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VOL. LXXV. No. 2, PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870
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ASST. STATE SCHOOL !
SUPT. SPEAKS HERE!
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Dr. J. I. Allman, assistant!
state school superintendent of
Georgia, Atlanta, spoke to three
different groups in Perry Tues
day. In the morning, Dr. All
man met with the county board
of Education and S. W. Hickson,
county school superintendent, to
discuss local school problems.
At noon, Dr. Allman was the
speaker at the luncheon meeting
of the Perry Kiwanis club. He
was introduced by Mr. Hickson.
Dr. Allman said that the three
major problems confronting the
public schools in rural counties
of Georgia are: (1) Not enough
text-books due to small appro
priation for this purpose, (2)
Lack of building facilities, (3)
Shortage of teachers and teach
ers with insufficient training.
The remedy for this situation
is more funds for the text-books,
federal aid on an equalization
basis to provide buildings and
more pay for teachers, and a
program in high schools and col
leges to encourage more young
people to enter the teaching pro
fession, Dr. Allman pointed out
as he stated that nearly 5,000
white teachers with college train
ing left the teaching field in 1945
in Georgia for more renumera
tive positions.
Kiwanis visitors included the
county board of Education: Ra
bun Scarborough, S.L. Norwood,
H. C. Talton, F. H. Tabor, and
J. N. Buff; the following school
trustees, W. N. Johnson, B. H.
Newberry, C. L. Kersey, Royce
Pratt, G. W. Hicks, and D. M.
Ryle.
Other visitors were J.M. Good
en, Sgt. Johnny Barge, Jesse R.
Gunn, and E. P. Newhard and
Edwin Gould, chemists of Penn-
Dixie Cement Corp., Nazareth,
Pa’ Mr. Newhard was the or
ganizing president of the Perry
Kiwanis club.
The new Kiwanis president,
W. Eugene Beckham,presided.
P.T.A. And G.E.A. Groups
In the afternoon, Dr. Allman
spoke to the Houston county G.
E. A. group of teachers and
members of the Parent-Teacher
association. He was presented
by Mr. Hickson, E. P. Staples,
supt. of Perry schools, presided.
J. W. Bloodwarth, state legis
lator of Houston county, also
spoke to the group saying that
he was in favor of the state ap
propriating more funds for the
schools.
Dr. Allman discussed the ma
jor problems confronting the
schools in Georgia with this
group and also the legislative
program of the G. E. A. and the
Teacher Retirement Law.
“The real teacher is the one
who touches human life, inspires
right living, and developes
ideals,’’ Dr. Allman said,
J. M. Gooden, state school su
pervisor, and some trustees of
county schools were present. A
large group of patrons attended.
MEIHODISI W.S.G.S. MEETS
The Methodist W. S. C. S. met
at the church Monday p. ra.
The president, Mrs. G. W. Hicks,
led the devotional and Mrs. R.E.
Ogletree had charge of the pro- j
gram. Mrs. J. B. Smith, Mrs. |
R. E. Smith, Mrs. Frank King, I
Mrs. Prank Bonner, Mrs. T. R. |
Summers, Mrs. J. H. Short, and!
Miss Allene Ryals took part. 1
Dot Ogletree sang a solo.
Installation of officers was'
held after which Pledge Cards]
were signed.
The president appointed the)
following committee chairmen;;
Membership, Mrs. Carl Huggins;!
Program, Mrs. R, E. Ogletree; j
Fellowship, Mrs. J. F. Bonner;
Status of Women, Mrs. W, V.
Tuggle; Church Kitchen, Mrs.
W. K. Whipple; Church Lawn,
Mrs. W. V. Tuggle.
Mrs. W. W. Driskell was ap
pointed to succeed Mrs, John L.
Hodges as Wesleyan Service
Guild Counselor, Mrs. Hodges,
who organized the Wesleyan Ser
vice Guild in Perry and served
as counselor for five years, re
signed in December.
