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VOL. LXXVIL No. 20
Scout Home for Perry
Is Assured by Drive
Thc Courtney H. Hodges Scout
Home honoring Perry’s famous gen
eral who led the First Army into
Germany, is assured, it was an
nounCed Tuesday at the weekly
meeting of the Perry Kiwanis Club,
sponsor of Scout Troop No. 96.
Francis Nunn, chairman of a 10-
man committee appointed to raise
S 2 500. announced that the quota
has been over-subscribed by about
SI 000. The committee which spon
sored the giant homecLming cele
bration for General Hodges here in
1945 agreed to make available $1,500
in its treasury if the Kiwanis Club
committee would raise $2,500 to
match it. Mr. Nunn said tcday the
total of the two funds now stands
at $5,009, with S3OO more definitely
t'o come in.
“We are happy to report that Per
ry has again come through in fine
style,” Mr. Nunn said. “We in*
tend to erect a Scout Home in honor
of General Hodges which will be a
credit to the great general and to
the community”. The Scout Home
will bear a tablet or other suitable
marker designating it at the Gen
eral Courtney H. Hodges Scout
Home. General Hodges is now sta
tioned at Governor’s Island, N. Y.,
headquarters of the First Army.
SET UP BUILDING
Jube Stdother, chairman of the
boys’ and girls’ committee of the Ki
wanis Club and the originator of
the Scout Home idea, said the Perry
Scout Committee means to remodel
an old building already on the lot
purchased by the Kiwanis Club and
to add an assembly room and a kit
chen. The front section of the build
ing will be 50 X 20 feet and the as
sembly section will be 20 X 30 feet.
A kitchen is to be installed in the
basement under the assembly room.
J. M. Tolleson, contractor, has
agreed to handle the project.
The building will be administered
by the Scout Committee but other
youth organizations in the commun
ity will be free to use the building
whenever the schedule can be
• worked out, Mr. Strother said. Part
of the fund raised last week will be
used for maintenance. He said that
many residents had not yet con
tributed and urged them to do so
now as soon as possible to the com
mittee will know how much it has
on hand to spend on the original
building.
Marion L. Brown, Scoutmaster of
Troop No. 96, said 75 boys and 85
girls are now active in scouting ac
tivities in Perry and that the num
ber will probably be increased to
200 if proper leadership is main
tained. He included the Boy Scouts,
Sentor Scout Unit, Cub Scouts, Girl
Scouts and Brownie Scouts.
The fund got a strong start with
these contributions from civic or
ganizations with an earnest desire
to help their community:
Kiwanis Club, S3OO (lot)
Jay-Cees, S3OO.
V. F. W., S2OO (from theatre fund)
Sorcsis Club, S2OO.
Farm Bureau, S2OO.
Masonic Lodge, S2OO.
Delphian Club, SIOO.
Civic League, SIOO.
services Planned
At Baptist Church
The Rev. Sheldon Jones, outstand
ing temperence preacher, will de
l!ver the message at a qnion service
ls all Perry churches at the Bap
l,s‘ Church at 8 p. m. Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Jones is widely known
a temperence speaker and a large
[ ,,n gregation is expected to hear
■him.
GROWER S VOTE ON
HR AMENDMENTS TO
ARRETING AGREEMENT
v peach growers are
il ig to approve or reject four
;‘ 0p °sed amendments to Georgia’s
uC h marketing agreement in a
' - this week, May 10
1 trough 17.
Dallcts have been mailed to all
■owers of record, but officials ex
re l! ? ec * any grower who fails to
,I|“ ene a ballot by mail may get a
> om his local county agent.
Houston Jjammi
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, MAY 13. 1948
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Wives of members of the Walter
B. Whitten Post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars will sell Memorial
Poppies in Perry and Houston
County Saturday, May 22.
Proceeds from the sale of the pop
pies will be used to help needy
families of veterans and needy vet
erans, Watt Rainey, chairman of the
committee announced.
Holtzclaw Sends
Check for Home
Jack Holtzclaw, president of the
Virginia Electric Power Company
and a native of Perry, contributed
this week to the fund to erect the
General Courtney H. Hodges Me
morial Scout Home.”
Here is the letter Mr. Holtzclaw
directed to S. A. Nunn, chairman
of the Hodges Homecoming Commit
tee, which contributed $1,500 toward
the Scout Home.
Hon. Sam A. Nunn
Perry, Georgia.
Dear Sam:
I noticed in last week’s Home
Journal that the Boy Scouts of Per
ry are planning to erect a home
which will be known as “The Court
ney H. Hodges Memorial Scout
Home” and that a campaign is now
underway seeking contributions to
ward funds to construct the home.
