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OPEN HOUSE
You are invited to attend Open House
in the new building of The Home
Journal Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14
and 15, at 1010 Carroll Street.
VOL. 84 NO. 38 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURS.. OCT. 6, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1870
Vocational
Eastman Next Foe
Mrs. Houser’s Book
To Be Out October 26
Mrs. Harriet Hentz Houser’s
book, Hentz: Os Things Not Seen,
will be released October 26, The
MacMillan Company, publishers,
announced yesterday.
The book is about the exper
iences of her late son, Hentz, and
the Houser family during the years
that followed Hentz’ injury in a
diving accident that paralyzed
him.
Mrs. Houser wrote the book
during Hentz lifetime. He had
not read it before he died but he
had heard a tape recording of the
book.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I have just
read Harriet Houser’s book. I
share the publisher’s enthusiasm
over the book. A review will be
published in this newspaper Oct.
27—C. E.
FARM BUREAU
MEETS TONIGHT
Pierce Christie, field representa
tive of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation, will be the guest
speaker at the October meeting of
the Houston Farm Bureau here to
night.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
o’clock in the school lunchroom.
Ladies of the Perry community
will serve the dutch supper.
Highway 41 Group
Will Gather Here
For Reorganization
A group of 16 men from Ten
nessee who are interested in pro
moting travel on U. S. 41 will gath
er here next Monday, Oct. 10 to
try to reorganize U. S. Highway 41
Association.
The tourist conscious business
men invited all Houston county
people who are interested to at
tend the meeting at 2 p. m. at the
New Perry Hotel. The men coming
here are from Nashville, Murfrees
boro and Chattanooga. The last
headquarters of the association are
at Chattanooga.
PTA Daddies Night
Scheduled Tuesday
The Perry PTA will hold its
first “Daddies Night" meeting
Tuesday evening in the high
school auditorium.
The theme for the evening will
be “Brighter Corners”. A very in
teresting program on Our Part In
Making Perry a Bird Sanctuary
has been planned. A one reel
movie on birds will be shown,
followed by a brief talk by Mrs.
Wesley Calhoun. All parents are
urged to attend.
Any member who is interested
in attending the PTA Fall Con
ference which will be held in
Dublin on October 11, is asked to |
contact Mrs. Gardner Watson.
REA Offices Closed
On Annual Meet Day
The Reynolds and Warner Rob-|
ins offices of the Flint Electric
Membership Corporation will be
closed on Oct. 14 for the annual
meeting of the Corporation.
Servicemen will be on duty, |
however, and can be reached by l
calling the offices in case of emer- 1
gency.
56 Dodge on Display
At McLendon Friday
The new line of 1956 Dodges
"ill be on display at McLendon
Auto-Company today, Dealer C. E.
McLendon announced.
Mr. McLendon gave his show
room its annual coat of paint this
week as he does every year when
the new models come out. He in
vites the public to see the new
Dodges and the many new fea
tures.
Houston journal
Perry’s Panthers threw off some
first quarter bad breaks, racked up
a touchdown and a safety in the
second quarter and rolled for
three touchdowns in the last half
5 to defeat the Hughes Vocational
School eleven here last Friday
! night, 29 to 0.
It was Percy Hardy’s hard run
ning again that sparked the Pan
thers to the resounding victory
I over the under-manned Vocational
, School team. Percy scored two
( touchdowns and generally annoy
j ed the visitors all night. Raymond
Howard turned in his usual sturdy
. performance and scored one TD,
while Jimmy Beatty scampered 20
, yards for the fourth touchdown.
, The statistics were more one
sided than the score. The Panthers
had 18 first downs to Vocational’s
|. 2, gained 321 yards on the ground
j to Vocational’s 25, and picked up
t 69 yards by the passing route
, against the 20 Vocational gained in
the air.
Howard made three extra points
in line plunges and Virgil Peavy
and James Lasseter tackled a Vo
cational back in the end zone to
account for the safety. Vocational
was forced to punt seven times,
while Perry punted only once. The
longest run of the night was Har
-1 dy’s 47-yard sprint on a pitch out
; from Jimmy Beatty. The Panthers
fumbled 7 times during the even
ing, but it didn’t seem to matter
much because they stopped the
1 Vocational attack in short order
each time.
The Panthers completed three
passes and failed to complete
five. Vocational completed one out
of five aerial attempts.
