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VOL. LXXV. No. 17
Billy Gray Wins |
Contest
Billv Gray, son of Mr. and
Mrs GleaGray of Perry, won
Jrst place in the FFA Public
Speaking Contest at Hawkms
ville last Friday.
Billy who won the Grand
Championship in the Houston
founty Fat Calf Show in March,
is well qualified to discuss the
subject he chcsc-Beef Cattle,
He was first in competition with
sneakers from five schools. It
was the first speaking contest he
had ever entered.
Billy will compete with other
speakers in the semi finals of the
FFA contest at Abraham Bald
win College at Tifton at a date to
be announced. The winner there
will meet other district winners.
Billy, 15 years old, is a junior
at Perry High School and was
trained by John Etheredge, vo
cational agriculture teacher and
adviser of the FFA chapter here.
Telephone Man
Calls Our Hand
(A couple of weeks ago, The
Houston Home Journal comment
ed that telephone service here
has not kept up with the city’s
growth. In the letter below, the
president of the Southeastern
Telephone Co. tells why).
Houston Home Journal,
Perry, Georgia.
Gentlemen:
I read with considerable inter
est the attached clipping from
your newspaper of April 18, and
I sincerely wish that the cable
for Perry was stored in our
warehouse.
Since the outset of World War
11, no telephone company has
been allowed to rebuild its tele
phone plants for civilian use. At
the outset of the war we had a
considerable stock of cable which
was frozen and we were forced
to sell this cable to telephone
companies serving army installa
tions.
Since V-J Day it has been rela
tively impossible for any tele
phone company to get even the
necessary supplies to partially
maintain their plants. Several
manufacturers are not even tak
ing orders for cable placed with
manufacturers for months, and
the manufacturers are unable at
this date to give us any informa
tion as to when we can expect
this cable to be shipped.
Naturally we are interested in
rebuilding our plants to the ex
tent of taking care of all offered
business because that is the way
we make our money and we are
perhaps more interested in this
problem than any one else,
lam not writing this letter to
take issue with your newspaper,
hut to point out actual facts as
they exist.
Very truly vsurs,
A. N. SEWARD.
Short Peach Crop
Forecast for 1946
, fhe Georgia Fruit Exchange
uas estimated this year’s peach
crop in Georgia would fall 1,024
cars below last year’s.
, Principal reason for the reduc
tion. the Exchange said, is - the
lighter Elberta crop. There has
been reported to the Ex
change some scattered damage
to orchards by hail.
Ihe Exchange figures the to
uu shipments this year will be
•'■4oo carloads as compared with
H),330 last year. The peaches
are expected to start rolling early
in May.
the exchange explained that
ai * additional 764 carloads of
peaches moved last year by
y uck. Should the truck figures
;" considered the prospect this
- °ar is for 1,788 cars less.
MRS. W. J. WEDDINGTON
airs. W. J, Weddington of At
lanta, mother of W. W. Wed
jhngton, who was employed by
Georgia Power Co. in Perry for
many years, died at her home
2O and was buried in High
io *nt, N. C. In addition to her
0n ’ s he is survived by a daugh
ter, Mrs. Max Smith of Atlanta.
Houston Pfoinv Kountal
PERRY-GRAPHS;
COLOR BLIND; Confusion)
of blue and gray brought red i
rushing to the editor’s face last
week. In the Memorial Day
story we dressed the Confederate
soldiers in blue, instead of the
I uniform they actually wore —
GRAY, We expected an indig
nant delegation from the U. D.
C., but none materialized. They
indulged the newspaper in this
serious error, apparently giving
us credit for rush and newness.
They sent word that they recog
nized the error but would over
look it —this time. Surely, we
will not make it again.
THIS IS PERRY: Gunrod on
the bank step; a ride to the lake
after the Sunday ballgame ....
basketballs thumping the floor at
the court.... Eric Staples lead
ing the boys and girls activities
.... People enjoying the spring
flowers in gardens embraced by
green and graceful shade trees
.... Pitt Beckham joking with
and against his friends down
town .... Welcoming home
many boys from the service . . .
They take their place as leaders
in the community .... The
j preachers talking about the en
icouraging growth of the Perry
churches, and the Baptist and
Methodist men talking about
the coming barbecue .... Tiny
Lewis in town from Elko, J. T.
Overton from Bonaire, R. F,
Scarborough from Centerville,
C. E, Pyles from Grovania, Mrs.
G. L. Slocumb from Kathleen,
C. L. Williams from Warner
Robins, and others .... Farm
ers taking an interest in the
Farm Bureau, best farm organi
zation yet started .... Green
Acres winners coming up ... .
Beauty shop doors swinging fast
to accomodate the partying lad
ies ... . Politicians greeting you
as if they were really glad to
see you. . . . Boys and girls hold
ing hands on the way from
school .... Bicycles almost
covering the sidewalk at the
show for the matinee .... an
ice cream cone would taste migh
ty good. C. E.
