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VOL. 82 NO. 10
Panthers Seeking
Third State Crown
locals seen
AS FAVORITE
IN T. MEET
The Perry High Panthers opened
their hid for their third state
Class B basketball crown in Ma
con yesterday afternoon, attempt
ing what only two other teams in
the state have accomplished
winning three state crowns.
This is the 18th trip the Panth
ers have made to the state tourna
ment in the last 25 years. They
have won the district title five
limes under former Coach J. M.
Gooden and 13 times under Coach
E. P. Staples, recognized as one of
the best mentors in Georgia. Only
Vienna and Canton have won three
titles.
The Panthers appeared to be at
full strength for the tourney. They
will lineup with Billy Powell and
Joe Leverette at the forward posts,
Billy Beckham at center, and David
Gray and Franklin May at the
guards. Over on thebench ready
for service will be Tommy Mobley,
Billy Brock, Jackie Miller, James
Logue, Martin Beeland and John
Malone.
Staples Respects Them All
Asked which team he feared the
most, Coach E. P. Staples com
mented:
“We are fearing each team in
the tournament as we come to
them. You can’t tell what will hap
pen in a tournament because all
the clubs will be ‘fired up’ to win.”
Courtside gossip said the favor
ites In Class B were Perry, Ludo
vvici, Thomson and Clarkston. Per
ry was expected to get by North
Habersham, which has the least
impressive record of any team in
the tournament. But Thomson and
Ludowici come to Macon with
formidable records, Thomson aver
aging 60 points a game and Ludo
wici 70 points.
The Perry schools closed Wed
nesday afternoon at 1:45 for spring
holidays and a general exodus of
Perry people for Macon began
soon afterward.
Perry suffered only two defeats
during the season, at the hands of
Lanier and Hawkinsville, and both
defeats were avenged late in the
season. Hawkinsville went down to
the wire with Perry in the finals.
of the district, losing to the local
five in an overtime period, 36-32.
W. B. Martin Joins
Perry Pharmacy
W. B. (Wink) Martin began work
as a druggist this week at Perry
Pharmacy.
Mr. Martin, who was born and
reared at Marshallville, comes here
•rom Hazlehurst. He formerly
owned a drug store in Hawkins
ville and was connected with the
' bichester Stores in Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin and child
ren have moved into the home on
s huoak Avenue formerly occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warren,
ho have moved into their new
home in Brookwood.
PERRY LAUNCHES WORK TO CAPTURE
OA. POWER’S HOMETOWN CONTEST
Perry launched its program of
v * c improvement in the Cham
on Hometown Contest last Thurs
'V night, with a meeting of com
dtee leaders with the sponsoring
•siness Woman’s Civic Club.
Phil Talley of the Georgia Power
nnpany’s community develop
'd division explained the con
: to the group and showed slides
ke i at some of the most progres
’e cities in Georgia to illustrate
' d Ferry can do to promote its
dry.
P Talley said one of the prime
i>oses of the program is to de
"P Georgia towns so that talent
'°nng people will not feel it is
essary to go away from home •
opportunities. He praised Per
spirit of friendship, especially
ourists and visitors.
Houston % our nal
Tourney Schedule
Here’s the schedule f)or the
Perry High Panthers in the State
Class B. tournament if they con
tinue to win; Perry vs. N. Haber
sham at 3:30 Wednesday; Perry
vs. Thomson at 9:45 p. m. Thurs
day; Perry vs. winner of Ludowici-
Homerville game at 6:20 p. m. Fri
day, and finals at 9 p. m. Saturday.
CLASS B
UPPER BRACKET
Mt. Vernon-Ailey (1) vs. Clarks
ton (5), March 11, 6 p. m.
Gumming (9) vs. winner Mt.
Vernon-Ailey-Clarkston, March 12,
1:15 p. m.
Hogansville (4) vs. Morven (2),
March 11, 8:30 p. m.
Cochran (6) vs. winner Hogans
ville-Morven, March 12, 3:45 p. m.
LOWER BRACKET
Ludowicci (1) vs. Cassville (7),
March 11, 1 p. m.
Bth District champ vs. winner 1
Ludowici-Cassville, March 12, 7:15
p. m.
