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Widen and Repave
U. S. 41 In Houston
VOL. 80 No 1
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Panthers Defeat Adel
In Thriller Here, 37-34
Gilbert Head
Os Committee
H. B. Gilbert, Elko, was re-elect
ed chairman of the Houston Coun
ty Production and Marketing Ad
ministration Committee at the
county convention held in the PMA
office, Wednesday, Dec. 20.
Re-elected as vice-chairman of
the County Committee was R. A.
Johnson and as regular member
J. Lawrence Hunt. The two alter
nates are A. R. Talton and W. C.
Langston.
These committeemen were elect
ed to administer the Agricultural
Conservation Program, loan pro
grams for wheat, c"brn, lupine,
acreage allotments, marketing
quotas, Federal Crop Insurance,
and other assignments in 1951.
All of these committeemen are
farmers. They are paid for only
the few days they actually serve.
Mr. Gilbert, the chairman of the
Houston County PMA Committee
for 1951, owns and operates a 1100
acre farm located 9 miles south
so Perry in New 13th District. On
this farm he produces cotton, pea
nuts, peaches, lupine, corn, food
and feed crops, pastures, cattle
and hogs.
Mr. Johnson’s farm is located
near Warner Robins where he pro- 1
duces same as above.
Mr. Hunt the third member of
the committee, owns and operates
a farm at Heard. His farming op
erations are devoted to the pro
duction of same as above except
peaches.
The farms of the two alternates
are located in Lower 11th and
Lower Town Districts, respective
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nunn
and Mrs. Robert Brown spent
Monday in Augusta. Dr. W. O.
Scroggs of Baton Rouge, La.,
Mrs. Brown’s brother who had
been visiting in Augusta return
ed to Perry with them for a
short visit.
TAX SALE
Georgia, Houston County.
There will be sold at the
Houston County Courthouse,
Ferry, Georgia, between the
legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in February, 1951, the
following described property to
satisfy tax fi fas for the years
1949 and 1950:
Levied upon the following
property to satisfy the within fi
fa, All that tract or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in
the sth Land District of Hous-:
ton County, Georgia, described 1
as follows: Being part of land
Lot No. 226 and Lots 11 and 12,
block C of the Mrs. M. M. Steph
ens Duke Subdivision, and
hounded as follows: West by
lands of Curtis Street; North by
lands of Duke Street; East by
lands of Lot 9 and 10 in Block
C; South by lands of Lot No. 13
in Block C. Levied on as the
Rroperty of the defendant, K. L.
Grantham, to satisfy the within
fi fa.
C. C. CHAPMAN, Sheriff.
Houston County.
AFFIDAVIT OF OWNERSHIP
Georgia, Houston County.
Personally appeared before me,
frank L. Wilkinson, Box 565, War
ner Robins, Ga., who on oath de
poses and says that he is doing
business in Houston county, Geor
gia. under the name and style of
Sandy Creek Ranch. The business
to be carried on is General Farm
ing & Livestock.
This affidavit is made in accord
ance with the Act of the Georgia
legislature approved August 15,
1929, and amended March 29, 1937,
and March 20, 1943.
FRANK L, WILKINSON.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 19th day of December,
1950.
Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk
Superior Court, Houston County
Filed in office Dec. 19, 1950.
Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk
Houston journal
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1951
I By CHARLES BLEDSOE
Coming alive the last half,
Perry eked out a 37-34 victory
over the Adel Hornets last Fri
day. 1
The contest was close during
the entire game with j
ing a narrow lead most of the j
way. | At the half the score was
Adel 10, Perry 9.
The third quarter saw Perry ;
outscore Adel 15-14 and tie the I
score at 23-23.
In the fourth quarter, Herschel
Thompson, who had been bench
ed most of the game, made eight
consecutive points, which con
tributed in no small way to
wards “icing” the game for Per
ry- I
High scorer for the game was,
tall Joe Leverette with 12 points. I
This was the second time this i
year that Leverette has tasted
Perry will play llawkmsville !
three games Friday, night, the
first starting at 6 p. m.
First game, on the program
will be the junior high boys of
both schools. At 7 p. m. the ‘B’ j
teams of the two. schools, will
meet and the varsity game will
begin at 8:15.
varsity experience.
Adel was much more accurate
1 at the charity toss circle. They
' sank 14 out of 29 tries for free
throws while Perry was able to
put through only 7 out of a pos
sible 23.
Adel and Perry both lost one
player via the foul route.
