VOL. LXXIV. No. 44
BAPTIST CHURCH HAS
SPLENDID RECORD
The Perry Baptist church com
pleted another successful year on
October 1 to round out nine
years of remarkable growth un
der the pastorate of Rev, James
A. Ivey. At the meeting of the
Rehoboth Association at Oak
land Baptist church near Warner
Robins, Ga. last week, Rev. Mr.
Ivey made the following report
on the church’s affairs for 1945.
Forty-four received into mem
bership, 27 by baptism and 17 by
letter. 15 granted letters, leav
ing a total gain of 28 in member
ship. A total membership of
370 with 70 of this number non
resident. Average Sunday school
attendance for year 104, an in
crease over 1944.
$8,514.68 contributed for all
causes, with $2,3660.60 of this
amount going for benevolent
and missionary causes. $l,OOO
of the above given by the W. M.
S. $7,914.00 expended leaving a
a cash balance of $6OO for the
year.
Chosen Moderator
In recognition of his leader
ship qualities and pastoral abili
ty, Mr. Ivey was elected mod
erator of the Rehoboth Associa
tion, which is the highest honor
the association can confer.
Under the leadership of Mr.
Ivey, the Perry Baptist church
has made progress in all depart
ments of work and developed
along spiritual lines as well.
Church’s Growth
During the past nine years, the
church membership has grown
from 135 to 370 members, or 270
per cent. During this period,
350 members have been received
into the church. With losses by
death and transfer, there is a
net gain of 235 members, or 170
per cent. The Sunday School
enrollment has doubled and the
average attendance has almost
doubled.
Church budgets during Mr.
Ivey’s pastorate have aggregat
ed $55,000. The yearly budget
has increased from $2,100.00 in
1936 to $8,514.00 in 1945, or over
400 per cent. Benevolent gifts
have risen from $460 in 1936 to
$2,366.00 in 1945 or over 500
per cent.
Vast improvements costing
$6,500.00 have been made on the
church building. The church au
ditorium has been re-modeled
and re-decorated. The Sunday
School plant has been re-model
ed and a basement built to house
three rooms. A $1,600 organ has
been installed and paid for.
The Pastorium has been sold
this year to E. M. Beckham for
$5,000, A lot on Second street
has been purchased from Mrs.H.
D. Gordy for $5OO for a new
pastorium to be built next year.
In addition to the church’s ex
penditures of $7,914.00 during
1945, the church has $8,300.00 in
cash and Bonds to be used for
the new Pastorium and other im
provements.
Officers And Workers
Deacons of the Perry church
who have co-operated in this pro
gressive program are: J. P.
Etheridge, chmn.; W.B. Roberts,
D. M. Ryle, V. B. Hay, Hugh
Lawson, W. E. Beckham, J. M.
Gooden, Emmitt Akin, T. L.
Warren, C. O. Grimes, J.P. Dug
gan, and J. A. Beddingfield.
Deacons on the inactive list are
G, E. Brunson, E. W. Traylor,
and H. P. Dobbins.
J. P. Duggan is church clerk
and W. E. Beckham, church
treasurer. Mrs. Mayo Davis is
organist with Mrs. Emmit Akin,
associate.
Mrs. W. B. Roberts is presi
dent of the Woman’s Missionary
Society this year, succeeding
Mrs. C. E. Brunson who served
for several years.
The B. T. U. is in charge of J.
P. Duggan with Mrs. G. R. Par
rish' as junior leader.
Sunday School officers recently
elected are: W. H. Whitten,
supt. ;F. M. Greene Jr., asso
ciate supt.; Miss Agnes Law
rence, secty.; Edward Warren,
asso. secty.
Department superintendents
are:Mrs. C.F.Cooper, adult;W.C.
Walden, young people; Mrs. J.P.
Duggan, intermediate; Mrs. D.
M. Ryle, junior; Mrs. Emmit
Akin, primary; Mrs. A.C. Watts,
beginners; Mrs. H. T. Gilbert,
cradle roll.
