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WIDEN AND REPAVE
U. S. 41 IN HOUSTON
VOL. 80 No 27
STOP THESE INVADERS! |
Keep On Lookout
For 801 l Worms,
Agronomists Say
Every cotton grower is warn
ed to look close for an outbreak
of boll worms.
Squares shedding with holes
eaten out on the side of young
boll instead of a sting is a def
inite sign boll worms are pres
ent. The State Cotton Special
ist, Mr. E. C. Westbrook, rec
ommends applying 10% D.D.T.
to control boll worms, rate of
application depending on the
size of cotton plant. At present,
average rate of application
would be about 15 pounds per
acre.
801 l worms are present on
practically every cotton farm—
don’t wait until it’s too late to
get them under control.
Col. Parks Houser has Returned
to Washington after a 17-day fly
ing trip to England, France, Aus
tria, and Italy, on official duties,
he told his family in a telephone
call this week. Col. Houser’s
headquarters are in the Pentagon
Building in Washington. He is
the son of Mrs. H. P. Houser of
Perry.
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Tourist Traffic
Through Perry
Said At Peak
Tourist travel through Perry
was as heavy last weekend and
this week as filling station, motor
court, hotel and case people could
recall in many years.
Both 41 and 341 carried traffic
in an increased volume that was
even greater than the normal
flow just before and after the
Florida winter season.
Tourists included many trying
out Florida’s increasing Summer
tourist attractions. Floridians
going to the mountains and trav
elers going to visit friends and
relatives in all directions.
Research Chief
Will Speak To
Farm Bureau
Wilson Still, director of re
search for the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation, will be the
speaker at the July meeting of
the Houston Farm Bureau at the
Perry grammar school tonight
(Thursday) at 8:30 o’clock.
The ladies of the Heard com
munity will serve the dutch treat
supper.
course, get this Special Edition
along with their regular paper
that week.
But you will want your many
friends, relatives and acquaint
ances to see this first, complete,
“one-package” picture of your
fine home county.
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 5. 1951
j AN EDITORIAL
Fdirer, Faster Growth
If Taxes Are Equalized
This newspaper again respect
fully suggests to the Board of
County Commissioners that the
county hire a tax valuation agen
cy to make a complete survey of
the county’s property tax valua
tions in an effort to arrive at a
reasonable equalization.
Taxpayers are not asked to
j take the word of this newspaper
that discrepancies exist. They
are invited to go to the court
house and see for themselves. The
books are public property and
are open for the inspection of
the public.
The need for a complete revi
sion of the books is shown on the
face of the returns you will find.
We looked up some returns this
week to determine whether they
appear to be equal.
Variances Shown
In one district, along one road,
the valuations run from $5 to
1 $12.50 on farm land, all adjoin
ing. The four property owners
are assessed on the basis of $5,
$7, $7.50 and $12.50. The latter
piece of property has houses on
it, accounting for the higher
valuations, but the others are
the same type of farm land.
In other instances one piece of
land will be set at $4.50 per acre
and the adjoining land at SB.
Five homes in the county are
valued above $2,000. One worth
$30,000 is set at $2,500. My own
home, built under a $4,800 mort
gage in 1944 and worth probably
$7,500 now, is valued for tax pur
poses at $1,200. Another worth
$20,000 is set at $2,200. The same
kind of houses in Smoak subdi
vision are set at SI,OOO and $1,200,
with no apparent reason for the
difference. If you figure your
percentages between actual valu
ations and tax digest valuations
you will see the need for a re
vision.
There are wide discrepancies in
value of stock, furniture, fixtures,
and equipment among various es
tablishments in the county.
Need Impartial Survey
An impartial tax accounting
Country Club
Names Officials
Mayo Davis is the first pres
ident of the newly organized
Perry Country Club following a
meeting of stockholders in the
Houston county courthouse.
Other officers elected were Wil
son Moody, vice president, and
Dudley Jones, secretary and
treasurer.
Directors named by the stock
holders included the three offi
cers and A. E. Carpenter, Yates
Green, Louis Harper, Dan L.
Grant, Watt Boler and Francis
Nunn.
The stockholders completed the
procedure of incorporating and
accepted the by-laws. It was re
ported that SIB,OOO has been
| raised toward the $20,000 stock
with which the club will begin
operation.
i The city has completed the
laying of a four-inch main to the
golf course, it was reported, and
water will soon be available to
the greens and tees of the golf
course and also for construction
of a swimming pool.
