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Newspaper Page Text::rrz: Houston Journal r;rrzz„. VOL. LXXV. No. 33. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870 Boy Scouts Promoted Troop 96 of Perry had four i ooys promoted to Star Scout at < the lost Board of Review. j Those going up before t h e f i Board and approved for promo- ] ;i ; , rl were Allen Tabor, Allen 'Titchett, llentz Houser and , Bobby Brooks. Billy King - was promoted from j second class to a first class scout. | Seventeen Merit Badges were ] awarded, ] The following boys and the ( Merit Badges they earned were: i Bobby Sutton, Cooking and i Camping; Horace Mathews, Ath- i letics, Public Health and Safety; Bobby Brooks, Woodwork, Fire manship and Mechanical Draw ing; Allen Tabor, Beef Produc- ; tion, Bird Study and Cooking: Hentz Houser, Cooking, Wood carving and Textiles; Allen Pritchett. Textiles, Masonry and Cement Work. Members of the ; Board of Review that passed on the work done by these boys | were W. E. Marshall, Jr., D. M. Kyle and John Etheredge. Since vacations are about over \ and school will be starting soon, ■ let us all do our best to make Scouting a huge success in Perry as well as in all the Central Geor gia Council. Jesse R. Gunn. Field Scout Executive. Methodists End Vacation School Vacation Bible School came to a successful close Friday after noon at the Methodist Church. It was composed of children from Beginners ages through the Junior Department. There was a total enrollment of 72 children with a daily average at tendance of 52. Forty-three will be awarded certificates for scholarship and attendance. A splendid program of wor ship, study and activities was carried on at each afternoon ses sion, after which refreshments were served. Some of the ar ticles in craftwork made by the boys and girls were on display at the church Sunday. Mrs. Frank King wms the general superin tendent. Teachers and workers were: Miss Frances Couey, Miss Fran ces Hall, Mrs. A.M. Kicklighter, Mrs. Carlton Hicks, Mrs. Greer Hicks, Miss Phoebe Harper,Mrs. W. T, Middlebrooks, Mrs. Elmer Wolfe, Mrs. Harris Rape, Mrs.J. j B. Smith, Miss Margaret Smith, Mrs. Prank King. Mrs. G. C. Nunn and Mrs. A. V/. Dahlberg assisted in the worship service. Those serving refreshments were Mrs. A. M. Anderson, Jr., Mrs. Carl Huggins, Mrs. A. W. Hahlberg. Mrs. S. A. Nunn,Mrs. Frank Bonner and Mrs. R. E. Smith. Baptist Activities Morning Worship Service 11:30- Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. framing Union, 7:00 p. m. Mid-week Prayer Service, 8:00 p. m. Rev J. A. Ivey, Pastor. Ration Round-Up Sugar Stamp No. 49, good for o pounds, expires August 31. Spare Stamp No. 9, good for 5 pounds of sugar for canning, ex pires October 31, 1946. „ Spare Stamp No. 10, good for 0 of sugar for canning. Citrus Vitamin “ breakfast citrus juice is squeezed the night before as a time saver, keep it cold and covered, ! remembering that the less air space j mere is between juice and contain er the better for vitamin C. '■ith these precautions, citrus juice v,, , 1U lose little of its most valuable vitamin, even if stored for 24 hours. Dependent on Highway . There are 54,000 towns and vil- Ju ges in the United States served onl y by highway and motor trans port. Population Doubles between 1850 and 1940, the popu ■ a i° n °f the earth doubled, increas n? from about 1,100 million to about 2.200 million. I editorial What We Need Perry’s rise into the national! limehght through nationwide publicity of our progress toward a 'Better Home Town” should inspire us to analyze our develop ment and do even better than we have done. Although we can be proud of j our accomplishments to date, without much difficulty we can find a number of things we need. Some ot them will cost us money, but the investment cannot fail to pay off in the years ahead. Some ot them already are on the way. Others may or may not have been considered by the city and coun ty officials, but the need is here. A Few Essentials The Home Journal believes the following projects are essential to the continued development of Perry and Houston county: 1. New schoolhouse. The present Perry building is woe fully inadequate. The authori ties appreciate the situation but must have public support to build what we need. 2. Swimming pool and com munity _ center. If all the or ganizations would join forces un der the leadership of the Hous ton Civic League, this project could be fulfilled before next summer. 