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VQL. LXXV. No. 16. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 18. 1946 • ESTABLISHED 1870
Perry-graphs
LADIES, please be patient
with the new editor’s effort’s at
society reporting. The write-up
of the parties for Miss Frances
Poster is my first attempt at so
ciety reporting more complicated
than a birthday party. When
working on the copy desk of The
Macon Telegraph and News sev
eral years ago, 1 had an opportu
nity to READ a lot of copy on
women’s affairs but I had faith
in the society editor’s ability to
spell correctly the names of
dresses, flowers, decorative ma
terial and the like. It never oc
curred to me that it would be
difficult to WRITE that kind of
news. But I must admit that it
is not easy.
Since 1 don’t get invited to a
lot of the strictly-vvomen’s af
fairs. you are requested to call
and give the paper the informa
tion, or better still, write it up.
Everyone realizes that the Per
sonal Mention column is the
most widely-read part of the
paper. Help keep it complete
and timely.
FRANK EDWARDS of Kath
leen says he plants his crops by
the moon and has never found
the moon signs to be wrong for
planting.
TELEPHONE service in Perry
hasn’t kept up with the growth
of the city for the last five 1
years. We heard that the neces
sary cables had been stored dur
ing the war but surely the mili
tary requirements have been dis
continued, so that if the cable
for Perry is stored it could be
released. The telephone com
pany says they don’t know' when
we will get enough phones.-C.jE.
George ‘Bo’ Brown
Wins Air Medal
George L. (Bo) Brown, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Brown of
Perry, has received the Air
Medal for meritorious acts
against the enemy in the South
Pacific while flying a torpedo
bomber.
The citation from the Presi
dent and the Secretary of the
Navyreads in part; “for dis
tinguishing himself by meritori
ousacts while participating in
aerial flights in military opera
tions against the enemy in the
Nansei Shoto on June 22, 1945.”
The basis for the award to the
young Navy lieutenant was the
completion of five strikes against
the enemy in one day. Nansei
Shoto is an atoll near Saka Shi
ma and was being used at that
time for a Japanese airfield. On
the day Brown (then an ensign)
made the five strikes at the ene
my, the Americans destroyed nu
merous planes attempting to take
off and all those which never had
a chance to leave the field.
Brown Re-enlists
Lieutenant Brown said as a
consequence of their being able
to get the Jap planes before they
look off, they faced no aerial op
position and because of the ele
ment of surprise the Japs were
not able to put up a heavy anti
aircraft fire.
Brown has re-enlisted in the
-Navy and applied for perman
ent rank as lieutenent (j.g.) He
is now awaiting orders to report
for duty.
-The citation was signed by
Lear Admiral C. T. Durgin.
~ Lrown was assigned to the
escort Carrier, the Lunga Point,
a part of a large task force.
Hail Hits Crops
in Upper County
Hailstorms in the upper part
of Houston county, near the
section, caused thous
ands of dollars damage to crops
last week.
Heavy losses were suffered on
the farms of A. W. Tabor, Er
nest F. Tharpe, Roy I. Gandy
and Dan Gunn. Peaches, pe
cans, corn, oats and wheat crops
were destroyed in the brief but
neavy storm. Farmers said the
hail stones were as large as
marbles. Some damage to Ta
bor’s peach trees can be observ
ed from the Macon highway.
Move Jaws Vertically
Dogs can move their jaws only
vertically.
Recreation
Plan Studied |
Recreation needs of the youth!
ot Perry will receive immediatel
I attention, according to S. W. I
Hickson, county school superin
tendent, and E. P, Staples, Perry
superintendent, when a commit
tee of local citizens start work
on planning a program in a se
nes of conferences April 24, 25
and 26. Mr. Staples has an
nounced that the services of Dr.
J. W. Reynolds, professor of ed
ucation at the University of
Georgia, have been secured to
assist in planning this program.
