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Houston Home Journal
VOL. LXXV. No. 1. PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3. 1946 > ESTABLISHED 1870
KIWANIS CLUB GIVES!
AWARD TO S.A.NUNNI
The Ladies’ Night program of
the Perry Kiwanis club, held!
Monday night at the American !
Legion Home, brought to a close
one of the most active years in I
the club’s and initiated]
the annual awarding of a plaque j
to a Perry citizen for outstanding;
service to this community. New.
officers and directors were in-1
stalled and a splennid address
by Dr. R. C. S. Young of At
lanta heard.
Geo. Francis Nunn, president,
presided and presented t h e
award for outstanding service to
Sam A. Nunn, the citizen se
lected by a committee to be the
first to receive this plaque from
the Kiwanis club. That the
club was to present such an
award, which was donated by a
former citizen who wishes to re
main incognito, was a surprise
to all save the club directors.
The selection of Sam A. Nunn,
long recognized as an outstand
ing religious, civic, and political
leader in the state of Georgia,
met with popular approval. The|
award was based on 1945 activi
ties and accomplishments of the
citizen chosen. The committee
cited these four reasons for se
lecting Sam A. Nunn as Perry’s
outstanding citizen for 1945;
(1) Originator of the “Green
Acres” contest idea; (2) En
couraged and assisted in the es
tablishment of a dehydrator in
Perry to dehydrate sweet pota
toes and feed crops for animal
food; (3) chairman of Home
coming Celebration for Gen. C.
H. Hodges; (4) Gave Perry pro
gressive administration as Mayor.
Dr. Young’s Speech
Dr. Young, native of Scotland
who is now a naturalized citizen
and ardent patriot of the United
States, spoke on America, the
Land of Opportunity. Owner
ship is thp foundation stone of
democracy and makes patriots,
Dr. Young said. In America,
where there is opportunity for
all to own, we have lost some
thing of our pioneer spirit and
sought security rather than ad
venture. We need to get back
to the spirit of ownership and
encourage our young people to
save in order to own if we are to
maintain our democracy, he con
cluded. Rev. J. A. Ivey intro
duced Dr. Young, who is assis
tant director of the Ga, Dept, of
Public Welfare.
Warner Wells of Fort Valley,
It.-governor sth division Kiwa
nis, installed the officers and di
rectors for 1946. They are; W.
E. Beckham, president; J. A.
Ivey, V. pres.; Tommie S. Hunt,
secty. and treas.; G. F, Nunn,
Emmit Akin, W, V. Tuggle, F.
M. Houser, J. P. Etheridge, C.
P. Gray, and Alton Hardy, di
rectors.
Retiring officers and directors
are: G. F. Nunn, pres.; Alton
Hardy, v, pres.; Mayo Davis,
L. C. Walker, Wm. Barfield, E.
P. Staples, and Johnny William
son, directors.
Mr. Beckham made the ac
ceptance speech for the new
group and Mr. Nunn thanked
club members for their coopera
tion in his valedictory.
The dining hall was beautiful
ly decorated with the Kiwanis
colors, blue and gold, predomi
nating. Tiny blue flower pots
holding yellow chrysanthemums
and blue candles were placed at
intervals on the table. The
speakers’ table had a central ar
rangement of cream-colored
gladioli which were given to
Mrs. Warner Wells as the guest
prize. As favors the ladies were
given small potted plants wrap-!
ped in blue paper and tied with
gold ribbon. Miss Evelyn Hunt,
club pianist, was presented with
a gift.
W. K, Whipple was chmn.
decorations and J. P. Etheridge,
chmn. of the program.
1945 club activities included
the following: Sponsoring of
Green Acres contest, Fat Calf
Show, National Used Clothing
Drive in which 7,500 lbs. of clo
thing were collected, Softball
League, Canning Project for U.
