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The Houston Home Journal, Perry, Ga.. Thurs., April 16, 1959
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Georgia Rural Roads Authority
Project No. RR PR 3000 (1) and
SPUR CT. 2 Counties of Peach
and Houston
Sealed proposals will be receiv
ed by the Georgia Rural Roads Au
thority at its General Office at
No. 2 Capitol Square, Atlanta,
Georgia, until 11 a. m., Eastern
Standard Time, May 1, 1959, for
furnishing all labor, material, |
equipment and other things neces-l
sary for construction of 6.363
miles of paving on Norwood t
Springs Road and Spur, beginning !
at State Route 127 approximately
4.0 miles west of Perry and ex-1
tending northwest to Stale Route <
7, approximately 3.75 miles south
east of Fort Valley in Peach Coun- 1
ty with Spur to State Route 7 at
Clopine in Peach County.
Plans and Specifications are on
file at the oifice of the under- i
signed at Atlanta, and at the of-1
fice of the State Highway Depart- :
ment, No. 2 Capitol Square, Atlan
ta, Georgia, and at the office of
the Division Engineer of the State
Highway Department at Thomas !
ton, Georgia, and at the office of
the Board of County Commission
ers of Peach and Houston Counties
at Fort Valley and Perry, Georgia, i
where they may be inspected free
of charge. No Plans will be fur-j
nished for sale to prospective bid
ders.
Copies of the Standard Specifi-;
cations may be obtained upon pay
ment in advance of the sum of l
$3.00, which sum will not be re
funded.
The Standard Specifications of
the State Highway Department of j
Georgia have been adopted by the
Georgia Rural Roads Authority
and will govern any construction 1
under these proposals. The work
will be let in one contract.
The Approximate Quantities
Are as Follows:
6 Acres, Clearing and Grubbing,
per acre.
3500 Cu. Yds., Unclassified Ex
cavation and Borrow including dit
ches.
6000 Sta. Yds., Overhaul on Un
classified Excavation.
6.363 Miles, Special Subgrade
Compaction.
89,750 Sq. Yds., Sprigging.
12 Tons, First Application Fer
tilizer.
2650 Lbs., Second Application
Fertilizer.
92 M. Gals. Water for Grassing.
640 Sq. Yds., Loose Sod Rip Rap.
900 Sq. Yds., Sod Ditch Checks.
20 Tons, Aggregate for Penetra
tion Macadam Base.
350 Gals., Bituminous Material
for Penetration Macadam Base.
4 Each, Reflectorized Railroad
Warning Signs.
4 Each, Reflectorized Railroad
Stop Signs.
4 Each, Reflectorized Railroad
ANY TYPE
ASPHALT
PAVING
DRIVEWAYS - PARKING
LOTS
Residence or Commercial
Free Estimates
Call
PAUL M. TURNER
CALL GA 9-1459
Perry, Georgia
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Out-dazzle the sun in
"Sunburst" > ■
Coo I Coordinates by v
fabulous citrus colors woven with strands
of sparkling gold or silver thread. Milar
Gingham tops in latest styles (including
chemise) coordinate with Bedford
Cord shorts, capri pants, skirts, Jamaicas and
pedal pushers. Girls 3 - 6X and 7 -14.
kTfffi VANITY SHOP
l Cross Buck Signs.
Lump Sum, Bridge Sign Assem
bly, Complete in Place.
2900 Cu. Yds., Stabilizer Aggre
! gate, Coarse, including Material.
32,265 Cu. Yds., Class “C-2" Top
soil or Sand Clay Base Material
Stabilized, including shoulders.
444,700 Unit Yds., Overhaul on
Base Material, including should
ers. ,
19,930 Gals., Cutback Asphalt
I Prime.
75,970 Sq. Yds., Asphalt Cement
Surface Treatment, Stone Size •
M-5, Type 1.
j 75,970 Sq. Yds., Asphalt Cement
Bituminous Seal.
! 59,750 Sq. Yds., Finishing and ,
Dressing.
Said work shall begin within ten :
i (10) days after formal execution
of contract and shall be completed
within 140 working days. When
s contract has been executed, writ- i
I ten notice shall be given the Con- <
tractor, at which time, and not ,
before, work may be started.
