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VOL. LXXV. No. 13
Perry-graphs
PERRY is a showplace in the
spring, when the azaleas, camel
lias and dogwood shower the
town with their bright blossoms.
One of the outstanding gardens
here is that of Dr. A. G. Hen
drick. It is easy to see that a
great deal of time and effort has
gone into the building of his
flower garden.
MISS EVELYN HUNT says
she likes any kind of a pun, and
therefore likes the name of this
column.
J. W. BLOODWORTH says
it’s all right if the Home Journal
puts in a linotype, just so we
don’t put in a lino-groceries.
S. L. NORWOOD has been
kidding FRED CARTER about
trying to buy a “left handed
transplanter” from FRANCIS
NUNN.
WARNER ROBINS is sending
bus-loads of people into Perry to
register for voting. The rest of
the people in the county, who
have more county pride than the
Warner Robins folks, should fol
low their example, and even do
better.
The Red Cross drive in Hous
ton County closes this week with
prospects that the county may
fail to meet the goal of $4,000,
A. W. Dahlberg, chairman of
the local committee, requested
residents of the county to sub
scribe through their local schools
at once.
“All members and subscribers
of the Red Cross who have not
been approached by the school
children of their community are
urged to make their contribu
tions through their community
schools,” Mr. Dahberg said.
Contributions can be left at
The Houston Home Journal of
fice or with Mr. Dahlberg in the
Anderson Building.
Houston Urged
to Save Foods
To aid the starving people of
Europe, Houston countians have
been asked to cut down on the
use of wheat and fats and oils
during the next four months —
a critical time for the hungry
nations.
Robert B. Jones, of the Pro
duction and Marketing Adminis
tration, (AAA), and Lewis Ta
bor, chairman of the Agricultu
ral Conservation Association,
have received a request to at
tempt to bring about a 10 per
cent reduction in the use of
wheat and a2O per cent reduc
tion in the use of fats and oils.
In concrete terms, this would
amount to giving up two slices
of bread and a teaspoonful of
fats per day per person in Hous
ton county. Though there is no
shortage at present and none is
expected, the government has
promised to send to the hungry
countries large quantities of
wheat and fats and oils.
Consumers are urged to sub
stitute potatoes Jfor bread; eat
oat cereals instead of wheat; use
fruits and other desserts instead
of pastries and cakes; serve few
er fried foods; save bacon grease
and go easy on oils and salad
dressings.
The AAA and ACA will con
duct a promotion campaign in
the county to reduce the con
sumption of wheat and fats.
Henry Helms Wins
Four Battle Stars
Henry M. Helms, son of Mr.
and Mrs, M. J. Helms of Bon
aire, who has just been discharg
ed from the Navy, comes home
with four battle stars and four
ribbons to his credit in 27
months in service.
Helms was a radarman first
class. He entered the service
December 18, 1943, and went
overseas six months later. He is
entitled to the American. Asia
atic-Pacific, Philippine Libera
tion and Victory ribbons, with
four battle stars. He will re
sume farming with his father
near Bonaire.
Houston Home Journal
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CYNTHIA MUSE, daughter of Mr. ar*l Mrs. Pas
chal Muse, Perry, is shown here with her entry in the
Houston County Fat Calf Show. (Drinnon photo by
courtesy of The Macon Telegraph.)
Macon. Thanks
Houston County
Macon, Ga.
Mr. Tom Warren,
Perry, Georgia.
Dear Mr. Warren;
I cannot let another day go by
without letting the people of
Houston County, through you,
know how much we appreciate
the great contributions they
made to the success of our Fat
Cattle Show and Sale. The cat
tle that the boys exhibited was
simply superb, and I feel rather
badly that one of them did not
go off with the Grand Champion
ship. If they continue the im
provement that they have shown,
they are going to produce cattle
that will be equal to cattle shown
in any show in this country.
Besides the contribution that
the boys have made, folks in
Perry certainly did support the
sale, I don’t know what we
would have done without you.
After the sale, when it looked
as if we had incurred a deficit in
the cattle that we had to take on,
two of your farmers came to me
voluntarily and asked to be per
mitted to make contributions to
help wipe out this deficit. These
were grand gestures and simply
renewed our faith in mankind.
I know you will be pleased to
learn that we have made plans
to take care of this deficit by ad
ditional contributions from Ma
con business men.
