Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, April 25, 1946, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXXV. No. 17. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 25. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870 pERRY-GRAPHS WITHIN the last week two Perry people have asked The Home Journal to see what could be done about cleaning up the cemetery. They said it was in terrible shape. Mayor Francis Kunn advises that the city has bought a power garden tractor anc i care of the cemetery is planned when the tractor ar rives. He expects the cemetery to be thoroughly cleaned before Memorial Day. It is gratifying t 0 know that the city will not let the cemetery continue in the poor condition of the past. THE CITY’S scraper has done a good job of leveling off the ball diamond at the school grounds. It is no longer necessary for the rightfielder to be a broad-jump er, high-jumper and acrobat to handle that position. INCREASED interest in Sun day Schools in Perry is encourag ing to the religious leaders. The Baptist Sunday School set a ne w record last Sunday with an at tendance of 303. The Men’s Bi ble Classes of the Methodist and Baptist churches are engaged in a heated attendance contest, with the Methodist men far out in the lead. The loser in the contest will provide the labor for a bar becue to be given at the end of the four-week period. On the first Sunday, the Methodists had 68 and the Baptists 55. On the second Sunday, the Methodists had 81 and the Baptists had 66. With the aroma of barbecue in the air, attendance is expected to grow even more during the next two Sundays, Both classes have set new records in the contest. Charges and counter-charges are flying. The Methodists claim the Baptists count the jani tor and have hired several new janitors and the Baptists claim the Methodists count all males over 2 years of age as members of the Men’s class. The contest will end on May 5. Paschal Muse, president of the Houston County Farm Bureau, and B. R, Miller, a representa tive of the Southern Fruit Dis tributors, both of Perry, were elected as alternate members of committees of the Southeastern Frozen Food Packers Association meeting in Macon last week. Muse was named an alternate member of the Industry Commit tee and Miller was elected alter nate member of the Distributors Advisory Committee. C. H. Bateman of Macon was named president. WATCH prices go sky-high as soon as the OPA dies, the victim of congressmen who represent the money boys, not the people. C. E. Welcome Home Early Eugene Mitchell, Haw- Kinsville, Route, discharged from the Army. First Lt. Billy Strother, Perry, ‘fom the Air Forces. Charlie H. Abram, Route 1, Elko, and David W. Wynne, Hen derson, enlisted in the Army. BOUNTY ON FOXES Houston County will pay a bounty of $3.00 each for each tox head delivered to the office ni the county commissioners at me courthouse. By order of the County Commissioners. C. E. Brunson, Clerk. NOTICE TO VOTERS According to a new law in regard to a person oeing qualified to vote for the 1946 election, it seems that every voter whose name was not on the qualified voter’s list for the November elec tion of 1944 will necessarily have to register again by or before July 5, 1946. M. E. AKIN, T. C. Houston %omt journal Memorial Day ! Rites Friday The men in Confederate blue, ' their ranks in Houston county depleted by death, will be paid tribute Friday morning in Memo rial Day exercises at Perry High School auditorium sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Dan L. Grant of Atlanta, for merly of Perry, will be the prin cipal speaker at the memorial ceremonies, which will be held from 12 noon to 1 pm. The school will observe a half-holi day after 1 o’clock. Mr. Grant served in the Army Air Forces during World War 2, piloting a Marauder bomber. On D-Day, the young lieutenant made several strikes at the ene my along the Normandy beach head. He holds several decora tions. Sextette to Sing The High school sextette, com posed of Helen Lewis, Helen Cawthon, Dorothy Ogletree.Bess Nunn, Elizabeth Hammock and Wynella Wynne, will sing sev eral Confederate songs. The Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Baptist Church, and the Rev, J. B. Smith, pastor of the Meth odist Church will pronounce the invocation and benediction. Supt, E. P. Staples of the high school will preside over the ex ercises. Following the school ceremon ies, the speaker will be honored , at a luncheon at the Perry Hotel. No services are planned at the cemetery. The program has been arrang ed by a committee of the U.D.C. Chapter composed of Mrs. G. E. Jordan, Mrs. Alva Davis and Miss Norine Swanson. Flans have been made to dec orate the graves