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-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 26, 1994
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Calendar
of events
The Masons of Houston
Lodge No. 35 F&AM, Perry
(Thomas Fast, secretary, 987-2376)
meets every second and fourth
Monday night of each month at the
Masonic Building, Jemigan Street.
Meals are served at a nominal
charge beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Regular meetings begin at 7:30
p.m. All member Master Masons
and visiting brethren are welcomed.
Perry High Booster Club:
Meets every 2nd Monday of each
month at Perry High School at
7:30 p.m.
Houston Drug Action
Council (HODAC): A free
rape support group is now being
formed. The group will begin
meeting on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at
Houston Drug Action Council,
2762 Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins. (Next to Warner Robins
Supply) Those interested in
attending please call 953-5675.
Family members are welcome.
Sponsored by HODAC's Rape
Crisis Program. Free, professional
counseling is available for victims
of rape and their families at
HODAC.
American Legion, Robert D.
Collins Post 24 meets the first
Monday night of each month at the
County Ag Building at 733 Carroll
Street. Meals are served beginning
at 7 p.m. All American Legion
members are urged to attend and
visiting Legionaries are welcome.
Houston County Retired
Teachers: Every 2nd Wednesday
of the month the Houston County
Retired Teachers meet at 11:30 a.m.
at the Holiday Inn in Warner
Robins.
Perry Rotary Club meets
each Monday at noon at the New
Perry Hotel.
The Perry Evening
Optimist Club meets the first
and third Thursday of each month at
Denny's.
Perry Exchange Club meets
each Thursday at Quincy's at noon.
Ochlahatchee Park will be
holding registriation for girls
and boys baseball and softball every
Saturday in February from 9 a.m.
tntil 2 p.m. at the clubhouse.
Meetings for parents, coaches and
volunteers are held every Monday
night at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse.
For more information, contact
David Knowles (987-2820).
The Perry Wilderness
Society meets at 6:30 p.m. on the
first Thursday of each month at the
Perry United Methodist Church
located at 1001 Carroll Street in
Perry. Newcomers are welcome.
Wednesday, Jan. 26:
Hospital Authority Session II
meeting in Perry 5:30 p.m. Wed.,
Jan. 26, 1994.
Thursday, Jan. 27: The
Board of Directors of the Houston
County Development Authority
will hold its regular meeting on
Thursday, Jan. 27, 1994 at 10:30
a.m. The meeting will be held at
the Advanced Technology
Development Center in Warner
Robins. Please make sure that you
RSVP (953-5407) by 12 noon on
Wednesday, Jan. 26 if you plan to
attend.
Friday, Jan. 28: Sweet
Heart Dance: The Houston
County American Heart
Association will be holding a 50’s
and 60's Sweet Heart Dance on
Friday, Jan. 28, 1994 at the Agri
Center in Perry. Featuring 'The
Tams with 14 Karat Gold Band' and
'The Grapevine' from Macon.
Bring your own favorite food and
beverage. Doors open 6:30 p.m.
Music 7:30-12:30 a.m. $l6O per
table (a tax deductible contribution)
4 couples per table; S4O per
couple; S2O single. Call 987-1681
or 743-5455 for more tickets.
Sponsored by WMAZ AM 940-
Oldies 99.1 Ways, CB&T Bank of
Middle Georgia, Perry Hospital,
Toyota On The Parkway and the
Warner Robins Trust Company
Bank of Middle Georgia.
January 28, 29 & 30:
Collectibles Show: Coins,
stamps, sports cards, old picture
postcards, etc. will be held at the
Macon Coliseum Jan. 28th from
noon to 6 p.m.; Jan. 29th from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Jan. 30th from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is
free. Free appraisals, free exhibits.
BUY*SELL*TRADE. Nominal
parking fee. Sponsored by Middle
Georgia Coin Club, Inc.
Saturday, Jan. 29: The
Calvary Quartet from Columbus
will be singing at the Perry Free
Will Baptist Church in Perry on
Saturday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. at 1964
Marshallville Rd. We invite all to
attend this night of gospel singing.
A love offering will be taken. For
information call 987-8068 or 987-
3302.
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To have an event listed
in the local calendar,
call 987-1823 and
ask for Melanie. .
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Members of the Perry Rotary Club's Board of Directors Includes Eddie Wilson, front
left, Rob Tuggle, John Smalley, Skip Dawkins, Mike Gray, back left, Kim Mullins,
Mike Kinsley and Phil Smith.
Rotary Club founded on
fellowship, helping others
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
With January being National
Rotary Awareness Month the local
club "wants everyone to know what
Rotary is all about.
"Locally the club does a lot of
good for the community, but we
also participate in Rotary projects
that help people state-wide, nation
wide and on an international level,"
according to Perry Rotary President
Skip Dawkins.
