An Old Newspaper
Of the New South
VOL. LXXV. No. 20
PERRY-GRAPHS
FARMERS frowned at the
rain-filled skies last week as
crass threatened to take over
their crops, already bogged;
down. The weather—and there
was a lot of it—was the next best I
topic of conversation to t he|
closing exercises of the various!
county schools this week. Givej
the farmers a week of clear j
weather and they will catch up 1
with their work again but noth- 1
ing can repair the damage al-j
ready done to once waving fields}
of grain that wind and rain left
flat on the ground.
WE SAY a good word for an
excellent Senior Play,directed by
Mrs, J. 0. Coleman, two splen
did recitals by pupils of Miss
Willie Ryals, a good school year
all around Houston county de
spite the handicaps of crowded
buildings, inadequate budget for
teachers, too little equipment.
County Supt. Hickson is trying
to remedy the discrepancies.
NEW RECORD for Sunday
School attendance by Perry’s
men was set Sunday w'hen 123
turned out for a joint Baptist-
Methodist meeting at the Metho
dist Church. The Methodists
had 71, the Baptists 52, The two
classes decided to hold their bar
becue on Friday, May 31 on the
school grounds, with the Baptists
serving. The men will invite
their wives, and the workers of
the Sunday Schools also will be
asked to attend. —C. E.
Isaac M. Langston
Dies at Kathleen
Funeral services f o r Isaac
Langston, 64, widely known
Houston county farmer who
died Sunday night, were held at
the Perry Baptist church Tues
day at ter noon and burial was in
Evergreen cemetery here. Elder
George Riley Htmt and Rev. J.
A. Ivey, pastor, conducted the
services.
Mr. Langston, who lived at
Kathleen, was born in Jasper
county but resided in Houston
county most of his life.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Maggie Akins Langston;
five sons, Moutria, John S., Hor
ace E., Isaac, Jr., and Franklin
K. Langston, all of Kathleen,
two daughters, Miss Evelyn
Langston of Kathleen and Mrs.
Richard Johnson of Warner Rob
ins; three brothers, Will C. and
Emory of Perry, and Gussie
Langston of Byron; three sis
ters, Mrs. S. R. Wilkes of Shel
by- N. C., Mrs. H. G.Leaptrot of
Macon and Mrs. W. T. Jones of
A arner Robins; one grandchild,
Martha Johnson of Warner Rob
ins, Ga.
Arrangements were handled
by Perry Memorial Chapel.
banning Activity
To Begin June 3
Reginning June 3, the Hous
ton County Canning Plant will be
open on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays for the remainder of
the canning season,
y,ater in the season should con
ations warrant, the plant will
( pen lor five days per week.
Anyone having anything to can
-lore June 3, arrangements can
Pe made to take care of it.
Tuesday will be reserved for
too Negroes of the County, but
i; WI H be necessary for them to
' Hve as much as 100 cans to put
t-P before we can afford to fire up
the plant.
John Etheredge.
Register and vote
the Board of Directors of the
‘■fry Kiwanis Club has approv-
H a Project for increasing the
registration list in Hous
j? n c °unty. A letter urging all
if, uston countians to register in
one for the July 17 primary will
■mailed to all heads of families
Within the next few days.
Ration Round-Up
-ugar Stamp No. 49, good for
• J Pounds, expires August 31.
■'-pare Stamp No. 9, good for 5
pounds of sugar for canning, ex
tares October 31, 1946.
Ijmistmi Jljomp Jjuunuil
heads Elected I
By Auxilary
Mrs. Hollis Kezar of Elko is
the new president of the Wo
men’s Auxiliary of the Robert D.
Collins Post of the American Le
gion in Houston county.
klrs. Kezar and a new slate of
officers were elected at a Moth
ers’ Day program meeting of the
auxiliary at the Legion Home
hist 1 hursday. Other officers
named are Mrs. C. 0. Grimes,
first vice president; Mrs. Henry
Mathews, second vice president;
Mrs. T. R. Summers, Sr., secre
tary; Mrs. J. B. Calhoun, treas
urer; Mrs. Zenie Whipple, chap
lain, and Mrs. E. I. Holmes,
historian.
