Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, October 18, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXIV. No. 43 business and publiclbuildings } PLANNED FOR PERRY IN NEAR FUTURE After war years of inactivity, commercial and public building in Perry and improvements to business property are destined for a great boom when plans n os' made are carried out. Perry has been placed on the list as one of the cities for a fed eral Post Office building, Con gressman Stephen Pace has noti fied Postmaster 0. A. King and this newspaper. It seems that consideration will soon be given by Congress to a program of public construction, one of the purposes of which is to provide for employment. Under this program of federal aid for public construction, the Commissioners of Houston coun ty will apply for assistance in building a new Court House in Perry in 1946. Plans for the Court House are being drawn by architects. A Bus Station is to be built for Greyhound lines operating thru Perry by E. M. Beckham, on the vacant lot on Jernaghan street opposite the Court House, it is said. A new brick building to house a Firestone store is to be built by Chas. P. Gray on the lot adja cent to the Union Motor Co. Mr. Gray also plans to enlarge the building next to the garage of the Union Motor Co., to be used for Allis Chalmers mach inery. Andrew Hardware Co. has purchased a lot on Ball street on the Fort Valley road from E. L, Woodruff and plans to erect a large brick building to be used as a machinery display and re pair shop for International Har vester (Jo. C. E. McLendon has purchas ed the home property of C. I. Ogletree on Washington Ave. from Mr. Ogletree and the build ing on Carroll street formerly occupied by Dr. J. L. Gallemore from the doctor. Mr. McLendon plans to use the building for an electrical appliance store and to convert the Ogletree property into a parking lot for used cars. Buildings Under Construction Several buildings in Perry now under construction will be com pleted at an early date. The Freezer-locker and Abbattoir of t h e Houston Frozen Products Corps., a local concern, will open in November in its attractive n e w buildings on Jernaghan street below the R. R. Depot. The Dehydration Plant of the Cleaver-Brooks Co. and Chas. W. Fa rmer will have a grand open-; ing on Nov. 26. It is located on the Fort Valley road on property adjoining the Sweet Potato Cur ing Plant of Chas. W. Farmer, which opened several months ago. Experiments in dehydra tion have been underway for several months at the Plant. Moss Oaks Lodge, a modern, tourist hotel, is nearing comple tion on U. S. Highway No. 41, two miles south of Perry. B. F. Van Hart, owner and builder,ex pects to open the Lodge by No vember 1. Gilbert Electrie Co. is erecting a brick building with brick glass windows and plate glass front on Jernaghan street. Robert Wood row Gilbert, the owner, and his sister, Mrs. Robert Morgan, will operate an electric appliance, in stallation, and repair business there. Another comparatively new place of business on Jernaghan street is the new peanut elevator and warehouse of G. C. Nunn and Son. New Buildings And Im provements One of Perry’s newest and most modern buildings is the Clinic of Dr. J. L. Gallemore on Carroll street. This white brick and concrete building was com pleted in May this year. Fountain’s Laundry has a new tile building on Washington Ave. A new tile garage on Macon street was completed recently by Lewis Lamar who is. operating a garage there. There have been several trans fers of property this year. T. C. Johnson Jr. purchased the build ing in which Marshall’s Cafe is located from the estate of Mrs. W. E. Swanson. This building has been enlarged in the rear and re-painted inside. Mr, John son also purchased the store' Houston Home Journal [building adjacent to Johnson’s I Ltore on Carroll street from Mr. Land Mrs, W. A. Lee and added I the space of this building to his i mercantile business. Mr. John son has re-modeled this double ‘ store, added new fixtures, new 'lighting arrangements and a new tile floor. The front has been • modernized into a most attrac l tive place. - Another transfer of business i property this year was the pur chase of a store building by ■ Bramblett brothers from S. L. ; Norwood. Bramblett’s Grocery and Massey’s Market are located 1 in this building on Carroll street. 