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CONSTRUCTION
is the sign of progress. Construction is going
on all about you in the City of Perry.
VOL 84 NO. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870
Parade of Progress Will Attract Hundreds Today
DEADLINE JULY 15
FOR CITY CAR TAGS
Mayor and Council Tuesday
night passed by a 4-3 vote an ord
inance requiring registration of
motor vehicles owned by Perry
residents.
The vote among the six council
men was 3-3 and Mayor Stanley
E. Smith broke the tie in favor of
the vehicle registration at $1 a
year.
Deadline for obtaining the at
tractive tags was set by the ordin
ance on July 15, 1955. It applies to
all gas-propelled vehicles using the
city’s streets and owned by resi
dents of Perry. If the tag is not
purchased by July 15, the delin
quent owners will be required to
pay S 2 for a tag and face a record
er’s court case.
Mayor and council accepted a
low bid from Moody Motor Com
pany for a new police car.
The mayor said his reasons for
voting for the car tag law were
(1) to assure that all owners of
vehicles pay property taxes on
them and (2) to assure that the
parking meter ordinance be ap
plied to all instead of having those
whose cars are known to police
getting tickets while others avoid
the parking meter law.
Methodists Plan
For Students Day
On Sunday, June 12, the Perry
Methodist Church will observe
Methodist Student Day.
At the morning worship service
emphasis will be given to the sup
port of Methodist college students
and the Christian work of the
church in universities and col
leges. The offering will be used
for the support of Student Loans
and Scholarships.
David Ogletree and Bill Whip
ple, licensed ministers from the
Pom Methodist Church, will have
charge of arranging the service.
They will be assisted by other stu
dents as speakers, solists and ush
ers.
This is a very important annual
observance in Methodist Churches.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend this service to show our stu
dents that we are interested in the
work that they are doing.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roper and
children, Joel, Brenda and Beverly
and Mrs. Max Miller left Sunday
to spend several days in Panama
City, Fla.
WHEAT FARMERS WILL VOTE JUNE 25
ON MARKETING QUOTA ANOTHER YEAR
The referendum to determine
whether or not the marketing quo
ta program will be in operation for
the 1956 wheat crop will be held
-June 25.
:: B. Gilbert, chairman of the
Houston county Agricultural Stab
ilization and Conservation Com
tuittee, advises that arrangements
i°r holding the referendum are
no " being made. Polling places
will be established in convenient
locations in the county, and wheat
growers will be notified where
they m ay vote. Each grower, in
advance of the referendum, also
HI be advised of his farm’s 1956
■ -heat acreage allotment and will
'teive a leaflet explaining pro
am operations. Farm allotments
be based on a national wheat
acreage allotment of 55 million
acres, the same as this year.
chairman Gilbert explains that
: the vote is favorable, the pro
am will be in operation for the
:, o 6 wheat crop, and price sup
port for the crop in the commer
' d; wheat area depending on
’• supply situation will prob
' > be between 75 and 82 per
■ of parity. The support level
be announced by the Secre-
I of Agriculture before the ref
-1 endum. A farmer who exceeds
!arm wheat allotment or 15
es - whichever is larger, will be
eject to a marketing penalty
lu al to 45 per cent of parity on
v excess production.
■ the vote is unfavorable, the
-pport will be 50 per cent of
Soustinx JSSjmne Dmmrnl
Miss Perry Title
Sought by 39 Girls
Here is a list of the contestants
and sponsors in the Miss Perry
Contest to be held Thursday in
connection with the appearance
here of Miss America;
Margilu Watts, Crocketts 5 & 10
Mary Kathryn Duggan, L. & J.
Superette
Sandra Brooks, Massee Furni
ture Co.
Diane Fesmire, Beeland’s Gro
cery
Rita Todd, Muse Theatre
Nancy Roper, Jones Jewelers
Frances Rozar, Gray-Walker
Supply Co.
Laurie Anderson, Perry Phar
macy
Lynn Hodge, Lib’s Beauty Salon
Marilyn Holland, Abigail’s Gift
Shoppe
Marlene Livingston, Kicklight
er-Akin Drug Co.
Nancy Logue, Wright’s Grocery
Shelby Jean Peyton, Tolleson
Supply Co.
Anita Ray, Western Auto Store
Faye Tharpe, R. & G. Cleaners
Alice Jane Hardy, Risher’s Rest
aurant
Mary Jo Hobgood, Vanity Shop
Susannah McCrosky, Gulf Serv
ice Center
Wallis Greene, Union Motor Co.
Janet Gray, Gray’s Service Sta
tion
Sherry Staples, Houston Hard
ware Co.
Myra Wilder, Horace and Mil
dred Shop
Raleigh Sheriff, Cleve’s Dept.
Store
Mary Woodward, Bloodworth
Grocery
Margaret Harkins, Moore Dry
Goods Co.