of the Confed erate dead and the monument to the Confederate soldier down town. Cancer Fund Total Goes Above $6OO With a large part of the coun ty yet to report, the Houston county cancer fund drive has passed the $6OO mark, Miss Kath arine Cater, local chairman, an nounced this week. Miss Cater said leaders of the county campaign were well pleased with the reports to date and thanked the workers for their excellent cooperation. Reports have not been receiv ed from Warner Robins and Clinchfield, where the drive will continue throughout April, nor from some workers in Perry. The campaign will be closed April 30. GILBERT-MORROW Mrs. Florence E. Riley of Gro vania announces the marriage of her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn R. Gilbert, to Clifford Wood Morrow of West Milton, Ohio, and Warn er Robins, on April 18. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. E, Sampley of Lake Ju noluska, N. C., former pastor of the Perry Methodist Church. After a wedning trip to Ohio and Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Mor row will make their home in Perry. Our Face Is Lifted In ligc with the expansion and improvement of The Home Jour nal, a new masthead rides the top of the front page today. We hope you will like it, and like the paper. Nearly every home has the Home Journal, PERSONAL MENTION Buck Tolleson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tolleson, visited his parents last weekend. He is a student at the University of Georgia. Mrs. D. H. Cooper is visiting relatives and friends at Eatonton. Miss Susan Martin of Marshall ville is visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Pierce, Jr., in Perry. Jack Beavers, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beavers, and Jack Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilson, are expected to arrive here Friday to spend a 12 day furlough with their parents They are stationed at Norfolk, Va., in the Navy. Mrs. T. C. Rogers has return ed from Lake Charles,La., where she visited relalives. Earl Marshall of Perry and Jack Goddard, East St. Louis, 111., who visited Earl Marshall’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marshall, here last week, have returned to Treasure Island,Cal., where they are stationed in tne Navy. Mrs. A. P. Whipple visited her mother, Mrs. John Taylor, in Cochran last week. Mrs. Frank Tounsley of Berea, Ohio, has returned to her home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wil son Martin here. Miss Sue Webb, a student at GSCW, Milledgeville, spent the Easter weekend with her par ents, Mr. and Mr. T. R. Webb,of Perry. Capt. Magill Foster, son of Mrs. A. I. Foster of Perry, an Army Medical Corps officer, has arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he will be stationed. His wife is living in Perry with Captain Foster’s mother. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Massee and daughter, Keith, visited Mr. Massee’s mother, Mr s. Eliza Massee, during the weekend. Mrs. Massee and Keith will re main here for a visit. Courtney Mason has accepted a position with the Houston Drug Company. Clarence Brunson,son of Judge and Mrs. C. E. Brunson, and Clarence, Jr., of Albany, visited here on the Easter weekend. Pfc. Billy Ethridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ethridge, left Saturday for Ft. McPherson for reassignment. Billy, who serv ed some time overseas, re-enlist ed and spent a 60-day furlough here with his parents before re turning to duty. Gene Ethridge, hospital apprentice second class, has returned to Norfolk, Va., where he is stationed in the Navy. Mrs. James King, Tallahassee, Fla., visited Mrs, Eugene King here last week, Mrs. Edward Mason and daughter, Carol, spent Friday and Saturday in Americus with her sister, Mrs. W. D, White. Miss Jean Brown of Atlanta visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Brown, here last weekend, Ellis Richards, CM 3c, Fort Pierce, Fla., and Alvin Richards, student of Emory at Oxford, and Miss Madge Lewis, bookkeeper at Oconee Clay Products Co., Milledgeville, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Lewis, last week end. Miss Jean Houser, Columbia, S. C., Lt. and Mrs. John Houser and Mr, and Mrs. Joe Borders of Fort Valley visited Mrs. S. P. Houser here last weekend. Miss jean Houser and Lt. and Mrs. John Houser will remain here for several days. Miss Mary Linton and Skeet Chapman of Perry spent last weekend in Cheraw, S. C, where they attended the reunion of Miss Linton’s family. Mrs. W. J. Slappey has joined her son, Major W. J. Slappey, Jr., in Phoenix, Ariz., for a tour of the western states before he leaves for overseas duty. She will visit her son, C. M. Slappey, in Seattle. Wash., before