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An Old Newspaper
Of the New South
VOL. LXXV. No. 50
Four Circles
In W.S.C.S.
Tht W.S.C.S. met at the Metho
dist Church Monday, Dec 2. after
the regular program, names were
drawn for the four circles as fol
lows;
CIRCLE NO I
Mesdames A. M. Kicklighter,
Wordna Gray. S. W. Hickson, H.E.
Evans, Sr., Redding Talton, Jr.,
T.W. Hentz, J.E. Etheredge, A. G.
Hendrick, E. W. Marshall, H. P.
Houser, C.G. Harris, Walter Riley,
F. Norwood, W.C. Jones, C.E. An-
W D. Garrison, T.D. Mason, Sr.. W.
drew, Floyd Tabor, Ralph Tabor, C.
C. Pierce, R.H. Howard, Stewart
Bryan, Billie Talton, Geo. B. Wells,
Eby Holtzclaw, N. W. H. Gilbert,
Norman Parker, Jr.. A.L. Stanton,
I Houser Gilbert.
CIRCLE NO II
Mesdames G.F. Nunn, Freeman
Cabero, Watt Boler, W.W. Gray, J.
F. Bonner, Fred Bonner. J.C. Hel
ler, C. C. Chapman, M. L. Silcox.L.
M. Paul, Sr., E.F. Barfield, W.C.
Huggins, W. T. Middlebrooks, W.F.
Winchell, R.E. Brown, D.M. Strip
ling, T.R. Summers, Sr. R.B.Roper,
S. Lawhorn, Wilson Martin, Frank
King, Eva Spencer, J.M. Gooden,
Miss Nell Rogers, Robert Tuggle,
C.J. Farmer, J.A. Poole, Evan
Guth.
CIRCLE NO 111
Mesdames L.C. Walker, S.L. Nor
wood, A.W. Dahlberg, A.E. Barnes,
W.K. Whipple, Miss Ann Wood
ward, A. L. Meadows, Glea Gray,
C.H. Tucker, W.N. Gibson, F.M.
Houser, R.E. Smith, G.C. Nunn, A.
M. Anderson, Sr., Blackburn, S.E.
Smith, Jr. Clyde Gurr,Hubert Ault
man, A.M. Anderson, Jr., John
Hodges, E.P. Staples, A.P. Whipple,
S.A. Nunn, Albert Skellie, W.E,
McLendon, E.B, Wolfe, Kelly Ham
mond, J. Y. Greene, O. B. Muse,
and Pasphal Muse.
CIRCLE NO IV
Mesdames M.M. Dean, W.E.Mar
-1 snail, Felix Daniel, C.B. Andrew.
C.I. Ogletree, B.H. Newberry M.G.
Adams. Sam Houser, W.P. Brown,
J.H Short,Clarence Kite,W,J. Brad
dock, C.P. Gray, J.M. Hollman, R.
E. Ogletree, B.H. Newberry, M.G.
Edwards, H.E. Evans, Jr., Joe Mit
chell, W.V. Tuggle, J.J. Rooney, A.
H. Lawler, H.P. Chapman, Gardner
Watson, M.M. Rainey, 8.0. Scruggs,
B.H. Andrews, Jr., Redding Talton,
Sr., B.H. Andrews, Sr., Calvin Mc-
Lendon, G.W. Hicks, Jr.
Herndon's Place
Destroyed by Fire
Fire of an unknown origin de
stroyed Herndon’s Dine and Dance
place here early last Thursday
morning, leaving only the founda
tions standing.
The entertainment place had
been open for only a few months,
having been built during the sum
mer. It was located in the city lim
its on the Houston Lake road. It
was owned by H.A.Herndon of
Perry.
'Operation Roger'
Arrives in Perry
“Operation Roger,” the search by
the Army Air Force for current
addresses of air force veterans,
reached Perry this week.
The proper forms to be filled out
by the veterans are located at City
Barber Shop, Kicklighter’s Drug
Store and the Local Draft Board
office, according to Veteran Jesse
R. Gunn.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our
friends in our recent bereavement.
May God bless each of you.
The family of Mrs. Stonewall
Ellis.
