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An Old Newspaper
Of the New South
VOL. LXXV. No. 19
Pekry-graphs
LARGEST group of men everi
to attend Sunday School at one
time in Perry assembled at the j
Perry Baptist Church last Sun-;
day when the Methodist and'
Baptist Men’s classes combined. I
A total of 115 men was count-1
ed by President Alton Hardy of |
Baptists and Mayo Davis of thej
Methodists. The Methodists)
6O present and the Baptists'
This Sundav, the Baptists,
will visit the Methodist class.
DOUGHERTY county (Al
bany) is the first in the state to
reach 100 per cent membership
of farmers as members of the
Georgia Farm Bureau. Dougher
ty has 676 members. Houston
county farmers would do well to
join this progressive organiza
tion which has done so much toj
promote the interests of the
farmer —C. E.
Contract Signed
At Penn-Dixie
Something new in relations
between management and labor
developed at the Clinchfield plant
of the Penn-Dixie Cement Corp.
last Thursday when representa
tives of each group signed a new
contract.
The innovation in industrial
relations was a mass meeting
of all employees with the man
agement, at which time the new
wage agreement was signed.
Representatives of the manage
ment and the American Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers (AFL)
promised cooperation with each
other in the execution of the
contract.
The Clinchfield hourly work
ers were granted a 15 cents an
hour increase and a wage dif
ferential schedule for different
shifts was put into effect.
Austin Cox of Nazareth, Pa.,
manager of the Industrial and
Public Relations Department of
the company: S. A. Nunn of
Perry, counsel for the company;
M. L. Silcox, plant superinten
dent; J. G. Lyles, committee
chairman, and Claude R. White,
president of Local 23, signed the
agreement in a ceremony on the
plant premises.
Amicable agreement on the
new contract was hailed by rep
resentatives of the union and
management alike.
Peach Men Face
Loss Due to Strike
Georgia peach growers are
faced with a large loss this sea
son, due to the coal strike, which
has caused the shut-down of
plants which ordinarily supplied
the peach processors with can
ning utilities.
According to C. H. Alden, di
rector of the State Department
of Entomology, unless processors
can get the needed cans, the
crop of peaches cannot be con
sumed fast enough to avoid
waste. Alden said that the fruit
can be sent as it is to the vari
ous markets, but much of it wiU
spoil even then.
One of the largest processors!
in Georgia, C. H. Bateman, said |
his plant had already shut down I
and there was little hope of
opening for the June processing
season.
CARD OF THANKS
Sgt, Clinton C. Duncan Chap- (
ter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy wishes to thank i
the men of the town who con-!'
tributed to a fund for the pur-]
chase of a new Confederate flag, i
The flag has been ordered and),
we will look forward with pleas-1!
ure to flying it on next Memorial
Day.
Mrs. Clyde Gurr. Chairman
Flag Committee, U. D. C.
WHITE JORDAN
White Jordan, of Thomson, i
Ga., brother of Dr. and Mrs. J. i
R. Jordan of Perry and Willis i
Jordan of Fort Valley, died of a (
heart attack Sunday. Funeral ,
services and burial were at
Thomson Tuesday afternoon. i
Houston Jfome Journal
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JAMES V. CARMICHAEL
Carmichael Gives
His* Platform
(The Home Journal will pub
lish before election day a con
densed platform of each of the
I leading candidates for Governor.)
James V. Carmichael, in his
opening speech at Moultrie, said
he stands for:
Honest and decency in State
government.
Good government.
No debt.
No new taxes, except for
schools, unless specifically sub
mitted to the people.
Rural roads to be built first.
Speedy service for veterans.
More jobs and better pay
through expanded local industry
and agriculture. More State
farm markets.
Guaranteed full pay for teach
ers.
Greater welfare and health
programs within income.
Inclusion of farm labor costs
in parity prices.
Adherence to Southern racial
traditions.
Preserve county unit system;
home rule.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: The
Home Journal endorses and sup
ports the principles of Mr. Car
michael because we believe he
will lead Georgia in a develop
ment program balanced between
agriculture and local industry.
We believe he is as good a
“Southerner” as any of the oth
er candidates in the race. Geor
gia needs a leader who looks to
the future and sees Georgia as a
healthy, financially-strong state.
Candidates Plan
Campaign Speeches
Eugene Talmadge will open his
campaign for governor at Lyons
at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The
program will be broadcast over
WSB from 4 to 4:30 p.m.
E, D. Rivers opened his cam
paign at Waycross Saturday and
has scheduled a number of ad
dresses in person and over the
air in the next few weeks.
James V. Carmichael will hold
his Middle Georgia rally at Ma-
Icon auditorium at 4 p. m. Friday.
