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BANKRUPTCY
Jack's Department Store, Fort Valley,
Georgia goes broke! We bought from
receivers. Entire stock to be sold at a I Here is a once in a lifetime chance to I
traction of the original costi save 50% to 83% on dry goods and shoes
SALE STARTS 9 A. M, FRIDAY
M / ALL LADIES', MEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
■ / lltt WEARING APPAREL!
■/ ■M ■ Skirts, blouses, gowns, bras, infants
/ D | D . and children's wear. Men's shirts,
/ Ke 9 U,ar jackets, pants, dungarees, etc.
$7.00 $5.00
Men's Jarman Dress Shoes t ’ GR ° UP OF
Loafers, oxfords, browns and blacks, I Men's and Big Boy Shoes
Actual values to $18.95. Sizes 6 through • "
12, A to D widths. Blacks, browns, meshes, oxfords, loafers .
Values to $12.95. Sizes 6-12,
$1 &$2 $i &$2
LADIES' AND TEENS'
~ L ATS ih«,aZSo»*
whites, patents, pastels. Spring styles.
Values to $6.95. Sizes 4-70. Narrow and Values to $6.95. Whites, patents, pastels,
medium widths. Straps and oxfords. Sizes from BVi to 3.
$1.66 $1.66
OR 2 PAIR FOR $3.00 OR 2 PAIR FOR $3.00
LADIES' AND TEENS' MEN ' S AND B,G BOVS '
famvm CI ICIIAK CANVAS DUCKS
\n!« •MJ VfWUHLiJ Actual $2.95 values. Brown and Blue,
Values to $2.95. A rainbow of colors. Sizes 6-12.
Sizes 4-10. A A and B widths. mmmammmm
$3 &$5 88e
■ Are you Lucky?
Ladies' DRESS SHOES SA ‘™.“ K
Fiancees. Values to $16.95. Narrow and
medium widths. Whites, pastels, patents. Flats and Casuals, Values to $6,95, Fit
High and low heels. Sizes 4-10. most 3 J A, 4 and 4Vi size feet,
BANKRUPTCY SALE
JACK'S DEPARTMENT STORE FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA |
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BY COOPER ETHERIDGE
Sign Posted at Perry Tractor
Company: “Since there is six times
as much water as dry land on
earth, any fool can plainly see the
Good Lord meant for man to fish
six times as much as he works.”
SIGN posted in store for special
benefit of salesmen: “You’re really
trying—VEßY TRYING.”
A MUMMY is described as “an
Egyptian pressed for time.”
CREDIT INFO: A number of
Perry merchants signed up last
week as members of a credit in
formation service, which will re
port the names of “bad pay” cus
tomers to all subscribers each
month. The members report each
month the names of those who owe
them long overdue bills and they
are added to the list. This kind of 1
service has been needed here for
a long time and it’s too bad some
local person didn’t start it and
keep the fees at home.
HELLO: The Houston County
Commissioners have installed an
answering service in their office
at the courthouse. If you call there
and get a recording of the voice
of Sonny Watson, don’t get excit
ed. Just talk to the “voice” as if
you were talking to Sonny and
leave your message. Sonny has to
be out of the office a lot tracking
down rights-of-way deeds and for
many other matters that he could
n’t get all his messages. Now he
can get them off the tape when he
comes back in. Call day or night
and the message will be recorded
if Sonny is not there to answer
you in person.
BIG PAPER?: Many people ask
ed us if last week’s issue of The
Home Journal was not the biggest
paper we have ever had. It was the
biggest regular edition paper in
history from the standpoint of ad
vertising space. We have had 16-
page papers before, but none with
as much advertising. The biggest
paper in our history, of course,
was our 80th Anniversary Edition
back in 1951. It had 40 pages, five
I sections of eight pages each. Last
week’s paper was the largest paper
we’ve ever produced without ad
vance notice that a large paper
than usual was coming up. Our
average number of pages is 12.
We hope the good advertising
volume is a good omen of better
times, although our section is ex
tremely fortunate. Many small
towns and small counties are dry
ing up. We are fortunate to have
Robins Air Force Base nearby,
where they pay off every other
week whether it rains or hails.
The increase in advertising also
means to us that more and more
people are realizing the value of
newspaper advertising the real
backbone of any advertising pro
gram. Amen.
PET PEEVES: People who come
out of the Post Office and sit in a
perfectly good parking place read
ing their day’s mail. Also peev
ing: traffic lights that stop you at
every block in a small town.
