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VOL. 84 NO. 36 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURS., SEPT. 22, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870
Hospital for County
I nder Consideration
Citizens Will Meet
With Commissioners
At 8 O’Clock Today
Members of the newly-organized
Houston County Hospital Author
ity and the Houston county com
missioners will meet at 8 p. ra. to
day at the courthouse to discuss
the possibility of a county hospital
under the provisions of the Hill-
Burton Act.
D. L. Fountain is chairman of
the temporary hospital authority,
Gardner Watson vice chairman,
and Walter D. Whiting secretary.
Directors are Paschal Muse, Cleve
land A. Hyatt, Homer J. Walker
Jr., Dewey D. Willis, Olan A
Burke, Stanley E. Smith, and the
officers.
The commissioners also have ap
pointed a temporary committee
composed of citizens all over the
county.
Informal talks have centered
around a hospital of about 35 beds, j
probably to be located at Warner 1
Robins because of the density of I
population in that area.
The citizens attending Thursday I
night’s meeting will get more de
tails on the cost, possible location,
cost to the county, size, etc.
Fortson Speaker
At Kiwanis Meet
Ben W. Fortson, secretary of
state of Georgia, outlined his
duties in a talk to the Perry Ki
wanis Club Tuesday and invited
the Kiwanians to visit his office
anytime if they (believed it might
be a state office where there was
little to do.
Mr. Fortson, introduced by Sgt.
Robert J. McNeill, program chair
man, listed as some of his duties;
keeper of the Great Seal of Geor
gia, securities commissioner, cor
poration commissioner, building
and loan association supervisor,
legislative agent, surveyor general,
commissioning officer for state ap
pointees, head of 22 examining
boards, head of the Department of
Archives and History, Georgia His
torical Commission, the State Mu
seum, and keeper of the mansion,
the capitol and four Confederate
cemeteries.
Mr. Fortson said public officials
ought to realize that their offices
belong to the people, and are not
something ‘‘that the office holder
owns.”
Don Causey of Greenville, S. C.,
former Boy Scout executive here,
was a visitor at the meeting.
BECKHAM LICENSED
AS LAND SURVEYOR
Milton V. Beckham of Route 2,
Perry, has been licensed as a land
surveyor, Secretary of State Ben
W. Fortson announced this week.
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LOCAL STUDENTS
OFF TO COLLEGE
At least 57 graduates of Perry
High School will enter colleges
this fall, many of them having at
ready left the city.
Included in the group are:
University of Georgia: Joye Bed
duigfield, Margaret Gibson, Don
nie Lamar, Tommy Mobley, Marcy
Strother, Rosemary Tharpe, John
nie Williamson, George B. Wells.
Mercer University: Bobby Brown,
Jimmy Connell, Paul Griffin, Jim
mie Lee, Cynthia Muse, Jeff
Pierce Jr.
Wesleyan College: Ann Boter
weg, Betty Nunn, Sylvia Tabor.
Georgia Tech: Harvey Clark Jr.,
David Gray, Nelson Hunt, Clifford
Grimes, William Harrison, Jackie
Miller, Ben Newberry, Gene Nix,
Billy Beckham, Wesley Tabor,
Kenneth Whipple.
Emory at Oxford: Billy Brock,
| David Ogletree.
Emory University: Billy Moody,
[ Billy Whipple, Felton Norwood.
Shorter College: Joyce Bridges,
, Sylvia Williamson.
Valdosta State College: Jeanne
I Connell.
I
Vanderbilt University: Charles
Bledsoe.
Tift College; Mary Kathryn Dug
gan.
Macon Vocational School of
i Beauty Culture, Larry Elder.
Nurses School, Augusta: Joan
j Hay.
Nurses School, Macon; Shirley
Langston, Dorothy Walton.
Young Harris College: Franklin
May .
Georgia Teachers College: Char
lie Harper.
Florida State University: Ra
leigh McCrosky.
South Georgia College: Joneal
Lee, Phillip Sledge.
Georgia State College for Wom
en; Geraldine Leaptrot, Carolyn
Rainey, Fay Tharpe, Theresa Wil
liams.
GAB Business School: Marlene
Livingston, Sandra Thames.
King College, Tenn., Jim Ma
. lone.
Middle Georgia College: Jacque
■ lyn Newberry.
Auburn: Earl Smith, Bobby Tug
i gle.
1956 Ford on Display
At Moody’s Friday
The new 1956 line of Ford cars
and trucks will be on display at
Moody Motor Company, in Perry
and Warner Robins, Friday.
