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VOL. LXXIV. No. 37
LOCAL FARMERS TO
BE GIVEN AWARDS
At a meeting sponsored by the
Georgia Bankers Association in
Perry today (Sept. 6) nine farm
ers of Houston county will re
ceive certificates of award for
outstanding work on their farms
by establishing soil conservation
practices designed to control
erosion.
The Perry Loan and Savings
Bank in cooperation with the
Georgia Bankers Association, has
just announced that Fioyd H.Ta
bor, Houser B. Gilbert, E. M.
Beckham, Sam A. Nunn, M. L.
Woodruff, Lewis Tabor, W. E.
Beckham, R. E. Ogletree, and
S. L. Norwood will be given
special recognition based on plan
ned practices established which
total 90 points when graded by a
score card. They all have indi
vidual farm plans for erosion
control and to date have estab
lished some of all practices plan
ned. To have established 90 per
cent of a complete soil conserva
tion plan is considered quite an
achievement,and farmers who
have reached this goal are well
on the way to an erosion control
program and also one that will
utilize all land to the best pos
sible advantage, and at the same
time restore lost fertility.
Some of the accomplishments
of these farmers are the retiring
of steep and badly eroded lands
to kudzu, sericea lespedeza, or
woodland, and pasture improve
ment to provide more and better
grazing for livestock. On the
better soils a well-planned ter
racing program is being put into
operation and this is followed
with approved rotations which
include both summer and winter
legumes for soil building and
erosion control.
The meeting is to be held in
the Perry school auditorium at 2
p. m. Hon. Stephen Pace, con
gressman of the third Ga. dis
trict, will be the main speaker.
The public is invited to attend.
SALVAGED HIS NEEDED
DESPITE ENDING DF ID
The need for salvage of used
household fats will continue for
many months despite the end of
the war, T. Walter Hughes, state
director of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture’s Office of Supply,
said this week.
‘Tt is true,” he said, ‘‘that
peace will eliminate the need for
used fats in the manufacture of
explosives, but there will con
tinue to be a very pressing need
for these fats in the preparation
of medicines for military use.”
Mr. Hughes pointed out that a
return to normal peacetime im
port of vegetable oils from the
Pacific probably will take many
months, and that domestic pro
duction during that period will
fall short of meeting essential
needs.
‘‘The collection of used kitchen
fats,” he asserted, ‘‘is one war
job which will not be immediate
ly affected by the coming of
peace. Factory employment may
decline for a time, but this is one
job that must go on. It is vi
tally important that American
housewives stay on the job until
the present shortage of fats and
oils is remedied by the restora
tion of imports.”
Meanwhile, he said, house
wives may still obtain two red
ration points and four cents a
pound for used kitchen fats turn
ed in to local meat dealers.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m.,
Church Services, 11:30 a. m,
and 7:30 p. m.
Young People’s Service, 6:30
p.' m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor,
ORCHARD GROWTH
To maintain soil fertility in or
chards for successful production
of fruits and nuts involves time
ly applications of the proper
kinds and amounts of commer
cial fertilizers and the growing
of suitable cover crops, George
H. Firor, Extension Service hor
ticulturist, declares. The use of
a winter cover crop in the or
chard is probably the most im
portant single item involved in
niaintaining soil fertility.
Houston Home Journal
WELCOME, REP. PACE
(EDITOKIAL)
Hon. Stephen Pace, congress-!
man of the Third District of
; Georgia, will be welcomed to
, £erry today (Thursday) by his
Houston county constituents
when he comes to address the
. farmers of the Middle Western
5 Ocmulgee River Soil Conserva
i lion district at 2 p. m. and those
[ of the local Farm Bureau at
6 p. m.
■ Mr. Pace’s friends in Houston
; county are proud of the splendid
i record he has made in congress
and of the recognition given him
by that body.
Mr. Pace is the new chairman
of the House Food Committee,
[ succeeding Clinton P. Anderson
who resigned his congressional
post to become secretary of Ag
nculture. Congressman Pace
i has just returned from London
where he attended the Interna
i tional Food conference as the
special representative of Secty.
, Anderson.
His keen knowledge of agri
cultural problems and his untir
! ing efforts in behalf of Georgia
i agriculture qualify him for these
1 recent appointments and as a
1 speaker on any farm topic.
I The people of Perry and Hous
ton county feel privileged to have
II their representative in the Na
■ tional House in their midst and
; as a speaker on matters pertain
ing to agriculture.
JAMES WESLEY STUBBS DIES
• 1
James Wesley Stubbs, age 54,
1 died suddenly Wednesday, Aug.
I 29, of a heart attack while at
work. He was born at Wellston
in Houston county and had lived
in this county all his life.
Mr. Stubbs was a member of
1 the Hayneville Baptist church.
! He had been an employee of
Penn-Dixie Cement Plant No. 2
• at Clinchfield for several years.
He moved to Perry last year af
ter living in Clinchfield for sev
eral years.
