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VOL. 84 NO. 35 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURS., SEPT. 15, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870
Houston Observing
Conservation Week
by jack c. miller
Soil Conservationist
Governor Marvin Griffin has ;
issued a proclamation setting aside
the week of September 11 - 18 as
Soil Conservation Week in Geor
gia.
Information relating to soil and
water conservation will be present
ed to Georgians by the press, rad
io, television, speakers, films, pos
ters, letters, tours, demonstrations,
ect.
Purpose of this activity will be
to point up the need for conserva
tion and to take note of the pro- <
gress being made in conservation
of our two most vital resources,
soil and water.
Soil Conservation Districts were
established toy State Law back
around 1938. It would be their
function to organize, plan and di
rect the conservation effort on the :
local front. Districts are adminis
tered by local supervisors elected
by the people of the district. The
Ocmulgee Soil Conservation Dis
trict, of which Houston county is
a part, consists of nine counties.
S. A. Nunn of Perry, represents
Houston county on the Board of
Supervisors. The Board holds reg
ular meetings to conduct the busi
ness of the District.
Thousands of farmers in our
district have, with the help of the
Soil Conservation Service of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
working in cooperation with the
District, developed Basic Soil and
Water Conservation Plans for
their farms. The Service also furn
ishes technical assistance to these
farmers as needed, to help them
establish the planned conservation
measures on the land. Much pro
gress has been made in our con
servation program, tout a tremen
dous job remains to be accomplish- i
ed.
Houston county might be used as
an illustration. A Conservation
Needs Estimate prepared for
Houston county in 1953, showed
in round figures 199,000 acres in
farms. Os this total 85,000 acres
were in cropland, 86,000 acres in
woodland, 18,300 acres idle and
9,100 acres in permanent pasture.
Soil Conservation Surveys made
in Houston county, indicated that
if we were using the land in ac
cordance with its capability, we
would have something like 71,000
acres in cropland, 96,500 acres in
woodland, 27,300 acres in perma
nent pasture, and not any idle
land.
Capability of the land is deter
mined by such factors as inherent
productivity, depth of soil, its
ability to absorb moisture, its wat
er holding capacity, its texture,
the slope of the land and the de
gree of erosion already present.
The survey listed seven land
THESE LITTLE LEAGUERS WON THE PEACH BELT CHAMPIONSHIP
Perry Little League champs, left to right, first row, George Nunn, Joel Roper, Nor-
m m Parker. Pete Hunt, Bobby Jones and Jimmy Wilson. Second row, left to right, Thomas
N'int. A1 Lasseter, Lee Martin, Derrell Davis, Wilson Marlin and Bobby Griffin. That’s Joe
Martin in front of the group. Not present when the photo was taken were Lonnis Barrett,
Bobby Malone and Jimmy Paul. Lewis Bledsoe did a wonderful job as coach of the team.
•Home Journal Photo).
SOIL CONSERVATION WEEK SEPT 11-18, 1955
3) ournal
capability classes in Houston coun
ty. Classes one, two and three are
suited to continue cultivation
Class four land is suited to occas
sional cultivation. Classes Y, VI
and VII are not suited to cultiva
tion due to poor soil type, steep
slopes, erosion hazards or poor
drainage. Our best land is class I.
Our worst land is class VII.
The survey showed we had ap
proximately 26,100 acres of Class
I land in Houston county, 47,200
acres of class II land, 35,000 acres
of class 111 land, 15,000 acres of
class IV and 60,000 acres of class
VII land.
Briefly our class I land needs
only good soil management to
keep it productive. Its good land,
nearly level with little or no eros
ion. Class II and 111 land needs
good soil management plus ter
racing, contour cultivation, crop
rotations, with ample soil building
and close growing crops, strip
cropping, stubble mulching, crop
resid u e management, adequate
water ways, and drainage on wet
areas. Class IV land should be in
close growing perennial vegetation
four out of five years. Class V, VI
and VII land is not suited for cul
tivation and should toe developed
as permenant pasture, perennial
hay or woodland.
As of January first 1955, farm
ers in Houston county, cooperating
with the Ocmulgee Soil Conserva
tion District, had established con
servation crop rotations on 25,00
servation crop rotations on 25,000
acres, Sericea Lespedeza on 1,200
acres, Kudzu on 1,700 acres, per
manent pasture on 11,500 acres.
