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VOL. LXXV. No. 14
Ferry-graphs
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THIS WEEK the column wel
comes as “guest writers” John
Etheredge, vocational agaicul
ture teacher and W. T. Middle
brooks, county agent. C. E.
The boys and girls who enter
ed fat steers in the Macon Fat
Cattle Show wish to thank the;
Macon Chamber of Commerce!
and the following business men
of Houston County: W. S.Gray,
F. H, Tabor, Dr. J. L. Galle
more, New Perry Hotel, W. K.
Whipple, R, R. Pratt, Emmit
Akin, Dr. A. G. Hendrick, Da
vis Warehouse Co., McLendon
Auto Co.,Andrew Hardware Co.,
Perry Loan and Savings Bank,
Geo. C. Nunn and Son. Union
Motor Co., and W. G. Gray, for
the cooperation given them in
boosting the price of their fat
steers at the sale in Macon last
Tuesday.
There were forty steers ex
hibited by 4-H and FFA boys; all
but three of these graded U. S.
Medium and better, and all 37 of
these brought 30 cents per pound
and better. The above named
business men bought eight of j
these steers and brought them!
back to Locker Plant for slaugh-j
tering. The remainder were'
bought by Macon business men!
through the efforts of the Macon j
Chamber of Commerce, who also;
paid good prices to approximate
ly seventy-five other entries.
There were fifteen colored 4-H !
Club exhibits, a majority of
which graded U. S. Medium or
better and these colored boys and;
girls received thirty cents and up!
for their steers.
The 4-H Club boys and girls'
and FFA members also wish to
thank the Houston County Farm 1
Bureau and Perry Kiwanis Club
for sponsoring our County Show!
and raising money for prizes. I
Every individual and business!
house making a contribution toj
this project can justly feel proud j
of the showing these boys and!
girls made here at the county!
show and also at the Macon!
show, and we dare say it would
compare favorably with any
county in the state.
John Etheredge. vocational
teacher, and W.T. Micldlebrooks,
county agent, who are responsi
ble for training these boys and
girls in feeding out these steers,
wish to thank the people of
Houston County for the active
interest and cooperation given
this worthwhile project. Training
our youth through doing things
themselves, such as selecting,
feeding, managing, and keeping
records on this Fat Cattle Pro
ject gives them experience and
confidence they can get in no
other way.
John Etheredge
W. T. Middlebrooks.
BUFORD BOONE, editor of
the Macon Telegraph, told Perry
Kiwanians last week that if any
of them contemplated a life of
crime “you can’t get away with
it” because scientific investiga
tions would surely turn up the
guilty. Boone was an FBI agent
during the war and worked most
cf the time in Washington head
quarters.
Welcome Home
The latest Houston countians
discharged from the service in
clude;
Homer E. Weaver, W. Wilson
Moody, Ernest J. Glenn, Samuel
B. Coleman, all of Perry; and
Rex Logue, Route 1, Byron, and
Virgil P. Brooks, Warner Rob
ins. Brooks came home from
the Navy and the others from
the Army.
Unscramble This Name
nalcvi ONNDCELM
The two scrambled words you
see above represent the name of
a Perry man. If you can un
scramble the letters to make his
name you can get a free ticket
to the All-Star Hillbilly Jambo
ree to be in Perry Wednesday,
April 10, IF you are one of the
first five people to bring the so
lution The Houston Home Jour
nal office. Five free tickets are
here for you.
i Kiss You With All My Little Heart*
1 _ Little Marie Francoise Brun, the war orphan adopted by
individuals and organizations in Houston County has written
her ’ godmothers” to thank them for sending her clothes.
(t The 7-year-old girl’s letter speaks for itself:
“Dear Godmothers,
“I thank you very much for your letter which I have re
ceived. [am verry happy to have been selected by you. I
am only beginning to read and write but I shall work very
hard at school in order to be able to write to you often. I am
not very tall. lam 7 years old. My hair is black and my
eyes of changing color.
“I have two sisters, Danielle, 8 years old, and Marie The
rese, 3 years old. My big brother, John, is 11 years old. Very
soon I will send you a picture of myself. I thank you again
for selecting me for your Goddaughter and I kiss you with all
my little heart.
