Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, January 18, 1951, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWiden and Repave U. S. 41 In Houston VOL. 80 No 3 Stores to Drop Special Event The Perry Merchants Associa tion has decided to discontinue Appreciation Days after the last Saturday in January for a per iod of three months and then de cide whether to resume them or not. I The number of merchants co operating in the project has drop red off in the last few months and only a few stores were push ing the program, according to Dudley S. Jones, president of the association. The merchants also decided to: 1. Prepare a list of people who are considered “poor pay.” The list would be made up from lists furnished by each store. The more lists a man makes, the poorer rating he will receive on the master list. 2. Close at 9 p. m. each Satur- j day with the exception of May, I June, July and August. In these months, they will remain open until 10 p. m. Walker Heads School Board L. C. Walker, Perry business man and former agriculture in structor in Perry High School, has been elected chairmanof the Houston county board of educa tion. Mr. Walker succeeds S. L. Norwood, who resigned from the board of education after he was elected to the board of county commissioners. In addition to Mr. Walker, the other members of the school board are F. H. Tabor, H. C. Tal ton, R. R. Pratt and Harvey Ne- Smith. L. W. Tabor is county* school superintendent. Mr. Walker is a native of Washington county and has lived in Perry for the last 10 years. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and is a partner in the Gray-Walker Tractor Company here. He is commander of the American Legion post and vice president of the Perry Kiwanis Club. Fire Destroys Vinson's Dairy The Vinson Dairy, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Millard Vinson north of Fort Valley, was destroyed by fire early Sunday. The dairy served the Perry area. No cows were lost in the fire so the dairy sent the milk to Dixie Dairies in Macon for pro cessing and delivered to the Per ry area on Monday morning. The loss was reported to be only partially covered by insur ance. New Dodge Shown In Perry Saturday The New 1951 Dodge will be on display for the first time in Perry Saturday, January 20, when McLendon Auto Company opens its doors on the latest model. The new car, like its sister Plymouth, will continue to be roomy but the body style has been changed to present a mod ern streamlined appearance. C. E. McLendon invites all his friends to come by his establish ment Saturday. ~OWI SAY! f NC-.V, >F VO.iFA \ PU.vMp VOliS J EA r . t L <c / \ JOiV.TiM' ON VM, y *,V i . sou wouldn't / ' -■— irMi , f i - -< A . h m NATIONAL SAFEn COUNCIL Houston four mil _ . —— ■ r~ — ‘ "" _______ - . — — ■ PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 18. 1931 IP HARRIS SATTERFIELD Stars for Panthers Perry and Canton basketball teams gave the fans their mon ey’s worth and more last Friday night when the local Panthers edged out a 45-41 victory. Three foul shots by David Gray and a two-pointer by James Mauldin broke a 41-41 deadlock with two minutes to play. The supporters of both teams were on their feet for the last few minutes of the game. Perry led all the way except three times when the score was tied. Perry’s ace. Jack Hardy, foul ed out in the third quarter and many fans kissed the ball game goodbye. But not the Panthers. James Mauldin took the burden of the team on his shoulders in the last quarter and engineered some fast offensive work into victory. Joe Leverette, the gangling 6-footer who moved up from the “sub-B squad” to the first team in a few short weeks, continued to show improvement. His as signment was the 6-foot, 4-inch center of Canton v/ho had scored more than 20 points in previous games. He scored 17 in this game, but that’s not too bad a job for the freshman Leverette. Herschel Thompson dropped in a couple of baskets for the Pan thers when they were needed badly and David Gray began to regain his eye for the basket. Jack Hardy was rebounding the ball away from the much-taller Canton outfit until he fouled out. It was a rough and tumble ball game, with George and Hutto 1 calling a total of 53 fouls, 25 on Perry and 28 on Conton. Freezer Locker’s Improvement Due to Wholesale Meat Sales Houston Frozen Products Cor poration showed a profit for the year 1950 and the stockholders give Manager B. H. King an i mphasis on the wholesale meat sales