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PRIZE EXHIBITS at the Perry Camellia Show are observed
by Mrs. H. E. Evans Jr. and Pat Cartledge, co-chairman of
the show last weekend, when 878 people came to see the
excellent display of blooms.
Camellia Show Here
Called Best Yet Held
There was a blossom entered
for each one of the 878 persons
who attended the outstanding Per
ry Camellia Show here last Satur
day and Sunday.
This large attendance was made
up of people from 62 cities in
Georgia and 14 states, according
to show officials who expressed
themselves as being pleased with
the success of the show.
“We feel that this show was the
best ever,” Mrs. H. E. Evans Jr.,
president of the Perry Garden
Club, said. “Os course, we try for
a bigger and better one every
year.” A total of 878 registered at
the door.
The show is an annual affair
conducted by the local garden club
in conjunction with the American
Camellia Society.
Highlight of the judging came
when Mrs. Emmett Barnes Jr. of
Macon was announced as winner of
the most outstanding flower in the
show winner. She exhibited a
fluted Ville de Nantes.
Runnerup in that division was
Mrs. T. Edgar Fletcher of Cordele,
who showed a R. L. Wheeler.
The sweepstakes winner was Mrs.
T, Edgar Fletcher of Cordele, who
received the largest number of
ribbons in the show on single
specimen blooms.
Mrs. Frank Murph of Marshall
vllle had the best collection of five
blooms, and Mrs. Jermome Walker
of Marshallville won the honor
with her collection in the 10 bloom
contest.
The Garden Club of Georgia
awarded its Tri-Color Ribbon in
horticulture to Mrs. Emmett
Barnes Jr. and in arrangement to
Mrs. Byron Warren of Perry.
Gold Certificate Winner, Mrs.
Edgar Fletcher of Cordele; Silver
Certificate, Mrs. C. M. Posey of
Arabi.
Artistic Arrangements
Most outstading table, the A.
G. Hendrick trophy, to the Perry
Delphian Club. In the same group,
a blue ribbon was awarded to
the Sorosis Club, a red ribbon to
the Sorelle Club and a white to
the Tawasi Club.
A composition of Camellias in
Elegant Manner; Ist place, Mrs.
Byron Warren, Perry; 2nd place,
■h s. John C. Walker Jr., Marshall
dle; 3ra place, Mrs. Irene Eden,
Perry.
Arrangement of Camellias Stres-
s *ng Simplicity: Ist place, Mrs.
■lohn C. Waker Jr., Marshallville;
-r.d place Mrs. S. W. Hickson,
~fcrry ; 3ru pia e, Mrs. A. H. Law-
Be ry; nonorable mention,
■uiss Lu Hurst.
of Camellias Free
‘ diKe Class: Ist place, Mrs. Yates
Greene, f erry; 2nd place. Miss Elia
‘ice. Marshallville; 3rd place,
Mrs. Billy Murphy, Perry.
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Arrangement Expressing Orien
tal Line; Ist place, Mrs. J. C. Wal
ker Jr., Marshallville; 2nd place,
Mrs. Byron Warren, Perry; 3rd
place, Mrs. H. T. Gilbert, Perry.
Composition of Camellias with
Driftwood: Ist place, Mrs. Geo.
Jordan; 2nd place, Mrs. Yates
Greene; 3rd place, Mrs. Cater Rog
ers; honorable mention, Mrs. Geo.
B, Wells.
Junior Arrangements Grammar
School Students, Perry Winners:
Ist, David Muse; Ist, Phyllis An
derson; 2nd, Claire Grimes; 2nd,
Linda Tabor; 3rd, Johnnie Galle
more; 3rd, Mary Middlebrooks;
honorable mention, Graham Gal
lemore.
Blue Ribbon Winners
Horticulture Division
Specimen Blooms
Red Audusson —Dr. O. R. Thomp
son, Macon.
Audusson —Emmett Barnes Jr.,
Macon.
Prof. Sei'gent—N. W. H. Gilbert,
Perry.
Chandler’s Elegans—Mrs. Je
rome Walker, Marshallville.
Rosea Superba Mrs. Edgar
Fletcher, Cordele.
Christine Lee—Mrs. J. L. Galle
more, Perry.
Debutante—Mrs. Charlie Posey,
Arabi.
Lady Van Sittart —Mrs. Eugene
Beckham, Perry.
Donckelari—Mrs. Emmett Barnes
Jr., Macon.
Lady Jane Gray—Mrs, J. F.
Trice, Arabi.
Gigantia—Mrs. Charlie Posey,
Arabi.
Mrs. Charles Cobb — Mrs. Char
lie Posey, Arabi.
Mathotiana (Var.) —Mrs. Claude
Andrew, Perry.
Mathotiana Rubra —Mrs. A. C.
Durden, Macon.
