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An Old Newspaper
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VOL. LXXV. No. 25
Along About
NOW
SOME SAY that the City may
build Ferry a swimming pool and
certainly nothing would please
the greatest number of people as
a modern version of the old
swimming hole. Hawkinsville is
remodeling its old pool, with the
help of the Lions Club commit
teeheaded by Bob Cater Massee.
THIS IS the danger season for
contracting infantile paralysis.
The national foundation warns
that the period from June until
September is the time of great
est susceptibility to the disease
and gives these pointers on
avoiding it:
1. Don’t get too tired.
2. Avoid chills. Don’t stay
too long in cold water.
3. Don’t swim in polluted
water.
4. Keep clean. Wash hands
before eating.
5. Keep garbage and trash
cans covered. Exposed garbage
aggravates the fly menace.
Abiding by the first four rules
is a matter of personal respon
sibility: the fifth is a community
responsibility.
CAPJ. M. TOLLESON says
he is opposed to having his pic
ture put in the paper because he
remembers when he was a col
lege baseball pitcher he won 14
out of 16 games up until they
put his picture on the sports
page and then he lost four or five
straight before he could over
come the jinx.
THREE JEEPS, "at least, in
the county are attracting a lot of
attention along about now. The
jeeps we know about belong to
George B. Wells, Fred Griggs
and Houston Dehydrating Cor
poration. The first two are the
Army variety while the dehy
drator’s vehicle is the civilian
version. We hear that 14 peo
ple (small) rode in one of them
recently. C. E.
Walter McDonald will
BE RETIRED FROM STATE
OFFICE BECAUSE—
1. Sometime ago when Mr.
McDonald’s official conduct was
under investigation an official of
the Georgia Power Company
swore that his company built a
power line to Mr. McDonald’s
farm at a cost of something in
excess of $BOO.OO and that no
part of the amount had been
paid.
2. Some years ago Mr. Mc-
Donald required the railroads and
the buses operating in Georgia to
furnish him with annual passes
which he used until he was ex
posed. Ample funds were pro
vided by the Legislature for all
legitimate traveling expenses.
3. The Commission has an
Auditing Committee made up of
members of the Commission,
whose duty it is to audit the ex
penditures of the money provid
ed by the Legislature for the
Commission. The audit of this
Committee has not been approv
ed by the Commission for some
three years. This delay is due
f° the fact that certain expendi
tures by Mr. McDonald have
been challenged. The Commis
sioner questioning such expendi
tures was removed from the Au
diting Committee by Mr. Mc-
Donald.
L Mr. McDonald boasts of re
moving Jud Wilhoit from the
Commission “because he wouldn’t
co-operate,’’ Knowing Jud, are
surprised?
Public is against
“.alter’s “conference method”
°t rate revisions.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
According to a new law in regard to a person
being qualified to vote for the 1946 election, it
seems that every voter whose name was not on
the qualified voter’s list for the November elec
tion of 1944 will necessarily have to register again
by or before July 5, 1946.
M. E. AKIN, T. C.
Houston % omml
CARMICHAEL
HERE TODAY
Jimmie Carmichael, candidate
for governor, will speak at 4 p.
m. today (Thursday) at the
Houston county courthouse. A
large crowd is expected to be
on hand for the candidate’s first
speech in the county.
H. A. Aultman
Comes to Perry
Hubert A. Aultman, son of W.
D. Aultman of Byron, former
state senator and representative
from Peach county, is coming
into the law offices of A. M.
(Phil) Anderson in Perry to be
gin practice and will take over
and remain in Mr. Anderson’s
(pffices when the latter becomes
judge of the superior courts of
the Macon Circuit.
Mr. Aultman is a graduate of
Byron High School and holds the
A. B. degree and the LLB de
gree from Mercer University
Law School. Prior to entering
Mercer he studied two years at
West Georgia College, Carroll
ton, He received his law de
gree from Mercer in 1943.
Mr. Aultman, 26, was an ar
morer gunner on a B-24 bomber
and holds the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross and the Air Medal with
one Oak Leaf Cluster. He served
the Army Air Corps three years,
11 months of which he opposed
the Japs in the Aleutian Islands
area. He was a sergeant when
he received his honorable dis
charge.
Mr. Aultman recently married
Miss Eleanor Anderson of Ma
con. They have an apartment
with Mrs. H. P. Houser.