Survivors include his wife who
was Miss Susie May Wheelus:
I one daughter, Mrs. A. C. Tread-
I well; a son,James Wesley Stubbs
[Jr.; a nephew, Oscar P’elton
. Deese, who was also a foster son;
■ a brother, J. F. Stubbs of Ma
. con; two sisters, Mrs. Leslie
■ Davidson of Bonaire and Mrs.
Don Wheelus of Kathleen.
Funeral services were held
• Sunday at 4p. m. in the chapel
! of Watson and Whipple Funeral
■ Home with Rev. H. E. Coker of
ficiating. Interment followed in
Evergreen cemetery, Perry, j
Pallbearers were W. G. Riley, [
D. M, Ryle, H. C. Armstrong, I
J. H. Hamlin, Jeff Pierce, Dan|
Bledsoe, Claud White, and P. M..
, Satterfield.
SERVICE MEN ANO WOMEN
In The Western Pacific—Geo.
■ L. Brown, 22, Perry, Ga., has'
been promoted to Lieutenant!
(junior grade) while serving as
a Navy torpedo bomber pilot
aboard an escort aircraft carrier.
Lt. Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert E. Brown, has par
ticipated in raids in Okinawa and
other Jap-held islands of the
Ryukyus chain.
• He enlisted in the Navy in
1942, and is a graduate of Perry
High School. His brother, W.
. P. Brown, storekeeper, second
class, is also serving in the Pa
cific with a Fleet air wing.
I
1 ON INFORMATION |
Meats and Fats
• 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.
i Red L-l thru Q-l valid thru!
■lDec. 31.
Sugar
J Sugar Stamp No. 38 became j
valid Sept. Land expires Dec.3l. ■
Shoes
'j Stamps 1,2,3,&4 on“airplane”
! sheet in Book 3 now valid for one
pair each.
1 Make Ration Applications byj
'maik Save time and effort, *
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER (5. 1945
T iTT* . XT Mission Completed
Led Victorious INavy _
N mnt / *
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
High Officers Casualties of Jap War
1 Left to right: Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who fell before
Jap bullets; Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, reported missing while on air
tour; and Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, who was captured by Japs
in the Philippines. j
—
Japan’s Imperial Ambitions Led to War
Before the Twentieth century Ja- During the twenties Japan ex
pan’s imperial ambitions were re- panded her commercial influence
stricted to Korea, the coast of China deep into Chinese territory. By 1931
and some neighboring islands in the a formidable boycott developed. Jap-
Japanese sea. Japanese leaders anese troops wore used to crush this
suddenly realized the power of west- organized protest. This violation of
ern armament. During the next half treaty rights aroused the world,
century Japan was modernized so Japan defiantly resigned from the
successfully that the Japanese vie- League of Nations in 1933, when trou
tories over China in 1894, and Russia ble in the “truce area” of China 1
1905 were swift and conclusive. was again the occasion for battling
Beginning of the End for Japs
; - ' >
The U. S. marine landing on Guadalcanal, during the early phase
of the invasion in the Solomons, was the turning point in the war, when
Allies began to prove their superiority.
TT 77 ” 777 — Jj
Philippines Returned British Commander
* '* nr t'. t 1 tin - nin
Arthur is shown as he turned over ... T . ~ ,
civil administration affairs to Pres- ® ir Louis Mountbatten
ident Sergio Osmena of the Philip-
I pine Commonwealth government. ;
I HOUSTON TEACHERS
| ORGANIZE GROUP
i
The white teachers of Houston
| county schools organized a Coun
ity G. E. A. for the 1945-46
school term at a meeting held
Friday, Aug. 31, in the Perry
school auditorium. S. W. Hick
son. county school superinten
dent, presided.
Officers were elected as fol
lows; Mrs. J. 0. Coleman, pres
ident; E. P. Staples, vice-presi
dent; Miss Ruby Pickens, secty.
and treasurer.
The meetings will be held the
first Monday of each month at 4
p. m. at the school. Teachers
will be notified of any change in
this plan.
Miss Edith Barnes, a new
member of the Houston county
school faculty, was welcomed.
Mr. Hickson urged all teach
ers to attend the meetings and
discuss their problems. It is be
lieved that the teachers will be
greatly benefitted by the dis
cussions.
SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
i By G. FRANCIS NUNN
I
With only three more Sundays
ito run, the Softball League race
for the second half pennant re
mains extremely close. The Blues
still lead the parade, where they
have been most of the entire
; season, hut only a step behind
are the Browns and Reds, tied
! for second place, and the Greens
are still in striking distance.
I In last Sunday’s games, the
| Blues came from behind on a
j three run homer by Roberts to
I win from the Greens by a score
(of 7-4, and the Browns and Reds
divided a double header with the
Brownies capturing the first by a
score of 7-3, and the Reds the
latter on a 7-2 score.
All three games were rather
of the draggy type, and despite!
the closeness of the race, not too
much enthusiasm was exhibited,
Pitcher Roberts, usually the tar
get for all kinds of riding from
the bleachers as well as the op
position, got off extremely light,
and pitched creditably, winning
his own game on the aforemen
tioned homer. Lasseter, the
big Blue catcher, usually the big
noise of the afternoon,, was
rather quiet throughout the
whole show, even though he con
nected for two long home runs
and gathered three other hits for
batting honors for the day.
