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The BOth Anniversary Edition
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WASHINGTON AVENUE IN 1909—Here is a quiet street scene
of Washington Avenue back in 1909. The house on the right
was the home of the George C. Nunns and burned toward the
latter part of the 19205. There was very few houses on the left
of the street.
“Singing Heard Mile or More”
Feature of Perry Churches
Singing which could be heard
“a mile or more from the Perry
Methodist church” is recorded in
the history of Houston county,
and the Houser family has long
had an important part in produc
ing this happy characteristic of
the community.
Before the turn of the century
Lewis N. (Fred) Houser assisted
by Ed Mann led the singing at
the Methodist church and later
his son, the late “Cousin Fred” M.
Houser, brother of Mrs. George
C. Nunn and the late Houston P.
Houser, succeeded him as song
leader.
“Cousin Fred” was nationally
known by that name which was
proclaimed on a giant lapel
badge which he often wore while
taking part in civic and patriotic
activities all over the country.
A daughter of Lewis N. Houser,
Minerva Houser Hook, not only
was organist at the Methodist
church for many years, but also
led the campaign to raise funds
to purchase a new organ.
Frances Nunn Leads
In recent years Mrs. George
Nunn has had a leading part in
the music of the Methodist church
as well as its other activities, and
her son, George Francis Nunn, a
graduate of Emory University
where he was a member of the
Glee club, is at present song lead
er and a popular, talented soloist
as well as civic leader.
Though no contest has been re
ported, partisans of J. P. Ether
idge, who has led the singing at
Perry Baptist church for several
years, would doubtless insist that
congregation’s singing “carries”
for a good distance also.
Good singing is a significant
characteristic of a community.
HOW HEALTH OFFICE
SERVES COMMUNITIES
Every community needs public
health nursing s.ervice for three
basic purposes:
1. The prevention and control
of disease.
2. The care of the sick in the
home.
3. Family health counseling.
Duties of a public health
nurse are many. And the three
a t the local clinic stepped into a
m ire of work. They do such
tasks as aiding with the TB chest
X-ray, prenatal and well-baby
clinics, VD tests, injections for
Pnoumothora treatment, by plac
ing air in the thorasic cavity to
collapse the lungs, a treatment
f or TB patients; immunization
' rogram for school children and
•’ orne visitat ons pertaining to the
calth problems of the family.
All these services are free to
’ ae patient. The only charge
’cade is to giving examinations
to f°od handlers applying for a
health card.
Unofficial estimates indicate
' at Georgia farmers lost approx
mately $56,000,000 in 1950 thru
'iarnage by cotton insects.
OLD CEMETERY
FILLED, NEW
AREA OPENED
Evergreen Cemetery, founded
in 1824 when the community of
Perry was organized, lies by the
banks of the Oklahatchee Creek,
the Indian name for Big Indian
Creek.
All the lots in the cemetery,
whose big oaks are dying from
old age and the weight of Span
ish moss, have been sold. The
site is crowded in on every side
and there is no place to expand.
Woodlawn Cemetery is the
new city cemetery and a few
graves have been dug there. It
is located about a mile from the
downtown section on the south
side of the Fort Valley Highway.
It was purchased by the city
from T. L. Warren in 1950 and
lots laid off by Rhodes Sewell,
county surveyor. The suggested
plan was made by Hamilton
Holt, president of Clark Memo
rials.
The old Evergreen Cemetery
shows the ravages of time clear
ly. Many of the stones there
sunk almost out of sight and
there are many lots which have
had no attention except by the
city for many years. The mark
ers are a combination of the
ornate and the plain and many
graves are those of Confederate
soldiers who fought for a cause
that they held dear. They are
markers placed on their graves
by the Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy in honor of
the great sacrifice they made in
the great War Between the
States.
Evergreen’s markers bear the
names of the pioneer families of
this section. The headstones are
severely marked by the weather
but the memories and the deeds
of the people who lie below the
stones live on in the community
they loved so well, and people
with the same names are the
leaders in the progressive city of
Perry today.
Miss McCaleb Works
With Home Clubs
Miss Clancy McCaleb is the tal
ented home demonstration agent
of Houston county, working with
the Extension Service and Coun
ty Agent W. T. Middlegrooks.
She came to Perry in 1950 from
Crawford county, where she had
been home demonstration agent
for three and a half years. She
taught school at Newton, Ga., af
ter graduating from Berry Col
lege, Rome. Her hometown is
Fayette, Ala., but she now con
siders herself a Georgian.
She is a member of the Hous
ton County Farm Bureau and the
Home Demonstration Agents As
sociation.
16 Cities Have
Name of Perry
There are 16 towns and cities
in the U. S. which bear the name
of Perry. They are;
Perry, Georgia
Perry, Arkansas
Perry, Florida
Perry, Illinois
Perry, lowa
I Perry, Kansas
Perry, Louisiana
Perry, Maine
| Perry, Michigan
Perry, Mississippi
Perry, New York
In Business To Serve You
OUR CONFIDENCE IN PERRY and HOUSTON COUNTY
Is Reflected In Our New Modern Store
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ANDERSON BUILDING—Iooked like this before Kicklighter-
Akin Drug Co. remodeled it in 1950 to have one of the most
KICKLIGIITER-AKIN DRUG CO. as it looks today at “The Crossroads of Georgia”—the junc
' tion of U. S. 41 and 841 in the heart of town. A modern drug store serving a progressive section.
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Growing With Perry & Houston County
j Service In Houston County
A. M. KICKLIGHTER M. E. AKIN
Kicklighter-Akin Drug Co.
The Rexall Drug Store At The Crossroads Os Georgia
Perry, Ohio
Perry, Oklahoma
Perry, South Carolina
Perry, Texas
Perry, West Virginia
PONIES IN PERRY
Shetland ponies used to be seen
often on the streets of Perry. The
late J. P. Cooper, cotton merch
ant and farmer, often kept sev
eral at his home and would let
children of the town keep them
as long as they wished. His
daughter, Mrs. Aurelia Cooper
Evans, has also kept a pony for
her daughter, “Bit,” and friends
to ride.
Only 13 Weeklies
In State Older
Than Home Journal
There are only 13 weekly news
papers in the state that are older
than The Houston Home Journal
and only 21 older dailies and
weeklies, out of nearly 300 pa
pers in the state.
The oldest papers in the state
(dailies marked with D) are:
Augusta Chronicle (D) 1785;
Milledge vi 11 e Union-Recorder
1820; Columbus Enquirer (D)
1828; The Macon Telegraph (D)
1826; Athens Banner-Herald (D)
HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1961
1832; Madison Madisonian 1835;
LaGrange Daily News (D) 1842;
Rome News-Tribune (D) 1843;
Warenton Clipper 1843; Dalton
Citizen 1847; Savannah Morning
,News (D) 1850; Monroe Adver
tiser, Forsyth, 1854; Thomasville
Times-Enterprise (D) 1855; Law
renceville News-Herald 1858;
Swainsboro Forest Balde 1859;
Early County News, Blakely,
1859; Gainesville Daily Times
(Eagle) I 860: Jesup Sentinel 1863,
Covington News 1864; Greens
boro Herald-Journal 1864; New
nan Times-Herald 1865; Haw-
kinsville Dispatch and News
1866; and The Houston Home
Journal 1870.
OLD HORSE-POWER
There were several fine horses
owned by Perry people in the
horse and buggy days. One of
these was named Parisian and
owned by C. F. Cooper. There
were many fine rigs drawn by
real “horse-power” before the
synthetic kind came along to
frighten and displace old Dobbin.
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with the NEWS.