return ing home. Mr. and Mrs. Wordna Gray spent several days last week in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tabor and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tabor visit ed Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Powell in Fitzgerald recently. Mrs. C. L. Holloman is a pa tient at Mercy hospital in Macon. County Vote Same As State's Ogletree Loses To Pierce Nine Manager Bubber Pieree's hard -1 hitting Tigers spoiled the spot less record of Richard Ogletree’s i Panthers in the Perry Softball 1 League Sunday, knocking Pitch er Eric Staples out of the box in the fourth inning and going on i to win, 16 to 10. The Pierce team, which ap pears to be the strongest in the ! league to date, bunched the hits in the third and fourth innings. [ Manager Pierce got four for four times at bat, Cohen vValker got three for four and J. Y. Greene and Francis Nunn connected for homers. Pitcher Staples, who was ailing before he went into the game, yielded the mound to Marvin Griffin in the fourth. , Lawton Daniel continued to handle the centerfield job in 1 brilliant fashion despite the fact that he rnulfed one—a difficult try. ■ Bobby Satterfield, playing for Ogletree,continued his consistent work at bat, getting four.*for : four tries. : Pierce and Ogletree are now • tied for the lead at 3 won and : 1 lost each. Ivey's Cubs Win Bobby Ivey’s Cubs, trailing 11 to 7 going in the last inning, put ’ on a hitting spree and marked up five runs to defeat Billy Bled > soe’s Lions, 12 to 11. The Cubs 1 outhit the Lions, 18 to 13,getting six of their hits in the last frame 1 while they held the Lions hitless in that inning. Ed Pierce got i three for four times at bat for . the Ivey-men, while John Sat ■ terfield had a perfect day in four tries. For Bledsoe, Jack Miller i and J. H. Richards knocked out r homers. In the last game, Clint Coop , er’s Rebel’s fell before the hit j ting power of Edwin Thompson’s I Ramblers, 15 to 7. Manager Thompson hit three for five, while Bob Wright and Jack Watts ' hit four for four. Cooper led , his team’s hitting parade with three for five, including a homer in the seventh inning. Smoothing of the ball diamond 1 and removal of the swings re sulted in fewer home runs. Sev eral hits which would have been 1 home runs In the past were caught out in Sunday’s games the outfielders were able to maneuver to much better ad > vantage. The Standings , Won Lost Ogletree 3 1 Pierce 3 1 1 Thompson 2 2 Ivey 2 2 1 Bledsoe 1 3 * Cooper 1 3 Games Sunday, April 82 Thompson vs. Bledsoe 2 pm; L Cooper vs. Pierce 3pm Ivey vs. j Ogletree 4 pm. MIDDLE3ROOKS ILL * Paul Middlebrooks, widely known manager of Andrew Hard ware Co., suffered a severe > stroke of paralysis late Monday r and is reported to be in a serious f condition at his home near Hous • ton Lake. 3 j Planting Gladiolus Any good garden soil is suitable for growing gladiolus. t , Billy Lee, USN, will return to i duty at Seattle, Wash., on Mon day after a visit with his moth- I er, Mrs. Bessie Lee, and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lee. : C. N. Avery. Sr.. (Col. C. N. ; Avery, Jr., of Austin, Texas,and 21 Dr. Wyatt Avery of Shelbyville, , Tenn., visited their sister, Mrs. I G. W. Lee, and Mr. Lee last i weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Lee had their guests on Sunday Dr. v Billy Avery of Jacksonville, Fla., Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Avery and Miss Mildred Avery of LaGrange. 1 These guests. Mrs, G. W. Lee 'iand Mr. and Mrs. Avery Lee at a i tended the wedding of Miss ■ Blanche Freeman to Mr. Curtis Avery, Jr., in Unadilla Sunday , afternoon, I S. W. HICKSON Farmer Veterans r T' np 1 fTr* * * 1 o 1 ake 1 raining Sixteen Houston county farm er-veterans have signed up for the farmer training under the G1 Bill of Rights, and a voca tional agriculture teacher will be employed in the next few days, S. W. Hickson, county school su perintendent, announced. Mr. Hickson said he expects to start the program immediately upon the arrival of the teacher, who will be employed full-time. The farmer-veterans will receive a subsidy of $9O a month if they have dependents and $65 a month if they have no dependants. The 16 signed, up include Da vid Crockett, William C. Cates, Henry G. Andel, Stanley Smith, G. W. Hicks, Jr., and Worth Bryant, Perry; Luther W.Carter, Grovania; Allen R. Tabor, Fori Valley, Route 1; James R.Sasser, Memory E, Sisson and Otis H. Ferguson, Bonaire; Lawrence Hunt, S. M. Davis, M. J. Harri rison and Dennis Andrews,Kath leen; and Donald Harrison, flaw kinsville, Route 1. Miss Hamilton, 79, Dies at Home Here Funeral services for Miss Belle Hamilton, 79, a resident of Perry for the last 