Mathotiana Rosea Mrs. Em
mett Barnes Jr., Macon.
Etaine de Bore—Mrs. T. E. Flet
cher, Cordele.
Pink Heme—Dr. O. R. Thomp
son, Macon.
Herme—Dr. O. R. Thompson,
Macon.
Coral Duchess of Southerland—
Mrs. Emmett Barnes Jr., Macon.
Glen 40—Mrs. Emmett Barnes
Jr., Macon.
Lindsey Neil—Mrs. A. C. Prit
chett, Perry.
Martha Brice —Mrs. John Don
ald Wade, Marshallville.
T. K. Variegated—Mrs. Wyatt
Kersey, Perry.
Rev. John Bennett —Mrs. Em
mett Barnes Jr., Macon.
Lauren Bacall Mrs. Edgar
Fletcher, Cordele.
Rose Dawn —Mrs. Claude And
rew, Perry.
Jarvis Red—Mrs. Barnett Bleck
ley, Fort Valley.
Empress—Mrs. W. W. Connell,
(Continued on Back Page)
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1953
PANTHERS DEFEAT LANIER,
AVENGING EARLIER LOSS
The Perry High Panthers de
feated the Lanier High Poets
Tuesday night, 51-46, to avenge an
early season loss to the Macon
five.
Billy Powell and Billy Beckham,
with 21 and 19 points, led the
Panthers to their 26th win of the
year, against two defeats.
Lanier’s two “king size” centers
—Billy Greene and Sonny Gibson
—were held to low scores as the
Panthers controlled the ball game
throughout the second half, after
trailing 25-26, at the intermission.
It was a see-saw battle from
the start, with the lead changing
hands rapidly. Perry trailed by
one point at the first quarter, one
point at the half, and led by two
points at the third quarter. In
the final stanza, as the Panthers
made every effort to keep control
of the ball, they won numerous
foul shots and stretched out their
lead to 8 points, at 48-40 two min
utes before the game ended.
It was not a case of a “toad
night” for the Poets; it was just
a case of close defensive work by
the Panthers from the opening
whistle.
Perry won both games in At
lanta this weekend.
In the Friday night game, the
Panthers rolled over Sylvan, 55-30.
Perry was never pushed in the
I Sylvan game and the substitutes
1 saw a lot of action in the last
half.
I It was a different story in the
Saturday night’s game with Brown.
The Rebels, who have probably
the best team in Atlanta, are Class
AA champions. The strong Lanier
team only defeated Brown toy two
points i n their Friday night’s
game.
Brown was always kept “just be
hind” and the Panthers never got
more than a 10 point lead. Brown
at one time surged to within one
point of Perry in the last half.
Perry was led by Billy Powell
Perry Scouts Plan
For Rally Events
Members of Perry Boy Scout
Troop will enter every event at
the Peach Belt District Scout Rally
in Fort Valley tonight, Scoutmas
ter David Hulbert said yesterday.
The Scoutmaster said he doesn’t
guarantee to win many events but
that the boys will be trying their
best to win. They went over their
assignments at the meeting at the
Scout Home Monday night.
Pennington Boy, a ‘Blue Baby,’ Dies Here
Three Days Before Reaching First Birthday
John David Pennington, a “blue
baby”, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
(Shorty) Pennington, died at 6
a. m. Wednesday only three days
before his first birthday. The Pen
ningtons live at 818 Ball Street.
The boy was born with a “leak
ing heart,” which means that the
blood was “short circuited” in his
heart and was not re-oxygenized
before being pumped out through
the body.
Funeral services will be held at
11a. m. Thursday at the graveside
in the Unadilla cemetery. Rev.
Louie F. Smith, pastor of the Una
dilla Baptist Church, will officiate
at the services.
In addition to his parents, other
survivors are a brother, Jimmy;
four sisters, Joan, Marian, Jane
and Clyde Pennington, all of Per
ry; a grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Pen
nington, Butler.
LIQUOR STILL FOUND NEAR PERRY
Five men were arrested on
charges of violating liquor laws
here last Friday after state agents
destroyed a large still aibout five
miles from Perry off the Marshall
ville Road.
Agents C. D. Smith and Green
Dukes took out warrants charging
Thomas King, L. G. Smith, Louis
Jennings and John Henry Fudge
with manufacturing whiskey. Al
bert “Bruce Cat” Davis was charg
ed with possession of non-tax paid
whiskey.
The state men confiscated a 1946
pickup truck and destroyed a
and Billy Beckham accounted for
41 points between them in the
Brown game. Substitute Jackie
Miller rang two consecutive foul
shots in the last minute and a half
of the game.
Perry 51 Pos. Lanier 46
Powell 21 f Crawford 5
Leverette 4 f Mason 6
Beckham 19 c Greene 9
Gray 3 g Middlebrooks 6
Mobley 1 g Johnson 9
Subs: For Perry,j May 3. For
Lanier, Gibson 9. Kitchens 2.
