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IN THE HOUSTON
HOME JOURNAL
NO. 15
VOL. 89
Centerville Baptists Schedule
Dedication Week of April 19
WATERS TO SPEAK
IN THE AFTERNOON
The new Hattie Baptist Church,
valued at $60,000, will be dedica
ted during a week-long series of
services beginning April 19, Rev.
Mobley Cross, pastor announced
yesterday.
The beautiful, Colonial-style
church building, will be opened
for the first time that morning,
with Sunday School starting at
10 a. m. The morning worship
service will be at 11 o’clock and
an oldfashioned “dinner on the
ground" will follow.
Rev. Jimmy Waters, pastor of
the Mabel White Baptist Church of
Macon, will deliver the dedicatory
sermon at 2:30 p. m. Sunday.
Services will continue through
the week at 8 p. m. with the fol
lowing ministers preaching:
Week’s Schedule
Monday, April 20, Rev, Ford
Wilson, Bonaire Baptist.
Tuesday, April 21, Rev. E. M.
Clapp, a former pastor now living
at Avondale.
Wednesday, April 22, Rev. Har
vey Rackley, Southside Baptist
Church, Cochran.
Thursday, April 23, Rev. Fred
Presley, a former pastor now at
Lizella Baptist Church.
Friday, April 24, Rev. Rastus
Salter, pastor of the Warner Ro
bins Second Baptist Church.
Bond Issue Sold
To finance the building, the
church issued $50,000 worth of
bonds. Many members of the
church contributed labor and ma
terials.
The church also owns a Sunday
School building, the former school
building, a pastorium and the old
frame church building. Total val
uation of church property is es
timated at SIOO,OOO.
The new air-conditioned build
ing includes the sanctuary, a
soundproof nursery off the audi
torium and 5 other rooms. It has
a seating capacity of 350 persons.
The Sunday School building in
cludes nine rooms and kitchen
and recreational facilities.
The church has purchased an
electric organ and a new piano.
Church membership is 180 and
the highest attendance at Sunday
School has been 189, a record
which is expected to fall on April
19.
Building Committee
Members of the Building Com
mittee are Harold Thomson, Char
lie Bryant, Sam Wortham, Ralph
Ivester, Sherrill Stafford and Lee
Garrett. Mr. Bryant is chairman
of the Board of Deacons and Mr.
Stafford is superintendent of the
Sunday School.
The public is invited to attend
fi ny of the services during the
week.
Lannis and Dennis of Macon
were the architects and W. C.
Williams of Macon the contractor.
Burke Will Speak
lor Brotherhood
And Basket Team
Sam Burke, executive secretary
0 the Georgia High School Asso
ciation, will be the guest speaker
at the meeting of the Brotherhood
01 the First Baptist Church next
uesday, when the Perry basket
'd! team will be guests of the
Brotherhood.
ihe Class B State Championship
askeiball team will be honor
g J J( _ sts at the meeting, to be held
1 of the church, President
rrank R ozar announced. The
Caches and managers also have
• oen to the supper meet
ing.
Hat a Punch
Ad Packs!
v yhat a punch a Want Ad
Packs!
{) oyle McElheney, Grovania,
aii tel) you what one rtf our
Ads did for him.
f spent 75 cents for a Want
, i i l,l Home Journal and
(I u S1 ’ 000 com bine the same
paper came out!
Vni ) at a wallop! Where can
1 beat that for results?
BR t ( J w nies^ plant
t " e . Brownies in Troop 262
Thur, d f . tHe Perry Mf 8- Co - last i
sen layI ay and afterwards were
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BRENDA TAYLOR, above,
will represent Perry High
School in the finals of the Voca
bee, spelling and vocabulary
contest, at Columbus tomorrow
night. The contest is sponsored
jointly by The Home Journal
and the Columbus Ledger-En
quirer, A trip to Washington is
the top prize
Centerville Asks
County Help Build
Place for Voting
Houston county commissioners
Tuesday approved in principle a
plan to help the newly incorpor
ated City of Centerville to get a
voting precinct and city hall.
