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LIBRARY: Editor Louis T. Smith
of the Warner Robins Press quoted \
from our column last week on the I
Public Library in the county
courthouse in Perry.
Mr. Smith misquoted us in three,
or four instances and we would'
like to keep the record straight.
We did not say that there was
any friction between Perry and
Warner Robins regarding the li
brary. We said that some one in
Warner Robins seems to be trying
to create a feeling of ill-will be
tween the towns and that there is
no reason for such a feeling.
We did not say that the county
commissioners had rejected a re
quest to help the library in War
ner Robins, as Mr. Smith claimed.
The commissioners have no record
of a request from Warner Robins
library.
Mr. Smith said we wrote that the
library in Perry receive* $25 aj
year from the commissioners. It
is $25 a month.
Mr. Smith said it was necessary
for Warner Robins people to go
15-odd miles to Perry and return
to get books and that teen-agers
cannot make this trip. As a matter
of record, the county library keeps
from 100 to 300 books at the War
ner Robins library at all times and
they are available right in Warner
Robins. The State Department of
Education has commended the
county library for its liberal lend
ing of books to the Warner Rob
ins library. In other words, the
Robins library gets an ample sup
ply of books through the county
library and they are available right
In Warner Robins.
Just wanted to keep the record’
straight.
He LIKES IT: John R. Heller of
Big Springs, Nebraska, brother of
J. C. Heller of Perry, came here
for a visit with his brother and
has now decided that he may be
come a permanent resident of Per
ry because he likes this section of
the country so well. Perry hopes
he will stay and become one of
us.
HONOR BOX: One of our state
daily newspapers is catching up!
with the times—it has installed an
“honor box” just like the one The |
Home Journal put in almost a year
ago. If they stay on the ball they;
may be able to keep up with The 1
Home Journal. The American
Press magazine recently asked us
what we had found out about peo
ple’s honesty in connection with
the honor box. We can report that
we have found the people here are
an honest lot generally. (We for
got the whole box one night and
found the papers and nickels un
touched the next morning. You
can’t beat this for honesty).
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GOOD WORK; Capt. Homer
Chapman, city street superintend
ent, says he is going to plant two
oak trees whenever one has to be
cut down in the city. This is a
good project because the big oaks
here are one of the features that
make Perry so pretty.
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THANKS: The Etheridge family,
which was increased by one last
week, wants to thank you good
friends in the community for be
ing so nice to the new son, who
will also express his appreciation
as soon as he can talk.
TERESI ATTENDS
BAPTIST MEETING
Rev. James M. Teresi, pastor of
the Perry Baptist Church, attend
ed a state Sunday School Planning
conference at the Fort Valley Bap
tist Church last Friday. Georgia
Baptists are pla .ning a Sunday
School enrollment campaign in
1.954, with the slogan, “A Million
More in ’54.”
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MR. AND MRS. E. S. BRYANT
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Bryant of Fort Valley Route 1 cele
brated their Golden Wedding anniversary on Dec. 23 at their
home. Mr. Bryant is 72 years old and Mrs. Bryant 71. Their
children and grandchildren were with them for the occasion.
Mrs. Bryant, the former Laura Davidson, was the daughter
of the late Chappell Davidson and Elefare Etheridge of Hous
ton county. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant have seven children, John
F. Bryant of Fort Valley, J. E. Bryant of Atlanta, Mr. C. C.
Chapman of Perry, Mrs. Carlton Slappey of Fort Valley, Mrs.
T. A. Hendry, Mrs. C. C. Williams and Mrs. Jess Smith of
Parrish, Fla., all of whom were present for the 50th anniver-;
1 sary observance.
CITY RECEIVES
$110,705 REVENUE
The City of Perry took in sllO,-
705 during the' last year, the best
year in the history of this 130-
year-old city.
A. W. Dahlberg, certified ac
countant who is auditing the city’s
books for 1952, furnished a break
down on the city’s income.
Property taxes $52,107.78
Beer taxes 6,085.50
General licenses ...... 11,347.50
Fines, forfeitures 14,205.75
Water revenue 24,299.77
Parking meters 2,633.74
Rent 25.00
TOTAL $110,705.04
The auditor said that the city’s
general financial situation is good,
but that if the growth of the city
continues additional revenue will
be needed to finance the expan
sion. The city owes $31,000 on the
general bonded debt and $167,000
on the water revenue certificates.
