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VOL. LXXVIII. No. 37 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1949 ESTABLISHED 1870
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
FEDERAL AID SECONDARY PROJECT NO. S-0668(l),
S-1147 (1) and S-1298 U)
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
Sealed proposals will be received by Jhe State Highway Department
of Georgia at the General Office at No. 2 Capitol Square, Atlanta. Geor
gia, until ll A.M. Eastern Standard time, September 30, 1949, and pub
licly opened for furnishing all labor, material, equipment and other
things necessary for the construction of 9.868 miles of grading and pav- 1
ing on the Houston Lake-Echeconnee road FAS Route 668, beginning
at the junction of State Route 11, approximately 12 miles south of Macon
and extending toward Houston Lake to the beginning of the present
paving, known as Project-S-06b8 (1)
Also 3.514 miles of grading and paving on the Centerville to State
Route 247 road. Beginning at FAS-Route 666 near Centerville and end
ing at the beginning of the present paving near Warner Robins, known
as project S-1147 (1).
Also 1.360 miles of grading and paving on the Centerville to State
Route 11 road. Beginning at FAS-Route 668 at Centerville and extending
to State Route 11, known as project S-1298 (1).
The work will he let in one contract.
THE APPROXIMATE QUANTITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
12.940 Acres—Clearing and Grubbing - Lump Sum
5.000 Acres—Random Clearing and Grubbing - Per Acre
31.063 Cu. Yds.—Unci. Excav. & Borrow Incl. Ditches & Shoulders
170 Cu. \ ds.—Eycavation for Culverts & Minor Structures
264 Lin. Ft.—ls” Pipe S. D. *
213 Lin. Ft—lß” Pipe S. D.
44 Lin Ft—24”Pipo S. D.
33 Lin. Ft—lß” Concrete Pipe C D. Ext.
126 Lin. Ft—lß”Pipe C. D.
90 Lin. Ft—24” Pipe Corr. Metal C. D. Ext.
44 Lin. Ft—72”-10 Ga. Bitum. Coated C. M. Pipe C. D.
134 Lin. Ft—Culvert Pipe Removed S. D. or C. D.
21 Lin. Ft—Culvert Pipe Relaid S. D. or C. D.
10.72 Cu. Yds.—Class “A” Concrete Endwalls
1018 Lbs.—Bar Reinforcing Steel
190407 Sq. Yds—Sprigging Slopes & Shoulders
24 Each—Concrete Fc|W Markers
50 Cu. Yds. —Selected Material Backfill Culvert Foundations
1.360 Lin. Mile—Gradmg - Per Mile
4600 Cu. Yds,—Subgrade Treatment Material
47200 Unit Yds. —Overhaul Subgrade Treatment Material
46 Lin. Ft.—Remove Wood Box C. D.
15 Sq. Yds.—Plain Sand Cement Bag Rip Rap - Endwalls
500 Sq. Yds.—Block Sod
680 Sq. Yfls —Loose Sod Rip Rap
2254 Sq. Yds.—Sod Ditch Checks
20.03 # Tons—First Application Fertilizer
1921 Lbs. —Second Application Fertilizer
164.1 M. Gals.—Water for Greasing
75 Sq. Yds.—Grouted Rip Rap
20 Sq. Yds.—Grouted Rubble Spillways
27 Cu. Yds.—Remove Concrete Block Wall
27 Cu. Yds.—Reconstruct Concrete Block Wall
7 Sq. Yds.—Remove Asphalt Paving
320 Lin. Ft.—Guard Rail
4 Each—Reflectorized Guide Markers-Type-5 v
300 Lin. Ft.—6” Perforated C. M. Pipe Underdrain
1 Each—Cone. Drop Inlet, Std. 1019-Type “B” Less
1 Each —Remove Concrete Droo Inlet
48645 Cu. Yds.—Class “A” Sand Clay Base
511382 Unit Yds.—Overhaul on Base Material
58839 Gals. —Bituminous Prime
159471 Sq. Yds.—Single Surface Treatment - Type 2
213564 Sq. Yds.—Finishing and Dressing
Said work shall begin within ten (10) days after formal execution
of contract and shall be completed within 140 working days. When con
tract has been executed, written notice ■'shall be given the Contractor,
at which time, and not before, work may be started.
