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VOL. 89 NO. 16 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1959 ESTABLISHED 1870
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NEW HATTIE BAPTIST CHURCH
Dedication Week to Begin, Sunday, April 19
Russian Roulette Game
Fatal to Perry Negro
A 30-year-old Perry Negro played Russian roulette Tues
day and lost.
Willie James Burton, an employee at Warner Robins Air
Materiel Area, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by him
self. a jury empaneled by Coroner Gardner Watson found.
“Let’s play Russian roulette,” Burton told his friends who
were chatting at the home of Eunice Pitts, Police Chief J. B.
Hawkins said. His friends did not take him seriously.
Burton put the .32 calibre revolver to his head and fired
into his right temple, the chief said, and died instantly.
The witnesses were Eunice Pitts, John Lee Smith and
Celestine Little, all Negroes. They testified that Burton was
in good spirits and that they could not believe that he intend
ed to kill himself.
School Lunchrooms
Keep High Rating
For Cleanliness
BY EUCLE GEORGE
Houston County Sanitarian
The school lunchroom program
,n Houston County has maintained
this year the high standards that
were established in 1958, with a
sanitation rating in excess of 90
Per cent compliance with the
Georgia State Board of Health
Standards.
This outstanding program was
officially rated by the Engineer
ing Division, of the State Health
Department during the week of
March 30, as being better than
per cent compliance with re
commended standards. The cur
rent rating shows approximately
d P er cent gain over the 1958
rat mg of approximately 93 per
tent Once a county has establish
ed a score in excess of 90 per cent
tHi a slight increase is very!
significant.
Ihc success of the program can'
' attributed to the enthusiasm
a ‘ ! interest of Houston County
; c " M ' officials, school principals,
'’Ohool lunchroom managers. I
!*'] proud of the school lunchroom
1 °gram in Houston County.
Du school lunch rooms feed
al) nut 5,070 children.
' !v i ( uses Slated
0i Houston Court
Woii ‘uses will be tried next
ami nn * ng Monday morning,
1 '•i.ninal cases are scheduled
Apn - Week ginning Monday,
emir * n H° uston superior
finish, ,! J^ ei ? ber Ter m grand jury
aft, r tS business fast Thursday
crimin'! !u^ n * n g 64 indictments for
ennunal offenses.
(Phil) Anderson
Oscar t t nCXt week and Judge
lowing w L e 0 ek g Wi “ PFeside the
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Houston Jljnmß journal
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Cawthon an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Mary Dorothy, born April 15 at'
the Gallemore Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Waldorf an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Teresa Lynn, born April 9 at the
Macon Hospital.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to express my
thanks to everyone who was so
thoughtful of me during my re
cent illness. The many acts of
kindness were greatly appreciated.
MRS. W. C. CAWTHON
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ANOTHER GAS RATE INCREASE SOUGHT
BY COMPANY WHICH SERVES PERRY
Southern Natural Gas Company,
which supplies the City of Perry
Gas Department, is asking the
Federal Power Commission for an
other increase in rates, but Perry
Mayor Stanley E. Smith said yes
terday he hopes that the proposed
increase will not affect Perry.
The gas company asked the
commission to allow an increase
of about four cents per thousand
cubic feet in the average price of
gas sold to its resale customers.
“We are hoping that our peak
shaving plant, which will be ready
in the fall, will keep us from hav
ing to pay the increase,” Mayor
Smith said.
A “peak-shaving plant” is a
separate gas plant which produces
artificial gas which can be used
Alert Friday to Test 1
Civil Defense Siren
Perry will have its first practice alert Friday morning,
but it will be used only to test the warning equipment, Civil
Defense Director H. E. Evans said yesterday.
The first alert will be at 11:30 a. m. Friday and will be a
steady three-minute blast on the city’s fire siren. The second
will come at 11:45 a. m., when the “take cover” alert will be
an “up and down” blast on the siren.
Mr. Evans said all persons who fail to hear the siren are
asked to call the Police Department and report it. This alert
is to determine the reach of the siren.
Residents will not be required to do anything during this
alert. Two other alerts will be held during the year to acquaint
the people with the procedures under the civil defense pro
gram in case of war.
