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VOL LXXV - No - 24 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. JUNE 20. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870
Along About
NOW
Ever since we heard several
vpars aero that there was an in
dividual named LULU 8080 of
XY TY, we have interested our
selves in similar rhythmic names.
We have not been able to con
firm or refute whether there is a
Lulu Bobo of TyTy, but to think
otherwise would spoil an inter
esting story.
Marriage changed the euphon
ious name of the former BASH A
THRASHER, now Mrs. Charlie
Goode of Perry. Names with
such a lilt should be extremely
easy to remember.
Two Macon names that we
have often thought should be
changed are ANGUS DOMIN
GOS, who should change h i s
name either to ANGUS DOMAN
GOS or INGUS DOMINGOS, and
KINLOCK DUNLAP, whose
name should be either KINLOCK
DUNLOCK or KINLAP DUN
LAP. Much easier to say and
remember.
Then you probably have heard
the name that sounds like a
trunk falling downstairs: WIL
LINGHAM ARCHIBALD VAN
LANDINGHAM BUTT. The
last name clearly indicates that
the trunk has come to rest at the
bottom of the stairway.
Longtime residents of Perry
will remember the name IVAN
STARBUCK, who was often call
ed STARVIN IBUCK.
You have probably heard the
story about the man who said
there were two things he could
never remember; one was names
and he couldn’t remember what
the other one was.
Two names that go well to- i
gether are DILLER and PICK
RELL, who are business part
ners in Cochran. You would ex
pect them to be in the cucumber
business but they make building
blocks,
FISH STORY was not neces
sary this week for J. M. Gooden,
who actually caught a 15-pound
rockfish Tuesday down where
Big Indian runs into the Ocmul
gee. He brought the evidence to
town and although he insisted he
was calm while he landed the
monster he was not too calm tell
ing about it, and showing it. He
said he doesn’t know how long it
took to land him but it seemed
like an hour.
THIRTY-SIX-YEARS of loyal
service to one organization is the
record of Henry M. Powell, who
begins his 37th year this month
as a printer for The Houston
Home Journal. His service was
interrupted only once, when he
went into the Army in World
War I. This is a record a man
can be proud of. C. E.
Miss Gooden Gets
Job in Atlanta
Miss Betty Gooden, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gooden of
Perry, who was graduated at
G. S. C. W., Milledgeville, last
week, has accepted a position as
community center leader for the
Recreation Division of the City
Parks Department of Atlanta.
Miss Gooden, who majored in
Physical education at G.S.C.W.,
will assume her new duties on
August 1. She served with the
department last summer as a
playground leader. For the last
six years she has served as jun
10.r counsellor and counsellor at
girls’ camps.
At G.S.C.W.,Miss Gooden held
several honors, among them the
Presidency of the Senior Class
r 'd selection for M ho’s Who
Among Students in American
Colleges and Universities.
Mliss Gooden will be with her
Parents here until she takes the
Position in Atlanta.
Misses June and Saralyn Jones
and Ray Lewis and Melvin Ir
win of Thomaston, Ga., were
guests of Meredyth and Merryll
Hunnicutt Sunday. A group of
ten enjoyed a picnic lunch at
Houston Lake.
Madrigals 500 Years Old
The madrigal was known as a mu
iclu* art * orm by the middle of tha
isth century. ——; —
JIMMIE CARMICHAEL
Carmichael
Coming Here
Jimmie Carmichael will bring
his campaign for governor to
Houston county next week when
i he speaks at the courthouse in
| Perry at 4 p.m. Thursday June
27.
, Mayor Francis Nunn will in
troduce the candidate for gov
ernor.
Carmichael will speak at 11 a,
m. the same day, June 27, in
Fort Valley.
INVESTIGATE
If the voters of Houston coun
ty want to make an honest ef
fort to determine what candi
date should receive their votes
i they can follow a very easy
i plan of making a simple investi
gation for themselves.
If you are interested in health,
ask some of the public health
people what candidate can be ex
pected to support a health pro
gram, which Houston county
needs very badly.
