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VOL. LXXIV. No. 33
HOUSTON PLANS UNIT!
OF MACONRED CROSS!
At a Red Cross meeting held in ■
Ferry last week, it was voted to
organize a Red Cross unit of the
Macon chapter with a full-time
paid worker.
It was further voted to make
this worker the coordinator of all
Red Cross services in the county,
maintaining an office open every
day, with volunteer assistants
from the community.
J. P. Etheridge, acting chair
man of the Houston county
American Red Cross, presided at
the meeting. After a report of
the nominating committee, the
following officers were elected:
A. W. Dahlberg, chairman;
Mrs. L. H. Gilbert, vice chair
man, and F. M. Houser, secre
tary.
Mr. Dahlberg, in assuming his
position as chairman, stated that
the first thing to be done is ‘‘to
get going” by finding a paid
ARC worker, and appointed a
committee of E. P. Staples, Mrs.
Aurelia C. Evans, and the Rev,
J. A. Ivey to locate an ARC
worker.
Representing the Macon chap
ter at the meeting were Roy
Neal, chairman; Miss Thelma
Hathon, executive director:Mrs.
Henry Slocomb, director of pub
lic information and Junior Red
Cross and Mrs. Roy Neal of the
Canteen Corps.
MRS. EVANS NAMED
ON YOUTH COMMITTEE
Mrs. W. B, Evans of Perry
has been appointed as the parent
representative on the Committee
to Study Out-of-School Activities
of Children and Youth for the
state of Georgia. Mrs. Evans,
welfare director of Houston
county, was named by Dr, M. D.
Collins, state school superinten
dent, to this committee which is
national in scope.
The duties of the committee
are to study the needs of the
children and youth and to plan
suitable activities in meeting
these needs.
This committee is composed of
twenty-three members, twenty
one of whom are connected with
educational work in Georgia, one
editor, and one parent.
NOTICE
There will be no canning at
the Houston County Canning
Plant during the week of August
20 to 25. Beginning the follow
ing week the plant will be open
Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day afternoons from 1 to 4
o’clock. This will continue until
school begins if the amount of
canfting is sufficient to warrant
it. After school starts, canning
will be done by appointment only.
John Etheredge,
Vocational Ag. Teacher.
WAG RECRUITS WANTED
While in Perry, Ga. for an in
spection of Company F, 12th Bn.
Georgia State Guard, Major W,
S. Morgan stressed the imme
diate need for more enlistments
inthe Women’s Army Corps.
‘‘With the armed servicesusing
practically every mode of trans
portation for the movement to
the Pacific it only stands to rea
son the need for more WACs is
greater today than it has been
since the beginning of the war,”
Major Morgan continued.
Women joining the Army now
will also share in the same bene
fits as those who have had pre
vious service. The only changes
having been made by the War
Department in the new recruit
ing campaign is that they have
lowered the age limit from 20 to
38, rather than 20 to 50. Two
years of high school is necessary
and an applicant must not have
any dependent children under 14
years of age. She, naturally,
must be able to pass the physical
requirements.
Application can be made di
rect, or by letter, to the U. S.
Army Recruiting Station, 321
New Post Office Building, Atlan
ta 3, Ga.
Charles Steinmetz
At school Charles Steinmetz had
a hard time learning the multiplica
tion tables.
Houston Home Journal
|NEW CONSTITUTION
! APPROVED BY VOTERS'
| |
j Houston county voted in favor!
of a new Constitution in Tues- '
! day’s General Election, accord 1
ing to official returns tabulated
Wednesday morning by John L.
Hodges, Ordinary. The vote was ,
106 for Amendment No. 1 which
revised the Constitution to 84
against, making only 190 votes
cast out of 1,000 qualified.
The vote by precincts was as
follows:
For Against
Perry 61 38
Hattie 1 19
Elko 6 8
Hayneville 7 5
Henderson 8 2
Kathleen 4 6
Warner Robins 19 6
Bonaire and Heard did not
open polls in their precincts.
Incomplete returns from over
, the stale indicated that Georgia
had approved the new Constitu
, tion by a three to one vote.
