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Widen and Repave
U. S. 41 in Houston
VOL. 81 No 32
E. E. Peed Seriously Injured When Struck
By Automobile at Clinchfield on Friday
E. E. Peed of Clinchfield is in
a serious condition in Macon Hos
pital as the result of feeing struck
fey a car at Clinchfield about 6:30
a. m. last Friday.
Troopers C. J. Loggins and Mar
vin Griffin listed the driver of
the car as Hubert J. Evans of
Eastman, an employee of Warner
Robins. There were four other pas- j
sengers in the car, all employees
at Warner Robins who were on
their way to work.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed proposals from general
contractors for construction of 8
Classroom Elementary School
Building, Warner Robins, Georgia
will be received by the Houston
County Board of Education, at the
office of the Superintendent, L.
W. Tabor, Courthouse, Perry,
Georgia until 2 p. m. Eastern
Standard Time on Thursday, 15
January 1953 at which time and
place the proposals will be opened
publicly and read.
Bidding documents may be ob
tained at the office of the Archi
tect, N. J. Pascullis, Bankers In
surance Building, Macon, Georgia,
upon deposit of $50.00 per set to
insure their return. Full deposit
for as many as two sets will be
refunded to each general contrac
tor who submits a bona fide bid,
and for each other set distributed
a refund of deposit less $15.00
production cost will be made, upon
return of all documents in good
condition within 30 days after
date bids are opened.
Proposals must be made on the
form provided therefor and ac
companied by a bid bond in an
amount not less than 5% of the
Base Bid. No bid may be with
drawn for a period of 30 days
after date of opening.
Contract, if awarded, will be on
a lump sum basis. A performance
and a payment bond will be re
quired in an amount equal to
100% of the contract price.
The Owner reserves the right to
reject any or all bids and to
waive technicalities and informali
ties.
Drive for Polio Funds Will Start Jan. 1;
County Had Record Number of Victims in ’52
The Perry Lions Club will .
launch the annual March of Dimes I
for funds to fight polio on Jan. 1.
The year 19 5 2 saw Houston
county record its greatest number
of polio victims—22 cases, Lions
Club President C. D. Leverette
said. There have been 15 new
patients in the county since July
1, and aid is being given to seven
patients who have suffered from I
the disease for some time, he
said. Lion Robert Horton is chair
man of the Lions Club committee
in charge of the drive.
The National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis has sent $3,500
into Houston county since July 1 I
to combat the disease, Mr. Lever-!
ette said, which is S2OO more than
was contributed by the entire
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Lou and Nancy Geisllng of Detroit, were on their honeymoon when
polio struck both of them—and they had to finish their wedding trip
In a hospital. Lou came down with polio two days after his wife, “That’s
real love, isn’t it,” he says. The two are now well on the way to recovery
and both are grateful to the March of Dimes. “If it weren’t for this help,"
Lou says, “we don’t know what we would do.” Both are teachers.
Houston Jlfonic Journal
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Mr. Peed suffered fractures of
both legs and possible internal
injuries. He was first taken to the
Hawkinsville hospital and then
sent to Macon.
Trooper Loggins said it appear
ed that Mr. Peed started out into
the road and became confused be
cause of headlights from two cars
| approaching from apposite direc
tions. He said no charges had been
made in connection with the acci
dent.
Lodge Elects White
Worshipful Master
Arthur A. White Jr. is the new
worshipful master of Houston
Lodge No. 35, F. and A. M., suc
ceeding Willard Stembridge, who
is serving in the U. S. Marines.
Other officers elected by the
Lodge are Louie Davis, senior war
den; Verna Lasseter, junior
warden; iM. M. Cloud, senior dea
con; William Hill, junior deacon;
Herbert Moore, senior steward; Ed
Thompson, junior steward; William
Barfield, secretary; Louis Harper,
treasurer; and Ed Mason, business
manager.
Luncheon Honors
Mrs. Rutherford
Mrs. H. E. Smith was hostess
Thursday at a luncheon at the
New Perry Hotdl honoring her
sister, Mrs. Huey Rutherford, who
is visiting their mother, Mrs. H. D.
Gordy.
Places were set for 12 of the
honoree’s friends. Each guest was
presented a Christmas corsage.