MARIE FRANCOISE.”
Marie Francoise’s mother wrote an accompanying letter to
express her appreciation for what the people of Houston coun
ty have done for her daughter. The letters were directed to
Mrs. S. A. Nunn, leader of the Brownie Scouts.
“France and America are two beautiful countries which
have always loved each other,” Melle Brun wrote.
“Marie Francoise is a good little pupil who wins always
good marks in school. She is gentle and sweet and she will
often think about her little Godmothers in America.”
The Perry Girl Scouts and Brownie Scouts are directing
the collection of articles of clothing to send to the French war
orphan.
Agent Urges
Seed Treating
Cotton farmers in Houston
i County can boost their yields by
j elimination of seed-borne diseas
j es. County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks asserted this week. A
rotary cotton seed treater can be
! constructed at small cost from a
discarded oil drum or barrel, he
continued.
Mr. Middlebrooks urged cotton
1 growers to consider this inexpen-
I sive method in order that they
! might boost their yields through
j elimination of seed borne diseas
es. Such diseases, he said, can
i be removed from cotton by treat
ing with three ounces of two
| percent Ceresan or one and one
- half ounces of five percent new
improved Ceresan per bushel of
I seed.
As to directions for using the
I rotary treater, fill the barrel
j from one-half to two-thirds full
i and pour in the right amount of
Ceresan, then rotate the barrel
for about five minutes.
He warned that “Ceresan is
poisonous, so treat the seed in
the open and avoid inhaling the
Ceresan dust.”
Complete information on con
structing the rotary seed treater
is available from Mr. Middle
brooks’ office. When chopping
cotton, leave 2 to 3 stalks per
hill about 8 inches apart. Use
plenty of fertilizer and top dress
soon as chopped out. You can’t
expect a high yield if you don’t
leave enough stalks on the area
to insure maximum production.
First Army Troops
Coming Here Today
Army engineer equipment will
be on display here today when
Company B of the 1290th En
gineer Battalion, First Army,
will stop here for lunch.
Capt. A. E. Clifford is in com
mand of the company of 120
men. Twelve vehicles will be in
the convoy and various items of
engineer equipment will be
shown to the public between 12
noon and 1 pm. The soldiers
will have lunch on the court
house square.
Brigadier General James R. N.
1 Weaver of Fort Benning wrote
Mayor Francis Nunn: “During
the stop the battalion will dis
play vehicles, field kitchens, ra-
I dios, arms and personal equip
ment. Perry, as the home town
of the commanding general of
the First Army, General Hodges,
has a particular ejaim on the in
terest of the First Army troops
at Ft. Benning.”
Two Scholarships
In Forestry Given
SAVANNAH, Ga. —The estab
' lishment of two forestry scholar
, ships at the School of Forestry
of the University of Georgia, and
' ] two forestry fellowships at the
School of Forestry of Duke Uni
versity, Durham,North Carolina,
by U lion Bag & Paper Corpora
! tion, was announced this week
by D. J. Hardenbrook, vice
president of Union Bag & Paper
i Corporation, in charge of wood
lands operations.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1946
FFA and FHA
Hold Banquet
i The Perry FFA and FHA held
their annual Father-Son, Mother
Daughter banquet in the lunch
■ room of the school last Friday
, night. The meeting was called
s to order by Richard Ogletree,
i FFA president, and the barbecue
s supper, prepared by the boys and
girls, was enjoyed by about 70
i people.
After the banquet, the regular
' opening exercise of the FFA was
i used for beginning the program.
• The program began with wel
i come addresses by Leroy Carter
■ and Frances Davis followed by
i responses by Glea Gray and Mrs.
R. E. Ogletree. The program
was directed by Miss Frances
Davis, FHA president, and the
following gave short talks; His
: tory of Organization, Frances
1 Davis; Emblem, Helen Lewis;
I Color and Flower, Fronces Ke
izar; Motto, Mary Davis; Pur
poses, Helen Cawthon; Creed.
Mary Chapman, Ann Bachelor,
i Helen Davis, and Jean Clark,
The history of the FFA was
■ given by Richard Ogletree, The
Purposes of FFA by Edwin
Thompson, the Creed given by
■ Virgil Cosey, and the Description
of an Ideal Farm by our Adviser,
John Etheredge. Short appre
-1 ciative talks were given by E. P.