Baptist Announcements
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
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.
KNIGHT PROMOTED
Sgt. Harmon Knight, son of
Mrs. J. G. Heard, has been pro
moted to the permanent rank of
Technical Sergeant in the regu
lar Army Air Forces and is fly
ing as a radio operator on a C-54
cargo plane between the Philip
pines, Japan and China. To keep
up with what’s going on in
Houston county he has requested
The Home Journal.
Prison Chief Ordered
G.l.s Death, Jap Says
YOKOHAMA.—A Jap interpreter
testified at the war crimes trial of
Lt. Kel Yuri that the former com
mander of Omuta prison camp de
creed “James Pavlokos shall die
-and he did after being starved and
tortured.
Pavlokos was a marine corps cor
poral from Chicago.
The interpreter, Harakichi Oi,
also pointed to the defendant as the
commandant who ordered a score
of guards to bayonet to death Pvt.
Near C. Heard of Salinas, Calif.
But he said Yuri strictly forbade
beating of prisoners. Depositions of
two American officers also said Yuri
ordered Heard’s execution, and they
told of secretly witnessing it.
Oi said Pavloska was a consistent
trouble-maker “who acted like a ty
rant. Nine or 12 American prison
ers wrote us notes—some on ciga
rette packages, some on toilet tis
sue-asking that Pavlokos be trans
ferred to another camp. It is a
shame to say it, but it is true that at
least two of them said, ‘ Pease kill
! him.”
The interpreter testified that:
Pavlokos was confined two days
' upon the report of a navy lieutenant
• and ah American sergeant that he
had stolen food. Pavlokos was put
' to work in a coal mine but caused
1 ■ trouble and was sentenced to five
more days in the guardhouse. When
1 he was assigned to kitchen duty so
that Japs could watch him, other
i ®. isoners protested.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1946
Lead Regained
By Ogletree
Marvin Griffin, pitching his
first full game for the Panthers
managed by Richard Ogletree,
led his team to victory over Bob
by Ivey’s Cubs last Sunday and
sent the Ogletree men out in
front of the Perry Softball
League.
Griffin held the Cubs to eight
hits, winning 11 to 7. He and
Felton Deese collected three hits
each to lead the hitting show for
the Panthers while Bob Massee
and John Satterfield got two each
for the Cubs,
In other games Sunday, Billy
Bledsoe’s Lions and Clint Coop
er’s Rebels rose from a tie for
the cellar position by defeating
Edwin Thompson’s Ramblers and
Bubber Pierce’s Tigers. Bled
soe won, 13 to 10, and Cooper
won, 9 to 7.
Three Homers for Rebels
Catcher Clint Hardy and
Right Fielder Ben Marshall, with
three hits each, led the Bledsoe
nine at the bat while Alton Har
dy, pitcher fo r Thompson’s
Kamblerr, got three for four, one
of them a triple.
Manager Cooper and Aldine
Lasseter earned the victory by
their power at bat. Cooper hit
four for four, including a homer
in the second inning, while Las
seter got two homers in his first
two tries at the plate in the first
and second inning, and a single
in the last frame.
Each team has met each other
team in the league as they pass
ed the half-way mark in the first
half of the season.
The Standings
Won Lost
Ogletree 4 1
Pierce 3 2
Thompson 2 3
Ivey 2 3
Bledsoe 2 3
Cooper 2 3
Games Sunday, May 5
Thompson vs. Pierce 2 pm;
Cooper vs. Ivey 3 pm; Ogletree
vs. Bledsoe 4 pm.
Canning Clinic
To Begin May 7
Beginning Tuesday night, May
7, and running for three nights,
there will be held a canning
clinic at the Houston County
Canning Plant on the school
campus.
The interior of the canning
I plant has been re-arranged and
some new equipment added, so
we feel that it will be to the ad
vantage of all concerned to get
acquainted with the new ar
rangements before coming to the
plant to do canning. One of the
three nights, the plant will be
fired up and some canning done
if there are any vegetables avail
able.
In addition to getting acquaint
ed with the plant,the entire world
is begging us for something to
eat, and it seems that there is
no better way to meet this need
than to plant a little extra and
can it for the starving world.
Meet us next Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday nights and
let’s discuss the problems and
see if something can be done.
John Etheredge
Juliette McKinley.
Ration Round-Up
Sugar Stamp No. 39, good for
5 pounds, expired April 30.
Sugar Stamp No. 49, good for
5 pounds, expires August 31.
Spare Stamp No. 9, good for 5
pounds of sugar for canning, ex
pires October 31, 1946.