The bank balance is $3,193 and the
water revenue reserve fund is
$1,109. The balance in the General
Bond Sinking Fund is $2,511.66
and the balance in the Water
: Revenue Sinking Fund is $20,-
078.54.
Despite an unprecendeted per
j iod of expansion which called for
j additional water and sewage facili
ties and a general demand for
more city services, the city has
managed to keep up with the
j growth without a general bond
, issue.
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Television Brings
Inaugural Program
I To Perry Students
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i Perry students of 1953 got their
first glimpse of the Inauguration
by television Tuesday.
McLendon Auto Company set up
two large televisions at the high I
school auditorium. Supt. E. P.
Staples allowed students who had
invitations to go to homes which
i had television sets,
i The educational value of the
inauguration program was excel
lent.
Your best entertainment bargain j
—The Home Journal.
GUARD TO BE INSPECTED TODAY I
By BILL CLARK
Heavy Mortar Co. 121st Infan
try Regiment will hold its annual
Federal Inspection tonight. This
inspection is held every year by
Regular Army officers to deter
mine the condition of the equip
ment and the morale, training and
operational readiness of the unit.
The company, which now con
sists of 4 officers and 91 enlisted
men, will be inspected by Colonel
Brown of the Third Army Inspect- j
or General’s Office. He will check |
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1953
COMMISSIONERS
REQUEST RAISES
Rep. J. W. Bloodworth of Hous
ton county will introduce a bill in
the Georgia general assembly pro
viding for an increase in the sal
aries of the five commissioners of
the county.
The commissioners, who make
$250 a year under the present law,
are requesting a raise to SSO a 1
month, or S6OO a year.
It will be necessary for the house
and senate to approve the bill be-1
ing introduced by Mr. Bloodworth
at the request of the commission
ers.
The commissioners are Wyatt
Kersey, Kathleen; Claude Watson,
Bonaire; J. T. Miller Jr., Warner;
Robins; Warren B. Hodge, Hender
son, and S. L. Norwood, Perry.
Perry Garden Club
Will Meet Today |
Mrs. E. S. Wright of Knoxville, j
Ga., will be the guest speaker at
the meeting of the Perry Garden ,
Club at 3:45 p. m. today at the
Grammar School auditorium.
Mrs. Wright will speak on dried
arrangements.
Another feature of the meeting
will be a discussion of the Perry \
Camellia Show scheduled for Feb.
7-8. The theme of the show is
“Coronation of Camellias.”
Completition is planned in two
classes: arrangements, dried ma
terial in choice of container, Scale
I, and camellias in contemporary
American manner, Scale 11, and
best horticultural specimen.
Hostesses for the meeting will
be Mrs. Henry Matthews, Mrs. H.
E. Weems Jr., Mrs. William
Stubbs, Mrs. Billy B. Murphey,
Mrs. Stewart Richardson, Mrs.
Aubrey Anderson and Mrs. George
B. Wells.
COMING EVENTS
The Wesleyan Service Guild
will meet Wednesday, Jan. 28,
at 7:30 p. m. Place of meeting will
be announced later .
Organization of a woman’s civic
j club is scheduled for Bp. m. today,
I at Lee's Wagon Wheel Restaurant.
all the company’s training facili- 1
ties and equipment and then will
look over the men in the ranks. ':
A total of 95 officers and men is ;
an all-time high in strength that
the unit has had for any such in- ’
spection. ,
Five new men have enlisted in
the past two weeks, they are; Pri- 1
vates William D. Hinson, George ’
H. Ford, Billy J. Locke, James E. i
Mealer and Jack B. Riddle. All of .
| these men are from Perry or Hous- i
I ton county. j
HEALTH UNIT
GIVES REPORT
ON 1952 WORK :
More than 5,000 immunizations |
against disease were completed in i
1952 by the Houston County {
Health Department, Mrs. Edith ’
Rossier, county health nurse said j
yesterday.
Immunizations included dipthe-'
ria 37. whooping cough 123, small-j
pox 661, triple vaccine 395 and
typhoid, 4,138.
“One of the most significant |
facts concerning these figures,” 1
Mrs. Rossier said, “is that 123
babies under one year of age have
been “immunized. Babied do not
have much resistance for diptheria
and whooping cough. It is hoped
that in the year 1953 we will
double thp number.”
Eighty-seven cases of venereal
diseases were admitted to service
during the year. Twenty-tow were
treated at Alto Medical Center and
the remainder had been previously
treated but were checked.