In the first game, the Blues
got in a run in the first inning
on only one hit, but the Greens
came right back in their half for
a run, and then pushed across
three more before their rivals
came to life. The clincher for
the Blues came in the sixth in
ning, when Lasseter was safe on
an error, Bledsoe walked, and
then with two down,the Greenie
manager ordered Roberts to be
pitched to, and he promptly!
slammed one a mile and a half
into left center for the old ball
game.
The twin bill between the
Browns and Reds was a tame
affair, with Staples leading the
Browns to victory in the opener
with three hits, and Marion
Brown pushing the Reds ahead
in the finale with a pair of hard
(singles and as many runs. Clint
[Cooper’s catch of Lasseter’s bid
for a third homer was the de
fensive gem of the day, while
Rubber Pierce was gathering in
liners to short field like a vacuum
cleaner.
Next Sunday finds the Browns
jand Reds opening the bill with a
single game, and the Greens and
I Blues tangling in the double fea-
Iture. Every team is a threat to
(every other team now, as the
I standings could be almost re
i versed in a single afternoon. So
lit looks like a good finish, with
'three teams gunning for the
1 Blues, winners of the first half.
| And the champs will have their
i hands full, too, as they lose their j
I star pitcher, Sgt. Roberts, who|
j leaves for parts unknown this!
i week. The Sarge has been out-1
standing the whole season, and
has added much to the interest)
of the league. He asks fhat >
every player and fan be assured |
he has thoroughly enjoyed hirn-|
self this summer, and his asso
ciation with the players and fans
of the town. Best of luck,
• Sarge.
ESTABLISHED 1870
. PERRY HIGH OPENS
WITH 572 ENROLLED
i
■ Perry High School opened for
the fall term Monday morning
with an enrollment of 572 pupils
and a prospect of between 50 and
100 more to be enrolled during
September, according to Supt.
E. P. Staples. There are twen
ty-four teachers and another
grammar school teacher to be ob
tained.
Opening exercises were held in
1 the school auditorium with
seventy-five patrons in atten
dance. Sam A. Nunn, local at
torney, made the opening ad
dress. Mr. Nunn reviewed the
marked progress of the world in
the past fifty years and pointed
to the vast opportunities await
ing the youth of tomorrow as he
i admonished the students to take
advantage of their educational
; privileges of to-day,
The devotional message was
brought by Rev. J. H. Smith.
A welcome to the faculty and
students was given by Rev, J.A.
Ivey in behalf of the churches
of I’errv. Th e audience sang
America with Miss McKinley as
leader.
Enrollment by grades is as
1 follows: Ist Grade 55, 2nd grade
57, 3rd grade 51, 4th grade 53,
’ sth grade (53, (sth grade 57, 7th
1 grade 55, Bth grade 57, 9th grade
59, 10th grade 32, and 11th
! grade 33.
All of the 1944-45 teachers re
turned except L. C. Walker who
is in the Navy, John Etheredge
is the new vocational agricultu
ral teacher, Mrs. Price an d
Mrs. Hicks are two grammar
school teachers added since last
term.
BAPTIST ANNOUfJCEIVIENTti
The deacons will have a din
ner-meeting to-night (Thurs.) at
I the New Perry hotel with V. B.
Hay as host.
The picture, “Century of Pro
gress,’’ covering 100 years of
Southern Baptist work was
shown at the Perry church Wed
nesday night. Th e Southern
Baptist Convention was organiz
ed in Augusta in 1845.
B. T. U. Emphasis Week will
be observed Sept. 23-27 with a
study course in charge of a state
B. T. U. worker.
Evangelistic services will be
held Oct. 3-14 with Rev. J. M.
Teressi of Milledgeville, Ga.
preaching.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
FARMERS URGED TO
AVOID SPECULATION
Appealing to Georgia farmers
to prevent a land boom such as
followed World War I, Kenneth
Treanor, economist of the Geor
gia Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, pointed out this week that
farm land prices in the U. S.
have advanced on the average
one percent a month for the last
four years.
During the year ending July 1,
1945, prices for farm land
throughout the Nation rose 11
percent, according to a report
made by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Mr. Treanor dis
closed. This yearly increase has
been topped only twice in the
last 34 years. Values rose 15
percent during the year ending
March 1944 and 21 percent in
1919-20 when the World War
i boom was at its peak.
“Average value of farm real
estate in Georgia, according to
the report, is now 77 percent
higher than the 1935-39 aver
age,” the economist pointed out.
Sales of farm land throughout
the country have risen to record
numbers as prices have increas
ed, he said, and many farms are
i being bought and sold again
1 within a short time, a sign of
I speculative buying.
Some of the hopeful signs in
| the land price situation, accord
ing to Mr. Treanor, include the
I facts that a much larger propor
tion than usual of the farms are
being bought tor cash and that
i farmers as a whole have reduced
their debts during this war in
stead of increasing them as they
did during the last war.