Judge Anderson, who is unop
posed for the Macon judgeship,
will begin his term on January
I, 1947, and Mr. Aultman will
continue the practice of law in
Judge Anderson’s offices.
Mr. Aultman chose Perry af
ter making a careful investiga
tion of a number of cities in the
state. The local attorneys and
townspeople welcome Mr. and
Mrs. Aultman to Perry.
WOODARD-HESSE
RITES SOLEMNIZED
The marriage of Miss Betty
Woodard, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Angus E. Woodard of Kath
leen, to Robert William Hesse of
Jacksonville, Fla., took place
Friday, June 7, at the First Bap
tist Church in Jacksonville, with
the pastor, Dr. Homer Lindsey,
officiating.
Herman J.Hesse was best man
for his brother and the ushers
were Russell Carlson and Martin
D. Hesse, another brother of the
bridegroom.
Miss Vera Anne Woodard, sis
ter of the bride was maid of
honor and the bridesmaids were
Miss Betty Compton and Mrs.
Herman J. Hesse.
Mrs. G. W. Lumpkin of Macon,
sister of the bride, kept the
bride’s book. Mrs. Jones, Mrs.
E. J. Parker, Mrs. R. E. Comp
ton and Miss Ann Barker of
Jacksonville, and Mrs. Wilbur
Williams, Mrs. L. B. Sasser and
Miss Mary Lynn Watson of Bon
aire assisted in entertaining.
The bride is a graduate of
Bonaire High School and has
made her home in Jachsonville
for three years.
Mr. Hesse is a graduate of
Robert E. Lee High School in
Jacksonville and recently was
discharged from the Army Air
Corps. He is now connected
with the Franklin Life Insurance
Company.
TOM DURANT, Darien, Ga.
Veteran World War 11.
(Paid Political Ad)
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1946
Dehydration
Plant Opens
The Houston Dehydrating Cor
poration has received an order to
handle 75 tons of Irish potatoes a
day until August 1, F. N. Poole,
plant superintendent, announced
this week.
The potatoes are part of the
crop purchased by the federal
government to support the price.
The potatoes will be shipped
here by rail in refrigerated cars
and will be trucked to the dehy
drating plant on the Fm-t Valley
road.
The dehydrating plant was re
cently purchased by Mayo Davis,
C. C. Pierce and Mrs. Davis
from the Cleaver-Brooks Com
pany of Milwaukee, Wis. It is
understood that this is the only
plant in the U. S. which is
handling dehydration of Irish po
tatoes purchased by the govern
ment.
Ivey, Ogletree
And Pierce Win
Ivey defeated Thompson, 12 to
7, Ogletree beat Cooper 16 to 8,
and Pierce won over Bledsoe, 13
to 7, as the second half of the
Perry Softball League season
opened Sunday afternoon.
Thompson and Ivey were tied
up, 8 all at the end of the sixth
but the Ivey club scored four
runs in the seventh to clinch the
game.
Cooper’s and Ogletree’s teams
each got 11 hits but Cooper
could convert only 8 runs while
Ogletree marked up 16. Felton
Deese had 3 hits for 5 at bats and
crossed the plate 5 times while
Second Baseman J. T. Lewis got
4 safeties for 6 times at bat.
Clint Cooper got 4 hits for 5
tries and Walter Gray got 3 for 4.
Bledsoe’s nine got 11 hits to
Pierce’s 10 but committed 5 er
rors to allow a total of 13 runs.
Lore Gunter, for Bledsoe, and
Harris Rape, for Pierce, got
home runs while Lawton Daniel
got 4 hits for 5 tries, including a
triple in the third, for Pierce’s
club.
The Standings
Won Lost
Ivey 1 0
Pierce 1 0
Ogletree 1 0
Cooper 0 1
Bledsoe 0 1
Thompson 0 1
Games Sunday, June 30
2 p.m. Pierce-Ivey.
3 p.m. Ogletree-Thompson.
4 p.m. Cooper-Bledsoe.
MISS TOLLESON WED
TO GEORGE L. BROWN
The marriage of Miss Joyce
Tolleson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Meade Tolleson, to
George Lynn Brown, son of Mrs.
and Mrs. Robert E. Brown, was
solemnized Saturday afternoon at
5 o’clock at the home of the
bride’s parents in the presence
of the immediate families and a
few intimate friends.
The spacious living room was
decorated for the occasion with
palms, white gladioli and seven
branched candelabra. The can
dles were lighted by Miss Barba
ra Tolleson, only sister of the
bride.