Mrs. J. B. Ryner of Vienna
was the guest entertainer, pre
senting several readings on the
Mothers’ Day theme. She was
introduced by Mrs. J.M. Gooden.
Mothers of the veterans of
World War 1 and auxiliary moth
ers of World War 2 veterans
were honored at the meeting.
Mrs. John H. Hodges, mother of
General Courtney H. Hodges,
was too ill to attend and was
represented by her daughter,
Mrs. T. L. Hendrix.
Mrs. J. L. Lewis of Vienna,
Lt. Margery Short, and Mrs. J.
Wesley Calhoun, Jr., of Perry
were introduced as visitors. Mrs.
R. S. Morgan was welcomed as a
new member.
Hostesses for the meeting were
iMesdaraes S. A. Nunn, Floyd
Tabor, N. W. H. Gilbert, Mar
vin Griffin, Ralph Tabor, Tom
Huff, Clifford Morrow, T. L.
Warren, Arlington Kidney, Word
na Gray, T. D. Mason, Jr., and
B. J. Hunt, Jr.
Sixty women attended the
meeting,
Mrs. John Story
Dies of Illness
Mrs. Gussie Mae Story, wife
of John Story of Kathleen, died
late Tuesday night at Mercy
Hospital, Macon, after an illness
of six months.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 p.m. Thursday at the resi
dence of R. T. Wardlaw, Kath
leen, and burial will be in the
Bryan cemeterv. Rev. R. L.
Bivins will conduct the services.
Mrs. Story, a native of Gough,
Ga., is survived by her husband;
one sister, Mrs. Nan Owens, Au
gusta; and two brothers, Burk
Johnson and C. W. Johnson, Au
gusta.
Mrs. Story completed training
as a nurse at the University Hos
pital, Augusta, in 1929 and later
served as a nurse at Oglethorpe
Hospital in Macon. She was a
member of the Presbyterian
church and resided at Kathleen
for the last 15 years.
Pallbearers will be Joe Kovac,
Angus Woodard, Alfred White,
Jack Ammons, Ruel Davidson
and Leon Watson.
Arrangements are being handl
ed by Perry Memorial Chapel.
I Addresses of Vets
Must Be Current
Georgia veterans who have
I moved since becoming certified
las eligible for priority in pur
j chasing surplus property are
I urgently requested by the At
i lanta regional office of War As
[sets Administration to quickly
'supply their new address.
Under new regulations improv
ing the veteran’s buying posi
[tion, notice must be sent by mail
|of sale of certain critical surplus
| property set aside for sale to
| veterans only. Formerly many
of the sales w’ere advertised in
newspapers.
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NAMES OMITTED
The names of two Perry High
School teachers who were re
elected by the Houston County
Board of Education were omitted
through error from the list pub
| fished in last week’s Home Jour
nal. Mrs. Lula Driskell and
IMrs. Audrey Benham were re
elected by the board.
Mohammedan Center
Mecca has a permanent popula
* linn of 80.000. .
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MAY 23. 1946
EDITORIAL
THINK IT OVER CALMLY
The people of Georgia should
be genuinely concerned about the
political campaign in the state
this year, when Negroes will be
voting in the Democratic pri- 1
mary for the first time.
Tne people should be so con
cerned that they will be sure
they are registered to vote, and
to see that their friends are
qualified
But The Home Journal hopes
that the people will not allow
themselves to be panicked by
politicians who seek to inflame
the people with talk of Negro
office holders and race equality,
simply to gain the offices they
seek.
It appears from the recent de
cision of the U. S. Circuit Court
of Appeals that it is correct to say
that any group can have a pri
mary, in which color, creed or
religion can be used as a basis
for qualifying a voter. Under
this system, then, what is to
keep the Negroes from having
their own primary and nominat
ing a candidate to run in the
General Election? Do we want
to turn the Negro over to the
Republican Party so that Party
can defeat the Democrats in the
future? We fear that the white
primary won’t be worth much if
the white candidates are defeat
ed in the General Election by
the Republicans, with the help of
the Negroes,
The Home Journal believes
that the more we allow politici
ans to fan the flames of race
prejudice among the whites, the
closer we will cement the Negro
bloc vote.
