Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, November 21, 1946, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextAn Old Newspaper Of the New South VOL. LXXV. No. 46 Good Record Made in '46 By Baptists The Perry Baptist Church completed its church year o n Sept. 31 with excellent reports from all departments of its work, according to the pastor, the Rev. James A. Ivey. “Every organization making up the fellowship is heartened with the result of the year’s efforts,” Mr. Ivey said. “By the grace of God and the leadership of His spirit we rejoice in hav ing been able to be used of Him to achieve many good things.” Mr. Ivey said he desired to ex press sincere appreciation for the cooperation he has received in his 10 years as pastor of the Perry church. He began his 11th year Nov, 1. Enrollment High In the Sunday School, the en rollment reached a new high of 383 membars. The average at tendance moved up from i(I6 for 1945 to 197 for this last year. A Vacation Bible school was held during the summer with an en rollment of 86 and an average daily attendance o f 76. This phase of the work is an arm of Sunday School. In the Training Union work, two organizations are making steady progress under the leader ship of James P. Duggan with the Intermediates, Mrs. E. H. Tidwell and Mrs. Joe Clarke as co-leaders of the Juniors, The W, M. S. had a great year under the leadership of Mrs. W. B. Roberts as president. This organization, as is characteristic of its membership from year to year, has done much byway of carrying foward the missionary banner of the church. It has an enrollment of 55, and sponsors two other organization as auxi liaries, the G. A. ’s and the Sun beams. These two groups have a combined membership of 61, making a total enrollment for the general organization of 116. Membership Gains The church membership has shown an appreciable gain dur ing the year. A total of 114 per sons were added to the member ship, making the total member ship 461. The addition on pro fession of faith was some 40 per cent of the total number of ad ditions. This year proved to be the best in the history of the church in finantial contributions. For all purposes the grand total of $l7, 704 was contributed during the year. Of this amount approxi mately 28 % was given for con templated enlargement and im provement of the Sunday School plant. In addition to this, several thousand dollars have been set aside for the building of a new pastorium. The work on the Sun day School plant and the build ing of the pastorium will be un dertaken as soon as government regulations permit and the church deems it advisable to un dertake the projects. The missionary program of the; church reached new proportions during the year with total gifts of $3,646. This includes contri butions for benevolent causes re presented b y the Baptist Co operative Program, and other phases not included in this —-the Children’s Home, a Relief and Rehabiliation Offering, the Geor gia Baptist Foundation for schools and local benevolent work. Altogether it h a s been most encouraging to look in upon the general program of the church and realize that the good; people of the church are gene-; rously and wholeheartedly carry 1 ing on for the Master. Church Leaders Church officials for the year include some changes. In the W. S. M,, the officials are: Mrs. W. B. Roberts, president; Mrs. i Henry Mathews, first vice presi-1 dent; Mrs. C. E. Brunson, second! vice president; Mrs, Hugh Law-' son, Young People’s Leader; I Mrs. E. W. Traylor, secretary) and Mrs, Annie Watson, trea sure. In the Sunday School, Cooper Etheridge, general superinten dent; W. H. Whitten, associate superintendent; Mrs. T. F. Hardy, Jr. ‘ secretary; Melvin 1 stmhm JSSome Sjiutnml a ' " ,v - m | > ■.v ( \ N - V jsL i *. .i ■-£ ■ ■ . , . * s***%* Mg CI I gm Mm Ip t F r iipM^ |pj| K jffl I : :L: i A I jfl BilJh 1 -I. LEADERS in the Perry Armistice Day celebration were pootographed following the barbecue at the gymnasium. First rtw, left to right, Commander A. M. Anderson of the Legion; Mrs. A. P. Whipple, who gave a reading; Mrs. H. S. Kezar, president of the Auxiliary; Mrs. T. R. Summers, Mrs. J. B. Calhoun and Miss Willie Ryals, Auxiliary officers; second row, Col. G. A. Bosch and Col. W. R. Moore, Warner Rob ins, Col. Allen