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WIDEN AND REPAVE
U. S. 41 IN HOUSTON
VOL. 80 No 26
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ONE CORNER of a very pleasant “classroom” shows some of
the members of the swimming class at Houston Lake last week,
putting into practice some.of their water safety lessons. A record
enrollment of 150 boys and girls participated in the courses
taught by Macon Red Cross instructors and sponsored by the
Houston Farm Bureau, Associated Women of the Farm Bureau,
and the Perry Kiwanis club.
Record Class
Os Swimmers
Graduated
One of the most successful
water safety courses in the three
year history of the swimming
classes here—from point of en
rollment —was completed at the
Houston Lake last Friday.
One hundred fifty boys and
girls of Houston county joined in
the water safety courses held at
Houston Lake and Vinson’s Val
ley during the last four weeks,
The instructors were furnished
by the Macon Red Cross chapter
free of charge and expenses above
the amount paid in by the boys
aid girls were borne by the Hous
ton Farm Bureau, the Associated
Women of the Farm Bureau and
the Perry Kiwanis Club.
Mrs. Marvin Dorsett, Associat
ed Women of the Houston Farm
Bureau, presented gifts to the
instructors as the classes ended
and thanked all those who had
helped make the program a suc
cess.
County Agent W. T. Middle
brooks, who kept enrollment re
cords for the program, listed the
following youngsters who took
the courses:
Anna Katherin Akin
Laura Anderson
Phyllis Anderson
Jimmy Beatty
Ed Beckham
Jerome Bloodworth
Stewart Bloodworth
Nancy Boler
Linda Borders
Ann Boterweg
Conrad Boterweg
Dorothy Bragg
David Bramblett
Andrew Bridges
Judy Briggs
Lynette Briggs
Terry Briggs
Jean Brown
Larry Brown
Pearce Brown
Peggy Brown
Phil Brown
Gwendolyn Byrd
Nancy Calhoun
Wesley Calhoun Jr.
Pete Cannon
Audrey Carter
Eddie Carter
Jeanne Connell
Derrell Davis
Joel Davis
Jacqueline Dean
Jimmy Dent
i.dmund Duggan
Charlie Etheridge
Horace Evans
Martha Evans
Denese Flowers
Diane Flowers
•Margaret Ann Gibson
Melba Gibson
Houser Gilbert
Walter Gordon
Janet Gray
Aallis Greene
Dorothy Griffin
Robert Griffin
Stanford Griggs
Claire Grimes
A hce Jane Hardy
Alton Hardy Jr.
Nina Harper
Jackie Harris
David Hartley
Jerry Hartley
a ye Harvard
Franklin Hay
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Joan Hay
Margaret Hay
Jimmy Hayes
Bonnie Roe Herndon
Mary Helen Herndon
Robert Herndon
Lillian Hinson
Barbara Hoffman
Mabel Hunt
Madge Irby
Rex Ivie
Beverly Jacobs
Marcilla Jacobs
Jerry Jarrell
Perkins Jenkins
Kim Joiner
Bobby Jones
Dickie Jones
Joe Jones
Hamp Kicklighter
Freddie Lampley
Hugh Lawson
Stanley Leaptrot
Charles Lewis
Nancy Lewis
Wilson Martin Jr.
Carol Mason
Elizabeth Mason
Christie Mathews
Larry May
Opal May
Bobby Mayo
Emmette McCormick
Lynn McCormick
Roxie Ann McEachern
Susan McNeill
Mary Middlebrooks
Jackie Miller
Johnnie Miller
Tommy Mobley
Marianne Moody
Bill Morris
Cynthia Muse
David Muse
Jean Norman
Betty Nunn
Marjorie Nunn
Mary Sue Nunn
Sam Nunn Jr.
