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“HOMELESS JOURNAL
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though it be!
VOL. 84 NO. 37 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURS., SEPT. 29, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870
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CLINCHFIELD CLUB WINS FIRST IN H. D. ACHIEVEMENT DAY
Mrs. Robert Fudge, left, and Mrs. Joe Borders look over the No. I exhibit entered in
the annual Achievement Day of Home Demonstration Clubs in Houston county at the Legion
Home Thursday. (Home Journal Photo).
Oinchfield Club
Has Best Exhibit
BY ALMA GENTRY
Home Demonstration Agent
The Home Demonstration Club
exhibits were indeed outstanding
at the Achievement Day program.
First place went to the Clinch
field Club, whose theme was “O
pen the Door to Homeraaking.”
Second place was won by the
Elko Club and third the Happy
Homemakers Club.
Judges for these exhibits w&re
Miss Sharline Cooper, home de
monstration agent, Sumter Coun
ty, Mrs. Theresa Smith, homema
king teacher, Warner Robins High
School, and Mrs. Harry Dumas,
State Home Demonstration Coun
cil president.
Articles receiving honorable
mentions were (1) canned goods
in the Happy Homemakers exhibit;
(2) A pink shawl Elko Club; (3)
Fruit and Vegetable Arrangement,
African, and sewing cabinet in the
Clinchfield exhibit; and (4) a
wooden tray with a red painting
from the Bonaire exhibit.
Approximately 100 women par
ticipated in the day’s activities.
The group especially enjoyed a
skit, Bertha Bingle’s Patch, which
was presented by the Heard Club.
During the afternoon refresh
ments were served by the Perry,
Happy Homemakers and Center
ville Clubs.
Band Boosters Plan
Fund Raising Drives
The Band Boosters met Tues
day night at the new band room.
Mrs. J. L. Gallemore presided.
The club members voted to give
»way a turkey for Thanksgiving
and to sell Christmas wrapping pa
per.
A scrapbook has been started,
showing the development of the
band and will be placed in the
high school library.
The club wishes to thank all the
merchants and individuals who
donated to the uniforms and who
aided in starting a band for Per
ry.
President Recovers
From Heart Attack
President Eisenhower was strick
en with a heart attack Saturday
and was taken to Fitzsimmons
Army Hospital at Denver, Colo.,
■where he was visiting relatives.
He was reported to be improv
ing during the early part of the
week and it was indicated he
would come to Augusta to con
tinue a period of recovery which
may run into several weeks.
The president was reported im
proving rapidly at the middle of
this week and doctors indicated he
would be out of danger soon.
OPEN HOUSE
The Home Journal will have its
open house in its new building for
the public and newspaper friends
around the state on Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15.
3) ournal
Panthers Beat Gray;
Face Vocational Friday
The Perry Panthers loosened up
and played the best football of
their short grid career here last
Friday night and snowed Jones
County High School under a 41-0
score.
In the third game of their sec
ond season of football, the Pan
thers gained revenge for a 1954
loss to the Greyhounds by scoring
in every quarter and generally
having a good time despite the
desperate battle put up by the
Gray eleven.
It was a good night for all the
22 Panther players who saw serv
ice. Percy Hardy got himself two
touchdowns and Jimmy Beatty
passed twice for touchdowns, once
to Sam Nunn and once to Ed Beck
ham. Raymond Howard drove for
one touchdown and dived over for
three extra points. Beatty also tos
sed two extra points to Beckham
and Jerre Hartley after touch
downs.
Hardy covered practically the
distance of the field for one of his
touchdowns. He ran back a punt
for 47 yards and then on the next
play went around left end for 49
yards to score.
Julian Kersey also did some nice
running during the evening and
Raymond Howard was strong on
picking up that needed yardage on
late downs.
For Gray, Holmes Hawkins and
Billy Smith did most of the dam
age. The Greyhounds were hurt
by two fumbles early in the game
down in their own territory.
