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VOL. 84 NO. 24 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870
Second Polio Shots
Planned in County
Beginning Tuesday
The second shots of polio vac-,
cine will be offered to Houston
county children—first and second
graders of last school year—begin
ning June 28, the county health
department said yesterday.
All children whose parents sign
ed consents before the first shot
was given will be eligible for the
second dose of the vaccine.
The vaccine will be administer
ed to all children in Warner Rob
ins and Centerville white schools
on Tuesday morning, June 28, at
the Charles E. Thomas School,
Warner Robins, between the hours
of 9 a. m. and 12 noon.
The vaccine will be offered in
Perry on Wednesday, June 29, at
the health department on Com
merce Street. Negro children will
report to the health department
between the hours of 9 a. m. and
12 noon, and white children be
tween 1 p. m. and 3 p. m. White
children in Perry are requested to
be at the health department be
tween 1 and 2 p. m. The white
school children who usually ride
the busses will catch the bus in
time to be at the health depart
ment by 2 p. m.
Negro children from Pearl Step
hens school will receive the vac
cine at their school Thursday
morning, June 30, between 9 and
10 a. m. School busses will pick
up those who usually ride the bus.
The school busses will follow
their regular routes. The busses
transporting children to Warner
Robins will start at 8; 15 and 1
should reach Warner Robins by 9
a. m.
The Perry white busses will
start their route at 1:15 p. m. and
should arrive at Perry by 2 p. m. j
The Perry colored busses will start
at 8 a. m. and arrive at Perry by
9 a. m.
June Brings Out
Many Weddings
And Engagements
The Home Journal has a rush I
of June brides this week —some
of them married already and some
of them planning to get married
this summer.
Look inside for the photographs
and stories on the many weddings
and engagements.
ROBINS PAYROLL
The monthly payroll at Warner
Robins Air Material Area is
$4,600,000. This amount of cash
money makes a big difference to
the economy of all of Middle
Georgia. There are 14,500 civilians
employed at the giant base.
MYSTERY FARM PHOTO
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Can You Identify This Houston County Farm?
Houston J 3l ommi
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PEAVY IS NAMED
LION OF THE YEAR
Charlie Farmer was installed as
president of the Perry Lions Club
and Jack Peavy was named “Lion
of the Year” at the annual ladies
night meeting of the Perry club
Tuesday night at the New Perry
Hotel.
The presentation of the H. T.
Gilbert Trophy to Lion Peavy was
delayed because Louis H. Gilbert,
donor of the cup, could not be
present at this time. The presents-!
tion will be made later. Peavy has
been one of the most active Lions’
since the club was organized here,
heading many important projects.
Other officers installed by Zone
Chairman Henry Williams of By
ron were Robert Fudge, first vice
president; Norman Parker, second
vice president; Richard B. Ray,
third vice president; Carl Barrett,
secretary; W. F. Lampley, treasur
er: C. M. Daniel, Lion tamer; and
Durward Tatom, tail twister.
Marion Greene, retiring as pres
ident, said the club has engaged
in many worthwhile projects dur
ing the year and also had done
much work in sight conservation
which had not received public
notice.
215 Youngsters Take
Swimming Courses
The largest group in the history
of the swimming classes 215
youngsters is taking the water
safety course at Vinson’s Valley
! this week and next.
County Agent George Allmond
said there are plenty of good Red
Cross instructors to handle the
large enrollment.
The course is jointly sponsored
1 by the Red Cross and the Associ
ated Women of the Houston Farm
I Bureau.
Farm Bureau Picnic
Scheduled July 1
Farm Bureau picnic meeting will
be July 1 at 6 o’clock, following
the 5 o’clock show of swimming
classes at Vinson Valley. This will
take place of regular meeting July
7.
MISS BETTY NUNN
ON DEAN’S LIST
Miss Betty Nunn, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Nunn of Per
ry, has been named to the dean’s
list at Wesleyan College for the
second semester.
Let’s Try It Here!
Rain Ad Paid Off
Well in Texas Area
This ad brought results for
I the editor at Merkel, Texas, so
I we thought we’ give it a whirl;
“Rain wanted, not particular
| about the kind of rain, just so
j it comes in quantities, Anytime
within the next day or so will be
I all right. Adv.”
The day after the paper came
out, the area had 2.5 inches of
rain and got eight inches in the I
next few weeks.
The area had suffered from
a drought for four years.
We hope we don’t have to
wait that long.
Farmers Will Vole
Saturday on Wheat
The growers who vote in the
June 25 wheat marketing quota
• referendum will decide the ques
tion of “quotas” or “no quotas”,
H. B. Gilbert, chairman of the
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee, said
in a last-minute reminder to wheat
farmers.