Four Sons on Throne
The English King Ethelwulf was
succeeded by four of his sons in ro
tation, the youngest being Alfred the
Great,
! BASKET-BALL SPOTLIGHT j
By G. F. NUNN
I Perry’s Panthers, rarely ai
I brilliant team this season, but
| always a scrapping outfit, came
back last week after being starv
out for three weeks on the vic
tory column, and grabbed two
ball games. The first was from
a fast Montezuma outfit which
Perry had beaten by only one
point in Montezuma. This game
was a different story and the
Panthers wound up on the long
end of a 43-21 score. Bright
spot in this contest ;tas the re
turn to form of Clint Cooper who
bagged 17 points.
Saturday evening, the Panth
ers entertained the Albany In
dians, who were on their first
trip of the season, and trounced
them soundly by a score of 37-13.
But on Tuesday evening of
this week, after playing one of
the best games of the whole sea
son, they were forced to accept
defeat at the hands of the La
nier Poets in as dassy a ball
game as you will want to watch,
the score being 41-37. Th e
Poets, paced by 6 foot 5 inch
center Bollenger, who racked up
23 points, displayed a fast pass
ing attack, and had tremendous
advantage in height under both
baskets. But the Panthers, led
by the brilliant Capt. Rubber
Pierce, who garnered 19 points
on his own account, never quit
scrapping. They came back
from a first half deficit of nine
points to pull within three points
of the Poets in the closing min
utes of the game, and as Glass
man, Macon Telegraph Sports
Writer, aptly put it, they had
the Poets hanging on the ropes
when the game ended.
Next week more excitement is
in store for the fans, as Fort
Valley comes back to town on
Friday night and Eatonton,anoth
er good team will be here for a
Tuesday night encounter. This
is the first game with Eatonton
in four years and should be a
good one.
MRS. E. C. FAGAN DIES
Mrs. Emma Heard Fagan, wid
ow of Enoch Claude Fagan, died
at the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. John B. Jones, Macon,
Route 3, Wednesday, Jan. 2, af
ter an illness of several months.
Her husband died in November.
She was born in Dooly county
Feb. 27, 1880, the daughter of B.
A. Heard and Rebecca Smith
Heard of Vienna.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. John B. Jones; two
sisters, Mrs. Nora Rushing, Oak
Ridge, Tenn. and Mrs. T. E. I
Gray, Chattanooga, Tenn.; two!
brothers, P. G. Heard of Haw
kinsville and J. B, Heard of Bir-1
mingham, Ala.; two grandchil--
dren, Francis and June Welch.
Funeral services were held at
Sardis Church Thursday at 3 n.
m. Burial was in church yard.
Elders W. H. Hancock and A. J.
Banks officiated.
MRS. EMMA HARRIS DIES
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Mrs. Emma H. Harris, age 71,
died Dec. 31 at the home of her
nephew. George R. Busbee, of
Perry. She had been ill a month.
Mrs. Harris was born and
reared in Crawford county. Be-
I sides her nephew she is survived
j by one sister, Mrs. S. R. Busbee,
I Perry; three brothers, Marvin
( Hutto and Ray Hutto of Warner
j Robins, and Charlie Hutto of
I Milledgeville,
Funeral services were held Jan,
II at 11 a. m. at the home of
| George R. Busbee and burial was
lat Houston Factory cemetery |
j with Rev. C. H. Tucker official-1
Tng. Tucker Funeral Home was '
i in charge.
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Sgt. Wm. A. Chapman is at]
| home on a9O day furlough visit]
I with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, j
H. P. Chapman. Sgt. Chapman i
re-enlisted recently after being 1
in the U. S. Army 3 years.
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Longest Telegram
i The longest telegram on record
was a birthday greeting message
' sent to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt from Birmingham, Ala.,
on January 30, 1934. This night let
ter, which required 19 hours and
8 minutes to transmit over high
> | speed automatic telegraph instru
■ ments, contained 41,000 signatures
s t and was a quarter of a mile in
. length, . i.
