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VOL. LXXV. No. 40
Health Program
Considered Here
The Houston county commis
sioners are considering a request
for a public health program in
conjunction with two other
counties,
Representing the American Le
gion were J. M. Gooden, chair
man of the welfare committee of
the Robert D. Collins Post, and
Hugh Lawson, and W. E. Beck
ham, president of the Kiwanis
Club, and Cooper Etheridge, rep
resented the Civic Club.
Warner Robins Group
From Warner Robins came
Isaac Hayes, director of indus
trial health education at Warner
Robins Air Material Area; T. J.
Cater, Jr., representing the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Mrs. Watterson and Mrs, Wat
son, representing the Parent-
Teacher Association of Warner
Robins, and Supt. Bert Rumble
of the Warner Robins schools.
Mrs. W. B. Evans, welfare di
rector, represented her depart
ment.
The delegation cited figures
showing that Houston county’s
death rate from disease is great
er than the state average. The
figures were compiled by the
State Department of Health. The
cost to Houston county would be
approximately $6,000 a year and
services to be furnished include
a public health officer, two
nurses, two sanitary engineers
and a clerk. The state will fi
nance the remainder of the an
nual cost.
Mr, Hayes pointed ont that
there is little hope of inaugurat
ing the complete program in the
near future because of train
ed personnel, but that the three
counties should be able to ar
range for a nurse in the next
few months. About 60 Georgia
counties now have some form of
health service.
Chairman J. A. Davis said the
commissioners will consider the
request and advise the delega
tion as to the decision.
Bonaire P. T, A. Plans
Hallowe'en Carnival
The Bonaire P, T. A. held the
regular meeting on Thursday Oct.
3, at 3:30 P. M.
Mrs. Mary Perdue presided in
the absence of Mrs. Wills, the
president.
The program included the De
votional, Miss Weaver; Songs,
High School Girls; Reading, Betty
Edwards; Minutes, Mrs. George
M. Burgess: Treasurer’s Report,
Mrs. H. C. Talton.
The following were selected as
as chairmen: Finance, Mrs.
Frank Wilkinson; Social, Mrs. A.
E. Woodard: Program, Misses
Weaver and McMichael; Mem
bership, Mrs. Claude Watson and
Mrs. Ammons; Publicity, Mr.
Perdue.
Plans were made for the
annual Halloween Carvinal to be
held Oct. 25. Chairmen for the
event are; Misses Gumm, Mrs.
Jack Ammons, Miss Lucile Mc-
Michael, Mrs, G. F. Collins, Miss
Weaverand Mrs. Mary Perdue,
Scouts Advanced
At Warner Robins
Three Warner Robins Boy
Scouts were awarded Merit
Badges at a Board of Review for
3roop 120 recently.
Kenneth Pierce was awarded
a badge for basketry, wood car
ving, personal health and home
repair. Jimmy Stephens was re
cognized for basketry and wood
carving and Billy Poole for l
swimming and life saving.
The Board of Review was com
posed of Fred Breedlove, Elmer 1
Vvhitner and Thomas Cater, Jr. 1
Mr. Cater and his advance
ment committee are ready to 1
hold boards of review every j
month if the boys of Warner Ro-j
bins are ready to go before them.,
Jesse R. Gunn
Field Scout Executive
Mabel Hunt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. J. Hunt, Jr., cele
brated her third birthday with a
Party at her home Thursday af
ternoon. Thirty friends were in
vited. Ice cream and cake were
served and favors were hats,
baskets of candy and crickets. 1
Houston %
BLUE LUPINE INCREASES YIELDS--Above, right to laft, Elmer Cheatwood,
Unadilla farmer, J. F. Monroe, R. A. Coleman and Hubert Yow, Dooly county agri
cultural workers, are inepecting corn grown on the Cheatwood farm. The large pile
of corn repreeents a yield of 73 bushels per acre following blue lupine turned under
under preceding the corn. The small pile of corn represents a yield of 17 bushels per
acre from adjacent part of field NOT planted to lupine. Both tracts of corn were
treated exactly the same except for the lupine.
Fair in Macon
To Open Oct. 14
MACON, Ga. —At the begin
ing of World War II the vast
Georgia State Fair immediately
started stressing food and other
important defense and war-time
factors, which was the theme
throughout the great conflict.
Now, with America In full re
conversion, the theme will be
expanded to show the marvels of
post-war living, on the farm and
in the city.
This year the huge state-wide
exposition has for its central
theme “Georgia of Tomorrow,’’
and the educational facilities will
be utilized to the utmost extent
to depict what the future has in
store for Georgians.
