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VOL. LXXVI. No. 4
flower Show
On Saturday
In Post Home
Th e third annual Camellia Show
goonsored by the Ladies Auxiliary
S - the American Legion here will
' h dd at the Legion Home on
Saturday, Jan. 25, Miss Katherine
chairman, announced this
Individuals who plan to exhibit
"ewers are requested to bring them
the Legion Home between 9 and
,j. 30 a . m. on Saturday. The ex
hibits will be divided in three class
( ’ specimen Blossoms, Most Artis
• c Arrangement, and Six Shadow
Boxes.
The committee from the auxiliary
requests those who have camellias,
even though they do not expect
them to win a ribbon, to bring their
exhibits for the show.
Entries are expected from all
parts of the country.
Five local judges will be named.
Many Exhibitors
Despite the unfavorable weather i
for camellias, several more exhibits
are expected this year than last,
when there were 30 displays in the
event.
Miss Cater said that her commit
tee requested all members of the
auxiliary to consider themselves
as hostesses for the show. Members
of the committee will request other
auxiliary members to assist them
in arranging for the event.
Members of the committee, in ad
dition to the chairman, are Mrs. H.
P. Dobbins, Mrs. J. M. Gooden,
Mrs. B. H. Andrew, Mrs. W. G.
Riley, Mrs.C. E. Andrew, Mrs. Em
mette Cater, Mrs. Pearsall Brown,
Mrs. Charles Andrew, Mrs. Stanley
E. Smith, Mrs. Clifford Grimes,
Mrs. Robert B. Jones, Mrs. Norman
Parker, Jr., Mrs. John Satterfield, 1
Mrs. Robert Horton, Mrs. William
Hunt, and Miss Vonceil Summers.
No admission charge will be made
but a voluntary offering will be re
ceived by the auxiliary for use in
auxiliary welfare projects.
The show will be open to the
public at 2 p. m. and again on Sun
day afternoon.
Music will be offered during the
afternoon by a group headed by
Mrs. Mayo Davis.
Twenty Years Ago
0
fa The Home Journal j
Issue of Jan. 27, 1927
J. A. Middlebrooks, well known
farmer, died at his home near Perry
Sunday morning.
Dudley M. Hughes, former Con
gressman, died Thursday in Macon.
He was in his 78th year.
Mrs. Martha Carney, 93, died at •
the home of her son, James E. Car
ney, Sunday morning.
4 The Perry P. T. A. was host to
the 12th District P. T. A. with Mrs.
J. E. Wall of Eastman presiding.
Dr, anc j Mrs. R. L. Cater observed
meir 38th wedding anniversary
“® re on Sunday, Jan. 23. Mr. and
l, rs ' Douser Edwards and son,
°mas, of Fort Valley, spent Sun
day here with relatives. Miss Mil
edge Anderson is recuperating from
® tonsil operation. William Little
■‘■pent the weekend in Macon with
‘ IIS Parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. J.
Little. Mrs. J. L. Long of Fort Val-
L v is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Smoak.
SCHOOL NEWS: Perry’s basket
-8 team defeated G. A. 8., 53 to
> and prepared to meet Eastman
ext week. Miss Dorothy Driskell,
eacher of English spent the week
-Bnd in Athens.
BONAIRE; Mrs. J. R. Hunt was
. 8 guest °f Mrs. J. H. Watson Fri-
M m^ SS k°^ ie Sisson visited Miss
■ IJ nr«d Evans in Perry last week
lime needed
Lime is especially desirable for
e a ures and legumes, according to 1
L anomists of the State Extension !
Service, and much Georgia farm.
lcl “d will benefit from applications !
iime. Soil tests should be used (
ln df ' ter mining the lime needs of
toe soil. /
Houston fount al
COMING AGAIN
c, . _ ijAKKER, layman and
evangelist of Lynchburg, Va., will
lead a revival series at the Perry
Baptist Church from Feb. 2 to 16.
This will be the second year Mr.
Barker has led a revival in Perry.
ALL WOMEN
WILL BE MEN
A Womanless Wedding for the
benefit of the Infantile Paralysis
campaign in Houston county will be
held at the Perry High School au
ditorium at 8 p. m. today (Thurs
day), when Miss Eugenia Beckham
and Charleston Hightower Tucker
will say “I do” in answer to the
Rev. Artemus Wellington Braddock.
