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VOL. LXXV. No. 48
INDIAN AXE
FOUND HERE
Wesley Calhoun, a member of the
Soil Conservation Service, found an
almost perfect Indian relic—an axe
just like the weapon carried by Al
ley Oop of the funny papers.
The axe-hcad was located on the
farm of Jake Eason near Elko. It is
of a very hard stone and has been
fashioned to allow it to be tied to
a handle securely. Persons who
have seen many Indian relics in
Houston county say that it is one of
the most perfectly formed Indian
axes located in many years.
Houston county was created in
1823 by a treaty with the Creek In
dians. One of the Creeks forgot to
take his axe with him when he
turned over the county to the white
man.
Circles Selected
By Baptist W.M.S.
Mrs. W. B. Roberts, president of
the W. M. S. of the Perry Baptist
church, this week announced the
members of the three circles of the
W. M. S. for the year 1947. The
missionary society is being divided
into three circles this year for the
first time because of the large mem
bership.
Circle No. 1: Mesdames Emmit
Akin, J. A. Bedingfield, Vaughn
Bramblett, J. W. Calhoun, D. W.
Christy, C. F. Cooper, Miss Martha
Cooper, Mayo Davis, J. P. Duggan,
W.G. Ethridge, Marion Greene,
Jack Hulsey, G. P. Hunnicutt, A.
B. Irby, G. E. Jordan, Charlie
Logue, George R. Parrish, Lee
Powell, A. C. Pritchett, Henry Ros
sier, D. M. Ryle, J. O. Sutton, W.
H. Whitten, D. N. Williamson and
Mamie Winn.
Circle No. 2: Mesdames Artemus
Braddock, C. E. Brunson, Miss
Katherine Cater, Mesdames Corbin, 1
A. I. Foster, H. T. Gilbert, Culma
Harris, Alton Hardy, T. F. Hardy,
Paul Hardy, E. H Holland, Otis
King, Hugh Lawson, Paul Massey,
James Mauldin. Frank Moody, Wil
son Moody. Henry Parker, G. S.
Riley, E. H. Tidwell, L. C. Todd,
E. W. Traylor, B. F. Van Hart, An
nie Watson and A. C. Watts.
Circle No. 3: Mesdames Andrews,
E. M. Beckham, W. E. Beckham,
A. C. Cobb, R. L. Cater, W. J.
Clarke, J. P. Etheridge, J. L. Gal
lemore, H. E. Gordon, A. S. Gos
sett, Clifford Grimes, Ophelia K.
Gurr, L. C. Harvard, Tommy Hunt,
J. A. Ivey, C. D. Leverette, Henry
Matthews. Rhett Milam, Jack Mil- ,
ler, L. M. Nesmith, R. L. Roper. |
T. L. Warren, J. H. Williamson and
J. W. Wilson.
Connell Speaks
To Kiwanis Club
Dr. George Connell, vice presi
dent of Mercer University, told the '
members of the Perry Kiwanis
Club Tuesday that those who advo
cate racial bigotry and discrimi
nation cannot justify their stand in
the light of a real sense of Ameri
canism.
America’s strength lies in the be
lief of the people that man is cap
able of self-goverment, he said, and
if all groups do not have equal op
portunities the real America will
not stand.
He was introduced by Marion
Greene, program chairman of the
club.
Industry Donates
75,000 Seedlings
The Armstrong Cork Company,
which is building a large fibre
board manufacturing plant at
Macon, has donated 75,000 lob
lolly pine seedlings to be distri
buted to to landowners in the
Middle Western Ocmulgee River
Soil Conservation District, ac
cording to S. W. Hickson, chair
man of the Board of Supervisors.
The seedlings will be distribut
ed to various landowners by the
District representatives. The
seedlings were obtained from the,
Georgia State Department of
Forestry.
The Armstrong Cork Company
has been utilizing southern pine
for years in the manufacture of
fibreboard products. The Macon
plant of the Company will make,
various fibreboard products to be
jlfiouston K ountal
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New Ambulance of Watson Funeral Home
CENTRAL TAKES
CORNER BUILDING
1 The Central Georgia Furniture
Company will move into the An
derson Building this week and
the name will be changed to the
W. L. Little and Sons Company.
Remodeling of the ground floor
of the Anderson Building which
was vacated recently by the Per
ry Furniture Company, has be
gun and the new furniture store
will move as rapidly as possible.
The business is not being
changed in any way and the per
sonnel will remain the same, j
The Central Georgia Furniture
Co. is owned by W. L. Little and
Sons Co.