HIGHWAY MEETING
A meeting of representatives
of towns along Route 129 and
State Route 11 has been called
for Friday, May 3, at the Fitz
gerald City Hall, to promote
tourist traffic from and to Flori
da over this route.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Circles of the Baptist WMS
will meet at 3:30 pm Monday at
the following homes: No. 1,
with Mrs. G. E. Jordan; No. 2,
with Mrs. Ivell Bramblett, Mrs.
Whitten, co-hostess.
12 Boy Scouts
Are Advanced
At a recent Board of Review
and Court of Honor twelve Boy
Scouts advanced to higher ranks.
Leading the list of advance
ments was Bobby Sutton, who
was promoted to the rank of
Life Scout, Next in line were
George Davis and Billy Whipple
who were promoted to Star
Scouts. Bobby Brooks, Allen Ta
bor, Hentz Houser, Bobby Sat
terfield and Allen Pritchett were
promoted to the rank of First
Class Scouts, while Billy Burke,
Jack Hardy, Billy King an d
Mark Wilson were promoted to
the rank of Second Class Scouts.
There were also 38 Merit
Badges awarded. The hoys and
the Merit Badges they received
were, Horace Mathews, Hiking,
Marksmanship and Cooking;
Jimmy Lewis, Pathfinding and
Safety; Hershal Thompson. Home
Repair; Billy Whipple, Scholar
ship, Business and Public Health;
George Davis, Hiking, Cooking
and Marksmanship: Jimmie
Brown, Home Repairs, Safety
and Personal Health; Hentz
Houser, Personal Health, Public
Health and Handicraft: Bobby
Satterfield, Reading Wood Carv
ing and Handicraft: Allen Pritch
ett, Handicraft, Personal Health
and Carpentry: Bobby Brooks,
Gardening, Personal Health and
First Aid; Rhett Milam, Swim
ming, Personal Health and Civ
ics; Bobby Sutton, Athletics,
Swimming and Chemistry; Her
schel Lawhorn, Firemanship and
Safety: Allen Tabor, Music,Home
Repairs and Safety,
The men serving on the Board
of Review were Albert Skellie,
Sr., chairman; W. E. Marshall
and Gene Ethridge.
The progress being made in
Troop 96 under the able Scout
master Eric Staples is very com
mendable. Lets keep up the
good work. Who will have their
pame%on the list of advance
ments and Merit Badge awards
at the next Board of Review?
Jesse Gunn,
Scout Executive.
Methodist Activities
Dr. Samuel T. Senter of Ma
con, district superintendent, will
preach at the Sunday morning
service at the Methodist Church
and the Quarterly Conference
of the church will be held at 3
pm Sunday. Delegates to the
district conference to be held in
Fort Valley May 15, will be
elected at the evening service.
The pastor, Rev. J. B. Smith,
announced that Bishop Paul B.
Kern, author, educator and
church statesman, will be the
speaker over a regional network
of 39 radio stations May 5, on
Methodist Hour which will origi
nate from WSB in Atlanta at 8
to 8:30 pm. He will speak on
the subject, Do We Need the
Man of Galilee?
Church Services, 11:30 a. rn.
and 8:00 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
young People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
Police Chivalry Turns
Squad Room Into Laundry j
ALBANY, CALIF.—Two girls and
some lingerie threw police here into
confusion.
The two young women, Ruby
Reaves, 20, and Patricia Bitney, 21,
were discovered by Sgt. Arthur K.
Smith standing on the sidewalk out
side a naval housing project from
which they had been evicted with
their washing only half done.
Smith invited the girls—wash and j
all—to take temporary refuge at the \
police station.
Patrolmen reporting in were
greeted by the sight of freshly laun
dered lingerie hanging on a line in
the squad room.
British Plan 2 Flights
Daily Over Atlantic
LONDON. The British Overseas
Airways corp. announced plans re
cently for a double North Atlantic
service to the United States and
Canada, providing daily flights from
London to New York and from Lon
don to Montreal in “the future.”
Lord Knolly, BOAC chairman,
said that later two flights would be
provided on each route.
He said the fare was expected to
be less than $4OO.
I _ „
GEN. MARVIN GRIFFIN
Griffin to Speak
Twice in Perry
Adjutant Marvin Griffin of
Georgia will appear here in two
speeches next Tuesday, before
the Kiwanis Club at noon and
before the American Legion
Post that night.
General Griffin was invited to
speak to the Kiwanis Club by J.
P. Etheridge, program chairman
for the year, and invited to ap
pear before the Legion by Com
mander-Elect Phil Anderson of
Legion. The new slate of of
ficers elected by the Legion post
will be installed at a later meet
ing.
General Griffin is publisher of
the Bainbridge Post Searchlight
and has announced for Governor
Of Georgia. He has long been an
officer in the National Guard and
served over seas in World War 2
as a captain.