the credit for putting the freezer locker plant back on its feet.” A year ago, a number of stock holders chipped in $6,000 to re finance the freezer locker plant. Only a few stockholders could be enticed to attend the meeting. Last week, at the annual stock holders meeting more than 35 attended. They had an entirely different view of the situation after hearing reports from Pres ident Paschal Muse, who was not present because of illness, and from Secretary Francis Nunn. More than 185 shares ' ere represented at the meeting last Wednesday at Lee’s Restau rant, where the stockholders ate pome barbecue that came, of course, from Houston Frozen Perry Beats Hawkinsville And Canton The Panthers made it four in a row as they slapped down a de termined Hawkinsville quintet Tuesday night, 34-27. Harris Satterfield turned in a fine per formance both offensively and defensively as he led the scoring with 12 points. The contest, which was close j all the way, saw Perry forge ahead early in the game and never lose the lead. Several times, however, Hawkinsville pulled up to within 1 or 2 points of the Panthers. At halftime Per ry was ahead 14-10. Perry 34 Pos. Hawk. 27 Gray (4) f Howe 7 Thompson (1) f Smith 5 Leverette (2) c Eaton 10 Mauldin (10) g Warren 5 Hardy (5) g Hall Substitutions: Perry —H. Sat terfield (12), Lawhorn, Ham mock; H’Ville—none. Officials: i Lassiter and Hilliard. In the preliminary game Per ry gained “sweet revenge” on the Hawkinsville “Bees” to de feat them 37-28. High scorer for Perry was Lawhorn, 11 points. Hawkinsville defeated Perry ear lier this year 30-29. Perry 46 Pos. Canton 41 Gray 6 f Smith 19 Thompson 10 f Sparks 4 Leverette 6 c Danny 17 Mauldin 18 g Beckley Hardy 4 g West 2 Substitutions: Perry-Tolleson, M. Satterfield. Wilson. H. Satter field (2) Canton-Smith, Lit tle (1), Hudson. PERRY MEETS COCHRAN FRIDAY Perry High School will meet the Cochran High cagers in the Perry gym Friday night. The “B” teams of the two schools will play at 7 p. rh. and the varsity game will start at 8:15 p. m. Garden Club Here To Meet Jan. 25 Mrs. Chas. E. Thomas of War ner Robins will be guest speaker when the Perry Garden Club meets on Thursday, Jan. 26 at (he Grammar School auditorium. Mrs. Thomas, whose husband is comanding general of the 14th Air Force, has traveled over a ’awe nart of the Orient and has studied flower arrangement in a Japanese flower arranging school while living in Japan. Her topic will be “My Hobby in the Orient” and it will be a demonstration lecture. All members of the Garden Club are urged to be present for this meeting. Under acreage allotments and marketing quotas cotton acreage aeclined from 1,550,000 in 1949 to 1.151,000 in 1950. Products Corp. Placing emphasis on whole sale business was the “salvation of the plant,” the president and secretary reported, and the em ployment of Mr. King was the added touch that assures the plant of successful operation. The net profit of the company for the year was placed at S2OOO. Sales of meat to retailers in a 40-mile radius of Perry amount ed to $52,000 during the year. This field had hardly been touch ed by previous managers of the plant. The stockholders also approv ed plans for a contest to select a name for the premium ham that is being produced by the plant. Some discussion of the possibili ty of changing the name of the firm to one which denotes meat packing, and not a freezer plant, was made but no definite plans v/ere completed for changing the name. 1951 MARCH OF DIMES :: i C. MY; ■yi ST'iii v I I . I *,.. 5? SBaiH hi« ii THE MARCH OF DIMES for sufferers of infantile paralysis is January 15-31. Here General Alvan C. Gillem, Ret., di rector of the March of Dimes for Georgia is talking with little Charles Spicer, of Ocilla, at the Warm Springs Founda tion. Standing behind young Peggy Dobbs, of Athens, also using the facilities of the polio center, is Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, medical director of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, in Georgia for the polio fund-raising cam paign. March of Dimes Drive Begins: County Organization Set Up Charles Andrew, the Houston I county chairman of the March of Dimes to fight infantile paraly sis, announced his organization for the campaign which began Monday. Mr. Andrew said the success of the drive seemed assured in view of the co-operation of the workers throughout the county. The drive at Robins Air Force Base will be handled by base personnel. The Lions Club