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HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 19. 1951
From Senator George
Mr. C. Cooper Etheridge
Editor and Publisher
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Perry, Georgia
Dear ,Mr. Etheridge:
As a neighbor, let me take this opportunity to
congratulate you for the success of THE HOUSTON
JOURNAL on the 80th Anniversary of its useful life
It is significant that THE HOUSTON HOME JOUR
NAL was founded in the best tradition by one of the
truly illustrious families of our State. You are to be
commended upon the fact that you are carrying on this
fine publication in the true spirit of progressive service
to our section.
Expressing the hope that you will .ontinue your
marked success in the future, I am, with best wishes,
Sincerely yodrs,
WALTER F. GEORGE.
NATIONAL ATTENTION IS
ATTRACTED TO HOUSTON
People all over the nation are
coming to recognize Houston
county’s leadership in productive
agriculture, Perry’s progressive
spirit and Warner Robins’ amaz
ing growth under the stimulant
of government expenditure of
millions of dollars for the Air
Force Base.
About a dozen State Commis
sioners of Agriculture from as
many Southern states last month
selected Perry as a major over
night stop on their tour of Geor
gia agricultural areas. They spent
the night at the New Perry Hotel,
visited Houston Hereford Farm
of S. A. Nunn and praised the
farm and livestock production of
this area.
Asks Perry’s Tonic”
Only a week before the pres
ident of the Board of Trade of
North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Can
ada, wrote Perry leaders asking
what “tonic makes Perry such a
hustling young city . . . Surely
there is some explanation of the
progressive spirit in evidence in
Perry.” (See evidence all through
this special edition—Ed.)
The Canadian official, Gerald
J. Brannen, continued in his let
ter: “I spoke to different people
about our visit to Perry and one
person said he had read about the
town in a magazine (Coronet).
“Our board of trade feels that
North Sydney needs a tonic and
personally I believe that your
town can show us the way,” Mr.
Brannen concluded.
Another Houston city, Warner
Robins, is also beginning to de
velop a strong personality of its
own. In 10 years it has grown
from a crossroads village of half
a-dozen families to about 8,000
population. About 11,000 people
many of whom live in Perry, Ma
con, Ft. Valley and elsewhere,
are employed at the big Air Base,
and Representative Carl Vinson \
has announced plans for federal j
expenditures of S2O-million more
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Tractor by just looking at it.
But if you have a tough-to-plow field, we would
like to show you three things:
• Two-bottom plowing as you like it full
depth and full cut.
• A Hydraulic Traction Booster that really work*.
• Best fuel economy you have ever seen.
GRAY-WALKER
TRACTOR COMPANY
Phone 282 f erry ’ Ca ‘
and total employment of 17,000
people.
Perry Students
Have Won Many
District Titles
Students of Perry High School
have long stood high in district
literary contests as well as in
athletic activities.
They won the Third District
literary meet in April for the
second consecutive year, with the
senior class taking the spelling
contest with an 86.17 average.
Other events and the way Per
ry contestants placed were:
Debate, first place, Charles
Bledsoe, Hentz Houser, Angela
Anderson and Allen Tabor; Dec
lamation, 4th place, Charles Bled
soe; Girls Essay, Bth, Angela
Anderson; Piano, 2nd, Felton
Norwood Jr.; Reading, Ist., Bob
be Smith.
Shorthand, Ist., Betty Jo Mc-
Cormick; Boys solo, Ist., Felton
Norwood Jr.; Girls solo, 3rd.,
Jane Rossier; Quartet, 4th., Mac
Satterfield, Billy Moody, Felton
Norwood Jr., and Kenneth Whip
ple,
RALPH EUBANKS, C. & S.
EXECUTIVE, IS HOUSTONIAN
Another Houston county “boy”
who has made good by helping
build the financial progress of his
native Middle Georgia is Ralph
Eubanks, a vice president of the
Citizens and Southern National
Bank in Macon.
Mr. Eubanks is a native of the
Elko community which, like
many Houston neighborhoods,
has produced a number of prom
inent state, Southern and nation
al leaders in many businesses and
professions.
Shedrick Farr, son of Mr. and
\ Mrs. W. A. Farr of Bonaire, is
| head teller of the C. & S. Bank in
I Atlanta.
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SEN. WALTER F. GEORGE |
A Dean Os The U. S. Senate
Our Neighbor From Vienna
Welfare Bd.
I
In Houston
14 Years Old
Fourteen years ago, June 21,
1951, the Houston County Wel
fare Board held its first meeting
with Mr. W. C. Watson, Wellston,
presiding.
Other board members present
at this meeting were Mr. W. W.
Gray, Rt. 1, Hawkinsville; Mr.
C. E. Pyles, Rte. 1, Elko; Mr. C. L.
Kersey, Rte. 1, Bonaire; and Mrs.
A. I. Foster, Perry. Miss Sallie
Frank Thompson was appointed
welfare director in the new or
ganization as set forth in the Act
of the General Assembly of 1937! j
Miss Jeanne Houser was named i
clerical assistant. During the
first month four applications 1
from the County Outdoor Relief
Roll were sent to the State Office
for approval.
Since 1937 few changes have
been made in the general set-up.
In addition to the original board, I
present board of four members,
composed of Mr. M. H. Stubbs,
Bonaire, chairman; Mrs. S. P.
Houser, Perry, vice chairman;
Mr. John Gray, Rte. 2, Unadilla;
and Mr. C. H. Horton, Rte. 1,
Hawkinsville. The Board sas had
only two other members: Mr.