Miss Wendella Whipple will play
the nuptial music and lovely Miss
Petunia Davis will sing a solo, “I
Love You Truly.”
The matron of honor will be slen
der Miss Joanie Mae Williamson
and the maid of honor will be
blushing Miss Marianne Houser.
The bride’s relatives present will
be Mrs. Louisa Mae Gilbert, her
mother; Clintzy Cooper, baby sister;
Hortense Javans, little sister. The
groom’s relatives on hand will be
Mrs. Louise C. Harper, mother;
Miss Altonia Hardy, aunt; Budlea
Tolleson, little sister and Chatalline
Chapman.
Beauty—Country Style
Candlelighters will be one blopd
and one brunet beauty, Miss Janie
Bell Smith and Miss Feltie Nor
wood.
Bridesmaids chosen by Miss Eu
genia will be Misses Alline Pritch
ett. Gardenia Watson. Josephine
Beddingfield, Veronica Tuggle, Mar
ionette Brown and Marionette
| Greene. Jonathan Etheredge will be
the best man.
The petite flower girls will be
little Misses Erica Staples, Wil
helmina Middlebrooks, Huberta
Aultman and Clarissa Rogers. The
bride’s father will be Jeremiah Al
fonso Ivey. Trainbearers will be lit
tle Misses Jeanie Smith and Cooper
| Anne Etheridge.
Ushers chosen by the bride
groom are Socrates Augustus Nunn,
Cartwright Harbin Andrew, and
Wellington Tompkins Mobley.
The bride made her debut some
time ago.
Bargain prices for this hilarious
entertainment will be in effect—2s
and 50 cents. Everybody is invited.
Negro Musician
Thrills Perry-ites
Graham Jackson. Atlanta Negro
who played for President Roose
velt’s funeral, won the hearty ap
plause of two Perry audiences Tues
day with his piano playing and ac
cordion playing.
The smiling showman, who now
has a national reputation, played
first for the Kiwanis Club members
and their wives at the Skyway Inn,
where the Kiwanians were the
guests of Owner Charlie Farmer.
Jackson played everything from
boogie-woogie to classical music
and completely captivated the at
tention of the audience.
After the performance before the
1 Kiwanians, Jackson played for the
1 students of Perry High School,
■ where he was applauded over and
! ever again. Ho left here to catch ■
' a plane for New York where he
1 played for General Marshall on
[Wednesday, ,
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 23. 1947
BUSINESS MEN VOTE TO ORGANIZE
Perry Gets
District 'B'
Tournament
The Third District Class ‘B’ bas
ketball tournament will be held in
Perry High School’s gymnasium
Feb. 18, 19, 20 and 21, Supt E. P.
Staples of Perry announced today.
Twelve teams in the Class ‘B’
circuit will compete in the two
brackets with games beginning
Tuesday night, Feb.lB, and running
through Friday night, Feb. 21.
Perry will defend the title won
last year at Americus, where they
nosed out Fort Valley in the finals
by a slim margin.
Albany Referees
Coach Staples announced that
Harold McNabb and Jim Robertson
of Albany will be the referees, with
Mrs. McNabb and Mrs. Robertson
as timer and scorer.
Games on the first two nights
will begin at 7 o’clock and games
at 8 o’clock.
The drawings already have been
; completed. In the Upper Bracket,
the schedule' for Tuesday, Feb. 18
is;Dawson vs. Bye. Beuna Vista vs.
Hawkinsville; Warner /Robins vs.
Cordele, and Fort Valley vs. Bye.
In the lower bracket, Perry vs.
Bye. Cuthbert vs. Americus; Syca
more vs. Dodge County High, and
Baker Village, Columbus, vs. Bye.
Wednesday Program
On Wednesday night, Dawson
will play the winner of the Beuna
Vista Hawkinsville game; Fort
Valley will play the winner of the
Warner Robins Cordele game;
Perry will play the winner of the
Cuthbert-Americus game and Baker
Village will play the winner of the
Sycamore Dodge County High
game.
Baker Village of Columbus, Fort
Valley and Perry are seeded as the
top teams in the tourney.
Perry has defeated Fort Valley
two times this season but Fort Val
ley has been improving so rapidly
that next Tuesday’s battle between
the Panthers and the Green Wave
is expected to be a tip-off on the
probable champion o f the ‘B’
schools.
Sellout crowds are expected each
night, according to Coach Staples.
