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§A PRIZE WINNING
GEORGIA NEWSPAPER
FOUR STATE AWARDS
VOL. 89 NO. 3
Cratvford ? Hughes
Beaten by Panthers
Panthers Cut Off
Robertas String
The Crawford County High
School quintet, winner of 18
straight games, almost made it 19
last Friday night, but the Perry
Panthers poured 40 points through
the nets in the last half and won,
57 to 48.
The Panthers couldn’t get their |
offensive off the ground in the
first quarter, having two small
points on the scoreboard after
eight minutes of play. Roberta had
eight.
The Panthers managed to pick
up 15 points in the second quarter,
but Roberta led, 25 to 17 at the
half, and there was no indication
that Roberta’s ace, John Matthews,
would cool off. He is undoubtedly
one of the best high school baske
teers the Panthers will face. He
had 19 points at the half, and Lee [
Martin, assigned to guard him, nad
four fouls called against him.
The Panthers went into orbit in!
the third quarter and, led by
Frank Holland, hit the nets sor 1
20 points, almost catching up with
Roberta at the end of the third,'
38-36. Shortly after the fourth
quarter began the Panthers went
ahead, 40 to 38, and hit a total of
20 points in the last quarter.
Perry Coach E. P. Staples and
referee George Hartman had some
heated words during and after the
game, a sort of repeat perform
ance of the after-game fuss at the
Perry-Warner Robins game invol
ving the same pair.
The Perry girls of Coach Earl
Marshall had trouble finding the
basket (they sacked 18 per cent of j
their field goal tries) and lost to
the Crawford County girls, 47 to
27. Perry had an especially bad
second quarter, when they got
only a single point. The other
three quarters they played Craw
ford almost on even terms.
Janice Knighton led the Perry
girls with 14 points.
Perry 57 Pos. Crawford 48
Hunt 12 f Wright 9
Davis 0 f Dent 2
Marshall 10 c Cochran 1
Holland 13 g Essoff 2
L. Martin 9 g Matthews 28
Subs; For Perry, Staples 5, W.
Martin 8. For Crawford, Hays,
Jones 2, Maddox. Score at half,
Crawford 25, Perry 17.
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WILSON MARTIN
Another outstanding player of
the Martin family is Wilson Mar
tin, a Junior this year.
Besides playing basketball, he
played football, and was on the
track team. He is very active in
club work such as the Hi-Y.
The 5 ft. 10 in. player has done
very well in the past on the bas
ketball team. He is expected to
continue this fine playing through
this year and in his Senior year.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson Martin.
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?SRRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JAN. 15, 1959
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Last Minute Hally
Wins lor Panthers
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When it appeared that they ,
were about to lose a ball game, the
Perry Panthers got busy, scored 9 .
points in the last minute and 40 ,
seconds and defeated a stubborn (
Dudley Hughes quintet here Tues- (
| day night, 52 to 43.
The score was tied at 43-43 with ]
I the clock showing 1:40 to go in ;
the game, Lee Martin and Boot i
Hunt got a field goal apiece to j
stretch the lead to 47-43 with 1:12
| left, then Lee and Francis Mar- -
shall got field goals and Hunt hit j
a foul to end the game.
The Vocs had a good third quar-'
ter and sneaked ahead of the
Panthers at 36-35 as the quarter
ended. The two teams swapped
I baskets for the next six minutes,
1 up to the time the Panthers start- j
|ed stealing the ball and moving
ahead. Frank Holland, Lee Mar
tin and Hunt stole three from the ;
| Vocs and went down for layups I
| ahead of the defenders.
I Pug Churchwell, the Hughes
j center, led the way for his team
j with 14 points, most of them from
outside. He did a pretty good job
guarding Hunt, but Boot managed
to lead the Panthers with 20.
Perry 52 Pos. Hughes 43
Hunt 20 f Cheek 12
Staples 5 f Moore 5
Marshall 11 c Churchwell 14
Holland 7 g Spires 8 \
L. Martin 9 g Shores |
Subs; For Perry, W. Martin. For
Dudley Hughes none. Score at
half, Perry 25, Dudley Hughes 19.
Perry 27 Pos. Crawford 47
Knighton 14 f O’Neal 28
Todd 9 f Thaxton 2
Jacobs 2 f Walton 9
Culpepper g Mitchell
Yeomans g Lawhorne
Kovac g Patrick
Subs: For Perry, Lassiter,
Stocks, Parker 2. For Crawford
County, Davis, Wright, Rollins, J.