of Warner Robins, headed by W. J. Bell flower and Dr. A. K. Ragin, will promote the drive in that city. Mrs. Ardelle Finlayson and Mrs. Arthur Sasser will be in charge of the Bonaire section. Mrs. Richard Talton and Mrs. Billy Talton will handle Houston Lake and Kathleen sections. The Perry Junior Chamber of Com merce and others are covering Perry and Mrs. Floyd B. Smith is in charge of the Moss Oaks sec tion. At Henderson, Miss Margie Wynne and Mrs. Joe Andrews are the workers. Mrs. Hal Clarke, ' Mrs. H. S. Kezar and Mrs. Har vey NeSmith will handle the work at Elko. Grovania workers are Mrs. Cleveland Harrison. Mrs. Doyle McElheney and Miss Joyce Owen. McCormick Broth ers and Hayneville Grocery will j ;eceive contributions in that ; community. The campaign at ! Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Cor | noration plant will be handled i by Supt. M- L. Silcox. A. D. Red j mond, principal of the Houston j County Training School, will be ! in charge of the Negro division. Safety Council To Meet Tonight The new Houston County Safe ! ty Council will be formally or ganized at a meeting in the | Houston county courthousP to i night at 7:30. L. C. Todd of Perry was elect ed as the temporary chairman lat the first meeting of repre j sentatives of civic organizations [in the county. The organization will seek to ' create interest in safety in traf j sic, industries and homes. Landscapers say a little time ! and labor plus a few dollars well spent in establishing a lawn and planting trees and shrubs about the home enhance its value ten, twenty, in some cases, fifty per cent. Brother to Join H. Journal Editor On L .cal Pa A er James P. Etheridge, Jr., associ ate editor of The Orlando Senti nel, will come to Perry soon to be associated with his brother. Cooper Etheridge, m the publi cation of The Houston Home Journal and Unadilla Observer. James P. Etheridge has 18 years of experience in the news paper and public relations field, formerly working for The Macon Telegraph and The Tampa Times. He attended Harvard University in 1943 under a fel lowship from the Nieman Foun dation. He will be in charge of news matter, while the present editor will be in clharge of ad vertising, commercial printing and the mechanical department. James P Etheridge is winding up his affairs in Orlando and Tampa and will come to Perry in the next two weeks. His wife and son, Jim Etheridge. 111, are with Mr. Etheridge’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Etheridge, Sr., until they can find a home. \ Moody Brothers R oat 'Bursitis' T wo Perry brothers had the sam” ailment in the same place ’ t Ihe same time last week. Cec’l Moody and L, B. Moody both developed severe cases of “bursitis,” an ailment that af fects the joints. Both had the attacks in the right arm. Both went to the Macon hospital. The c->P- <hin« different is that they ■”erc treated by different doctors ere bein« treated by different and L. B. Moody underwent an operation while Cecil Moody re ceived therapy treatment. Both are back on the job this week. PIERCE ASSIGNED TO SAN DIEGO Jeff Stubbs Pierce, Jr. was en listed in the Navy last week through the Macon office of Navy recruiting, it was learned from Chief H. D. Graham, re cruiter. Pierce, 817 Ball St., Perry, was enlisted as a Seaman Recruit for a four-year term and sent to the Naval Training Cen ter, San Diego, Calif, for 12 weeks of basic training. ESTABLISHED 1870 New City Water Tank To Begin in 8 Weeks Gov . Proposes State Budget Os 186 Million A State budget of $145,120,- 923.86 for the next fiscal year has been presented to the Gen eral Assembly by Governor Her man Talmadge. In addition, the Governor sub mitted a contingent budget of $40,931,120.00 which would be come operative, when and if, the additional revenue became avail able. In his budget message to the Assembly, the Governor called attention to the fact that the pro posed sales tax is not expected to produce its full anticipated revenue before the third year of its operation, and that state serv ices can only be expanded so far as revenue permits. Governor Talmadge reminded the legislature that the emerg ency tax measures, which were passed in 1949, will expire on June 30, 1951, and that the mon ey thus lost to the state must be replaced, if the services it pro vided are to be continued. Replacing these funds would then cut down new money to $14,500,000, the Governor said. He outlined as follows how this new money would be distribut ed: $6,200,000 