The people should consider the
issues calmly t o determine
whether color is the real issue,or
whether the schools, the vet
erans, the hospitals and health
of the state are the most impor
tant questions to be decided.
We advocate that the qualifi
cations for voting be retained as
provided by existing laws. We
must retain and administer fair
ly the laws which require in
telligence to read and write and
understand the issues involved.
We must not allow felons and
irresponsible people to vote.
Communism and “alien influ
ences thrive on prejudice and
revolution. There is no doubt
that the Communists are agitat
ing the Negroes and wooing
Negroes as Communist Party
followers. The more they can
get the Negro “martyred” the
more Negro recruits they will
enlist.
The people of Georgia should
consider the situation very care
fully and prayerfully. If we
follow this policy, the outcome
wifi be the proper one.
Welcome Home
Pfc. Marvin O. Gentry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gentry, has
been discharged from the Army
after 25 months service, 11
months overseas. He has the
Combat Infantry Badge, Good
Conduct Medal, European, Asiat
ic-Pacific and American Theatre
Ribbons.
Walter E. Johnson, Warner
Robins, from the Army.
Walter F. Overton, Bonaire,
from the Army.
Louis E. Davis, Perry, from
the Marine Corps.
Wilburn G. Nipper, Clinch
field, from the Coast Guard.
Roy E, Langston, Route 1,
Perry, from the Navy.
BOOK CLUB MEETS
The May meeting of the Wed
nesday Afternoon Book Club was
held at the home of Mrs. C. B.
Andrew, Sr., with Mrs. L. M.
Paul as co-hostess.
The club’s officers, who will
serve another year, are Mrs, W.
E. Marshall, president; Mrs. S.
L. Norwood, vice president; Miss
Mary Lee Greene, secretary
treasurer; Miss Louise Rainey,
librarian, and Mrs. L. M. Paul,
historian.
The following committees were
appointed: Mesdames A. P.
Whipple, J. L. Beavers and D.
M. Ryle, Book Committee; and
Mesdames G. E. Jordan, C. B.
Andrew, Sr., and S. W. Hickson,
Program Committee.
31 Perry Seniors Are Graduated
Pierce Takes
League Lead
Bubber Pierce’s Tigers moved
into undisputed possession of the
softball league lead Sunday, de
feating Bobby Ivey, 9 to 7, while
Richard Ogletree’s Panthers con
tinued downstream by losing to
Ed Thompson by the same score.
Pierce’s team was oulhit, 11 to
8, but played heads up ball and
took advantage of several errors
in the big third inning whenjthey
put six runs across. Wesley
Calhoun got 2 hits for four times
at bat, while Ed Pierce led the
Ivey-less Ivey team with three
for four, including three doubles.
Francis Nunn pitched for Pierce
and D. Chapman for Ivey.
Cooper Moves Up
Clint Cooper’s Rebels moved
up into a menacing position in
the league by defeating Billy
Bledsoe’s Lions, 16 to 2. Sam
Norwood held the Lions to six
hits while his mates gathered 21
safeties off Milton Beckham.
J.H. Richards was the only Bled
soe player to get more than one
hit while A. Lasseter got four,
and W. Gray, Cawthon and Nor
wood got three each for the
Cooper nine.
Ogletree’s Panthers, who led
the league up to two Sundays
ago, when Norwood held them
to a 3-hit shut-out, went down
before Ed Thompson despite the
fact that the Panthers outhit
their foes. 10 to 8. Catcher
Wilson led the Thompson men
at bat with three for four tries,
while Lewis of the Panthers got
three for four, including a dou
ble. The game went into an ex
tra inning after the last inning
closed with a 6-6 tie.