I haven’t the time to write to
everybody because now that the
show is over, I must take time
to attend to some of my own
business affairs. I hope that you
will be able to communicate the
feeling of appreciation that we
in Macon have towards the citi
zens of Houston County, and
towards that end you are at lib
erty to have this letter published
in Cooper Etheridge’s newspaper.
With warm personal regards,
and many, many thanks in which
our entire committee joins, lam
Very cordially yours,
M. J. Witman, Chmn.
Agricultural Department
Macon Chamber of Commerce.
July 5 Deadline
for Registration
Attorney General Eugene Cook
has ruled that under the 1946
Act, persons may continue to
register for State elections thru
July 5 of this year. Persons
whose names appeared on the
1944 voters’ list or who have
registered since its filing will au
tomatically appear on the voters’
list for all general and primary
elections to be held during 1946.
This provision applies to Geor
gians whose names were stricken
from the voters’ list in the past
for nonpayment of poll tax. Un
der the new ruling, such persons
must register to be elibgible for
voting in 1946 elections, even
though the poll tax is no longer a
requisite for voting in Georgia.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. MARCH 28. 1946
Perry Interests
Buy Fat Beef
Fifteen Perry businesses and
individuals purchased eight of
the Houston county calves at an
average of 35.37 cents per pound,
to demonstrate their support of
the annual calf show.
The following purchases were
made by Perry interests:
Wordna Gray, Floyd Tabor and
Dr. J. L. Gallemore bought a
875-pound calf fed out by Vernie
Flournoy, Elko, for 35c a pound.
J. Y. Greene, New Perry Ho
tel, bought a 1,000-pound calf
owned by Wendell Meadow's,
Grovania, at 36c a pound.
W. K. Whipple and R.R, Pratt
paid 33c a pound for a 915-
pound calf fed out by Billy Da
vis, Elko.
Emmit Akin and Dr, A, G.
Hendrick bought a 715-pound
calf owned by Richard Ogletree,
Perry for 35c per pound.
Davis Warehouse Co. paid 35c
a pound for an 845-pound calf
owned by David Gray, Perry.
McLendon Auto Co., Andrew
Hardware Co. and the Perry
Loan and Savings Bank bought a
1130-pound calf fed out by
Thomas Grimes, Perry, for 35c a
pound.
Another calf owned by Thomas
Grimes, weighing 835 pounds,
was bought by George C. Nunn
& Son for 32c a pound.
Union Motor Go. and W. G.
Gray bought a 555 pound calf
owned by Billy Davis, Perry,
for 31c a pound.
Bond Sales Rise
During February
Houston county residents
bought more bonds in February
than they did in January, it was
announced by Mayo Davis,Chair
man of the U. S. Savings Bonds
Division.
Houston county sales of E, F
& G Bonds for January were
$63,161 whereas February sales
were $87,4U9, Thus the pro
gram of buying bonds on a thrift
and savings basis is off to a good
start in Houston county.
Mr. Davis said, “If folks con
tinue to buy bonds on this basis,
they will save more than $BOO,-
000 in 1946.” He urged people
on salaries and on payrolls to
save and buy bonds. He also
urged every school to have bond
and stamp days. “Many people
might buy bonds with idle cash,”
he said.
The state office has advised Mr.
Davis that he may well be proud
of his February record.
January sales of E Bonds for
Georgia were s4.24o,ooo—Febru
ary sales were $4,810,000.
STEMBRIDGE PROMOTED
1 Willard Stembridge of Perry,
i serving as a Marine Air Corps
, pilot, has been promoted to first
j lieutenant and recommended for
the Air Medal. Lieutenant Stem
. bridge is expected to return to
the states in a few months.
Perry to Get New Post Office
Court Opens
on Monday;
Jurors Named
Houston County Superior Court
will open Monday morning with
61 civil cases, most of them for
divorce, on the docket for the
first week. Judge Malcolm D.
Jones will preside.
The grand jury will convene
Monday morning and will con
sider about 55 criminal cases.
The trial of criminal cases be
gins April 8.
Jury List
Grand Jurors —Roy L. Blood
worth, R. M. Horton, R. E. Dun
bar, J. 1. Davidson, Wesley N.
Johnson, R. H. Watson, L. H.
Gilbert, J. C. Edwards, J. W.
Kersey, R. G. Scarborough, A.
W. Dahlberg, H. G. Braddock,
J. P. Kisher, H. S. Kezar, J. A.
Beddingfield, C. E. Andrew, W.
