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VOL. LXXIV. No. 36
PACE TO ADDRESS
BANK-FARM GROUP
Farmers and bankers from the
nine counties of the Middle
Western Ocmulgee River Soil
Conservation District will take
part in the program in Perry
next Thursday, Sept. 6, when
Certificates of Merit will be
awarded to fifty-six farm owners
of the District by the Georgia
Bankers Association for out
standing accomplishments in car
rying out complete soil conserva
tion practices on their farms.
The certificates will be pre
sented at a meeting at 2 p. m. in
the Perry High School Auditori
um. The public is invited and a
large attendance of farmers,
businessmen, and others inter
ested in soil conservation is ex
pected, according to C. E. An
drew, president of Perry Loan
and Savings Bank and Chairman
of the Bankers Committee. The
program will feature an address
by the Honorable Stephen Pace
of Americas who, as a member
of the Agricultural Committee in
the House of Representatives,
has done very outstanding w r ork
for the farmers in this section.
A. C, Richardson, of Macon
County, member of the Board of
Supervisors of the Soil Conserva
tion District, will discuss the
Middle Western Ocmulgee River
Soil Conservation District —its
organization, aims, objectives,
and accomplishments to date.
Sherman Drawdry, president
of the State Bankers Association,
will present awards to fifty-six
farmers of the Middle Western
Ocmulgee River Soil Conserva
tion District. Sam A. Nunn,
Houston county farmer and at
torney, will give the acceptance
speech on behalf of the fifty-six
winners. The meeting will be
called to order by Dr. W.G. Lee.
chairman of the board of Direc
tors of the First National Bank
and Trust Company, Macon, Ga.
He will also introduce the special
guests of the Bankers’ Associa
tion.
The program will get under
way promptly at 2p. m. and is
expected to be completed by 4
o’clock. Representatives of the
twenty banks of the nine coun
ties of the Middle Western Oc
mulgee River Soil Conservation
District will take part in the pro
gram here and will encourage
farmers in their respective coun
ties to attend.
Sherman Drawdry, president
of the Bankers Association, and
Haynes McFadden, secretary,
will be among the officials who
will attend. Supervisors of the
Middle Western Ocmulgee River
Soil Conservation District will
also be guests of the Bankers
Association. They are: S. W.
Hickson, chairman, Perry; A. C.
Richardson, Montezuma; B. T.
Whelchel, Rochelle; J. R. Hen
derson, Macon: J. B. Walton,
Vienna. The Supervisors are
the governing body of the Dis
trict of which W. C, Huggins of
Perry is district Conservationist.
Jack C. Miller, Perry, serves as
soil technician of Houston coun
ty. Comprising the district are
the following counties: Bibb,
Crawford, Dooly, Houston,
Peach, Pulaski, Macon, Taylor,
and Wilcox.
Other guests will include Dr.
LS. Buie, of Spartanburg, S.
C-, Regional Conservator of the
Soil Conservation Service for the
nine states of the Southeastern
Region; T. L. Asbury, Athens,
State Conservationist of the Soil
Conservation Service; 0. D. Hall
and Hugh A. Brown, Athens, as
sistants to Mr. Asbury.
Local agricultural workers and
ethers invited include W.T. Mid
'■lebrooks, County Agent; Robert
P. Jones, Agricultural Adjust
ment Agency; John Etheredge,
' ocational Teacher; Jack C. Mil
'yr» Soil Conservationist: Mr.
I owe, Farm Security Adminis
tration; Mrs. John Hodges, Edi
tor, Houston Home Journal; Pas
(,nal Muse, president and W. E.
Mnson Jp., vice-president of
Houston County Farm Bureau.
the meeting is attracting at
tention throughout this section
mce it is the first in south Geor
gia to be sponsored by the Bank
ers Association to stimulate in
terest in soil conservation and
recognize accomplishments of
farm owners and operators in the
twenty-four soil conservation dis-
Houston Home Journal
COUNTY SCHOOL ROUGE
Children entering the first
grade in the Houston County
school system must present birth
i certificates to prove they are six
■ years old or will be six within
1 sixty school days from the open
; mg of school.
