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®A PRIZE WINNING
GEORGIA NEWSPAPER
FOUR STATE AWARDS
VOL. 89 NO. 2
Panthers Edged Out
By Robins , 48 to 43
A blondined young man named
Odell Davis hit the nets for 28
points Tuesday night as the War
ner Robins Demons defeated the
Perry Panthers, 48 to 43, in War
ner Robins.
Few basketball crowds have wit
nessed a more sensational string
of field goals than Davis sank. He
had only 6 points at the half but
he scorched the nets for 22 in the
last half, and that total included
10 field goals. His percentage
must have been phenominal.
Davis’ shooting and the inaccur
acy of the Panthers proved the
difference. Perry made good only
29 per cent of its shots for the
night while the Demons had 40
per cent.
Warner Robins was able to hold
Boot Hunt to a measly three
points. Only Lee Martin and Fran
cis Marshall could fnid the hoop.
Lee had 18 and Francis had 12.
The Demons stretched their
lead to 9 points, the widest mar
gin of the game, in the third quar
ter when Davis hit five straight
field goals from just outside the
keyhole. But the Panthers narrow
ed the lead to 3 points, 46 to 43,
with 59 seconds left.
Perry had defeated Warner Ro
bins previously and the two teams
will meet again, in Perry, on Feb.
3. It was Perry’s second loss of the
season against eight wins.
Perry 43 Pos. W. Robins 48
Hunt 3 f Davis 28
Staples 4 f Reynolds 1
Marshall 12 c Childs 9
Holland 0 g Pinckney 7
Martin 18 g Dill 2
Subs: For Perry, Watson, Davis
6. For W. Robins, Stone 1,
Schenck, Lanier. Score at half, W.
Robins 22, Perry 17.
Perry 58 Pos. Hawk. 24
Hunt 12 f Herrington 6
Davis 3 f Perry 0
Marshall 16 c Silver 0
Holland 4 g Woodard 12
L. Martin 10 g Atkins 4
Subs: For Perry, Smallwood 2,
Etheridge 4, Watson 3, W. Martin
2, Wilson 2. For Hawkinsville,
Dill, Twitty 2, Wilkes. Score at
half, Perry 32, Hawkinsville 17.
GIRLS WON THIS ONE
Perry 46 Pos. Hawk. 40
Knighton 23 f Wommack 20
Todd 16 f Tripp 14
Lasseter 2 f Miller 6
Yeomans g Sapp
Culpepper g Davis
Kovac g Abercrombie
Subs; For Perry, Jacobs 5, Par
ker, Stocks. For Hawkinsville,
Lancaster and Johnson.
BUT LOST THIS ONE
Perry 31 p os . Hawk. 40
Knighton 19 f Wommack 12
Todd 7 f Roland 15
Jacobs 5 f Tripp 10
Yeomans g Sapp
Culpeppr g Davis
Abercrombie
Subs: For Perry, Stocks. For
Hawkinsville, Lancaster, Miller,
Stewart, Johnson and Jackson.
PANTHERS DEFEAT VIENNA IN FINALS
OF EXPERIMENTAL TOURNAMENT HERE
The Perry High School Panthers
'•von the holiday “experimental
tournament” here Dec. 30 by de
bating the Cubs of Vienna High,
to 65, and Warner Robins de
feated Cochran for third place,
66 to 41.
The Panthers had some trouble
v 'th the "full court press” ap
plied by Vienna, but after leading
by only 27-24 at the half, the lo
cal quintet moved out to lead 50-
at the end of the third quarter.
Poot Hunt poured in 39 points, in
cluding 13 field goals and 13 fouls,
•o lead the Panthers.
The experiment was trial of the
Proposed rule changes to outlaw
be zone defense and to force a
team to make an effort at the bas
ket within 24 seconds after it ob
tained possession of the ball. The
siren remained silent
f °r all four games—not a team be
tag called for holding the ball too
1() ng before making an attempt for
the basket. The special 24-second
dock ticked down to 2 seconds on
two or three occasions but was ne
ver set off. The zone defense was
n °t employed by any of the four
teams. The tourney was sanctioned
by the Georgia High School Asso
ciation.
The coaches admitted that the
24-second rule has little effect on
the game unless the score is close
near the end of the game and the
leading team wants to control the
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 1959
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LEE MARTIN j
One of the few freshmen ever
to make the varsity basketball
I squad at Perry High School is Lee
3 Martin, 14-year-old first string
) guard.
