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Widen and Repave
U. S. 41 in Houston
VOL. 82 NO. 2
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By COOPER ETHERIDGE
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PAVING: After chauffering
around the judges in the Christ
mas decorations contest recently,
Mayor Mayo Davis commented; “I
think Perry needs more paved
streets.” A solid week of rain had
left many of the streets in bad
shape and it may be that the tour
will spur the mayor on toward
working for more paving.
BLIND TIGER: Preacher Swoll
Sawyer came into our office to
borrow the phone. We raised our
eyebrows when he asked: “I want
ed to get two more quarts.”
Then we were sure we had
really hit on something red hot
when he said:
“You say for me to come to the
back door?”
He must have thought this all
sounded very suspicious because
he explained that he wanted two
more quarts of paint and that An
drew Hardware Co. wanted him to
come to the back door because
they were closed for inventory. i
Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? j
UNFORTUNATE: It is unfortun-1
ate that some people in Warner j
Robins are trying to encourage an
unfriendly feeling between the
two Houston county towns of Perry
and Warner Robins. The latest ef
fort was a statement that the coun
ty commissioners are giving funds
to a Perry library and not to a
Warner Robins library. The li
brary located in the county court
house at Perry is a county library
and is used by people at Warner
Robins, Elko, Grovania, Hayne
ville, Klondike, Kathleen, Bonaire
and other communities in the
county, The county audit which is
published twice a year has always
shown this sact —that the county
contributes $25 monthly to the
county library. It has been no se
cret. We hope that there will be no
ill feeling between the two towns
because there is no reason for it.
Salesman: “This model has a
top speed of 130 miles an hour
and she’ll stop on a dime.”
Prospect; “What happens after
that?”
Salesman; “A little putty knife
comes out and scrapes you off the
windshield.”—Stolen from the
Gilcrafter.
BIG ONE: George T. Hunt grows
big turnips. We measured one he
grew and it measured 4 1-2 by 7
inches and weighed about 3
pounds. Can you beat that?
MYSTERY; What did carpenters
do before wood putty was invent
ed? And what did garages do be
fore they started making tail pipes
and mufflers out of tissue paper
that burns out so quickly when
you use high test gas?
No Action Taken
On Site of School
Proposed sites for an athletic
Held and high school building
were discussed by the Houston
county board of education Tues
day but no action was taken.
County Supt. L. W. Tabor said
the board is still pushing the pro
ject and that action may be taken
In the next few weeks.
The board is to meet again soon
after Jan. 15, when they will re
view bids on an eight-classroom
elementary school building at War
ner Robins. Bids are to be opened
at the office of the board of edu
cation on Jan. 15.
AUiLIARY ENTERTAINS
The American Legion Auxiliary
entertained on New Year's Eve
at a dance tor members of the col
lege crowd at home for the holi
days. The Legion Home was decor
ated with balloons and noisem
akers were given as favors to the
guests.
Scmston Jffijtome journal
BROWN INSTALLED AS HEAD |
OF PERRYS KIWANIS CLUB j
Marion L. Brown was installed |
! as tlle new president of the Perry
X ; Kiwanis Club Tuesday by W. L.
jPp Tk Wilson of Port Valley, lieutenant
* jfc X governor of the Fifth Division of
jfefc: UJL .-.. § Georgia Kiwanis.
IF Other officers installed were
jfik- Shefwood Harvard, vice president,
’• Jf Harris Rape, secretary, and Earl 1
jHHjk ' Lewis, Hoke Smith and C. E. An
, drew, directors. Cohen Walker, re
tiring president, also becomes a
BBn I The lieutenant governor also
w iwlfßßn named Card < ■ \\ at-.m and Cohen
i Walker ol IVrrCs club a duMnn
chairmen committees.
Visitors at the club meeting
were William Brooks, Macon; Ed
Edingfield, Atlanta; Rev. William
MARION L. BROWN Self ’ Macon; Robert Buck, Atlanta,
and Bill Kenny, Fort Valley.
