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VQL 90 N -°: PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1960 ESTABLISHED 1870
Perry Loan to Open in New Building Monday
Club Council Gets Option
On 50 Acres of Land Here
Suggestions Made
To Chamber Here
For Improvements
The Perry Chamber of Com
merce said in its recent news let
ter that it had received “certain
criticisms” of Perry which it is
passing on to the merchants and
the people for what they are
worth.
The chamber listed them as:
1. The “junk yards” should be
moved from the main streets.
2. Some of the downtown stores
need to be made more attractive.
3. Customers on occasions can
not buy basic items in local stores.
4. The present sewage disposal
system is a menace to public
health, according to the State
Health Department.
Massee Co. Leases
Old P. 0. Building
Aldene Lasseter, manager of
Massee Furniture Company, an
nounced yesterday that he has
leased the former post office
building at 805 Carroll Street for
additional furniture display space.
The building is being leased
from E. M. Beckham, owner.
It is being repainted inside and
out and Mr. Lasseter said he ex
pects to start moving furniture
displays into the building next
week. He said the new building
will be used to display some of
their better grades of furniture.
The furniture company took a
year’s lease on the building and
will take a long-term lease if the
moves prove profitable. Mr. Las
seter said he believes a city the
size of Perry will support a larger
furniture store and he is confi
dent of the future of Perry as a
good usiness town.
Dividend Declared
By Perry Federal
The 49th semi-annual dividend
to savers at Perry Federal Savings
and Loan Association will be paid
on June 30, 1960, it was announced
today by S. A. Nunn, president of
the local thrift and home owner
ship organiation. This dividend
will be for the six months period
ending June 30, 1960 and will be
computed at the rate of 4 per cent
per annum for this period.
Perry Federal paid its first divi
dend on June 30, 1936, just four
months after being organized in
February of that year. Since then
a high return has been received
by investors in the institutions.
That first dividend in June of
1936 was also at 4 per cent per
annum, and from that humble be
ginning, with assets of less than
$5,000, the association has grown
to over six and one fourth million
dollars in assets today. Savers
have not only had the protection
of wise investment of their savings
in homes, but have enjoyed the
extra safety factor of their account
being insured by the Federal Sav
ings and Loan Insurance Corpora
tion, an instrumentality of the
federal government. Each account
in the institution today is insured
U P to $10,000.00 by this corpora
tion.
Today Perry Federal pays divi
dends to over 3,000 investors and
over the years has made in excees
°f 2,200 loans on homes and other
Property in Houston county and
'he surrounding territory.
Perryans' Baggage
Stolen in California
Four Perryans vacationing in
|he West lost all their belongings
! ° burglars who broke into their
car at Santa Barbara, Calif.
The vacationers are Mrs. E. O.
Batson, Mrs. Jerry Davis Jr., Mrs.
Bugene Beckham and Jerry Davis
HI.
Their luggage and all other be
longings in the car were stolen
while they spent the night in a
motel.
Houston Some journal
The Perry Club Council, Inc.,
an organization of all Perry civic
clubs whose aim is to set up a
recreation center here, announced
this week that it has an option on
50 acres of land of Clarence Davis’
on the southeast edge of town.
The land lies behind Mr. Davis’
home, which is located off U. S.
341 South inside the city limits. It
is reported to be well suited to
recreation uses.
Mrs. W. A. Lee, president of the
Club Council, said the legal papers
are being prepared and the pur
chase should be completed in
about 90 days.
The council continues its efforts
to raise money. The latest project
is to sell 1,000 tickets to the All-
Star Baseball game of the Junior
League to be held here July 4, at
7:30 p. m.
The council proposes space in
the recreation for baseball, pic
nics, playground, swimming pool,
bowling, clubhouse, shuffleboard,
volleyball, badminton, tennis, rid
ing trails, etc.
College Students
Where Are You Now?
Calling all college students!
All those, that is, who are sub
scribers to The Home Journal
and the rest who ought to be.
As of last week, we took off
our list all college subscribers
who did not tell us they are
going to summer school.
If you are a subscriber who is
going to college this summer, or
wants to start a college subscrip
tion, give us a call or drop by.
P. S.: Bring $1.50 with you for
a nine-months college subscrip
tion. Get it from your pa or ma.
They’re used to hearing from
you. The Editors.
Lenox Will Preach
Last Times Sunday
Rev. Russell A. Lenox, pastor
of the Perry Methodist Church,
will preach his last sermons here
Sunday before being transferred
to the Florida conference.
Mr. Lenox will become pastor
of the Punta Gorda Methodist
Church on the following Sunday,
June 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Lenox and Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. Gray are attending the
annual South Georgia Conference
at Epworth-by-the-Sea this week.