, Cecil and Wilson Moody, part
ner-brothers in Moody Motor
: Company, invite the public to the
| first showing of the 1956 line.
Shooting In City
Will Bring Cases,
Police Chief Says
Police Chief J. B. Hawkins yes
terday warned that cases will be
made against people shooting
doves and duck at the pond near
the country club golf course.
“It is against the law to shoot
inside the city,” Chief Hawkins
said. “The pro, Sid Clarke, has re
ported several people have been
shooting at the golf course pond
and endangering the golfers. We
will have to make cases in the fu
ture.”
PERGIFIELD DIES
UNEXPECTEDLY
Clancy Percifield, 59, Kathleen
farmer, died unexpectedly at his
home at 7:10 a. m. Tuesday after
a heart attack.
Mr. Percifield had moved to
Kathleen from Indiana four and a
half years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Katherine Gillingham Percifield;
two daughters, Mrs. Gary Cummis,
Morristown, Ind., and Mrs. Rich
ard Pitzer, Perry; two sons, Kieth
and Malcolm of Indianapolis; a
brother, James Percifield, Colum
bus, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. Helen
Richards, Mrs. Evelyn Williams
and Mrs. Mary Haymaker, Indian
apolis; two grandchildren.
The body was shipped to Colum
bus, Ind., for services Thursday.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home of
Warner Robins was in charge of
local arrangements.
Wesleyan Methodist
Pastor Arrives Here
Rev. D. E. Alexander of Duncan,
S. C., arrived this week to assume
his duties as pastor of the Perry
Wesleyan Methodist Church loca
ted on Bradley Street on the South
side of town.
The newly organized church is
I affiliated with the Wesleyan Meth
odist Church denomination.
Sunday School services will be
held at 10 a.m., worship services
at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. each Sun
day, Mr. Alexander announced.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services.
Robins Man Makes
Hole-in-One Here
Carter W. Hortman of Warner
Robins achieved the goal of every
golfer—a hole in one—on No. 9
hole at the Perry Country Club
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Hortman had a par 72 for
the 18 holes, and the ace was the
big stroke in pairing the course.
Playing with him were J. W, Cal
houn and son, Wesley, and Mell
Tolleson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marshall
have returned from a week’s vaca
tion at St. Simons.
Panthers Lose to Robins 13-7;
Meet Gray Here Friday Night
The Perry Panthers could have
won the ball game, but too much
Warner Robins power in the last
quarter toppled the locals here
last Friday night, 13 to 7.
The Panthers led by a slim 7-6
margin going into the fourth per
iod, but a Warner Robins tackle
blocked a Perry punt and set the
Demons up in scoring position.
Three plays later they were over
the goal line with the clinching
touchdown by Halfback Troy Shut
tlesworth, who fumbled just as he
went over the payoff marker.
Fleet footed Julian Kersey, play
ing his first year of varsity ball,
had put the Panthers out front in
the second period with a 75-yard
punt return all the way for the
touchdown, and Virgil Peavy hit
the line for the extra point.
Perry seemed to be taking a
breather on the next play, because
small, speedy Beck of the Demons
ran all the way from the kickoff
for 76 yards to score a touchdown.
The visitors missed the extra point
and the score stood at 7-6 at half
time. Beck was the last man hand
ling the ball on a triple hand-off
from the kickoff receiver.
The Panthers could have won
the ball game, but they probably
didn’t deserve to win in view of
the 8 first downs for Robins and
only 3 for Perry. Robins gained
122 yards on the ground and Perry
had 49. The Panthers completed
one pass and Robins failed to con
nect through the air. But the Dem
ons intercepted two important
passes thrown by Perry.
The Panthers kicked six times
and Robins 3. In the early stages
of the game, when the ball was
soggy, Perry fumbled once and
Robins twice. In the last half while
the Demons furilbled once.
Tackle G. H. Duckworth was the
outstanding lineman of the night,
cracking through the line to smear
the visitors time and time again
and making more tackles than any
pother player on the field. Full
back Virgil Peavy and Halfback
j Percy Hardy was the outstanding
offensive men for Perry while
Raymond Howard did a fine job
defensively.
Louis Beck and Troy Shuttles
worth, halfbacks and Ray Stokes,
the fullback, was the offensive
threats for Robins. Thomas Stone,
tackle, and Dale Abston, center,
I
were the strongest defensive men
for the visitors.