NOTICE
I want to thank all of my friends
for their support and vote in the
recent city election. I will make
every effort to merit the confidence
shown in me by your vote.
WORDNA GRAY.
NOTICE
I wish to thank all my friends
for their vote and support in the
recent election.
HENRY MATTHEWS
Houston Kotne JJmmtal
Christmas Seals
... Your Protection
Against Tuberculosis
Twenty Years Ago
o
In The Home Journal
Issue of Dec. 16, 1926
The Civitan Club elected- officers
for 1927 at their meeting at the New
Perry Hotel on Thursday. H.P.
Houser was elected president to
succeed J.P. Etheridge, N.V. Geyer
vice president and C.B. Andrew
secretary-treasurer.
Major Courtney Hodges(Now Lt.
i General Hodges) arrived from
Langley Field to spend Christmas
holidays with his mother, Mrs. J.H.
Hodges.
The American Legion member
ship drive was started at a bird
supper at Houston Lake. Command
er Lee Evans presided. The mem
bership goal was set at 100.
The Roberta basketball team
came here last Wednesday night
and ran into a hurricane. The score:
Perry, 53, Roberta 7.
Among the college students at
home for Christmas holidays were
Misses Lucille Beckham, Martha
I Jordan, Mildred Evans, Helen
Bloodworth, Marsue Woolfolk and
Myrl Myers.
From Elko:- Miss Augusta Me
Neese is visiting her aunt, Mrs.J.T.
Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. H.J.Kerlin and
family of Walden spent Sunday
with Mr and Mrs. J.E. Eason. Mr.
and Mrs J.H. Grace and daughter,
Mrs. E. B. Davis of Byromville,
motored to Doerun to visit Mrs.
Leon Taylor.
Along About
NOW
MONOPOLY: Swift Street has al
most taken over the city govern
ment, with four members of the
new council and the mayor living
! on that street. They are Mayor
Francis Nunn and Councilmen J.
A. Beddingfield, Hugh Lawson,
Wordna Gray and Cohen Walker.
' For a council meeting they can get
1 a quorum by standing in the middle
iof the street and hollering. F.M.
Houser and Alton Hardy will re
' present the rest of the town next
year.
PARKING: Now that the mayor
and council have found it necessary
to enforce the double-parking ordi
nance because of the congestion on
r Carroll Street, many of the people
t who work in town could make the
, parking situation even better by
parking on the side streets. Some
: of those working downtown leave
r their cars parked on the main drag
! all day long, robbing a cash cus
l tomer of a place. Cooperation will
: do it.
Bible Reading Given
For Christmas Time
Suggested Bible reading for the
, Christmas season, taken from the
book, Now, published by R.E. LE-
Tourneau, is set out here for our
readers:
Dec. 12, Daniel 6; 13th, Luke 1;26-
55, 14th, Matthew 3:1-17; 15th, John
3:1-17; 16th Luke 10:30-42; 17th,
Luke 15:11-24; 18th, John 13:1-17;
19th, John 17; 20th, Acts 2; 21st,
Acts 6:8-15 and 7:44-60; 22nd, Acts
9:1-9 and 13:14-43; 23rd, 2 Timothy
1:1-18, 241 h, Hebrews 11:24 and
12:2; 25th, Matthew 2.
Farmers will receive higher pri
. ces for eggs in 1947 than in 1946,
according to economists of the Ex
i tension Service.
hristmas Seals
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1946
:
Perry Defeats
Fort Valley
The Perry High Panthers, who
had no trouble with the Fort Val
ley Green Wave earlier in the sea
son, ran into trouble last Friday
night on the Perry court but
stretched out in the last half to de
feat the Peach county five, 45 to3o.
Trailing at times during the first |
two quarters when Fort Valley '
had good luck with their shots
the Panthers seemed unable to get j
started, and the half ended at 21 I
to 21.
In the last half. Coach Eric Sta-1
pies shifted Jack Watts to forward, I
Clint Cooper to center and Billy j
Bledsoe to guard gosition and with
Deryle Whipple and Clint Cooper
leading the parade, the Panthers
got started in the second half and
were never headed. Coach Staples
said after the game that the com
bination of Whipple and Watts at i
forwards, Cooper at center and
Bledsoe and Thompson at guards
definitely appeared to be his best
lineup.