Teacher Arrives
To Aid Veterans
J. T. Graham of Dallas, Ga., a
graduate of the University of
Georgia and a farm specialist of
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice for the last 12 years, will be
the teacher for veterans of Hous
ton county under the Training
Program for Farmers.
Mr. Graham arrived last week
for conferences with County
School Superintendent S.W.Hick
son and held a meeting Monday
night with the 16 veterans who
will take the the training pro
vided by the GI Bill of Rights.
Classroom work will be con
ducted at Perry High School in
cooperation with John Etheredge,
vocational agricultural teacher,
and practical training will be
conducted on the farms of the
veterans, Mr. Graham said.
The new teacher said he would
bring his family to Perry if he
can locate a place to live.
King Will Speak
To Farm Bureau
Dr. George H. King, president
of Abraham Baldwin College at
Tifton, will be the principal
speaker at the May meeting of
the Houston County Farm Bu
reau tonight (Thursday), when
prizes in the Green Acres Con
test will be awarded.
The Green Acres Contest,spon
sored by the Perry Kiwanis
Club, was launched two years
ago in an effort to improve the
croplands of Houston county. In
the competition for the first
year, K. E. Ogletree won first
place, Roy L. Bloodworth sec
ond, James C. Johnson third and
Henry Dumas fourth.
LT. MARGERY SHORT
HOME FROM EUROPE
Lt. Margery Short, a physio
therapist in the Army Medical
Corps, has returned from over
seas and is in Perry on terminal
leave after receiving her honor
able discharge. Miss Short came
home last Friday to live with her
mother, Mrs. J. H. Short, and
sister, Miss Elizabeth Short.
Capt. James Short, stationed
in Memphis, Tenn., and Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Short of Fort Val
ley, were in Perry Sundav for
an informal reunion of the Short
i family.
ESTABLISHED 1870
Race Entered
By Anderson
A. M. (Phil) Anderson, who
resigned as one of the judges of
the Superior Court of the Macon
Judicial Circuit to be inducted
into the Navy in 1942, has an
nounced that he will be a candi
date in this year’s primary for
the judgeship to be relinquished
by Judge Malcolm D. Jones.
Judge Anderson made his an
nouncement the day after Judge
Jones, 80-year-old jurist, stated
to a Macon newspaperman that
he would not be a candidate to
succeed himself. Judge Jones is
the oldest superior court jurist in
the state in point of service
and age.
Anderson's Statement
“In view' of the fact that
Judge Malcolm D. Jones, one of
the judges of the Superior Courts
of the Macon, Circuit has an
nounced that he will retire and
not seek re-election, I expect to
be a candidate to succeed him in
this judgeship, ” Judge Ander
son said in a formal statement.
A iormal announcement will be
made at the proper time.”
Judge Anderson waived the
draft exemption for which he
was eligible when his number
came up at his local board and
resigned the judgeship. He was
inducted and later commissioned
as a lieutenant. When he re
ceived his honorable discharge
from the Navy early this year he
was a lieutenant senior grade.
The other judge of the Macon
circuit is Mallory C. Atkinson of
Macon, who became judge fol
lowing Judge Anderson’s resig
nation. The criminal and civil
work of the judges of the circuit
is divided by agreement of the
two. Judge Jones has handled
civil matters and Judge Atkinson
criminal cases.
Judge Jones’ term will expire
Dec. 31, 1946.'
$939 Donated
To Cancer Fund
Houston county residents con
tributed $939.37 in the campaign
for funds to fight cancer, it was
announced today by Miss Kath
arine Cater of Perry, county
chairman.
Contributions from Perry and
the immediate vicinity led the
totals from other communities.
Perry gave $587.61, while Cen
terville contributed $llO and
Warner Kobihs gave $lOO, Other
communities reporting collec
lections were Kathleen $26; Hen
derson $53.88; Elko $10; Clinch
field $26; Bonaire $6.02; Houston
Lake $5.86; Heard $l5.
Miss Cater said the total re
ceived was far above the pro
posed quota for the county. She
said organizations, schools, indi
viduals and business houses con
tributed freely in the drive which
was conducted during April.
WSCS TO HAVE
MISSION STUDY
Mrs. W. B. Evans, Houston
county welfare director, and Lt.
Margery Short, who has just re
turned from Army duty in
Europe, will speak at the Spring
Mission Study period of the
Methodist WSCS next Monday.
The session is planned from 10:30
am to 3 pm.
The subject of the study is
Families in a New World. Mrs.
Evans will discuss welfare work
in Houston county and Lt. Short
will tell of her experiences in
Europe.
The business an d program
meeting will be held during the
day. A large attendance is
urged.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation for the kindnesses
shown us during the recent ill
ness of our son.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mauldin.
Safe Bleach
A safe bleach for fine laces and
other delicate materials can be
made by dissolving one tablespoon
of borax in a little boiling water;
then dilute with a gallon of water.
Dip lace in milk to stiffen it.
