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VOL. 88 NO. 50
Montezuma , Cochran
Beaten by Panthers
The Panther Growls
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FRANK HOLLAND JR.
Frank Holland, an active mem
ber of the senior class, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Holland. He
is 5’ 8” and weighs 128 pounds.
Last year Frank lettered in
three sports and was chosen all
state guard in basketball. This
Spring he plans to play baseball
and run track.
Frank takes an active interest
in school activities. He is a mem-'
ber of the Beat Club. Hi-Y, Pocket
Testament League and treasurer
After graduation, he plans to
attend Georgia Tech.
Perri-Scope Staff.
GYM DEDICATED
BY LARGE CROWD I
More than 1,200 persons attend
ed dedication exercises at the new
$135,000 Perry High School gym
nasium last Friday night and saw
the Perry teams divide two games
with Cochran.
J. M. Gooden, Perry’s first bas
ketball coach, and Lewis W. Tabor,
Houston county school superinten
dent, were the chief speakers on
the brief dedication program. Mr.
Gooden talked about the beginning
of basketball on a dirt court back
in 1919. Mr. Tabor spoke on the
big building program made neces
sary by the growth of the school
population in the county.
Before the dedication, the Per
ry girls team—our first in 25
years lost to Cochran High
School’s girls, 50 to 30. The girl
Panthers had led at the half,, 22 to
19, but couldn’t hold the lead.
In the boys’ game, Perry won
easily after sailing to a 19-2 lead
in the first quarter. Cochran made
it more of a ball game in the last
three quarters but Coach Eric
Staples was able to substitute free
ly. Perry won 60 to 41.
Hawkinsville Game
Put Off to Dec. 18
The game between the Perry
High School Panthers and the
Hawkinsville Red Devils schedul
ed for tomorrow night has been
postponed to Thursday night,
Dec. 18.
Perry Coach Eric Staples said
Hawkinsville requested the post
ponement because the Hawkins
ville football team is playing to
night for the State Class C foot
ball championship.
Both boys and girls teams will
play here Dec. 18.
BAPTISTS ACCEPT
NEW BUILDING
Officials of the First Baptist
Church accepted the new Educa
tional Building and Assembly Hall
from the contractor, Newton Coal
and Lumber Company, Griffin,
yesterday.
No date has been set for the
formal opening of the $167,515
structure because of additional
work that must be done on walk
ways and leveling of the lot for
proper drainage.
Miss Martha Cooper suffered a
head injury when she fell
steps in the lobby of an Atlanta
hotel Saturday. She and Miss Mar
tha Evans, who were visiting in
Atlanta for the weekend, return
ed to Perry Saturday night after
Miss Cooper was treated by a phy
sician.
A PRIZE WINNING
GEORGIA NEWSPAPER
FOUR STATE AWARDS
Perry’s peppery guards, Fresh
, man Lee Martin and Senior Frank
> Holland, poured in 42 points as the 1
; high school Panthers defeated the
Montezuma Aztecs here Tuesday
night, 68 to 49.
Montezuma’s style of defense,
| which calls for a concentration un
! der the baskets, was shot to pieces
i by the shooting of Martin, Holland
I and Boot Hunt. Martin shot 13
, for 22 attempts, Holland 7 for 13
I and Hunt 6 for 11. Francis Mar
; shall and Pierce Staples excelled
in the rebound department in the
second half, after wearing down
the Montezuma center, who had
I captured 16 rebounds in the first
half.
The Perry girls continued to
show improvement but lost to the
Montezuma girls, 43 to '32. Patsy;
Todd again led the Perry scoring.!
The Panthers will have a full
weekend of basketball next week,
meeting Hawkinsville here Thurs
day, Heard County here Friday
and Lanier in Macon Saturday.
BOYS GAME
Perry 60 Pos. Cochran 41
Hunt 25 f Grimsley 13
Staples 4 f Abney 10 j
Marshall 10 c Mullis 12'
Holland 0 g Daniels 0|
L. Martin 7 g Belflower 6
Subs: For Perry, Davis, Small
wood 4, Watson, Etheridge 2, W.