Garden, District Legion Commander; W. A. Williams, district adju tant; J. M. Gooden, who gave the invocation, and Malcolm M. Dean, V. F. W. vice i commander; third row, Charles Andrew and G. T. Pierce, V. F. W. officers; Woodrow Gilbert, Legion adjutant, Yates Greene and W. G. Riley, who headed the Legion celebration committee. Mrs. C.S. Wright Dies of Illness Mrs. Clarence S. Wright, a resident of Perry for the last 33 years, died at her home here at noon last Friday after a brief illness. She would have been 74 ! years old on Nov. 26. Mrs. Wright was born in Sa luda, S C., and moved with her family to Houston county in 1912. Survivors, in addition to her husband, are two sons, D. Capers Wright and C. Carson Wright, a granddaughter, Mrs, W. S. McCarty, and two grandsons, Dan and Bob Wright, all o f Perry. Funeral services were conduct ed by the Rev. J. B. Smith, pas tor of the Perry Methodist Church, at the Tucker Funeral Home Saturday afternoon and interment wa s i n Evergreen cemetery here. Risher Will Open Gift Shop in Perry Parker Risher plans to close the pool room which he has operated next to his cafe and will establish a gift shop in this location. He is making an ef fort to get the building ready for the Christmas season. Com plete renovation of the interior is planned. Nelson, associate secretary, Mrs. Emmit Akin, pianist; Adult De partment. Mrs. C. F. Cooper, supt.; Young People’s Dept., Mrs. F. M. Green, Jr., supt; i Intermediate Dept., Mrs. J. P. Duggan, supt,; Junior Dept., Mrs. D. M. Ryle, supt,; Primary Dept., Mrs. Emmit Akin, supt; Beginners, Mrs. A. C. Watts, supt,; Cradle Roll, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert, supt., and Mrs, Barnette J. Hunt working with the older group; Extension, Mrs. Annie I Watson, supt. } On th e Board o f Deacons, | Hugh Lawson, chairman; J. P. i Etheridge. J. M. Gooden, T. L. I Warren, W. B. Roberts, D. M. I Ryle, Emmit Akin, Alton Hardy, !V. B. Hay, F. M. Greene, Jr., C. 10. Grimes, W. E. Beckham, J. A. Beddingfield, J. P. Duggan jand W. H. Whitten. Church officers, Mrs. Mayo Da j vis, organist, and Mrs. Emmit ' Akin and Sarah Ivey, associates; J, P. Duggan, clerk: W. E. Beck jham, treasurer: J. P. Etheridge, ! director of music. G. A.’s, Mrs. Culma Harris, leader; Sunbeams, Mrs, A. C. Watts, and Mrs. H. V. Bramb lett, leader: B. T. U.., J. P. Dug gan, Mrs. E. H. Tidwell and Mrs. Joe Clarke, leaders. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1946 Twenty Years Ago o In The Home Journal (Issue of Nov. 18, 1926) Grand Jury for November term in session with M, G. Edwards as foreman and C. P. Gray as clerk. A motorcade will be held Nov. 22 to celebrate completion of the paved highway from Waycross to Jacksonville. By Jan. 1,1927, Perry will be the southern ter minus of the longest stretch of paved highway in the stale. Personals: Miss Jennie Lee Duncan spent the weekend inj Macon with relatives. Floyd Tabor of Emory University spent the weekend at heme. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gillespie spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Talton at Kathleen, J. D. Mar tin, Henry Martin and Mrs. J.R. Miller of Sylvester were guests of Mrs. C. E. Brunson Sunday. Miss Sadie Miller of Elko spent) the past weekend with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Miller at Wellston. Anderson Presides At Valdosta Court Judge A. M. (Phil) Anderson of the Superior Courts o f the , Macon Circuit, left Sunday for Valdosta where he will preside at sessions of the Superior Courts | of the Valdosta circuit for the next two weeks. Gov. Arnall ordered Judge Anderson to preside at Valdosta ( because of the illness of Judge Dukes of Valdosta. Thank God Have you made your Thanksgiving list? I know it’s not Christmas: you’d never fail To make that list of things to buy Through hurrying days, when you must try To stretch your purse-to wrap--to mail. But have you made your Thanksgiving list? I know you cannot remember them all- The Father’s blessings-the great and small; But put some down that have crowned the days, Then kneel and bring the Giver praise. There’s something noble in gratefulness That pleases God who loves to bless; Who scatters mercies with lavish hand, To thankful and to unthankful man. It strengthens man to pause—discover The Father-God