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WIDEN AND REPAVE
U. S. 41 IN HOUSTON
VOL. 80 No 24
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/Udine LaSseter Is New 1
Manager of Pirates
Aldine Lasseter, one of the best
baseball payers in these parts,
will manage the Perry Pirates
during the remainder of the sea
son.
Aldine, a fiery competitor, was
“drafted” by the players of the
local amateur team. He has the
respect and confidence of fans
and players alike and will do a
good job in handling the team.
The second half of the fiddle
Georgia League season will be
gin next week. Perry, by reason
of four straight defeats, was rest
EDITORIAL COMMENT
SUPPORT BASEBALL i
Baseball in Perry appeared this
week to be on its last legs.
Houston Sports, Inc., finds it
self going further in debt game
by game and only a complete re
versal of interest will change the
picture.
The local field was laid off and
lighted three years ago in the
belief that Perry people wanted
baseball.
The first year Houston Sports,
Inc., made up of local citizens
who bought stock to light the
field, cleared about S6OO and paid
it back to stockholders in divi
dends.
Last year—the second year of
operation—crowds fell off and the
sports outfit lost S3B for the year.
A Sadder Story
This year, the sad story gets
sadder. Crowds at the games
have been almost non-existent.
One afternoon crowd amounted
to $9.25. A night crowd drew
less than sls.
The sports organization has
found that lights for one game
cost about S2O, balls cost at least
$lO, umpires sl2, bats and other
equipment extra.
So the services of an account
ant are not needed to see that
baseball for Perry will die soon
unless it gets a shot in the arm.
The boys are playing average
ball, standing above the middle
of the league. They make errors
but no one has put out a perfect
team. The lights are good and
the grandstands are good. There
are cold drinks and peanuts that
are supposed to go with baseball.
But the crowds that are supposed
William CX Gaines
Dies in Bainbridge
Funeral services for William O.
Gaines, 75, for many years a res
ident of Houston county, were
held in Bainbridge and at the
graveside here in Evergreen cem
etery yesterday.
His widow, the former Miss
Elma Houser of Elko, is the sis
ter of Lawson W. Houser of that
community, and she also has a
sister, Mrs. C. G. Hardeman, who
resides in St. Louis.
Mr, Gaines died Monday morn
ing at Bainbridge where he and
Mrs. Gaines had made their home
for 25 years after leaving Hous
ton county.
He was active in the Bain
bridge Methodist church where
funeral services were held yes
terday morning at 10 a. m. Grave
side services were conducted here
by Rev. H. H. Heisler, pastor of
the Perry Methodist church, at
3 P- m. yesterday.
Mr. Gaines is also survived by
several nieces and nephews who
reside in Bainbridge and St.
Louis.
Tucker Funeral Home of Perry
was in charge of arrangements.
Ogletree Brings
First Bloom
Richard Ogletree of Perry
Route 2 was the "first Houston
county farmer to bring a 1951
'otton bloom into The Home
Journal office, but there were
: cports that others in the county
Mso had blooms.
Mr. Ogletree said he would
| l:,ve a good scattering of blooms
> the end of the week.
Loy L. Bloodworth of the Elko
community said he had some
biooms last week.
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ing on the bottom of the league
as of Tuesday, but is expected to
lift itself out of the cellar
in games with Warner Robins
Wednesday (last) night and Ro
berta Sunday.
Perry lost to Macon Kraft here
Sunday afternoon, 8 to 4. Ed
Pierce hurled good ball for Perry
(with the exception of one throw
which Herky Thompson poled
over the fence). George Collins
got a homer and a double off
Kraft Pitcher Tyler.
[to go with baseball are not
i there.
Chapman to Work
Houston County Sheriff C. C.
Chapman, an ardent baseball fan,
is going to pitch in, beginning
this week to see if he can revive
interest in baseball here. He is
going to try to sell tickets in ad
vance and generally advertise
the ball games. He is going to
need some help. --
It would be unfortunate for
Perry to lose baseball entirely,
for many people get considerable
enjoyment out of the games, but
there is no need for the corpora
tion to go further in debt.
Baseball players are not born.
They are made on the sandlots of
America, the same kind of field
we have here in Perry. We have
had some mighty good boys and
some mighty good ball players to
develop here. We hope that those
who want to play a few years
from now will have a place to
play.
“No Place To Go?”
“No place to go in Perry” is a
familiar cry but it appears that
there are more places to go than
there are people who want to go
there. They are not crowding
the ball park.
