VOL. LXXIV. No. 38
FARMERS AWARDED
BY BANKERS ASS’N.
Farmers, bankers, soil conser
vation experts, and visitors total
ing more than 200 were present
at the Perry school auditorium
last Thursday when the Georgia
Bankers Association awarded
merit certificates to fifty-six
farm owners from the nine coun
ties that comprise the Middle
Western Ocmulgee River Soil
Conservation District in recogni
tion of their compliance with
1944-45 conservation plans on
their farms.
Congressman Stephen Pace of
the Third district was the princi
pal speaker. He was introduced
by Floyd H. Tabor, vice-presi
dent of the Georgia Farm Bu
rea and president of the Flint
R. E. A.
In his seven point plan for
farm prosperity, Mr. Pace placed
security of the soil first. The
origin of all wealth comes from
the soil, Mr. Pace stated as he
urged his farm listeners to fol
low conservation practices.
Other points in the farm pro
gram outlined by Mr. Pace were:
(2) security of a proper standard
of living which comes through
R. E, A,, (3) security of farm
finance, (4) security in yield
which comes thru the crop in
surance program, (5) security in
price obtained thru parity prin
ciple, (6) security of orderly
marketing, (7) security in con
servation of surplus products
through freezer-lockers, dehy
drating and processing plants
located where products are
grown.
The congressman, recently re
turned from England where he
studied agricultural conditions,
told of the vast difference be
tween living standards of Ameri
cans and that of the British.
Following Mr. Pace’s address,
Sherman Drawdy, president of
the Ga. Bankers Association,pre
sented the awards of merit. Mr.
Drawdy is also Ist vice-president
and cashier of the Ga. Railroad
Bank and Trust Co. of Augusta.
Houston county winners of
awards were: E. M. Beckham,
W. E. Beckham, H. B. Gilbert,
S. A. Nunn. S. L. Norwood, R.
E. Ogletree, Floyd Tabor, Lewis
Tabor, and M. L. Woodruff.
In behalf of the winners, Sam
A. Nunn,mayor of Perry,lawyer,
and farmer accepted the awards
with a plea that all farmers pres
ent make an effort to enlist every
farmer in his county in the
cause of soil conservation.
Dr, W. G. Lee, Macon banker
and program chairman, presided
and made the welcome address
on behalf of the bankers. Dr.
Lee introduced B. T. Whelchel,
member of the board of super
visors of the Middle Western
Ocmulgee River Soil Conserva
tion District. Mr. Whelchel gave
an outline of the organization’s
plans and purposes and a resume
of its accomplishments.
The board of supervisors of the
district is as follows: S. W.
Hickson, Perry, chmn.: J. R.
Henderson, Macon; A.C.Richard
son, Montezuma; J. B. Walton,
Vienna; and B. T, Whelchel, Ro
chelle.
Officials of the Ga. Bankers
Ass’n. are Sherman Drawdy,
president; Haynes McFadden,
Atlanta, secretary; Freeman
Strickland, Atlanta, treas.; Alex
W. Smith, Atlanta, general
counsel.
C. E. Andrew of Perry is
chmn. of the local committee on
Agriculture of the Ga. Bankers
Association. Mr. Andrew is
president of Perry Loan & Sav
ings Bank.
W. C. Huggins is district soil
conservationist and Jack Miller
is soil technician for Houston
county.
Preceding the program in the
school auditorium was a barbe
cue dinner served by a commit
tee of which W.T. Middlebrooks,
county agent of Houston county,
was chmn. The bankers were
hosts at the dinner.
NOTICE
Beginning September 19, there
will not be any window service
•after Ip. m. Wednesday after
fieons at the Perry post office.
fV 1 in-coming mail will be put up
an d all mail dispatched.
0. A. King. Postmaster,
Perry, Ga.
Houston Home Journal
GREEN ACRES CONTEST
TO BE HELD 2ND YEAR
The second annual Green'
Acres Contest for Houston coun
. ty begins Sept. 15. This con
- 13 sponsored by the Houston
County Farm Bureau and the
i , err y Kiwanis club and endorsed
i JV the supervisors of the Middle
I Western Ocmulgee River Soil
. Conservation district, business
. men and leading farmers of
. Houston county.
1 $3OO in prizes will be given to
the farmers of Houston county
i Planting the largest percentage
of their tilled land to winter
cover crops.
