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VOL. LXXV. No. 45
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■ CONFUSION: I started out
■, t week to work up an ad on j
K'e Armistice Day closing of the;
■tores in Perry. I thought the
Merchants here would like to let,
■heir customers know that they,
■ ould be closed all day, or part
If the day, or open all day, and
an afterthought) that I could 1
Rick up a little change in the,
■>al, After I hit several stores, i
■ sa w I was abont to get myself I
In a wringer. Everybody want-'
dto know what their competi-!
tion was going to do. I didn’t:
L 0 w what their competition j
ivas going to do, and if I had,;
doubted the wisdom of disclos- j
i n g what apparently was a trade,
secret, thereby risking the pos
sibility of making an enemy
}uite innocently. So I bowed
mt of the picture, minus my ex
tra change and the customers;
sot knowing who was going to: 1
close when. Allot this brings!
us to the point of the story: that
Perry should have a merchants'
association, or whatever youil
want to name it, which would;:
bring some order out of the con-|
fusion, and if it did nothing but '
settle the store hours it would
have accomplished a useful pur
pose.
CONGRATULATIONS: To the
American Legion for the great
Armistice Day celebration and
over-the-top completion of the;
membership drive; To the Rev.!
J. B. Smith for a successful year '
as pastor of the Ferry Methodist,'
Church; To the Houston Civic|
League for ministering to the
needs of Houston countians, the ,
first organized effort to help
those who cannot help them
selves: To Eric Staples for
another winning basketball team.
SLOW: Houston is far behind
many counties our size in provid- '
ing recreational facilities. Acorn- :
munity which provides for its -
youth is a community which also ‘
attracts the grown-ups. The re- 1
suit is a bigger and more alive
communtiny. No othe r th ing i
would help this community a s i
much a s a swimming pool. I t
doesn’t matter who builds it, or ;
who gets the credit for it; some- i
body will have to do it sometime
if we keep pace with our neigh- (
bors. May we suggest that we
start now? --C. E,
PERSONAL MENTION
Ed Thompson, who represent
ed Houston county at the F. F.
A. convention in Kansas City,
told of his trip in a speech before
the Perry Kiwanis Club Tuesday.
Miss Louise Kezar, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Kezar of
Elko, has accepted a position as
nurse at Taylor Memorial Hos
pital in Hawkinsville.
. John and Thomas Hendrix are
here with their mother, Mrs.
May Hendrix, and their grand
mother, Mrs. John H. Hodges.
Mr. and Mrs. Wordna Gray
spent several days last week in
Atlanta and attended the Tech-
Navy game Saturday.
Methodist Activities
Following completion of re
pairs at the Perry Methodist
( Lurch, services will be held in
*he church auditorium for the
first time in more than a month, j
Church Services, 11:30 a. m. i
and 7:30 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a, m. i
toung People’s Service. 5:30
•P m. j
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor. i
. i
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Robert D. Collins Post of the■
American Legion will hold its
November luncheon meeting at
12:30 p. rn., Thursduy, Nov. 21,
at the Legion Home.
Die deacons of the Baptist
bburch will meet at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Beckham
Thursday night.
Circles of the Methodist W. S.
S. will meet at 3:30 p.m. Mon
day as follows- No. 1, to be an
nounced; No. 2. with Mrs. A. R.
lalton, Sr., and No. 3. with Mrs. \
M. Kicklighter.
Houston pjcmte journal
| Delegates Named
|By ir arm Bureau
I Meeting last Thursday night,
the Houston county chapter of
i 16 Georgia Farm Bureau named
j seven delegates and seven alter
j nates to the state convention be
j mg held in Macon.
a e ._,negates arc Eugene
Smith, W. E Vinson, Jr,, W, B
Sexton, B. H. Newberry, A. A.
White, Paschal Muse and H B
Gilbert.
I The alternates are W.W. Gray,
W. C- Cawthon, John L. Davis,
Floyd labor, W. C. Langston.
I James C. Johnson and R. E
| Dunbar.
j Mr. labor, first vice president
I°f the state organization, re
j sponded to the welcome address
,of Mayor Charles L. Bowden of
Macon yesterday afternoon.
Seventeen 4-H Club girls of i
Houston county will serve as
pages at the convention.
Miss Annie Newton, home dem
onstration agent, announced.
They are June Satterfield, Anne
Ivey, Peggy Jo Mitchell, Jo Alice
Moody, Jean Clark, Martha
Scarborough. Betty Jean Stewart
and Mary Joyce Story.
