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MRS. SIMMONS AND 100-YEAR-OLD ORGAN
Antique, Now Electrified, Sounds Mighty Good
Perry Resident Just Loves to Take
Old Furniture and Make It Like New
BY. HAZEL MITCHELL
No question about it—member
ship in a home demonstration club
really pays off. And when the
member happens to have a natural
artistic talent it’s bound to be
even more profitable.
Such is the case of Mrs. John
nie Simmons, who lives on Old
Port Valley Road, a member of
the Olinchfield Club, whose crea
tive talent and refinishing tech
nique has resulted in a house full
of lovely furniture. Mrs. Simmons
became interested in old furniture
12 or 15 years ago while living
in Ladoga, Ind.
One day while rummaging
around in an old second hand store
she came across an old walnut
chest with marble top. On the spur
of the moment she paid $2.50 for
it and hauled it home. She was
almost laughed out of the house by
her family, she says, when they
saw the disreputable item but she
was determined to see what could
be done with it.
Likes Old Things
It now stands in the entrance
hall of her home—a testimony to
her sharp eye for things of quali
ty, much hard work and persever
ence. Since that time she has not
been too enthusiastic about the
latest furniture fashions, prefer
ring to spend her time and money
on antiques that she finds in un
usual places. Her family and
friends don’t attempt to buy gifts
for her anymore. She is usually
presented with money to buy
something she really wants—an
other antique to add to her col
lection.
Today her two-story home is
filled with many priceless pieces
•—some are things she has pur
chased. others are family heir
looms she has restored to a new
natural beauty.
There is an old rocker in her
bedroom she estimates to be over
100 years old, a spool chest equal
ly as old, a bedside table, solid
cherry two drawer chest which is
placed at the foot of a maple bed.
In addition, downstairs there is a
roll-top desk, a china cabinet, a
set of step tables and a marble
topped coffee table. In the dining
area she has refinished a cherry
drop leaf table and matching cap
tain chairs.
Upstairs two bedrooms are fill
ed with valuable antiques—beauti
ful old beds, tall chests, a beech
nut wash stand with the original
brass pulls, matching dressers.
Job Requires Patience
Refinishing furniture, Mrs. Sim
mons says, is a job that “requires
many hours of work and loving
patience.” While a fund of know
ledge and years of experience is
needed to become an expert, she
feels, “the proper selection of
tools and common sense are the
main requirements.”
When she is working on an old
piece of furniture she first re
moves the paint, then applies
equal parts of de-natured alcohol
and shellac to “build it up”. This
is applied at four different inter
vals and allowed to dry at least
24 hours between each application.
After each application she sands
the wood with fine steel wool,
rubs linseed oil well into the sur
face, removing all excess with a
soft cloth. Afterwards wax is ap
plied to give the wood a soft satin
sheen.
Her latest project was the re
storation of an antique organ she
purchased for S4O and which is
probably now worth 20 times that
amount. Mrs. Simmons said she
spent a full month working to re
move the old paint, cleaning the
Houston Jljome % ournal
reeds and replacing the felts. An
air compressor was used to blow
out the years’ accumulation of
dust and dirt.
After restoring it to its natural
oak color, a small electric motor
was attached and it was exhibited
during the recent Achievement
Day Fair where Mrs. Simmons won
first place in the Arts and Crafts
Division.
Home Demonstration work has
meant much to her, Mrs, Simmons
says.
“There is the stimulation of
working with other women of sim
ilar tastes. Our demonstration
agent is always ready to supply us
with new methods of doing things
—each member contributes ideas
and shortcuts we’ve accumulated
on our own, and the results are
most rewarding.”
Grand Jury Meet
Scheduled Oct. 30
The August Term Grand Jury
of Houston Superior Court will
convene on Monday morning, Oct.
30, to consider criminal cases and
take up any other business that
comes before it.
Charlie L. Williams of Warner
Robins is the foreman and B. B.
Nall of Perry is the secretary.
