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@A PRIZE WINNING
GEORGIA NEWSPAPER
FOUR STATE AWARDS
VOL 88 N 0; 29 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1958 ESTABLISHED 1870
Petitioners for Election
For County Setup Change
Are Stalled Temporarily
The question of whether Hous
ton county residents will get a
chance to choose the form of gov
ernment they want and zone the
county for the election of commis
sioners remained a mystery this
week.
State Senator Charlie L. Wil
liams and Rep. Herman Watson,
with the aid of County Attorney
D. P. Hulbert, went to considera
ble trouble last January to get a
bill passed by the general asembly
to clarify the form of county gov
ernment and set up two zones for
county commissioner elections,
with three to be elected from the
northern part of the county and
two from the southern part.
The bill provided for a special
election to be called by the ordin
ary if 20 per cent of the county’s
registered voters signed a petition
asking for an election. This would
amount to about 1,550 names.
Where Are Petitions
It is understood that the requir
ed number have signed the peti
tions which have been circulated
through the county, but the loca
tion of the petitions appeared to be
a mystery. Petitions containing
about 400 names were known to be
in the courthouse, but there are
several copies the location of
which is not known.
It is reported that all five com
missioners in January agreed to
support the petition and have the
election go through. However, it is
now reported that the three War
ner Robins commissioners—Chair- j
man W. H. Rape, Paul Stalnakerl
and Homer J. Walker Jr.—have
decided that there is a quirk in the
bill which would virtually assure
the re-election of Jake E. Eason of
Elko and at the same time reduce
the chances of Commissioner Wal
ker for re-election.
Under the bill passed by the
assembly, the ordinary would be
required to call an election within
30 days after he verified that the
proper number of qualified voters
had signed the petitions. This
could mean that the special elec
tion would be held before the Sept.
10 county primary. If the bill were
approved in the special election,
it would mean that Mr. Eason
would be unopposed for the post
from the southern part of the coun
ty, because all of his four oppon
ents are from the northern part of
the county.
Two Top Would Win
If the bill were not approved by
the voters, the two top men among
the five candidates would be elec
ted.
The candidates, in addition to
Mr. Eason and Mr. Walker, the in
cumbents, are Claude Watson and
Dr. W. E. McEver of Warner Ro
bins and Wyatt Kersey of Kath
leen.
It is understood that Mr. Walker
figures he has a better chance of
election in an open, five-man race
than in a race against four men
from his section of the county. He
is being supported by Commission
ers Stalnaker, Rape and Eason in
his bid for re-election, according
to reports, and therefore they are
delaying the presentation of the
petition to Judge John L. Hodges, 1
AIRMAN R. E. BARRY
TWO PERRY AIRMEN UNDERGO TRAINING
IN TEXAS FOR AIR NATIONAL GUARD
LACKLAND AFB, TEX. —Air
man Wesley R. Tabor, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis W. Tabor of RED
1. Perry, Ga. and Airman Richard
E. Barry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
bur W. Barry, 419 Gordy St., Per
ry, are undergoing the basic mili
tary training course for Air Nation
al Guardsmen here.
They will return to their home
ANG unit upon completion of their
training.
Airman Tabor is a graduate of
Houston journal
ordinary.
Mr. Hodges said he will call the
election if the petition is present
ed to him and he verifies that the
proper number of registered voters
have signed it.
It is said that Mr. Eason is hav
ing a hard time deciding whether
to support the special election ef
fort or not. If the voters approved
the bill he would be the official
nominee because he is the only
candidate from the southern part
of the county. But if he supports
it, he may lose the vote-getting sup
port from the three Warner Robins
I commissioners and in the case the
bill did not get the approval of the
voters he might lose much of the
Warner Robins vote in the pri
mary, which is necessary to win an
] election in this county.
Mr. Eason, contacted at his home
Wednesday morning, said he has
; some of the signed petitions at
his home and will confer with oth
er commissioners in the next day
or two to decide whether to push
plans for the special election be
fore the primary.
“We think we have enough
names of registered voters on the
petitions to have the election call
ed,” Mr. Eason said.
