Newspaper Page Text
Visit Perry The
Crossroads of Georgia
VOL. LXXVIII. No. 41
PERRY WILL GET NEW MOVIE
Panthers Face
Dodge Quintet
Friday Night
Perry HigH School's Panthers,
state Class B basketball champions
last year, will open the season here
Friday night against Dodge County
High School of Eastman.
Coach E. P. Staples will start
four of his five starters of last
year’s champions: Billy Gray, Sea
bie Hickson, Bobby Satterfield and
Mac Peyton. Four contenders for
the fifth starting berth are Herschel
Thompson, Buddy Batchelor, Her
schell Lawhorn and Jack Hardy.
A preliminary game will start at
7:15 and the varsity game at 8:15.
The Perry School Band of 20 pie
ces will play for the game in the
band’s first appearance. Seven drum
majorettes will perform between
games.
The officials for the game will be
Harry George and Aldine Lasseter,
v;ho handled most of the local ga
mes last year.
Bobby Sutton, a student at Tech,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Sutton.
VV. T. MIDDLEBROOKS
Cemetery Here
Will Be Cleaned
The Cemetery Committee of the
Perry Sorosis C'ub plans a clean-up
week at Evergreen Cemetery the
last week in October, from the 24th
to the 29th. and requests the assis
tants of lot owners.
The committee wants those inte
rested to contact a member of the
committee to suggest work to be
done on the lots and also to be pre
sent at the cemetery to make sug
gestions in cleaning the lots.
Members of the committee are
Mrs. W. E. Beckham, Mrs. Hugh
Lawson and Mrs. Paschal Muse.
The labor will be available to
make changes in shrubbery and
other plantings and lot owners are
requested to meet with the com
mittee to get the work done. Thel
committee said arrangements are
being made to keep up the lots at
til times.
State Officer Talks
To Perry P.-T.A.
Mrs. E. G. Dallmus of Dry Branch!,
recording secretary of the Georgia
Congress of Parents and Teachers,
v as the speaker Tuesday afternoon
the Perry P.T.A. held its Oc
tober meeting at the Perry Gram
mar School. Mrs. Dallmus spoke
on P.T-A.—A Light in the Commu
nity.
Mrs. E. Flowers, president,
presided over the business session.
The teachers were introduced by
Supt. E. P. Staples and a reception
■ as held in their honor immediately
following the meeting.
All grade mothers met 1 to make
lans for the Halloween Carnival to
be held Oct. 31 at Hickson Field.
Beginning at 2 p.m.. Mrs. Dall
mus held a school of instruction for
officers and committee chairmen
the local P.T.A.
Houston 3) ountal
B^fiß
\ ~:L~~vi^^K-*^S??R3Sli^?ittWW* c V ;f
--p!8. ’ i>w#Bm&> l i zJmSEu.. fln 4. ';.<
f J «%■■ : < : »S | v >'
Iti,• ■ *#>» W\f% v >jg*^|L**wl
■■ 4 * JK ' ..,;• fjmm'iL • *%&m-w:A 3,-\ f-« lip ll ''
* gf ~ -' ■■—'[_m : ' L'’"! i iiinminiiuK'. •.
■.v» MBwwCWwIIIIIWBWWWBBWBBHWWWiIWBMBBWWBWHBBBBWBWWI
• ■ „■
PERRY PANTHERS of 1949-50—Here is the first picture of the new edition of the Perry Panthers, who
will bid for state honors again this year. Front row, left to right. Buddy Batchelor, Mac Peyton, Bobby Sat
terfield, Billy Gray, Capt. Seabie Hickson and Coach E- P. Staples. Back row, left to right, Assistant Coach
ChailieHarris, Jack Hardy, David Gray, Herschel Lawhorn, Herschel Thompson, Bobby Brooks and Pete
Carlisle, manager. (Home Journal Photo).
Middlehi ooks
Is Released;
Job Abolished
The Houston county board of com
missioners has notified County
f arm Agent W. T. Middlebrooks
that his services will not be con
tinued after Jan. 1, 1950.
The letter directed to County
Agent Middlebrooks said the move
was made in the interest of eco
nomy.
The Negro county agent and the
home demonstration agent have not
received notices that their work
will be discontinued.
Mr. Middlebrooks has been a co
unty agent for 25 years and has
been agent in Houston county for
the last 15 years
. Mr. Middlebrooks advised that he
Has no comment to make in connec
tion with the notice of dismissal.
Mr. Middlebrooks was the reci
pient of the Distinguished Service
j Award of the National Association
of County Agents at its national
i convemon two years ago at Chicago
i
- Legion Auxiliary
To Mert Oct. 20
i Mrs. Pearsall Brown will speak
! on the education of war orphans and
■ the American Legion scholarship
■ program when the Legion Auxiliary
meets at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
! 20, at the Legion Home.
1 This will be the regular luncheon
meeting of the Auxiliary. The mem
-1 bership drive of the auxiliary is
1 continuing and prospective members
! are urged to attend. (
Mrs. Guy Stone of Glenwood, de
: partment president of the auxili
' ary, will be a guest of the local
group at the Oct. 20 meeting.