Houston Home Journal
( SERVICE WEN UNO WOMEN
I! Major Holt B. Grace, son of
I Mi. and Mrs. J. D. Grace of
Elko, Ga., has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal with the fol
lowing citation:
oro A l ajor Holt B - Grace, 0-381-
osz, Inspector General’s Depart
i ment, United States Army, from
II April 1944 to 26 April i 945, as
Assistant Inspector General, Ar
my Garrison Force, APO 344,and
[°™ April 1945 to 15 August
; 1J45, as Assistant Inspector Gen
eral. Western Pacific Base Com
mand, APO 244, has completed
successfully and with great skill
and keen judgment many diffi
cult, intricate, and painstaking
investigations, survey, and in
spections. in such superior fash
ion as to make varied and mani
fold contributions for the im
provement of the administration
and welfare of troops within
Army Garrison Force, APO 244,
and subsequently within the
Western Pacific Base Command
which* resulted in a definite con
tribution for the prosecution of
the war against the enemy.
Throughout his service in this
command, his intelligent grasp
of the problem in hand, hi s
sound thinking and his persistent
search for the facts needed for
the fulfillment of his mission
have contributed substantially to
the successful accomplishment of
the functions assigned to the In
spector General’s Department.”
Lt. Amos Milledge Anderson,
of Perry, Ga. v»as one of eleven
Naval Reserve officers released
lo inactive duty Oct. 18 at the
Charleston, S.C. Separation Cen
ter. Lt. Anderson volunteered
tor the Naval Service in Decem
ber, 1943. After a brief indoc
trination at Fort Schuyler, N. Y.
he was assigned to the Naval Air
Station at Miami,Fla. and served
there for twenty months in the
Investigation and Legal Depart
ments,
Lt. Anderson intends to return
to law practice in Macon, Ga.
He resigned as Judge of the Su
perior Courts of the Macon cir
cuit in order to enter the service.
LIBRARY NOTES
Twenty-three year old Bill
Mauldin’s best seller, Up Front,
is not just a book of cartoons,
but the author’s own story in
picture and writing of infantry
life in a fox hole. It is Hilled
with jokes and tragedies of army
life.
The White Tower, by James
Ullman, is a beautifully written
novel of action and ideas. Sixj
people desire to climb a perilous
mountain in Switzerland and at
its summit hope to find an
answer to their desperate need.
Storm Tide, by Elizabeth
Ogilvie, is the story of Maine and
of a girl’s love for land and sea.
An absorbing and delightful
novel.
New mysteries are: Lock
ridge, Death in the Mind; Queen,
The Murderer is a Fox; Bram
hall, Tragedy in Blue.
TAX PAYERS’ NOTICE
The 1945 State and County Tax
Books are open and ready for
collection. Your promptness in
paying your Tax will be appre
dated
M. E. AKIN, Tax Collector
Houston County.
Teachers are: Mrs. C. E.
Brunson, Mrs. C. F. Cooper,
and J. M. Gooden, adult; Mrs. G.
R. Parrish, young people; Mrs,
Alton Hardy, J. P. Duggan, and!
Harris Rape, intermediate; Mrs.
W. B. Roberts, Mrs. J. A. Ivey,
Mrs. Culma Harris, Mrs. J. L. |
Gallemore, junior; Mrs. R. L. j
Roper, Mrs. Benny Hardy, Mrs.
Emmit Akin, primary; Mrs. Bes-I
sie Lee, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. J. P. j
Etheridge, Mrs. Martha Abney, j
beginners; Mrs. H. T. Gilbert,'
Mrs. J. A. Beddingfield, an cF
Miss Ruth Hardy, cradle roll. :
Secretaries are Mrs,E.W.Tray
lor,adult; Miss Carolyn Moody,
primary.
Mrs. E. Akin and Miss Patsy
Harris are pianists.
At last Sunday’s services,Rev.
Mr Ivey expressed appreciation
for the fine spirit of co-operation
manifested by the church mem
bers and the wish for an even
greater service for next year.
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1945
VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN '
,j BEGINS MONDAY, OCT. 29'
. Georgia’s Victory Loan Cam
, paign will get underway Mon
day, Oct. 29, with a goal of $28,-
, 000,000 in E Bonds.it is announc
ed by Jackson P. Dick, state
chairman of the War Finance
; Comm i 11 ee. The “Victory
, Eighth” objective is approxi
mately half of the Seventh War
■ Loan goal of $55,000,000. The
, national quota is $2,000,000,000
and the drive ends December 8.
