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VOL. 84 NO. 26 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870
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LIFE SAVING DEMONSTRATION GIVEN BY GROUP
Left to right, Christy Matthews, Beverly Jacobs holding
hands across boat with Kay Tabor, Jimmy Taylor’s head
barely visible at left of Kay Tabor, Bill Morris with back to
camera and Jerry Jarrell. Other staff pictures and names
of those passing swimming classes at Vinson’s Valley will be
carried in The Home Journal next week.
Baptist Bible School
Registration Friday
Children who will attend the
Vacation Bible School at the Per
ry Baptist Church are asked to re
gister at the church from 10 to 11
a.m. Friday, July 8.
Rev. J. M. Teresi, pastor, who
will serve as superintendent, an
nounced that the school will be
gin Monday morning, July 11, at
9 a.m. and run daily from 9 to 1 Il
ls each day during the week.
Closing exercises of the school
will be held at the evening wor
ship hour on Sunday, July 17.
Children from 4 to 15 years old
are cordially invited to attend. A
record enrollment is expected this
year.
Coming Events
The circles of the WSCS will
meet as follows: Circle No. 1 with
Mrs. Dave Coley, Wednesday, July
13, at 10 a. m.; Circle No. 2 with
Mrs. George B. Wells, Monday,
July 11, at 4 p. m.; Circle No. 3
with Mrs. Louis Harper, Monday,
July 11, at 4 p. m.; Circle No. 4
with Mrs. Floyd Tabor, Monday,
July 11, at 4 p. m.; Circle No. 5,
Mrs. Hubert Aultman, Monday,
July 11, at 4 p. m.; Circle No. 6 at
the church, Monday, July 11, at 8
p. m.
The Perry Baptist WMS general
meeting wil be held Monday, July
11, at 3:45 p. m.
The Newcomers Club will hold
their regular meeting Thursday,
July 14, at the home of Mrs. Rich
ard B. Ray on Sunset Drive. Mrs.
Jack Davis will instruct the mem
bers in Swedish weaving. Members
are asked to bring their own sup
plies for the weaving. Items need
ed are % yard buck towelling, No.
5 ball Star of Clark 2 ply thread
and a tapestry needle. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
MYSTERY FARM PHOTO
Can You Identify This Houston County Farm?
WSCS Votes Against
Legal Liquor Plan
■ At the general meeting of the
■ Woman’s Society of Christian Ser-;
■ vice at the Methodist Church
Tuesday, the members voted unan- j
imously that the WSCS go on rec-1
| ord as opposing the movement to i
legalize liquor in Houston county.
Mrs. Eric Staples, the president,
• presided over the business session
and welcomed Mrs. L. D. Shippey,
the wife of the new pastor, as a
new member.
Mrs. M. L. Brown, program ■
chairman was in charge of the
program. Those taking part were j
Mrs. M. M. Dean, Mrs. Cohen Wal
ker and Mrs. M. L. Brown.
It was announced that Vacation |
Bible School will begin July 18.
Rain Ad Back in;
Elko Needs Some
The Home Journal’s rain ad is |
being renewed this week, as fol- 1
lows:
“Rain wanted: large quantities |
needed, especially in the lower j
part of Houston county. Anytime |
will do, but right now preferred.” |
Our recent rain ad paid off well
in some sections of the county but
Harvey NeSmith says the Elko sec
tion hasn’t got a bit of rain and
J. W. Coffey, Marshallville Road,
says he wants us to put the rain ad
back in the paper for him.
RAIN BULLETIN
Perry received 1.3 inches of rain
fall Tuesday afternoon. The
Clinchfield area was reported to
have received an even heavier
fall. Elko also was reported to
have a good rain, the first received
, there in a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Logue
visited relatives in Gibson and
Augusta last week and the Logues i
and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Jones
of Fort Valley spent a day at
Jekyll Island.
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Walker, Advocate of Legal Liquor,
Will Run for Sheriff Next Year
Chamber Meeting
Monday Night at 8
The organizational meeting of
the Perry Chamber o f Com
merce will be held Monday
night, July 11, at 8 o’clock, at
the American Legion Home.
