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VOL. 79 No. 4 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 26. 1950 ESTABLISHED 1870
Houston Giant
Burning Hoops
For Kentucky
Bill Spivey, the seven-foot War
ner Robins boy who caught the
eves of one of the best basketball ;
coaches in the nation, is burning the
r ets in the Southeastern Conference (
for the University of Kentucky.
Little Bill weighs only 225,
pounds now and has to look far and
wide to find a bed long enough to J
accomodate all seven-feet of his
frame.
We tried to give him the name of
“Spider” 'when he played high j
school ball at Warner Robins but j
he has been re-named “Grits” at j
Kentucky. This, according to the j
publicity department of the Univer- 1
sity, is because he insisted on hav- j
ing grits every morning for break
fast.
Tower of Strength
Grits is reported to be a tower of
strength of the Kentucky team, both
cn offense and defense. If he drops
down to 15 points, Coach Adolf
Rupp considers that Grits has’ had j
a bad night. He is a terror under,
either basket, taking the rebounds
away from the opponents and slic
ing them into small pieces with his
spear-like elbows and needle-knees.
Coach Rupp, talking to New York
rewsmen, said Grits came “from a
little town down in the mountains !
or Georgia.” The Warner Robins!
newspapers have been looking for a.
mountain over on that flatland. I
There is not a mountaiin around'
Warner Robins as tall as Spivey
himself.
When Grits first went to Ken-1
tucky, Coach Rupp was away from
the college and one of the assistant
coaches wired him that Spivey was
gaining weight every day and eat-1
ing heartily.
“I know he can eat,” Coach Rupp |
wired back, “but can he play bas-1
ketball?”
Spivey and most of the other Ken
tucky basketeers are sophomores
this year and Rupp expects to have
another world-beater in a year or
two. They need some seasoning, the
coach says.
Was “Handled”
(Local fans, not belittling the
work of Spivey, recall, however 4 ,
that two Perry Panthers “handled”
Spivey in the Third District tour
nament here two years ago. They
were Billy Bledsoe and John Blue
Calhoun. Spivey was the terror of
the district that year, but the Pan
thers figured him out and defeated
the Robins boys handily. Bledsoe
and Calhoun alternated in front and ,
back of Spivey and simply wouldn’t
let the ball get into him. They wore
him out.
Coach Tom Porter of Lanier,
where Spivey once tried out before
his family moved to Warner Rob
ins, says the real difference be
tween the high school Spivey and j
the college Spivey is that Grits is j
now “willing to pay the price” in!
bgid training and constant practice.
Be seems to have something there.
(Continued on Back Page)
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BILL ‘GRITS’ SPIVEY
1 ontinued on back page
Houston t %mmtal
PETITION FOR CHARTER
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON:
To the Superior Court of Houston
County:
The petition of J. Meade Tolleson,
J. M. Tolleson, Jr., T. R. Tolleson
and Hugh Lawson, each of whose
Post Office address is Perry, Geor
gia, respectfully showeth to the
Court:
j 1. Petitioners desire for themsel
ves, others to be associated with
them and their successors, to be in
corporated and made a body corpo
rate, for a period of Thirty-Five
j (35) Years, under the corporate
name and style of “TOLLESON
| REALTY CORPORATION.”
2. The object of said incorporation
'is pecuniary gain to the corporation
! and to its stockholders.
3. The principal office of said cor
poration will be located in the City
of Perry, Houston County, Georgia,
but Petitioners desire the right to
establish other places of business
elsewhere whenever the Board of
Directors of said corporation deter
mine that same is advisable.
4. The business to be carried on
by said Corporation is as follows:
I a. The buying, holding, selling and
'generally dealing in real estate, real
estate mortgages, and notes secured
by real estate.
b. The general building const
ruction business, including the
building of residences, apartment
(houses and business buildings.
| c. The owning, renting and leasing
■of dwellings, apartment houses and
'business buildings.