Erosion Control
Plans Instituted
By JACK C. MILLER,
Soil Conservationist
The Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District
has recently assisted the follow
ing Houston county farmers in
developing complete Soil Conser
vation and Erosion Control plans
on their farms:
W. G. Wheeler, Unadilla, Ga.,
whose farm is located south of
Henderson.
C. J. Smith, Dublin, Ga , who
owns and operates a farm near
Hayneville.
J. D. Parker, Macon, Ga.,
whose farm is located southwest
of Warner Robins.
C. R. Rader, Warner Robins,
whose farm is located southeast
of Bonaire.
Charles B. Marshall, Mrs. J. L.
Long and Greer Hicks, Jr., with
farms in the Perry community.
The District has recently sur
veyed approximately 10,700 line
ar feet of terraces on Charles B.
I Marshall’s farm: 6,900 linear
I feet for Charlie Newberry of the
Hayneville community; 15,900
linear feet for Pat Muse and 6,-
900 linear feet for S, R. Connell
of the Perry community and 6,-
500 feet on L. B. Moody, Jr.'s
farm north of Houston Lake.
The District also assisted M. L.
Woodruff of the Henderson com
;munityin staking out a stock
water pond and aided J.D. Duke,
Dave Lane and H, E. Evans of
the Perry community in staking
out some 13,000 linear feet of
drain ditches. Ditches were cut
by E. F. Thomason Construction
Company of Macon, using heavy
tractors, pans and bulldozer.
Ditches were cut with fiat bot
toms and sloping sides. The ex
cavated soil was spread evenly
over adjacent land or used to fill
in any low places in the field.
Representatives of the Middle
Western Ocmulgee River Soil
Conservation District who will
attend the annual meeting of the
Georgia Association of Soil Con
servation Districts include W, C.
Huggins of Perry, district con
servationist: J. B. Walton of Vi
enna, supervisor: J. R. Hender
son of Bibb county, supervisor;
and A. C. Richardson of Monte
zuma, supervisor, and state
president of the organization.
Baptist Activities
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Evening Worship 7:30 p. m.
Training Union, 6:30 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Service, 8:00
p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
used as structural insulation,
sheathing, noise quieting and
roof and equipment insulation.
PERIiV. HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5. 19
Watson Renovating
Funeral Home Here
Purchase of a new ambulance
and improvements to the home
were announced this week by
the Gardner Watson Funeral
Home of Perry.
A new garage is being erected
to house the mobile equipment
and the home —which is the
property of Mrs. Dwight Coop
er —is being painted inside and
out. A modern operating room
is being provided and the chapel
and display room are being re
modeled. An attractive sign has
I been installed in front of the
home on Main Street.
Risher's Gift Shop
To Open Tomorrow
| The new Risher’s Gift Shop,
located next to Nell’s Cafe, will
be opened formally Friday. Dec.
6. Parker Risher, owner, an
nounced this week.
The interior of the building
has been renovated and new fix
tures installed. The new busi
ness will handle gifts and jewel
ry.
Boler Auto Company
Will Open Friday
The new Kaiser-Frazer agen
cy, the Boler Auto Co., will open
Friday, Dec. 6, in the new build
ing on Main Street across from
the Wells Hotel.
O. G. Boler, proprietor, said a
new Kaiser Special already is on
hand and a Frazer may have ar
rived by opening time. Mr. Bo
ler, who has a nurpber of years
experience in the automobile
business, will operate a sales and
service agency in the new con
crete block building.
Veterans Return
As Farm Owners
Southeastern farmers who put on
a uniform during the war are re
turning to the land to farm—but as
owners and tenants instead of la
borers, Fred E. Leister, Manager of
the VA Sub-Regional Office at Ma
con reported today.
Information supplied the VA by
the Bureau of Agricultural Econo
mics of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture indicates that 75 per
cent of the southeastern veterans
who left the farm have already re
turned to farming, 'i’he same survey
reports that only 7 per cent went
back as hired labor.
Two major VA programs are
making the job easier for former
farm hands who want to manage
their own farm.
Through a goverment loan, vete
rans get VA help in buying a place
of their own. VA’s agricultural
training program offers specialized
instruction in farm management
and financial help through sub
sistence payments.
Conducted in cooperation with
the various state departments of
education, the on-the-farm program
has already attracted more than
8,900 veterans in Georgia, Alabama,
South Carolina, Florida and Ten
nessee.
