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VOL. 82 NO. 3 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1953 ' ESTABLISHED 1870
$233,063 Allotted
County for Schools
The U. S. Office of Education i
has approved another $233,063 to
he used for school building con
struction in Houston county, Coun
ty School Supt. Lewis W. Tabor
said yesterday.
These funds will be used in War
ner Robins to add eight classrooms
and bids on this job will be open
ed today, and to add several class
rooms, multiple-purpose room and
kitchen to the Thomas School in
Warner Robins.
This distribution of funds is sub
ject to approval of the U. S. Office
of Education in Atlanta and Wash
ington, but the plans are proposed
by the Houston county board of
education.
This is the last of the entitle
ment of the $1,259,770 for Houston
county, Mr. Tabor said. The money
has been divided between Perry,
with $141,839, and Warner Robins,
with $1,117,931.
The entitlement is based upon
the number of children in the
area whose families are connected
with the federal government.
Byron Base Assured,
Navy Officials Say
Construction of the $63 million
naval supply depot at Byron is
scheduled to start in the late
spring, Navy Department officials j
said this week.
An appropriation of $9 million,
to he used for surveys and land
purchase ,was approved by Con
gress last year but there was some
speculation that the big base might
not be built by a Republican ad
ministration.
Only 10 of the 1,660 acres of the
site is in Houston county, but the
supply depot is expected to mean
much to Houston county because
of the large number of employees
—variously reported from 600 to
6,ooo—who will be needed for
construction of the base and per
manent maintenance. Seven par
cels of land, six of them in Peach
county, comprise the area chosen
by the Navy because of its flat
contours. The land is being farm
ed at present.
The Navy said the new depot
will provide more efficient supply
of Navy activities in the Southeast.
Plans of Navy engineers call for
an ultimate eight million square
feet of open and covered storage
at the new depot. Initial construc
tion, however, will include only
about one million square feet of
storage space, plus administrative |
medical and maintenance facilities,
several miles of railroad and elec
trical, water and sewage systems.
Pritchett Purchases
Dehydrating Building
A. C. Pritchett has purchased
the dehydrating plant property and
seed processing plant formerly
owned by the Davis Company.
Mr. Pritchett’s office will remain
in his present location but he will
use the newly acquired property
as a processing plant for the
wholesale and retail seed business.
■ he new business will be known
as Pritchett Seed and Supply.
PERKY WILL BE HOST NEXT MONTH
TO THIRD DISTRICT ( LASS B TOURNEY
Third District basketball coaches
last week awarded the Class B
b °ys’ basketball tournament to
Perry.
I’he tournament is scheduled for
leb. 23-28, Perry Coach E. P. Sta
ples announced. All games will be
Played at night.
It will be the first time in four
'■ears that Perry has had the Third
District meet.
fort Valley will have the dis
trict girls’ tournament Feb. 16-21.
Scheduling of the tournament at
1 erry raised the hopes of Perry
basketball fans, for playing on the
aonie court usually is worth about
points to a team. Perry lost in
llle * * n als last year by two points
to its strongest rival, Fort Valley.
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C. BAXTER JONES JR.
Jones Will Speak
To Emory Alumni
Middle Georgia District alumni
of Emory University, and local
parents of Emory students, have
been invited to the University’s
116th anniversary celebration at
the New Perry Hotel in Perry,
Thursday, January 22, at 7:30 p. m.
C. Baxter Jones Jr., Atlanta at
torney and one of Georgia’s out
standing young men, will address
the dinner meeting, according to
Dr. P. O. Holliday Jr., president
of the local alumni group.
Emory’s charter day celebrations
are held in more than 50 regional
centers annually. Alumni also get
together in Japan and Puerto
Rico.
Mr. Jones, the banquet speaker,
is secretary of the Junior Bar Con
ference of the American Bar As
sociation and is former associate
editor of The Young Lawyer, news
paper of that association. He was
a recent candidate for the sth
District Congressional seat and an
active opponent of the proposed
County Unit Amendment. In 1950
he was chosen Atlanta’s “Young
Man of the Year” by the Atlanta
Junior Chamber of Commerce. He
is former treasurer of the Emory
Alumni Association. Mr. Jones is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa
and Chi Phi fraternities.
Herndon Selected
For Appointment
In Regular Army
Philip H. Herndon, Perry, has
been selected for appointment as I
a second lieutenant in the Regular
Army, Adjutant General upon j
graduation from University of 1
Georgia at the end of this school
year.
He is one of 663 Distinguished
Military Students listed by Secre
tary of the Army Frank Pace Jr.
for such appointments. The list
includes top students in the Army
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps ]
at 123 colleges and universities in!
the United States, Alaska and Ha
i waii.