The local Fight Infantile Paralysis campaign, which
opens on January 14 and closes January 31, is part of the
nation-wide appeal of the National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis for funds to continue the fight against polio
myelitis. J. P. Etheridge of Perry is chmn. of the Hous
ton County Campaign. Give generously to this Drive,
KIINIS CLUB COMMITTEES
W. E. Beckham, president of
the Perry Kiwanis club has ap
pointed the following committees
for 1946:
Program—J. P. Etheridge,
chmn.; W. C. Huggins, F. M.
Houser, J. L. Gallemore, S. A.
Nunn, J. L. Hodges.
Attendance, Interclub Rela
tions —T. S. Hunt, chmn.; Alton
Hardy, Henry Mathews, Khett
Milam, C. C. Chapman.
Agriculture—W. T, Middle
brooks, chmn.; G, C. Nunn, A.
C. Pritchett, C. E. McLendon, |
J. P. Middlebrooks,
Public Affairs —Mayo Davis,
chmn.; VV. V. Tuggle, Vaughn
Bramblett, W. K. Whipple, J.W.
Bloodworth.
Religious Activity,
Education —J, A. Ivey, chmn.;'
C. P. Gray, J. J. Rooney, Emmit
Akin.
Underprivileged Children —J.
B. Smith, chmn.; A. W. Dahl
berg, C. E. Andrew, Joe Bed
dingfield.
Boys and Girls —E. P. Staples,
jchmn.; A. G. Hendrick, William
I Barfield, John Etheredge, J. H.
j Williamson.
. Publicity—F ran c i s Nunn,
chmn.; Martin Silcox,
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS i
Morning Worship Service 11:30. i
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. !
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
| Training Union, 6:30 p. m.
Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Workers’ Council of the
Church School will meet at the
church Wed. night, Jan. 16,
Geo. F. Nunn, superintendent,
desires a full attendance.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
Church Services, 11:30 a, m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Sermon topics are: morning,!
“The Glory of the Ordinary;”]
I evening, “God’s Measuring!
(Rod.” I
j loung People’s Service, 6:30
Ip. m.
Rev. J. B, Smith, Pastor.
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Varieties of Cheese
The existence of cheese has been j
traced as far back as the year 2000
B. C. Today there are 400 recog
nized varieties of cheese.
PARITY FDR '46 PEANUT CHOP
Announcement was made this
week by state headquarters of
the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration that the 1946 crop of
Georgia farmers’ peanuts will be
supported at 90 per cpnt of pari
ty as of July 15, 1946, which is
the beginning of the marketing
year. The announcement also
stated that purchase and loan
values by type, sound mature
kernel content, and quality, based
on historical differences in value,
will be stated after the July par
| ity has been determined.
H. L. Wingate, president of
the GFBF who has spent con
{ siderable time with Department
of Agriculture officials in Wash
j ington working on the peanut
! program, stated that purchases
; under the program will be made
until July 30, 1947, and loans
will he available until January
31, 1947. The GFBF president
further stated that such pur
chases. which will he made
to maintain prices or to provide
markers, will be through the
peaunt grower cooperatives lo
cated at Franklin, Va.; Camilla,
Ga.; and Gorman, Texas.
Indications are that this year’s
peanut crop will be comparable
to that of 1945, although the
1 acreage will probably be reduced.
| This action is due to the fact that
| a considerable quantity of this
! commodity has been consumed
! by members of the armed forces,
, and since the dose of the war
new outlets will he found to
compensate for the loss sus
tained when purchases were cur
j tailed by the government.
Much research is being carried
on by the National Peanut Coun
cil, Mr. Wingate pointed out. and
he is of the opinion that the fu
ture consumption of this Georgia
product will show a decided in
crease as new uses are found as
a result of the extensive pro
gram being carried on by the
council.
I FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP
Membership in the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation for 1945
reached a total of 31,276 farm
families, according to a state
ment released by H. R. Yandle,
director of public relations of the
organization. This represents an
increase of 10,754 over the 20,-
522 total for 1944,
The new high in membership
of the GFBF, tabulated at the
close of the fiscal year on No
vember 30, represents the larg*
jest number of farm families
[ever recorded by an organization
jin Georgia. Indications based
lon reports reaching the state of
jficem Macon this week show
, that interest in the organization
is still on the increase and new
memberships are being received
daily, Yandle stated.
SERVICE MEN UNO WOMEN
Capt. Samuel T. Borom, a re
serve officer, was called to ac
tive duty March 5, 1942 and as
signed as post engineer at Stark
General Hospital, Charleston, S.
C. Sept. 1943 to Dec. 1943,
he trained at Military Govern
ment Training School at Fort
Custer, Mich and the Univ. of
Michigan and went overreas in
Jan. 1944 where he served ap
proximately six months with
units of 21st British army group.
Capt. Borom was transferred
back to an American unit in
Sept. 1944. He entered north
ern France in Sept. 1944, Ger
many on Nov. 14, 1944 where he
served as Utilities officer in a
Military Government detach
ment in A'sdorf, Germany. He
was engaged in extensive repair
work to water systems through
out the Aachen Landkreis. As
signed to Ninth Army engineers,
repairing utilities systems in
Muncken-Gladbach in March,
1945. In Wuppertal, Germany
he was in charge of transporta
tion. communications and utili
ties. Here he had charge of re
pair work on the only suspension
railway of its kind in the world.
After allied occupation zones
in Germany were formed, Capt.
Borom was transferred to Mu
nich and served as utilities of
ficer in Regierungsbezirk Ober
bayern. Included in this area
are the widely known towns of
Oberammergan, Berchtesgaden.
and Gormisch-Partenkirchen. On
Dec. 8, 1945, Capt. Borom land
ed in Boston on the Victory Ship
CCNY. He is now on terminal
leave.
Capt. Borom was called into
■ active service through the Hous
to n County Selective Service
Board. He is the brother of
Mrs. W. B. Roberts and Miss
Eva Borom of Perry.
FRANK C. TOUNSLEY PUSSES
Frank Conant Tounsley died
Tuesday, Jan. 1, at his home in
Chattanooga, Tenn. after a long
illness. Mr. Tounsley, native of
Perry, returned here four years
' ago to reside after being away
for a number of years. He moved
, to Chattanooga about six months
ago.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, Jan. 3, in Tucker
Funeral Home with Rev. J. A.
Ivey officiating. Pallb ear e r s
were R. A. Anderson, C.P. Gray,
Wilson Martin, John L. Hodges,
J. S. Rainey, and E. P. Staples.
Survivors include Ins wife of
Chattanooga, Tenn,; one son,
Sam Tounsley, and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Harry Barge, and five
grand-children, all of Cleveland,
Ohio.
Mrs. Frank Tousley, Mr. and
: Mrs. Sam Tounsley and daugh
: ter, Betty, and Mr. Harry Barge
attended the funeral.
Hoarding
Lottie—Why do you suppose old
Mrs. Smith puts all her money un
, der her pillow at night?
Dottie—l guess she wants to make
believe she has enough to retire on.
School Daze
Teacher—When you grow up, I’m
sure you’d like to possess certain
good qualities, such as truth, hon
esty—and what else?
Bright Boy—Sales resistance!
Shopping Day
Customer Do women’s slacks
come in odd sizes?
Clerk—No, they get in that shape
from being worn.
Big He-Man
She—So you want to kiss me. I
didn’t think you were that kind.
He—Baby, I’m even kinder than
that!
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Truth Exemplified
Judge—Don’t you know that drink
drives a man into bad company?
Prisoner—Yes, it had brought me
before you today.
John Banyan’s Follower
First Wave—Why do you call your
new boy friend "Pilgrim”?
Second Ditto—Every time he
comes around he makes progress.