A nationwide alert also is scheduled at the same time
on the “Conelrad System,” which is the national radio warn
ing network.
Teresi Conducting
Madison Revival
Rev. J .M. Teresi, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, is conduct
ing a series of revival services at
the First Baptist Church in Madi
son this week.
The Madison church is Mr. Tere
si’s home church, where he was
converted and where he was or
dained as a minister.
Col. Joe Jenkins of Vienna, for
mer president of Georgia Military
College and an ordained minister,
will fill the pulpit at the local
church Sunday morning in Mr. Te
resi’s absence. A film will be
shown at the evening service.
Funeral Conducted
For Sam Wilson, 63
Funeral services for Sam Wil
son, 63, who died Saturday night
at his home after a brief illness,
were held Monday at the First 1
Baptist Church.
Rev. James Teresi officiated.
Burial was in Woodlawn Ceme
tery.
Mr. Wilson was a native of
Dodge County and had lived here 1
for the past 26 years. He was a
member of the Baptist church and
a veteran of World War I. He was
a machinist-repairman for Penn-
Dixie Cement Corp. for a number
of years.
Survivors include his wife; five
sons, Durwood Wilson, Ft. Worth,
Tex., Jack and Jerry Wilson, Per
ry; Mark Wilson, U. S. Air Force;
and Jimmy Wilson, Ft. Jackson,
S. C.; a daughter, Miss Margaret
Wilson, Perry; mother, Mrs. P. B.
Wilson, Chauncey; two brothers,
Lewis Wilson, Chauncey, and D. P.
Wilson, California; three sisters,
Mrs. 0. G. Ryals, Eastman, and
Mrs. Georgia Evans, and Mrs. Vio
let Lucus, both of Chauncey.
Active pallbearers were Gerrellj
; Ryals, Roswell Ryals, Bobby
ans, Vance Swinson, Ralph Laver
ette, and Rex Logue. Honorary
pallbearers were a group of fellow
employees of Penn-Dixie Cement
’ Corp.
1 Gardner Watson Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Martha Evans Wins
• ‘Congeniality’ Title
: In Beauty Pageant
Miss Martha Evans, daughter of
Mrs. W. B. Evans of Perry, was
one of the five finalists and named
“Miss Congeniality” at the Macon
Beauty Pageant last week.
Miss Evans, who was Miss Perry
of 1958, is a student at Wesleyan
College.
, to reduce the demand on the lines
r of Southern Natural Gas. The four
: city group—Perry, Warner Robins,
- Hawkinsville and Cochran—has a
r peak-shaving plant under construc
■ tion at Warner Robins and it will
1 be ready when cold weather
comes. The price charged the four
cities is based on the amount of
! gas the group uses in the coldest
! day of the year. The artificial gas
1 would reduce this “peak” and
hold the price down.
The proposed rates, to be appli
• cable to all of Southern’s resale
' customers in Alabama, Georgia,
■ Mississippi and South Carolina,
1 are calculated to produce about
$lO million additional annual re
venue. The company claims the
i increase is caused by higher prices
it has to pay for gas supplies.
Norman Parker 111
Wins Championship
At Country Cluh
Norman Pai’ker 111, Perry High
School sophomore, is the new golf
club champion of the Perry Coun
try Club.
Norman defeatjed Mell Tolleson
1 up last week to take the club
crown. Tolleson is the runner-up
and Bobby Joneb the consolation
winner.
Other winners Announced by Pro
Bill Goby at the close of the three
match tournament include:
First flight: Billy Bledsoe, first;
Julian Cawthon, runner-up, and
Walter Gray, consolation winner.
Second flight: Phil Anderson,
first; Watt Boler, runner-up, and
Bob Nicholas, consolation.
Third flight: Virgil Brooks, first,
Wendell Whipple, runner-up and
Tommie Hunt, consolation.
Fourth flight; Ralph Tabor,
first; A1 Carpenter, runner-up, and
Otis Whitten, consolation.
Fifth flight: Hubert Steffanini,
first; George L. Brown, runner-up,
and Herb St. John, consolation.
Sixth flight: B. G. Bickley, first;
Bobby Horton, runner-up, and
Chuck McClelland, consolation.
