Houston Home Journal
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VOL. LXXV. No. 6. PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1946 ESTABLISHED 870
CAMELLIA SHOW TO I
BE HELD FEB. 16-171
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All Camellia growers of Perry I
and Houston county are invited
by the Auxiliary to the Robert
D. Collins Post of the American
Legion to have exhibits in the
second Camellia Show to be
sponsored by this organization.
The Show will be held Saturday
and Sunday, Feb. 16-17, at the
Legion Home with exhibits open
to the public both afternoons and
and on Saturday night.
The date has been moved up
from Feb. 9-10 to Feb. 16-17 as
it is thought there will he more
blossoms by then.
Exhibits must be at the Le
gion Home by 11 a. m., Feb. 16.
Classifications are as follows:
(I) Horticultural
(1) singles, (2) semi-doubles,
(3) formal doubles, (4) rose
formed, (5) loose poeny found,
(6) full poeny formed.
(II) Arrangements
(1) Camellias only, (2) With
other flowers, (3) Shadow Box
es.
The Show will be open to the i
public at 2p. m. both days. Pro-j
ceeds will be used by the Auxili
ary for a worthwhile project.
Mrs. H. P. Dobbins is general
chmn. and Mrs. J. M. Gooden,
co-chmn., of the show and Mrs.
Joe Mitchell is president of the
Auxiliary.
GAS TAX REFUND TO
FARMERS BECOMES LAW
Passed by acclamation of both
branches of the Georgia General
Assembly, Governor Ellis Arnall
signed into law on Friday a bill
refunding to the farmers of this
state five of the six cents per
gallon gasoline tax where the
fuel is used in tractors and other
machinery for tne cultivation and
harvesting of crops. The bill
was sponsored by the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation and
was strongly supported by mem
bers of both Houses and the
General Assembly.
Representing the Farm Bureau
in Atlanta during the present
session of the General Assembly
were H. L, Wingate, president
of the GFBF; Floyd H. Tabor,
first vice president; H. Young
Tillman, second vice president;
W. L. Milier and Robert P. Car
ter. directors; Herbert E. Wood
ruff, director of organization and
research, and H. R. Yandle, di
rector of public relations.
The bill becomes effective in
Georgia on March 1, President
Wingate stated. Forms to be
signed by farmers entitled to the
refund are being prepared by the
Revenue Department and will be
distributed throughout the state
within the next 30 days. These
forms are to be executed by
farmers purchasing gasoline for
agricultural purposes in quanti
ties of 25 gallons or more, and
are to be forwarded to the state
capitol for refunds at specified
intervals.
BARBECUE SUPPER
The members of the Susannah
Wesley class of the Methodist
Church School entertained their i
husbands and the Men’s Bible
class and their wives at a bar
becue supper, Wednesday night,
Jan. 30, in the recreation room
of the church. 135 were present
at this delightful affair.
Mrs. W. E. Marshall Jr.,presi-j
dent of the Susannah Wesley
Class, was general chairman of
the supper, Mrs. G. C. Nunn isj
teacher of the class. Mayo Da--
vis is president of the Men’s;
class and E. P. Staples, teacher. I
After supper, the group sang'
a number of songs with John;
Etheredge as leader and Mrs. E. j
B. Wolfe Jr. as pianist.
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KIWANIS CLUB MEETS
Carey Barker of Lynphburg,
Va. was the speaker at Tues
day’s luncheon meeting of the
Perry Kiwanis club. Mr. Barker
is conducting a meeting at the
Perry Baptist church.
George Lawson and Pete Craig
of the K. F. C., Atlanta, spoke
on the sale of Surplus Govern
ment Property at last week’s
meeting of the club.
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ICOUNTY FARM BUREAU j
I MEETS IN PERRY FEB. 7|
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j The Houston County Farm Bu-'
reau has an unusually interesting
[program planned for their Feb
ruary supper meeting to be held
tonight (Feb. 7) at 7:45 o’clock
in the Home Economics Dept, of
the Perry High school. Mrs. Joe
S. Ray, president of the Asso
ciated Women of the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation, will be
the principal speaker.
Other speakers will be H. R.
Yandle, director of public rela
tions of the GFBF and editor of
the Ga. Farm Bureau News, and
Frank Tyson of the Adel Can
ning and Pickling Co. who will
offer contracts for the growing
of cucumbers.
