng
land July 10, 1944, was wounded!
in France August 10, returned to
the States September 10, and un
derwent a head operation April
10, 1945, making the tenth a
fateful day for him.
Sgt. McLester is the son of
Capt. R. Lee McLester, U. S.
Army, a former resident of Per
ry, and a nephew of Miss Hor-i
tense McLester of Macon and
Perry.
OKINAWA (Delayed)—To Ma
rine Captain Wallace Slappey,24,
of Perry, Ga., went the honor of
leading one of the first Leather-)
neck aviation units to land on I
and operate from an Okinawa!
j airfield. j
j Slappey is commanding officer [
lof a squadron of ‘‘grasshopper”!
j planes used for artillery observa- j
tion. His outfit flew onto the
} shell-pocked field on the second
I day of battle and began opera-1
! tions almost immediately.
The tiny, unarmed observation]
planes came in off a carrier, hard j
on the heels of advancing ground i
troops and just a few minutes j
after a half-dozen perspiring [
Seabees had completed an im
provised runway for them.
Slappey is the son of Mrs. Wal
lace Slappey of Blakely, Ga. He
attended Abraham Baldwin Col
lege, Tifton, Ga., before enter
ing the service.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. MAY 10. 1945
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DR. GALLEMORE MOVES
INTO NEW BUILDING
Dr. Johnnie L. Gallemore Mon
day occupied his new office build
ing and Clinic, which is located
on the corner of Carroll street
and Washington Ave. on lot pur
chased from Mrs. John H.Hodges.
This fire-proof building of
modernistic design is constructed
of cream-colored brick, and tile
and concrete. It has a central
heating system and is air con
ditioned.
Modern and up-to-date in every
detail of its arrangement and
equipment, this Clinic has been
approved for maternity cases by
the U. S. Dept, of Public Health
• and the Ga. State Dept.of Health.
( The interior contains two re
ception rooms, one for white peo
’ pie and one for colored; four hos-,
' pital rooms, an examination
room, an X-Ray room, an operat-1
ing or delivery room, a labora-|
tory, a doctor’s office, business
office, a kitchen, and two bath (
rooms.
There are separate entrances
for white and colored in the
front, a private entrance for ma
ternity cases and an entrance for
ambulance cases in the rear.
The building will be open to
| the public for inspection Frdiay,
May 11, from 7 to 9 p. m.
Dr. Gallemore
Dr. Gallemore came to Perry
in August, 1938, from Eastman,
Ga, where he was in public
health work for six months. He
is a graduate of the University
of Ga. Medical school and re
ceived A, B. and B. S. degrees
from Mercer University. He had
a post graduate course in raedi
jcine at the University of North
I Carolina following his interne
ship at the Macon Hospital,
Macon.
Ur. Gallemore is a native of
Jeffersonville, Ga. but lived in
Macon for twenty years. His
mother, Mrs. Clara Gallemore,
lives in Jeffersonville now. His
i wife was Miss Eloise Graham of
Macon. They have two sons,
Johnnie Jr. and Graham.
Dr. Gallemore’s new building
is an attractive addition to Perry
and an asset to the community.
Dennis and Dennis of Macon
} were the architects and Sam N,
j Hodges of Atlanta, the contrac
tor and engineer.
DEATH OF INFANT
II * i
Alfred Eugene Foskey, four
j months old infant son of J. R.
I (Clayton) Foskey of Hayneville, !
j died Sunday p. m. in the Macon .
I hospital following a brief illness.
jThe mother, Mrs. J. R. Foskey
I who was Miss Flossie Jenkins of j
I Hayneville, died at the infant’s
! birth.
Funeral services were held j
Monday p. m. in the Hayneville |
Baptist church with Rev. C. C.
Bobbs of Cochran officiating.
Interment followed in the church
cemetery. Tucker Funeral Home
was in charge.
ROY HARRIS SPEAKS
TO KIWANIS CLUB
Hon. Roy Harris, speaker of
the Georgia House of Represen
tatives, spoke to the Perry Ki
wanis club and their guests, the
Fort Valley Kiwanis club, at
Tuesday’s luncheon meeting. The
speaker was introduced by Hon.
J. W. Bloodworth, Houston coun
ty’s legislator.
Changes in the new State Con
stitution were outlined by Mr.
Harris with special emphasis on
these three: county govern
ments, county schools, and home
rule for counties.
The new constitution legalizes
the borrowing power of county
commissioners and limits their
borrowing to 75% of anticipated
revenue. County schools are
placed under a unit system and
'districts are abolished by the
i new constitution, the speaker
1 said.