Mayor Sherrill Stafford of Cen
terville, who made the request,
was asked by the commissioners
to get an estimated cost and re
turn to the board for another I
hearing. Stafford said the city has
purchased a site. Centerville has
225 registered voters.
The commissioners also took un
der consideration a request to al
low Centerville to extend its wa
ter mains to residents outside the
city’s corporate limits if the city
finds it can finance a city-owned
water system. A private company
supplies the water now.
Real Estate Week
Proclaimed Here
Houston County Realtors links
arms with hundreds of other
boards across the nation today in
launching observance of Realtor
Week, April 12-18, Stanley Boor,
Board president announced.
Mayor Stanley E. Smith pro- j
claimed the week of April 12-18
as Realtor Week in Perry.
The special week, so proclaim
ed by scores of governors and
mayors in many states and cities,
is designed to inform the public
of the lofty aims and high profes
sional services of realtors, he
said.
“A realtor is a broker who is
a member of the local real estate
board and the National Associa
tion of Real Estate Boards, “Mr.
Boor explained. “Only by mem
bership in these bodies may a bro
ker use the term Realtor as his
trademark.”
He said Realtors pledge them
selves to observe NAREB’s strict
Code of Ethics, which is based
upon the Golden Rule.
“The standards of this code are
higher than those set forth in
state license laws, and the local
board is empowered to see to it
that its members live up to its
provisions. Those found skirting
the code’s terms face loss of mem
bership,” Mr. Boor declared.
The board president said that
because of the Realtor’s adher
ence to the Code and his ong ex
perience and special market know
ledge, he is capable of properly
caring for any real estate matter
entrusted to him.
Today Is Pay Day
At Robins AF Base
Pay day for the 16,000 civilian
employees at Robins Air Force
Base will be Thursday (today)
for one week only, base officials
said yesterday. _ 1
Reason for the change is to fa
cilitate the change-over to a new
plan for mailing all civilian em
ployees’ checks to either their
home address or to banks designa
ted by them.
I
Want Ads Pay
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1959
Over 10,000 Tags
Sold in Houston
The continued growth of Hous
ton county’s population is shown
vividly by the figures on automo
bile tag sales up to the April 1
deadline.
Miss Florine C. Rainey, tax col
lector, reported that 10,668 tags
for vehicles were sold to Houston
countians. It appears now that
last year’s figures will be exceed
ed by 1,000 to 1,500.
(load Is Welcomed
In Union Service
Rev. James Coad, new pastor of
the Perry Presbyterian Church,
was welcomed to Perry in a union
service of Presbyterian, Baptist
and Methodist church members
Sunday night.
Rev. J. M. Teresi, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, presided at
the service. Rev. Russell Lenox,
pastor of the Perry Methodist
Church, welcomed Mr. Coad and
led in prayer. Mr. Coad delivered
the sermon before a full auditor
ium.
Six Perry Ladies
Enter Golf Meet
PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. Six
Perry ladies have entered the an
nual one-day Ladies Invitational
Golf Tournament to be played
April 14 at Ida Cason Callaway
Gardens.
The Perry ladies are Mrs. Marie
i Moody, Mrs. Jean Brewster, Mrs.
1 Watson Richardson, Mrs. Scotty
Weems, Mrs. Billie Sexton and
Mrs. Judy Gotten.
The ladies will be competing in
a field of 64 persons who will be
attempting to de-throne Mrs. Sal
ly Malloy of Columbus, the de
fending champion.
The tournament is limited to
64 women golfers and a full dock
et is expected, according to Mrs.
Gladys Hadly and Mrs. Mildred!
Cooksey, chairmen.
Literary Winners
Speak to Kiwanis
Three Perry High School stu
dents who won first places in the
Region 2-B literary events last
week, were guests of the Perry
Kiwanis Club Tuesday.
Lynn Smith and Stanley St.
: John, who won girls’ and boys’
declamation, and Nancy Boler,
home economics winner, gave i
their prize winning presentations.
They were introduced by Super
vising Principal E. P. Staples.