If you aie interested in the
roads of Georgia, ask some of
the people who have worked in
the state highway department
under several administrations
to point out what might be ex
pected from the candidates.
If you are interested in the
schools of Georgia, talk to some
of the teachers who have served
under several administrations to
determine under which regime
they fared best.
If you are interested in the
problems of the veteran, ask
those close to veterans’ affairs
for their advice.
If you are interested in the
welfare of the farmer, ask the
farmer, ask the farmer under
which administration he got the
most profitable outlet for his
products.
If you are interested in the
State Patrol, ask the troopers
which administration provided
the most efficient management of
this vital agency of government.
If you want to find out who
can be expected to operate the
state efficiently, ask some of |the
people who have worked under
several governors to give their
ideas.
Surely, if you planned to hire
some one to work for you, this
simple investigation wonld be
(made. There is no difference in
I selecting your representatives in
! government.
If you don’t care who works
for you in your State govern
ment, don’t try to think it out at
all —just go down and vote for
the first fellow that comes to
mind. Then you can complain
about him for FOUR years, not
TWO, as in the past.
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j
t j 52 Die in May
On Georgia Roads
J Traffic accidents cost the lives
’!of 52 persons in Georgia during
(the month of May, 8 more than
| the 44 persons killed during the
i same month last year, or an in-
I crease of 18 percent.
: j This is the smallest number of
1 persons killed in Georgia in any
month since V-J Day. Yet, total
' reported accidents and injuries
continue to show sharp increases
compared with experience during
the same month a year ago.
augar oeei aeea
The sugar beet normally requires
1 two years to produce a seed crop.
'Play Period
Enrolls 120
Approximately 120 children
and young people who attended
school last year have been en
robed in the Out-of-School Ac
tivities Program at Perry High
School which is said to be a
greater success than anticipated.
Credit for the success of the
program gees to the counsellors,
Mrs. Elmer Wolfe, Miss Dorothy
Jones and Miss Elbe Etheredge.
Miss Jones is counsellor for the
pupils of last year’s fourth, fifth
and sixth grades. An atten
dance of between 30 and 40 has
been registered each session,
which includes a story hour, a
music hour and softball for the
boys and folk dancing for the
girls. This group meets on
Monday and Wednesday,
Mrs. Wolfe’s group, which in
cludes pupils in first, second and
third grades of last school y ear
also has reported an attendance
' of between 30 and 40 each week,
1 on Tuesday and Thursday. They
engage in games, story periods
and music hour,
1 Billy Whipple and Bess Nunn,
members of the Panther Post, a
high school organization, are as
sisting Mrs. Wolfe and Miss
Jones with the grammar school
students.
1 The Panther Post meets under
the direction of Miss Etheredge
each Friday night to enjoy ping
pong, round and square dancing
and group games. On the two
Fridays they have met, atten
dance was 35 and 50 out of a
membership of 60. Hobby clubs
, will be organized when some of
the members who are now em
ployed in peach season are able
to return to the activities pro
gram. Other members of the
: post also are expected to assist
the counsellors of the grammar
’ school groups,
. Airport Lures
| Perry Group
; Every town, city and commu
-1 nity in the United States will
sooner or later take steps to or
ganize and promote private fly
! ing. Private flying will develop
into commercial flying, which
will benefit every individual and
1 every business throughout the
nation.
Through the efforts of C. J,
! Farmer, who is a licensed pilot,
Perry has made definite progress
1 in this direction and from the
number of local visitors to the
1 airport it seems Perry has the
; material for many pilots. Harry
Thompson soloed last week and
is now working on his private !i
-1 cense. Charles Andrew has also
had some time in the cub and
! with his past experience will be
j flying solo before long. James
! Johnson just started last week
but has four hours instructions
and is progressing nicely. Marion
J Greene has 25 hours, 10 short of
: his private license.
1 Robert L. Thompson, Alton
Hardy, C. P. Gray, Phil Ander
son and Jean NeSmith have been
out talking over the possibilities
: of learning.
1 We know of no airport in this
! vicinity that is as convenient and
1 close to town as the Perry Air
-1 port and with the flying club
idea Mr. Farmer has developed
’ there is no safer, more conven
; ient way to learn to fly.