) Lee, 5 feet, 11 inches, also will
I be playing baseball this spring
I and will go out for football. He
, is a member of the Hi-Y Club at
i school.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
t Wilson Martin of Perry and was
born in Perry.
He is expected to be one of the
) outstanding athletes in a long line
) 1 of top-flight athletes at Perry
II High.
5 BASKETBALL COMING UP
) Jan. 9, Roberta, there.
3 Jan. 13, Dudley Hughes, here.
i Jan. 16, Lanier, here.
’ Lions Recognized
For Membership
) The Perry Lions Club has re
l ceived a Certificate of Achieve
-5 ment from Lions International for
3 attaining its quota of members in
p 1958.
s Local Lions President David T.
; Coley received a letter of congra
r tulations from Harry Collins of
, Ellaville, chairman of Zone 3, Re
gion 3, for the achievement.
; ball until time runs out. Two
1 coaches favored the “no zone de
■ sense” rule but two others said
, the rule would prevent a coach
■ from using his material properly
, —some material being more suit
able for the zone defense than the
! man to man variety.
Perry’s new gymnasium was fill
! ed on the first night and almost
■ filled the second. The receipts will
■ be divided between the four
. schools.
Gross receipts for the tourna
, ment were $951. After payment of
expenses, taxes and 5 per cent to
the Georgia High School Associa
tion, the four teams split $786,
giving each school $196.50.
Perry 78 Pos. Vienna 65
Hunt 39 f J. Dominey 8
Etheridge 5 f Kimbrough 11
Marshall 11 c Ambrose 15 [
Holland 5 g Stephens 3
L. Martin 17 g Bailey 10
Subs: Perry, W. Martin 1, Davis.
Vienna, Reed, Kinard, Peavy 18.
Score at half, 27-24, Perry.
W. R. 66 Pos. Cochran 41 !
Davis 23 f Fisher 0
Reynolds 8 f Abney 8
Childs 0 c J. Mullis 14
Pinkney 8 g Bellflower 13
Dill 0 g Daniels 3
Subs: W. R., Stone 3, Gary 2,
Schenck 4, Laney 3, Mcßee 2,
Lanier 3, Hunter 10. Cochran,
Grimsley 3, Lucas.
Score at half, 39-25, W. R.
BUSINESS CLINIC i
TO START MONDAY
FOR PERRY GROUP
A clinic for Perry businessmen,'
sponsored by the Perry Chamber
of Commerce and the State De
partment of Education, will be
gin here Monday, Jan, 12.
The sessions, to be led by Jim
my Gribben of the department of
education, will be held at the
State Jaycee Headquarters Build
ing. The hours are 10 a. m. to 12
noon on Monday and Fridays for a
total of 10 sessions.
Mr. Gribben was guest speaker
at the Perry Kiwanis Club meet
ing Tuesday, discussing the clinic.
He said the discussions will be on
phases of business which the lo
cal men want to study. They will
provide information of what suc
cessful companies are doing to
increase their sales, to help inde
pendent businesses get best re
sults.
Mr. Gribben said the towns who
have used the business clinics
have shown better sales results
than towns which have not had
them.
Businessmen of Warner Robins
also are starting a clinic series
next week. Many towns where the
clinics have been held have asked
for another session.
Funeral Conducted
For Mrs. 0. B. Muse
Funeral services for Mrs. O. B.
Muse, 83, were held at 2 p. m.
Thursday at the Perry Methodist
Church with the Rev. J. B. Smith
and the Rev. Russell Lenox officia
ting. Burial was in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Mrs. Muse, widow of O. B. Muse
1 who died in 1939, died Tuesday!
| night in a Marshallville hospital
| following an illness of several
months. She had been a member
of the local Methodist church since
i 1916.
Survivors include a son, Paschal
Muse, Perry; a sister, Mrs. W. H.
; Pitts, Lithia Springs; two grand
| children, David Muse of Perry and
Mrs. William Methvin of Colum
bia, S. C.
i Perry Participates
In One-Act Plays
> J
' Perry High School Literary con
testants will begin their march
toward another Region Literary
Championship this week when the
debates and the one act plays get
underway. Last year Perry won
first place in the Region and se
cond place in the State Literary
Meet.
