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VOL. 82 NO. 12 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1953 * ESTABLISHED 1870
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BENNY N. EDWARDS, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Edwards of
Perry, is completing his AF basic
airmen indoctrination course at
Lackland Air Force Base, San An
tonio, Texas, and he will soon enter
technical training and assignment.
Pfc. Charles Irby Shelton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Shelton, has
returned home after two years in
Japan with the U. S. Army. He
expects to return to his old job at
Robins Air Force Base.
With U. S. Forces in Okinawa—
Pvt. Elizie B. Langston, Jr., whose
wife, Sarah, lives on Route 1,
Hawkinsville, Ga., is now serving
on Okinawa, part of the Ryukyus
Command in the Pacific.
A strong U. S. outpost in the
Far East, the island is located off
the coast of China between For
mosa and the southern tip of Ja
pan.
Langston, entered the Army in
August 1952 and arrived overseas
in February 1953.
He is assigned to Company I of
the 29th Infantry Regiment.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Perry Golf Course
3,106 th on the List
Os New York Golfer
Seventy-year-old Ralph Kennedy,
who is trying to set a world’s rec
ord for number of golf courses
played, added the Perry Country
Club’s course to his list last Satur
day.
The Perry course was the 3,106 th
for Kennedy, the touring golfer
from New York, and he played it
in the rain.
Kennedy, Eric Staples, Sam
Nunn Jr. and Bo Dempsey, used
an automobile to play most of the
holes at the country club, fighting
a messy rain all the way. Kennedy
had a 45 for the course, playing
with a three iron on every shot.
Kennedy has played courses in
all 48 states, in every province in
Canada and in 12 foreign countries.
He is “running out of golf courses
to play,” he says.
The Perry course was the 158th
in Georgia he has played. He has
signed cards showing that he has
played the various courses, dating
back to 1919.
holt is visitor
at kiwanis meeting
Hamilton Holt of Macon, only
man ever to be president of Ki
wanis International twice, was a
visitor at the luncheon meeting of
the Perry Kiwanis Club Tuesday.
The Tri-Hi-Y Club of Perry High
School presented the program,
which is reported in the Perry-
Scope, school news section of The
Home Journal. i
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WELLS HOTEL IS BEING TORN DOWN
TO MALE WAY FOR NEW MOTOR COURT
One of the old landmarks of
Perry—the Wells Hotel—is being
torn down to make room for the
nsw Swan Motor Court.
L’.e hotel, believed to be about
■o jears Oid, is owned by Mrs.
•■unice Roughton and family.
I he new 12-unit Swan court will
!)e completed soon and put into
operation, with Dick Roughton as
manager. Mr. Roughton has been
>n charge of the building of the
txurt.
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JAMES B. MAULDIN, airman
third claiss, son of Mrs. W. B.
Mauldin of Perry, has completed
his basic training at Lackland Air :
Force Base, San Antonio, Texas,
and has been assigned to Amarillo
AF Base, Amarillo, Texas.
Langston, live on Route 2, Una
dilla, Ga.
Pfc. Willie J. Gray whose wife,
Alice, lives at 1311 Spring St.,
Perry, Ga. is now serving in Japan
with the Ist Cavalry Division.
Veterans of the Korean conflict
are imparting their battle know
ledge to new replacements in the
division during training on the
Japanese Islands. The Ist spent 17
months in the combat zone before
being rotated out of the line in
December 1951.
An ammunition supply specialist
in his unit, Gray entered the Army
last May. Before his present as
signment he was stationed at Aber
deen Proving Grounds, Md. Gray
is supposed to go to Korea and
into combat next month. His father
is Robert Lee Gray, sister Bertha
Gray of Perry. His mother, Sarah
PIRATES TO PLAY i
FT. VALLEY SUNDAY
The Perry Panthers will enter
the Middle Georgia League an
other year, Manager Skeet Chap
man said this week following the
first workout on Hickson Field
Sunday.
The Pirates will play Fort Val
ley .an exhibition game here Sun
day afternoon, beginning at 3
o’clock. There will be no charge
for this game.
Manager Chapman said all base
ball players who are interested in
trying out for the team are asked
to contact him at the field Sunday.
League play will start May 4 and
Manager Chapman said several ex
hibition games will be played be
fore that date.