Ladies tournament: first flight,
Caroline Brown, winner; Marie
Moody, runner-up; Watson Rich
ardson, consolation; second flight,
Ann Smith, winner; Connette
Gayle, runner-up; Flo Coby, con
solation.
Pro Coby asked all winners of
trophies to pick them up at the
club this weekend, and to be pre
sent at 1:45 p. m. Sunday for a|
group picture, with their trophies.
Two Committees
Named by Council
Appointment of a finance com
mittee and a study committee was
announced this week by the board
of trustees of the Perry Club
Council, Inc., which was formed
last year to develop a recreational'
facility for the city. 1
James C. Peavy, president of
the council, named these commit- 1
tees;
Finance: W. C. Bates, Martin
Austin, Marion Houser, Miss Mar
tha Cooper, Mrs. Earl Lewis and
Mrs. Stewart Richardson.
Study: Mrs. W. B. Evans, For
est Purdom, Jack Crutchfield, Mrs.
Avery Lee, Mrs. James C. Peavy,
B. B. Nall, Mrs. Jerry Davis, Wil
liam J. Clark Jr.
The finance committee is to de
cide on money raising projects
and the study committee is to de
termine the objectives of the coun
cil and carry them out.
The council now has cash in'
hand amounting to $1,394.
Father-Son Night
Planned hy Lodge
Houston Lodge No. 35, F. and
A. M., will have a Father-Son
Night at the lodge hall Friday
night, April 24, Worshipful Mas
ter John W. Wicks announced yes
j terday.
Entertainment includes several
numbers by the Fakers of Perry
and acts by Magician Ben Morgan.
The program will be “short but
dynamic,” said Mr. Wicks. Din-
I ner will be served.
If you haven’t got a son, borrow
one, Mr. Wicks suggested to mem
bers of the lodge.
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MODELS IN COMING FASHION SHOW
Left to right, Georgette Austin, Lenette Austin, Sue Wil
son, Jean Vance and Lynn Smith. (Home Journal Photo).
Fashion Show Models Chosen
For Event Friday, April 24
The names of 27 models for the
Fashion Show and Card Party to
be sponsored by the Catholics of
Perry on April 24 were announced
today by Mrs. Gladys Culpepper,
owner of the Vanity Shop, who
will stage the show.
The models are Sue Wilson,
Kay Coleman, Janet Gray, Connie
Collier, Patsy Todd, Patsy Adams,
Faye Sanders, Nita Humphries,
Jean Bledsoe, Mary Wright, Co
leyne Connell, Jean Connell, Mar
tha Lynn Watson,
Jean Vance, Lenette Austin,
Georgette Austin, Jackie Moss,
Carol Etheridge, Ann Aultman,
Pam Perkins, Linda Oldham, Bren
da Oldham, Lynn Smith, Patsy
Cawthon, Mrs. Macy Skinner, Mrs.
Paul Hardy, Mrs. Cora Stem
bridge.
They will model the latest
spring and summer fashions for
resort and play wear from the de
signing boards of some of Amer
ica’s foremost designers.
Narrator for the evening will be
Mrs. A1 Evans and music will be
provided by Mrs. Sal Beaumont.
The fashion show will be the
highlight of the combined card
party and fashion show to be pre
| sented at 8 p. m. April 24 at the
National Guard Armory in Perry.
Sponsor of the affair is the Al
tar Society of the Perry Catholic
Mission. Proceeds will go t 6 the
building of a Catholic Mission
Church in Perry.
Tickets are $1 each and are
available at the Vanity Shop in
COMING EVENTS
The Day of Prayer and Visita
tion for Community Missions will
, be held by the WMS at the First
Baptist Church next Monday at
2:30 p. m.
Rev. Jimmy Waters, pastor of
the Mabel White Baptist Church
in Macon, will speak to the Perry
Kiwanis Club at 1 p. m. Tuesday,
April 21.
The regular meeting of the Per-1
ry Chapter 62, RAM, will be held
Monday night, April 20, at 8 p. m.
T. M. Beall, high priest, urges all
members and qualified visitors to
attend.