Contract executed pursuant to this Nodce is binding on the State
Highway Department, as such. Said contract will not create liability, ex
pressed or implied, agtinst the undersigned Director of the State High
way Department, as an individual nor against any employee of the State
Highway Department, in his or her individual capacity.
The mimimum wage to bo paid under this contract shall be the am
ounts set out in the Labor Provisions included in the Proposal. The at
tention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering employ
ment of labor, methods of construction subletting or assigning the con
tract and to the use of domestic materials.
Plans and specifications are on file at the office of the undersigned
at Atlanta, and at Macon, Georgia, and at the office of the Board of Co
unty Commissioners of Houston County at Perry Georgia, where they
may be inspected free of charge. Copies of the plans may be obtained
upon payment in advance of the sum of $12.15 Copies of the General
Specifications may be obtained upon payment in advance of the sum of
$3.00, which sums will not be refunded.
Proposals must be submitted on regular forms, which will be supp
lied by the undersigned, and may be obtained by a payment, in advance
of 55.00 for each proposal issued. When the proposal is submitted, it must
lie accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, negotiable United
States Bonds, or other acceptable security in the amount of $6000.00, and
must be plainly marked “Proposal for Road Construction,” County and
Number, and show the time of opening as advertised. Check of the'low
I ■ dder will be cashed and all other checks will be returned as soon as
• ie contract is awarded, unless it is deemed advisable by the State High
way Department to hold one or more checks. If an unusual condition
arises, the State Highway Department reserves the right to cash all
c iecks. Bidders Bond will not be accepted. Bond will be required of the
-uccessful bidder as required by law
Contracts will not be awarded to contractors who have not been placed
a the list of qualified Contractors prior to the date of award. No propo
vil will be issued to any bidder later than 12 Noon Eastern Standard
3 ;me of the day prior to the date of opening oids.
All bids must show totals for each item and total amount of bid.
Right is r\served in the undersigned to delay the award of the contract
■ >r a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of opening bids,
1 uring which period bids shall remain open and not subject to with
d awal. Right is also reserved in the undersigned to reject any and all |
bids and to waive all formalities.
Upon compliance with the requirements of the Standard Specifica- j
Lons, Ninety (90) percent of the amount oc work done in any calendai |
month will be paid for by the 25th. day of the suceeding month, provided j
that payrolls have been submitted as required and the remainder within
thirty (30) days after the Final Statement is approved by the Engineer.
This the 13th. day of September, 1949.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA
JIM L. GILLIS, SR.
DIRECTOR
NEARLY LVERY HOME HAS TH E HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Houston Jifome journal
Garden Club
Sets Meeting
On Sept, 22
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Garden Design is the subject Mrs.
Ernest Corn of Macon will discuss
at the first meeting of the Perry
Garden Club Thursday, Sept. 22, as
the Perry Grammar School build
ing, according to Mrs. W. E. Mar
shall, Jr., program chairman.*
Mrs. R. J. Carmichael of Macon,
president of the Garden Club of
Georgia, Inc, will be a special guest
of the local club for the first meet
ing. Mrs. Corn also is one of the
officers of Georgia.
Two kinds of exhibits are planned
for each month—horticultural spe
cimens and arrangements. A mem
ber may bring one of each. There is
no restriction as to what specimen
may be brought. Potted plants are
> included also as a specimen.
Arrangement
In order to have more detailed
study in the arrangements classes,
Mrs. Mayo Davis, the arragements
chairman, has selected two for each
month for variety. Members will se
lect one of the two, and have an op
tion.
Out-of-club judges chosen by a
committee will judge the exhibits
and give their own comments.
This miniature flower show each
month will provide an excellent op
i portunity for club members to learn
both horticulture and arangement
principles.