Deryle Whipple was the outstan
ding player of the Fort Valley tilt,
solving their defense in the last
half. He and Clint Cooper tied for
high point honors with 13 points.
The lineups:
Perry 45 Pos. Fort Valley 30
Whipple 13 f Swan
Cooper 13 f Bartlett 10
Bledsoe 3 c Hutto 4
Thompson 8 g Cannon 7
Watts 3 g Mullis 5
Subs: Perry— Calhoun 2, Gray,
Peyton and Whitworth; Fort Val
ley— Wilder, Whitley and McDan
iel 2.
Centerville News
Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Stafford of
Centerville and Mr. and Mrs.G.
P.Stafford and children, Paschal
and Art Fitzgerald spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. E.K. Stafford of
Dublin.
E.D. Grey is confined to a Macon
hospital following a fall at his home
in whch he received a broken hip.
Friends of Mrs. Gordon Scar
borough are glad to learn that she
is improving nicely after an illness
of two weeks.
Mrs. Bertha Judd has been ill at
her home this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Leverette and
son, Boswell, visited Mr. and Mrs.
J.D. Stembridge Thursday evening.
The Centerville- Dunbar Home
Demonstration Club met at the
home of Mrs. Henry Williams with
Mrs. Ira Garvin presiding.
A short business meeting was
held after which Mrs. W.E. Vinson,
Jr. suggested ideas for Christmas
decorations in the home. The mem
bers brought articles they had
made or received to display as sug
gestions for making Christmas
gifts. Miss Ann Newton presented
a program on stencil painting and
other helpful hints to the home
maker. Mrs. Floyd Tabor acted as
temporary secretary in the absence
of Mrs. Gordon Scarborough. She
outlined the hostesses for the com
ing year. Refreshments were ser-,
ved by Mrs. Williams, assisted by
Mrs. J.H. Cline.
Officers Are Named
By Houston Masons
Members of the Houston Lodge,
No. 35, F. and A.M., elected officers
at their December meeting in the
Masonic Hall Monday night.
The new officers are Alton
Rainey, worshipful master; Arthur
White, senior warden; Edward Ma-j
son, junior warden; L.H. Gilbert, J
treasurer; Henry Matthews, secre- 1
William Barfield, junior deacon; j
tary; H.M. Nesmith, senior deacon; j
Gene Smith, senior steward; Lee I
Paul, 111, junior steward; F. M. j
Houser, business manager, and W.
C. Langston, tyler.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Ro- (
bert D. Collins Post of the Ameri- 1
can Legion will meet at the Legion
home at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
19. Mrs. P.M. Satterfield and Mrs.
D. Smith will be hostess chair
men. 1
i
Vinson Elected
By Farm Bureau
W. E, Vinson, Jr., of Byron is the
new president of the Houston coun
ty Chapter of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation.
Mr. Vinson, elected last Thursday
night, succeeds Paschal Muse as
president.
Other officers named were Hous
| or Gilbert, vice president, and W.
' B. Sexton, secretary-treasurer,
j The Associated Women of the
I Houston county chapter elected
I Mrs. Paschal Muse as president and
I Mrs. B. H. Newberry, vice presi-
I dent.
j At Thursday’s meeting, reports
I from the Macon convention were
heard. A group from the Hender
son community served the dinner.
Floyd H. Tabor, of Perry, first
vice-president of the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation, stated that
i members of the legislative commit
tee of the organization would meet
soon to formulate plans for a “right
to-work” bill which he predicted
would be introduced at the January
session of the general assembly.
The GFBF official did not indi
cate what part the Farm Bureau
organization would take in the mat
ter. He did state, however, that
"our committee will follow the in
structions outlined in the resolu
tions adopted at the state conven
tion in Macon last month,” which
received the enthusiastic approval
of more than 3000 farmers present
at the session.
The portion of the resolutions to
which Mr. Tabor made reference
stated, “We are much concerned
over the many strikes that have de
layed production of much needed
goods for the welfare of our people.