Dates for the Georgia State
Fair are earlier this year than in
the past several years. The fair
starts on Monday, October 14, ,
and will continue through Satur
day, October 19. An elaborate
series of special events has been
planned for each day of Stat
Fair Week.
The Macon Exchange Club,
which operates the state fair, is
making the 1946 fair especially
appealing to children, and as a
consequence a much larger at
tendance of school children from
over the state is anticipated.
All of the marvels of the war
[days now being changed into vi
tal civillian uses will be on dis- 1
play, plus an unusually large ar
ray of traditional exhibits. Live
stock shows will again be em
phasized, along with other de
partments featuring the state’s
advance in agriculture and farm
living. Home arts and sciences,
schools and industries will be
represented in greater numbers
than before.
E, Ross Jordan, general man
ager of the fair, who has di
rected the exposition for more ’
than a score of years, predicts
that the 1946 fair will far sur
pass all others. In amusements
the fair will have an entirely
new midway featuring the Endy
Bros. Shows and Rides, daily
programs of thrill acts, and mas
sive fireworks displays. In spite
of all expansion and added ex
penses, the adult admission
price has been reduced from 60
cents tc 50 cents.
FAMILY REUNION ,
A family reunion was held at
the home of Mrs. D. P. Leaptrot | :
in Perry Sunday, when 26 mem
bers of the family gathered to- >
gether for the first time in twelve ( ‘
years-
Four sons o f Mrs. Leaptrot
who have been in the U. S. Navy |
were together for the first time (
in seven years. One of the sons i
is still in the Navy.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 194
FARM BUREAU
HEARS NUNN
S. A. Nunn. Perry attorney
farmer who originated the Green
Acres Contests i n Houston
county, told members of the
Houston County Farm Bureau
last Thursday night that soil
erosion must be stopped if this
area is to continue as one of the
leaders in agriculturalproduction.
Speaking at the October meet
ing of the Farm Bureau. Mr,
Nunn said farmers must retain
the fertile topsoil by soil conser
vation practices or face the pro
spect of being unable to make a
good living from the land.
He was introduced by W. C.
Huggins, district soil conserva
tionist who was in charge of the
program.
Paschal Muse, county Farm
Bureau president, announced that
Houston was the second county
in the state to reach 40 percent
of the 1946 membership in the
current membership campaign.
He said it appeared the goal of
600 members would be reached j
soon.
W. T. Middlebrooks, county
agent, explained the details of I
the Green Acres Contest, the
Pasture Improvement Contest
and the Soil Conservation Con
test, all of which are open to
Houston county farmers this
year,
The dinner was served by a
committee of Farm Bureau la
dies from the Kathleen commu
nity.
FAMILY REUNION
Mr, and Mrs. W. V. Tuggle
were hosts Sunday at a family :
reunion and a celebration of the
birthday of Mrs. Tuggle’s mo
ther, Mrs. S. J. Powell of Lees- j
burg.
The guests at the reunion were j
Mrs. Powell, Miss Wilile Powell,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Powell and
son, Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Powell and daughter, Sally, all i
of Leesburg: Mr. and Mrs. Ross j
Powell and son, Ross, Jr., of I
Albany, and Mr. and Mrs, Harry !
Powell and son, Harry, Jr., of
Marietta.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The general meeting of the!
Baptist W. M. S. will be held at
the church at 3:30 p.m. Monday
The Sunbeams will meet at the
same time at the church.
The Sorosis Club will hold its
first meeting of the new year at
4 p.m. Thursday at the home of
Mrs. J. L. Gallemore,
The Auxiliary to the Robert D.
Collins Post of the American Le
gion will hold its monthly lunch
eon at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Oc
tober 17, at the Legion Home.
Mrs. A. P. Whipple and Mr?. L.
Potato Storage
Should Be Clean
Storage losses of sweet pota
toes can be reduced by disin
fecting all sweet potato storage
houses before storing this year’s
crop, County Agent W, T. Mid
dlebrooks, told Houston county
farmers this week.
“Curing houses should be
cleaned out and all old potatoes
and trash removed and burned,”
Mr. Middlebrooks said. “All
holes in the house should be
patched to make it airtight for
fumigating and to keep out rats
and mice.”
Harvesting and storing crates
should be fumigated along with
the house, the county agent. Mr.
Middlebrooks recommended the
use of three pints of formalde
hyde and 23 ounces of potassium
permangate for each 1,000 cubic
feet of storage space.