3. New post office. Congress man Steve Pace says tins will be built ‘‘as soon as conditions per mit.” 4. New courthouse. Plans i for a new courthouse are in the hands of an architect. Public Rest Rooms 5. Public comfort stations for our farm people who spend the day here shopping. How can we expect them to visit us if we do not provide clean rest rooms for them? Clean rest rooms for the tourists also are badly needed. 6. Health program for the county. The county does not set aside any health fund as such, but tries to do the job as cheaply as possible by handling each case as it develops. This means de lays and hardships when the health of our people is at stake. A cheap health job means cheap health. 7. Paving of the Centerville road and completion of the Elko road, five miles of which already has been marked for paving. 8. Paved streets in Perry. The only paved streets in Perry are those which are part of state or federal highways. This is one of the items which will cost the property owners some money, j but it will increase the value of their property many times. 9. New bus station. These are are few of the things we need. An aggressive city and county administration cannot ig nore these matters very long. C. E. S. A. Nunn Has First 1946 Cotton Sam A. Nunn of Perry- attor ney and farmer, holds the honor of having the first bale of cotton ginned in Houstn county from the 1946 crop. Nr. Nunn’s bale weighed 530 pounds and was ginned at Davis Warehouse Company. [Tottoh QUiz i • ions Storage COTTON MORE THAN SO’CAkS _ - rlf - OLD ARE STllt IN EXCEL- i /"A LENT CONDITION FOR U/ FABRICATION INTO | CLOTH. | I I Progress iade in Farm Bureau Drive Stands For 1. Fair prices for farm products. 2. Continued support of the National Farm Program to place farmers on a parity with other groups and conserve soil and other natural resources. 3. Price and inflation control to apply equally to labor, industry, and agriculture, protect principle of parity, and assure full production. 4. Reducing unjustified spreads between producers and con sumers, 5. Elimination of overlapping and duplication, and establishing economy, elficiency, and decentralization, in administration of farm programs. 6. Opposition to subsidies to reduce farm prices in the market places. 7. Support of countv agents, exoeriment stations Schools, health work, Land-Grant Colleges vocational agriculture rural electrifi cation and other services to farm people. 8. More and better farm-to-market roads. 9. Support of 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America. IU. Adequate farm credit at fair interest rates. 11. Equitable freight rates for Georgia and the South. 12. More widespread private ownership and less Government ownership of farm lands, 13. Elimination of state tax on gasoline used in tractors on farm, 14. And other policies and action to make rural life more attractive. Altamaha Basin Seen a Paradise Are you a fisherman ... a hunter . .'. or a lover of water sports? If so, the currently proposed multi-million dollar program to [develop the Altamaha river sy stem through 49 inland Georgia counties should be right up your alley. Imagine a week-end cruise with family or friends on the Oc mulgee . . . Oconee ... or Alta maha. Or maybe a hunting and fishing trip is more to your lik ing .. . or a motor boat race . . . or a picnic on the river banks . . or simply a restful visit to one of several recreational areas which the development would make possible and profitable through the Altamaha basin in which nearly half Georgia’s pop ulation resides. That’s right! The Altamaha basin will become a veritable paradise with recreation facilities worth millions of dollars. Plenty of Game Experienced huntsmen say that the swamps along the three Georgia rivers abound in wild turkey, ducks, squirrels, and such big game as deer and bear. The development program con templated by the Altamaha De velopment Association would pro vide a six-foot channel, straigh tened and clear of all hazards. Commercial navigation, with huge freight barges going to