N. R. R. A. with 1,650 No. 2
cans food shipped, organization
of Cub Scout Group, opening of
Cleaver-Brooks Dehyd ration
Plant in Perry, and a project of
potato slips grown from disease
(Continued To Back Page)
[ORDINATION RITES
I HELD FOR R.W. GREENE 1
•
j Robert W. Greene, son of Mr. •'
and Mrs. F. M. Greene of Perry ,
was ordained into the ministry
jof the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.
'm. Sunday by the Perry Baptist
| church of which he is a member.!
He is now a cadet chaplain and
I will finish training in March
1 1946. Aftfer attending Mercer
'University, he was a student at
'the Naval Service Chaplain
I School at Notre Dame and has
been studying at Yale University
for two years. He will com
plete his training at Yale within
a few months.
Guest minister at the ordina
tion was the Rev. Eric Oesterle,
pastor of tne Tattnall Square
Baptist Church of Macon, who
preached the ordination sermon.
Rev. J.A. Ivey, pastor, presided.
J. M. Gooden of Perry pre
sented the Bible. A large num
ber of local and out-of-town
friends and relatives attended
the service.
At this same service, Marion
F. Greene Jr. and Alton Hardy
were ordained to the Deaconship
of the Baptist Church,
i At the morning church hour,
Robert W. Greene brought the
message to a large congregation.
SERVICE IN AND WOMEN
Lt. George Brown, U. S. Navy
Air Corps, received an honorable
discharge at Charleston, S. C.
last week after three years’
service.
After completing flight train
ing, he served with composite
squadron 98, seeing action dur
ing the Okinawa Operation, and
doing other escort and attack
work from the carrier USS Lun
ga point, particularly around
Sakeshima and the China Coast.
He wears the Asiatic Pacific and
Victory ribbons.
S 1c Robert Lee Edmundson of
Grovania, Ga. was honorably
discharged from the U. S. Navy
last week at Charleston, S. C.
after 33 months service. Hi s
awards include Bronze Star,
World War II Victory Medal;
American, Asiatic-Pacific, and
Philippine Liberation ribbons.
Perry relatives and friends of
Captain Sam N. Hodges Jr. of
Atlanta who is on terminal leave
from the U. S. Army, will be in
terested to learn of his promo
tion from Ist Lt. to Captain.
Capt. Hodges entered the ser
vice in June 1943, attended O. C.
S. at Fort Penning, went to Eng
land in May 1944, was in D-Day
invasion of Eurone, was captur
ed by Germans in Oct. 1944 and
liberated in May, 1945. He was
stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga.
last fall. His father, Sam N.
Hodges Sr., was a captain in
World War I.
Pvt. Hugh Lawson is with the
Army of Occupation in Europe
and is stationed at Neuremburg,
Germany.
T. Sgt. Thomas L. Hammock, i
Kathleen, Ga. was honorably]
discharged from the Army Air
Forces Dec. 20 at Westover,
Mass, after 3}j years of service,
eight months of which were over
seas in the Newfoundland Thea
tre,
MAYOR a COUNCIL SWORN IN
The new mayor and four coun
cilmen who were elected without
opposition in December were
sworn into office Tuesday. Jan.j
1, by John L. Hodges, ordinary]
of Houston county,
i Geo. Francis Nunn was sworn]
iin for a two-year term as may-j
]or to succeed Sam A. Nunn whoj
| retired after serving seven years. |
I The new councilmen are F. M.
I Houser and E. I). Mason. Those]
I succeeding themselves in office]
are J. A. Beddingfield and Alton i
•‘Hardy.
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NOTICE
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1
Books are now open to receive
- returns on 1946 taxes and appli
i cations for exemptions. Law has
■ been changed. April 1 is the
i last date to make returns. There
: will be no Receivers’ Rounds
• this year.
