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The Houston Home Journal. Perry, Ga., Thurs.. Oct. 19. 1961
South Georgia Methodists Planning
$1.5 Million Retirement Residence
The South Georgia Methodist
Conference will begin construction
in January on its $1.5 million re
tirement residence to be built in
Americus. To be called Magnolia
Manor, the home will accomodate
200 persons above age 65.
Final approval for construction
was given to the home at the June
session of the South Georgia An
nual Conference. The body voted
to spend between $1.5 and $2 mil
lion in plant development. Funds
for financing the project are being
solicitated by the Magnolia Manor
Foundation.
Executive director of the foun-|
dation is Rev. Harry Moore. Mr. j
Moore is handling all solicitation
of funds as well as directing all
planning for the home. Mr. Moore
will continue as head of the Mag
nolia Manor Foundation but an
administrator will be employed to
direct all activities within the re
tirement residence.
Magnolia Manor will be located
on a 392 acre tract of land opposite
the Americus Country Club. The
land, valued at SIOO,OOO was given
to the South Georgia Conference
by the Rock of Ages Foundation.
The tract is located about one and
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t one-half miles from downtown
i' Americus.
■ I Georgia Colonial architecture
i will be used throughout the one
i story plant. A chapel will be built
> separate from the main building
but will be connected with a clois
, tered breeze-way. Other facilities
, are to include a 28-bed infirmary,
library, television lounges, sun
porches, mechanical laundry, and
recreational-activity rooms. A 30-
acre fishing lake is expected to be
! dug and stocked before the end
of 1962.
( Magnolia Manor will be built in
I multi-wing fashion with all wings
extending from a central adminis
tration building. The second floor
of the administration building will
contain an apartment for the home
administrator.
Various size apartments will be
open to both individuals and cou
' pies. Persons living in the home
may choose apartments with or
without kitchenettes. A main din
-1 ing room will be open to all resi
dents. All apartments will be fur
nished in contemporary furniture
by the Magnolia Manor Founda
tion.
Facilities will be open to per
! sons of all denominations.
Mr. Moore said the construction
is expected to begin about Jan. 1,
1962 and should be completed
within nine to 12 months after that
time.
Inquiries about Magnolia Manor
may be addressed to Rev. Harry
Moore, Magnolia Manor, Box 346,
Americus, Georgia.
NOTICE TO NON RESIDENT
George M Burgess, Jr., vs. Mar
tha Grace Thomas Burgess. Hous
ton Superior Court, November
! Term, 1961. .
Petition for Retention of Custo
dy of Mary Patricia Burgess.
To: Martha Grace Thomas Bur
gess, Defendant in said matter;
You are hereby ordered to ap
pear before the Honorable Oscar
L. Long, Judge of the Superiorj
Court of Houston County, Georgia,
on the Ist day of December, 1961,
at 10:00 oclock a. m. to answer in
said matter.
Upon your failure to appear and
answer, the Court will proceed to
pass upon the matters involved in
said petition as to justice may ap
pertain.
Witness the Honorable Oscar L.
Ixmg, the Honorable W. D. Ault
man, and the Honorable Hal Bell,
Judges of Houston Superior Court.
This 11th day of October, 1961.
TOMMIE S. HUNT,
Clerk, Superior Court,
Houston County, Georgia
4tp. 10-19.
Soil Conservation
Houston
BY JACK C. MILLER
Soil Conservationist
! I am back, Mr. Editor, and
1 thanks for holding this space for
me You are very kind and consid
-1 erate and I appreciate it.
5 Haven’t been anywhere but
’ around and about working along
as usual .... been tied down sort
' of close on a few jobs though and
' haven’t been able to scare up
much news for you.
! We have just finished assisting
' District Cooperator George Felton
! in constructing a farm pond on
' the Mossy Hill Fruit Farm south
‘ of Perry. The pond will impound
' water for livestock and will be
‘ stocked with Bream and Bass for
; fish production.
Have assisted District Coopera
tor J. E. Eason in developing a
' Complete Soil and Water Conser
vation Plan on his recently ac
-1 quired farm near Elko. Also as
’ sisted Mr. Jake in revising and
* bringing up-to-date the Conserva
-1 tion Plan on another of his farms
near Elko. On this farm Mr. Eason
has over a hundred acres of Soil
’ 1 Bank pines planted some four
’ years ago that are making excel
lent growth. He has almost a per
fect stand.
Today, Jimmy Abrams of the
Grovania community completed
the excavation of some 1600 linear
feet of trapezoidal drainage ditch
es on his farm east of Grovania.
It was our pleasure to assist Jim
my in planning, designing and con
structing these ditches. They will
provide good drainage for some
ten acres of land that can now be
better utilized in the farm pro
i gram.