Opportunity for securing the
services ot Dr. Reynolds came
j with the initiation of a program
; by the University of Georgia and
j the State Department of Educa
tion. Only six centers were se
j lected in Georgia with whmh Dr.
Reynolds will work, and Perry is
one of those selected.
Many youth and adults in Per
ry have long felt the need for an
increase in recreational facilities,
and the intent of this program is
to make provision to satisfy these
needs. A four part program is
contemplated; (1) sports and
games, (2) special interest
groups such as arts and crafts,
music, dramatics, hobby clubs,
and others, (3) social activities,
and (4) home recreational ac
tivities.
Year Round Program
Mr. Staples attended a confer
ence in Atlanta, April 3,at which
meeting representatives of the
selected schools were present,
jAt this conference it was decid
ed to develop the program as one
extending through th e whole
school year. The activities in
cluded will be provided during
out-of-schcol hours on school
days as well as weekends and
longer vacation periods, especial
ly the summer.
The program will offer oppor
tunities for leisure-time activities
, in addition to those already pro
vided. Since the program will
be planned for Perry especially.it
’ will take into consideration ex
isting programs and attempt to
round out an all-over group of
activities for all elementary,high
school, and out-of-school youth
in this community.
At the planning conferences to
be held April 24, 25 and 26, rep
resentatives of youth and adults
alike will work out the program
for Perry. Representatives of
all civic, religious and education
-1 ai organizations will plan the
program.
Dr. Reynolds’ services are fur
inished to Perry without cost by
! the University of Georgia and)
I the State Department of Educa
tion. These two organizations
are financing the costs of Dr.l
Reynolds’ services entirely from
a grant made to the University
by the General Education Board
of New York City. Dr. Reynolds
is not a newcomer to the South,
i being a native of Arkansas and
having served 18 years in the
public schools of that state.
While the program to be de
veloped places the primary em
phasis on providing for the
youth, the needs for recreational
facilities for adults will receive
attention if there is sufficient in
terest demonstrated.
UDcTwill Honor”
Memorial Speaker
The Clinton C. Duncan Chap
ter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy will give a
luncheon at the New Perry Hotel
April 26, Memorial Day, in honor
of Dan L. Grant of Atlanta, for- i
rnerly of Perry, who will speak j
at Memorial Day exercises. •
Plans fcr Memorial Day cere
monies were made at the April,
meeting of the UDC at the home;
of Mrs. J. A. Davis on April 3. j
Mrs. Clyde Gurr had charge of;
the program on the Monitor and
the Merrimac.
The chapter voted to contribute [
to the Cancer Fund Drive.
STILL RAIDED
Sheriff C. C. Chapman raided I
an alleged still at Dry Creek, be-)
tween Hayneville and Klondike, 1
last week and arrested two white'
men, Terrell Knight and R. W.
Harrison. The sheriff said he
confiscated 25 gallons of whiskey b
and 21 barrels of beer,- The two)
men were released under bond n
pending the next term of court.
Welcome Home
John Perdue. Jr., Bonaire, j
i from the Army.
L. Cohen Walker, Perry,
from the Navy.
And Good Luck
Phillip Hugh Herndon,
Perry, enlisted in the Regu
lar Army.
Ogletree’s Club
Clings to Lead
Richard Ogletree’s Panthers i
clung to the top spot in the Per
ry softball league Sunday by de
feating Ed Thompson’s Ram
blers, 22 to 10, in a free-hitting,
error-marred game.
Windy Mounts, catcher for
the Panthers, hit four singles
and played well behind the bat.
while Captain Ogletree himself
hit a triple and two singles in j
four times at bat. Captain Ed j
Thompson knocked himself a
homer in the fourth inning.
In the other two games Sun
day. Clint Cooper’s Rebel’s
broke into the Win column by de
feating Billy Bledsoe’s Lions, 8j
to 5. and Bubber Pierce’s team;
won over Bobby Ivey’s, 13 to 9.