) Baptist Activities
[ Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Service, 8:00
p. m.
Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
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r DRIVERS’ LICENSES
The Validating Machine for is
j suing state drivers’ licenses
while you wait will be in Perry
f! June 20 and 29 for the last two
j times before the June 30 dead-
I line.
3
3 Miss Merryll Hunnicutt, a sta
ir dent of R.P.I. of William and
Mary’s College of Richmond, Va.,
came home Tuesday to spend the
summer with her parents, Mr.
‘ and Mrs. G. P. Hunnicutt.
Houston Registers Over 3,000
CHOPPING WITH FLAME
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On farm* throughout the Cotton Belt this month, flame cultivators
similar to the one above are supplanting field hands with hoes in the
task of removing from the cotton rows the choking weed growths which
threaten the young cotton plant. The National Cotton Council reports
that the flame cultivator, one of the most recent advances in mochani
zation of cotton production, lowers the cost of weeding cotton by hand
from «•.-* dollars to less than 50 cents per acre.
Drive for Food
To Close June 30
Houston county’s drive to col
; lect food and money for the hun
gry people or Europe is progress
i ing satisfactorily and will close
; on June 30, it was announced by
' John Etheredge, county chair
man.
Throughout the nation the
Emergency Food Collection cam
paign is getting in thousands of
tone of food and millions of dol
lars to help feed the people the
Allied Nations liberated. The
■ students at a school for the blind
1 in Philadelphia have given their
weekly candy money while peo
ple in the area of a recent flood
1 have contributed $l,OOO despite
the fact that their industry was
crippled.
Very few reports have been
received from the outlying dis
tricts of the county, Mr. Ether
edge said, requesting communi
ty chairmen to contact those who
can be expected to give.
; | Some food already has been
and is moving over
seas to the hunger victims, the
chairman said. Reports from all
sections of the country are en
-1 couraging, according to the na
tional leaders of the drive.
“More Home Canning Will Re
i lease More Food for Starving
i Millions Abroad.”
That is the motto of thousands
of rural girls participating in the
i National 4-H Canning Activity,
which is conducted under the di
i rection of the Extension Service,
i By increasing their canning
of garden and other home-raised
s- products, the girls will render a
, three-fold service. They will es
■ tablish a larder of varied, nutri
tious foods for their family’s fu
-1 ture usel reduce cash expendi
• tures for foodstuffs, and help re
lease more commercial stocks of
canned goods far famine relief
overseas.
Last year’s state and national
winner in Georgia was Virginia
Flowers of Jesup.
» Arnall Submits
Highway Program
Governor Ellis Arnall is sub
mitting to the State Highway
Commission a $2,255,250.00 pro
’ gram of road-building to be fi
’ nanced by the State in addition
to the Federal-State highway
' The new program will consti
tute work needed on the roads of
Georgia for which there are no
• immediate Federal funds avail
able, the Governor said.
j Arnall declared there are suf
. ficient funds on hand to match
the Federal-aid money in full.
Dust Peanuts,
Agent Advises
Increased yields of both nuts
and hay may be obtained by
dusting with sulphur or copper
sulphur for leaf spot control,
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks told Houston county pea
nut growers this week.
“In addition to increasing
yields, dusting for leaf spot low
ers the loss of peanuts in har
vesting and improves the quality
of the peanut hay,” Mr. Middle
brooks pointed out. “Dusting
extends the life of the peanut
vine and the stem that holds the
nut to the vine. It improves the
hay quality by increasing the
number of leaves retained on the
vine. Dusting usually delays
maturity about ten days to two
weeks.”
Tests made by farmers and at
experiment stations in the State
have shown that increases of
300 to 400 pounds of peanuts and
500 to 1,000 pounds of hay are
possible if dusting is done pro
perly, the county agent said.
“Applications of sulphur or
copper-sulphur dust should be
made as soon as leaf spot ap
pears and should be continued
at two-week interverals until
three applications have been
made to Spanish types and four
applications to runner types,”
the Extension Service worker
recommended. “About 20 lbs.
of dust per acre will be required
for each application If rain
washes the dust off immediate-!
ly after the application, dust
again within a week.” .