Any Georgia farmer who will
harvest more than 15 acres of
wheat as grain in 1956 on any one
farm is eligible to vote in the re
ferendum.
The vote will have an impor-1
tant effect on the marketing and
price-support programs for the
1956 wheat crop, Mr. Gilbert poin
ted out. If at least two-thirds of:
the farmers voting approve quotas,,
quotas will continue in effect for
farms with more than 15 acres of
wheat, with marketing quota pen
alties of 45 percent of parity on
the production from acreage in
excess of farm allotments. Price j
I support on the crop in the com
mercial area will be available at
, a level probably between 75 and
82 percent of parity, the exact le
vel to be announced before the
referendum.
If more than one-third of the
voters disapprove quotas, there
will be no quotas or penalties for
the 1956 wheat crop, but the avail
. able price support to farmers who
do not exceed their farm wheat I
allotments will be 50 percent of
parity, as provided by law.
I Mr. Gilbert made it clear that
wheat acreage allotments are not
a point at issue; the wheat allot-
I ments will continue in effect no
matter how the vote goes in the
, referendum. The law requires that
| wheat allotments may be dispens
| ed with only in time of emergen
, cy-
Mrs. Henlz Dies
Mrs. T. W. Hentz, mother of
■ Mrs. Marion Houser, died Wed
nesday in Phoenix, Arizona.
; It was understood that she will
■ bo buried in Perry, with plans to
be announced later.
Legal Liquor Question Spurs
Vote Registration in County
Shippey Will Arrive Today
To Be New Methodist Pastor
ANTI-ALCOHOLIC
CRUSADE FORMED
The organization of the “Citi
zens Anti-Alcoholic Crusade of
Houston County” at Warner Rob
ins last Sunday afternoon was an
nounced this week.
Rev. James 0. Dorriety, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Warner Robins, was elected chair
man. Other officers named were [
Rev. Donald B. Patterson, pastor
of the Perry Presbyterian Church,
vice chairman; Boh McDowell,
Warner Robins, secretary; Charlie
L. Williams, Warner Rabins, trea
surer; and the following commit
tee chairmen: Rev. James M. Tere
si, program; Dr. B. I. Kight, War
ner Robins, financial; Rev. L. D.
Shippey, Perry, publicity; Rev.
|W. M. Haygood, Warner Robins,
| advertising; Rev. Charles Mat-1
thews, Warner Robins, literature
i and tracts; Rev. Vernon Brown,
| Warner Robins, promotion; Joel
Willis, Warner Robins, legal.
The group sent out a letter to
every registered voter in the coun
ty this week asking them not to,
sign the petition toeing circulated, j
or if they had signed it, to with
draw their names by signing a re
-1 quest directed to the ordinary.
“For protection against forgery
of names on petitions such as
happened in *Floyd county,” the
Crusade Jeter said, “We shall pub
lish the names of the petition
‘signers’ as soon as they are filed.
If you did not sign and your name
appears, be sure to file your pro
j test immediately.”
KIWANIS ASKED
TO EIGHT LIQUOR
Rev. James O. Dorriety, Warner
Robins minister, appealed to the
people of Perry Tuesday to “help
protect the entire county” by vot
ing against legalized liquor in the
event an election is called in Hous
ton county.
The Baptist minister, in a
speech to the Perry Kiwanis Club,
said the center of the movement
|to legalize liquor is in Warner
Robins but that legal liquor would
, be a detriment to all sections of
the county.
“We (Citizens Anti-Alcoholic
Crusade) are not just against legal
liquor, we are against all liquor
! period,” Mr. Dorriety said. “The
| threat of legal liquor is something
j that would ruin our city; that
| would cause Warner Robins to toe
j come a Phenix City overnight . . .
| Availability increases consumption
j and consumption increases the
(number of alcoholics (there are'
100,000 alcoholics in Georgia to
day.”
He said “politics, legal liquor
and religion have gotten all mixed
! up” in Warner Robins. He appeal
ed to the Kiwanians to “fight to
j preserve the moral decency of our
county.”
Mr. Dorriety was introduced by I
Rev. J. M. Teresi.
Six Perryans Attend
Legion Youth Meet
Six Perry boys were attending
Boys State, annual youth assembly
; sponsored by the American Legion
of Georgia, at Georgia Tech.
The Perry boys are Virgil Pea
vy, Sam Nunn Jr., Horace Evans
Jr., Kay Murphy, Charles Davis
and Perkins Jenkins.
