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home JOURNAL, PERRY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 19. 19S1
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JUDGE A. M. ANDERSON
Judge A. M. (Phil) Anderson
has done an outstanding job as
judge of the superior courts of
the Macon Judicial* Circuit.
Judge “Phil” was born at Myr
tle, half-way between Perry and
Fort Valley and he has been in
public life as mayor of Perry,
secretary of the State Prison and
Parole Board and judge of the
superior courts since he was grad
uated from Mercer a “few” years
ago.
He was graduated from Perry
High School, attended Emory
University and was graduated
from the Mercer law school.
In races for the judgeship, he
has won over opponents from
Bibb county, where the vote is
concentrated, with apparent ease.
Judge Anderson is a member
of the Methodist Church, the
Farm Bureau, former commander
of the American Legion Post
here, and active in about every
civic undertaking in Perry and
his circuit. He is widely known
as a speaker and can call the
names of most of the citizens of
the counties in his circuit. He has
seen the work of the circuit quad
ruple in the last few years, be
cause of the growth of ,Macon,
birth of Warner Robins and the
growth of other communities.
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TOMMIE S. HUNT
Tommie S. Hunt, a native and
lifelong resident of Houston coun
ty. is the clerk of the Superior
Court of Houston county.
He has bfeen in the present
position for nine years. He has
K ver held a public office before
1 ' king his present job.
His office is the record center
el all civil and criminal case? in
Superior Court, and of deeds,
mortgages, notes and other real
' fate and property transfers.
Mr. Hunt is a member of the
Hiwanis Club and the Farm Bu
real.
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E. W. MARSHALL
W. Marshall is the man who
lax receiver, listens to you:
' °rt of the property you owr
then asks you to sign on the
te d line at the bottom of the
re turn.
h* e has held this office for the
1 1 last 14 years and has held no oth-
I er public offices.
I; Mr. Marshall was born at
I Wellston, now Warner Robins,
and has lived in Houston county
all his life.
He is a member of the Method
ist Church, the Farm Bureau, the
American Legion, the V.F.W., a
33rd Degree Mason and a Shrin
, er.
He is known to almost every
one as “Gene.”
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JUDGE MALLORY ATKINSON
Judge Mallory C. Atkinson,
one of the judges of the Superior
Court of the Macon Judicial Cir-:
cuit, has become a popular judge
during the six years he has come
to Perry for court sessions.
Judge Atkinson was born in
Coweta county and has lived in
Macon for the last 20 years. He
practiced law in Macon before
winning election to the superior
court bench.
Judge Atkinson is a member of
the Methodist Church, a Scottish |
Rite Mason, a member of the s
state and local bar associations,
the Macon Lions Club, of which J
he was president in the past, and 1
a member of the Bibb county
board of education.
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J. LAWRENCE HUNT
J. Lawrence Hunt is the new
clerk of the Houston County
Board of Commissioners and cus-1
todian of the new courthouse. He
has he 1 d the new position since
March 1. 1950.
Mr. Hunt, before becoming a
:ounty officer, was administra-1
tive officer of the Production and
Marketing Adminitsration for
Houston county for several years, j
He is a lifelong resident of this.
county.
Mr. Hunt is a member of the j
American Legion, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the Masonic Lodge,
the W.0.W., Andrew Chapel
Methodist church and the Farm
Bureau.
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MRS. AURELIA C. EVANS
Mrs. Aurelia Cooper Evans has
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i County Department of Public
Welfare for the last nine and a
half years. Before becoming di
rector, she was a welfare worker
in the county for a year and a
half.
Mrs. Evans is a native of Hous
ton county and has lived here all
of her life. She was a member of
the Perry High School faculty
! for nine years.
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W. T. MIDDLEBROOKS
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W. T. Middlebrooks has served |
Houston county as the county ag- j
We Have Grown With Perry And
Houston County For 34 Years
The Home of Dodge and Plymouth
and Goodyear Tires
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McLendon Auto Co.
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Congratulates The Home Journal
ON 80 YEARS of CONTINUOUS SERVICE
To Houston County:
May We All See This Great County Continue
To Prosper
—Calvin E. McLendon
McLENDON AUTO COMPANY
DODGE and PLYMOUTH
Trucks & Cars Sales & Service
ricultural agent for the last 16
years.
Mr. was born in
Newton county. He has served as
county agent in Washington
county for 4 years and of Screven
county for 5 years. He holds a
Distinguished Service Award
from the National County Agent’s
Association) for 25 years of serv
ice.
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SHERIFF CHAPMAN
Sheriff C. C. Chapman of Hous
| ton county has been wearing a
j law enforcement’s badge for the
last 24 years.
The sheriff is a native of Ma
con county but has lived in Perry
and Houston county for more
than 25 years. He came to this
county in the sawmill business
and later operated a service sta
tion.
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MISS FLORINE RAINEY
(Miss Florine C. Rainey, tax
collector of Houston County, has
been in the county’s service for
many years but only during the
last 3 years and nine mnoths
has she held an elective position.
(She is a life-long resident of
Houston county. She is a member
of the Methodist Church, the
Wesleyan Service Guild, the
Houston Farm Bureau and the
County Officers’ Association of
Georgia.
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JOHN L. HODGES
John L. Hodges is the judge of
the Court of Ordinary, which
handles vital statistics, marriage
licenses, administration of estates
and other matters.
Judge Hodges has held the po
sition of ordinary since 1931. He
is a native of Perry and has been
a resident of the city except for
a few years in Atlanta and Birm
ingham, Ala. He is the son of
the late John Hicks Hodges, who
was editor and publisher of The
Houston Home Journal for more
than a quarter of a century.
First Board
Os Education
Is Listed
The bill providing for the first
establishment and maintenance
of two public schools in and for
the town of Perry—one for the
white children and one for the
colored children —was introduced
in the Georgia Legislature by
Hon. R. N. Holtzclaw.
It provided that the manage
| menl of these schools was to be
placed in the hands of a board of
education composed of C. F.
Cooper, F. M. Houser, E. S. Wel
lons, L. S. Tounsley, E. M. Fuller,
R. N. Holtzclaw and the Mayor of
the Town, according to The Home
Journal issue of July 25, 1889.
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