Perry (3) vs. North Habersham
(9), March 11, 3:30 p. m.
Thomson (10) vs. winner Perry-
North Habersham, March 12, 9:45
p. m.
Big Group Attends
March PTA Meeting
The Perry PTA March meeting,
held Tuesday night in the High
School auditorium, was attended
by a large group of mothers, fath
ers and other members.
Interest centered on the program
presented by the Speech Club
under the direction of Mrs. Willis
Harrison. Miss Cynthia Muse gave
"A Soldier’s Wife,” a letter from
Martha Washington to her hus
band, as a dramatic monologue.
Misses Sylvia Tabor and Betty
Nunn and George Wells portrayed
the characters in a one act comedy,
‘‘The Sisters Mclntosh.”
Mrs. E. P. Staples, president,
conducted the business session.
She announced that Mrs. D. H.
Smith, PTA representative, met
with the Business Women’s club in
its planning for competing in the
“Better Hometown” contest.
The opening prayer was led by
Rev. Swoll Sawyer.
The attendance contest was won
by the 4th, 7th and 12th grades.
Legal Notice
Residents of Perry who own dogs
are required by City Ordinance to j
register the dogs with Dr. Felix
Smith when the dogs are inocu
lated. The registration fee for the
City of Perry is sl. Dr. Smith has
been authorized by Mayor and I
I Council to register the dogs. All
dogs without city license tags will
be impounded and destroyed if not
claimed.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
CITY OF PERRY
Lt. and Mrs. David L. Mims left
Sunday for New Jersey where Lt.
Mims will leave for overseas duty
in Europe. Mrs. Mims will fly
back this weekend to be at home i
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. j
H. Andrew to await overseas ord-1
ers to rejoin her husband.
Attending the meeting were
Mrs. Edith Rossier and Bailey Har
rison, representing health and san
itation committee; Paschal Muse, [
agriculture; Marion Greene, Lions
Club-recreation; Gardner
tourists; Kenneth Flynt, business
and industry; Mrs. Wilson Moody,
Garden Club-beautification; Misses
Betty Nunn and Sylvia Tabor, j
youth, Mrs. D. H. Smith, PTA-edu- I
cation; and Cooper Etheridge, pub
licity and advertising.
The committee leaders planned
to go over suggestions made at the
meeting and meet again in a month 1
Ito outline the program, which
closes in October.
Mrs. A. D. Culpepper presided
at the meeting and Mrs. R. E.
1 Smith introduced the speaker.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1953
B TOURNEY RESULTS
Perry 27
N. Habersham 18
At Halftime
j
Two Tifton Women
Hurt Near Perry
Two Tifton women were injured
in a three-vehicle collision at the
intersection of U. S. 41 South and
the Marshallville Road at 5 p. m.
Tuesday, Police Chief J. B. Haw
kins reported.
The women were listed as Mrs.
Madeline Paulk, broken leg and
lacerations of the face, and her
daughter, Mrs. Frances Keehone,
broken wrist and lacerations of
the head.
Chief Hawkins said he had
charged Gordon Lee Brown, Mon
tezuma, with reckless driving as a
result of the wreck. He said Brown
came out o f the Marshallville
Road, hit a truck belonging to An
drew Truck and Tractor Co.,
which in turn hit a Cadillac driven
by Mrs. Paulk. John Kendrick was
listed as driver of the pick-up
truck. He and Brown- were not
injured.
Damages to the three vehicles
was estimated by Chief Hawkins
as about $3,000.
LIONS SELL 2,300
CAMELLIAS HERE
The local Lions Club announced
today that the sale of Camellias
held last week was very successful
and efforts are underway to make
this an annual affair. This sale
was originally scheduled for Tues
day, March 3, but due to the incle
ment weather was extended
through Saturday, March 7.
The Club reported more than
2,300 plants of assorted varieties
were sold, and the great majority
of them were sold to local people.
In addition to these camellias, 100
azaleas were also offered Saturday
and these were sold within a very
short time, with many calls that
could not be filled. The club re
grets this, but these plants were
not available in sufficient quanti
ties to satisfy the demands.