Monday afternoon and Monday
night at the Perry Junior High
Auditorium, the West Division,
Region 2-B, One-Act Plays will be
, held. Admission prices will be 25
' and 50 cents for each session. The
public is invited to attend.
The afternoon session will in
. elude plays by Vidalia, Telfair
• County and Dudley Hughes, the
. first play starting at 4. The night
session, beginning at 7:30 p. m.,
will find Wilkinson County, Treut
len County and Perry presenting
their one-act plays. Perry’s play
will start at approximately 9 p. m.
The best two plays from this
division will meet the best two
i from the East Division in Vidalia
on Wednesday to decide the Re
gion winner. Perry’s play won the
Region last year and placed fourth
in the State.
The Perry play this year is
“Sunday Costs Five Pesos” and is
under the direction of Mrs. Hal
Middleton. The cast includes Jan
et Gray, Sylvia Bryant, A. J. Ben
nett, Patsy Todd and Ann Ne-
Smith.
The one-act plays, however, are
not the first of the literary events.
The debates will be held this Fri
day, January 9. Perry’s affirma
tive team, Stanley St. John and
Linda Tabor, coached by Mrs. J.
0. Coleman, will debate the nega
-1 tive team from Telfair County in
1 the Perry High School Library at
1:30 p. m.
'I The negative team, Carol Mason
1 and Lynn Smith, coached by Mrs.
1 A. E. Carpenter, will travel to
Dudley Hughes at Macon to de
| bate their affirmative team.
BUSINESS CHANGES
Stanley Furniture Co. has leased
j the building formerly occupied by
the Perry Restaurant in the Whip
ple Building on Ball Street. Brooks
Auto Parts Co. has leased the
building at 745 Main Street, which
Stanley had used as a furniture
warehouse. Stanley will continue
to operate the main store on Car
roll Street.
$1 Million in Construction
Started in Perry During ”58
Four Persons Die
In Houston Wreek
An Atlanta man and his wife
and an Indianapolis, Ind., couple
were fatally injured Wednesday
I afternoon when their cars collided
1 on rain slick U. S. Hwy. 41 about
j nine and a half miles south of
here.
The Perry State Patrol station
listed the dead as:
Mr. and Mrs. John William Bar
ron of Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Francis Imaly of Indiana
polis.
Trooper T. J. McMurrin and Cpl.
M. W. Griffin said Mrs. Maybelle
j Barron, 62, of Atlanta, and two
young children who were passen
gers in the Barron car were taken
to a hospital in Vienna for treat
ment.
The patrolmen said they were
unable to determine details of the
accident but assumed one of the
cars apparently skidded into the
other vehicle.
They said the four were not in
stantly killed in the crash but died
en route to the hospital or soon
after they were admitted.
The officers said Imaly, 57, and
Barron, 33, were drivers of the
cars.
Reports listed Mrs. Maybell Bar
ron as critically injured. The two
children, Nelia Barron, 8, and
Johnny Barron, 10, were not badly
hurt, according to the reports.
McLendon Appointed
Local Simca Dealer
I
McLendon Auto Company, 921
I Carroll Street, has been appointed
the authorized dealer in Houston
’ county for the Simca automobile,
I a foreign made car.
C. E. McLendon said the demand
for small cars prompted him to
seek the Simca dealership. He in
vites the public to come by to see
several models of the Simca on
display.
McLendon Auto Company is the
Dodge and Plymouth dealer for
. Houston county.
' Walker Re-elected
t| Board’s Chairman
j Houston County’s first board of
education elected by the people
I met here Tuesday for its initial
■ session of a four-year term.
The board re-elected Cohen Wal
) ker of Perry as chairman for the
’ i new year.
1 The board, which consists of
2 four incumbents and one new
member, was named in a county
wide election last month from a
field of 21 candidates.
r Past boards have been selected
J by Houston grand juries, but an
t amendment adopted by Houston
> Countians in the 1958 general
■| election called for a board election
' by the people every four years.
' Besides Walker, incumbents in
• elude Royce Pratt of Warner Ro
-3 bins, Marvin Dorsett of Byron and
’ Henry Talton of Bonaire. F. _Mar
-1 ion Greene, Perry businessman, re
"i placed Harvey NeSmith on the
: [ board.