The strong men in the Perry
line were Tackle Virgil Peavy,
Guard G. H. Duckworth, Center
Lamar Peavy (a freshman), Fred
Langston, James Lasseter, C. J.
Storey, Earl Lewis, Francis Arn
old and Danny Hughes, The entire
Perry squad had a good night.
Others in the battle were Jimmy
Wilson, who played a short time
at center, Charles Davis, Rudolph
Adams, Ronnie Hall, Gene Ford.
The Panthers will face the
Hughes Vocational School of Ma
con on the local field Friday night
at 8.
Vocational lost to Mount Vern
on-Ailey last Friday night, 14-0,
and Perry is rated about two
touchdowns over Vocational. Mt.
Vernon will be here for Perry’s
homecoming day Nov. 4.
The Panthers suffered no injur
ies Friday night.
THE STATISTICS
Perry Gray
First downs —7 5
Penalties 7 5
Loss on penalties 55 30
Passes completed 4 2
Passes incomplete 3 5
Interceptions by 3 1
Yards rushing 261 90
Yards passing 52 22
Fumbles 0 5
Miss Mary Lee Greene left this
week by plane to go to the home
of her sister, Mrs. J. R. Strickland
in Miami, Fla.
’ The Scoreboard
t Perry 13 Hawkinsville 0
’ Perry 6 Warner Robins 13
1 Perry 41 Gray 0
Total 60 Opponents 13
; 2 HEALTH NURSES
i I OF COUNTY RESIGN
j Two nurses of the Houston Coun
ty Health Department, Mrs. Nell
; Suffride and Mrs. Dorothy Kelly,
. have resigned, Mrs. Edith Rossier,
, head of the county health depart
, ment, announced yesterday.
Mrs. Suffridge resigned because |
. her husband is employed in Macon
r j and she accepted a job with the
r Bibb County Health Department.
. Mrs. Kelly accepted a job at War
j, ner Robins Air Materiel Area at a
. better salary.
Dr. Jay Goldstein, Warner Rob
; ins physician, wrote a letter to a
, Warner Robins newspaper last
t week “deploring” the loss of the
j. two nurses, and complained that
) Warner Robins has no representa
tion on the Board of Health.
Mrs. Rossier said the two nurses I
1 will be replaced as soon as pos
t sible. There will be no interrup
j tion in the service offered by the
clinic at Warner Robins, she said.
1
- Satterfield Family
t # j
i Has Reunion Here
f The John Satterfield family en
, joyed a happy reunion of all the
r members of their family for the
1 first time in almost five years,
. last weekend.
M/Sgt. Johnnie Satterfield, who
i has recently returned from an as
. signment in Iceland, and his wife
r and children, Johnnie 111, Patty
; and Gary, arrived last Wednesday
i for a week’s visit, for Sgt. Satter
field and an extended visit for
! Mrs. Satterfield and the children.
• Bobby Satterfield of Marietta
t came down for the weekend and
Harris Satterfield who has been in
- California for the past several
, months arrived last week to spend I
) a thirty day leave before leaving I
. for an assignment in the far east. \
i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Satterfield 1
and daughter, Linda, who live'
- here, were present, also. A
dinner was enjoyed on Sunday.!
Mr. Satterfield’s sister and her '
,; husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wig
j j gins of Atlanta, and Miss Fay Kay
■ 1 also of Atlanta, were guests on this
j' occasion.
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■ CHANDLER DIRECTS
L CHOIRS OF BAPTISTS
1 Tom Chandler has been appoint
'! ed choir director for the Perry l
> Baptist Church. He will direct the
adult choir and youth choirs will
> be organized under his general di
; | rection, Rev. J. M. Teresi, pastor,
1 announced. Choir practices are
| held each Wednesday evening.
Group Set Up to Investigate
County Hospital Possibility
Williams, Fountain
Are Joint Chairmen
Charlie Williams and D. L.
Fountain were elected co-chairmen
of a committee to investigate the
possibility of obtaining a hospital
for Houston county at a meeting of
citizens at the courthouse here
Thursday night.