Classes for Thursday, Sept. 22
are (1) best horticultural specimen
arrangements (a) single camellias
with other foliage, branches, vines,
etc, permitted, or (b) dahlias in pot
tery, other foliage permitted.
Hostesses Named
Mrs. J. L. Gallemore, hospitality
chairman, has named as hostesses
Mrs. Claude Andrew, Mrs. Hubert
Aultman, Mrs. J. A. Beddingfield.
Mrs. H. A. Blackburn, Mrs. F. E.
Buckner, Mrs. Freeman Cabero and
Mrs. J. Wesley Calhoun.
Mrs. Vernon Tuggle and Mrs. A.
C. Pritchett are planning to have
the yearbooks distributed for the
> September meeting. Dues will be
$2.00 and will be payable in Sep
tember.
Chairman
Mrs. J. Wesley Calhoun, presi
dent, has appointed these commit
tees for the vear: Mrs. Marion Hou
i ser, horticulture; Mrs. W. E. Mar
shall, Jr., program; Mrs. A. C. Prit
. chett and Mrs. Vernon Tuggle,
(yearbooks; Mrs. Mayo Davis, ar
-11 rangements; Mrs. J. L. Gallemore,
1 hospitality; Mrs. E. W. Traylor, con
servation; Mrs. F. C. Strother,
■ scrapbook and history; Mrs. George
Jordan, Miss Katherine Cater and
Mrs. Irene Eden, outside judges;
Mrs. Malcom Dean, bookshef; Mrs.
A. C. Pritchett, membership; Mrs.
Horace Evans, publicity; Mrs. Yates
Green, horticultural prizes; Mrs.
John Williamson, Mrs. R. E. Smith,
and Mrs. Ed Weaver, house; Mrs.
Paschal Muse and Mrs. Felton Nor
wood, monthly horticultural exhi
bits, and Mrs A. G. Hendrick and
Mrs. Wordna Gray, monthly ar
rangements exhibits.
Kiwanis Hears Talk
On Soil Conservation
S. A. Nunn, Perry attorney,
farmer and supervisor of the Oc
mulgee Soil Conservation District,
outlined the activities of the soil
conservation program in a talk td
the PeTy Kiwanis Club Tuesday.
Mr. Nunn said this county has
made remarkable gains in soil con
servation but has plenty of room
for improvement. He was intro
duced by W. C. Huggins, district
conservationist Jack C. Miller, co
unty conservationist, was a guest
of the club.
County Agent W. T. Middlebrooks
said this week that he has found
j unusual interest in the one-day pas
j ture short course to be presented
at the Tifton Experiment Station
| Oct. 4.
The course is for the benefit of
1 South Georgia Farmers interested
in Coastal Bermuda and Crimson
Clover for pastures. A number of
Houston county farmers will att
end, the county agent said.
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\Shuler Resigns School Job;
Mercer Graduate to lake Post
CITIZENS OF TOMORROW- -Continuing The Home Journal's series
1 of children’s photographs, we present 10 more youngsters from Houston
> county. Top row, left to right, Abbie Sue and Ann Hunt, daughters of Mr.
’ I and Mrs. Tommie S. Hunt of Perry; Martha and Nelda Johnson, daugh
-1 ters of Mr, and Mrs. Richard Johnson of Warner Robins; Ray and Kathe
■ rine Ramsey, children of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Ramsey of Warner Robins.
Bottom row, Arthur Kidney, son of Mr. and Mrs Art Kidney of Perry;
Joey and Larry Moody, sons of Mr. and Ms. Joe Moody of Perry; Linda
1 Strickland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Strickland of Miami, Fla.,
i formerly of Perry.
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Progress Told
At Conference
Os Methodists
An unusually good youth week
and outstanding Vacation Bible
School were reported by the Rev.
J. B. Smith, pastor of the Perry
Methodist Church, at the quarterly
conference at the church Sunday
night.