1 The building was re-painted and ■ re-modeled two years ago follow i ing a fire. i ( TheE. &S. Stores opened a i “5c to $5” mercantile business in September in the store building occupied for years by S. Bern stein. The building, property of i Miller Day and niece, Miss Lu : cile Martin, has been re-modeled, : exterior and interior, by the E. ; & S. into business quarters which are an attractive addition to Per : ry, Rhett Milam is manager of - the local E. & S. store. Edwards-Harper Co. has im proved the appearance of their ; store this year with a new tile i floor and a modern front, i Akin Drug Co. has installed new lighting fixtures which makes their store more attrac i tive. The Perry Loan and Savings Bank has re-painted the interior . of the bank building and added new furniture. Paving Projects In addition to plans for post war business made and being made by Perry business con cerns, several paving projects are scheduled. The city plans to pave Commerce street and the two blocks on Washington Ave. to connect the paving on Carroll, Main, and Commerce streets. The Methodise church has just 1 completed paving of sidewalks ' and entrance walks to the church. The highway north of the'church building was widened and paved last week. The circular driveway and the walk to the State Patrol Bar racks in Perry were paved last i week. The Fort Valley road was re surfaced this summer and part of the Macon highway widened and re-surfaced by the State Highway Dept. SOROSiS CLUB MEETS The Sorosis club met lastj Thursday at the home of Mrs. Warren B. Hodge with Mrs. W. 1 V. Tuggle and Mrs. W.K. Whip pie as co-hostesses with Mrs. Hodge. A. W. Dahiberg spoke to the club on the organization of a Community Chest. The club voted to sponsor the War Fund Drive in the residen tial sections of Perry. Mrs. W. | T. Middlebrooks, Mrs.S. A.Nunn, j Mrs. W. A. Skellie, and Mrs. J. L. Gallemore were appointed as the committee to make the col lection for the War Fund. Mrs. Mayo Davis is the new president of the club and Mrs.A. C. Pritchett, the retiring presi dent. D.A.R. HAS MEETING The Gen. Daniel Stewart chap ter of the D. A. R. met Wednes day, Oct. 10, with the Regent, Mrs. Geo. E. Jordan. Plans forj the year’s work were discussed. It was decided to hold a meeting j every month. i The program consisted of talks i by Mrs. S. L. Norwood on The U. S, Constitution and Mrs. C. j D. Cooper on Navy Day. A so cial period was held in con-] elusion. ( i BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS I Morning Worship Service 11:30. Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. Training Union, 6:30 p. m. Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor. Attend Sunday School About 22,000,000 persons attend Sunday school regularly throughout the world, PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1945 I BASKET-BALL SPOTLIGHT By G. F. NUNN i The Golden Panthers of Perry High opened their regular bas ket-ball season last Friday night at the local gym by soundly trouncing the red-shirted lads from nearby Hawkinsville. The score was 38-25, a respectable margin from either angle, but the game was not the least bit close, and Coach Staples, after experimenting with several com binations among his varsity, fi nally ran in each of the fifteen players he had in uniform. Panther luck was poor in the first quarter, and indeed.it seem ed as if the locals were going to be stalled on the count of two, but finally, Capt. Bubber Pierce led out a couple of nice tosses, and soon, broken-nosed Clint Cooper took over, and the race was on. Then with these two big guns setting the pace and Watts dropping in one basket, a score of 25-6 was run up by the half-time, and the game was in the bag. For Hawkinsville, Way and Mcßae were the bright spots,the latter doing all the scoring that was done by the Pulaski lads in the first half. For Perry,Cooper had 17 points and Pierce 14. Of the substitutes who got into the game, Thompson was outstand ing, Peyton played creditably, and little Bubber Riley got the biggest cheer of the night when he canned a beauty from far over the sidelines in the final | quarter. The