They left Monday and will return
Friday, the day the pastoral ap
pointments are announced.
I KIWANIS TEAM READY TO DO BATTLI
Here is the Kiwanis team in the Junior Baseball Program, run
ning five nights at the Perry Athletic Field First row, I. to r., Frank
Williams, Hugh Armstrong, David Mclntyre, Skeet Hulbert, Pat
Lacefield, Lynwood Barrett, Ronnie Middleton, David Lee and Terry
McCarty. Back row, I to r.. Manager Seabie Hickson, Mack Rainey,
Leland Wilbanks, Robbie Jackson, Thomas Ingram, Louis Moody, 1
and Manager Bob Culpepper. Kenneth Stefanini was absent when
the photo was taken. (Home Journal Photo by Henry Gotten).
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W IN TH ASEBAL l program
Left to right, first row, Charles Boswell 111, Ed Harley, Dick
Gayle, Berry Mobley, Jackie Smith, Wayne Marshall and Jon Mid
dleton. Back row, left to right, Barney Adams, Ronnie Fowler, Ter
ry Todd, Donny Allmond and John Conley. Managers, Riley Young
ta the left and J. D. Mclntyre at the right. (Home Journal Photo by
Henry Gotten).
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NEW PERRY LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK BUILDING TO OPEN MONDAY
Continued Growth of City and State
Predicted in Talk to Kiwanis Club
Harvey Walters, secretary-man
ager of the Georgia Press Associ
ation, told members of the Perry
Kiwanis Club Tuesday that Geor
gia stands at the threshold of an
other great decade of progress.
“Your county has almost doub
led in size in the past 10 years,”
Mr. Walters said. “Your town has
shown a growth of about 57 per
cent. In 1950, did you dream this
could happen? Is your thinking
geared to that kind of change over
the next 10 years?”
The “Challenge of the Soaring
Sixties” will be even greater than
the change in the “Fabulous Fif
ties,” he said.
“We don’t know what the next
10 years will bring,” Mr. Walters
said, “but we’re going to try to be
ready for it, for if there is one
thing we have learned, it is that
change is inevitable, that there’s
no such thing as doing busi
ness at the same old stand.”
He said part of the tremen
dous growth expected in Georgia
during the next decade will be an
overflow of population from Flori
da, which is expecting a doubling
of its soaring population, plus a
continued migration of people of
the north who want to retire in a
warmer climate.
Public Makes Final Decision
Mentioning many products which
were once popular but have faded
into oblivion because of better
promotion of competitors, Mr.
Walters said:
“A company makes up its mind
to go into business, but it is the
public that decides whether or not
it stays in business.”
Retail business people must ad
just their thinking to great
changes that lie immediately
ahead, he said. They must not fear
change because there may not be
time to catch up . . .‘‘if you slow
down these days, you get run ov
er,” he said.
Mr. Walters was introduced by
Byron Maxwetl, partner in The
Home Journal.
Room Rates Set,
Opening Is Not,
At New Hospital
They know how much rooms are
going to cost at the new Houston
County Hospital, but they don’t
know when it will be opened.
The Houston Hospital Authority
and the City of Warner Robins are
in a hassle about the cost of the
paving of a street that leads to the
hospital.
Both refuse to pay the $9,500
bill to W. C. Scott Construction
Co. of Macon, which has filed a
lien against the building. It is re- j
ported that the state and federal|
health officials will not allow the ;
building to be opened until this!
lien is removed.
The million-dollar building is
practically ready for opening,
which could be around July 1 if ,
the street situation is straightened
out. j
Private room with bath $lB
Private room without bath sl6
Semi-private with bath sl6l i
Semi-private without bath sl4
The hospital will have 50 beds I
for patients. Other rooms include
two pre-delivery rooms, one post- i
anesthesia room, two operating ’
rooms, two delivery rooms, three i
emergency rooms, an X-ray de
partment, drug room and cafeteria.
The dietary service has been con- j
tracted to the S and S Cafeteria, ’
which serves the Macon Hospital, i
Two radiologists who will serve
at the hospital are Dr. H. M. 01-
nick and Dr. George W. Hall.
Miss Lou Abrams, administrator
of the hospital, said that projected
costs of operating the hospital in
dicate that the county will have to
make up about $40,000 a year for
indigent patients and bad debts. t
Former Mayor Kemp Harrison i
of Warner Robins signed the con
tract with W. C. Scott Construe- t
tion Co. both as mayor of Warner t
Robins and as chairman of the hos
pital authority, an office he held
at the time. Whether he had au- i
thority from either body to sign f
the contract has been debated. I
Members of the hospital authori- i
ty and the city of Warner Robins s
hope that something can be work- c
ed out soon so that the hospital I
can be opened soon. They say I
there is no bad feeling between
the two bodies but the situation f
has arisen from a misunderstand- 1
ing. t
J. D. Abrams and D. W. Christie I
are on a fishing trip in Florida i
this week. | r
City Bursting Out
With New Buildings;
Here's a Summary
All Perry residents can join
with the Chamber of Commerce in
noting the many new improve
ments in Our Town recently.