Selections were made on merit 1
according to branch procurement
quotas from a list of all Di|ting- j
uished Military Students who ap
plied for appointment in the Reg
ular Army. He was chosen because
of outstanding qualities of lead
ership, high moral character, de
finite aptitude for military service
and high academic standing.
His appointment will be effec
tive June 15, 1953.
In addition to Perry and Fort
Valley, other B teams coming here
for the tournament are Hawkins
ville, Warner Robins, Dawson, I
Cuthbert, Buena Vista and Cor
dele.
Two weeks of tourneys are nec
essary for Class C teams because
they are so numerous, but the B
Class is small enough! to complete j
a tournament in one week.
Perry’s gymnasium will hold
about 900 people comfortably. At
the last tournament finals here,
more than 1,400 people were jam
med into the gym. More comfort
able seats and a new' floor were
installed in the Perry gymnasium
last summer.
| Lanier, Hawkinsville
Wallop Panthers
The Perry Panthers suffered
from a case of combined stage
fright and fruitcake hangover in
Macon last Wednesday night and
lost a close one to the Lanier High
Poets, 54 to 48.
Lanier, passing and weaving like
the veterans they are not, swept
the Panthers off their feet in the
fii'st quarter and ended the initial
session with the score standing at
21-5. Perry never could quite re
cover, although the locals were
within four points of the Poets on
several occasions.
Lanier Coach Selby Buck was
forced to change his plans to win
the ball game. He had said that he
would use one team in the first
and third quarters and another
five in the second and fourth
quarters. He had to use his best
five in the entire last half, and
then found homself forced to put
: on a freeze in the last 90 seconds
to clinch the battle. The Perryans
had recovered their wind and their
composure by half-time and gave
: the Lanierians a tough battle . «
, Cuthbert Defeated
The Panthers, evidently recover
ed from the Christmas fruitcake
and candy diet, roared back Fri
i day night to beat the strong Cuth
i bert team, 50 to 42. The officiat
. ing was reported to be difficult
for both teams.
If there were any outstanding
players on Perry’s side in either
game, the sports writers had trou
ble finding them.
Perry 50 Pos. Cuthbert 42
Powell 11 f J. Hartman 7
Brock 2 f Peavy 13
Beckham 13 c Rhodes 13
Leverette 2 g T. Hartman 11
Cray 11 g Tylor
SUBS: Perry—O. Logue 1, J.
Logue 6, May 4, Mobley. Cuthbert
—Harden, Hankin, Stemrich, Wood
1 2.
1 Score at Half—Perry 21; Cuth-
I bert 18.
i Perry came back from its Lanier
! defeat to win Friday night over
’ Cuthbert 50-42.
Billy Beckham led the Panthers
■ with 13 points. He also played a
fine floor game. Beckham was
backed up by David Gray and Billy
Powell, each scoring 11 points for
runner-up honors.
Perry goes to Hawkinsville Tues
day night for the first meeting of
the two clubs. The game will be
the seventeenth that the Panthers
have played and they enter the
game with a record of 15 victories
. and one defeat.
A hustling Hawkinsville Red
j Devil team defeated Perry, 44-40,
jin Hawkinsville Tuesday night, to
hand Perry its second loss of the
year. Perry never seemed to get
its full offensive strength together!
Perry 40 Pos. Il’itusville 44
Powell, 9 f E. Smith, 4
B. Logue, 5 f Rewis, 11
Beckham, 9 c Eaton, 11
Gray, 9 g Goode, 9
I May, 5 g Lee, 9
Substitutions: Perry—Leverette,
, 3. Hawkinsville—Dunne. Score at
half; 21; Hawkinsville 19. Officials
I—Hartness,1 —Hartness, Jones.
PERRY G F P T
Powell, f 3 4 0 101
10. Logue, f 0 2 0 2
Beckham, c 54 1 14 j
Gray, g 4 2 2 10
1 May, g 0 0 1 0
IJ- Logue, f 1 10 3
I Brock, f 0 0 0 0
I Beeland, c 0 10 1
t Mobley, g 0 3 1 3
1 Leverett, g 13 3 5
TOTALS 14 20 8 48
LANIER G F P T
Crawford, f l>o 4 2
Mason, f 4 0 2 8
Greene, c 7 2 2 16
Middlebrooks, g 3 10 7
Johnson, g 2 2 2 6
IT. Kitchens, f 0 0 1 0
, Chapman, f 10 0 2
| Vickers, f 0 0 0 0
Gibson. c 3 0 5 6
J. Kitchens, g 112 3
Stroud, g 2 0 2 4
TOTALS 24 6 20 54
Score by quarters:
Perry 5 14 n_ 4B
Lanier 21 11 16 6—54
Free throws missed: Perry
Powell, O. Logue, Beckham, Gray
3, Beeland, IVlobley 3, Leverett
Ttotal 11. Lanier—Chapman 2,
Gibson 2, T. Kitchens 2. Total 6.