Mr. Rutherford arrived from
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday
, night to join his wife and son,
Doug. He will return to San Juan
this weekend and (Mrs. Ruther
ford and Doug will join him there
so6n.
OPEN AND SHUT CASE
The Home Journal will be “in
and out” for the rest of the week.
We are doing no more printing
this week but the business office
will be open off and on. Back in
full swing Monday.
county last year in the March of
Dimes drive.
“The need is greater than it
ever has been,” the Lions official
said. “We still have some bills to
pay for treatment of some Houston
county victims. Half of the money
contributed is set aside for treat
ment locally and the other half
goes for research and emergen
cies, but we have already received
more than we gave last year.”
Mr. Leverette said the doctors'
in the county have been coopera
ting to the fullest extent, submit
ting either very small bills or no
I bills at all. Not a single victim in
! the county has been turned down
1 he added. All have been given the
necessary treatment that they
could not afford.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1952
Bumper Tape Put
i On 212 Cars Here;
I
i More Available
11
. I Members of the Perry Junior
i Chamber of Commerce reported a
| “very successful drive” in the sale
.; of glowing bumper tape to make
, | driving more safe .
-1 The Jaycees placed the bumper
; tape on 212 cars last Thursday and
. | said that the demand is so heavy
i that another special day will be
. held in January. The Scotchlite
tape glows when lights shine on it.
It is placed on the rear bumpers
to add to the safety of the car.
H. E. Evans and Herbert Moore,
co-chairmen of the Jaycees com
mittee sponsoring the project, said
j they wanted to thank the Perry
1 police department, the State Patrol
; and the sheriff’s office for assist
• ance in the campaign.
. City Hall Closed
. For the Holidays
j If you haven’t paid your water
( bill, taxes, or whatever you might
owe the city, you can wait until
Monday morning.
Mrs. H. E. Gordy, city clerk, is
taking a little vacation for the rest
of the Christmas week.
But if you insist on paying the
city something, one of the police
officers will be around town, and
i if you can’t find one of them
• right away, we’ll take a bet that
■ Mayor Mayo Davis or one of the
» city councilmen will take care of
. your money until Mrs. Gordy re
j turns.
Lt. Whipple Assigned
; To Fort Bragg, N. C.
> Lt. Deryle T. Whipple has suc
-1 cessfully completed four weeks air
' borne course at Fort Benning.
: He was one of 81 officers who
received their parachutist badges
at a ceremony on Chappell Field
Friday, Dec. 12. Lt. Whipple has
1 reported to the 82nd Air Borne Di
• vision at Fort Bragg, N. C.
• He is expected home Friday for
a brief visit with his mother, Mrs.
1 A. P. Whipple.
Heard Club Holds
December Meeting
The members of the Heard Home I
Demonstration Club met in the
| home of Mrs. H. M. Murphy on
-1 December 18th for its Christmas
i party. The house was gaily decor
• ated with the holiday greens, holly
1 red berries, candles and mistletoe.
After the devotional by Mrs.
Paul Sheriff the crowd sang
Christmas carols led by Miss Joan
Stewart and accompanied at the
1 pia.io by Mrs. J. D. Wood. Miss
; Joan Stewart also sang a solo,
’] “Silent Night”. There were games
’ and contest with all taking part
but each one was anxiously wait-
I ing to see what was in those beau
1, tifully wrapped packages under
I I the tree. At last the packages were
: opened and enjoyed as much as
a child on Christmas morning after
Santa’s visit.
When all had seen what each
got from the tree they gathered in
the dining room where the table
was laden with cakes, cookies,
candies, fruits and toasted nuts
brought by each member, and the
coffee was served by the hostess.
At the close of the meeting
lovely organdy tea aprons were
presented to the officers by Mrs.
M. J. Helms. There were 22 mem
bers to enjoy this party.
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Buy Christmas Seals
The Scoreboard
Here is the record of the un
beaten 1952-53 Perry High School
Panthers to date;
Perry 63, Rhine 38
Perry 50, Montezuma 46
Perry 51, Byron 41
Perry 57, Sycamore 29
Perry 52, Oglethorpe 44
Perry 47, Montezuma 34
Perry 64. Warner, Robins 37
Perry 47j Byron B 6
Perry 64. Ogletho/rpe 37
Perry 41, Montezuma 40
Perry 52, Sycamore 26
Perry 53, Warner Robins 15
Perry 75, Butler 20
Perry 51, Spalding 36
Perry’s average score is 55 points
per game, while their opponents
have scored an average of 34
points per game.