Perry (37) Pos. Adel (34)
Gray f Hayes (3)
Levedotte (12) f B. Allen (9)
Mauldin (8) c Giddens (6)
Satterfield (5) g Parrish (11)
Hardy (2) g Flowers (2)
Substitutions: Perry Ham
mock, Tolleson, Powell, Thomp
son (10), M. Satterfield. Adel —
Lastinger (2). Score at half:
Adel 10, PArry 9. Officials:
George and Hutto.
Tax Collection
Reported Good
More than 89 per cent of the
j total Houston county tax digest
for 1950 has been collected, Miss
Florine C. Rainey, tax collector,
reported Wednesday.
The total digest for 1950 was
$197,961.62, and she has collect
ed $176,963, or 89.5 per cent.
| The total digest set a new rec
ord for the county and the larg
est percentage of collections at
this period for the year also was
reported.l The 1949 digest was
$178,822.54.
j The amount of taxes paid
reached the new high despite a
two-mill reduction in the tax
rate during 1950, Miss Rainey
said.
i The public utilities in the
, county have paid $29,434.19, their
complete tax bill for the year.
Intangibles taxes paid in amount
to $3,574.75, just about $2,000
below the total tax bill against
intangibles. The ‘not on digest”
collections for the year have
reported. The 1949 digest was
j SIO,OOO uncollected, most of
! which is in automobiles and
trucks not properly reported for
taxes, the collector said.
Os 1949, Miss Rainey reported
that only S9OO is due on a total
; digest of $178,822.54 for that
year. This is the best record for
, tax payment in the history of
. the county, her records show.
[ | Miss Rainey said she wants to
3 express her appreciation for the
. co-operation of the taxpayers of
the county in making this record
. possible. The tax collector add
x ed that everyone has be4n “very
nice” in paying their taxes when
, due.
W. C. Moody is a patient at a
Macon hospital.
" Rev. and Mrs. Ward Lambkin
’ of Oregon are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Heard at Kathleen.
P Mrs. Lambkin will be remem
bered here as the former Mrs.
A.W. Moreland, former resident
i CONNELL-GRAY
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Beauty and dignity character
ized the marriage of Miss Betty
Ruth Connell, daughter of Mrs. j
Alice Connell and the late S. j
R. Connell, to Walter Gray, Jr.,’
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gray
of Perry.
The marriage took place Dec.
29 at a candlelight service at the,
Perry Baptist church. The mar-,
riage vows were read by Dr.,
Allen J. Freeman of Lake City,
i Florida.
i The church was lovely with
: Southern smilax, tall ferns and
myriads of stately white candles.
Floor baskets held lovely ar
rangements of white glads and
chrysanthemums.
Mrs. Mayo Davis, organist,
and Francis Nunn presented a
i program of pre-nuptial music,
i M r - Nunn’s solos were “O Prom-1
i ise Me” and “I Love Thee.”
i Throughout the ceremony Mrs.
i Davis played “The Love Duet” !
1 from the opera, “Tristan and Is
jolde,” by Wagner.
Bowie Gray of Tifton was his
brother’s best man. Usher
| groomsmen were Albert Skellie,
1 Otis Whitten, Carlton Pierce, Jr.,
and Billy Bledsoe. The brides
l maids were Miss Rebecca Cul
hreath of Moultrie, Miss Billie
Cliett of Bainbridge, who were
j college friends of the bride, Miss
j June Satterfield of Perry and 1
1 Miss Pearl McLendon of Nash
ville. They wore dresses of for
est green velvet made with fit
ted bodice, low neck line land
i hooped skirts. They carried
muffs of the same material upon
| which were posed gardenias used
with white velvet tubing.
Mrs. Forest E. Breckenridge
of Live Oak, Fla., a cousin of
the bride, was matron of honor
and word geranium velvet, car
rying a muff of the same ma
terial on which posed gardenias
used with velvet tubing, like
■ those of the bridesmaids.
J. C. E. Connell, an uncle of
‘ the bride, gave her in marriage.
The bridd, a petite blond, was
lovely in her wedding dress of
v'hite velvet made along classic
lines, with fitted bodice, high
neckline and long sleeves ending
jin a point over the hands. Self
covered buttons closed the
sleeves and back of the dress.
The skirt was slim fitting with
a wide circular flounce termi
nating in a court train. Her fin
ger tip, three tiered veil of
illusion was attached to a coro
net of seed pearls. She carried
a bridal bouquet of imported
white lilacs, centered with a
white orchid, lavishly showered
with satin ribbon.