Mayor Stanley E. Smith has
arranged to have Walter Cates,
executive vice president of the
State Chamber of Commerce, to
speak to the group at that time
and outline the best methods for
operating a chamber.
All persons interested in be
coming a member of the new
chamber of commerce are urged
to be present, whether you have
signed an application blank or
i not. About 75 firms and indivi
duals already have signed up as
| members.
COUNTY TAX RATE
SAME AS IN 1954
The Houston county commission
ers Tuesday set the county tax
rate at 37 mills the same rate
established last year.
The board of education recom
mended a tax of 17 mills for oper
ation of schools and payment of
bonded indebtedness, which was
j the same as last year. Twenty
j mills are set up for county oper
| ation, making the total 37 mills.
Suggest Bridge Name
The commission also voted to
j request the legislature to name
! the new bridge across the Ocmul
gee River as Bonaire the “Jim
Duncan Bridge.”
It was learned that Bleckely
| county is urging the adoption of
j another name.
J. P. Duncan was a former leg-
I islator and senator from Houston
I county who, sponsored legislation
j many years ago to build a road and
l the bridge connecting Houston and
Twiggs counties.
Stamp Plan Adopted
On Lounly Beer Tax
Houston county commissioners
voted Tuesday to attach stamps to
all beer sold in the county to in
sure the county is getting all the
revenue due from beer.
The county collects 5c a bottle
on beer sold outside the corporate
limits of the two cities of Perry
| and Warner Robins.
The county realized $7,389 from
beer licenses and taxes last year.
The use of stamps makes it pos
sible to check beer places to be
i sure tax has been paid on all beer
they sell. In the past, they have
paid on the basis of invoices from
the wholesalers.
REFERENDUM
ON WHISKEY
TO BE PUSHED
Homer J. Walked, Houston coun
ty commissioner who heads the
pro-legal liquor organization
known as the Houston Temperance
and Legal Control Committee, an
nounced this week that he will run
for sheriff of the county.
Sheriff C. C. Chapman answered
“no comment” when he learned of
Mr. Walker’s surprise announce
ment.
Mr. Walker told The Home
Journal that he would announce
his platform later, adding that he
hopes the county primary will not
be held until the fall of 1956. It
has been the custom In this coun
ty to have the county primary in;
the early part of the year.
Mr. Walker said he will continue
with his campaign to get signa
tures on his petition asking for a !
referendum on whether liquor can ;
be sold legally in Houston county. |
He said his decision to run for
sheriff would not affect in any
way his campaign for legal liquor
in the county. He says the county
needs the revenue.
Mr. Walker made his announce
ment for sheriff as a paid political;
announcement over Warner Rob
ins Radio Station WRPB last Fri-;
day afternoon following the pre- j
senlation of a tape recording of!
his Thursday night speech at War
ner Robins on the liquor question.
Revenue Stressed
By Walker in Talk
For Legal Liquor
Homer J. Walker, the one-man
Houston County Temperance and
Legal Control Committee, told a
crowd of about 700 people at War
ner Robins last Thursday night
that neighboring wet counties are
paving roads while dry countians
“ride on the roughest roads in
Georgia.”
Setting himself up as a “Chris
tian if there ever was one in War
ner Robins,” Walker said "we need
the revenue.” He attacked what he
called “rumors” about him—that
he was going to put up a liquor
store in Warner Robins and that
he is getting $30,000 to campaign
for legal liquor in the county.
Crying that once the petition
calling for a liquor referendum is
presented to the ordinary it can
not be changed, Walker said: “If
you want to get your name off the
petition, see Homer J. Walker and
he’ll take it off for you.” One man
in the crowd yelled, “take my
name off.”
Election in August. He says
Walker said he already has the
necessary 35 per cent of the reg
istered voters on his petition but I
that he wants to give everybody !
in the county an opportunity to j
sign. He said he will work Perry
and the lower part of the county j
in the next few weeks and present I
his petition so that the election I
will be held sometime in August, j
He displayed an affidavit from
19 business houses on Front Street
saying that the owners had not
offered “any preacher” any money 1
to beat the liquor petition. Rev. I
James O. Dorrlety, pastor of the
Warner Robins Baptist Church,
had claimed that operators of a |
beer place on notorious Front j
Street had offered to make a con
tribution to the fight against legal
j liquor.