Cook Sentenced
[To 18-20 Years
Thomas H. Cook, 38, a resi
dent of Warner Robins charged
with assaulting an 8-year-old
girl, was convicted by a Houston
county jury last week and sen
tenced to 18 to 20 years in the
penitentiary.
The trial started Monday, May
6, and the case went to the jury
at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The jury
[returned its guilty verdict at 3
p.m. Thursday, recommending
mercy and setting the sentence.
Cook was charged with as
saulting the girl last March 8,
when she was a visitor in his
home.
Hodge and Warren
Enter County Race
T. L. Warren of Perry and
Warren B. Hodge of Henderson,
the two commissioners whose
terms expire this year, announc
ed this week that they will be
candidates for re-election in the
July 17 primary.
J. T. (Tine) Lewis of Elko is
the third candidate in the race.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 16. 1946
Cooper Defeats
Ogletree, 9-0
Richard Ogletree’s Panthers,
riding the top of the Perry Soft
ball League with live wins and
one loss, took a humiliating nose
dive Sunday when Sam Norwood
pitched (Hint Cooper’s Rebels to
a 9-0 victory.
Norwood let the Panthers have
three hits while his mates picked
up nine hits olf Marvin Griffin.
The Cooperrnen appeared to have
gotten themselves souped-up to
knock the league leaders down
into a tie for the first position.
Clint Cooper led his team at bat,
collecting three for four times at
bat.
Pierce Wins
In the other games Sunday,
Rubber Pierce’s Tigers beat Bil
ly Bledsoe’s Lions, 13 to 8, earn
ing a tie for first place, and Bob
by Ivey lost to Ed Thompson,
9 to 7.
Pierce’s club was outhit, 13 to
12, but took advantage of the
breaks and showed superior
base-running ability. Ske e t
Chapman led the hitting parade
for Pierce with three for four
and Horace Mathews hit three
for four for Bledsoe. Alton Har
dy and Teemy Braddock hit three
safely to lead Thompson’s team
in al6 hit barrage. Ivey, Avery
and Satterfield got two hits each.
1 he Standings
Won Lost
Ogletree 5 2
Pierce 5 2
Cooper 4 3
Thompson 3 4
Ivey 2 5
Bledsoe 2 5
Games Sunday, May 19
Cooper vs, Bledsoe, 2 p.m.;
Ivey vs. Pierce, 3 p.m.; Ogle
tree vs. Thompson, 4 p.m.
Buff Completed
20 Years Service ■
J. N. Buff, Sr., of Elko, who
declined re-election, yesterday
completed 20 years of service as
a member of the Houston Coun
ty Board of Education.
Mr. Buff became a member of
the board in May, 1926, shortly
after Peach county was formed
from a part of Houston. The
school board was $35,000 in debt
at that time and the future was
dark. Mr. Buff’s advice and
leadership were a major factor in
bringing the board out of debt.
During his tenure of office, new
schools have been built at Bon-i
aire and Warner Robins, and an |
addition has been built at Perry
and all county schools have been
remodeled.
Mr, Buff has extensive larm
ing and business interests in the
lower part of Houston county and
in Unadilla.
J. E. Eason of Elko has been
appointed to succeed Mr. Buff. ;
Building Activites
Continue in Perry
New construction and remodel
ing activities continue in Perry
but still appear inadequate for
the demand of new residents and
businesses.
Ground has been broken by
Alton Hardy for a business build
ing adjacent to his Woco-Pep
service station and by Andrew
Hardware Co. for a farm ma
chinery department on the Fort
Valley road.
Tolleson Lumber Co. has be
gun construction of a residence
for S. B. Collier on Third Street,
adjacent to the home of T. K.
Summers.
Remodeling has been started
at the Georgia Power Co., the
City Barber Shop and other
buildings. Nell’s Cafe, operated
by J. P. Risher, has exchanged
locations with the pool room, af
ter extensive repairs were made
on the building owned by Mrs.A.
P. Whipple.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Miss Meredythe “Honey”Hun-|
nicutt’s 20th birthday was cele
brated Thursday night with a
lawn party given by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Hunnicutt.
Marilyn Hunnicutt, sister of the t
honoree, assisted her mother in i
entertaining. Fifteen guests
were invited.
Graduation Exercises Planned,
Faculty List
Is Announced
S. W. Hickson. Houston coun
ty school superintendent, an
nounced the election of faculty
members for the schools of Per
ry, Warner Robins and Bonaire
for 1946.
Re-elected at Perry were Supt.
E. P. Staples, John Etheredge,
vocational agriculture; Juliette
I McKinley, home economics; Ru
by Pickens, commercial; Audrey
Andrews, social science; Mrs. J,
O. Coleman, mathematics, Miss
Louise Rainey, librarian; Willie
Ryals, music; Frances Couey and
Mrs. W. E. Barfield, first grade;
Mary Lee Greene and Mrs, H. T.
