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Staples Appointed
As Advisor of New
Insurance Company
Eric P. Staples of Perry, prom
inent Georgia educator, has been
named advisor to the president of
Bankers Securities Corporation of
Georgia in Atlanta, according to
an announcement made here to
day. He is also assisting with the
organization of the school division
of the firm’s new life insurance
company which was recently char
tered.
A life-long resident of Georgia,
Mr. Staples attended public
schools in his native Carrollton
prior to entering Bowden State
College. He later attended the
University of Georgia and Mer
cer University, and passed the
Georgia Bar in 1936.
For the past 22 years, he has
been connected with the Perry
School System. He served as High
School Principal and Coach for
three years before assuming the
office of Superintendent of the
Perry Consolidated Schools in
1939. He was previously connect
ed with both Bowden and Talla
poosa High Schools as principal
and coach.
Mr. Staples has been prominent
in state educational activities for
many years. He is a vice president
and member of the board of di
rectors of GEA and is also a mem
ber of the Association’s Public
Relations Committee. He is Presi
dent and a Director of the Geor
gia High School Association in the
Third District, a Director of the
Georgia High School Coaches As
sociation and, in 1947, was named
Basketball Coach of the year for
the State of Georgia.
He is an active civic and youth
leader and was the first Perry
citizen to receive the DAE Award
of Merit for outstanding contri
butions to the lives of young peo
ple.
In discussing the plans of Bank
ers Securities Corporation, Mr.
Staples pointed out the definite
need for another Georgia owned
and operated life insurance com
pany, and quoted the most recent
figures available from the annual
report of the Insurance Commis
sioners of Georgia to attest this
fact. These figures indicate that
over 90 percent of the ordinary
and group insurance premium dol
lars paid by Georgians in one year
were paid to out of state insurance
companies. This figure amounts to j
$73,069,844,25 as compared to
$7,440,042.58 collected by Domes
tic Companies.
Mr. Staples stated that the cor
poration plans to raise a minimum
of $500,000 through stock sub
scription. At this date, he said, ap
proximately 500 prominent Geor
gians have already subscribed to
$330,000 of the corporation stock,
and the firm is ready to apply to
the state insurance commissioner
for a license to begin writing in
surance.
The firm is headed by Roy E.
Smith, widely known Atlanta in
surance executive who has had
extensive experience in the life
insurance business.
Mr. Staples said his connection
with the insurance company is
strictly in an advisory capacity
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and would in no way affect his
position as principal of Perry
High School.
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: PETITION TO CHANGE NAME
i Georgia, Houston County,
. To All Whom It May Concern:
Take notice that Mrs. Barbara
1 A. Dekalb has filed in Houston
Superior Court petition asking
; for the changing of the name of
• her son, “LEON WHEELER
TROWBRIDGE” now 6 years of
. age, to that of “ROBERT WAYNE
. DeKALB”. All interested persons
. take notice and any objections to
. the changing of the name of said
. child should be filed with the
i Clerk of Superior Court, Houston
. County, Georgia, on or before the
, Third Monday of August, 1955.
1 Notice given this June 24, 1955.
MRS. BARBARA A. DeKALB
Petitioner
G. L. HATTAWAY
Attorney for Petitioner
P. O. Address
Warner Robins, Ga. 4tp 6-30
AN ORDINANCE
An Ordinance to provide for the
Licensing of Gasoline Propelled
Motor Vehicles by the City of Per
ry, Georgia; to provide for the
purchase and display of license
tags by the owners or drivers of
gasoline propelled motor vehicles
in the City of Perry; to provide
for the issuance of license tags for
such gasoline propelled motor ve
hicles by the city of Perry; to pro
vide for the transfer of such li
cense tags with the sale and trans
fer of such gasoline propelled mo
tor vehicles; to provide a penalty
for the failure or refusal of the
owners or drivers of such vehicles
Jto purchase and display license
1 tags; and for other purposes.
SECTION ONE: Be it ordained
by the Mayor and Council of the
City of Perry, Georgia, and it is
hereby ordained by said authority
that for the calendar year 1955
and each year thereafter each
owner, operator, or driver of a
gasoline propelled motor vehicle,
residing in the City of Perry,
Georgia, shall, before operating
said vehicle upon the streets,
lanes, alleys, roads, or thorofares
of City of Perry, purchase from
Said City of Perry a city license
tag, and shall at all times have
same affixed to such vehicle in a
prominent place so that same is
easily visible from the exterior
of such vehicle. And, there is here
by levied a license tax on such ve
hicles owned, operated or driven
by residents of said City of Perry,
same to be paid by the owners,
operators, or drivers of such vehi
cles, in the following amount: For
each such vehicle the sum of One
Dollar ($1.00) for each calendar
year that such vehicle is owned, i
kept, or driven within the City
limits of the City of Perry.
SECTION TWO: For the pur
pose of this Ordinance a person
or owner of the vehicle covered
hereby shall include all individ
uals, firms, businesses, partner
ships, and-or corporations; and
residents as herein referred to
shall include all persons or own
ers, as herein defined, living in,
or doing business within the cor
porate limits of the Citv of Perry.