Patricia Parker
Terrell Peed
Jane Pennington
Marion Pennington
Christine Perdue
Sara Perdue
Shelby Peyton
Kay Ricsards
Joan Roper
Sam Ryle
Barbara Sandefur
Tommie Sandefur
Barbara Fay Sanders
Catherine Silcox
Billy Simmons
Frank Simmons
Mary Simmons
Bobby Smith
Sue Smith
Sherry Staples
Dorothy Stowe
Linda Stowe
Kerry Strong
Marcy Strother
Billy Stubbs
Kay Tabor
Sylvia Tabor
Jimmy Taylor
Faye Tharpe
Rosemary Tharpe
Kenneth Thompson
Larry Walker
Dorothy Walton
Winfred Walton
Derry Watson
Georgia Ann Watson
John Watts
Dorothy Weaver
Jerry West
Kenneth Whipple
Bill White
Coyle Whitten
Shelva Willingham
Jerry Wilson
Jimmy Wilson
Myrna Wilson
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 28. 1931
Good Fight Card Slated
By Legion Tomorrow
! The first professional boxing
| to be staged in Perry in several
• years is scheduled at Hickson
Field here tomorrow (Friday)
night under the sponsorship of
the American Legion Post. The
; show starts at 8:30.
j The main bout will be ten
I' (10) rounds between Robert
| I Campbell, Fort Benning champ
| ' ion, and A1 (Kid) McCoy of Ma
| i con, welterweights. McCoy at
| 146 pounds has only a one-pound
• advantage over Campbell. These
boys have tangled once before
with Campbell winning by a
close decision.
A local Negro, Luther White
hurst, 165 pounds, will meet Lar
ry Jones, Negro at Fort Benning,
also weighing 165, in the semi
final go. This is expected to be
a fast and furious battle, closely
Country Club
Stockholders
Meet Today
Stockholders of the Perry
Country Club, Inc., and other
persons interested in the golf club
and swimming pool being built
here, are urged to meet at 8 p. m.
Thursday (today) at the Houston
county courthouse.
Election of officers and direc
tors of the club is scheduled.
The incorporators of the $20,-
000 corporation already have or
ganized and started proceedings
for the club. The meeting of the
stockholders to elect officers is
the next step in the procedure 4
The city began laying pipe out
to the new golf course and pool
last week. Sid Clark, golf pro
fessional who will operate the
layout, is coming to Perry each
day from Montezuma, where he
now works, to operate a tractor
in preparing the course.
Concrete will be poured for the
pool as soon as the water line is
completed.
Mayo Davis is temporary pres-
I ident of the club, Wilson Moody
vice president and Dudley Jones
secretary- treasurer.
It Is Hot, Isn't
It, Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Sara Jones of Massee
Furniture Co. was telling this one
on herself.
Everything was hot and hazy
last Saturday afternoon when a
man came in the furniture es
tablishment to pay his bill.
Mrs. Jones carefully wrote ont
a receipt—then as carefully plac
ed the receipt in the cash register
and gave the man his money
back!
She said she tried to retrieve
the money before anybody ob-
I served her absent-mindedness,
but the story got out and Mrs.
Jones, as usual, joined in the fun
I over it.
1
Mrs. Sexton,
Gunn Child
Gravely Hurt
Mrs. W. B. Sexton and Frank
Gunn, three-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Gunn, were criti
cally injured when the car Mrs.
| Sexton was driving left U. S.
i Highway 41 at the Dan Gunn
| place last Saturday afternoon
1 and smashed into a tree beside
i the road.
j Mrs. Sexton, who lives on the
i place known as the “half-way
house”' between Perry and Ma- 1
con, has been in an extremely
I critical condition at a Macon
j hospital. The Gunn child was
| also seriously injured and is im ,
I the hospital. |
No details are known about ]
! why the car, a 1949 Pontiac sedan, (
j left the highway and crashed .
j head-on into one of the trees that
I line the road at the Dan Gunn
j place. (
Over 3,000 Georgia 4-H club 1
boys and girls carry out forestry 1
projects annually. (
rivaling the main bout in fury.
Whitehurst has knocked out five
opponents to date and Jones is
the middleweight champ at Den
ning.
Norman Clark of Fort Denning
and George Nelson of Milledge
ville will tangle in a 4-round pre
, liminary. They are lightweights.
Other amateur battles also are
scheduled, topped by a battle
royal of a ring full of Negro boys.
