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WIDEN AND REPAVE
U. S. 41 IN HOUSTON
VOL. 80 No 25
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By COOPER ETHERIDGE
PERRY GROWING: The new
telephone book shows clearly that
Perry is continuing to grow. The
directory shows about 100 more
phones this year than last, and
that would mean about 300 or
400 people. If the government
had taken the census in 1951 in
stead of 1950 we would have
more than 4,000 population, in
stead of the official census count
of 3,829.
SCHOOL PATROL: Red Moore
the state trooper who promotes
schoolboy patrols, says the De
partment of Public Safety has re
ceived scores of letters praising
the work of the local schoolboy
patrol. People want to know how
the incentive for the boys to
work so hard is created.
LIKE FATHER: Angela An
derson, Perry delegate to Girls
State in Atlanta last week, was
elected judge of superior court,
the same job held by her daddy,
Judge A. M. (Phil) Anderson.
VACATION?: Johnnie William
son started his vacation Tuesday
night and was seen mowing his
lawn early Wednesday morning.
HOTEL SITE: S. A. Nunn, of
ficial historian for the court
house-hotel end of town, says
there has been a hotel on the'
present hotel site for at least 75
years. He found that out in trac
ing title to the land in a legal
matter.
VENLA VACATIONING: The
conductor of the column, Mrs.
Venla Bradley, is taking herself
a vacation in Kearney, Nebraska,
with relatives. She says that she
wants to take a complete rest, so
she won’t have a column for a
spell. She will be missed.
Bible School Held
By Presbyterians;
37 Enrolled
Thirty-seven pupils were en
rolled in Vacation Bible school
at Perry Presbyterian church
where the graduation service was
held last Sunday night and hand
work placed on display.
All except eight pupils had
perfect attendance records for
the week.
Pupils were, in the beginners’
department: Linda Grooms, Ed
die Eagar, Mary Iris Fudge, Jas.
Horn, David Lee, Jimmy Law,
Joan Lasseter, Larry Moody,
Blaney Pridgen, Mary Marshall,
Bay Smallwood, Cheryll Rich
ards, Tommy White, Barry
Crooms, Don Chapman, Kenny
Bryant, Pat Barton.
Primary: A!nn Coleman, Jas.
Bobert Fudge, Joe Moody, Ellen
Lasseter, Jean Marshall, Linda
Tabor, Fay Harvard.
Junior: Walter Gordon, Rob
ert Griffin, Kay Richards, Jimmy
Smallwood, Tomilyn Eagar, Wy
man Harvard, Patsy Todd, Eliza
beth Coleman, Sharon Brooks,
Joe Harvard, Francis Marshall,
Marie Marshall, Harry Daniels.
Teachers, for Beginners: Mrs.
James Crooms, Mrs. Gene Lasse
ter, Mrs. N. C. Chapman, Mrs.
J- S. Harvard, Miss Sylvia Spen
cer.
Primary: Mrs. J. H. Richards,
Miss Mildred Green, Mrs. J. B.
Pridgen, Miss Betty Jean Small
wood.
Junior; Mrs. V. P. Brooks,
Mrs. Worth Bryant, Miss Sandra
Brooks.
Pianist; Miss Nantsy Harvard;
Jn Charge of Refreshments;
Mrs. c. K. Radebaugh; Direc
tor: Rev. John Pridgen, Jr.
The Only Paid-in-Advance Circulation, Direct Mail Newspaper Published In Houston County—22,ooo Population
Perry Joins Dooly Loop;
Opens Play Here Sunday
The Perry Pirates left the Mid
dle Georgia League this week
and joined the Dooly County
League in an effort to increase
spectator interest and save base
ball in Perry.
The new league, formerly
known as the Tri-County League,
actually has teams from five
counties. They are Perry, Fort
Valley, Hawkinsville, Montezu
ma, Unadilla, Byromville, Lilly,
and Dooly High. The last four
teams are Dooly county outfits.
League games will be played
on Sunday afternoons, one here
and one away, and night games
will be arranged between the lo
cal Pirates and other teams in
the loop.
Strong League
Arrangements for entering the
new league were made by Man
ager Aldine Lasseter and Busi
ness Manager E. P. Staples at a
meeting in Vienna Sunday night.
The Perry officials say the new
league is much stronger than the
Middle Georgia league as far as
league operation goes.