Balloting was extremely light in
all sections of the state.
BAPTI3T ANNOUNCEMENTS
The pastor, Rev. J. A. Ivey,
will be on vacation for the next
two Sundays. There will be no
1 preaching services on Aug. 12 or
Aug. 19 but the Sunday school
j and B. T. U. will meet as usual,
! There will be no Wednesday
; night prayer service during the
month of August.
Revival services will be held
Oct. 3-13 with Rev, J.M. Teressi,
•ipastor of First Baptist church,
‘jMilledgeville, Ga. doing the
I preaching.
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;!METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
1 Mrs. G. C. Nunn will speak at
the morning service next Sun
[ day while the pastor, Rev. J. B.
Smith, is on vacation.
’ Rev. Tasker Johnson of Fort
. Valley will preach at the night
service.
> The pastor will occupy his pul
j pit on Aug. 19.
i
r W. S. C. S. MEETING
[ The August meeting of the
. Methodist W. S. C. S. was held
i Monday at The church. The
; president, Mrs. G.W. Hicks, had
charge with Mrs. A. P. Whipple
and Mrs. S. L. Norwood taking a
part. Miss Pearl Edwards gave
a wonderful report of her past
t year’s work.
>• Four colored members from
i King’s Chapel and the Perry
■ Colored Methodist church gave
i inspiring reports of work being I
- done by and with them.
1 One member who had attended
1 Paine College in Augusta report
f ed the grand work being carried ■
t on there.
f Reporter.
DEATH OF INFANT
Funeral services were held in
the main chapel at Robins Field
Saturday morning for Judy Bol
land, infant daughter of Warrant
Officer and Mrs. W. F. Bolland.
■ The baby was four months old
■ and died at home at Warner Rob
’ ins after a sudden illness.
1 Kev. Shelby pastor of the Lu
theran Church of Macon officiat
■ ed. Burial was in the cemetery
at the chapel at Robins Field.
1
. Astor Library
The Astor library in New York
1 city, endowed with $350,000 by John
Jacob Astor, was opened to the pub
lic on January 9, 1854.
Crumbs From Toaster
; Brush all crumbs from the toaster •
. 1 after each using. This saves the <
! toaster and assures a good flavor in |
'I the toast. A small paint brush will i
|, be handy.
| j Soldiers Contracting Influenza
4 j During the World war it was found 1
j that the rate of contraction of influ- j
j enza by soldiers was reduced five j
I times by antiseptic dishwashing. |
1 “Saliva-borne infections,” asserts j
j the American Journal of Public ;
. j Health, “arc responsible either di
' rectly or indirectly for from 25 per
| cent to 45 per cert of our mor
’ | tality.”
Robin Pie Before Trip
Travelers in the Fifteenth cen
tury ceremoniously ate robin pie be
fore starting a journey as the robin
was supposed to have an unerring
i sense of direction.
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. 1945
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
Lt. Arthur Cobb, U. S. Navy,
has been assigned to the Admi
ral’s Staff on his ship which is in
the Pacific war area.
Pvt. Hugh Lawson is stationed
at Camp Livingston, La.
Pvt. W. A. Wilkinson has been
transferred from Carlsbad. N.
Mexico to Truax Field. Madison, (
Wisconsin to enter Radio School.
With U. S, Armed Forces In
New Calendonia —Private First,
Class James W. Carter, veteran
of 30 months overseas service, is
now on his way home for a 45-
day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Carter,
who make their home at Elko,
Georgia.
The Elko soldier is a member
of headquarters company of Ma
jor General Maxwell Murray’s
South Pacific Base Command
whose mission is supply and re
habilitation of combat troops.
Base Cam maud headquarters is
located on New Calendonia,
French-owned, subtropical Island
I,UOU miles northeast of Aus
tralia.
Upon completion of his fur
lough, Carter will return to this
overseas station.
Miramar, Calif. —Marine First
Lieutenant Jerry A. Davis, Jr.,
30-year-old engineering officer
from Perry, Ga., has returned to
the Marine Air Depot here tter
seeing action in the Philippine
Islands.
