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VOL. LXXVIII. No.* 39 PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1949 ESTABLISHED 1870
Mrs. Flowers Fleeted |
president of P.-T.A. |
Mrs. Ernest Flowers was elected '
president of the Perry Parent-
Teacher Association at the first
eeting of the year at the Grammar
School More than 200 par
‘ nts an d teachers were preesent.
Other officers named were Mrs.
ji m. Greene, Jr., vice president;
Mrs. Cooper Etheridge, secretary,
an d Mrs. Horace Evans, Jr., treas
urer.
The group decided to continue
meeting each second Tuesday.
Committee ehairmen introduced
were Mrs. J- A. Beddingfield, mem
bership: Mrs. Wordna Gray, fi
nance; Mrs. Watt Boler, publica
tions; Mrs. R. E. Smith, lunchroom;
Mrs. Alton Hardy, study group;
summer round-up; Mrs. Emmitt
Mrs. Vaughn Pramblett, health and
Akin, recreation and playground; ,
Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks, goals;
Mrs. Eugene Beckham, hospitality.
The second and 12th grades won
the grade count.
Scout Drive
To Be Held
Oct. 9-15
W. F. Hall Sparta lumberman,
farmer, and civic leader, has been
named to the General Chairman of
the Campaign for funds for the Cen
tral Georgia Council, Boy Scouts
cf America, according to an an
nouncement released today by Philo
Baker of Macon, the Council Presi
dent.
The campaign will go on in all
23 counties of the Council during the
week of October 9-15 the an
nouncement c tated and will seek to
secure needed monies to operate
the Boy Scout Program for the 14
months period beginning Novem
ber 1, 1949 and ending December 31,
1950. The Council’s Budget has been
set by the Finance Committee at
545, 161.67.
The 23 counties of the Council
are formed into 12 Districts, one
which is Peach Belt and covers
Crawford Houston and Peach coun
ties. Thomas J. Cater of Warner
Robins is chairman of the Peach
Belt District and represents the 3
counties on the Council’s Executive
Board. ,
Mr. Cater stated the campaign
would be organized in the District
under the leadership of A. C. Prit
chett of Perry, who is the District’s
representative on the Council’s Fi
nance Committee.
During the past year over 3,500
boys have been enrolled as Scouts
in the Council. With the program of
expansion that is now under way,
officials of the organization expect
to reach at least 4,500 boys during
the coming year.
Mrs. Clifford Goes
To Atlanta Meeting
Mrs. Dora M. Clofford, Houston
county home demonstration agent,
■ Pent Friday in Atlanta as the guest
of Rich’s, which presented a fashion
clinic for home economists.
Presenting lectures and demon
ruations werd representatives of
DuPont, Julliard Wolen Mills,
Skinner and Son, Talon and Ad
vance Pattern Company. Future
1 "ends in fashions were presented.
After a banquet, a fashion show'
was staged by the Advance and
Simplicity pattern companiees and
a representative of the the maga
z;ne, Madamemoiselle, spoke on
’-'ends in fashions.
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THE PERFECT OAK
Perfect Oak
Attracts Eye
Os Newcomer
BY VFNLA BRADLEY
Last spring I came down hi-way
41 from Echeconee Hill to Perry ,for
the first time Everything fitted in
to the landscape naturally enough
as I drove along keeping the speed
limit in the back of my mind. The
native pines, some scattered and
some in geometrically checked rows
and the kudzu coming out to cover
rhe scars in the earth made by the
winter rains Then I saw something
that made me catch my breath with
awe as I slammed on the brakes.
There before my unbelieving
eyes, in its fullest splendor, was the
most perfect tree I had ever seen.
It stood quite alone, a symbol of
timeless, towering strength as if
no other dared to compare with the
stately perfection of its sphere of
branches that reached for the sky.
And then I saw the weathered,
bronze plaquue dated 1938 placed
at its base by the Perry Garden
Club and I was glad to know it had
many admiring friends who appre
ciated its' beauty and wanted it to
live on and on after we of today
are no more It will be there. And
others will come and see it and
marvel at it as I did and still do
each time I pass.