The players got nothing out of
the game beyond the enjoyment
of playing. The stockholders get
nothing for the SB,OOO they in
vested. The fans can get some
enjoyment out of watching the
games. We hope they will again
support the baseball team as they
did the first year we had the
lighted field. '
Mrs. Middlebrooks
Dies At Home Here
Funeral services for Mrs. J. A.
Middlebrooks, 84, who died at
her home on Macon Street Tues
day night after a long illness,
were held at the Perry Baptist
Church Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Middlebrooks was a native
of Jones county, the daughter of
George and Janie King. She had
lived in Houston county for many
years. She was a member of the
Houston Factory Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Lorena M. Lifsey. three
grandsons, Paul, Franklin and
Calvin Middlebrooks, and several
nieces and nephews.
The Rev. Alfred Palmer, the
Rev. J. M. Teresi and Elder
George Riley Hunt conducted the
services and burial was in Ever
green cemetery.
Pallbearers were Paul White,
Carson Wright, Rollin Middle
brooks, C. E. McLendon, W. T.
Middlebrooks and Luther pAos
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Tucker Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Swim Class Opens
At Houston Lake
Water safety classes were start
ed at Houston Lake Monday
morning.
The classes are conducted by
Macon Red Cross instructors
without charge. The course is
sponsored by the Houston Farm
Bureau and the Perry Kiwanis
Club.
It is expected that about 100
youngsters nine years and up
will receive certificates in the
various classes. The Houston
Lake course will close Friday,
June 22.
Houston JSjorne U mtrmrl
.PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 14. 1951
PAUL HARDY, commander
of the Robert D. Collins Post of
the American Legion here, left
Wednesday for the state Leg
ion convention at Savannah.
Other Perry delegates will join
him later in the week.
NO LEGION MEETING
The regular meeting of the
Robert D. Collins Post of the Am
erican Legion will NOT be held
this week because of the state
convention to be held in Savan
nah.
Kentuckian's
Body Found
Near Henderson
Sheriff C. C. Chapman report
ed Wednesday that the body of a
44-year-old Paducah, Ky., man
has been found in woodlands near
Henderson.
A Negro, James Rooker, found
the body early Wednesday. The
body had become decomposed.
Sheriff Chapman identified the
man from papers in his pockets
as C. E. Roberts. He had a bus
ticket from Jacksonville, Fla., to
Paducah dated June 8. His bill
fold contained $5, driver’s license
and other identifying papers.
The sheriff communicated with
the man’s wife in Paducah and
she had expected her husband to
return several days ago from a
visit to his mother, Mrs. W. ,M.
Morgan, at St. Augustine, Fla.
The widow told the sheriff that
she would come to Perry Thurs
day to claim the body and make
arrangements for funeral servic
es and burial.
Coroner J. S. Rainey will con-1
duct an inquest into the death |
after the widow arrives, the I
sheriff said. Mrs. Roberts told '
Sheriff Chapman that her hus
band was in good physical condi
tion when he left Kentucky and
that she suspects foul play. The
officer said he could 'not deter
mine whether the man had been
shot or beaten because of the
condition of the body.
The body was taken to Gard
ner Watson Funeral Home.
Mrs. King's Pupils
Present Recital
Mrs. Frank King’s dance pupils 1
presented an entertaining recital
before a large audience at Perry j
High School auditorium last Wed- ■
nesday night.
Those taking part were Jan
Strong, Bobbie Lou Johnson, Nan 1
Johnson, Beth Arnold, Pam
Strong, Jean Norman, Judy Gray,
Tommy Arnold, Carol Etheridge,
Donna Smith, Martha Lynn Wat
son, Juliann Smith, Lynn Smith, !
Kerry Finlayson, Jackie Moss,
Brenda Taylor, Sherry Staples, J
Janice Boyles, Bobby Whipple, j
Kerry Strong, Nancy Boler, Janet |
Gray, Billy Stubbs, Jerry Horton,
Nezzie Calhoun, Linda Davis. I
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Houser, Hodge
Conditions Are
Much Improved
Much improvement in ihe con- ;
ditions of W. B. Hodge and Hentz '
Houser, patients in the Macon
Hospital, was reported this week. ■
Mr. Hodge, who lives at Render-1
son, was stricken ill in Macon 1
three weeks ago. Hentz Houser,
1951 graduate at Perry High
School, suffered an injury when
diving at Houston Lake about the
same time.
