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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXIV. No. 21 7THWARLOAN DRIVE RALLY HELDIN PERRY! Plans for the Seventh War I Loan Drive in Houston county were made Wednesday night last week at a Bond Rally at the American Legion Home. Houston county’s quota is $970,000 with an E Bond quota of $920,000 for the 7th War Loan which in cludes bond purchases made dur ing the months of April, May, and June. Mayo Davis, chmn. Houston County War Bond committee, ap pointed district chairmen and as signed quotas fixed by the com mittee at a previous meeting. These quotas and chairmen are as follows; Upper Fifth, $lO,OOO, R. F. Scarborough; Lower Fifth, $5,- 000, W. N. Johnson; Upper Eleventh, $5,000, Claud Watson and H. C. Talton; Lower Eleven th, $5,000, A. R. Talton; Tenth, $15,000, C. L. Kersey; Lower Town, $lO,OOO, W. W. Gray; Upper Town. $B,OOO, A. W. Dahlberg. Old 13th, $B,OOO, Rhodes Se well: Fourteenth, $5,000, Louis Hartley: Clinchfield, $5,000, J.A. Grubb; Hayneville, $2,500; L. M. McCormick; Grovania, $2,500, Willis Harrison; Perry School, $15,000; E. P. Staples; City of Perry, $104,000, C.E. McLendon; Warner Robins, $720,000; New 13th, $5,000, W. B. Hodge. Rally speakers included Lt. Daniel Briley, U. S. Army In fantry, who returned recently from service in the Pacific war theatre, and Joe Woodruff, head of Rural Dept. Ga. War Bond headquarters, Atlanta, Ga. J.P. Etheridge of Perry, chmn. 13th War Bond district of which Houston county is a part, intro duced these speakers. Lt. Briley who is a resident of Thomasville, Ga. told of his ex periences in New Guinea and other Pacific islands. His talk on jungle warfare, the hardships being endured by our service men and the sacrifices they are making to bring about victory over Japan inspired his listeners to do their best for the war ef fort here at home. Mr. Woodruff said that proper organization and personal effort on the part of workers plus co operation from the public would result in success in the 7th War Loan which is the biggest to date with a 7 billion dollar quota for individuals. 4 billions in E Bonds alone, and a 14 billion dol lar over-all quota. This year there will be only two War Loan drives instead of three but as many bonds must be bought in the two as were bought last year in the three. This means that bigger extra bonds must be bought in the 7th, Mr, Woodruff said. The Battle of Japan has just begun. To crush Japan will take time, heroic effort, and over powering equipment on account of the distance and the fanatic fighting of the Japs. It must be backed up and paid for through the purchase of War Bonds. MISS RHODES TO GRADUATE ROME, Ga. —Shorter College is having its annual commence ment from May 26-28, at which time thirty seniors will receive their degrees from Shorter. In this group is Miss Merriamme Rhodes, of Perry, who will grad uate with the A. B. Degree, with Biology as her major sub ject. Miss Rhodes has been an out standing senior at/ Shorter, hav ing been named on the Highest Honor Roll of the college for all four years of her college work. She has served as president of the Methodist Student Union for the past year, and is also treas urer of the Polymnian Society, and vice president of the Spanish t lub. She is leaving Snorter in June to do graduate work in the Held of Religion at Emory Uni versity, and will have a position in secretarial work at the First Methodist Church of Atlanta. WfTIOUNCEMENIT Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. training Union, 7:00 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, p. m . Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor. Houston Homo Journal 'METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS! j ! Next Sunday is Church School | 1 Rally Day. A pageant, “Pass on ' I the Flame” by E. O. Harbin will Ibe presented at the 11:30 a. m. service. Narrators of the pageant will be Miss Frances Couey, Miss Ruby Pickens, and Mrs. E. P. Staples. Characters will be enacted by Miss Carlene Ogle tree, Richard Ogletree, Seabie Hickson, and John Blue Calhoun. The choir will render the vocal numbers of the pageant. The Children’s Division will give the scriptural passages. Mrs. Frank King and Rev. J. B. Smith are the directors. There will be no service Sun day night on account of the com mencement program at Perry High school. BOBBYimslizE Bobby Ivey of Perry won third prize in the Americanism Essay contest,sponsored by The Ameri can