Bill Nall presided in the ab
sence of Bill Sexton, president.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Cooper Jr.
announce the birth of a daughter,
Aurelia Gale, born April 7 at the
Taylor Memorial Hospital in Haw
kinsville.
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DODGE COUNTY LEGION AUXILIARY LEADERS MEET HERE
Left to right, seated, Mrs. C. L. Saunders, Eastman; Mrs. John J. Brown, Atlanta;
Mrs. J. Pat Kelley, Atlanta; Mrs. R. T. Ragan, Eastman; Dr. Annie Mae Rhodes, Cochran;
Mrs. Clifton Dickey, Copperhill, Tenn. Back row, left to right, Mrs. Clifford Reddock, East
man; Mrs. Elma Adams, Perry; Mrs. E. J. Johnson, Mrs. Fred Bennett Sr., Mrs. Robert
Wynne, Mrs. C. L. Minter, Mrs. E, M. Harrington Jr., Mrs. H. E. Dickens and Mrs. Zeb Har
grove, all of Eastman. (Home Journal Photo). (See story inside). c
Husband of Former
Perryan Loses Life
In Fishing Mishap
Frank R. Stewart, husband of
the former Miss Annis Jean Ne-
Smith of Perry, was lost in a fish
ing accident at Midway Island in
the Pacific on March 27, Perry
relatives and friends have been
advised.
Mr. Stewart, 35, a flight engi
neer in the U. S. Navy, was out
with two other Navy men in a
small boat with outboard motor.
None of the bodies was recovered.
The motor was found tied to a
gasoline can, but no other trace
was located.
Memorial services for Mr. Stew
art were held in Hawaii Wednes
day.
Mrs. Stewart, her daughter, Vic
toria, and Mrs. Robert Maxwell,
Umatilla, Fla., her sister who went
to Hawaii after receiving word of
the tragedy, will return home Fri
day.
29 ARE INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
The December Term grand jury
of Houston Superior Court return
ed 29 true bills and four no-true
bills in the first day Tuesday of
an expected three-day session.
Most of the indictments return
ed Tuesday were for driving drunk
or driving under the influence.
Charged with drunk driving
were Dempsey Franklin Cox, Obie
Tukes, Charlie Joe Taylor, Ro
bert Engrain, Edwin Roland San
ders, George Relious Busbee, Le
von Farms, Willard Cofield, Jack
Ray McDaniel, Alvin B. Harde
man Jr.
Driving under the influence in
dictments were returned against
Tifton Lumley and Frank James
Chester. Leon Barfield and Jack
Buckle were accused of being
drunk on the highway.
Other indictments returned
named Frank James Chester, no
driver’s license; Jackson Ray Mc-
Daniel, no driver’s license; Jimmy
Harrison Meritt, driving with re
voked license; Jackson Ray Mc-
Daniel, no driver’s license; W. A.
Johns, simple larceny; Obie Tukes,
carrying weapon concealed; Luci
ous Goode McPherson, involuntary
manslaughter in commission of
ian unlawful act; Willie James
Burke and Eddie Clifford Daniel,
burglary; Adam Slocumb, using
obscene language in presence of
female, 3 counts; Franklin Jack
son, Frances Clark, Dallie John
son and Martha Williams, viola
ting prohibition law.
Mrs. Todd to Speak
At First Baptist
Mrs. Pearl Todd, a retired Bap
tist missionary who served for a
number of years in China and
j Japan, will be in Perry Monday,
April 13.
She will speak to the Royal
Ambassadors and the Girls’ Aux
iliary after school Monday after
noon and will be the principal
speaker at the general missionary
meeting Monday night at 7:30 p.
m. in the assembly room at the
educational building of the First
Baptist Church.
A short social hour will follow
the meeting. The public is cor
dially invited.
Perry High Wins 2-B
Region Literary Meet
FFA Boys Active
In School Events
The Perry Future Farmers of
America held the regular meet
ing last Wednesday night in the
Vocational Agriculture depart
ment. Walton Wood presided and
David Helms gave the devotional.
All the guests were welcomed and
invited to return soon. A. A. White
and Jim Holland were introduced.