Meanwhile, Miss Florine C. Rain
ey, tax collector, announced that
17,739 persons are qualified to vote
1 in the Sept. 10 primary, the largest
registration in the county’s history.
) Warner Robins, with 4,755, has
i more votes than all the rest of the
county.
I Miss Rainey said about 450 of
i the total are Negro voters.
Precinct Count
The precinct totals are:
Warner Robins 4,755
Perry 1,995
Centerville 213
Heard 132
I Bonaire 182
Kathleen 86
Hayneville 178
Elko 110
Henderson 88
TOTAL 7,739
Pridgen to Preach
At Presbyterian
On Sunday, July 27
Rev. John B. Pridgen, pastor of
the North Augusta Presbyterian
Church, will be the guest minister
at the Perry Presbyterian Church
Sunday, July 27, for morning and
evening services.
Mr. Pridgen is a former pastor
of the Perry church, having been
succeeded here by the present pas
tor, Rev. Donald B. Patterson.
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TERES! IN REVIVAL
Rev. J. M. Teresi, pastor of the
First Baptist Church here, is guest
minister in a revival series at the
Bethel Baptist Church near Colum
bus this week. He will return Sat
urday and be in his pulpit here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Radebaugh
left Friday for Cartersville to
1 spend a week.
MR MAN VV R.^TABO*
Perry High School and Georgia
Tech. He is employed by Burling
ton Industries in Greensboro, N. C.
Airman Barry is a graduate of
Perry High School.
The military training they are
receiving is the same course of
indoctrination in military subjects
that is given to airmen in the Regu
lar Air Force. It is designed to ac
quaint them with living and work
ing under military conditions, in
cluding field and emergency situ
ations.
Three New Programs to Be Started
At Perry High School in September
Flint EMC to Distribute
$88,752 in Dividends Soon
The member-owners of Flint
Electric Membership Corporation
who were on the cooperative’s pow
er lines in 1943 and 1944 will be
gin receiving their capital credit
dividends within the next 10 days
to two weeks, according to an an
, nouncement today by Flint EMC,
’ with the mailing of the dividend
| checks to begin next week.
“We are happy to at last begin
to distribute this money, totaling
$88,752.93, which represents the
net amount over and above the
costs of providing service for these
years, 1943 and 1944, and which
were the first years we were able
• to accumulate such funds,” said
Floyd Tabor of Perry, president of
1 Flint EMC, “and this is tangible
evidence of our method of opera
tion, wherein the revenues over
the cost of doing business are re-
I turned to the member-owners of
the business. There is no cheaper
way to get electric power.”
Due to the laws under which it
i operates, it has been necessary for
, Flint EMC to pay back a prescrib
, ed percentage of the money bor
i rowed from the REA, to reach a
. certain point of “ownership” or
equity before it could begin to dis
burse capital credits, explained
Thurman Whatley, of Reynolds,
secretary-treasurer of the coopera
j tive.
i Mr. Whatley also pointed out
i that costs and expenses must be
I I held in line in order that this re
>l quired percentage of ownership
> | may be maintained to make posi
j' ble the payment of the capital cre-
I \ dits for succeeding years.
I Demands Increase
I “Demand for power continues to
I increase each year,” said Mr.
Whatley, “requiring expanded fa-j
cilities and this of course creates
the need for additional funds. Our
ability to borrow is governed strict
ly by our ability to repay. So far,
we have met all our obligations,
and in many cases have made ad- j
. vance payments on certain of our
notes.
| “This is a point in our history
which we have worked toward for
[ a long time,” said Mr. Tabor, “and
' our ability to pay these dividends
j is a result of the sound judgement,
careful management, and loyal
1 hard work of Flint’s Directors, the
I general manager and his staff, and
all of our employees.”
Organized in 1937, Flint EMC is
one of 41 rural electrics in the
state of Georgia, serving a combin-1
i ed total of more than 250,000 mem
t bers. At the time of its organiza- j
> tion less than 3 per cent of Geor
gia’s rural areas had central sta
tion electric power, and now more
■' than 96 per cent of the areas be
tween the larger centers of popula
tion is served by these consumer
owned systems. The rural electrics
i are paying their way, Mr. Tabor
j pointed out, and have made an
; outstanding record of repayment
j of money borrowed from the REA.