Theresa Williams, Gilbert Elec
tric Co.
Dorothy Walton, Andrew Truck
and Tractor Co.
Jorene Turner, Moody Motor
Co.
Billie Smith, Winn’s 5 & 10
Sandra Head, Roper’s Grocery
Anna Katherine Akin, Perry Su
per Foods
Joan Roper, Norwood Florist
Patricia Emmett, Houston Home
Journal
Julia Mae Parker, Cinderella
Beauty Shop
Marcilla Jacobs, Edwards-Har
per Co.
Geraldine Leaptrot, Johnson
Stores
Marjorie Nunn, Houston Drug
Co.
Patsy Todd, Colonial Stores
Claire Grimes, Hardy-Stone
Pontiac Co.
parity. In either case, only the
wheat from farms where the wheat
acreage allotment is not exceeded
will be eligible for price support.
Chairman Gilbert points out
that at least two-thirds of those
farmers voting must favor the
quotas if the program is to be in
operation for the 1956 wheat crop.
If more than one-third vote “no”
the wheat marketing quota pro
gram wil Inot be in operation for
the 1956 crop.
In a similar referendum held a
year ago, the nationa Ivote was
colse, 208,623 for and 76,023
against —a favorable vote of 73.3
per cent compared with the neces
sary 66% per cent. In Georgia, the
vote was 441 for and 32 aginst;
and in Houston county, 28 for and
1 against.
Baptist Bible School
Will Hun July 11-15
The Daily Vacation Bible School
at the Perry Baptist Church wil!
be held from July 11-15, Rev. J. M.
Teresi, pastor, announced this
w'eek.
Lewis W. Tabor attended the
95th general assembly of the Pres
j byterian Church in the U. S.
(Southern) at Richmond, Va., last
i week and this. He took a plane
from Macon last Thursday morn
ing and was expected to return
Thursday.
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Indian Orphanage
Head Will Speak
To Presbyterians
The Rev. Oscar Gardner, super
intendent of the Goodland Indian
Orphanage, Hugo, Oklahoma, will
be the guest minister at the Pres
byterian Church Sunday, June 12,
Mr. Gardner, a full-blood In
dian, is coming to Georgia in con
junction with the Pioneer Camp
of Augusta-Macon Presbytery and
will be their special speaker next
week.
Goodland Indian Orphanage,
with more than 200 boys and girls
from 15 tribes of Indians, is locat
ed in the heart of Indian country
and is supported principally by the
Presbyterian Church. For more
than 100 years this school and
home has ministered to the needs
of these people.
In the absence of the pastor,
Frederick Fudge will be in charge
of the evening service Sunday. Mr.
Patterson, along with six young
people from Uie local church, will
attend the Pioneer Camp at Craw
fordsville, Ga. Three Indian boys,
students at the Goodland Orphan
age, will accompany Mr. Gardner
to the camp.
Liquor Referendum Petition
Circulated in Houston County
A petition to call a referendum
in Houston county on the question
of legalizing liquor is being circu
lated in the county and backers
claim almost enough signatures al
ready to force the election.
Homer J. Walker, a county com
i missioner who lives and has a bus
iness in Warner Robins, is the
chairman of the organization cir
culating the petition, which calls
itself Houston County Temperance
and Legal Control Committee.
‘lt is our intention to get enough
signatures on this petition to per
mit the voters of Houston county
to vote on whether they favor leg
alizing the sale of alcoholic bev
erages, including liquor,” Walker
said.
He said that liquor already is
being sold in Houston county ill
egally and steps should be taken
|to legalize its sale so the county
can receive the benefit of taxes
on it.
An adversisement in a Warner
Robins newspaper last week said;
While our legal businesses are be
ing taxed almost beyond indur
ance, our bootleggers are going tax
i free. We believe we should give
i our voters the right to decide
- whether it is time for a change.”
s Beer and wine sales are legal
- in Houston county now, but hard
liquor has never been sold legally
- since the state went “wet” in the
- thirties.
; ! Thirty-five per cent of the reg
- istered voters must sign the peti
i lion to force the election, and the
; ordinary is required by law to call
i the election within 30 days after
i the proper petition is presented to
- him. i
There were reports that Walker
. and his committee, whose names
. have not been revealed, already
- had 1,500 signatures. Only 1,800 ,
are necessary.
> Ministers Speak Out
The Warner Robins Ministerial 1
1 Association, meeting Monday, ex- '
pressed disapproval of the move '
’ to call a liquor election “for the
following reasons: legalized liquor ;
is not a tax issue but a moral :
; issue; liquor presents a dangerous
- and uncontrolled power for evil (
to approve liquor is to ap- ,
: prove crime delinquency, broken!