Lasseter Homers
Aldine Lasseter hit a homer
for the Rebels in the fourth and
J. B. Feavy hit a triple in the
sixth and a single in the seventh.
Captain Bledsoe, who went to the
mound in the absence of Milton
Beckham, held the opposition to
10 hits, two less than his own
team collected. Billy got two
singles and a walk in four times
up.
Lawton Daniel’s handling of
the centerfield job was the out
standing piece of work in the j
Pierce-Ivey game, but J. Y.
Greene, for the Pierce-men, and
Ed Pierce, Bob Cater Massee
and Avery, for the Ivey club, led
the way in the hitting parade.
, 1 he Standings
Won Lost
Ogletree 3 0
Pierce 2. 1
Thomson 1 2
Ivey 1 2
Bledsoe 1 2
Cooper 1 2
Games Sunday, April 21
1 Ogletree vs. Pierce, 2 pm;
Bledsoe vs. Ivey 3 pm; Thomp
son vs. Cooper 4 pm.
Agent Outlines
Curculio Fight
To help control peach curculio
infestations Houston county far
mers aud peach growers should
pick up and destroy all young
peaches that fall to the ground
during April and May, W. T.
Middlebrooks, county agricultu
ral agent, declared this week.
“Experience has proven that
picking up the young peaches at
least once or twice a week and
destroying them will aid materi-
J ally in controlling peach curcu
lio, one of the most harmful in
sects attacking peaches,” Mr.
Middlebrooks said.
Picking up and destroying!
the fallen peaches will not take
the place of a spray program but
it will help to control the curcu
lio and assure better quality]
peaches.
The curculio passes the winter
in the adult or beetle stage in
tufts of grass or under straw, I
leaves or other rubbish in woods |
and on ditch banks near the or
chard, the Extension Service
I worker explained. The beetles)
[begin coming out in the early]
[spring and continue to emerge)
until the middle of May. As soon j
jas the young peaches or plums)
]are exposed, the beetle punctures'
j the skin of the young peach, de-j
[posits an egg in the cavity, and j
( then makes a half-moon-shaped)
[cut over the puncture containing!
[ the egg.
]
ISAM NUNNS HOSTS
AT BARBECUE HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Nunn
were hosts to the members of]
the Perry Kiwanis Club and
their wives and friends at a bar-!
becue at the gynasium Tues- 1
day afternoon. Rain caused the
Nunns to change the place of the
enjoyable affair from the Nunn
farm to the basketball court.- '
[Perry Building Activity Rises
I
New Work
Shows Gains
Business and residential con
struction, which increased dur
ing the war because Perry was
in a defense area, is still grow
ing a survey indicated this week.
Bob Cater Massee is planning
to construct a 3,600-square feet
[building on Carroll Street, adja
cent to the Post Office. When it
is completed, his mother, Mrs.
Eliza Massee, will move the Per
ry Furniture Company into the
new building. The move will
make considerably more floor
space available for her furniture
store.
One of the largest building
[jobs in town is the new ware
j house being built by George G.
■Nunn and Son near their pres
ent building. Constructed of
brick, it contains 8,000-square
feet of floor space and will be
used for the office, farm machh
jery parts department and hard
i ware and grocery stocks. The
old building will be used for
storage space. The Nunns ex
pect to move into their new
building during June.
New Packing House
Another big project on Jerna
ghan Street is the new peach
packing shed of the Southern
Fruit Distributors, Inc., near the
site of their old building which
was destroyed by fire in Febru
ary. It is expected that the
fruit company will complete the
building in time for the opening
j of the 1946 peach season.
Back toward town along Jer
naghan Street, the Pritchett
Supply Company and the E. M.
Beckham Construction Company
have remodeled their buildings,
putting in concrete floors and
renovating the offides.
On the other side of town, out
Swift Street. Alton Hardy, Gard
ner Watson and Horace-E. Evans
have formed the Watson and
Hardy Service Company, which
will handle office equipment,
sporting goods, electrical appli
ances and hardware in a new
, brick building at the Houston
’ Lake end of the street.
