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VOL. LXXV. No. 37. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1946 ESTABLISHED 1870
Along About!
NOW
TALMADGEISM: He is going
to "Have Georgia smelling real
sweet in the next four years,”
Governor-Elect Talmadge said
this week, adding that he was
„ojng to do something besides
This is anextra promise
which "he did not include in his
campaign platform. Crabapple
trees along the highways he said,
will do the job. This is a high
purpose to which he has dedicat
ed his administration.
Davis Warehouse Co. has en
larged its corn elevator and in
stalled a new corn sheller to take
care of the expected heavy crop
i n Houston and surrounding
counties. Corn has become one
of the biggest money crops in
the county.
GAMBLING has occupied the
headlines in the newspapers of
neighboring Macon. Don’t be
surprised if the fight on organiz
ed gambling spreads to Houston
county, where there are a few
slot machines.
City o f Barnesville has de
veloped its own subdivision to
make lots available to veterans
at $lO each The Housing Au
thorits of that city is hanlding
the deal. Few lots in Perry are
available, and they are pretty
expensive for a veteran who
must start from scratch after
being in the service. Lumbermen
will tell you, too, that building
materials are becoming scarcer,
instead of more plentiful.
ALONG ABOUT NOW t h e
annual Greene Acres contest
usually gets started. C. E, 1
PERRY FURNITURE
WILL MOVE SOON
The Perry Furniture Company’ (
which has occupied the first floor
of the Anderson Building for the ,
last several years, is preparing
to move into the new building
next to the postoffice. (
Finishing touches are being
puton the new brick building and
some phases of the moving job
have begun.
The new Perry Furniture Com
pany will be a partnership .com
posed of Mrs. Eliza Cater Massee
and her two sons, Bob Cater Mas- ,
see and Billy Massee.
Funeral Held Here
For G. W. Greer, 68
Funeral services for George
Walter Greer, 68, who died after
a heart attack in Perry Saturday
night, were held Monday at the
Tucker Funeral Home Chapel
and burial was in Oaklawn ceme
tery at Fort Valley. The Rev.
M. Clapp of Byron officiated
at the services.
Mr. Greer was a native of
teach county and had lived in
Warner Robins for about a year.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Allen Greer; two sons. George
Ldwin Greer of Lake Wales,
mV Newton Marvin Greer
of Warner Robinsjtwo daughters,
Mrs. L. A. Andel of Perry and
Miss Evelyn A. Greer of Warner
Kobins, and six grandchildren.
fucker Funeral Home was in
tnarge of arrangements.
County Grand Jury
In Session
• September term grand
Jory of Houston Superior Court
oontmued in session Wednesday
9 “ r returning 33 true bills and
no-true bills. No major crimes
er o included in the list.
Judge Mallory C. Atkinson
* ran ted divorces in 12 cases
onday and the civil court jurors
«/iii e u excuse d. Criminal session
wni begin next Monday.
Methodist Activities
an?? oS 1 Services * 11:30 a. m.
ar l 7:3 0 P- m.
Ufurch School-10:15 a. m.
foung People’s Service. 5:30
n. m.
Rev - J. B. Smith, Pastor.
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PEANUT STACKS ON BARE LAND---Pe&nuts leave the *
land bare to the scorching eaily fall heat and exposes the :
soil to the torriential winter rains causing severe losses to
our greatest of all resources---THE SOIL. Supervisors of *
the Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation 1
District are appealing to farmers in the District to plant
winter cover crops on peanut land.
Land Capability
Study Essential
By JACK C. MILLER
Soil Conservationist
An understanding of land capa
bility is the first step toward coi
servation farming and increased
production.
A Land Capability Map of your
farm indicates the use for which
the land is best suited, sach as
for row crops, close growing
crops, permanent hay or grazing
crops, permanent pasture, wood
land or wildlife.
Land capability classes are
based on detailed surveys of soil
types, slopes and past erosion.
Complete Soil Conservation,
erosion control plans are based on
the Land Capability Maps deve
loped for each individual farm.
Complete conservation plans
were developed for the following
Houston County farms last week:
Roy Sasser and C. E. Sasser
of the Bonaire Community,
J. W. Wood and J. H. Robin
son of the Perry Community.