The new compulsory atten
dance law passed by the last Ga.
requires that parents
; and guardians having control or
charge of any child or children
between their seventh and six
teenth birthdays shall enroll and
send such child or children to a
public or private school under
penalty for non-compliance. Such
penalty to be a fine of $lOO or
imprisonment not to exceed 30
days, or both, at the discretion
of the superior, city, or other
court having jurisdiction.
T h e schools operating nine
months will open Monday, Sept.
3. Colored schools wdiich operate
eight months will open Oct. 1.
Registration of pupils for Per
i ry, Bonaire and Warner Robins
: High Schools will be held Fri
■ day, Aug. 31 at these schools.
Perry Training School for color
ed pupils will also register high
school students Friday, Aug. 31.
S. W. Hickson, C. S. S.
EFFECT OF WAR OH SOCIAL
WELFARE IN GEORGIA TOLD
The effect of the war on social
welfare in Georgia is the theme
of a 32-page survey which the
Georgia Conference on Social
Welfare is issuing this week to
its 1,545 members in lieu of an
annual Conference eliminated
because of wartime restrictions
on travel.
Ten leading authorities have
contributed to the symposium.
Colonel William C. Menninger,
director of the Neuropsychiatry
Consultants Division in the of
fice of the Surgeon General, de
scribes the psychiatric social
work in the Army and points
out its implications for civilian
social work.
“It is unfortunate,” writes
Colonel Menninger, “that there
is a public impression that all
veterans are going to be problem
children.” He stresses, how
ever, that the high percentage
of rejectees because of emotional
difficulties indicates that similar
problems exist in the civilian
population.
“The war has turned a search
light upon the fact that many
persons in our population are in
need of some type of mental hy
giene service. The war will un
doubtedly increase the need for
adequate psychiatric service.
“It is certain,” continues Col
onel Mennipger, “that the social
work field will have to carry an
increased work load. This addi
tional load will call for a very
close coordination between all
agencies and particularly be
tween the agencies and the vet
erans facilities of the commu
nity.”
Harris P. Dawson, Jr.,regional
director of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, has contributed an ar
ticle for the Conference survey
on “Wage Rates in Georgia.”
Ten per cent of the States work
ing population are farm laborers,
and despite the increase in labor
rates since 1940 Georgia is still
the 47th state in average daily
wage paid this type of labor.
HARVESTING COTTON
Farmers who are careful to
pick their cotton clean and dry j
will obtain the highest grades
when they take it to the gin, E. i
C. Westbrook, cotton specialist
of the Extension Service, points
out. When it is necessary to
pick cotton wet with dew or rain,
it can be dried in the field as it
is picked by spreading in thin
layers on sheets. When it is
loaded in wagons or trucks at
the end of the day it will be
sufficiently dry for the ginner to
do a satisfactory job.
i tricts within the state. Houston
I county owners who qualified
I for the awards are: Floyd Ta
: bor, Houser Gilbert, E. M. Beck
, ham, S. A. Nunn, M. L. Wood
ruff, Lewis Tabor, W.E. Beckham,
|R. E. Ogletree, and S. L. Nor
wood.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30. 1945
| SERVICE m AND WOMEN
Ist Lt. Frank Daniel, son of
Mr. and Mrs, Felix Daniel of
Perry, was awarded, on April 17,
1945, a Certificate of Merit fori
outstanding performance of duty
in connection with military
operations against the enemy
from June 6, 1944 to April 15,
1945 in Normandy, Northern
France, Belgium, and Germany,
Lt. Daniel is an officer in the
413th Anti Aircraft Artillery
Gun Battalion, 49th AA Brigade
of the U. S. First Army. Lt.