B. Young, W. R. Talton, R. T.
Tuggle, W. S. Gray, Grover
Walton. L. S. Hays, G. F. Nunn,
J. C. Gentry, L. M, Paul, Sr.,
H. B. Gilbert, L. W. Clark, W.
C. Huggins, J. H. Williamson,
W. E. Marshall, Jr.
Traverse Jurors, First Week—
W. A. Defoe, Lewis Harper, W.
P. Davis, J. P. Stafford, Luther
Mosteller, Harris E. Rape, Mal
colm Dean, 1). M. Clark, W. L.
Best, A. R. Talton, W. T. Mid
dlebrooks, O. G, Boler, John
Arnold, Gardner Watson, Law
rence Mosteller, Waller Helms,
C. L. Bennett, O. A. King, E.A.
Arnold, Henry B. Rossier, Haj>
old Thompson, D. L. Davidson,
A. C. Pritchett, Thomas J. Nip
per, T. J. Mitchell, Geo. F. Col
lins. J. C. Heller, Claude R.
White, Richard T, Pierce O. D.
Henson, J. G. Blaney, Freeman
Jenkins, H. O. Welch, H. E,
Smith, W. T. Mobley, J. T.
Overton, J. L. Seymour, J, E.
Eason, Chas. E. Davis, Jr., D.
M, Walton, W. B. Flournoy, J.S.
Jones, Ben Goins, Dan E.Corder,
E. Holtzclaw, E. O. Clark, R.
E. Ogletree, Renfroe King, D.
M. Ryle, Price Satterfield.
Joe H. Mitchell
Dies of Illness
Funeral services for Joe H,
Mitchell, 55, widely-known resi
dent of Perry who died late
Saturday after a long illness,
were field Sunday afternoon at
the Perry Memorial Chapel. The
services were conducted by Rev.
J. B. Smith, pastor of the Perry
Methodist Church and Rev, J. A.
Ivey, pastor of the Perry Bap
tist Church, and burial was in
Evergreen Cemetery at Perry.
Mr. Mitchell was employed in
the Material Branch, Production
Control, at Warner Robins Air
Technical Service Command, for
the last three years. For many
years he was a merchant at Ens
ley, Ala., and was president of
the Ensley Kiwanis Club, Bir
mingham, Ala. For three years
he was purchasing agent for the
State of Alabama.
Mr. Mitchell was a member of
the Robert D. Collins Post of the
American Legion, a veteran of
World War I, and a member of
the Perry Methodist Church,
His widow is the former Miss
Edna Chapman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. S. Chapman, and
they have one daughter, Peggy
Jo Mitchell. Other survivors in
clude a brother. Baker Mitchell
of Bristol, Va.; a niece, Mrs. O.
L. Hamilton, Bristol, Va., and a
nephew, Chris Mitchell, U. S.
Army now in Paris.
BLACKWELL FUNERAL
Burial services for Mrs. Condie
Blackwell, who died Friday at
Pensacola, Fla., were held at the
graveside in Evergreen Ceme
tery here Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Blackwell was the former Miss
May Bell Fuqua.
CANNERY SUSPENDS
John Etheredge, vocational ag
ricultural teacher, announced
that the canning plant at Perry
High School will be closed for
■repairs until spring vegetables
'arrive, about May 1.
Welcome Home
Milton B. Howard and James
E. Howard, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Abner Howard, Perry,from
the Navy.
Charlie W. Logue, husband of
Ruth J. Logue, Perry, from the
Army.
Jack Marshall, son of Mrs.
Agnes Smoak Marshall, from the
Army Air Corps; returning to
Emory University to resume his
studies,
Claudius Anderson, Clinch
field. from the Army.
William B, Smith, Perry, from
the Army.
Artemus Braddock, husband
of Mrs. Nona S. Braddock, from
the Navy.
Softball Season
to Open Sunday
Six teams of apparently equal
strength were chosen by the
Softball League Committee Tues
day to open the season Sunday
with three games starting at
2 pm.
Six high school boys—Bobby
Ivey, Clint Cooper,Richard Ogle
tree, Edwin Thompson, Rubber
Pierce and Billy Bledsoe will
manage the teams and at least
three high school boys will play
on each team.
Last week’s games were post
poned because of the funeral of
Joe H. Mitchell.
John Satterfield was appointed
chief umpire and commissioner
and his rulings will be final, the
committee decided. The man
agers will have five weeks to
trade players until they balance
their teams. The season will be
divided into two 10-week pe
nods, with an all-star game to
follow the end of each half.
