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Livestock Farm Developments Bring More fine New Citizens
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HOME JOURNAL, PERRY. GA., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1951 t
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S. A. NUNN, left, and Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tom Linder, are shown here on
a recent visit of Southern commissioners of agriculture who toured Georgia. This photograph
shows some of the fine Hereford cattle raised on Mr. Nunn’s farm, one of the leaders in the live
stock movement in fertile Houston county.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
( Mr, Cooper Etheridge, Editor
I Houston Home Journal
j Perry. Georgia
| Dear Mr. Etheridge;
The visit that our distinguished
guests, Commissioners of Agricul
ture and others from the South
ern States made to Perry on the
evening of June 26, will Jong oe ,
remembered.
I have always known that the
| good people of that section meas- ;
ure up to any occasion, but I
didn’t know that you would show
so much hospitality as you did on
this occasion. The good folks of
your community did a grand job,
anl I again want to thank you
for it.
With kindest personal regards,
I am
Sincerely yours,
TOM LINDER
Comm, of Agriculture.
Announcement is to be made
July 24 of the winner of a $1,600
( Four-H club scholarship for
I studying poultry at the Universi
ty of Georgia.
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W. M. (Buddy) JONES will
begin his 28th year as a school
bus driver in Houston county
when Che new term starts in
September. Buddy first started
driving while a student at Per
ry High School and has been
at it ever since. He boasts an
excellent safety record.
WALTER B. WHITTEN, who
lost his life in World War 11,
was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Whitten of Perry, The
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
here is named in his honor,
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CHARLES H. ANDREW was
Houston county chairman this
year of the March of Dimes
campaign for the National In
fantile Paralysis Foundation.
Large Acreage
Purchased By
Out-of-Staters
One of the most significant de
velopments in Houston county in
many years has been the purch
ase of thousands of acres of Hous
ton farm lands by big livestock
operators and investors from the
other states.
Development of fine perman
ent pastures and large herds is
planned by almost every one of
them, but they will also do some
general farming bringing new
ideas, new capital and more good
citizens into the county.
Thomas McCroskey, formerly
of Tennessee, bought the Bate
man place on the Centerville
Road and is developing large pas
tures. Assisting him are Ralph
Thomas, Paul and Sam Sheriff.
This big farm and ranch is called
MacMor.
Three From, Indiana
Arthur Pitzer, formerly of In
diana, bought the Brown Wim
berly place on Route 41 South,
near Henderson; and Lynn Pitzer
also from Indiana, purchased the
old King place on the Sand Bed
Road, formerly operated by Glea
Gray.
C. Percifield, also from Indi
ana, purchased large acreage
near Kathleen and is developing
a big livestock place.
R. M. Adams, formerly of West
Virginia, bought and is operating
the old Johnson place on Center
ville Road.
Florida Investors
John W .Harrell, a native of
Unadilla who has practiced law
in Jacksonville, Fla., for several
years, purchased 5,000 acres of
land owner Houston and upper
Dooly counties. He has named
; the place “Big Creek Farms” and
; will do general farming as well
as some livestock raising.
The huge Norris Brothers cat
tle interests in Florida have
bought large acreage in Macon
| county and are understood to be
j interested in adding some Hous
-1 ton lands to their holdings.
Both Houston and Macon cotm
| ty land is included in the big
livestock farm of Walter Forbes
of Chattanooga. It is called Mal
achi Farms. The superintendent
is Frank Rozar.
Joe Anglovar, from Ohio, plans
to develop a pure bred Black An
gus herd on the acreage he pur
chased near Highway Haven.
Nunn Is Pioneer
Much of the interest in and de
velopment of the livestock indus
try in Houston originated on
the beautiful Houston Hereford
Farms of Sam A. Nunn, who
demonstrated what could be
done.
His place has become a show
place of the county and it, along
with the new ranches being de
veloped are of tremendous value
to the economy of the county and
this whole area.
W. D. Henson is the farm man
ager and S. W. Fisher is the live
stock manager.
STALLS DESTROYED
IN COUNTY
The big and varied population
of newcomers into the Warner
Ro :ins Air Base area in North
eart Houston county is apparent
ly a very attractive market to
those who have had experience
in brewing illicit beverages—or
who think that such experience
might be profitable.
At least three big stills have
been raided and destroyed along
the Ocmulgee River valley area
this year. Two of them were de
scribed by state agents as the
largest they have ever seen.
Those arrested at or near the dis
tilleries gave Macon addresses.
COUNTY’S CIVIL DEFENSE
LEADERS NAMED
Civil defense of Perry and the
large part of Houston county sur
rounding the county seat in the
event of war will be headed by
Dan L. Grant of Perry, by ap
pointed to head the civil defense
unit there.
Perry civil defense leaders, ap
pointed by Grant, are Dr. H. E.
Weems Jr., medical services:
Paul Hardy, engineering; Horace
E. Evans, transportation and sup
ply; Marion Brown, law enforce
ment; and John Jones, air raid
warning.
The Home Journal, the paper
with the NEWS.