It is a pleasure to me to make a
contribution t 0 the Boy Scouts for
their new home, and I am enclosing
herewith a check which I will ap
preciate your turning over to the
Committee.
It is most appropriate that these
boys of Perry should live and have
their fun and their training as cit
izens and leaders with the reminder
constantly before them of the life
and accomplishments of Perry’s
most distinguished son, my dear
boyhood chum Courtney Hodges.
With kindest personal regards, i
Sincerely yours,
Jack Holtzclaw
Richmond, Virginia
FAMILY DINNER
Mr. and Mrs. Wordna Gray hon
ored their mothers, Mrs. A. W. Ta
bor and Mrs. W. W. Gray, with a
barbecue in their back yard Sun
day evening.
Fifty guests, all members of the
Tabor and Gray families and the
three first grade teachers, attended.
Mrs. H. E. Evans, Sr., is spending
this week with Mrs. Sue Graham
in Lennox, Ga.
■iKeep Green
| Unit Here
Planned
Houston County farmers and
landowners have been invited to at
tend an organizational meeting of
the “Houston County Keep Green
Council” at the Perry High School
at 8 p. m. Thursday, May 20, it was
announced this week.
The organizational meeting is
sponsored by the Houston County
Farm Bureau and the Perry Ki
wanis Club with the backing of
practically all groups in the county.
C. C. Etheridge is temporary chair
man of the sponsoring committee.
The purpose of the Houston Coun
ty Keep Green Council will b to (l) f
show how uncontrolled woods fires
can be prevented; (2) encourage
the planting of trees and the proper
use of our woodlands; and (3) show
the value in dollars and employment
of trees to our county.
Norman R. Hawley of the South
eastern Forestry Division will rep
resent the Keep Georgia Green
Council at the meeting, and will dis
cuss the program.
A full attendance at this impor
tant meeting is urged.
F. B. OFFICIAL
HERE MONDAY
Floyd H. Tabor, prominent Hous
ton county planter, and vice-presi
dent of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation, stated this week that
Dr. George C. Scarseth, research di
rector of the American Farm Re
search Association, will be in Perry
Monday, May 17, “for a very im
portant meeting.”
The internationally recognized ag
■ ricultural leader will address a
■ meeting of the Houston County
I Farm Bureau in the Perry High
l School at 8 o’clock that evening,
Mr. Tabor announced, and added
that “we consider ourselves most
fortunate to be the county selected
. in this area for Dr! Scarseth’s ad
, dress.” Dr. Scarseth is visiting a
number of counties in Georgia dur
ing next week and the Perry meet
ing will invite farm people from
Bibb, Twiggs, Bleckley, Pulaski,
Dooley, Macon and Peach counties,
Mr. Tabor said.
> The conference is being sponsored
- in the state by the Georgia Farm
[ Bureau Federation and officials of
; the organization, in addition to Vice
. president Tabor, will attend the
Perry meeting. Those coming from
■ the Macon office of the GFBF in
clude H. L. Wingate, president; H.
. R. Yandle, director of public rela
[ tions, and Wilson E. Still, director
of organization and research.
Mr. Tabor said, “Dr. Scarseth has
probably done more work than any
other man in the use of minor ele
ments, such as borax and cobalt un
der field crops and pasture grasses.
, He will no doubt give us first hand
information about what we can ex
. pect from the use of minor elements
added to our fertilizer as well as tell
, us what we need to do as local Farm
Bureau chapters to assist in this
work.”
Mr. Tabor announced that Dr.
Scarseth will arrive in Georgia
from Chicago on Sunday, May 16
, and will be joined by R. R. Baykin,
of Savannah; W. V. Colander, Ex
tension agronomist, and Wilson E.
, Still of the Farm Bureau staff.
His schedule for „the week fol
lows: Conference in Tifton with
staff of Coastal Plains Experiment
Station on Monday from 9 a. m. to
1 p. m.; Monday afternoon, confer
ence with Farm Bureau officials in
j Macon; Perry, Monday night; Tues
j day, a round of conferences with
1 officials of the State College of Ag
riculture in Athens, and also a meet
ing with the Extension Service staff
headed by Director Walter S.
Brown.
Mr. Tabor urges all Farm Bureau
members of the counties listed to at
tend the Perry meeting Monday
night, May 17, at 8 o’clock.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our apprecia
tion to everyone for their help in
connection with the fire at our home
last week. We also want to thank
the members of the Fire Depart
ment for their good work.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Culler
Bonaire High School Leveled
By Early Sunday Morning Fire
Paving of 5 Miles on Elko Road Begins
E. M. Beckham said this week that paving of five miles of the
Elko Road will begin this week if weather conditions permit.
