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ONE OF MIDDLE GEORGIA S
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VOL. 84 NO. 34
1,206 Enrolled Here
As New Term Starts
Two Paving Projects
To Be Started Soon
E. M. Beckham Construction
Company of Perry has started
work on a contract to widen and
pave Main Street from the Meth
odist Church to the intersection of
Houston Lake Road and Hawkins
ville Road.
The State Highway Department
awarded the contract to the City
of Perry, which sublet the contract
to the Beckham company.
Another paving job Tharpe’s
Mill Road and Heard Road—will
be started by another local con
tracting firm, Hardy-Stone Con
struction Company, in the next
few weeks. This is a grading and
paving job of a total of about 7
miles, and is under the Rural
Roads Authority. The cost is about
$99,000.
Lourt for Colored
Is Opened in Perry
Ebony Motor Court one of
the few courts for colored in Geor
gia and the only one between At
lanta and Statesboro has been
opened here by Amos and Samuel
Collins, local Negroes.
The court has seven units, an
office and a kitchen. Each unit
has a private bath and is set up for
two people.
The concrete block and stucco
building is built on a one-acre lot
fronting 210 feet on U. S. High
way 41 South and is well lighted.
The Collins brothers have al
ready begun accomodating guests
and expect a good reception from
colored tourists.
Methodists Vote
For New Heating
And Air Conditioning
The official board of the Perry
Methodist Church decided this
week to install a completely new
air conditioning and heating sys
tem in the church and work will
begin within a week.
Chairman W. V. Tuggle of the
board said Lee Refrigeration and
Electric Company of Fort Valley
submitted the lowest bid on the
job. The contract price is approxi
mately $12,000.
The new system will heat and
cool the entire church plant, in
cluding the auditorium and the
Church School. The system is built
by Carrier Corporation. Natural
gas will be used for heating.
-Mrs. Sara Jones went to Ath
ens during the weekend on ac
count of the illness of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Bill Donovan, the former
Miss Betty Jones.
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MYSTERY FARM PHOTO
Can You Identify This Houston County Farm?
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURS., SEPT. 8, 1955
' | First day enrollment of 1,206 at
the Perry schools was only three
students above the number regis
tered the first day of last year,
school officials announced,
i Enrollment here has been in-
I creasing about 50 students a year,
1 w ith the principal change being in
. the first grade, which has only 124
' students this year compared with
, 134 last year. However, more first
graders are expected in the next
; few days.
Registration by grades was as
follows;
First grade 124
Second grade 132
Third grade 136
Fourth grade ne
Fifth grade 114
Sixth grade 119
Seventh grade m
Eighth grade 92
Ninth grade 94
Tenth grade 66
Eleventh grade 50
Twelfth grade 52
T °tal 1,206
Aultman Appointed
Kiwanis Official
Hubert A. Aultman, Perry at
torney, was installed Tuesday as
lieutenant governor of the Fifth
Division of Georgia Kiwanis by the
district governor, John Cole of
Americus.
Mr. Aultman will supervise acti
vities of Kiwanis Clubs in Perry,
Fort Valley, Americus, Cordele,
Fitzgerald, Vienna, Ashburn, Mar
shallville and Montezuma. He was
appointed to serve out the term of
Dan Sinclair of Cordele, who re
signed.
Gray-Walker Made
Daffin Parts Depot
The Daffin Manufacturing Com
pany, Lancaster, Pa., has announc
ed the appointment of the Gray-
Walker Tractor Co. as its parts
depot for Georgia and Florida.
Because Gray-Walker Supply
Co., an affiliate of Gray-Walker
Tractor, owns and operates two
Daffin Mobile Feed Units, their
experience will enable them to
render expert service and advice
to other Daffin owners in Georgia
and Florida.
The central geographical loca
tion of Perry makes its selection as
a distribution point particularly
advantageous.
Speaking for his company, Gil
bert B. Pearsall said: “Gray-Wal
ker’s acceptance of this appoint
ment means a little more indus
trial activity for Perry. And it
means a big step forward in serv
ice for mobile mill owners in
Georgia and Florida.”
HOMER HALL, 77*
DIES SUDDENLY
Homer Warren Hall, 77, retired
farmer, died unexpectedly Tues
day morning at his hoipe here.
Mr. Hall, who was a native of
Pike county, had lived in Houston
county and Perry for the last 50
years. He was a member of the
Perry Methodist Church. Mrs. Hall
died March 1, 1947.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church Wednesday
afternoon, with Rev. James M.
Teresi and Rev. L. D. Shippey of
ficiating. Burial was in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were S. L. Norwood,
Lewis Harper, Jeff Pierce, Emmitt
Akin, Sirah Lawhorn and James
Jackson.
Mr. Hall is survived by five
daughters, Misses Gladys and
Frances Hall of Perry, Mrs. W. M.
Hartley and Mrs. Alton J. Edwards
of Macon, and Mrs. Robert Kytle
of Eastman; one son, Bennie H.
Hall of Dublin; 10 grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home
of Perry was in charge of arrange
ments .