E. W. Marshall, T. R.
' \3o Oil? PEADEPS" FbIENDS... I
The New Year is the traditional season of hope. Hope for a lasting peace. Hope for
a speedy reunion with loved ones far distant. Hope for happiness and hope for health.
n ir'
' Each of us has a stake this harvest of hope. How we reap will depend on how we
cultivate the opportunities tjhat lie ahead. j j
Just as a merchant takes stock cri the beginning of ja New Year and closes his books
on the Old, so we at this to take mental inventory and do some spiritual
bookkeeping. The past is jbnly as its strengthen us for the tasks of the
future—only as its mistakes teaph qs lessons far the,|lmprovement of tomorrow.
The road of the past was paved with Injustice, discontent and tyranny. We must pave
the road of the future with hppe, confidence. Understanding and neighborliness.
The world is no better or np worse thamwe'ourselvis make it It is the sum of thousands
of communities like our own, dll'addecf together. We eaih have responsibilities as individ
uals and citizens to make it better, / : \TT
With the coming of 1946 ietjus resolve to work and live so that peace on earth may bo
a reality rather than a dreanL/ Then the horrors of tialtle\will not be visited on the next
generation and the sons of tomorrow will not have to go forth to war.
The future offers challenging opportunities. Strengthened by our nation's achieve
ments in the past four can meet these opportunities with confidence.
So it is with a spirit of hope, fortified by a feeling of thankfulness that this newspaper
ask, for every one of you I & /iSO) IfUIA,
SUMMARY OF 1945 EXTENSION WORK
By W. T. MIDDLEBROOKS, County Agent
4-H Club Work
Enrollment of boys in 4-H club j
work was begun in March. All '
schools in Houston county were 1
visited and every boy who was |
eligible was given an opportuni-1
ty to enroll. The total enroll
ment for the year was 57, and
the total number of projects un
dertaken by these boys was 77.
The projects were as follows:
12 corn, 2 potatoes, 13 home
garden, 11 poultry, 3 dairy
calves, 18 beef calves, and 18
hogs. Of the 77 projects begun,
a total of 56 projects were car
ried through to completion. Con
siderable interest was shown this
year in beef cattle and poultry
projects. This was due mainly
to excellent cash prizes being of
fered by Perry Kiwanis Club and
Houston County Farm Bureau
for beef cattle show and by
Sears Roebuck and Co. for poultry
show.
Soil Conservation
An educational campaign was
put on during the year to pro
mote the use of close growing
crops to prevent soil erosion and
also to improve the soil.
In February a campaign was !
put on to encourage the planting
of lespedeza cn small grain, pas-!
tures and waste land. As a re- 1
(suit of this effort a total of 30,- j
1 000 pounds of lespedeza was’
[seeded by farmers of Houston
county.
After peanut harvest a cam-1
paign was put on to get as much
of our peanut land planted to a
winter legume as possible. As a
result of this campaign it is esti
mated that over 300,000 pounds j
of blue lupine, 60,000 pounds of 1
jaustrian winter ppas and 20,000!
| pounds of vetches were planted
in the county. The local Kiwa
nis club and Farm Bureau aided
in this campaign by offering
sizeable cash prizes to those mak
ing the best showing in seeding
these crops.
Livestock
The interest in growing live
stock is steadily growing in the
county. Assistance was given
35 farms in securing pure bred
sires for improving their hogs
and cows. A total of 198 farms
were given assistance in con
| trolling contagious diseases of
jhogs and cows. A total of 3,500
jhogs were treated and 750 head
fof cattle. Fourteen farms were
| aided in securing and seeding
; pasture grasses on new areas
j taken in for pasture.
Emergency Farm Labor
Program
The first call for labor came
jfrom peach growers who needed
assistance in getting their peach
■ es picked. Prisoner of War la
ibor was secured from Camp
Wheeler.
I Two peach growers made ap
: plication for this labor. Over a
j period of 34 days beginning June!
ii 4 the two growers used a total
; of 2,610 man days of Prisoner of
: War labor who picked 40,950
5 1 bushels of peaches.