Officials: Smith and Schenck.
| MRS. WATSON
j WILL DIRECT
POLIO DRIVE
Mrs. Gardner Watson has been
named chairman of the Mothers’
March on Polio to be staged on
, Thursday evening, January 29, be
tween the hours of 7 and 8, as the
, wind-up event of the 1953 March
of Dimes, it was announced today
by Robert Horton county director
of the annual fund-raising appeal
, j for the National Foundation for
, Infantile Paralysis.
In accepting the chairmanship
. of the Mothers’ March, Mrs. Wat
( son said: “Like every woman, I
, want to do my part in the fight
against polio by assisting in the
. March of Dimes. We never know
where or when polio will strike
and must therefore do everything
we can to raise the money neces
sary for any emergency, whether
, in our own county or in a distant
part of the nation.
“In accpeting this honor, I share
the feeling of every woman is
, Houston County who places the
safety and well-being of her child
ren above any other considera
tion.”
Mrs. Watson said she will con
tact a number of mothers in the
county in the next few days and
ask for their support in the drive.
All communities in the county will
be called on for support, she
said. Mrs. Paul Fain has accepted
the appointment as Warner Rob
ins chairman for the Mothers
, March of Dimes in that city.
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Guardsmen Donate
1
Blood for Patient
By BILL CLARK
Several young men who are mem
-1 bers of Heavy Mortar Co. 121st In
fantry, Perry’s .National Guard
. unit, contributed blood at the
Macon hospital last week.
The blood was given for a young
■ tuberculosis patient from Houston
county at the Battey State Hospital
1 at Rome so that he might have a
better chance to live and recover.
i The men who made the unself
ish donation of their blood were:
• Sgt. Olin S. Hamlin, Sgt. Alton
(Jack) Shurling, Sgt. Darby W.
. Bryant, Pfc Larry G. Elder and
■ Pfc John H. Harkins, all of Perry;
and Sgt. Jack L. Smith, Sgt. Mar
i ion P. Mullis, Pfc John C. Whit
aker, Pfc Julian E. Collier and
; Sgt. James T. Cummings all of
Fort Valley.
Aultman New Head
Os Country Club
Hubert A. Aultman was elected
president of the Perry Country
Club, Inc., at the annual meeting
of the stockholders at the Legion
Home Monday night.
Other officers elected were Mar
-1 ion L. Brown, vice president, and
Stanley E. Smith, secretary and
treasurer; and the following di
rectors: Mayo Davis, Alton Hardy,
D. J. Jones, Wilson Moody, Fran
j cis Nunn, S. A. Nunn, Stewart
■ Richardson, Eric Staples and Ed
j gar West.
j A review of the ' accomplish
-1 ments of the year was presented.
! Several new residents of Perry
j who are stockholders attended the
; meeting and made many favorable
comments for Perry and facilities
of the Perry Country Club,
j It was reported that the Perry
golf course will be one of the
prettiest golf layouts in Middle
, Georgia by spring. Fairways,
greens and tees are in fine shape,
it was reported.
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HUBERT A. AULTMAN f
Girl Gagers Will Play
Men’s Team On Feb. 2
Jay tees lo Install
Car Tape Here Today
The Perry Junior Chamber of
Commerce will stage another
bumper tape sale here from 1 to
6 o’clock today.
‘‘There has been such a demand
for the Scotch-lite tape that makes
the rear bumper glow in lights
that we have decided to offer it
to the public again,” according to
a statement by H. E. Evans and
Herbert Moore, co-chairman of a
Jaycee committee which already
has installed the glowing tape on
more than 200 cars in Perry.
The reflecting tape can be seen
for as far away as half a mile
when lights shine upon it. Its pur
pose is to increase saftey of night
driving. Installing the tape on
automobiles is a nationwide safety
project of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
City Will Review
Paving Payments
Mayor and council have directed
the city clerk to prepare a list of
property owners who have not paid
for paving of streets two years ago
with a view to forcing them into
paying a part of it.
The city charter requires that
paving assessments be published
in the official organ of the city
and property owners notified. The
paving was done without legal noti
fication to property owners and
some of them have failed to pay.
There have been rumors that some
property owners who paid their
share as soon as the paving was
completed would make a formal
application for a return of their
money.
The Home Journal learned this
week that members of city coun
cil are divided on whether to make
any effort to pay back those who
paid lor the paving, or to force
the property owners who have not
paid anything to pay one-third of
he cost. Those who have already
paid for their paving clipped in
one-half on each side of the street,
making the cost to the city noth
ing. The city charter provides that
property owners on each side shall
pay one-third and the city one
third. '
Some councilmen believe those
who have paid should get their
money refunded and some believe
that it will be best to forget the
whole thing and let it ride as it
now stands.