TB Still Big Problem
Tuberculosis still remains the
major problem of the Houston
county health department, Mrs.
Rossier said. The county has 61
cases on record; eight new cases
were found in the past six months
and 21 for the year. Nineteen cases
are in sanitoriums at Rome, Ga.,
Oteen, N. C., and Oliver General
Hospital, Augusta, Ga. The mobile
X-ray unit of the State Health
Department made 364 X-ray exam-j
inations in Pqrry and Warner Rob
ins during the year, alternating
between the two health centers
The mobile unit visits the county
every two months.
The county health department
was instrumental in forming the
Houston County Tuberculosis As
sociation .headed by I. N. Hayes
of Warner Robins as chairman.
The county association will deter
mine how the money received in
the TB seal sale will be used and
decide on educational and preven
tive programs.
Two pre-school round-ups were
held, one here and one at Warner
Robins, with 177 physical exami
nations and 84 dental exams.
Vison, Hearing Tested
Vision tests were made for 1,193
children, with 65 defects corrected,
and hearing tests numbered 703,
with 36 corrections effected. These
required 164 nursinjg visits I<o
schools in the county and 120
visits to homes.
Thirty-three children were ad
mitted to the Crippled Children’s
Service in 1952. Ten received
diagnostic service and 29 received
treatment at this tax-supported
organization. The county health
nurses follow up the clinical treat
ment of crippled children.
The county health department
added a sanitarian, Bailey Harris
on, last April. His duties concern
inspections of eating establish
ments, tourist courts, septic tanks,
food and markets, sewage, garbage
disposals, etc. He made 426 in
spections during the year. Another
personnel change was the appoint
ment of Mrs. Nell Suffridge as a
health nurse to replace Mrs. Annie
B. Meyer, who resigned.
Members of the county health
board are Chairman Wyatt D. Ker
sey of the county commissioners;
County School Supt. Lewis Tabor,
and Dr. A. G. Hendrick, who is
appointed by the grand jury. The
board is responsible for the poli
cies and duties of the health de
partment.
As Justice of Peace
Hamsley Is Elected
Charlie Hamsley was elected
justice of peace for the Hayneville
district over James W. Byrnes, 74
to 20, in a special election last
Saturday.
W. H. Harper was elected con
stable over E. G. McCormick, 55 to
39.
Justice Hamsley succeeds E. H. I
Wimberly, who did not offer for;
re-election for reasons of health. I
It was the second election for |
the posts to be held in the Hayne-j
ville district. The first resulted 1
in a “no election” ruling by Judge'
John L. Hodges, ordinary, who)
ruled that the voting was not held
in accordance with the law.
Perry Five Overcomes Slump ,
Defeats Cochran and
j Next Thursday Proclaimed by Mayor Davis
j As Mothers' March on Polio Day in Perry
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Stem bridge Pilots
| Helicopter in Show
During Inauguration
Cherry Point, N. C.—Marine Ist
Lieutenant W. D. Stembridge of
Perry, Georgia was selected as one
of the participants to fly in the
spectacular aerial demonstration
during inaugural ceremonies for
President-elect Elsenhower at the
nation’s capital Tuesday.
Lieutenant Stembridge, a pilot
attached to the Second Marine Air
Wing here, will man a HRS Troop-
Carrying Helicopter, one of the 60
Leatherneck aircraft to be featur
ed in the aerial phase of the ex
tensive military show in which
nearly 20,000 members from all
branches of the Armed Forces
took part.
In addition to the aerial fly
over, the Marine Corps was rep
resented in the inaugural parade
by a composite infantry battalion
of Leathernecks, a company of
Women Marines, and the 86-piece
United States Marine Corps Band,
Lieutenant Stem bridge’s mother,
Mrs. Nonie Stembridge and wife
and children, reside in Perry.
Outstanding Lion
To Receive Trophy
Donated by Gilbert
Louis T. Gilbert of Cordele,
former Perryan who is considered
the “daddy” of the Perry Lions
Club, announced Tuesday night
that he will award a trophy each
year to the “Lion of the Year in
Perry.”
The award will be made for the
first time in July, when the new
officers of the club are installed.
Mr. Gilbert said he is setting
up the award in honor of his late
father, H. T. Gilbert, pioneer citi
zen of Perry anr Houston county.