Mrs. George C. Nunn played
the wedding music and Francis
Nunn sang “All For You” and
“O Promise Me” before the
double ring ceremony which was
performed by the Rev, J. B.
Smith, pastor of the Perry Meth
odist Church.
The bride and groom entered
together, unattended. The bride
wore a moss green gabardine
suit with a sheer white blouse
and cherry-cake accessories. Her
corsage was of orchids. The
bride’s mother wore a black and
white printed jersey with white
accessories. They wore corsages
of American Beauty roses.
Following the reception, which
was held immediately after the
ceremony, the bride and groom
left for their wedding trip to the
mountains. The couple will re
side in St. Augustine, Fla., after
July 1.
Mohammedan Center
Mecca has a permanent popula
tion at 80.000. —-
■Hf JRgH
J. B, HAWKINS
THE LAW in Perry and Houston county is represented
by the two officers shown above. Mr. Chapman is the
sheriff and Mr. Hawkins is the Perry chief. (Photos by
Metro).
War Department Releases List
Of Houston County's Casualties
The War Department has re
leased the official list of 14 Hous
ton county men who died or
were killed in action during the
Second World War.
The following white men gave
their lives for their country:
Clinton M. Benson, nearest of
kin, Mrs. H. T. Hamrick, Route
1, Warner Robins.
Raymond L, Gentry, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Gentry, Rt. I,Bonaire.
Marvin T. Holloway, Mrs. M.
T. Holloway, Warner Robins,
Otis H. Linton, J. D. Linton,
Rt. 2, Perry,
Malvin Rackley, Milton Rack
ley, Kathleen.
MISS GRUBB WED
TO MR, NICHOLS
The marriage of Miss Marion
Louise Grubb of Perry to An
drew Roy Nichols, Jr., of Mont
gomery, Ala., was solemnized at
a quiet ceremony at the Clinch
field Presbyterian Church Satur
day, June 22,
Mrs. Colquitt Brantley,of San
ford, Fla., sister of the bride,
played a program of nuptial mu
sic, and Mr. Brantley lighted the
candles. Miss Jean Grubb was
her sister’s maid of honor and
the best man was Tom Graddis.
Dan Doyle of Montgomery was
the usher.
The Rev. W. C. Sistar, former
of the church, performed the
ring ceremony.
The bride wore aqua marine
with navy blue accessories and
wore a white orchid.
A reception was held follow
ing the ceremony in the commu
nity center of the church. Serv
ing were Mrs. Carl Riggs and
Misses Mary Ann Riley, Jane
Riley, Alice Marie Armstrong,
I Mary Ruth Davis and Rachel
Williams.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Grubb of
Perry. The groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Nichols.
Relatives here for the wedding
included Mr. and Mrs. R. O.
Stocker; Mrs. John Oswald of
Nazareth, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs.
Nichols, Miss Yvonne Nichols;
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jolly,
Jackson, Ga.; and Mrs. Williams
of Manchester.
STORES CLOSE
Stores in Perry will be closed
all day Thursday, July 4, but
will remain open all day on Wed
nesday, July 3, instead of closing
on Wednesday afternoon as
usual.
FRANK GROSS
Candidate for
LIEUT. GOVERNOR
Saturday
June 29
WSB
10:45 P. M.
C. C. CHAPMAN
Walter B. Whitten, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Whitten, Perry,
William C. Cawthon, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Cawthon, Rt. 2,
Perry. (Listed from Peach
county.)
Julius D. Stembridge, Mr, and
Mrs, J. D. Stembridge, Center
ville. (Listed from Bibb county.)
The following Negroes died or
were killed in action:
Willie Felton, Jack G. Kaigler
and Cleo PennymoT.
The War Department reported
the names of Walter Dickerson,
Clarence Tucker and James E.
Reed as Houston county casual
ties but the Local Board has no
record of these men.
HOUSER-HENDERSON
WEDDING JUNE 1
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Henderson
of Ocilla announce the marriage
of their daughter, Mrs. Eleanor
H. Houser to Grover Bates Hen
derson, Jr., which was solemniz
ed on June 1 at the home of Rev.
L. N. Hartsfield, pastor First
Baptist Church of Ocilla.
The bride attended Brenau
College in Gainesville and is a
graduate of the Georgia State
Coll >ge for Women. Milledgeville.