' There will be three groups of
. prizes with $lOO given to each
I group. The groups are as fol
. lows: (1) farms with 25 to 100
. acres in cultivation, (2) farms
; with 100 to 300 acres in cultiva
tion, (3) farms with over 300
, acres in cultivation.
[ Seed may be secured through
i AAA office and charged against
i 1946 payments. For further de
. tails, farmers should contact
. the county agent, AAA officer,or
soil conservationist.
“Prevent soil erosion! Plant
. Winter Cover Crops!”—consti
j tutes the slogan of the contest.
i
i SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
By G. FRANCIS NUNN
i
r With the season rapidly draw
ing to a close, the Blues, minus
5 their star pitcher, still seem to
’ have enough power to win the
, last half as they did the first.
’ In last Sunday’s double header,
' j they hopped on the offerings of
Massee and Hardy, and pounced
, out enough hits and runs to win
both games by scores of 5-land
_ 4-2. In the other game, the
valiant Brownies fought uphill
all the way after the Reds jump
ed off to a first inning four run
■ lead, and with Beckham pitching
' superbly from there out, finally
crashed through with the win
. ning tally in the last of the
[ ninth, the score being 5-4.
The outcome of those games
j leaves the Blues needing only to
lick the Reds twice in the last
series to win, even should their
closest rivals, the Browns, take
, all of their remaining games.
Of course,each game the Browns
( might lose would be just one less
the Blues would have to win.
, The Greens already are out of
’ the race, and the Reds can win
, only by taking three straight
, from the Blues while the Browns
are dropping one to the Greens.
, So it seems the Blues have only
I to shut their eyes and swing to
I capture the flag without a
playoff.
The Blues and Reds open with
’ a single game next Sunday, and
’ the Browns and Greens play the
twin bill. Be on hand.
! W. S. C. S. MEETING
The business meeting of the
! W. S. C. S. met Monday at the
Methodist church and Mrs. G.
W. Hicks, president, led the
devotional assisted by Mrs, J. C.
Heller and Mrs. R.E. Ogletree.
The program was in charge of
Mrs. W. V. Tuggle with Mrs. W.
* C. Huggins, Mrs. Eva Spencer,
and Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks
i taking part.
1 OPA 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.
Red L-l thru Q-l valid thru
i Dec. 31.
Sugar
Sugar Stamp No. 38 became!
valid Sept. Land expires Dec.3l. |
Shoes
i
Stamps 1,2,3,&4 on“airplane” |
sheet in Book 3 now valid for onei
pair each.
Make Ration Applications by
mail. Save time and effort,
New Kind of Cigarette
A new top-priced cigarette having
ginseng mixed with the tobacco will
soon be on the market. In the Ori
ent ginseng root is highly rated as
a medicine, particularly for exhau|*»
tioQ of body and mind.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1945
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
| S. Sgt. Allen R. Tabor, son of
‘Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tabor, hold
er of the Bronze Star, Purple
Heart, Good Conduct Medal, and
E. T. O. Ribbon with four battle
stars, is an instructor at an ag
ricultural I. & E. school in
Czechoslovakia. Sgt. Tabor
writes that upon returning to his
company after being wounded
and receiving his mail he found
he had 93 letters and 35 packages.
A Georgian, now stationed at
a B-29 base in the Mariannas,has
been commended by the Army
and Navy for his work on the
atomic bomb project.
He is Charlton H. Wimberly,
of Atlanta, special agent, Mili
tary Intelligence. The commen
dation, signed by Rear Admiral
W. K. Purnell, Brig. General
T. F. Farrell and Navy Captain
W. S. Parsons, follows:
“The unqualified and outstand
ing success of the atomic bomb is
now world history. By your
hard work, by your many ser
vices and by successfully main
taining the security of the pro
gram, you have contributed
greatly to bringing the war to a
successful conclusion.”
Mr. Wimberly was inducted
into the service in the year ’4l
and during his four years has
had a succession of promotions
in his special line of work. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Wimberly of Hayneville, and
was born and reared in Houston
county.
He was an honor graduate of
Perry High School in the class
of ’33, and later, when he was
inspector for the Retail Credit
Co. in California, he attended
evening college at the Universi
ty of California.