Legion Auxiliary, Dept, of Georgia,on the subject, “Thomas Jefferson, His Contribution to American Democracy.” • Bobby won first place in the Houston county contest. He will receive $lO in War Stamps and an Auxiliary Medal. Bobby is the son of Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Ivey and is a Junior in Perry High school. D.A.R. OFFICERS NAMED Officers were elected by the , Gen. Daniel Stewart chapter, D. A. R., Wednesday, May 9, at a meeting held at the home of Mrs. Hugh Lawson. They are: Mrs. G. E. Jordan, regent; Mrs. |S. L. Norwood, vice-regent; Mrs. L. M. Paul, secretary; Mrs. Law son, treasurer: Mrs. E. W. Tray lor, registrar: Mrs. H. P. Dob bins, historian: and Mrs. H. T. Gilbert, chaplain, A social period followed the business. BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS “Consecrating the Centennial ’ to Christ” was the subject of the program presented by Mrs. J. Wesley Calhoun at the May meeting of the Baptist W. M. S., ' held Monday at the church. Those taking part were Mrs. C. F. Cooper, Mrs. W. B. Roberts, Mrs. Mayo Davis, and Mrs. J. L. 1 Gallemore. Mrs. J. A. Ivey and Mrs. W. 1 E. Beckham gave a dialogue and Mrs. L. M. Jones led the devo tional. Mrs. Roberts, president, . presided. The Sunbeams met at the ! same time with Mrs. Emmit ; Akin and Mrs. A. C. Watts in | charge. PARTIES FOR SKELLIES R. T. 2c Albert C. Skellie, U. J S. Navy, and his brother, Walter . Skellie who graduates from Per ry High school next week, were 1 honored with two parties last I week while Albert was home on , furlough. Their parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. Albert Skellie, were hosts at a barbecue supper Wednesday p. m. at Houston Lake. Fifty young people were present. Mrs. ; W. F. McLendon and Miss Polly McLendon assisted in entertain ‘ I ing. ' Their aunt, Mrs. R. A. Ander | son, and Mr. Anderson enter ' tained with a dance Monday night at the Legion Home. 100 ’ guests enjoyed this affair. OPA HEAD WIRES MUSE May 8, 1945 t Chairman, W'PRB: 1! I have just listened over the ! radio to the good news for which i jwe have been waiting for months "iand lam anxious to express to •|you, your Board, and your Office I Staff, my appreciation for the 1 ! magnificient contribution which II you have made to your country’s - j welfare during the last three •(years. The year that lies ahead 1 1 will be among the most critical Fin our history. Much as we ! might will it otherwise our own ■ difficult job is far from complete, j We must count on you and every 'member of your organization to stick to his guns until the grave . economic dangers which con front us have been finally de , feated. Regards and good luck. Chester Bowles, * Administrator. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 17. 1945 | PHS COMMENCEMENT PLANS ' ; The baccalaureate sermon to !seniors of Perry High school will be preached by Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor Perry Baptist church, next Sunday night. May 20, at 8 p. m. in the school auditorium. The public is invited to attend, ' Monday. May 21, 8:30 p. m. the high school music pupils of Miss Willie Ryals will be pre-, sented in recital. Tuesday, May 22, 8:30 p. m. the grammar school music pupils of Miss Ryals will give a recital.. Friday night, May 25, the graduation exercises will be held. A student program will be pre sented by honor graduates. Di plomas will be awarded to thirty five, 19 girls and 16 boys. Supt. E. P. Staples will address fare well remarks to the class. Senior Class Play The twelve seniors who made up the well-chosen cast of “Al most Eighteen” played to a “standing room only” audience on Friday night. Each young performer showed results of hard work and expert coaching. The recently redecorated stage show ed to advantage as a background for the well dressed cast and the exquisite flower arrangements. Each actor deserves praise for the excellence of his perform ance. Emogene Kennedy gave a splendid characterization as the harassed mother, Wendell Whip ple was equally effective as the unsympathetic father. Tommy Marshall and Babe Hunnicutt ; turned in fine performances as teen-agers. In the supporting cast, Elizabeth Scarborough and ■ Gene Ethridge were outstanding. The complete cast in the order of first appearances is as follows: William Barry, Eddie’s dad, Wendell Whipple; Grace Barry, his mother, Emogene Kennedy: Beatrice Barry, the daughter, Betty Boler; Mabel Warren, mu sic teacher, Nan Thompson; Mrs. . Granville, of