1 Twenty members of the Fort
Valley club were present. Homer
j Avera, past president, introduc
,ed them including Have Lane,
! vice president.
j Service men present were Pfc.
I Norlis Chapman and R. T. 3c
Albert Skellie, U. S. Navy.
SENIOR PLAY, MAY 11
The Three-Act Comedy Drama,
‘’Almost Eighteen,” will be pre
sented Friday evening, May 11,
at 8:30 o’clock, by the Senior
Class of Perry High School.
If you love young people and
if you are interested in their prob
lems,you should see this charming
play. The entire cast has work
ed faithfully and the play will
merit your tears and your
laughter.
The curtain will go up prompt
ly at 8:30 and the ushers will
close the doors until the end of
the first act. Please be on time!
We don’t want you to miss the
first act!
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
By W. J. CAMPBELL
The Georgia Game and Fish
Commission furnished seed to
plant five wildlife borders in the
county this year. The borders
are planted in a strip from 20 to
30 feet wide where the woods
and cultivated fields join. This
is the area that should be shaded
and sapped by the trees and will
not produce good crops and cre
ates an erosion hazard.
; The farmers planting these
i borders are Elmer Wolfe, C. K.
, Cooper, S. L. Norwood, Virgil
; Cosey, and W. H. Thames. Since
| these borders consist of bicolor
I and sericea lespedeza it will give I
I these farmers an opportunity to
j try sericea on their farms with- 1
[ out the expense of buying the'
seed.
If blue lupine seed patches can|
be harvested without the seed
shattering on the ground we will
have enough seed produced in
the county to plant every tenth
acre of cultivated land to lupine
this fall.
SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
!. By G. FRANCIS NUNN
.
Mgr. Buhber L’ierce gave hit
potent Brownies a shot in the
arm Sunday and they snapped
out of a four game losing streak
with a double win over th e
Greenies. Meantime, the Blues
were continuing to run rough
shod over all opposition as they
pounded the Reds to bits for a
16-2 win. This leaves the Blues
far out in front, the Reds a poor
second, the Browns pushing up
ward for air and the Greens a
potent threat to anybody that
comes along, but still in the
cellar.
The opening game started off
like a pitchers battle as both
teams were alert in the field in
the opening innings. T hen
Thirdsacker Nunn of the Reds
started his team on the downhill
drag as he hobbled Satterfield’s
grounder to third to open the
second frame, and this seemed to
be the signal for the whole Rus
sian infield to go to pieces, and
the Blues trotted around th e
bases at will. So what with the
eight errors sandwiched in with
the eighteen bingles the Bines
secured it was a field day for
them as they scored 1G runs.
Whitten and Roberts led the at
tack for the Blue boys with four
hits each, and Lasseter an d
Lewis each had three. The only
bright spot for the Redlegs were
two long doubles contributed by
Pitcher Walker and the full
' length homer off the bat of big
Boswell.
The double header was far bet
ter to watch as each time the;
, Browns had to fight an uphill
battle to win, and both games
were highlighted by sparkling
catches and fancy fielding. In
the opener, Catcher Peavy of the
Brownies, a recent acquisition
from the Blues, banged out four
straight hits to lead his team to
victory, but the payoff wallop
i was a long triple to right with
the winning run on base by
i James Mathews. Young Jimmy,
not hitherto noted for his hitting,
• had previously slammed a single
to left while batting right hand
i ed, and, this time crossed up the
opposition by switching to the
left side of the plate for the long
• game-winning hit. Outstanding
for the losers was a long triple
; over the centergardener’s head
■ by Sam Norwood, also up to then
considered a light hitter. From
there, Sonny went on to convince
all the opponents that his light
hitting days are over, as he
; banged out two more clean hits
in the nightcap, and fielded his
position faultlessly in pitching
the finale. It was a t ugh break
indeed for Sam that he lost that
last game.
The hustle and dash of the
younger boys is of particular in
terest and delight to this corre
spondent, and one of the most
promising of the “rookie” crop
is young Blue Calhoun, shortstop
; for the Greenies. In addition to
smashing out three hits in as
I many trips to the plate in the
• opener, Blue made one of the
finest stops of the season when
he dashed far to his right and
speared a hot grounder with his
■ bare hand, failing to throw the
runner out only because the
bases have been moved in about
six feet since last Sunday. But
the grays and the balds came in
for their share of the glory also,
as W. Whipple, Sr. turned in a
nice running catch of a hard hit
ball in deep center field,and Glea
Gray drove out a home run with
two on as the game winning
blow in the last game.