The District also assisted C. C.
Dunbar in surueying 16,550 feet
of terraces on his farm in the
Warner Robins community. Mr.
Dunbar is constructing the ter
races with his tractor and disc
tiller plow. The terraces along
with the remainder of the field
will be planted to small grain
this fall. The terraces are being
constructed in such a manner as
will allow easy operation of com
bine over them when grain is har
vested.
R. E. Dunbar of the Warner
Robins Community i s coopera
ting with the District in estab
lishing a five-acre seed increare
block of Bahia grass.
Mrs. Phillips Dies
At Warner Robins
Mrs. Mildred M. Phillips, wife
of L. E. Phillips o f Warner
Robins, died early Sunday at her
home after a Jong illness. She
was 52.
Mrs. Phillips was a resident of
Warner Robins for the last two
years, moving there from Vienna,
where she had lived for 19 years’
Funeral services were held at |
the Byromville Baptist Church
Monday and burial was in the
Swaringen cemetery. The Rev.
James A. Ivey, pastor of the
Perry Baptist Church, officiated
at the services.
Tucker Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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permanent pasture improvement contest;
FORMAL ENTRY BLANK
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’ Name of Entrant Complete Address
It is my desire to enter the Pasture Improvement Contest
to be sponsored by the Macon Chamber of Commerce, Farm
Bureau and Kiwanis Club of this County.
’Date Signature
Please tear out this application blank and bring or send it
to your local County Agent not later than Nov, 1, 1946.
The Home Journal
Raises Its Rates
In case any of our subscribers
missed our announcement The
Home Journal is forced to raise
its subscription price, we repeat
it this week. Up through Sept,
30, 1946, the price inside Georgia
is $1.50 and outside the state $2,
On Oct. 1, 1946, aud after this
date, the price will be $2 inside
Georgia and $2.50 outside the ,
state. You may extend your sub
scription a year from the expira
tion date even though it has not
yet expired. Please remember
Sept. 30 is the deadline for the I
old rate. Thank you very much.
C. E.—
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Brownies Thanked
By 'War Orphan'
The Perry Brownie Scouts, who ,
are gathering food and clothing
to send to Marie Francoise Brun,
a French ‘‘war orphan,” have
received another letter from the
mother o f the family whose
father was killed by the Germans,
The letter, which was directed
to Mrs. S. A. Nunn, leader of the
Brownie Scouts, follows:
Belfort, Sept. 5,1946
Very dear Madame.
I want to thank you once more
for all the kindnesses that your- ,
self and your charming little
scouts are bestowing uyon us,
The packages arrive regularly
and are a great source of joy and
comfort to all of us. Thanks to you
our menus are so much more sub
stantial now.
In order that your little ‘‘girl
scouts” may know my children
better, I am enclosing two pic
tures of the family in this letter.
Each little face will tell you of
our deep gratitud for all the won
derful things you send.
Jean. Danielle, Marie Fran
coise et Marie Therese, say thank
you to their little American
friends and send them many
fond embraces,
I also include, for you dear
Madame, the assurance of my
profound regards,
M. Brun.
Meeting Attended
By Farm Workers
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks, Home Demonstration
Agent Miss Annie Newton and
Assistant Home Demonstration
Agent Miss Gervais Wynn are
attending the annual conference'
of agricultural workers at Athens!
throughout this week.
COURTHOUSE
CHANGE DENIED
Reports that the Houston coun
ty commissioners were consider
ing erecting the new courthouse
on another lot and turning over
the present courthouse square
for use as building lots were de
nied by Chairman J. A. Davis of
the commissioners.
Mr. Davis said the commis
sioners informally discussed
changing the site after some
Perry residents suggested that
growth of the business section
of town was being held back by
the courthouse square. How
ever, no plans have been made
for changing the site, he added.
“I think the new courthouse
will be built on the present
courthouse square,” Mr, Davis
said. He added that the plans
for the new building, which have
already been drawn, are prepar
ed to fit the shape of the present
square.
Just how long it will be before
the new courthouse can be built
Mr. Davis could not say. Only
the planning funds have been
[approved in Washington.