Commander Paul Hardy and
Dot Roughton, chairman of the
■ boxing committee of the local Le
gion post, have worked hard to
put on a topnotch show and urge
the local boxing fans to turn out
and bring a good crowd for this
first show.
General admission will be 85<*,
ringside $1.25 and children under
1 15 will pay 50 cents. All prices
r include tax.
Men In Service
Pvt. Charles Irby Shelton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Shelton of
Perry, is now stationed at Fort
McPherson near Atlanta.
r *♦ ♦ ♦
• Pete Carlisle, son of Mr. and
) Mrs. L. H, Carlisle, who is a
t member of the crew of a destroy
er escort, is in the Pacific near
i Japan. Pete is an apprentice sea
man. He has been in the Navy
, about one year.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Lt. Virgil L. Cosey Jr., husband
of the former Miss Dillie Davis of
; Perry, has received his wings of
the Air Force and a commission
at Vance Air Force Dase, Enid,
Okla. He is now an instructor in
radar at Keesler Field, Miss. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. L.
Cosey of Atlanta.
♦♦ • *
Pfc. Mack Duffie, Jr., 19, son of
Pearl Duffie, 649 Howard Streef,
Perry, was one of about 3500
Fourth Infantry division troops
who were the first to arrive in
Germany as part of General
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Atlantic
Pact army.
Private Duffie is assigned as a
squad leader in the division artil
lery.
Busy Week
In Peaches
Market prices for peaches,
steadily weakening after a
strong early season start, had
almost dropped below cost of
production, packing and ship
ping this week and several
growers were reported consid
ering a packing moratorium—
especially on Ilileys.
Yellow meat peaches appar
ently retained their market de
mand better than Ilileys and
growers, with one of the big
gest and finest crops in several
years, were hopeful that El
bertas would find stronger
markets.
Peach packing houses in Hous
ton \Vere having their heaviest
week of the currant season this
week—as the U. S. horticultural
station at Fort Valley announced
development of a new early va
riety named the Cardinal.
Tabor’s packing shed on U. S.
41 and Southern Fruit Distrib
utors in Perry were expecting
their first full week of uninter
rupted packing and perhaps the
heaviest movement of the season
... at least until Elbertas are
ready.
Early Hileys were being finish
ed up and regular Hileys started
into the sheds in the highest vol
ume in at least three years. '
New Variety Described
The new variety of peach an- *
nounced by Dr. John H. Wein- 1
berger of the field laboratory at {
Ft. Valley is said to ripen fourj
days ahead of the Dixired variety 1 1
and six and a half weeks earlier , 1
than Elbertas. ; £
It is one of several new varie-' r
ties of early peaches which Dr. s
Weinberger and others have de- £
veloped to produce finer fruit for 11
»
earlier market demand. j r
Fruit of the new peach, which c
Shirt Factory Interested
In Locating A Plant Here
f A nationally known manufac
' turer of shirts, sox and sport
1 clothes in considering Perry as
1 1 the possible site for a new plant,
j it became known this week.
The company, whose name can-
I not be released, has contacted
1 Mayor Mayo Davis and the Perry
‘ j Development Association regard l
ing the location of a plant here.
I The company said a labor sur-'
! vey must be made at once to de
• termine whether there is a suf
-1 ficient labor supply in Perry and
1 surrounding area to warrant
| 801 l Checks
J Being Made
In Cotton
■ DY W. T. MIDDLEBROOKS
County Agent
A very close examination was
i made in eight cotton fields this
f week for appearance of boll
t weevil and boll worm. Weevils
were present in every field in
small numbers. No boll worms
1 could be found. Three farmers
i reported they had found a few
- j small boll worms in their cotton.
’ I During the week I have mailed
- : out 250 copies of cotton dusting
’ recommendations worked out by
the Coastal Plains and Georgia
Experiment Station. Anyone not
I receiving a copy may get one by
: calling by my office.