Members of the squad include
Lewis Bledsoe, Bubber Pierce,
Otis Whitten, Jimmy Hammack,
George Collins, Clint Cooper, Hap
Jones, Cecil Howard, Bobby Can
non, Harry Hartman, Frank John
son, Ed Thompson, Jack Hardy, I
Herschel Thompson, Harris Satter
field, Ben Newberry, Chris Kinnas
and Bill Bates. Some of the players
are school and college boys and
will not join the team until they
are released from their school
teams. 1
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Griggs an- ■
nounce the birth of a daughter on
March 13 at Gallemore Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Aultman
announce the birth of a daughter,
Eleanor Ann, on March 21 at Gal-
I lemore Clinic.
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f Mrs. Roughton will have an
; apartment in the new court. Each
; unit has a bath connecting. The ,
lloors will be asphalt tile and the ;
t aths are flushed in ceramic tile.
. All of the furniture will be of
| modern design. < ,
11 The space now occupied by the
) hotel will be graded and land
; scaped to form the front lawn of j
i the court. The old hotel has a base- i
; ment and this will have to be fill- ]
ed. i
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DONALD L. COLE, son of Mrs.
E. W. Tyson of Perry, is complet
ing his AF basic airmen indoctri
nation course at Lackland AF Base,
San Antonio, Texas, and he will
soon cn'or technical training and
assignment in specialized work.
j Evans, lives in Macon.
| Pfc. James Little, Route 2, Perry,
| arrived March 12 at the San Fran
cisco Port of Embarkation from the
far East aboard the USNS General
Black.
Pfc. Herman Releford, 13C7
Spring St., Perry arrived Wednes
day, March 18 at the San Francisco {
Port of Embarkation from the Far |
East Command aboard the USNS
General M. C. Meigs.
Want Ads Turn
Pennies into Dollars
Use Want Ads
They’re Inexpensive
But Powerful
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j Revival Scheduled
By Hattie Baptists
Spring revival services are sche
duled to begin at Hattie Baptist
Church this next Sunday, March
29.
Inspirational song services will
begin each evening of the week at
7:45. Jack Martin, a graduate of
Toccoa Falls College, will direct
the singing; and Mrs. James Had
away of Warner Robins will be the
pianist.
The preaching hour will begin at
8:15 each night. Reverend John
Jackson, pastor of the church, will
deliver the messages.
The people of Centerville and
surrounding communities are
urged to attend this week of meet
ings which wilj end with the serv
ices on Easter Sunday.
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Driver of Transport
Involved in Wreck
Will Appear Here
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Carl Landrum, driver of the car j
transport involved in a collision j
which claimed four lives at Big I
Indian Creek bridge last week, is!
expected to come here next Tues- J
day or Wednesday to enter a plea
or make bond on a charge of
“failing to have his vehicle under!
control.”
Sgt. Robert McNeil of the State
Patrol said Landrum can either
plead guilty before Judge John L.
Hodges, ordinary, or make bond
with Sheriff C C. Chapman. In
view of the seriousness of the
accident, which brought death to
four Robins Field workers, Land
rum is not expected to enter a
plea of guilty but likely will make
bond. No warrants had been sworn 1
out against him Wednesday.
It is known that some members
of the families of those killed, all
of whom were residents of Empire
and Cochran, have employed coun
sel to represent them in damage
suits. '
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STOLEN CAR FOUND
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A car reported stolen Friday (
from H. M. Scwartz in Macon was
recovered here Monday by Officer
E. A. Arnold parked on Carroll I
Street.
Perry Votes for Gas System;
Operation by October 1 Likely
THANKSGIVING IN SPRING
With joyful hearts, our thanks to Thee we bring,
Lord of the Spring.
For life that now returns the earth to bless.
In tenderness
We thank Thee for the tiny little things,
Wee buds, seedlings—
The dainty leaves like lacy mantles spread
Where trees seemed dead.
We thank Thee for the surge in youthful hearts;
For lovers’ arts
That often burst to blossom in the spring:
Soft voices ring,
And tell that sweetest story ever told;
And true hearts hold
A richer fragrance than a lilac knows,
Or e’en a rose.
And now we thank Thee that one chosen spring,
Thy Son did bring
Life and Immortality to light.
A glorious sight
To give to heart-sick men. Where death held sway
But yesterday,
Now Life Eternal walks beyond its door—
Forevermore.