Contract executed pursuant to
this Notice is binding on the Geor- ;
gia Rural Roads Authority as such. ,
Said contract will not create lia
bility, expressed or implied, ,
against the undersigned Chairman '
of the Georgia Rural Roads Au
thority as an individual, nor
against any employee of the Geor- i
j gia Rural Roads Authority in his i
or her individual capacity nor i
! against the State Highway Depart
j ment of Georgia, nor against any
officer or employee of the State
! Highway Department in his or her, 1
individual capacity. 1
j Proposals must be submitted on ■
1 regular forms which will be sup
] plied by the undersigned, and
must be accompanied by a certi
i fied check, cashier’s check, nego-
' liable United Sfates Bonds or oth- ■
er acceptable security in the
amount of $3000.00, and must be
plainly marked “Proposal for Road
Construction,” County and Num- s
ber, and show the time of open- (
ing as advertised. Check of the low ,
bidder will be cashed and all oth
er checks will be returned as soon a
as the contract is awarded, unless v
it is deemed advisable by the Au- t
thority to hold one or more
checks. If an unusual condition
arises, the Authority reserves the
right to cash all checks. Bidders s
Bond will not be accepted.
A charge of $5.00 will be made
for each proposal issued. 1
Such a bond will be required t
of the successful bidder as re- j
quired by law for contractors con
tracting with the State Highway
Department of Georgia.
Contracts will not be awarded (
to contractors who have not been f
placed on the list of qualified con- I
tractors prior to the date of award.
No proposals will be issued to any
bidder later than 9 a. m. Eastern
Standard Time of the date of open- *
ing bids. (
All bids must show totals for t
each item and total of amount of
bid. Right is reserved to delay the
award of the contract for a period ;
of not to exceed thirty (30) days ,
from the date of opening bids,
during which period bids shall re- 1
main open and not subject to with- I
drawal. Right is reserved to re- s
jeet any and all bids and to waive t
all formalities. s
Upon compliance with the rc
, quirements of the standard speci
| fications, ninety (90) per cent of
the amount of work done in any r
' calendar month will be paid for by f
the 25th day of the succeeding t
month, and the remainder with- J
in thirty (30) days after final es
timate is approved by the En
gineer. .
This the 10th day of April 1959. ,
GEORGIA RURAL ROADS 1
AUTHORITY (
Jim L. Gillis, Sr., Chairman
Willis N. Harden, member
Robert H. Jordan, member r
2tc. 4-16. v
Personal Mention
Conrad Boterweg, a student at
North Georgia College, arrived
Tuesday to spend several days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Conrad Boterweg Sr.
♦ • ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Jerri Succi of
Athens, were the weeeknd guests
of Mrs. Succi’s mother, Mrs. Stro
i ther.
♦ * •
Mrs. B. E. Hatch of Conyers is
spending this week as the guest of
her sister, Mrs. S. L. Norwood.
* • •
Mr. and Mrs. Cohen Walker and
children were weekend guests of
Mr. Walker’s mother, Mrs. David
Walker in Warthen, Ga.
• • *
Miss Sylvia Williamson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. William
son, was installed as secretary and
treasurer of The Rockdale County
Educational Association last Wed
nesday night at an installation
meeting, held at The Elks Club
in Decatur. Miss Williamson is an
English teacher in the Junior High
School in Conyers.
* • ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Williamson
of Orlando, spent several days last
week visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. N.
Williamson and family.
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lynn of At
lanta were weekend guests of Mrs.
Lynn’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Gibson.
• * •
Jack Miller Jr., student at Geor
gia Tech, spent the weekend visi
ting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Miller Sr.
* * *
Sam Beckley of Shelby, Ohio,
spent the weekend visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Beckley.
Mrs. Beckley and children, Debbie
and Diane, returned to Shelby
with Mr. Beckley after spending
two weeks in Perry.
« • «
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gray Sr. are
spending several days in Alabama.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Inskeep have
returned to Perry, after spending
two weeks visiting relatives in To
peka, Kansas.
* * •
Marvin Griffin Jr., a student at
Georgia Tech, was the weekend
guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Griffin Sr.
