Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, August 08, 1946, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHouston fjome 3)ournal VOL. LXXV. No. 31. PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870 School Opens On Aug. 30 Plans for the opening of Hous ton county schools on August 30 were announced this week by S. \V. Hickson, county school su perintendent. Teachers will report for duty August 26 and at 9 a.m. on Fri day August £O, the formal open er exercises will be held. Stu dents will be registered and: textbooks issued at this time, Mr. Hickson said. I Classes will start on Monday morning, September 2, Labor Day. Report Aug. 30 Mr. Hickson urged that all students report for the first ex ercises on Friday, August 30, so that the beginning of classes will not be delayed. j Approximately 50 students will; be added to the Perry school this* year by the consolidation of the Grovania and Elko schools with the Perry schools. Three grades had been operated at Grovania and Elko. New teachers who begin their duties in the Perry school include Miss Nacmi Mizelle of Rhine, home economics; Mrs. W. J. Boone of Elko, Fourth Grade; Miss Elvira Jackson of Leslie,' Sixth grade, and Miss Billie 5 Goode of Leslie, First grade. Legion Post Plans For Coming Year Plans for the coming year, in cluding an effort to bring into the membership all eligible vet-j erans, were outlined by A, M. 5 (Phil) Anderson as he was in ! stalled as the commander of the [ Robert D. Collins post of the American Legion Tuesday night. The new commander appointed the following committee chair men who will designate their committee members: Membership-Attendance —C.E. Andrew and A. M. Kicklighter; Service —L. C. Walker; Junior Baseball —C; C. Pierce; Pro grams- Gardner Watson; Ameri canism—Hubert A, Aultman; Publicity—Ralph Tabor; A v i a tion—Dan L. Grant; Master Mess Sergeant—W. G. Riley. House —J, P. Risher; Finance --M. M. Dean; Athletics—J. M. Tolleson; Judge Advocate —S. A. Nunn; Grave Markers —Law- rence Mosteller; Records —W. P. Brown; Uniforms —Cater Rogers; Sons of Legion—Henry Mathews; Defense—J, Wesley Calhoun, Jr. Commander Anderson called a meeting of the chairmen, officers of the post and the executive committee for 8 p. m. Friday at the Legion Home. Dan L. Grant, one of the five Berry delegates at the state con vention, reported on the recent Savannah meeting. Welcome Home Sgt. Hugh Lawson has receiv ed his honorable discharge from the Army and will resume his Position at Tolleson Lumber Co. w. S. C. S. MEETING The general meeting of the Methodist W.S.C.S. was held 'Monday afternoon at the church, f he president, Mrs. G.W. Hicks, Cd the devotional. Mrs. G. C. -vunn had charge of the pro pm, assisted by Mrs. E. P. Mrs. Stanley Smith and Miss Clara Howard. announcements The circles of the Methodist LB.C.S. will meet Monday, Aug. at P- m. at the following homes: No. 1, Mrs. A. M. An oerson, Sr.; No. 2, Mrs. M. L. No. 3, Mrs. L. M. Paul. The general meeting of the Baptist W.M.S. will be held at Aug i2 rCh at 4 P- m - on^ay -1 tk Weather Forecasts Billion dollars a year in mat and sav ings have been e|ti * to result from protection of crp= 6r i y ’ eduction in losses or $n- production brought abciit wa^' weather forecasta, warnings and reports. .. . liiiilP PHOTO BY METRO STUDIO REV. J. A. IVEY Baptists Seeking Funds for Schools A campaign to raise $1,500 in Perry for four Georgia Baptist Schools and for Foreign Missions was announced this week by the I Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Perry Baptist Church and mod erator of the Rehoboth Baptist Association. As moderator of the associa- j : tion, Mr. Ivey is responsible for : all churches in the area and has j been assigned 11 churches in this 'vicinity for the campaign. ! The four Georgia schools— | Shorter College at Rome, Bessie j Tift College at Forsyth, Brewton Parker Junior College at Mt. Vernon aud Norman Junior Col lege at Norman Park —are seek ing $260,000 endowment each to i assure that they will remain on ■ the accredited list. All of the [schools are accredited now but must raise additional endowment to continue to meet the increas ed requirements of the accredit ing agencies. South-Wide Drive The money sought for Foreign Missions will be a part of the $300,000 to be raised in the Geor gia Baptist Convention and of the 3/2 millions to be obtained in the Southern Baptist Convention. It is to be used primarily to re build Baptist schools, churches and missions in foreign