the Woman’s Club, Elizabeth Scarborough; Eddie Barry, Almost Eighteen, Tommy Marshall; George Jones, the un cle, Frank Satterfield; AnnSher | man, Eddie’s ideal, Babe Hunni ? cutt; Tommy Granville, Eddie’s friend, Gene Ethridge: Sallie Da vidson, one of the cro;vd, Mar tha Ann Gordon; Mr. Merritt, a professor, Walter Skellie; Miss Dalrymaple, a club woman, Sue Webb. The final chorus consisted of Josephine Bostick, Annie Ruth I Braswell, Virginia Carlisle, Dixie 1 Cawthon, Jacquelyn Ellis, Mary Gray, Pauline Gray,Louise Head, Sara Henry, Hilda Johnson, Au drey Meadows, Lolita McCor i mick, Nadine Thames, Calvin , Andel, Jackie Beavers, Lewis i Bledsoe, Harry Dubois, Harold Harrison, John Teal Lewis, Mil ■ Hard Locke, Aldine Rape, Bobby Spencer, Horace Stembridge, Jack Wilson. The play was under the direc tion of Mrs. J. O. Coleman, sen | ior advisor. 1 LIBRARY NOTES Through the additional aid of , the Georgia State Board of Edu cation many new books are be ing added to the library. Among the best sellers are: Fiction, Captain from Castile, Shellabarg er; Green Years, Cronin; Great Son, Ferber; Immortal Wife, • Stone; and The Robe, Douglas. Non-fiction; Brave Men, Pyle; ■ Theuber Carnival, Theuber; Yan ) kee from Olympus, Bowen; Bible and the Common Reader, Chase. Mystery stories are ever in i creasing in demand. Some of . I the most popular are; Blood on • j the Snow, Lawrence; State De jpartment Cat, Plum; Toward HReno, Christie; and Wings of Fear, Eberhart. ’! New books, both fiction and *jnon fiction are on the shelves for 1 boys and girls. For the tiny : [ tots there is a gay assortment of 1 ; picture story books. *j Library open every afternoon ; | except Wednesday from 1:30 to j 6:30 p. m. ‘; Verniece Beavers, Librarian. ;i Mrs. G. S. Riley honored Mrs, A. I. Foster with a lovely lunch • eon Tuesday at her home. Guests i were Mesdames E. M. Beckham, • A. C. Cobb, T. W. Hentz, Annie • Watson, Mamie Winn, A. S. Gos sett, A. H. Lawler, R. L. Cater, J. P. Etheridge, L. B. Wilcox, and the honoree. : SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS " I By G. FRANCIS NUNN Despite the efforts of the weather man to the contrary, the softball games were played Sun day afternoon, and three of the best of the season were staged 'for the fans. The rejuvenated Browns continued their come back against the Greens, and banged out 11 hits for as many runs to win 11-7. Then the league leading Blues took on their nearest rivals, the Reds in .the double header, and both games were one run victories, the first for the Reds, and the second for the Blues. Thus the standings are left unchanged, with the Blues still far and away in front, despite their first loss of the year, and the Reds a poor second with a record of four wins and three losses. Coming up fast are the Browns, having won their last three games after dropping their first four, while the Greens are floundering with only one take for seven drops. In the opener Sunday, the Brownies struck three limes in the first four innings, and with Bubber Pierce and Glea Gray leading the way, soon had an eleven to three lead. The Greens never quit, however, and kept pecking away at that big lead, but four more runs was all they could muster. For the Browns, Pierce had five hits for the same number of times up, while the dean of the Whipple clan col lected three safeties to lead the Greens at bat. The first game of the twin bill was one of the best seen the whole season. The Reds broke loose in the first inning for four runs, the Blues came right back for four of their own, and the battle was on. Pitchers Roberts and Hardy were bearing down and each was getting good sup port as the game went into ex tra innings. But as the eighth opened, Ivey was safe on an er ror for the Blues, and Whitten hit safely to push him to second. It was a tough spot for the Reds with Bledsoe, Lasseter and Roberts the next three hitters, two on and none out. There was nothing to be gained by walking one to get to another, however, so Mgr. Skellie ordered Hardy to pitch away. This big Alton did, as he had never done before. He caused Bledsoe to pop an easy fly to the pitcher, and then mighty Lasseter grounded one to [third for a force, and himself was thrown out at first for the double play. It must be said for the Blower however, that he was playing under a terrific handicap with a stiff knee, and had grab bed some of the glory earlier himself, when he switched to the left side of the plate for a bunt