Ogletree and Pierce tangle
next Sunday in what should be
one of the best games of the
year. If Ogletree wins, he and
Pierce will be tied for the lead
with only one more game to play
in the first half of the season.
1 he Standings
Won Lost
Pierce 6 2
Ogletree 5 3
Cooper 5 3
Thompson 4 4
Ivey 2 6
Bledsoe 2 6
Games Sunday, May 26
Cooper vs. Thompson, 2; Ogle
tree vs. Pierce. 3; Ivey vs. Bled
soe, 4,
Minerals Needed
By Human Body
By ANNIE C. NEWTON,
Home Demonstration Agent
A number of minerals are
needed by the human body and
these minerals must be supplied
in the diet.
Four minerals which we must
provide in the diet are calcium,
phosphorus, iron and iodine. The
body also needs very small
amounts of a number of minerals
called trace elements. In most
cases, enough of these minerals
are found in the foods we eat to
supply the trace elements that
the body needs without special
planning.
In planning our meals we must
include foods which will meet
the needs of the body for four
more important minerals. Cal
cium and phosphorus may be
supplied by milk and milk pro
ducts. Main sources of iron,
which is needed particularly in
blood building, are whole grain
products, eggs and some fruits
and vegetables.
The fourth mineral, iodine, is
needed in small amounts in the
body to help keep the thyroid
gland healthy. V/hen there is a
lack oi iodine in the body, the
thyroid gland does not function
[properly and this usually causes
; changes in the rest of the body,
i Most natural salt contains io
i dine but this mineral is lost when
the salt is refined or processed.
,In iodized salt, the salt is pro
cessed after refining and the io
dine mineral is restored before
the salt is packaged. Regular
use of iodized salt will supply the
human needs for this mineral.
WANT TO BE AN ANGEI?
Hacked my driving?!
iCKEO MV CAR , J
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In 1945 28,500 persons became
“stream-lined guitar plonkers” be
cause of automobile accidents. The
toll will be much greater in 1946
unless motorists pledge themselves
to drive safely in safe cars. On
May 15, the police of the United
States and Canada, under the spon
sorship of the International Asso
ciation of Chiefs of Police, launch
their Traffic Safety Check Pro
gram. They urge the driving public
to cooperate by living up to the
police slogan, “Check your D: iv
ing—Check your Car—Check Ac
cidents.”
Cars Are Checked
In Traffic Drive
Major W. E. Spence, director
of the Georgia Department of
Public Safety, today announced
the Nationwide Traffic Check
Program is in progress.
The law enforcement officers
in Georgia are adding their sup
port to the program. The pri
mary points of the program are:
CHECK YOUR DRIVING.
CHECK YOUR CAR, CHECK
ACCIDENTS.
Gas Tax Refund
Procedure Shown
Farm operators who use trac
tors for agricultural purposes,
and other engines that burn
gasolene such as pump engines,
peanut picker engines, etc.,
should arrange to qualify for the
gasoiine tax refund that will
soon start coming back to the
farmers.
According to Charles “Buddy”
Battle, representing the State
Revenue Department, the first
refund checks will start corninp
to applicants early in July.
The first step in qualifiyinp
for the gasoline tax refund is to
make application for a permit.
So far only 58 farm operators
in Houston county have applied
for permits. At least 90 addi
tional farm operators who are
eligible for tax refund or.
gasoline should make applica
tion for the permit at once.
Apply June 10-15
Once a permit is obtained, the
holder of the permit should sub
mil an application for tax ro
tund to the Revenue Department
in Atlanta, between June 10-15.
With the application for tax re
fund should be sent paid invoices
tor the gasoline bought during
the period covered by the ap
plication.
Those who are eligible and
have not filed application for
permit to apply, should do so at
once so that they may be in po
sition to make application for
the actual tax refund by June
10-15.
Applications for the permit
may be obtained at the county
agent’s office.
Methodist Activities
A church-wide fel 1 o w s h ip
meeting honoring all the new
members added to the church
this year will be held at the Der
ry Methodist Church
at G p.m. Sunday. A Vesper
service will follow at 7 p.m. and
will take the place of the regu
lar evening service.
