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VOL. LXXVI. No. . 10
Red Cross
Chairmen
Appointed
Appointment of five associate
chairmen to handle the Houston
County Red Cross campaign for
j 947 was announced this week.
' The leaders are Gardner Watson,
F M . Houser, S. W. Hickson, Mrs.
C. Pritchett and Mrs. Byron
Warren. A. W. Dahlberg is the
general chairmen for the county.
Although the budget for the
county is slightly reduced this year,
the Red Cross is seeking as many
memberships in the county as pos
sible. The school children through
out the county will assist in the
county campaign for memberships,
but contributions from children are
included in the Junior Red Cross
drive.
The appeal the Red Cross
comes only once a year but the wel
fare activities of the organization
goes on throughout the year, the
drive chairmen pointed out. It is
the aim of the American Red Cross
this year to re-establish the organi
zation as a strictly American affair,
after spreading out all over the
world during the war.
For the first time, Warner Ro
bins will be included in the Houston
county drive this year. Previously,
Warner Robins had contributed di
rectly to the Macon chapter of the
Red Cross. All of Houston county is
considerd as a unit of the Macon
chapter.
A quota of $6,000 has been set for
Houston county.
The campaign started this week
throughout the county.
Show of Fashions
Pleases Audience
Something new in Perry—a fash
ion show—was presented by the
Horace & Mildred Shop at the
Benefit Bridge sponsored by the
Delphian Club at the American
Legion Home last Friday afternoon.
Fourteen adults and four children
modeled the new spring and sum
mer styles in a show presented to
the 125 guests of the club at the
party.
The children modeling clothes
were Martha Lynn Watson, Linda
Strickland, Martha Cooper and
Horace Evans, 111. The other models
were Mrs. George B. Wells, Miss
Mary Davis, Miss Ruby Pickens,
Miss Anna Lee Beavers, Miss Mari
anne Nunn, Mrs. Sam Coleman,
Miss Frances Davis, Miss Marty
Smith, Mrs. Robert Horton, Mrs,
Paul r l urner. Miss Jean Pierce, Miss
Mae Andrews and Mrs. Clarence
Weiderspahn.
Miss Mildred E. Warren was the
narrator for the style show and was
assisted by Mrs. H. E. Evans, Jr.,
and Mrs. George Strickland. The
Dowers for the show were furnished
Caroyln Whipple, florist.
Felton Norwood. Jr., and Martha
F' ans sang solos, accompanied at
‘he piano by Miss Willie Ryals.
Mrs. Pearsall Brown was general
chairman of the benefit bridge
Party and style show.
WELCOME HOME
Henry E. Davidson, father R. O.
Davidson, Route 1, Kathleen, from
‘he Army.
Thank You, Mrs. Hodges
Perry, Ga.
March 3, 1947
Cooper Etheridge,
p erry, Ga.
Cooper,
H r . , ou complete your first year as editor and publisher of the
■ts USt ° n Home Journal . allow me to congratulate you on your success in
tl r. v, ICa^on ’ on the Physical improvements made in the paper, and on
• ) coverage and promotion given community groups and projects.
* s evident that the first year in any business would be the most
-ult. You have reason to be proud of your first year’s record in the
newspaper business, which is so diversified in its interests and
tij :C * S as to require constant attention. You have been diligent, faith- 1
'-0 , progressive and therefore deserve the success you have realized. |
jj Qni you have many more years of successful publication of the
o n ' . Urn al and thus continue to give Perry and Houston county a
gooc newspaper.
Assuring you again of my sincere best wishes, I am.
Cordially yours,
'■ Ruby C. Hodges (Mrs. John L.)
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ANN BYARS, above, seventh
grade student at Warner Ro
bins, outspelled 18 other Hous
ton county students in The At
lanta Journal’s National Spell
ing Bee here last Friday. She
spelled “rhetoric” correctly to
win. See story in Perry-Scope.
(Home Journal photo).
NATIONAL WINNER
SPEAKS TO LEGION
Clifford Clarke, 21-year-old vete
ran who returned from the Army to
finish high school and place fourth
in the national oratorical contest,
told members of the American Le
gion post here Tuesday night that
those veterans who believe the
world owes them a living are
“blackening the name” of the de
serving ex-servicemen.