Fifty camellia plants were pre
sented to the City by Lion Presi
dent C. D. Leverette and were
accepted by Mayor Mayo Davis,
who stated that the plants would
be set out in local Parks.
It was also announced that the
Lions Club furnished sandwiches
and drinks to the School Boy Pa
trol while doing such a splendid
job of parking cars during the re
| cent basketball tournament.
Funeral Conducted
For G. E. Rape, 78
Funeral services for George Ed
ward Rape, 78, who died at his
residence in Warner Robins lasi
Friday, were held at Hattie Baptist
Church Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Rape, a retired farmer and i
a former commissioner of Houston I
county, had moved to Warner Rob-!
ins from Centerville about 10 years 1
ago.
Rev. Vernon Brown and Rev.
! Andrew Caldwell conducted the
funeral services and burial was in
the church cemetery at Centerville.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home
i was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include one son,
Wyatt L. Rape of Warner Robins;
[four sisters, Mrs. Maude Newell of
Macon, Mrs. C. P. Stafford, Mrs.
J. T. Judd and Mrs. C. E. Newell,
I all of Centerville; four brothers,
S. M. Rape, D. E. Rape, W. E. Rape
and A. G. Rape, all of Centerville.
Servicemen
Charles Irby Shelton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. I. Shelton of Perry, l
arrived in San Francisco Monday |
after serving with the armed forces j
in Japan. He will go to Fort Jack
son. S. C„ where he will receive
1 his discharge.
Sergeant and Mrs. Edward Chap
man are visiting relatives here.
Sergeant Chapman has been sta
tioned at Lowry Field, Colorado.
Mrs. Chapman is the former Miss
Jane Snyder of Perry.
City Plans Improvements
In Lights, Water and Sewerage
CARDEN CLUBBERS
jTO VISIT LACRANGE
The Perry Garden Club’s March
meeting on March 26 will be a
trip to the Ida Cason Callaway
Gardens at LaGrange, it was an
nounced at the club’s meeting last
Thursday at Perry grammar school.
The garden club group will leave
Perry at 10 a. m. Thursday, March
26, for the LaGrange pilgrimage.
A nominating committee was ap
pointed by Mrs. H. E. Weems Jr.,
president, consisting of Mrs. Cole
man Strother, Mrs. Joe Bedding
field and Mrs. Vernon Tuggle.
The program at last Thursday’s
meeting included a movie of local
gardens, and slides taken by Mrs.
Allen Pritchett and Mrs. Hoke
Smith on their recent Western
trip.
In the regular competition, win
ners were as follows;
Horticulture: blue ribbons, Mrs.
W. B. Roberts, Mrs. T. C. Rogers,
Mrs. A. C. Pritchett, Mrs. Paschal
Muse; red ribbons, Mrs. Mayo Dav
' is, Mrs. Eliza C. Massee, Mrs. Hor-
I ace Evans, Mrs. Cooper Jones,
i Miss Dorothy Jones, Mrs. N. W. H.
'Gilbert; white ribbons, Mrs. J. W.
Calhoun, Mrs. Horace Evans and
Mrs. T. C. Rogers.
Hostesses were Mrs. W. E. Mar
shall, Mrs. Freeman Cabero, Mrs.
W. B. Roberts, Mrs. Charlie Logue,
Mrs. O. B. Muse and Mrs. Paschal
Muse.
In the competition for arrange
ments of camellias with or without
other flowers or foliage in free
lance manner. Scale 2, winners
were Mrs. Vernon Tuggle, blue
ribbon, and Mrs. T. C. Rogers, red
ribbon; and in judging of bulbs
combined with flowering shrubs
and other foliage. Scale 2, winners
were Miss Lula Hurst, blue ribbon,
and Mrs. Billy Murphey, red rib
bon.
Scout Roundtable
Slated on Tuesday
By ALLEN WHIPPLE
District Scout Executive
For the past year, the Adult Boy
Scouters and Cubbers have had
District Roundtables in the follow
ing towns: Perry, Hawkinsville,
Warner Robins, Fort Valley, Byron,
Oglethorpe, Cochran and Monte
zuma.