Kersey Re-elected
By Commissioners
W. D. Kersey was re-elected
chairman and Warren B. Hodge
vice chairman as the Houston
county board of cimmissioners re
i organized Tuesday for another
year.
Lawrence Hunt is to be retained
as clerk of the board of commis
sioners.
The board took no action on the
proposed widening and paving of
U. S. 41 south of Perry. A spokes
| man for the board said prospects
| for getting a four lane road were
j not as bright as they had been.
, Beer licenses were issued to six
places in the county.
Cub Scouts to Meet
The monthly Pack Meeting of
Pack 96 will be held Thursday
evening of this week at the Pres
byterian Church. All Cubs, com
mitteemen, den mothers, and par
ents are urged to be present at this
meeting. Time of meeting is 7:30
and a prompt beginning will be
observed.
We take great pride in announc
ing that the Cub Staff has been
augmented by the addition of
two welcomed leaders. Billy Clark |
has agreed to serve in the capacity
of assistant Cuibmaster and Mrs.
Chris Kinnas has assumed the
duties of den mother to one of the
younger age groups.
Mother of Suber
Dies in Macon
Funeral services were conducted
in Macon Friday for Mrs. Laura
Annie Ellis Suber of Macon, moth
er of William E. Suber, Davis
Avenue, Perry, who died last
Thursday at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Walter Holing in
Sarasota, Fla.
Mrs. Suber was a native of Mac
on and had lived there most of
her life. She was a member of
Vineville Methodist Church.
Other survivors include her
mother, Mrs. G. W. Ellis; one other
son, Matthew T. Suber, Macon;
| one sister, Mrs. W. H. Cates, Tal
j lahassee, Fla., and two grandchild
ren.
Only Two in Race
For Justice of Peace
Jimmy Burns and Charlie Hams
ley are the two candidates for
justice of the peace in the Hayne
ville district following the clos
ing date for entries last Saturday.
Candidates for constable are W.
H. Harper and E. G. McCormick.
The election is scheduled for
Saturday, Jan. 17.
PERRY FEDERAL
PAYS DIVIDEND
Perry Federal Savings and Loan
. Association has declared another
three percent annual dividend for
. ravers, S. A. Nunn, president an
-1 nounced this week.
A total of more than $28,000 was
l distributed to savers during the
last year by the association. The
. savings and loan association has
. paid dividends to savers for the
• last 16 years. Assets are over one
■ million doliars.
The annual meeting will be held
■ in the offices of the association on
Wednesday, Jan. 21.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953
I
PTA WILL HEAR
ALBANY WOMAN
“Teen Agers Problems” will be
discussed next Tuesday at the '
meeting of the Perry PTA by Mrs. 1
M. R. Hawk of Albany, outstand- !
ing speaker and PTA leader.
Mrs. Hawk is well qualified to
discuss the subject because she 1
has two teen-agers of her own and
is a part-time teacher. Perry is
indeed fortunate to have the op
portunity of hearing Mrs. Hawk.
The Junior High School will •
sponsor the meeting, which will
be held in the grammar school
auditorium at 3:45 p. m. Tuesday.
Letters of invitation will be sent
to all parents of school children
Thursday. On Monday, telephone
calls will be made as reminders of
the meeting.
Tax Receiver Ready
For Your Returns
E. W. Marshall went on duty at
the Houston county courthouse
Monday to receive tax returns for
1953.
The tax receiver will be in his
office from now to April 1 to re
| ceive taxes on all real and per
■ sonal property, including auto
mobiles and trucks. New appli
cants are required to bring then
deeds to get homestead exemption.
Program Presented
By Methodist WSCS
The general meeting of the Meth
odist WSCS was held Monday aft
ernoon at the church. Mrs. W. T.
Middlebrooks, vice president, pre
sided.