Open Houses Held
By Ferry Couples
Many Perryans were hosts dur
ing the holiday season at open
houses and other affairs are plan
ned during the coming two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Watson
and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Tuggle
were hosts at the Watson home
last Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nunn en
tertained a group of friends Thurs
day night and on Friday night en
tertained the members of the
Methodist choir, their wives and
husbands.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown held
open house Saturday night for a
group of friends and had members
of the Brown family as their guests
on Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Rape were
hosts to a group of friends on
Monday and Tuesday nights.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Smith Jr.
held open house at their home on
Tuesday night.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
had a carol service and delivered
baskets of fruit to shut-ins after
the church service Sunday night.
The Perry Senior Class had a
formal dance at the New Perry
Hotel Tuesday night. Sixty-six at
tended the affair.
The Intermediate Training Un
ion of the Baptist Church had a
party at the home of Mrs. Alton
Hardy Monday night and then
went to several homes singing
Christmas carols.
KIWANIANS SING
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
The Perry Kiwanis enjoyed
singing Christmas carols at the
Tuesday meeting. Francis Nunn
led the group singing, with Mrs. j
Hoke Smith accompanying. Har- j
old Hackney was welcomed as a;
new member and J. P. Etheridge I
Jr. was a visitor* President Cohen |
Walker said ladies night next j
Tuesday will begin at 8 p. m.
71 HOUSTON COUNTY FAMILIES GET
COMMUMtY-PACKED CHRISTMAS BOXES
( hurdles Are Filled
For Yule Programs
The three Perry churches were
filled to capacity last Sunday night
when special Christmas programs
were presented.
At the Presbyterian Church, the
Sunday School department was in
charge of the special program and
Christmas tree service.
G. F. Nunn directed a beautiful
Christmas musical program at the
Methodist Church. Mrs. Mayo Dav
is, Mrs. Jack Miller and Mrs. Hoke
Smith arranged the special Christ
mas program at the Baptist
Church.
Harrisons Observe
50lh Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Harrison of
Kathleen celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary at the Hous
ton Factory Baptist Church on
Dec. 14.
Mendelssohn’s wedding march
was rendered by Mrs. L. B. Sas
ser of Bonaire and Mrs. Katherine
Scheulester of Thomaston sang “I
Love You 'Truly” as the couple
led the members of the family up
to the altar which was decorated
with golden yellow chrysanthe
mums, gladioli and candles.
Mrs. Harrison presented a can
dle to her son, Malpus and each
of her three grandchildren, Melton
Davis, Vivian Davis and Gurdin
Davis.
After the service the family was
entertained at dinner by Mr. and
Mrs. Gurdin Davis at their home
in Kathleen. After dinner, they
left for the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Boyer of Kathleen, where
open house was held in honor of !
the Harrisons from 2 to 4 o’clock.
Punch and cake were served by
Mrs. Mattie S. Woolfolk and Mrs.
H. G. Davis. Many friends called
during the afternoon to congratu
late the couple.
The group motored to Macon,
where they were entertained at
another dinner at the home of Mr. {
and Mrs. John Weathersbee Har
rison, brother of Mr. Harrison.
James Mauldin, son of Mrs. W.
B. Mauldin, has enlisted in the
U. S. Air Force and is stationed
at Lackland Air Force Base, Tex
cl3.
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Mrs. Glca Gray and David Gray
i of Perry and Mrs. P. L. Bryant of
1 Upadilla will leave Christmas Day
j for San Antonio, Texas, to visit
I Mrs. Gray’s son and Mrs. Bryant’s
1 daughter, Cpl. and Mrs. Billy
Gray.
Seventy-one Houston county
families received bountiful Christ
mas boxes last week in the com
munity-wide Christinas project for
the needy.
The Sorosis Club started the
distribution of the Christmas boxes
several years ago and now it has
become a great community pro
gram in which all clubs, churches
and other organizations take part.
It is another of the many won
derful things about our commu
nity, where everybody amounts to
something regardless of financial
condition.