Peavy was elected secretary of
i a political parly and Nunn and
Evans were elected councilman of
cities in the mythical government
which the boys set up.
V. A. Giles of Winter Haven,
Fla. is visiting his son, Henry
Giles and family and other rela-
I tives in this section.
Rev. L. D. Shippey, pastor of the
Quitman Methodist Church for the
last five years, will move here
with his family Thursday to be
come pastor of the Perry Meth
odist Church.
Mr. Shippey will preach his first
sermons here Sunday morning and
evening, and the Baptist and Pres
byterian churches are calling off
their evening worship hours to
join the Methodists in welcoming
the new pastor.
The Quitman Free-Press had the
following to say about Mr. Ship
pey last week:
“The Methodist Church has en
joyed five fine years under the
leadership of Rev. Shippey. This
progress is noted, not only in the
spiritual life of the church but in
additions, improvements, increas
e d attendance and extended
church activities.
“Five years ago the budget of
the local church was $9,000 as com
pared with SIB,OOO this year. All
conference assessments were met
in full, all bills are paid and the
j church treasurer reports a healthy
balance in the bank. This increas
ed budget has resulted in expand
ed activities, including the estab
! lishment of a Junior church and
the employment of a director of
Young Peoples’ activities.
“During Mr. Shippey’s ministry
here a new educational building
was constructed with the building
and furnishings costing in the
neighborhood of SIIO,OOO. This
new addition to the church Is now
debt free and was dedicated at an
impressive program here last year
with Bishop Moore presiding. Last
week the church purchased the
Bennet home on North Court
street as a parsonage, paying $17,-
500 for the property.
“In addition to his church work
here, Mr. Shippey has been prom
i inent in all community activities.
As chairman of the Brooks County
Community Chest for the past four
years his charitable nature and in
terest in welfare problems served
as valuable attributes in rendering
an unusually fine service in this
capacity. He served as chairman j
66 Firms Sign Application
For Chamber of Commerce
Sixty-six merchants and indivi- |
duals doing business in Perry have
signified a willingness to support
a chamber of commerce for Perry,
Mayor Stanley E. Smith said yes
terday.
Those who signed cards indicat
ing their desire to form a cham
ber and pay dues have been con
j tacted by a group of men appoint-
I ed by Mayor Smith to determine
if there is a genuine desire for a
j chamber here.
The dues pledged by those sign
i ing amounted to about $3,500 a
year.
Groups of businessmen who have
j discussed the proposed chamber of
| commerce indicated that Perry is
; not ready for a full-scale chamber
of commerce, but should start with
a part-time salaried person to
handle correspondence, and liter
ature about Perry should be pre
ipared.
Mayor Smith said all reports are
not in because some of the mer- ■
i chants have not been contacted or
i have not made a decision about
joining. Consequently, he expects
i the number ol members to rise to
about 80 or 90, with a beginning
budget for the chamber of about j
$4,500 a year.
Three teams have not completed
their lists, but will do so during
the week. Any merchants or indi
viduals who want to become mem
bers of the chamber are requested
to call 6C5 during the week.
Those who have signed up in
clude Amoco Station t Arnold J, B.
11. Andrew, Hardy-Stone Pontiac
Co., Gardner Watson Funeral
—
,
REV. L. D. SHIPPEY
New Methodist Pastor
of the March of Dimes, was active
in fund raising campaigns for the
Boy Scouts, Red Cross and other
drives and was a member of the
Brooks County Tubercular Associ
ation. As a member of the Kiwan
is Club he was faithful and ren
dered devoted service to the work
of the Underprivileged Child Com
mittee and the Boys and Girls
Committee. He also assisted in the
organization of the local A. A.
Chapter.
“With his attractive wife and
son and daughter, Marvin and
Judy, the family has filled a un
ique place in the lives of Quitman
people. They will be missed but
the good wishes of hosts of friends
here will follow them to their new
home in Perry.”
Rev. and Mrs. Guy K. Hutcher
son and daughter, Ann, planned to
leave today for Dublin, where Mr.
Hutcherson will become pastor of
the First Methodist Church.
During Mr. Hutcherson’s two
years in Perry, the local church
made excellent advances. One of
the features of his ministry was
the emphasis on the Sunday even
ing service, which drew overflow
congregations almost every week.
The financial position of the
church has been improved consid
erably and the local church was
the leading church in Georgia in
the Expansion Day program this
year.
