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CHARLIE ETHERIDGE
One of the tallest aces of the
hardwood is Charlie Etheridge, a
6 ft. 2 in., 145 pounds Senior.
His ability to keep a “cool” head
when things get rough has won
for Charlie a prominent place on
the Panther Team.
Not only does Charlie excel in
sports and scholastic work, but he
holds such offices as Hi-Y presi
dent, Sports Editor of the Perri
scope, and is an Annual Staff
member.
Charlie is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper Etheridge and plans
to attend Mercer University in the
fall.
Perry 56, Butler 52
Playing without two regulars
and a substitute, the Perry Pan
thers edged out the Butler High
School quintet here last Friday
night, 56 to 52.
Injuries kept Forward Pierce
Staples and Guards Frank Holland
and Wilson Martin in civilian
clothes, but their replacements
seemed to do pretty well, as the
Uanthers beat a team which had
once conquered Montezuma this
season.
Lee Martin, the fabulous fresh
man guard of the Panthers, sacked
25 points, with only 1 of them
from the foul line. Boot Hunt
found the range again, coming out
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BAPTISTS CHANGE SERVICE HOURS
The First Baptist Church voted Sunday to change the
hours of the Sunday School and morning worship services,
effective Sunday, Feb. 1.
Under the new schedule, Sunday School will open at 10
a m. and the morning worship service at 11:10 a. m.
The former schedule was 10:15 a. m. for Sunday School and
11:30 for the church service.
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ptmtstmt Pjmttr 3) minted
Substitute Wilson Martin scored
only two points Tuesday night but
he scored them at the right mo
ment—the last half-second of the
ball game. The timely develop
ment allowed Perry High’s Pan
thers to edge out Crawford Coun
ty High, 64 to 62.
With four seconds left on the
clock, the score was 62-60 in Per
ry’s favor. Hunt was called for a
foul and went out of the game.
Roberta’s Royce Cochran sank
both of his shots and tied the
score. In two passes Wilson Mar
tin had the ball and drove in for
the layup as the whistle blew. It
was the end of a real chiller.
Perry had 10 more field goals
than Roberta, 27 to 17, but the
Crawford countians shot 28 free
throws against 10 for Perry. So
the shots from the foul line al
most won the game for Roberta.
The referees called 24 fouls
against Perry and 13 against Ro
berta.
Boot Hunt with 24 and Lee Mar
tin with 22 led the Panther scor
ing. Martin had 10 field goals and
two free throws, while Hunt had
nine field goals and 6 free throws.
For Roberta, big Royce Coch
ran had 8 field goals and 12 free
tosses to lead his team with 28
points. John Matthews, the Ro
berta ace, was held to 10 points.
Perry High School’s girls re
corded their third victory of the
year by defeating Roberta, 47 to
34. Beverly Jacobs with 19 and
Janice Knighton with 17 led the
scoring.
The girls have now defeated
Hawkinsville, Butler and Roberta,
and are on their way to a “suc
cessful season” in their first year
of basketball.
GIRLS GAME
Perry 47 Pos. Roberta 34
Knighton 17 f Thaxton 6
Todd 8 f Davis 4
Jacobs 19 f - Patrick 21
Culpepper g Lawhorne
Yeomans g Mitchell
Kovac g Parker
Subs: For Perry, Parker 3, Las
seter, Stocks, McEachern, Harley,
Coby. Score at half, Perry 21, Ro
berta 14.
BOYS GAME
Perry 64 Pos. Roberta 62
Hunt 24 f McAfee 4
Staples 2 f Dent 13
Marshall 8 c Matthews 10
Holland 5 g Essoff 7
L. Martin 22 g Cochran 28
Subs: For Perry, W. Martin 2,
Davis 1, Etheridge. Score at half,
Perry 25, Roberta 28.
BASKETBALL COMING UP
Jan. 30, Wilkinson County, here.
Jan. 31, Cochran, there.
Feb. 3, Warner Robins, here.
Feb. 6, Willingham, here.
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sale of office supplies.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JAN. 29, 1959
EMMITT M. AKIN
E. M. Akin Named
‘Outstanding Boss'
By Perry Jaycees
Emmitt M. Akin, Perry druggist,
was named “Outstanding Jaycee
Boss of the Year” at the annual
Bosses’ Night program of the Per
ry Junior Chamber of Commerce
last Thursday night at the New
Perry Hotel.
Richard B. Ray, awards chair
man of the Jaycees, made the pre
sentation to Mr. Akin in recogni
tion of his support of the Jaycees
and allowing his employee, Billy
Ethridge, to work on Jaycee pro
jects.
P. A. McArthur, executive secre
tary of the Macon YMCA, was the
guests speaker of the evening. He
was introduced by Jack Crutch
field, the master of ceremonies
and program chairman.