Money contributors to the Christ
mas boxes included the Tawasi
Club $5, Colonial Stores $25, VFW
$25, Presbyterian Church $25,
Methodist Men’s Class $75, Bap
tist Men’s Class S4B, Kiwanis Club
$25, Delphian Club $25, Sorelle
Club $25, Sorosis Club $25, Tri,
Hi-Y Club $5, for a total of S3OB.
The boxes contained two pounds
of side meat, one pound of mar
garine, cocoanut cake, two.pounds
of meal ,two pounds of sugar, one
pound of hard candy, loaf of bread,
one pound of dried biackeyed peas,
one pound of coffee, oranges and
$1 in cash.
The meal was donated by Zenith
Meal Co. The canned goods came;
from the White Christmas'at the
Perry schools and the toys from
the Toy Matinee at the Muse The
atre and the Toy Collection of the
Jaycees. The Sorosis Club wants
to especially thank the Lions Club
so rdeilvering the boxes, one of the
biggest jobs of the entire program.
The Delphian and Sorelle Club
members helped pack the boxes,
and they are to be commended.
Thanks, says the Sorosis, to M. H.
Boyer Jr., manager of the Muse
Theatre, for staging the Toy Mati
nee, with cartoons contributed by
major movie makers, and to E. P.
| Staples, superintendent of the
local school, for the White Christ
mas programs and use of the
j lunchroom for packing the boxes.
Stores to Be Closed
Thursday and Friday
All member stores of the Perry
Merchants Association will be
closed Thursday and Friday of
1 this week, President D. J. Jones of
the Merchants Association an
nounced.
The drug stores will observe
Sunday hours on both days.
The stores will reopen for busi
ness as usual Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Robinson and
daughters, Gail and Betsy, Col
lege Park, are spending the holi
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper Jones.
8 Pages This Week
Only a Nickel a Week
ESTABLISHED 1870
XMAS TRADE
GOOD HERE,
STORES SAY
Perry business houses reported
an "excellent” Christmas trade
j during the last week.
“We have had the best Christ
mas business In our history,” one
store manager said.
"Business has been as good as
any year in our history," another
commented.
Merchants were happily watch
ing their stocks dwindle low as
the Christmas buying season came
to a close Wednesday. Many
"bought heavy" this season in ex
pectation of a good Christmas
trade. Others were not grieved
even though they saw most of
their stock cleaned off the shelves.
Perry’s growing business section
is offering more and more items
for the people in this trading area
and this city is becoming more of
a trade center than it ever has
been.
Kiwanis Will Award
Man of Year Plaque
Awarding the Kiwanis plaque
for "Man of the Year” in Houston
county is scheduled for the Ki
wanis Club’s Ladies Night program
at the New Perry Hotel next Tues
day night.
The Kiwanis Club, through a
secret committee appointed by the
president, awards the plaque an
nually to the man the committee
feels has made the most import
ant contribution to the community
during the year.
Dr. H. Lewis Batts of Mercer
University will be the guest speak
er. G. F. Nunn is arranging a
special musical program.
Marion L. Brown will succeed
Cohen Walker as president of the
club for the coming year. Sher
wood Harvard will become vice
president and Harris Rape the
secretary-treasurer.
Pfc. John L. Davis
Serving in Korea
With the 25th Infantry Div. in
Korea—The Combat Infantryman
Badge for excellent performance
of duty under enemy fire in Korea
recently was awarded to Pfc. John
L. Davis Jr., whose wife, Lizzie,
lives at 247 Minor ave., Monte
zuma, Ga.
He is a member of the Infantry
Division, which entered the fight
ing in Korea in July 1950, shortly
after the Communist attack on
South Korea.
Davis, an assistant 6(Lmm. mor
tar gunner, has been in Korea
since last July. He entered the
Army in August 1951.
His mother, Mrs. Lucille B. Dav
is, lives on Route 1, Elko, Ga.
WELL-SUITED SISTERS
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These adorable little sisters arc
well-suited to any occasion in their
smart denim skirts and jackets. One
of the cotton denim suits is grey,
the other brown. Both of tile suits
arc trimmed in harmonizing plaid
cotton at the collar and on the
pockets. The trim little suits are de
signed in Everglaze denim by G. H.
and E. Ereydherg for the fashion
wise young lady.