(See the play-by-iplay of the
game inside this edition and the
extensive photo coverage).
Printing Business
Overwhelming, But
1 How We Like It!
We are tickled to death with the
flood of printing business from
our customers in Middle Georgia.
Ever since we moved the last of
August, the orders for commercial
printing have been more than we
could handle. Our machinery was
down for four working days dur
ing the move, and we got behind
with our schedule.
We are back in full production
' now and request that you be pa
tient for a couple of weeks. After
I that time we should be in shape
| to handle your orders more
• promptly. But keep ’em coming;
: we’ll get around to them as soon
as possible. Thank you very much.
—THE EDITORS
Travel Editors Due
In Perry Sept. 30
The Perry Chamber of Com
, merce is planning to welcome
about 30 editors of national maga
zines and news service here Sept.
I 30 as they make a tour of Georgia.
The editors and the Georgians
j accompanying them leaders of
the State Chamber of Commerce
I—will have lunch at the New Per
jry Hotel. They will arrive about
11:45 a. m. and leave at 1 p. m.
Want Ads Turn Pennies
into Dollars
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DIRECTOR OF BANDS “SEPARATES” MAJORETTE
LEADERS
Alice Jane Hardy, left, and Larry McElhency, right, lead
ers of the majorettes of Perry and Warner Robins bands, make
like they are mad at each other as W. L. Echols, director of
both bands, holds them apart. This horseplay preceded the big
game between the two teams last Friday night. (See the page
of pictures and details inside of this issue. Pictures by Drinnon
I especially for The Home Journal).
j FARMERS OF HOUSTON COUNTY TO ELECT
COMMUNITY COMMITTEES ON OCTOBER 4
, I
October 4 Is election day for
| farmers. They will go to the polls
that day to choose community
Agricultural Stabilization Conser
, vation committee members for an
, other year.
, County Agent George Allmond,
who is chairman of the county
ASC election board, said the elec
tion board will be held in nine
, communities here in Houston.
Serving on the election board
with Allmond are Harry Dumas,
[ Administration supervisor, and
Jack Miller, soil conservation tech
, nician.
, Allmond said the county group
met early this month and set up
local election procedures and to
nominate candidates. To be elect
ed on the fourth are three com
mittee members and two alter
| nates, so a slate of ten candidates
! has been nominated in each com
i munity. Allmond pointed out that
there also will be space for wrlte
i | in votes.
1 1 He said farmers who participate
in the ASC program are eligible to
f vote in the elections. "Generally
1 speaking,” the county agent added,
; “that would be anyone who earns
5 an ACP payment, is eligible for
price supports, or complys with
1 marketing quotas.”
Urging all eligible farmers to
1 vote, the county election board
chairman said the community ASC
committees are important. “They j
assist the county committee in
carrying out programs and making
’ them work out there on the farm
1 and in the community. They help
• inform farmers of the purposes
and provisions of programs affect
ing them, and assist in arranging
and conducting the necessary
meetings in connection with the
programs.”
Polling places will be set up in
- th following communities: Hattie
' Grocery, Centerville; Market Bas
- ket, Warner Robins; Watson and
. Talton Store, Bonaire; Davidson
Store, Kathleen; ASC Office, Per
> ry; McCormick’s Store, Hayneville;
f Clark’s Store, Elko; and Kersey’s
■ Store, Henderson. Members of the
- election board pointed out that
t the polls will remain open all day
i on the fourth for the convenience
; of farmers.
The ten candidates nominated in
5 each community by the local elec
tiona board follow:
Upper and Lower sth Leroy
{
Carter, M. K. Dorset!, R. E. Dun- ,
bar, Otis Gunn, Jimmy Garvin, C.
L. Holt, Horace Jackson, Alton ,
Tucker, W. E. Vinson Jr., and A.
A. White Jr.
Upper and Lower 11th J. E. ,
Davidson, Ned Davidson, John ,
Gentry, C. Percifleld, G. E. Perdue |
Jr., M. L. Rackley, C. E. Sasser,
Cullen Talton Jr., H. A. Taltdn and
R. L. White. ,j
Upper and Lower Town and 10th ,]
District M. D. Brockie, Clarence j
Davis, Harold Fesmire, Zeke Hous- ;
er, Lewis Jacobs, J. S. Langston, 1
W. C. Langston, Johnnie Simmons, \
Cohen Walker and J. W. Wood.
12th and Old 13th Roy L. j
Bloodworth, Jake Eason, Lee W.