I Harris, Parker, Sloan, Sanders, M.
i Harris, Swilley. Score at half, Per-
I I ry 11, Crawford County 28.
COMING EVENTS
I The Perry Garden Club will
meet at 3 p. m. Thursday, Jan. 22,
at the home of Mrs. E. E. Edwards
with Mrs. John C. Woods, Mrs.
Charles McClelland, Mrs. J. H.
Williams and Mrs. A. J. Porter as
co-hostess.
Workers Council of the Sunday
School of the First Baptist Church
will meet at 7:30 p. m. today at
the church.
The Baptist Youth Fellowship of
the Rehoboth Association will
meet at the First Baptist Church
at 7:30 today at the church.
The Wesleyan Service Guild will
meet Monday night, Jan. 19, at
7:30 p. m. at the Perry Methodist
Church.
The Houston County Home De
monstration Council will meet
Thursday, January 15 at the Amer
ican Legion Home. Mrs. Hilda
Bailey will speak on Good Manage
ment. All members are urged to
be present.
The Town and Country Garden
Club will meet Monday, January
19, at 4 o’clock at the home of
Mrs. Gene Weems with Mrs. Earl
Lewis as co-hostess. Films of the
Garden Club Tour of Homes in
Georgia last year will be shown.
Members will bring arrangements
or compositions in the Oriental
manner.
PERRY DEBATERS
WIN STATE PLACE
Last Friday, the debate team of
Perry High School debated on the
! subject, “Resolved that the Rus
sian System of Education is Pre
ferable to that of the United
States.”
The affirmative team, Stanley
St. John and Linda Tabor, debated
here against Mcßae’s negative
team. The negative team consis- [
ting of Carole Mason and Lynn
Smith traveled to Macon and de
bated against Dudley Hughes Vo
cational High.
Both teams won, with a 3-0 and
2-1 decision, and will go to the
state meet in Athens Jan. 24.
FHA BAKE SALE
The Future Homemakers of Per
ry High School will have a bake
sale at 9:30 a. m. Saturday, Jan.
i 17, at the Courthouse Square.
CITY TO BE HOST |
TO AREA TOURNEY
Perry High School’s new gym
nasium will be the scene of the
basketball tournament for Area 1,
Region 2-B West, Principal E. P.
Staples announced yesterday.
Dudley Hughes Vocational
School and Wilkinson County High
School will meet to open the tour
nament at 7:30 p. m. Monday, Feb.
16. Perry will play East Laurens
at 9 p. m. The losers will play the
consolation game on Tuesday, and
the winners will play for the area
championship the same night.
The two winners will go to the
Region Tournament to be held in
Mount Vernon Feb. 18-20. Eight
teams, two from each area, will be
in the finals at Mt. Vernon.
The Perry girls team will play
East Laurens in the Girls Area 1
tournament in Irwinton on Tues
day, Feb. 24. Wilkinson County
High is the only other girls team
in this area tournament, so Wil
kinson and the winner of the Per
ry-East Laurens game will go to
the finals.
Businessmen Take
Special Courses
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Twenty-five Perry businessmen
signed up for a series of business
seminars and 17 attended the first
session at the Stale Jaycee Head
quarters Building Monday morn
ing.
The series of business discus
sions is sponsored by the Perry
Chamber of Commerce and the
State Department of Education.
! Various phases of retail trade are
l being discussed under the leader
ship of Jimmy Gribben of the
State Department of Education.
J. M. Gooden, secretary of the
local Chamber of Commerce, said
those attending the first session
seemed to be well pleased with
j the information obtained.
The next session is scheduled
for 10 a. m. tomorrow. A total of
10 sessions will be held on Mon
day and Friday mornings.
Funeral Held Here
For Mrs. Foreman
Funeral services for Mrs. James
B. Foreman, 85, of Kathleen were
held Monday at the Gardner Wat
son Funeral Home here.
Rev. E. M. Clapp and Rev. M. E.
Wells officiated. Burial was in
Walnut Hill Cemetery in Unadil
la.
Mrs. Foreman, a member of the
Houston Lake Baptist Church, died
at the home of J. J. Foreman,
Kathleen, Saturday after a long
illness.