Seabie Hickson, first vice presi
dent, presided in the absence of
James C. Peavy, president, who
could not attend.
Miss Jeanne Connell, accompan
ied at the piano by Mrs. Hoke
Smith, presented a program of
three solos.
Hunt Is Assigned
I To California Base
Airman 3-C Nelson Hunt, son of
I Mr. and Mrs. Tommie S. Hunt of
j Perry, is at home on a 10-day
I leave prior to going to Edwards
1 Air Force Base, Calif., for further
training.
Airman Hunt, a graduate of
Georgia Tech, completed his basic
I training at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Perrv 45. Butler 36
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The Perry High School girls won
their second game of the season
here last Friday night, defeating
the Butler sextet, 45 to 36, in a
thriller.
Butler was out front in the
first quarter but the girl Panthers
moved into the lead in the second
quarter and stayed ahead the rest
of the game, even though the mar
gin was slim at times.
The local girls’ team is showing
more determination and skill with
every game.
At the Hospitals
Mrs. T. E. Smith was admitted
to the Middle Georgia Hospital
Tuesday.
Mrs. L. W. Clark of Byron was
admitted to the Macon Hospital
Monday.
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ry on Jan. 22 and qualified forj
lifetime subscriptions of The i
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How could we have suspected
that many babies would be born
in a day? We just picked Jan. 22
right out of thin air. The three
were born at Gallemore Clinic.
Other local doctors delivered ba
bies on the day before and the day
after, but not that day.
These babies will receive life
time subscriptions to the paper;
1. Sandra Brown, daughter of
Trooper and Mrs. Jordon Brown,
601 Pine Ridge Drive, Perry.
2. Susan Vanell Walker, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Walk
er, Route 1, Perry.
3. Gary Duane Scott, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Scott, 403 N. 6th
Street, Warner Robins.
PRESBYTERIANS
CALL REV. COAD
The Perry Presbyterian Church I
voted unanimously Sunday to ex-1
tend a call to Rev. James Goad of I
Carnesville to be the pastor of the I
local church, effective about,
March 15.
Mr. Coad is expected to adcise
the local church within a week
whether he will accept the call.
Mr. Coad, 32, is married and the
couple have four children. He is
preaching at four churches in and
around Carnesville.
Aldene Lassiter is chairman of
the pulpit nominating committee
which recommended Mr. Coad to
the church.
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Methodists Start
New Schedule Sunday
Next Sunday morning, February
1, at the Perily Methodist Church
there will be rwo worship services,
with Sunday School between them.
The first worship service will be
gin at 9. Sunday School will be
at 10 and the second worship ser
vice at 11.
Up until this time there has
been only one morning worship
service which began at 11:30. Now
you will be privileged to choose
the time you will worship at the
Methodist Church. Visitors are al
ways welcome at any of these ser
vices.
The evening worship service will
continue to begin at 7:30 with
Meditation Music with the organ
and piano beginning at 7:20.
INSIDE STUFF
Among the items you should
read on inside pages of The
Home Journal this week are
these:
Photo of Evelyn Hunt of Per
ry on “The Big Payoff” televi
sion show.
Photos of Perry’s “Citizens of
the Future.”
Community news from all ov
er the county.
Value-packed ads of Perry’s
best merchants.
FINAL SESSION OF BUSINESS CLINICS
TO BE HELD AT JAYCEE BLDG. FRIDAY
The final session in a 10-hour
clinic for business owners and
managers in Perry and Warner
Robins will be presented by James
Gribben, 111, of the Georgia De
partment of Education this week.
Sponsored by the respective
Chambers of Commerce, the pro
gram is scheduled from 10 to 12
noon on Tuesday in Warner Ro
bins and Friday in Perry. Location
will continue to be at The Chapel
of The Flowers in the former city
and at the Georgia Jaycee Head
quarters in Perry.
The final session is opened to
the business community-at-large,
whether other periods have been
attended or not. The building of
the business center of tomorrow
will be the topic under discussion.
Mr. Gribben stated today that
the business leaders of Perry and
Warner Robins will be given a
forum-type analysis of the keys to
sound urban business growth
which they can apply to their own
problems in their business and
community.
Popular topics covered during
the past two weeks of classes have
been: management obligations, se
lection and training of co-workers,
keeping business records, prob
lems of credit and collection, and
promotion and advertising. The
I' IMS T HAI*TIS I S EDUCATIONAL IUHLI)IN(i AM) ASSI.MIM.Y II AM.
First Baptists to Open
New Building Sunday
The $196,000 Educational Build
ing and Assembly Hall of the First
Baptist Church will be used for
the first time Sunday morning at
10 a. m., church officials announ
ced this week.
Thirty men of the church gath
ered there Monday night and be
gan moving the furniture and
equipment into the new building.
A formal opening ceremony will
be held at a later date.