Other members of the grand
jury are W. M. Gibson, B. M. Rick
ett, A. A. White Sr., W. Wilson
Martin, Clint K. Watson Jr., Rob
ert E. Horton, Allison C. Jones,
George W. Ford, Leon Colson, W.
M. Akin, I. T. Garvin, D. C. Amos,
Richard A. Johnson, Aldene Las
seter, Joe M. Borders, A. R. Talton
Jr., W. E. Beckham, Claude Wat
son, Mason A. Gammage and G. F.
Nunn.
Centerville Sets
Election Nov . 7
Residents of the City of Center
ville will elect two councilmen
Nov. 7, with entries to close on
Oct. 28.
Councilmen whose terms are ex
piring are James S. Mason and
Robert A. Smith Jr. Councilmen
Earl L. Sims and Lloyd C. Can
non have another year to serve,
as does Mayor Sherrill Stafford.
The qualifying fee is $5 for
councilmen.
PATSY TODD PLEDGES
TO TRI DELTA SORORITY
Miss Patsy Todd, a junior at
the University of Georgia, has
pledged to the Tri Delta sorority.
Miss Todd is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Todd of Perry.
Downtown Section Takes on Bright Look With Many Paint Jobs
Downtown Perry will present a
shiny new face for winter —a
bright, clean look made possible
by the current town-wide clean-up
campaign.
Many business houses on both
sides of Carroll Street are getting
the “once over’” with new paint
jobs and the results are most at
tractive.
Georgia Power Company, An
drew Hardware Company, City
Barber Shop, the office of W. C.
Jones, Horace and Mildred Shop,
Crockett’s Five and Ten, Houston
Drug Store, Belle’s, and Wynne’s
Five and Ten have all received
new coats of paint on the fronts
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 1961
Houston Schools
Get Federal Aid
Over Half Million
Allotted County
The U. S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare announced
Monday that Houston county
schools will receive $596,160 in
federal assistance under the im
pacted areas program, Senators
Talmadge and Russell advised The
Home Journal.
The school system will receive
$274,233 at once, the senators
said.
This money is paid under Pub
lic Law 874, which provides for
assistance in maintenance and op
eration because of the large num
ber of federally - connected chil
dren in the county’s schools.
This is the money that was held
up until the last few days of the
congressional session because it
was involved in the general aid
to education blil that was defeat
ed. Houston county schools had
said they could not properly op
erate the schools without the fed
eral assistance because of the im
pact of Robins Air Force Base on
the enrollment in the schools.
The County Board of Education
expects to submit applications dur
ing the year for additional federal
aid for construction under Public
Law 815, which was extended
along with Public Law 874.
Griffin Says State Must Expand Its
Industrial and Tourism Potentials
Former Governor Marvin Grif
fin told the Perry Kiwanis Club
Tuesday that Georgia must devel
op its industry and promote its
tourist business so it can support
its public schools and its welfare
institutions.
Mr. Griffin said it is “difficult”
for Georgia to support its schools
and welfare institutions as well as
other states do because per capita
income in Georgia is about S9OO
to SI,OOO a year less than in other
states. School teachers in Georgia
are paid about $l,lOO a year less
than in many other states, Mr.
Griffin said, for the same reason
—the per capita income of Geor
gians is low.
“We must bring in new indus
try and must expand our present
industry,” the former governor
said. “We must have more money
to provide the services to those
less fortunate than we are.
Some Counties Suffering
“You are doing well in this
county, but other counties are not
doing so well. I am glad that some
of our cities are prospering and
growing, and am sorry that some
of our rural counties are having
a more dfificult time. You can’t
have extreme wealth and poverty
side by side.”
He said the Atlanta newspapers
have done a disservice to the coun
ties they call “the fading counties”
in pointing up their shortcomings.
He said no industrialist will take
a look at a county which has been
advertised to the world as a “fad
ing county.”
“We need a better partnership
between the state government and
its cities and counties,” Mr. Grif
fin said, “even to the state possi
bly guaranteeing the mortgage.”