game was well attended, and the cheering section had much to shout about, but the only thing proven to the keen eyed observers was that the Pan thers still have a long way to go before they are capable of step ping out and holding their own in the fast competition that they will be facing in the next few weeks. Next Friday finds Perry meet ing Bonaire here, and the Pan thers should have little trouble in getting by this one, but it will be a different story when the following Friday night they hit a veteran Cochran team here —a team that has lost little of its power from last year. But fans can rest assured that the Pan ther will be in there clawing for all his worth, and that any team which beats Perry will know it has been in a battle. KIWANIS CLUB MEETS Hon. E. D. Rivers, former [governor of Georgia, was the speaker at Tuesday’s luncheon 'meeting of the Perry Kiwanis 1 club. He was presented by J. •P. Etheridge, former legislator of Houston county. With the Post-War Period as his timely subject, Mr. Rivers was optimistic in his outlook and predictions for the future of this nation. During the war period, the United States accomplished what was considered the impos sible in the beginning in the pro duction of ships, planes, and other materials of war. This productive capacity geared to war must be maintained at a high level in peace to insure em ployment, good wages, and good times, the speaker said. “Now, we are crossing the threshold into the future of an economic era which will bring progress and plenty or stagna tion and want with no middle ground betwaen the two ex tremes,” Mr. Rivers said. Our future must be worthy of the re- I turning service men and women land provide equal opportunity land economic security for all. I All resources, both human and [natural, must be developed. Our service men are going to idemandsucha future. It will not be a question of re-adjust ing land re-orientating the yetur ing [service men but of our : ecor ing [geared to their progressi esp rit, jMr. Rivers concluded. COTTON REPORT Census report shows that 46 bales of cotton were ginneg ir Houston county from the crop - i 1945 prior to Oct. 1 as compae r with 1,292 bales for the crop of 194 4. SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS By JACK C. MILLER. Soil Conservationist I E. M. Beckham, with the as-j sistance of the Middle Western j Ocmulgee River Soil Conserva tion District, has just completed construction of a large fish pond dam on his farm south of Perry. The dam was constructed with] heavy machinery and Bulldozers! were used to clear the dam and ] pond sites. It’s remarkable) what modern heavy machinery l will do when manned by capa ble, trained operators. They certainly save a lot of folks a lot of hard work to say the least and incidentally they do a bang-up job when it comes to building fish ponds. W. H. Felton and T.W. Hooks, both of Macon, are having some terraces built with heavy machin -1 ery on their farms southwest of Perry. A contractor with cater piller tractors and regular blade ! terracing machine is doing the work for them. Terraces will he paid for by the AAA when con structed by specifications. ! Most of the District Coopera tors are taking advantage of the rainy seasons we’re having to yget their winter cover crops j planted. Indications are that this will be a banner year in (Houston county so far as plant ing winter cover crops is con cerned. And that’s a fine thing, too, considering the urgent need for them, especially on our poor, unprotected peanut land. Complete construction plans i have recently been developed on the farms of J. H. Langley and Milas Sutton, down in the Hen derson community. These com plete erosion .control plans are ! surely the answer to our erosion and land use problems. If you don’t have such a plan on your farm why not let me help you get one? F. CHAPTER ACTIVITIES 1 The Perry F. F. A. chapter ■ has begun a progressive year. ■ Officers for the new year are: 1 Richard Ogletree, pre s i d e n t; 1 Clinton Cooper, vice-president: ) Edwin Thompson, secty.; Virgil Cosey, treasurer; Leroy Carter, reporter; and John Etheredge, adviser. Plans for the school year 1945- 46 are to continue the chain of U. I. C. gilts begun at the end of last