Unadilla Man Hit
!By Car on U. S. 41
J. D. Williford, Unadilla farm
'er and trucker, was injured
| about Ip.m. Tuesday when he
i was struck by an automobile near
I the Blue Diamond restaurant on
| U. S. 41 South.
| Mr. Williford was reported to
have stepped from his truck near
the scene of a previous accident,
in which a melon truck overturn
ed, and to have been struck by a
car driven by G. R. Hutto, Water
town, Tenn. No charges were
filed against Mr. Hutto by the
1 State Patrol.
Mr. Williford was examined by
! Dr. J. L. Gallemore and released
Ito his home after treatment. He
| was taken to Unadilla by Gard
, ner Watson.
firm could review all the porp
erty in the county, put thous
ands of dollars of taxes on the
books which should have been
there years ago and get all the
valuations in line. An out-of
county tax firm or even out-of
state group would not be criticiz
i ed on a personal basis because it
would not have any axe to grind
in Houston.
We realize that our tax board
is underpaid for the work the I
members have to do and the
: “cussing” they take. We also
realize that a tax board cannot
sit in an office and determine the
true valuation of a piece of prop
erty unless they are familiar
; with the particular piece of prop
erly. We fear that the board has
applied a 1932 yardstick to 1951
property values in a county that
has grown twice its 1932 size.
A tax board could keep up
with the property after a com
plete county tax survey is com
pleted. There are said to be many
pieces of property not even on
the tax digest. The tax experts
could ferret out these “lost acres”
and get them on the books.
Full Time Job
We also suggest a full time tax
assessor who could review all
land and property transfers from
day to day as they are recorded
in the office of the clerk of court.
Then the tax assessor’s books
would be up to date at all times,
and the usual last minute rush to
get the books in shape would not
be necessary.
Our contention is that this com
bination of a complete tax sur
vey, plus a full time tax assessor
to review property valuations
throughout the year, would save
the county thousands of dollars
each year. It would result in
equalization of tax valuations,
reduction in our extra high mill
rate, and in the final analysis
would reduce the net taxes paid
by the people who are now bear
ing the biggest burden of taxes in
the county.—C. E.
New East-West
Road In County
Is Rumored
Prospects of another major
east-west highway through Hous- I
ton county were reported unof • •
ficially this week.
Military officials are said to be
urging construction of a major ,
highway link from Warner Rob
ins west across Route 41 at or
near Highway Haven and con
necting with Highway 80 at I
Knoxville, Ga. in Crawford coun- I
ty, toward Columbus.
The objective would be to pro
vide as direct a route as possible
between Warner Robins Air Base
and Fort Benning.
Macon and Bibb county inter
ests are continuing to press for .
construction of another road be
tween Macon and Warner Robins.
Church Memorial
To Mrs. Hendrick
Is Dedicated
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Services dedicating the furni
ture in the pastor’s study in the [
memory of Mrs. Pauline Brown
Hendrick were held at the Perry
Methodist Church Wednesday
morning. |
The furniture was presented to
the church as a memorial by her
husband, Dr. A. G. Hendrick.
A small group of relatives and
friends and church leaders took, '
part in the dedication service.
The memorial was presented by (
Dr. Hendrick and S. A. Nunn, .
chairman of the Board of Trus- j ]
tees, accepted it on behalf of i ]
the church. The Rev. H. H. Heis- 1
ler dedicated the memorial and ,
pronounced the dedicatory pray-,.
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Men In Service
Pfc. Chesley Cawthon has been '
assigned to Warner Robins Air
Force Base.
10 Houstonians
To Attend 4-H
District Meet
Houston county will have 10
delegates to attend District
4-H Achievement Contest to be
held at Southwest Georgia Col
lege, Americus, Ga., July 9 to 11.
Miss Clancy McCaleb, home
demonstration agentj and W. T.
Middlebrooks, county agent, re
port the following 4-H Club mem
bers of Houtson County will en
ter the contest: Junior Depart
ment—Stewart Bloodworlh, Jun
ior Public Speaking; Julia Lev
[ erett, Junior Dress Revue; Kay
Tabor, Junior Muffin Contest;
Flossie McDonald, Junior Can
ning.