V.F.W. Five Wins
By Record Margin
CORDELE, Jan. 16—In one of
the wildest basketball games ever
played here, the Perry VFW-Ath
letic Club defeated the Cordele
Athletic Club, 122 to 26, here
Wednesday.
Six-foot, 220-pound Leroy Bos
well of Perry, who burned up the
league in the Macon YMCA tour
nament earlier i n the season,
knocked off a total of 65 points
alone, while Walter Gray was able
to get only 21 for himself.
The lineups:
Perry 122 Pos. Cordele 26
Boswell 65 f Perry 12
Daniel 14 f McKinley 0
Gray 21 c 0
Roughton 8 g Herrington 0
Stembridge 2 g Royal 2
Substitutions: Perry. Watts 6,
Lassiter 6. Cordele, Simmons 8, and
Connor 4.
The V. F. W. sponsored athletic
club took the measure of the For
syth Athletic Club in Forsyth Fri
day nght, 60 to 24.
Leroy Boswell again was the
leader in the scoring column for
Perry gathering 31 points.
The line-ups:
Perry VFW 60 Pos. Forsyth AC 24
Boswell 31 f R, Brasher 2
Daniel 2 f s. Brasher 4
Gray 13 c Tingle 9
Roughton 8 g Graham 2
Stembridge 2 g Benson 7
Substitutions for Perry, Watts 2
and Lassiter 2. Score at half, 24 to
8, Perry.
I
Canning chicken, beef and other
! home-produced meats will help
| through the year, specialists of the
spread the family meat supply
State Extension Service declare.
TAXING IT WITH A GRlN—Smiling Governor Ellis Arnnll is es
corted from the Executive Mansion by u Slate Patrolman acting un
der the orders of Herman Talmadgc. Four armed troopers prevented
Governor Arnall from entering the mansion.
THE BATTLE
OF ATLANTA
By Sid Williams
The 1947 session of the Georgia
General Assembly opened on Mon
day, January 13, harmoniously
enough with no contests for the two
chief offices of the House and Sen
ate. Rep. Fred Hand of Mitchell
County was elected Speaker with
out opposotion, and Senator William
Dean of Rockdale County won Uhc
Presidency of the Senate without
a contest. Sen. Dean will be Presi
dent pro tempore when Licut-Gov
ernor M. E. Thompson takes the
oath of office and begins to preside
over the Senate. He will probably
have taken this oath by the time
this column hits print.
In the ouse, Rep. George Smith
of Emanuel County was elected
Speaker pro tempore over Rep.
Mack Hicks of Floyd, and Rep. Tom
Morgan of Troup. The race for
House Clerk was between Joe
Boone of Wilkinson County, and P.
T. McCutchen, Jr., of Fulton. Mr.
Boone was elected with a small ma
jority. Marion Toms of Quitman
County and Hugh Stripli* of Heard,
won the Doorkeeper and Messenger
posts, respectively, without oppo
sition.
The Senate saw a close contest
between Mrs. Henry Nevin of Whit
field, and Tom Camp of Fulton, for
the Secretaryship, with Mrs. Nevin
winning by three votes. The veteran
Perry Griffin, of DeKalb, was elect
ed Doorkeeper without opposition;
and H. B. Smith, of Lumpkin, de
feated three other candidates for
Messenger of the Senate.
The first vote in the joint session
pointed the way the wind was blow
ing in the gubernatorial contest, but
was very close - - 128 to 126. On
later votes Talmadge picked up
many who wanted to get on the
bandwagon and won the final roll
call by a majority of 71. Incident
ally, on this vote, which was on the
election of Herman Talmadge, with
no other candidate nominated, 87
membcis of the House and Senate
refused to vote and were recorded
“present”.
Following Tuesday’s long session
which did not adjourn until about
three o’clock W<%lnesday morning,
the Assembly took the balance of
( Wednesday off and did’nt return
to work until Thursday morning.
Many members wore completely
fatigued and needed the extra
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hours rest and sleep.
The fireworks over the guberna
torial succession question saw as
little debate on a subject as has
ever been on a controversial issue
in the Georgia legislature. Both
sides had apparently agreed to li
mit debate, since the minds of most
members wore made up as to how
they expected to vote before they
reached the floor. There were a
great number of parliamentary in
quiries of the presiding officer,
Senate President Dean, but speeches
by only several representatives and
senators. Representative Robert
Elliott of Muscogee spearheaded
the fight for Talmadge, and Repre
sentative Adie Durden of Dougher
ty led the Thompson forces.