I can’t help but think what an
attractive roadside resting place it
would make for tourists with pro
tecting rail fence of some kind
built around it and a picnic table
or two. For you can travel through
many states and never see a work
of nature as perfect as The Perfect
Oak.
Funeral Held
For W. A. King
Funeral services for William A.
King, Perry insurance man, were
held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Perry
Methodist Church with Rev. J. B.
Smith, pastor and Rev. Allen J.
! Freeman oficiating. Burial was in
Evergreen cemetery..
A Houston county coroner’s jury
returned a verdict of suicide in Mr.
King’s death. His body was found
in his car on State Route 247 (be
tween the Hawkinsville Road and
Kathleen) last Thursday afternoon.
A .45-caliber pistol was found in
the car.
Mr. King was a representative of
the Liberty National Insurance
Company, and officials of the com
pany served as pallbearers. He was
a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors art- his wife, Mrs. Fl
oyce Whitehurst King; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Jack Arnold, Mrs. C. A.
Boswell and Miss Dorothy King,
all of Perry; one son, William Allen
King, Perry: three sisters, Mrs. J.
W. Metts, Albany; Mrs. W. A. Har
per, Willacoochee, and Mrs Leon
McLaughlin, Newland, Conn., and
his father, Nathan L. King, Chapin,
S. C.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home
of Perry was in charge.
HOUSTON HOME BUILDERS
START FIVE HOUSES
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Houston Heme Builders, Inc.,
started construction Tuesday of five
| houses on p-operty at the edge of
the city limits on Houston Lake
Road. They expect to build a large
number of houses in the section.
I Mayo Davis, Harry Griggs and Hu- ■
bert Aultman are the incorporators.
'9 Farmers
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|Of Houston
Win Awards
At a meeting sponsored by the
Georgia Bankers Association at Fort
Valley on October 6, nine farmers
from Houston County will receive
certificates of award for outstanding
work on their farms by establishing
soil conservation practices
to control erosion.
C. E. Andrew, in co-operation
with the Georgia Bankers Associa
tion, has just announced that James
C. Johnson, Harry Dumas, T. L.
Warren, R. T. Tuggle, Paschal Muse,
H. E. Langston, Frank L. Wilkinson,
Richard A. Johnson, and R. L.
Bloodworth will be given special
recognition based on planned prac
tices established which total 90
points when graded by a score card.
They all have individual farm
plans for erosion control and to date
have established some of all practi
ces planned. To have established 90
per -cent of a complete soil conserva
tion plan is considered quite an
achievement, and farmers who have
i reached this goal are well on the
1 way to an erosion control program
■ and also one that will utilize all
I land to the best possible advantage,
; and at the same time restores lost
■ fertility.
i i Others Recognized
; Farmers who receive these certi
, ficates of award four years ago and
, have continued to maintain and fol
; low good soil conservation practices
■ will be recognized by being pre
. rented a gold seal for attaching to
' the award they already have won.
: Those receiving this gold seal from
- Houston County are: E. M. Beck
: ham, W. E. Beckham, Houser Gil
, bert, S A. Nunn, S. L. Norwood, R.
E. Ogletree, Floyd Tabor, Lewis Ta
-1 fcor, and M. L. Woodruff.
Some of the accomplishments of
[ these farmers are the retiring of
. steep and badly eroded lands to
i kudzu, sericea leespedeza, or wood
- land, and pasture improvement to
1 provide more and betteer grazing fo r
[ livestock. On the better soils a
i well-planned terracing program is
being put into operation and this is
followed with aproved rotations
; which include both summer and
. winter legumes foi soil building
[ and erosion control.
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Masons Enjoy
Family Night
Houston Lodge No. 35, F. and
A. M., observed its annual Family
Night Tuesday at the high school
gymnasium with about 450 persons
enjoying the barbecue and program.
C. P. Gray, past worshipful mas
ter of the lodge and principal speak
, er, said he counted his experiences
in Masonry next to his relation to
the church. He showed the close
! parallel between the church and
free Masonry.