Of special interest to Geor
gians will be the issuance of a
special Roosevelt Memorial Bond,
. Dick said. The bond will be is
sued in only one denomination,
$2OO, to be sold for $l5O. The
bond bears an engraved picture
of the late president whose “sec
ond home was at Warm Springs.
“Under the slogan of ‘Let’s
Finish The Job’, thousands upon
, thousands of Georgia business
men, farmers, workers,veterans,
housewives, club members and
others are ready to make the
Victory Loan a mighty testa
; ment of Georgia’s appreciation
, for victory”, Dick declared.
, “They know the job is not
finished. The cost of returning
i our men, of mustering out pay,
of contract settlements, hospital
ization care and enormous obli
• gallons incurred in achieving
j victory must be met. Secretary
of the Treasury Vinson reports
the current treasury balance to
to be large, but warns that it
will be drained quickly and new
funds will be urgently needed
! early in December.”
Dick asserted that Georgia’s
5,000 schools had been assigned a
major role in the Victory Loan,
During the week of November 2
to 9 the state’s 22,000 teachers
■ and 700,000 students will partici
pate in a great “Speed His Re
covery” campaign to finance hos
pitalization of servicemen and
women. Sponsorship panels,
showing the name of the school
which raised the money, will be
affixed to each unit, which on
the average will cost $3,000.
Houston’s Quota
Houston county’s quota for the
Victory Loan is $600,0000f which
$500,000 is “E” Bonds. Houston
bought $1,2000,000 in the 7th
War Loan drive with a $970,000
quota. Mayo Davis is county
chmn. and J, P. Etheridge, dis
trict chmn.
BOY SCOUTS ELECT LEADERS
The Boy Scouts are becoming
(active again. On club day, Oct.
10, the patrol leaders, their as
sistants, the scribe, and mem
bers of each patrol were elected.
.The patrol leaders and assistant
leaders are as follows:
Patrol Leaders: Deryl Whip
ple, Billy Whipple, and Bobby
Sutton.
Assistants: Edward Chap
man, Rhett Milam, and George
Davis.
The scribe is Horace Matthews,
jThe old scouts coming back into
I the troop are: Deryle Whipple,
Billy Whipple, Bobby Sutton,
Edward Chapman, Rhett Milam,
George Davis, Seabie Hickson,
Dick Riley, John Davison, Chas.
Irby Shelton, and Horace
Matthews.
Edgar Kennedy would have
! registered if he had not moved to
Warner Robins. He was a very
good scout and also a good mo
rale builder.
The first initiation this year
was held at Scout Master Staples’
home Thursday night, Oct. 18,
when all the new members who
were prepared were made tender
jfoot scouts and taken into troop
(No. 96.
The boys who took the initia
tion were: Allen Pritchett, Bob
jby Satterfield, Mack Peyton,Jim
imy Brown, Herschel Thompson,
|Jeff Pierce, Jimmy Louis. Bobby
: Brooks, Hentz Houser, and Allen
I Tabor. Everyone enjoyed the
1 refreshments that followed.
(With this group of ambitious
i boys the scouts are expecting aj
jvery successful year.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Morning Worship Service 11:30.1
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. i
Training Union, 6:30 p. m.
Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
'AUXILIARY MAKES PLANS FOR
I ARMISTICE DA Y PROGRAM
The October meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary was
held last Thursday at the Legion
Home. The hostesses were
Mesdames L. M. Paul Jr., Joe
Mitchell, C. L. Kersey, W. H.
Whitten, W. J. Braddock, C. N.
Ray. H. P. Chapman, T. J.
Mitchell, J. M. Gooden, and D.
M. Ryle.
Mrs. Joe Mitchell, president,
presided. Plans were made for
the observance of Armistice sea
son, A program on Sunday
night, Nov. 11, and at the school
on Friday, Nov. 9, will be ar
ranged by Mesdames S.A. Nunn,
W. E. Marshall Jr., R.E. Smith,
J. M. Gooden, J. J. Rooney, and
A. M. Kicklighter. Mesdames
O. A. King, D. 11. Smith, W. J.
Clarke, and J. S. Childs will
head the Poppy sale to be held
on Saturday. Nov. 10.
These committees were ap
pointed for the barbecue supper
to be given for veterans on Fri
day night, Nov. 9; Supper—
Mesdames C. C. Chapman, H. S.