REPORT ON SCHOOL PATROLS
Sgt. Leverette, of the State
Patrol Barrack, Perry, says that
last year in Georgia 2,292 school
! busses were inspected by the
Slate Troopers. One thousand
1 four hundred and seven passed
1 the inspection test as being O.K.
; or safe for transporting children
to and from school. Seven hun
-1 dred, seventy-seven did not pass
the inspection until repairs were
made on the busses,' such as
1 brakes relined, steering gear re
placed, cracked glasses replaced,
lighting equipment repaired, and
badly worn tires replaced. One
; hundred sixty busses were judg
-1 ed as totally unsafe, but during
the year most of these older
busses were replaced by new
1 busses, as three hundred and
■ eight new busses were purchased
during the year.
Most of the schools in this sec
■ tion of the state had a good
Safety School Patrol. Last year,
according to Sgt. Leverette,
there were some schools in this
community and many in the state
which did not have a school pa
trol, and here sincerely urges
! all school officials to take the
! welfare and safety of the chil
idren in their respective school
: seriously and plan to select out
standing students to serve on
, their school Patrol at once.
Last school year more than
8,000 boys and girls served on
their respective school Patrols
1 throughout the state, and the
safety record for the year speaks
for itself. Traffic accident rec
ords show that only three school
children were killed while going
to and from school and 60 chil
dren received injury. This was
a decrease oLone death over the
preceding school year, and a de-
I crease of 17 injured.
School Patrolmen serving on
(school busses turned in tag num-
Ibers of 2,179 motor vehicles
which illegally passed a school
I bus while engaged in picking up
jor letting off school children.
A warning letter .was written
to the registered owner in each
(case reminding him of this dan-
I gerous practice. Sgt. Leverette
| wishes to remind all motorists
| when they approach any school
! bus which is stopped to take on
or let off school children, they
are required by law to bring
their motor vehicle to a complete
stop and remain stopped until all
children are clear of the roadway
and the school bus is again in
motion. Motorists, remember the
Georgia School Bus Stop Law
and help safeguard our school
children throughout the school
year.
COLLEGE BOYS HMD GIRLS
A large group of the 1945 Sen
ior class of Perry High schooll
will attend college, leaving soon}
to begin the fall term. Missj
Nan Thompson will go to thei
University of Georgia, Athens;
Miss Sue Webb to G. S. C. W.,
Milledgeville; Misses Lolita Mc-
Cormick, Jacquelyn Ellis, Dixie
Cauthon, Mary Gray, and Mar
tha Ann Gordon to Andrew Col
lege, Cuthbert; Miss Merryll
Hunnicutt, Professional Insti
tute of William and Mary, Rich
mond, Va. ;Bobby Spencer,Frank
Satterfield, Lewis Bledsoe, and
Gene Ethridge to North Georgia!
College, Dahlonega; and Waiter
Skellie, M. G. C., Cochran.
Tommy Marshall has gone to
Bob Jones College, Cleveland,
Tenn., and Jack Beavers will re
turn to M. G. C. where he went
to summer school and Wendell
Whipple Jr. to Emory University
following a quarter's study there
during the summer.
Among the other young people
of Perry and Houston county re
turning to college are: Miss
Betty Gooden to G. S. C, W. as
a senior; Miss Barbara Whipple
to Agnes Scott College, Decatur; j
David Wynne to M. G. C.; Wyn
dell Taylor to M. G. C.; Miss
Annis Jean NeSmith transferring
from G. S. C. W. to M. G. C.,
Miss Lynette Eason to G. S. C.
W. and Billy Giles to Abraham
Baldwin at Tifton, Ga.
Mr. Marvin Greene will enter
the University of Georgia School
of Medicine at Augusta. Mr.
Greene received his A. B. degree
I from Mercer University at mid
(term in 1945 and was a member
of the faculty there during the
spring semester.
Miss Anne Silcox, who moved
to Perry recently from Des
Moines, lowa, will attend Marion
College, Marion, Va.
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Nunn and
children, Betty and Sam, visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Cannon, in Cordele Sunday.
Sgt. William A. Chapman, who
has been stationed at Reno, Nev.
is spending several days at home.
Mrs. J. L. Hodges spent sev
eral days last week with her sis
ter, Mrs. J. C. Watts, and fam
ily in Talbotton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gooden
and daughter, Miss Betty Good
en, spent the weekend in At
lanta, Ga.