to the educational agencies of the state; $2,200,000 for the construction of roads; $1,400,000 for public health pur poses; $2,665,000 for public wel fare benefits; $500,000 for the state institutions; $1,535,000 for various other activities of the state, mainly the Agriculture, Forestry, Revenue and Public Safety Departments. “The Budget Bill is so drawn,” the Governor said, “that in the event additional money is re ceived the first year in excess of the amount contemplated, appro priations in the contingent sec tion of the bill can be immedi ately made available to the vari ous agencies of the State.” Grains Recover In Some Places From Cold Spell Oats and wheat seem to be coming back after the severe freezes of December, County Ag ent W. T. Middlebrooks said Wednesday. The crops are not looking as good as if the freeze had not come, he said, but many fields are showing up green again. In some cases, lupine, which was planted after the freeze, is coming up and some warm weather in the next few days might bring forth a fair crop, he said. It was noted that grains in the furrows were not damaged near ly as heavily as that on the hills. In a few cases in the county, the winter grazing was not com pletely ruined, but was only retarded for two or three weeks. Sen. Davis Named Commi tee Head JVlayo Davis of Perry, senator from the 51st Senatorial District of Houston. Bibb and Twiggs counties, has been appointed chairman of the municipal gov ernment committee of the state senate. Mr. Davis was appointed to 1 his important post by Lieuten ant Governor Marvin Griffin, who is also president of the sen ate. Mr. Davis also will serve as a member of several other com mittees. CORRECTION The Sandwich Shop building was incorrectly reported in last week’s Home Journal to be the property of Bob Cater Massee. Mrs. R. L. Cater is the owner of the Sandwich Shop. Georgia farmers* produce ap proximately 50 percent of the ice's consumed within the state. Nearly Every Home Has The Home Journal Erection of a 200,000-gallon water tank for the City of Perry will begin in about eight weeks, it was learned this week. Mayor Mayo Davis is attend ing the general assembly as a state senator, but Councilman J. A. said that Tay lor Iron Works of Macon had promised an early start on the new tank, which will cost $42,- 000. Mr. Beddingfield also said that the mayor and council had ar ranged to sell the present tank for $2,000, with the buyer to handle the job of dismantling it and removing it. The first offer received by the city was from a company to move the old tank for the metal that is in it. The city officials held out, however, until the $2,000 was offered. The present tank holds only 50,000 gallons, having been erect ed when the city had only 700 population. The new tank will be placed on the lot next to the Hardy- Stone Pontiac Company on Ma con Street. - Postmaster Job Open at Bonaire The United States Civil Serv ice Commission has announced an exaination to fill the position of fourth class postmaster at Bonaire. The examination will be held at Perry and receipt of applica tions will close on February 1. 1951. Salary is $1,682 a year. The examination is open to all who are citizens of, or owe al legiance to. the United States who reside within the territory supplied by the post office for nounced and who are at least 21 years of age. but not yet 65, on the date of the close of receipt of applications for this examina tion. Application blanks and full information about the require ments of the examination may be secured from the post office for which this examination is announced, or from the United States Civil Service Commis sion, Washington 25. D. C. Ap plications must be on file with the Commission at. Washington, D. C., on the date specified above. The date of examination will be stated on admission cards mailed to applicants after the close of receipt of applications. roi|| % *****tmm** " <-v.; jSg iv&ft DR. WALTER L. BELL, JR. Dr. W. L. Bell Jr., Opens Office Here Dr. Walter L. Be'l, Jr., of Ma con will open an office in the Perry Federal Building today for the practice of optometry. Dr. Bell is the son of Dr. Wal ter L. Bell, Sr., of Macon, widely known Middle Georgia optome trist. He will live in Macon for the time being and commute to P erry. One advantage of irrigation is that farmers can eliminate the risk of losing expensive seed, la bor, time and fertilizer when the lack of moisture causes crops to fail to germinate or produce.