The first district meeting of the
Legion Auxiliary for the year was
held in Dawson September 25.
The Auxiliary Meeting, held in
the high school audiitoriium, was
attended by 15 representatives from
Perry.
Mrs. W. J. Boone of Perry was
named District Girls State chair
man. Included on the program were
Misses Peggy Jo Mitchell, Betty
Ann, and Bobby Smith accompanied
by Miss Evelyn Hunt at the piano.
Those attending the meeting from
Perry were: Mrs. T. R. Summers,
Sr!, Mrs. D. H Smith, Mrs. Tom Res
pess, Mrs. W. J. Boone, Mrs. R. E.
Smith, Mrs. Edna Mitchell, Mrs.
Paul Hardy, Miss Evelyn Hunt, and
Misses Alice Jane Hardy, Sue, Betty
Ann and Bobby Smith, Peggy Jo
Mitchell and Donna Smith.
KIWANIS CLUB SETS
LADIES’ NIGHT DATE
The Perry Kiwanis Club Ladies’
Night will be observed this year on
either Dec- 29 or Dec. 30, it was an
nounced yesterday.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1949
Perry Legion Will Meet Tonight
As Membership Drive Continues
Mrs. W. E. McCord, Macon police
womayi, will be the guest speaker
i>t the meeting of the Robert D.
Collins Pest of the American Le
gion tonight (Thursday) at 8 pm.
Miss Evelyn Hunt will present a
musical program. Mrs. McCord is an
interesting speaker.
The Post’s membership drive is
■progressing nicely, with more than
JOO already signed up for 1950 cardi*
Here is a partial list of the new and
renewing members:
The following are new members
of Robert D. Collins Post 24 as of
1950.
James T. Cawthon
Emory C. Draughn
Richard T. Darby
W. B. Livingston
James M. Locke
Lee B. Lacy
Earl F. Lewis
Stanley E. Smith Jr.
William E. Suber
J. P. Morgan Todd
David W. Wynn
The following are paid-up mem
bers for new year of 1950.
A. M. Anderson
B. H. Andrew
Charles Andrew
Claude Andrew
Hugh C. Armstrong
Hubert A. Aultman
C- A. Boswell
B. W. Bozeman
Joe Clarke Cannon
John Carney
Charles E. Cawthon
Julian P. Cawthon
C. C. Chapman
Troy G. Childs
Hal Clarke #
W. D. Collins
A. D. Culpepper
David Cr/ckett
James E. Davidson j
, James B. Davis
Arthur P. Ethridge ,
Horace Evans
Robert W. Gilbert
Carl W. Grant Jr.
Dan Grant
Leon C Griffin
Harry Griggs
E. B. Guth Jr.
Paul Hardy
Grant B. Heller
Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
Robert Horton
John Hou\*r
Bernard H Howard
Henry W. Huff
Thomas Huff
Barnett J. Hunt
Lawrence Hunt
Horace E. Hutto
-Dudley J. Jones
Otis A. King
C. R. Kite •
James R. Law
Thomas Mason Jr. •
Henry Mathews
Herbert Moore ' (
\lax Moore
Lawrence Mosteller
A. R. Napier
S. A. Nunn
E. H- Odom
i Ernest C. Padgett
i CC. Pierce
Ed Pierce
i Henry M. Powell
i R. W. Rentz
i Hobart Richards
W. G. Riley
Parker Risher
Clint Roberson
Rhodes Sewell
Vanßuren Shipes
M. E. Sisson
Col. C. E. Stivens
Cary Strong
Jube Strother
T. R. Summers Jr.
Ralph labor
A. R. Talton Jr.
Henry A. Talton
Richard M. Thibadeau
Clifton Turk
Bob Thorpe
Cohen Walker
L. Gardner Watson
Sam Wilson
Edra Wynn
Ryle A. Young
F. E. Buckner
A. A. White Jr.
I
Duncan Portrait
In New Cou thouse
To Be Requested *
The Sgt Clinton C. Duncan chap- J
ter of the U.D.C. will ask the Hous- |
ton county commissioners for per
mission to place a portrait of Con- '
federate Sergeant Duncan in the
new Houston county courthouse. j
At the October meeting of the
U.D.C. chapter, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert,
president, appointed Mrs. John L.
Hodges, Mrs. Eliza C. Massee and
Mrs. George E. Jordan to contact the
commissioners. The chapter is na
med for the local Confederate sol
dier who led a local company in the
War Between the States.
The meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. H. S. Kezar in Elko, The
chapter decided to put on a drive to
sell Holland's Magazine. The group
also agreed to contribute $1 each for
a Christmas offering to send carda
and gifts to widows of Confederate
veterans.
The program, “Southern Music,’
was led by Mrs. Richard Jones.
Betty Ann Smith and Peggy Jo.