According to Fred Fagan, dis
trict commissioner, the Roundtable
attendance has been the best in
the history of Scouting in the
Peach Belt District. Valuable dem
onstrations have been given and
dramatizations of cubbing and
scouting events where the adults
can take back material to insure
j and better cubbing and scouting
I program in their home.
Among the many highlights of
j the Roundtable, to be held in Per
ry on Tuesday night at 8 o’clock
i at the Perry High School, will be
special Cubbing training courses
with colored film for all Adult
! Cubbers conducted by John L.
Houck, neighborhood commissioner
of Warner Robins. The Scouting
sessions program will be led by
Neighborhood C o m m i ss ioner
James Duggan of Perry where
many program ideas will be dem
onstrated from adults leaders in
the Peach Belt District. One gen
eral session of Cubbers and Scout
ers together will be led by Peach
Belt District Commissioner Fred
Fagan of Fort Valley.
Reynolds Aluminum
Exhibit Due Here
A traveling exhibit of the Rey
nolds Metal Corp.—showing uses
of aluminum products from kitchen
ware to home construction will
be in Perry at 3:30 p. m. Friday,
March 13, it was announced today.
The very attractive mobile unit
will be located at the courthouse
square and the public is cordially
invited to come in and see the j
exhibit free.—Adv.
Perry Boy Plans
To Attend Jamboree
01 Scouts in West
John Wesley Calhoun Jr. of Per
ry, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cal
houn, will be one of the 50,000
Boy Scouts to attend the Third
National Boy Scout Jamboree to
be held at Irwine Ranch, Califor
nia, this summer.
Wesley has been one of the out
standing Scouts from Troop 96 in
Perry and has advanced to Life
Scout and will soon be qualified
for the highest award in Scouting
Eagle. Wesley has served as a
Junior leader in his troop and has
been very active In every field of
Scouting.
Among the highlights of interest
that Wesley will see will be Chi
cago, Yellowstone National Park,
Portland, Oregon, Victoria, B. C„
Canada, Seattle, Washington,
Pike’s Peak, San Francisco, Holly
wood, Yosemite National Park,
Colorado Springs .Salt Lake City,
Kansas City, and St. Louis.
The trip will be filled from be
ginning to end and the group will
go on a chartered train with Scouts
and Adult Scouters. The trip will
consist of 23 days, eight days go
ing, 10 days at the Jamboree, and
five days coming home.
Scouts from every state and 32
foreign countries will be at the
Jamboree.
GARBAGE MAKES PERRY S ALLEYS
UNSANITARY, STATE OFFICIAL SAYS
A sanitary engineer told Perry
Kiwanians Tuesday that the city’s
main streets are beautiful but that
visitors should be warned to “stay
out of our alleys.”
Harry C. Essex, sanitary engi
neer for the typhus and rodent
control division of the State Health
Department, said he had walked
around several blocks and through
several alleys in order to find out
what Perry’s garbage problem is.
"You ought to put out a sign on
the outskirts of the city which
reads as follows: ‘Stay on our main
streets—don’t look in our alleys,”,
Mr. Essex said. “You should give
your city officials the support they
need and deserve in coping with
the problem of garbage disposal.
The city is considering a system of
land-fill garbage disposal and you
ought to help them with it.”
Health department officials show
ed a film to the Kiwanians which
depicted the proper methods of
handling and disposing of garbage.
Bailey Harrison, Kiwanian, intro
duced the speaker.
Kenneth Flynt was welcomed as
a new member of the club.
Three Persons Killed
Near Hawkinsville
Three persons lost their lives
when their car left the road and
overturned near Hawkinsville Sun
day ,the State Patrol station here
reported.
They were identified by state
troopers as Jesse Outlaw, 28, Fel
ton Grant, 27, and Rachel Mae
Travis, 40, all of Hawkinsville.
Troopers said the accident hap
pened about 10:15 a. m. The dri
ver, Outlaw, apparently lost con
trol of the vehicle before it
plunged off the road and over
turned, according to the troopers.
They were the only occupants of
the car.
GRAY COMING HOME
Charles P. Gray, Perry business
man who was critically injured in
an automobile accident near Hamp
ton two weeks ago, is expected to
be brought home today from St.