We deplore the apparent tendency
toward disregard of the rights and
interest of the public welfare as ex
emplified in many of the strikes in
our nation during the past year. We
urge our officers to use every in
fluence to assist in the passage and
enforcement of fair and just labor
laws, establishing responsibility
wherever it rightfully belongs, to
the end that peace and harmony
may come to our nation.”
School Leaders
Meet in Perry
County school superintendents
and board members from surround
ing counties—gathered here last
Wednesday to discuss possible legi
slative requests—endorsed the cam
paign pledge of Governor Talmadge
to pay the 50 per cent increase in
teachers’ salaries during his term.
With State Supervisors J.M. .
Gooden and Claud Purcell leading
the discussions, the education group
supported a proposal to give the
state board of education authority
to set up minimum requirements
for transportation of pupils t o
schools, urged the state to make a
vailable funds for 12-year schools
in counties desiring them, and ask
ed continuance for two more years
of the law giving the county school
boards taxing authority. They also
indicated they will ask the state
for a million dollars a year for new
building for the counties.
Among those present for the
meting were Supt. S.W. Hickson,
I Houston; Anderson of Peach; Mc-
Kinney of Pulaski; Bush of Dooly;
Smith of Bibb; Rep. J.W. Blood
worth and Rep. W.D. Aultman, and
J. Harold Saxon, executive secre
tary of the Georgia Education
Association.
I
ißaptist Activities i
! Cooper Etheridge, chairman of j
, the Relief and Rehabilitation cam
paign in the Perry Baptist church,
I announced Sunday that the cam
j paign goal of $1,500 had been ;
| reached. The money is to be used |
| to re-establish mission work in war-1
I torn fields and to assist four Bap- |
I tist colleges in Georgia.
The Perry church, during the
i tast two weeks, has raised $4OO for
the Georgia Baptist children’s
| homee at Hapeville and Baxley.
| Morning Worship Service: 1130
Sunday School, 10:15 a.m.
(Evening Worship 7:30 p.m.
Training Union, 6:30 p.m.
Mid-week Prayer Service, 8 p.m.
1 Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
Perry Couple Use Rope
To Escape Hotel Fire
Carol Service
Sunday Night
The annual Christmas Carol Serv
ice will bo presented by the com
bined choirs of the Perry churches
at 7:30 p. m. Sunday at the Perry
Baptist Church.
Twenty-five voices will present a
service which was originated at
King’s College Chapel in Oxford,
England. It is based upon Biblical
reading, including the prophecies
and the nativity. It consists of nine
carols.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the service.
Fireworks Sale
Prohibited Here
An Ordinance prohibiting the sale
of fire works within the City Limits
of the City of Perry.
Section 1: Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Councilmen of the City
of Perry that from and after the
passage of this Ordinance it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to sell or offer for sale
within the City Limits of the City
of Perry fire works of any kind,
excepting sparklers.
Section 2: Any person, firm or
corporation violating this Ordinance
shall be punished as provided in
the Charter of the City of Perry
and all amendments thereto.
Section 3. All Ordinances and
parts of Ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed.
An Ordinance prohibiting the
shooting of fire works upon any
street or alley or within or upon the
premises of any place of business
within the City Limits of the City
of Perry.
Section 1: Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Councilmen of the City
of Perry that from and after the
passage of this Ordinance it shall
be unlawful for any person to
shoot or discharge fire works of any
kind upon any public street or al
ley within the City Limits of the
City of Perry, or within any place
of business or upon the premises of
any place of business which is lo
cated within the City Limits of the
City of Perry,
Section 2; Any person violating
this Ordinance shall be punished as
provided in the charter of the City
of Perry and all amendments there
to.
Section 3: All Ordinances and
parts of Ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed.
Peach Bowl Came
At Macon Friday
The second annual Peach Bowl
game, which will be played in Ma
con’s Porter Stadium Friday night,
l Dec. 13 at 8 p, m., will bring to
gether two of the South’s leading
junior college football teams.
G. M. C. of Milledgcville will re
present the state of Georgia against
Tennessee Wesleyan College of
Athens, Tenn.