The diamond at the school
house has been smoothed and
the base lines cut shorter to com
ply with the new rules. Nine
men, instead of ten, will com
prise a team under the new
rules, the short-fielder having
been eliminated.
The complete list of the play
ers by teams will be published in
next week’s Home Journal.
The names of the teams are as
follows: Ramblers, Edwin
Thompson; Panthers, Richard
Ogletree; Rebels, Clint Cooper;
Tigers, Rubber Pierce; Lions,
Billy Bledsoe, and Cubs, Bobby
Ivey.
Hodges Declines
Governor’s Race
General Courtney 11. Hodges
of Perry, who has been mention
ed as a possible candidate for
governor of Georgia, announced
this week that the Army is his
life and he has no desire to enter
the race.
“If I should run for governor, ”
he was quoted by the United
Press, “1 would he asking for
something I probably wouldn’t
get and something 1 know noth
ing about. 1 have at least five
more years in the Army, and I
expect to retire at 64—barring
the unforeseen.”
He said he was grateful to
those who had suggested that he
should make the race but that he
thought he should remain in the
Army.
General Hodges had been men
tioned by a publicity agent for
Governor Arnall, indicating that
Arnail might support Hodges.
Meanwhile, over the state the
names of numerous “favorite
sons” were mentioned for gove
nor but it still appeared that the
candidates would be Eugene Tal
madge, E. D. Rivers, and Mar
vin Griffin.
METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
ioung People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev. J, B. Smith, Pastor,
The annual Livestock Short
Course of the University of Geor
gia will be held at Athens
March 28-29.
ESTABLISHED 1870
Pace States
City Qualified
for Building
Representative Stephen Pace
of the Third District announced
this week that Perry is assured
of a new post office building as
soon as material and labor condi
tions justify.
In a letter to The Home Jour
nal, Mr. Pace said that Perry is
on a list of cities qualified for
federal buildings. The Federal
Works Administration has filed
the list with the appropriations
committee of congress. The bill
has been introduced and is now
pending before the Committee on
Public Buildings, he said.
“Under the new law,” Mr.
Pace wrote, “a city with postal
receipts in excess of $lO,OOO is
qualified for a federal building.
As I recall, the receipts for Per
ry last year were around $17,-
000.”
Receipts Still High
Postmaster O. A. King stated
that receipts for 1945 were $16,-
571, as compared with $15,826 in
1944, and added that present ac
tivity indicates that receipts
will remain well above the $lO,-
000 total which qualifies the city
for a federal building.
“1 think you can rest assured
that Perry will have a modern
federal post office building, but
at the moment it is uncertain
as to when its construction will
be authorized.” the congressman
wrote. “In this connection it is
important that the receipts at
the Perry post office be held
above $lO,OOO annually. Demo
bilization has brought about a re
duction of receipts in most of
the post offices but I don’t think
there is much chance of those at
Perry dropping below $lO,OOO.
“I want you to know that it
will give me great satisfaction
to be of help in securing the
post office building for Perry and
you may be assured 1 shall keep
in constant touch with the situa
tion and bring this about at the
earliest possible time.”
Little Unemployment
At the time the bill was intro
duced, Mr. Pace said, it was an
ticipated that by this summer
there would be several million
unemployed in this country. The
committee chairman has inform
d Mr. Paco that inasmuch as
such unemployment has net de
veloped and due to the present
critical housing shortage through
out the country, the chairman
did not believe this committee
would favorably report the bill
any time within the next few
months, “but would probably re
port it out at such later date as
conditions justify.”
EDITORIAL COMMENT: The
site for the new post office is the
next big problem. Several have
been suggested—but none has
been offered. In view of the
fact that p!ans also are being
made for a new Houston county
courthouse, citizens should con
sider the possibility of establish
ing a civic center, with the post
office and courthouse close to
gether. The Home Journal be
lieves this would add greatly to
the appearance of the downtown
section and provide convenient
service to all the people in the
county.
Legion Auxiliary
Hears Dan L. Grant
Dan L. Grant of Atlanta spoke
at the monthly luncheon meeting
of the American Legion Auxili
ary at the Legion Home last
Thursday.
Grant discussed the operation
of the GI Bill of Rights, explain
ing the provisions which have
appeared practical and those
which appear to require change.
Hostesses for the meeting
were Mesdames A. P. Whipple,
W. C. Jones, Zenie Whipple, C.
O. Grimes, Harry Griggs, Pear
sall Brown, A. M. Kicklighter,
Jule Heard, Fred Griggs and
John Carney.