The city is asking for bids on a
new police car.
Mrs. Venla Bradley left by plane
Wednesday for a visit with rela
tives in Nebraska. She will join
her sister there and go to Califor
nia by car to visit other members
of the family. She plans to be gone
five or six weeks.
This Was the Year
Os the ‘Big Snow'
One of the largest snows ever
• to fall in Houston county visited
1 this section about noon last Sat
urday.
1 The snow was heavy enough to
; remain on the ground for about
! an hour after the hour-long snow
t fall.
> Children got a big bang out of
1 gathering up snowballs and tos
-1 sing them at each other. Many
found it exciting to take some
pictures of the historic snow in
the sunny South.
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Women to Organize
New Civic Club Here
All of the business women and
wives of business men of Perry
and vicinity are cordially invited
to join in the organization of a
Women’s Civic Club.
They are urged to meet Thurs
day night, Jan. 22 ,at 8 o’clock at
Lee’s Wagon Wheel Restaurant for
a Dutch supper.
Those who are interested are re
quested to call 207-L or 215 by
Wednesday, Jan. 21, so that reser
vations can be made.
All working women are urged
to attend and to invite their
friends. Please try to be on time,
but be there .
Heisler Speaks
To Brotherhood
Rev. H. H. Heisler, pastor of the
Perry Methodist Church, was the
guest speaker at the January meet
ing of the Baptist Brotherhood at
the Baptist Church Tuesday night.
Mr. Heisler discussed the Bibli
cal background for laymen’s res
ponsibility in connection with the
operation of the church and the
responsibilities of the pastor. He
was introduced by Henry Rossier,
program chairman.
W. C. Langston, was chairman 1
of the food committee.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES APPOINTED
FOR 1953 BY MAYOR MAYO DAVIS
Mayor Mayo Davis has appointed
committees of city council for the
new year following the organiza
tion of the new council. Judge
John L. Hodges, ordinary, swore
in the city officials Thursday
night.
D. K. Roughton is the only new
councilman on the board. Others
are Hugh Lawson, Henry Mat
thews, M. M. Dean, William Bar
field and Alton Hardy.
The mayor appointed the follow
ing committees:
Finance, Dean, Hardy and Law
son.
Fir'e, Barfield, Mlatthewc and
Roughton.
12 Pages This Week
Only a Nickel a Week
LIONS STAGE
LOCAL EVENT
Basketball fans in Middle Geor
gia will get a real treat in expert
ball handling, accurate shooting
and beauty when the Arkansas
Travelers a n all - girl team,
play the Perry Athletic Club at
the Perry High gymnasium the
night of Feb. 2.
Hazel Walker, an All-American
player for 11 years, heads the
Travelers. She claims her aggre
gation is the “greatest basketball
attraction in America” and those
who have seen them in action say
the Travelers live up to the ad
-1 vance billing.
The girls play men’s teams only,
play men’s rules only, and are
known as one of the fastest moving
teams in the country.
Other members of the Travelers
in addition to Owner Hazel Walk
er are Pat Johnson, Edgerton,
Ohio, a beauty queen; Frances
Garroutte, Van Buren, Arkansas,
an All-American; Jo Byers, Nash
ville, Ark; Georgia “Moon Mul
lins.” Olive Hill, Ky.; Ethel La-
Noue, Brooklyn, N. Y., fancy trick
artist, and Martha Evans, Sister
ville, W. Va. The girls range from
5 feet, 8 inches to 6 feet.
In addition to the basketball
game, Hazel Walker challenges
anyone to a free throw exhibition,
standing, kneeling or sitting posi
tions, during half-time.
The girls have not been defeated
in the last six seasons, but some
of the local athletes say they be
lieve they can beat any five girls
in the country.
The basketball program is being
sponsored here by the Perry Lions
Club. President C. D. Leverette
said the Lions will sell more than
1,000 tickets to the game and be
lieve that fans will have to come
early to get a seat.
Mrs. J. S. Harvard, Mrs. W. E.
Nants and Mrs. Yates Green were
among the Perry people attending
the Cordele Camellia Show last
weekend.
Streets, Hardy, Lawson and Bar
field.
Water, Lawson, Dean and Bar
field.
Sanitation, Matthews, Hardy and
Roughton.
Police, Roughton, Dean and Mat
thews.
Councilman Hugh Lawson was
named mayor pro tern.
. The mayor and council voted to
raise the salaries of Mrs. H. D.
Gordy, city clerk; Homer Chap
man, street superintendent; and
Chief J. B. Hawkins and Officers
E. A. Arnold and C. A. Jones by
a Hat $25 a month.