Speaking before a capacity au
dience at the Legion Home, Clarke
said the veterans who think they
can come home and do nothing are
making it difficult fflr the wounded,
the sick and the mentally-ill vete
rans to obtain their proper benefits.
He said veterans must shoulder re
sponsibility, “a citizen first, a vete
ran second.”
Guests of the Legion were con
testants in the Houston County
Oratorical Contest sponsored by the
Legion, accompanied by Supt. E. P.
Staples and Miss Ruby Pickens,
their teacher. The contestants were
Patsy Harris, Sara Ivey, Nelle
Tuggle, Naomi Kersey, Earl Whip
ple, Billy Whipple, Betty Connell,
Essie Claude Bloodworth and Joyce
Owens.
Clarke, a field representative of
the State Department of the Legion,
praised the post for its outstanding
membership drive and community
service program.
New members of the post are
Scarborough Watson, Rex Ivie and
Marcus C. Mims. Guests were Capt.
James Short of Warner Robins and
Bill Hackney of Albany.
Ben Roberson was the mess
sergeant furnishing the catfish I
supper and Otis King was appointed
mess sergeant for the April meet
ing.
Clarke, in addition to his Legiqn
speech, was heard by the Perry Ki
wanis Club and the high school
student body Tuesday.
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.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. MARCH 6. 1947
Pratt, Watson and Fountain Enter Race
Magazine
To Feature
City of Perry
Perry business and professional
men voted Monday night to form a
non-profit corporation to advertise
and promote the town and seek new
industries with emphasis on locally
conceived plants.
Meeting at iskyway Inn, the group
voted to establish a revolving fund
for use in promotional work. The
fund would be made up from
monthly contributions from mer
chants and businessmen on the basis
of the size and type of business,
ranging from $5 to $25 a month.
The fund, to be administered by a
board of directors, would be used in
an effort to attract tourists, new
residents, new businesses, new
capital and to develop the indust
rial production of the town.
A tentative name of “Perry Deve
lopment Association” was chosen.
Mayor G. F. Nunn called atten
tion of the group to the forthcoming
article on Perry to appear in the
April issue of Coronet Magazine.
The magazine will reach the new
stands on March 21 and all copies
coming into Georgia will carry a
i band referring to the article on
Perry. The article will be captioned
“Perry Ga., Leads the Way.”
As a result of the article, Mayor
Nunn, who also is chairman of the
business men’s group, said he ex
pects a flood of inquiries from pro
spective residents, businesses, in
dustries, etc.
Ho suggested that efforts be made
to establish the promotional corpo
ration in time to handle the inqui
ries he expects to be received.
The committee appointed some
time ago by Mr. Nunn will meet
soon and draw up a proposed con
stitution and by-laws for the corpo
ration and present them at the next
meeting of the group to be held
soon.
Lynn Borders of Barnesville, who
has had experience in establishing
small business enterprises, spoke to
the club on the production of dia
pers.
Vaccinate Hogs,
Agent Suggests
Hog cholera attacks hogs of all
ages and usually kills 90 to 97 per
cent of the hogs it attacks. More
losses are probably caused in the |
swine industry by hog cholera than'
by any other disease.
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks urged all Houston County
, farmers to vaccinate as soon as pos
sible all hogs not previously treat
ed, because the disease occurs'dur
ing any season. If pigs are vacci
nated at weaning time by using hog :
cholera serum and virus, the dis-j
ease can largely be prevented. The
disease is caused by a filterable
virus. Vaccination of healthy pigs
or hogs is almost 100 percent ef
fective.
Once hogs show cholera symp
toms, little can be done to prevent
their death. Symptoms of hog cho- 1
lera are a high fever, refusal of
food, seeking dark damp corners or
pile of straw, discharge from eyes
and nose, eyelids sticking together
and the animal’s skin turning dark
red or deep purple in color.
Methods by which the disease I
spreads, Mr. Middlebrooks said, |
are not known, but it Is probably /
transmitted by buzzards, carrion [
crows, dogs or other animals that I
eat dead animal flesh. All farmers j
in Houston county should strive to 1
prevent the occurence of the disease j
by vaccinating their animals, asj
cholera can seriously hamper the |
county’s swine industry.
Tharpe Memorial
Sunday School, 10:30 a. m.
Worship service, 11:30 a. m.