1 , Talton, Pratt and Dorsett repre
' sent the northern section and Wal
’ ker and Greene represent south
-1 ern Houston County under a zon
-1 ing provision included in the
■ amendment. The new system also
increased the pay from $lO per
■ meeting attended to a SIOO month
ly salary for each member.
Reorganization and routine mat
ters occupied the board during
the first meeting.
State PTA Head
Will Speak Here
Mrs. J. R. Pinson, state presi
dent of the Parent-Teacher Asso
i ciation will be the guest speaker
at the January meeting of the Per
i ry PTA at 3:45 p. m. Wednesday,
Jan. 10.
The meeting will be held in the
high school lunchroom. Mrs. Ste
wart Richardson, local president,
urges all members to attend the
meeting.
STUDY COURSE HELD
A study course on the Book of
I Mark was taught by Rev. J. M.
Teresi, pastor, at the First Bap
tist Church, this week. The last
session is to be held at 7:30 p. m.
today.
HI \{ (ITI/FNS OF TISF FI TIRL
Top row, left to right, Jackie Hardy, 3, and Jeff Hardy. 1.
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hardy, 905 Ball Street; Janice Lee
Satterfield, 6 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Satter
field, Springdale Avenue.
Bottom row, Fritz Geiger, 1, and Jennie Geiger, 3, chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Geiger, 1411 Duncan Avenue; and
Roger Wainwright, 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wain
wright.
r Miss’ and r Mr4-H Named
By Houston Council County
At a New Year’s party, held in
the American Legion Home, Patri
cia Faith Davis and Claud S. Da
vis Jr. (Jimmy) were crowned
Miss and Mr. 4-H of Houston coun
ty.
This honor was previously based
on popularity, but this year’s win
ners were determined by four past
1 year’s record books judged by out
of-town judges.
: Patricia Faith Davis, is the
1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy L.
Davis and held honor of Miss
; 4-H of Houston County last year.
Faith is a 17-year-old brunette.
She is president of the Hender
son 4-H club and secretary of the
county council. Last year, Faith
attended District Achievement
meeting held in Americus, and pla
; ced 3rd in Senior Cotton and its
! Uses. She was also a voting dele-
I gate from our county. She attend
ed State meeting held at Rock
Eagle as a voting delegate from
! Houston County. Faith represent
ed her community club in the
: Miss 4-H contest held in the coun
ty wide club.
‘ The annual stockholders’ meet
nig of the Perry Country Club will |
be held at the Perry High School
lunchroom at 7 p. m. Monday,!
Jan. 12, when a steak supper will {
jbe served. All stockholders are
urged to attend because the possi
bility of building a clubhouse will
be discussed. Tickets are available
at Edwards-Harper Co. and Jones
Jewelers or from the directors of
the club.
The Brotherhood of the First
Baptist Church will meet at 7 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the church,
I with col. Joe H. Jenkins of Vienna
as the speaker.
Circles of the WSCS will meet
as follows: Monday, January 12th
at 3:45 p. m.—Circle No. 1 with
Mrs. G. T. Pierce Jr.; Circle No.
2 with Mrs. Carlton Hicks; Circle
No. 3 with Mrs. A. P. Whipple Sr.;
7:30 p. m.—Circle No. 4 at the
Church; Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 10
a. m.—Circle No. 5 with Mrs.
Gardner Watson; Circle No. 6 with
Mrs. Robert McNeill.
The Women of the Church of
the Perry Presbyterian Church
will hold their circle meetings on
January 12. The Eunice Rammage
Circle at the home of Mrs. V. E.
Molleur; the Dot Pridgen Circle
: at the home of Mrs. Bobby How
ard at 8 p. m.; the Olive Calhoun
. Circle at 8 p. m. at the home of
Mrs. Hugh Elder; the Mary Lee
Greene Circle at the home of
Mrs. Will Harley.
Jimmy is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Maud Davis Sr. He is 14 and
is a freshman at Perry High.
Jimmy is the president of the
Centerville community club, and
also is the president of the coun
ty council.
This past summer Jimmy at
tended District 4-H Achievement
. meeting held at Americus. He
placed Ist in Junior Cotton Mar
keting and Its Uses. He also at
tended State 4-H Council where
’ he represented Houston county as
1 a voting delegate. He also attend
ed 4-H camp at Rock Eagle.
Jimmy represented the Center
ville 4-H club in the county con
i test for Mr. 4-H.