Miss Katharine Cater spent
several days last week in At
lanta.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Evans Jr.
spent Tuesday and Wednesday
last week in Spartanburg, S. C.
Anna Katherine Akin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmit Akin,
had the misfortune to break her
left arm Friday, Her friends will
be glad to know that she is im
proving satisfactorily.
Sgt. and Mrs. W. M. Baker
visited relatives in Unadilla and
Adel, Ga. during the weekend]
and left Perry Tuesday for
Sheridan, Arkansas to visit his
father.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Reed and
children of Vienna, Ga. spent!
Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. F. Hardy.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m.,|
Church Services, 11:30 a. m,!
and 7:30 p. m.
Sermon Subjects: Morning,!
“Jesus Christ Is Lord”; Even
ing, “Security in the Shadows.” j
jtoung People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
ANNOUNCEMENT
*
Ice Cream is plentiful again.
We will have a variety of flavors
to sell in any quantity. We can
now supply ice cream for party
purposes and for consumption at
home.
Houston Drug Co.
Perry, Ga.
PACE ADDRESSES
LOCAL FARM BUREAU
Hon. Stephen Pace, member of
congress from the third Ga. dis
trict, addressed the Houston
County Chapter of the Ga. Farm
Bureau last Thursday night at
the September meeting which
was held at Houston Lake follow
ing a picnic supper. Paschal
Muse, president of the chapter,
presented the speaker.
Mr. Pace discussed the future
outlook of major crops on which
the government offers support
prices. He urged co-operation
with the National Peanut Coun-
I cil in its efforts to find new uses
for peanuts and to stimulate in
creased consumption of this
product.
The National Peanut Council
is an organization of peanut
growers, shelters, crushers, and
manufacturers, organized f o r
the sole purpose of developing
wider and greater use of the
peanut through research, pub
licity, advertising,and education,
the congresman explained. To
finance this project, each pro
ducer of peanuts is requested to
become a member of the council
'and contribute 25 cents a ton on
each ton of peanuts produced
from the 1945 crop.
The object of the council is to
prevent too great a decline in
the price of peanuts after their
use for war purposes is terminat
ed. To accomplish this, wider
and greater use of the peanut
must be made an actuality. Mr.
Pace said.
Since one fifth of th*e cultivat
ed acreage of Houston county is
planted in peanuts, local growers
should be interested in this pro
gram of the Peanut Council
which is an insurance policy that
costs little but will pay big divi
dends, Mr, Muse stated as Tie
joined with Mr. Pace in urging
co-operation with the Council.
POULTRY TIPS FOR SEPT.
By Annie C. Newton, H. D. A.
September is one of the best
months for culling hens that are
completing their first laying year.
| Market those that have quit
laying.
Cull all hens that have yellow
shanks as they have not layed
enough to fade the pigment or
else have taken a long rest and
the yellow color has returned.
It is a good plan to dispose of
all old hens and replace with the
pullets just coming into produc
tion. Pullets lay more eggs
than hens and lay more eggs
during the fall and winter
months.
In culling pullets just reaching
maturity, remove those with pale
shanks as this usually indicates
coccidiosis, worms or lack of vi
tality.
The more yellow pigment
young pullets have ;; hen begin
ning to lay the better, but in old
hens the less yellow the better!
as faded shanks and beak indi
cate heavy production.
If you have waited too long to
vaccinate with fowl pox vaccine
and your pullets are laying, pig
eon pox can be used instead. It
is milder and gives only tempo
rary immunity.
In September, chickens still
need plenty of ventilation to
keep them cool during the day,
but it may be necessary, es
pecially in north Georgia, to
close up openings on one side.
September is a good month to
sow oats for grazing. Sow to
the rate of 4 to 6 bushels per
acre.
Clean laying houses thorough
ly before pullets are placed in
them, and paint roosts with car-
Ibolenium to keep down mites and
(bed bugs.
[ Turn lights on layers the latter
j part of September. Lights in
crease production during fall
and winter months.
If you are planning to sell
hatching eggs to a hatchery par
ticipating in the National Poul
try Improvement Plan, make ar
rangements with the hatchery to
have your flock officially tested
as soon as possible.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
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.