The FFA quartet and string
band sang and played several
numbers for the entertainment of
the group. Beverly Jacobs, chap
ter sweetheart, gave the skit she
performed in the sub-district con
test. Various items of business
such as committee reports on the
banquet were taken care. The
meeting adjourned with the regu
lar closing ceremony.
FFA Quartet Wins
The Perry FFA quartet repre
senting Perry High School was
’ declared first place winner in the
; Regional Literary Meet at Mt. Ver
non last Friday. Members of the
I quartet are Lamar Anderson, Mike
! Jacobs, Jerry Horton, and Hearn
■ Bennett. Beverly Jacobs is the
‘ accompanist.
: Perry Wins in FFA
Last Monday, Perry FFA quar
tet was first place winner in the
’ first district eliminations held at
■ Tifton. The chapter speaker, A.
* J. Bennett, was first place winner
: in the speaking contest. Beverly
I Jacobs also won first place in the
sweetheart elimination. The dis
-1 trict semi-finals will be held the
1 later part of April with the finals
■ being set for Saturday, May 9, at
the annual rally day in Tifton.
BOBBY TUGGLE HOME
Bobby Tuggle, son of Mr. and
! Mrs. Robert Tuggle, has comple
ted a two-year tour with the U. S.
■ Army. He arrived in Perry last
, Friday, after spending a year in
Paris and Fontainbleau, France.
TYPEWRITERS for rent. Hous
ton Home Journal. $2 a week, $7
a month, CASH.
Judge Asks Jury to Report
Efforts to Influence Them
Judge A. M. (Phil) Anderson of
Houston Superior Court charged
the grand jury Tuesday to report
to court officials any attempt from
outside the grand jury to influence
any juror.
“Reports reaching us lead us to
believe that there may be ignor
ance, or much indifference toward,
a principle of law designed to
preserve the complete integrity of
grand jury investigations and tra
verse jury tria s,” Judge Ander
son said.
“This cannot, and will not be
tolerated. The integrity of the ju
dicial processes, both investiga-
jjj ft
LT. MARCUS M. WILSON
Wilson Commands
Student Officers
At Texas AF Base
First Lieutenant Marcus M. Wil
son of Perry has been named
commander of the student officer
squadron at Reese Air Force Base,
Tex.
In the position he will direct
student officer affairs, under su
pervision of permanent party of
ficers of the base.
The lieutenant has been on ac
tive duty more than five years.
He completed primary pilot train
ing in the civilian contract school
of the Air Force at Malden Air
Base, Mo. He is undergoing 115
hours of flying training in T-33
jet aircraft at Reese as a member
of Class 60-B.
His wife is the former Sara E.
Jones and they have two children,
I Samuel M., 4, and Cynthia C. Wil
' son, 2.
Selection of officers for the
squadron is a part of officer train
ing at Reese AFB, where training
produces proficient officers and
pilots.
Lieutenant Wilson is a 1951
graduate of Perry High School and
a former student of Middle Geor
gia College.
tions and trials, must be kept free,
not only from corruption, but for
the suspicion as well.”
Guilty of “Embracery”
Judge Anderson told the jurors
that persons making an attempt
to influence a grand jury or tra
verse jury would be guilty of
“embracery,” which is “an at
tempt, whether successful or not,
to influence a jury corruptly to
one side, by promises, persuasion,
entreaties, money, entertainments
or the like.”
He then called on jurors to re
port to the solicitor general any
attempt from any source to in
fluence them in a case before the
grand jury. He also reminded
them that it is not necessary that
the juror contacted be actually
serving on a jury trying a case.
The fact that his name has been
drawn and he has been subjected
to outside influence is sufficient
for prosecution under the law
against embracery.
“It has been my unpleasant duty
recently,” the judge told the jury,
“to attach for contempt a trial
juror for an alledged violation of
instructions that he must keep
himself free of all outside influ
ences, and also from those inter
ested in a case.” (The judge said
| this situation developed in an
other county in the Macon Judicial
Circuit).
No Interference
“The officers of your court are
determined that interference with
the judicial processes shall be
dealt with promptly and firmly,”
he said.