The two men received the same
number of votes from the mem
bers of a temporary committee
named by the county commission
ers.
Gardner Watson was elected
vice chairman and Walter Whiting
secretary. All but Mr. Watson,
Perry, live at Warner Robins.
Dr. Jay Goldstein of Warner
Robins said the first matter to
determine is whether Warner Rob
ins can qualify for a hospital. He
said he has been informed that its
proximity to Macon, where the Ma
con Hospital has recently been ex
panded, prevented Warner Robins
from getting a hospital. He said
doctors at Warner Robins are not
trained for many surgery cases
and many Houston county people
still would have to go to Macon
hospitals.
Dr, A. G. Hendrick of Perry
said it appeared to him that it
would be advisable for the city of
Warner Robins to try to get the
hospital under its own name, in
asmuch as the hospital would be of
little benefit to other people in
the county. He said Warner Robins
ought to be in a better position
to get and to support a hospital
than Fort Valley, where the Peach
County Hospital was built under
the Hill-Burton Act.
Dr. Talbert of Warner Robins
said Warner Robins is the largest
city in the state of Georgia with
out a hospital. He said the Peach
County Hospital is operating “in
the black” with only 40 per cent
occupancy during its first year.
The full committee will meet
again at the call of the officers
after they have made an investiga
tion of the possibilities of getting
state and federal assistance in
building the hospital.
A Warner Robins newspaper
last week polled the five county
commissioners on their altitude
regarding a hospital. Commission
ers Wyatt Kersey, Homer J. Wal
ker and Claude Watson said they
favored a hospital “providing it
can be located in Warner Robins.”
Commissioners John T. Miller Jr.
and S. L, Norwood had not an
swered the query at press time of
the Robins paper last week.
Lt. and Mrs. Dick Malone an
nounce the birth of a son, Gerald
| Richard, Sunday, September 18. al
the Gallemore Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Peavy an
nounce the birth of a daughter on
Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Galle
more Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Voyle an
nounce the birth of a son, Claud
I Martin, Wednesday, Sept. 21, a
I the Gallemore Clinic.
COMING EVENTS
I -The Circles of the Baptist WMS
! will meet Monday, October 3, at
3:45 as follows: Circle No. 1 at
the home of Mrs. J. M. Teresi,
Circle No. 2 with Mrs. C. A.
Terry; and Circle No. 3 with Mrs.
W. E. Beckham.
The general meeting of the
Methodist WSCS will be held
' Monday, Oct. 3, at 3:45 p. m. at the
church. The Boys and Girls World
| Club will meet at the same time,
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hane of N.
| Charleston, S. C., were guests of
Misses Aubrey and Florine Raine;
| last weekend.
City to Be Developed
As Bird Sanctuary
The Perry Garden Club an
nounced as projects for the year
the establishment of Perry as a
bird sanctuary, promotion of a
’ litterbug campaign, continued
beautification of city and wayside
parks and presenting a spring
bulb show.
r The club met last Thursday at
’ the home of Mrs. George E. Jord
’ an, whose spacious home was
beautifully decorated with many
varieties of seasonal flowers. Hos
tesses assisting Mrs. Jordan were
Mrs. J. M. Teresi, Mrs. W. B. Rob
' erts, Mrs. E. W. Traylor, Mrs. H.
T. Gilbert, Mrs. O. B. Muse and
Mrs. Paschal Muse.
s At this first meeting of the club
j year, Mrs. Vernon Tuggle, presi
t dent, outlined the work and named
1 the projects and several commit
-3
tees reported on the progress of
' their work.
Mrs. Wesley Calhoun talked on
Our Part in Making Perry a Bird
Sanctuary. The petition presented
j; to Mayor and Council and passed
at- a recent meeting was read to
the club by Mrs. Calhoun.
| Working on the Bird Sanctuary
commmlttee are Mrs. Martha Ed
wards, who is in charge of the pro
motion of bird feeders and bird I
i
I
30 Travel Editors Coining
> Here for Luneh 'Tomorrow
t
i
About 30 travel editors of na
-1 tional magazines, newspapers and
1 news service will have lunch here
tomorrow as guests of the Perry
Chamber of Commerce.