G. M. C. has long been a power
in Georgia gridiron circles and its
I team this year is one of the best
ever produced. Operating from the
T formation, the club is sparked by
a lad named Eason, a fine runner
and passer. Football fans who wit
ness the Peach Bowl game will see
one of the finest kickers in the
j game in young Fred Montsdecca,
| G. M.C, wingback, and a great end
I in young Mitchell, son of the G.M.
(C. coach.
Tennessee Wesleyan is unbeaten,
j untied and unscored on this year
I in junior college competition.
j Methodist Activities
Church Services, 11:30 a.m. and
j 7:30 p.m.
Church School--10:15 a.m.
Young People’s Service-5:30 p.m.
Rev. J.B. Smith, Pastor.
Presbyterian Notice
Sunday School, Perry, 10:15 a.m.
Church Service, Perry, 11:30 a.m. 1
Sunday School, Clinchfield, 3 p.m.
Church Service, Clinchfield, 8 p.m, I
Rev. J H. Mulholland, Pastor.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Hammond of
Perry returned here Saturday with
a harrowing story of narrow escape
from the ghastly fire which claimed
120 lives at the Winccoff Hotel in
Atlanta earlier that day.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammond escaped
from their tenth floor room, which
was burned out entirely, by scaling
down a small rope thrown to them
by firemen. Two men who were
trapped in the hall also escaped
through the Hammonds’ room and
down the rope to the ladder which
reached up only to the ninth floor.
The Hammonds escaped without
injury to themselves but lost their
clothing and a sum of money which
were forgotten in their haste, Mrs.
Hammond’s fur coat was scorched
by the heat from the brick walls
of the building.
Held On Tight
“I sure held on to that rope,” Mr.
Hammond said. “I felt much safer
after the firemen got the rope to
us. The wind must have been blow
ing pretty hard because I remem
ber that my coat kept getting
caught against the ladder as I went
down.
"I am mighty glad to be here,”
Mr. Hammond said soberly. ‘‘The
men who came into our room from
the hall wore barefooted and they
kept saying that the floor was get
ting mighty hot underneath them.
One of the men got excited and
went down the rope before Mrs.
Hammond. The rope was tied to
the section of the wall between the
two windows in our room.”
The Hammonds said they could'
not sec any bodies falling because
of the heavy smoke but they heard
the screams of the victims.
W. B. Evans Opens
Grocery Store Here
W. B. Evans announced this week
that he is renovating his building
next to Houston Drug Co. to estab
lish a grocery store and hopes to
have the new store in operation
within a few days.
Mr. Evans, who worked at Rob
ins Field for four years, said ho will
feature fresh fruits and vegetables
for the Christmas season and will
later have a complete line of gro
ceries.
Welcome Home
From the Navy: Walter H.Leap
trot of Perry.
From the Army: Clifford H.
Shurley. Rt, 2, Byron, and Edgar
E. Bateman, Jr., Warner Robins.
$51,000 County Taxes
Still to Come In
M.E. Akin, Houston county tax
collector, is looking for $51,000 be
tween now and Dec. 20, the dead
line for payment of county taxes
without a penalty.
A total of $75,000 already has
been collected to date on this year’s
taxes, but $51,000 must conoe in by
Dec. 20 if all escape the penalty
and interest charges.
. Some taxpayers still owe for last
year but this sum is small. But you
must pay sometime, so Mr. Akin
would like to get it now.
Bonaire Sailor
At Pearl Harbor
Pierce E. Cumpton, motor ma
chinist’s mate, third class, son of
Mrs. Lena I. Cumpton of Route 1,
Bonaire, Ga., has arrived at Pearl
Harbor, T. H., aboard the submar
ine USS Caiman which was just
overhauled at the Naval Shipyard,
Mare Island, Calif.
During the war, the Caiman par
ticipated in four patrols and sank
100 tons of Japanese shipping.
HIGDON AT NORFOLK
John T. Higdon, aviation chief
machinist’s mate, USN, son of John
V. Higdon of 203 Diggs blvd.,
Warner Robins, Ga., is stationed at
the Naval Air Base, Norfolk, Va.
1 Before entering the Navy he grad
uated from Midville High School,
1 Midville, Ga., and attended South
Georgia Teachers College,