Officers for the 4-H council
were announced: president, Jim
my Davis; girls vice president,
Martha Johnson; boys vice presi
dent, Lonice Barrett; secretary,
Faith Davis; treasurer, Brenda
Cawthon; and reporter, Jackie
Moss.
Games, square dancing and plen
ty of sandwiches, cookies and
punch furnished by the 4-H lead
ers were enjoyed by all.
The Delphian Club will meet
1 Thursday, January 8, at 3:45 p. m.
at the home of Mrs. Watt Boler.
The Perry Business Women’s
Club will meet Thursday, January
8, at 7:30 p. m. at the New Perry
Hotel.
The Sorosis Club will meet at
3:30 p. m. today at the home of
Mrs. W. E. Beckham.
The general meeting of the WMS
of the First Baptist Church will
be held Monday, January 12, at
the church at 3:45.
The Tawasi Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Julian Cawthon
at 4 p. m. on January 14.
The General Daniel Stewart
Chapter of the DAR will meet
Wednesday, January 14, at 3:45
p. m. at the home of Mrs. George
Jordan. State Regent, Mrs. Harold
Tuthill of Savannah will be the
HOUSTON SHOWS 24 PERCENT INCREASE
IN BUSINESS FIRMS DURING LAST YEAR
Statistics released today by Wm.
M. Gordon, district manager of the
Atlanta office of Dun and Brad
street, Inc., reflect the growth of
business firms in Houston County
during the past year.
Figures obtained from a physi
cal count of the Dun and Brad
street Reference Book for 1959 to
-1 taled 358 manufacturers, wholesa
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71 NEW HOMES
BUILT IN YEAR
Construction costing more than
a million dollars was started dur
ing 1959, with residential construc
tion amounting to more than
$660,000.
A review of the building per
mits at City Hall shows that 72
homes were constructed during
the year, six additions were made
and a number of home garages
built.
The total of residential contruc
tion was $660,043, and business
and institutional construction
was $340,600. The actual figure for
residential construction probably
would run to $700,000, because 10
building permits for homes failed
to show the estimated cost.
The major portion of the busi
ness and institutional construction
was accounted for by the new Ed
ucational Building of the First
Baptist Church, which cost $167,-
500. Two service stations added
$62,000.
The range of the costs of homes
ran from $3,000 to $25,000 during
the year. It appeared that the aver
age cost of white residential con
struction ran about $lO a square
foot. The average of the homes
was $9,166.
Among the new business build
ings, in addition to the service
stations, were Community Foods
Building, the Home Journal build
ing addition, three store buildings
by Ted Smith on U. S. 41 South,
addition to Locke’s Drive-In, a
, warehouse building for Perry Ve
neer Co., a grill by Davis Co. on
the Fort Valley Road.
(iily Tags on Sale
At Usual Price—sl
Registration tags for motor ve
hicles owned by persons living in
Perry are on sale at City Hall for
the usual price of sl.
Tags must be purchased and dis
played on every motor vehicle
owned by residents or businesses
in Perry. A penalty is provided for
those not buying and displaying
the tags on their cars or trucks.
CITY TAX BOOKS”
OPEN FOR RETURNS
City tax books are open for the
return of taxes for 1959, Mrs. Ruth
Griffin, city clerk, announced yes
terday.
Property valuations must be re
ported at City Hall. The old prac
tice of taking the valuations from
the county’s books has been dis
continued, and separate returns
must be made at the courthouse
for the county and at the City Hall
for the city.
At the Hospitals
J. E. (Jake) Eason, Houston
county commissioner, underwent
surgery at Taylor Memorial Hospi
tal Monday. The meeting of the
county commissioners sheduled
for Tuesday was postponed tem
porarily.
A. E. Harris Jr. was admitted to
the Macon Hospital Monday.
Paul Hardy has returned home
after several days in the Peach
County Hospital.
Mrs. William Stubbs is recuper
ating at her home from injuries
she received in a fall last Friday.
She was carried to the Peach
County Hospital and was dismiss
ed that night.
guest speaker. Chapter officers of
neighboring cities have been in
vited.
lers and retailers in this area as
compared to 288 in 1955—an in
crease of 24 per cent for the per
iod.
The Reference Book lists only
manufacturers, wholesalers and re
tailers. It does not include the ser
vice and professional businesses
such as beauty and barber shops
and stock and real estate brokers.