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VOL. LXXIV. No. 34
COUNTY PLANS TO
BUILD COURT HOUSE
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Houston county commissioners!
are planning to build a new Court
House next year. With this in
view, they have increased the
county’s tax levy 5 mills above
the 1944 tax levy.
The total tax rate for 1945 as
fixed by the county commission
ers in session Tuesday, Aug. 7,
is 35 mills for Perry and 30 mills
for the remainder of the county.
Perry’s rate is higher due to a
5 mills tax to retire school build
ing bonds.
The levy for county purposes is
20 mills, which is 5 mills above
the 1944 levy. The county-wide
school tax is 5 mills and the
school districts all levy a 5 mills
maintenance tax. The 20 mills
plus 10 mills for school purposes
makes a total of 30 mills for the
county.
The tax digest shows the tax
able property in the county to be
$3,799,533. The 1944 valuation
| was $3,408,324, making a gain of
$391,209 in taxable property val
ues for 1945.
TOMATO JUICE MS
By Annie C, Newton, H. D. A.
Most widely popular of home
made juices is that from toma
taos. It is easy to can by pro
cessing the jars of hot juice in a
boiling-water bath. But home
canners sometimes have ques
tions to ask, and here are some
put to home canning specialists
of the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture.
Q. Why does my home-can
ned tomato juice sometimes sep
arate?
A. Some separation is normal
because the pulp is heavier than
the light-colored juice so it set
tles below it in the jar. The finer
the sieve used for straining the
juice, the less the pulp will set
tle. Too much or too little heat
may cause the solid part of the
tomatoes to settle, so follow heat
ing directions carefully. If pulp
does settle, just shake the jar
before pouring out the juice.
Q. If tomato juice is packed
hot, why need it be processed in
a water bath canner?
A. The chances of keeping
i are much better. Bacteria or
yeasts in the air may get into the
juice at the time jars are filled,
and if these are not killed by
further heating, the juice may
spoil.
Q. Does home-canned tomato
juice have as much food value as
tomatoes?
A. The vitamin Cin juice and
canned whole tomatoes is ap
proximately the same. Some vi
tamin A and other nutrients may
be lost, when seeds and pulp are
discarded.
Q. Does heating the tomatoes
before straining juice save vita
mins?
A. Tests have shown that the
easiest way of preparing the
juice is the most saving of vita
min C. This is to simmer the
tomatoes until the juice begins to
How. Sieve while the tomatoes
are hot. Reheat just to boiling, j
Then add a teaspoon of salt per
quart of juice, if desired. Pour
into hot jars at once and process
Tor 15 minutes.
Q. Does a metal mill or sieve
used in straining tomatoes de
i str °y vitamin C, and should a
cloth bag be used?
A. For practical purposes a
tfietal juice extractor is satisfac
tory unless some copper or iron
is exposed. A bag would hold
°ack so much good red pulp that
the juice pressed out would be
weak and pale.
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baptist w.m.s. meets
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The Baptist W. M. S. met at;
|pe church Monday p. m. with
the president,Mrs. W.B.Roberts, i
Presiding. The program on
l acing the Needs in Our Own
Community” was presented by l
;drs. E. W. Traylor. Those tak
'og part were Mrs. A.S. Gossett,!
J. A. Beddingfield.and Mrs.;
Annie Watson. The devotional
was given by Mrs. J. P. Ether
idge.
The Sunbeams met at the same
m e rs - A. C. Watts and
Mrs. Emmit Akin in charge. i
Houston Home Journal
I HARVEST AND GIN
COTTON PROPERLY
j
j Cotton should be harvested!
I carefully and ginned properly to
I secure the highest returns, E. C.
West, cotton specialist of the
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service, asserted this week.
“Carefully harvested and gin
ned cotton will bring from $5 to
$2O more per bale than cotton
which was taken to the gin while
wet and ginned in a poorly
equipped and inefficiently operat
ed gin,” he continued.
The condition of the cotton
when it reaches the gin and the
ginning are important factors in
determining the quality of the
ginned cotton.” Mr. Westbrook
; declared. “The cotton grower
who delivers cotton to the gin in
good, dry condition and free of
i foreign matter and has his gin
ning done at a wellequipped,
efficiently operated gin will get
better returns from his cotton.”
If cotton must be picked while
damp from rain or dew, spread
it in the field to dry before haul
• ing it to the gin, Mr. Westbrook
advised.
Cotton that is stored on the
i farm should be protected against
weather damage, he said. If
cotton bales are allowed to lie
out in the weather they may lose
from one-fourth to three-fourths
of their value.
SERVICE MEN ANO WOMEN
‘Latest overseas assignment of
Pfc. Ralph J, Locke, 20,0 f Route
i No. 2 Perry, Ga., is with the
, 75th Infantry Division in the As
sembly Area Command, rede
ploying American soldiers from
Europe.