Mitchell sang three Southern songs
and Mrs. H. T. Gilbert gave the his
tory of several Southern songs. A
review of the life of Stephen Foster
was presented by Mrs. Richard Jo
nes.
A delicious salad course was serv
ed by the hostess.
(Construction Work to Begin at Once
On 725 Seat Theatre Building
Plans for a new 725-scat theater
for Perry wore announced Wednes
day by Paschal Muse and Mrs. O. B-
Muse, property owners, and J. H.
Thompson of the Martin and Tho
mpson chain of theaters.
The new r theater will be built on
Commerce Street, between Ball and
Jcrnigan Streets and will fact north.
Work is to begin within the next
few days and the building is sche
duled to be ready by March 1, 1950.
The new theater will have comple
tely new fixtures, including new
scats, candy bar, projection and
sound equipment, air-conditioning
and other modern theater facilities.
Known as Muse Theater
The new r theater will be known as
the Muse theater for the owners
of the land. Paschal Muse and his
mother, Mrs. Q. B. Muse.
The Ed L. Powers Construction
Company of Jessup has been award
ed the contract for the building.
Plans for the theater were an
nounced at a dinner at the New
Perry Hotel here, ghrn by Mr.
Thompson and Mr. Muse.
The theater owner said his or
ganization has realized the new
theater for a long period and had
been negotiating with Perry prop
erty owners for more than two
years for a suitable location. He
said the new theater will fill the
needs of l-’erry for some time to
come, and will be a real credit to
the community.
Brick Building
Mr. Muse said the building will
be practically fireproof, with steel
roof construction. The walls will
be (Os hollow tile and brick veneer.
Ihe downstairs will seat 526 white
people and the balcony Negroes.
There will be rest rooms on each
floor. A candy bar will be located
in the Lobby of the building, as
will the manager’s office and ticket
booth. The air-conditioning will be
a washed-air type system and will
be augmented by exhaust fans.
The front of the building will be
of modernistic design finished in
stucco over the brick wall.
Theater Badly Needed
Mayor C. P. Gray said the city
would be proud of the new build
ing because the present theater fa
cilities are inadequate. The present
Koxy theater seats about 300 per
sons. The growth of the city and
the tremendous tourist business in
Perry were cited by Mayor Gray as
demanding a new theater.
Others attending the dinner were
Councilmen Hugh Lawson, J. A.
I'eddingfield, F M. Houser, Harry
Griggs at|H H. E. Evans; Bankers
C. E. Andrew and W. V. Tuggle;
Cooper Etheridge, president of the
Kiwanis Club; Marion Brown, presi
dent of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce; Gardner Watson, commander
of the American Legion Post; Dan
Grant, commander of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post; L. M. Stock
ton, general manager of the Martin
and Thompson theaters; N. H. Bo
yer, local manager for Martin and
Thompson, S. A. Nunn, attorney;
Koy Watson, associate of the Ed L
City Taxes Due!
City Taxes are due not later
than Saturday, Oct. 15.
v § v ■ * 0
*’ 4 «
Penalty and interest will be
be added after Oct. IS.
Mayor and Council
NeaHy Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
Powers Construction Company, and
A. C. Pritchett, co-owner of the
•present theater building.
EDITORIAL COMMENT; Thank
you. »'r. Muse, Mrs. Muse and Mar
tin and Thompson. The only thing
we have ever argued about was
that you were moving too slow.
We will be very proud, like the
rest of the community, to have a
fine new show house here. —C E.
Tabor to Receive
Award of F.F.A,
Allen Tabor cf Perry chapter will
attend the annual FFA rally in Ma
con Saturday, October 22, to re
ceive the Georgia Planter degree—
highest honor whiich the state as
sociation of Future Farmers of Am
erica can confer on its members.
Allen is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Tabor
Delegates to the 21st annual state
convention last summer recomm
ended 242 boys for the degree. Only
two per cent of the members of the
state association may receive the de
gree in any one year. The FFA or
ga Vzation awards four degrees—-
Greenhand, Junior Farmer, Georgia
Planter and American. Farmer—
which are designed to encourage
boys and* to recognize leadership
and outstanding achievements in
farming.
To qualify for the Georgia Plant
er degree a Future Farmer must
have successfully completed two
years of vocational agriculture, be
come a leader in the local and state
FFA organizations, earned at least
$167 from his supervised farming
program and have $250 productively
invested in farming.
Expert on Japan
Will Speak Here
Miss Katherine Johnson, assoc
iate professor of English at Wes
leyan College, v/ill speak on Japan
at the evening sevrice at the Perry
Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. Sun
day, Oct. 16.
Miss Johnson spent 18 years in
Japan before the war as a missio
nary and has returned there for a
study of the country since the war.
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service is sponsoring the even
ing service as part o*f the fall n.is-
List of Voters
Lagging Behind
Perry people are failing to per
form the duty of registering, it was
revealed this week, when the tax
collector reported that only 765
persons have re-registered to vote.
Included on the list of those who
have not registered are many so
called civic leaders and county of
ficials.
Head The Classified Ads