Eastman is the next foe for the
Panthers, as the locals move down
to the Dodge county seat for a
battle Friday night. The Panthers
have a 3-1 record and Eastman Is
■ 2-1 for the season. Eastman lost to
Eatonton, 18-6, in a real battle
last Friday night. Eatonton is rat
ed as one of the best teams in its
region.
The Scoreboard
Perry 13 Hawkinsville 0
Perry 7 Warner Robins 13
Perry 41 „ i Gray 0
Perry 29 Hughes Vocational 0
• TOTAL 90 Opponents 13
COMING EVENTS
The Sorosis Club will meet
Thursday, October 13, at the home
of Mrs. Hugh Lawson.
I
The Newcomers Club of Perry
will meet at 7:30, Thursday even
ing, October 13 ,at the home of its
president, Mrs. H. H. Hackworth,
1201 Jewel Drive.
The general meeting of the Bap
tist WMS will meet Monday, Octo
ber 10, at 3:45 at the Church. The
Sunbeams will meet at the same
time.
The Delphian Club will meet
Thursday, Oct. 13, at the home of
Mrs. Ed Weaver, with Mrs. J. W.
j Calhoun and Mrs. F. M. Greene
Jr. as co-hostesses. Mrs. G. E.
Swinford will speak on My Life in
Okinawa.
The circles of the Methodist
jWSCS will meet at follows; Circle
No. 1, Wednesday, October 12, 10
o’clock at the home of Mrs. George
! Brown; Circles No. 2,3, 4, and 5,
Monday, October 10, at 3:45 at the
I following homes: Circle No. 2,
I Mrs. Norman Parker Jr.; Circle
1 No. 3, Mrs. A. G. Hendrick; Circle
i No. 4, Mrs. Robert Horton; Circle
No. 5, Mrs. Charlie Gray; and Cir
cle No. 6, Monday, October 10, 8
o’clock with Mrs. E. P. Staples.
TWO FERRY GIRLS
JOIN SORORITIES
Two Perry girls who have pled
ged sororities at the University of
Georgia are Miss Rosemary
Tharpe, Delta Delta Delta and
Miss Margaret Ann Gibson, Zeta
Tau Alpha.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Satterfield
and daughter, Mrs. Max Miller
have returned from a vacation in
Texas.
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ALL EYES ARE FOCUSED ON PERRY AT STATE’S CROSSROADS
Travel editors got a good quick look at Perry in a short tour of the city and then got
the highlights from this board showing Perry’s features. Left to right, Mrs. Marilyn Carney,
manager of the tourist bureau of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; W. Murray Metten,
Wilmington, Del.; Frank H. Dunn, Montreal, Canada; Mrs. Margaret Birch, Cincinnati, and
Mrs. Frank H. Dunn, Montreal. (Home Journal photo).
MAYOR BIDS TRAVEL EDITORS GOODBYE
Mayor Stanley E. Smith is shown bidding goodbye to the
group of travel editors who visited Perry last Thursday on
their 1,600-mile tour of the state under sponsorship of the
Chamber of Commerce.
MAX MOORE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
AFTER 29 YEARS IN ONE SPOT HERE
Max Moore, owner of a dry good
store here for the last 29 years, an- j
nounced this week that he is going
out of business.
Mr. Moore said his health pre- j
| vented him from continuing active
in the business. He expects to keep
his home here but he will spend
much of his time in Tampa, Fla.,
with relatives.
Mr. Moore had worked in dry
goods stores in Macon and Hawk
insville before coming to Perry 29
years ago. Up until three years j
ago, he and a sister owned and I
operated a store at Montezuma, j
The Montezuma store was closed ;
because of his sister’s health.
Herbert Moore, his son, has been
associated with Mr. Moore in the |
Moore Dry Goods Company. He j
has not announced his plans.
The store is beginning a “Going
out of business sale” today.
Perryan’s Brother
Dies at Montezuma
William Gordon Pennington, 69,
Bradenton, Fla., a brother of Mrs.
T. R. Summers Sr. of Perry, died |
last Saturday while visiting anoth- 1
sister, Mrs. P. E. Ivey, near Mont
ezuma.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at the Unadil-1
la Baptist Church, with Rev. Roy
A. Brown officiating. Burial was in
Unadilla.
GARDEN CLUBS TO
'present PROGRAMS
Garden clubs of Perry, Fort Val
ley, Marshallville, Warner Robins
and Roberta will present programs
over Radio Station WFPM, Fort
Valley, from 10:30 to 10:45 a.m.
each Wednesday for the next 13 (
weeks. The Perry program will be
aired on October 19.