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County Taxes Reduced 4 to 5 Mills;
Health Department Fund Increased
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Local Draft
Board Sends
113 for Tests
Local Draft Board 80 sent 13
men to Fort Benning Tuesday for
1 pre-induction physical examina
tion for the Army.
The two white men going were
Stonewall Jackson Ellis of Gro
vania and Dallas Edwin Hall of
Warner Robins.
Negro men included Harges
Clarington, Perry; Eugene Hill,
Warner Robins; Lugene Marsh
all, Hawkinsville; Woodrow Wil
son Colbert, Bonaire; Moses
Toomer, Elko; Freddie Lee Dav
is, Perry; Eddie C. Billings, Per
ry; Bobbie Lee Little, Perry;
Walter Lee Nelson, Warner Rob
ins; Willie C. Ross, Perry, and
Willie Curtis Hickey, Fort Valley
route.
Three registrants of the local
board inducted June 6 were Rob
ert Howard Kelly and Clyde
Wiggins Windham of Warner
Robins and Willie Sidney Hard
ing of Perry. Windham was trans
ferred to Tampa and Harding to
Pottsdam, Pa., for induction.
Macon Man
Held In Death
Os Negress
Julian Ferrell Brown, 17, of
Macon was free on bond Wednes
day on a charge of manslaughter
in the automobile death of ,Mary
Holmes, Perry Negro woman, last
Saturday.
Police Chief J. B. Hawkins said
the car driven by Brown left the
road on Houston Lake Drive and
struck the Negress, carrying the
body for a distance of 51 feet.
Another Negress, Trudy Little,
who was talking with Mary afr
the side of the road, observed the
car and jumped out of the way,
the chief reported.
The) accident occurred Satur
day morning near Mary’s home
on Houston Lake Drive, just
northeast of Lee’s Grocery.
Chief Hawkins said Brown
claimed that the brakes were
faulty on the car.
Bond for appearance in Hous
ton superior court was set at
SI,OOO and bond on a city charge |
of manslaughter was set at S2OO, .
the chief said.
Mary’s funeral was held Tues
day with Pierce Funeral Home in
charge.
Men In Service
Privates Billy Gray and Seabie
Hickson, who have been station-1
jed at Lackland Air Force Base,
| San Antonio, Texas, are spending
j a furlough at home. Hickson has
: been assigned to Warner Robins
j and will report there at the end
j of his leave while Gray will re
! turn to San Antonio.
, Howell Chapman, son of Mr.
, and Mrs. Homer Chapman, has
been promoted to the rank of
corporal. He is stationed in Ja-
I pan.
Jimmy Hammock, son of Mrs.
i Rebecca Hammock, left this week
| for Lackland Air Force Base, San !
i Ahtonio, Texas, after enlisting in j
] the Air Force. •,
! Pfc. Charles Hicks, of Patrick ,
Air Force Base, Cocoa, Fla., spent j
j the weekend at home.
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PARKER JOINS GILBERT
j Jack Parker, originally from
I Moultrie but more recently re- •
| siding in Ellaville, has joined the j
j staff of Gilbert Electric Co. here I
las salesman. His wife and two ■
! children will join him here when |
I he has found a place to live.
THREE HOMES GOING UP
| There new homes are going up
in Smoak Annex subdivision, one
being built by T. R. Summers Jr.,
another by Olin Moody and the
; third almost completed on Sun
j set Drive by a Cordele contractor.
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"Just Right” Rain
Must Be Worth
At Least Million
Every rain that breaks a
drought seems to be called “a
million-dollar rain” when re
ported in the newspapers.
But Houston county farmers no
doubt would insist that the rains
which began Tuesday afternoon
and night were actually worth at
least that much and more.
Grain had been almost com
pletely harvested in perfect wea
ther for such operations, and the
cotton and corn which were be
ginning to suffer got a saving
shot in the arm from the down
pours—though this area appar
ently had not been sufferingi
quite as much from the drought
as other sections of the South.
Good For Peaches, Too
The rain will also make peach
es—already some of the finest
ever produced size-up even
larger and speed up the maturity
rate and the already booming ac
tivity of packing houses.
Tabor’s packing house on U. S.
41 north went into operation this
week and Southern Fruit Distrib
utors’ shed in Perry was also in
full swing, though peak activity
at both will come later as the
Hiley variety is ready.
The wheat crop which was har
vested during the last two weeks
is said to be one of the best in the
history of the county, with yields
of 40 to 50 bushels to the acre
reported.