year. The present five gilts were donated by the Sears and Robuck Co. These pigs were ■ given to Edwin Thompson. Al i dine Rape, Charles Hicks, Virgil Cosey, and Billy Gray, i Another activity will be to con tinue operation with the fat ■ cattle show. There will be from fifteen to twenty steers entered. i More emphasis will be placed on i shop work this year than hereto fore. A good many items such i as shoe shine boxes, waste paper baskets. book shelves, and seed potato curing houses have al ready been built by the members. ADDITIONAL PERSONALS Mrs. B. C. Holtzclawof Macon and Mrs. C. C. Duncan of At , lanta spent Monday with Mrs. R. L. Cater. Mrs. J. V. Hopkins of Miami Beach, Fla. is visiting her par -1 ents, Mr. and Mrs. C.E.Brunson. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walden and son. Billy, spent the week i end in Swainsboro, Ga. with his ' relatives. I Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Roberts went to Butler, Ga. Tuesday to visit Mrs. Sam Borom and son, j Robert. I Mr. E. P. Newhard of Naza ? reth, Pa. is spending several i days at the New Perry hotel. . Mrs. Newhard went to Atlanta Tuesday p. m. to visit their 'daughters, Miss Margaret New- IhardandMrs. Jack Lee, after being here for two days.. Pvt. Hugh Lawson of Camp Claiborne, La. is at home on a Three weeks’ furlough. n i 1 ! Lt. Cecil Armstrong, U. S. Army Air Corps, is at home or ", furlough visit with his parents, 1 | Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Armstrong at Clinchfield. j SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN i _ i Presentation of the Silver Star 1 Medal was made Friday to Mrs. j Margaret Stembridge of Macon Iby Colonel Ira E. Ryder, post commander at Camp Wheeler. The Silver Staj had been post humously awarded her husband, Pvt. Julius U. Stembridge, for his gallantry in action in Italy on Sept. 16, 1944, while serving j with the 361st Infantry of the 91st Powder River division. This ! division was recognized as being the first to have crossed the Arno River in Italy. As n leading scout in a recon naisance mission, Pvt. Stem bridge diverted attack on his six-man patrol and enemy prison ers they had captured, by killing several of the enemy and scatter ing the rest with his own rifle fire. This enabled his men to return to their company with the prisoners, although Pvt. Stem bridge was fatally wounded by sniper bullets in his attempt to return later himself. Entering the Army in March, 1943, Pvt. Stembridge trained at Camp Robinson, Ark., and then joined the 174th Infantry at San | Fernando, Cal., in July, 1943. He was transferred to the 361st In fantry at Camp Adair, Ore., in February, 1944, and embarked with them for overseas in March. The 361st landed in Oran, North Africa, and then went on to Italy as part of the 91st division. A graduate of Perry High school and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D, Stembridge Sr. of Byron, Ga., Stembridge was a shipping clerk for Happ Brothers before entering the service. He was married to the former Mar garet Kitchens of Macon in Jan uary, 1942. Besides his widow and par ents, Pvt. Stembridge is surviv ed by one brother and two sis ters: J, R, Stembridge of Bir mingham, Ala.; Mrs. Gordon Scarborough of Byron; and Mrs. George Thomas of Jacksonville, Florida. OPA INFORMATION Housewives in Houston county were reminded today by Paschal Muse, chairman of the War Price and Rationing Board that the new community ceiling price lists for dry groceries are now posted in stores for their shop ping convenience. The new list, effective October 1, includes prices on approxi mately 600 dry grocery items, and may be easily recognized by its black and white print. Community ceiling price lists continue to be the shopper’s most effective weapon for combating rises in the cost of food prices. Mr. Muse urged housewives to check prices, on the new lists and refuse to pay more than le gal prices for the foods they buy. Violations in ceiling prices should be called to the attention’ of the grocer, he continued. If a satisfactory correction is not made, the customer should re port the violation to the Price Panel of the War Price and Ra tioning Board. Through the cooperation of the customer, grocer, and the Price Panel