B. T. U., 7 p. m.
Worship Service, 8 p. m.
Midweek service, 7:30 p. m.
1 Wednesday,
THE BROWNIE SCOUTS posed for thdr picture on their first an
niversary, celebrating at a party at the homo of Mrs. S. A. Nunn,
their leader, Friday, Feb. 28. The Brownies, left to right, first row,
Nita Milam, Myra Wilder, Patty Sue Kite, Martha Evans, Laura An
derson, Shelby Jean Peyton and Nancy Roper; back row, Marjorie
Nunn, Mary Woodard, Theresa Williams, Lynn Hodge, Anita Ray and
Mary Kathryn Duggan. (Home Journal photo).
Panthers Enter
State Tourney
The Perry High Panthers will
take a better record into the State
B Basketball Tournament tonight
than their opponents, Rossville, so
there is considerable room for
optimism among Panther support
ers.
Rossville, champions of the
Seventh District, have u record of
18 games won and six lost, while
Perry has a record of 25 won and
four lost. Two of the Perry losses
were to Lanier, a member of the
GIAA, where a higher class of bas
ketball prevails. Perry lost one to
Cochran in Cochran and one to
Montezuma in Perry.
Thomaston (R. E. Lee High) has
the most impressive record of the
entries but they may not have met
strong teams during the year.
Pcry Loses Five
All five of the Perry starters will
sing their swan song in the state
tourney. Capt. Clint Cooper, Deryle
Whipple, John Blue Calhoun, Billy
Bledsoe and Ed Thompson will be
graduated in June. This team has
been one of the most spectacular
teams in recent years because of
their uphill battle all the year. Play
ing against larger teams, they dis
counted the disadvantage of height
and worked on their opponents
every minute.
In many a game, they wont to the
dressing room at half time on the
I short end of the score. But they had
the ability to come back against
what appeared to be overwhelming
odds. In the four games they lost,
they displayed exceptionally good
sportsmanship and never uttered a
complaint.
Cheer for Staples
All of the credit cannot go to the
J boys themselves because they learn
j ed how to win, and how to lose,
from Coach E. P. Staples, whose
able direction has won nine district
tournaments in the last 14 years.
Coach Staples lays down a rigid
training schedule, makes his team
.stay in training by working them so
hard they have to train, and gets
Sue 'em. Herman, Sue 'em
The Atlanta Journal’s charges of
j fraudulent voting and improper
| counting and reporting of votes
! have been denied by Herman Tal- 1
1 madge as a “smear” attempt to in
fluence the decision of the Supreme
| Court of Georgia.
If the charges are not true, surely
| Herman will file suit against The
j Atlanta Journal for libel. Herman
; will want to clear this thing up, if
j there is no basis for The Journal’s
I charge. It can be safely said that *
! Herman has lost no love for The
• Journal and therefore he will sue
I for libel if the charges are not true, j
i If the charges are true, then The
Atlanta Journal has rendered an in-!
' valuable public service to the citi-1
zens of Georgia in uncovering what
it believes to be a fraud against the
voters of the state.
The Journal has plenty of money
| and it is doubted if they would
Plans Announced
By Civic League
Plans for installing playground
equipment on its own property and
in the Armory Grove were made
at last week’s meeting of the di
rectors of the Houston Civic League.
The board also established a spe
cial fund for emergency relief to
be administered by the Houston
county welfare department and set
up the year’s budget. It was an
nounced that 160 members have
been obtained in the current drive
and that additional teams will be
sent to contact prospective mem
bers. A membership fee of $5 on
titles a family to all the privileges
of the league.
The City has offered to clean and
grade the Armory Grove and the
Civic Longue will install swings,
slides, suffle board courts and cro
quet space. A shelter to be used for
storage, rest rooms and drinking
fountains will he built on the Civic
League’s lot adjacent to the Armory
Grove. Cement walks for skating
are expected to he constructed soon.
An architect is expected here in
the next few days to advise the
'(■ague officials on the erection of a
permanent recreation building.
The league merits the support of
all the people of the county because
of its interest in the welfare of all
of the citizens.
pretty caustic when the boys don't
play as well as they are capable of
playing. But, they Jove it, and fight
for the chance of making an out
standing performance for his sake.