La3'ing of the limerock base is_ scheduled bo start at once and
the gravel-asphalt top will be added as soon as the limerock base is
conditioned.
Mil-. Beckham estimated that the project will be completed in
30 to 60 days, depending on the weather conditions.
It is hoped that the remainder of the road to Elko can be paved
in the near future. The Centerville Hoad and the Marshallville Road
also need paving.
The Elko road contract was let during the Arnall administra
tion.
It is expected that the contract for the paving of Commerce
Street, from Macon Street to the Big Indian Bridge, will be let this
summer and work will be started before the end of the year.
Play Scheduled
On Friday Night
The place: Perry High School
Auditorium.
The Time: Friday evening, May
14, 8:30 o’clock.
The Occasion: Senior Dramatic
Club presents “Oscar’s Other Half.”
The Story and the Cast:
Terry Winsled, pretty and charm
ing, meets Oscar Odium, meek and
mild mannered, and falls in love
with him. Jeanne Pierce plays the
part of Terry, and Oscar, who has
(wo sides to his personality, is por
trayed by Bobby Sutton. When Os
car goes into the army, Terry comes
home to live, and Mrs. Winsted
(Jan Neely) has a good chance to
express her opinion of her scn-in
law. Mr. Winsted (George Davis)
is another masculine player who
needs to develop his other side.
Billie Davis, as Irene, Terry’s aunt,
really hits upon a plan to bring
Oscar’s Other Half into prominence.
Her daughter, Janyce (Jane Snyder)
plays an unwilling part in her mo
ther’s plan, Terry’s former suitors,
Scott Walker (Billy Whipple), Kay
Landon, a movie star, (Barbara
Tolleson), The Sultan of Salaam
(Martin Silcox), Lucy Jessup, the
gossipy neighbor (Vadie Riddle),
and Carmel, the colored maid, (Bet
ty Connell), add to the story and to
the fun.
Admission—4o and 25 cents.
Drive to Help
Children Slated
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Houston County Visiting Teacher,
Miss Gladys Hall .School Superin
tendent S. W. Hickson and County
Agent W. T. Middlebrooks have
been asked by State School Super
intendent M. D. Collins, University.
Extension Service Director Walter
Brown, and W. A. Sutton, Director
of 4-H Clubs, to take the lead in
quickly organizing Houston Coun
ty’s local leaders into a committee to
raise funds for this county’s contri
bution to the United Nations “Cru
sade for Children” campaign, of
which Dr. Collins and Mr. Sutton
are Co-Chairmen for Georgia.
“This Crusade-for-Children,” Dr.
Collins said, “is currentlly being
conducted throughout the United
States and 45 other countries—even
in tiny Iceland, whose compassion
ate, freedom-loving people contri
buted an average of three dollars
for each man, woman and child—
to help save the lives of 230 million
starving children in Europe and
Asia innocent victims of war
whom our help alone can save.
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett and Mrs. H.
E. Evans, Jr., have been appointed
co-chairmen for Houston County
for the Crusade. Emphasis will be
placed on contacts with the people
through the schools.
DON’T SAY “NO”
Miss Hall said seven cents a day
will give a European child 600 cal
ories, which is considered a full
day’s ration for a European child
although it is half of an ordinary
school lunch in America.
“We can’t say ’No‘ to a starving
child,” Dr. M. D. Collins said. “In
Europe 230 million children are on
the verge of starvation. The United
States and 45 other nations are rais
ing funds as an emergency mea
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sure to save these children.”
Houston’s quota is set at 97 chil-
CITY RAISES
TAXES FOR 1948
Mayor and council announced
Wednesday a sweeping change in
the city’s tax structure which will
increase the revenues by 29 pbr
cent.
Mayor Charles P. Gray said the
increase in taxes is “an absolute
necessity to meet the increased costs
of operating the city on a sound fi
nancial basis.”
The city officials voted unani
mously to raise all assessments on
real and personal property, with the
exception of automobiles, by 60 per
cent and at the same time reduced
the tax rate from 15 to 12 millsJ
The 1947 levy yielded $28,084.09
while the new 1948 levy is to yield
$36,325.10, or an increase of SB,-
241.01.
“It is poor economy,” a statement
trom the mayor and council said,
‘to operate the city on a deficit ba
sis each year, paying interest on
borrowed money every year. It is
an absolute necessity that we have
more revenue to provide the neces
sary services for the city of this
size. We cannot expect people to
work for the city at wages below
wages paid by private industry in
this area. Wo would soon lose all
the labor now working for the city
and the essential services of the city
would be seriously curtailed.”