Baptist W.MJ3.
Holds Meeting
The Baptist W. M. S. met Mon
day at the church for the June
general meeting. Mrs. A. C.
Pritchett, president, presided.
“Stirrings in Middle America”
was the subject of the program
presented by Mrs. Henry Mat
thews. She was assisted in a de
devotional dialogue by Mrs. W. E.
Beckham.
Those who discussed the mis
sion work in Cuba, Mexico, Costa
I Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and
the Carribbean Bowl were Mrs.
B. B. Batchelor, Mrs. W. J. Slap
pey, Mrs. Culma Harris, Mrs.
E. W. Flowers and Mrs. D. M.
Ryle.
The summer social will be a
picnic at Beckham’s lodge on the
evening of July 6. Husbands of
j the members will be guests.
Mrs. Edward Warren was wel
comed as a new member.
Mrs. K. K. Vance was assisted
by Mrs. Sylvia Williamson in con
ducting the Sunbeam meeting.
Chaplain Speaks
'To Kiwanians
Chaplain (First Lt.) Thomas B.
Peake of Robins Air Force Base
was the guest speaker at the
weekly meeting of the Perry Ki
wanis Club Tuesday at the New
! Perry Hptel.
Chaplain Peake discussed the
i “lies” of communism and called
! for a world-wide Christian move
j ment to stamp out the anti-relig
ion philosophy of communism. He
was accompanied here by Major
R. J. Carmody.
Guests at the meeting include
I James Pippin, Macon and Judge
j A. M. (Phil) Anderson of Perry.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to extend my most
[ grateful thanks to my neighbors
and friends for their acts of kind
ness, beautiful flowers, sweet
cards and visits received during
my recent illness.
,MRS. H. A. BLACKBURN.
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The Southeastern Telephone
Company this week released a
list of telephone numbers added
since the new directories were
published and asked those who
failed to (get new phone books
to call the local business office.
Two errors in the new book
also were called to the attention
of subscribers: The P.M.A. of
fice in the courthouse should
have been listed as 221, and
and W. O. Brooks, 1134 Macon
St., should be 383-J.
New numbers issued since the
book was printed include:
A. J. Adams, 1114 Ball St.,
269-J.
E. A. Arnold, 803 Carey, 369-L.
W. E. Bostick, Rfd., 240-J-5.
M. E. Batchelor, King’s Chapel
1 Rd„ 455-J.
Mrs. Mary J. Coleman, 407>
Lawson Dr., 285-J.
John R. Castleberry, 1316 E.
Parkway Dr., 449.
J. E. Coleman, 1322 North 1
Ave., 452-J.
Fred M. Culler, 1013 ,Main St.,
262-L.
Mrs. Frank Cater, 1013 Main
St., 457.
'DeLuxe Beauty Shop, 1116 :
Spring St., 416-L-2.
B. D. English, Houston Lake,
361-J-2.
W. A. Emmitte, 712 Charles
Dr., 460-J,
Gray-Walker Supply Co., Car
roll St., 450.
David Goodman, Elko Rd.,
409-J-4.
Ga. Jr. Chamber of Commerce, ‘
Carroll St., 470.
Houston Lake, Bowling Alley, •
361-L-2. 1
Guy W. Hall, Rfd., 350-L-6.
Miss Jean Houser, 1006 Main 1
St., 462. <
John H. Houser, 1007 Gilmer '
St., 375-L, (
H. A. Johnson, 1010 Duncan .
Ave., 341. 1
Sgt. Bain Killinger, Houston 1
Lake, 361-L-l.
Mrs. Helen J. Kinnas, 704 Tol
leson Ave., 451. (
W. E. Kelly, Lawson Dr., 293-L. 1
M. E. Lavendar, 1311 Parkway i
Dr., 437-L. 1
Allen Low, Lawson Dr., 454-J. 1
Thomas R. Mayo, 1001 Duncan
A've., 374-J. 1
Wallace R. Moody, Sunset Dr., 1
453- ... i
E. H. Odom, 1300 Smoak Ave.,
180.
Mrs. E. A. Russ, Lawson Dr., T
454- £
Rayfield Richardson, 1419 Swift
St., 423-J-l. 1
W. R. Smith, 904 Duncan Ave., *
81-J. }
W. E. Shepherd, 1005 Gilmer *
St., 375-J. I
Boyce R. Smith, 1106 Wash- 1
ington St., 459.