A. D. Culpepper has built a
brick grocery store and service
station, also at the end of Swift
Street. Mr. Culpepper recently
sold the meat market, which he
formerly operated in the Masonic
Building, to Buddy Humphrey,
who will continue the market in
the same building with Mr. Cul
pepper’s Curb Market.
Other Buildings Rising
H. A. Herndon is constructing
an eating establishment and
dance hall on the right of the
Houston Lake Road just before
reaching Smith’s Dairy. It will
be ready for occupancy in a short
time.
Andrew Hardware Company is
planning to construct a modern
farm machinery building on Ball
Street adjacent to the Gulf Super
Service Station. The building
1 will be 80 by 120 feet. It will
include a display room, parts
room, lounges, offices and shop.
I Walter Owens and Edward D.
| Mason are building a machine
| shop fronting on Main Street and
| facing the Wells Hotel. The
j property was purchased from
j Mrs. H. T. Gilbert. Owens will
I operate the shop and Mason will
| continue in his position at Robins
| Field.
1 Edwards-Harper Co. has re
modeled all its show cases.
Charles J. Farmer has started
j construction of a hangar at the
i Perry Airport adjacent to the
) Dehydration Plant.
Across the road Farmer
i has constructed an eight-room
I two-story home and has already
[occupied a part of the house.
] Farmer intends to build a “Sky
-1 tel,” to accomodate both airplane
; and automobile tourists, in the
same locality. Farmer formerly
1 lived at Byron.
Houses Being Built
In the same neighborhood,
Johnny Williamson is building a
. truck stop and eating establish
ment and Tatum Neal of Fort .
Valley is constructing a grist 1
mill. Williamson's place will be :
ready next week. <
1 William B. Miller is building I
hHOIO BY METRO
ALTON HARDY
County Primary
Date to Be Set
The Houston County Demo
cratic Executive Committee will
meet Saturday, April 20, to set
the date for the county primary
to nominate a state representa
tive, two county commissioners
and six members of the execu
tive committee.
J. P. Etheridge, chairman of
the committee, called the meet
ing after some members of the
committee suggested that the
county primary be held prior to
the heated state primary cam
paign.
J. W. Rloodworth, representa
tive in the general assembly has
not announced his candidacy but
he is expected to seek re-elec
tion. He has served in both the
House and Senate.
The terms of two 'commission
ers —Warren B. Hodge and Torn
L. Warren —expire this year.
Neither has announced whether
he will run again.
Committee Vacancies
Vacancies on the Democratic
Executive Committee have been
caused by the deaths of H, A.
Tucker, James Henry Watson,
W. E. Andrews, G. L. Slocumb
and J. H. Clark and the moving
from Houston county of E. V.
Peed.
Members of the committee are:
Perry District—C. E. Andrew,
C, B. Harper, J. W, Blood worth,
J. P. Etheridge, S. W. Hickson
and Wordna Gray.
Upper Fifth (Centerville)—J.
F. Hammock and R, F. Scar
borough.
Lower Fifth (Warner Robins)
—E. C. Leverette, J, T. Miller
and C. B. Watson.
Tenth District (Heard)—J. S.
Jones, C. L. Kersey and G. T.
Hunt.
Upper 11th (Bonaire) —S. IJ.
Sasser, Jack Ammons.
Lower 11th (Kathleen)—A. R.
Talton.
Twelfth (Haynevilie) I). 11.
Daniel, E. H. Wimberly,
Old 13th (Elko) —J. E. Eason,
W. W. Gray, J. D. Means.
New 13th (Henderson) —War
ren B. Hodge, B. H. Newberry
and John L. Davis.
✓
RATION ROUND-UP
Sugar Stamp No. 39, good for
5 pounds, expires April 30. *>
Sugar Stamp No. 9, good for 5
pounds of canning sugar expires
Oct. 31,
two houses for Gl’s in the Smoak
sub-division and J. P. Etheridge
has almost completed a brick
house in the same location.