Teams are allowed to use local
ballplayers only. (Perry obtained
permission to use Cecil Howard,
star shortstop who lives at Haw
kinsville and has played for Per
ry for three years). Pirate of
ficials said the teams might not
play as fast a game as the Middle
Georgia League nines but that
player and spectator interest is
sure to increase as the rivalries
develop.
Perry and Ft. Valley will open
their participation in the league
with a game at Hickson Field
here at 3 p. m. Sunday. Bubber
Pierce is expected to pitch for
Perry and Bobby Wilder for Fort
Valley.
Cannon Wins Again
Young, hard-working Bobby
Cannon, the pitcher recruited by
the pirates from the high school
ranks, let Fort Valley down with
six hits here Tuesday night as
Perry won, 13 to 0. Perry gath
ered hits, including homers by
Walter Scott and Cecil Howard.
All of the Perry players were
slugging with regularity. Manag
er Lasseter used 13 palyers, giv
ing as many ball players as pos
sible the chance to play.
Local fans are looking for big
things from Bobby Cannon. At
17, he has another year of high
school training under Coach Sta
ples and should develop into one
of the best pitchers in this sec
tion. He puts everything he has
into every pitch and has already
developed a wide breaking curve
ball. His control is unusually
good for a vnung Ditcher.
Mrs. Dumas Heads
Southwest Council
jyfrs. Harry Dumas, Center-
I ville Home Demonstration Club
member from Houston county,
was elected district home dem
onstration council chairman for
Southwest Georgia, at a dis
trict home demonstration council
meeting held in Athens last
week.
Mrs. Dumas is the food preser
vation project chairman for Hous
ton county, and was past presi
dent of the Houston Home Dem
onstration Council. She was a
voting delegate at the State Coun
cil meeting in Athens, June
11-15.
The twenty-six counties in
| Southwest Georgia unanimously
elected Mrs. Dumas as chairman.
,■ She has been very active in the
1 Home Demonstration work. Un
der her leadership, Houston coun
; ty clubs remained active in 1950.
During most of that time Hous
i ton county was without the serv
: ices of a county home demonstra
tion agent.
I
STEVENS TEMPORARY
COLONIAL MANAGER
G. A. Stevens of Dublin is man
, aging Colonial Stores while the
; Manager, Johnnie Williamson, is
on vacation.
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Say you saw It in The Home
Journal.
Houston
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 21. 1931
Garden Club
Inducts Officers/
Gives Awards
New officers were installed and
yearly prizes awarded at the an
nual luncheon meeting of the
Perry Garden Club at the New
Perry Hotel last Thursday.
Pat Cartledge was installed as
president, Mrs. Mayo Davis, vice
president; Mrs. J. S. Harvard, re
cording secretary; Mrs. Joe Bed
dingfield, corresponding secre
tary, and Mrs. Hubert Aultman,
treasurer.
A gift was presented to the
retiring president, Mrs. George E.
Jordan, in appreciation for her
work during the past year. Mrs.
Mayo Davis made the presenta
tion.
Prizes Awarded
For the meeting, members
were to make a corsage or a hat
of flowers. Mrs. George Riley
won first place for the best hat
and Mrs, George B. Wells second
place. First prize for the best
corsage went to Mrs. Coleman
Strother and second to Mrs.
A. C. Pritchett.
Yearly prizes were presented
for the most blue ribbons won
during the year. For arrange
ments, Mrs. T. C. Rogers won
first and Mrs. Irene Lawler Eden
second; novice class, Mrs. Yates
Green; and horticulture, Mrs. A.
W. Lawler.
President Cartledge appointed
the following c<*nmittees:
Program: Mrs. Yates Green,
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, Mrs. Wesley
Calhoun, Mrs. Paschal Mbse, Mrs.
J. L. Gallemore, Mrs. Mayq Davis
(tour chairman), and Mrs. Hugh
Lawson.
Yearbook: Mrs. F. C. Strother
and Mrs. George Jordan.
Arrangements: Mrs. Irene Law
ler Eden, Mrs. Mayo Davis and
Mrs. J. S. Harvard.
Other Committees
History and Scrapbook: Mrs.
E. W. Traylor.
Monthly exhibits and arrange
ments: Mrs. Cater Rogers, Mrs.
Henry Matthews and Mrs. George
B. Wells.
Monthly exhibits and horticul
ture: Mrs. T. Dv Mason and Miss
Dorothy Jones.
Garden bookshelf: Mrs. Wood
row Gilbert.
Membership: Mrs. Houser Gil
bert.