The program was “Modern Sa
maritans,” a study of what Christ
ian love has meant to the war
torn countries of Japan, India and
Korea. Mrs. Sam Nunn, Mrs. Nor
man Parker Jr., Mrs. Earl Ogle
tree and Mrs. Paschal Muse dis
cussed these countries and the
help they have received through
the church. The meditation, “In
Deed and in Truth,” was given by |
Mrs. W. T. Middlebrooks.
Mrs. E. P. Staples, secretary of j
spiritual life, stated that plans are j
being made for the World Day i
of Prayer which will be observed '
on Friday, Feb. 20. It will be a
citywide observance, with Metho- !
dists, Baptists and Presbyterians,
cooperating.
The society decided to use a
secret ballot in determining how
the Harvest Day love offering is
to be used.
Circles 2 and 4 tied in attend- ]
ance with 11 members from each
circle present.
UNNEIGHBORLY j
*1
A New Hampshire farmer had'
been urged to attend the funeral
of his neighbor’s wife. “But I’m !
not goin’,” he announced to his
own wife.
"Goodness sakes, why not?” she
1 asked.
“Well, Mary, I’m beginnin’ to
feel kinda awkward about goin’ so
; often without anything of the sort
1 to ask him back to.” Nashua
‘ Cavalier.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Luoma
and children have returned from a
trip to Delaware, Pennsylvania
and Alabama, where they spent
two weeks with friends and rela
tives.
Fanning to Speak
At Bureau Meeting
J. W. Fanning of the State Ex
tension Service and former Hous
ton county agent, will be the guest
speaker at the Houston County [
Farm Bureau meeting at 7:30 p. m.'
today at Perry Grammar School.
Mr. Fanning was the county
agent in Houston for several years
prior to 1932, leaving that year to
become a teacher at the University
of Georgia.
He will speak on the agricul
tural outlook for 1953.
Ladies of the punbar community
will serve the Dutch supper.
I
Holland Is Another
Good School Man
Perry is indeed fortunate in hav-'
ing a man like Frank Holland in
the community.
Frank is the kind of fellow
who really does a community a
lot of good.
In case you don’t know Frank,
he is that short guy who wears
glasses, teaches school and is as
sistant coach at Ferry High
School.
How fortunate Perry is in hav
ing two men like Eric Staples and
Frank Holland to lead our young
people! Both of them are high
type, Christian gentlemen who
provide the right example for the
young folks.
Frank was not always on Perry’s
side. As a school teacher and
coach at Byron, Chauncey apd
Hawkinsville, Frank has many
times wanted very badly to defeat
Perry on the basketball floor. And
he sometimes did it. He must have
finally decided that if he couldn’t
beat Staples, he might as well join
him.
Frank and his wonderful family
are distinct assets tp our commun
ity and we should be eternally
thankful that circumstances sent
them our way.
Perry has been fortunate in
having good school men for more
than a quarter of a century, to
our knowledge, and probably long
er. We remember first J. M. Good
en, who stayed here from 1919 to
1933, and could have stayed as
long as he wanted. When he left
Perry to go with the State Depart
ment of Education, his understudy,
Eric Staples, became the superin
tendent. He has proved himself
to be thoroughly capable of hand
ling the ever-growing school busi
ness here in Perry.
We thank the kind providence
that sent us Jimmy Gooden, Eric
Staples and Frank Holland.
COMING EVENTS
The Baptists WMS will meet at
the church at 3:45 p. m. Monday
for the January general meeting.
The Sunbeams will meet at the
same time.
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The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Perry Country Club,
Inc., will be held at the Legion
I Home at 8 p. m. Monday, Jan. 12,
| Secretary Wilson Moody announc
[ ed.
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The Sorosis Club will meet at
4 p. m. today at the home of Mrs.
J. L. Gallemore, with Mrs. W. K.
Whipple and Mrs. Byron Warren
as cohostesses.