—Bessie H. Nunn
RED CROSS DRIVE
LAUNCHED HERE
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A. W. Dahlberg, chairman of the
Houston county campaign for Red
Cross memberships, appealed this
.week for support from Perry and
the surrounding area!,
j Mr. Dahlberg said the quota for
Houston county is larger than ever
before because the need is the
greatest in the history of the Red
Cross. He called attention to the
big iblood donor program conduct
ed by the Red Cross for the bene
fit of our servicemen in Korea
and the continuing need in this
country.
The Houston county campaign
has been delayed because Mr.
Dahlberg was busy with income
tax returns, but he is now ready
to press the campaign in all sec
tions of the county. He requested
those who are not contacted to
mail their contributions to him
or drop them by his office or the
office of The Home Journal.
“Houston countians are urged to
renew their memberships at once,”
Mr. Dahlberg said, “because the
need is greater than ever before.
The Red Cross always stands ready
to aid our citizens in a disaster, as
jit has on numerous occasions be
jfore, and many lives of our boys
are being saved by the use of
iblood plasma obtained in the Red
| Cross blood program.”
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Tawasi Club Flans
Cancer Fund Drive
The Tawasi Club will sponsor
the annual Cancer Drive which be
gins the first of April.
The «lub members realize there
have been quite a few money rais
ing campaigns this spring, but Mrs.
W. L. Bell, chairman of the drive
urges the people of Perry to co
operate with the club and give to
this cause which fights the great
taker of lives, Cancer.
There will be no house to house
canvassing, Mrs. Bell says, but the
Tawasi will seek their donations
through the school, the business
district and the social clubs.
Mrs, W. G. Etheridge will speak
to the high school. Mrs. Dewey
Whiddon will speak to the gram
mar school. A member of the club
will call on each of the business
houses. Mrs. Earl Marshall will
contact the social clubs.
It is estimated that cancer will
strike 1 in every 5 Americans at
some time during their lives. April
is Cancer Crusade month. Give to
conquet cancer.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Baldwin of
Marshallville visited in Perry last
Saturday.
Worrall to Become
Troop Scoutmaster
Jim Worrall, a teacher at Perry
High School, has accepted appoint
i ment as Scoutmaster of Troop 96
1 of Perry, sponsored by the Kiwan
is Club.
Mr. Worrall will take over the
' troop at once, it was announced
i by the Troop Committee headed
1 by Cooper Etheridge.
; D. M. Ryle and David Hulbert
- will be assistant Scoutmasters of
- the troop, the committee announc
i ed.
5 Mr. Worrall has had experience
as a Scoutmaster in Atlanta,
i The troop has a membership of
. about 25 boys and expects to in
; crease this number. Several of the
r boys will go to Camp Benjamin
Hawkins at Byron during the sum
; mer.
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Pleasant Hill Church
Observes 108th Year
Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist
Association will have a homecom
ing celebration and dedicate its
new SB,OOO church building Sun
day, March 29.
1 The church is observing its loßth
1 anniversary this year. This is the
.third building the church has had
in its long history. The first church
was a long building and the second
structure burned about four years.
The email but devoted member
ship pooled its resources and erect- i
ed the new building over the last |'
two years. Elder E. D. Bryant is '
pastor of the church.
The program Sunday will in
clude special song services and
preaching and dinner on the (
ground. Visitors from other j
churches in the Echeconnee Pri
mitive Baptist Association and
throughout Middle Georgia are ex
pected to attend the observance,
starting at 10:30 a. m.
Methodist Church
Featured in Book
The Perry Methodist Church is
featured in a new book, Historic
Churches of the South, published
by Tupper and Love, Inc., At
lanta.
The book is a collection of arti
cles on churches which appeared
in Holland’s magazine. Mrs. Mar
ion (Harriet Hentz) Houser wrote
the article which appeared in Hol
land’s. The article in the book was
condensed from the magazine
story.
The photograph of the church
was taken by S. E. Smith Jr. of
Perry.
WARNER ROBINS ALSO OKAYS
PROPOSAL FOR PLANT THERE
A natural gas system for Perry by Oct. 1 was predicted
by Mayor Mayo Davis Wednesday following Tuesday’s over
whelming vote favoring the issuance of $485,000 in revenue
certificates.