More industrial research is need
ed, he said, pointing out that $22
is spent for farm research for
every $1 spent for industrial re
search. He does not advocate
spending less for farm research
but wants industrial research ex
panded. He strongly recommended
of the buildings. McLendon Auto
Company and Electric Shop and
Massee Furniture Store have been
subjected to the full treatment
inside as well as out.
All reflect the concern of Perry
merchants to improve the town
generally and make the stores
more attractive shopping-wise.
Several firms have indicated
their intention to improving their
property e ven more. Officials of
Wynne’s Five and Ten Cent Store
promise a new look for the inter
ior of their store after Christmas.
Van Johnson hopes that he can
begin a complete renovation of
his store after January 1, and Red
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Houston's Exhibit
sth at State Fair
Houston county’s exhibit in the
booths at the Georgia State Fair
in Macon won fifth place and $250,
it was announced yesterday.
The exhibit from this county
was sponsored by the Home De
monstration Council, and was pre
pared by the HD agent, Miss Hel
en Brown, County Agent George
Allmond, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Du
mas, Mrs. Remus Williams, Mrs.
Joe Borders, Mrs. Charles Perfect
and others.
This was the best showing the
county has made at the fair in
several years, Mr. Allmond said.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Tuggle
have returned from a vacation to
points of interest in Florida.
that a state development board be
formed to attract industry.
Tourist Outlook Good
Georgia’s tourist business is in
good position to move forward as
never before, he said, what with
Jekyll Island being developed
with $5 millions of the taxpayers’
money and Stone Mountain now
being developed.
“Stone Mountain, when proper
ly developed, will be one of the
greatest tourist attractions in the
United States,” the ex-governor
said. “And if I have anythnig to
do with it, 1 would get that fellow
that advertises for Rock City ....
and I would have a 100x150- foot
Confederate Flag on the moun
tain.”
Mr. Griffin, who is considered
a certain candidate for governor
in the 1962 race, said:
“I’m coming back to see you
again in the not too distant fu
ture.”
He was introduced by Eric P.
Staples, principal of the Perry
schools, who described Mr. Griffin
as “the best friend the teachers
ever had in the capitol.”
Austin Is Elected
Kiwanis Official
Martin Austin, member of the
Perry Kiwanis Club, has been
elected lieutenant governor of the
Fifth Division of the Georgia Dis
trict of Kiwanis International.
Mr. Austin, president of The
Perry Company, sales organization
for bedding ensembles, was offi
cially elected at the state conven-|
tion of Kiwanis in Atlanta last
week. He had been nominated by
the clubs in the Fifth Division the
week before.
Other clubs in this division in
clude Fort Valley, Montezuma, Vi
enna, Americus and Cordele.
Mrs. Billy Brabham of Cleve
land, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Woodruff and
family.
ding Talton, owner of Andrew
Hardware Company says he plans
some changes, “all for the bet
ter”.
Old and new residents of Perry
express approval of the project
with many favorable comments.:
Perry is “dressing up” to reflect
her new position in the county’s
economy. It’s a smart step in the
right direction and one that’s sure
to be felt where it counts the
most —In the increased jangle of
the merchant’s cash registers.
Three personnel changes in the |
downtown section were announced
this week, and became effective
Monday morning.
UGF Fund Rises
To 12% of Goal
The Houston County United Giv
ers Fund campaign now in its first
week, is already in full swing, and
all division leaders announce that
they are expecting a big first re
port.
In Perry, Stanley E, Smith, cam
paign co-ordinator advised that
pledges, cash and checks are com
ing in to Tommie Hunt’s office,
and that a partial report will be
ready by late Wednesday. All re
ports are incomplete as yet, but
as soon as they can be tabulated
they will be announced.
The UGF campaign office an
nounced that gifts have been re
ceived from Macon Transfer Co.
and the Standard Oil Co., both of
Macon, and Dan Deßiaso, Key
Man for the drive at the U. S.
Naval Forms and Publication Of
fice at Byron, reported that his
section has completed their drive
with their greatest percentage of
participation ever. Incomplete to
tals in the UGF office prior to
first report meeting, show that
the drive has reached the 12 per
cent mark.