: Staples, Perry school superin
i tendent, and Floyd Tabor, vice
president of the Georgia Farm
Bureau. The meeting was closed
i with the regular FFA ceremony.
One side of the lunch room
was decorated with the FHA
colors and the otMer side with
the FFA colors. These were
tied together in the center of the
room showing the necessity of
, the cooperation and union of the
two organizations.
! The officers and their guests
sat at the same table at one end
1 of the room. We think the room
and the whole occasion was very
nice, and many of the ones pres
ent so expressed themselves,
Leroy Carter. Reporter.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tuesday evening, Rev. R, L.
Harvey, pastor of the Fort Val
; ley Baptist Church, and Superin
, tendent Warner Weils, spoke to
the workers of the Perry Bap
. List Sunday School on the pro
, gram for 1946.
, Tuesday evening, April 9, the
I Junior Board of Deacons will
hold their regular meeting.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
; Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Training Union, 6:30 p. m.
Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
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Welfare Workers
Attend Conference
' The staff of the Houston Coun
ty Welfare Department and Mrs.
j S. P. Houser, vice chairman of
, the county welfare board, are
- j attending the joint meeting of
e' the Georgia Conference on So
e, cial Welfare and the Tri-State
r | Conference of Orphanage Work
- ers in Macon which began Wed
i nesday.
Six Teams
Open Local
Ball Season
The Perry softball season got
I off to a good start Sunday with
six raore-than-full teams that
showed promise of heated com
petition when the high school
managers get their squads bal
anced.
Big scores and too-frequent
errors featured the opening day’s
games-the first workout any of
the players have had since last
season.
The Cubs, managed by Bobby
Ivey, defeated the Rebels, man
aged by Clint Cooper, in the
first game, 18 to 13. Ed Pierce,
catcher, was the outstanding
player for the Cubs while Walter
Gray and Marion Brown led the
Rebel’s batting attack.
The Lions, managed by Billy
Bledsoe, fell before the hitting
of the Panthers, led by Richard
Ogletree, 11 to 3. Pitcher E. P.
Staples held the Lions to four
hits in the seven-inning contest.
Edwin Thomson’s Ramblers
were edged out by Rubber
[ Pierce’s Tigers in the closing
seven-inning game, 9 to 8. The
, Ramblers outhil the Tigers, 14 to
, 11, but the Tigers put over two
[ runs in the last inning to move
in front.
« Rosters of Teams
Here are the six squads as
) they lined up for the opening of
the season:
Ramblers—Edwin Thompson,
> manager; A. Hardy, G. Smith,
A. Braddock, Tolleson, Harrison,
■ T. Marshall, W. Boler, C. Hug
' gins, C. A. Boswell, Holtzclaw,
Wright, Hickson, Milam, and B.
Sutton.
i Panthers —Richard Ogletree,
> manager; Staples, L. Boswell,
: Shurling, G. Gray, Deese, Nip
■ per, A. M. Anderson, Mounts,
> Lewis, B. Satterfield, H. Math
; ews and B. Whipple.
Rebels —Clint Cooper, raanag
■ er; Lasseter, B. Satterfield, W.
Gray, M. Brown, Peavy, B. Tal
ton, W. Whipple, Jr., P. Brown,
Jones, 11. Chapman, Cosey, B.
> Gray.
' Lions —B. Bledsoe, manager;
i Gunter, P. C. Hardy, Beckham,
' C. Etheridge, Stembridge, L.
i Bledsoe, J. Etheredge, J. Miller,
W, Rainey, R. Carlisle, B. Mar
• shall, B. Clark.
Tigers Rubber Pierce, man
■ ager; N. Chapman; F. Nunn,
- Daniel, Rape, Parker, Walker,
> G. T. Pierce, Y. Greene, Cal
-1 houn, Driggers, Whitworth, C.
• I Chapman, Roughton.
i Cubs —Ivey, manager; R, C. j
i- Massee, E. Pierce, D. Chapman,
i Lashley, J. Satterfield, W. Skel-(
- lie, A. Skeilie, Armstrong, La-.