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Mrs. S. W. Hickson
Re-elected hy (Hub
Mrs. S. W. Hickson was re-elect
ed president of the Perry Home
Demonstration Club at its meeting
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. W. J. Wilson. 1
Other officers elected were Mrs. ■
W. M. Gibson, vice president; Mrs,
| Charles Rogers, secretary; Mrs. J. |)
jC. Heller, assistant secretary; Mrs. M
C. P. Gray, treasurer. .
Mrs. Frank Bonner gave the de- j 1
volional. Miss Alma Gentry, home ]
agent, gave an interesting demon- 1
| stration of Harmony in Family
| Life. Refreshments were served to j
the 10 members and three guests j |
j present.
The next meeting wll be at the :
home of Mrs. Robert Horton.
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Lions (Huh Starts
Calendar Project
The Birthday Calendar Project j
of the Lions Club got off to a good
: start last night as members of the j
i local club began their canvass of j
| the city.
This Community Service Project
is being conducted to raise funds
1 needed in the local sight conserva
tion program and all money raised
will be used locally for this and
other worth while community
work.
Attempts are being made to con
tact every family in this commun
ity, but time is short as October
15 is the absolute deadline and
no entries can be accepted after
this date, so if you are not reached
I —please call 647 and a Friendly
Lion wii be glad to call on you.
Help this most worthy cause by
buying a Calendar—Your Neigh
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TRAVEL EDITORS
WELCOMED HERE
A group of national travel edi
tors and their Georgia hosts on the
fourth annual Travel Editors’ Tour
paused here briefly last Thursday
for a look at the city and lunch
at the famed New Perry Hotel.
Mayor Stanley E. Smith served
as tour guide describing the high
lights of the city as the bus made
the rounds of Perry. Local people
helping to entertain the visitors in
cluded W. E. Beckham, Yates
Green, Miss Evelyn Hunt, C .P.
j Gray, Cooper Etheridge, Mrs.
{Yates Green.
The luncheon was a project of
the new Chamber of Commerce
and money to provide the lunch
eon was contributed by local bus
| iness houses most closely connect
j ed with the tourist business.
The tour roster included Albert
Roland, Household Magazine; Mr.
and Mrs. Frank H. Dunn, Montreal
Star; Howard Callaway, Georgia
! State Chamber of Commerce;
| Ernie Rogers, Atlanta Journal;
Jack Minter, Stuckey’s; Mrs. Mar
ilyn Carney, Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce; Tom Fiynn, Travel
America Magazine; W. Murray
Metten, News Journal, Wilming
| ton, Del.; Mrs. Margaret Birch,
Cincinnati Enquirer; Cranston
Williams Jr., Roanoke Times-
World; Penn Worden, tour director
for the State Chamber of Com
merce, J. A. Vining, Georgia Pow
er Co., and Willie Vinson, driver
for Trallways.
The travel editors covered 1,600
miles of Georgia in the seven-day
lour, winding up their Georgia
journey with a dinner at the Gov
ernor’s Mansion Saturday after- !
noon as guests of Gov. and Mrs. 1
j Griffin.
E, F. Bellflower has returned
home from a Macon hospital fol
lowing a check up.
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Contract Let
For 2 Schools
The Houston County Board of
I Education Tuesday awarded con
tracts for $286,453 for a new high
school at Perry and an addition to
the Warner Robins High School.
Louis Brigs Construction Com
pany of Macon was the low bidder
on the two projects.
County School Supt. said “we
hope to have these buildings ready
| for use when school opens in Sep
tember, 1956.”
The bid for the new school at
Pcrry, which will house the last
four grades, was $199,637. The bid
on the addition to the brand new
high school at Robins was $86,816.
The contract calls for completion
in 300 working days after signing
of the contracts.
The money for the two (projects
was provided by the federal gov
ernment because of the influx of
population here and at Robins due
to the big air base at Rabins. A
I total o£ about $332,000 was alotted
, to the county borad and the
’ amount above the construction
l * costs will go to equipping the
1 buildings.
The county now has between
7,000 and 7,500 students in school.