, Worsnipful Master A. A. White,
Sr., presided and introduced the
1 past worshipful masters and the
. present officers of the lodge. Wen
[ dell Whipple led in group singing
and C. H. Tucker pronounced the
i invocation and benediction, assisted
by Rev. J. B. Smith.
Johnnie Williamson and a com
. mittee served the barbecue.
COMING EVENTS
The Robert D. Collins Post of the
American Legion will meet Thurs
• day, Oct. 14. Membership is now
> over 100. Those who do not have
1 1950 cards are urged to contact
■ Gardner Watson or F. E. Buckner.
Circles of the Baptist W.M.S. will
1 meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3,
* as follows: No. 1 with Mrs. D. M.
> Ryle and Mrs Annie Watson; No. 2
with Mrs. R L. Morris, Mrs. L. C.
; Todd, co-hostess, and No. 3 with
Mrs. Jack Millci.
The Executive Board of the Perry
P-TA will meet at 3:30 p.m. Tues
day, October 4, at the Grammar
School Aud'torium.
The general meeting of the Meth
odist WSCS will be held at the
church Monday, Oct. 3, at 3:30
O’clock.
Home folks like to read about
I home folks. That’s why they sub
scribe to The Home Journal.
Perryans Urged to Register
In Numbers Friday Afternoon
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' EUGENE TALMADGE MEMORIAL!
3 This is the iftemorial statue of the late distinguished
Governor of Georgia which was unveiled last Frida* or.
) the lawn of the State Capitol in Atlanta. Designe* by
Sculptor Steffen Thomas, the Memorial was paid for by
i contributions from thousands of the late Governor’s
friends throughout the state.
, Scout Home Dedication
' Set for Friday Night
Meeting Held
3 By Gaideners
. Mrs. Ernest Corn of Macon, cor
j responding secretary of the Garden
, Club of Georgia, Inc., was the guest
speaker at the first meeting of the
newly organized Perry Garden Club
at the Perry Grammar School
Thursday.
Mrs. Corn gave an interesting
talk on Garden Design.
I Mrs. J. W. Calhoun, Jr., president
lof the local club, introduced as
1 guests Mrs. R. J. Carmichael of
Macon, president of the Garden
s Club of and Mrs. J. D.
’ Wade of Marshallville.
Mrs. Mayo Davis won first place
ir the arrangements division for
s the’ afternoon with Mrs. George
’ Jordan winning second and Mrs. F.
">M. Houser’s arrangement placing
third.
In the horticultural division for
single specimens, blue ribbons were
' won by Mrs. Eliza C. Massee, Mrs.
” Irene Eden and Mrs. N.W.H. Gil
bert. A red ribbon was won by Mrs.
’ Mayo Davis and a white ribbon by
3 Mrs. Houser Gilbert.
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- Circle Has Program
On State Missions
The Martha Ansley Cooper Cir
cle of the Baptist W.M.S. observed
a the season of prayer and offering
fer state missions at the church Sun
day night.
Theme of the program was build-
mg the Kingdom for State Missions.
The program was led by Mrs. Lu
j ther Mnsteller, who gave the de
- vctional, Mrs. W. B. Evans led in a
prayer. Others on the program were
j Mrs. Mildred Beacham, who talked
on Building through the Brother
' hood; Mrs. Dever Chapman, Build
ing through the Training and Stu
f dent Unions; Mrs. Tom Cater,
Building through Other Phases of
r State Missions, and Mrs. David Cro
ckett, Building through the Assoc
. iational Camps. The sum of $43
was contributed by the circle.
q (Refreshments were served un
der the direction of Mrs. L. H.
Pafford.
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The news of Houston County
every week in The Home Journal.
The bronze plaque honoring Gen
eral Courtney H. Hodges in the
naming of the Scout Home has been
installed in the home and will be
on display for the first time at the
formal opening of the youth center
Friday j light
The plaque was installed in the
,interior of tne building Wednesday.
It simply states the name of the
Scout Home in honor of the general
and shows the dates of service of
the Perry soldier who rose from
the ranks to lead the U.S. First
Army into Europe. ,
A big barbecue and brief pro-*
gram, beginning at 7:30 p.m., is
scheduled for Friday night by lead
ers of the Scouting program and
the General Courtney Hodges Ho
mecoming Committee.