Methodist Activities
Church Services, 11:30 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Church School-10:15 a. m.
jfoung People’s Service, 5:30
I P- ib.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor
Linseed Oil in Paints
Most good fast-drying paints con
! tain linseed oil. _ . ,
Prizes Won
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By Houston
4-H Group |
j Two Houston county 4-H club j
members and Miss Annie New
ton, Houston county home dem-l
onstration agent, are among 601
4-H clubbers and 12 agents chos-l
en to receive awards for out-1
standing work in the 1946 State
Garden Project, Miss Kathleen
Weldon, assistant State 4-H club
leaflet for the Georgia Extension
Service announced this week. [
J. C. Leverette, Jr., and Mari-|
on Welch of Houston county werei
selected as district winners and)
will receive $25 Savings Bonds.
The same prize goes to Miss
| Newton for outstanding work in
promoting the project in this
, county.
“The succession of products
grown in the garden throughout
; the year, the variety of products
; grown and the yields obtained
; were factors stressed in selecting
I the award winners,” Miss Wel
don said. The State 4 H project
1 Is sponsored by the Extension
Service in cooperation with a
’ large seed concern.
t
Double Parking
Ordinance Cited
Calling attention of the people to
an old ordinance which prohibits
' double parking on Perry’s main
[ thoroughfare Carroll Street, the
, mayor and council this week plead
• ed for the cooperation of drivers in
keeping the street open.
; Mayor Nunn, requesting The
■ Home Journal to print the text of
the ordinance, said he desired to
• give motorists plenty of notice of
the enforcement of the law so that
it would not be necessary to make
any court cases.
Heavy tourist traffic coupled with
the jam caused by the unloading
of big trucks and double parking
' have made the main street almost
1 impassabl at times—especially dur
ing rains, the mayor said, asking
1 for the cooperation of Perry resi
dents.
Plans are being made to pave and
open to truck traffic another
through-street, but no definite com
, mitments have been made to this
l
, end.
THE ORDINANCE
“An ordinance regulating the
driving and parking of vehicles,
providing penalties, and for other
purposes.
“Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Perry and it
is hereby ordained by authority of
the same.
“Section 1. That from and after
the passage of this ordinance, it
shall be unlawful for any person
to park any vehicle at any point on
Carrol] Street, Main Street, or Ball
Street between Main and the City
limits toward Fort Valley, except
to the right and within any lines
or lanes provided and that are
placed in the streets by the City of
Perry, its officers or agents.
“Section 2. It shall be unlawful 1
for any person to turn any vehicle
around or reverse the direction of
same, at any point on any paved or
hard surfaced street or highway
within the City of Perry, except at |
the intersection of streets.
Section 3. That the ordinance of
September 8, 1924 with reference
to the subject matter of this ordi
nance be and the same is 'hereby
repealed.
“Section 4, All ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed, particu-!
larly that ordinance making it un-■
lawful to park on Carrol Street on i
Saturday unless motor is left run
ning.
“Section 5. Any person violating
any provision of this ordinance
shall be punished as provided in
the Charter of the City of Perry
and the Acts amendatory thereof.”
Approved this 7th day of June.
, ! 1937.
A. M. Anderson (Signed)
. | Mayor.
1: Felton Norwood (Signed)
City Clerk.
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1 18 inches long. ,
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WORDNA S. GRAY
NEW LINOTYPE
PURCHASED BY
HOME JOURNAL
The purchase of a Linotype ma
chine to improve the efficiency
and readability of your home
newspaper is announced today by
The Home Journal. The typesett
ing machine, which does every
thing but spell, was used to set
some of the type for this issue,
including this announcement.
Readers will notice that the
type* is slightly smaller than the
hand-set type bnt is clearer,and
when all the necessary adjust
ments are complete, will present
a much neater over-all appearance
of the newspaper.
The machine sots a solid line of
type, from which it gets its name.
The individual who invented it
is reported to have lost his mind
because of the intricate details he
had to work out. If you see signs
of mental decay in the members
the staff of the Home Journal,do
not make reservations for us at
Milledgeville. We will pull
through.
Meanwhile, our friends are in
vited tp drop by to see the oper
ation of the lineotype, another ad
dition to your newspaper to im
prove the service to our readers.
—C. E.
Vets May Borrow
On Their Policies
Veterans who have converted
their National Service Life In
surance to a permanent form of
protection will soon be able to
borrow against their policies
without delay, Fred E. Leister,
manager of the Veterans Admin
istration sub-regional office in
Macon, reported.