Twelve Syllable Words
The language of the American In
dians abounds in 10 and 12-sylla
ble words. For instance, the Az
tecs say “amatlacuilolitquitcatlaz
! tlahulli” for postage stamp. Literal
| ly, this incredible word means "pay
l j ment received for-carrying-a-paper
-1 on-which-something-is-written, j
OFFICERS NAMED
FOR FREEZER LOCKER
The Houston Frozen Products
Corporation held its annual
stockholders’ meeting on Mon
day, Jan. 7, at the court house
;in Perry. The retiring presi
dent of the corporation, A. W.
Pratt, gave a summary of the
■ entire construction operations
1 during his term of office. These
. included the building of a mod
-1 ern, well-equipped plant for the
1 curing and processing of meats,
• fruits and vegetables, and the
construction of an abattoir, which
! to date has not been put into
1 operation because of the failure
■ of the manufacturers to deliver
' the necessary equipment.
Mr. Pratt stated that the board
■ of directors, elected at the first
■ general meeting of the stock
■ holders on Jan. 30, 1945, had
1 served faithfully and well under
> bis leadership, and he believed
that as a result of their efforts, a
• plant, excellent in every detail,
■ has been provided for the use
■ and patronage of the citizens
1 and neighbors of Houston county.
The By-Laws of the Corpora
-5 tion were amended so that in
■ stead of electing nine directors
each year for a one year term,
• the terms of the directors to be
■ named were staggered at one,
\ two and three years, and here
: after, three directors will be
elected each year for a term of
1 three years.
With this change in the By
| Laws, C. E. McLendon, W. E.
1 Beckham, and W. D. Kersey,
were elected to serve as direc
• tors for a term of three years;
■ F. H. Tabor, A, W. Pratt, and
; A. R, Talton, for two years; and
Mayo^Davis, W.T. Middlebrooks,
’ and G. F. Nunn, for one year.
Upon Mr. Pratt’s resignation as
president, W. E. Beckham was
elected by the directors to that
office; while W, T. Middlebrooks
and G. F. Nunn were re-elected
1 to their respective offices of Vice
i President and Secretary-Treas
;• urer.
The plant was declared to be
i on an income-producing basis,
even though now able to per
-1 form only one of the functions
; for which it was designed—that
of salt curing and cold storage of
pork killed on the farm. So a
profitable enterprise seems to
have begun.
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BOY SCOUT COUNCIL
Jesse R. Gunn, field Scout ex
ecutive of the Central Georgia
Council, who was recently dis
, charged from the service, has
returned to the Central Georgia
Council and started work again
with the Boy Scouts.
Mr. Gunn will be serving
, Houston, Peach, Crawford, Ma
con, Pulaski,Bleckley, and Dodge
counties and will live in Perry.
He was a Field Scout Execu
tive with the Central Georgia
Council in 1941-42, prior to in
duction into the service.
LIBRARY NOTES
Frances Parkinson Keys is a
t favorite writer with Perry read
i ers. Her new novel, River Road,
a delightful romance with a
Louisiana background promises
to be very popular. Daphne du
Maurier has combined the sus
, pense which made Rebecca, en
ticing, the romance and histori
cal accuracy of Frenchman’s
Creek, which made it thrilling
into her new novel, The King’s
General.
, Of interest to the many people
who enjoyed Yankee Stranger,
by Elizabeth Thane, will be
her sequal to it, Ever After.
It is a continuation of the same
families thirty years later. The
rpain theme is the romances of
the younger set. Beyond the
Sound of Guns, Emilie Loring’s
twenty-fifth novel is a combina
tion of love and adventure on a
ranch.
For the very young the library
has recently added a collection
of fascinating picture and story
books.
Library open every afternoon
except Wednesday from 1:30 to
6:30 p. m.
Verneice Beavers, Librarian.
Indians in mexico
There are approximately 8,000,000
Indians in Mexico, constituting two
fifths of the total population,