• * «
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Bozeman and
sons, Bert and Wallace, were Sun-|
day guests of Mr. Bozeman’s mo-|
ther in Danville.
* * •
Miss Bess Jackson of Meridan, !
Miss., spent last week in Perry as
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Dan
Brittian and Mr. Brittian. Mrs.
Brittian and Miss Jackson spent
several days in Danville, Ky., visi
ting their sister, Mrs. J. H. Walhup
and Dr. Walhup.
• * «
Miss Barbara Langston, student
nurse at the Macon Hospital, and
guest, Miss Mary Ann Durden of
Macon, spent the weekend visiting
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Langston.
* • «
Robert Brown, U. S. Army, Fort
Jackson, S. C., spent the weekend
in Perry visiting his wife, Mrs.
Gail Watson Brown.
♦ * *
Miss Joan Roper, student at
GSCW, Milledgeville, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Roper.
• * •
Mrs. Eugene Beckham and Mrs.
Jerry’ Davis returned to Perry Sun
day, after spending three weeks on
a tour of the West.
• • •
Ralph Dorsett, student at Val
dosta State, spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
K. Dorsett.
• • •
R. L. Roper left Sunday for Al
buquerque, New Mexico, to spend
a month on detached duty from
Robins Air Force Base.
* * •
Miss Wallis Greene, a student at
GSCW, Milledgeville, Ga., spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Greene Jr.
« • «
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scarbor
ough and son of Atlanta spent the
weekend with Mrs. Scarborough’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fes
mire.
* • «
Mrs. Jim Rainey is spending this
week in McDonough with Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Hunt and her brother,
Henry Bankston.
• « •
Mrs. J. B. Hunnicutt and Mrs.
Hermis Williams of Fort Valley
visited relatives and friends here
Friday.
« • «
Mrs. Wilson Moody judged in
the Robins Air Force Base Offi
cers wives’ Spring flower show
last Thursday.
• • «
Mr. and Mrs. Paschal Muse at
tended the funeral of Mr. Muses
cousin. Mrs. T. D. Meadows Sr. in
Covington Tuesday.
* *
Miss Marilyn Holland spent the
weekend in Atlanta, visiting
friends.
« • •
Gardner Watson left Tuesday
for Atlanta, where he and other'
KIWANIS FESTIVAL SET FOR MAY 22,
WITH SPRING'S GRID CLOSING GAME
The annual Perry Kiwanis Fes- -
tival of Fun will be held May 22,
the same night the spring training
football game of the Perry Pan
thers will be played.
Chairman Jack Crutchfield an
nounced plans for the Festival of
Fun at Tuesday’s Kiwanis Club (
meeting and named his commit- J
tees for the project.
The festival will open at 6 p. |
m. at the football field, with eats, 1
rides, drinks, candy and cakes, pet 1
show, etc. The football game will 1
be played at 8 p. m., when Coach
Herb St. John will send two equal- 1
ly matched teams from his squad 1
to fight it out. '■
Here are the concessions and 1
the committees working on them: I
Hot dogs and hamburgers —1
Yates Green, chairman; Bill Nall, 1
Leonard Bell, Dan Brittain, Terry
Waldorf, A. E. Carpenter.
Barbecue Harold Hackney, i
chairman; Tom Moore, co-chair- i
man; Henry Mathews, Tommie ;
Hunt, Alton Hardy, Hubert Ault- I
man, R. J. McNeil, Aldene Lasse- ■
ter, Jim Gooden. i
Drinks Louis Harper, chair
man; Vernon Tuggle, Dave Crock- ]
ett, C. E. McLendon.
Candy and cakes Johnnie (
Gallemore, chairman; Gardner (
Watson, Eugene Beckham, A. G. I
Hendricks, A. C. Pritchett. i
Pet Show Cohen Walker, i
chairman; Felix Smith, C. E. ]
Graham, Joe Beddingfield.
Greased pig race Eric Sta- 1
pies, chairman; W. C. Moody. <
Balloon concession Bill Sex- i
ton, Chairman; Paul Hardy, Lee
Paul, Emmitt Akin. 1
Fish Pond Marion Houser, 1
chairman; C. P. Gray, Pete Davis, !