ESTABLISHED 1870
SUPERIOR COURT TO
CONVENE NEXT WEEK
Houston Superior Court will
convene next Monday, Sept. 17,
for the regular September ses
sion with Judge Malcolm D.
Jones presiding.
Sixty-seven Civil Cases are on
the Calendar, set for trial on
Monday.
The Grand Jury will also be
gin its session on Monday. Forty
warrants have been drawn tor
consideration of that body.
The following are the grand
jurors and the traverse jurors
drawn to serve the court next
week:
Grand Jurors—C. L. Kersey,
J. W. Perdue, E. E. Peed, G. W.
Rhodes, G. W. Hicks, L. M.
Hartley, C. E. Sasser, Edward
Mason, F. M. Houser, C. K.
Cooper, K. E. Horton, J, E.
Scott, C. 0. Grimes, G. M. Hol
loman. Fred W. Carter, R. L.
Roper, C. T. H icks E. Holtz
claw, R. VV. Gilbert, Mayo Da,
vis, Renfroe King, 1, M. Langs,
ton, A. A. White, E. Wynne-
Carson Wright, W. G. Gray,
i Doyle McElhenny, W, K. Whip
ple, J. T. Miller, Jr., W. W.
Gray (LT).
Traverse Jurors, First Week —
H. A. Herndon, Floyd W. Lev
erette, 0. E. Rape, Geo. T,
Walker, L. J. Garvin, Elmer
Wolfe, J. H. Williamson, A. B.
Irby, James A. Grubb, Smith
Flournoy, Geo. B, Wells, G. G.
Davis, E. E. Loggins, Walter H.
Thompson, T. C. Johnson, Jr.,
Aldene Lasseter, J. I. Locke,
James T. Garvin, J. R. Fudge
Jr., Harry V. Thompson, M. E.
Sisson, W. H. Thames, L. S.
Hays, B. R. Miller. Robert Mor
ris, Claude Hutto, M. J. Helms,
Cliff Howard, J. Mark Mathews,
L. H. Carlisle, L. W. Houser,
E. L. Sellers, H. R. Roebuck,
W. E. Beckham, E. S. Loggins,
D. H. Daniels, Lucius Mitchell,
N. F. McCommons, Edgar E.
Bateman Sr., R. R. Pratt, H. S.
Kezar, W. W. Holer, B, H. Fret
well, W, B. Young, Walter F.
Marshall, G. E. M atson, Walter
B. Williams, W, T. Hill Sr., J.C.
Bennett, W. B. Warren, J. D.
Harris, J. R. Heath, W. E. Mar
shall Jr., H. H. Watson, John
W. Gray, James M.Scarborough,
W. B. Evans, E. Lashley, Joe
Beddingfield, R. E. Dunbar.
NOTICE
H. W. Bennett, Extension
Poultryman, will hold a Poultry
Short Course in Perry at the
High School Auditorium on Sat
urday, Sept. 15, at 10 o’clock.
All are cordially invited.
Annie C. Newton,
Home Demonstration Agent
Houston County, Georgia.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Wesleyan Service Guild
will have a supper meeting
i Thursday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p. m. at
the Methodist Parsonage with
Mrs. J. B. Smith, Miss Frances
Couey, and Miss Ruby Pickens as
hostesses.
The American Legion Auxili
ary will meet Thursday, Sept.2o.
12:30 p. m. at the Legion Home
with Mrs. R. E. Smith, luncheon
chrnn. and Mrs. B. H. Andrew
Jr., co-chmn.
The circles of the W. S. C. S.
will meet next Monday, Sept. 17,
at the following homes: No. 1,
Mrs. N. W. H. Gilbert; No. 2,
Mrs. Sam Nunn; No. 3, Mrs. C.
E. Andrew.
CARD OF THANKS
In expressing our appreciation
for your kindness to us in our re
cent bereavement, we do great
ly and sincerely thank all our
friends. We do, by all means,
want all of you to know that you
have rendered a service which
will never be forgotten by us.
Mrs. J. W. Stubbs and
Felton Deese.
NOTICE
Our store hours are Ba. m. to
6p. m, on Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, and Friday; 8 a. m. to
1 p. m. on Wednesday; 8 a. m. to
10 p. m, on Saturday.
Moore Dry Goods Co.
Johnson’s Store
Edwards-Harper Co.
E. &. S. Store
Crockett’s 5 & 10c Store,