The scores were 10-5 and 6-5
and the hits were rather evenly
divided. The hitting star for
the whole day was A. Skellie, Jr.
home on furlough from the Navy
and a welcomed substitute on
two of the teams. Albert played
in all three games and collected a
total of G hits to make all the
managers wish he were going to
be around to play on their team.
Next Sunday the Reds have a
chance for partial revenge on the
Blue powerhouse as these teams
play two games while the
Greens, under the able leader
ship of Tommie Marshall, are ex
pected to hit the comeback trail
I against the Brownies in the nine
I inning opener. Don’t miss the
fun.
Miles of Railways
Norway has 2,433 miles of rail
way?*. . LW
ESTABLISHED 1870
TRUSTEES NOMINATE
COUNTY TEACHERS
1 Teachers for Perry, Bonaire,
and Warner Robins schools have
; >een nominated by local trustees
! for election by the Houston coun
• ty board of Education.
The following teachers are
nominated for the Bonaire school;
1 K. H. Harrell, Mrs. Winifred
Howard, Miss Sara Smith, Mrs.
tiuth Greene Richards, Mrs. Ca
milla Williams, Mrs, Ophie Per
due, Miss Lucile McMichael,Mrs.
Mary Pollette, Mrs. Fannie A.
Ammons, Miss Margaret Hunt,
Mrs. Geo. F. Collins.
The following are nominated
for the Warner Robins school:
Mrs. Austin Francis, Mrs. Rosa
H. Sullivan, Mrs. Xenia K.
Oeitchman, Miss Mary Snider,
Mrs. Barbara E. Kate, M rs.
Evelyn F. Miller, Mrs. Selma
Harrison, Mrs. John Sheflield,
Miss Irene Brantley, Mrs. Thelma
Shockley, Mrs. Comer Teal, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harrison, Mrs. Frankie
Brophy, Mrs. Leonard Clark,
Mrs. Roland Sellers, Miss Ann
Sheffield, Mrs. Maymelou Clax
lon, Mrs. H. L. Downs, Miss
Nola Brantley, Mrs. Dorothy
Edes, Miss Mary Martin, Miss
Lois Lynch, Mrs. Imogene Saw
yer, Mrs. Annie Maude Denny,
Mrs. Sue Lawrence, Miss Opal
Braswell, Mrs. Eleanor Vogel,
Grover Abies,Miss Jean Roberts,
Mrs. Martha Johnston, Miss
Frances Lousier, Mrs. Frazier-
Wise, Mrs, Fred Helton.
The following are nominated
for the Perry school: E. P.
Staples, L. C. Walker, Miss Ju
-1 liette McKinley, Miss Ruby Pick
ens, Miss Audrey Andrews, Miss
Audrey Gertrude Benham, Mrs.
Melissa Tucker, Mrs. J. O. Cole
man, Miss Mary Lee Greene,
Miss Allene Ryals, Miss Willie
1 Ryals, Miss Dorothy Jones, Miss
Phoebe Harper, Mrs. H. T. Gil
-1 bert, Miss Gladwyn Sproull, Miss
Frances Couey, Mrs. Kathleen
Dorminey, Mrs. Lula Driskell,
Mrs, Cauuline Kicklighler,. Miss .
Louise Davis, Mrs. Florence
Cromartie. Miss Louise Rainey.
The colored schools of Houston
county will close Friday, May 11,
except Perry Training School,
which closes May 25.
All white schools of the county
will close Friday, May 25.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
i
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.
; OPA INFORMATION
)
Processed Foods
Blue H-2 thru M-2 valid thru
! June 2.
I Blue N-2 thru S-2 valid thru
June 30.
; Blue T-2 thru X-2 valid thru
> July 31.
L Blue Y-2 thru C-l valid thru
L Aug. 31.
i Meats and Fats
> Red Y-5, Z 5, A-2 thru D-2
1 expire June 2.
Red E-2 thru J-2 expire
1 June 30.
Red K-2 thru P-2 valid thru
’ July 31.
Red Q-2 thru U-2 valid thru
1 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, 1015 thru June 21, 1045.
Shoes
Stamps 1,2, &3 on “airplane”
sheet in Book 3 now valid for one
pair each.
CARD OF THANKS
For the many expressions of
sympathy and acts of k ndness
during our recent bereavement,
we are deeply grateful.
Mrs. J. J, Rogers
Mrs. Capers Wright
Mrs. Carson Wright