New Library Books
Perry Public Library
FICTION: A Sense of Values,
by Wilson; Decision at Delphi, by
Maclnnes; Epidemic, by Slaughter;
Hamilton Terrace, by Corbett;
Horses of the Sun, by Malet; Mou
ra, by Coffman; Memoirs of
Spring, Moll; The Chess Players,
by Keyes; The Listener, by Cald
well; To Kill a Mockingbird, by
Lee.
NON-FICTION: A History of the
Old South, by Eaton; Complete
Guide to Interior Decoration, by i
House and Gardens Editors; Fa
ther’s Day Comes But Once a Year, j
by Martin; Gone Are the Days— ;
Illustrated History of the Old i
South, by Kane; Mask and Flip-'i
pers, by Bridges;
Story of America’s Religions, by
Spence; Southern Gardening, by
Hudson; The Complete Book for
Clubwomen, by Mac Elroy The
War-Time Journal of a Georgia
Girl, by Andrews; The Waste
Makers, by Packard.
Perry PTA to Meet
Here Monday Night
The Perry PTA will meet Mon
day night, April 24, at 7:30 at the I
Junior High School Auditorium. :
Mrs, Warren C. Williams, presi- i
dent, announced yesterday that an 1
interesting program has been sche- ]
duled for this event. One part of i
the meeting will be devoted to the 1
showing of a safety film by N. C. 1
Chapman, assistant deputy sheriff.
Mrs. Williams says the public is 1
extended a cordial invitation and 1
it is hoped that many teen-agers
will take advantage of the oppor
tunity to see this informative film I
show. s
The Houston Home Journal, Perry, Ga., Thurs., April 20, 1961
Middle Georgia Alumni of Emory
Will Have Dinner in Perry April 28
Middle Georgia area alumni of
Emory University and local par
ents of Emory students have been
invited to attend a dinner celebra
ting the school’s 124th year.
The dinner will be held at the
New Perry Hotel in Perry at 7:30
p. m., Friday, April 28.
Dr. S. Walter Martin, president
of Emory, will speak. A historian,
Dr. Martin is author of two books
on Florida history. He is a member
of the board of trustess of the Na
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews and is vice chairman of
the board of trustees of the Uni
versity Center in Georgia. He is a
past chairman of the Conference of
Academic Deans of Southern
States. A leading Methodist lay
man, he was delegate to the gener
al conference and the jurisdiction
al conference of the church last
year.
Emory’s 22,000 alumni hold
birthday celebrations annually in
some 50 cities. Emory alumni live
in each of the 50 states and in 56
foreign countries.
Officers of the Middle Georgia
area Emory Club are Dr. Thomas
L. Ross of Macon, president; Dr.
George T. Henry of Barnesville,
first vice president; Judge Mallory
C. Atkinson of Macon, second vice
president; Allen P. Whipple of
Perry, secretary-treasurer.
Knight and Tucker
Convicted by U. 5,
On Liquor Charges
Eight defendants, including Wil
liam Prentis Tucker of Macon and
James Terrell Knight of Houston
County, were convicted in U. S.
District Court in Macon Tuesday
on charges of conspiring to violate
federal liquor tax laws.
The defendants will be senten
ced by Judge W. A. Bootle Friday.
Other defendants in the con
spiracy case included Amos Bar
low, Roy Lee Barrett, Jim Colson,
Jackie Hamilton Gainey, Cleveland
Johns and Don Stinson.
The men were charged with 12
acts in promoting the liquor con
spiracy. Twelve other persons were
named in the indictment, two of
whom are now dead, but were not
named as defendants.
Both Tucker and Knight have
served time in federal prison on
liquor law convictions. Tucker was
brought to Macon from a federal
prison to stand trial.
Dr. Smith Attends
Meeting in Tifton
Dr. F. M. Smith, Perry veterina- ]
rian, learned of new and improved
ways in which the animal disease
laboratory of the Coastal Plains
Experiment Station, Tifton, can
serve him and farmers of his coun
ty, during a meeting of the South
Georgia Veterinary Medical Asso
ciation held here recently.
Just how the laboratory works
to insure complete veterinary med
ical services to livestock owners
through local veterinary practition
ers was explained by Dr. James
G. Miller, director of the Animal
Disease Department of the Tifton
station.
Dr. Smith was among some 35
doctors of veterinary medicine I
from throughout South Georgia
who attended the one day medical
meeting. 1
Circus Netted $295 |
For Boys' Ranch
Sheriff C. C. Chapman announ
ced yesterday that $295.00 was
realized from the sale of tickets to
King Brothers Circus last Thurs
day.