They had planted 2,200 acres to
pine trees, established 250 acres
to sod water ways, constructed 12
miles of drainage ditches, 1,100
miles of terraces, 10 miles of fire
breaks, 51 farm ponds and four
sprinkler irrigation systems. Fif
teen acres had been planted to
Lespedeza Bi-Color for food for
Quail, and 2,200 acres of wood
land had been benefited by im
provement cutting practices.
Our farmers had made good pro
gress, but remaining to be done
was 45,000 acres to crop rotation,
37.000 acres to contour cultivation,
70.000 acres to cover crops, 2,200
acres to Sericea Lespedeza, 7,000
acres to permanent pasture, 9,000
acres to pine trees, 300 acres to
sod water ways. We need to estab
lish an additional 50 miles of
drainage ditches, 2,800 miles of
terraces, 130 miles of firebreaks,
50 farm ponds, 26 irrigation sys
tems, plant 135 acres to wildlife
borders and establish good wood
land management on 94,000 acres.
Since the conservation of the
soil and water is of vital concern
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Perry, Conqueror of Hawkinsville,
Takes on Robins Demons Tomorrow
Hardy Sparks
Panther Win
The Perry Panthers exploded in
the fourth quarter Friday night
and toppled mighty Hawkinsville’s
Red Devils after 32 straight vic
tories by the 1954 Class C champs.
The score was 14 to 0.
Pistol Percy Hardy, 140 pounds
of halfback, was the fuse that set
off the explosion that crumpled
the Hawkinsville eleven. On the
second play of the fourth quarter,
Percy broke through the middle
of the line and was beyond the
secondary for 36 yards and a
touchdown before the Red Devils
knew where the ball was.
But the whole Perry team had
set up the situation through the
first three quarters, charging hard
and blocking hard as they slowly
wore down the competition. It ap
peared that the Panthers were in
better physical shape than the
Red Devils.
Both teams battled through the
first half and had only two first
downs each at the half. Perry
made only one first down in the
third quarter and the enemy only
two.
Six First Downs in 4th
But after Hardy’s sensational
run, the Panthers racked up six
first downs in the last quarter as
the Red Devils collapsed from the
shock.
The victory put Perry in a spot
right away. The Macon Telegraph-
News named Perry the top team
in Middle Georgia, but the writer
admitted that he had little to go
on when he made the selection
other than the surprise victory
over the once mighty Hawkinsville
team.
Virgil Peavy, 205-pound full
back, who had hammered the Haw
kinsville line all night, pounded
through for the second touchdown
in the waning minutes of the game.
He had made a first down on the
22-yard line. Gene Ford cracked
the line for 10 and a first down.
Hardy, now in for injured'Beatty
at quarterback, failed to gain on
a keep. Peavy piled through the
line for another first down on the
one yard line. Hardy again called
on Peavy and he ran it over the
goal line for the TD. Hardy passed
to Ed Beckham for the extra point.
After Hardy’s touchdown run, Ray
mond Howard, who played an ex
cellent game all night, went for
the extra point right through the
Red Devil line.
An outstanding feature of the
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THEY WILL RUN AGAINST WARNER ROBINS DEMONS TOMORROW
Perry Panther backfield horses are, left to right, front row, Percy Hardy, Gene Ford,
Raymond Howard and Charles Davis. Back row, Virgil Peavy, Terry Griffin, Julian Kersey
i and Jimmy Beatty. (Home Journal Photo).
Legion Auxiliary
Will Meet Today
The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold the first Fall meeting at
the American Legion Home on
Thursday, September 15th.
Program chairman, Mrs. W. J.
Boone, has arranged for two of the
i eight girls who went to Girls
j State this year to tell of their ex
-1 periences at Girl’s State.
As has been the custom in the
past, one of these eight girls was
sponsored by the auxiliary.
All members are urged to be
present, and to bring a covered
dish for the luncheon, which will
be served promptly at 12:30 o’-
clock.
Mrs. Rhodes Sewell, unit presi-
I dent, will preside.
j
ACCIDENT KILLS
! PERKY COUPLE
| A young Perry couple, married
i only three months, met death
(Tuesday afternoon when their au-
I tomobile skidded and hit a bridge
! at Seven Bridges on U. S. 41 dur
j ing a heavy rain.