Attached to a First Marine Air
Wing dive bomber squadron, Da-1
vis supervised work in the unit’s!
engineering department and was
responsible for the maintenance
and availability of the planes.
Striking against key Jap bases
on Luzon and Mindanao the
dauntless dive bombers some
times returned victims of anti
aircraft fire, Davis and his men
were always on hand with their
tools and patches to recondition
the planes and get them back into
action.
Prior to the Philippines, Davis
served as engineering officer on
Emirau,
He was graduated in July, 1931
from Perry High school, and
from Georgia Tech in June, 1938.
Before enlisting, Davis worked
with his father in the ice and
i cold storage business. He was
commissioned in August, 1942,
and was promoted to his present
rank in August, 1943.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jer
ry A. Davis, Sr., live at Houston
Lake, Perry.
This week’s graduation cere-
I monies at the Naval Training
School (Radio) on the campus of
Wisconsin University, Madison,
Wisconsin qualified Bluejacket
■Clarence R. Kite, Jr., 18,'son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Kite,
Perry, Ga., as a radio operator
with the fleet.
DENNARD PLACE TO
BE SOLD AT AUCTION
I
One of the largest and best
farms in Houston county will be
sold at Auction next Tuesday,
Aug. 14. This tract of land,
known as the Dennard Place,
contains over 800 acres and is lo
cated just beyond the city limits
of Perry on the paved road to
! Houston Lake and Warner
Robins.
This large acreage has been
divided into five small farms
each containing from 68 to 265
acres which will be sold to the
highest bidders, on Aug. 14, by
the Dozier Land Company of At
j lanta and Perry,
i This land is the property of
[Mrs. Mary Dennard Hughes of
j Danville, Ga., widow of Con
gressman Dudley M. Hughes and
j and daughter of the late E, L.
I Dennard from whom she in
-1 herited this property.
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Tunnel for Brooklyn
The tunnel connecting New York
; and Brooklyn, under the East river
was opened for use on January 9,
1908.
Contributions at 30
A scientific study of the lives of
several hundred noted chemists in
world history shows that their most
significant contributions to that sci
ence were made at an average age
of 30 years. ,
OPA INFORMATION '
What OPA hopes will be the
last War Ration Book will be dis
tributed sometime in December.
War Ration Book Five is des
cribed as being smaller than a
dollar bill and containing just
half as many stamps as the last
book issued. At the same time,
the third gasoline ‘A” book will,
be issued to motorists,
t The new “A” book will go into
use on December 22 and the new
food ration book sometime early
in 1946 In announcing the plan
I to distribute War Ration Book-
Five, an OPA spokesman de
clared, “It takes a long time to
plan, print and arrange to dis
tribute a ration book. That’s
why we must arrange now for a
bonk that will not-be used until
next year.’’
Gas For Veterans
Up to 30 gallons of gasoline j
will be provided discharged ser
vicemen for use in attending to
personal affairs and making ad
justments to civilian life. Is
suance of the ration is restricted
to enlisted men who had been
separated from active service no
longer than 60 days on August 3
or thereafter before making ap
plication and is the largest ration
possible under present allocations
made available for civilians. OPA
said that this program would not
affect the one already in practice
of allowing special gasoline ra
tions to servicemen having more
than a three-day leave.
Price Panel Check
! Actual selling prices in food
[and apparel stores and restau
rants will be checked this month
by OPA’s Price Panel assistants
in Houston county.
By checking actual selling
prices, as compared to official
ceiling prices posted in retail es
tablishments. these volunteer
workers will be able to determine
the degree of compliance by
dealers and restaurauters.
Violations will be subject to
Price Panel review, and if fla
grant will be turned over to
OPA’s enforcement division for
necessary action.
Gasoline
A-16 coupons valid June 22
thru September 21. Good for 6
gallons each.
Rationing rules now require
that every car owner write his
license number and state in ad
vance on all gasoline coupons in
his possession.
Processed Foods
July 31.
Blue Y-2 thru C-l valid thru
Aug. 31.
Blue D-l thru H-l valid thru
Sept. 30.