From Bonaire, Carolyn Clem
ents, Olivia Wooden, Betty Ed
wards, Kitty Kelly, Virginia
Hayes, Ruth Bennett, Shirley
Kersey and Joanne Childs.
From Warner Robins, Dorothy
Pratt.
Officers Named
By Civic League
Mrs. Warren B. Hodge and
Mrs, L. H, Gilbert were elected
directors of the Houston Civic
League, Inc., last Thursday
night at the annual meeting of
the community organization.
A. W. Dalberg, executive sec
retary, reported relief expendi
tures of $136 since organization
of the league a year ago, and
strongly urged the construction
of a swimming pool on a lot own
ed by the league in the Armory
Grove.
Mrs. Aurelia Evans, director
of the Houston county welfare
department, asked the league to
to use her organization as a clear
ing house for its relief expendi
tures and offered to dispense re
lief money to persons who were
determined by investigation to
be in need.
Recognized for contributing
SIUO and above to the civic league
were Ernmit Akin, Mayo Davis,
A. M. Kicklighter, Max Moore,
the Kiwanis Club and the Soro
sis Club.
Judge A. M. (Phil) Anderson,
commander of the American Leg
ion post, said prospects for con
struction of an Armory building
to house the National Guard
unit which has been offered
Perry are not bright because of
the scarcity of building materials.
It had been planned to combine
a recreation center with the ar
mory.
J. B. Smith Returns
To Church in Perry
The Rev. J. B. Smith, pastor
of the Perry Methodist Church
for the last'two years, was re
turned to the Perry charge for
another two years by the South
Georgia Methodist Conference
meeting at Bainbridge this week.
Perry welcomes the return o f
j Rev. Mr. Smith, who has been a
real asset to this community.
MOORE PROMOTED
! Herbert Moore, son of Mr. and
iMrs. Max Moore of Perry, has
[been promoted from T-4 to Staff
Sergeant. He is stationed in Ja*
[pan.
MRS. GRAY HONORED
Mrs. J. M. Holloman and Mrs.
J H Short entertained Tuesday,
Nov’s at the New Perry Hotel,
for Mrs. K. D. Cray of Holly
wood, California, and Miss Hor-;
tense Michols of Indianapolis. 1
Ind who are visiting their sister, 1
Mrs. Charles P. Cray. The guest
list included the honorees, Mrs.
Gray. Mrs. Will Gilbert Mrs.
Miller Edwards and Mrs. A. M.,
1 Anderson.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.T THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 194 G
VETERANS MARCH in Perry's Armistice Day parade. This view shows the vet
erans cf World War 2 as they lurned up Jernaghan Street toward the business sec
tion. (Drinnon photo for the Home Journal;.
MISS DOROTHY AVERA
WED TO MR. HUDSON
In a ceremony marked by
beauty and simplicity, Miss
Dorothy Avera and William Hud
son were married Sunday after
noon at 4:30 o’clock at the Perry
Baptist Church.
The Rev. James A. Ivey, pas
tor of the church, performed the
ceremony. Miss Anne Saunders
of Norcross played the wedding
music and Miss Sara Ivey sang
I Love You Truly and Oh, Prom
ise Me.
Given in marriage by her
brother, William D. Avera of
Fort Valley, the bride had as
her attendants, Miss Betty Mas
sey of Tiger, Ca., maid of honor;
Miss Anna Lee Beavers and
Catherine Dußois of Perry, Lil
lie Belle Hatchett and Doris
Young of Fort Valley as brides
maids,
Mr. Hudson's best man was
Marvin Hudson of Fort Valley.
Ushers were Freeman Leverette,
Donald Singletary, Hugh Smis
son and Herschel Bowden, all of
Fort Valley.
The couple took their vows be
fore a green and white decked
altar lighted by candles. The
rostrum was banked with ferns
and smilax. At each side were
two baskets of white chrysanthe
mums and overhead, on the choir
rail, was a large basket of the
same flowers. Lighted tapers
were arranged on each side of
these baskets of flowers.
The bridesmaids wore similar
sheet length dresses of soft
shades of blue with golden brown
accessories. They wore bands of
gold sequins in their hair from
which fell short brown veils
edged with gold. Each maid car
ried a bouquet of lavender chry
santhemums tied with matching
ribbon. The matron of honor
wore a pink wool dress with ac
cessories and sequin head band
like those of the bridesmaids.
She, too, carried lavender chry
santhemums.
The lovely blonde bride wore a
sheet length gown of white wool
trimmed with off white lace. On
her head she wore a band of
white carnation and tube roses
which held in place a short circu
lar white veil. Her only orna
ment was a silver and light blue
necklace which belonged to her
mother. Her bouquet was of
white carnations and tube roses.