Houston Chapter 383, Order of
the Eastern Star, will hold instal
lation of new officers Tuesday,
April 21, at 8 p. m. The public
is cordially invited.
Monday, April 20, there will be
a called meeting of the Town and
Country Garden Club at the home i
of Mrs. Cliff Graham at 4 p. m.
All members are urged to attend
as there are some important mat-1
ters to be discussed and voted up- j
on in advance of the May lunch
eon meeting. Members are also
asked to bring names to be sub- j
milled for membership.
CARD OF THANKS
To those who expressed their
sympathy in so many beautiful
and practical ways during our re
cent bereavement, we extend our
heartfelt thanks.
The Family of Sam Wilson
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Perry or through Mrs. Martin Aus
tin, chairman of the affair, and
her committee.
Mrs. Austin promises a most
interesting evening with bridge,
card playing, table prizes and door
prizes in addition to the most ex
citing fashion show.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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PERRY GIRL SECOND IN VOCABEE FINALS
L. to r., Boyd Bauer, Harris County; Ann Cipriani, Colum
bus; Brenda Taylor, Perry. (Photo courtesy Columbus Ledger-
Enquirer).
Perry Girl Wins Second Place
In Spelling-Meaning Contest
Brenda Taylor of Perry High
School won second place in the
sixth annual Vocabee, the spelling
and vocabulary contest sponsored
by The Houston Home Journal and
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, in
Columbus last Friday night.
Brenda, the 15-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Taylor, Hill
crest Avenue, stayed in the contest
for 27 rounds and was finally de
j seated by Ann Cipriana, a Colum
bus High School senior. Brenda Is
a freshman at Perry High.
The second place winner was
presented a beautiful wrist watch.
The first place winner receives a
free trip to Washington, D. C., for
herself and a chaperon.
Third place winner was Boyd
Bauer, a senior from Harris Coun
ty High School. All of the 14 con
testants, representing counties in
Georgia and Alabama, were girls.
Brenda and five other contes
tants survived all of the rounds in
which Vocabee words, which they
had studied all during the year
were used. After the Vocabee list
was completed, the contestants
were called on to spell and define
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TEN MILES TOTAL
TO BE SURFACED
Paving of two rural roads in
Houston and Peach counties total
ing about 11 miles is planned by
the State Highway Department,
which will let contracts May 1.
The longest stretch to be paved
is the Norwood Springs Road and
spur, beginning on the Marshall
ville Road 4 miles west of Perry
and extending northwest to the
Perry-Fort Valley Road to a point
about 3.75 miles southeast of Fort
Valley. The spur will be from Clo
pine to the new paving.
The other road is 3.1 miles on
the Centerville to Elberta Road
and 1.8 miles on the Byron-Elber
ta spur.
At the Hospitals
Mrs. Bessie Lee was admitted to
Middle Georgia Hospital, Macon,
last Thursday for surgery.
Mrs. J. C. Merritt underwent
surgery in the Peach County Hos
pital last Thursday.
Julian Wilson underwent an op
eration at the Veterans Hospital
in Dublin last week.
Linda Smith of Perry was admit
ted to the Macon Hospital Tues
day.
Mrs. E. K. Braselton is a patient
at the Peach County Hospital, Fort
Valley.
words they had not studied. Bren
da spelled “notoriety” correctly
but could not define it properly.
Brenda’s showing was the best
in the six trips that Perry High
School have made to the finals of
the Vocabee.
This year’s finals included con
testants from 10 Georgia counties
and four Alabama counties.
Brenda was accompanied to Co
lumbus by Ronnie Davis, runner
up in the Perry High School con
test; Mrs. Taylor, her mother; and
Cooper Etheridge, editor of The
Home Journal.
The contestants, runners-up, tea
chers and editors were entertained
by the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
at a banquet at the Ralston Hotel
prior to the contest, which was
held at Wynnton School. Judges
were Hubert Greene of Georgia
Southwestern College, Americus;
Charles W. Edwards, Auburn; and
R. C. Kennedy, State Teachers
College, Troy, Ala. Speakers at the
banquet included W. C. Tucker,
editor of The Enquirer; Edge
Reid, editor of The Ledger; May
nard Ashworth, publisher of the
two newspapers.