Gardner Watson announced that
the following Key Men are work
ing with him: in Grovania, Mrs.
James Meadows, in Henderson,
Mrs. D. F. Daye and Mrs. C. T.
Kersey and in the Elko section,
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Clark.
The Industry division, under
Wallace Gotten, is hard at work
setting up the employee partici
pation programs for the larger
industries. This will be the first
time that the employees have had
the opportunity of participating
in this United Appeal.
Stanley E. Smith urges all of
his Key Men to turn in their par
tial reports at the earliest possi
ble time so that all results can be
counted as soon as possible.
“The momentum of a good start
will carry us through to our best
effort and a successful drive,”
commented Mr. Smith.
Funeral Conducted
For Q. J. Matthews
Funeral services for Quiller J.
Matthews, 76, Perry service sta
tion owner who died early Tues
day morning after a brief illness,
were held at the Gardner Watson
Funeral Home chapel at 11 a. m.
Wednesday.
Mr. Matthews, a resident of 706
Carroll Street, had lived in Perry
for the last 40 years. He was
a native of Bartow county. He was
a member of the Perry Methodist
Church and the Woodmen of the
World.
Survivors include his wife; one
son, Henry J. Matthews of Perry;
one sister, Mrs. Pearl Frazier,
Tampa, Fla.; two grandsons, Hor
ace Matthews of Hialeah, Fla. and
James Matthews, Decatur, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Conducting the services were
Rev. James B. Hutchinson and
Rev. James M. Teresi. Burial was
in Evergreen Cemetery.
Pallbearers were W. E. Bar
field, Wiley Webb, E. F. Bellflow
er, N. M. Parker Sr., M. M. Cloud
and Peter Henderson. Honorary
pallbearers were B. H. Andrew,
Dr. J. L. Gallemore, Charles Bos
well Sr. and J. W. Overton.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Billy Bledsoe resigned at Ed
wards-Harpcr Company to become
a partner with Julian Cawthon in
a men’s clothing store at 922 Car- i
roll Street, where the building is
being remodeled. Mr. Cawthon will 1
remain at Perry Super Foods,
where he is a partner in the busi- i
ness. ]
T. F. Hardy Jr., who has been (
with Andrew Hardware Company i
for about 15 years, resigned to
become a salesman for Edwards-
Harper in Mr. Bledsoe’s place.
Ronnie Harper of Hayneville
was employed by Andrew Hard
ware Company to take the place of
Mr. Hardy. He is the son of Mr.'
and Mrs. Hoke Harper and a grad-1
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Macon Minister to Preach
In First Baptist Revival
Revival services at the First
Baptist Church will begin Sunday,
Oct. 22, and continue through Oct.
29, Rev. James M. Tcresi, pastor,
announced.
Rev. Alvin H. Brackett Jr., pas
tor of the Ingleside Baptist Church
of Macon, will be the guest minis
ter, coming for his first service
Sunday night.
Douglas Davis, minister of mu
sic at Cross Keys Baptist Church
of Macon, will lead the song ser
vices.
Services will be held during the
week at 10 a. m. and 7;30 p. m.
Mr. Brackett was born in Jack
Farm Bureau Signs Up 285 Members
On 350 Goal; Opposes Rural Zoning
Directors of the Houston Coun
ty Farm Bureau Monday night re
ported good progress in their
membership drive and heard an
explanation of sub-division regu
lations and zoning from Euclc
George, county sanitarian.
Ralph Tabor, president, said the
directors reported a total of 285
members had been secured up to
Monday night. The quota for Hous
ton county, set by the state or
ganization, is 350 members by
Nov. 1. Attempts will be made to
get all reports in by Oct. 29, Mr.
Tabor said.
At their meeting Oct. 3, the di
rectors of the county farm bureau
passed the following resolution:
“Until the Houston County farm
ers have a better understanding of
how zonnig will apply to their
farms, we oppose adoption of zon
ing for the rural part of the coun
ty.”