Blue J-l thru N-l valid thru
Oct. 31.
Blue P-1 thru T-l valid thru
Nov. 30.
Meats and Fats
Red Q-2 thru U-2 valid thru
Aug. 31.
Red V-2 thru Z-2 valid thru
Sept. 30.
Red A-l thru E-l valid thru
Oct. 31.
Red F-l thru K-l valid thru
Nov. 30.
Sugar
Sugar Stamp No. 36 good for
5 lbs, thru Aug. 31.
Shoes
Stamps 1,2,3,& 4 on“airp!ane”
sheet in Book 3 now valid for one
pair each.
Make Ration Applications by
mail. Save time and effort,
COTTON’S IMPORTANCE
Cotton is America’s greatest
cash crop and one of the Nation’s
most important commodities. It
is grown on more than one and a
half of the six million farms in
the United States and returns an
income that has averaged more
than one billion dollars during
the last three crop years. Cotton
is the principal raw material for
the Nation’s textile industry
which employs more than one
million people. It has been esti
mated that at least 13,500,000
persons are directly dependent
upon cotton for the necessities
and comforts of life.
Oleomargerine
Oleomargerine was first made in
1370 by a French scientist, Mege-
Mouries, who was experimenting to
obtain a cheap butter substitute for
tb« poor.
HOUSTON SCHOOLS
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 3
I
The white schools of Houston
county and the Perry Training
School for colored will open Mon
day, Sept. 3. for the fall term.
Christmas holidays will begin
Dec. 21 and Thanksgiving holi
days will include two days.
The colored schools which oper
ate eight months will open Oct.
1 and close a three months term
on Dec. 21.
All schools in the county will
begin the winter term on Jan. 2
and close the school year on May
21, Spring holiday dates will be
decided later.
Plans are going forward for
Perry’s new school building to
house the first, second and third
grades. s
Dennis and Dennis of Macon,
architects, have submitted plans
and specifications for the build-
I ing to the Federal Works pgency
for approval. The contract will
be let at an early date.
PUT UP PLENA OF TOMATOES
By Annie C. Newton, H. D. A.
With civilian supplies of com
mercially canned tomatoes and
tomato juice predicted to be
much less than last winter and
point values high, wise home
makers will can every garden to
mato that does not go on the
family table, and take advantage
of every favorable turn of the
local market.
Rich in vitamin C, and the
tangy flavor and brilliant red
color that add zest to winter
meals, tomatoes are easiest of all
vegetables to can —and the only
I common garden vegetables that
do not require a pressure canner.
Can tomatoes by the boiling
water method, advise home econ
omists of the U. S, Department
of Agriculture. Here are some
important points to remember in
tomato canning:
Look over every tomato, and
use only the ripe, firm and per
fect. Even when a bad spot is
cut out, bacteria may lurk be
hind to ruin the whole batch.
Get ready only enough toma
toes for one canner Joat at a
time. Handle them gently so
they will not bruise, and wash in
several waters.
To make peeling easy, put to
matoes in a wire basket or thin
cloth, dip into boiling water a
minute, then plunge into cold
water. Cut out stem ends and
peel. Quarter the tomatoes so
they will heat through quickly.
Heat tomatoes in their own
juice, stirring to pr’event stick
ing and burning. Let them come
to a rolling boil. In the mean
time, get clean jars and lids
heated and ready.
Fill one jar at a time with hot
tomatoes. Cover with hot juice
to within l /* inch of top. Work
rapidly, so tomatoes will not
cool. Add one teaspoon salt to
each quart. Work out air bub
bles by easing a knife blade
down jar sides. Add more juice,
if needed. Wipe jar rim with a
clean damp cloth.
Adjust jar top according td di
rections for its type. Process 10
minutes in a boiling water bath.
Finish sealing, if type of lid re
quires. Cool jars overnignt,
right side up and away from
drafts.
The State Department of Pub
lic Safety has reported that
twenty-two perrons were killed
in Georgia traffic accidents in
June, a decrease of thirteen in
June a year ago. Officials said
the decrease can be attributed
partially to the nation-wide brake
emphasis program conducted in
May and participated in by Geor
gia law enforcement officers and
safety organizations.