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The Delphian Club will meet at
4 p. m. with Mrs. Floyd Tabor,
Mrs. Charles Andrew and Mrs.
| Wesley Calhoun as cohostesses.
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Ihe Gen. Daniel C. Stewart
I Chapter, DAK, will meet at 3:45
p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the
, home of Mrs. Ethel Williams.
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j Circles of the Methodist WSCS
will meet Monday, Jan. 12, at 3:45
,p. m. as follows: Circle 1, Mrs.
Horace Evans Jr.; Circle 2, Mrs.
; Yates Green; Circle 3, Mrs. Sirah
Lawhorne; Circle 4, Mrs. George
B. Wells.
DORSETTS’ PICTURE
IN FARM MAGAZINE
Marvin K. Dorsett, Houston
county farmer, and his two boys
were pictured in a recent issue of
Progressive Farmer, national farm
magazine. Editor Alexander Nunn
photographed the farmer and his
sons playing basketball together
at their home.
Camellia Show is Set
Here for Feb. 7 and 8
j POST OFFICE RECEIPTS AT NEW UGH
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O. A. KING
Cartledge on Program
At Albany Club Meet
Pat Cartledge of Perry, Dr. W.
G. Lee of Macon and T. E. Fletch
er of Cordele will be members of
a panel discussion of camellia cul
ture at a meeting of the Albany
Men’s Garden Club today.
Hugh Shackleford will be the
moderator of the panel discussion
of the clinics
Mr. Cartledge will serve as a
judge at the Cairo Camellia Show
• on Saturday.
Baptist Circles
Conduct Meetings
i
The circles of the Perry Baptist
WMS held their monthly meetings
, Monday afternoon,
i Circle 1 met at the home of
Mrs. C. F. Cooper. Ten were pres
. ent. Mrs. J. L. Gallemore, circle
chairman, gave two chapters from
. the study book, “The Christian
: Faith and Way.”
Mrs. E. H. Holland was hostess
to members of Circle 2. Mrs. D. H.
Smith gave a part of the book, “In
, Quest of God’s Power.” Mrs. Hugh
, j Lawson presided. Ten attended.
I Seventeen members of Circle 3
j met at the home of Mrs. A. C.
Pritchett, with Mrs. Hoke Smith as
cohostess. Mrs. Alton Hardy pre
, sided and Mrs. Henry Matthews
reviewed a chapter of “Sand and
Stars.”
Circle 4 met at the home of
' I
Winning Race Againsf^iu
Enthusiastic March of Dimes volunteers are Peter Brickfield, nine, and
his three-year-old sister Joan, Brooklyn, N. Y. Both are winning a come
back race against crippling after-effects of polio. The 1953 March of
Dimes campaign continues for enti'e month of January. Give today!
Receipts at the Perry post office
rose by 15 per cent during the
last year, Postmaster O. A. King
reported Wednesday.
Receipts for the year were
$27,924, as compared with $23,404
for the year 1951.
Christmas mail this year was
the largest In history, the post
master said. The quarter ending
Dec. 31 showed receipts of $lO,-
153.
Post office receipts here have
shown a steady gain every year
for the last 10 years.
Ambrose S. Pierce
Buried in Evergreen
Committal services for Ambrose
S. Pierce, former Perryan who
died at his home in Australia last
Aug. 20, were held at the grave
side in Evergreen cemetery here
yesterday afternoon. Rev. H. H.
Heisler, pastor of the Methodist
Church, conducted the service.
Mr. Pierce’s body was shipped
from Australia and arrived here
Tuesday. Gardner Watson Funeral
Home was in charge of local ar
rangements.
Mr. Pierce died unexpectedly
while playing golf at Melbourne,
Australia, where he had worked
for General Motors Acceptance
Corp. for 20 years.