When the Perry boys fall in line
at Mercer University's Porter Gym
nasium tonight (Thursday) at 10 o’-
clock, it’s a safe bet that you will
see at least half of Perry In the
Stands, You will see the cheerlea
ders, the students and Coach Stap
les chewing their nails down to
their elbows, and you might see a
tew tears, too, win or lose, because
the heart of Perry is wrapped up
in the boys who wear the Maroon
and Gold.
publish such charges if the owners
of the paper did not have proof
that they are true.
This is an excellent opportunity
for Herman to send agents of the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation in
j to Telfair County, and other coun
ties where discrepancies were
■ charged, to clear up this matter.
When he gets the facts, then he
can sue The Journal.
The people are entitled to know
1 the truth about these charges, and a
good way to determine the truth is
for Herman to sue The Journal for
j libel. The county officials also have
a good cause for action if the
I charges are not, true.
1 Herman has not mentioned suing
The Journal for libel.
This is example No. I of the Har
ris-Talmadge primary system. They
had it working before the Legisla
j ture passed it for them.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
Throe men had entered the race
for county commissioner Wodnosda>
to serve the unexpired term of the
late A. L. Sasser, Judge John L.
1 lodges, ordinary, announced. The
Special Election is set for March 25.
First to enter was Royce R. Pratt,
operator of Pratt's Auto Service at
| Warner Robins. Mr. Pratt has been
! active in civic affairs at Warner
Robins for several years.
Next to qualify with the ordinary
was Claude Watson, operator of a
general store at Bonaire and son of
a former commissioner, the late J.
H. Watson.
Third man to enter the race was
Dreyfus L. Fountain, a veteran, who
operates Fountain's Laundry a (
Warner Robins, is co-owner of The
Wai ner Robins Press, weekly news
paper, and one of the organizer’s
of a new bank for Warner Robins.
None of the three candidates have
held a county office previously. All
of them have been active in their
communities.
The term being served by Mi 1 .
Sasser runs through December.
104(1. Commissioners serve four year
terms in Houston county.
Announcements of all three can
didates appear elsewhere in this
issue of the Home Journal.
Cemetery Beauty
Will Please You
it makes you proud of the civic
-1 mindedness of Perry to see vene
rable Evergreen cemetery and con
template the beautiful picture it.
will present when plans arc com
pleted.
Committees from the Sorosis Club
and the Kiwanis Club, working with
the assistance of the city’s labor,
1 have done a wonderful job of land
scaping and planting new shrub
* bery, with more to follow. A direct
entrance has been provided from
the National Highway to the ceme
tery archway and the whole ceme
tery now can be viewed from the
highway across a graded space that
has been smoothed and sodded.
On the railroad side of the ceme
tery, the workers have cut a wide
roadway leading from the rear of
the cemetery to Main Street and the
banks of the cemetery have been
sodded. This adds tremendously to
the view as one approaches the
cemetery from the main part of
town.
A laurel hedge has been planted
along the rear of the cemetery and
undesirable shrubbery has been
eliminated throughout the ceme
tery.
lake a ride down to your ceme
tery and see the wonders that have
been wrought. You will be surpris
ed and pleased.
The Garden Club has arranged
to beautify the triangle just inside
the cemetery archway and the
Sorosis Club will plant memorial
magnolias in honor of the veterans
of Houston county who died in the
last war.
The Sorosis Club requests that thi
names of any other servicemen who
died in the war he furnished to the
committee so that magnolias may be
planted in their honor.
Grading equipment was furnished
by the County Public Work Camp
-md K. M. Bechham Construction
Company,
Water oaks and low shrubs will
be planted in the graded space be
tween the highway and the ceme
tery.
Memorial magnolias will be plant
ed in honor of Clinton M. Benson,
Raymond L. Gentry, Marvin T.
Holloway, Otis H. I.inton, Malvin
* Rackley, Walter B. Whitten, Wil-
C. Cawthon.Jr., and Julius D.
Stem bridge.
Methodist Activities
Church Services, 11:30 a.m. and
7:30 p.m.
Church School—10:15 a.m.
Young People’s Service-5:30 p.m.
Rev. J.B. Smith, Pastor.
Thawing Fruit
Thaw only enough fruit for one
meal at a time. Fruit quickly loses
freshness after it has been thawed.*