Georgia last year granted
charters to 629 new corporations,
the largest number in any year
in the state’s history, Secretary
of State John B. Wilson, report
ed to Gov, Arnall. This was a
gain of more than 35 per cent
over the previous year. Wilson
said the gain reflects an increase
in business activities all over the
state and encourages the hope
that there will be a great up
surge in small enterprises at the
end of the war.
ESTABLISHED 1870
25,000 SEE EXHIBITS
AT ROBINS FIELD
The 38th anniversary of the
Army Air Forces was celebrated
August 1 by Robins Field in
Houston county with open house.
Approximately 25,000 adult visi
tors and hoards of children visit
ed Robins Field during the af
ternoon open house which is the
second to be held since its acti
vation in 1941.
Two 829 Superfortresses
headlined the exhibit of aircraft.
The P-61 Black Widow, a night
fighter, and the P-38 Lightning
fighter drew great interest as
did the experimental planes.
Visitors were allowed to enter
many of the planes while a ramp
was built over the nose of the
B-29 so that the gun and bomb
sighting arrangements could be
seen as well as the pilot’s cockpit.
In addition to the aircraft
exhibits, there were demonstra
tions of aircraft equipment and
of repair work in the mainten
ance hangers.
Many of the equipment dis
plays had cutaway models show
ing the working principles of
machinery and instruments. The
gun turrets in operation tracking
imaginary targets drew steady
interest from the visitors.
The large photographic exhibit
was popular with the guests as
were the instrument panels oi
various airplanes and the little
plane that operates by radio and
is used for aerial target practice.
The production line set up for
modification of B-24 Liberator
bombers, drew a steady line of
spectators who watched the pro
gress of the work ending in the
completely installed central fire
control system.
Busses took pedestrians from
the industrial area to the troop
area where exhibits of troop
training methods attracted large
crowds. These included demon
strations by the medical service
training school, the Air Techni
cal Service Command school and
the Signal Corps school.
In a special training area the
4510th AAF base unit had set up
a model service group installation
to show how aircraft mainten
ance and supply functions are
performed in the combat theatre.
A formal retreat parade was
held at 4 p. m. v/ith Col. Thomas
H. Chapman, commanding of
ficer of the Warner Robins Air
Technical Service Command, re
viewing the troops. During the
ceremony, two Air iMedals,
awarded posthumously, were
presented to Mrs. Eva H. Hall
man, Byron, widow of Sgt. Clin
ton R. Hallmon, and to Mrs. Lil
lie B. Sims, Cordele, mother of
i’-Sgt. Jack B. Sims. The pre
sentation was made by Col. E.
W. Fox, chief of administration.
Distinguished visitors wh c
were guests at the open house
included Brig. Gen. R. W. Buz
i zell, assistant to the command
ing general, IRTC, Camp Wheel
er; Major T. M. Arial, training
division at Camp Wheeler; Col.
and Mrs. F. E. Ammons, of the
AAF Convalescent hospital,
Cochran Field: Captain Pfaff,
Naval Ordnance plant and May
ors Charles Bowden of Macon, S.
A. Nunn of Perry and C. B. Wat
son of Warner Robins.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Baptist W. M.S. will meet
at the church next Monday,
4 p. m,
i Circles of the Methodist W. S.
C. S. will meet next Monday at 4
p. m, in the following homes:
No. I, Mrs, J. F. Bonner; No.
2, Mrs. Sam A, Nunn; No. 3,
Mrs. H. E. Evans Sr.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Sunday School—10:15 a. m.
Church Service—ll:3o a. m.
Owen Cumm
Supply Pastor.
Needle in Back Mystery
William Stevens’ doctor, in Arapa
hoe, Neb., is the fellow to see about
looking for a needle in a haystack.
The doctor pulled a sewing needle
out of Stevens’ back after Stevens
said he had been bothered for a
month by a sore spot. He had no
idea how the needle got there or
how long he had been carrying it
around in his body. ,