Gilbert, second; Phoebe Harper
and Allene Ryals, third; Mrs.
Mabel Weaver and Mrs. Myrtice
Wolfe, fourth;Dorothy Jones and
Dorothy Avera, fifth; Willie
Gunter and Mrs. Florence Cro
martie, sixth, Melissa Tucker,
seventh. Louise Davis, English,
resigned.
Re-elected at Warner Robins
were Bert Reynolds, superinten
dent; Grover Abies, principal
and mathematics; Nola Brantley,
principal; Mrs. Camellia Cooper,
English; Mrs. Frazier Wise, so
cial science: Jean Roberts, sci
enc; Mrs. F. A. Helton, mathe
matics; Martha Johnson, Eng
lish: Sara Smith, librarian and
commercial; Eva Jackson, sci
ence: Mrs. Audrey Adams, Eng
lish; Pauline Stewart and Lettie
M, Thompson, first grade; Selma
Harrison, Irene Brantley, Mary
Snyder and Mrs. Gladys Sebas
tian, second;Mary Martin, Frank
ie Brophy, Mary Lou Claxton,
and Elizabeth ( Harrison, third;
Corine Wilkes,#-Mrs. J.W.Combs,
Nadytte Oiwfcffand Eleanor John
son, fourth; Wilella Saunders,
Mary Paul and Lois Lynch, fifth;
Mrs. Mary Sue Lawrence and
Mrs. Annie Denny, sixth; Miss
Opal Braswell and Mrs. Helen B.
Hawkins, seventh. Teachers re
signing were Mrs. Anne Jordan,
Evangeline Howard, Edith Foun
tain, Mrs. Comer Teal, Mrs. Ber
tha Norton and Ruth Pope,
At Bonaire, the following were
re-elected: David A, Perdue,
supenntenuent; Mrs. Winifred
F. Howard, Elna Mae Capel and
Mrs. Mary M.Perdue, high school;
Margaret Hunt, Mrs. Fannie A.
Ammons, Lucile McMichael and
I Mrs. Blanche Collins, grammar
‘school. Those who resigned at
Bonaire were Mrs, Camilla Wil
liams, Mrs. Mary Pollett, Mrs.
Ophie Perdue and R.H. Harrell.
Mr, Hickson said that election
of teachers for other schools in
the county will be held during
the next few weeks.
State Gets More
Small Industries
ATLANTA —The number of
small industries and service en
terprises established in commu
nities served by the Georgia
Power Company since organiza
tion of its Better Home Towns
Program two years ago has in
creased to 648, according to a
quarterly report on program ac
tivities.
These are practically all locally
financed concerns of many dif
ferent kinds which either pro
cess local products or provide
needed local services. Typical
businesses established in the
largest numbers are food pro
cessing plants, lumber mills,cabi
net shops, concrete block fac
tories, laundries and automobile
repair shops.
BAPTIST W.M.S. MEETS
The subject, World Signifi
cance of Justice and Cooperation
among the Races of the South,
was discussed at the general
meeting of the Baptist WMS
} Monday afternoon.
1 Mrs. C. F. Cooper had charge
of the program. Others taking
part were Mrs. George Riley,
Mrs. Jack Miller, Mrs. Wesley
! Calhoun, Mrs. George E. Jordan
land Mrs. B. N. Williamson.
[ Mrs. W.B. Roberts presided.
J ,;. ;
PHOTO BY METRO STUDIO
REV. J. B. SMITH
Soil Conservation
Plans Developed
By JACK C. MILLER.
Soil Conservationist
Complete Soil Conservation arid
Erosion Control plans have re
cently been developed for the
following farmers in Houston
County,
In the Perry community: Rob
ert Horton, Harry Thompson,
Pat Muse and the S W & S farm.
In the Bonaire community: G.
E. Perdue, Jr., M. E. Sisson, W.
F. White, C. E. Sasser and J. M.
Lashley.
In the Hayneville-Grovania
community: Mary Lawson, Wil
lie Lawson, Winnie Scott, Clay
Brown and George Duhart.
In the Centerville-Warner Rob
ins community: J. O. Jacobs,
W. B. Sexton and R. E. Dunbar.
To date a total of 247 conserva
tion plans have been developed
in Houston county covering a to
tal of 85,127 acres.
As of April Ist, 2,339 farm
conservation plans covering 614,-
333 acres had been developed in
our local Soil Conservation Dis
trict which includes the counties
of Houston. Peach, Bibb, Tay
lor, Crawford, Dooly, Pulaski,
Macon and Wilcox.
A summary for the State of
Georgia as of April Ist shows
29,367 conservation plans cover
ing 6,073,557 acres.
The job of developing com
plete soil conservation and ero
sion control plans for our Geor
gia farms is proceeding at an ac
celerated rate, Recent surveys
indicate that approximately 50%
of the farmer-operated farms in
Houston county are covered by
conservation-erosion control
plans. Our goal is 100% cov
erage.