Pfc. Locke, who Is the son of
Mrs. Mattie Locke, is serving
with the 898th Field Artillery
Battalion, 75th Division. He is
■ stationed at Camp Atlanta, one
of 17 redeployment centers in
the Assembly Area near Reims.
Landing in France in Decem
. ber, 1944, the 75th spent 98 of
its first 126 days on the conti
nent in contact with the enemy
and took nearly 21,000 prisoners.
This soldier has battle stars for
the Ardennes, the Rhineland and
Central Europe Campaigns. Oth
er awards and decorations in
clude the Purple Heart and
■ Good Conduct Medal.
Pfc. Harry Linton, Perry, Ga.,
has been returned to the Conti
nental United States from the
Pacific Ocean Areas under the
Army’s readjustment program.
His father is J. D. Linton, of
Perry, Ga.
Pfc. Linton came into the Ar
my on Dec. 21, 1939, and has
been overseas 56 months. He
was with AAA Gun Bn. and had
been through the Saipan cam
pan and has been stationed on
Saipan.
1 He has been awarded the Bat
tle Star 1,
WAYS TO VALUE FARMS
, A new circular, designed to aid
returning servicemen in purchas
ing farms, was announced this
week by the Georgia Agricultural
Extension Service. Copies can
be obtained from county agents
throughout the state by request
ing circular No. 332.
Written by Kenneth Treanor,
economist of the Extension Ser
vice, the circular lists some of
the things a returning service
man thought about buying a
farm,along with what he figured
and how he decided.
The circular tells of points to
consider in purchasing a farm!
land gives a detailed account of i
I how to determine the real value
lof the farm. It contains a space!
| “for estimating the value of a
farm of interest to you.” A
similar table, filled out by the
'veteran, shows the factors to
(consider in buying a farm.
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LUMBER NEEDED
! Greater production of lumber
is essential to Winning the war,
j foresters of the Agricultural Ex
j tension Service point out. Saw
log production must be vigorous
ly continued throughout the sum
!mer and fall if serious shortages
and mill shut-downs are to be
averted. Needs for lumber have
1 increased since V-E day.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 16. 1945
(C.P. GRAY APPOINTED CM.
I UNITED WAR FUND DRIVE
Charles P. Gray, of Perry, has
been selected as chairman for
the 1945 United War Fund Cam
paign in Houston county. The
drive will start on October 1.
The National War Fund is the
financial agent of USO. United
Seamen’s Service. War Prisoners
Aid, China Relief, Philippine Re
lief. and the other allied nations
which have been run over by the
enemy.
The larger part of the money
goes for the support of USO and
USO Camp Shows. Owing to re
deployment and the opening of
large operations in the Pacific,
the needs of USO are greater
, than they have ever been. The
amount allotted to relief work
among the allies is smaller than
in past years.
USO, from its beginning in
1941, has had more than one bil
lion visits to its installations from
boys in the service and USO
' Camp Shows is now entertaining
more than two million boys per
week in camp show performances
! in all parts of the world where
: our boys are stationed.
Mr. Gray will soon announce
; his committees and complete
1 plans for a successful campaign
’ in October. The end of the war
in Japan will not effect the needs
of allied relief. The Army and
the Navy have requested USO
for continuance of operations for
eighteen months after cessation
of hostilities in Japan. The need
will decrease gradually as our
; boys are brought home,
i The slogan of the War Fund
this year is: “Until the Stars
• and Stripes Go Up On Every
i Battlefront and Until the Ser
vice Flags Come Down in Every
’ American Home —It’s Up To Us
: To See It Through!”
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett and son,
! Allen, Mrs. Russell Thompson,
Mrs. Geo. Keeler, and Bobby
’ Satterfield left Wednesday for
St. Simons Island, Ga. where
Mrs. Pritchett will have a cot
, tage until Sept. 1. Mrs. Everett
Sammons and daughters, Martha
and Eleanor, of Macon, will go
| to St, Simons some time this
month to visit Mrs. Pritchett.
Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Davis and
daughter, Billie, Jean Pierce,
Jeggy Jo Mitchell, and Mr. and
; Mrs. L. C. Davis and daughter,
> Sandra, of Cleveland, Tenn. will
go to St. Simons next Wednes
’ day to share Mrs. Pritchett's cot
tage for a week.
’ Mr. and Mrs. G. Francis Nunn
| went to Clayton, Ga. last week
| to spend ten days.
Miss Jeanne Walters of Pitts
i burg, Pa. is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Joseph E. Larkin, and Sgt.
• Larkin.
Mr. J. J. Rooney and Mr. F.