The editors are traveling about
! 1,500 miles through Georgia this
■ week on a trip sponsored by the
’ State Chamber of Commerce, from
1 the mountains to the sea.
Mayor Stanley Smith, president
of the chamber, arranged to wel
' come the visitors at a luncheon
“ at New Perry Hotel.
Newspapers and magazines reip
• resented on the tour include the
' Dallas Times-Herald, Wilmington
Delaware News-Journal, House
hold Magazine, Washington Post
and Times - Herald, Newsweek
' Magazine, Chicago American,
Pathfinder Magazine, Des Moines
Register, Montreal Star-Herald,
Popular Photography Magazine,
Dallas Morning News and Milwau
kee Sentinel. |
Ernie Rogers, Atlanta Journal
columnist, is one of the Georgia
newspaper people accompanying
the group.
After leaving Perry, the group
will go to Atlanta and will close
their trip with a reception at the
I Governor’s Mansion as guests of
Governor and Mrs. Griffin Satur
day.
Pritchetts to Move
To Valdosta Soon
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pritchett and
their son will leave Perry to make
their home in Valdosta in the near l
future.
Mr. Pritchett and his son, Allen
Jr., have accepted the position as
wholesale marketers for Sinclair
Refining Company for the counties
of Lowndes and Echols, with head
quarters in Valdosta. Mr. Pritchett!
is already al his new place of busi- 1
ness hut Mrs. Pritchett will remain !
in Perry for the time being.
Allen Pritchett Jr. is in England
with the U. S. Army but will re
turn to the slates during the late
Spring of 1956.
I The many friends of the Prit
chetts regret that they will leave
I Perry but wish them much success
in their new home.
The Perry Baptist Church will
• observe Laymen’s Day Sunday,
.yOct. 9, with special services during
the day.
baths; Mrs. William Stubbs, who
will be in charge of promoting
planting of trees, shrubs and vines;
Mrs. Warren Williams will pro
mote the erection of nesting
houses for birds in the spring.
Mrs. Calhoun showed slides of
birds which reside in Perry for all
or a part of the year. She was as
sisted by Mrs. Wilson Moody.
After the program, the meeting
\vas adjourned for a social hour.
Delicious tea time refreshments
were served in the dining room.
The table’s center arrangment was
a beautiful silver and crystal
epergne filled with dainty fruits.
In the flower show, these ladies
won blue ribbons in horticulture:
Mrs. Vernon Tuggle, Mrs. Will
Gilbert, Mrs. George Jordan, Mrs.
E. W. Traylor and Mis. Cooper
Jones. Second place ribbons were
to Mrs. Henry Matthews, Mrs.
Lewis Edwards and Mrs. S. W.
Hickson. Mrs. William Stubbs won
a third place ribbon. In the ar
rangement class, Mrs. Henry Mat
thews was first, Mrs. Gardner Wat
son second and Mrs. A. D. Cul
pepper third. Mrs. Eliza Massee
was blue ribbon winner for an ar
rangement featuring one flower.
Lions LI lib to Sell
Birthday Calendars ,
Members of the local Lions Club
will start calling at your homes
next Wednesday evening to tell
you about your Community Birth
day Calendar.
This is a handsome 21” x 11”
calendar printed in a three color
combination and will carry a 4 x 7
Inch picture of the Perry football
team plus ads of 18 local mer
chants. It will carry the names of
your entire family printed on the
date of their birth (but it will not
tell how young you are) along with
your wedding anniversary if you
desire.
It will also show the meeting
dates of all clubs or organizations
who subscribe.
! Briefly, here is how It works. •
Suppose your birthday is June 27.
For only 25 cents, your name will
be printed on the calendar under)
this date. Then, of course, you will
want a calendar io see when Aunt
Susie has a birthday, so for only
50 cents more you get this full 12
months calendar with every sub
scriber’s name listed. For instance,
a family of four can have their ,
names listed for 25 cents per name
plus 50 cents for the calendar, or
a total cost of only $1.50, and then
you will have a record of the birth- ,
day of everyone in town who sub
scribes.