The big building has 50 class
rooms and assemblies, nine rest
rooms, four mechanical rooms and
four storage rooms. It contains
18,000 square feet of floor space.
There are 32 rooms upstairs and
21 downstairs.
Four separate units for heating
and air conditioning will provide
52 tons of air conditioning and
a million BTU’s for heating.
The assembly will accomodate
more than 200 for a meeting and
j 150 seated at tables for meals. A
I spacious kitchen will serve the
i assembly hall.
Some Stay in Present S. S.
Two departments will continue
to use the present Sunday School
building—the Men’s Adult Depart
ment, and one Junior Department
i of 9 and 10 year old children. All
the other departments will be in
their new quarters Sunday morn
ing.
About $5,000 worth of equip
ment has been placed in the new
building in recent weeks. Several
members have volunteered to fur
nish various rooms in memory
of loved ones, and these rooms
will be designated by memorial
plaques.
A considerable amount of equip
ment for nursery and beginner de
partments has been built in recent
weeks by men of the church work
ing in cooperation with the Voca
tional Agriculture Department of
Perry High School and Teacher
E. H. Cheek. This includes baby
concluding two-hour session will
comprise a study of local develop
ment in business areas and answer
questions on how to steer toward
progress that is steady and under
control.
Trie Distributive Education Ser
vice which is the Education De
partmont section responsible for
!eadersh ; p in business clinics and
.raining courses is available for
all retail, wholesale and service
groups through many courses such
as these sponsored in Perry and
Warner Robins.
An invitation is extended from
the Chamber of Commerce to all
businessmen and women in the
community who would find the fi
nal session of the Management
Clinic challenging. Because the
previous meetings have been held
to less than 20 registrants, all per
sons interested are asked to con
tact their Chamber of Commerce
office to allow for enlargement of
the group.
Chamber of Commerce officials
feel that the informative sessions
realized during the present busi
ness analysis and study will lead
to scheduled courses at future
dates. The sponsored service is
conducted without fee as a part
of the Vocational Division of the
Georgia Department of Education.
beds, book cases, tables and dolls
furniture.
Attendance Increase Seen
Rev. J. M. Teresi, pastor, and
B. W. Bozeman, Sunday School su
perintendent, said they expect av
erage attendance to rise from 400
per Sunday to 500 a Sunday with
in six months.
The adults will be divided into
two departments, one composed of
men who will assemble in the main
auditorium of the church, and the
other of women’ who will meet in
the new assembly hall. There will
be four classes for men and five
classes for women, divided by age
groups.
A new Married Couples Depart
ment has been set up for couples
I between 25 and 35 years of age,
and this department will have two
classes in the new building.
The Intermediates will have two
departments, both in the new
building.
The Juniors will have three de
partments, two in the new build
ing and one in the old building.
3 Primary Departments
The Primaries will have three
departments in the new building,
all on the second floor.
The Beginners will have two de
partments, both in the new build
ing.
Four departments have been set
up for the Nursery, all on the first
floor of the new building.
Church officials said they are
expecting a big attendance Sunday
morning when the building will be
used for the first time.
Architects for the building were
Hall and Ferguson, Macon, and
the contractor was Newton Coal
and Lumber Company, Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Griggs at
tended a National Concrete Ma
sonry Association in Cleveland,
Ohio last week.
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DEBATERS BRING BACK STATE TROPHY
State Class B champion debaters of Perry High School
returned from Athens last weekend with the state trophy
after winning from Fort Valley in the finals. Left to right are
Stanley St. John, Linda Tabor, Lynn Smith and Carole Mason.
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To Print Monthly
The Home Journal has contract
ed to print The Diocesan Record,
the officially monthly publication
of the Episcopal Church in the
Diocese of Atlanta.
The Rev. Donald G. Mitchell Jr.,
minister at St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church, Fort Valley, is the editor
of the publication. Is is published
monthly except June, July and Au
gust, and 12,000 copies are printed.
Miss Mary Sue Nunn, Mr. and
Mrs. Mayo Davis, Miss Pauline
Lewis and James Lewis attended
the performance of Author Gold
and Robert Fizdale, duo-pianists
at Wesleyan College Saturday
night.
Perry’s Debaters
Win Stale B Title
Perry High School’s “Cinderella”
debate team, which is composed of
one freshman, two sophomores,
and only one senior, defeated Fort
Valley in the finals of the State,
class “B”, Championship.
In the first round of debates
the Perry affirmative, composed of
Linda Tabor and Stanley St. John,
defeated Patterson’s negative 2-1;
while Perry’s negative, composed
of Lynn Smith and Carole Mason,
defeated Jackson’s affirmative by
the same score. This led up to the
finals in which both Perry teams
defeated arch-rival Fort Valley by
identical scores 2-1.
The debate teams are coached
by Mrs. J. O. Coleman and Mrs.
A. E. Carpenter.