It was Rev, W. E. Scott’s first vi
sit to Perry as the district superin
tendent of the Macon district. Ex
cellent reports of progress were pre
sented at the conference. Rev. Mr.
Scott preached at the evening wor
ship hour.
The Methodists observed Student
Recognition Day at the church at
the morning service, with the col
lege students taking part in the pro
gram.
Funeral Conducted
For J. T. Lewis, 54
Funeral services for John Tine Le
wis, 54, Elko farmer who died in a
Hawkinsvi’le hospital last Wednes
day, were held Thursday at the
Elko Methodist Church.
A native of Alexander City, Ala.,
he is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ruby Teal Lewis; two sons, John T.
and Earl A. Lewis, both of Elko;
four daughters. Mrs. J. C. Emanuel,
Mrs. E. R. Harvey and Misses Helen
Ruth and Betty Jean Lewis, all of
Elko; h's mother, Mrs. E. A. Lewis,
Augusta; three brothers, H. E. and
F. M Lewis, both of Elko, and C. L.
Lewis, Baxley; three sisters, Mrs.
W. R. Tallent and Miss Addie Le
wis, both of Augusta, and Mrs. L.
C. Youngblood, Clearwater, Fla.
Mrs. J. E. Eason and Mrs J. H.
[Clark sang “Beautiful Isle of Some
where,” “It Is Well” and “Sweet
Bye and Bye,” accompanied by Mrs.
H. S. Kezar.
Pallbearers were J. E. Eason, Hal
Clark, Joe B. Parkerson, W. B.
Flour’noy, Rhodes Sewell and L. E.
Peterman. Shepherd Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
• appreciation for the many acts of
(kindness and expressions of sympa
thy in the loss of our loved one,
.'Rex. Brent Pierce, and for the many
| beautiful floral oferings.
WARREN M. SMITH, Brother
THE PIERCE FAMILY
MRS. BRADLEY ATTENDS
WRITERS’ CONFERENCE
Mrs. Jack Bradley has returned
I from Beensheba, Tenn., where she
!£ (tended a two-weeks conference of
(authors and journalists. There were
1 16 states represented at the confe-
I rence. 't was sponsored by Harry
Harrison Kroll eminent author of
fiction and professor of English at
the Tenn. Junior College, Martin,
Tenn.
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Pirates Third
At Season End
It was as pretty a baseball game
as you would want to see.
Everything was perfect except
that the enemy won.
Roberta, pitching the invincible
Humpy Starnes, defeated Perry,
pitching the invincible Billy Bled
soe, 2 to 0 here last Wednesday
night.
Starnes allowed only one hit—
a single by Joe Holliday, and Bled
soe allowed only four hits—-only
three of which should have been
safeties. It should have been a score
less tie ball game up through the
ninth inning, but three Perry errors
cost the game. It was a hard one to
lose, for Bledsoe did not give up an
earned run.
The Perry Pirates patched up a
team and went over to Warner Rob
ins Sunday afternoon and took an
other licking to wind up thQ Macon
League season. The loss to Roberta
had knocked them out of a chance
to win the last half, so there seemed
to be little interest in Sunday’s
game.
The Pirates ended up in third
place behind Peeler Hardware in
second and Roberta in first.
Perry was scheduled to pair off
against the Unadilla Wildcats Wed
nesday night; then will meet Haw
kinsville Thursday night and the
lady firsthaseman of Rochelle Fri
day nigh*.
These ball games will be “Player
Appreciation Nights” for the Perry
Pirates, who will share in the gate
receipts. They have done a splendid
job WITHOUT PAY all reason and
the fans are expected to show their
appreciation by turning out is laege
numbers. Othes games are under
consideration and may be scheduled
before the season ends.
Russia Discussed
At W. M. S. Meet
The general meeting of the Bap
tist W.M.S. was held at the church
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. A. C Pritchett, president,
announced that State Missions Day
will be observed Sept. 28 with a
program at the church.
“Christ, the Answer to Atheistic
Communism,” was the title of the
program led by Mrs. Alton Hardy
who gave the devotional and dis
cussed the article, “I Returned from
Communism,” bv Grace Lumpkin!