Two Health Nurses
Sought in Houston
r The Houston county board of
f commissioners Tuesday instructed
i Mrs. Edith Rossier to try to hire
two nurses to replace Mrs. Nell
1 Suffridge and Mrs. Dorothy Kelly,
. who resigned recently,
j Complaints had been published
j in Warner Robins newspapers that
. the Robins health clinic was not
s operating at all following the resi
. gnation of the two nurses to accept
. other jobs.
Mrs. Rossier said that there is
f no interruption of service at the
> Robins health clinic.
Councilman Herman Watson of
. the Warner Robins city council at
. tended the meeting and he learn
ed that Warner Robins, under the
I law, can have two representatives
I on the health board by contribut-
I ing SI,OOO a year. The law also
i provides that a city of 20,000 other;
• than the county seat must bear 50!
I per cent of the cost of operating
. the health department.
I Mrs. Edith Rossier, county health I
I nurse, anounced today that the
/ Houston County Health Depart- j
- ment will be closed on Saturdays <
, and clinic days will be on Mondays I
i (and Thursdays.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Wian of Ll
zella were dinner guests at the
Wagon Wheel Restaurant last Sun- j
day and visited friends here dur- 1
ing the afternoon.
Here’s What Will Make Perry a Bird Sanctuary
What is a bird sanctuary? Will
j Perry look any different after it
becomes one?
These questions will be answer
ed during the next few months as
the Perry Garden Club works out
one of its major projects estab
lishing Perry as a sanctuary.
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CITY PAVING
UNDER STUDY
Mayor and Council Tuesday
night voted to make a survey of
costs of paving three streets and
three alleys to determine if it
could join with the property own
ers in paying for the projects.
The streets are Ball Street, Lee
Street in Clearview Park and
Cater Circle. The alleys are Car
roll Street extension and the alley
between Commerce Street and
Carroll Street running east and
: west.
Mayor Stanley Smith said a
i rough estimate indicated the city
• would be called upon to pay about
$5,000, with the property owners
! putting up SIO,OOO. The council
. voted to have a survey made to
I determine the exact costs. Bids
! will be received if the council de
i cides to go into the project.
■ The city council also voted to
buy four more garbage bins to
i place in the downtown section to
. improve garbage handling.
Attending the meeting were
Councilmen Alton Hardy, Malcolm
Dean, William Barfield, Hugh
I Beatty and Stewart Richardson.
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DIES OF ILLNESS
,
, John Lee Beavers, 75, resident
of Perry for the last 28 years,
died at his home here Sunday aft
ernoon after a long illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Beav
ers, a real estate man in recent
years and a former employee of
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp., were
held at the Gardner Watson Fun
eral Home chapel Monday after
noon. Rev. James A. Ivey of Daw
son, former pastor of the Perry
Baptist Church, conducted the ser
vices and burial was in Woodlawn
Cemetery here.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Vernlce Goodrich Beavers; a
daughter, Mrs. Edward Warren; a
son, Jack Beavers, both of Perry;
i four sisters, Mrs. S. T. Pickett,
Mrs. Wiley Rucker, both of Birm
ingham, Ala.; Mrs. Willie Phillips
of Danville, Pa., and Mrs. Herbert
Reynolds of Miami, Fla.
Pallbearers were C. E. McLend
on, Judge A. M. Anderson, Bill
Marshall, Albert Skellle, Marlon
Houser and Allen Whipple.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Humphries.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moss and Mr.
j and Mrs. Elmo Coleman spent last
I weekend at Carabelle, Fla. on a
I fishing trip.
II The garden clubbers have the
It approval of the Mayoi - and Council
and they are setting out to make
-1 Perry a refuge for all kinds of
s birds.
1 Here is the petition approved
'' by the Mayor and Council:
“A sanctuary is a place of re
fuge, and these are the reasons
the Perry Garden Club wants Per
ry to be one;
“To provide food, shelter for
nesting, roosting and protection in
the area;
“Personal enjoyment for every
person here, our visitors and our
tourists;
“For educational purposes, iden
tification of species, ect;
“Protection and enforcement of
laws which already exist.
“Establishing a bird sanctuary
is a continuous process. It is never
an accomplished fact or completed.
It is more than a decree, a declara
tion or merely putting up signs.”
The club will erect signs at the
city limits, prepare publicity, plant
and encourage planting of shrubs,
trees and vines which provide food
and protection for birds, erect
bird feeders and bird baths, en
courage interest and love of birds.
And the garden club ended its
petition:
“We need them in our town, or
farms, our yards, our orchards and
our gardens.”