' mar, D. Whipple, J. Mathews,
- Norwood, E. Whipple.
- Sunday’s schedule, beginning
at 2 pm:
>j Ivey vs. Thompson at 2 pm:
1: Cooper vs. Ogletree at 3 pm, and
i Pierce vs. Bledsoe at 4 pm.
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METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Dr. Olin Stockwell, superin
tendent of Mission work in West
China, will preach at the Sunday
morning service of the Perry
Methodist Church.
Dr. Stockwell has been a Meth
odist missionary in China since
1929. He observed some Japa
) nese-Chinese fighting in the re
cent war and the building of the
American airbases in the last
a few years. He has done rural
evangelistic work and taught at
the Nanking Theological Semi
nary. He returned to the states]
' last summer and intends to re
’ turn to China this year.
The Rev, Hoover Rupert,presi
dent of the National Methodist]
Youth movement, will be the
principal speaker at a meeting
Monday night of the Methodist
young people from the Macon 1
and Americus District churches.
Between two hundred and 300
young people from 58 charges
are expected to attend.
f Church Services, 11:30 a. m,
, and 7:30 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
T j 1 oung People’s Service, G:3O
• p. m.
e Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
First Cannon
The first European cannon fired
| stone balls.
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*****
C. E. ANDREW, Perry, was
foreman of the Houston
County grand jury in session
this week.
Work Completed
By Grand Jury
The Houston County grand
jury completed its April session
Tuesday night, returning 26 true
bills and six no-true bills.
Judge Malcolm I). Jones grant
ed 31 divorces in two days to
complete the civil docket for the
term Tuesday. Th e criminal
docket will be heard beginning
Monday morning.
Jury List
Traverse Jurors, Second Week
—Paschal Muse, Miller G. Ed
wards, Geo, H, Redman, A. A.
White, Dillard Gray, J, Meade
Tolleson, M. E. Batchelor, T. R.
Summers, Jack Ellis, L. B. Moo
dy, Jr., Dan Gunn, Jr., T. F,
Hardy, Sr., Walter L. Owens,
Abe Goins, E. F. Bellflower. J.
P. Etheridge, W. W. Martin, Jr.,
H. E. Lewis, Chas. H. Horton,
Thomas R. Napier, W. L. Ren
froe, Frank Moody, Clarence
Holt, Frank King, O. L. Hutto,
Pitnar R. Garrison, J. E. Bur
ney, A. B. Ramage. A.O. Brown,
J. O. Underwood, Ervin Perdue,
Geo. Mills, Jeff Pierce, J. 0,
Sasser, Gus Johnson (col.), J. R.
Milam, Clint H. Tucker. G. L.
Williams, S. M. Rape, J. B. Cal
houn, B, H. Newberry, J. P.
Middlebrooks, C. M, Walker, A.
E. Harris, 11. E. Gordon, Rhodes
Sewell, A. W. White, W, B. Mil
ler, Alton Hardy, C. C. Nipper,
W. E. Barfield, John 4'. Perdue,
W. A. Lee, R. F. Fuller, J.. B.
Gray, Culma Harris, G, P. Hun
nicutt, B. G. Burnett, Jack
Moss, Chas, G. Harris, G. T.
Pierce, Sr., 11, E. Hutto, Harry
Griggs, J. A. Davis, Jr., J. Law-
Irence Hunt, B. J. Hunt, Jr.,
Lee M. Paul, Jr.. W. C. Langs
ton, Jr., W. E. Rape, Sr., John
|T. Bell, J. 11, Giles, Marvin M.
Griffin, W. B. Sexton, W. D.
Henson, J. B. Parkerson, Harry
Durnas, Dave C. Dunbar, P. D.
Meadows, E. W. Traylor, Har
vey NeSrnith, Albert W. Pratt,
W. G. Riley, Henry M. Powell,
S. L. Evans, Robert Heard, J.M.
Satterfield, J. E, Carney, 11. C.
i Armstrong, F. G, Daniel, W. C.
I Moody, J. H. Lary, Geo. R.