SALE OF LAND
Georgia, Houston County
Whereas, heretofore on June
12, 1959, Earnest Q. Green and
Katie P. Green did execute to
Aiken Loan and Security Com
pany, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of South
Carolina, a certain security deed
which is of record in Deed Book
139, page 533, Clerk’s Office, Hous
ton Superior Court, transferred
and assigned by Aiken Loan and
Security Company to Teachers In
surance and Annuity Association
of America by instrument dated
August 26, 1959 which is of record
in Deed Book 143, page 82, Clerk’s
Office, Houston Superior Court, on
the following described property,
to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in Land Lot 191,
Fifth Land District of Houston
County, Georgia, being known and
designated as Lot 13, Block “B”,
according to a re-subdivision of aj
portion of Lewis Highlands Addi-|
tion Subdivision, as shown by plat
of survey of said re-subdivision
prepared by Theodore W. Waddle, I
Registered Surveyor No. 924, da-]
ted April 10, 1958, which is record
ed in Map Book 5, page 60, Clerk’s
Office, Houston Superior Court.
ALSO one 40 gallon electric wa
ter heater.
The said security deed was given
initially to secure a promissory
note of even date therewith which
was in the amount of $14,200.00
which was due and payable be- s
ginning August 1, 1959 and bear
ing interest at the rate of 5V4 per
cent per annum on the unpaid
balance.
Whereas, the aforementioned
note has become in default the
undersigned has declared the en
tire amount of said indebtedness
due and payable in accordance
with the terms of said deed and
1 the note secured thereby; and pur-i
suant to the power of sale con-1
tained in said deed, there will be
sold by the undersigned at public
outcry' before the courthouse door
of Houston County, Georgia on the
first Tuesday in November, 1961,
same being November 7, 1961,
within the legal hours of sale, to
the highest bidder for cash, the
above described property. The pro
ceeds from said sale will be used
and applied as provided in said
deed to secure debt and under
terms of law.
This the 2nd day of October,
1961.
TEACHERS INSURANCE &
ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA
As Attorney in Fact for
Earnest Q. Green and Katie
P. Green
Wisse & Spencer,
Attorneys at Law
Warner Robins, Georgia
4tc. 10-12.
NOTICE
Georgia, Houston County
Court of Ordinary.
The appraisers upon applica
tion of Eunice Wilson, widow of
Sam Wilson, for a twelve months’
support for herself and one min
or child, having filed their re
turn; all persons concerned here
by are cited to show cause, if any
they have, at the next regular
November term of this court
why said application should not
be granted.
LAMAR E. CHRISTOPHER
Ordinary, Houston County,
Georgia.
Nunn, Aultman, Hulbert & Buice
Attorneys 4 tc 10.12
HENDERSON NEWS
BY PAT RAGAN
Mr. and Mrs. Denver Pickard,
Donnie and Shelia visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Chambley in Montezu
ma, Sunday.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Dean Martin and children,
Darreyl, Neal and Stephen visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Wynne and Mike Saturday.
• * *
Rev. W. K. Hollis Jr. of La-
Grange filled the pulpit at the
Henderson Baptist Church Sunday.
• * *
Mrs. F. G. Thornton and Mrs.
Ella Thornton visited the J. F.
Corn Family over the weekend.
* * ♦
Mrs. Levin Pearce visited her
brother, who is a patient in an
Augusta hospital Sunday.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Thames an
nounce the birth of a son, Ted
Russell Thames Jr. October 7 at
the Riverside Hospital in Monte
zuma.
* * ♦
Mrs. Aubrey Farr Jr. visited the
Aubrey Farr family Saturday.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Whitworth
had as their guests, Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Thames and fam
ily of Fort Valley, Mr. and Mrs.
Willard Thames of Cochran Field,
Mrs. Thomas Pearce and son of
Centerville, Mrs. Bobby Avera and
Cindy and Mrs. Wesley Johnson.
♦ * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Gregory
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
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Tolbert and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Glance and family in Macon,
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Thames and
family attended a birthday dinner
j honoring Mrs. Morris Thames at
1 the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
' j Thames Sunday.
* * ♦
The Junior Class had a party
, Saturday afternoon at the home
1 of Maida Ragan. Those attending
■ were Beverley Knight, Donnie
Pickard, Nell Bivins, Kenneth, Fa
rise and Joyce Ragan, Billy Ker
• sey, Barbara Corn and Maida Ra
! gan.
Book on Bulldogs
Released by Martin
Charles E. Martin, who has made
• his home in Athens since gradua
i ting from the University in 1908
and who now lives in nearby By
ron, is making deliveries of his
■ book, “I’ve Seen ’Em All,” which
I carries accounts of his record of
; having seen every Georgia foot
■ ball game played in Athens and
every Georgia-Tech game for the
past half century.
Charlie’s accounts cover not on
ly highlights of many of Georgia’s
great grid battles but relates in
-1 teresting memories, observations
• and experiences of his long career
■ as a Georgia football fan and
■ booster. Scores of old grid players
, will find their feats recorded in
f his book while it is a treasure in
I that most every conceivable Red
and Black record is to be found.
Orders for autographed copies
r may be sent to him at Byron, Ga.
The price is $2.50, postpaid.
Now, even near neighbors mail us their deposits
and transact other business via Uncle Sam. Saves
them time —carfare —gasoline—and gets the
same prompt attention as a personal visit.
Call when convenient. Write us any timel
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