The rural electrics are, for the
most part, ahead on their payment
! schedule, and the United States
government has made more than
$48,000,000 on the money that has
been loaned.
Board of Directors
The board of directors of Flint
EMC includes, in addition to Mr. i
Tabor and Mr. Whatley, the fol
lowing: B. L. McDaniel, Tazewell,
| who is vice president; W. W. Gray,
Perry; R. R. Pratt and Walter Whi- 1
1 ting, Warner Robins; I. F. Murph,
Marshallville; E. W. Johnson, Ogle
| thorpe; J. W. Patterson, Juniper;
C. F. Hays, Musella; and L. R. New
, berry, Ft. Valley.
Flint serves 12,400 members in
an eight county service area, with
2,200 miles of line. There are more
than 75 employees, including the
engineering and construction
crews which are required to con
tinually maintain, expand, and im
prove the facilities to keep up with
the demand, which has about doub
led every five years, the announce-
I ment stated.
The general manager’s office is
in Reynolds, with a branch office
in Warner Robins which is head-!
ed by James O. Mills.
Leaving Monday for a week
at Jacksonville Beach were Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Griffin and sons, Ron-
I nie and Bobby.
EARLY MAILING
OF BILLS SEEN
AS BIG SAVING
Perry business houses were ur
ged this week to plan to get out
their statements before the last
minute prior to the increase in
postal rates on Aug. 1.
Lawrence Hunt, postmaster, said
all first class mail received after
5 p. m. on July 31 will be held for
another penny postage. He urged
business places to try to get their
statements out about the 29th of
the month to be sure that they
take advantage of the old rate.
First class postage will be 4
cents an ounce, postal cards will
be 3 cents and airmail will be 7
cents an ounce starting Aug. 1, he
said.
Awards Presented
At Robins AF Base
ROBINS AiR FORCE BASE
Thirty-seven civilian personnel at
Robins Air Force Base are richer
by $7,160 for worthwhile sugges
tions adopted at the base and for
sustained superior performance of
duty. Certificates for cash awards
have been presented them at a
ceremony held in the WRAMA
Commander’s office.
The two highest awards were 1
presented to Oscar M. Giddens of
Macon and Arlie D. Thompson of
Warner Robins, who received SSOO
each for worthwhile suggestions
adopted at the base.
Giddens proposed that the seat
ing surface of coupling locating lug
for R-4360 aircraft engines be mill
ed or spot-faced to .010 inch below
blueprint limits to restore required
parellelism. Thompson suggested a
new method for replacing hold-1
back pins, which makes it unneces
-1 sary to remove GAR airborne rock- 1
j et launchers from aircraft rocket
pods.
| Eugene P. Godfrey of Warner
Robins received two awards, total
ing $455, for suggestions resulting
in a savings of manhours and ma
terial to the government.
I Other Warner Robinites receiv
' ing awards for worthwhile sugges
tions were; Mildred F, Colliar,
i $235; Emmett W. Mills, $210; Jo
seph E. Duffy, $135; and Hilton H.
Eady, $l2O.
Maconites receiving awards for
worthwhile suggestions were: Hen
ry L. Tuggle, $315; James M. Mc-
Lendon, $300; Albert St. Laurent,
$235; Edmund L. Driggers, $185;
Richard H. Jackson, $175; David L.
Bailey, $175; Dewey Powell, $165;
Maurice E. Darsey, $145; Mitchell
P. House, $142.50; Julius L. Grif
fith, $142.50; Carroll D. Clark,
$135; Clifford B. Herring, $135;
Thomas H. Haskins, $130; Bernard
A. Sessions, $120; Joseph N. Thig
pen, $120; Horace D. Harrell, $110;
Joseph D. Garrett, $110; Charlie
Wood, $110; and James E. Sande
fur, $l9O.
Others receiving awards for
worthwhile suggestions were:
1 Claude R. Felker, $l6O, Vienna;
James F. Meadows, $135, Cochran;
Helen C. Rickett, $135, Perry; and
Butler Herring, $135, Unadilla.