Paschal Muse, president of the
local Farm Bureau chapter, will
preside. Floyd H. Tabor, vice
president of the state organiza
tion, will be present, Mrs. F.H.
Tabor, a director of the Women’s
Auxiliary, will introduce Mrs.
Ray.
The Houston chapter has 425
members and has set a goal of
600 members for 1946.
j SERVICE WEN AND WOMEN
Sgt. A. R. Talton Jr, received
an honorable discharge from the
tJ. S. Army last week at Fort
McPherson, Ga. after nearly
four years’ service. Sgt. Talton
has five service ribbons: Euro
pean, Asiatic-Pacific, Philippine
Defense, Philippine Liberation,
and American. His awards in
clude the combat infantry badge,
good conduct, and distinguished
unit badge. He was battalion
operations and headquarters pla
toon sergeant.
Washington, D. C. —Assign-
ment of Lieutenant Colonel Ward
A. Gillette, Gillette, Wisconsin,
to the ROTC Branch, Plans and-
Training Section at Headquart
ers, Army Ground Forces here,
has been announced by General
Jacob L. Devers, commanding
general, Army Ground Forces.
Colonel Gillette is a graduate
of the United States Military
Academy at West Point. He
also attended Milwaukee State
Teachers College, Milwaukee.
Wisconsin. His military educa
tion includes attendance at the
Infantry School, Fort Benning,
Ga,, and the Command and Gen-1
eral Staff School, Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas.
He served overseas with Allied
Force Headquarters and the 36th
Infantry Division from August
1942 to December 1945. Colonel
Gillette participated in the bat
tles and campaigns of Central
Europe and the Rhineland. He I
has been decorated with the Sil-j
ver Star, Bronze Star Medal,
with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Croix [
de Guerre, and the Distinguished
Service Star of the Philippines.
His wife, the former Helen
Smith, Perry, Ga., makes her
home there.
NOTICE TO VETERANS
R. L. Webb of the Veterans’
Service, Cordele, Ga. will be in
Perry at the office of the Draft
Board every Friday morning
from 10 o’clock to 12 noon to give
assistance to veterans. Mr. Webb
is coming in place of the veteran’s
assistant from the Macon office
jwho has been at the Legion
I Home every other Wednesday.
I Mr, Webb will be at the Draft
Board office every Friday a. m.
in the future to give help and in
formation to veterans.
R.P. HOLLINSHEAD DIES
R. P. Hollinshoad, age 73, died I
(in a hospital at Myrtle Beach,!
!S. C. Wed., Feb. 6, following a!
'stroke. Funeral services will be
1 held Thurs., Feb. 7, in Myrtle I
i Beach and burial services will be i
'Friday, 3p, m. in Fort Valley,
|Ga. his former home.
! Survivors include two children, I
| Fred H. and Miss Betsy Hollin-1
jshead of Myrtle Beach. His latei
I wife was Miss Carrie Houser i
! of Perry. !
announcements I
The circles of the Methodist
W. S. C. S. will meet next Mon
day, 3:30 p. m,, in the following
homes: No. 1, Mrs. G.C. Nunn;
No. 2, Mrs. H. E. Evans Sr.;
No. 3, Mrs. H. P. Chapman.
The Baptist W. M. S. will meet
1 at the church next Monday at
*3:30 p. m.
i SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
By JACK C. MILLER,
Soil Conservationist
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The acreage of small Lespede
za, Kobe, Korean, Common and
Tennessee 76, excluding that
planted for permanent pasture,
increased from 6,000 acres in
1930 to 805,000 acres in 1942.
This is an amazing increase. It
was due to the many important
uses made of the crop.
The annual lespedezas are
adapted to a wide variety of soil
types and conditions. Properly
seeded and fertilized, they pro
vide abundant hay and pasture
of high quality, excellent cover
for the land to guard against
erosion, add humus and nitrogen
to the soil, increase soil fertility,
conserve moisture and properly
managed produce seed for natu
ral reseeding or harvesting or
both.
Now is the time, your grain
land is the place, to seed these
annual lespedezas. Sow 30 lbs.
of Korean or 40 lbs. ot Kobe
broadcast on top of your grain
when you apply top dressing.
Cover seed by harrowing lightly
with drag-harrow or peanut
weeder. When you cut your
grain, your summer hay, cuver
or pasture crop will be up grow
ing, No fuss, no bother about
plowing, harrowing, etc. to get
in a cover crop.