Senior Department Eugene
Lewis, Tractor. Mainten anc e;
Richard Goodroe Jr., Senior Pub
lic Speaking; Joseph Goodroe,
Livestock Judging; Sylvia Tabor,
Senior Public Speaking; Barbara
Murphy, Senior Dress Revue;
Joan Kovac, Senior Breadmak
ing.
The expenses of the 4-H con
testants of Houston county will
be paid by a joint project of the
Perry Kiwanis Club and the
Houston County Farm Bureau.
These two organizations are joint
ly sponsoring a youth program
this year as their agricultural ac
tivity for the year.
Hentz Houser's
Condition Good
After Operation
Hentz Houser’s general condi
tion was reported good this week
following the operation on last
Thursday to set the vertabrae in
his neck, and treatments to re
lieve the paralysis in lower
body will continue.
The young high school grad
uate, who was injured in a diving
accident at Houston Lake about
five weeks ago, has been in a
Macon hospital since that time.
Friends who continue to visit
him in large numbers say he is
cheerful and in go od spirits.
That’s the nature of this popular
young man.
Mayor Mayo Davis of Perry
had Harris Chapman, of the Dav
is Warehouse and Tractor Co.
shop, build an attachment for
Hentz’s bed which permits him
to recline on his side in the spec
ial bed which had been secured
to enable him to be turned over.
Others Also Improved
The conditions of other Hous
ton county patients in Macon hos
pitals were also reported improv
ed. Mrs. W. B. Sexton, critically
injured when her car smashed
into a tree at the Gunn Place on
U. S. 41, was reported better, and
little Dan Gunn, 3, who was rid
mg with her, is convalescing at
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Gunn.
County Commisisoner Warren
B. Hodce also continues to im
prove. He suffered a stroke about
five weeks ago.
Perry Girls Win
Honors At G.S.C.W.
Two Perry girls have been
placed on the Dean’s List of high
scholastic achievement for Spring
Quarter at the Georgia State Col
lege for Women, announced Don
ald H. MacMahon, dean of in
struction.
They are Betty Ahn Smith, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Smith; and Jeanne Claire Pierce,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Pierce.
Plans are now being made to
give additional recognition to
Dean’s List students next .year at
the Annual Honors Day Program,
other than the academic privileg
es already granted.
PIRATES TO PLAY
FORT VALLEY NINE
The Perry Pirates will play Ft.
Valley here tonight (Thursday)
at Hickson Field in an effort to
avenge a defeat by the Peach
countians two Sundays ago.
The Pirates were scheduled to
play Montezuma in the Macon
county city yesterday afternoon.
Ft. Valley and Montezuma are
members of the Tri - County |
Labor Survey Begun;
Free Site Offered
Perry Guards
To Leave For
Camp Sunday
BY SGT. BILLY CLARK
Public Information
Representative
Heavy Mortar Company will
leave for annual 15-day Summer
training camp Sunday morning.
Perry’s National Guard unit will
board busses at approximately
8 a. m. headed for Ft. McClellan,
Ala.
The training camp is located
“in the hills of North Alabama”
near the city of Anniston—a dif
ferent setting from the “sands of
Ft. Jackson” in the heart of
South Carolina, where the en
tire 48th Inf. Div., of which the
mortar company is a part, has
trained for several years previ
ously.
The company received a new
member, Cecil W. Ford of Clinch
field, who was sworn in Monday
night. Private Ford is an em
ployee of Penn-Dixie Cement
Plant No. 2.
The roster of the company
which will go to camp includes:
Ist. Lt. Bendfeldt, Harvey G.
2nd. Lt. Heller, Grant B.
M/Sgt. Barton, John W., Jr,
Sergeants Ist. Class:
Edwards, Lewis P., Jr.
Lunceford, Edward E.
Sergeants Grade 5:
Arnold, Loren D.
Barrett, Charles G.
Clark, William J., Jr.
Davis, James B.
Estes, Harold E.
Hardin, Leon A., Jr.
Joyner, Francis E.
Shultz, James W.
Shurling, Alton W.
Snapp, Oliver 1., Jr.
Thames, Leonard E.
Tyson, Glen D.
Vining, Solomon 8., Jr.
Corporals:
Boswell, Charles A., Jr.
Chapman, Hoyte D.
Cummings, James T.
Thames, James R.
Tidwell, Ernest E.
Privates First Class:
Barfield, Wesley N.