The money will be given to the
Georgia Sheriffs Boys’ Ranch
which is six miles east of Hahira
on State Highway 122.
The purpose of the ranch is to
rescue boys from undesirable en
vironments and give them an edu
cation and opportunity in life.
When the present building pro
gram is complete, the ranch will
provide a home for at least 140
Georgia boys, Sheriff Chapman
said.
Servicemen
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SAN DIEGO Willie L. Mcln
vale, chief radioman, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mclnvale of
Route 2, Perry, is serving aboard
the destroyer USS Halsey Powell
which returned March 25, its home
port at San Diego, Calif., follow
ing a five-month cruise to the Wes
tern Pacific.
The Powell served as a protec
tive screening ship for an attack
aircraft carrier during flight oper
ations in the China Sea during
November and December. She also
participated in operations with
ships from the Chinese Nationalist
Navy and the Republic of Korea
Navy.
Highlights of the cruise were :
visits to Hong Kong. Japan, Guam, ,
the Philippines and Formosa.
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There are 198 local school sys
tems in Georgia, with 1,930
schools. l
gp mMm I
DR. S. WALTER MARTIN
Perry FFA Second
In Forestry Meet
The Perry FFA Forestry Team
went to Cordele last Wednesday
for the 2nd annual Area Forestry
Meet.
The Perry Chapter won second
place and lost to Hawkinsville, the
team that won first by one point.
The following boys participated in
these events:
Estimating Sawtimber Volume,
Jimmy Dorsett, Gerry Harkins.
Tree Identification, Earl Cheek
placed third, Hugh Hill, second.
Selective Marking, Earl Cheek,
Hugh Hill.
Sawing, Benny Stafford, Ronnie
Harper placed first.
Tree Planting, Ronnie Harper
and Benny Stafford placed fourth..
Leg Scaling, Jackie Stewart,
Brack Maggard.
Pulpwood Volume, Jimmy Dor
sett and Gerry Harkins.
Ocular Estimation, Harvey Ne-
Smith placed third and Carl Ross.
Land Measurement, Harvey Ne-
Smith and Carl Ross placed first.
Americas Fat Cattle Show
Wednesday, several members of
the Perry FFA Chapter entered
the Americus Fat Cattle Show.
Earl Cheek showed three steers,
Floyd Tabor two head, Lee Rush
one head, Clark Todd one head,
David Walker two head and Chuck
White one head.
Members of the chapter also en
tered the Fitting and Showman
ship rate of Gain and record book
contest. The animals were sold on
i Thursday.
Ralph Booth Dies
In Birmingham, Ala.
Graveside services for Ralph
Booth, 57, of Birmingham, Ala.,
will be at 5 p. m. Thursday at
Wellborn Cemetery in Warner
Robins.
He died Monday in a Birming
ham hospital.
Booth was the husband of the
former Edna Wellborn Floyd
Booth, a member of a pioneer
Houston county family who lived
at Wellston, now Warner Robins.
| Survivors in addition to Mrs.
Booth include a daughter, Mrs.
Barbara Baird of Peru, Ind.; moth
[er, Mrs. Bee Booth of Prattville,
Ala.; two brothers, Hartwell Booth
of Mountain Creek, Ala., and Hor-
Jace Booth of Montgomery; three
'sisters, Mrs. I. C. Mullins of Mont
gomery, Mrs. Edward Parker of
Prattville and Mrs. Harold Ergland
of Lincoln, Neb.
Watson-Wainright Funeral Home
is in charge.
COMING EVEHIS
The Sorosis Club will meet
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at the
home of Mrs. W. K. Whipple. Co
hostesses will be Mrs. Phil Ander
son, Mrs. Eugene Beckham and
Mrs. C. K. Cooper.
A covered dish supper will be
held at the Perry Country Club on
Monday night, April 24, at 7:30
o’clock. All members are urged to
attend. Entertainment for the
evening will be a dance program
presented by Mrs. Ronnie Stanley.
A Sunday Book Review and Fel
lowship Hour for adults will be
held in the library of the First
Baptist Church from 6 to 7 p. m.
Sunday in observance of National
Library Week April 16-23. Mrs,
Don Parkinson will review a book
as part of the program, which is
designed to promote the use of the
church library.
The Perry Garden Club will meet
Thursday, April 27 at 3:30 p. m. at
the home of Mrs. A. C. Pritchett.
In 1961-62, Georgia will invest
$300,000 in college scholarships,
averaging $750 each, for about 500
future teachers who cancel the
debt by teaching in Georgia,
In 1960-61, Georgia invested
$3.90 per child in textbooks.