(The Home Journal will be
glad to publish your comments on
whether you think the court
house should be moved. It seems
to us that the courthouse square
is not what is holding back the
growth of the business section.
—C. E.)
Apply for Pay,
Veterans Urged
Although more than 20,000
Georgia veterans have applied
for terminal leave pay through
the 60 veterans Service Offices
throughout the state, C. Arthur
Cheatham, State Veterans Ser
vice director, says the number of
applications has fallen below en
pectations.
‘‘Less than 25 percent of those
eligible for terminal leave pay
in Georgia,” Cheatham announc
ed, ‘‘have applied so far. The
offices of the Department of
Veterans Service has been pro
vided with extra stenographic
help to nandle the rush until Oc
tober first. I urge Georgia vets
to make application as soon as
they can.”
Not only will Veterans Service
Offices help in the execution of
the necessary forms, he pointed
out, but all are ready to provide
advice on the use of terminal
leave pay bonds, pensions and
other matters.
Observing that terminal leave
pay bonds may be used to pay
GI insurance premiums, Chea
tham said: ‘‘The new liberaliz
ed insurance laws make the vet
erans’ GI insurance one of his
most valuable possessions. Every
veteran who has allowed his in
surance to lapse should immedia
tely reinstate it.”
But he was insistent on his ap
peal for more terminal leave pay
applicants. ‘‘Bring us more
vets,” he commented. ‘‘We’e
geared to take of them promptly
and efficiently.”
Mrs. O. A. Summers
Dies at Montezuma
Funeral services were held in
(Montezuma Friday for Mrs. Or
ren A, Summers, prominent Ma
con county woman and a sister
of Mrs. T. R. Summers, Sr., of
Perry.
Mrs. Summers, who was 65,
was the wife of O. A. Summers,
I the overseer on the farm of Ed.
1 M, McKenzie at Montezuma. She
1 was a member of *the Montezuma
j Methodist Church.
I The Rev, J. S. Louge, pastor
[of the Montezuma Methodist
| Church, officiated at the services,
(assisted by the Rev. J. E. Bu
chanan of the New Era Com
jmunity and interment was in the
Oglethorpe cemetery.
T. R. Summers, Jr., of Perry
was one of the pallbearers.
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Rep. Pace to Speak
To Kiwanis Sept. 24
Representative Stephen Pace
of the Third Congressional Dis
trict will speak before the Perry
Kiwanis Club Tuesday, Sept. 24,
it was announced by Alton Hardy,
program chairman for September,
Report to the Taxpayers
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PHOTO BY METRO STUDIO
MAYOR G. F. NUNN
; Awards Are Made
| In Poultry Show
Nine Houston county youngs
-5 ters who participated i n t h e
1 county 4-H Poultry Chain Show
‘ sponsored by the Exdension Ser
5 vice in cooperation with Sears,
3 Roebuck Co, won $9B in prize
3 moneyat the annual show here
■ last Friday.
Blue ribbons awards went to
Rosie Lee Terrell, Elko, $2O; and
Jimmie Lee Hammock, Kath
leen. $2O.
Red ribbons awards were won
by Geopge B. Wells, Jr., Perry;
j $10; Ann Bassett. Byron, $lO,
■ and Frank Douglas, Perry, $lO.
[ Winnnrs o f White Ribbon
! awards were Mark Wilson, Perry;
’ Eugene Davis, Clinchfield; J. C.
Leverette, Jr., Bonaire; and
J Harold Clarke, Perry, all of whom
received $7 prizes
i The show was judged by Ar
, thur Gannon, extension poultry
' specialist, and information on the
proper care of chickens was dis
\ cussed with the 4-H club mem
• bers and the guests attending the
show.
’ An auction of all the chickens
' entered in the show was held
j following the exhiitibon. The pro
’ ceeds will be used to continue
the chain each year,
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f $84,926 Bonds Sold
, In Houston County
! Houston County U. S. Savings
1 Bonds Chairman, Mayo Davis,
has received reports of bond
3 sales for August aud for the
first eight months of this year.