M. Houser spent Wednesday in
1 Atlanta.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Hardy,
1 Cpl. and Mrs. W. C. Beacham
. and Miss Sue Webb have re
i turned from a week’s visit to
1 Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Carpenter
1 are on a vacation at Lakemont,
Ga.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gilbert of
Jacksonville, Fla. are visiting
Mrs. H. T. Gilbert.
Capt. W. J, Slappey, U. S.Ma
rines Reserve, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. W. J. Slappey Sr.,
I having recently returned from
(two years in the Pacific war area
{where he served on Pelilieu and
(Okinawa Islands.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harper
(have returned from Lookout Mt.
land Chattanooga, Tenn. They
j were accompanied on their trip
by their two daughters, Mrs.
(Timothy E. Harrison and Miss
! Lois Harper, both of Macon, also
| a granddaughter, Pearl Harper.
j Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Greene Jr.
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Mari Emily, on Sunday, Aug.
; 12, at the Middle Ga. hospital,
Macon. Mrs. Greene was Miss
Dorothy Slappey before her
| marriage.
i j Mrs, W. K. Whipple spent
and Wednesday in
1 Thomson, Ga. with relatives.
BIRTH REGISTRATION LAW I
; CALLS FOR DOUBLE RECORD'
i Parents are responsible for
• registering births under provis
ions of the new Georgia vital
i statistics '.aw which went into
effect recently,
i Designed to correct the weak
spots in birth and death record
|ing, the law provides dual reg
istration, Parents must file the
legal certificate of birth, and
; medical attendants must supply
the medical record.
It is believed that parent par
ticipation will result in better
and more accurate reporting, ac
cording to the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Health.
Filing of a separate medical
i report has two particular advan
tages. First, it removes from
i the legal certificate medical in
formation useless to the lay per
son. Second, because it is a con
fidential report, physicians may
record medical facts of public
i health interest without prejudic
ing the interests of patients.
Vital statistics are important in
i keeping tab on health conditions
in the state and thus in planning
health programs, and moderniz
-1 ing the recording system is in
■ line with Georgia’s intensive
i program of postwar planning, the
■ health department says,
i The urgent need for improving
1 birth registration became sud
denly apparent in 1940, when de
■ mands for copies of birth certi
i ficates began to zoom. Requests
i jumped from approximately 2,-
• 000 in 1939 to 75.000 in 1942.
Of the thousands of Georgians
who had to prove their citizen
ship, age or birthplace to get de
■ fense jobs or for other reasons,
many discovered that their births
had never been registered and
i that they had to adopt the costly
and time-consuming procedure of
obtaining a delayed birth certi
ficate.
Much of the backlog of un
registered births was due to the
fact that Georgia didn’t have a
functioning vital statistics act
until 1919, but hundreds of per
. sons born since 1919 also found
. they weren’t listed in birth in
' dexes.
The new law, adopted by the
l 1945 General Assembly, provides
, a penalty of $25 for neglecting
, or refusing to comply with birth
registration regulations.
The law also provides for a
central registry of marriage and
divorce records. Thus records de
stroyed or lost in the home coun
ty can be replaced from the cen
tral state office.
A new stillbirth certificate re
places the old procedure of filing
both a death and birth certificate
in cases of stillborn children.
Full instructions and all neces
sary supplies and forms have
been mailed by the State Health
Department to physicians, mid
wives, ordinaries, clerks of court,
local registrars and others con
i cerned, so that there will be no
delay in putting the law into
effect.
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Dr. Willie White Smith of
1 Wilmington, Delaware is visiting
her sister, Mrs. W. K. Whipple,
■ and family.
Miss Annis Jean NeSmith and
Barbara Whipple are visiting
■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maxwell in
; Umatilla, Fla.
Miss Dorothy Avera of Fort
Valley, Ga. was the guest of Mr.
i and Mrs. J. E. Stalnaker last
week.
Mrs. Joe E, Stalnaker and
daughters, Betty and Jean, and
Miss Dorothy Avera went to Mi
ami, Fla. Monday to visit Mrs.
■ Stalnaker’s mother, Mrs. Ford,
who is ill.
Mrs. Martin Silcox and son,
Martin, are visiting relatives in
Virginia.
i Mrs. A. W. Gillette of Dayto
na Beach, Fla. is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J, M, Tolleson, and
family.
Friends of Mr. J. M. Tolleson
will be glad to learn that he is
i improving following an opera
■ tion he underwent last week at
Emory University hospital.
Mr. T. R, Summers Jr. has a
i position with the National Life
Ins. Co. in Macon.
j War Ends
People Celebrate
The people of Perry joined
with the peoples of the United
States and throughout the allied
world in celebrating the allied
victory over Japan when confir
mation of this news came at 6 p.
m., C. W. T. Tuesday. Aug. 14,
after nearly five years of war
and five days of suspense over
Japan’s surrender.