The annual lespedezas provide
excellent summer cover for the
land thereby controlling erosion
and conserving soil and mois
ture. It is one of the better ero
sion control plants. A large num
ber of our local farmers are mak
ing good use of this crop. A con
siderable amount of seed were
harvested in the county last year
and seed should be available lo
cally to all who want to plant.
Winter and summer crops are
the basis for soil conserving ro
tations. Small grain followed by
annual lespedeza fits into many
good conservations. Whv not
plan to start systematic soil sav
ing, soil building rotations on
your crop land? Your Conserva
tionist would be glad to assist you
in working them out.
Contour Farming
Farming up and down hill, dis
regarding the contour of the
land does not pay, whether you
are a mule farmer or a tractor
I farmer. A great many farmers
(excluding our conservation
minded farmers, of course) take
a lot of pride in having long
straight rows and they seem to
thing they are necessary, re
gardless of the slope of the land.
The fact is, farming off the
contour —running our rows up
jand down hill—costs us in many
| ways. Experiments have shown
in tractor farming that it takes
Imore fuel plowing up and down
the slope. There is also a con
siderable loss of power, and the
wear on the tractor is greater.
Rows running up and down
hill act as gutters to carry off the
rainfall with its load of fertilizer,
seed, plant nutrients and pre
cious top-soil. Tobacco rows in
North Carolina run level on the
contour lost 4.48 tons of soil and
11% of the rainfall per acre.
Where the rows had a grade of
24 inches per IUO feet, 24.58 tons
of soil was lost and 20V# of the
rainfall. ,
Rows laid out on the contour
with or without terraces act as
small dams, slowing up the flow
of water down the slope. This
enables the soil to absorb most of
the rainfall which is held in the
field to benefit the crop. The
loss of soil, with its cargo of fer
tilizer and plant nutrients, is
greatly reduced.
Many farmers in Houston
[county are benefiting from plow
ing, planting and cultivating on
I the contour. But wherever you
!go you can see a lot of up and
jdown hill farming. Here in
I these fields you’ll usually find the
I soil completely gone off the more
I sloping areas, poorer crops and
[crops that suffer severely from
[drouth. Crops on the contour
; look much better and for a good
| reason.
j If you’re an “off the contour”
! farmer and want to make a
(change to the contour, contact
i your Soil Conservation office and
'wewillbe happy to lend you
every assistance possible.
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; I Insect Lite
; The maximum life of insects in
' considered to be 17 years.
1846 PEANUT PROGRAM
Statement by Congressman
STEPHEN PACE
■ The 1946 peanut program can
I prove to be better and mean
more money to the farmers than
■ the programs ot the last two
1 years.
• i First as to what we will not
- have: (a) We will not have
-I acreage allotments or quotas this
year. Quotas were proposed by
■ the Department of Agriculture
1 but we succeeded in convincing
them that they were not neces
• sary. (b) We will not have the
! “blended” price. This was a
price proposal by Department of
ficials to add the parity price of
i peanuts for edible purposes
($169) and the parity price of
peanuts for oil ($82.80), weight
the two according to the portion
’ of the crop used for each pur
pose, and fix a support price at
1 90 per cent of that figure. This
! would have resulted in a support
price of about $135.00. We were
1 able to kill that one, too. (c)
i The government will not buy all
of the peanuts,as they have done
’ for the last several years.
The 1946 program will be as
' follows:
1. Unlimited production—that
is, the farmers can plant as
• many acres of peanuts as they
- wish.
2. There will be a support
■ price of 90 per cent of parity.
• The exact amount of the support
price will not be announced until
July or August as it will be bas
ed on 90 per cent the parity
price on July Ist. It is hoped
■ that parity prices will be a little
higher then. Based on parity
; prices at the present time the
’ support price on Spanish peanuts
will be $154 per ton, basis 70 per
cent sound meats. This support
1 will rise or fall according to
grades at the rate of $2.30 for
each change in percent of sound
meats. For example, if the pea
: nuts grade 75 per cent sound
meats, the support price, on ha
i sis present parity, will be $165.
■ The support price on runners
i on the same basis will be $l3B
per ton, basis 65 per cent sound
meats, and change according to
. grades at the rate of $2.20 for
, each per cent of sound meats.