The capital stock of said corpora
tion shall be Twenty-Five Hundred
iDollars ($2500.00), represented by
(Twenty-Five shares of capital stock
of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) each; and Petiti
oners pray that they be granted the
j right to increase such capital stock
(from time to time by a vote of the
'majority of the stockholders of the
corporation to an amount not to
(exceed Twenty Five Thousand Dol
lars ($25,000.00).
6. The amount of capital stock
with which the corporation shall
commence to do business is Twenty
Five Hundred Dollars (2500.00), all
of which has been fully paid in.
7. Petitioners present to the court
herewith a certificate from the Sec
retary of State of the State of Geor
gia under the seal of his office, in
manner and form as required by
law, certifying and declaring that
the name of the proposed corpora
tion is not the name of any other
corporation now registered in the
office of the Secretary of State of
of the State of Georgia.
Whereore, Petitioners pray that
! they be incorporated under the
name and style and for the purposes
• herein set out and that they be
granted all rights, priveleges and
immunities, which are now or may
be hereafter granted to like corpor
ations by the laws of State of
Georgia.
S. A. Nunn
. Attorney for Petitioners
HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT
The above and foregoing applica
tion coming on regularly to be
heard, and it being made to appear
that said application is legitimately
within the purview and intention
of the laws of the State of Georgia,
and the said Petitioners having pre
sented with said petition a certifi
cate from the Secretary of State of
the State of Georgia, certifying that
the name “TOLLESON REALTY
CORPORATION” is not the name
of any other existing corporation
now registered in the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of
Georgia.
It is therefore considered, order
ed and adjudged that the said ap
plication for charter be, and the
same is hereby granted, and the
Petitioners, their associates and suc
cessors, are hereby incorporated un
der the name and style of “TOLLE
SON REALTY CORPORATION”
and with all of the rights, powers
and privileges as prayed.
At Chambers, Perry, Georgia, this
the 19th day of January, 1950.
A. M. Anderson
J. S. C. M. C.
Filed in Office this 19th day of
January, 1950
Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Etheridge
spent Saturday night with Mr. and
(Mrs. W. C. Massee and family in
Milledgeville, the Etheridges attend
ing the meeting of the Georgia Press
Institute committee in Milledgeville.
Poets Beat i
• I
Perry Five
54 to 47
Perry won the first half and La
nier won the ball game when the j
two evenly-matched teams battled
it out in Perry’s sardine-packed
gym Tuesday night. The score was 1
54 to 47. • !
Mac Peyton carried the load with
23 points for the Panthers. Billy,
Gray, usually the high scorer, was
having a bad night on his shots and
came through with only 11. And
Bobby Satterfield kept the locals in
the ball game with some top foul
shooting. I
Guard Schwartz of Lanier came
through with accurate shooting in
the fourth quarter that put the
Macon Poets out in front.
1 1 Perry led at the half and Lanier
: had only a one-point margin, 36-
35, at the end of the third quarter. •
But Lanier came back with a rally
i that Perry could not stop.
Getting beat by Irwinville is get
ting monotonous. The Irwinville ca- :
gers beat the Panthers in Irwinville
1 last Saturday night, 56 to 37, after
Perry defeated Adel, 42-32 on Fri
. day night at Adel,
i Perry will be away this weekend,
; playing Canton in Canton Friday
and Spalding County High in Gris
; fin Saturday. They will be back a
-1 gain to play Albany next Tuesday,
Jan. 31.
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Reports Good
j In Polio Drive
Excellent reports were received
1 this week in the campaign to raise
: funds in Houston county to fight
! infantile paralysis.
1 Mrs. Mildred Warren encouraged
* workers to complete their canvass as
■ soon as possible and make reports.
These people are helping with
: the drive in the county: Perry,
I residential section: Mrs. Alton
r Hardy, Mrs. Vernon Tuggle, Mrs.
1 Ivan Livingston, Mrs. Cooper Ether
idge, Mrs. Howard Warren, Mrs.
: Harris Chapman, Mrs. Wordna
Gray, Mrs. Joe Beddingfield, Mrs.
Walter Riley, Mrs. Mayo Davis,
1 Mrs. Eugene Beckham, Mrs. Dan L.
Grant, Jo Alice Moody, Mrs. Gard
; ner Watson, Mrs. J. C. Heller, Mrs.