Use of power dusting equip
ment is advised, the agent said.
Hand dusters are liable to be un
satisfactory. The undersides of
the leaves must be reached and
the duster adjusted so that each
plant will be covered completely!
and uniformly.
Welcome Home
T-5 William Hunt, son of Mrs.
J.R. Hunt, who has been in Ger-|
many, France and Switzerland, I
arrived home Sunday night.
ETM 1c Albert C. Skellie, son j
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Skellie,
was separated from the Navy at!
Jacksonville on June 15.
Methodist Activities
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.'
and 8:00 p. m.
Church School--10:15 a. m.!
jfoung People’s Service, G:3O
p. m.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Executive Board of the
Methodist W.S.C.S. will meet at
4 p.m. Monday, June 24, at the
home of Mrs. J. C. Heller.
Record Vote
To Be Polled
More than 3,000 Houston coun
ty residents have registered to
vote in the July 17 primary, al
most three times the normal
registration for the county.
Between 800.000 and 900,000
have registered throughout the
state and a record total of a mil
lion is expected. If a million
register, the actual vote may
reach 700,000 on July 17, which
will be about twice the number
of voters ever recorded in a
Georgia primaey.
The heaviest voting strength
in Houston county is at Perry,
where 918 Whites and 432 Ne
groes are registered, while
Warner Robins is a close second
with 813 Whites and 30 Negroes
qualified.
Count by Precincts
The approximate figures to
date by precincts:
Precinct White Negro
Hattie 138 4
W. Robins 813 30
Heard 07 1
Bonaire 82 0
Kathleen 72 10
Hayneville 109 01
Elko &8 15
Henderson 59 02
Perry 918 422
The registration by counties in
Middle Georgia fails to reflect a
definite pattern for White-Negro
registration. In Dodge county,
for example, there are 7,000
Whites and 1,200 Negroes quali
fied, while in Macon county there
are 2,300 Whites and only 70
Negroes. Other Middle Georgia
counties reported the following
figures: Bibb. 21,000 to 10,000;
Bleckley, 2,485 to 15: Crawford,
800 to 300; Peach, 3,500 to 668;
Pulaski, 1,93(5 to 140; Twiggs,
1,650 to 500.
The Houston county registra
tion may reach 4,000 total and
about 3,000 are expected to vote
in the primary. The registra
tion lists will be purged imme
diately after the deadline for
qualifiying on July 5. The usual
registration in Houston is about
1,000 to 1,200.
Pace Will Speak
At Farm Meeting
Stephen Pace, member of Con
gress from the Third Congres
sional District, will be the prin
cipal speaker at a meeting of
Farm Bureau chapters of his dis
trict to be held in Americas on
. Tuesday, July 2, according to an
announcement by A. S. Boyette,
of Buena Vista and J. W. Can
non, Jr. of Cordele, members of
the board of directors of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federa
tion.
With the appearance of this
outstanding agricultural leader
I in Congress, it is confidently ex
pected that the Sumter county
courthouse will be filled to capa
city by farmers, business and
professional men in the Third
District. Congressman Pace is
author of the Pace Parity Bill
which has been pending in Con
gress for softie time, and he is
! expected to discuss this legisla
tion in detail when he addresses
this Farm Bureau session in
Americus.
Whipple Qualifies
| For Convention
| Wendell K. Whipple is one of
(13 representatives of the Geor
gia agency of the Connecticutt
Mutual Life Insurance Company
j who have qualified for the na
| tional centennial convention of
j the company to be held'at Atlan
tic City, N. J., June 24-26,it was
j announced by Bealy Smith, gen
eral agent for Georgia.
| Mr. and Mrs. Whipple left
(Sunday for Hartford, Conn,,
where they will visit the home
offices of the company before go
ing to Atlantic City for the con
vention.
Mrs. Johnnie Williamson and
son, John Thomas, have return
ed after visiting relatives in
1 Atlanta.