A loan division, to speed the
handling of policy loans is now
being set up at the Branch 5 In
surance Service in Atlanta, Mr.
Leister said.
Veterans wishing to make a
loan against their policies may
get the assistance of any VA
contact representative in filing
the necessary application, Mr.
Leister explained. Processing of
an application by the loan divis
ion in Atlanta will take approxi
i mately a week.
NSLI policy holders who have
converted their war-time term
insurance to a permanent policy
may borrow up to 94 percent
cash value of their policy, In
terest o i loans is 4 percent.
Georgia 4-H Winners
Georgia’s 4-H club organiza
tion, one of the best known in
the Nation, this week brought
added honors to the State by
! winning four national champion
• ships at the National 4-H club
j Congress now in session in
i Chicago.
With several projects still to be
I judged, Georgia’s 23 deletralei
itook four first places in national
competition through Wednesday,
Dec. 4.
National winners already se
lected are: Christine Copelan,
l Greene County 4-H’er, frozen
food project: Larry Torrance.
Baldwin, soil conservation; Pat
Wall, Chatham, girls’ record
keeping project, and Hazel Gen
I try, Greene, farm safety project,
Artist Canvas
I I Artist canvas is woven from flax,
1 hemp, jute and cotton.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
Gray Named
To Council
By 40 Votes
Wordna S. Gray, member of the
Perry City Council for the last two
terms, won re-election in Tuesday’s
city election, defeating Henry Mat
thews, 217 to 177 votes.
Hugh Lawson and Cohen Walker
were elected without opposition.
Mr. Lawson receiving 40C votes
and Mr. Walker 405 votes out of a
total of 408 votes cast. Fourteen
ballots were voided because they
were not properly marked, accord
ing to J.P. Etheridge, Wilson Moody
and Harris Rape, election mana
gers.
Mr. Gray operates a service
station and is a life long resident
of Perry. Ho was the only council
man amoung the three whose terms
expired this year to offer for re
election. Edward Mason and W. V.
Tuggle declined to run.
About 740 persons were qualified
to vote in Tuesday’s election.
Ihis was the first election in sev
eral years in which councilmen had
opposition. Mr. Matthews, Mr. Law
son and Mr. Walker were support
ed by the Houston County Veter
ans Association, which describes it
self as a voluntary organization
whoso aims will be to promote the
general welfare first and the inter
est of the veterans next.
Twenty Years Ago
n
In The Home Journal
(Issue of Dec. 9, 1926)
An overflow congregation at the
Perry Methodist Church welcomed
the Rev. T. M. Christian as pastor.
Mrs. S. F. Laidler and Dr. C. F.
Cooper spent Tuesday in Atlanta.
A Womanless wedding will be
given under the auspices of the P.
T. A. for the benefit of the school.
The Rev. A. I. Foster of the Perry
Baptist Church attended the Geor
gia Baptist Convention in Valdosta.
Miss Dorothy Holmes, the guest
of Miss Katherine Cater, was hon
ored at a dinner given by Miss Ca
ter and a bridge party given by Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Jordan.
The U. D. C. held the annual
bazaar Friday night, Dec. 10.
From Elko: Rev. J. M. Hancock
moved into the Methodist parson
age. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Marshall
visited relatives in Grovania.
Lots of Coal In Bins
A.t Houston Schools
Any hopes that students at Perry
High School entertained that the
coal strike might bring some holi
days were eliminated this week by
Ihe announcement that all the
epunty schools have enough coal
last through the winter.
S. W. Hickson, county school
.uperintendent, said he had made
a check of all schools in the coun
ty and found that they have a suf
ficient supply for the winter sea
son. The stockpiles were built up
during the summer months.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to each of our friends of
Perry who contributed so gen
erously and kindly in the death
of our beloved husband and
brother, especially to Mrs. G. L.
Hulsey, Mrs. W. C. Bruce, Mrs.
W. M. Bryant, Mr. Gardner
Watson and Dr. Gallemore. May
God’s richest blessings rest upon
each of you,
Mrs. Jack Goodman, Perry
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Good
man, Perry.
NOTICE
Monthly Farm Bureau meeting
will be held Thursday, December
i at Perry Home Economics Room
at 7:30 o’clock
Election of 1947 officers will be
held-
Dutch Barbecue supper will be
served.
Raising Child
j A report says that as a rough
! average it costs as much to raise
a child and put him through col
( lege as to buy a house.