Smith Is Elected
Kiwanis President
For \56; Others Named
Stanley E. Smith, mayor of Per
ry, president of the Chamber of
Commerce and a man of many
jobs and talents, was elected pres
ident of the Perry Kiwanis Club
Tuesday for the year 1956.
Other officers named were W.
A. (Pete) Whitehurst, vice presi
dent, succeeding Mr. Smith, and
David Hulbert, re-elected secre
tary. Directors named were Char
les Andrew, Rev. L. D. Shippey,
Byron Maxwell and H. L. Hackney.
The new officers will take office
at the first meeting in January.
Rev. Jimmie Waters, pastor of
the Mabel White Baptist Church,
Macon, told the Perry Kiwanis
Club Tuesday about his recent trip
to the Holy Land, during which he
traveled more than 17,000 miles.
Mr. Waters was introduced by
Sgt. R. J. McNeill of the State
Patrol.
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WINNER, ELEVENTH NATIONAL TRAFFIC
SAFETY POSTER CONTEST
THESE PANTHERS FOOTBALLERS OPEN SEASON IN HAWKINSVILLE FRIDAY
Left to right, front row, Sam Nunn Jr., Terry Griffin,
Percy Hardy, Jimmy Wilson, Gene Ford, Charles Davis, Ray
mond Howard and Virgil Peavy; second row, left to right,
Francis Arnold, Lamar Peavy, David Moulder, G. H. Duck-
Panthers Will Open Season
In Hawkinsville Tomorrow
MOBILE MILLERS
ORGANIZING HERE
A meeting of mobile mill own
ers will be held at 6 p. m. today
at the New Perry Hotel to form
The Georgia-Florida Mobile Mil
lers Association.
Over 20 owners and a slightly
larger number of their key per
sonnel have voted Perry as their
choice for the first gathering.
The chairman will be Gilbert B.
Pearsall, formerly of Perry, who
will request Charles P. Gray of
Perry to act as temporary chair
man for the election of officers.
Rev. James M. Teresi of the
Perry Baptist Church will pro
nounce the invocation.
Mayor Stanley E. Smith will wel
come the delegates.
Paul Zimmerman, director of
feed merchandising for the Baf
fin Manufacturing Company of
Lancaster, Pa., will speak on the
necessity for upgrading livestock
nutrition to obtain greater profits.
Owners and their personnel will
be guests of the Baffin Manufac
turing Company at dinner at the
New Perry Hotel .
The following owners have sig
nified their intention of (being
present C. W. Brown, Brown Im
plement and Milling Co., Lyons;
A. Heywood Mason, Farmers Cen
ter, Cairo; Ralph Allison, Ralph
Allison, Inc., Albany; J. Wesley
Harris, Bartow Feed Store, Car
tersville; Charles P. Gray and L.
Cohen Walker, Gray-Walker Sup
ply Co., Perry; William C. Bate-1
man, Bateman Implement Co,, Ft.
Valley; William E. Watson, Craw
fordville; Earl Burch, Mobile Cus
tom Milling Co., Harlem; Louie
Varnedoe, Lumber City Milling
Co., Lumber City; Warren Vickers,
Vickers Farm Supply, Pearson;
Rever Morris and Jack jyiorris,
Morris Brothers Farm Supply,
Alma; F. A. Joiner, Joiner and
Garner, Sandersvllie and Tennille;
Tom Hawkins, Thomasville Farm
Supply, Thomasville; L, J. Miller,
L. J. Miller Co., Leesburg; Claude
Wray, Americus; Roy L. Strange,
Moultrie Farm Center, Moultrie;
Gilbert B. Pearsall, Atlanta (Geor
gia Milling Co., Midland, Ga.) and
Johnson Goodman, Tifton.
Other guests will be Bale Bar
bour of Lancaster, Pa., plant sup
erintendent for the Baffin Co. and
Felder J. Frederick, Marshallville,
Georgia Bistrict Representative
for the Baffin Co.
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Motorcade Planned
To Hawkinsville Tilt
The Perry Touchdown Club com
pleted plans last night for the big
motorcade to Hawkinsville Friday
night to sec the Panthers tangle
with the Hawkinsville Red Bevlls.
The motorcade will form in
front of the high school building
at 6:30 and leave as soon after 6:30
as possible, according to Hilt Gray,
chairman of the motorcade com
mittee of the Touchdown Club.
Game time at Hawkinsville is 8
p. m.
No Traffic Deaths
In Houston County
Labor Day Weekend
Houston county roads which
handle considerably more traffic
than the average Georgia county—
was remarkably free of accidents
during the long Labor Bay week
end.
State Patrol Sgt. R. J. McNeill
said there was not a single fatal
accident in his territory, which
covers six Middle Georgia coun
ties, including Houston, despite
the fact that the highways were
jammed with holiday motorists.
Only four were killed in Geor
gia, which compares with nine
killed during the same period last
year.
Luce Tells Story
01 Blue Bird Co.
The Perry Junior Chamber of
Commerce had as its guest A. L.