Those receiving awards for sus
tained superior performance of
duty were: William O. Fields Jr.,
and Margaret S. Lovejoy, S2OO
each, Macon; Walter K. Zittle,
S2OO, James E. Waller, S2OO, Jas
per L. Browning, S2OO, Effie H.
Addison, S2OO, and Jean B. Jossey,
SIOO, all of Warner Robins.
Harmon to Preach
At Revival Series
Rev. Tom Harmon, pastor of
Memorial Heights Baptist Church
in Perry, will be the guest minis
ter for a revival to be held at
County Line Baptist Church from
August 1 through August 10.
Rev. Olin S. Hamlin, pastor, an
nounced that services will be held
at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. He issued
a cordial invitation to the public.
Mr. Hamlin will be in charge of
the song services. i
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PERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Presbyterians Vote Sunday
On Moving Church to New lx>t
Members of the Perry Presby
terian Church will be asked to vote
Sunday on whether to move the
present building to a new lot
bought by the church and to sell
the present location.
Letters went out to all members
explaining the recommendation of
the building committee that the
church building be moved and the
present lot be sold.
“We realize that this is a ‘giant
step’ and only after much study,
i consideration and prayer do we
i make the above recommendations,”
I Chairman W. W. Hunt of the Build
ing Committee wrote the members, j
i 0. V. Caudill, secretary of the
' Department of Church Architec- 1
ture of the denomination, met with
the Building Committee recently
i and made these suggestions:
1. That the additional lot of 1.59
Ground Observers
i In Houston County
| Mark Anniversary
i
Ground observers in Houston
county are observing this week as
“Operation Skywatch Week” on
the sixth anniversary of this vital
link in the nation’s air defense
system.
Mrs. E. E. Peed and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Gregory, Clinchfield; the I
troopers at the State Patrol Sta
tion here, and the guard force at
Robins Air Force Base are among
the ground observer corps.
Since its beginning, many thou-;
sands of hours have been accrued
by members of the Ground Obser
ver Corps both at observation posts
and at the air defense filter cen
ters.
Captain William F. Graham,
commander of the Montgomery
Filter Center, speak
ing on behalf of the U. S. Air
Force, expressed his appreciation
to all Ground Observer Corps post
supervisors and observers for their
splendid cooperation in making
the GOC an efficient part of our
country’s air defense system.
Officers Installed
By OKS Chapter 383
Houston County Chapter 383,
Order of the Eastern Star, install
ed two new officers at their regu
lar meeting Tuesday, July 15.
Mrs. Jack Davis was installed as
marshall and Mrs. Johnnie Sim
mons was installed as organist.
The installing officer was District
Grand Deputy of District No. 20,
Mrs. Juanita Billingsly of Macon.
She was assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth
Dixon as installing marshall and
Mrs. Lucile King as installing
chaplain.
acres which adjoins the lot now
owned by the church will provide
ample space for a long range build
ing program, and
2. It is found that by moving
the present church on to the new i
lot that the present church pro
gram can be carried out on the new
| lots now owned by the church
. while the long-range program is
I being worked out.
If the church moves from its pre
sent location, it will be close to
its present Youth Center on Macon
Street. The building would be lo
cated on Second Street on the lot
that connects with the Youth Cen- 1
j ter lot.
The church has obtained esti
-1 mates of the cost of moving the '
building and restoring it.
The congregational meeting will I
I follow the morning worship ser
vice Sunday, July 20.
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Houston Received
29 Miles of Roads
In Rural Program
The final tabulation of road pro
jects under the Rural Roads Pro
gram indicates that Houston coun
ty has received 8 projects for a
total mileage of 29.809. Bond funds
set up for these projects in Hous
ton county amount to $584,280.
The sixth and final increment of |
bonds for this program, which was
created during the Griffin admin- ■
istration, is scheduled to be sold
July 29, 1958. These figures in
clude those projects already com
pleted, under construction and
i scheduled for construction,
i A total of 1197 rural road pro- 1
jects in all of Georgia’s 159 coun
ties have been launched, totalling
! some 4,509 miles at a cost of $102,-
547,512. The final tabulation shows
that every county received at least
three projects and only seven
counties received less than one
half million dollars.
The average county received ap
proximately $645,000 in bond
funds. Only 52 counties fell slightly
below the $600,000 mark.