Kezar, VV. G. Riley, J. B. Cal
houn, B. H. Andrew Jr., and Ed
Holmes: Program—Mrs. Gooden
and Mrs. C. E. Andrew; Tables —
Mesdames C. R. Kite, Ray, and
T. R. Summers: Decorations
Mesdames Smith, W. E. Mar
shall Jr., and C. O. Grimes; and
Coffee—Mesdames E. W. Mar
shall, H. E. Gordon, T. J. Mitch
ell, and H. P. Chapman.
The program consisted of a
talk on “The Aims and Purposes
of the American Legion Auxili
ary” by Mrs. T.R. Summers and
vocal solos. “I Belong To The
Swiss Navy” and “God Bless
America” by Hdmp Kicklighter,
with Mrs. Kicklighter, playing
the accompaniment.
These were welcomed as new
members: Mesdames Robert
Horton, T. L. Warren, Nathan
Gilbert, H. P, Dobbins, T. D.
Mason Jr., Bessie Lee, and C. O.
Grimes, and Miss Vonceil Sum
mers.
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Mr. Harry Dubois, student of
S. T. C., Statesboro, spent the
weekend at home.
Sgt. Edwin Pierce, U. S. Ma
rines, and G. T. Pierce Jr., who
received an honorable discharge
from the U, S. Army last week,
are visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. T. Pierce Sr. G. T.
was a Tech. Sgt, and served in
the E. T. O.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Turner of
Miami, Fla. spent Thursday and
Friday with her sister, Mrs. Min
nie Couey.
Lt. Carey B. Andrew Jr. U. S.
Merchant Marines, visited h i s
parents here several days this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Davis were
hosts at a delightful dinner party
last Thursday night at their
home as a compliment to Mrs.
Wesley Bolin of Phoenix, Arizo
na who is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. F. M. Houser.
Dr. Katharine Holtzclaw, in
structor at G. S. C. W., Mil
ledgeville, Ga., Mrs. B.C. Holtz
claw and Mr. John Holtzclaw of
Macon, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Al
mon and Miss Louise Almon of
Fort Valley visited relatives in
Perry Sunday.
Special Agent Charlton Wim
berly of U. S. Army Intelligence,
and Mr. Harrell Wimberjey of
Atlanta visited their parents,Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Wimberly at
Hayneville, several days this
week. Charlton Wimberly who
was with the Atomic Bomb Mis
sion was stationed on the Mari-!
annas before the termination of*
the war. After peace came, hej
spent several weeks in Japan.,
After a trip to Florida, he will I
go to Washington, D, C. where!
he will be with the headquarters!
of the Air Forces.
Mrs. Clara Gallemore of Jef-|
fersonville is visiting Dr. and'
Mrs. J. L. Gallemore.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
--
Church School-10:15 a. m,
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
| loung People’s Service, 6:30
Ip. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
BASKET-BALL SPOTLIGHT
| By G. F. NUNN
I
j In a change of schedule game,
' | the Panthers journeyed last Fri
-1 day night to neighboring Fort
j Valley, and there bumped into
1 one of the classiest aggregations
they will face all season—taking
their first loss, 30-19. Minus the
services of Guard Billy Bledsoe,
whose height and experience
would have helped considerably
under the basket, the Panthers,
nevertheless, displayed a great
amount of scrap, and though be
hind throughout, never quit
fighting.
The star of the game, and an
outstanding player for the past
two years, was Marshall Young,
of Fort Valley, whose drive and
aggressiveness was more than a
match for anything the Panthers
could muster. But one would
have a hard time convincing
Perry fans that the local lads
wont do much better on their
own court. Young came thru
with 17 points, and was the
whole Fort Valley offense, which
is a pretty sure sign that once he
is stopped, the rest of the Green
ies will be comparatively easy to
handle.
In the absence of Bledsoe,
Coach Staples was forced to in
sert into the lineup Richard Ogle
tree, steady guard, but one who
has only been practicing with the
squad for a few days. At the
other guard post, Thomson and
Calhoun alternated and both
showed up very satisfactorily.
Rubber Pierce at center and
Clint Cooper at forward played
heads up ball, but each was off
shooting. At the other forward
position, E. Whipple and Watts
were a little overpowered by the
size of the opponents, but each
should improve steadily through
out the season.
Come this Friday night, the
Panthers will entertain the for
midable outfit from Cochran
High on the home court. It
might be another licking, or we
might squeeze through to win.
but you can bet it will be a good
ball game and one that you wont
want to miss.