Luce Jr., branch manager of Blue
Bird Body Company of Fort Val
ley, Monday night.
A large crowd enjoyed the inter
esting talk by Mr. Luce regarding 1
the progress of the company. It
was pointed out that the first bus
was made in Perry when A. L.
Luce Sr. had the Ford Agency in
i Perry. Blue Bird produced one bus
the first year, and today produces
between two and three thousand
a year, and sells to many other!
countries.
There are seven body companies
in America and the Blue Bird
Body Company is number three j
and employees 500 people from
Peach, Houston, Macon and sur- j
rounding counties. The weekly re-1
ligious hour was credited with con
i tributing to much of the success of i
Blue Bird. A service is held week
ly at the plant for all employees.
Mr. Luce is active in civic and
! community work in Fort Valley.
worth, Danny Hughes, Fred Langston and Julian Kersey;
third row, left to right, Ed Beckham, Johnnie Gailemore Jr.,
Jcrre Hartley, C. J. Story, James Lassiter, Jimmy Beatty and
Bonnie Hall. (Home Journal photo).
COMING EVENTS
The Perry PTA will meet next
Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the High
School Auditorium at 3.45 o’clock.
A welcome reception honoring the
teachers will be held in the halls
immediately following the meet
ing.
The Delphian Club will meet
this afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
home of Mrs. Floyd Tabor with
Mrs. Wordna Gray and Mrs. Gard
ner Watson as co-hostesses.
The General Daniel Stewart
Chapter, DAR, will meet at 3:45
p. m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the
home of Mrs. W. B. Evans, with
Miss Hortense McLester co-hos
tess.
The Tawasi Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Edward Pierce
Wednesday, September 14, at 4
o’clock.
The general meeting of the Bap
tist WMS will be held at the
Church Monday, September 12, at
3:45.
The Circles of the WSCS will
meet as follows: Circle No. 1 with
Mrs. Francis Nunn, Wednesday,
September 14 at 10 o’clock; Circle
No. 2 with Mrs. W. W. Boler; Cir
cle No. 3 with Mrs. Bennie An
drew; Circle No. 4 with Mrs. Al
bert Skellie and Circle 5 with Mrs.
Houser Gilbert, all Monday, Sep
tember 12, at 4 o’clock; Circle No.
6 with Mrs. Ethel Williams Mon
day, September 12, at 8 p. m.
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Prizes Given Away
\
The Perry Jaycees gave away
two items last weekend after sell
ing tickets to raise money for their
youth program.
A. W. Dahlberg of Perry won
the deep freezer and a truck driv
er, Lester Staudt, Botwins, Ohio,
won the air conditioning unit.
J. A. GRUBB TO BE SECRETARY MANAGER
OF CHAMBER; OFFICE IN LEGION HOME
Appointment of J. A. Grubb,
| former chief clerk at Plant 2 of
I Penn-Dixie Cement Corn., as the
j secretary-manager of the newly
I organized Perry Chamber of Com
merce, was announced yesterday
by President Stanley E. Smith.
Mr. Smith also announced that
the chamber has contracted with
the American Legion Post to es
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Perry’s football Panthers—with
only one year of experience be
hind them—don’t mind taking on a
I heavy load, and they have one this
week—the Hawkinsville Red Dev
-1 11s.
The Panthers and the Devils will
clash in Hawkinsville Friday night,
before an expected crowd of 2,000
fans.
Hawkinsville is not expected to
be as tough as they were last year,
when they won the State Class C
crown, because they lost one of the
best running backs in high school
football, Melvin Borum. But a
school which has had football as
long as Hawkinsville has will al
ways field a good team.
Coach Herb St. John says his
Panthers will be better this year
than last because of their one-year
experience but he is not predict
ing a victory Friday night. He says
his boys are hitting harder and
running harder than ever before
and will give a good account of
themselves.
“Possible” Linueup
Coach St. John said he could not
give a starting lineup, but the boys
who have been running on the
first string in practices so far have
been Jerre Hartley and Ronnie
Hail at ends, G. H. Duckworth and
David Moulder at tackles, James
Lasseter and Fred Langston at
guards, Danny Hughes and Lamar
Peavy, alternating at center; Jim
my Beatty at quarterback, Percy
Hardy and Raymond at halfback
and Virgil Peavy at fullback.
The locals have added about 10
to 15 pounds per man during the
summer and should be harder to
handle this year. The squad is
small in numbers but all of the 22
I men are able to take care of them
selves against the competition they
will face this year.
The first home game is schedul
ed for Perry Sept. 16, against the
Warner Robins Demons.
Jack Garvin is spending several
days with Mr. and Mrs. George
Thomas and his brother, Willie
Garvin and family.
tablish an office in the Legion
Home. A large sign will be erected
to designate the chamber’s office,
and Perry residents are urged to
use the facilities of the chamber
of commerce and to refer inquir
ies about Perry to the chamber.
xMr. Grubb will be in the office
five and a half days a week, and
stands ready to serve the commu%
ity In any way that he can.