Thomas Mason, Bo Brown, W. C.
Moody.
Golf Concession Marion
Brown, chairman; Dave Hulbert,
Hugh Lawson.
Publicity Cooper Etheridge
and A1 Evans. ,
Pony and Hay Ride—Joe Gayle, i
chairman; Byron Maxwell, Francis
Nunn, Earl Lewis, S. A. Nunn, ,
R. Hoke Smith. j
Pop corn and peanuts Stanley i
Smith, chairman; Julian Cawthon,
Pete Wihtehurst, C. E. Andrew, .
Marty Austin, Russell Lenox, John |
L. Hodges.
Rehoboth Women
Will Meet Here
I . ‘
j The Rehoboth Business Women’s s
i Federation will hold its Spring 1
banquet meeting at the New Per
ry Hotel on Tuesday, April 28, at <
7:30 p. m. Miss Pauline Lewis, •
chairman, will preside. 1
Mrs. W. H. Rape of Warner Ro- I
bins will present a program sea- 1
luring a guest missionary speaker <
and music will be by the Perry 1
School trio composed of Misses 1
Patsy Todd, Pat Adams and Bev
erly Jacobs.
Circles should forward requests ;
for reservations to Miss Lewis, i
Perry, no later than Sunday, April 1
26. 1
Officers Elected
By Local Jaycettes
The local Jaycettes met at
Locke’s Drive In on April 7.
New officers were elected for
the coming year. They are presi
dent, Mrs. Maude Sue Dubois;
first vice president, Mrs. Vivian
Crutchfield; second vice president,
Mrs. Doris Giles; secretary, Mrs.
Jimmie Lou Leverette; treasurer, j
Mrs. Cecile Horton; parliamentar-1
ian, Mrs. Louise Peavy; directors,
Mrs. Sara Lawhorn and Mrs.
Louise Arnold.
The outgoing president is Mrs.
Marjorie Daniels. The newly elect
ed officers will be officially in
stalled sometime in May.
Girl Scout Leaders
Take Special Study
In good Girl Scout tradition of
being prepared, 15 leaders from
Perry, Warner Robins and Macon,
under the direction of district di
rector, Mrs. A. A. Foster, complet
ed a 28-hour course in troop camp
ing by spending the weekend at
camp Martha Johnson near Lizel
la.
During the course, which is re
quired taken by all Girl Scout
leaders before a troop overnight,
they learned the seven basic out
door skills, and put them into
practice by camping out.
Completing the course and re
ceiving troop camping certificates
were two leaders from Perry, Mrs.
H. E. Weems Jr. and Mrs. F. L.
Purdom.
members of the Georgia State
Board of Funeral Service will con
duct examinations for embalmers
and funeral directors for three
days.
♦ • •
Mrs. Hugh Salter of Waycross
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John
C. Woods, and Mr. Woods.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Rape re
turned Sunday after a business
' trip to Orlando over the weekend.
Brotherhood Hears
State School Man i
Sam Burke, executive secretary ,
of the Georgia High School Asso- ]
ciation, Tuesday night told mem- ]
bers of the First Baptist Brother- |
hood and their guests, the Perry <
High School basketball team, that
athletes and literary contestants (
are “playing on a statewide team.” ;
He praised the Perry schools’ ]
program in athletics and literary
events, recalling that the local :
school won the State Class B has- i
ketball championship and the Re- j
gion 2-B Literary Meet. He des- i
cribed the local program as “com- :
plete and excellent.” i
He said the GHSA has set up '
high standards that students must (
meet to be eligible to represent
their schools in athletic and liter- ’
ary events, among them scholas- <
tic achievement, age limits, four- 1
year rule, transfer rule and a high 1
standard of sportsmanship.
Mr. Burke was introduced by ■
Principal and Coach E. P. Staples, ■
who in turn introduced Assistant
Coach Frank Holland and Glea |;
Gray, the “transportation” for the, (
basketball team. Boot Hunt, a I
member of the team, introduced! I
the members of the State Cham- j
pion Panthers: Francis Marshall,' ]
Pierce Staples, Lee Martin, Frank ]
Holland Jr., Wilson Martin, Lin- 1 ,
dy Evans, Charlie Etheridge, Der- (
rell Davis, Derry Watson, Larry: (
Walker, Managers Tommy Sande- ]
fur and Bob Malone. Jerry Wilson ;
whose father died Sunday, was ab- \
sent.