"One of our primary goals is to
help those less fortunate than others
all around the world," he added.
Perry Rotary Club was formed
in 1967. Twenty seven charter
members, including current mem
bers Harold Jennings and Gene
Smith were presented a charter for
the club by then District 692
Governor Thomas E. Wilheit on
March 13. Smith served as the first
club president.
Charter members of the club
were Milton Beckham, W.F.
Bledsoe, Lewis Bledsoe, Stewart
Bloodworth, Bobby Branch, W.G.
Ethridge, Horace Evans, W.G.
Gray, Harold Green, Hugh Hill,
Harold Jennings, Aldene Lassiter,
Norman Parker, Hobart Richards,
J.F. Rozar, Frank Russo, Frank
Ruzza, H.E. Smith, Rev. J.B.
Smith, H. J. Stefanini, T.R.
Tolleson, Mel Tolleson, Ed
Warren, Roy H. Watson Jr., Dr.
H.E. Weems, Allen Whipple and
W.A. Whitehurst.
Under the leadership of President
Dr. Horatio Cabasares, the club in
ducted its first female member,
Shelley Howard, during the 1988—
89 club year.
Currently under the leadership of
District 6920 Governor J. Frank
Moore, there are 52 members in the
Help with
heating bills
is available
Low-income Georgians,
particularly elderly and disabled
people and families with small
children, can apply for help paying
their home heating bills.
County Department of Family
and Children Services and
Community Action Agencies
should be contacted for information
on where to apply for assistance.
The Georgia Department of
Human Resources will help pay
heating cost for gas, electricity,
wood, coal or kerosene, says Jim
Brophy, Director of Middle Georgia
Community Action Agency. One
time payments will be made
primarily by checks issued to home
energy suppliers on behalf of
eligible households. Under certain
conditions, direct payment will be
made to eligible households. The
one-time payments are expected to
average $173.
Eligibility for the program is
. based on the income of all members
of the household. All eligible
households must be responsible for
their home heating costs.
When applying for assistance,
persons must bring proof of income
for all household members who
have had income in the last 30
days. This can be a paycheck stub,
unemployment benefits, award
letter regarding public assistance,
social security, etc. Applicants
must also bring the social security
number for each person in the
household who has income and the
most recent home heating bill or
documentation of prior month's rent
if the household's fuel cost are
included in the rent.
Perry club. Officers include
President Dawkins, Vice President
John Smalley, Secretary/Treasurer
Mike Gray, Sergeant-At-Arms
Elwood Waites and Past President
Floyd Gregory.
The club meets every Monday at
the New Perry Hotel. Attendance is
stressed and quality programs are
provided each week.
"Although we meet each week in
our suits for lunch, Rotary also
gives businessmen and women an
opportunity to 'take their ties off
and become a real part of the com
munity," Dawkins added.
And their community activities
are many. Just a few areas in which
they serve includes participation at
Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival, the
Georgia National Fair, holding yard
sales each year to raise funds and
sponsoring Career Day at Perry
High School. The club also sup
ports Rotary programs by co-spon
soring a Georgia Rotary Student
with the Warner Robins Rotary
Club and contributing funds to
Rotary Foundation.
The club will be holding a char
ity golf tournament to raise funds
for Rotary Foundation which is the
main vehicle which facilitates
Rotary's service to others around
the world. The foundation provides
Rotarians given opportunities to help others
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
Local Rotarians will have plenty
of chances in the upcoming weeks
to support their local community
and Rotary Foundation
International.
On Saturday, Jan. 29 members
are encouraged to "get their hands
dirty" at the Roost during a clean
up day. The event begins at 1 p.m.
Contact Jim Sexton for more de
tails.
Also Saturday is the Pine Wood
Derby. Larry Sayre needs judges for
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American students an opportunity
to study abroad, provides relief to
victims of floods, storms and other
disasters and also provides medical
care and food for those who are un
able to provide for themselves.
One goal the club is currently
working on is a bid to host the
1995 Rotary District Convention.
The objective of Rotary is "to
encourage and foster the ideal of
service as a basis of worthy enter
prise and, in particular, to encour
age and foster
•The development of acquain
tance as an opportunity for service;
•High ethical standards in busi
ness and profession; the recognition
of the worthiness of all useful oc
cupations; and the dignifying of
each Rotarian of his occupation as
an opportunity to serve society;
•The application of the ideal of
service by every Rotarian to his
personal, business and community
life;
•The advancement of interna
tional understanding, good will and
peace through a world fellowship of
business and professionals united in
the ideal of service.”
Founded in Chicago, 111., in
1905, Rotary is the first and most
international of the world's service
clubs.
the annual Cub Scout event.
Jack Witty is chairman of the
annual charity Rotary Golf
Tournament to be held in lieu of a
regular club meeting Monday,
March 7 at Perry Country Club. A
tax deductible fee of $65 is required.
Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.
and a shotgun start is scheduled for
1 p.m. Prizes will be given and all
money raised will be contributed to
Rotary Foundadon Internadonal.
Contact Witty or President Skip
Dawkins for a sign-up sheet
Red tape...
Resident whose car was stolen,
wrecked in chase appeals for help
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Three months after having his
vehicle stolen in an escape attempt,
Kathleen resident Bill Shubert
might be left with the bill. The ve
hicle was totaled in a crash after a
high speed chase through Houston
and Twiggs County.
Houston County Commission
Chairman Sherrill Stafford told
Shubert and his attorney, Charles
Bond, Monday night, Jan. 24, that
the county's insurance carrier, Hart
ford, would rule that the county had
no liability in the accident. The
negative ruling would mean that the
county, nor its insurance company,
would pay for Shubert's vehicle.
On Oct. 26, 1993, two inmates
from the Houston County Correc
tional Institute, Christopher James
McDonald and Elmer Paul Hamil
ton, escaped through a fence in the
back of a chapel. Shortly after they
escaped from the county jail, the
inmates stole Shubert's white Pon
tiac 6000.
A high speed chase ensued east
on Highway 96. At the intersection
of Highways 96 and 87 in Twiggs
County, east of the Ocmulgee
River, Hamilton lost control of the
vehicle. McDonald sustained seri
ous head injuries, from which he
late: died.
Shubert filed a claim with Hous
ton County for the value of his ve
hicle, which was totaled in the
Twiggs County accident
"Jimmy Walker (an agent with
McNeal Insurance Agency) said to
us today that we would get an an
swer that says, 740,'" said Stafford
to Shubert. "There is no legal re
sponsibility on the part of the in
surance company."
However, the county has not yet
received the official determination
from its insurance carrier, said
Harold Wilson, director of person
nel for Houston County, Tuesday
morning. "There are no letters or
anything official," said Wilson.
An inquiry to McNeal Insurance
Agency was referred to Wilson.
"The county attorney's office
recommends that the county com
mission follow along with what the
Councilman announces
personal appointments
After being administered the oath
of office, recendy re-elected Perry
City Councilman Ralph Gentry an
nounced his personal appointments
to authorities, commissions and
boards during the council's regular
meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Those appointments are as fol
lows:
•John H. Houser to Board of
Adjustments & Appeals.
•Joan Dorsett to Perry
Beautification Commission.
•Anna Pritchett to Perry Library
Board.
•Bill Hafley to Perry Clean
Community Commission.
•Robert Brown to Perry Planning
& Zoning Commission.
•Richard Erwin to Perry
Recreation Commission.
insurance company says," said Ton
Hall, county attorney for Houston
County.
Stafford asked if the county
commission could vote to pay the
claim even if the insurance com
pany ruled there was no liability.
Mike Long, county attorney,
said that the county could be in vio
lation of its contract with Hartford
and McNeal Insurance if it voted to
pay the claim after a decision was
reached that there was no liability.
He noted the contract required the
county to cooperate with the insur
ance agency.
Long also added that paying the
claim in spite of a finding by the
insurance company that the county
had no liability could set up a
precedent for the county in future
cases. "Bottom line," he said, "the
county has governmental immu
nity."
"I would like to start riding
again," said Shubert, who said that
he would be willing to take an im
pounded vehicle in exchange for his
vehicle which was lost in the
escape attempt.
"Legally," responded Stafford,
"we can't do what you asked us to
do."
"I'm thinking that we are going
to have to litigate the issue," said
Bond. "Bill (Shubert) does not want
to have to do this."
Bond said that the county might
not have an obligation to pay, but
that Monday night's meeting was
not the "time or place to argue" the
issue. "When is it the wrong time
to do the right thing?" Bond asked.
As for the concern that settling
with Shubert could produce an ad
verse precedent for the county, Bond
said the settlement could include a
release from liability. "We believe
he (Shubert) does have a valid claim
here," said Bond.
"We are trying to do what's right
in the eyes of our constituency,"
said Commissioner Calvin Maye.
"The best I know how to do it is to
abide by our (county) attorney's de
cision."
"I don't see why I should be pun
ished," replied Shubert
•John Slezak to the Perry Area
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Authority.
In service
Air Force Airman Larry K.
Kinney has graduated from the
automatic tracking radar specialist
course at Keesler Air Force Base in
Biloxi, Miss.
Graduates learned the operation,
maintenance, and repair of radar
equipment. Included were electronic
principles, circuit analysis, testing,
and troubleshooting.
Upon graduation, Kinney arrived
for duty at Elgin Air Force Base in
Valparaiso, Fla
Kinney is the son of Lynne M.
and Robert A. Andrews of Perry.
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