fields and to aid the hungry and ill peo ple who are not cared for in other ways. Cooper Etheridge is the chair-, man of the Perry committee, which is composed of the follow ing: Mrs. Tom Cater, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller. Frank Moody, T. F. Hardy, Jr., Warren Lee, [ Charles Logue, Mrs. C.F. Cooper, Harris Rape, George Parrish, L. C. Todd, B. F. Van Hart, B. H. Williamson, Ed, Weaver, J. O. Underwood, Mrs. A.C. Pritchett, Mrs. Mayo Davis, B. W. Boze man, Vaughn Bramblett, Felton Deese, F. M. Greene, Jr., Al dine Lasseter, James Whitten, Mrs. R. L. Sutton, Kelley Ham mond, Joe Covington and S. R. Connell. The campaign will be climaxed September 8, when pledges will be received at the morning and evening services. All donations made on that day by all church activities will be designated for the campaign. Don't Rush Yet, Veterans Advised Gl’s bent an attentive ear this week to word from Director C. Arthur Cheatham of the State Department of Veterans Service who had something to say about the new terminal leave pay. Arrangements have been made for application forms for termi nal leave pay as soon as the ex tra payment becomes a law, Di rector Cheatham said. Gl’s should not rush to file applica tions because the amounts due will be dated back to the dis charge. The maximum leave of 120 i days allowable, with pay allow ances, will be granted. Local [veterans service offices have 'whatever information is now available on the leave pay situa [ tion. Date Center The Coachella valley near Palm Springs, Calif., produces nine-tenth* of all domestic-grown dates, „ | Farm Bureau Plans Barbecue on Aug. 15 - ■ 1 Perry To Hold Election On Sunday Movie Plans An election to determine! whether Perry will have Sunday i motion pictures under sponsor ship of the Whitten Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held as soon as possible, May or Francis Nunn and city coun cil announced Monday night. The mayor and council denied a petition of the V.F. W. post for I the beginning of Sunday movies without giving the people a voice in the matter. The petition was presented to the mayor and council by Hubert A. Aultman, an attorney-mem ber of the post, and by J. A. Da vis, Jr., commander of the post, which has a membership of 73. The petition stated the V.F.W. intends to present pictures of the "highest intellectual and moral character which would be bene ficial from a "moral and social* Survey of Labor In Area Started A survey to determine the la bor supply for manufacturing concerns now considering Perry as a .site for new plants was launched this week under the su pervision of the Houston County Welfare Department. A house-to-house canvass throughout the county and in I nearby cities will be made by ! volunteer workers who have been requested by the welfare department to make the survey and report the results as soon as possible. Mrs. W, B. Evans, director of the department, said that any individuals who desired to be registered in the survey should j contact either the welfare de-j partment, the Perry Kiwanis Club or the two county news papers, The Houston Home Jour nal and The Warner Robins News. Extensive Survey The immediate objective of the survey is to determine if there is sufficient labor in this section ,to handle the jobs in a proposed needle plant of the Kay-Nee Corporation, which makes boys clothes. The survey, however, will be extended to register all [individuals who might desire jobs in a local plant of a national manuracturer. Reports have been heard that a large canning plant is consider ing Perry as a site. If Perry were fortunate enough to be chosen as the site for the Kay-Nee needle plant, six months probably weuld be required for the erection of the necessary buildings and installa tion of machinery. Kay-Nee would employ about 300 white women between the ages of 18 to 30. Softball Again All men and boys interested in softball are requested to report to the high school dia- ( mond at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, for reorganization of the Perry Softball Lea gue. The Kiwanis Club com mittee which sponsored soft ball feels that formation of the new baseball teams still leaves enough players inter ested in softball to complete the season. Methodist Activities Church Services, 11:30 a. m and 8:00 p. m. Church School-10:15 a. m. ioung People’s Service, 6:30 p. m. Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor. 