Hudson, R. M. Horton, E. E. Log
gins, P. D. Meadows, W. C. Me- ]
Dowell, Doyle McElheney, H. M.
NeSmith, Eugene Pyles.
New 13th and 14th A. R. An- .
del, Charles Cawthon, Paul Davis, j
| Joe Gayle, L. E. Hicks, C. T. Ker- ■,
| sey, F. W. Langston, W. A. Lay
| man, Clyde Layman, C. D. Pickard, .
■ Frank Rozar and W. H. Thames.
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Bonaire Methodists
Open Revival Friday
Revival Services will begin at i
the Bonaire Methodist Church, I j
Friday, September 23, .at 8 p.m.! 1
; The Rev. Thomas H. Johnson,'
Macon, will be the guest pastor, !
Rev. Charles Elam of Elko will! i
i lead the singing. j i
Services will continue through !
Friday, September 30. The public i
is cordially invited to attend these
services.
Hoyd Smiths Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd B. Smith of
Casselberry, Fla., formerly of Per
ry, observed their golden wedding
anniversary last Sunday with a
reception at the Woman’s Club at
Casselberry.
The Smiths owned and oprated
Moss Oaks Lodge at Perry for five
years. Mrs. Smith was born in
Utica, Ohio, and Mr. Smith at Har
lem, Ohio. They have one son, Ted
Smith, who lives in Perry with his
wife and daughter, Juliann.
After their marriage the Smiths
lived at Columbus, Ohio, and mov
ed later to Akron, where Mr.
Smith joined the Goodyear Tire
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Panthers to Be Out
To Avenge ’54 Loss
To Jones Greyhounds
The Perry Panthers will seek
revenge here Friday night for a
beating they received last year at
the hands of the Greyhounds of
Jones County High School (Gray).
Gray beat Perry two touchdowns
last year, both scores coming with
seconds to go in the first half and
the last half.
The Panthers came through the
rugged Warner Robins game with
out any serious injuries, and were
back on the practice field Monday
afternoon.
Gray has played only once this
year, losing to Wrens, 20-0. But
this doesn’t offer too much en
couragement to Perry fans, be
cause Wrens beat Gray 14 to 0 last
year before Gray defeated Perry.
But the Panthers are rated two
touchdown? better this year and
should win.
A boost to the team came Mon
day when Rudolph Adams, full
back from last year’s team, return
ed to the practice field. He likely
will see some defensive action
against Gray Friday night. Coach
St. John shuffled his lineup
around this week, not because of
any disappointment with the way
the boys were showing up, but to
get a better balance. Virgil Peavy
returned to the tackle post, Earl
Lewis went from tackle to guard,
and Danny Hughes was shifted
from guard to end.
Mrs. Nunn Honored
By Methodist Class
The Susannah Wesley Sunday
School Class of the Perry Metho
dist Church entertained in honor
of their teacher, Mrs. George C.
Nunn, on her birthday Tuesday
evening, September 20.
The party was held in the church
parlors which were beautifully
decorated with pastel flowers of
carnations and miniature chrysan
themums.
During the evening a sketch of
Mrs. Nunn’s life was given, this
having been written and narrated
by Mis. Byron Warren with Mrs.
Norine Jones, Mrs. Marion Brown,
Mrs. Francis Nunn, Mrs. Gardner
Watson and Mrs. Lewis Bledsoe
taking part.
The tribute paid to Mrs. Nunn,
In the form of a “This Is Your
Life” program, will be published
in next week's Home Journal. Its
length prevented its use this week.
After the program, the class
president, Miss Edna Perdue, pre
sented Mrs. Nunn with gifts in ap
preciation of her 20 years service
as teacher.
A delicious salad course was
served later in the evening.
Methodist School
Sets Promotion Day
Sunday will be Promotion Day
for the Church School of the Per
ry Methodist Church, Supt. Stan
ley E. Smith announced yesterday.
It will be a combined Church
School and Worship Service be
ginning at the usual hour of 10:15.
All departments of the Church
School will participate in the Pro
motion Day exercises.
—Read The Home Journal—
Company. He retired from that
company in 1945 and headed
South. They got as far as Atlanta,
where Ted Smith and family lived.
The father and son entered the
construction business. They later
came to Perry and bought Moss
Oaks.
After selling the motel, the
Smiths moved to Casselberry,
where Mr. Smith is a member of
the board of alderman; Mrs. Smith
is a member of the Woman’s Club
and active in church affairs.
Mr. Smith spends much of his
time in his workshop and fishing.