BONDING CAPACITY UP
Another factor considered in rais
ing taxes was that the bonding
capacity of the city had been low
under the policy of allowing low
assessments. The city officials said
low assessments and high millage
rate “cheapened” the city.
If industries come in additional
services will be necessary and the
only way to provide them is through
increased bonding capacity, the
statement said.
The 1947 total tax digest was sl,-
984,263 while the digest under the
new tax system will be $3,027,092.
Under Georgia law a city’s bond
ing capacity is set at 7V 2 per cent of
the total tax digest.
OTHER EXPENSES
Another additional expense this
year is the purchase of rights-of
way by the city for the paving of
Commerce Street. The rights-of-way
were purchased at a net cost of
abcut $3,800. Extensive improve
ments and equipment have been
added at the waterworks. In spite
of the increased water rate, the
waterworks still will not pay its
own way, the city said.
AU real estate and personal pro
perty other than automobiles are
affected by the raise. Automobiles
already wore assessed at about 50
Per cent of their market value, a
figure considered high enough by
mayor and council.
“The increase was voted after
careful consideration by all the
members of the council,” the state
ment said. “The cost of operating
the city has increased just as other
expenses have risen for private
business.”
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ryals of War
ner Robins announce the birth of
a son on Saturday, May 8.
dren, or $2,449.25.
So if your child comes home and
asks you for money to save a child’s
life, don’t say ‘No’ to a starving
child in Europe by saying ‘No’ to
your child. You can thank God that
you and your child were born over
here.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
Students of Bonaire High School
returned to their classes in the two
churches and the gymnasium Tues
day and on their way they passed
the ruins of the 14-room brick
veneer school building which
burned early Sunday.
The big structure, built in 1935,t
--36, was laid waste about 3 a.( jn.
Sunday by a fire that started in
the wing which includes the lunch
room and kitchen. The origin <of the
fire has not been determined.
S. W. Hickson, county school su
perintendent, said he has advised
the State Department of Education
of the loss of the building and has
been promised the services of two
consultants who will come here to
make a complete survey of the
school system in the county. They
will then make recommendations to
the County Board of Education.
PARTIALLY COVERED
Because of inflated building costs,
no accurate estimate of the loss can
be made, Mr. Hickson said, but the
loss was partially covered by in
surance. The insurance rate was
extremely high because no fire
fighting equipment is maintained in
Bonaire.
When George Perdue and Lester
Davidson discovered the firse early
Sunday, two rooms on the western
wing of the building were burning
strongly. They could not force their
way into the building until the fire
gained such headway that it was
useless. All the records of the school
since it was begun were lost.
The school had an average daily
attendance of about 155 students.
Nine teachers were assigned to the
school.
Mr. Hickson said he has received
no .delegations from the Bonaire
community and that he does not
know the desires of the community.
The county superintendent sent
a number of desks which were
stored here to the Bonaire school
and Principal D. B. Perdue was
busy getting them installed Mon
day afternoon. The Perry school
auditorium has been offered for the
graduation exercises but Mr. Per
due said he may hold the exercises
in one of the churches.
COUNTYSHORT
OF GRADUATES
FOR THIS YEAR
Houston county will be a few
short on graduates this year be
cause Perry High School /beginning
the 12-grade system, will have only
five to graduate. Bonaire and War
ner Robins will have the usual grad
uation exercises.
Graduating at Perry will be Jan
Neely, honor graduate, June Par
ker, Charles Irby /Shelton, Howard
Peyton and Billy Roughton. Grad
uation exercises will be held at 9
a. m. next Wednesday at the high
school and the Rev. J. B. Smith, pas
tor of the Methodist church, will de
liver the baccalaureate address.
Bonaire and Warner Robins are
scheduled to have senior classes for
two more years because they just
began the 12-grade program this
year.
New Trial Ordered
In Death oi Child
The Georgia Court of Appeals has
ordered a new trial in the case of
Mrs. Mary Jones Riggs against Wal
-5-n and Williams of Warner Robins
which involved the death of Mrs.
son when hit by a truck own
ed by the companl.
In the April, 1947, term of Hous
ton superior court, a jury awarded
Mrs. Riggs $750, Her attorney, S.
Gus Jones, appealed for a new trial
on the grounds that the verdict was
“grossly inadequate.”
The Court of Appeals, in ordering
a new trial, said Judge Mallory At
kinson erred in charging the jury on
the question of accidents and in ad
mission of evidence. The court held
that a child five years old is not
capable of contributory negligence.
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