C. I. Shojton, 1106 Washington 1
St., 107-L. 1
Allen Stone, 909 Ball St., 201. i
W. A. Smith, office, Davis Sub- *
division, 456,
E. W. Tyson, 905 Commerce St., 1
357-J. ]
U. S. Gov’t., Farmers Home Ad- 1
ministration, Anderson Bldg., 1
463.
Gardner Watson, Massee Lane, 1
465. 0 1
The telephone company re-
quests that this list be pasted in 1
your phone book for future use. *
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MRS. SASSER’S PUPILS 1
IN MUSIC RECITAL j
Mrs. L. B. Sasser presented her I
pupils in a music program at the
Employees Club at Warner Rob- c
ins last night (Wednesday). i
On the program were Myrtle {
Hurst,- Barbara Barker, Sheron c
Sasser, Patricia Connell, Jimmy
Hurst, May Stokes, Joyce Hen- t
derson, Milly Harrison, Nettie (
Paris, Bernice Coggins, ,Mary 1
Lynn Hays, Ruth Stacy and Nat- £
alie Watson. 1
NEARLY EVERY HOME
HAS THE HOME JOURNAL
Growth Makes
Cut In Levy
Possible
The Houston County Board of
Commissioners Tuesday announc
ed a reduction of five mills in
county taxes for 1951.
The county-wide tax was re-j
duced from 46 to 42 mills and the
tax in the Perry school district
was reduced from 48 to 43 mills.
The commissioners were able
to reduce taxes because of an in
crease of $597,000 in the tax di
gest, brought about by the growth
of the county in all sections.
How Levy Divided
The tax levied for county pur
poses was reduced from 23 to 20
mills. The breakdown of the tax
levy shows that county govern
ment taxes remained unchanged
at 4Ms mills; for court, sheriff,
coroner and litigation, reduced
from 4Ms to 3 mills; welfare, re
duced from 3to 2 X A mills; county
agent and home demonstration
agent, reduced from 1% to %
mills; vital statistics, from 1 toO;
county police, remained unchang
ed at % mill; public buildings,
bridges and legal indebtedness,
raised from 2% to 3% mills; pub
lic work camp and roads, reduced
from 5 to 4 mills; health depart
ment, raised from 0 to 1 mill.
The 1951 tax digest is $4,704,-
429 and public utilities are val
ued at $705,764. The 1950 digest
was $4,106,293, or $597,000 less
than the 1951 book.
The tax for countywide school
bonds was reduced from 3 to 2
mills and tax for Perry School
District Bonds was reduced from
2 to 1 mill.
This is the second consecutive
year that taxes have been re
duced.
Members of the board of com
missioners are W. D. Kersey,
chairman, W. B. Hodge, S. L.
Norwood, John T. Miller and
Claude Watson.
Brown Wimberly
Dies in Macon
Brown Wimberly, 72, a native
of Houston county whose family
was prominent in this area for
many years, died at his home in
Macon, 1850 Hardeman Ave., ear
ly Thursday morning, June 7.
A retired cotton broker and
farmer, Mr. Wimberly had made
his home in Macon for many
years since leaving his farm near
Henderson.
He was a member of the Vine
ville Methodist church, the Ma
sons and Elks.
He is survived by two nieces,
Miss Julia Wimberly Robson and
Mrs. Allen Dennis; a great niece,
Miss Norwood Robson Dennis;
two great-nephews, Brown Wim
berly Dennis and Allen Jay Den
nis, all of Macon. ,
Funeral services were held at
the residence at 11 a. m. Friday.
Dr. Albert Trulock and Dr. Mack
Anthony officiated. Memorial
Chapel of Macon was in charge.
Pallbearers were Will Gunn,
John Dennis, John Dennis Jr.,
Lucius Horton, Eden Taylor Jr.
and Tracy Baxter. Burial was in
Riverside cemetery. Macon.
Mr. Wimberly had a long ca
reer in the cotton business. He
was at one time a member of the
New York and New Orleans Cot
ton Exchanges. He also had large
farming ‘'interests and is said to
have been the first peach grower
to introduce peaches in England.
MANY ARE ATTENDING
METHODIST CONFERENCE
,Many members of Methodist
churches in Houston are attend
ing the Jubilee meeting of the
South Georgia Conference in Ma
con this week.
Rev. H. H. Heisler. pastor of
the Perry Methodist church, and
Charles P. Gray, chairman of the
board of stewards, are attending
as official representatives of the
Perry congregation.