Tolleson Lumber Company is
building a home there for T. D.
Mason, Jr. Harry Griggs has
broken ground for a house in the
Cater sub-division and J. L.
Beavers will build a house on
Third Street, behind the home of
A. M. (Phil) Anderson.
S. R. Connell Is planning a
house on the Houston Lake
Road, across from the W. W,
Gray home.
Freeman Cabero will soon com
plete remodeling of his sand
wich and drink shop, Nick’s
Place, on Carroll Street. A new
floor, new lights, and counters
are being installed. Miss Sudie
Connell is in charge of the
business.
Civic League
Opens Drive
The Houston Civic League,
sponsors of the community chest,
youth activities and civic pro
grams, announced this week the
beginning of a membership cam
paigh throughout the county.
The organization, which has
been incorporated, was launched
last tall and plans were develop
ed to make it a county-wide civic
enterprise. The league already
has started providing relief.
The following statement of the
aims of the league has been fur
nished The Home Journal;
To the Citizens of Houston
County, Ga.
We have organized a communi
ty chest for Houston County, and
| tor other worthy objectives as
outlined under the League spon
!sorship.
We feel that we need not em
phasize the fact that deserving
people of our county who are the
victims of unfortunate circum
stances, and who cannot obtain
aid from our Welfare Board,
should have available to them
help from a Community Chest
Lund such as is Jbeing afforded
this class of people in many
Counties in Georgia and over the
United States.
We are sure that you realize
that this form of charitable ser
vice reduces to a minimum the
financial burden to each citizen
who annually contributes to such
cases of charity and also permits
the giver to obtain full benefit of
deducting such gifts from his or
income taxes due the Federal
and State Governments. Like
wise, this organized service will
put a stop to promiscious solicit
ing on the part of people and
place the same under a centraliz
ed control whereby the worthy
cases be chosen and the unwor
thy cases prevented from becom
ing a nuisance.
The League has purchased a
lot on Macon Street in Perry,
and hopes to erect a building on
same as early a building restric
tions will permit; this building
will be a civic center for the peo
ple of our county where various
public meetings may be held,and
recreational and educational pro
grams for our children may be
developed.
To contributors of $5.00 and
above, an annual membership
curd will be issued, which en
titles the holder and his family
to all services of the League.
No salaries will be paid Of
ficers and only routine expenses
will be paid from receipts of the
League.
1 he League is already meeting
requests for help from some of
our unfortunate people who can
not obtain assistance elsewhere,
and it is urgent that we build up
our Chest Fund at the earleist
possible date. To meet our obli
gations to the unfortunate citi
zens of our County, we propose
to establish a date for annual
contributions, but for the pres
ent we will continue to solicit
funds until we have given an op
portunity to all our citizens to
join in this worthy cause,
for the present we are maintain
ing an office in the Anderson
Building, (over Perry Furniture
Company), and A. W. Dahlberg
is serving as Executive Secre
tary. We earnestly solicit your
support of this worthy enter
prise wdiich has been organized
solely for the benefit of Houston
County Citizens.
Cordially yours,
Alton Hardy, President,
A. W. Dahlberg,
Executive Sec.
Members of the executive
board oi the League are Alton
Hardy, president; Mrs. J. L.
Gallemore, secretary; A.M. (Phil)
Anderson, vice president;Francis
Nunn, Mrs. Mayo Davis, Mrs. L.
H. Gilbert, Mrs. W. E. Beckham
and A, W, Dahlberg, executive
secretary.
Members of the advisory coun
cil are Mrs. Hollis Kezar, Elko.
Mrs. Warren Hodge, Henderson-
A. R, Talton, Kathleen; Floyd'
Tabor, Rev. J. A. Ivey, Charles
P. Gray and Mrs. W.V. Tuggle,