The support will be maintained
. by both a loan and a purchase
. program, that is, if the buyers
, should not offer as much or more
that the support price the pro
. ducer can get a loan equal to the
, support price, like on cotton, or
the government will buy them at
support price.
, 3. If OPA and price controls
i are continued then the same ceil
ing prices will be in force as dur
ing the last several years. On
; Spanish 70 per cent sound meats
this ceiling price is $174 per ton,
and this ceiling price, like the
, support price, also changes by
grades and at the same rate of
$2.30 per point. This is for
Spanish grading 75 per cent
sound meats the ceiling price
will be $185.50 per ton, and for
any grading 79 per cent sound
meats the ceiling price will be
$194.70.
4. There will be no take out
by the government as during the
last three years. This is one of
the best features of this new
program. Now the farmers will
be free to trade with the mills
for any price between the sup
port and the ceiling.
In short then, the program for
this year will be (1) no control
of acreage, (2) support for Span
ish of about $154 per ton basis
70 per cent sound meats and for
runners of about $l3B per ton
basis 65 per cent sound meats,
(3)the same grading system used
in 1945, (4) free market between
the support prices and the ceil
ing prices.
Peanuts are shot now. All the
buyers are begging for them.
This means there will be no sur
, plus or carry-over and there
should be a strong demand for
peanuts when we start harvest
. ing this fall. Therefore, the pro
ducers should realize near ceil
ing prices and on the whole
should get better prices than last
, year.
(Imethodist announcements
Church Services, 11:30 a. m, I
There will not be a preaching!
service next Sunday night (Feb. |
1 10) on account of the revival (
i meeting at the Ferry Baptist
(church.
|REVIVAL SERVICES
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
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Evangelistic services are being
held at the Perry Baptist church
with William Carey Barker of
Lynchburg, Va. as the evangelist.
The series of meetings began last]
Sunday and will continue thru]
Sunday, Feb. 17, with preaching
services twice daily, 10 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. The hours on Sunday
are 11:30 a, m. and 7:30 p. m.
Mr. Barker is a consecrated
person and an interesting speak
er. His messages have been
well received by all who have
been fortunate enough to hear
him.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor,invites
the public to take advantage of
the opportunity to hear this
speaker.
AN NU AL BO VICO UT~WEEK
OBSERVANCE TO BE FEB.B-14
Nearly two million Boy Scouts,
Cub Scouts, Senior Scouts, and
their adult leaders throughout
the United States will commem
orate Boy Scout Week, which be
gins Friday, Feb. 8, and con
tinues through Thursday, Feb.
14. The theme of the obser
vance, which marks the 36th an
niversary of the founding of the
movement in America, is “Scouts
of the World—Building Togeth
er.”
The Boy Scouts of America
have created a “World Friend
ship Fund” and nearly two mil
lion members have been invited
and urged to contribute volunta
rily to it. Through the fund,
Scout Associations in lands rav
aged during World War II are
being helped to rebuild their or
ganizations. At the outbreak of
the war in 1939 there were more
than three million Scouts and
leaders in 70 different lands.
Aid to Post-War World
Many Boy Scout Troops, Cub 1
Packs, and Senior Scout Units
will mark Boy Scout Week by
contributing to the fund through
local Boy Scout Councils. The
National Executive Board of the
Movement authorized the World
Friendship Fund, believing it
can make a definite contribution
to the post-war world, since boys
dedicated to the Scout ideals of
tolerance, friendliness, an d
democracy, may be the leaders
of the world of tomorrow.
A feature of the Boy - Scout
Week celebration is the “Shirts-
Off-Our-Backs” Campaign. Boy
Scouts are out to collect from 500
to 1,000 tons of used but clean
and serviceable Scout uniform
parts and camping equipment to
help Scouts overseas resume
their Scouting activities. Th e
coleclion is not considered chari
ty but rather sharing by one
Scout with another.
Boy Scout Week will be ob
served in every city and town
and in nearly every village and
hamlet in the nation. Since Feb.;
8, 1910, when the Boy Scouts of
America was incorporated in
Washington, D. C., more than
12.500.000 men and boys have
been in Scouting. Th e active
membership today Is more than
1.950.000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
Senior Scouts, and adult volun
teer leaders.
Boy Scout Sunday, Feb, 10,
will see hundreds of thousands
of uniformed Boy Scouts attend
ing churches with their Troops
or Scouts of their own faith.