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.
and 8:00 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
Young People’s Service, 6:30
p. m.
Rev, J. B. Smith, Pastor.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
Awards Made
To Students
Thirty-one members of the
1946 graduating class of Perry
High School received diplomas
Tuesday night and heard Dr. W.
B. Baker, Emory University pro
fessor, advise them to maintain
their high ideals and have faith
in the future.
Dr. Baker, who was introduc
ed by Mayor Francis Nunn, said
fear, ignorance, limited per
spective, low ideals and disbe
lief must be overcome by cour
age, knowledge, high ideals and
faith.
Supt. E. P. Staples congratu
lated the class for maintaining
high moral and scholastic stand
ards and praised the seniors for
their cooperation,
Sarah Ivey was presented the
D.A.R. medal for having the
best grades in American history
and the American Legion award
for the best Americanism essay.
Jo Alice Moody won the annual
Junior Red Cross award.
Charlie Blood worth and Carl
ton Pierce won the Citizenship
awards offered annually by the
D.A.R. Chapter. Mrs. G. E.
Jordan made the presentations
for the D.A.R. and Mrs. R. E.
Smith for the Legion Auxiliary.
List of Graduates
Those receiving diplomas Tues
day night were Joyce Andrew,
Nathan Bernstein, Charlie Blood
worth, Margie Brooks, Betty
Burke, Martha Bassett, Annie
Ruth Braswell, Leroy Carter,
Jerry Cater, Virgil Cosey, Helen
Caw then, Dorothy Davis, Eliza
beth Hammock, Joan Herndon,
Margaret Howard, Bobby Ivey,
Sara John’sdh, FfaVfCfeS”’ Kezar,
Dorothy King, Helen Lewis,
John Teal Lewis, Lorie McEl
heney, Carolyn Moody, Elaine
Moore, Sam Norwood, Bess
Nunn, Richard Ugletree, Carlton
Fierce, Joyce Rape, Bob Wright
and Wynella Wynne.
The Senior Class picnic was
held at Houston Lake Friday
night.
Baccalaureate Sermon
In the baccalaureate sermon,
Rev. J. B, Smith, pastor of the
Perry Methodist Church, warned
the graduates that the man who
resists all change will see the
world move on and leave him.
Speaking on The Challenge of
Change, Mr. Smith urged the
graduates to weigh carefully all
suggestions of change, adopt
those changes that improve and
reject those which appear un
worthy.
The baccalaureate service was
held in the Methodist Church af
ter a severe wind and rainstorm
disrupted electric service at the
school house.
A choir composed of singers
from the Perry churches sang
two selections, Francis Nunn
and Charles Andrew had solo
parts. Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor
of the Perry Baptist Church,
gave the invocation and bene
diction.
The music students of Miss
Willie Ryals presented their an
nual recitals Thursday and Fri
day last week.
Taking part in the High School
recital were Sarah Ivey, Bess
Nunn, Jean Clark, Betty Gray,
Charles Bledsoe, Allen Tabor,
Wynella Wynne,Margaret Smith,
Jo Alice Moody, Anne Ivey, John
Blue Calhoun, Margie Wynne,
June Satterfield, Mildred Greene,
Betty Anne Smith, Patsy Harris,
Dorothy Ogletree, Helen Davis,
and Margaret Howard.
Those on the program for the
Grammar School recital were
Cynthia Muse, Bennieta An-
Irew, Jacquelyn Newberry,Nan
cy Roper, Martha Flvans,Theresa
VVilliams, Mary Kathryn Dug
gan, Sam Nunn, Felton Nor
wood, Elsie Peavy, Peggy Strip
ling, Marlene Livingston, Mar
garet Anne Gibson, Sylvia Ta
bor, Billy Moody, George B.
Wells, Joye Beddingfield, Billy
Huggins, Shirley Langston, Sue
Smith, Mary Bragg, Betty Jo
Stalnaker, Betty Hartley, Beth
Daniel, Joneal Lee, Bobbie Smith,
and Jane Rossier.