Daniel has been awarded the!
Bronze Arrow and five . Bronze
Battle Stars.
Recently his mother received a
Scroll showing the map of opera
tions and commanding officers of
the U. S. First Army which is
headed by Gen. Courtney H.
Hodges.
Tech. Sgt. Harmon L. Knight,
son of Mrs. J. G. Heard of Kath
leen has graduated as a Radio
Mechanic at Truex Field, Madi
son, Wis, and has been trans
ferred to Kerns, Utah to await
overseas duty.
In The Pacific—Donald Marion
Clark of Perry, Ga., has advanc
ed to fire controlman, second
class, USNR, aboard the heavy
cruiser USS Saint Paul.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
j David M. Clark, of Macon, for-
I merly of Perry. A brother, Cur
tis, is a staff sergeant in the Ar
my. Clark entered the Navy in
January, 1942,
Headquarters United Kingdom
Base, London —Among recent ar- 1
rivals in London from the Conti-1
nent is Sergeant Jack Moss, 23, !
of Perry, Ga., a member of the
439th Signal Const. Battalion,
who said he expects to spend his
allotted time in visiting Cardiff
and Scotland. His wife, Mrs.
Ruth Moss, lives in Perry.
PUPILS TO REGISTER
The Perry Public Schools will
open Monday, Sept, 3, for the
fall term, E, P, Staples, super
intendent, requests all high
school students to register from
9a. m. to 12 noon on Friday,
Aug. 31, for the term.
All new students, except first
grade pupils, of both high and
grammar schools, are requested
by Mr. Staples to register on the
morning of Aug. 31st.
Grammar school teachers will
be in class rooms for conferences
with parents and pupils on Fri
day a. m. Aug. 31.
OPfl INFORMATION
• 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
j Nov. 30.
Sugar
Sugar Stamp No. 36 good for
5 lbs, thru Aug, 31.
Sugar Stamp No, 38 becomes
valid Sept. 1.
Shoes
Stamps 1,2,3,&4 on“airplane”
sheet in Book 3 now valid for one
pair each.
Make Ration Applications by
mad. Save time and effort,
GA., A POULTRY STATE
j Georgia is now the No. 2 pro
jducer of poultry in the nation,
• with the government buying a
(majority of the output for the
(armed services. This new indus
try has created many new jobs
land other sources of income.
There is new work to be done on
i the farm, and there are poultry
[dressing and shipping plants,
j feed stores, and other adjuncts
;of the industry. Dean Paul W.
(Chapman of the University of
(Georgia College of Agriculture
'reports that the broiler business
is responsible for approximately
1,500 new non-farm jobs in
(northeast Georgia. Eight dress
ing plants (four in Gainesville,
■ two in Canton, and one each in
Gumming and Flowery Branch)
employ more than 100 persons
• each, or a total of over a thous
and.
RELIEF CANNING PROGRAM
i
The Community Canning Pro-j
gram for War Relief has beenj
organized by the United Nations
(Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-i
ministration in cooperation with
(the U. S. Office of Education, the
Camp Fire Girls,and Girl Scours.
Many national organizations in
cluding the Future Farmers of
America and New Farmers,
women’s clubs, and home eco
nomics clubs are supporting the
program. The campaign is un
(der way at school-community
canning centers, custom canner
ies and home economics kitchens
where there are facilities for
earming in tin under adequate
supervision. Fruit packed in
water without sugar is accept
able. The program was launch
ed to help build a food pool fur
Europe which faces a winter of
desperate shortages.
The Perry chapter F.F.A. and
the Perry Home Economics dub
are sponsoring this movement
for European relief and we are
asking the cooperation of all who
may be interested in it in any
way. You may donate any pro
duct already canned or any fresh
fruit or vegetables ready to can. j
Probably some organization will
be willing to pay for the cans.
Bring all products to the Can
ning Plant or notify John Ether
edge or Miss Juliette McKinley
and they will make arrange
ments to get it.