After the harvesting season Jf
farms made application fori
j Prisoner of War labor for hoeing
j around peach trees. A total of
! 966 man days of labor was used
| and 173 acres of peach trees were
j cleaned. Two farms made ap
| plication for repairing and un
loading peach crates and remov
ing hail damaged peaches from
orchard. A total of 398 man
days of work.
Placing and supervising of
above work, and making out ap
plications to Prisoner of War
Camp for this labor was handled
by County Agent.
The next call for Prisoner of
War assistance was for harvest
ing peanuts. A Farm Labor As
sistant was employed on Septem
ber 1 to help with handling la
bor piugrarn. From Sept. 1 to
Nov. 30 a total of 22 different
farms made one or more applica
tions for this labor. A total of
3,086 man days was used. Re
cords show the following crops
were harvested and services
rendered,
1. Peanuts, 484 acres; 2. Corn, -
1,898 bushels: 3. Potatoes, 11,-1
225 bushels; 4. Sugar Cane, 10
acres; 5. Pecans, 32,500 pounds; j
i 6. Peanuts Thrashed, 140 acres;
j7. Peach Trees Gassed,4so acres; J
jB. Peach Trees Hoed, 300 acres. I
Part of the above Prisoner of j
! War labor was secured from a:
temporary camp located at Haw-;
' kinsville and at about the middle!
lof harvest period we were
switched to Camp Wheeler for]
securing Prisoners oi War. We
had an allotment of 50 men per
day until peanut harvest was
completed, after then we got all
'we could use each day.
Freezer Locker Plant
| A movement was promoted and
carried through to completion
for providing the people of
Houston with a Freezer Locker
and Meat Curing Plant. This
project was begun in January
1945 and will be completed some
time during the month of Janu
ary 1946. The plant when en
tirely completed will be able to
slaughter cows, hogs and poul- j
try, cure approximately 200,000
pounds of pork and will have 364
lockers for storing fresh meats,
vegetables and fruits for its pat
rons. The totol cost of the com
pleted plant will be about $45,-
000.00.
Dehydration Project
Assistance was rendered the
Cleaver-Brooks Co. of Milwau
kee, Wisconsin in conducting ex
periments in dehydration of ani
mal feeds from crops grown
in Houston county. These ex-:
periments were brought to a suc
cessful conclusion and received
nation-wide publicity.
NOTICE
The OPA office will remain!
open through January at same;
! location for the purpose of con
tinuing price control in Houston
county. Mrs. Bessie Lee will be
in charge. The Atlanta office
notified Mrs. Lee Dec. 29 that
the closing date had been chang
jed from Jan. Ito Feb. 1, ’46. j
LOCAL CITIZEN PERFORMS
HEROIC ACT TO SAVE LIVES
jM pr' m,
GARDNER WATSON
Gardner Watson, local funeral
'director, had an unusual experi
jence involving heroic action on
’his part during the holidays,
j While on a trip one light in a
Memorial Chapel Ambulance,
i Mr. Watson and his companion,
)R. L. Stewart, of Macon, saw an
j overturned automob le on fire on
the Central of Ga. R. R. tracks
above Macon on the Atlanta line.
'They stopped and rescued a
’couple from burning to death
’ and also prevented a train dis
aster by notifying railroad of
ficials who had the wreck cleared
from the tracks just before a
passenger train was due. Mr.
Watson and his companion car
ried the couple to Macon in his
ambulance.
Memorial Chapel is the suces
sor to Watson and Whipple of
which Mr. Watson was a part
ner. Mr, Watson, a native of
Houston county, received an hon
orable discharge from the U. S.
Army last fall after three years
service and attaining the rank of
sergeant.