Others taking part on the program
were Mrs E W. Traylor, speaking
cn “Karl Marx, the Man in Search
of a Key”; Mrs. Cooper Etheridge,
cn “Russians Are Religious,” and
Mrs. Jack Miller, on “Baptists Be
hind the Iron Curtain.”
Immediately after the program
and business meeting, a social hour
was enjoyed by members of the
W.M.S. in the garden of Mrs. Geo
rge E. Jordan.
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Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
L. B. (Bob) Shuler, physical edu
cation teacher and assistant coach
at Perry High School, has accepted
a captain’s commission in the U. S-
Air Force and is leaving Perry this
weekend.
Supt. E. P. Staples made the an
nouncement Tuesday.
“We regret very much having to
give up Mr. Shuler because he has
done an excellent job here, but we
could not stand in the way of his
accepting a commission in the Air
Force at a substantial increase in
income,’’ Mr. Staples said. “Mr. Shu
ler did a wonderful job as a physi
cal education teacher and assistant,
coach of our state champion basket
ball team last year.”
The school official also announ
ced that Charlie Harris, a graduate
of Mercer University and Peabody
College at Nashville, Tcnn., has ac
cepted the position as physical edu
cation teacher and assistant coach
at Perry. Mr. Harris was graduated
fom Mercer in 1948 and played base
ball and entered track events at
Mercer. He did not play basketball
at Mercer because of a back injury.
He is single. He served five years
in the Army during World War 11.
Mr. Harris is scheduled to re
port here this weekend to begin new
duties.
He was under contract to teach
physical education at a Florida
school, but the recent Florida hurri
cane levelled the physical education
building of the school and “blew
away his job,’’ Mr. Staples said. He
said the school is fortunate to be
able to get a man with Mr. Harris
qualifications.
Mrs. Irene L. Eden
Opens Gift Shop
Mrs. Irene Lawler Eden has open
ed a gift shop in her homo, 1001
Washington Avenue, Perry, and in
vites her many friends to visit her.
The business name is “Irene Eden,
Gifts.”
Mlrs. Eden is well-known as an au"
thority on gifts and unusual and at
tractive articles and she has arra
nged a part of her home most at
ti actively to house the gift shop.
Mrs. Eden formerly assisted her
son, Pat Cartledge, in the gift shop
business in connection with Ever
green Nurseries. The nursery bu
siness and gift shop will continue
in operation but will be a separate
business from Irene Eden, Gifts.
Collegians Have
Legion Home Party
A large group of young people
who are headed for colleges in Geo
rgia were entertained at a party
at the American Legion Home here
Friday night.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. D. S. Marshall and Mrs. P. M.
Satterfield.
The classmates and friends en
joyed dancing, games and songs.
Charles Bledsoe played the piano.
Included in the group were Rena
Frances Marshall, Tommy Respess,
'Jr., Dene Brown, Joe Bowden, Kit
lye French, Horace Matthews, Joa
nne Cooper, Seabie Hickson, Jane
Snyder, Edward Chapman, Nell
Tuggle, Martin Silcox, Barbara
Tolleson, Bobby Sutton, Jean Pie
rce, Billy Bledsoe, Peggy Jo Mit
chell, Billy Gray, Jean Clark, Char
les Bledsoe, Betty Ann Smith, Bob
Satterfield, Annabelle Watts, James
Matthews, Dan Respess, J. B. Tid
well, Billy Whipple, Biillie Davis.
Lunchroom Given
Highest State Rating
The lunchroom at Perry Grammar
School, which serves both grammar
school students, has re
ceived an “A” rating this year, the
highest rating that can be awarded
to a senool lunchroom.
Supt. E. P. Staples said it was
not feasible to run two lunchrooms
at the two schools, and the rooms
formerly used at the high school
buildings were not as well suited to
a lunchroom as the new grammar
school ouilding.
About 400 students eat at the
lunchroom in three shifts.