oceanic ports from inland Geor gia points is, of course, the ma jor objective —along with hydro power, flood control, soil conser vation, etc. —but much signifi cance is attached also to the pleasure which the development [will give to thousands and thousands of Georgians who heretofore have known the riv ers simply as muddy streams winding their way through our communities —with little or no commercial or recreational valne. Statistics Handled By Mrs. Mathews A change in State Vital Statis tics personnel occurred in Houston county recently when J. D. Stem i bridge, local registrar of G. M, | District 771, resigned. Upon recommendation of John L. Hodges, ordinary of Houston county, and through the coopera tion of Richard Brewer, director of Georgia Vital Statistics, Mrs. J. M. Matthews of Bryon has been appointed as Mr. Stem bridge’s successor, effective as of August 12. Presbyterian Notice Sunday School, Perry, 10:15 a.m. Church Service,Perry, 11:30a.m. Sunday School, Clinchfield, 3p.m. Church Service. Clinchfield, Bp.m. Rev. J. H. Mulholland, Pastor. New Subdivision Developed Here Development of a 25-acre sub division between the Frank Bon- , tier place and the A. C. Black- . well estate on U. S. Route 41, to j be called National Heights, was | announced this week by the Perry Investment Co. j The newly organized company } is composed of C. E. Andrew, j Mayo Davis, C. C. Pierce and ( M. M. Dean. ( The subivision includes 60 lots, , 70 x 150 feet and 80 by 150 feet, ( and fronts the National Highway { 900 feet. f A large number of lots have been sold to prospective builders 1 and construction of houses is ex- , pected to begin soon. j Establishment of the new sub- , divsion reflects the continued 5 growth of Perry. Houses and lots [ in the immediate vicinity of Perry continue in great demand, j Perry Nine Wins; ] Soiiballers Lose Perry’s baseball team, with [ Aldine Lasseter pitching and Ed ‘ Pierce catching, defeated the ' Chauncey team in the South Geor- ( gia city last Sunday, 16 to 9. Rubber Pierce at third base and Skeet Chapman at short were the defensive stars and Pierce. Chap man and Lore Gunter were the ' strong men at the plate. Perry was to play Byron there yesterday and will meet Cordele 1 at the Airport diamond Sunday afternoon. A Perry softball team lost its , first game to Cochran in the Hawkinsville Lions Club tourna ment Monday night, 15 to 9, but | still have a chance to come back , and win the double elimination , meet. To be eliminated, a team must lose two games. Perry and Fort I Valley were scheduled to meet Wednesday night. Fort Valley 1 lost to Mcßae Monday night, 18 to 12. i W.S.C.S. To Hold Meet Here Friday < About 75 delegates from churches in the South Georgia i conference of the Methodist ( church will attend a seminar conducted by officers of the W.S.C.S. at the Perry Methodist j Church Friday, The sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m. and continue through the i day. with lunch served at the church by the Perry W.S.C.S. i I Methodist Activities Church Services, 11:30 a. m and 8:00 p. m. Church School-10;15 a. m. jfoung People’s Service, 6:30 j p. m. Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor. * I (Farm Bureau Official) Help Rural Youth, Mrs. Tabor Urges ‘‘Rural youth is the ‘best crop 1 that America has,"declared Mrs, Floyd H. Tabor of Houston coun ty, member of the board of di rectors of the Associated Women of the GFBF. in speaking before the official board of the Georgia Farm Bureau at a special meet ing at Macon last week. She pointed to the fact that ‘‘upon youth depends the suc cess or failure of our country, and we must give more atten tion to that which means so much to our future.” Mrs. Tabor is the wife of the first vice president of the Geor gia Farm Bureau Federation, and has been active in the work of the Associated Women since its organization. She has been of great assistance in forming AW chapters throughout the state, according to Mrs. Joe S. Ray, president. Mrs. Tabor told the GFBF that ‘‘Rural young people are those who will in a few years Be the farmers of our nation. Our de mocracy “will rest on th e strength of the future food pro ducers.” 