Martin 2, and Wilson. For Coch
ran, Fisher, Moore.
GIRLS GAME
Perry 30 Pos. Cochran 47
j Todd 13 f Padgett 33
i Knighton 5 f Hinson 1
Parker 6 f Daniels 13
Yeomans g Smith
Kovac g Dean
Culpepper g E. Hinson
Subs: For Perry, Lasseter, Ja
cobs 6, Tabor. For Cochran, S.
Smith, Cannon.
BOYS GAME
Perry 68 Pos. Montzma 49
Hunt 15 f Liggins 5
Staples 5 f Griggers 12
Marshall 6 c Jones 21
L. Martin 28 g Athon 7
Holland 14 g Peaster 2
Subs: For Perry, W. Martin. For
Montezuma, Vanzant.
Score by quarters:
Perry 21 16 20 11—68
Montz. 17 13 10 9—49
GIRLS GAME
Perry 32 Pos. Montzma 43
Knighton 9 f Maffett 19
Parker 2 f Kinnan 6 j
Todd 15 f Monk 14
Kovac g Williams
Yeomans g Hickman [
j Culpepper g Allen
Subs: For Perry, Tabor 1, Lasse-1
ter 2, Jacobs 3, Stocks, Coby. For,
Montezuma, Price 4, Pike, Sinclair,
Coresham, Mims, Brand.
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Houston Schools
i
Gel Assistance
Senator Herman Talmadge ad
vised The Houston Home Journal
yesterday that $246,442 will be |
paid immediately to the Houston'
County Board of Education by the
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare for maintenance and
operation of the schools.
County School Supt. Lewis W.
Tabor said the federal assistance
was expected and has already been
figured in the school budget for |
the year. All of it is earmarked
for maintenance and operation. 1
He said the county board received
about the same amount of assis-'
tance last year. He added that the
school system hopes to get more
assistance if Congress appropri- 1
I ates the money next spring.
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Mrs. Carlton Pierce Jr. of Cov-j
ington spent Wednesday with her
mother, Mrs. Tom Cater. Mrs.
Pierce attended the Tawasi Club
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Cater
returned to Covington with Mrs.
Pierce for a week’s visit.
PERRY CHAMBER ENDORSES SEMINARS
FOR RETAIL MERCHANTS INTERESTED
The Perry Chamber of Com
merce has voted to sponsor a city
wide series of business seminars
especially prepared for this area
by the Distributive Education Ser
vice of the Georgia Department of
Education.
I Service to independent business
men and multi-unit retail outlets,
as well as, the wholesaler and in
tangible’s field can be rendered in
the community through the use of
informative training sessions, the
Chamber of Commerce believes.
Jljomc Dourmtl
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 11, 1958
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PERRY MEG. PRESIDENT PRESENTS CHECK FOR $760
Everybody was smiling over the size of the check presented to the Perry Club-Coun
cil, Inc., by President Martin Austin of Perry Mfg. Co. for the club-council’s commission
from the recent half-price sale of bedspreads, draperies and curtains. Left to right, Mrs.
Macy Skinner; Chairman James C. Peavy of the club-council’s steering committee; Mayor
Stanley E. Smith Jr.; Dot Roughton, steering committee member; President Austin; Comp
troller Hubert Stefanini of Perry Mfg. Co.; Mrs. Gladys Culpepper, chairman of the sale
committee and Wallace Cotton, general manager of the Perry plant. The Catholic Mission’s
; Altar Society, which operated a refreshment booth, added S4O to the Perry Mfg. Co. check to
make the total proceeds SBOO. (Home Journal Photo).
Garden Club Sponsors
Decorations Contest
.
The Perry Garden Club will
again sponsor a Christmas decora
tion contest, this year featuring
door decorations.
Prizes will be given for the most
attractive formal door and the
most attractive informal door.