play, failed to connect on that, then drove one into the garden for a double. An error also opened the Reds half of the eighth, and this, followed by a long double by A. Hardy, an in tentional pass to Walker, and a nice single by A. Skellie salted the game away —the first licking handed the Blues for the season. The defeat seemed to sting the Blues into action as they batted around in the first inning of the second game for six runs, and came back in the second for two more. Then thinking they had the game in the bag, they coast ed along for awhile, only to sud denly find the Reds only one run behind. Here they stiffened and shut off the Red scoring to run out the victory at 8-7, the Reds leaving eight men stranded on the bases, while the Blues push ed all theirs around but two. So it was a fine afternoon, and probably the finest individual catch of the day was made by Bobby Ivey as he robbed C. Walker of a sure double in right field by a nice running catch, Glea Gray bears the scars of bat tle this morning for his mistake in thinking he could catch a fly ball that little Clint Cooper was going for. After the collision, Clint trotted off grinning, while Glea was helped to his feet and given a towl to catch the blood spurting from his nose. Next Sunday finds the teams beginning the second round.with the same teams meeting as on opening day. Thp Reds under Walter Skellie tangle with T. Marshall’s Greens in the opener, and the Bledsoe Blues, unholy terrors of the league, hit the fast traveling Browns of Bubber SERVICE MEN UNO WOMEN | AN VIII AIR FORCE SER VICE COMMAND STATION. | France—As a member of one of the mobile reclamation crews based at this Eighth Air Force advanced depot, Staff Sergeant! John Thomas Arnold, Perry. Ga., j has had a part in recovering thousands of dollars worth ,of equipment from aircraft, classi fied as non-reparable, a ft e r crash-landing on the Continent since D-Day. This command has returned to combat more than 600 planes downed on the Continent during this time, but the non-reparable class has became a ready source of aircraft parts, urgently need ed in the repair of other damag ed ships. These planes contain more than a hundred critical items alone; parts that are ex pended faster than they can nor mally be supplied. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Arnold, Perry, Ga., Sergeant Arnold farmed prior to entering the service in September, 1942. He is a graduate of Perry High school and attended Army Air Forces technical training schools. He came to England in Decem ber. 1943, and arrived in France in November, 1944, to become as sistant chief of one of the crews. Pvt. Thomas D. Mason Jr., U. S. Army Artillery is stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. HOUSING FOR BABY CHICKS By Annie C. Newton, H. 1). A. A large per cent of poultrymen have an idea that hens should be given exercise. This is a mis taken idea. If the above proce dure in feeding is practiced, the feed will go to egg production and should not be used up in or der to prevent hens from con suming round worm eggs, which is a great hazard throughout the State. A large per cent of the good poultrymen house their hens throughout the entire year. If green feeds are to be taken advantage of, they cari be turned out late in the afternoon or the green feeds can be pulled and given to the hens in the house. If this procedure is followed, overcrowding must be watched For heavy breed hens, at least 4 square feet of floor space must be allowed per bird and 3>j square feet of floor and if a deep litter is used and added to, it can generally be kept in the house without cleaning out for at least six months and some times a year, depending on the I type of litter used. The roosts should be built on the level, preferably over a drop ping board, allowing a 12 inch roust space for each hen and pro viding a wire underneath the roosts to prevent the hens from pecking in the droopings. This is very important. If the dropping boards are used, this will allow! the hens to use the entire floor space. The protection of the dropping board is desired by the hens in hot weather. The drop ping boards a n d roost poles should be painted each year with carbolenium so as to prevent any hazard from mites. The birds should be checked very closely periodically for lice. There is one thing in brooding chicks that has been left out in the preceding discussion that I would like to emphasize and that is the importance of not over crowding the