Tahnadge and Miss America
Join City Cor Celebration
Perry will be host to former Governor Herman Talmadge,
Miss America, officials of nearby cities and counties and hun
dreds of homefolks and well wishers today as this 132-year-old
city marks five years of progress.
A celebration lasting almost all day into the night has
been planned by city officials and committees.
It will open with the arrival of beauteous Lee Ann Meri
wether, Miss America of 1955 at 11 a. m. and continue through
a Miss America Ball at the National Guard Armory tonight.
Mayor Stanley E. Smith has proclaimed the day as “Pa
rade of Progress Day in Perry,” and everybody in this bustling
city of 5,000 will be out to make it a real show. The Band
Boosters Club, which is sponsoring a barbecue at 6:45 p. m.,
is planning for 1,000 persons.
Former Governor Talmadge will speak at 5:45 p. m. He
is expected to applaud Perry’s progress as typical of Georgia’s
growth, and he may discuss some of the issues that may come
up in next year’s senatorial election.
The schedule announced by Mayor Smith follows;
11 a. m.—Miss America arrives in city.
11:30 a. m.—Local beauty contestants welcome Miss
America to city.
12 noon—Luncheon for Miss America and local beauties
at New Perry Hotel.
2:30 p. m.—Little League baseball game between Perry
and Ft. Valley, at Hickson Field; Miss America to toss out the
first ball.
3 p. m.—Teen-age swimming party at the country club,
Miss America present.
3:30-4:45 p. m. — Tea for all the ladies’ at grammar school
auditorium, style show and Miss America appearing.
5 p. m.—Parade through downtown section, Miss Ameri
ca riding on city float with local beauties. (Parade to form at
school at 4:30).
5:45 p. m.—Address by former Gov. Herman Talmade at
National Guard Armory.
6:45 p. m.—Barbecue at National Guard Armory, $1 a
plate.
9 p. m.—Miss America Ball at National Guard Armory,
$1 a person, Ray Melton and his orchestra.
(In the event of rain, the festivities will be held inside
the armory).
Perry is believed to have added more than 1,000 residents
in the last five years, almost equaling the record of the pre
ceding 10 years. The 1940 population was 1,540; the 1950
population was 3,849, and the present population is estimated
to be 5,000.
The last five years have been one of this city’s most ex
citing periods in its history. Its schools, churches, clubs and
businesses have experienced unprecedented growth. Miles
and miles of paving have been laid, water and sewer lines
extended to what used to be “country territory.” New and
larger businesses have been developed in the city. Homes are
being built at the rate of 75 a year. The number of telephones,
water meters and light meters have almost doubled in the
last five years.
Perryans thankful for this period of growth and they will
be out in force to celebrate the special day.
The entrants in the beauty contest will be judged during
the day and the winner will not be announced until the dance
at the armory. A secret committee will do the judging.
Miss America on Tour
Miss America is making a swing
of Georgia this week, starting
with Swainsboro Monday, Eaton
ton, Waynesboro, Perry, Tifton
and Brunswick on successive days.
She is in Georgia under the
sponsorship of the, Georgia State
Exchange Clubs. Various functions
have been planned in each town,
ranging from $lO a plate dinners,
down to street dances, popularity
contests, dedications and person
al appearances.
Miss Lee Ann Meriwether (Miss
America’s real name) whose vital
statistics are 34 1-2, 22 and 35, is
accompanied on her tour by her
chaperone, Miss Mary Korey, and
Joe F. Pruett, secretary of Geor- j
gia Stale Exchange Clubs.
homes, poverty, disease an d |
death.”
The association recommended
that citizens refuse to sign any
petition and register to vote if an
election is called.
“The liquor industry would des
troy the church if it could,” the
association said. “The church
could stop the liquor crowd if it
would.”
MACMOR FARMS
SELLS ANGUS
MacMor Farms at Perry, re
cently sold five purebred Aber
deen-Angus cows to Cattle Valley
iFarms at Hurtsboro, Alabama.
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Merchants Oiler
Specials Today
Perry’s merchants are cooper
ating with the Parade of Pro
gress Day by offering special
bargains for today only.
Forty-five stores are offering
special inducements to bring
more traffic downtown and more
people to Join in the celebration
of five years of progress in this
county seat town of Houston.
U. S. 341 Promoted
By Six New Signs
Six signs advertising U. S.
Route 341 will be erected iin the
vicinity of Perry and Barnesville
to increase traffic along this pop
ular route.
Mayor Stanley Smith said three
signs will be placed near Perry
and three signs in the vicinity of
Barnesville are sharing in the
cost.
Efforts already are being made
to promote traffic along the so
called “Short Route” from Macon
to Jackson, which is under con
struction.
U. S. 341 runs from Barnesville
to Brunswick.
Mrs. S. W. Hickson Sr„ left Sat
urday to spend several days in At
lanta as guest of Mrs. Belle Keen.