' At first appearance of the small
i boll worms it has been suggested
, by Mr. E. C. Westbrook, Exten
i sion Cotton Specialist, that a 10%
i DDT dust be used. Fields should
, be watched very carefully daily
to determine the presence of boll
worm. When found, dust should
! be applied immediately.
I have noticed a number of
i dusters running this week when
; there was a heavy breeze blow
ing. Dust, to do any good, should
be applied with nozzle directly
over the row and when the at
mosphere is calm. If afternoon
showers continue, use a quick
acting dust such as BHC and put
it on in late afternoon after the
showers, or real early morn
ing when the wind is calm. Do
not allow nozzles to drag in the
cotton, they should be directly
above the row—dust blown thru
the cotton so that all parts of the
plant are uniformly covered with
the dust. BHC, Toxaphene and
Aldrin may be used while cotton
is small. After cotton is more
mature, Calcium arsenate may be
used to good advantage.
Perry Scouts
Plan For Camp
Troop 96 of the Perry Boy
Scouts will attend camp at Camp
Ben Hawkins near Byron from
Ju-y 15 (o July 21, Scoutmastef
Allen Whippie said yesterday.
A good group of boys have sig
nified their intention of going to
camp, the Scout leader said, but
others will be welcome if they
register in the next few days.
The Fox Patrol, headed by Sam
Nunn Jr. and the Flaming Arrow
Patrol, headed by Horace Evans
Jr. have been engaged in a series
of four contests, including ad
vancements, attendance at meet
ings, writing papers on troop im
provement and sports.
The patrols were tied in the
four contests, but the Fox Patrol
was declared winner because ad
vancements counted twice as
much as other achievements! It
was a close race, the Scoutmaster
added.
The Flaming Arrow Patrol will ]
give the Foxes a wiener roast at
the Hodges Scout Home at a later ,
date.
- 1
has been tested on both a labora
tory and commercial scale and I
approved by the U. S. Depart- I
ment/bf Agriculture, is described s
as a clingstone, medium-sized
and round, with yellow flesh of t
good flavor, and surface of bright "
red blush over yellow ground
E
color.
- them to move. The plant will em
t ploy about 150 and 95 per cent of
; the labor force will bfe white
, women who would operate sew
ing machines.
Labor Survey Planned
I The company has supplied the
r development association a ques
■ tionnaire to determine the labor
force in this section and a person
-/ to make the survey will be
- hired in the next few days.
Meanwhile, those white women
1 who are interested in this type of
t work are requested to write their
Hentz Houser
To Undergo
Surgery Today
Hentz Houser was to undergo
an operation today (Thursday) in
the Macon Hospital in an effort
s to relieve spinal pressure which
s has kept him paralyzed for a
1 month since he suffered severe
s injuries in a diving accident at
t Houston Lake.
s The young Perry high school
s graduate has undergone traction
j and other treatments in an effort
to correct the damage done in the
I accident but these have not been
, completely successful, though his
r general condition is said to have
, continued very good,
t County Commisisoner Warren
r Hodge, who has also been in the
Macon hospital for a month since
[ suffering a stroke, was reported
[ to have had two or three “bad
. days” last Week but is again im
proving.
Jay-Cees Ask
i Suggestions
For Contest
Suggestions on Perry’s entry in
the Champion Home Town con
test of the Georgia Power Co.
were sought this week by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the local sponsor.
Dr. H. E. Weems, chairman of
the Jaycee committee working on
the project, said his group will
appreciate suggestions as to what
items should be entered in the
contest, what projects could be
started to help win the contest,
how the scrapbook should be pre
pared and what projects might
have been started but not known
to the committee.
Perry has entered the power
company’s contest for the last
three years. One of the reasons
Perry did not win has been re
ported to be because too few peo
ple were involved in the im
provements. The Jaycee commit
tee wants to get the help of as
many people as possible in sub
mitting the 1951 entry and all
civic minded persons are request
ed to contact any member of the
Jaycees, Dr. Weems or Dr. C. E.
Graham, Jaycee president.
Methodist School
Enrolls Over 100
Vacation Bible School began
Monday morning at the Perry
Methodist church with a record
attendance of more than 100 chil
dren from three to 12 years of age
in the beginners, primary and
junior departments.