R. L. Mathews, Rte. 2, Perry,
who served as chairman for a
number of years, and Mr. John
Miller, Warner Robins.
The office staff has increased
from director and stenographer
to a staff of four, including two
public welfare workers, one of,
whom has an office at Warner
Robins. Present staff consists of
Mrs. Aurelia C. Evans, director,
Mrs. Jacque H. Cooper, Miss Lou
ise Houser, and Mrs. Agnes L..
Hardy.
The list of those receiving as- (
sistance has increased during this
time. At the end of the first year,
the department gave the follow- ,
ing report:
Old age Assistance appli
cations pending 263
Approved cases 182 |
Monthly amount spent . . $1282.00
Average Grant $7.05
Aid to Blind.
Applications pending 4
Approved cases - - 6
Monthly amount spent $46.00
Average grant $ 7.67
Aid for Dependent Children:
Applications pending 25 F. 84 C.
Approved Cases 18 F. 42 C.,
Monthly amount spent $223.50
Average grant per child $5.32
I
The report as of June 15, 1951
shows:
Old Age Assistance:
Applications pending 9
Approved cases 442
Monthly amount spent $10,121.00.
Average grant $22.90 j
Aid for Needy Blind:
Applications pending 0 |
Approved cases 15 I
Monthly amount spent $394.00
Average Grant $26.23
Aid for dependent children:
Applications pending 18
Approved cases 92 F. 218 C.
Monthly amount spent $3873.00
Average grant per child $18.13
Although the program has ex
panded to meet the needs of the
citizens of the county, the pur-.
pose remains the same. It in-1
vestigates applications for people j
needing financial assistance who
are sixty five years of age or j
older, who are blind and over 21,1
and children who are deprived of
parental support. The depart
ment services people in need of
Crippled Children’s service, of
child welfare problems, of Med
ical State Aid, and of rehabili
tation.
After fourteen years of service
to the county, this expanded
( program of service pledges its 1
continued interest and support.
Muse Theatre
Gives Perry
Good Movies
The modern, comfortable, clean
■and dramatic-looking new Muse
Theatre of Perry is a far cry from
the tiny box-like little Roxy
Theatre which was on Ball Street
for many years and screeched out
the sound of the first “talkies” in
Perry.
It was still screeching and
grinding two years ago when ;
Mrs. O. B. Muse' and her son, |
Paschal Muse, built the present
spacious showplace and leased it
to the Martin & Thompson chain,
which also operates theatres at
Warner Robins, Fort Valley, the
orive-in theatre oi Georgia Route
7 and many others. Headquar
ters of the chain is in Hawkins
ville.
Boyer Is Manager
M. H. Boyer is manager of the
Muse Theatre and has consistent
ly followed a policy of bringing
the best pictures possible to Per
ry as soon as possible.
One thing has not changed.
When the doors of the new thea
tre are opened every Friday and
Saturday afternoon for the week
end Westerns, Perry and Hous
ton county youngsters practical
ly fall inside and many have to
be sought out by their parents
after they have seen the double
feature at least twice.
FARM HOME OFFICIALS
Two officials of the Farmers
Home Administration, federal ag
ency which has helped thousands
| of farmers with loans to purchase
| their own farms without cost to
I taxpayers, reside in Perry. They
are Rex B. Ivie, field representa
tive who is in charge of 23 coun
ties; and Carl W. Grant, super
visor for Houston and Peach
counties, who has his office in
( the Anderson Building, Perry.
GEN. GORDON SPOKE FOR
TWO HOURS; GOT FLOWERS
Gen. John B. Gordon visited
Perry and gave a two-hour ad
dress at Perry on July 10, 1886.
At the close of his speech, he
was presented with a box of
flowers by Misses Mamie Holtz
claw and Callie Brunson. The
card bore this inscription;,
To Gen. John B. Gordon, the
People’s Choice, with the compli
ments of those who know him
I best and loved him most—the
homefolks.”
‘ Houston Lake, covering about
200 acres, is one of the largest
bodies of water in Middle Geor
gia.
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PHONE 136 PERRY, Ga.
QUEENLY SISTERS
Two sisters have been chosen
Houston county’s "Farm Bureau
Queen” in recent years. They
are Miss Mary Nan Snyder, who
was selected by a committee of
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MORE INDUSTRY
... MORE ENERGY U
To Turn The Wheels of Progress l
Hundreds of new industries, thousands of additional
workers, hundreds of new dwellings mean millions of
dollars to the Southeast! The Central of Georgia takes
pride in the achievement of its Industrial Development
Department. Ready to serve industry is a complete staff of
experts who "tell the world" of our excellent power facili
ties, our ample raw materials and our vital transportation
service. In more ways than one, The Central is in high
gear for moving the Wheels of Southern Progress.
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MORE INDUSTRY MORE ENERGY
During the five-year period 1946 to 1950, Progress depends on the payrolls of industry
543 new industries have located along The to supply new labor skills, new homes for
Central and 142 existing industries have ex- new families, new hospitals and sanitation
panded their operations. Manufacturers of facilities. Community progress depends on
brick and batteries, inks and papers, pipes the taxes of industry to build parks and
and fittings, feeds and furniture, chemicals playgrounds, better streets and highways,
and wood products are locating in our new schools and better municipal projects,
territory.
In the Chain of
judges this year, and her sister,
Jane Snyder, now a student at
G. S. C. W., who was queen two
years ago. They are daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Snyder, Route
1, Perry.
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TANK WATER LEVEL
Water level in the new water
tank in Armory Grove is 134 feet,
or about 30 feet higher than the
highest point of the old tank.
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