BASKET-BALL SPOTLIGHT
By G. F. NUNN
Perry High’s Panthers,hungry
for victory which they have not
tasted in three weeks, will re
sume the basketball wars this
week with two games in the lo
cal gym. On Thursday evening,
Jan. 3, the Montezuma Indians
come to town with a veteran
team of fancy scrappers who
j came within one point of licking
the Panthers in Montezuma about
a month ago. Then on Saturday
evening, the Albany five, on a
barnstorming tour through this
section, will stop over for a game
with the Panthers. This team
has not been seen in this section
this year, but has the reputation
of being a big, fast, outfit that is
tough on any night. So be on
hand for these four star specials,
! and root the Panthers to victory.
AREA COVERAGE TO
BE STRESSED BY REA
The Flint Electric Membership
Cooperative’s annual meeting, to
be held Jan. 11, 1946, at Rey
nolds, Ga., will center on ways
to accomplish complete area
coverage of tho territory served
by the co-op, in the shortest pos
sible time, it was announced by
Floyd H. Tabor, Co-op president,
today. Farmers and rural home
owners in the sections to be de
veloped have been invited to sit
in on the meeting and the pro
gram to follow, in order to ac
quaint themselves with the co
op’s plans.
Mr. Tabor pointed out that the
cooperative has already started a
new $lOO,OOO line construction
program which will eventually
bring electric service to 500 farms
and non-farm rural establish
ments such as schools, churches
and small industries. He added
that the co-op hopes to finish a
large part of its expansion pro
gram by 1947. Before the pres
ent program was started with
the easing up of the War Pro
duction Board’s wartime restric
tions, the co-op had completed
650 miles of lines serving 2,900
consumers.
“The primary aim of the Flint
i Electric Membership Corporation
I is to furnish central station
electric service to all residents of
the territory we have mapped
for our operations, ’’ Mr. Tabor
said. “If a farmer lives up a
back road, with no near neigh
bors, he is just as much entitled
to electric service as the man
who lives in a thickly populated
section.”
The annual meeting will fea
ture reports on the past year of
co-op operations and a discussion
of the prospects for the coming
year. Directors will be elected
to serve until the next annual
meeting. A slate of candidates
have been placed in nominations
by a committee, and the coopera
tive is urging that further nomi
nations be made from the floor
of the meeting. Among those
already nominated for office are:
Floyd H. Tabor, Fort Valley;
Walter W, Gray, Perry; M. S.
Vinson, Fort Valley; R. R. Pratt,
Warner Robins; W. M. Dickey,
Musella; B. B. Murph, Marshall
) ville; T. L. Coogle, Oglethorpe;
Thurmon Whatley, Reynolds; B.
i L, McDaniel, Tazewell; J. M.
Greer, Juniper,
i In addition to the business
, meeting there has been arrang
, ed a very interesting and enter
i taining program for those at-
I I tending. Hon, Stephen Pace,
i 1 Congressman from the 3rd dis
. [ trict, will be the principal speak
iier. Mr. Pace has been an out
i standing leader in the advance
. ment of the REA program.
At noon there is to be held an
I old fashioned barbecue for all
i the members and their families
(and guests. “Every member
will benefit by attending this irn
s portant meeting.” Mr. Tabor
said,
NOTICE
A representative of the Inter
nal Revenue service will be in
Perry Jan. 7-8 to assist farmers
in the preparation of income tax
■ returns which may be filed on or
before March 15, 1946, provided
he files an estimated return by
Jan. 15, 1946.
Every farmer requesting as
sistance should have ready the
following information; total in
come from each class of farm
product and other sources for
the entire year 1945; also a state
ment of expenses and deductions,
such as fertilizer, labor, seed,
feed, etc. with each class of ex
pense itemized.
Taxpayers, other than farm
. ers, will be given assistance at a
! later date.
COTTON REPORT
Census report shows that 905
bales of cotton were ginned in
i Houston county from the crop of
j 1945 prior to Dec, 13 as com
. pared with 2,055 bales for the
crop of 1944.
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i j Congratulations to The Hous
i.ton Home Journal at Perry,
, I which recently completed its
51 75th year of continuous service.
1 It has been in the Hodges family
. j for 65 years. A grand record!—
, Gilreath Press Syndicate.