“Barring unforseen difficulties, we will have a natural
gas system operating here by Oct. 1,” Mayor Davis said. “This
will mean a great deal to our fast growing city in fuel savings
and in making the city more attractive to industries.”
With 1,137 registered to vote,
proponents of the natural gas sys
tem organized well and got out 789
voters Tuesday, 219 more than was
actually needed to carry the elec
tion. Twelve voted against the
proposition and five votes were
voided because they were marked
improperly.
Warner Robins, which is tied in
with Perry, Hawkinsville and Coch
ran on the gas pipeline, also voted
overwhelmingly in favor of the
gas system Tuesday, casting 1,362
votes with only 12 against.
Hawkinsville will vote next week
and Cochran tne week following.
In view of the strong votes at Per
ry and Warner Robins, the cities of
Hawkinsville and Cochran are ex
pected to follow suit in their elec
tions.
Local System Assured
The favorable vote here and at
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PERRY FFA MEMBER WINS FIRST PLACE
WITH HAMPSHIRE GILT IN MACON SHOW
WendeH Meadows, a member of
the Perry FFA Chapter, won
Grand Champion over ail swine
shown at the Middle Georgia Ex
position with his pig chain Hamp
shire gilt.
For his championship, he won
S6O in cash plus a trophy. Wendell
also won a blue ribbon and $25
in the Junior class for gilts, mak
ing him eligible for the Grand
Champion.
Last October Wendell won a
blue ribbon in the Hampshire class
at the Sears Pig Chain Show for
sl6. At the State Fair, WendeH
j won Grand Champion over all Fe
-1 males for $5. He also won a blue
| ribbon in the Hampshire class for
$lO making him enter for Grand
j Champion.
| Wendell has won a total of sll6,
three blue ribbons and two grand
champions with one Hampshire
gilt.
Others taking livestock from the
Perry Chapter were Franklin Mid
dlebrooks, James Mealer, Donald
Simmons, Julian Kersey and Jim- 1
my Griffin.
After the Livestock Show all of
ficials and all who showed live
stock were entertained at a deli
cious supper at the Lanier Junior
High cafeteria. All geusts were
recognized and the checks were
presented to the winners. The tro
phies that were to be given did
not arrive on time but will be pre-1
sented at a special meeting.
This show was held last Thurs
day at the Livestock Arena in Cen
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WENDELL MEADOWS AND CHAMPION HAMPSHIRE
Annual Subscription
$3 a Year After April 5
Warner Robins practically assures
that the system will be built. Even
if Hawkinsville and Cochran failed
to get the required number of
voters, Perry and Warner Robins
probably could finance the pipe
line to these two towns, but it
might be necessary to use the full
amount of the issue of certificates.
The Warner Robins issue amount
ed to $1,100,000.
The pipeline which will serve
this area will come off a main line
near Bolingbroke and be laid to
Warner Robins, then Perry, Hawk
insville and Cochran.
Bids will be opened April 9 on
the construction of the gas systems
and work probably will start with
in a few days after the contract is
let. Fort Valley is building a simi
lar system now and it will be in
operation soon. Fort Valley is
served by another pipeline.
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tral City Park. It was sponsored
by the Farmers Club of the Macon
Chamber of Commerce.
During Wendell’s three years in
the FFA, he has been very out
standing. He has served the chap
ter as second vice president in
1950-51, vice president in 1951-52
and president in 1952-53.
Last year Wendell was elected
the most outstanding Chapter Far
mer at the State Convention where
he was selected to receive his
Georgia Planters Degree.
Wendell was the chairman of the
Leadership committee in 1950-51.
Also that year he spoke at the An
nual Father-Son Banquet and to
the Houston County Farm Bureau.
He participated on a special radio
program during FFA week this
year. He has been on the livestock
judging team three years. In 1949-
50 the team tied for first place in
the district and seventh place in
the State.
Wendell entered the public
speaking contest in 1950-51, 1951-
I 52 and 1952-53. He was the chair
j man of the program of work com
mittee in 1951-52. He entered
swiqe in the local swine show in
1949-50 and 1950-51.
Wendell’s projects include swine,
oats .corn ,beef cattle and soy
beans. With such outstanding
work behind him, and being just a
junior in high school, it seems
that his busiest and most outstand
ing year is yet to come.
Gordon Scarborough, Reporter