Chapman, Chalmus C.
Collier, Archie L.
Collier, Julian E.
Douglas, Frank H., Jr.
Etheridge, Luther W.
Goodman, Augustus D.
Hamlin, Olin S.
Hamsley, David R.
Hobbs, James R.
Joyner, Guyton J.
Lawhorn, Thomas J.
Martin, Mack M.
McElhency, Albert L.
Mullis, Marion P.
Owen, Henry C., Jr,
Scarborough, Dewey E.
Smith, Jack L.
Steedley, Clarence J.
Thompson, Alva E., Jr.
Tucker, John B.
West, James E.
Privates:
Harpe, James L.
Estes, Jack B.
Hawke, Paul W.
Larsen, Gerald A.
Waddell, Jack M.
Ford, Cecil W.
Legion's Junior Ball
Tourney Next Week
Eastman and Fitzgerald ana
Perry and Hawkinsville will open
the Third District American Le
gion Junior baseball tournament
at Hickson Field here next Mon
day night.
The tournament is sponsored
by the local Robert D. Collins
post of the American Legion.
Games will be held nightly, prob
ably throughout the week. It is
a double elimination event, in
which a team must be beaten
twice before being eliminated.
The Eastman - Fitzgerald tilt
will start at 7:30 p. m. and Perry
will meet Hawkinsville at 8:30
p. m. Monday.
League along with Perry and
| Hawkinsville and four Dool^
| county teams.
NEARLY EVERY HOME
HAS THE HOME JOURNAL
E. W. Marshall began a labor
survey of the Perry area this
week to determine if there are
enough sewing machine opera
tors to warrant a nationally
known garment manufacturer lo
cating a plant in Perry.
Mr. Marshall was hired by the
Perry Development Association
to conduct the survey after the
I company indicated that they will
• consider Perry after the survey is
. completed. The company said it
I must be sure that the labor spree
’ in the Perry area is sufficient to
, operate the plant in the event it
decides to set up a new plant
1 here.
Already the development asso
■ ciation has received about 50 In
• quiries from women who said
they would be interested in work
ing as sewing machine operators.
i The inquiries came as a result of
i the news story appearing in last
week’s Home Journal. The names
and addresses were turned over
to Mr. Marshall and these people
will be contacted to fill out the
questionnaires required by the
company,
Mr. Marshall will cover a radi
us of 20 miles around FCrry.
Free §iite Offered
Another development in the
search for new industry was an
offer made this week by H. E.
Gordon of five acres of land on
the Central of Georgia railroad
below Perry. The land is between
the Elko Road and Big Indian
Creek. Mr. Gordon said he will
give the five acres without charge
if the company decides to come
to Perry. This information is
being communicated to the com
pany.
Elsewhere in the Home Journal
this week is a sample of the ques
tionnaire being submitted to
the prospective workers. Those
interested are requested to fill
out the questionnaire and return
to Mr. Marshall. Address E. W.
Marshall, Perry, Ga.
One Packing House
Closes; Tabor's
To Run Few Days
Southern Fruit Distributors
closed their packing house here
Tuesday night after shipping
about 80 cars of peaches during
the season.
Four or five more carloads of
Elbertas in their orchards in this
area will be hauled to Griffin for
packing as fruit, is picked on the
company’s holdings there, Bart
Miller, an official of the com
pany, said.
This season was the first time
in three years that the Southern
Fruit company had operated the
packing shed here. Quinton Tay
lor of Orlando was in charge of
it.
The big cooler, through which
the baskets were run before load
ing into refrigerated cars, was
moved to Griffin Wednesday.
Tabor’s packing house on U. S.
41 North continued to operate and
was expected to run at least a
few days next week.
Growers left many carloads of
Hileys on the trees after the
market broke early last week,
but the market was somewhat
stronger for Elbertas.
Strickland Child
Is Polio Patient
Linda Strickland, 8-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Strickland of Miami, Fla., for
merly of Perry, has been stricken
with polio but is improving.
Mrs. Strickland is the former
Miss Louise Warren, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Warren of
Perry.
Linda was stricken last Friday
and rushed to an infantile paraly
sis foundation similar to Warm
Springs’. The doctors said she
had polio but the extent of the
case could not be determined im
mediately.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Keeler
of Atlanta spent the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. Wyatt Ker
sey and Mr. Kersey.
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