For her daughter’s wedding,
Mrs. Connell wore a dross of
winter blue tissue crepe, trim
med with rhinestones. Her cor
sage was a lavendar orchid.
Mrs. Gray, mother of the bride
groom, wore a dress of beige
crepe combined with lace. Her
corsage was a purple orchid.
For travelling the bride don
ned a suit of forest green gabar
dine with a blouse of magnolia
crepe. Her accessories were co
coa brown. The orchid from her
bouquet was used as a shoulder
corsage for travelling,
i After a wedding trip to Flori
da they will be at home to their
friends with Mrs. S. R. Connell.
Among the out-of-town guests
coming for the wedding were
Dr. and Mrs. Allen J. Freeman,
Lake City, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
Bowie Gray of Tifton; Mr. and
; Mrs. J. C. E. Connell, Valdosta;
l Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whidden,
Jr., and Mr. J. B. Whidden, Sr.,
of Sparks; Miss Lucille Goss,
Byron; Mr. and Mrs. Julian
’ Jones, Fort Valley; Mrs. Susie
; Prestridge, Lubbock, Texas; Mr.
1 and Mrs. C. H. McLendon and
family and Mrs. Gary Moore and
daughter of Nashville.
1 i Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gray, Sr.,
entertained Thursday night with
i a rehearsal supper at their home
tor their son and his fiancee,
i The table was centered with an
I arrangement of carnations and
ferns. White tapers surrounded by
• gladioli were used at each side.
Assisting Mrs. Gray were her
; daughters, Mrs. Watt Boler, Mrs.
( rnnHmiriri f\n P 9 1
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Andrews
Will Direct
Polio Drive
Charles H. Andrew, operator of
Houston Hardware Company, will
head the March of Dimes cam
paign in Houston county this year.
The drive begins Jan. 15 and
runs through January, Mr. An
drew said. The advance gifts com
mittee will become active in the
next few days and posters and
coin boxes will be put in the
business and gathering places in
the county just prior to the drive,
j Members of the local Junior
Chamber of Commerce will
handle the advance gift solicita
tion this year, Mr. Andrew said.
Houston county has had 12
cases of polio this year, which
brings the importance of this
| campaign close to home, the
chairman said. This is the first
year that Georgia has had to call
on the National Foundation for
funds to take care of patients, and
the funds were exhausted. A gen
erous response to the appeal is
urgently requested.
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Ten Local Men
Join Air Force
! Ten Perry young men joined
the U. S. Air Forces in the last
few days in an effort to get into
the service, of their choice be
fore being claimed by the draft
hoard.
Those choosing the Air Force
included:
Seabie Hickson, son of Mrs. S.
W. Hickson, leaving Mercer Uni
versity.
Billy Gray, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glea Gray, leaving the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Bobby Satterfield, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Satterfield, leav
ing Mercer University.
Paul Griffin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Griffin.
J. T. Lewis, son of Mrs. J. T.
Lewis, Elko.
Charles Whitworth, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Whitworth,
Henderson.
Mac Peyton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Peyton, leaving
Perry High School.
Edward Chapman, son of
Sheriff and Mrs. C. C. Chapman,
leaving Georgia Southwestern
College.
Charles Hicks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Hicks.
John Bine Calhoun, 111, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Calhoun, Jr
Officers Installed
At Kiwanis Meeting
<
Billy Smith, lieutenant gov- .
ernor of the Fifth Division of
Georgia Kiwanis, installed the ,
1951 officers of the Perry Kiw-
anis Club at Tuesday’s meeting. t
The new officers are Hubert
A. Aultman, president, Cohen
Walker, vice president; Pearsall
Brown, secretary treasurer; and .
Stewart Richardson , Jube Stro- ,
ther, W. C. Moody, Louis Harper
Paul Hardy, W. B. Evans and
Hugh Lawson, directors.
County Will Form
New Safety Council
Col. E. S. Burke, director of
Public Safety for the state of
Georgia, will be here tonight
(Thursday) for the purpose of
organizing a Houston county
safety council.
Members of all organizations
in the county have been invited ■
to attend the meeting and assist ;
in the organization.
State officials are alarmed at
the increased death rate on
Georgia highways and these sa
fety councils in the counties are
being set up to bring the mes
sage of safety home to the peo
ple.
The Georgia Citizens Council
will be represented by Jerome
Conner.