‘ Amount of sales for this county
‘ in August were $84,926 and for
‘ the first eight months of the
year $727,718. Other adjacent
or comparable counties include
Peach with $49,637,
Joseph G. Woodrnlf, state di
rector for the state of Georgia,
" reported to Mr. Davis, county
chairman, that he expected bond
3 sales io be higher in the fall
3 months, Jackson P. Dick, chair
' man of the State Advisory Com
mittee, believes that bond sales
in Georgia will reach $90,000,000
for the year 1946 and that this
county will reach a total of
$1,050,000.
1 Big Surplus Sale
At Warner Robins
; ATLANTA Over $3,900,000
worth of hardware, flying clothes,
textiles, electrical supplies and
1 furniture will be placed on sale
beginning September 20 at the
war surplus Site Sale at Robin>
3 Field, near Macon, Ga., it is an
-1 uouced by H. L. Lennon, regional
director of War Assets Adrnini
stration
- The $3,600,000 site sale will be
staged under WAA’s streamlined
‘ proceduures allowing customers
’ an opportunity to inspect price
; tagged srmples, pny for the goods
and let WAA and the Air Forces
' deliver the merchandise with a
minimum of delay.
Baptist Activities
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
2 Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
r Training Union, 6:30 p. m.
, Mid-week Prayer Service, 8:00
, p. m.
, Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor,
By MAYOR G. F. NUNN
For :v period of several months,
very few complaints have come
to this office regarding the quali
ty of the City Water as pumped
to you daily through our tank
and mains. And let us state
right here and now that this not
an invitation to you to swamp
this office with complaints that
you might not have been able to
get around to lately. But the
general let-up of recent months
has simply led us to analyze the
situation, and this is what we
have come up with. Either the
water has been definitely better,
or else you have so wearied from
lack of results from your pan
nings that you have desisted
from sheer exasperation.
Such a situation would tempt
anyone in public office to let
well enough alone, but because
of some recent developments
which the general public has not
known about, we thought it ad
visable to bring to you a report
on the happenings which affect
your daily water supply.
Service Extended
In October, 1945, your City
Government sold an issue of
Water Revenue Certificates in
the amount of $35,000. These
certificates, payable, solely out of
the regular revenue from your
City Waterworks and System,
bear interest at the rate of 2 3-4
% and are payable from a desig
nated sinking fund derived from
the deposit of 40% of the water
revenues each month. Plans for
the use of this fund included ex
tension of water mains and con
nections to potential users on the
Hawkinsville highway, and to a
host of homes in the Old Field
section and on the Houston Lake
Road. This extension was com
pleted in January of 1946 at an
approximate cost of $22,000. The
balance of approximately $13,000
was set aside for use in the re
vision and modification of your
existing Water Treatment Plant.
Plans for this remodeling pro
gram are now on the boards of
the Wiedeman & Singleton En
gineering office in Atlanta, and
are almost complete. Briefly,
they call for the continued use of
the present well, and the recon
struction of the old water treat
ment and filtration plant, cur
rently being used only as a reser
voir for waters which might be
needed in case of fire. The esti
mated cost for this revision will
probably exceed the actual
amount of money on hand due to
increased costs since plans were
first made.
Purifying Equipment
In addition, the regular month
ly analyses of City Water sam
ples by the State Health Depart
ment have recently brought from
that Department a suggestion
and recommendation that instal
lation be made of modern chlori
nating equipment in conneciion
with our plans. This equipment
has been ordered and is on hand.
Due to possible delays in the
completion of total plans for th£
remodeling job, it has been de
cided to install the chlorinator in
connection with the present
filter.
Experts tell us that the first
use of the chlorination treat
ment will probably cause the re
lease within existing mains and
house pipes of much of the scale
which has been accumulating
there for many years. This of
course, will be unpleasant to us
ers for a time, but as this scale
is removed, our water system
will be tremendously improved
in efficiency, volume and pres
sure, and the seasonal distur
bances which we have previously
experienced, should be reduced
and finally eliminated. It is sin
cerely hoped by your officers that
these changes will bring about
no sudden difference in the taste
and appearance of the water as
delivered to you, but if there
should be such, you may be as
sured that as for purity, it will
be improved. Please keep this
issue of the Home Journal for
future reference.
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*