Publicity: Mrs. J. S. Harvard.
Camellia show: Mrs. George
Jordan, Mr. Cartledge, Mrs.
Mayo Davis, Mrs. Wesley Cal
houn, Mrs. Yates Green, Mrs.
R. C. Pritchett, Mrs. J. S. Harv
ard, Mrs. J. L. Gallemore and
Mrs. Paschal Muse.
Clint Watson Dies
At Warner Robins
Funeral services for Clint K.
Watson,, 68, who died at his home
in Warner Robins Tuesday morn
ing after a long illness, were
held in the First Baptist church of
Warner Robins yesterday (Wed
nesday) afternoon.
Rev. C. W. Stitt officiated.
Burial was in the Centerville
cemetery.
Mr. Watson, well known in
Houston county for many years,
is survived by one daughter, Miss
Sara Watson, Warner Robins;
two sons, Hubert Watson of War
ner Robins and M/Sgt. Clint
Watson Jr., of the U. S. Air Force;
one brother, C. D. Watson, War
ner Robins; and one sister; Mrs.
Gussie Murray, of Perry.
State Troopers
To Meet Here
Post commanders and sub-di
vision commanders of the Geor
gia State Patrol will gather in
Perry August 8 for a seminar in
school bus inspection.
About 50 of the top men in the
patrol will be here for the meet
ing at the New Perry Hotel.
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MAJOR DUDLEY JONES,
president of Perry Merchants
Association and secretary-treas
urer of the Perry Country Club
corporation which is building
the golf course and swimming
pool just off Houston Lake
Road, reports that rapid pro
gress is being made in con
struction of this valuable recre
ation facility, and he urges the
interest and participation of all
citizens in the project.
Methodist School
Opens Tomorrow
The Methodist Vacation Bible
School will begin with registra
tion at 4 p. m. tomorrow (Friday)
afternoon, preparatory to the
start of regular classes Monday,
June 25.
Refreshments will be served by
the W.S.C.S. of the church.
Children from three years of
age through 12 .will find interest
ing activities and study courses
planned for them, leaders have
announced.
Jury Reports
Death Cause
Still Unknown
A Houston county coroner’s
jury has decided that Charles E.
Roberts, 44-year-old shoe sales
man of Paducah, Ky., came to his
death “from causes unknown.”
Roberts’ body was found near
Highway 26 between Henderson
and Hawkinsville last Wednesday
morning by James Rooker, white
man who lives in that vicinity.
The spot was about four miles,
east of Henderson and 11 miles
west of Hawkinsville.
Sheriff C. C. Chapman report
ed that he talked to W. R. Sikes,
driver of the Greyhound bus
which Roberts rode from Jack
sonville, Fla., to Hawkinsville.
Sikes told the sheriff that Rob
erts “acted queer” from the time
the bus left Jacksonville. Rob
erts was worried about his ticket,
asking the driver several times
if it would take him to Paducah,
Ky. At Hawkinsville, the driver
said, Roberts left the bus with a
small bag and failed to return to
the bus.
The bag carried by Roberts
has not been found, the sheriff
reported. There has been no ev
idence of foul play and no indica
tion of how Roberts came to his
death. A bus ticket dated June
8 was found on the body. Sheriff
Chapman has talked to several
persons who saw a man of Rob
erts’ description walking along
the highway in the vicinity of the
place where the body was found.
Members of the jury summon
ed by Coroner J. S. Rainey were
William J. Holloway, foreman;
Joseph H. Morris, clerk; James
H. Vann, James C. Davidson, A.
G. Wall and J. M. Scarborough.
The body was sent by Gardner
Watson Funeral Home to Ken
tucky for burial.
CORRECTION
In the story in last week’s
Home Journal reporting the
discovery of the body of a Pa
ducah, Ky., man near Hender
son, the man who found the
body was incorrectly identified
as James Rooker, a Negro.
The correct identification of
the man who found the body is
James Rooker, a white man
who lives between Henderson
and Hawkinsville.
The Home Journal regrets
this error and is glad to make
this correction.
South's Agriculture Officials
Make Perry A “Must See” Stop
What Tonic Makes Perry
Hustle, Canadian Asks
The “tonic” that makes Perry
j a “hustling young city” was being
sought this week by the Board of
Trade of North Sydney, Novia
Scotia, Canada.
I Gerald J. Brennan, president of
the North Sydney Board of
Trade, in a letter directed to the
secretary of the local chamber of
commerce, asked for literature on
Perry “for surely there is some
explanation of the progressive
spirit in evidence in Perry.”