Jack Miller, Mrs. J. M. Tolleson,
Jr., Mrs. Horace Evans and Mrs.
H. B. Lewis.
Downtown; Alton Hardy, Stanley
E Smith, Watt Boler, Redding Tal
; ton, Yates Green and Cohen Walker.
School E. P. Staples.
Bonaire: Mrs. A. L. Sasser and
Mrs. Darlene Blair.
Elko: Mrs. Hal Clarke.
Grovania: Mrs. Doyle McElheney
and Joyce Owen.
Kathleen: Mrs. Andrew Talton
and Mrs. Richard Talton.
Henderson: Mrs. E. Wynne.
Upper county: Mrs. Otis Gunn and
Mrs. Dorothy Hartley Johnson.
(Warner Robins: Mrs. Roderick
1 Davis and Mrs. Bert Rumble, with
committee as follows, W. J. Bell
flower, Joe Morris, Capt. Francis
1 Backert, Fred Mueller and Richard
Evans, and Supt. B. Rumble, schools.
Colored: A. D. Redmond, Earline
Banks and Alberta Holmes.
CAGE JAMBOREE
SET FOR FRIDAY
With the Perry Panthers away
from home, a large crowd is ex
pected Friday night for the Basket
ball Circus to be sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The four-game basketball pro
gram will feature two midget teams
from the Perry schools, a team of '
ladies against a team of teachers,!
and the local Fats vs. the Leans, i
The Jay-Ces will use the proceeds
from the game for local civic im
provements, such as the tennis court
they built in Perry Vista Park.
Admission prices will be 25 and
50 cents, and there will be sand
wiches and soft drinks available for
the thirsty and hungry.
all-girl orchestra
APPEARS IN CORDELE
Phil Spitalny and his all-girl or
chestra will appear in Cordele un
der the auspices of the Cordele
Lions Club on Friday, Feb. 3, at 2
performances, 7 and 9 p.m.
Job Still Open |
At Post Office
The U. S. Civil Commission, At
lanta, Georgia, announces that an
insufficient number of applications
has been received as a result of the
open competitive examination for
Iprobational (leading to permanent)
I appointment to the position of sub
jstitute clerk, substitute carrier and
I special delivery messenger in the
post office, Perry, Georgia.
| INTERESTED PERSONS WHO
; RESIDE WITHIN THE DELIVERY
OF THE POST OFFICE NAMED
CR WHO ARE BONAFIDE PAT
RONS OF SUCH OFFICE ARE EN
COURAGED TO FILE APPLICA
, TION.
! Persons entitled to veterans’ pre
ference will be given preference as
provided in the Veterans’ Prefer
ence Aot of 1944. For detailed infor-
Ip.ation on preference and other
.items see Examination Announce
|ment at the local post office.
I The basic rate of pay for substi
tutes is $1,315 per hour. After the
■ performance of 1 year of satisfac
tory service, including time served
as a special delivery messenger, the
basic rate of pay is increased five
cents an hour each year thereafter
until a maximum of $1,815 an hour
is reached. Applicants must have
reached their eighteenth birthday
but must not have passed their fif
tieth birthday on the closing date of
receipt of applications. THESE AGE
LIMITS DO NOT APPLY TO PER
SONS ENTITLED TO VETERANS’
PREFERENCE.
HOW TO APPLY: Application
card from 5000-AB properly exe
cuted must be filed with the Fifth
U. S. Civil Service Regional Office,
Atlanta 3, Georgia. This form may
be obtained from the Secretary,
Board of U. S. Civil Service Exami
ners at the post office, Perry, Geor
gia.
Mrs. Clifford
Leaving |County
Mrs. Dora M. Clifford home de
monstration agent of Houston co
unty for the last two years, has re
signed, effective Feb. 1, it was an
nounced at the meeting of the Co
unty Home Demonstration Council.
The meeting was held at the Perry
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Clifford has made an excel
lent record as home demonstration
agent and has formed a strong
council and a large number clubs
in the county. Her loss will be a
serious blow to the farm-home pro
gram in the county.