chicks in the brooder house. At least 3-4 to one square foot of floor space should be allowed for each chick. The best results can be obtained by never brood ing over 30U baby chicks under one brooder. The instructions that go with the Louisiana Lamp Type Brooder should be followed. In order to prevent overcrowding it is very often advisable to ad vocate poultrymen to buy unsex ed chicks in order that they may thin out the roosters and provide more floor space. PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE Sunday School —10:15 a. m. Church Service —11:30 a. m. Assistant Supply Owen Gumm. j Pierce. Be on hand for another fine session. ESTABLISHED 1870 (PROGRESS OF R. E. A. (CITED BY F.H. TABOR | Ten years after the start of j the federal rural electrification jprogram, the Flint Electric Mem jbership Corporation, Reynolds, Ga., reported this week that its program in this area compares well with the rate of progress in other sections of the country. In an anniversary statement, Floyd Tabor, president of the Flint Electric Membership Corpora tion, said that the KEA program is paying its own way because farmers are making their electri cal equipment earn profits for them. Nationally, the number of electrified U. S. farms has in creased from 750,000, or 10 per cent of all U. S. farms in 1035, when the Rural Electrification Administration was established, to about 2,700,000, or 44 per cent, today. In nine counties in which the Flint Electric Mem bership Corporation is now operating 635 miles of rural pow er lines, Mr. Tabor said that only a small percentage of the farms had central station elec tric service 10 years ago. Today Flint Electric Membership Cor poration alone supplies power to 2,875 farms and other consumers. The program of the Flint Elec tric Membership Corporation has been financed through REA loans totaling ,$577,174.00. The Flint Electric Membership Cor poration obtained its first loan of $51,000.00 in 1937 and with this money built the first section of power lines in Taylor county which were put into operation in September 1937. The record of REA’s borrowers throughout the country in paying back the money they have bor rowed from the government proves the soundness of this pro gram, Mr. Tabor declared. “We are proud of the record, and of the Flint Electric Membership Corporation’s part in it. Our cooperative has paid back a total of $127,343,00 in interest and principal on its REA loans. Of this amount, $81,884.00 was paid on principal before it came due. Rural electrification is paying its own way because farmers are making their electrical equip ment earn profits for them.’’ Justus the power line con struction program of _ the Flint Electric Membership Corporation was getting well underway, war time shortages of materials brought construction of new lines virtually to a halt. The Flint Electric Membership Corporation I like other REA systems through out the country has had to limit new construction to line exten sions to reach farms qualifying for service connections under War Production Board regula tions. The WPB has required that all such construction shall be justified on the basis of the bene fits which could be realized, in food production or labor-saving, on the farms to be served. The Flint Electric Membership Cor poration has extended its lines to approximately 125 such quali fied farms. Asa result of the wartime slow-down, Mr. Tabor said,about 350 consumers who have already signed up for service from the Flint Electric Membership Cor poration have had to wait until Germany’s defeat will make it possible for the cooperative to resume construction. Th e co operative is ready with plans to build 125 miles of line in all our counties, to serve these consum ers as soon as it can get the ma terials. REA loans to finance this construction have already been allotted to the cooperative, he said, but have not been ad vanced. In addition to the approved construction, the cooperative is getting its long range postwar program into shape for quick ac tion when new federal loans and necessary materials can be ob tained. Co-op officials estimate that it could build 300 miles of lines in 9 surrounding counties to serve 1,000 consumers within three years after full-scale con struction can be resumed. As the Rural Electrification staff at St. Louis headquarters of the agency planned to observe [the tenth anniversary of the REA program on May 11, REA ■ officials released figures which (Continued To Page Two)