Wedding anniversaries or club
meeting dales may also be listed
for only 25 cents each. Just think ,
—no more worrying about when ;
Aunt Susie has a birthday, or when :
your club meets just look at i
I your calendar, and remember :
every dime raised by this project
except actual printing costs will ,
| be used right here In this com
| munity to aid your local Lions
Club in Its Sight Conservation ,
work and other worthwhile com
munity benefits.
Please help to “make a Friendly -
Community more Friendly’’ by
welcoming the Lions when they
call on you.
MAGIC CARPET
If you want to SELL all
over town an AD with us
will take the news
around . . .
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
10 CENTS PER COPY
Talmadge lo Speak
Ai REA Annual Meet
Herman Talmadge, former gov
ernor of Georgia, will be the guest
speaker at the annual meeting of
the Flint Electric Membership
Corporation this year, according to
ar—announcement by Floyd Tabor,
Perry, president of the Coopera
tive.
The co-op's annual meeting is
scheduled to be held October 14,
in Reynolds, beginning at 9 a. m.,
and, supplementing the business of
the day, a full schedule of enter
tainment has been planned for
members and their families.
“We urge all members of our
cooperative to attend the annual
meeting, and exercise their right
to vote”, said Mr. Tabor, “as the
vote of our members is their voice
in how the affairs of the Coopera
tive are handled. Besides, it’s a
good opportunity to renew old
friendships, and enjoy a fine pro
gram of events”, Mr. Tabor said.
Registration by members begins
at 9 a. m., and will continue until
the business session is called to
order. Members and their families
will enjoy music and entertain
ment during the registration per
iod, leading up to a highlight of
the day which will be the address
by Herman Talmadge. There will
be exhibits and demonstrations,
and members attending will be eli
gible for many valuable prizes to
be awarded at drawings during the
day.
On Thursday night, October 13
preceding the annual meeting day,
there will be a choir contest, to
which choirs from churches
throughout the Flint Service Area
have been invited to enter, and a
beauty contest. Cash prizes will be
awarded in both events, and the
winner of the beauty contest will
toe named “Miss Flint Electric”,
and will represent the cooperative
in the statewide contest to select
“Miss Georgia Rural Electrifica
tion”. The choir contest and the
beauty contest will be held in the
Flint Utility Building in Reynolds
at 7:30 p. m. Exhibits and demon
stration booths will open earlier
in the afternoon, at 5 p. m., and
the public is invited.
Local Presbyterians
To Hear Blackshear
Minister on Sunday
Tb« Rev. Armando Rodriguez,
pastor of the Blackshear, Ga.,
Presbyterian Church, will be the
'guest speaker at the local Presby
terlal Church, Sunday, October 2,
;at 7:30 p. m.
I Coming at the invitation of the
Women of the Church, Rev. and
Mrs. Rodriguez will be the feature
guests in a three-day series em
phasizing the work of Church Ex
tension in the Presbyterian
Church. Speaking to the entire
church on Sunday night and to
the Women of the Church on Mon
day night, Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez
will tell of the work being done
among the foreign-speaking people
in the Ybor City section of Tampa,
Fla.
Products of the work of the
Ybor City President Mission, Mr.
and Mrs. Rodriguez have a striking
story to tell of their conversion
from Roman Catholicism. The
story of the mission is also the
story of these two.
“We feel that in presenting Rev.
and Mrs. Rodriguez to the Pres
byterians of the local church and
to the entire Perry community, we
are offering a special opportun
ity”, stated Rev. Donald Patterson,
pastor of the church. “The work
of the mission and the testimony
of this fine couple should be of
interest to Christians everywhere.”
SAFETY TIPS
It is better to come to a dead
stop than to come to a stop dead.
“Around the corner, lickety
split beautiful car, wasn’t It?”
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