Miss Eddye Ross of the State Ex
tension Service, who was introduced,
at the meeting, announced that she
is attempting to locate an agent to
take Mrs. Clifford’s place.
Miss Ross announced that a Lea
der Training Session will be held
in Roberta on Feb. 8 from 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Specialists from the
state extension service will be on
hand to hold discussions on various
phases of home life. Among these
will be Miss Lucille Higginbotham,
health specialist, and Mr. Van Win
kle, recreation specialist.
Mrs. A. L. Sasser, council presi
dent, presided at the meeting. The
goals for 1950 were discussed. The
council voted at its last meeting
to sponsor a booth at the Georgia
State Fair and Mrs. Sasser appoint
ed Mrs. Floyd Tabor as council
chairman for the booth.
She will be assisted by chairmen
selected from each of the 11 clubs
in the county and work toward an
exhibit will be started at once.
Mrs. W. E. Vinson, Jr., was named ,
chairman of a committee to appoint
a luncheon table to be judged at the
| Perry Camellia Show.
} At the close of the business sess
ion, Mrs. Ruth T. Broach of Athens,
i frozen food specialist for the ex
tension service, gave a demonstra
tion.
i
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Perry Garden Club will meet
this Thursday at the Grammar
School Building at 4:00. Mrs. C. E
Eiggerstaff and Mrs. Buford Free
man, both of Macon, will give a
' lecture-demonstration on the ar- '
rangements in the Schedule for the
Perry Camellia Show.
The Executive Board will meet in 1
the Teachers’ Lounge at 3:30 pre
ceding the meeting.
Schedule Is Announced
For the Camellia Show
It’s really no exaggeration when |
we say that our town is fairly
humming with activity.
All of the Camellia Show com
mittees are busy as bees getting
the details in “apple pie” order for
the show on February 4 and 5.
Here is the schedule of the show
which begins Saturday:
RULES
1. All Divisions are open to any
one interested.
2. All exhibits must be staged and
ready for judges at 11:30 A.M.
3. Except in arrangement classes
all flowers shall have been grown
by the exhibitor for at least thirty
(30) days.
4. No exhibit may be removed un
til after 6:00 P.M. Sunday, Febru
ary sth. Unless otherwise instructed
the Show Committee will dispose of
unclaimed entries.
5. No exhibitor shall have more
than one entry in any one class ex
cept Divisions I, 11, 111 and IV, and
in these Divisions an exhibitor is
permitted any number of entries in
any class or color provided they are
of different varieties.
6. In cultural classes containers
will be furnished for the single
blooms. The exhibitor must fur
nish trays for collections.
7. In cultural classes each flower
must have at least one leaf of foli
age. Protective wiring permitted,
but must not be evident.
8. Varieties must be named and
should be correctly labeled in cul
tural classes, except in the seedling
class.
9. Flowers grown in the open
shall not compete with flowers
grown under glass.
10. The Show Committee is not
responsible for containers and other
property.
11. The decision of the judges
shall be final.
SCHEDULE
HORTICULTURE
DIVISION I
Camellias Grown Out-of-Doors
By Exhibitor Having A Maximum
of Twenty (20) Flowering Plants.
There will be a class for each va
riety for which there are three or
more entries.
Note: Should there not be enough
entries (minimum of three) of any
one variety to constitute a class,
specimens will not be judged for
place, but will be eligible to re
ceive honorable mention on the ba
sis of individual merit and will be
eligible for best specimen blossom
of the show.
DIVISION II
(Camellias Grown Out-of Doors by
Exhibitor Having More Than Twenty
(20) Flowering Plants.
A class for each variety for which
there are three or more entries.
See Note of Division I.
DIVISION 111
Camellias Grown Under Glass.
Classified same as Division I.
Scale of points for Divisions I,
U, 111 - Substance and texture 25,
Size according to varieity 25, Color
and marking 15, Condition 10, Fol
iage 10. Total 100.