members in the utfe of the community ceiling price list, the price lid can be held on food, which accounts for two-fifths of the living expense of the average family. A limited number of the lists are now available for shoppers at the War Price and Rationing Board, Mr. Muse added. Meats and Fata Red A-l thru E-l valid thru j’Oct. 31. ,! Red F-l thru K-l valid thru 1 Nov, 30. Red L-l thru Q-l valid thru Dec. 31. Red R-l thru V-l valid thru 1 Jan. 31. Sugar Sugar Stamp No. 38 expires Dec. 31. r Shoes Stamps 1,2,3,&4 on“airplane” „ sheet in Book 3 now valid for one , pair each. d Make Ration Applications by mail. Save time and effort, n »esi at I. Noted astronomers did their best ', work between the ages of 40 and ‘ 44, according to researchers. , ESTABLISHED 1870 STATE FARM BUREAU TO MEET IN MACON H. L. Wingate, president, an nounced this week that the sev enth annual convention of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation has been moved up from No vember (5-7 to November 15-16 in order to conform with the itine rary of U. S. Secretary of Agri culture Clinton P. Anderson, who will be the principal speaker at the session. This will be the first visit to Georgia of the head of the De partment of Agriculture, and officials of the state organization feel confident that the forth coming convention will be the biggest farmers’ meeting ever held in the state. Elaborate plans are now being formulated for the 1945 convention which will bring to Macon several thousand mem bers of the Georgia Farm Bureau together with outstanding agri cultural leaders of the South. Secretary Anderson will be ac companied to Georgia by mem bers of the congressional delega tion from this state. Officials from the American Farm Bureau Federation will be present and address Georgia farmers at the November meeting, according to an announcement released this week by H. R. Yandle, director of public relations for the GFBF. The new Secretary of Agricul ture assumed the cabinet posi tion June 30, succeeding Claude Wickard. He is a former mem ber of congress from New Mexi co. He will appear on the pro gram in Macon on Friday, Nov. 16, coming to Georgia from Flori da where he is scheduled to speak on November 15, his office ad vised the Macon office of the GFBF this week. Governor Arnall and other of ficials of the state administration will be present to greet Mr. An derson. Outstanding men of the state, including former Gover nors Eugene Talmadge and E.D, Rivers will be invited to attend the November meeting in Ma con. Invitations willtre sent to Senate President Frank Gross and Speaker of the House Roy V. Harris. Officials of the Geor gia Extension Service, and oth ers will be among the distin guished visitors at the conven tion. WINNERS IN POULTRY SHOW Herschel Lawhorn of Perry won first prize in all three class ifications for boys in the 4-H Club Poultry Show held Friday afternoon on the Court House lawn. The $lOO cash prizes were given by Sears Roebuck Co. and were awarded as follows: I. Best All-round Poultry Pro ject for Boys—(1) Herschel Law horn, $l7; (2) Lindbergh Fergu ■son, $l2; Ben Newberry, $lO. 11. Best All-round Poultry Project for Girls—(l) Nellie Gore, $l7; (2) Mary Joyce Storey, $l2; (3) Annie Simmons, $lO. HI. Best Single Exhibit —(1) Herschel Lawhorn, $2; Mary Chapman, $2, IV. Best Pen of Five Pullets, Boys’ Group—(l) Herschel Law horn, $5; (2) Ben Newberry, $3; (3) Lindbergh Ferguson, $2, V. Best Pen of Five Pullets, Girls’ Group —(1) Nellie Gore,ss; (2) Mary Chapman, $3; (3)Mary Joyce Storey, $2. First prize exhibits will be car ried to the Macon Fair, The Show was held under the direction of W. T, Middlebtooks, county agent. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS $1,500 was contributed by Per ry Methodists last Sunday morn ing to pay for the paving and grading on the church grounds. C. P. Gray, chmn. board of stewards, was in charge of the collection. There is avast im provement in the appearance of the church property since this i work was completed last week. Other improvements are planned ’ for the near future. Church School-10:15 a. m, Church Services, 11:30 a. m, and 7:30 p. m. i ioung People’s Service, 6:30 1 p. m. Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.