Survivors are his wife; two sons,
Jack Pierce of Miami, Fla., and
Nicky of Melbourne; two brothers,
C. C. Pierce Sr. and G. T. Pierce
Sr. of Perry.
Group Entertained
At Beckham Lodge
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pritchett and
Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Smith enter
tained a group of their friends at
a New Year’s Eve party at Beck
ham Lodge.
The lodge was attractively dec
orated with balloons and other
New Year’s ideas. The 30 guests
enjoyed a midnight supper and
favors of nolsemakers to welcome
in the New Year.
■ Mrs. H. D. Chapman, with Mrs.
D. N. Whiddon as cohostess. The
14 present heard Mrs. D. E. Hollo
way talk on a chapter of “Lord,
I Believe." ,
10 Pages This Week
Only a Nickel a Week
ESTABLISHED 1870
GARDEN CLUB
TO SPONSOR
LOCAL EVENT
The annual Perry Camellia Show
will be held in the grammar school
auditorium Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 718, Mrs. H. E. Evans Jr.,
president of the Perry Garden
Club, said Wednesday,
The theme of this year’s show
will be “Symphony of Blossoms—
II.”
Pat Cartledge, local nursery
man, is general chairman of the
shows and Mrs. Evans is co-chair
man. It will be presented under
the auspices of the American
Camellia Society. No admission
will be charged but a voluntary
offering will be received.
The doors will be open from
2;30 to 10 p. m. on Saturday and
from 2:30 to 6 ip. m. on Sunday.
Committees for the show were
appointed at the last meeting of
the Perry Garden Cluib.
Specimen Classification:
Mrs. Coleman Strother
Mrs. Hubert Aultman
Mrs. Marion Brown
Mrs. Henry Matthews
Mrs. Wilson Moody
Mrs. T. D. Mason Sr.
Mrs. Louis Harper
Mrs. Joe Beddingfield
Mrs. H. E. Weems Jr.
Mrs. Clifford Grimes
Mrs. Stewart Richardson
Mrs. Houser Gilbert
Classification of Collections:
Mrs. Vernon Tuggle
Mrs. Hoke Smith
Mrs. Earl Lewis
Classification of Arrangements:
Mrs. J. S. Harvard
Mrs. Wordna Gray
Mrs. Gardner Watson
Entrance Committee:
Mrs. H. H. Heisler
Mrs. E. W. Traylor
Mrs. H. T. Gilbert
Mrs. W. M. Stubbs
Mrs. Billy Murphy
Publicity Chairman:
Mrs. H. E. Weems Jr.
Publicity in other cities:
Mrs. Wesley Calhoun
Mrs. George E. Jordan
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett
Mrs. Joe Beddingfield
Mrs. J. S. Harvard
Signs:
Mrs. Yates Green
Posters;
Mrs. Ted Smith
Ribbons and Trophies:
Mrs. George E. Jordan
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett
Placing of blooms (specimens):
Mrs. Paschal Muse
Mrs. O. B. Muse
Mrs. Freeman Cabero
Mrs. W. B. Roberts
Mrs. Hugh Lawson
Pat Cartledge
Miss Dorothy Jones
Mrs. Yates Green
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett
Placing of collections:
Mrs. Robert McNeil
Mrs. Seabie Hickson
Mrs. Tom Mobley
Placing of arrangements:
Mrs. Irene Eden
Mrs. Mayo Davis
Mrs. John Hodges
Judging committee:
Mrs. J. L. Gallemore
Mrs. Wesley Calhoun
Pat Cartledge
Clerks for specimens and
collections:
Mrs. Paschal Muse
Mrs. Tom McCrosky
Clerks for arrangements: rt
Mrs. Mayo Davis
Mrs. Tom Mobley
New 1953 Chevrolet
On Display Friday
The 1953 Chevrolet will be on
display at Union Motor Company
here Friday.
Charles P. Gray, Chevrolet deal- .
er, said the new model features
many improvements in styling,
power and comfort.