First, second, and third prizes
will be given in each of these two
categories, and every home is en
( couraged to take part in the pro
. i ject and make Perry even love
lier than ever.
Judging will be by out of town
judges between the hours of 6 and
9 p. m. on Saturday, December
20.
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Sgt. and Mrs. Jerry A. Pratt of
1 Jacksonville, Fla. announce the
1 birth of a daughter, Pattie Anne
1 Nov. 23 at the U. S. Naval Hospi
| tal.
I Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wright an
nounce the birth of a son, Gre
gory Alan, born Dec. 4 at Galle
more Clinic.
S/Sgt. and Mrs. Edward Chap-j
man announce the birth of a son, j
Clinton Snyder, born Nov. 29 at
the Robins Air Base Hospital.
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Mr. and Mrs. Billy Powell of
Macon announce the birth of a
1 son on Dec. 6 at the Macon Hospi
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jeff Parker- 1
i son of Camp Lejune, N. C., an
, nounce the birth of a daughter,
I Sheila Diane, born on Dec. 7. Mrs.
, Parkerson is the former Miss Eva
I Nell Scott of Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Collier of
, Atlanta announce the birth of a
, son, David Kersey, born Nov. 30
at the Georgia Baptist Hospital.
1 Mrs. Collier is the former Miss
I Sue Kersey.
Mrs. W. B. Smith Sr. of Barnes
-1 ville, Mr. and Mrs. Pace McCorkle
Jr., of Milledgeville and Lt. Col.
and Mrs. A. Q. Smith of Ft. Mon
mouth, N. J., visited Mr. and Mrs.
i Hugh Lawson during the week.
Appointed by Chamber Vice
President H. A. Aultman to serve
as the committee responsible for
developing the registration plans
and setting up the group study
periods are Jack Crutchfield,
I chairman; Buck Tolleson, Cohen
Walker and Chamber Secretary J.
M. Gooden.
The committee will meet shortly
with James Gribben 111, distribu
tive education specialist to com
plete the details for the program.
Further details will be announced
soon.
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f Mrs. Bell, Mother
Os Mrs. Marshall,
! Dies in Americus
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| AMERICUS Funeral services
. i were held here Monday for Mrs.
Thomas L. Bell, 82, widow of a
former Americus mayor, who died
j Sunday night at her residence.
, Burial was in Oak Grove Ceme-
[ 1 tery.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Roy Cowling, Charles
Town, N. H., and Mrs. W. E. Mar
shall Jr., Perry; five sons, Thad
P., Pensacola, Fla.; Oscar M., San
derville; William W., Luther E.
and Earl W. Bell, all of Americus;
15 grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Bell was the mother of
Mrs. W. E. Marshall of Perry, and
grandmother of Earl Marshall HI
, and Dr. Leonard Bell.
Friends from Perry attending
the funeral were, Mrs. Cater Ro
gers, Mrs. Evelyn Whipple, Mrs.
W. T. Middlebrooks, Mrs. John
Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Good
en and Rev. and Mrs. Rusell Len
ox.
COTTON GROWERS
1 TO VOTE MONDAY
ON QUOTA PLANS
Cotton growers will make an im-1
portant decision on Monday, De
cember 15, John F. Bradley, State
Administrative Officer of the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
i vation Committee, reminds farm
ers.
On that day, growers will vote
in a referendum to decide whether
marketing quotas will be in effect
for their 1959 upland cotton crop, i
1 All farmers who engaged in the
production of upland cotton in
1958 will be eligible to vote in the i
referendum.
If at least two-ihirds of the '
growers voting approve the quo
tas, Mr. Bradley explains, market
i ing quotas will be in effect on all 1
farms growing upland cotton in
1959, penalties-will apply on “ex
cess” cotton, and growers will
have an opportunity to elect a ;
choice between complying with
their "regular” Choice (A) —j
farm allotments or increasing
their cotton acreage by as much
as 40 per cent; this second choice \
is called Choice (B).