300 Registered In Labor Survey Approximately 800 individuals already have been registered for employment by industries which are considering Perry as the lo cation for new plants, Mrs. W. B. Evans, director of the Hous ton County Welfare Department, announced. Mrs. Evans, whose depart ment is supervising the survey, said local leaders are well pleas ed with the resoonse to date. Some localities have not yet been covered, Many of the applicants for jobs re°ide at Warner Robins, where there was a recent reduc tion in personnel One of the companies consid ering Perry is the Kay-Nee Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, which makes boys clothes and sport shirts. C. P. Gray to Head Campaign for USO Charles P. Gray of Perry hat been appointed chairman fo i Houston county in the USO cam paign to be held in October. Dr. Harmon W. Caldwell,presi dent of the University of Geor gia, is state chairman of the drive to obtain $300,000 to“main tain moral services for the 1,500,- 000 men still in the armed forces.” HOUSES GOING UP Construction of two new hous es in the Smoak subdivision hag been started. The residenceg are being built by Tolleson Lum ber Co. for Shivers McCarthy and N. M. Parker, Jr. Welcome Home Slc Daniel C. Wright, Jr., Perry, received his honorable discharge from the U. S, Navj j at Jacksonville, Fla,, Aug. 12. Vinson Leads Committee The Houston County Farm Bu reau launched its 1047 campaign for members last Thursday night with a barbecue and an ad dress by State President H. L. Wingate at the Perry High School. The Houston chapter, with a current membership of 413, has announced a goal of (500 mem bers for the new year. Following President Wingate’s address, a large number of farmers and business men signed up for the coming year. Paschal Muse, local president, announced the appointment of W. E. Vinson, Jr., of Byron UFD, as county membership chairman, and a committee of 34 “ men irom ail parts of Lhecounly. Strong Farm Group Mr. Wingate, a Mitchell coun ty farmer who has become a na i( tional figure in the agricultural ’ field, told the farmers that or j. ganization of farmers is neces n sary to make their needs felt in e the Congress and state legisla a lures. He pointed out that in . dustry and labor are organized and that the welfare of the farm t er depends on a strong agricultu . ral group. Failure of farmers to organize and present a strong front for I, the agricultural section will mean that labor and industry will e dominate the economic picture . and farm families will suffer, -j The membership drive, which f runs two weeks from Aug. 15, p was planned so as not to inter \ fere witli the harvesting of pea / nuts Sand cotton. , Committee Members ’ Members of Mr. Vinson’s com t mittee are: Upper Fifth: A. A. Pratt, K, ti E. Dunbar. A. A. White, Fred W. Carter, James Johnson and Richard Johnson. _ Lower Fifth: J. T. Miller. Tenth: J. Lawrence Hunt and Chester Edwards. Upper Eleventh: H. C. Tal ton and D. L. Davidson. Lower Eleventh: W. K. Tal ton and J. S. Childs. Twelfth: D. H. Daniel and s C. A. Hamsley. r Old 13th: J. T. Lewis, J. B. h Eason and V. B. Abrams. New 13th: B. H. Newberry, ■ J. L. Davis, W, C, Cawthon and - H. B. Gilbert. > Upper Town: Paschal Muse, T.D. Mason, Sr., Clifford Grimes ■ and R. E. Horton. . Lower Town; W. G. Gray.W. '■ W. Gray, S. L. Norwood and G. F. Nunn. n Fourteenth: Eugene Smith and L. F. Hartley, r Peanut Producers . To Receive Nails [, Nine carloads of nails—4,soo L kegs—have been released to the peanut producing counties of Georgia, according to H. L. Win gate, president of the Georgia Farm Bureau. Peanut producers have been requested to advise their nearest Production and Marketing Asso s elation office of their needs and 1 the nails wili bo allotted. Serious damage to the Georgia peanut was feared unless suf ricient nails were obtained to build necessary curing racks. 1 The crop in Houston county alone will amount to about one ‘ million dollars. 1 Swim Classes Held At Vinson Valley ® Red Cross swimming classes. s under the direction of Miss Sara '■ Stewart of Macon, are being held daily at Vinson Valley for be ginners and intermediates. The classes were arranged by Miss Annie Newton, home demonstra tion agent of Houston county. Classes began Aug. 15 and e are held daily from 10 to 12 noon y and will continue through Aug. 124.