Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, May 30, 1946, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextAn Old Newspaper Of the New South VOL. LXXV. No. 21 Post Adopts Whitten Name The Houston County Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has been named the Walter Krown Whitten Post in memory 0 f the Perry soldier who died in a Japanese prison camp Sept. 9, 1942. , Pfc, Whitten, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Whitten, went over seas in October, 1941, and ar rived in the Philippine Islands about 15 days before the Japs struck Pearl Harbor. He went down lighting with the men un der General Wainwright and was captured May 6, 1942, on Cor regidor. Jll-fed and ill-housed in the Jap camp, Pfc. Whitten contract ed malaria and suffered from malnutrition which brought his death on Sept. 9, 1942, in Camp Cabanatuan, Philippine Islands. The War Department informed his parents that the Japanese failed to keep adequate records and therefore the details of their son’s illness and death were meager. Whitten was buried on Luzon Island. The Whittens have two other sons, James Whitten, who served three years in the Air Corps as a B-29 Pilot before his discharge, and Otis Whitten, 18, who en tered the service last October, and is now in Belgium. In honor of the Whitten fami ly and of the other members’ families, the Whitten Post gave a barbecue Tuesday night at Houston Lake. Perry-graphs HIRED HANDS is the title of an article in a recent issue of The Nation’s Agriculture, puo lished by the American Farm Bureau Federation. The story calls attention to the fact that we give our ‘1 hired hands” 35 cents of every dollar we make each year. The ‘‘hired hands” referred to are government em ployees who spend our tax mon ey. “Entirely too few look upon their representatives as their em ployees and, accordingly, the government services and actions are not always what they should be,” the author says. He urges everyone to select their repre sentatives in government as we would an employee who applied for a job—-by making an investi gation of their past records. THE CITY got a shiny new lord last week for Chief J. B. Hawkins. You can recognize •t by a big siren on the right front fender. RAIL STRIKE irked Houston countians last week, when mail service was reduced and freight cut off entirely. Labor came in for a goodly amount of cussing. LETTER COLUMN of The Home Journal is open for your opinions on the political races. letters only can be used. Make ’em brief. C. E. 1 Emory Glee Club Celebration Set More than 300 Georgians, in cluding two Perry men, have been invited to a gala Silver An niversary celebration of the Em ory University Glee Club, famed us one of the finest college musi cal organizations in America. ‘The South’s Sweetest Sing ers,” as the club is popularly! known.will comemorate their2sth! year under the direction of Dr. j Malcolm H. Dewey, June 7, im Atlanta. The festivities will climax with a banquet at the! Druid Hills Golf Club and will! be a part of Emory’s first post war Alumni Day. Wendell K. Whipple, Sr. and brands Nunn, of Perry, will be among the more than 500 per-, sons expected to take part in group singing and to hear such old Glee Club members as Ernest 1 Rogers, Atlanta newspaper columnist, John Wesley Weeks,! widely known Decatur judge and 1' attorney, and Dr. Theodore H. Jack, president of Randolph-Ma con College. 1 jSoustoH JSfomp Journal Fife - ) * EUGENE TALMADGE p |Ta!madge Talks e In Perry Friday f. Eugene Talmadge, former gov e ernor. will speak at the Houston county courthouse at 11 a, m. 3 Friday, May 31. i Signs announcing his speech r i here appeared in Perry Saturday but no further details could be obtained by the news- J ' paper. The advertisement of his [ speech which appears this week '(was forwarded by his head ’, quarters. » (The Home Journal will pub ' lish before election day a con [ densed platform of each of the leading candidates for Governor.) Eugene Talmadge says he stands for: i Fifty per cent increase in ) teachers’ salaries. More old age pensions, f More paved rural roads. f Better health program. Five-year tax exemption for j veterans, honorary drivers’ li- T censes for life and free business t licenses for veterans. - Maintenance of present labor