DEADLINE FRIDAY
FOR NEWS AND ADS
The deadline for news and
advertising copy for the Christ
mas Week issue of The Home
Journal (dated Dec. 25, 1958)
will be 6 p. m. Friday, Dec. 19.
As usual, The Home Journal
will have available the Christ
mas Greeting service for mer
chants to use to wish their
friends and customers the best
of the season.
TB Seal Sale Slow
In Houston County
The sale of Christmas Seals in
Houston County during the first
two weeks of the traditional cam
paign brought in a total of only
$748.20.
In making his report, W. K.
Whipple, chairman of the County
TB Committee, pointed out that
the Christmas Seal Sale is carried
on only through the mail to the
homes in the county.
“The Christmas Seal Sale pro
vides the sole support of the TB
Committee,” the Chairman said.
“The Committee does not sell
Christmas Seals door-to-door or so
licit in plants or business houses,”
he continued. “Please don’t wait
for someone to personally contact
you for money, but answer the
appeal letter mailed to your home
with the Seals,” urged Mr. Whip
ple. Make your check payable to
Houston County TB Association.
Postmaster Keeps
Repealing: “Mail
Early, Mail Early”
Whenever you see Postmaster
Lawrence Hunt these days, he is
going around mumbling: “Mai!
Early, Mail Early.”
And if you can get him off the
Mail Early theme, he will say that
unsealed Christmas cards can be
mailed for 3 cents this year and
sealed cards for 4 cents.
And when he finishes that story,
he says that it will be a big help
to postal workers this Christmas
if patrons will separate the out-of
town mail from mail going to Per-'
ry addresses.
Then he starts saying over and
over again, “Mail Early.”
Miss Judy Dykes spent the
weeeknd in Cochran, where she
attended the winter formal at I
Middle Georgia College.
JAYCEES NEED MOKE TOYS TO REPAIR
FOR COUNTY’S NEEDY AT CHRISTMAS
Members of the Perry Jaycees
will be knocking on doors again
Thursday night from 6:30 p. m.
to 8 p. m.
They are far short in collecting
toys for the needy children. You
can help by getting up those old
toys laying around the house and
in the yards. Some of the toys you
have can possibly be repaired, so
don’t throw them away.
There will be toy boxes in sev
eral places around town for your
convenience. You can also call
Mrs. Jo Lee at the State Head- !
School Board
Race to Draw
5,500 Voters
About 5,500 of Houston county’s 7,852 qualified voters
are expected to go to the polls next Tuesday, Dec. 16, to
choose five members of the County Board of Education from
a field of 21 candidates.
Two of the five members must reside in the lower section
of the county, and three from the upper section, according to
a new law passed by the last general assembly.
All voters will cast their ballots for members in both
sections.
Five of the 21 candidates are seeking the two places for
the lower section, known as District No. 2. The entries are
. J. W. Bloodworth, F. Marion Greene Jr., D. K. (Dot) Houghton,
i Harvey NeSmith and Cohen Walker. NeSmith and Walker
are the present board members.
The 16 candidates from the upper section, known as
. District No. 1, are Stanley F. Boor, J. Rudolph Cannon, D. L.
. Davidson Jr., Marvin K. Dorsett, George I. Goodwin, Kemp
; A. Harrison, L. A. McConnell, Royce R. Pratt, Mrs. B. L.
, Robuck, James L. Smith Jr., James D. Strickland, Dr. William
G. Talbert, H. C. Talton Sr., F. W. Treadaway, H. Alton Tuck
er and Mrs. Homer J. Walker Jr.
Pratt, Dorsett and Talton are the incumbent board mem
bers.
The board has been appointed by the grand jury in the
past, one man each year for a five-year term. Under the new
law, all five members of the board will come up for election
every four years. The present board receives $lO a month;
the new board will receive SIOO a month.
Voting will run from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. at the usual poll
ing places in the county.