SECTION THREE: It shall be the
duty of every owner or driver of
any such gasoline propelled motor
vehicle operated or to be operated
within the corporate limits of the
City of Perry and-or the drivers
of such vehicles to register such
vehicle or vehicles so owned and
or operated with the City Clerk of
the City of Perry on or before the
fifteenth day of July of the year
1955 and on or before the first
day of April of each year thereaf
ter and to pay to said City Clerk
of the City of Perry the said li
cense fee of One Dollar ($1.00)
as herein provided.
In the event such owner and-or
driver of such motor vehicle shall
fail to register such vehicle and
pay such license fee prior to July
15, 1955, and prior to April 1 of
each of the years thereafter, a li
cense fee of Two Dollars ($2.00)
shall be paid by each owner and-or
driver of such vehicle after July
15, 1955, andafter April 1 of each
of the years thereafter; providing
such penalty shall not apply to
owners and-or operators of such
vehicles when such vehicles shall
have been acquired after July 15,
1955, and after April 1, of each
year thereafter.
SECTION FOUR: The license
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tags herein provided for shall be
transferable with the transfer of
ownership of such gasoline pro
pelled motor vehicles; provided
that the new owner of such vehi
cle to whom same has been sold or
transferred shall register the fact
of such new ownership with the
City Clerk of the City of Perry to
gether with the number of the city
license tag attached to such vehi
cle.
SECTION FIVE: It shall be and
is hereby made the duty of the
City Clerk of the City of Perry to
procure suitable metal tags, with
a number and the words “Perry,
Georgia” and the year for which
same Is to be issued, and to keep
them for sale at the City Hall in
said City of Perry. Said City Clerk
shall maintain a record book and
keep a record of the vehicle and
the number of the license tag is
sued for such vehicle.
SECTION SIX: The provisions of
this Ordinance shall not apply to
owners of such vehicles residing
outside the corporate limits of
said City of Perry nor to such ve
hicles owned by persons residing
outside the corporate limits of
said City of Perry.
SECTION SEVEN: That it shall
be unlawful, and a violation of
this Ordinance, for any person to
operate on the streets, lanes, al
leys, roads or thorofares of said
City of Perry after July 15, 1955,
without having registered such
motor vehicle as herein provided
and without having purchased and
having attached to such vehicle
a license tag as herein provided
for; and it shall be unlawful, and
a violation of this Ordinance, for
any person to operate any such
vehicle on the streets, lanes, al-
c I Thompson to Coach
At Unadilla School
Herschel Thompson, graduate of
, Georgia Teachers College, States
. boro, and son of Mr. and Mrs.
r Harry V. Thompson of Perry, has
■ been appointed as teacher and
I coach of Unadilla High School.
, Mr. Thompson, a graduate of
> Perry High School, will take up
1 his new duties in September. He
J was an outstanding student and
, athlete in high school and college.
i
| leys, roads or thorofares of said
, City of Perry after April 1, 1956,
. and succeeding years without hav
ing registered such motor vehicle
f as herein provided and without
, having purchased and having at
, tached to such vehicle a license
c tag as herein provided for.
; SECTION EIGHT; Any person
, guilty of the violation of this Or
; dinance shall be punished within
the limits of the Charter of the
i City of Perry, as amended.
S SECTION NINE: Be it further
, ordained by the authority afore
said that all ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance shall be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Approved this 7th day of June,
1955.
ATTEST
STANLEY E. SMITH Jr.
Mayor
MRS. H. D. GORDY
City Clerk
3tp 6-16
The Houston Home Journal, Perry, Ga., Thurs., June 30, 1955
WILL YOU BE ONE OF THE NINE TO DIE
IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS ON WEEKEND?
If you are planning to travel
over the Fourth of July, a special
caution has been issued by Colonel
W. C. Dominy, head of the Geor
gia State Patrol.
“It will be a three-day weekend
this year, so traffic will be heavy,”
Colonel Dominy states, “and as
usual, travellers will be in a holi
day mood, many of them trying
to cram four days’ pleasure into
the three-day period. With the 4th
falling on Monday, a longer holi
day period means greater danger
to the motorist and pedestrian
on our streets and highways.”
The State Patrol, cooperating
with law enforcement agencies
throughout the state, will make
an all-out effort to see that traffic
accidents will not mar this year's
Independence Day celebration. Ev
ery available member of the en
tire Department of Public Safety
will be on duty to protect law
abiding citizens and apprehend
those who endanger the lives and
property of others.
"Make courtesy your code of the
road,” Colonel Dominy urged. “A
driver who insists on taking more
/
1 than his share of the road is invit
l ing trouble. If you exercise cour
l tesy, you will be surprised to find
■ that other drivers will return your
courtesy almost every time,” the
Patrol chief stated.
Last year during the 4th of July
; period, 14 persons were killed in
Georgia traffic accidents, half of
these occurring on Saturday. 155
persons were injured during the
same holiday weekend in 434 ac
cidents. There was an economic
loss to the state of nearly one
million dollars.
From the present trend of a 9
percent reduction in traffic deaths
so far this year, it is expected that
13 persons will die over the com
ing 4th of July holiday season.
The Patrol strongly warns a
gainst trying to cover too many
miles in too short a time, driving
at speeds too fast for conditions,
driving while drinking and while
tired. Don’t be a Fourth of July
traffic statistic.
For making com silage, the
corn should toe cut when the ker
nels are in the early dough stage.