State Highway Chairman Roy
Chalker says that he believes this
distribution of projects of the Ru
ral Roads Program clearly indi
cates that no favoritism was exer-1
cised in allotting these roads. He
said the fact that some counties re
ceived a little more than others
was due primarily to the ability of
the counties in clearing rights-of
way so that these roads could be
built.
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GARAGE OPENS HERE ' 1
I
Lane Brothers Garage opened
this week in the former Pontiac
Agency location at 1107 Macon
Street. The garage will offer ser-'
vice on all makes of cars. i
10 CENTS PER COPY
TEACHERS ADDED
TO FACULTY LIST
Three new teaching positions
for three additional programs at
Perry junior and senior high
schools were announced this week
by E. P. Staples, supervising prin
cipal, to begin in September.
Girls physical education in the
senior high school will be handled
by Mrs. David Coley of Perry. She
will also organize and supervise a
physical program for girls in jun
ior high school and handle testing,
guidance and counseling in the
senior high school. Mrs. Coley will
not have her kindergarten this
year.
Mrs. Hal Middleton, wife of the
new band director, will teach ex
tra classes of 9th and 10th grade,
which are the largest grades in
high school.
Public school music will be made
available for students in both jun
ior and senior high schools, Mr.
Staples said. The teacher for this
program has not been signed. It is
expected that the teacher will be
hired next month.
The principal said an enrollment
of about 350 students—3s more
than last year—is expected in the
senior high school. Perry will re
main in Class B in the state athle
tic program for another year at
least. Unless the size classifications
arc changed, Perry will move up
to Class A for the term beginning
in September, 1959, Mr. Staples
said.
Other new teachers engaged for
the Perry schools for the new year
are Miss Raleigh McCroskey, first
grade; Mrs. Dorothy Murphy,
fourth grade; Mrs. Donald Patter
i son, fifth grade; Mrs. Irvin Middle
brooks, seventh grade; Hal Middle
ton, band director, and H. A. Ca
sey, vocational agriculture,
i Opening day of the September
term will be the day after Labor
Day, Tuesday, Sept. 2, Mr. Staples.
I said. All schools in the county will
open the same day.
Methodist Class
Honors Its Teac her
At Surprise Party
Mrs. Jack Bower was honored
with a surprise birthday party
I Tuesday evening in the recreation
' room of the Methodist Church. The
social affair was given by the Su
sannah Wesley Sunday School
which she teaches. Mrs. Van John
son is the class president.
Special guests, announced as
“tourists passing through Perry,”
proved to be her husband, children,
grandchildren, and a friend—Mr.
Jack Bower; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Bower and Tommy, Macon; Mr.
and Mrs. Burke Bower and Jean
nie, Quitman; Mrs. Mildred De
■ vane, Quitman.
I As a birthday gift and keepsake,
the class gave the honoree an elec-
I trie fry pan and made her a per
-Isonal scrapbook.
I Committees included: Entertain
ment, Miss Frances Hall, chairman.
Miss Florine Rainey, Mrs. Jose
phine Lee, Mrs. Lottie B. Clarke;
refreshments, Mrs. Ethel Williams,
chairman, Mrs. Leita Boterweg,
Mrs. Wendell Collins, Mrs. Sarah
| Elliot, Mrs. Phoebie Pace, Mrs.
George B. Wells, Mrs. William
Hamilton; group captains for
games, Mrs. Mildred Warren, Mrs.
Catherine Borders, Mrs. Coralie
Nunn, Mrs. Helen Parker, Miss Ed
na Perdue and Miss Polly McLen
don.
Methodists Hire
School Director
Miss Elva Willingham of Ando
ver, Va. will begin work as religi
-1 ous education director at the Per
ry Methodist Church on August 1.
Miss Willingham is a graduate
'of Asbury College in Kentucky,
where she received her degree in
religious education in June of this
year.
She arrived Saturday morning
and visited Rev. and Mrs. Russell
Lenox. Miss Willingham returned
Tuesday to Andover but will be
here by August 1 to begin her du
ties.
Mrs. Agnes Cater is spending
several days at Indian Springs and
from there will go to Atlanta for
a visit with friends.