The Wesleyan Service Guild of
the Perry Methodist Church will
1 hold their annual Christmas party
• at the New Perry Hotel at 7;30
p. m. Monday, Dec. 15.
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The Newcomers Club will meet
• at the home of Mrs. E. H. Colwell,
r 102 Pine Ridge Drive, Thursday
t evening, Dec. 11, at 8. This will be
1 the Christmas parly with a $1 gift
‘ exchange.
Robert D. Collins Post 24 of the
; American Legion will hold its De
• cember meeting at the Legion
I Post Home Thursday, Dec. 11.
The traditional country fried
steak dinner will be served
promptly at 7:30 p. m. Command-]
er Forest L. Purdom urges all
members to be present and to]
bring an eligible guest. The 1959
membership campaign is in full
swing, with Perry holding a place
high on the list of Posts in the
third district.
The annual Candlelighting Ser-j
vice will be held Sunday, Dec. 14, 1
at 6 p. m. at the Perry Presbyteri
an Church.
The annual Christmas program
of music will be presented at the
Perry Methodist Church Sunday
j night, Dec. 14, under the direction
of Francis Nunn.
Houston Chapter 383, Order of
Eastern Star, will meet at 7:30
p. m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the Ma-j
sonic Lodge hall for the December
meeting. The annual Christmas
party will follow.
The Town and Country GaiTTen
j Club will hold the regular meet-]
ing Monday, Dec. 15, at 4 o’clock
at the home of Mrs. Jack Crutch
field with Mrs. Leonard Bell as
co-hostess. Members are reminded
to bring Christmas arrangements]
| to be judged and to be exchanged
I as gifts.
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quarters Building and she will take
your name and give it to the Jay-}
1 cees so they will be sure to call
| on you. If you have toys, they can
also be left at the State Head
quarters Building, and the Scout
house.
Remember there are hundreds
of children who will not have any j
Christmas this year right here in
Perry and Houston county unless}
you help. Some prefer to give
money which in turn will be used
to buy clothes and toys. The Jay-j
cees are counting on you, so
please don’t let them down.
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| Lions Club Sells
Brooms to Raise
Funds for Glasses
Members of the Perry Lions
Club are selling brooms and mops
again to raise funds to supply glas
ses for children who are unable to
pay for them.
The next sale will be Saturday,
Dec. 13, in the downtown section
of Perry. The public’s cooperation
' is requested.
Glasses have been furnished to
several needy children this year
by the Lions but their funds are
running low and several applica
i tions for aid have been received.
Girl Scout Plans
Formed by Leaders
Registered adult Girl Scout Wor
kers met last Friday morning at
the Perry Methodist Church for
their regular neighborhood meet
ing.
The possibility of having a Day
Camp for Brownies and Scouts in
. Perry next summer was discussed
by the group. Last summer about
45 Brownies and Scouts enjoyed
day camp at Warner Robins. A de
finite decision was postponed until
leaders could contact some of the
parents of the girls to see if they
could get their support.
It was announced by Mrs. H. K.
Leach, neighborhood chairman,
that the Girl Scout Cookie Sale
would be held between February
12-28. Mrs. Leach also will serve
as Cookie Sale Chairman,
j A committee was appointed to
work up a program using all the
Scout troops for the Girl Scout
Ingathering which will be held on
March 14. Mrs. Forest Purdom,
Mrs, Norton Powell, Mrs. Jimmy
Rogers and Miss Elva Willingham
will serve on this committee.
The time of the neighborhood
meetings was changed to the third
Thursday of every other month at
9:30 a. m., the next meeting fall-
I ing on February 19.
Mrs. R. T. Pierce of Warner Ro
bins, council district director, an
| nounced that a day of training for
all registered adult workers will
be held on January 23 at the
! Scout House. There will be a craft
, workshop, a nature workshop, and
an out-of-door workshop. These
, courses will be taught in the
morning and again in the after
noon so that a worker can take
I two courses if she desires them.
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