“Place the potassium perman
ganate in several crocks, and af
ter putting on gloves and gog
gles, pour the formaldehyde over
! the permanganate,” he advised.
| Start at the back of the room
and work quickly towards the
door to avoid fumes. Be sure no
fire or flame is present.”
Close the door for 24 t) 48
hours and then ventilate the
house thoroughly before re-en
tering, Mr. Middlebrooks said.
Fumigating should be done at
least two weeks before the stor
ing the sweet potatoes.
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BOOK CLUB HOST
AT ANNUAL SOCIAL
The Wednesday Afternoon
i Book Club entertained the hus
i bands of the members at a din
j ner at the New Perry Hotel and
i a Hallowe’en party at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Maeon,
Sr., on Friday night. This is an
annual affair of the club.
Following the dinner at the
hotel, the members and guests
drove out to the Mason’s home,
where there was a big bonfire |
and Hallowe’en decorations.
Mrs. W. E. Marshall,Jr.,presi-!
dent of the club, gave a toast to j
the men. 1
Members of the committee!
which arranged the affair were!
Mrs. T. D. Mason, Sr., Mrs. A.j
G. Hendrick, Mrs. S. A. Nunn
and Mrs. W. C. Huggins.
i
i
I
M. Paul are the hostess chair-1
men. Members are requested toj
notify the chairmen if they canj
not attend.
Circles of the Methodist W. S,;
C. S. will meet at 3:30 p. m. |
Monday, Oct. 14, as follows:!
No. 1 with Mrs. C, G. Harris;
No, 2, with Mrs. Floyd Tabor,
and No. 3 with Mrs, J. C.
Heller.
Methodists Oppose
Sunday Movies Here
Sunday School
Heads Installed
New officers of the Perry Bap
tist Sunday School assumed their
new duties Sunday and were in
stalled officially at the morning
worship service by Rev. J. A.
Ivey, pastor,
The general officers are Cooper
Etheridge, superintendent; W.
H. Whitten, associate superin
tendent; Mrs. T. F. Hardy, Jr.,
secretary; Melvin Nelson, asso
date secretary; Mrs. Emmit Ak
in, pianist; Sarah Ivey, associate
pianist, J. P. Etheridge, song
leader.
Cradle Roll Department: Mrs.
H. T. Gilbert, superintendent;
Mrs, Donald Smith, secretary;
Mrs. J. A. Beddingfield, Mrs. J.
A. Taylor, Mrs. Wilson Jarrell,
Mrs. Cooper Etheridge, Mrs. B.
J. Hunt, Jr., and Mrs. Russell
Tomlinson, teachers.
Beginners Department: Mrs.
lA. C. Watts, superintendent:
Mrs. Bessie Lee, secretary; Mrs.
Martha Abney and Miss Billie
Goode, teachers.
Primary Department; Mrs.
Emmit Akin, superintendent;
Mrs. L. C. Todd, secretary; Mrs.
R. L. Roper, Mrs. Charles Logue,
Mrs. W. J. Clarke and Mrs. Jack
■ Miller, teachers.
Junior Department: Mrs. D,
M.-Ryle, superintendent; Mrs.
Tommie S. Hunt, pianist; Mrs.
W. B. Roberts, Mrs. J. L. Galle
more, Mrs. J. A. Ivey. Miss
Dorothy Avera, Mrs. Joe Lever
* ettee, Mrs. Paul Hardy"and Miss
' Elvira Jackson, teachers.
I Intermediate DepartmenCMrs.
' J. P. Duggan, superintendent:
Sarah Ivey, pianist; Mrs. Hugh
, Lawson, Jack Miller, J. P, Dug
i gan, Harris Rape, Mrs, R. L
? Sutton, D. M. Ryle and W. H.
I Whitten, teachers.
» Young People's Department;
' Mrs. Marion Greene, superinten
, dent; Miss Louise Head, secre
tary; Patsy Harris, pianist; Mrs.
, George Parrish and Marion
i Greene, teachers.
Adult Department: Mrs. C.F.
; Cooper, superintendent: Mrs. E.
' W. Traylor, secretary; Mrs. Em
j mit Akin, pianist; Sarah Ivey,
. associate pianist; Mrs, C. E."
Brunson, Mrs. C. F. Cooper,J.M.
Gooden, Hugh Lawson, Mrs. W.
‘ B. Evans, V. B. Hay, Mrs. An
nie Watson and Russell Tomlin
, son, teachers.
Extension Department: Mrs.
( Annie Watson, superintendent;
, Mrs. Jeff Pierce, associate super
, intendent: Mrs. J, L. yGallemore,
secretary: Mrs. I’, W. Woodruff,
s Mrs. G. P. Hunnicutt, Mrs. J. 0.