Many sermons, addressed to the
Scouts,will dwell upon the World
Brotherhood theme of the anni
versary.
W. S. C. S. MEETING
The Methodist W. S. C. S. met
at the church Monday p. m. with
fifty-one present. Mrs. G, W.
Hicks, president, presided and
Mrs. G. C. Nunn presented an
interesting program on Africa.
Those taking part were Mrs.
R. E. Smith, Mrs. S. L. Nor
wood, Mrs. J. B. Smith, Mrs. H.
B. Gilbert, Mrs. E, B. Wolfe Sr.,
Mrs. J. C. Heller, Mrs. M. G.
Edwards, Mrs. T. R, Summers,
Mrs. B. H. Newberry, and Mrs.
Will Gilbert. Mrs. Joe Mitchell
j s ang two solos.
NOTICE
! March 21-22 are the days set
by the County Board of Educa
| tion for spring holidays for the
schools of Elouston county.
BUSINESS CHANGES
J OCCUR IN PERRY
I Some of the business changes
I reported in last week’s issue of
the Home Journal did not ma
terialize as the parties concerned
changed their plans.
J. P. Etheridge decided, on ac
count of his health, not to re-en
ter the warehouse business and
re-sold to Mayo Davis, C. C.
Pierce, and Tom Mobley who
will operate under the name of
Davis Warehouse Company. This
business has been operated for
the past S'A years as Davis
Warehouse by Mayo Davis, own
er. Horace E. Evans and W. F.
Norwood will continue in the em
ployment of this firm.
Other Changes
Marion L. Brown, who has
held a responsible position with
the F. B. I. for the past seven
years, has resigned from the F.
B. I. and accepted the manager
ship of the Perry Veneer Com
pany which is owned by G. C.
Nunn and Ins son, G. F. Nunn.
Mr. Brown’s parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Robert E. Brown of
Perry and his wife was Miss
Caroline Nunn of Perry before
their marriage. The M. L.
Browns have three children.
This young man is a graduate
of Emory University where he
received AB and LLD degrees.
He and his family are being
welcomed as permanent residents
of Perry.
Another young man who has
located in Perry is Ben Roberson
of Warner Robins, who is a vet
eran of World War 11. He has
purchased an interest in Mar
shall’s Cafe from Ins brother-in
law, E. W. Marshall. Mr. Rober
son is now the manager of the
Cafe.
W. W. Boler, pharmacist at
Houston Drug Co. for several
years, has bought half interest
'in the business from Joe A. Bed
dingfield.
Clerical Positions
Mrs. Bessie Lee, who was
chief clerk of the Houston Coun
ty OPA office during the entire
four years of its existence, ac
cepted a position as book-keeper
for Geo. C. Nunn and Son on
Feb. 1.
Miss Pauline McLendon, form
er clerk of the local OPA office,
is assisting her brother, Calvin
E. McLendon, in his electrical
appliance and radio store.
Mrs. Charles Stafford is book
keeper for Moody Motor Co.
A. R. Talton Jr., veteran of
World War 11, is the new book
j keeper for Andrew Hardware Co.
GEORGIA LEADS IN SOIL
CONSERVATION PRACTICES
Georgia led all Southeastern
; states during 1945 in the number
of farmers beginning complete
soil conservation programs with
help from their soil conservation
districts, Regional Conservator
T. S. Buie of the Soil Conserva
tion Service has announced.
“Georgia not only led the
Southeast in soil conservation
work but it also set a new annual
record for itself,” the Southeast
ern regional conservator said.
“During last year, 7,074 farmers
received assistance from Soil
Conservation Service technicians
in the State’s 22 operating soil
conservation districts in planning
and starting complete farm soil
conservation work on almost 1,-
600,000 acres as compared with
4,183 farmers and 815,412 acres
in 1944.”
Dr. Buie, who has headquarters
in Spartanburg, S. C,, said that
another measure of the soil con
servation progress of the past
year is that more than one-fourth
of the total number of Georgia
farmers now cooperating with
districts, began this program in
1945.
The Green Acres Contests be
ing held by civic clubs and busi
ness leaders in cooperation with
Georgia soil conservation dis
tricts was cited by Dr. Buie as a
i good example of “the effective
support soil conservation is re
ceiving in this state.” Another,
he continued, is the certificates
of merits awarded by the Geor
gia Bankers Association and lo
cal bankers to outstanding soil
conservation district cooperators.