Survivors include three sons,
J. J. Foreman, Kathleen, J. C.
Foreman, Blackshear, B. F. Fore
man, Opp, Ala.; four daughters,
Mrs. C. B. Patterson, Opp, Ala.,
Mrs. J. C. Vickers, Frisco City,
Ala., and Mrs. W. L. Graham and
Mrs. J. M. Strong, both of Una
dilla; a brother, G. W. Blair, Crag
ford, Ala.; 27 grandchildren, 52
great-grandchildren and nine
great-great-grandchildren.
PEAVY ON DEAN’S LIST
Virgil Peavy, a junior at the
University of Georgia, made the
Dean’s List for the Fall quarter.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Peavy.
OUR CITIZENS OF THE FUTURE
he lii <•)t and Diane \ndel.
1, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Andel, Rt. 2; and Laurie
Denise Sandefur, 5 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Sandefur, 1017 Duncan Avenue.
Bottom row, left to right, Kenneth Davis, 7 months, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Davis, Perry; Danna Faye Nelson, 8
months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nelson, Holly Hills;
and Pep Newberry, 17 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben New
berry, Springdale Avenue.
Seaman Goodman,
Fighting Leukemia,
Is Flown Home
Nathan H. Goodman, 19, who be
came ill with leukemia while on
duty at the San Diego, Calif., Na
val Training Center, was flown
home Saturday,
He is reported in serious con
dition as a result of the glandular
blood disorder.
Goodman is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Goodman of Byron,
Route 1. He attended school in
Perry in tlje sixth, seventh and
eighth grades.
He was to Robins Air
Force Base in a military plane
and from there to his home in a
helicopter. The home is off U. S.
41 North, about five miles from
Perry.
Members of the family said
doctors hold no hope for his re
covery, but they said he is in good
spirits.
POLICE CHECKING
SPEED WITH TIMER
Perry police are checking the
speed of motorists with the
city’s new timing machine,
Councilman H. E. Weems Jr.
said yesterday.
The timdr is not being used in
a special “drive” to make cases,
Dr. Weems said, but to warn
motorists who have become lax
in Uieir observance of local
'I speed laws. Some tickets will be
r issued when violations are fla
! grant.
Funeral Conducted
For T. R. Webb, 76
• Funeral services for Thomas R.
1 Webb were held at the Avondale
i Baptist Church Sunday at 3:30. Mr.
• Webb died Friday after a long ill
ness at his residence. He was 76.
I Mr. Webb moved to Houston
E County eight years ago. He was a
■ retired farmer and peach grower
and member of Benevolent Baptist
Church. He was also a member of
the Woodmen of the World.
Survivors include his wife, for
mer Miss Kitty Shirley Webb;
three daughters, Mrs. Mildred
, West, Mrs. Ann Henderson, both
’ of Macon; Mrs. Jim Rouch, Day
ton, Ohio; two sons, John Webb,
USAF, Ireland; David T. Webb,
Macon; three sisters, Mrs. W. S.
' Gassett, Byron; Mrs. B. B. Smis
son, Ft. Valley; and Mrs. Sanford
Underwood, Bronwood.
; Rev. Charles Casey, Rev. Robert
j Alexander and Rev. E. M. Clapp
officiated.
| Active pallbearers were ne
’ phews of Mr. Webb. Honorary
pallbearers were C. E. McLendon,
' Cooper Jones, Lewis Harper, Ro
' bert Tuggle, Benny Andrew, Ju
lius Heard, Leroy and Hugh Smis
’ son, E. W. Marshall and F. E.
Buckner.
Burial was in Memorial Park
cemetery in Macon. Gardner Wat
son Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
Op en All Saturday
The Home Journal will be open
all day Saturday, effective this
: week.
The new Saturday hours will be
from 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Hours on other days of the week
are from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
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RURAL ROADS IN HOUSTON COUNTY -
Pictured above is the location of rural roads which have been constructed or plan
ned for construction in Houston County under Georgia’s Rural Roads Program. A total of
$103,392,216 in bond funds have been sold during the Griffin Administration to finance con
struction of over 4,600 miles of roads and 324 bridges and culverts throughout Georgia. Every
county received at least three projects under this program, and only seven counties received
less than one half million dollars in bond funds.