The Perry B teanh made it 18
in a row by defeating the Lainer
Junior High School, 44-35.
Perry 51 Pos. Brown 47
Powell 21 f Kennedy 11
Leverette 4 f Stephens 10
Beckham 20 c Baldwin 7
Gray 1 g Hartsfield 14
Mobley 3 g Martin 5
Score at half, Perry 24; Brown 19.
Subs; Perry—Miller 2; Brown—
Dix.
PERRY G F PF TP
Powell, f 5 3 2 13
Leverette, f 3 12 7
Brock, f 0 0 10
Malone, f 10 0 2
Beckham, c 5 3 2 13
Beeland, c 10 12
Gray, g $ 1 2 1
Mobley, g 3 2 4 8
Logue, g 1113
Miller, g 2 2 2 6
TOTALS 21 13 17 55
SYLVAN G F PF TP
Roberts, f 16 3 8
Mason, f 0 10 1
Hamrie, f O 0 0 0
Mills, f O 0 0 0
Hawkins, c 10 4 2
Applegate, g 2 4 4 8
Teague, g .... 2 3 2 7
Arker, g 10 12
Moore, g 0 0 0 0
Hatsfield, g 10 0 2
TOTALS 8 14 14 30
Notice
Perry will play Sylvan High of
Atlanta here Friday night and
Brown High of Atlanta here
Saturday night to close out the
season.
Perry defeated both teams
last weekend, but two good
games are forecast. The Panthers
will rest and drill for the Third
District* tournament which opens
here Feb. 24.
Your best entertainment bargain
—The Home Journal.
CITY CONSIDERS
GAS BOND OFFER
Representatives of a bonding
company and natural gas engineers
presented a financing plan Tues
day to Perry’s mayor and council,
who took the offer under advise
ment.
Mayor Mayo Davis said a com
pany is offering to buy the refund
ing certificates for the proposed
half-million dollar system and that
the city is interested in getting the
best interest rate possible.
If the city decides to accept the
offer, an election will be called
and the proposal advertised for 30
days. To win approval, the plan
must be favored by more than half
of the 1,100 registered voters of
Perry.
“steamer still” including two 120
gallon steamers, two 55 gallon
whiskey barrels, two copper radi
ator condensers, 31 fermenters of
60 gallon capacity each, five 220
gallon fermenters, and 2,000 gal
lons of mash.
The agents described it as one of
the largest stills destroyed in this
section.
The same agents arrested Frank
Haugabrook and his wife, Willie
Mae Haugabrook, on Tuesday in
a separate action and charged
them with possessing non-tax paid
whiskey.
Population of Perry
Is Estimated at 5,000
Lottery Suspects
Arrested in City
Three Perry Negroes were
charged by city police this week
with operating a lottery and pos
sessing lottery tickets.
They were listed by Chief J. B.
Hawkins as Lucy Ross, Grover C.
Jackson and his wife, Primrose
Jackson.
Lottery tickets and money al
legedly received from sale of
“bug” tickets were found in the
homes of Lucy Ross and Jackson,
Chief Hawkins said.
Solicitor William M. West of
the Macon Judicial Circuit quest
ioned two of the Negroes and ad
vised obtaining warrants against
them. They were released on SSOO
each.
WOMEN TO DIRECT
DAY OF PRAYER
Each year on the first Friday
in Lent the World Day of Prayer
is obsegrved in more than 17,000
communities in the United States
and in 117 countries around the
world.
The days is sponsored in the
United States by the General De
partment of United Church Wom
en of the National Council of
Churches and this year is on Fri
day, Feb. 20. Its purpose is to
unite people of the world in a
pound of prayer and Christian fel
lowship.
In Perry the observance will be
directed by the Women of the
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Baptist, Methodist and Presbyter
ian churches, with Mrs. E. P.
Staples in charge. The prayer serv
ice will be observed from 2:30 p.
m. to 3:15 p. m. in the Baptist
Church.
Frank Holland will deliver the
inspirational address.
Everyone in Perry and the sur
rounding community, both men
and women, are urged to attend.
The business houses of Perry have
been asked to close during this
hour in order that their employees
may attend. The Perry schools will
observe a period of prayer on the
same day.
Mayor’s Proclamation
“Whereas, the General Dept.
United Church Women of the Nat.
Council of Churches has designat
ed Friday, Feb. 20, 1953 as World
Day of Prayer; and whereas, World
Day of Prayer has been designed
on an international, interdenomi
national, interracial basis to join
the peoples of this world together
in the furtherance of a belief in
God.