, Sutton, Mrs. D, M, Johnson,Mrs.
J. A. Beddingfield, Mrs. W. H.
Whitten, Mrs. L. R, Christy.Mrs.
Charles Rowland and Mrs. W. B.
' Harrison, visitors.
FAMILY REUNION
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. White, of
the Tharpe Memorial Church
Community, had as their guests
i last weekend all five of their
. children, It was the first time the
. entire family had been together
in five years,
ij Spending the weekend with
their parents were W. W. White,
i Mrs, White and daughter Bar
bara of Birmingham, Ala,; Mr.
i and Mrs. W. D. White and child
i ren Betty Joyce, Billy, Jerry and
Pam, of Americus; H, E. White
; J and daughter, Wynelle of Fort
I Valley; Mr. and Mrs. F, L, Cliett
land sons, Furman and Gairy of
dPowersville; Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
White and sons, Arthur, Jr., and
I Chuck of Byron, and Mr. and
i Mrs. A. F. Hortman and daugh
ter, Myrtice of Marshallville.
iWelcome Home
Billy Parks of Perry received
j his honorable discharge from the
|U. S, Army on Sept. 22.
MOORE PROMOTED
Herbert Moore, son of Mr. and
; Mrs. Max Moore of Perry, has
; been promoted from private to
Sergeant (T-4). Sergeant Moore
is with U. S. occupation forces in
Japan.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
The Perry Methodist Church,
at its quarterly conference Sun
day afternoon, adopted a reso
lution condemning Sunday mo
tion pictures in Perry, where an
election on the Sunday movie
question will be held Oct. 21,
Dr. S. T. Senter, district su
perintendent of the Methodist
Church, was here to conduct'' the
quarterly conference.
The resolution passed by the
church body reads:
“Whereas: It is the duty of
all professed Christians to help
keep the Sabbath Day holy,
“Be it resolved that this Quar
terly Conference goes on record
opposing Sunday movies.”
The resolution was signed by
J. 0. Coleman, secretary, and
Dr. S. T. Senter, president.
The resolution was offered by
Charles P. Cray and seconded by
S, A. Nunn and M. G. Edwards.
At a meeting of the Methodist
W.S.C.S. Monday afternoon, the
women’s group went on record
in opposition to the showing of
■ movies here on Sundav,
The Perry Baptist Church has
1 taken no official action but the
pastor, Rev. J. A. Ivey, spoke
out recently against Sunday mov
! ies for Perry.
Veterans’ Petition
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
asked the mayor and council to:
I. Grant permission for Sunday
movies to raise money for chari
table activities and post pro
gaams, or
, 2. Repeal existing laws which
prohibited showing of movies on
, Sunday, or
3. I f the first two petitions
were denied by mayor and coun
, cil, that an election be held,
i Mayor and council rejected the
first request outright, the second
request was rejected because
there is no specific city ordinance
against Sunday movies (State
law prohibits them); and the
third request was granted.
It was pointed out by council
men that the election will have
no legal status, and in fact will
be no no more than a straw ballot
to determine the sentiment of the
people. State laws prohibit Sun
day movies and cities having
them now are violating the law
’ but with the apparent consent
of the people, in the absence of
a petition for injunction.
The V.F, W. officials have said
that no effort would be made to
show movies on Sunday if the
voters decide against it.
Clean Lots Urged
For Raising Pigs
By W. T. MIDDLEBROOKS,
County Agent
Clean farrowing lots for sows
and their litters are probably the
most important factors in get
ting pigs off to a good start com
paratively free of worms. One
fourth to one-half acre of uncon
taminated ground should be pro
vided per sow. The farrowing
lots should provide grazing.
Lespedeza, cowpeas, soybeans or
cattail millet provide excellent
grazing. Early-sown fall oats
are also suitable for grazing.
Portable farrowing houses or
shelters should be scrubbed out
and moved to the new lots. The
life of farrowing houses can be
increased by bracing them, es
pecially houses without floors,
Oefore they are moved.
“Use leaves or short straw for
bedding in the farrowing hous
es,” the county agent pointed
out. “Heavy bedding should
not be used, as the pigs are apt
to be smothered in the deep, soft
mass.”
J. T. Cawthon Joins
State Patrol Here
J. T. Cawthon of Perry, a Na
vy veteran, has been appointed
as a license examiner for the
Georgia State Patrol and will be
assigned to a station later
Mr. and Mrs, Cawthon will re
side in Perry.
Dependent on High way
There are 54,000 towns and vil
lages in the United States served
only by highway and motor tran»-
port. __