In his charge, the judge called
it to the attention of the jurors
that all matters coming before
the grand jury are secret and must'
not be revealed to anyone except
when called upon to do so by a
court order.
Arthur White Sr. was elected
foreman of the grand jury.
It was expected that the grand
jury session will run through to
day.
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LOCAL STUDENTS
WIN EVENT EASILY
Perry High School’s literary con
testants went to Mount Vernon
Friday for the Region B-2 Literary
meet in which approximately 18
schools were entered. Perry
brought home the trophy for first
place in the region with 89Vi
points.
Beverly Jacobs won Ist in girls
typing; Patsy Todd, Ist in girls’
solo; Allen Kennedy, Ist in boys’
solo; Patsy Todd, Pat Adams, and
Beverly Jacobs, Ist in trio; La
mar Anderson, Mike Jacobs, Jer
ry Horton, and Hearn Bennett,
Ist in quartet; Stanley St. John,
Ist in boys’ declamation; Nancy
Boler, Ist in home economics;
Lynn Smith, Ist in girls’ declama
tion; and Stanley St. John, Linda
Tabor, Lynn Smith, and Carole
Mason, Ist in debate.
Mary Sue Nunn, won 4th in
piano; Barbara Belcher, 2nd in
shorthand and Jerry Langston,
2nd in boys’ typing. Perry also
had points for 3rd place in spell
ing and 3rd in One-act play.
Perrl-Scope Staff.
COMING EVENTS
The general meeting of the
WMS of the First Baptist Church
will be held April 13 at 3:45 at
the church.
The Delphian Club will meet
Thursday afternoon, April 9, at
3:45 at th ehome of Mrs. Emmitt
Akin.
Circles of the WSCS will meet
as follows: Monday, April 13 at
3:45 p. m. Circle 1 with Mrs.
C. B. Andrew Sr.; Circle 2 with
Mrs. Houser Gilbert; Circle 3 at
the Church; Monday, April 13 at
8 p. m. Circle 4 at the Church;
Wednesday, April 15 at 10 a. m.—
Circle 5 with Mrs. Cohen Walker,
and Circle 6 with Mrs. Guy Ed
wards.
The circles of the WOC of the
Perry Presbyterian Church will
meet Monday April 13. The Eu
nice Rummage will meet with Mrs.
Charles McClelland at 2:30 p. m.;
The Dot Pridgen will meet with
Mrs. Herbert Moore at 8 p. m.;
The Olive Calhoun will meet with
Mrs. Aldine Lasseter at 8 p. m.;
The Mary Lee Greene will meet
with Mrs. Johnny Richards at 8
p. m.
The Sorosis Club will meet
Thursday, April 9, at 3:45 p. m.
at the home of Mrs. Mayo Davis
The Perry Business Women’s
Club will meet Thursday, April 9,
at 7:30 at the New Perry Hotel.
The Tawasi Club will hold a
rummage sale on Saturday, April
11, on the lot across from Super
Foods between the hours of 2 and
6 p. m.
St. Christopher’s At-the-Oross
roads, Episcopal Mission Station,
will hold services at 8 p. m. Sun
day, April 12, at the American
Legion Hall. The service will be
Holy Communion. All visitors will
be welcome.
The Perry Lions Club reminds
Perryans that the annual Lions
Broom and Mop sale is coming
up April 23 and 24 and asks to be
kept in mind.
The regular meeting of the New
comers Club will be held Thurs
day night at 8 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. Guy Edwards.
UDC Flans Riles
For Memorial Day
The Clinton C. Duncan Chapter,
UDC, met April 1 at the home of
Mrs. Hollis Kezar. Mrs. J. N. Stipes
was co-hostess.
Mrs. Tom Cater, president, pre
sided. The Episcopal minister of
the Fort Valley church will be the
guest speaker for the Memorial
Day exercises which will be held
at the Junior High Auditorium on
April 24 at 10 a. m.
Mrs. James Teresi gave a most
interesting account of the war
April 1864-1865. A delightful sal
ad course was served during the
social hour.