Tickets are on sale at Perry
High School and the Home Journal
office. Prices are $1 per person or
$3 per family.
Twenty-eight members and the
new Scoutmaster H. E. Evans, were
present at the Monday night meet
ing of Kiwanis Troop No. 96 at the
Courtney Hodges Scout Home.
After the program, the boys sur
prised Scoutmaster Jube Sthother
with refreshments in honor of his
birthday.
The Scout leaders, Mr. Sthother
and Mr. Evans, announced that any
Explorer Scout (14 and over) who
misses a meeting without a reason
able excuse will be dropped from
the rolls, and any Scout (11 to 14)
who misses two consecutive meet
ings without an excuse will be drop
ped from the rolls.
Next Monday’s progarm will be
in charge of the patrol leaders, John
Williamson, Tommy Mobley and
Phillip Sutton.
Girl Scouts Meet
But Lack Leader
Fifty Perry young girls gathered
at the Courtney Hodges Scout Horn 1 ‘
last Friday afternoon to organize
an active troop but they were tem
porarily balked by the lack of a
leader.
Only two mothers of girls who
were interested showed up.
The girls are enthusiastically
hoping for a Girl Scout troop and
will appreciate an offer of leader
ship in the commuunity.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
Kiwanis Club
Backs Drive
The Perry Kiwanis Club launched
a drive this week to register more
Perry voters under the new state
re-registration act.
The club sent out 750 letters to
Perry residents who were qualified
under the old law and had not re
registered under the new act.
Friday, Sept. 30, was designated
as Perry Registration Day, Those
Who desire transportation to the tax
collector’s office and return home
are asked to call Phone 36 and tran
sportation will be furnished.
Circulars promoting the registra
tion day were also to be distributed
during the week.
The Kiwanis Club is alarmed at
the small number of registered
voters in Perry as compared with
the other precincts in the county,
notably Warner Ribins, where more
than 1,200 are registered. Perry has
only 500 qualified to date.
John Phillips of Albany, who
made a trip to Africa this year, des
cribed the growing and handling of
peanuts in Africa in a speech to the
Kiwanis Club Tuesday. He was in
troduced by Francis Nunn, pro
gram chairman.
Explorers Visit
Robins Ah base
The Explorer Scouts of Troop 96
sponsored by the Perry Kiwanis
Club spent the day Saturday at the
Explorer Scout Rendevous at Robin
Field.
Marion Scott and Harold DeHon
took the 12 Explorers from Perry
to the airfield early Saturday morn
ing where they joined some 150
other Explorers from the Central
Georgia Council for a day on the
field.
They were Erst loaded on spec
nil army busses and given a tour of
the air base This included walk
through trips of the hangars, en
gine installation, motor overhaul,
link trainer, where some <of the
boys got to “fly blind,” and at noon
they ate with Squadron B in their
mess hall. Here they were in
structed to take all they wanted —
but to eat all they took. The fond
was extra special, the boys said,
with the exception of the cake and
here they agreed they preferred
“mom’s”.
After lunch they were taken to
flight inspection where they wit
nessed the test hop of a jet plane
that had just undergone a major
overhaul. From here they proceeded
to the base theatre where they saw
Scouting and army films.
At 5 they were delivered to the
Warner Robins Teen town and gi
ven an hour free time while fires
wore prepared for a wiener roast
and anxious boys awaited the ar
rival of expected girls. Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Strother. Sgt. and Mrs. C. D.
Leverett, Henry Giles and Robert
Tuggle arrived with 14 girls from
Perry to join the evening’s fun.
The girls had been invited as guests
of the Perry Explorer Scouts. An
evening of fun was enjoyed by all
and Scouts and girls started toward
their homes before 9.
MRS. O. B. MUSE HAS
CAMELLIA IN BLOOM
Mrs. O. B Muse of near Perry
has a pink perfection camellia in
full bloom. This is unusually gar
ly for this variety to be in bloom.
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