DIVISION IV
NEW SEEDLING CAMELLIAS
A flower that has been raised
from seed and has not been offered
for sale either by the originator or
others.
Seedlings are eligible for the A
ward of Merit of the American Ca
mellia Society and the Horticultu
ral Ribbon of the Garden Club of
Georgia.
DIVISION V
COLLECTIONS
Class 1,
Best three, single, one variety.
Single: 1 row of petals usually 5 to
7 in number, occasionally 9.
Class 2.
Best three, semi-double, one va
riety. Semi-double: 2 or more rows
of petals, 10 to 20 usually, stamens
in center.
Class 3.
Best three, incomplete double, one
variety. Incomplete double: Irregu
lar, stamens and petals mixed.
Class 4.
Best three, complete double, one
variety. Complete double: No sta
mens showing.
Class 5.
Ten named varieties. Trays fur
nished by exhibitor.
Class 6.
Five named varieties. Trays fur
nished by exhibitor.
Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
Soil Conservation
Plans Expanding
BY JACK C. MILLER
Soil Conservationist
'The soil conservation service,
working in Co-operation with the
local soil Conservation District, has
.assisted district co-operators W. B.
■ Sexton of the Centerville commu
nity, Rhodes Sewell of the Elko
community and Robert T. Tuggle
of the Perry community in revising
. their district soil conservation farm
plans.
District co-operator J. D. Duke,
whose farm is located southwest
i °f Perry on the Marshallville road,
, has been assisted in surveying and
j constructing an additional 1600 li
. i near foot drainage ditch. Mr. Duke
liras cut several miles of drainage
I ditches on his farm in recent years.
V. B. Abrams of the Grovania
{ community has been assisted in
, surveying and constructing 9,450
linear feet of terrances.
, District co-operator Jimmie Ma
, son of the Warner Robins commu
nity was assisted in surveying and
constructing 9,800 linear feet of ter
races.
Blue Gill Brim were furnished by
soil conservation district to the fol
lowing Houston County district co-
I operators to stock their farm ponds;
W. C. Bateman, J. E. Eason, Dave *
, Crockett and A. C. Pritchett. Large
mouth Bass will also be furnished
( by the district and will be placed
in these ponds this spring.
The route from Macon to Perry
. to Fort Valley to Byron to Macon
. along which the National soil Con
servation District Supervisors will
, be conducted on a tour March Ist
has been almost completely planted
to winter cover crops. This should
give them a good picture of what
we can grow down here in the
, south in the way of winter grazing
grain and cover crops. The farmers
along this route are to be congra
tulated on their fine spirit of co
. operation in getting these crops
planted. They have demonstrated
the finest sort of community spirit.
Our hats are off to them.
DIVISION VI
ARRANGEMENTS
‘Class 1.
An arrangement or composition
symbolizing Peace featuring white
Camellias with other >white flowers
in a suitable container. No foliage.
Accessories permitted.
Class 2.
Camellias and other plant mater
ial in your favorite design. No res
trictions.
Class 3.
An arrangement or composition
featuring Camellias with bold or
striking foliage, for the modern
home. Use of accessories optional.
Note: Entries for Class 1,2, and 3
'will be eligible for the American
Camellia Society Arrangement Con
test.
Class 4. •
Church arrangements featuring
camellias with other flowers and
foliage: or, church arrangements
using camellias alone - additional
foliage permitted.
Class 5. <
Invitation Class to Local Clubs
and Organizations.
Dinner, luncheon, breakfast, and
tea tables featuring camellias in the
arrangements. Other plant material
permitted. Each table is to be judg
ed on its own merit.
DIVISION VII
JUNIORS
Grades 1 and 2;
An arrangement of camellias
(other plant material permissible)
that goes nicely with the colors in
this small picture which I like.
Grades 3 and 4:
An arrangement featuring ca
mellias (other plant material al
lowed) that makes my room cheer
ful.
Grades 5 and 6:
My idea of “a Symphony in Red”
or “a Symphony in Pink” featuring
camellias, (other plant material per
mitted.)
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Weaver and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weaver and
children of Woodbury were re
cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wea
ver and family.