After the ceremony three aunts
of the bride, Mrs. C. P. Single
. tary, Mrs. Ernest Leverette and
Mrs. Tom White all of Fort Val
ley, gave a reception for the
couple at the American Legion
Home.
In the receiving line at the re
ception were Mrs. Homer Chap
man, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Hud.
;Son, the bride and groom and
the bridesmaids.
When the couple left for their
wedding trip the bride was attired
in a gray suit with royal blue ac
cessories. Her corsage was of
white carnations and tube roses-
Twenty Years Ago
In The Home Journal
Miss Hilda Ceyer of Fort
Wa.vne, Ind., was entertained at
a bridge luncheon at the home
of Mrs. Aubrey Anderson. Co
hostesses were Mrs. Peyton Skel
lie and Mrs. John L. Hodges.
Mrs. E. W. Traylor won high
score prize.
L. F. Cater was elected chair
man of the Middle Georgia zone
of the Georgia Bankers Associa
tion.
Mrs. George Winn enter
tained her bridge club. Mrs.
Conrad Miller won high score
prize and Miss Aurelia Cooper
second prize.*
Mr, and Mrs. Willie Garvin of
Centerville had as their guests
their sister, Mrs, J. A. Akin of
Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs, I. T. Collins and
family, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Rey
nolds and Mrs. Lena Stembridge
of Macon were visitors in Cen
terville.
Houston Rejects
Welfare Change
Houston county, a Talmadge
stronghold, followed his lead in
last week’s general election by
defeating the “Hartley Amend
ment” which would have set up
a constitutioual state welfare
board, The vote was 234 against
and 128 for.
Talmadge, who campaigned
against the amendment, is ex
pected to fire Judge Hartley, the
head of the welfare board after
th e Talmadge administration
takes over Jan. ].
Talmadge received 356 votes
in Houston county, and James V,
Carmichael, unsuccessful against
Talmadge in the Democratic pri
mary, received 3 write-in votes
as an independent.
The vote on the Hartley amend
ment by precincts follows:
Precinct Fur Against
Perry 52 100
Hattie 4 42
Henderson 0 7
Elko 14 8
Hayneville 5 10
Kathleen 1 17
W. Robins 51 38
Heard 1 12
The county formally elected
Stephen Pace congressman, J.W.
Blood worth as state representa
tive, and T. L. Warren and War
ren B. Hodge as county commis
sioners.
ATTORNEYS TO MEET
The Georgia Bar Association
will hold meetings Nov. 21 and
I 22 to discuss new rules of proce
dure and the new divorce laws.
’I ORDER EARLY: Don’t wail
‘ 1 too late to have your name print
■ ed on our Christmas cards
f Cards $1 a box and $1 for print
ing up to 5 boxes. Home Journal
Sewell Winner
In Legion Drive
. Looking out over his pinch
nose glasses, Rhodes Sewell i
counted 117 new members that 1
he and his Blue team had added
to the rolls o f the Robert D.
Collins Post of the American Le
gion and thereby escaped K F duty
at this week’s veterans barbecue.
KP duty went to the White
team headed by Ralph Tabor and
, the Red team captained by She
riff C. C. Chapman, who tied
lor second place i n the hard
fought membership drive which
last week had brought the rolls
, up to 238 members— the largest
, in the history of the legion in
Houston sounty.
The local post, Commander A.
, M. (Phil) Anderson said, was
• of 12 posts in Georgia to reach
one per cent of their 1945 mem-
I bership before Armistice Day,
and it appeared after the last
. week’s gains that Perry may be
the No. 1 post in the state for
increase in membership.
A total of 125 members attend
ed the last meeting Tuesday
night, Nov. 5, with W. G. Riley
heading the di mer committee.
They were fed At my chow-line
style and. since they could net
find table space in the Legion
Home, moved out onto the porch
1 and nearby automobiles to eat
' their barbecue. Commander An
derson called attention t o the
] fact that the post has outgrown
' its home, and must consider the
t possibility of enlarging its quar
j ters.
r Bonaire News
1 The Bonaire P. T. A. met in
3 the school auditorium with the
new president, Mr s. Barney
J. Wills, presiding. A very enter
taining program was presented
3 by Miss Weaver. A committee
was appointed to make plans for
beautifying the school grounds.
The P.T.A. voted to buy cooking
utensils for the lunch room.