Let’s lock at a list:
New Perry Loan and Savings
Bank Building, opening Monday.
New U. S. Post Office building
recently opened.
New Perry Country Clubhouse
completed this year.
New Perry Hotel’s swimming
pool.
New pavement on about two
miles of city streets.
New section of U. S. 341 inside
the city and widening and paving
from Perry to Fort Valley.
New high school building now
under construction.
New residences in all sections
of the city.
What an impressive list!
Old Bonaire Gym
Destroyed by Fire
The Bonaire school gymnasium,
built back in 1933 as a community
project, was destroyed by fire last
Wednesday. Origin of the fire was
unknown.
The Houston County Board of
Education had $5,000 worth of in
surance on the frame building and
the contractor for the new Bonaire
school building, being erected
about 200 feet away, lost about
$50,000 worth of materials which
he had stored in the gymnasium.
The contractor on the new eight
classroom building is Coite Som
mers of Vidalia. He had insurance
on the materials.
The people of Bonaire contribu
ted trees and other materials and
the old Works Progress Adminis
tration built the gymnasium. It
had not been used since the old
Bonaire school was destroyed by
fire about eight years ago.
The new building going up now
is about 50 per cent complete. It
was not threatened by the gymna
sium fire.
Mrs. George Jordan will attend
a Colonial Dames luncheon at the
Woman’s Club in Atlanta tomor
row.
Perry Boys and Girls Attending
Assemblies Win Mythical Offices
The annual Girls’ State Conven
tion was held last week at the Uni
versity of Georgia in Athens.
The outstanding juniors select
ed from Perry High School and
the offices they attained were:
Linda Tabor, editor of the Girls’
State paper; Susan McNeill, Super
ior Court Judge; Susan Roberts,
fire chief and city councilman;
Lynette Austin, mayor; Georgette
Austin, senator; Mabel Hunt, state
school superintendent; Janet An
del, city councilman; Jackie Dean; I
Barbara Sandefur; and Mary Alice
Manship.
Girls’ State is a training pro
gram for high school juniors, in
forming them of state gvoernmen
tal procedures. The girls partici
pated in campaigning for city,
county and state offices and car
rying out the practices of govern
mental officials for a week.
Open House Scheduled for Tuesday
In Brand New $150,000 Building
The Perry Loan and Savings Bank, in its 71st year of
serving Perry and Houston county, will open its sparkling
$150,000 building next Monday morning, June 20.
The bank will start the new day i
and the new week at 9:30 a. m. i
Monday in its new location. It will
have an open house for the public
from 4 to 7 p. m. the next day,
Tuesday, June 21. Customers and
friends of the bank are cordially
invited to drop by for the open
House Tuesday afternoon.
The beautiful red brick build
ing, of Colonial Georgian design,
is at the corner of Carroll Street
and Washington Avenue, facing
Carroll. It has 5,000 square feet,
which is more than double the size
of the present building, and in
cludes the most modern banking
facilities available.
Pleasing Appearance, Inside
and Out
Upon entering the building
from Carroll Street through a
wide glass front, the customer will
find the executive offices to the
right. In the center of the lobby
are the teller’s windows. Behind)
the tellers’ windows out of view of
the public, will be the bookkeep
ing department, where the many
machines necessary for a modern
bank, will be operating. The big
vault is located at the right of the
building back of the executive of
fices. The building has a mezza
nine floor in the rear for storage
purposes. It is completely air-con
ditioned.
A tremendous parking lot at the
rear of the bank will be available
! to customers transacting bank
business.
I The new bank and the new Per
ry post office, which was opened
• recently, occupy an active city
block and present a striking ap
! pcarance facing the Methodist
\ Church.
Fine Modern Equipment
Some of the finest and most mo
dern equipment available have
gone into the new bank.
The After-Hours Depository of
fers 24-hour banking service to
individual as well as commercial
customers. An envelope dispenser
is available to customers, who may
place their deposit in a secure
place to be received by the bank
employees the next morning.
So you can “bank” anytime of
the day or night. The security of
the depository and the Drive-Up
Window is guaranteed by Under
writers’ Laboratory.
A large number of safety de
posit boxes will be available in
varying sizes.
The door alone on the vault
weighs SVfc tons and required an
automobile wrecker to get it in
the building.
The vault also contains 67 yards
of concrete and eight tons of steel,
so it ought to be as safe as they
come.