John Etheredge.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
The pastor will preach at both
services next Sunday.
Morning Worship Service 11:30. i
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Rev. J, A. Ivey, Pastor.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bishop Arthur Moore will hold
the Fall Check-up Conference
for the Macon-Americus Dis
tricts in the Perry church on Oc
tober 9.
The Annual Conference will be
held in Waycross, Ga. opening
November 5.
Church School-10;15 a. m.,
Church Services, 11:30 a. m,
and 7:30 p. m.
Sermon subjects for next Sun
day are: Morning—“ The Power
of Spiritual Thinking’’; Even
ing—“ The Lord Is My Shep
herd.”
Young People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
FIRST COTTON BALE
The first bale of cotton of the
1945 season was ginned Wednes
day, Aug. 22, by Davis Ginnery
and bought by Davis’ Warehouse.
The cotton was grown on the
farm of J. P. Middlebruoks near
Perry by Willie Dennis, negro
tenant.
The bale weighed 556 lbs. and
sold for 25c lb.
I
FARM SOLD
The Dennard Place which was
sold at Auction recently was
bought by Walter W. Gray and
son, Hilt Gray, who have operat
ed this 800 acre farm for several
years.
Led Troops in China
• ; Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer
CEMENT PLANT TO RE OPEN
i
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. will
I resume operations at its No. 2'
Plant at Clinchfield, Ga. in Hous
! ton county on Sept. 1. Due to
major repairs and construction,
the plant has been closed since
September, 1944.
The Clinchfield plant is one of
the most modern cement plants
in the country. When in full
operation the plant has a capaci
ty production of 3,000 barrels
of cement every 24 hours. The
plant’s employees number 160.
Martin Silcox is the new su
perintendent and Carroll B. Core
is the new chemist.
STATE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
SHOW SLIGHT DECREASE
For the month of July there
were 38 people killed as a result
of 34 fatal accidents in Ga. Twe
nty five of these deaths occurred
in rural and 13 in urban areas
in the state.
During the first seven months
of 1945, motorists killed on the
streets and highways of Georgia,
1301 persons as compared with
332 for 1944, a decrease of 9 per
cent. Sgt. C. D. Leverette of
the Georgia State Patrol, who is
in charge of the local patrol sta
tion, stated that no one person
or organization can be held re
sponsible for these accidents.
However, accidents do not hap
pen—THEY ARE CAUSED
and when this cause is known,
steps for prevention of future ac
cidents of the same type can be
taken.
Sgt. Leverette said that an au
tomobile in poor condition is an
(accident about to happen. This
is also true of a careless driver,
A good driver is relaxed. One
of the secrets of safe, confident
driving is in the ability to remain
physically calm and mentally
alert every minute. A driver
who is unconscious of everything
but the band of pavement under
the car often does not see or hear
train signals in time to stop.
Conversational or radio distrac
tions make the driver lax to read
all of the warning signs. In
either case, the driver can help
avoid accidents by being alert to
warning lights and train whistles.
At railroad crossings especially,
the driver must look to the right
and to the left before going
ahead. According to the State
Patrol records, there were 34
railroad crossing accidents in
Georgia during t h e first six
months of 1945. These acci
dents left a toll of 18 dead and 28
injured. Many of those injured
are maimed for li e. Any Ol iver
who forgets to watch for warn
ing signs and pedestrians and
listen for autom ibile horns and
train whistles is not a safe
driver.
43 In Houston
Sgt. Leverette said there were
43 accidents in Houston county
during the past seven months.
In these accidents 3 were killed
and 57 injured. The property
loss was in excess of $8,700.
In closing Sgt. Leverette wish
es to warn the motorist of the
(common sense rules to prevent
deaths and injuries;
Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you.
Signal when stopping or turn
ing.
Don’t jump the yellow caution
light.
Slow’ down when passing
schools or congested areas.