Surprisingly few bills were in
troduced Thursday, possibly be
cause of doubt in the minds of many
legislators as to the possible legality
of measures passed, pending a J
I settlement of the gubernatorial
question.
Speaker Fred Hand introduced
Bill no. 1 which would prohibit the
State Revenue Commissioner from
using his office for political pur
poses.
No bills were introduced in the }
Senate, which contented itself with
the confirmation of Marvin Griffin
as Adjutant General, Charlie Red
wine as Revenue Commissioner, and
James L. Gillis, Sr. as Director of
the Highway Department.
The Assembly adjourned about
noon Thursday and many members
took advantage of the long week- ■
end to return to their homo to •
sound out sentiment of the people
on the gubernatorial issue.
All in all, it was a hectic week
for Georgia’s lawmakers and, as one
legislator put it, the boys were
“plumb tired out”.
i
Local Farm Workers
Attend Conference
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks and Miss Annie. C. Newton,
home demonstration agent for j
Houston county, attended a district |
4 H club training and program j
planning meeting in Oglethorpe;
Tuesday. Information on the va
rious 4-H projects for the year wore
explained and studied. Typical
demonstrations were given by 4-H
club members and agents at the
meeting.
If it’s worth selling, it’s worth
advertising.
Nearly Every Home
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Use of Local
Products
Emphasized
Fifty nine merchants and pro
fessional men voted unanimously
last Thursday night to establish an
organization similiar to a chamber
of commerce to promote new in
dustries for Perry, with emphasis
on encouragement of industries us
ing local products.
The group elected Mayor G. F.
Nunn as president of the group and
empowered him to nam* a commit
tee to work out plans for the per
manent organization. The commit
tee's job also will bo to decide on
the best method of financing the
organization. Some suggested a
monthly assessment system, others
suggested incorporation of the
group and the sale of stock, and
others the pooling of money from
every businessman and professional
man who desired to participate.
Hank Set Up Fund
Mayor Nunn revealed that the
Perry Loan and Savings Bank al
ready has established a fund of
$l,OOO for use by the committee in
investigating possibilities of new
industry. Part of this money was
spent in the investigation of the
Kay-Nee Corp., maker of boys’
clothing, which recently decided to
place a now plant at Williamsburg,
Ky., which was able to give Kay-
Nee a much more attractive propo
sition than could Perry. It is under
stood that Williamsburg’s offer of
tax exemptions and power concesr'
ions amounted to about $57,000.
The meeting definitely indicat
a desire to encourage local industry
with local capital and local pro
ducts. C. E. Andrew, chairman of
the former new industries commit
tee for the town, said he favored
several small industries instead of
one large plant.
1 aking part in the discussion
wore A. W. Dalberg, W. E. Beck
ham, S. A. Nunn, Mayo Davis.
Charles P. Gray, A. M. Anderson,
W. V. Tuggle, C. E. McLendon,
Charles Andrew, A. C. Pritchett
and Charles Farmer.
'Present' Vote Cast
By J. W. Bloodworth
J. W. Bloodworth, Houston coun
ty’s representative in the House of
Representatives, voted “present”
last week when the Legislature
elected Herman Talmadge as gov
ernor.
'Mr. Bloodworth said he voted
“present” because he thought the
question of succession to the gover
norship was one to be settled by the
courts. Mr. Bloodworth said it is
an established principle of law
j that an officer who doubts the
legality of the election of his suc
cessor can hold his position until
the courts decide the issue.
Another Houston countian who
took part in the “Battle of the Gov
ernors” was Dan L. Grant. An At
lanta newspaper reported that Cap
tain Grant, after one of Gov. Arn-
s secretaries left her chair, look
over the chair and refused to let
her return to her duties. Grant was
reported as having answered the
telephone and having told the call-
I er that Herman Talmadge was the
j governor and he guessed that Gov.
Arnall was selling insurance.
Presbyterian Notice
Sunday School, Perry, 10:15 a.m.
Church Service, Perry, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday School, Clinchfield, 3 p.m.
{ Church Service, Clinchfield, 8 p.m.
| Rev. J H. Mulholland, Pastor.
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Baptist Activities
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.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
Estimates on job printing freely
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