who watches over, Who not only gives but will guard and guide And follow him through whatever betide. So stretch your heart —warm praises bring Thank God—thank God for everything! -B. H. N. Arnall Proclaims Ga. Gold Star Day ATLANTA, (GPS)—Gov. Ellis Arnall has proclaimed Sunday, Dec. 8. as Gold Star Remember ance Day. In calling upon all Georgians to observe this special day, the Governor asked them ‘‘to make this day one of extra ordinary churchgoing as a trib ute to our valiant and beloved heroes, many of whom Me sleep ing in distant lands that we might still be alive in this one.” ‘‘Young men and women who braved the foe and did not come back are deserving of our eternal remembrance,” Gov.Arnall said, j ‘‘Their glorious sacrifices have made us forever their debtors; I they bought for us our life and ' happiness at a cost of their own.” LIBRARY NOTES Of special interest to Georgians is Governor Arnall’s book, The I Shore Dimly Seen. In it he pre sents his philosophy of condi tions, especially in the South. Antique collectors will find in Carl Dreppard’s First Reader for Antique Collectors, a wealth of information. Ten Thousand Garden Questions Answered, by H. E. Rockwell, is a practical guide tor the gardener. Fascinating reading is New Orleans Woman, by Harnett Kane. The author has written a vivid story based on one of the greatest judicial cases in U. S. history. Library hours 1:00 p. m. to 6p. m. Wednesday closed. Verneice Beavers, Librarian. 4 Qualify for 3 Posts On Perry City Council I Three veterans qualified for the three open posts on the Per ry City Council this week and two incumbent councilmen an nounced they would not be can didates to succeed themselves in i the Dec. 3 city election. Veterans Henry Mathews, Co hen Walker and Hugh Lawson j qualified for the three seats be coming vacant this year. VV. V. Tuggle and Edward D. i Mason announced that theylwould not be candidates, and Wordna S. Gray, the third councilman whose term expirs this year, qualified for re-election. Mr. Mathews will oppose Mr. Gray and to date Mr. Lawson and Mr, Walker are unopposed The dead line for qualifying is Saturday night. Nov. 31). It is not known whether other candidates will be in the race. The Candidates Mr. Mathews is one of the operators of the Gulf Super Ser vice Station and Mr. Gray is the operator of the Sinclair Service Station. Mr. Walker is a voca tional agriculture teacher in the Bibb county school system and Mr. Lawson is office manager for the Tolleson Lumber Co. Mr. Mathews and Mr. Walker have held no public offices in the past while Mr. Lawson was a member of City Council before he entered the service. Official political announcements for the four candidates who have qualified appear elsewhere in this issue of The Home Journal. In a statement, Mr. Tuggle said he wanted to thank the peo ple of Perry for their past sup port. “Having served on the council for a period of 10 consecutive years,” Mr, Tuggle said, “I now feel that 1 must retire and devote my energies more fully to my business activities. This decision I have repeatedly stated to my friends during the past several months, In retiring. I want to say that I have enjoyed working with each of the three city ad ministrations ;vith whom I have served, and that 1 appreciate the confidence placed in me by the voters of Perry.” Mason’s Statement This statement is being made to advise the citizens of Perry that 1 will NOT be a candidate to succeed myself as a member of the City Council of Perry in the City Election to be held Dec 3, 1946. The sole reason for this decision is the fact that I do not. wish to oppose my close personal friend, Hugh Lawson, for the place. It was understood bv me and my friends that Hugh Lawson would not be a candidate for this place on the City Council which ( he held before his service in the’ U. S. Army. Since Hugh has decided to run for his former place on the Council, 1 am happy to withdraw in his favrr. In fact, I would not have entered the race had I not definitely un derstood at the time that rny friend would not be a candidate. Knowing Hugh Lawson to be a fine young man and having heard from the present City Ad ministration that he made a good councilman, I am glad to recom mend him to the voters of Perry. In conclusion, I want to thank my friends