“Homer J. will never tell no-1 j
j body a lie,” the county commis- i
sioner shouted. “I’d let my wife I j
whip me every night before I’d |
tell her a lie, but honey don’t ask
me too much.” (His wife was in
the audience.,)
“We ought to be setting up our
rules and regulations for handling I
the legal liquor stores because the I
: county is going wet,” he shouted. I
Preacher Attacked
Walker attacked Mr. Dorriety
for “smearing” Warner Robins by ;
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VOTERS SIGN PETITION FOR LIQUOR REFERENDUM AFTER WALKER SPEECH
‘I Vo Racketeering'Promised
If Legal Liquor Is Obeyed
Wyatt D. Kersey, chairman of
the Board of Commissioners of
Houston county, declined to take
a stand for or against legalizing
liquor in the county and said he
“can see no reason why this or
any other vital question should
not be settled by a referendum”.
Mr. Kersey was asked by The
Home Journal to state whether he
J was for or against legalizing liquor
i in the county.
“I do not think it proper for
me as one of your county commis
sioners to take an active stand
for or against legalizing liquor in
Houston county,” Mr. Kersey said
in a letter. “I assure you that if
liquor is ever legalized in our
county, it will be administered in
away that will be fair to all. No
racketeering will be tolerated.”
Homer J. Walker, county com
missioner, is chairman of the
Houston Temperance and Legal
Control Committee which is cir
culating a petition asking for a
Mrs. J. L. Ward Honored by Presbyterians
Mrs. J. C. Ward was honored on
her birthday last Thursday after
noon at 3 p. m. toy the Women of
the Perry Presbyterian Church.
The doxology was sung after
which Mr. Will Gresham led in
prayer. Delicious refreshments
of birthday cake, Ice cream and
Coca-Cola were served.
The lovely occasion was highligh
ted when Mrs. W. W. Hunt, vice
president, in the absence of Mrs.
D. B. Patterson, president of the
1 Perry Presbyterian WOC, present-
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MRS. J. C. WARD Ri:( I I VIS HONOR OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Left to right, Roy Gresham, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Will Gresham, Mrs. William Hunt
referendum on the liquor question.
He has said that he already has
i the necessary 35 percent as sign
; ers of his petition but that he
■ wants to give everyone in the
• county “an opportunity to sign”
I and will not present the petition
for several days.
■ S. L. Norwood, another county
; commissioner, has said he is “blt
• terly opposed” to legalizing liquor
in the county.
The Home Journal also polled
Commissioners John T. Miller and
Claude Watson but they have not
replied to the letter.
Two hundred sixty-eight persons
were registered as voters by Miss
Florine C. Rainey, tax collector,
on a visit to Warner Robins last
Friday afternoon. This gives War
ner Robins precinct 3,213 voters,
which is 700 more than in the rest
of the county. Miss Rainey said
about six persons have registered
in the Perry precinct in recent j
weeks.
ed the honoree with an Honorary
Life Membership certificate and
pin. This honor, which is given of
ficially from the WOC of the Pres
byterian Church, U. S., is signifi
cant of outstanding and faithful
service rendered her Lord and
Church.
There were 16 ladies present, in
cluding Mrs. H. T. Gilbert and
Mrs. Herman Holland of Fort Val
ley. Other guests present were (
Mrs. Ward’s brothers and their ,
wives from Greenville, S. C., Mr.
and Mrs. Will Gresham and Mr.
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HOMER J. WALKER
In Warner Robins Speech
and Mrs. Roy Gresham. Misses
Libby and Ann Coleman assisted
in serving.
GIRL SCOUTS OFF
FOR 2 WEEKS AT CAMP
Girl Scouts of Perry who left
Sunday for two weeks at Camp
Martha Johnston near Macon were
Carole Mason, Susan McNeil, Ma
bel Hunt, Linda Tabor and Mary
Ellis Manship.