At the meeting Monday night,
after the discussion by Mr. George,
the directors did not take any fur
ther action regarding planning and
zoning.
Mr, George said that the sub
division regulations, which have
have been approved by the county
commissioners, and zoning, which
has not been approved by the com
missioners, are two separate pro
grams, but zoning is scheduled to
follow later for all sections of the
county, as well as for the incor
porated cities in the county.
For Protection of Owners
He said that he believes that
the advantages of both the sub
division regulations and zoning far
outweigh the disadvantages.
“The program is for the pro
tection of property owners, not to
cause them any inconvenience, by
regulating the use of land,” Mr.
George said. “It is protection for
everybody to try to maintain the
values of their land.”
The directors of the farm bu
reau said they object very strenu
ously to “control” of their land by
any governmental agency. Some
uate of Perry High School.
Mrs, George B. Wells Sr. will
open a new flower and gift shop in
Perry “sometime around Novem
ber 1.”
Mrs. Wells says the “Wells Flow
er and Gift Shop’’ will be tem
porarily located in the old Cinder
ella Beauty Shop location on Com
merce Street. She will use one
large room across the front of
the house for display purposes and
two rooms in the back will be
utilized as work and storage areas.
Mrs. Wells recently attended a
south Georgia school where she
completed a specialized course in
floral designing.
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DOUGLAS DAVIS
son county, Ga , and attended pub
lic schools at Athens. He was grad
uated from Brewton-Parker Junior
, College, Mercer University and
Southwestern Theological Semin
ary. He held pastorates at Ball
Ground and Sylvan Hills, Atlanta,
1 before moving to the Ingleside
’ church in Macon.
He has served on the Home Mis
sion Board, as a trustee of Tift
College and president of the At
lanta and Macon Baptist Pastors
Conferences. He and his wife have
four daughters.
Cottage prayer services are be
ing held this week in the interest
of the coming revival.
said they thought it was nobody
clse’s business to whom he sold
his land or for what use the land
would be used.
Some of the directors are in fa
vor of both the sub-division regu
lations and the zoning, but they
arc in the minority on the board.
Oppose “Total Zoning”
The opponents of zoning say
they oppose “total zoning” but
agree that some means should be
found to control junk yards, juke
joints, etc.
Another big objection voiced by
opponents is that paving is re
quired in developing of sub-divi
sions under the regulations. They
agree that water and sewerage
should be supplied by the devel
oper but that paving would raise
the cost of the lot to a point that
low-income people could not pay
the price.
Mr. George said that what usual
ly happens when a sub-division is
established is that the buyers of
the lots put pressure on the coun
ty commissioners to pave the
streets, and the taxpayers end up
footing the bill.
Mr. George said that a public
hearing will be advertised and
held before zoning is approved or
disapproved by the county com
missioners.
Negro Accidentally
Killed by Shotgun
Willie Rumph, Negro, was killed
instantly in a hunting accident
last Saturday morning, a coroner’s
jury held Sunday.
Rumph, accompanied by three
other Negroes, arose about 4 a.
m. Saturday to go possum hunt
ing. The other three heard a shot
and found Rumph on the ground
by a tree, with a shotgun wound
in the stomach. They testified to
the coroners jury that in their
opinion Rumph was poking into
the tree with the butt of the shot
gun when it was accidentally dis
charged,
Rumphs hunting companions
were Fred Small, M. T. Barnes
and Robert Lee Harris.
Rumph was brought to Perry to
a doctor’s office and was then
taken to Macon Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead on arri
val.
Members of the coroner’s jury
were J. P. Risher, Joe Leverette,
Clarence Davis, G. W. Hicks Jr.
and Richard Dupree.
Whipple Honored
By State Realtors
In ceremonies climaxing a two
day meeting of Georgia Real Es
tate men held at Augusta, last
Friday, Allen P. Whipple, Perry
businessman was named to second
place as “realtor of the year”.
Mr. Whipple was also named by
his associates to serve a two year
term on the Board of Directors.