Th j groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Grover B. Henderson
of Ocilla. He is a graduate ol
Ocilla High School and served
three and a half years in the (J.
S. Army, 29 months in the Euro
pean Theater during which he
participated in the invasion ol
Sicily, Italy and Normandy.
After a trip to Florida the
couple returned to Ocilla to make
their home,
PERSONAL MENTION
Nan Thompson, a student at
the University of Georgi, is at
home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry V. Thompson, for
the summer.
Mrs. Helen Davis and daugh
ter, Helen, will leave this week
end for JacksonviJle Beach where
they will spend a week.
Mr, and Mrs. William E, In
gram, Jr., and baby, son, Billy,
are leaving Thursday for their
home in Boston, Mass., after a
visit of'several weeks with his
father, W. E. Ingram, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Helms and
daughter, Betty Jo, of Andalu
sia, Ala,’, have returned home af
ter visiting her father, W. E. In
gram, Sr., for a week.
Billy Stubbs, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Stubbs, under
went a tonsilectomy at Middle
Georgia hospital last Thursday
and is doing nicely.
Mts. George Riley, Jr,, and
Mrs, Thomas Lowry of White
Springs, Fla., visited Mr s.
George Riley and Mrs. George
E. Jordan in Perry this week.
STEMBRI DGE-T A ETON
The marriage of Miss Sarah
Stembridge, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Stembridge,
of Hapeville, to Benjamin
Cullen Talton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. R, Talton, of Kath
leen,will take place Friday even
ing, June 28, at 7:30 o’clock at
the Hapeville Methodist Church.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
801 l Weevil
Fight Urged
Proper control of boll weevils
and other cotton insects pays
f.9°d dividends, County Agent
W. 1. Middlebrooks told Houston
county tanners this week,
“Good insect control will in
crease yields per acre, lower pro
duction costs and produce great
et net income tor the cotton
grower, Mr. Middlebrooks point
ed out. Commnnities, as well
as individual growers, profit di
rectly from reduced insect dam
age, and increased production
means more money for everyone
throughout the community.”
• ous^on county’s cotton crop
>s likely to be seriously infested
with boll weevils this season un
less there is a period of weather
that is hot and dry enough to
kill a large portion of the wee
vils, the county agent said. Far
mers should have their dusting
equipment in good shape and
have 10 to 15 pounds of calcium
arsenate on hand for each acre
ol cotton to meet extensive boll
weevil infestations.
banners can determine for
themselves whether they have
sufficient number of weevils in
the field to make it necessary or
desirable to apply calcium arse
nate,” Mr, Middlebrooks said.
All that is necessary is to
walk diagonally across the cotton
field, pulling one square off each
plant. To obtain samples from
all parts of the plants, pick a
square from the top of one
plant, from the middle of the
next plant and then from the
bottom of the next,” he suggest
ed. ‘Do not pick yellow or flar
ed squares.
“Examine the squares and
count the number punctured.
If as many as 10 out of 100
squares are punctured, apply
four to six pounds of calcium ar
senate per acre depending on the
size of the cotton,” he recom
mended. “In about five days
make another application. After
that examine t h e fields each
week and apply poison when the
weevil infestation builds up
again.”
Power dusters usually do a
better job than hand or mule
drawn dusters, Mr .Middlebrooks
pointed out. Fans in the power
machine revolve at a greater
speed and break the calcium ar
senate up into a fine dust cloud
which settles on all parts of the
cotton plant.
Information and recommenda
tions for the control of flea hop
pers, boll worms and other in
sects that damage cotton may be
obtained from the county agent’s
office or by writing the Exten
sion Service in Athens,
Welcome Home
Lt. Willard Stembridge, son of
Mrs. Nonie Stembridge, Perry,
has been discharged from the
Marine Corps and is employed by
E. M. Beckham Construction Co.
Charles Cawtbon, Route 2,
Perry, son of W. C. Cawthon,
has been discharged from the
Army.
Presbyterian Services
The Rev. J. H. Mulholland of
Fort Worth, Texas, will preach
at the Presbyterian Church in
Perry at 11:30 a.m. Sunday and
at the Clinchfield Presbyterian
Church at 8:30 p. m. Sunday.
Sunday School services will be
held in the Perry church at
10:15 a. m.
HEAR
Results of
STATEWIDE POLL
Of the Opinion on The
GOVERNOR’S RAGE
LON
SULLIVAN
WSB
Thursday Night, July 4
9 P. M.
It Will Be Good