Mr. Brennan wrote that he
was among a group of Canadians
driving through Central U. S. A.
several years ago. ft
“Onp day around noon,” he
wrote, “we entered a small town,
which had the appearance of a
hustling young city.
“We had lunch at a fine, lively,
and apparently, well run hotel
and speaking generally, we were
all really impressed with the
Four Perry
Students At
Boys State
Four Perry boys left Monday
for Boys State, an assembly of
leading high school students spon
sored annually by the American
Legion of Georgia, at Georgia
Tech. *
The Perry boys attending are
Mell Tolleson, Harris Satterfield,
Dick Hardy and James Mauldin.
Judge A. M. (Phil) Ahderson
of Perry is citizenship director of
Boys State and has arranged an
outstanding program of citizen
ship training.
Sponsors of the local boys are
the Robert D. Collins Post of the
American Legion, the Kiwanis
Club, the Jaycees and Dave and
Art Goodman, Legionnaires who
operate Houston Lake.
Boys at the assembly organize
their own government and form
a mythical 49th state. They also
enjoy a full program of recrea
tion and entertainment.
In county government organi
zations set up prior to state races,
Perry’s Mauldin was elected a
representative, Mell Tolleson a
sheriff and Dick Hardy a senator.
Cpl. Moore
Urges Emphasis
On Safety
Cpl. J. H. (Red) Moore of the
Georgia State Patrol appealed to
members of the Perry Kiwanis
Club Tuesday to promote public
opinion for traffic safety.
Corporal Moore said 910 Geor
gians were killed in traffic acci
dents in Georgia last year and 85
per cent of the accidents were
traceable to violations of traffic
laws. The Georgia death toll is
20 per cent higher this year than
for the same period of last year,
he said.
The officer reported that the
President’s Safety Conference
held recently in Washington rec
ommended two plans for promot
ing safety on the nation’s high
ways: (1) Holding schools for
traffic judges to impress upon
them the need for stiff sentences
on violators, and (2) putting a
driver training program into ev
ery high school in the state.
Corporal Moore said young
sters far below the legal age limit
of 16 are driving cars in Georgia
with the consent of parents, but
that these same parents will be
come alarmed when a death is
caused by an underage driver. He
appealed for public opinion on
the side of traffic safety.
He was introduced by H. E.
Evans, program chairman.
Cohen Walker, vice president,
presided in the absence of Presi
dent Hubert Aultman, who is at
town of Perry.
Perry Can Show Way
“I spoke to different people
about our visit to Perry and one
person said he had read about the
town in a magazine. (Coronet
Magazine-Ed.)
“I am thinking that possibly
your progressive community may
have a story, in booklet form or
some explanatory folders, for
there is surely some expjanation
of the progressive spirit so much
in evidence in Perry.
“If you have such literature
would you be kind enough to for
ward a copy or copies, as our
Board of Trade, feels that North
Sydney needs a tonic, and per
sonally, I believe that your town
can show us the way.”
Yours very truly,
North Sydney Board of Trade
Gerald J. Brennan, president.
Rev. Heisler
Returns To
Perry Church
The Rev. Herschel H. Heisler
will serve the Perry Methodist
Church as pastor for another
year.
Mr. Heislers appointment was
among assignments of pastors of
the South Georgia Methodist
Conference as the annual meeting
of the group i closed in Macon
Sunday afternoon.
The local church has shown
progress during Mr. Heisler’s
tenure here and is to be congrat
ulated upon having Mr. Heisler
returned to Perry.
Judge A. M. (Phil) Anderson
of Perry was again named an
associate lay leader for the Ma
con district of the South Georgia
Conference.
Other assignments in the Macon
District of the conference includ
ed:
L. A. Harrell, District Superin
tendent; Bibb Circuit, (J. Wesley
Youngblood); Byron Circuit,
Reese E. Griffin; Cochran, A. Ja
son Shirah; Elko, F. C. Meyer;
Fort Valley, D. F. Cripps; Associ
ate, Richard Dickinson; Gordon
F. E. Linder; Irwinton, J. D. Cor
bitt, Jeffersonville, H. W. Senates
Jr.; Liberty, O. P. Sloat; Lizella,
(W. A. Mattison).