Plans were made for having
lights put in the class rooms of
the school. The seventh grade
won the dollar for having the
highest percentage of parents
present at the meeting. Aftei
the business meeting, a social
hour was enjoyed.
, Bonaire boys defeated Chaun
cey 20 to 13 Friday night. Neal
‘ Holloman and Billy Woodard
were high point men.
The Bonaire girls defeated
Chauncey 35 to 32. Nannete Da
vidson and Carolyn Clements
were high scorers.
The senior English class is be
ginning the study of drama. Mac
n beth, and are very much inter-
J ested in it.
i-1
Miss Joyce Andrew had as her
j guest for the weekend her room
itl mate at Wesleyan College, Miss
;• Norma Lee of Alma.
5-i Mr. and Mrs, Ray Jensen and
-• daughter, Mary, of Tifton visit
1< led friends here Monday.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
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Local Vets
Celebrate
Armistice
Houston county paid tribute to
the veterans of two wars Mon
day with an elaborate Armistice
Day observance that attracted
crowds to Perry for a parade, an
address, a barbecue and dance.
The Armistice Day celebration,
sponsored by the Robert I). Cal
ling Post of the American Le
gion, was dedicated by the vet
erans of World War 2 to the vet
erans of the First World War in
recognition of their leadership.
Col. Allen Carden of Fitzger
ald. commander of the Third Dis
trict of the Legion, who was the
principal speaker at exercises at
Perry High School, described the
veterans’ part in war and peace
and called for support of the Le
gion program.
Big Parade
Two hundred veterans of the
two wars, the Hoy and Girl
Scouts, the Cub Scouts and the
Brownie Scouts, and the Fort
Valley High School band partici
pated in the colorful parade from
the Legion Home through the
business district to the school
house.
More than 400 persons enjoyed
the barbecue served at the school
gmnasium under the able direc
tion of W. G. Riley and later in
the evening danced to the music
of Ray Melton’s orchestra, A
feature of the dance was a jitter
bug contest, which was won by
Miss Betty Holer an d Gene
Ethridge.
At the exercises, Commander
A. M. (Phil) Anderson thanked
the people of the county for their
whole hearted cooperation in Le
gion activities. He introduced
Mrs. H. S. Kezar, president of
the Legion Auxiliary; W. A. Wil
liams of Cordele, district adju
tant; Col. W. 0. Moore and Lt.
Col. G. A. Bosch of Warner Rob
ins; Horace Braddock, Woodrow
Gilbert and Yates Greene, post
officers: Malcolm Dean, Redding
Talton and G. T. Pierce, Jr., of
ficers of the local V.F. W. post;
Mrs. W. H. Whitten, a Gold Star
Mother; Mrs. C. 0. Grimes, Mrs.
T. R. Summers, Sr., Mrs. J. B.
Calhoun, Mrs. A. P. Whipple and
Miss Willie Ryals, officers of the
Ladies Auxiliary.
General Hodges’ Message
Mrs. Whipple gave a reading,
In Flanders Field, and J. M.
Gooden gave the invocation.
Charles Andrew led the singing
of America and at the close of
the ceremonies, he sang Taps.
Commander Anderson read a
telegram from Gen. Courtney H.
Hodges of Perry, famed World
War 2 leader, expressing regret
for being unable to attend.
Mrs. M. M. Rainey, a Gold
Star Mother of the First World
War, and Mrs. John H. Hodges,
mother of the general, were in
vited but were unable to attend.
W.M.S. RE-ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Mrs. W. B. Roberts, president,
Mrs. E. W. Traylor, secretary,
and Mrs. Annie Watson, treasur
er, were re-elected for another
year by the Baptist W.M.S. Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Mathews was
elected first vice president, Mrs.
C. E, Brunson, second vice presi
dent, and Mrs. Hugh Lawson,
■ young people’s leader.
Plans were made for the Lot
tie Moon Christmas season for
prayer and offering during the
I week of Dec. 26. Programs are
planned for 3:30 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
1 and at the Mid-week Prayer Ser
-1 vice Wednesday night of that
week.
I At Monday’s meeting, Mrs.
■ Henry Mathews bad charge of
; the program on the topic, Fields
Yet Untouched by Southern Bap
tists. Mrs. C. E. Brunson led
the devotional. Others on the
program were Mesdames Charles
Logue, F. M. Greene, Jr., W. J.
Clark and Mayo Davis. Mrs. A.
, C. Watts and Mrs. H. V. Bramb
lett led the meeting of the
j Sunbeams.
1 Giraffe’s Tongue
The tongue of the giraffe Is about
18 inches long.