Never drive faster than
you can stop in the clear unob
structed space ahead.
Never drive faster than the
maximum limit which is 55 M. P.
jH. on the open road for vehicles
(less than 10,000 lbs.gross weight,
• and 40 M. P. H. for vehicles 10,-
1000 to 16,000 lbs., and 35 M. P.
jH, for all vehicles whose gross
i weight is in excess of 16,000 lbs.
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Blackest Soil, Whitest People
In Greenville, Texas, there is a
sign over the main street proclaim
ing that “Greenville has the black
est soil and the whitest people.” ;
ESTABLISHED 1870
FINAL APPEAL FOR
NATIONAL WAR FUND
The final appeal for the Na
tional War Fund will be made
this fall, with the budget set at
$115,()()(),000 in order to finance
member agencies to liquidation
or the end of 194 G, according to
advices today to C. P. Gray,
chairman of the Houston County
Campaign.
Mr. Gray stated that the Na
tional War Fund had advised
him that V-,I Day does not sig
nify immediate end to the work
of member agencies of the
Fund, with the exception of
American Field Service.
USO and USO Camp Shows
must carry on their programs for
our service men until demobiliza
tion is an actuality, Mr. Gray
said. While it is expected there
will he shifts and reductions in
the USO Budget, the work in
the Pacific will have to be main
tained at a high level and USO
Camp Shows will face expanded
programs for men who are in
forces of occupation.
United Seamen’s Service will
also have to continue its work
while the merchant fleets are en
gaged in bringing men and ma
terial home.
No immediate change is in
sight for the budgets of the for
eign relief agencies which are
members of the National War
Fund, Mr. Gray continued. He
pointed out that President Tru
man, in his report to the people
after his return from Potsdam,
had made it clear that the peo
ple of this nation have a respon
sibility to aid the victims of
those nations which fought with
us.
President Truman said:
‘Tf we let Europe go cold and
hungry, we may lose some of
the foundations of order on
which the hope for world peace
must rest.”
Mr. Gray also pointed out that
peace in the Pacific also now
makes it possible to render in
creased aid to the Philippines
and to give all possible aid to
China, both in great need.
In its appeal this fall, the Na
tional War Fund will urge the
American people to ‘‘Be Gener
ous In Victory.”
FARM BUREAU TO MEET
The Houston County Farm Bu
reau will have a meeting and
picnic supper at Houston Lake
next Thursday, Sept. 6, at G p.
rn. All members of the Bureau
and its Women’s Auxiliary are
invited to attend the meeting by
Paschal Muse, president.
Hon. Stephen Pace, congress
man of the the third Ga. district,
will be the speaker.
DUNBAR CLUB MEETS
The Home Demonstration Club
of Dunbar community held its
monthly meeting Aug. 16, at the
home of Mrs. Fred Carter with
Mrs. Albert Pratt presiding.
An interesting program was
given by Miss Newton and Mrs.
Sexton. Miss Newton announced
that on Sept. 15, Mr. Bennett, a
poultry specialist, would be in
Perry to hold a poultry clinic.
Also, in October, a landscape
artist, Mr. Harvey, will be here
to assist club members with
their problems of landscaping.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
At the July meeting, officers
were elected for the year. They
are; Mrs. Albert Pratt, presi
dent: Mrs. W. E. Vinson Jr.,
vice-president: Mrs. M. K. Dor
sett, secty. & treas.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The circles of the Baptist W.
M. S. will meet Monday, 4 p. m..
as follows: No. 1 with Mrs. C.
E. Brunson and No. 2 with Mrs.
T. L. Warren and Mrs. C. O.
Grimes.
NOTICE
All of the Stores in Perry ex
cept the Drug Stores will be
closed next Monday, Sept. 3, for
i Labor Day holiday. The Beauty
Shops and Bank will also be
i closed Sept. 3.
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A falling meteorite will strike
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! once in 9,300 years*