Elko-Hemlerson HD
Holds Dress Revue
The Elko-Henderson HD Club
met April 8 with Mrs. H. S. Kezar j
in Elko.
Mrs. R. E. Ogletree gave the de
votional and Mrs. Rhodes Sewell,
president, presided over the busi
ness meeting.
Mrs. Beckham, HD Agent, gave
a demonstratioa on placing pat- j
terns and sewing plaid material.
Mrs. Hugh Ragan placed third, I
Miss Mary Sewell, second and Mrs.i
Billy Thames first in the dress
revue.
During the social hour, the hos
tess served ice cream and cake, as
sisted by Mrs. Nena Holmes, co
hostess.
There were 16 members and
three visitors, Mrs. Perfect’s mo
ther, Mrs. Carrie Cooperrider,
Mrs. Laura Cooperrider from Cro
ton, Ohio, Mrs. Ouida Bullock of
Henderson and two judges for the
dress revue, Mrs. L. M. Hartley,
Perry and Mrs. J. S. Thompson
from the Heard Club.
Miss Theresa Williams, senior
at the University of Kentucky, is
spending Spring holidays at home
with her mother, Mrs. W. R. Wil
liams.
Rcome in
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HI-FI AND STEREO RECORDS
THE RECORD SHOP
Mrs. Maude Sue Dußois
922 CARROLL ST. GA 9-1246 PERRY
Reception Is Held j
For Coad. Family !
An informal reception honoring I
Rev. and Mrs. James Coad was
held Sunday afternoon, April 12, (
at the Presbyterian Youth Center
by the Women of the Church.
The punch table was overlaid
with a white banquet cloth of <
Italian embroidered cut work and, 1
held an arrangement of pink car
nations and snapdragons in a cry
stal and silver epergne.
Serving punch were Misses Shar
on Brooks and Emily Harrison.
Miss Meggie Molleur kept the
guest book.
A white linen cloth with crochet
inserts covered the refreshment
table. It was centered with pink
gladioli and carnations in an orien
tal brass urn and from which as
sorted cookies, salted nuts and
mints were served. Those serving
were Misses Karen Harley and
Cheryl Richards.
Others assisting in entertaining
were Mrs. Aldine Lasseter, Mrs.
John S. Richards, Mrs. Will Har
ley, Mrs. James Mitchell, Mrs.
Robert Fudge, Mrs. A. J. Adams,
Mrs. Hobart Richards, Mrs. Byron
Maxwell, Mrs. V. E. Molleur and
Mrs. Phillips Griffin.
Members of the congregation
and friends of the church called
during the reception hours.
MRS. ESTES HONORED
Mrs. Lee Paul Sr. and Mrs. Ca
rey B. Andrews honored Mrs.
Frank Estes, of Chicago, 111.,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Gooden, at a luncheon Tuesday, at
the New Perry Hotel. Guests were
Mrs. Lee M. Paul 111, Mrs. J. W.
Scott of Unadilla, Mrs. J. M. Good
en, and Mrs. Edward Warren.
STOCK REDUCTION SALE
AZALEAS, 3 FOR SI.OO AND UP
$4 Japanese Magnolias, S 3; Southern Magnolias, 25% off; Cala
dium Bulbs, 5 for $1; Peat Moss, $4 Bag.
DOGW OOD NURSERY Mrs. Paschal Muse
Phone GA 9-2910—2 Vt Miles north of Perry on Fort Valley Road
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P. 0. BOX 92 PERRY, GA.
Mrs. Martin Silcox, after ?Pend
ing several weeks visiting her
ents, Judge and Mrs. Phil Ander
son, left Saturday by pl aRe { *
Formosa to join her husband Lt
Martin Silcox. Lt. and Mr-’ Silcox
will be stationed in Formosa for
two years.
• * *
Lewis Jacobs and M. D. Brockie
arrived home Wednesday from
business trip to Jocklin, Mo.
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