They were identified as Lonnie
! Alvin Ward, 22, and his wife, Mrs.
Gladys Garner Ward, 17, Route 2,
I Perry.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home
of Perry sent the bodies to Meri
dian, Miss., Wednesday for burial.
Ward was returning from Ma-
!con, where he had been checking
on his application for on-the-job
, training as a mechanic at Sanders
Motor Co., Perry. The accident
occurred about 4:15 p.m.
; Ward is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Emily Ward, Meridian, Miss.,
! four sisters and six brothers.
| Charles Griffith of Perry is a
| brother-in-law.
Mrs. Ward is survived by her
j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Gar
ner of Winfield, La., two sisters
and one brother.
Churches Changing
Night Hours Sunday
Three local churches announ
ced this week that evening service
, hours are being moved up one
half hour, effective Sept. 18.
Worship services will begin at
7:30, and young people’s meetings
will be moved up a half hour at
the Baptist, Methodist and Pres
byterian churches.
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
SET ON THURSDAY
Houston county home demons
tration clubs will observe Achieve
ment Day next Thursday, Sept. 22,
at the American Legion Home.
The work of the clubs will be
on display from 2 to 4 p. m. and
the public is cordially invited to
see them.
County Hospital
Is Under Study
Sentiment for a Houston county
hospital to be built under the Hill-
Burton Act is reported to be grow
ing, and a group of citizens will
meet during the week with the
county commissioners to explore
the possibility of making applica
tions for funds.
The Home Journal learned that
the interested citizens are headed
by D. L. Fountain of Warner Roto
i ins and they want to form the
Houston County Authority and ap
ply for federal and stale aid soon, i
MYSTERY FARM PHOTO
Can You Identify This Houston County Farm?
A ” Teachers Meet
Here to Discuss
Mail Box Project
Vocational agriculture teachers
of the Third District will gather
here at 3:30 p. m. today to launch
a program for Improving and con
structing mail boxes.
The mail box clinic is sponsor
ed by the vocational education di
vision of the state department of
education. This Is a statewide pro
gram and has the backing of the
governor. Vocational agriculture
classes in schools all over the state
will take part in the program.
Herman Cheek, local ag teacher,
will be host to the group meeting
here.
(
You can tell your kids that the '
honest-to-goodness Davy Crockett 1
is associated with soil conserva
tion. The Davy Crockctt-Trinity
Soil Conservation District is in
East Texas. D. A. Williams in
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS,
I June 16, 1955.
12 PACES THIS WEEK
10 CENTS PER COPY
3,000 Crowd
Is Expected
About 3,000 Middle Georgia foot
ball fans are expected here Friday
night for the “big game” for both
Perry and Warner Robins high
school teams.
Perry will go into the battle
with a well deserved victory over
Hawkinavllle last weekend, while
Warner Robins was edged out by
Forsyth on the same night. The
game rates as a toss up.
Coach Herb St. John, who has
brought the Perry team a long
way in only one season of football,
is a man of few words. The only
comment he had on the Warner
Robins game was; “We hope to
have 11 men out there trying as
hard as they can to win the ball
game.”
He said Warner Robins could
easily have won the game against
Forsyth last Friday night, missing
a couple of passes that would have
been touchdowns. He believes they
are as strong as they were last
year, when they whipped the Pan
thers by four touchdowns.
St. John says his team is better
this year than last because of their
one year experience. He agreed to
be quoted this far;
“They have found out what it
! takes to play football and they are
doing a better job. All of the boys
who played last Friday night
against Hawkinsville did a good
job and there is no way I can
single out any particular players
above the others.”
A great throng of Robiniles are
expected for the game because of
the intense rivalry between the
two Houston county communities.
Roth bands will be out in force
and a good show is in store for
what could be the largest crowd
ever to attend a football game in
Perry.
Lawler Company
Cels Crawford Job
A. H. Lawler Construction Com
pany of Perry has been awarded a
contract for $108,599 to -pave and
grade the Zenith Mill Road
in Crawford county pnder the Ru
ral Roads Authority.
The contract calls for 7.9 miles
of grading and paving.
Mrs. C. F. Cooper Sr. has re
turned home after visiting Dr. and
Mrs, C. F. Cooper Jr. in Atlanta
last week.