SERVICE GUILD MEETS
The Wesleyan Service Guild
met last Thursday night at the
home of Miss Phoebe Harper
with Misses Willie and Allene
Ryals as co-hostesses with Miss
Harper. Miss Dorothy Jones,
president, presided.
Miss Audrey Andrews present
ed the causes of the Week of
Prayer. Miss Editha Barnes and
Mrs. W. W. Driskell told of the
objectives of toe- Crusade of
Christ. A social hour was held
in conclusion.
Ford V-8 Day
Friday, Oct. 26
A New 1946 Ford will
be on display on that
Day in our Show Room.
Price Arrangement is be
ing made with O. P. A.
I Price quotations will be
made later.
Come in and see this New
Car, the first made since
the War.
I Moody Motor
| Company
Dealer
FOUNTAIN'S
LAUNDRY and
DRY CLEANERS
PERRY, GA.
ESTABLISHED 1870
CONTRACTS LET FOR
CITY IMPROVEMENTS
The City of Perry has let the
(contract for two projects costing
($35,000. The first project is the
re-building of the Water Treat
ment Plant so as to bring it up
date. The contract for this pub
lic improvement has been let to
Wiedeman and Singleton, en
gineering firm of Atlanta.
The other contract is for the
extension of water mains and the
installation of fire hydrants in
the eastern section of the city,
which was taken into the city
limits by an act of the 1944
legislature. The section includes
“Old Field" on the Houston
Factory road and extends be
yond the Akin place on the
Clinchfield road. The city has
arranged with the Georgia Pow
er Co. for street lights in this
section.
These projects will be financed
by revenue certificates, based on
earnings of water works system,
bearing interest at the rate of
2 3-4 per cent and payable over a
20 year period.
The city has made application
to the Federal Works Agency for
a federal grant to pay cost of
surveys, plans, and estimates for
these two projects: (1) Sewage
Disposal Plant, a (2) Sidewalks,
Curbs, Gutters, and Storm
Drainage paving for the entire
town.
When legislation for federal
aid on the building of public
works is passed, the city will be
in position to vote bonds to
match federal funds in the fi
nancing of a paving program.
GEN. HODGES TO HEAD
GROUND FORCES GROUP
WASHINGTON, D. C.—T h e
United States First Army, one
'of the greatest fighting outfits of
World War 11. will convert to a
peacetime and administration
unit, the War Department an
nounces.
The First Army, under the
command of Gen. Courtney H.
Hodges, will absorb all ground
force units formerly assigned to
the Second Army in the eastern
and southeastern United States.
It will have charge of all train
ing and administration of the ab
sorbed units.
Included in First’ Army terri
tory are: Camp Rucker. Ala.;
Fort Penning, Ga.; Camp But
ner, N. C.; Fort Jackson, S. C,;
and Fort Bragg, N. C.
FAIR IN MACON TO BE
BIG EVENT NEXT WEEK
MACON, Ga. —Six big days
of unusually interesting features
have been arranged for the 1945
Georgia State Fair, which starts
its annual run in Macon on Mon
day. Oct. 29.
Unhampered by war restric
tions the huge Victory fair will
revert to pre-war standards, and
plans call for the most elaborate
exposition in history, E. Ross
Jordan, general manager, has
announced.
The Georgia State Fair is the
most truly representative agri
cultural and livestock fair in the
entire southeast. Comprehen
sive exhibits of farm and home,
shop and industry will provide
an impressive review of out
standing achievements in Geor
gia and throughout the nation.
Thousands of Future Farmers
will participate in interesting
contests staged on the fair
grounds, as one of the special
features, a car load of purebred
registered heifers, exhibited at
the fair, will be sold at auction
on the final day.
Outstanding features of the
1945 state fair will be a vast
showing of World War II souve
nirs, a gigantic display of latest
military developments, including
an impressive demonstration of
radar; cattle and hog shows,
poultry show, rabbit show, horse
show, county and community
agricultural-exhibits, 4-H clubs
exhibits, and many more educa
tional displays.
The fair will also offer a bril
liant entertainment program, in
cluding spectacular fireworks,
presented on the pre-war basis;
thrilling free acts each after
noon and night, and the World
of Mirth Shows, with the great
est midway in history.