j laws. ’ More farmers’ markets. Economical operation of state. Preservation of Democratic i White Primary; county unit sys tem. i •" 1 * i EDITORIAL C O M M E N T: 1 The Home Journal has nothing ; good to say for Mr, Talmadge, so . we will say nothing, 1 Side Dress Corn, Agent Suggests Side dressing corn with 150 to 200 pounds of aitrate of soda per ! acre within 40 to 50 days after ' planting will increase the corn crop yield substantially, W, T. Middlebrooks, county agricultu -1 ral agent, told Houston County 1 farmers this week. ' “To obtain best results from side dressing, the corn should have been supplied with phos phate and potash,” Mr. Middle ; brooks pointed out. These “ele ments may be left in the soil from other crops or supplied as fertilizer.” Increases of seven to nine bushels of corn per acre can be obtained from the use of 100 pounds of nitrate of soda or its equivalent per acre, the county agent said. Applications of a second 100 pounds per acre will | give good results although not as much increase as the first 100 pounds. “Time of application of side dressing is very important in ob taining increased yields,” Mr. Middlebrooks declared, “T h e old custom of applying the side [dressing when corn is waist high |or bunching to tassel does not 'get the nitrogen into the soil j in time to produce best results. I Tests show that the maximum (yields are obtained when the side jdressing is applied 40 to 50 days 1 after planting. “With the present need for corn and the comparatively high prices, applications of 150 to 200 | pounds of nitrate of soda or its j equivalent are recommended,” he added. “Larger applications can be used profitably where 1 phosphate and potash have been supplied in liberal amounts,” Caterpillar Muscles A caterpillar has nearly four i times as many muscles ag a man. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 30. 1946 Recreation Program Will Start June 3rd Pierce Holds League Lead Bubber Pierce’s Tigers looked like sure-fire winners of the first half of the Perry softball season after Sunday’s victory over Richard Ogletree’s Panthers, 9 to 6. It was a close ball game all the way through, with Ogletree out in front after the second inning, sto 3. But the Piercemen came back with two runs in the third to tie it up. Pitcher Francis Nunn led the hitting attack for the Tigers with three singles in four times up, and he scored three runs. Lawton Daniel and Wesley Calhoun got a double apiece. For Ogletree, John Teal Lewis was the strong man at the plate with three for four, includ ing a triple and a double. He was the only Panther credited with more than one hit. Clint Cooper’s fast climbing Rebels knocked off Ed Thomp son, 8 to 4, to move into second place in the league standings, displacing Ogletree. If Pierce were to lose this coming Sunday to Cooper, the two teams would be tied for the lead in the first half. Cooper won Sunday de spite the fact that Aldine Lasse ter was held hitless and score less. Walter Gray led the Coop er attack with three hits for four tries, and J. B. Peavy got a triple. Norwood Wins Again For Thompson. Teemy Brad dock had two hits —one a hom er—and Alton Hardy had four hits —two of them doubles. Brad dock scored three of his team’s four runs.. Sam Norwood won his fourth straight victory on the mound. Billy Bledsoe’s Lions clinched the cellar position by falling like lambs to Bobby Ivey’s club, 3 to 2, in a close but not too interest ing game. J. Y. Greene put a hit into the bushes and while the Bledsoe fielders looked for the ball, Greene circled the bases to put his team in front, 3to 2, in the fifth inning. This was the only outstanding feature of the game. Bobby Ivey sprained an ankle and was relieved in the second. 