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. J Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor. I standpoint.” The'veterans said I that they did not intend to pre sent any movies which would conflict in any way witli church services. The hours of 2-0 and 9-12 p. m. were suggested. The V.F. W. Committee pre sented a petition signed by 345 individuals who said they were registered voters in the city. The committee said the post would use proceeds to sponsor entertainment and recreation for j the veterans and to promote charitable activities in the county. Mayor Nunn said he could not set a definite date for the elec tion but that it probably could be held‘‘in 30 to 40 days.” It will jbe necescary to obtain a new j qualified voters list from the J Board of Registrars. Our City Seen As Tourist Town In the race between U.S.High way 41 and U. S. Highway 129 to promote tourist travel, Perry got some good publicity last week. Bill Boring, staff writer for The Atlanta Constitution, af ter saying that Georgia is letting the big tourist money zoom by en I route to Florida, writes some mighty nice things about Ferry. Listen. The one town on Highway 41 which has made a specialty of doing something for tourists is Perry. Perry is a town of 2,500 persons, yet it is a town with nearly 200 hotel and tourist court i rooms for travelers. Perry’s hotels and tourists courts are among the finest in the United States. Perry’s ho tels and other restaurants specialize in fine food at reason able prices. Perry stops the tourist and when they stop, they not only spend money in the res taurants and hotels, but at filling stations and in drug stores foi toilet articles and medicines, in the stores for food'and clothing, at the local Roxy Theatre foi amusement. Tourist money fimjs its way into every channel of commerce in Perry. Perry built its tourist business on one thing-—a good meal. Foi years the New Perry Hotel has been famous for the good fooo it served in its dining room just plain good food. not fancy I food. Good food started stopping the tourists and made Perry tourist conscious. As a result, th t town has grown rich off tourisi trade, one-night tourist trade. Perry is growing year by yeai as a tourist stopping point. With the thousands of money the town takes in yearly, it strengthens its position with the tourists. A $75,000 tourist camp, Moss Oaks, opened only in the last month. Another costly tourist court pro ject is under way. The New i Perry Hotel has enlargement plans. The Perry Motor Court is making money hand over fist : Good food, clean and attrac j tive hotel and tourist rooms, san itary rest rooms, a clean city — 1 that’s paid off richly in Perry. But Perry each day has to turn down hundreds of tourists be j cause of a lack of accommoda tions. WOMAN SHERIFF VISITS IN PERRY Mrs. M. W. Baldree of Bush nelj, Fla., the only woman sher iff in Florida and probably in the South, is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. N. Williamson and family in Perryf. Mrs, Baldree was elect ed recently by the voters of Sum ter county, Fla. Presbyterian Notice Sunday School, Perry, 10:15 a.m. Church Service,Perry, 11:30 a.m. Sunday School, Clinchfield, 3p.m. Church Service.Clinchfield, Bp.m. Rev. J. H. Mulholland, Pastor. | I jjj |||W B MB B 3 PHOTO BY METRO STUDIO PASCHAL MUSE Meeting) L. B. Moody, 57, Dies of Illness L. Berry Moody, 57, prominent Houston county farmer, died at a Macon hospital early Tuesday i after an illness of five months. Mr. Moody had been seriously ill for two weeks. Mr. Moody was a native of Crawford county and had lived in the Kathleen community of Houston county for the last 30 years. He was a member of the Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 4 p. m. Thursday at the Perry Baptist Church and interment will be in Evergreen cemetery in Perry. Elder George Riley Huntj will officiate, assisted by Elder Yancey Hicks. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Clara Belle Tidwell; his father, J. W. Moody of Per ry; four sons, Cecil, L. 8., Jr. Wilson and Wallace Moody, all of Perry; two daughters, Mrs.W. C. Nipper of Macon and Miss Willie Ruth Moody of Kathleen; two sisters. Mrs. Carl Hamlin of Fort Valley and Mrs, A, L). Cul pepper of Perry; two broth ers, Frank Moody of Perry and C. A. Moody of Macon; and five grandchildren. Active pallbearers will bt l Charles, Jesse B , and Billy Tid> well, Leroy and Olin Moody am Bernard Collier. Honorary pall bearers will be J. A. Davis. T. L Warren, A. R. Talton, Redding Howard, F. L. Hammock am, Stewart Bryan. The Gardner Watson Funeral Home of Perry is in charge ol arrangements. Peanut Growers Hunting for Nails Peanut growers in Houston county chewed down their finger -1 nails this week over the lack o! 12-penny nails to build peanut 1 stacks for the nearly-ready bum per crop that may bring as much as $1,225,000 to farmers in the county. County Agent W. T. Middle brooks said the Houston county Farm Bureau has made urgent appeals for nails but no promises have been received. He said that 200 kegs of 12-penny nails art urgently needed to handle the crop planted on 17,000 Houston 1 county acres. He expected a yield of 800 pounds per acre and a price of $lBO per ton. Failure to receive the neces sary nails and build the stacks would mean the loss of many thousands of dollars in this coun ty alone, he said. Expensive Driving A study of Middle Western high , ways shows that it costs .78 of a cent per mile more to drive over highways without a dustless sur face. Paint Preservative Paint, when properly selected and applied, lengthens the serviceable . life of buildings as much as 40 per , cent. An investment in paint brings , an annual return of about 314 per cent through savings in buildings | alone. State Head Coming Here H. L. Wingate, president of the Georgia Farm Bureau and a leader in the national organiza tion, has accepted an invitation of the local chapter to speak in this county, it was announced by Paschal Muse, president of the local unit. Mr. Wingate will be here at 7:45 p.m. Aug. 15 and is to ad dress a gathering of farmers at the Perry High School auditori um. A Dutch Barbecue beginning at 7:45 p.m. will open the night’s program. It will be served on the schoolgrounds. “Our state president is one of the best informed men in the country on agricultural prob lems,” Mr. Muse said, and 1 urge every farmer in the county :to attend. It will be worth his time to learn at first hand just what is going on in Washington and other places affecting farm ers.” Fair Treatment Mr. Wingate, himself a farmer in Mitchell county, is expected to tell the people of the national fight for fair treatment for the farmer. In addition to his lead ership of the state farm bureau, Mr. Wingate is a director of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion, vice president of the Na tional Cotton Council, trustee of the Farm Federation. Wherever,|he has appeared,Mr. Wingate has attracted large gatherings of farmers. His ad dress here is expected to bring together one of the largest crowds of farmers ever assembl ed in the county. The meeting will be in charge of Mr. Muse. Methodists Plan Vacation School Vacation Bible School will be held at the Methodist church be ginning Monday afternoon, Aug. 12. through Friday afternoon, Aug. lb, from 3 to 5 o’clock. All children from 4 years through 12 years are urged to attend. Interesting and instructive study courses as well as enter - taining activities are [being pre pared by the teachers of the va rious departments. Certificates will be awarded for attendance and scholarship. Following is an incomplete list of the workers; Miss Frances Couey has charge of the Beginners department, as sisted by Mrs. Louie Davis, Miss Frances Hall,Mrs. Carlton Hicks. Mrs. A. M. Kicklighter will con duct the music in this depart ment. Mrs, Greer Hicks. Supt. of the Primaries, will have as her as sistants Mrs. Elmer Wolfe, Miss Phoebe Harper, Mrs. W. T. Mid dle brooks. Rev. J. B. Smith will direct the Junior Boys activities and Mrs. Harris Rape will teach the Junior Study Course and con duct the activities of the Junior Girls. Miss Dorothy Ogletree will serve as secretary for the school. Miss Margaret Smith will assist with the music. The refreshment committee consists of Mrs. A. M. Anderson, Jr., Mrs. H, E, Evans, Jr., Mrs. S. A. Nunn and Mrs. Carl Hug gins. Vegetable Storage Packing freshly harvested vege tables in crushed ice is a good way to prevent loss of vitamin C during transportation and storage because it combines moisture and low tem perature. After three days of stor age in crushed ice, swiss chard, broccoli and lettuce still held most of their original vitamin C, investi gations conducted by the Wisconsin experiment station showed. Leaf let tuce, after six days of storage packed in ice and held in a cold room, had lost less than 10 per cent of its C. The common practice of sprinkling lettuce or spinach to keep it fresk in retail markets was found ' to be of little help in saving the C 1 vitamin. Moisture without refrig eration is of no benefit.