Miss Joyce Bridges spent
Christmas and New Year holi
days in Columbus with Miss
Ti iQn 11 q Rrlrltfoc
Houston Needs
Over a Million
For Schools
Georgia needs 200 million dol
lars for new school buildings and
school eqquipment, according to
a statement of the State Board cf
Education.
This information is contained ! .n
the Augusta Courier, Roy Harris’
paper.
Houston county, acording to the
breakdown furnished by the state
education department, needs sl,-
376,000 in new buildings and
equipment.
It is likely that this figure is
based upon putting the Negro
schools here in the same shape as
the whites and also in adding
enough buildings and equipment
at Warner Robins to take care of
the tremendous enrollment there.
Perry also should have some ad
ditional classrooms to care for tis
increased enrollment.
Bank Launched
At W. Robins
On January 2, 1951, the Citizens
State Bank began operation in
Warner Robins as a state bank
and as a member of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The bank will be organized with
a capital stock of $50,000 and with
$50,000 paid-in surplus. All of the
money has been paid by the
stockholders of the bank.
By virtue of being accepted into
the FDIC organization the bank
carries insurance in the amount of
SIO,OOO on each depositor’s account.
The bank continues to operate
from its present location and will
continue to furnish complete bank
ing facilities to the residents of
this area. The directors of the new
bank have purchased the present
building from D. L. Fountain,
president and organizer of the
Citizens State Bank, a private
banking institution, it was learned.
The board of directors of the
bank includes Fountain, H. Lee
Miller, presently serving as vice
president and cashier of the pri
vate bank, Charlie L. Williams, W.
T, Giles, John Miller, Claude Wat
son, Olan Burke, Herman Watson
and Bert Rumble.
It was also stated that banking
hours for the bank will continue
as in the past, operating daily 1
from 9 a. m. until 1 p. m. with |
exception of Robins Air Force Base j
paydays when the bank will re-;
open from 4:45 to 7 o’clock.
Kersey Will Head !
Commissioners
Wyatt Kersey was elected!
chairman of the Board of Hous
ton County Commissioners at the
organization meeting of the body
for the new year.
Warren B. Hodge was elected ,
vice chairman. S. L. Norwood is
the only now member of the
hoard, replacing T. L. Warren.
jyf’-. Warren was honored at the
Now Perry Hotel last Friday
night, when a group of his friends
tendered him a testimonial din- ]
rcr.
Mot 's Father
Dies in New Jersey
R. F-rl Albright, father of j
Mrs. Olin Mott of Perry, died at
his home in Manasquan, New
Jersey, Sunday afternoon.
The Mott family was in the 1
New Jersey city at the time of
Mrs. Mott’s father’s death.
Funeral services were held:
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Mott operates the Perry
Truck Stop garage on U. S. 41
South.
Miss June Satterfield had as
her guests for several days last
week Miss Ann Ivey of Dawson
end Max Miller and Pat Harri
son of Albany. Miss Satterfield
entertained for her guests Fri
day night with a shrimp supper
at Lee’s Restaurant. Places were
set for the visitors, hostess and
Miss Rena Frances Marshall,
Miss Nelle Tuggle, Charles Irby
Shelton and Charles Bledsoe.
S. E. Carter is a patient at a
Macon hosoital.
i Gardner Watson Named
Houston's Man of Year
••'. $ v\':; : . ■'■#?'■ • jSHP'
GA R|>N I II WATSON
BONAIRE NEWS
By MRS. W. B. WILLIS
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Purdue,
’
Sr. and family, Mr. and Mrs. Er
win Perdue and family were guests
of Mrs. R. C. Talton Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Sisson spent
the weekend in Locust Grove, Ga.
j with Mrs. G. B. Childs.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bray, Mr.
and Mrs. W. O. Scoggins and fam
ily of Americus, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Jenkins and family of Ma
con were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Bray Christmas day.
Mrs. A. L. Sasser is visiting her
sister in Forsyth.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Spear and
son, Ronnie, of Macon spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Watson.
Miss Nell Collins of Macon is
spending the holidays wtih her
sister, Miss Madge Collins,
i Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sisson of
Atlanta spent Christmas with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, T. Sisson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Jacobs of
Warner Robins spent Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jacobs.
Mr, and Mrs. Harry Merton spent
last weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
G. F. Collins.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Blalock and
family spent Christmas in Tifton ,
with their son, Ernest Blalock.
Mrs. Camilla Williams is spend
ing the holidays with Mr. and
i Mrs. L. B. Sasser.
Mr. and Mrs. John Melton and
| daughter spent Christmas with Mr.
i and Mrs. J. T. Sisson.