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Council Committee
Appointments Made
Appointment of the members of
the six city council committees for
1959 has been completed, and
Councilman Alton Hardy has been
elected mayor pro-tem.
The committee assignments
made by Mayor Stanley E. Smith
Jr. include:
Gas and Water: H. E. Smith,
W. J. Sexton and D. K. Roughton.
Finance: Sexton, Alton Hardy
and W. C. Bates.
Sanitation: Bates, Dr. H. E.
Weems Jr. and Roughton.
Fire: Roughton, Smith and
Weems.
Police; Weems, Hardy and Bates.
Streets; Hardy, Smith and Sex
ton.
At the first meeting of the new
year, Judge John L. Hodges, or
dinary of Houston county, swore
in the three new councilmen, W.
J. Sexton, H. E. Smith and Dr. H.
E. Weems. They replaced Hugh
Beatty, Henry Matthews and W. T.
1 iob ey.
Thj council voted to buy a 1 Mi
ton truck from Union Motor Co.
All city employees were re-ap
pointed tor another year.
Presbyterians Hear
Mr. Goad on Sunday
Rev. James B. Coad, pastor of
the Carnesville Presbyterian
Church will preach at the local
Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday.
The local Presbyterians have
been without a pastor for several
weeks, since Rev. Donald B. Pat
terson accepted a call to a church
at Hopewell, Va.
Officials of the church urged
all members of the Perry church
to hear Mr. Coad Sunday night
MRS. AULTMAN NAMED
TO DEAN’S LIST
Mrs. Eleanor Anderson Aultman
of Perry was named to the Dean’s
List at Mercer University for the
Fall Quarter.
Country Club Working
On Plans for Clubhouse
Stockholders of the Perry Coun-,
try Club Monday night voted to j
prepare plans and a financing pro- 1
posal for a new clubhouse at the !
golf course and swimming pool.
The stockholders also returned
to the board of directors the four
men whose terms had expired—
G. F. Nunn, H. E. Smith, Louis
Harper and retiring president,
Ralph Tabor.
After the stockholders’ meet
ing, the directors elected T. R.
(Buck) Tolleson president for one
year, Alton Hardy vice president
and H. E. Smith secretary.
Buck Tolleson told the group of
about 115 stockholders that a pro
posed clubhouse with 2,000 square
feet, exclusive of porches, would
cost about $14,000. The suggested
building would have a porch run
ning the 70 feet alongside the
swimming pool and another porch
the same length on the golf course
side. A lounge, dressing rooms,
pro shop and rest rooms are pro-1
vided in the suggested plan.
President Tabor appointed a
committee to draw up a proposed j
set of plans, plus possible finan
cing arrangements, to be present
ed again to the stockholders with
in 90 days.
Tabor reported that all nine
I greens have been changed over to
Tift Bermuda 328 and the pros
j pects are that the course will be
in excellent condition this spring.
Secretary Jack Miller reported
that the club is about $650 in debt
but that a better year seems to be
in prospect.
The stockholders voted to in
crease the capital stock of the
club by SIO,OOO, to $35,000, if it is
needed to help finance the club
i house.
I It was emphasized that a num-
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i ber of stockholders have more
shares than they need and will
; sell some to prospective members.
A notice will be posted at the
clubhouse listing those who have
extra shares to sell, A more ac
tive membership list is the imme
diate need of the club, it was
shown.
PLANS MADE HERE
FOR JAYCEE WEEK
Perry Jaycees will join mem
bers of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce all over Georgia in ob
serving Jaycee Week Jan. 18-25,
local President James Peavy an
nounced yesterday.
The climax of Jaycee Week ac
tivity will be Bosses Night, sche
duled for Thursday night, Jan. 22,
at the New Perry Hotel. The Jay
cees will name their “Outstanding
Boss” at this affair. J. M. Tolle
non Sr. was chosen last year as
the first “Outstanding Boss” by
the local Jaycees, recognizing his
service to the community and the
P'rry club.
No announcement of the 1958-
59 selection will be made until the
banquet.
At the Hospitals
E. O. Batson was dismissed from
the Macon Hospital Tuesday.
A. E. Harris Jr. was dismsised
from a Macon hospital Monday.
William Lawhun was admitted
to the Macon Hospital Monday.
Mrs. George B. Wells Jr. under
went surgery Monday at the Peach
County Hospital.