13 years who died Saturday at the home of her nephew. Drew Harris, were held Monday afternoon at Perry Me morial Chapel. The Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Perry Baptist Church, officiated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. Miss Hamilton was born at Butler, Ga. She was a member of the Butler Baptist Church. : She is survived by a brother, L. B. Hamilton, of Montezuma; three nephews, Drew Harris and Charles G. Harris, Perry; and H. G. Harris, Marshall ville; and two nieces, Mrs. H. P. Hous er, Jr., of Fort Bliss, Texas, and • Mrs. B. S. Bunch of Houston, ! Texas. Pallbearers were Carlton i Hicks, George B. Wells, Torn Mobley, Clarence Greene and John C. Cannon. Baptist Announcements Tuesday evening, April 30, at the regular meeting of the teach ers and officers of the Baptist i Sunday School, it ev. Charlie Kopp, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Montezuma, Ga. will 1 bring the message. All workers are urged to attend this meeting. Morning Worship Service 11:30. i Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Training Union, 7:00 p. m. ; Mid-week Prayer Service, 8:00 p. m. Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor. Methodist Activities : Church Services, 11:30 a. m. • and 8:00 p, m, i Church School-10:15 a. m. i 1 oung People’s Service, 6:30 ’ p. m. Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor. July 17 Seen As Likely Date The Houston county primary, in which a statu representative, two county commissioners and six members of the Democratic executive committee will be elected, will be held on the same date as the State Democratic primary, the county Democratic Executive Committee has de cided. The date of the State Pri mary has not been set but it is expected to be about July 17. The committee set 12 noon, June 1, as the deadline for en tries. The candidates for rep resentative were assessed an en try fee of $2O while candidates for county commissioner must pay $lO to enter the race. An increased number of voting booths was authorized to take care of the heavy registration, which Tax Collector M. E. Akin estimates will reach 2,500 to 3,- 000, The normal registration for the county is about 1,100. Committee Named A sub-committee composed of J. W. Blood worth, Warren B. Hodge and J. P. Etheridge was appointed to handle other mat ters concerning th e primary rules and regulations. It appears that under the pres ent law, individuals over 18 years old may register up to and including July 5. The State Democratic Executive Commit tee is expected to meet about May 2 to set the closing date for state entries and to fix the State Primary date. Although the County Board of Registrars, whose chairman is S. L. Norwood, has not received an official ruling from Attorney General Eugene Cook, it is ex pected that the same rules re garding qualification of voters will be applied to the registra tion list as in the past. Mr. Akin said that numerous voters who have been disqualifi ed in recent elections for vari ous reasons should register again at once to avoid the inevitable last minute rush. It is no long er necessary, of course, to pay poll taxes. No accurate announcement of the number of Negro voters can be made at this time, although a large number has registered since a week ago, whefn they had more than 100 on the list. Among the Negroes registered there are many who can neither read nor write and many who admit a criminal record which would dis qualify them. Welfare Work Is On Increase Mrs. W. B. Evans, Houston county welfare director, told the American Legion Auxiliary last Thursday that welfare problems in the county have increased, rather than decreased, since the war’s end. Speaking at a Child Welfare ! program of the auxiliary, Mrs. Evans said the readjustment of homes following the war has placed greater demands upon the welfare board than ever before. She outlined the activities of her department. Mrs. Frank King, vice presi dent, presided She welcomed as new members Mrs. A.M. (Phil) Anderson, Mrs. G. T. Pierce, Jr., Mrs. Harris Rape, Mrs. Gardner Watson and Mrs. A. K.Talton.Jr. Sara Ivev, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Ivey, was announced as the first place winner in the auxiliary’s contest for the best patriotic essay. Second place went to Patsy Harris, daughter ;;f Mr. and Mrs. Culma Harris, and third to Sam Norwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Norwood. Hostesses for the meeting were Mesdames C. E. Andrew, W. G. Riley, H. C. Armstrong. P. M. Satterfield, Eby Holtz claw, Mamie Winn, Asa Woodard, J. S. Childs, E. W. Marshall and J, W. Gouth. The meeting was closed by the reading of a poem on Child Wel fare by Mrs. Frank King.