“Now, therefore, I, Mayo Davis,
Mayor of Perry, Ga., do proclaim
Friday, Feb. 20, 1953 as World
Day of Prayer in Perry, and cah
upon the people of this commun
ity to observe this day in prayer
for a better world for all people,
as we bow our heads in reverent
acknowledgement of our depend
ence and reliance upon Almighty
God.
“Witness my hand and seal o.
the City of Perry, this 10th day oi
Feb. 1953.”
MAYO DAVIS. Mayor
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my many
thanks to the Women of the Pres
byterian Church for the lovely
gift and their kind thoughts.
, MRS. E. DOERRER
CARD OF THANKS
1 want to thank my family and
friends for the many kind things
you have done for me since my
accident. I am deeply grateful for
your love and interest.
MRS. J. P. ETHERIDGE
I
NEW SIGNS: Installing new
signs seemed to be the order of
the day on Carroll Street in the
last two weeks. New signs were
installed by Houston Drug Co.,
McLendon Auto Co., Kicklighter-
Akin Drug Co. and Houston Hard
ware Co. They all look good, too. •
BIG INCREASE IS SEEN HERE
IN UTILITIES INSTALLED IN 1952
Perry’s population increased by 800 last year and stands
at close to 5,000, a survey indicated this week.
The estimate is based on an increase of 214 light meters
by Georgia Power Company, 1
Perry and 46 telephones by Sot
A large percentage of the 214
light meters added by the power
company were installed in new
residences, indicating that about
175 homes were built here in the
last 12 months, according to Ed
Sandefur, local manager of the
power company.
Nelson A. Mahone, Georgia dis
trict manager of the Southeastern
Telephone Company, told The
Home Journal that there are 270
business telephones and 620 resi
dence phones in service at the'
Perry exchange.
More improvements
“The Southeastern Telephone
Company spent approximately
$32,000 on service improvements
and extensions during the year of
1952,” Mr. Mahone said. “Present
plans and budget contemplate the |
expenditure of approximately $40,-
QOO on service improvements and
extensions at the Perry exchange
during the year of 1953.”
Mrs. H. D. Gordy, city clerk,
said the City now has 850 meters,
a gain of 113 over the same date
last year. Fourteen others have
been added since Jan. 1, 1953. The
reason the number of water meters
is not as high as light meters is
that in some sections of the city a
number of houses use water from
the same outlet and the cost of the
CLUB TO SPONSOR DOGWOOD SALE
The Business Women’s Civic: plant the dogwood trees free of
Club decided last Thursday night | charge for property owners. The
to sponsor the sale of dogwood I trees will cost $1 each and will be
trees to beautify Perry and to hold available to any property owner in
a fashion tea on March 11 at New Perry.
* i Rita Todd, Billy Moody and Fel-
Ihe new civic club here met at i .
the Legion Home with the City | ton Norwood Presented a program
Restaurant serving the Dutch sup- mus * c songs,
per. I The club’s next meeting will be
Nurseryman Pat Cartledge will held March 5.
Boy Scouts Celebrate 43rd Birthday
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BOY SCOUTS or AMERICA
Official Boy Scout Week Poster
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Boy Scout Week, Feb. 7 to 13,
marking the 43rd anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America, will
be observed throughout the na
tion by more than 3,250,000 boys
and adult leaders. Since 1910,
more than 20,200,000 boys and
men have been members.
“Forward on Liberty’s Team”
is the birthday theme and the
emphasis is on “The Scout Fam
ily” of programs meeting the
10 Pages This Week
Only a Nickel a Week
13 water meters by the City of
itheastern Telephone Company,
service is divided among several
families.
Water service is being extended
to new homes as fast as they are
built, and this is at a rapid clip.
Construction new homes goes on
rapidly in white and negro sec
tions.
The City drilled a new well dur
ing the year to assure a better
water supply for the fast-growing
city.
Power Company Grows
Georgia Power Company, while
adding 214 meters, also stepped up
the power coming into Perry from
2300 kilowatt voltage to 4000 kil
owatt voltage. Several improve
ments and additional equipment
were placed at the power com
pany’s sub-station near the water
plant.
“Conversion of the Perry tele
phone exchange to dial service is
not contemplated for the next two
years,” Mr. Mahone said, “unless
development In the way of housing
to the extent of exhausting our
present central office switchboard
should materialize.”
The year 1952 also saw the open
ing of two new restaurants, a new
drug store, a beauty shop, the
sparkling City Hall, the erection
of a ready-mix concrete plant and
many other improvements.
interests of boys in three age
groups: Cub Scouting for boys
8, 9 and 10; Boy Scouting for
those 11, 12 and 13 and Explor
ing for boys 14 and up.
The high point of Scouting in
1953 will be the third National
Jamboree. More than 50,000 Boy
Scouts will camp at a 3,000-acre
tent city ua the Irvine Ranch in
the Newport Harbor area of
southern California next' July 17
to 23.
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