Macon: Bass, W. E. Chappie;
Centenary, Roy L. Gardner;
Cherokee Heights, J. L. Hillis;
Cross Keys, Jas. D. Reese; East
Macon, M. W. Flanders; First St.,
W. Park Smith; Hillcrest, (Chas.
E. Elam); Ingleside, A. C. Prick
ett; H. C. Griffin; Mar
tha Bowman, (S. L. Akers); Mul
berry St., Anthony Hearn; Sec
ond St., Bruce M. Wilson; South
side, S. P. Clary; Vineville, Mack
Anthony.
Marshallville, Swoll Sawyer;
Perry, H. H. Heisler; Reynolds-
Crowell, C. E. Smith Jr.; Roberta,
R. L. Harris; Sandersville, J. I.
Summerford; Tennille, J. Freder
ick Wilson; Warner Robins, Geo.
E. Clary Jr.; Washington Circuit,
Jack Key; District Superintend
ent of Missions, D. F. Cripps; Dis
trict Secretary of Evangelism,
J. L. Hillis.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the good
people! of the community for
their many acts of kindness and
expressions of sympathy during
the recent illness and death of
our loved one, Mrs. J. A. Middle
brooks.
Mrs. Lorena Lifsey, Mrs. Paul
Middlebrooks, Paul Middlebrooks
Jr., Franklin Middlebrooks, Cal
in Middlebrooks.
tending the International Kiwan
is Convention in St. Louis, Mo.,
this week. Mrs. Aultman accom
panied him.
NEARLY EVERY HOME
HAS THE HOME JOURNAL
ESTABLISHED 1870
(Linder Brings
Leaders Here
(Next Tuesday
5 Perry will be a major stop on
a southern tour of state commis
sioners of agriculture next week,
Georgia Commissioner Tom Lin
der has announced.
Coming from Macon to Perry
on the afternoon of Tuesday,
June- 26, the commissioners will
see the livestock farm of Sam A.
Nunn and spend the night at the
New Perry Hotel.
Citizens of the county will ar
range entertainment for them
that night and express the com
munity’s appreciation of the com
missioners’ recognition that this
is one of the South’s leading ag
ricultural areas, Mr. Nunn said.
Before coming to Perry the
commissioners will inspect farm
ing and livestock establishments
in Covington, Madison and Mon
ticello on the way to Macon
where they will visit the Farm
ers’ Market.
To Go To Cordele
From. Perry the group will go
to Cordele to participate in the
annual Farmers’ Day there.
Peach orchards around Monte
zuma and Fort Valley will be
visited on their return trip.
Among the state agriculture
commissioners who have accept
ed invitations to make the tour
are Harold Hutton, president of
the Southern Association, Okla
homa City; J. Roy Jones, Colum
bia, S. C.; S. E. Corley, Jackson,
Miss.; W, E. Anderson, Baton
Rouge, La.; Parke C. Brinkley,
Richmond, Va.; Nathan Mayo,
Tallahassee, Fla.; Harry F. Wal
ters, Frankfort, Ky.; L. Y. Bal
lentine, Raleigh, N. C.; Edward
Jones, Nashville, Tenn.; John C.
White, Austin, Texas; J. B. Mc-
Laughlin, Charleston, W. Va.; and
Frank M. Stewart, Montgomery,
Ala.
New School
Fund Received
For Planning
The first 10 per cent of the
$485,000 the Federal government
has allotted Houston county for
a new school building at Warner
Robins has been received, Coun
ty Supt. L. W. Tabor said Tues
day.
The payment will pay for the
preliminary plans and get the
building program underway. Mr.
Tabor said. He hopes that the
county board of education will be
able to advertise for bids in the
next three or four weeks but ad
mits that this is a guess because
of further approval of some de
tails in Washington.
The county board has paid for
and acquired title to 12.38 acres
of land on Pleasant Hill Road
between John Bell’s home and
Walker Heights in Warner Rob
ins.
The engineering topographical
surveys have been completed and
are in the hands of N. J. Pascul
lis, Macon architect.
The architect’s plans are ad
vanced as far as he can go ac
cording to instructions he has re
ceived, Mr. Tabor said.
W. E. Beckham Buys
Wellons Property
W, E. Beckham, Gulf Oil dis
tributor here, has purchased the
Wellons home and property at
Carroll -and Macon streets and
plans to build a new service sta
tion on the home site eventually.
Flans call for moving the old
Wellons home to the rear of the
property and remodelling it into
apartments, according to Beck
ham, who said he did not know
when it would be possible to get
the work underway.
Advertising doesn’t cost. It
pays.