1 he Standings Won Lost Pierce 7 2 Cooper 6 3 Ogletree 5 4 Thompson 4 5 Ivey 3 6 Bledsoe 2 7 Games Sunday, June 2 Cooper-Pierce, 2 p. m. Bledsoe-Thompson, 3 p.m. Ogletree-Ivey, 4 p.m. NEW BUILDINGS STARTED HERE The arrival of summer has witnessed a continualion of build ing activity in Perry, Marshall’s Cafe has undergone extensive repairs and repainting and a new floor installed. The building is owned by T. C. Johnson. Andrew Hardware Co. has started its new building on Ball Street and Bob Cater Massee has begun erection of a store build ing next to the Post Office. Here's How By ANNIE C. NEWTON. Home Demonstration Agent Q. Can I make salad dressing which will substitute for the commercial mayonnaise and salad dressing? A. Cooked salad dressing and sour cream dressing are recom mended for use now. They may be used plain or they may form a basis for the more “dressed up” salads. Receipts for cooked salad dressing, sour cream dress-; ing, Russian and Thousand Is land dressing are given in the mimeographed circular, Salads for Health, which may be ob tained from the home demonstra tion agent’s office. T* a/-.'* A J. W. BLOODWORTH, left, and A. M. (PHIL) AN DERSON, right, have qualified as candidates for office in the July 17 primary and are unopposed to date. Mr. Bloodworth seeks re-election to the State House of Rep resentatives and Judge Anderson, after a hitch in the Navy, seeks election as judge of the superior courts of the Macon Circuit. (Photos by Metro Studio.; Drive for Food Being Arranged Are you ready with your emer gency food collection? The first donation was pledged last Sun day, and it was from a lady in Service. They seem to under stand. I wonder if the rest of us do? This drive was officially opened May 12, but due to the lack of publicity, the committee in Hous ton County thought it wise to postpone the beginning of the j drive until the information could be more uniformly distributed over the county. When you read this, discuss it with your neigh bor, ask some questions about it, and help us put over a real job in Houston county. The goal for the county has been tentatively set as $2,000 or 10,0u9 number two cans of food. Is this too much to give to • the 800,000,000 people in the rest of the world who are hungry and suffering, by the people of Hous ton county, who have plenty and some to spare? Ask yourself this question and then be ready to do the best you can when the drive begins. The committee prefers cash donations, but if you prefer to donate food in tin cans, that will be appreciated. Watch the paper for the begin ning date, John Etheredge, County Chairman Emergency Food Collection. - Greene Graduates At Yale June 3 Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Greene, Sr., Mildred Greene and Mrs. F, F. Barfield left Sunday for New Haven, Conn., to attend the Yale University commencement exer cises at which Robert Greene will receive his Doctor of Divini ty degree. The exercises will be held Mon day, June 8, and Dr. Greene will ; leave New Haven immediately to become the pastor of three Bap tist churches in North Dakota for the summer months. In the fall he will return to Yale to con tinue his studies. Dr. Greene is a graduate of Perry High School and Mercer University and attended Notre Dame and William and Mary be fore being assigned to Yale Uni versity by the Navy. He is a chaplain in the U. S. Naval Re serve and on inactive duty. The Greenes and Mrs, Barfield will return to Perrv about June 6. Welcome Home William B. Parker, Warner i Robins; William C. Henson, Route 1, Hawkinsville; and Troy F. Fogarty, Route 1, Elko, all from the Navy. And Good Luck Horace E. Stembridge, Perry, and Charles E, Self, Bonaire, were inducted into the U. S. Ar my through the Local Board. Legion Auxiliary Gives Summary Mrs. Joe Mitchell, retiring president of the Auxiliary of the Robert D. Collins post of the American Legion has announced the summary of activities of the auxiliary for 1945-40, The auxiliary sponsored the following activities: Armistice program at Metho dist Church and at school. Sale of Poppies, totaling $183.60. Entertained veterans of World War 1 and 2 and their wives and soldiers at home on furlough on Armistice Day. Gave Christmas boxes to (War ner Robins hospital patients and contributed to the annual Christ mas party at Lawson General, Atlanta. Other Activities Gave Special Christmas party for groups of young poeple. Donated to Allen Sanitarium, the Cancer Fund and the Leo nard Wood Memorial. Donated packages for th e French war “orphan.” Sponsored the Camellia Show which attracted more than 400 persons, many from other states. Sponsored Americanism Essay contest, won by Sarah Ivey. Entertained for the Perry High School Senior Class. The auxiliary had as guest speakers Rev. J. B. Smith, Mrs. W. B. Evans, Mrs. Charles Tucker, Dan