Officers of the Bank
Officers of the bank are C. E.
Andrew, chairman of the board
and president; W. V. Tuggle, exe
cutive vice president; C. E. Mc-
Lendon, vice president, and M. M.
Dean, cashier.
Directors include the officers
named and the following: G. F.
Nunn, T. C. Rogers, J. M. Tolleson,
W. E. Beckham, L. C. Walker, H.
A. Aultman and Paschal Muse.
Bookkeepers and tellers, in or-|
der of length of service, are Miss
Virginia Jones, Mrs. Lois Nelson,
Miss Dorothy Bragg, Mrs. Orita
Strong, Miss Anita Ray, Mrs. Bev
, Three Perry boys attending!
Boys State at the University of
Georgia this week were named to
mythical offices of mythical cities
as they went about the business of
studying government at the boys’
assembly sponsored by the local:
American Legion Post.
Lonice Barrett was elected re- j
corder of “Dorsey City”; Hearn
Bennett was elected councilman of
“George City"; and Reeves Law
son was elected councilman of
“Walton City”.
Other elections for many other
officers will be conducted during
the week, and the other Perry
boys attending, Graham Gallemore
and Sidney Hardy, may be in the
races for the jobs.
Mrs. Lewis Jacobs and Miss Bev
erly Jacobs spent Tuesday in Al
bany.
1870-1960
OUR 9 OTH YEAR
90 Years Old, But As Modern As
Tomorrow
erly Parker and Miss Maxine Scog
gins. Miss Aubrey Rainey, who re
tired in 1957, began working at
the bank in 1917.
Chartered by Legislature
The bank was chartered by an
act of the Georgia Legislature on
Aug. 20, 1889. The incorporators
were E. L. Dennard, H. M. Holtz
claw Sr., W. Brunson Sr., W. D.
Day, C. C. Duncan, C. R. Mann,
J. D. Martin and C. F. Cooper.
A copy of the legislative act
was signed by Governor John B.
Gordon, the speaker of the house
of representatives and the presi
dent of the senate.
Mr. Dennard was the first pre
sident of the bank, and he was
followed by Dr. C. R. Mann, Dr.
R. L. Cater and C. E. Andrew, the
present president.
J. D. Martin was the first cash
ier, L. F. Cater was the second
cashier (up to his death), followed
Iby C. E. Andrew, W. V. Tuggle
and M. M. Dean, the present cash
ier. Mr. Andrew joined the bank
in 1922, Mr. Tuggle in 1930, and
Mr. Dean in 1935.
Bank’s Third Location
The new building which the
■ bank will begin using next Mon
day is only the third location in
1 its 71-year history. The bank has
been in its present location at the
corner of Carroll Street and Ball
Street since 1912. The bank bought
1 the lot there in 1911.
From its founding in 1889 up to
1912, the bank was located in the
building now occupied by Jones
I Jewelers at 906 Carroll Street.
' The bank is a depository for
• funds of the U. S. Government,
t the State of Georgia, Houston
County and the City of Perry. It is
a member of the Federal Deposit
. Insurance Corporation, which in
. sures the accounts of depositors
up to SIO,OOO.
Vacation Bible
Schools Attract
Good Attendance
Vacation Bible Schools are be
ing held this week at both the
First Baptist Church and the Per
ry Methodist Church.
Elbert Coleman, director of the
First Baptist Bible School, report
ed that 210 students and workers
are attending.
The total number present at the
Perry Methodist Bible School is
150 students and about 30 workers.
Mrs. Jack Davis is in charge of
j the entire school.
A visitors’ day will be held to
morrow to permit parents and
friends a chance to see the activi
ties and crafts accomplished by
the children during the week at
the Perry Methodist Church.
The Presbyterian Vacation Bible
School climaxed classes last Fri
day. Mrs. Philips Griffin, director
of the school, reported 86 pupils
present for the classes.
City to Try Not
To Pass Gas Hike
On to Customers
The Southern Natural Gas Com
pany has announced an increase
in natural gas rates in Perry. This
is the third increase of gas in the
last few years.
Mayor Milton Beckham stated
that it was impossible to estimate
the total amount as the many fa
cets overlap in the costs. He also
said that the city would absorb the
I increase unless a higher increase
I was approved by the Federal Pow
er Commission.
If the higher increase went into
effect, Perry users of natural gas
would be charged. However, Mr.
Beckham reported, if the increase
was disapproved, the money would
be refunded.
The rate of the natural gas in
crease is about Vzc per 1,000 cubic
feet.
Pain Badly Needed
In Houston County
Perry and Houston county resi
dents looked skyward yesterday
for signs of badly needed rains.
Heavy skies Tuesday afternoon
dropped some showers but they
were widely scattered and light.