Home, Andrew Hardware Co.,
Gulf Service Center, McLendon
Auto Co., D. K. Houghton, Perry
Loan and Savings Bank, Andrew
and Tuggle, J. C. Heller and Sons,
W. K. Whipple, Moody Service
Station, Whipple Realty Co., Hous
ton Hardware Co., Moody Motor
Co., Dr. L. W. Bell, Crockett’s 5
and 10, Cinderella Beauty Shop.
Gulf Super Service, Chapman-
Beatty Tractor Co., Pritchett Seed
and Supply, Perry Pharmacy,,Dr.
H. E. Weems, Perry lee and Coal
Co., Dairy Queen, Richard W.
Roughton, A. W. Dahlberg, Dr. A.
G, Hendrick, Wright’s Grocery,
Rumph’s Grocery, Norwood Flor
ist, Charlie Norman, Nunn and
Aultrnan, Moore Dry Goods Co.,
Houston Drug Co., Perry Super
Foods, Houser Insurance Agency,
Houston Home Journal, Kicklight
er-Akln Drug Co., Dave W, Hul
bert, Johnson Store, H. E. Gordon,
E. F. Bellflowers Station, New
Mecca Court.
Union Motor Co., Gray-Walker |
Tractor Co., Gray-Walker Supply
Co., J. W. Bloodworth, Ed Wilder,
Risher’s Restaurant, F. M. Greene
Jr., Wordna Gray’s Station, Nick’s
Place, Edwards-Harper Co., Stan
ley Smith Jr., Harry Griggs, W. E.
Beckham, Perry Savings and Loan
Association, New Perry Hotel, j
Horace and Mildred Shop, Tolle-'
son Supply Co., Tolleson Lumber !
Co., Perry Court, Davis Co., Wes
tern Auto Co.
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1414 Qualify
At W. Robins
Interest In the proposed legal
liquor referendum in Houston
is rapidly swelling the voters’ lists,
especially at Warner Robins, Miss
Florine Rainey, tax collector, said
yesterday.
A total of 414 persons were re
gistered last Friday, when Miss
Rainey, as the county’s voter re
gistration official, visited the City
Hall at Warner Robins.
The addition of the 414 names at
Warner Robins gives the air base
city well over half the voters in
the county, with a total there of
2,945. Miss Rainey was asked to
return to Warner Robins again
July 1 to register others.
Miss Rainey said the law pro
vides that persons can register to
vote in the liquor referendum up
to five days after the election is
officially called by the ordinary.
The law requires the ordinary to
call the election within 30 days
after the petition is presented and
the names verified.
Homer J. Walker Jr. of Warner
Robins, elected last year as a
county commissioner, is leading
the campaign for a referendum
on legal liquor in Houston county,
said he expects to have the re
quired 35 percent of the qualified
voters’ list as signers of his peti
tion. Reports in the Warner Rob
ins newspapers varied from 1,375
to 1,700 on the number of signa
tures already obtained by Mr.
Walker’s so called Houston Tem
pereance and Legal Control Com
mittee.
Mr. Walker’s strategy apparent
ly is to get most of his signatures,
in Warner Robins and leave the
rest of the county alone, if possi
ble, because the remainder of the
county is believed to be opposed
to legalizing whisky.
Miss Rainey said it appears
that the liquor election, if it ma
terializes, will bring out the heav
iest vote ever recorded in Hous
ton.
Patterson Attacks Liquor
Rev. Donald B. Patterson, pas
tor of the Perry Presbyterian
Church, spoke Sunday morning on
the subject, A Curse to Houston
County, discussing the evils of
liquor, legal or illegal.
On Sunday afternoon, more
than 200 persons attended a mass
meeting at the Warner Robins
First Baptist Church to rally sup
port against the legal liquor peti
tion. It was reported that the
church people were responsible
for the large registration of new
voters at Warner Robins last Fri
day.
The latest registration figures
give Warner Robins about 500
more votes than the remainder of
the county.
Miss Rainey released the follow
ing figures Monday:
Precinct Voters
Warner Robins 2,945
Perry 1,635
Centerville 167
Heard 90
Bonaire 126
Kathleen 79
Grovania 156
Elko 79
Henderson 76
Total 5,353
This is the largest registration
ever recorded in the history of
Houston county. The last registra
tion total was 5,145 just before
last summer’s state primary.
It is reported that both the sup
porters and the opposition to the
legal liquor issue are encouraging
their friends to register so they
will be eligible to vote. Those al
ready on the qualified list do not
have to register again.
Miss Rainey said her office is
| open from Monday through Satur
day to register voters not already
qualified.
Mr. and Mrs. Wordna Gray and
daughters, Janet and Judy have
returned from a vacation trip to
j Florida.