L. Grant, Benning Grice. Entertained the post at a birth day party. Sent flowers and cards to ill veterans. Entertained groups of young people at regular parties. Enlarged the membership to include wives and relatives of veterans of World War 2. Lees Will Move To Manchester, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Avery Lee and sons, Jimmy and Joneal, will move Thursday to Manchester, Ga., where Mr. and Mrs. Lee will take over operation of the dining room of the Hotel Man chester. The Lees formerly operated Lee’s Cafe in Perry and Mr. Lee worked at Warner Robins. Both have been active in Cub Scout ing work. Mrs. Lee’s mother, Mrs. J. M. Holloman, will remain in Perry at their home. BEAVERS ASSIGNED John Goodrich Beavers, 17, seaman, second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Beavers,Perry, Ga., was assigned to the USS Amphion on May 11. Beavers, who reported to the vessel from the Naval Training Center, Nor folk, Va., entered the naval ser vice on Feb. 26, 1946, and re ceived his recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Nor folk, Va. Nearly Every Home Has The Home Journal ESTABLISHED 1870 Counsellors Are Chosen The “out-of-school” activities program for Houston county will start Monday, June 3, it was an nounced by County School Supt. S. W. Hickson and Perry Supt. E. P. Staples. The recreational program will be held in the Home Economics Department at Perry High School and will include games, songs, and social activities. The pro gram provides for children in last year’s fourth, fifth and sixth grades to meet each Monday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.; for last year’s first, second an d third grade pupils to meet each Tuesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.,and for the Panther Post, a high school group, to meet each Friday at 8 p.m. The children in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades of last year will open the program June 3. Counsellors Chosen Counsellor for the fourth, fifth and sixth grades will be Miss Dorothy Jones; for the first, sec ond and third grades, Mrs, Elmer Wolfe, and for the Panther Post, Miss Elbe Etheredge. A Planning Committee met Tuesday night to make arrange ments for the program.;The com mittee includes Mesdarnes Harris Rape, Frank King, Kelly Ham mond, James Duggan, Wesley Calhoun, Jr., W. B. Evans, S, A. Nunn, Joe Beddingfield, B. H. Andrew, D. M. Stripling, Tom Mobley, Felton Norwood, W. E. Beckham and C. 0. Grimes, and five high school girls, Misses Joyce Andrew, Bess Nunn, Joan Herndon, Sarah Ivey and Helen Cawtbon. The committee emphasized that the program is intended to be county-wide and groups from outside of Perry proper are in vited to attend. The Home Economics rooms are being arranged to fill the re quirements of the program. Chimes Installed By Methodists Melodious chimes rang out over Perry last weekend for the first time. The chimes were installed at the Perry Methodist Church Saturday and played from rec ords, although the church con templates attaching the chimes to new electric organ which has already been ordered. Kev. J. B. Smith, pastor, said regular concerts on the chimes, probably in the late afternoon, will be arranged when more suit able records are obtainable or the organ arrives. He said the church was “very much pleas ed” over the installation of the chimes, which were heard by large crowds attending a “Fel lowship Meeting” and Vesper Services on the lawn Sunday evening. The Methodist Church plans to restore the old hitrh-reaching steeple as soon as the materials become available. Thanks Expressed By Wor Orphan Marie Francoise Brun, the li tle French war orphan who has been “adopted” by Perry Girl Scouts and Brownie Scouts, has received her first packages from her local “godmothers” and ex presses her gratitude in this letter: “My dear little Godmothers “1 have received the love ly letters of Sam, Betty Sue, Mary Kathryn. I do not know how to swim. I would like to ride a bicycle but our bicycle has no inner tube. It is all worn out. and at present it is impossible to re place it. I have already re ceived three packages. How you spoil me, little Godmoth ers of America. I thank you with all my little heart. Lots of kisses for all of the Girl Scouts of Perry. “Marie Francoise.”