Teachers and assistants in the
beginners’ department are Mrs.
Charles J. Norman, Mrs. Charles
Andrew, Mrs. Ed Hicks, Mrs.
Winded Whipple Jr., Mrs. T. M,
Beall and Misses Betty Ann
Smith, Cheryl Williams, Theresa
Williams, Sylvia Spencer, and
Laurie Anderson.
Teachers in the primary de
partment are Mrs. E. P. Staples,
Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks and Mrs.
Edward Mason. j
Junior department leaders are
Mrs. Marion Brown, Mrs. R. J. '
McNeil, and Mrs. Thomas Ma
son.
David Ogletree is secretary of ‘
the school.
Advertising doesn’t cost. It <
pays. ]
NEARLY EVERY HOME
HAS THE HOME JOURNAL
names, telephone numbers and
addresses on a postcard and mail
to Perry Development Associa
tion, Box 68, Perry, Ga.
The development association
has been advised that a labor sur
vey is extremely important to a
company considering a new loca
tion. For this reason, the labor
survey must be conducted ef
ficiently and quickly to make this
information available to the com
pany which is considering Perry.
The cooperation of all citizens is
requested.
Ag. Officials
Entertained
i In Perry
Perry was host Tuesday night
to Southern commissioners of
agriculture who are touring Geor
gia to observe farm advances in
this state.
The commissioners came here
on the invitation of Georgia Ag
riculture Commissioner Tom Lin
der following the annual meeting
of Southern commissioners in At
lanta Sunday and Monday.
At a dinner meeting at the
New Perry Hotel Tuesday night,
Mr. Linder said farm income
must remain high to support the
overall national income at a high
level. He said the ratio between
farm income and national income
is one to seven, and this ratio has
been the same for the last 50
years.
“An hour’s work will buy more
food now than at any time in the
history of the nation,” Mr. Lin
der said. “If farm income were
reduced, the national income
would be reduced in the same 7
to 1 ratio.”
Mayor Presides
Mayor Mayo Davis presided at
the dinner meeting arranged by
S. A. Nunn and a group of civic
leaders. The visiting delegation
included Nathan Mayo Jr., repre
senting his father, the Florida
commissioner of agriculture,
Commissioner Park Brinkley of
Virginia; Commissioner Ed Jones
of Tennessee; Carl Stender, rep
resenting South Carolina Com
missioner J. Roy Jones; Col. C.
C. Henson, executive secretary of
the association; Bert Hendrick
son, director of the Southern
Piedmont Experiment Station at
Watkinsville, and Commissioner
L. Y. Ballcntine of North Caro
lina. Four members of Mr. Lin
der’s staff also were in the party.
Mayor Davis welcomed the vis
itors to Perry, outlining many of
the advantages of the city and its
accommodations for the traveler.
He said Perry was proud to be
chosen as the only overnight stop
of the commissioners from the
time they left Atlanta Tuesday
morning until they returned on
Wednesday night.
Each of the visiting farm of
ficials expressed theiY apprecia
tion for the great hospitality of
Georgia and the state, and prais
ed the advances made by Georgia
farmers in the last few years.
Mr. Linder was especially lauded
for his work in establishing state
farmers’ markets in Georgia.
Musical Program
Francis Nunn sang several
numbers, accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. Hoke Smith, and
Mrs. Smith gave several special
selections on the piano. They re
ceived hearty applause.
The Perry delegation entertain
ing the visitors included S. A.
Nunn, whose farm was visited
Wednesday morning; • George C.
Nunn, M. L. Silcox, C. E. An
drew, A. M. Kicklighter, James
Johnson, Paschal Muse, Houser
Gilbert, Hoke Smith, A. C. Prit
chett, Vernon Tuggle, Cooper
Etheridge, Cohen Walker, Judge
A. M. (Phil) Atnderson, Hubert
Aultman, Earl Lewis and Yates
Green.
The agriculture officials, head
ed by Georgia Commissioner Tom
Linder, started their tour in
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