for their offers of support and to express apprecia tion to the citizens of Perry for the privilege of serving them on the City Council for a year. EDWARD D. MASON. BIRTHDAY PARTY Fifty friends of Janet Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gray, joined her in celebrating her sth birthday at a party at her home Tuesday afternoon. The Thanksgiving theme was carried out in the decorations. The girls received spoon pins and the boys pistol whistles as fa vors. Janet wore a long pink dress and a corsage of sweet heart roses. Ice cream, cookies, candy and chewing gum were served. St. Elmo’s Fire Explained St. Elmo’s fire Is a phenomenon associated with mountain electrical storms. -i—^ Nearly Every Home Has The Home Journal ESTABLISHED 1870 BEETLE DAMAGE 1 BECOMES SERIOUS IN THIS COUNTY I . No soil or plants should be - moved from any area infested I with the White-Fringed Beetle ■ unless the soil or plants have I been inspected and the move • i ment approved by a White-Fring- I I ed Beetle inspector, W. T. Mid i dlebrooks, Houston County Farm i Agent, said Wednesday. - The White-Fringed Beetle, a . serious economic insect pest of 1 agriculture, has been found in ■ the towns of Perry and Warner - Robins. Infestations have also ’ been found on a few other pro ' perties in Houston county.There ’ lore no plants or soil can be handled in such away as to pre vent further spread. Inspectors , may be reached through County Agent’s office at Fort Valley, , telephone number 352. Th e . mailing address of the inspectors , is P. 0. Box 632. In addition, , the inspectors contact Mr. Mid -1 dlebrooks’ office when they are . visiting Perry; therefore, per sons desiring to obtain informa , tion from the inspectors may contact them through Mr, Mid i dlebrooks’ office. Mr. Middlebrooks said that the Georgia Department of Entomo , logy in close cooperation with , the U. S. Department of Agri culture is taking the necessary stepsjo prevent further spread , of the pest from infested areas. ' The Entomology Department has , instigated quarantine action to regulate the movement of those I articles which are most likely to , carry the insect pest in any stage of development. Mr. Middle , brooks explained that the quar rantine has as its sole objective the prevention of the further spread of the pest and methods I whereby restricted articles may , be made free of infestations have . been developed. According to entomologists the insect spends a large part of its life cycle in the soil in the grub stage; therefore, the movement of soil in any form or quantity is especially hazardous. Restrictions have been placed upon the move ment of soil from any infested area whether moved independ ently of, in connection with, or attached to nursery stocks, plants, produce, machinery, or things. Mr. Middlebrooks re quests that all persons cooperate with the program to prevent fur ther spread of this economic in sect pest. CHRISTMAS MEETING A special Christmas meeting • will tie held at Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church on Sunday, Dec. 29. A larger crowd than usual is ex pected for this annual Christmas meeting at the Tabernacle. Many members of the church are com ing to the church to build their camp homes, the materials for which are on the ground. Every one is cordially invited to attend the all-day meeting. Baptist Activities In thanking our friends over Georgia for the good things they are making possible for the little ones at t h e Georgia Baptist Children’s Homes,we would like, through the columns of this friendly newspaper, to say a word on behalf of all orphans in whatever home they may live — whether in an iustitution or a private family. Our many years in this sort of thing leads us to say that in spite of all the good things that come to them, and the extra advantages they often have, we can never replace in iheir lives what they have lost in giving up parents and home. We would plead then with all able to give for generous help for every Children’s Home in our great state during the Thanksgiving Season and Christmas Holidays. J. L. FORTNEY, Mgr. Georgia Baptist Children’s Home. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Buff, Jr.» i announce the birth of a son, Joe I Norton Buff 111, on Nov. 19 at Dr, Gallemore’s Clinic.