Mr. Gilbert was one of a number
of representatives of Lions clubs
in Middle Georgia who came here
Tuesday night for the annual
ladies’ night program of the local
Lions Club, About 75 persons at
tended the program at the Perry
Grammar School auditorium. C. D.
Leverette is president of the local
club, which has made an outstand
ing record of public service since
it began two years ago.
Notice
Any man desiring to play basket-
I ball against the Arkansas Travel
j ers, girls’ basketball team, on Feb.
! 2. see Riley Young or Chalmers
j Chapman. This is urgent, men.
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I SILCOX ELECTED
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I Athens, Ga. Martin Silcox, j
' Perry, has been elected treasurer
I of Chi Psi fraternity at the Uni
versity of Georgia for the winter!
quarter.
Mayor Mayo Davis yesterday
proclaimed next Thursday Moth
| ers’ March on Polio day through
out the city.
Declaring that the “Mothers’
March will prove one of the finest
manifestations of the depth of our
concern for the health of our
young people,” Mayor Davis said
that “polio during the past four
years had placed an overwhelming
burden upon the March of Dimes
in providing for care and treat
ment of the stricken.”
The Mothers’ March which will
take place at 7 p. m., Thursday is
a vital and climaxing activity of
this year’s fund-raising drive of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, the mayor said.
During the hour-long March,
several volunteers in 40 blocks
will ring doorbells at every house
where lighted porch lights, lamps
or candles, bespeak the desire of
the dwellers to participate in the
fight against polio. Last year alone
this disease struck down 15 Hous
ton county boys and girls.
Mayor Davis urged “that porch
lights be turned on in every home
in our city as signals of welcome
to these humanitarian volunteers
so that they may raise the funds
necessary to carry on the great
work made possible by the March
of Dimes.”
More Construction
Planned at Robins
Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Two contracts totaling $1,675,885
for the construction at Robins Air
Force Base of administrative space
additions and an aircraft hangar
which will have a maintenance
shop and supply shop attached
have been let.
A. R. Briggs Construction Co.
of Macon was awarded a $1,248,-
230 contract for the construction
of administrative space additions.
Christian and Bell Co. of At
lanta was awarded a $427,654 con
tract for the construction of an
aircraft hangar with maintenance
shop and supply shop attached.
HAZEL WALKER, above, is the five-foo'. 10-inch All-American girl
basketball player whose team will play the Perry Athletic Club
in Perry Feb. 2. The game is being sponsored by the Perry Lions.
The Arkansas Travelers, all-girl team, play men’s teams only and
play by men’s rules. The Perry High gym is the scene of the
game.
10 Pages This Week
Only a Nickel a Week
CANTON NEXT
FOE OF TEAM
HERE FRIDAY
The Perry High Panthers re
covered from a slump that cost
them two losses to come back in
their last two games with solid
victories.
The Panthers upset the power
ful Cochran Royals Tuesday night,
63 to 39, after beating Cuthbert
last Friday night, 70 to 62.
A “straight talk” from Coaches
E. P. Staples and Frank Holland
about training rules was given
credit by some for awakening of
the Panthers. One of the former
first string is not expected to
play any more this year as a re
sult of breaking training rules.
Other members of the squad were
told that they would be warming
the bench if they could not keep
strict training rules.
Billy Powell, who had a slump
right after Christmas, came back
strong in both the Cuthbert and
Cochran games. He hit the hoops
for 24 points against Cochran
Tuesday night, followed by Billy
Beckham, with 18, and Joe Lever
otte, with 10.
The Panthers got off to a good
start in Cochran and held a 32-21
lead at half-time. They never lost
the lead, and Coach Staples sub
stituted only once.
In the “B” team, Perry edged
Cochran, 34-32.
Perry 63 Pos. Cochran 39
Powell 20 f Purser 8
Leverette 10 f Lasseter 7
Beckham 18 c Johnson
May 6 g Skipper 8
Gray 9 g Holland 9
SUBS: Perry—Beeland. Cochran
—Sikes 3, Reeves 4.
Score at half: Perry 32; Cochran
21.
Perry faces its arch rival, Can
ton, on the local court Friday
night, and will be at home for
the next six games. They face, in
order, Hawkinsville, Spalding,
Cochran, Sylvan, Brown and Lan
ier between now and Feb. 10.
Friends of Charles H. Leach will
be glad to know that he is improv
ing after an operation at the Mid
dle Georgia Hospital.
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