Pent-up emotion found vent in
various ways. The fire siren,
police siren, whistles, and noise
makers of all kinds were sound
ed. - A procession of cars with
horns blowing traveled over the
down-town streets for some time.
The crowd gathered at the
Court House square was jubilant
but orderly. Somehow there
seemed to be a feeling of rever
ence and a sense of awe mingled
with the outward expressions of
rejoicing. The celebration was
heart-felt and many silent pray
ers of gratitude were said to Al
mighty God who had made pos
sible this victory. As the pastors
of local churches were out of
town, no public religious service
was held but church bells were
rung and the people praised God
within their own hearts.
Hopeful and happy were the
loved ones of Major H. Parks
Houser, who has been a prisoner
of war of Japan for over three
years, as they joined in the cele
bration.
Happiness and relief shone on
the faces of mothers and wives
of servicemen, some of whom
could not restrain their tears of
joy. There was no doubt of
everybody’s rejoicing.
Places of business in Perry
were closed Wednesday in cele
bration of Japan’s surrender.
M. L. HICKSON NAMED
SERVICEMAN AT USES
Marcus L. Hickson Jr., of Fort
Valley, has been appointed the
new Acting Veterans Employ
ment representative in the Unit
ed States Employment Service
offices, in Macon, W. H.
Shiver, USES manager, has an
nounced.
Hickson, who was a petty offi
cer 1 c, storekeeper, and receiv
ed an honorable medical dis
charge in June, 1943, will serve
veterans of eight surrounding
counties. The counties are Peach,
Crawford, Monroe, Jasper,Jones,
Twiggs, Houston and Bibb. He
will work in cooperation with all
agencies that handle veterans.
“The primary job will be placing
veterans in suitable employment
and give them information need
ed,” Shiver pointed out.
Hickson is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Marcus L, Hickson Sr.,
Fort Valley. He graduated from
Middle Georgia College, Cochran,
in 1938 and joined the regular
Navy in April. 1940.
NEW CONSIITUIiCN MEANS
VICTORY FOR PROGRESS
Governor Ellis Arnall won a
tremendous victory for his pro
gram of state progress and ad
vancement last week when, in
the face of a campaign of oppo
sition, upward of one hundred
and twenty counties voted in fa
vor of Georgia’s new constitu
tion. The revised draft is re
garded as placing this state in
the vanguard of progress and
enabling it to take advantage of
the opportunities of the present
day, especially the postwar
period.
The vote of the people in ap
proving the new basic law and
shelving the old was almost two
to one in its behalf.
Governor Arnall was highly
elated over the outcome and the
large benefits that will accrue to
Georgia and its people as result
of adoption of a modern, pro
gressive state constitution.
They go together
ESTABLISHED 1870
CITY TAX RATE SET
AT FIFTEEN MILLS
The City of Perry officials have
raised the city’s tax rate to 15
mills from 12>£ mills in order to
meet increased operation costs
and to make needed public im
provements. In an effort to
equalize assessments, the city
council has found it neces
sary to raise valuations of some
city property, it was stated.
The City of Perry with assis
tance from Houston county will
widen and re-surface Jernaghan
street leading to the R.R. Depot.
The contract for this work has
been let to E. Jack Smith Co.,
which is at present re-surfacing
the Perry-Fort Valley road.
Plans have been made to pave
Commerce street in the next few
months. An effort is being made
to get the state highway depart
ment to pave this .street in order
to relieve the traffic congestion
on Carroll street which is also a
state highway.
Mayor Sam A. Nunn and the
Council hope to be able to make
improvements i n Evergreen
Cemetery in the next few months.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m.,
Church Services, 11:30 a. m,
and 8:00 p. rn.
The pastor will preach at both
services next Sunday.
_ Sermon subjects are: Morning,
“A Man Like A Tree;” Evening,
“The Mystery Man.”
Young People’s Service. G;3O
p. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTICE
Sunday School —10:15 a. m.
Church Service —11:30 a. m.
Owen Gumm
Supply Pastor.
OPA INFORMATION
Gasoline
A-16 coupons valid June 22
thru September 21. Good for (!
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“airplane”
sheet in Book 3 now valid for one
pair each.
Make Ration Applications by
mail. Save time and effort,
PEACH PRODUCTION
Peaches have been grown in
North America since early colo
nial times. Although not as
hardy as apples and not adapted
to the country’s semi-tropical
areas, peaches will grow under
as varied conditions as any other
fruit tree. They are produced in
every state in the Nation, al
though they are of practically no
importance in several northern
states. Commercial production
was started early in the 19th
century in the mid-Atlantic coast'
al states.