Joseph’s Hospital. Atlanta. £
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WESLEY CALHOUN JR.
Stop Signs Mean Stop,
Police Chief Warns
Police Chief J. B. Hawkins said
the police department will begin
to make cases next week against I
those who violate the law regard
ing stopping at stop signs in the
city.
Chief Hawkins said the police
department has not made it a
practice to make cases against
those who fail to stop at stop signs,
, but beginning next week violators
will get tickets.
Father-Son Party
Planned by Lodge
Houston Lodge, F. and A. M„
will have a Father-Son night at
Perry grammar school auditorium
on the night of March 27.
I Mayor Lewis Wilson of Macon
will bring his magician acts here
to entertain the group. Cohen Wal
ker is chairman of the committee
arranging the event.
MILK PROCESSOR BUYS BIGGER TRUCK
TO HANDLE PRODUCTION OF HOUSTON
By W. T. MIDDLEBROOKS
County Agent
In spite of the rainy weather,
milk production is holding up well.
Latest reports are that we are
filling up the milk hauler’s milk
tank truck every other day and
that he has had to purchase a
larger tank to handle Houston
County producers’ milk.
On visiting several of our dairy
men and prospective dairymen this
week, I found coastal bermuda
grass being planted and I know of
no better method of producing
milk at the lowest cost, than to
have abundant green grazing at all
times. Several are making arrange
ments to secure and plant star
millet for grazing especially where
improved pasturage is a little
short.
W. J. McGee has dug foundation
and placed forms for pouring con
crete next week. C. N. Layman be
gan delivering milk about 10 days
ago.
Annual Subscription
$3 a Year After April 5
ESTIMATES
OF COSTS
REQUESTED
Mayor and council of the city of
Perry have decided to add to the
city’s street lighting system, install
more parking meters and extend
water and sewer lines.
The city already has requested
the Georgia Power Company to
replace 31 streets lights of 6,000
watts with 10,000 watt lights. The
latest request included 52 addi
tional 10,000 watt lights, and 12
2,500-watt lights will be replaced
with the 6,000 watt bulbs. The ad
ditional lights will give Perry 40
percent more lights.
Mayor and council also voted to
extend the water line on the Fort
Valley Road as far as Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Additional parking meters will
be installed on Jernigan Street
between Commerce and Carroll
Streets.
Wideman and Singleton, engi
neers, were requested by the city
to make a survey of several sec
tions of the city to determine the
cost of extending the sewerage
1 system.
Street Supt. Homer Chapman
was instructed to build a dog
pound where dogs will be im
pounded when picked up because
they have no city license tags.
' Get Out the Vote
For Gas Election
Is it a sure thing that Perry will
get the natural gas system you’ve
heard so much about*?
It is ONLY if enough people get
out and vote on March 24 to put
it over. The law says that 50 per
cent plus one of the registered
voters must cast* ballots on that
day. It doesn’t matter if there is
not a dissenting vote ,the election
will not be worth a nickel if less
i«han 50 per cent of the voters go
to the polls.
Therefore, everyone in Perry
must take it upon themselves to
go to the polls and get their friends
and neighbors to the polls on
ElecVon Day.
It’s an opportunity of a lifetime
and Perry will be a heavy loser if
we do not GET OUT THE VOTE
on March 24!
Spring Holidays
In Progress Here
The Perry schools are closed to
day and Friday for the annual
spring holidays.
Classes will be resumed on the
regular schedule Monday morning.
I Our dairy group is planning on
holding a meeting on feeding one
night this month. H. K. Welch, Ex
tension dairy specialist, has been
invited to come and talk to the
group. The date has not been set,
but all dairymen will be notified
of the date when confirmed by
Mr. Welch.
Indications are that high grade
bred heifers will be some cheaper
this year than last. However, from
past experience we know that the
sooner these heifers can be located
and purchased now the cheaper
they can be bought.
Those who anticipate digging
and filling trench silo, may well
be thinking of planting a sufficient
acreage of the crop they prefer to
use for silage. Some of these crops
are grass and legume mixtures,
corn and hegari. A good supply of
legume or grass and legume cured
hay is a necessity for feeding dairy
cattle.
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