Miss Sylvia Wood of Bessie Tift
| College is with her family for
the Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Perdue are vis
iting her parents in Norwood, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parks and
•Shirley, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Sutton and Sandra of Abbeville,
were guests of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Perdue Christmas
1 day.
I
Perry Company
Appointed Dealer
Os Massey-Harris
Perry Tractor and Implement
1 Company, owned and operated
by L. M. McCormick, has been
appointed the Massey - Harris
dealer for this community.
! The new farm equipment place
j is located in the building form-
I erly occupied by Owen Auto
' Company on Main street. It
handles all types of farm equip- ,
i ment made by the second oldest
manufacturer of farm equipment
in the U. S. Marvin Griffin, Jr., 1
iis the mechanic and Mrs. Joe i
Stalnaker is the bookkeeper,
j The company also handles gas,
! Diesel and distillate for farm ]
| use. t
(JAKI> OF THANKS ;
j We wish to express our appre
ciation for the expressions of
sympathy and the many beauti
ful floral offerings in our re
cent bereavement in the loss of
cur loved one, Mrs. Sara Horton 1
Fuller.
R. F. Fuller and Sons
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Horton
and Sam
R. M. Horton
The main objective of pruning
and training young peach trees
i is to develop a strong frame, Ex
tension horticulturists advise.
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Nearly Every Home
Has The Home Journal
ESTABLISHED 1870
Gardner Watson is the “Man of
the Year for 1950” in Houston
county.
Mr. Watson was honored for his
outstanding community service at
the annual Ladies Night program
of the Perry Kiwanis Club Thurs
day night at the New Perry Hotel.
The award, a plaque given to
the Kiwanis club by Bealy Smith,
Atlanta Insurance executive to be
presented annually, was made to
Mr. Watson by Cooper Etheridge,
a past president of the club. The
recipient is chosen each year by
a secret committee of Kiwanians
appointed by the president of the
club.
George B. Connell, vice president
of Mercer University, told the Ki
wanians that the current war hys
teria has created such a “fog”
mat Americans cannot see the
landmarks that caused our for
bears to have great faith and hope
in the mission and high purposes
of democracy. The great fears of
the people are making then* for
get the sacredness of the individ
ual and individual rights and cry
for a “party line” similar to the
Communists.
Cited lor Service
In making the presentation to
Mr. Watson, Mr. Etheridge pointed
out that the award to the presi
dent of the club might cause him
some embarrassment, but that the
same time the committee which
made the selection felt that he
should not be penalized because of
his position, especially in view of
the fact that his outstanding
service to the club was one of the
achievements upon which the se
lection was based.
The Kiwanis leader was cited
for his service to the club, the
American Legion post, the U. S.
Highway 41 Association and gen
eral civic betterment. He is form
er commander of the Legion post
and during his tenure of office
the membership reached an all
time high. He served as a direct
or of the U. S. Highway 41 Asso
ciation and worked to secure local
memberships and local participa
tion in the motorcade the last two
years.
He was cited for “service above
and beyond the call of duty” in
the positions which he held.
He expressed appreciation to the
club for the honor and also for
a billfold which was presented to
him as retiring president of the
club.
New Officers
Hubert A. Aultman became pres
ident, Cohen Walker succeeded Mr.
Aultman as vice president, and
Pearsall Brown succeeded Henry
Matthews as secretary-treasurer
of the club. Directors for 1951 are
W. B. Evans, Stewart Richardson,
Hugh Lawson, Paul Hardy, W. C.
Moody, Louis Harper and Jube
Strother.
Mr. Connell made a masterful
address on the background of dem
ocracy against tyranny and said
he has faith in the ultimate vic
tory of democracy over the forces
of evil. History proves that tyran
nical leaders have always ended
in defeat and disgrace and nations
who followed the democratic way
always have won a final victory
after passing through some ter
rible times.
He was introduced by Rev. H.
H. Heisler, pastor of the Perry
Methodist church.
Smiths Purchase
NelTs Restaurant
Mr. and Mrs. R. E Smith have
purchased Nell’s Restaurant
from Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Risher
and took over the business Jan.
I.
They will continue to operate
the restaurant under the same
name.
Mrs. Smith has been the su
pervisor of the school lunchroom
at the Perry schools. Mr. Smith
has been shop foreman of the
Hardy-Stone Pontiac Company.
The top winner in Georgia’s
1950 4-H club hybrid cor n con
test, Ben Bryant, Whitfield
county, grew 181 bushels of corn
on an acre.