Farmers interested in having
conservation plans developed for
their farms should contact the
local conservationist at Perry,
whose office is adjacent to the
AAA office.
HOUSTON COUNTY MEN
IN ATOMIC FLEET
Jimmy Abrams, chief shipfit
ter, USN, son of V. B. Abrams,
Route 1, Elko, is serving aboard
the USS Cleburne, which will be
one of the ships in the forth
coming atomic bomb test off
Bikini Atoll.
Verda A. Pickard, Jr., first
sergeant, Perry, is serving with
the Navy Air Group of Joint
Army-Navy Task Force One.
The mission of the task force is
primarily to determine the ef
fects of the Nagasaki type bomb
upon naval vessels and military
equipment in order to gain infor
mation of value to national de
fense.
NO MELON CEILING
The expected big crop of
watermelons this year has made
it possible for OPA to suspend
price ceilings on them indefinite
ly, Richard W. Florrid, OPA
deputy district director, an
nounced. The watermelon acre
age is far greater than last year,
and with the exception of a
slight rise at the start of the
season an increase above the
general level of present ceilings
is not expected, he said.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
—.— i
Honor Groups
Are Selected
The Rev. J. B. Smith, pastor
of the Perry Methodist Church,
will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon for the Perry School
graduating class at 8 p.m, Sun
day, May 19, at the school audi
torium.
Planning the commencement
sermon at night instead of the
morning church hour marks the
| first time in history of the school
| that this has been done. E. P.
Staples, superintendent, said
that it was believed that the au
ditorium would be much more
comfortable at night than during
* the day.
Dr. W. B. Baker, a professor
at Emory University, will be the
commencement speaker at 8:30
p.m., Tuesday, May 21, when 31
sneiors will be graduated.
The Senior Class will sing
Faith in the Future and six girls,
Bess Nunn, Helen Lewis, Helen
1 Cawthon, Wynella Wynne, Eliza
■ beth Hammock and Margie
- Brooks, will sing Life Is a Song.
1 Honor Graduates
The first honor group at Perry,
those who made B and above for
’ the last two years, are in alpha
betical order, Joyce Andrew, Na
' than Bernstein, Betty Burke.
' Bobby Ivey, Dorothy King, Helen
Lewis, Sam Norwood, Bess Nunn
i and Carlton Pierce.
Second honor group is compos
r ed of Charlie Bloodworth, Eliza
beth Hammock, Lorie MoElhen
ey,Elaine Moore and Joyce Rape.
Bonaire Exercises
! . The Bonaire High School sen
. iors will have their senior play
1 on Friday night.
._At 11 a.m. Sunday, the Rev.
Irvin will preach the commence
i ment sermon at the school house.
Commencement exercises will
i be held at 8:30 p.m. at the school
. house, Dr. R. H. Syder, profes
s sot* in the Scieice Departmental
. Mercer University, will be the
, speaker and will discuss The
Atomic Age.
f Warner Robins
3 At Warner Robins, the Music
pupils of Mrs. Slade will present
a program Friday night at the
Thomas Building.
Dr. S. L. Akers of Wesleyan
■ College will-deliver the com
mencement sermon at 11 a.m.
Sunday at the high school audi
torium,
1 Graduation exercises for the
' 30 members of the senior class
1 will be held at the school Wed
■ nesday night. Rev. Robert
Shelby, Jr., will deliver the ad
> dress.
; The graduates of the elemen
! tary department will receive cer
tificates Friday at the intermedi
-3 ate school. All night programs
will be at 8 o’clock.
Music Recitals
Plans for the two recitals for
high school and grammar school
music students were announced
-by Miss Willie Ryals, music
, teacher.
1 The high school recital will be
3 presented at 8:30 pm Thursday,
- May 16, and the grammar school
I’ recital at 8:30 pm Friday, May
17. Both recitals will be at the
t school auditorium.
1 — .mm -
, Mrs. Hodge Heads
! Perry Sorosis Club
j Mrs. Warren Hodge was elect
ed president of the Sorosis Club,
succeeding Mrs. Mayo Davis, at
the closing meeting of the year
last Thursday at the home of
Mrs. W. B. Evans.
Other officers elected were
Mrs. Malcom Dean, vice presi
; dent: Mrs. Vernon Tuggle, sec
j retary, and Mrs. Eric Staples,
1 treasurer. Mrs. J. A. Ivey, par
liamentarian, installed the new
L officers and the new president
appointed committees for the
coming year. Mrs. A. M. An
derson, Jr., was chairman of the
* nominating committee.
' Co-hostesses with Mrs. Evans
3 were Mrs. L. H. Gilbert and
Mrs. Eric Staples.