Hunt, C. 11. Gray, Wrn. 11. Rape,
W. C. Jones, Frank Bonner.
Houstonians Attend
Meeting in Macon
! Several Houston countians are
expected to attend the Farm-
Business-Industry conference to
be held in Macon this afternoon
under sponsorship of the Geor
gia Farm Bureau and the Asso
ciated Industries of Georgia.
Outstanding speakers on the
program are Edward A. O’Neal,
i president of the American Farm
(Bureau; Robert A. Wason, presi
i dent of the National Association
of Manufacturers; Harry D
j White, assistant secretary of the
I Treasury and 11. L. Wingate,
■ j president of the Georgia State
; Farm Bureau.
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,i Georgia 4-H club members are
’(carrying out a community pro
ject which is designed to im
prove the 4 II clubs and the com
munities of the State.
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During 1945 Negro county ag
ricultural and home demonstra
tion agents assisted more than
20,000 Negro farm families in
producing and conserving food
supplies.
ESTABLISHED 1870
Cancer Fund
Drive Begins
In Houston
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The Houston county drive for
funds to stamp out cancer began
| Tuesday under the direction of
: Miss Katharine Cater of Perry.
The drive will continue through
'April 16.
j Campaign workers made
plans for the program at a meet
ing at Miss Cater’s home last
Friday, when assignments were
i given the 30 women cooperating
I in the campaign.
Perry has been divided into
two sections, business and resi
dential, and Miss Cater has re
quested several women to handle
the drive in the county. She
named Mrs. Warren Hodge, Hen
derson; Mrs. H. S. Kezar, Elko;
Mrs. Taylor Brundage, Warner
Robins; Mrs. Jim Story, Kath
leen; Mrs. J. A. Davis and Mrs.
George B. Wells, Houston Lake;
Mrs. Houser Gilbert, Grovania,
Mrs. Claude Watson, Bonaire,
' and Mrs. Mark Mathews, Cen
-1 terville.
Miss Cater said 40 per cent of
the money raised in the nation
wide campaign will be spent na
• tionally for research and for ed
j ucational and service programs
1 to supplemunt those of the
> states.
Sixty per cent of the money
collected in each state will be re
tained within the state for pre
. ventive education and to assist
in providing you and your
> neighbors with more and better
hospital facilities in order to save
, thousands from death by cancer.
Cancer kills more children be
tween the ages of 5 and 20 years
than infantile paralysis, diphthe
ria, scarlet fever and whooping
cough combined. Cancer is kill
ing 175,000 annually, or three
every minute. The disease killed
twice as many Americans during
World War 2as were slain by
the Germans and Japs.
Mrs. Stewart Colley of Grant
ville, state commander of the
Field Army of the American Can
cer Society, has informed Miss
Cater that the annual death rate
from cancer can be cut in half
“if people would learn to recog
i nize the danger signals and seek
proper treatment immediately.”
Cancer is not contagious nor is
it due to a germ. Cancer is the
uncontrolled growth of body
cells. Leaders of the campaign
emphasize the fact that the most
vital fact about cancer is that
something can be done about it.
Metro Will Make
Photographs Here
The Home Journal is pleased to
announce that through arrange
ments with the Metro Studios,
Macon, a cameraman will be at
the New Perry Hotel on April 9
from 10 am to 5 pm to make
photographs of merchants, busi
ness and professional men and
women of Houston county.
There have been many occa
sions when the Home Journal
has wished to use photographs
of this kind in regular and speci
al editions. Therefore, unless
you have a good recent photo
I which could be furnished to this
j paper when the occasion arises,
J I please cooperate with us by go
■ ing to the New Perry Hotel April
} 9 where the Metro Studios will
1 make the necessary negatives
• for us, without cost to you.
New Record Set
(By Sunday School
■) Attendance at th e Sunday
I 'School of the Perry Baptist
i Church set an all-time record
-1 last Sunday when 266 persons
■ I assembled.
j | Superintendent W. H. Whitten
stated that Sunday’s attendance
exceeded the previous Sunday—
.(when the previous record was
. | broken —by 32.
. j A new attendance record for
.'the Men’s Bible Class also was
| established Sunday, The class
i had 51 men present. Plans were
| made to have a barbecue for
- j members of the class and their
• | wives.
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i Domesticated Cattle
i Domestication of cattle is said to
t have begun 10,000 years ago, __